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Updates from Stage Center demolition discussion
The Oklahoman's Steve Lackmeyer live tweeted Thursday's Stage Center demolition discussion. Read his updates below.
9:31 a.m. Full crowd for the Stage Center demolition discussion. Hearing has started. David Box, attorney speaking on behalf of Rainey Williams.
9:32 a.m. OGE officials, architects, Rainy Williams all here. Tv crews are packing the press room.
9:33 a.m. Box: "This building as it currently sits is arresting development downtown. It is arresting development on a key property."
9:36 a.m. Box says that a 2003 study showed Stage Center then needed $5-7 million to make it "functional" - and that really wasn't enough for users.
9:36 a.m. Box notes Webb group hired to look at finding users, salvation for Stage Center is known as a firm that seeks solutions, not demolition.
9:38 a.m. Box quotes Webb study as noting Stage Center did not have facilities needed, demanded by user groups.
9:39 a.m. Box also notes a request for proposals was issued for Stage Center - two groups responded, no financing, viable plan presented.
9:41 a.m. New engineering study, Box says, shows in excess of $10 million just to turn building on, not to make it functional.
9:42 a.m. Box cites previous 2003 study, adjusted for inflation, estimates another $30 million to make it functional.
9:43 a.m. Architect Scott Dedmon, with ADG (did site plan for Williams), now talking.
9:44 a.m. Folks can read full Stage Center feasibility study here ow.ly/sEjKN @stevelackmeyer
9:46 a.m. Dedmon is talking about master site plan for Williams proposed development. Says careful consideration given to streetscape.
9:47 a.m. Dedmon says design tries to reflect proximity to Myriad @myriadgardens to the east. Says might be daycare, protected play area
9:48 a.m. Dedmon suggests coffee shop, restaurant, possible hotel lobby could front Sheridan in second tower. That tower would be developed septly
9:49 a.m. The development lines up to the south along the "festival plaza" that is the old California Avenue on the block.
9:50 a.m. Dedmon says a possible green roof would provide amenities to OGE, screen the parking from the building and rest of downtown.
9:50 a.m. New drawing shows green roof also would ring the OGE tower where it rests on the garage podium.
9:51 a.m. As I see this presentation, it reminds me of a Kerr-McGee development once proposed in the early 80s just north of the Skirvin hotel.
9:55 a.m. Dedmon says festival plaza will have to be reconstructed, to what extent, "not known."
10:00 a.m. Peter Dolese, director of Allied Arts, which owned Stage Center, says it was an expensive, unfeasible home for non-profits....
10:00 a.m. Dolese: As a user of the building, stage center was problematic. That is an understatement.
10:00 a.m. Dolese: From day one the cost of using that building almost buried every user that ever used the building since the day it opened
10:01 a.m. Dolese: It was always very, very difficult. You couldn't plan for anything. If a chiller went out on the building, the cost would be $100K
10:02 a.m. Dolese: Shakespeare in the Park offices were in the basement, lost "literally everything" - records under water during flooding.
10:02 a.m. Dolese: Carpenter Square Theater lost sets, costumes... "it was a tragic loss to the community when it happened."
10:03 a.m. Dolese: Allied Arts had to subsidize Carpenter Square theater company $8 per seat per performance to be in Stage Center
10:06 a.m. Rainey Williams: design work not done. $2-4 million to do final design work, waiting approval for demo. Take 12-18 mos for OGE needs.
10:06 a.m. Williams - mid-2015 to start construction, 12-18 month range to finish construction.
10:07 a.m. Asst Planner Scottye Montgomery - no application yet for new building. Ordinance asks demolition based on bldg relevance only.
10:08 a.m. Montgomery says building is architecturally unique, historic significance reason planning staff recommend against demo.
10:10 a.m. Public comments. I will limit tweets to ensure I don't get shut off for exceeding limit set by Twitter. 1st to speak, Barrett Williams...
10:10 a.m. Williamson: This is about future of historic preservation in okc. you will be deciding fate of one of most historic bldgs of 20th century
10:16 a.m. Williamson: Nearly 1,000 signatures on petition put up on 12/18 to save Stage Center, 35 states and 8 countries.
10:17 a.m. Williamson: Skirvin, Gold Dome, Centre Theater saved from demolition...
10:17 a.m. Williamson: Many of our city's civic success stories came to be because of a little patience ... you only have once chance to get this right
10:20 a.m. Williamson: (if demo approved) I would urge you to make it contigent on proof of financing & approved building permit...
10:22 a.m. Bob Ross, Inasmuch Foundation, talking about support for demo of Stage Center. He is in my coverage yesterday:newsok.com/pros-cons-stag…
10:30 a.m. Leslie Batchelor, attorney who often works with Urban Renewal, gets applause as she speaks against demolition. This is significant.
10:31 a.m. Batchelor's father Dan worked for Urban Renewal during 70s demolition of much of downtown, including Criterion Thtr, Baum Building
10:31 a.m. Batchelor: We live in a global economy where our city is competing with cities all over the world where people and talent can go anywhere.
10:33 a.m. Batchelor: Architecturally and significant building enhance property values & generate economic returns. (more)
10:33 a.m. Batchelor: The best way to generate economic growth for okc long run is to preserve stage center.
10:34 a.m. Preservation architect Catherine Montgomery: State Center vetted, qualified for National Historic Register, owner blocked listing.
10:35 a.m. Montgomery: many people can't speak out, have jobs that prevent them from addressing the issue, intimidated by influence of those involved
10:36 a.m. Montgomery previously worked for the city as a planner, notes she is now free to speak because she is self employed.
10:38 a.m. Today I was asked by a friend from planning school living in DC: "Why is OKC constantly hiring planners? What's going on there?"
