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Big 12 Conference – One True Champion
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The Big 12 celebrates its 20th year in 2015-16 as it continues to promote the strength and success of one of the nation's premier athletic conferences under the direction of fourth-year commissioner Bob Bowlsby.
TCU and West Virginia joined the league on July 1, 2012 and became the Big 12's first additions since inception, joining Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech.
With 10 members, the Big 12 remains as the only major conference in the nation to determine its champions in all sports directly on the field of play with a full round-robin schedule. The Conference's hard work ethic and strong values have translated to enormous success in its first 19 years. Since it began competition in 1996-97, the league can boast of 54 NCAA team titles and 587 individual national championships.
Additionally, the Big 12 has been at the forefront in college athletics reform, specifically with student-athlete welfare issues to include cost of attendance and strengthening its policy for concussion diagnosis and management. In 2014-15, the Big 12 introduced and hosted three "State of Collegiate Athletics" forums to examine the issues facing college athletics. Two were conducted in Washington, D.C and one in New York City. Panelists included respected authorities from intercollegiate athletics, university leadership and sports journalism. The third forum featured a special session comprised of student-athletes.
The 2014 fall sport season saw Texas become the 13th league volleyball squad to advance to the national semifinals – its 10th appearance all-time. A total of five Big 12 volleyball teams moved on to the postseason and also finished in the NCAA RPI top 30. Big 12 soccer teams represented in the NCAA postseason field with six selections, marking the highest total for the league since 2008. In cross country competition, three teams placed in the top 10 at the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships, including a runner-up finish by the Iowa State women. Seventy percent of the league advanced to bowl games with two teams playing in the College Football Playoff News Year's Bowls. The Conference has had seven or more bowl teams in 15 of the last 17 years.
The 2015 winter and spring seasons saw Texas swimming & diving claim its fifth national championship while Oklahoma men's tennis and Baylor women's golf finished as NCAA runners-up. TCU made the Big 12's 19th appearance in the baseball College World Series. The Conference won NCAA individual titles in 22 events across the sports of men's swimming & diving, wrestling, men's tennis and men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field.
The Big 12 lays claim to five Heisman Trophy winners since 1996 and has had a finalist in 12 of its 19 seasons. Twenty-two athletes have earned major individual awards in football in the past six campaigns. Overall, more than 4,600 student-athletes have earned All-America recognition. This past summer, West Virginia soccer standout Kadeisha Buchanan earned the Hyundai Young Player Award at the 2015 World Cup while playing for her native Canada, given to the player born in 1995 or later that made the biggest impression in the competition.
Through its first 19 years, the Big 12 has claimed a team national championship in 17 of the sports it sponsors. The Conference finished the BCS era ranked tied for second with seven appearances in the National Championship Game. League squads combined to lead the nation in women's basketball attendance 15 consecutive years (2014-15 not yet available), and the Big 12 is the only conference to surpass the one-million mark in season attendance – doing so six times. In men's basketball, the league has had seven teams earn NCAA bids three times in the past six years and every coach has guided a team to the NCAA Tournament, including a nation's-best six coaches that have led teams to the Final Four. During the last 11 years a total of 33 NCAA trophies have been hoisted by Big 12 institutions, with at least one national crown won in all but one year for the Conference, including 18 consecutive seasons.
The Big 12 and its member institutions are committed to a competitive environment where sportsmanship and fair play take center stage. Whether on the field, in the classroom, or within the community, the student-athletes, administrators, coaches and game officials of the Big 12 support the highest ideals in sportsmanship.
National academic accolades have always been strong in the Big 12. Gabe Ikard (Oklahoma) was presented the NCAA Today's Top 10 Award in January 2015. It recognizes former student-athletes for their successes on the fields and courts, in the classroom and in the community. Since 1996, the Big 12 has a total of 11 honorees for this prestigious award. In the last four seasons, six student-athletes were recipients of the NCAA Elite 89 Award with women's cross country's Kelly Williams (West Virginia) and women's outdoor track & field athlete Montene Speight (Texas Tech) picking up the latest honors in 2014-15. The accolade showcases individuals who have reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level, while also achieving the highest academic standard among their peers.
In its short history, the Big 12 has had nearly 600 Academic All-America recipients, averaging more than 30 each season. Big 12 student-athletes have shown commitment to their studies by earning numerous individual academic recognitions. Eleven times in the past 10 years a league athlete has garnered the top academic honor for their respective sport, including Frances Silva (West Virginia) for soccer and Gabe Ikard (Oklahoma) for football in 2013.
The Big 12 can take pride in other stories that combine on and off the field success. In the fall of 2013, former Texas Tech track and field student-athlete Ifeatu Okafor was named the Big 12's first NCAA Woman of the Year. Patience Knight (Texas Tech) was the recipient of the Honda Inspiration Award in 2008 while Imani McGee-Stafford (Texas) was honored in 2015. It is given to an outstanding female college athlete who overcomes adversity to excel in her sport. Oklahoma State women's basketball was the inaugural recipient of the "Together We R" Team Award in 2012, recognizing programs that have strived to succeed in the face of adversity. Following a devastating tornado south of Oklahoma City just before the Big 12 Baseball Championship in 2013, several league baseball teams along with other student-athletes, coaches and former Conference players contributed help in a variety of ways. Plus, the Conference contributed $200,000 to the relief efforts. In the fall of 2014, Oklahoma football student-athlete Sterling Shepard and head coach Bob Stoops were honored with the Disney Sports Spirit Award while Kansas football student-athlete JaCorey Shepherd received the Lee Roy Selmon Community Spirit Award.
Competitive excellence, scholarship and sportsmanship are all equal components of the Big 12 philosophy. All-Big 12 teams and Academic All-Big 12 squads are recognized for each sport at the end of their respective seasons. At the end of each academic year, the Conference honors its top male and female student-athletes with the Big 12 Athlete of the Year and Big 12 Sportsperson of the Year awards.
Institutions can also nominate student-athletes for the prestigious Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarships. A total of 361 scholars have received over $2.5 million in postgraduate financial aid through the first 19 years of the program.
The Big 12 sponsors 23 sports. Men's squads include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, swimming & diving, tennis and wrestling. Women's teams are fielded in basketball, cross country, equestrian, golf, gymnastics, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis and volleyball.
Big 12 institutions create a league that encompasses five states and nearly 38 million people. Nearly 5,000 student-athletes from across the United States and around the World compete annually in the sports sponsored by the Conference.
The Conference conducts postseason championships for 20 of its 23 sports. Each championship helps to determine teams and/or individuals that will represent the Conference in national postseason competition.
In its first 19 years, the Big 12 has distributed approximately $2.3 billion to its member institutions, including a record $253 million in 2014-15. The Conference office is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
(All statistics from Fall 1996 through January 2016)
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Using Smell to Determine Degree of Roast
There are subtle aroma shifts that occur as coffee is roasted and you will quickly become aware of the noticeable differences. At lighter roast levels you can detect delicate aromas as steam escapes the bean, but as you go darker this steam turns to smoke as you begin to incinerate the sugars and volatile organic compounds locked inside.
Here are differences in aroma you'll notice while roasting:
Yellowing: As the green coffee begins to change color to a pale yellow (this occurs roughly half way through the roasting process) you will notice a grassy aroma.
First Crack: The beans begin to release steam that has a fragrant, sweet aroma.
City to City+: When a roast is at this stage the aroma should be sweet and complex. There might be a slight maltiness and a sugary hint.
Full City to Full City+: The aroma begins to have a slight burnt sugar and toasted nut character. Since the cell structure of the bean is breaking down you will notice more smoke.
Light Vienna, Vienna, and Light French: Once you have reached this stage there will be a strong burning smell and much more smoke. The sweetness is long gone as you are in the process of burning the coffee bean. You better stop the roast if you see and smell large amounts of smoke coming from your roaster.
Smell of Roasted, Ground Coffee
Aroma also comes in to play when assessing your roasted coffee as you prepare to brew it (and even after it is brewed!). One of the best ways to determine roast level is by grinding your roasted coffee and deeply inhaling the aroma from the dry grounds. Everyone loves to do this! It is also very informative. As discussed in the section on sight, the aroma will vary, as well as the color. Here are the differences in aroma you'll notice when assessing dry grounds and brewed coffee:
City and City+ roasts will have very sweet, slightly malty and possibly floral characteristics.
Full City and Full City+ roasts will have more bittersweet, chocolaty and ripe fruit character.
Light Vienna and French roasts will be bitter and possibly burnt smelling.
*These are generalizations that can vary widely with the origin of the coffee.

