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Comfort & moisture from insertion to removal. Only Opti-Free PureMoist Multi-Purpose Disinfecting Solution with HydraGlyde Moisture Matrix provides comfort and moisture from insertion to removal. Removes protein deposits and reduces lipid deposition for silicone hydrogel and soft contact lenses.
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Best solution for you contacts. I tried this once, then tried other brands solutions and this one is for far much better. Your contacts more moist from the time you put on. Feels moist all day long. You feel it since you are cleaning the lenses. Feels like gel. I will not try any other. Very pleased.
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I use this solution as a daily solution. Just started using it in January, and was concerned it would irritate my eyes. It didn't though. I love it.
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Great cleaning solution, always leaves contacts perfect for the next use!
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I usually wear my contact lenses for about 16+ hours per day while staring at computer screens for about 8+ hours a day and the current contacts I use are Oasys for Astigmatism which uses a specific kind of soft contact lens - silicone hydrogel. By the end of the day, my eyes get dry and it is a relief to take my contacts out. However, using this contact lens solution has made my eyes more comfortable compared to any other solutions made for silicone hydrogel contacts. The other solutions have made me want to change to glasses right when I get home, but at least now, I can last throughout the day!
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For the first time in about three decades, there is no longer a sporting goods store at the corner of Third Street and Railroad Avenue in downtown Rifle.
Gun enthusiasts, hunters and other outdoors fans now need to go just a block south and west, where Timberline Sporting Goods is now located, on Second Street.
Co-owners Kevin and Bryan Rider relocated to the former homes of Aloha Day Spa and Bell Supply to take advantage of much larger space, said Kevin Rider on Tuesday, as he and his brother continued to unpack boxes and stock shelves.
"We ran out of room several years ago, really," he added. "We didn't have room for much in the way of fishing supplies, so we'll be adding that back in."
That's not all either, as the new location is 75,000 square feet, compared to the 12,000 square feet at their previous location. The brothers want to add an indoor archery range in a part of the building that's now a large garage, along with a remote control model car race track.
"We think a good archery range is something Rifle's needed for a long time," Kevin Rider said. "We want to have league shooting, with prizes and everything."
The move has allowed the Riders to hire three new employees, too, Kevin Rider said, as they gear up over the winter to offer more outdoors and camping gear, among other supplies. Timberline now has five people on staff, including the Riders, Kevin Rider said.
They bought the store eight years ago, when Kevin Rider lived in Craig and his brother in Denver, Kevin Rider said. The previous site had also operated as All Sports, Kevin Rider said, before it was renamed Timberline.
"We were ready to move several years ago, and we're happy we're still in downtown Rifle," Bryan Rider said.
And for those who may be curious, the Riders said the iconic metal buffalo that stood on the roof of the store at the old location will return, in time.
"We had to take it all apart, so it's in pieces right now," Bryan Rider said.
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We are evaluating the Network Edition of Zimbra and so far I like it. I have one fairly major problem, however. It seems a few Zimbra services stop working following a network outage. I have seen this happen twice now. If the machine Zimbra is running on loses network connectivity, some of the services stop and need to be manually restarted after network is restored. Is this a known issue? I did some searching and couldnt find anything on this. I am wondering why this happens and if it can be fixed/worked around.
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'Bakaba' | Distressed Leather Belt by BOSS Orange
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Hong Kong Park Guest House
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A1 15/Floor A Block Chung King Mansion 36-44 NATHAN Road
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We are honoured to receive RATED TOP CLEAN AWARD FOR 2010 from worldwide web site Mar 2011.
Grand Re-Opening. The Park Guest house had just been completed their upgrade renovation in 2010. It may be the best choice for budget hostel in downtown of Hong Kong. Just a few steps away from airport bus station, train station and subway station.The direct connection to the Victoria Harbour and Space Museum. Numerous subway and bus links makes reaching HONG KONG historical, cultural and architectural attractions easy and comfortable.
Its facilities improved to cater for tourists looking for Hotel Quality at Hostel Budget accommodation.
Please read THE BEDS SETTING IN ROOM CARFULLY to avoid any misunderstanding before you make your reservation.
Beds settings in room:
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Double - 1 double bed
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If the category of rooms you are looking for which were already fully booked, please try another of our hostel: New International Guest House.
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There is construction noise during normal working hours(9:00-17:00). Monday to Saturday.
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- All rooms are furnished with shower/WC and TV
- Towels and linen included
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- High level of security with modern keycard system
- Information for sightseeing and entertainment in Hong Kong
- Handicapped friendly
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- Elevator
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- High level of comfort
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Booked rooms will be available starting at 1PM on the day of arrival. Check-in can be processed earlier. You luggage can be stored securely and free of charge in our luggage storage before check in.
The Park Guest House offers affordable accommodation with exceptional comfort, located in the heart of Hong Kongs shopping and entertainment mecca, Tsim Sha Tsui .The direct connection to the Victoria Harbour and Space Museum. Numerous subway and bus links makes reaching HONG KONG historical, cultural and architectural attractions easy and comfortable.
Public Transportation:
- Airport bus stop 30m
- Railway station 100m
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- Bus, taxi stop - near the hostel
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- Victoria Harbor 500m
- Cultural Centre 500m
- Star Avenue 800m
- Science Museum 1.5Km
- Space Museum 500m
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- Canton Road 800m
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- Victoria Peak 5 minutes by subway
- Lan Kwai Fong 10 minutes by subway
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- Hong Kong Disneyland 40 minutes by subway
- Temple Street 5 minutes by subway
- Po Lin Monastery 40 minutes by bus
- Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre 5 minutes by subway
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Cleanliness is of the highest priority for us. All guest rooms and common areas are cleaned daily.The hostel and its rooms are equipped with a highly modern keycard system(HK$100 deposit necessary). The entire hostel is equipped with a modern fire alarm system with smoke detectors and fire extinguishers on every floor, as well as a video monitoring system in the entire hostel.