10:42 a.m. Box responds Skirvin not a good comparison. The difference could be repurposed for original, intended use, this building can not….
10:46 a.m. Committee member Chuck Ainsworth: I agree it's recognized here but around the world. The problem I see is if you listen to Peter & others..
10:47 a.m. Ainsworth: this isn't very functional. I think it would be very difficult to repurpose this facility.
10:47 a.m. For years there have been various champions who have carried the flag to save this structure, and they have all fallen by the wayside.
10:47 a.m. Ainsworth voting for demolition. Dick Tanenbaum voting for demo, says right team, right tenant, Stage Center can't be saved...
10:48 a.m. Tanenbaum: we can't continue to have a structure like that which is dangerous, can't be used...
10:48 a.m. Ainsworth wants to see demo delayed until Rainey Williams ready to build.
10:49 a.m. Connie Scothorn, committee member, new... asking about Community Foundation RFP done in 2012...
10:50 a.m. Nancy Anthony, community foundation, says RFP process started in July, 2011, had a 3-month formal period, defacto, much longer....
10:51 a.m. Anthony says the RFP was "pretty broad," and potential buyers had several months to make a deal with the foundation...
10:51 a.m. Anthony: we couldn't kick the can down the road forever....
10:52 a.m. Catherine Montgomery: involved with RFP, a lot of conditional representations of the building inconsistent w/ her findings as a pres arch
10:53 a.m. Montgomery argues RFP time "very small," didn't give many possible parties a chance to look at it, make a response...
10:53 a.m. Montgomery: there could have been a much more vigorous effort.
10:57 a.m. We now have 2 for, 2 against... and the unknown Gigi Faulkner, is asking for a tour. Tanenbaum asking to vote to approve demo.
10:57 a.m. Get ready folks...
10:58 a.m. City attorney advising can't condition demolition on future development, as requested by Chuck Ainsworth. David Box agreeing...
10:59 a.m. Box says client agreed, committed to development. "Your fear will not happen."
11:00 a.m. Rainey Williams: I understand your concern, it's completely legitimate ... it will get done as promised.
11:02 a.m. Gigi Faulkner: if we deny, it's upheld - still consider developing this site as office bldg & keepStage Center intact? Box: absolutely not.
11:02 a.m. Faulkner: John Johansen himself said proof of a building is its use & its occupants...
11:03 a.m. That Johansen quote (architect of Stage Center) is from a 2008 interview I did with him at Stage Center during his last visit.
11:03 a.m. Faulkner: troubled voting on something today without having an exact plan of what's next....
11:04 a.m. Gigi, how are you going to vote?!?!??? Swing vote for sure. 2-2 with Gigi on the fence... pressure is on...
11:05 a.m. Voice vote: Tie vote, now Gigi... I am going to vote "aye." Stage Center demolition approved.
11:05 a.m. BREAKING NEWS: Stage Center demolition approved... follow @NewsOK for upcoming coverage...
11:19 a.m. newsok.com/gallery/articl…
11:31 a.m. The last likely obstacle to demolish downtown Oklahoma City's Stage Center was cleared today as the Downtown Design Review Committee approved an application by owner Rainey Williams Jr. to clear the site for a new OGE Energy Corp. headquarters.
Williams is seeking to build a 14- to 16-story office building, a garage and solicit a developer to build a second building of about a dozen stories for either a hotel or housing.
Preservationists argued the building is internationally recognized and historic, while opponents argued the building has never been functional and drained financial resources of various non-profit tenants since it opened in 1970.
Stage Center is the only building in Oklahoma City to win an international Gold Circle award from the American Institute of Architects and is the only city building featured in textbooks around the world.
Originally opened in 1970 as Mummers Theater, the landmark was designed by John Johanson, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright and a member of the legendary "Harvard Five" (which also included Marcel Breuer, Landis Gores, Philip Johnson and Eliot Noyes).
Williams told the Downtown Design Committee he expects to start construction in 2015. Those voting against demolition were Ike Akinwande and Connie Scothorn, and those for demolition were Gigi Faulkner, Chuck Ainsworth and Dick Tanenbaum.
Williams is seeking to build a 14- to 16-story office building, a garage and solicit a developer to build a second building of about a dozen stories for either a hotel or housing.
Preservationists argued the building is internationally recognized and historic, while opponents argued the building has never been functional and drained financial resources of various non-profit tenants since it opened in 1970.
Stage Center is the only building in Oklahoma City to win an international Gold Circle award from the American Institute of Architects and is the only city building featured in textbooks around the world.
Originally opened in 1970 as Mummers Theater, the landmark was designed by John Johanson, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright and a member of the legendary "Harvard Five" (which also included Marcel Breuer, Landis Gores, Philip Johnson and Eliot Noyes).
Williams told the Downtown Design Committee he expects to start construction in 2015. Those voting against demolition were Ike Akinwande and Connie Scothorn, and those for demolition were Gigi Faulkner, Chuck Ainsworth and Dick Tanenbaum.
11:48 a.m. Breaking news: (more in-depth coverage to follow) Panel clears Stage Center demolition newsok.com/article/3924341


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Financial scandals, money laundering and doing business with "the enemy" (e.g., Iran) continue. So does rigging municipal bond markets and international interest rates. Yet no charges have been filed against any CEO or board member. You get more jail time for shoplifting than robbing millions of Americans.
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"Basically, and I'm speaking to the Blizzard guys in the back: we need to stop writing a fucking book in our game, because nobody wants to read it." […] We need to deliver our story in a way that is uniquely video game.