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A man was shot Tuesday night in Meridian. He was taken to the hospital for treatment. Police were looking for two suspects.
The incident happened at Acme Plaza at Front Street and 14th Avenue around 6:30 p.m.
Police say the victim was a merchant who was robbed as he was walking to his vehicle and then shot.
The victim was not able to provide a good description of his attackers.
Police said the man was in stable condition Tuesday night at a local hospital.
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I'm using iCal 4.0.4, accessing my ZCS (6.0.13) calendars via CalDAV.
I have another user sharing some calendars to me.
With the iCal delegation model turned on, iCal ignores the refresh schedule set in the iCal application preferences and doesn't seem to refresh the calendars shared to me until forced to do so (using the 'Calendar > Refresh All' command).
With the iCal delegation model turned off (so the calendars shared to me display inline as if they were my calendars) the shared calendars respect the refresh schedule setting. But, of course that sacrifices the useful features of the delegation model.
Regardless of whether the model is turned on or off, notifications do not pop up in the notifications pane for events on shared calendars.
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Using ZCS6, I'm trying to locate where the directory exists for the Calendar on the server? I want to edit a few files to make some custom alterations to the functionality of the calendar, but I can't find where it sits at.
Running CENT OS 5.7, noticed it's somewhere in the /opt/ directory.


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1. Lectures on the more important eruptive fevers, haemorrhages and dropsies, and on gout and rheumatism: delivered in the University of Pennsylvania
- Author(s):
- Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853
University of Pennsylvania.
- Publisher:
- Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1844
- Subject(s):
- Fever
2. A dissertation on dropsy: submitted to the examiniation of John Andrews, D.D. provost, the trustees and medical professors, of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 25th of April, 1811, for the degree of doctor of medicine
- Author(s):
- Chambers, Henry, 1785?-1826.
University of Pennsylvania.
Fry and Kammerer
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National Eisteddfod Medal- obverse
MERRIFIELD, Leonard Stanford (1880 - 1943)
(Amgueddfa Cymru regrets that we are not able to provide an image for this item at this time. This is either due to copyright restrictions, or the item is awaiting digitisation. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.)
Media: plaster
Size: 19.3 cm (diam)
Acquired: 1937; Gift; Leonard Stanford Merrifield
Accession Number: NMW A 22120


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In response to RSPCB73's comment:
The surest way for the team to deal with the media bias is to prove it on the field and being the good guys. A better than 12 win season and a deep run into the playoffs will get the media grudgingly acknowleging the franchise for its excellence and commitment to decency and second chance opportunities until the idiots who are granted the second chances blow it like Hernandez and now, possibly Dennard.
And yet, if this happened to the lousy bumbling freak show Jets, there would be a laugh a minute here.


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Ladies & Gentlemen Studio
- Location: online only
- Specialty: Meaningful products for the home
- Price range: ($$) Mid-Range - ($$$) High-End
- Website: ladiesandgentlemenstudio.com
Store History
- Founded: 2010
- Founded by: Dylan Davis & Jean Lee
Founded by Dylan Davis & Jean Lee in 2010 , Ladies & Gentlemen Studio's playful explorations in materiality blend their resourceful curiosity with the desire to find ideal pairings of material and function. The Studio's open, multidisciplinary approach to design yields an ever-evolving set of ideas and experiments fed by inspiration collected from their everyday discoveries, explorations, and surroundings. From these experiments, L&G creates a diverse set of products from small objects, to jewelry, to furniture, lighting, and beyond.
Ladies & Gentlemen Studio is a two-person design house offering handcrafted goods for the home. In addition to offering their products on their own site, Dylan Davis and Jean Lee's L&G Studio also have a roster of more than 60 stockists who sell their wares.
Name/Title: Dylan Davis & Jean Lee / Owners
Launch date: Summer 2010
Inspiration for opening: We started our studio because we want to create meaningful products for the home.
Merchandise source: We design and produce our products ourselves in our studio/home.
Best selling item: Currently it's the Chalk Piggy Bank and Perimeter Trays.
Your favorite item: Bloc Necklaces
Favorite store (other than your own): We love our friend's shop, called Object, in Seattle. Besides having our work in their shop, we love their well curated mix of products presented in such a refreshing and elevated ways where it feels like a mini museum.
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Is there anywhere a list of features that the Zimbra Outlook Connector doesn't do when compared to Outlook with Exchange? For example, I can't seem to do Calendar delegation from Outlook (though I can from the Web client). I also know from the forums that you can't do public folders, etc.
So far, in our trial, everytime some user asks how to do a feature, we have to hunt around and figure out whether it works in the OC, or in the web client, or not at all. Maybe I've missed some definitive list somewhere?
Also, any idea when the next version of the Outlook Connector is going to be out?


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BRIDGEPORT - Bridgeport has steamrolled its way to 10 straight victories to open the season following a 72-21 demolition of visiting Bishop Donahue Thursday night on Frank Baxter Court inside the John J. Havlicek Gymnasium.
Rob Zitzelsberger's Bulldogs, who entered the game sitting atop the OVAC Class 2A standings, roared to an 18-0 lead before the outmanned Bishops (1-8) knew what had hit them.
"We're playing pretty well," Zitzelsberger said. "Give Bishop Donahue credit. They did a lot of things right, but we just played really well.
"We're not going to let up against anybody. We played well defensively and offensively (Thursday night). The girls are very unselfish and look for each other."
Freshman dandy Caitlyn Kroll sparked the early surge as she netted six of her game, and-career-high 28 to start the game. She finished with nine first-quarter points, while junior Maclaine Murad chipped in with eight.
Bishop Donahue finally found the bottom of the net when Kat Polinski banked a runner in the lane off the glass and through the rim at the 4:08 mark.
Bridgeport led 25-8 after eight minutes of action, but held the visitors scoreless in the second frame while putting up 21 points for a commanding, 46-8, advantage at halftime.
Kroll, a 5-foot-8 stat sheet stuffer, knocked down 13 points in the second quarter. She finished with eight rebounds, four assists, four steals and three blocked shots. Senior Brittany Higgenbotham and junior Nicole Smolenak added four points each as the rout was on.
Free-throw shooting carried the Bulldogs through the second half as they tickled the twine 14 of 19 times.
They were 21-for-27 in the game.
In addition to Kroll's 28 points, Smolenak contributed 18 and Murad completed the double-digit scorers with 10. Higgenbotham (5) and classmate Kaitlyn Benda (3) teamed for eight points, while Amber Millard (4), Brianna Massey (2) and Keri Renzler (4) combined for eight off the bench.
Bridgeport also held a commanding, 48-21, advantage off the glass as Smolenak and Kroll led the way with eight each. Higgenbotham snagged seven and Murad five. Smolenak completed her all-around floor game with half-a-dozen assists and four steals. Higgenbotham charted two steals and a pair of blocks.
Polinski tallied 10 of the Bishops' 21 points. She also pulled down five of their rebounds. Kelsey Schau had five points.
Bishop Donahue turned the ball over 21 times, 13 more than Bridgeport.


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text: I'm thinking about going to Idaho for a bow hunt in September if my elk hunting in Wyoming works out. I was looking at either the Pallisades, Bannock, or Bear River areas. I was wondering if there are any grizzlies and wolves? Also looking for an area that would be conductive for backpacking in. Any and all help is appreciated.