— Jeff Kaplan (Former Director of World of Warcraft) Speaking at the 2009 Game Developers Conference
Shortly after I started my first play session of BattleForge last week, I discovered that a majority of the real-time strategy game's back-story and narrative was delivered to the player in an unfortunately common way:
The in-game book, in that screen shot, is displaying a mere two pages of that selected chapter's storyline. There are five more chapters in that "Plot" book, and then even more like it in the "World" and "Legend" books. This is a game released to the world's foremost interactive medium and it is relaying its significant narrative through a tiny, digital book. Mass Effect, too, chose to have an in-game encyclopedia/compendium feature in its game menu which served as a means for players to read an enormous amount of back-story and flavor text about the world in which the game took place. The Elder Scrolls games have an abundance short stories that could be found in logical spots within the game worlds and then read by players at their leisure.
Why? Why do we, game designers and developers, feel the need to expound on our games to the point where we task players, as optional a task as that may be, to sit and stare at their monitors reading digital books? When a player is given a large body of text in a video game, the general assumption is that this text is of some import to the game being played. The result is that we allow, and even promote, our players reading these bodies of text that very rarely have any gameplay relevance whatsoever. And, even worse, these works of writing are generally of poor quality and bland style the likes of which would never end up within the covers of any proper published book. The net result of throwing page after page of in-game text at players is that we abort any semblance of game pace while simultaneously conditioning players to consider any text within the game world as irrelevant or mundane. This doesn't enhance the believability or character of the game world, it makes players stop playing the game and, instead, has them reading the writing of either game developers who have a thin grasp on the basic concepts of creative writing or the work of a contracted novelist who has a thin grasp on video games.
We are the experts on our medium, yet for some reason we still take countless cues from movies and books for our influences and presentation. If a game is a fantasy game, then its developers seem to take it upon themselves to attempt to create Lord of the Rings inside their game with The Silmarillion occupying in-game books and menus. If it's a science-fantasy game, then Star Wars and every Star Wars book ever written must ship within the game.
There's a widely-understood phenomenon regarding the book-to-movie translation: it doesn't work. Books have the written power to convey thoughts, images, emotion to their readers while also providing an author with the flexibility to include as much information as he or she feels is necessary to make the book a complete work. Exceptionally books can be hard for readers to slog through, but the medium is not meant for consumption within the confines of a single sitting. Books are typically where readers will find most of our cultural and historical epics, incredibly detailed biographies, recounts of events and so on.
Film is a medium where concision, however, is paramount. The primary success of a film depends entirely on the success of the film's director and screenwriters to convey every single one of their goals and intentions within a one-and-a-half to three hour period. In order to do this properly, the scriptwriters must make every word count while also depending on the movie's actors' ability to not only deliver the line but also to bodily express more than what is in explicitly in the script. The result, ideally, is a cinematic experience that has been very carefully directed and edited to produce the most succinct and powerful delivery possible.
The idea that the video game industry can just mash the breadth of detail and information of a book and the visuals and presentation of a movie with the inherent dynamism and unpredictability of an interactive medium is pretty absurd. That the game industry has gotten by this long by attempting to take so many cues from such well-established creative media is a testament to the craftsmanship and creativity of the game developers throughout the ages, but the days of text-heavy role-playing games are gone. Even gamer tolerance of cinematic-heavy games like Metal Gear Solid seems to have started to dwindle. At this point in the life of the video game, anything that takes the player out of the game actively works against the interest and integrity of the game design. And games that take the player out of the flow of gameplay in an effort to expound on the game world or universe through awkwardly-presented narrative is strange dichotomy to think beneficial to any game.
Embrace the benefits of video games. The medium has a unique ability to empower a player's actions with meaning and the medium is getting to a time where technology and the collected knowledge of game design allows us to "know better" than to just throw a cut scene or a novel at players. If a back-story about this one character who did this one thing a millennium ago doesn't directly impact the player's gameplay experience, don't toss it in with the other unrelated works of text — toss it out. Allow the player to interact with that character in a meaningful way and, maybe, convey that same information in a more concise and dynamic way. When a player shares in another character's experience in a fashion that is unique to a given type of gameplay, that empowers that interaction and the information that the player receives more than just reading some arbitrary back-story in a book.
And please, please find a new pool of inspiration outside of fantasy and science-fantasy.
The Wizard class has been revealed and the announcement came with a video, a trailer, and another video. And Nick Breckon at Shacknews has a small hands on article about Diablo 3.
The lead designer on the game, Jay Wilson, also talks about skill runes which seems rad as hell.
I want it so much. So bad. So now.
A real-time strategy game is, by definition, a game where players are forced to make strategic and tactical decisions in real time. As the game industry grows, the real-time strategy genre has narrowed its focus to a very specific type of game that does little to force players to consider an over-arching strategy as comprised by numerous tactics. Instead of allowing a player's large- and small-scale decisions to adapt and change as events in a given skirmish unfold, RTSs just make players think of resource usage (I have X, I need Y, and I get Z/minute) and basic army composition. Everything else in the span of a game flows from these two mechanics into what is, typically, one large battle near the end of a game. Relic's Company of Heroes changes this design and, as a result, makes its real-time strategy gameplay into a more dynamic and far less predictable experience that forces a player to make harder decisions more frequently.
It's a commonly-held tenet in real-time strategy games that when an enemy unit is right-clicked upon that death befalls it after it takes a certain amount of damage from units that deal a specific amount of damage every few seconds. Blizzard's Starcraft is practically built around a very definitive combat model that follows a rock-paper-scissors methodology with very consistent unit performance results. The micromanagement that occurs within battles in Starcraft has nothing to do with centering an army around a well-covered/fortified position or ensuring that when your Dragoon attacks that his bullets will hit the right part of the enemy siege tank; instead, cover is just determining if a Protoss melee unit is in range of a bunker filled Space Marines and any hit a Dragoon lands on a Space Tank will do the same amount of damage whether it hits the armor-heavy front or the weakly-covered rear.
The design team at Relic took a far different approach to the combat in Company of Heroes than any of Blizzard's efforts. Every part of the game map has a cover value attached to it that, when right-clicked upon, will serve as a hint to a squad of units as to how they should interact with their environment (ie, crouching behind a wall of sandbags or ducking under the lip of a crater). Under this design, two squads of riflemen with the exact same stats can face off and reach a dramatically different outcome depending on their cover situation. As an example, Squad A may be crouching behind two layers of sandbags (heavy cover) while Squad B attempts to take their position from an unfortified open road (no cover or, worse, negative cover). Since the only difference in this sort of encounter is each squad's probability of landing a successful shot (modified by their cover) on an enemy it is, theoretically, possible for each squad to kill each other at the same time. In practice, it may take Squad B three-to-four times as long to eliminate Squad A was it would for Squad A to wipe out Squad B.
The design becomes more complicated when tanks and troops wielding bazookas, panzerfausts, and panzerschrecks join the fray inhabited by the rifle squads above. Unlike rifle bullets, large projectiles in Company of Heroes are a very prescient danger that visibly travel across the screen and violently collide with in-game entities and structures. If a rocket launcher is fired and hits tangentially to a tank's front or side armor it will take minimal damage (or, in some cases, deflect off and hit a nearby structure). If that same rocket hits the lightly-armored rear, though, the take can sustain heavy damage along with a busted engine or armaments. And if that same rocket, or tank shell, hits the layer of sandbags that Squad A was hiding behind in the above example then a player can say goodbye to half of the squad along with the sandbags that were covering them.
While designing the game, Relic must have known the endless amount of abuse that these rockets could wreck upon map structure and players alike because they added a very heavy degree of variation in how a rocket could be launched or tank could fire. The developers of Company of Heroes completely violated the unspoken tenet of real-time strategy and, as such, when a player chooses to attack a target using his Tiger tank there is a chance that a rocket may completely miss a target and hit another enemy, fly harmlessly into the distance, or deflect off of a stray tank trap into a player-controlled building. A player can position his Tiger in such a way as to make a direct attack far more likely but there is, in essence, never a guaranteed strike from a rocket or tank.
The change from a fairly predictable combat design to a very visceral, dynamic battle engine is one that Relic handled to great effect but does such a degree of randomness in combat scenarios do anything to cheapen the "strategy" involved in the game? A fervent Starcraft or Command & Conquer player would be quick to point out that the lack of consistency from game to game would prevent a game like Company of Heroes from ever being considered for competitive play at a pro gamer level. That is a definite possibility, of course, but more realistically what Company of Heroes does is to provide a far more strategic gameplay experience as a result of the surprises that occur in the middle of the game. The game design provides the mechanisms by which a player with a less grandiose army can, by utilizing both cover and more intelligent rocket infantry positions, overcome a larger set of forces. And when such an upset can occur in the middle of a game that encourages tactics across numerous encounters it offers the chance for another reversal of fortunes later on. And that is the kind of strategy that can adapt and change over the course of a game which allows randomness in its design.


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So far source code for the library has been downloaded more 70 times and number is growing with everyday. The first download of the source code happened in one hour after the announcement of the project on my blog. Then about 30 downloads taken place over weekend. Of coarse, I would love to see more downloads. However considering that only 200 unique visits are made to the site, 70 downloads is roughly 30% of visitors of site. Which is really good number as far as how I see it. I look forward to getting more developers downloading and contributing to the library once Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1 is released.
Today I have added a page describing how one may join the project and contribute to the project. You may find it here, How to become a contributor?. Unfortunately this is not an easy and straightforward process. Well I have to use this process for now. Sara has mentioned that CodePlex team is looking into simplifying this process for shared source projects. Hopefully very soon it is going to be just one page with click-able form or something similar with on-email approval.
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A Halo mod for the critically acclaimed Sins of a Solar Empire, that aims to capture the fast paced intensity of the Halo series.
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I recognise the design from Halo Wars, and I always wanted to see it in a mod like this. You guys have done a stellar job on this one, well done! =]
beautiful! can't wait to see this textured.
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It's textured right now.
he could have possibly meant coloured :P
Great job, looks awesome!
that does look down right sexy.
my god.. its amazing
Looks awesome. :)
Looks cool! Is it possible to make it less insect-ish?!
Nope. Physically impossible.
Okay. It's pretty good as it is. :)
Just wow.
will the sentinel frigate have the orange/blue beams from the halo1/2/3 or will they be green from halo wars or no beams?
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Earlier today, the first footage was released from Prometheus, in advance of the trailer debuting Thursday, December 22. A second sneak peek at the trailer has made its way onto the internet, which offers more behind-the-scenes footage and scenes from the trailer. Click on the video player below for the latest look at Prometheus.
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Banned Books Week Highlights What's Taken Out At Schools
This week, booksellers and writers highlight works removed from schools and libraries. Among the banned books is Toni Morrison's Beloved which gets removed for explicit content. Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is targeted for racial issues.
Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. This is Banned Books Week. Booksellers and writers highlight works removed from schools and libraries. Toni Morrison's "Beloved" gets banned for explicit content, and so does "Fifty Shades of Grey". Sherman Alexie's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" is targeted for racial issues. But the most banned book in America is "Captain Underpants." The whole series is said to be unsuited for kids. So true. But it's read in my house anyway. It's MORNING EDITION.