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MORRISTOWN - Lindsay Coyne has been a part of a lot of basketball games in her life.
However, Tuesday evening's mutual opener at Union Local will be one she won't soon forget.
The rookie Martins Ferry coach started her career with a hard-earned 38-29 victory against the Jets.
"That was a hard-fought win, and I thought every girl played exceptionally well," Coyne said. "They did all the little things that are required to win a game like this. I just couldn't be prouder of the girls right now."
The Riders turned up the defensive intensity and raced out to a 10-0 lead to set the tone when they forced the Jets into nine first-quarter turnovers. On the offensive end, they utilized senior standout Jessica Kinney primarily on the low block and watched her score six points in the opening eight minutes.
"The girls really took the game plan and executed it well," Coyne said. "It's always nice to win the first one. This points us in the right direction, but we play again on Thursday, so we'll enjoy this and back to work to prepare for Edison."
While the Riders didn't allow the Jets to score their first points of the season until there was less than 60 seconds to go in the opening quarter, Union Local didn't come with nearly the intensity that coach Drew Greenwood had expected from his veteran club.
"Overall, I thought our defense was very putrid," Greenwood said. "Whether it was on-the-ball, off-the-ball or rebounding, it just wasn't there. We rely on getting our confidence up to a certain point every year through our defense. We played flat and we were a step behind. I am going to take the blame for that, too, because obviously we weren't fundamental enough or getting the reps that we needed in the preseason."
After falling behind by the 10 points early, the Jets made several runs to claw back into it, but each time, the Riders had the answer mostly in the form of Kinney.
She netted 12 consecutive points for the Riders during the second quarter and into the first three minutes of the third when senior Addie Suriano dialed long distance from the right corner.
The Jets, who struggled from the floor and from the line, never got closer than six in the final quarter. Ferry got valuable minutes off the bench from freshman Shaye DeLeonardis, who had two big buckets in the fourth and played sticky defense.
Kinney led al; scorers with 22 points. Suriano netted six in top support. Ashlei Ray only scored four points, but she controlled the glass with 11 rebounds.
"We played great team defense, which is a key element to being a succesful team," Coyne said. "Our offense may not be pretty right now, but our defense was outstanding. I just can't talk enough about how this team played team ball."
Union Local was led by junior Cori Medley's nine points. Mikayla Patton added eight.
"Give credit to Coach Coyne and her team," Greenwood said. "It's a long season and we've got a lot of areas where we need to improve. We'll get better."
Union Local was charted for 16 turnovers, while Ferry was guilty of 17 miscues.


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Who killed Mr Bunny? Examine the woodland crime scene and use real forensic techniques to solve the murder mystery.
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£2.00 per person. Suitable for children aged 6 - 12 years. Must Book*
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- Membership or entrance fees must be paid to attend events. Excludes night tours, photo/keeper days & workshops.
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- Under 18's MUST be accompanied by an adult unless stated otherwise. Please check listings for details.
- Lunch is not provided. Participants for day-long events are welcome to bring a picnic or purchase lunch in the Cafe.
Situated on the A291 between Canterbury and Herne Bay. Bus: Triangle Bus No 4 or 6. Wildwood bus stop.
: 2 miles from Herne Bay station
Please note that seating in the Cafe is limited during busy times. Microwave available for warming baby milk/food (to be warmed by parents/guardians) No dogs allowed - this includes guide dogs. Visually impaired visitors will be offered any other assistance required in order to enjoy their visit. Free wheelchair / mobility scotter loans available. Please pre-book on 01227 712 111.


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Kathy Rollins, 58 years old, of Remsen, IA, died Friday, Nov. 4, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, IA. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Remsen with Rev. William McCarthy officiating. Burial will be in the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Remsen. Visitation will be anytime after 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. There will be a parish rosary at 3 p.m. and a vigil prayer service at 7 p.m. all at the Fisch Funeral Home & Monument in Remsen, IA. Condolences may be sent online to www.fischfh.com.
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Hewlett Packard 8 Port SAS / Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controller, 128MB Cache, BBU EX830AA / 435216-001 PCI Express RoHS SFF-8470 SFF-8087 - Brand New
The MegaRAID SAS 435216-001, with four internal and four external 3Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) ports, is the ideal RAID solution for internal and external storage subsystems requiring the flexibility to use either SAS or 3Gb/s SATA drives, or a combination of both. Based on LSI Logic first-to-market SAS IC technology, the MegaRAID SAS 435216-001 provides a robust RAID solution complete with a high-performance Intel I/O processor, PCI Express host interface, 128MB DDRI SDRAM, and intelligent battery backup (iBBU) support. Additional fault tolerant RAID features include support for all key RAID levels, Online Capacity Expansion (OCE), RAID Level Migration (RLM) and Patrol Read for finding and resolving bad media blocks on disk drives. RoHS compliant.
This controller has one SFF-8470 external connector and one SFF-8087 internal connector.
Solution Provided
Eight-port (four internal and four external port) SAS/SATA solution for storage systems requiring the flexibility to use
either SAS or SATA II drives, or a combination of both
Internal and/or external sub-systems with up to 32 or 122 SAS and/or SATA II drives
Physical Dimensions
Low profile, extended half length (7.71" X 2.536")
One SAS SFF8087 x4 internal connector, one SAS SFF8470 x4 external connector
Device Support
Up to 32 or 122 devices supported based on version
Host Bus Type
x4 lane PCI Express 1.0a compliant PCI Power Management Specification 1.1 compliant
Data Transfer Rates
Up to 3Gb/s per port
Intel® IOP333 I/O processor
Cache Memory
128MB DDR SDRAM integrated
Battery Backup Unit
Optional Remote Intelligent Battery Backup Unit (iBBU)
RAID and Fault Tolerant Features
Operating Temperature
Maximum Ambient: 50°C (40°C w/iBBU)
Operating Voltage
Regulatory Certifications
CE, FCC, C-tick, UL, VCCI, BSMI and RRL
RAID Management
MegaRAID Management Suite
OS Support
Fujitsu MAX3036RC 36GB SAS Hard Disk
Hitachi 0B20874 SAS Hard Drive
Hitachi 0B20913 SAS Hard Drives
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text: William Gibson interview, part two: on Twitter, watches and The Beatles Culture 17 September 12 by Geeta Dayal David Alliet/Flickr/CC BY 2.0 William Gibson once spent nearly five years studying the complexities of watchmaking, indulging in the accumulation of knowledge for its own sake. "I wanted to grow my own otaku-like obsession," he said in a phone interview with Wired.com.These days, the author -- whose books, beginning with 1984 classic Neuromancer, invented imaginary worlds that seem strangely in tune with our present-day reality -- says he has no real obsession. But the spare time he used to spend studying antique timepieces now gets spent on Twitter.In part two of the Wired.com interview, one of science fiction's most singular voices -- and one of its most compelling thinkers -- discusses the internet, social media, his fascination with antique watches and punk rock, and his fear of nostalgia.Wired.com: You've had some interesting thoughts about social media. You once said, "I was never interested in Facebook or Myspace because the environment seemed too top-down mediated. They feel like malls to me. But Twitter actually feels like the street. You can bump into anybody on Twitter." Can you expand on that? William Gibson: My friend Doug Coupland recently tweeted something to the effect that he was once again trying to get into Facebook but he said, "It's like Twitter but with mandatory homework." That might be another good way to describe it. With Twitter you're just there; everybody else is just there. And its appeal to me is the lack of structure and the lack of -- there's this kind of democratisation that I think is absent with more structured forms of social media. But that's actually way more abstract and theoretical than I usually get with these things.You had an addiction to bidding on antique mechanical watches on eBay -- an addiction you chronicled memorably in your 1999 Wired US essay "My Obsession," which was included in your recent non-fiction collection, Distrust That Particular Flavor. What's your addiction now? Is it Twitter? The watch thing, fortunately, was kind of a self-limiting experiment... I felt when I started doing that, that I'd never really been able to have a hobby in an adult sense, a hobby that was completely divorced from anything else I do in life, and a hobby that required an impossibly steep, insane learning curve. I actually did that.I just learned stuff about old watches for maybe four or five years... I got to the point where I could pass for semi-informed in the company of really world-class authorities, but by the time I got there, I realised that it had nothing to do with accumulating examples of one particular kind of thing -- which I always found kind of creepy about collecting.Anyway, I never wanted to be a collector of anything; I just wanted to pointlessly know really a lot about one thing. I did it with that, but there was sort of an end to the curve. I guess the end to the curve was realising that what it had been about was the sheer pointless pleasure of learning this vast, useless body of knowledge. And then I was done [laughs]. I haven't had to do that for ages. And I've never got another of those; that may have been my one experience with that. But it was totally fun -- I met some extraordinarily strange people over the course of doing that.None of that would have been possible, but for the internet. In the old days, if you wanted to become insanely knowledgeable about something like that, you basically had to be insane -- you had to travel around the world, finding other people who were sufficiently crazy to know everything there was to know about that. That would have been so hard to do, dependent on sheer luck, that it kept the numbers of those people down.But now you can be a kid in a town in the backwoods of Brazil, and you can wake up one morning and say, "I want to know everything about stainless steel sports watches from the 1950s," and if you really applied yourself, to the internet, at the end of the year you would have the equivalent of a master's degree in this tiny pointless field. I've totally met lots of people who have the equivalent of that degree. Probably Twitter would be the thing, the thing that took over the time slot from that. For the most part. Read page 2 123 Read on one page Latest on wired.co.uk