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UPDATE: I just added some of my anime for sale as well. And I still have a number of wigs for sale as well!! So please click the link below and check out the for sale album on my facebook page <3
Hey everyone, long time no see lol I see my premium has run up, sad face.
Anyway, the reason for this journal. I am moving to Massachusetts the last weekend of June and I'm selling a bunch of my old wigs, cosplays, anime, manga, etc. So far I only have wigs posted for sale since I'm still sorting through everything and packing up. I would really appreciate if you could check out what I have for sale and tell you friends and hopefully help me sell this stuff. Prices are pretty reasonable, the range between $35 and $20. I have one Arda Wig listed, one from Amphigory, and the rest were purchased from ebay. If you are interested in seeing what I have for sale, please click here.
Unfortunately, I'm only able to ship to the United States due to time and money. And I'm only accepting payments through paypal.
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Sweet! I'm from Massachusetts! Can't wait to show you around all the cool cons in New England
Aww, yay!! <3
Will you be at Boston Comic Con by any chance? :3
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No, I'm going to Another Anime Con in Manchester, NH and Anime Boston. I might go if I have the cash and time
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Nice Trailer man! I love mine!
That is a power steering pump
Very cool. Did your idle jump up a ton? If i crank mine my idle climbs huge.
Very nice.
hey MK4boost. what Injection pump are you using? that is some nice coal. :D
Nice man! I like your style!
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Three of my fleet this morning. Two are warm in the garage.
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My Jetta coupe at a local get together.
Its just sitting in my backyard, waiting for next race season. :)
Yeah the things tacked on there are strange indeed. I put them on for a local hillclimb that had some high speed...
MK MK1 jetta is too ugly for ass shots, but soon it will be worthy!
Got the mounts fabbed finally
This thread made a little blog that I frequent! As always I love Barry's work!
Exactly. I was really eying the Spec Clutch brand, but my old Clutch net was fantastic. I will be so done if I get it and it does not fit...somehow that is the feeling I am getting from the universe....
Suuuuper slow summer on the '77. Zero autoX's. Zero Hill climbs. Drove car around neighborhood back in June felt weird pulsing pulled into garage found the clutch had come loose. Le sigh must of got...
awesome! I will be watching this one :D
Enkei Aeronautics. took me forever to find a set with all the center caps in good condition :D
thanks! I am making sure she goes to a good home.
HOLY no updates batman!
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An emphasis on profitability, rather than market share, is lifting the prospects of U.S. airlines. This, in turn, should lift the stocks of the best-run carriers. Barron's names stocks to consider -- and ones to avoid.
QE3 Could Help Get the U.S. Back on Track
The Federal Reserve needs to take dramatic action to stave off a second round of economic decline. Barron's explains why a third round of quantitative easing would be a big help.
Famed Brands, Not So Famed Maker
Shares of Jarden jah -0.1224739742804654% Jarden Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD48.93 -0.06 -0.1224739742804654% /Date(1455055318612-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2672545 AFTER HOURS USD48.93 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 53394 P/E Ratio 43.6875 Market Cap 10744977157.8415 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 255479 More quote details and news » -- the parent of First Alert, Rawlings, Sunbeam , Coleman and other well-known household brands -- have been battered in the market's recent decline. That's created a good opportunity, Barron's says.
Can Anyone Save Yahoo?
The ouster of Carol Bartz at Yahoo! yhoo -0.8502772643253235% Yahoo! Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD26.82 -0.23 -0.8502772643253235% /Date(1455055200229-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13809115 AFTER HOURS USD27.4841 0.664100000000001 2.47613721103654% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 504350 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 25544801501.194 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 397464 More quote details and news » has raised new hopes for the shares. But can the directors -- sometimes called 'the worst board in America' -- really get it right this time? Barron's explains.
Is There Gold In Them Thar Hills?
A company-led tour of a gold mine can yield useful information. But it can't answer the big questions: how much gold is in the ground, and how much value is in the miner's shares, Barron's says.
CEO Spotlight: Bringing J&J Back to Health
Under William Weldon's firm and no-nonsense coaching, Johnson & Johnson jnj -0.029411764705882353% Johnson & Johnson U.S.: NYSE USD101.97 -0.03 -0.029411764705882353% /Date(1455055271612-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9828760 AFTER HOURS USD101.8 -0.170000000000002 -0.16671570069628322% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 213879 P/E Ratio 18.57377049180328 Market Cap 282228297363.281 Dividend Yield 2.9420417769932334% Rev. per Employee 553945 More quote details and news » is likely to emerge from its troubles as a better and stronger company, Barron's reports.
The Electronic Investor: What's New in Schwab's Upgrade
Barron's evaluates Charles Schwab's update to its new active-trading site. Fund of Information: Small-Caps Hit the Wall Small-cap stocks tend to rise faster than large-caps in a rebounding economy as both investors and customers regain confidence in these smaller, more volatile enterprises. But the latest surge in small-cap stocks seems to have ended, Barron's reports.
European Trader: Resignation Pounds Stocks
Europe's stock markets were clobbered by the resignation of Jürgen Stark, a European Central Bank executive board member who had opposed the ECB's government-bond purchase program. The move added to pessimism about the program, a major component of the euro zone's effort to end the sovereign-debt crisis. It also battered the euro, which fell to $1.36 -- its lowest point against the greenback in six months, Barron's says.
Asian Trader: Macau Holds Good Cards
Macau gaming stocks are up 62% this year despite the recent selloff in global markets, making this one of the best-performing sectors anywhere. Barron's explains why they're likely to continue their winning streak.
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The girlies and girlie boys in the Naked City proved no match for commanders Zell Miller and Dick Cheney.
NEW YORK -- "The panty lines have been drawn! Which side are you on?!"
That may, upon reflection, not make much sense, but neither did many of the slogans chanted at the "Mass Flash" organized by Axis of Eve, in which politically conscious young women -- and the occasional not-so-young woman or, in several cases, man -- bared their "protest panties" emblazoned with more sexually graphic variations on the slogans that my pro-Dukakis friends invented in 1988 -- more graphic because, as eight-year-olds, my friends still had a fairly limited idea of what they were talking about.
Puns on the president's name, and the vice president's, have been part of the standard repertoire of protesters all over the city this week, flexing their elementary school level cleverness; the Mass Flash was the reductio ad absurdum of the trope. A woman with a crown of flowers blew a whistle and shouted like a drill sergeant for roughly a hundred protesters to "Expose Bush," at which point they marched about fifty yards, chanting their various slogans, and then, if they weren't already wearing them in plain sight, revealed their panties. As few of these women were in any danger of being mistaken for a pin-up model, most prudently wore tights beneath their panties; on all but the genetically blessed, this makes for a distinctly unsexy get-up. Indeed, whatever your political persuasion, surely the claim on the group's website that a "truth-flashing" campaign would be "titillating" must ring a bit hollow. The intersections between political debate and sexual arousal are few and far between. I know that at least when I'm asked to talk about politics in bed, it means my girlfriend has insomnia. (She finds the particulars of local races in distant states to be particularly effective cure.)
IF THE BARBS THROWN AT the President in the street fell flat, the shots flying in the other direction, from inside Madison Square Garden, were rather better-aimed. Having seen him before, I knew what an effective speaker Zell Miller can be, but his bludgeoning of the Kerry record was a special treat. "This is the man who wants to be the Commander in Chief of our U.S. Armed Forces?" he thundered, referring to Kerry's votes against military funding. "U.S. forces armed with what? Spitballs?" Zell Miller has done Bush a big favor by remaining a Democrat; if a Republican delivered this speech, we'd be subjected to yet another round of "Why are Republicans so darn mean?" (We may still be, but at least the riposte that Miller is not a Republican is available.)
Dick Cheney's lower-key assault struck nearly as hard, with the vice president flatly declaring that Kerry "does not seem to understand the first obligation of a commander in chief, and that is to support American troops in combat." The last time John Kerry took this much flak he was in a Southeast Asian country (there seems to be some confusion as to which one).
Cheney's speech also contained a passage on foreign policy successes -- the Taliban out of power, Saddam in prison, Libya disarmed -- but precious little on strategy in the future. The president's speech today must return to those arguments, as John McCain and Rudy Giuliani did on Monday. For last night though, the strongly negative tone was probably smart, part of a strategy to woo undecideds who are lukewarm about the President. If it works, those undecideds will conclude that a Kerry presidency would be an unacceptable alternative.
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From concert performances on Blu-ray, to pulse-pounding multi-channel home theater, to two-channel stereo music, the Focal Chorus 726 floor-standing speaker will take you where you want to go. Its smooth, detailed, natural sound breathes life into every movie night, or transports you right into the studio with your favorite recording artists. Plus, this speaker's powerful, artuculate bass adds a nice kick to whatever you listen to. Like the entire Chorus series, the Chorus 726 borrows driver technologies developed for their sophisticated world-class speakers, giving you high-end performance at a more budget friendly price.
Chorus 700 series speakers boast Focal's latest 1" aluminum/magnesium inverted dome tweeter. Inverting the dome optimizes the connection between the voice coil and the dome, maximizing efficiency and precision. Plus, the tweeter's new lightweight polyurethane micro-cellular foam suspension allows the dome to move more freely for lower distortion, greater accuracy, and smoother sound.
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3-Way Floor-Standing Speaker: The Focal Chorus 726 floor-standing loudspeaker employs a 3-way design which combines a 1" tweeter, 6.5" midrange driver, and two 6.5" bass woofers. The 1" aluminum/magnesium inverted-dome tweeter (TNV2) features a new Poron suspension material that softens the audio performance and provides smoother sound. The 6.5" polyglass midrange driver provides highly dynamic and detailed midrange, while the two 6.5" polyglass woofers offer high power handling and deep bass.
TNV2 Tweeter w/ Poron Suspension: The Focal Chorus 726 features a single 1" TNV2 inverted-dome tweeter made of aluminum and magnesium alloy. The inverted-dome technology allows optimal energy transfer and wide dispersion. The aluminum/magnesium makeup guarantees exception performance in terms of stiffness and damping, thus ensuring a subtle blend of softness and dynamics. Performance of the TNV2 tweeter is enhanced by its new Poron suspension material. Poron is a polyurethane micro-cellular foam which has a porous open-cell structure. This memory foam is very light which means that the suspension will not become damaged or compressed with time. It is an essential element of the TNV2 tweeter as the suspension allows the dome to move freely. Its uniform and constant physical properties ensure excellent stability and linearity, along with extreme accuracy and distortion-free sound. The result is a sound which is soft and precise and which offers improved harmonics richness and a more precise soundstage.
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When Women Were Warriors Book I: The Warrior's Path by Catherine Wilson
Series: When Women Were Warriors, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 95,960. Language: English. Published: January 11, 2010. Categories: Fiction » Gay & lesbian fiction » General, Fiction » Women's fiction » General(4.70 from 10 reviews)
Winner EPIC 2010 Ebook Award in the Mainstream category! Tamras arrives in Merin's house to begin her apprenticeship as a warrior, but her small stature causes many to doubt that she will ever become a competent swordswoman. Tamras will make a series of choices that seem insignificant, but they will flow from her character and from her good intentions, and they will determine her destiny.