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ATLANTA -- Parents know you can't make kids eat anything they don't want to eat.
Imagine trying to convince hundreds of kids not only to eat, but to eat what's good for them.
The federal government estimates uneaten school lunch food costs taxpayers a whopping $600 million a year
The formal term is plate waste, and one Cherokee County school is doing something to curb it.
Macedonia Elementary plays music during lunch to cut down on chatter and get kids to focus on eating.
"You're just being mindful of it's time to eat, I'm hungry, I'm ready to eat," said GSU grad student Jessie Gall.
She compared Macedonia with Woodstock Elementary, which doesn't have the music breaks, and found kids threw away less food at Macedonia.
"It's something the schools can do and it's affordable," she said. "It's completely free."


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Skála, the principal town of Pátmos, is a pleasant port where most of the island's tourist services are concentrated. Along the quay, the Venetian arcaded building with a corner tower houses the harbourmaster's office, the customs, the police, an information office and the post office. In summer, excursions are organised to the beaches of Pátmos and to the neighbouring islets, as well as to the islands of Léros, Kálimnos and Kos. The nearest beach is at the northern end of the port.


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Easy now y'all. Take it easy on us that take with a drawl. MO is an awesome state as long as you're in between. If you know what I mean. Lots of public ground with good hunting and fishing. Lots of big whitetails. Trout fishing (close to the White River). Turkey hunting can be awesome. Plenty of nice people to. And there isnt a more remote area than parts of the Ozark Mountains. Kentucky would prolly be another good option.
States with no income tax
• Alaska
• Florida
• Nevada
• South Dakota
• Texas
• Washington
• Wyoming
States that only tax some investment income:
• Tennessee
• New Hampshire
Other states that have both Republican governors and legislatures are realizing that they are losing businesses and economic growth to states with no income tax. So, they're considering lowering or getting rid of their state income tax. Most likely, they'll raise other taxes like sales taxes and property taxes to offset the revenue loss. Other states, like California, have no hope of even thinking like that.
The movement of people and businesses out of CA to WA, OR, AZ, CO, and TX that started many years ago and boosted both real estate prices and liberalism is going to spread as a second wave to UT, ID, MT, and NM. Like it or not, get ready. AK is still too cold and remote for most people.
Southern Louisiana is an option. You can walk around buck naked with a beer in your hand and a gun in the other and it be considered "fitting in".


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Call for Nominations for IUCN Regional Councillor for Oceania
26 June 2009 | News story
Mr Lionel Gibson, elected by the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona in October 2008 as IUCN Regional Councillor for Oceania, has resigned from the IUCN Council due to his current work commitments.
The Council, in accordance with the provisions of the IUCN Statutes (Article 43), is now proceeding to fill the vacant position for the balance of the current term.
The Director General's letter to members in Oceania can be found here together with background information on the role and functions of Councillors and the Council Handbook.


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MANASSAS, Va. – The East Coast rapist suspect has been indicted in Virginia on rape and abduction charges for attacks on three teenage girls on Halloween in 2009.
The girls were trick-or-treating in Prince William County when two of them were raped.
Authorities believe the sexual assaults are among 17 attacks Aaron Thomas carried out in Virginia, Maryland and Connecticut — dating back to the 1990s.
Thomas, 40, was indicted in Prince William County on Tuesday on two counts of rape, three counts of abduction and three felony firearms charges.
His lawyer asked for a two-day jury trial.
It is scheduled to begin on July 31.
Prince William County Chief Prosecutor Paul Ebert says if convicted in the attacks, Thomas could receive several life terms.
During a preliminary hearing about a month ago, the three victims of the attacks testified that a masked man approached them and asked for money, while they were trick-or-treating in Dale City. One of the girls says the man told them not to say anything or he would kill them.
While the girls were not able to identify their attacker because of the mask he wore, police say Thomas was linked to the attacks by DNA evidence.
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Goodguys 10th Great Northwest Nationals - Trucks From All AroundWritten by on December 16, 2011
Flying into Spokane, Washington, from California was an eye opener, not because the flight was bad, the landscape was that good, and it kept me glued to the window. The state of Washington, especially Spokane, is incredibly green with numerous rivers running right into the downtown cityscape. Why am I telling you the reader this? Well, sometimes it's about the destination outside the event that makes the actual event that much better. Not to mention, the people were exceptionally nice.
When I arrived at the fairgrounds Friday morning the air was crisp and not a cloud in the sky. Under my own steam, I walked the fairgrounds and noticed that this particular event was somewhat smaller than some of the other GG shows. However, it turns out that it was a good thing to be smaller because you get to see everything. Some of the larger events can be, at times, a little overwhelming since you don't know whose truck to look at first, plus, you can easily miss the coolest ride by simply walking right by it. Oops, I've done it several times. Another thing I happened to notice, were how many people made the trek from Alberta, Canada, and other states just to enjoy the long weekend and have some laughs with old and new friends who enjoyed the classics.
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Speaking of F-1's check out this cool, blue ride. The owner Scott Christensen kept the Ford flathead running strong.As I walked in from the parking area, I spotted this '59 Apache that reminded me of what my truck looked like when I first purchased it.Ted Boam's '66 Chevy C10 swallowed a modern Chevy 5.3 power train with a 4L60E. Ted said the truck drove nice all the way from Eagle, ID.Don Scouton from Spokane cleaned up his patina '52 Chevy by dropping a 350/350 combo. Not a bad parts runner either.Stacey Rogers from Spokane Valley also had a cool '66 Chevy with a blown 406 and a built TH400 trans to support the power
COE? Or better yet, mid-engine blown big-block Ford with dual quads. Dan Haberman from Haines, OR, showing what his idea of a '41 Ford COE looks like.C10 8-lug trucks are cool, too, especially when used as classic tow vehicles for project vehicles. Nothing like a classic towing a classic. Ray Shepard from Spokane, WA.Who needs a fancy boom box when you have drive-in theater speakers playing on your side windows? Reminds me of hiding in the trunk to sneak into the drive-ins. Great touch, Chuck Dravland.John and Stephanie Higgins drove all the way from Blind Bay, British Columbia, to attend the event and show off the handy work of their '55 Mercury pickup. Nice, any extra cab room? Great work guys.This roomy Suburban was packing a little something underhood in the form of an LS1 Corvette engine. Talk about a family hauling sleeper.Also from Canada, Ed McLeaw displayed his stunning '47 Ford with a small-block Ford 302 and C4 transmission to match.I didn't get the names of the father and son who built this clean truck but I wanted to showcase that it was done really nice while on a budget.
Steve and Liz Foster from Kelowna, BC, Canada, are sure glade they made the trip. His '54 Chevy packed one mean-sounding 250ci strait six motor putting 275 hp to the flywheel. And equally entertaining was a great group of friends that came with on the trip from Canada-Spokane-Pleasanton. Steve said he could have done without hitting a deer on the way to Pleasanton but he then laughed it off as a cool story to tell his grand-children. You know, like grandpa's fishing story.Brad Gortsema, the son of Rich Gortsema, also completed his '63 Ford Unibody for the show. Rumor has it he painted the wheels and added a few extra touches for the event, including detailing the Buick 350—that tricks a lot of folks into thinking it has a Ford motor. Look for details in a future feature in Classic Trucks.Jon Entwistle and his '71 GMC was a do it yourself home builder with plenty of talent. I walked up on his truck when he and his neighbor were wiping the bugs off of it to shop off Jon's handy work. Did I mention he drives it daily with the use of factory A/C?


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Chairman Hastings, Co-Chairman Cardin, and Members of the Commission:
I first want to thank you for – at long last – holding this important hearing on the detention of enemy combatants at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay.
As you may know, I have urged the Commission – through multiple letters – to examine U.S. policy and conduct concerning those deemed to be enemies in the Global War on Terror. This hearing is an important step in addressing a situation that has been mishandled from the outset and which carries serious implications for our nation's reputation throughout the world.
As the former Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Helsinki Commission, and throughout my 18 years as a Member of this body, I always believed that the Commission's responsibility was to oversee the implementation of the Helsinki Final Act abroad and to ensure that its key principles were applied in this country as well.
Human rights champion Andrei Sakharov has observed that the Helsinki Final Act has meaning only if it is observed fully by all parties.
As Sakharov has stated: "No country should evade a discussion on its own domestic problems, nor should a country ignore violations in other participating states… the whole point of the Helsinki Accords is mutual monitoring, not mutual evasion of difficult problems."
Indeed, Guantanamo – along with several other American detention facilities abroad – is not only a problem, but an international disgrace that every day continues to sully this great nation's good reputation.
Today, the United States has been holding some detainees at Guantanamo for more than five years without bringing them to trial.
Many detainees have reported physical and mental abuse. Four detainees have committed suicide in the past year – acts that one State Department official coldly described as "a good PR move."
The situation has provoked former Secretary of State Colin Powell to observe: "If it were up to me, I would close Guantanamo not tomorrow, but this afternoon… essentially, we have shaken the belief the world had in America's justice system by keeping a place like Guantanamo open."
I could not agree more.
The system of justice at Guantanamo – if it can be called that – is not only inconsistent with our values and inspiring outrage internationally, but also ineffective.
Of the hundreds of detainees cycling through and currently held at Guantanamo, only three have faced charges to date and only one has been convicted.
Today, less than one year after his conviction, he is serving a severely reduced nine-month sentence in an Australian prison.
As for the other two – Canadian Omar Khadr and Yemeni Salim Ahmed Hamdan – their charges were dismissed recently after an appellate court found that the U.S. government failed to establish jurisdiction.
I believe that one of the most egregious sections in the legislation Congress passed last fall is the provision that dismissed all pending habeas corpus suits by current detainees.
We must restore this fundamental right for those who have been detained.
Currently, I am working closely with key leaders in Congress – such as Chairmen Skelton and Conyers and Subcommittee Chairman Nadler – to do so.
Let me be clear: Our respect and adherence to the rule of law is not a sign of weakness. It is a source of strength.
No less a figure than Thomas Jefferson observed more than 200 years ago that the right of habeas corpus is "one of the essential principles of our government."
Simply stated, the elimination of habeas corpus rights fails to comport with our American values and our long legal tradition.
Let me conclude by stressing that there is no doubt that our eyes were opened by the horrific attacks on September 11, 2001.
We will – and we must – prevail in the war on terror.
However, in the pursuit of those who seek to harm us, we must not sacrifice the very ideals that distinguish us from those who preach death and destruction.
Members of the Commission, the time has come to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and to identify a reasoned method to process the detainees held there in a manner that is consistent with our values, our laws and our history.
This does not mean that we will coddle those who are accused of participating in or planning terrorist acts.
When Saddam Hussein was taken out of a hole and captured, we afforded him his legal right to hear the evidence against him, to contest that evidence, and to be represented by counsel.
When Slobodan Milosevic was brought to justice after murdering tens of thousands and sanctioning the ethnic cleansing of more than 2 million people, he was afforded his legal rights.
And even the butchers of Berlin – who committed genocide, murdering millions of innocents – were afforded their legal rights at Nuremburg.
We are in a fight against brutal extremists who will stop at nothing to inflict pain and destruction. However, we also must be cognizant of the fact that we are in a battle for the hearts and minds of millions of people who must know that the most powerful nation on earth is committed to fairness and justice.
Our current treatment of detainees in the war on terror is not helping us win on either front.
We must change course.
I look forward to working with you and our international partners to do precisely that.
Thank you.
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we intend to use ZCS in the following environment and would appreciate any feedback
how to setup an environment with shared mailboxes:
- members of a small group should see the mboxes of the other group members
- members of the group should not be allowed to make, rename or delete a folder
(it's likely that those users are using the same password accessing Zimbra)
- the group-leader should be able to hide a mbox or probably better, to see all
mboxes after logging into ZCS with an other/his password.
Can this scenario be realized with ZCS today?
Thank's a lot for your help!


text: Home Culture Top 5 Whitney Houston Performances From a Super Bowl song to a pre-fame variety show visit, here are the late legend's best. By: Genetta M. Adams Posted: Feb. 11 2012 11:25 PM 0 Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images R&B legend Whitney Houston, who died on Feb. 11 at the age of 48, gave so many memorable performances, it was a challenge just to pick five. As we look back on the life of one of music's greatest performers, here are our five favorite performances. "The Star Spangled Banner" --Jan. 27, 1991 At Super Bowl XXV in Tampa Bay, Fla., just days after the United States entered the Persian Gulf War, Houston gave one of the most memorable performances of the national anthem since Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock. This is the standard by which all other national anthem performances are judged. "Home" --April 29, 1983 Nineteen-year-old Houston made her television debut with a song from The Wiz on The Merv Griffin Show, two years before her self-titled album was released. It was clear even then that Houston was destined to be a star. "I Will Always Love You" --1999 At the 25th-anniversary celebration of Arista Records, the label founded by Houston's mentor Clive Davis, Houston -- more mature and as confident as ever -- gave a blowout performance of a song first made famous by Dolly Parton, but which will forever be known as a classic Houston hit. "One Moment in Time" --Feb. 22, 1989 Houston opened the 31st Grammy Awards with the song written for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The song would become a favorite for sport montages over the years. "Greatest Love of All" --Feb. 24, 1987 At the 29th Grammy Awards, Houston gave an inspirational performance of the song originally recorded by jazz great George Benson. The track first appeared on Houston's debut and was the B-side to her single "You Give Good Love." The unexpected hit would go on to be nominated for a Record of the Year Grammy. Genetta M. Adams is a contributor to The Root. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Get what we're watching delivered to your inbox everyday! Sign up for our daily video newsletter below. Whitney Houston Photos: A Career in Pictures In honor of the legendary singer, who died Feb. 11, we remember her life and career through photos. LOADING GALLERY... Page 1 of 3 NEXT PAGE > Powered by Livefyre 0