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You set the price! Words: 54,080. Language: English. Published: June 17, 2012. Categories: Fiction » Gay & lesbian fiction » Gay, Fiction » Romance » General(4.67 from 15 reviews)
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Sometimes life in a small coastal village is very predictable, other times it is anything but. Best friends and more, Mia and Charlie own Silk Whispers and lead "normal" lives, until one evening a dead body is found outside their boutique. Investigating officers Livie and Ryder arrive and with the first look—the first touch—sparks begin to fly. Can love develop from such an inauspicious beginning?
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Think the real estate market's rough now? It's nothing compared to San Francisco's heady bubble days. Just ask Ella Barker, the city's top broker. She's used to the hourly price increases. What does surprise her are the splashy murders surrounding the sale of the San Francisco's priciest mansion ever. Ella wants to close the sale. The murderer prefers to kill the deal, no matter what the price.
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A collection of fifteen stories, inspired by images from the Young Adult LGBT Books group. In these romantic, fantasy, and contemporary short stories, you'll find LGBTQ teenagers living their lives - experiencing first encounters, and long relationships, coming out, staying closeted, questioning, loving, having adventures, dealing with family, with prejudice, or with magic.
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Prince Chien is determined to claim his birthright — the Throne of a Thousand Swords — denied by his wicked aunt, Empress Mai. He has successfully turned her two equally wicked sons, Prince Minh and Prince Tuan, into dueling each other for the throne.


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So... I know this sounds crazy, but I have been walking around with a box of powdered laundry soap. It smells soooo good, like I want to eat it! I'm not stupid enough to actually eat it, but it's making my mouth water! I'm not anemic, so what's going on?? crazy pregnant lady? lol
Sniffing soap
Eh... I'm just here for the FOOD...
SAHM� Age 24 Wife�to Justin est 2008 Mommy to Raylee est 2009
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Yup....crazy pregnant lady :)
Hey if it makes you feel better you keep on doing it!
Like you are literally carrying it around with you all day? Sounds like a show for TLC ... lol.
This is my third pregnancy and it happens to me too. Anything white and powdered - surface scrub, oxypowder, laundry soap. I buy a white powdered magnesium calcium supplement and pour it in some water to satisfy the craving. Also, I crave ice, which is more common. I am not anemic either! I have no idea what causes it.
It sounds like Pica: http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancyhealth/unusualcravingspica.html
Kellie- Proud Mama to Benjamin Ryan (09/06/08) and Chelsea Sophia (02/18/12)
LOL I don't literally carry it around everywhere, but instead of sitting in the laundry room, it's in the living room, so I can walk by and smell it. lol
and @realnSB I think it might be powdered stuff too! I didn't realize it before, but now that you mention it, I don't sniff liqyid soap, only the powedered stuff. hmmm. and I eat ice too ???
Eh... I'm just here for the FOOD...
SAHM� Age 24 Wife�to Justin est 2008 Mommy to Raylee est 2009


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A state prison inmate who is charged with killing a 15-year-old girl from Greene County in 2012 waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Thursday. Anthony Balbirnie, 49, is charged with killing Khighla Parks by asphyxiation during a sex act at a home in Buffalo.
Khighla disappeared from an area near her home south of Willard on Sept. 21, 2012. Investigators think she went willingly with Larry Warner to meet with Balbirnie after becoming friends with Balbirnie on Facebook. Her body turned up in Truman Lake near Warsaw 10 days later.
Balbirnie was charged for Khighla's murder last fall, along with statutory rape, tampering with evidence and child molestation. Amy Hartley, 48, of Buffalo, was charged at the same time for events that happened before Khighla's murder, including statutory sodomy, endangering the welfare of a child, keeping a public nuisance, tampering with evidence, and abandonment of a corpse. Larry Warner of Springfield was charged with second-degree murder, child endangerment, and statutory sodoy.
At his scheduled preliminary hearing on Thursday before Senior Judge Donald Barnes of Sedalia, Balbirnie appeared by a video teleconferencing system from the state prison in Bowling Green. A preliminary hearing is when prosecutors have to prove to a judge that they have enough evidence to send a case to trial court. After waiving his right to that hearing, Balbirnie is set to make his first appearance in circuit court on June 30, also by video teleconference.
According to the online case file, Hartley is no longer charged with murder but still faces other charges for what happened to Khighla before and after her death. She has a preliminary hearing scheduled for May 16. Investigators think Khighla, Hartley and Balbirnie had sexual relations in Hartley's home in Buffalo before Khighla died of asphyxiation, and Balbirnie then drove her body to Benton County and weighted it down in Truman Lake, where it floated to the surface several days later. Her bond is $75,000.
Warner is scheduled for trial in October for second-degree murder, child endangerment, and statutory sodomy. He's in the Dallas County jail in lieu of a $500,000 bond.
Balbirnie was also charged last fall for the murder of Theresa Mohler in 2008 in Polk County. That's a death that hadn't been previously reported as a murder. That case also is pending.
Mohler lived in Greene County, according to a news release from the Attorney General's Office last fall. On Aug. 10, 2008, Mohler, who was about 30, was at Balbirnie's home in Polk County, investigators believe. While there, Mohler was bound, held against her will, forcibly injected with narcotics, and raped over several days by Balbirnie, according to the indictment.
On Aug. 15, 2008, Mohler escaped from the home on foot and obtained transportation to Springfield, where she was taken to a hospital. While obtaining medical attention, doctors determined Mohler had a serious infection from the forcible injection apparently provided to her from Balbirnie, which eventually led to her death on Dec. 17, 2008, at age 31.
Little else is public about Mohler or her murder. She is buried in Pennsboro Cemetery south of Greenfield in Dade County, according to a death notice in the Joplin Globe. Her maiden name was Michael.