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Wow, this looks so authentic. The style of the buildings look like they were lifted right from a medieval map. Awesome work!
Another medieval style map. This time a wealthy coastal town.
Hand drawn, scanned, coloured in PS.
Wow, this looks so authentic. The style of the buildings look like they were lifted right from a medieval map. Awesome work!
Great work, Sapiento! (As usual )
Yesterday today was tomorrow.
My deviantart: http://darkaiz.deviantart.com/
You're really getting that medieval look down pat there, bro. Nice job.
If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)
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Damn, you're like a machine! How in the heck do you crank these out so fast, and yet each one looks fantastic!?!
(Oh, and repped, of course, when I'm able to rep you again... )
A beautiful piece of work.
Thank you all!
BTW, I'm working already on the next city map.
Lovely looking map, Sapiento. I don't know if I am just some kind of sexual deviant or what, but when I first read the title it popped into my head as "City of Genitialia" and now every time I see the title it makes me chuckle.
Oh, and get some sleep.
Royal: I'm very sorry for your loss, your mother was a terribly attractive woman.
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Yeah, I very muck like this style for city maps. Great work!
One of the annuals for Campaign Cartographer 3 contains a style much like this one. Almost purchased it... didn't as the annuals have 12 months of content and I didn't like buying it for only 1 month of content.
Check out my City Designer 3 tutorials. See my fantasy (city) maps in this thread.
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Born on March 11, 1989, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Yelchin was the son of professional figure skaters Viktor and Irina Yelchin. Despite having been popular performers with the Leningrad Ice Ballet, Yelchin's parents - both Soviet Jews who were denied the chance to represent their country at the 1972 Olympic Games due to discrimination - immigrated to the United States soon after their son was born, where they were granted asylum as political refugees. Settling in Tarzana, CA, his parents found work as figure skating coaches, while Yelchin declared his intentions of becoming an actor when he was four years old. With his parent's encouragement, Yelchin began taking acting classes. By the time... Continue Bio >>
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Found in many fruits, vegetables, and other plants, fructose is a simple monosaccharide commonly known as "fruit sugar." Fructose is found in honey, tree and vine fruits, berries, flowers, and most root vegetables. It may be present on its own or as a component of sucrose. In nature, fructose is important as it gives plants and fruits the energy to grow. When ingested, fructose is absorbed directly into the bloodstream. Fructose in its pure, dry form is white, very sweet, and odorless. It is the most water-soluble sugar available, making it a popular ingredient in many beverages.
When used commercially, fructose is most often derived from sugar cane, sugar beets, and corn. All forms of fructose that are used in foods and drinks contribute to taste. In baked goods, fructose can improve browning. Fructose is often referenced when talking about high-fructose corn syrup, a mixture of glucose and fructose that is used in many food and beverage products. High-fructose corn syrup is sometimes viewed controversially as it is believed to cause adverse health effects such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. However, further studies have shown that the risk is less severe than originally thought and that high-fructose corn syrup is safe for consumption. These dangers are limited to the ingestion of the product. Fructose in all forms is considered safe when used topically.
Fructose is a common ingredient in skin, hair, cosmetic, and beauty products. It can most commonly be found in formulas for bath products, cleansers, soaps, eye makeup, face powders, hair care products, and skin care products. Some hair products contain fructose to help strengthen and improve hair growth. Though scientific research does not confirm this to be a legitimate claim, the United States Food and Drug Administration considers fructose a safe substance and some benefits can be achieved. Fructose can help to moisturize hair, leaving it thicker and more resilient.
Fructose is known to have moisture-binding properties. This encourages more hydrated and radiant skin. Many products targeting dry or damaged skin will contain fructose to ensure that skin receives the proper amount of moisture to remain healthy. By promoting moisture retention, these products help to prevent excessive loss of moisture to the air. Skin that is unable to regulate its moisture retention needs additional help to achieve a healthy balance to look and feel its best.
The hydrating benefits provided by products containing fructose can also help to heal dry or irritated skin. Fructose will naturally energize and enrich damaged skin cells, leaving them healthy and moisturized. Some restorative products for skin contain fructose to diminish dryness and improve skin's appearance.
Another perceived benefit of fructose in skincare products is its usefulness in softening skin. Skin can become rough, dull, or irritated for a number of reasons. Environmental factors such as extreme weather, sunlight, wind, or varying temperatures can cause skin to need softening. Some lifestyle factors such as smoking, diet, exercise, and sleep patterns can also impact the texture of one's skin. For some, harsh treatments for conditions can leave the complexion dull or in need of a lift. Acne and anti-aging treatments can sometimes cause skin to become dry or irritated. In these instances, a product containing fructose can help to rejuvenate skin by nourishing, smoothing, and softening the skin. This softening effect also pertains to hair care products, leaving hair follicles smoother and softer after use.
In many cases, fructose also acts as a preservative. In food products, fructose helps to extend the shelf life of many products, making it possible to store them for longer periods of time without detrimental effects. Fructose can have similar benefits in skincare and hair care products. While these formulas are typically not as perishable as food products, fructose helps to ensure a product's effectiveness for a longer period of time.
Many beauty product manufacturers use fructose because it is a natural ingredient. As it is derived from fruits and other living plants, many natural skincare and hair care lines prefer it to other chemical alternatives. Fructose provides a natural source of moisture and nourishment, helping to protect skin and hair from potential environmental damage. It also acts as a natural preservative, extending the life of a product without adding potentially irritating preservatives. With an increasing emphasis on safe and natural beauty, cosmetic, and hair products, fructose is becoming a more common ingredient for many companies.


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1964 Dodge Polara Project NSS - Engine SwapWritten by on January 17, 2014 The Big Swap: Out with the poly, in the with big-block
We repair, modify, drive, and race all types of Mopar cars, both vintage and modern, and have never backed down from a challenging project. One of our latest builds is a '64 Polara two-door hardtop that we picked up from the car corral at the 2011 Mopar Nationals in Columbus, Ohio. This car was a basket case when we picked it up, having been painted but never re-assembled, and was missing the engine and transmission, among other things. Wanting to race this car in the Nostalgia Super Stock classes of drag racing, we decided to install a powerful big-block in our Dodge, but since the car was originally equipped with a Poly 318, we needed to address some issues to make the engine fit.
The Poly 318 really has nothing in common with the engine we plan to install, which is based on a 400 B-series block with a 440 crankshaft and Indy 440-1 cylinder heads. In fact, cars equipped with a Poly 318 and pushbutton automatic transmission were equipped with their own specific K-member. What's more, the transmission crossmember in our car is different than those used for the 1966-and-later aluminum 727 TorqueFlite like the one we'll install. Given these factors, we had to decide whether to replace the car's K-member and fabricate a transmission crossmember, or install our engine with conversion mounts that are available from Schumacher Creative Services.
Schumacher offers engine swap kits for nearly every Mopar body style and engine combination, including our '64 Dodge. Even better, Schumacher offers conversion mounts in their strong, polyurethane, Poly-Loc product line, which are far superior to rubber isolator mounts like the factory would have installed. Schumacher also offers the correct polyurethane transmission mount to secure the late-model 727 (or A-833) to the early transmission crossmember. With these parts readily available, it's really a no-brainer installing a big-block engine into a '63 to '65 B-Body that was originally equipped with a Poly 318. The mounts simply bolt in place, and the engine drops right in. There were, however, a couple of other considerations we needed to address with our combination.
The big-block engine we're installing is one that we had originally built for a '71 Road Runner in previous issues of Mopar Muscle. This engine features a factory 400 block, a factory forged crankshaft from a 440, and forged pistons and connecting rods from 440Source. Topped with ported Indy 440-1 cylinder heads and equipped with a Comp solid-roller camshaft, this engine makes big torque and well over 600 horsepower. With this in mind, we also opted for the torque strap offered by Schumacher.
Installing a torque strap from the driver side of the engine to the car's frame or K-member ensures that the torque of the engine during hard launches won't damage the engine isolator mounts. The Schumacher torque strap comes with a kit that includes the strap, mounting pad, hardware, heavy-duty adjustable rod ends, and polyurethane bushings. Unlike a motor plate, the Schumacher torque strap offers great strength, while still keeping the engine isolated from the frame of the car with polyurethane bushings. This keeps any vibrations from the engine from transferring to the car's chassis, for smoother operation and reduced maintenance. The torque strap is the only part of this installation that requires any fabrication, only necessitating two holes be drilled into the car's K-member to install the lower mounting pad.
Another issue with installing a big-block into a mid-'60s B-Body is the exhaust. And while there are several options available--including factory manifolds--we decided headers were the only way to achieve the performance we want. Fortunately, Tube Technologies, Inc. (tti) offers some great header choices for a car like ours. Since the Indy heads on our engine have raised exhaust ports, standard big-block headers simply won't bolt up without interference issues. TTI has resolved this problem by manufacturing headers specifically designed for our engine and body-style combination. TTI actually offers two versions of these headers, one with 2-inch primary tubes, and the other with primary tubes that step from 2 inches up to 21⁄8 inch. Both versions are under-chassis style headers, with primary tubes that remain above the steering centerlink before dumping into 31⁄2-inch collectors.
As with all tti products, we found our headers to be of the highest quality, with mandrel bent tubes and thick 3⁄8-inch flanges. Available bare or with multiple coating options, we chose the unpolished ceramic coated headers, both for appearance and because the ceramic coating serves as a thermal barrier. The tti headers offer a great fit, with plenty of clearance of the steering, oil pan, K-member, inner fenders, firewall, and floors, and the large diameter primary tubes won't rob our engine of performance. Even better, these headers are designed to fit multiple applications both with and without power steering. They even fit manual transmission equipped vehicles with either 10.5-inch or 11-inch flywheels.
Fitting the headers into our Dodge did require one of several specific mini-starters to be utilized. The part number for each starter is clearly listed on tti's website, and we chose the PN 9523 XS Torque starter from Powermaster Performance. This starter features a billet mounting plate that mounts in the factory location and has a clock-able snout, allowing the starter to rotate for easy clearance of the headers and block. With a 4.4:1 reduction gear ratio, the Powermaster Performance starter puts out an amazing 200 lb-ft of torque and can start engines with far more displacement and compression than our 451-inch big-block. This starter also doesn't suffer from heat soak issues like factory starters, which is a benefit since it is located in close proximity to the headers.
Our car came with an original style radiator (in the trunk), which we assume was the factory unit used to cool the Poly 318 engine. This radiator wasn't going to be adequate to keep our big-block cool, so we contacted U.S. Radiator and discussed our options. As their ad states, U.S. Radiator can manufacture a radiator for any combination, from "mild to wild" and quickly recommended a high-efficiency "triple flow" aluminum radiator for our Dodge. This radiator is manufactured to the factory dimensions, so it bolts right in place using the provisions in the core support, and the inlet and outlet are the proper size for big-block Mopar engines. We opted for a radiator package that included an electric "puller" style fan along with an aluminum fan shroud.
With all of our parts from Schumacher, tti, U.S. Radiator, and Powermaster Performance, we quickly had the engine installed. Using the right parts makes a job like this easy, and it sure beats fabricating items to make things work or changing the K-member. As Mopar lovers, we're fortunate to have so many great products available, allowing us to install virtually any Mopar engine into any body-style Mopar. With the engine in our Polara, we're one step closer to getting this car on the road and to the track. Be sure to follow future issues of Mopar Muscle as we test our car on the dragstrip, and if you see us at the track, be sure to come check out our project car and let us know what you think.
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02 Schumacher Creative Services has a variety of parts necessary to swap nearly any Mopar engine and transmission into nearly any Mopar body style vehicle. We ordered their engine mount kit with strong Poly-Loc engine mounts to adapt our big-block to the 318 Poly K-member in our Dodge.03 Schumacher also offers torque strap kits, which are necessary in high-torque applications like ours. For the transmission, we ordered one of Schumacher's conversion mounts to install our '66-up 727 automatic onto the early style transmission crossmember.04 The Schumacher components simply bolt in place where the original engine and transmission mounts would be located. These conversion mounts really make engine installation easy, requiring no fabrication at all.06 The tti headers we're using won't work with the large factory starter, but tti lists several mini-starters on their website that will work. We chose this starter from Powermaster Performance, and it fit nicely in the factory location. The mini-starter has a clock-able snout, allowing the starter to rotate for maximum clearance. With a 4.4:1 gear reduction, this starter provides 200 lb-ft of torque and comes with a dyno sheet showing it has been tested and is ready for installation.07 To keep our big-block cool, we chose an aluminum "triple flow" high-efficiency radiator from U.S. Radiator. Compared to the factory unit, this radiator is lighter and will cool more efficiently than the two-core radiator our car came with. The aluminum radiator bolts directly to the factory core support and has an electric fan and shroud on the back side to pull air through the radiator. We'll use a switch wired to a relay to control the fan, allowing us to cool the engine between rounds at the racetrack.