The Attorney General's Office handled these two grand jury investigations at the joint request of the prosecuting attorneys from Benton, Dallas and Polk counties in August 2013.
Balbirnie was arrested and charged with tampering with evidence in the fall of 2012 in Benton County for taking Parks' body from Buffalo to the Warsaw area. In the spring of 2013, he was charged in Greene County with an unrelated burglary and robbery that occurred on Sept. 26, 2012. That case is pending.
Balbirnie was arrested near Fair Grove in October 2012 after a chase in which he drove the wrong way in the northbound lanes of U.S. 65. For that, he was charged with resisting arrest. That case also is pending.
Balbirnie went back to prison in the fall of 2012 after a judge ruled he'd violated conditions of his parole from a seven-year prison sentence for possession of a controlled substance in Greene County. He'd been on parole for about a month when Parks was killed.


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I posted this in Toddlers, as my daughter is 14 months, but it might be more relevant for mothers of newborns/young infants, so I thought I'd post this as a warning.
We have the Little Einstein (or whatever the brand) Sea Turtle crib toy that plays music and has lights (NOT the recalled one, we checked) and our DD loves it; she falls asleep to it, and pokes the button when she gets up too early to make itĀplay again to put herself back to sleep.
We needed something similar for Grandma's house, and they no longer sell the Sea Turtle, so we found a Vtech Soothe and Surprise Nature Light crib toy, it talks softly, sings, plays lullabies, and even has a light pattern on the ceiling.Ā It's supposed to have a sound sensor, too, but it didn't work last night, so I'll have to check into it further.
Anyways, DH put the thing on the crib, and told me he didn't like the straps, that they were "ridiculous and difficult."Ā I didn't think much of it, though, until this morning.Ā DD got up at 6:40 and went to hit the button (like she's used to doing on her turtle) and put herself back to sleep, only when she got to the end of the crib and went to stand up (honestly, she barely jiggled the crib) the Vtech music toy (heavy plastic, no soft parts unlike her turtle)Āfell off the crib and slammed her in the head!!!
Needless to say, at first I was ticked at DH thinking he didn't put it on right, or slacked b/c it was "difficult."Ā Once I got her calmed down and I was able to go back and look at this toy, I realized it was the straps, not my husband.Ā They have plastic straps which are supposed to slide through a slot in the toy, loop around the crib, and attach onto a platic tab on the back of the plastic strip.Ā I tried this dang thing every which way, frontwards, backwards, tried to criss cross, and every time, whether on the crib or not, it immediately let go (without hardly a tug or a bump most times) and fell.Ā Even just sitting it in my lap I could not get the tabs to secure firmly.
I was ready to take it back immediately, and I'll be contacting Vtech; however, DH pointed out that there isn't anything else out there right now in our price range, so he asked if I could just make secure straps for it, and yes, I can, but it's ridiculous that I should have to.
This is a baby's toy, it says from birth on up, and it's DANGEROUS!!!Ā The straps do NOT secure it safely.Ā DD is 14 months, so she's had plenty of tumbles and falls, and while I'm not pleased about the bump and bruise, I know she's fine.Ā But what if she'd been an infant, and she'd kicked the side of the crib or something and it fell straight onto her face and head?
You'd think after all the toy scares lately that companies would stop cutting corners, but, obviously in this case, Vtech hasn't.Ā If anyone else buys this, or knows of someone with an infant who may be shopping for a musical crib toy, please warn them to be careful unless they re-do the straps themselves in a baby safe manner; this toy is dangerous.


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This roller guide sits underneath the glass turntable tray.
This part works with the following brands: Whirlpool, Admiral, Estate, Inglis, Kenmore, KitchenAid, Roper, Maytag, Crosley, Jenn-Air, Hardwick, Magic Chef, Amana, Caloric & Glenwood.
Level of DifficultyReally Easy
Time to do repair:Less than 15 mins
CustomerR. from Hudson, FL
Just replaced it with the part that was sent -- no physical tools used.The part was sent when promised and arrived promptly. I would recommend this company for part replacements.
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CustomerLateshia from Campbellsville, KY
took out old turntable and placed new one in
CustomerDaniel from Chestertown, MD
open door, place roller in the microwave, put the glass plate back in place -- done.
CustomerFloyd from Hot Springs, AR
Lifted out the glass turntable plate and removed broken turntable guide. Placed new turntable guide into place and replaced the glass turntable plate.
CustomerJeff from Littleton, CO
easy nothing to it. A cave man could have done it
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As eluded to by the post title, I attended day one or a two day certified scrum master training course, delivered by Chris Sterling … immensely interesting, fun and thought provoking course. The reason I convinced my manager to attend this course is to be in a position to investigate and possibly define a Scrum based process for the Visual Studio ALM Rangers projects, to understand what works and what does not, understand why some of our scrum initiatives have been dismal failures and for being in a better position to identify and action scrum smells.
Smells? Well, the smells and questions I added to the parking lot today include:
At this stage I do not have the answers and I will comment on the above after the course, in part 2/2 of this blog post. Hopefully we will also have access to some of the pictures taken during the course, so that I can show the great alien earth brochure our team designed today :)
For those that have seen the scrum guide poster as part of the Visual Studio 2010 Quick reference Guidance, it will be interesting to note the changes I made to the poster after today's course day. Once I have concluded the course and finalised the changes, the poster will make its way to http://vs2010quickref.codeplex.com/ once the team approves the changes.
So what has changed so far?
The intent of the poster is to act as a quick reference "cheat sheet" and as a template which can be completed for each project, printed and stuck to your office wall, bathroom mirror, or wherever else you would like post a project overview that you can refer to.
See you tomorrow or Friday for part two :)


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