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The Witcher 2 Enhanced now available for pre-load on PC
CD Projekt RED has announced players can now pre-download the Enhanced Edition update for the PC version of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. The majority of the 10 GB update can be downloaded here, and come April 17 when it's released for both PC and Xbox 360, the rest of the files can be […]
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CD Projekt RED announced during it Spring Conference today that those who currently own Witcher 2 on PC will be upgraded to the Enhanced Edition the same day April 17 it releases on Xbox 360.
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Witcher 2 developer strives for "meaningful" player choice
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Witcher 2 Enhanced dev diary shows off cinematic elements
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Witcher 2 360 Dark Edition sold out in Europe
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Cd Projekt has said it may face a problem when creating DLC for The Witcher 2 on Xbox 360 because the firm is used to releasing the content free to players, something Microsoft is not keen on.
Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition video goes behind-the-scenes of the new CGI intro
CD Projekt has released a new video for The Witcher 2, and it provides a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the new CGI intro of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition for Xbox 360 created by Platige Image. The Enhanced Edition is out next month on PC and Xbox 360.
Latest teaser video for Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition delves more into the story
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Teaser video for The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition released for Xbox 360
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The Witcher 2 moved over 1.1 million units in 2011
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"Xbox 360 has never seen a game" like Witcher II, says CDP
CD Projekt has released the first developer diary for The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition, stating that the RPG contains the "most complex story ever told on Xbox 360."
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Witcher 2 Xbox 360 video diary delves into console development, added extras
CD Projekt has released a developer video for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings which discusses the new quests, locations, and new NPCs included in the Xbox 360 version of the game. The developers also dig into the development of the console version, and explain how it is an "enhancement" of the original version, once […]
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CD Projekt has announced its console adaptation of The Witcher 2 will be released on Xbox 360 April 17.
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Witcher 2 pre-orders hit 111,842, Polish edition pre-orders maxed
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CD Projekt considering expansions for Witcher 2 instead of traditional DLC
The Witcher 2's senior producer, Tomasz Gop, has said that the developer plans on releasing future content for Assassins of Kings, but for the moment, the firm is laser focused on getting the game out the door first.
No more IP location detection for GOG.com purchases
In news sure to please Australian gamers (and others around the world), the "dashing digital download dudes" at GOG.com are no longer determining customer locations by IP address, as part of an overhaul of the site's privacy policy.
Quick Shots: The Witcher 2 features pretty ladies in pretty lighting
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I never saw the WIP thread because I was checking the CWBP forums. Man, this is AMAZING! I absolutely love it. I'll check out the wiki and add it if you haven't already.
THanks again. Truly an awesome map.
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This is a map for the CWBP, done at the request of Industry Gothica for his Witchlight Strand campaign. The PCs are holed up in the tavern (which I've randomly named Witch's Brew) plotting the town's defense against the orcish hordes with Deeson Voss. Here's the wiki entry on the village:
The WiP thread for this map is here, though I didn't really post all that many versions so there's not much to see. The base map was created using RPG Citymap Generator, the output of which I cropped and rotated...though the buildings and roads were actually pretty good as generated (something of a rarity). I used a parchment underlay and then groups of layers for buildings, trees, etc. Most have texture, bevel, outline, and texture edges layers (i.e. run Find Edges on the texture) set on various blend modes. I tried to let a little of the parchment show through everything.Hania is a small village located on the Crescent River at the western edge of the Liaglades in the Witchlight Strand. The village is largely self-sufficient, with talented farmers and craftsmen. As such, there is no official ruler, though the villagers look to the guidance of Deeson Voss, a retired soldier and strategist.
As the boundaries of the Savage War expanded during the last instance of the Witchlight phenomena, Hania was sacked by a raiding band of orcs. Nearly the entire village was slaughtered, but those who survived, under the guidance of Deeson Voss, somehow managed to defeat the remaining orcs and bring peace back to Hania. They are currently in the process of rebuilding.
It ain't perfect but I like it a little...and it's certainly a departure from any style I've ever attempted before. Hope IG, Redrobes and the rest like it.
NB As part of the CWBP, this map is released under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license (link).
I never saw the WIP thread because I was checking the CWBP forums. Man, this is AMAZING! I absolutely love it. I'll check out the wiki and add it if you haven't already.
THanks again. Truly an awesome map.
You're welcome. Thanks for the praise. jtougas is working on a version as well so don't jump on mine as the final just yet - not sure how far he's gotten because I've been under the weather and haven't been checking the boards much.
Great map, mearrin. I really like the look. Repped.
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Very nice little map this. Repped.
The way you've added the fields is very good!
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Racing and Automotive Legends Hold Panel DiscussionWritten by on February 3, 2005 Living Legends live up to billing during panel discussion at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum
When legends speak, people listen. And when the legends are from theperformance and racing industry and they share tales from their storiedpasts, people laugh, cry and, more importantly, remember the early days.Such was the scene at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona,Calif., where Wally Parks, Vic Edelbrock Jr., Alex Xydias, EdIskenderian and Ed Pink held court for 2-plus hours, keeping the pastalive and an audience of about 150 thoroughly amused during a paneldiscussion aptly titled "Living Legends."
The event was an offshoot of the Museum's current exhibit, "Edelbrock: APerformance Legacy," which runs through Feb. 14. It's also an ongoingpart of the Museum's "living history" agenda, where people can come andsee and hear their icons in action.
"It's great to be here with my heroes," said emcee Dave McClelland tothe crowd. McClelland, who always asks the right questions at the righttime to evoke the best, and often funniest responses, was right ontarget once again.
He set the stage when he said, "we've come to celebrate a performancelegacy here today. Ask yourself, 'what if there was no Edelbrock?' It'simpossible to think about because Edelbrock has had such an influence onthe performance industry."
McClelland got tossed for a loss momentarily as a quick quip about USCfootball (Vic's alma mater) winning the championship spurred a debatebetween the panelists, especially Vic and Alex.
"Enough about football, already!" McClelland said. The crowd and panellaughed and the real discussion about the history of the performanceindustry began in earnest.
The program covered quite a bit of subjects, ranging from various formsof racing (dry lakes, drag), engine building, first uses of nitro,famous cars such as the legendary SO-CAL Streamliner and Belly TankLakester, the scene at Gilmore Stadium and the early days ofmanufacturing and distributing performance parts. But two namesdominated the discussion: Vic Edelbrock Sr. and Bobby Meeks, his famedengine builder.
Every panelist told several stories about both. For Vic Jr., the storiesrepresented his childhood as he watched his dad and Meeks develop aspecial brand of performance parts and help forge a new industry.
"I feel very fortunate to have been born into the family I was," Vic Jr.said. He talked about the excitement from Meeks and his dad on usingnitro for the first time and beating the Offys at Gilmore. He also spokeabout learning about dynos and testing products as a teen, as well asdoing things right, the Edelbrock way. "My father would say 'hurry upand screw up the first so you won't screw up the second one.'"
Vic Sr. may have been tough on young Vic, but nothing like Bobby Meekswas, well, to everyone. Ed "Isky" Iskenderian, the 'Camfather,' saidMeeks was "pretty blunt and not too diplomatic on mistakes. He would sayyou were a dummy, you're doing it wrong, but he was sort of polite aboutit.
Panelist Ed Pink, a racer as well as an accomplished engine builder, wasschooled under Meeks, who he said was tough, but fair. "When I made amistake," Pink said, "at least Bobby Meeks didn't hit me like theteachers did back in school."
Alex Xydias, founder of the famous SO-CAL Speed Shop, called Meeks, "Theengine guy - a true legend."
Of course, Vic Jr. knew Meeks before he got famous...and a little gruff."Bobby Meeks was 15 and hangin' around my father's place,' Vic Jr. said."He had no place to go. My father asked him, "wanna get your handsdirty?' Bobby became a brother to my dad. He would be here today, butsome of his parts are wearing out and they don't sell replacements forthose parts yet."
Vic Jr. also told of the time when Vic Sr. got Meeks a car "Bobby needsa car - it was time. My dad brought in a pile of junk and said, 'put ittogether.' He did it and that was his car."
Pink told a great story of how he organized a bowling team thatconsisted of Meeks, Vic Sr. (and Jr. as an alternate), Don Towle and oneof Pink's customers. "We weren't out to break any records," to which VicJr. chimed in, "maybe beer-drinking records." As the crowd laughed,Pink continued, telling everyone how they did, uh, have "many beerframes and got real loud. We just wanted to let our hair down. And youknow what? We won the league championship...but they never asked usback."
Ever-sharp Wally Parks quickly added, "Not too many of us in the roomcan let our hair down."
Parks remembered Vic Sr. as "an innovator. He was an icon to me, veryhonorable. He was one of the top men I've ever known."
Xydias, a super-close friend of Vic Sr.'s, agreed. "He was my mentor andbest friend. He was also a great businessman. And Xydias would know: hesold Edelbrock equipment back in the 1950s. He told stories of runningback and forth between Burbank and Hollywood to get Edelbrock manifoldsas customers waited in his shop. "When I first opened up SO-CAL SpeedShop, the first place I went for product was Edelbrock. You'd sell oneEdelbrock manifold and it would make your day 'cause you'd make about$20 on it, and that was a lot of money back then. I was a good Edelbrockcustomer!"
Xydias seemed to remember his moments with Vic Sr. (who passed away in1961) like they happened yesterday.
Iskenderian also vividly remembered Vic Sr.. He told a story from the1950s about Mickey Thompson, who was trying to get the good-natured Iskyto work on a racecar for him and build cams for him for free. "Vic Sr.asked me one thing: 'Has that man ever bought anything from you?' Iheard the significance in that," he said as the crowd laughed.
Vic's business sense wasn't only about money: it was about the products,especially R&D. "Vic Edelbrock Sr.'s philosophy was, 'never have yourcustomer's do your testing. Make the parts the best they can be.'"That's why Edelbrock equipment was so superior," explained Ed Pink.
Vic Jr. acknowledged his dad "had an incredible knack" for engines. Hetold the crowd about the time performance guru engine builder KeithBlack wanted his manifolds on some engines for a power boat race. "Keithtold my dad the manifold didn't work. That was something you didn't sayto my dad." Vic said his dad, with Bobby Meeks, of course, built theirown engines and won the race.
Speaking of products, McClelland playfully focused on Isky and hisfamous cams. "So Isky, "McClelland asked with a smile, "was it all BSabout the cams with the trick names such as the "404" and "5-Cycle?"Isky got a gleam in his eye and went along, admitting, "Yeah, it was alla publicity stunt. It could have been true it made them faster." Thecrowd loved it and roared with approval.
Isky told them what it was like to develop performance products in theearly days. "Back then, R&D didn't cost us anything. We did things bythe seats of our pants." He added, "A guy can invent something in hisbackyard and then an engineer will come along and put a formula to it."
Poking fun at fellow panelist Xydias, Isky told the time "Alexcomplained to Vic Sr. that his V8 didn't work. Vic switched two wiresand it ran fine." Xydias turned to Isky and deadpanned, "I don't knowwhere you heard that one..."
And that's how it went during the fast-paced event. The panelists notonly offered insight on the history of the performance and racingindustry, but we're not embarrassed to make light of themselves (or eachother) in the process. Vic Jr. told everyone how he was dropped into acan of super-thick "Gunk" as a youngster and how his mom wasn't toohappy about it. Parks immediately chimed in how that explained how "VicJr.'s hair is so blond when his dad's was jet black. It's because theybleached him to get the Gunk off."
Vic Jr. also made it clear that learning about testing engines andproducts from his dad and co-workers took time. "I was working on aflathead as a kid and they asked me, 'Jr., are you sure you checked thetiming marks?' I said, 'What timing marks?'"
The crowd appreciated the panel's humor and, of course, the history."I'd like to thank this outstanding panel," said Sam Jackson, executivedirector of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum. Going with the funflow, Jackson looked over the panel and added, "It's kind of nice to beone of the younger guys in the room."
McClelland let Vic Jr. have the last word of the day. "This is what'sit's all about ladies and gentlemen," Edelbrock said. "These are thestories, of our past, of our industry, of our sport. We never want toforget them. We want them to live on forever."
And they will, as long as the Parks Museum continues to present livinglegends who people can listen to...and laugh with.