-Fluent in English, French and Chinese
As well as a Safe and Secure neighborhood.
Confirmation email will be sent to the customer after room booking.
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HUGE game! Absolutely HUGE.
Tech is much improved this year. They just pasted UNM wayyyy worse than Texas did. Good guys gotta find a way to come out on top if we want a special season.
isn't every game huge?
Not in the same way. The OU game, for example, is only huge if we can pull off a win. If not, then no big deal. Tech is a game we have a good shot at winning so if we want to get to 6 it's one we probably need. But I'm sure they are feeling the same way.
Yesterday was W. Illinois
TTech is next!
we, we, we, we so excited!
we so excited!
the next week is TCU
and Kansas St. comes afterwards
I don't want this season to end!
Tech is gonna be ready. We have handled them the last 2 years. They are playing with a lot of confidence and they have a bye this week like we do.
Does anyone know what the TV options are for the TT game?
The worst part, we don't get them right after a big OU win on the road like last year. They will be healthy and hungry. Steele has to be on point if we are gonna match that high tempo offense.
This will be a much tougher game than the last two years. The Tech offense looks pretty impressive so far. I still think we find a way to win though.
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This will be a much tougher game than the last two years. The Tech offense looks pretty impressive so far. I still think we find a way to win though.
Just by scoreboard watching, I'm less confident in this game than I was @ Iowa. Still think Rhodes gets the best of Tubby again.
That rug really tied the room together, did it not dude?
Follow me unplugged on twitter @fatkid1974
Huge game. Get their offense out of rhythm and laugh as they meet adversity for the first time this season. If we can hold on to the ball, we can go to bed 4-0, but it's going to be a good battle.
Hope to God this is another 7 PM game...because I have to work til 6:30.
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
I think our fundamentally sound, solid tackling defense matches up particularly well against TT. I also don't think we've shown everything we've got on offense. I don't think we'll blow them out again, but I think we'll take them- something like 31-21.
Originally Posted by fatkid1974
Just by scoreboard watching, I'm less confident in this game than I was @ Iowa. Still think Rhodes gets the best of Tubby again.
820 posts and you still spell it Rhodes? Time to stop being that guy.
To be honest this is the biggest game for TT this year. We have embarrassed them the alst two years. They are using the ISU game as a measuring stick to see how far they have come. I have a feeling this is going to be akin to their super bowl.
When you look at what happened to ISU after the Texas letdown last year, this game seems HUGE.
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The Voice
When Is The Voice On In 2013?
Our day basically consists of the following: waking up, eating Slim Jims, pretending to work-out, and checking to see whether or not The Voice has returned from hiatus. Spoiler alert: It hasn't. Our favorite singing competition won't be back in action until Spring 2013, and the official premiere date is Monday, March 25 at 8pm ET. Sigh, we'll be counting down the days.
Also, don't forget that The Voice is mixing things up this season! Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green are both taking a break from their coaching duties in order to work on personal projects, which means Usher and Shakira will be filling in.
Sure, we'll miss Christina's crazy hair and mysterious obsession with fans (someone explain), but there's no doubt that Usher and Shakira will bring it. Their hips don't lie, that's all we're saying.
Will you watch The Voice when it premieres in March? Hit the comments and dish!


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Hi all!
Is it possible to send all the e-mails written in zimbra to an external smtp-account as the default? An if yes, what I ve to do?
background infos: I run my zimbra server on a locale maschine with a dynamic ip. If I send an email to one of the big emailprovider, the mail was rejected, cause it was send from a mail-server with a dynamic ip. If I can send the mail to my external mail-server (with a static ip), so the mail will be accepted.
The external mail-server is NOT a zimbra server!
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My company is running on the below version for quite a while. Everything was fine until today.....
Release 7.1.3_GA_3346.UBUNTU10_64 UBUNTU10_64 FOSS edition.
We noticed that the server is running out of space, and so we wanted to housekeep some file. Not much stuff could be deleted, but we still try to start up the service like as usual... then we have the error:
antispam Running
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zmmailboxdctl is not running.
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We have followed so so so many of tips from the forum, but somehow unable to start up the zmmailboxdctl service....
can anyone help to troubleshoot this?
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I am planning on drawing maps for all 32 of 'P3: Assault on Nightwyrm Fortress' encounters. This is a 4E D&D module published by Wizards of the Coast. I am making these for NGordian, who will be using the maps in MapTool. The maps will be made from scratch using the GIMP and resources downloaded from the intergoogleweb, particularly from this forum and the Dunjinni forums. All maps will be at a scale of 100 pixels per grid square and 72 PPI.
This is a WIP thread - so I am looking for advice on improving the maps.
EDIT: Finished maps are here: http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...861#post186861


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Business Wire Dallas hosted "Targeting the Hispanic Market: Strategies & Trends," a media breakfast for Dallas-area communicators on October 22 to discuss how to target communication efforts to the ever-growing and influential Hispanic consumer market.
The panel included (left to right):
- Alfredo Carbajal, Editor-in-Chief of Al Dia
- Eloina Juárez, Assignment Editor at KUVN Univision 23
- Brent Murphy, Publisher of Mercado Bilingue
- Juan Carlos Pinzon, Executive Producer at Telemundo
- Olga Romero, Spanish Public Relations and Spokesperson at Southwest Airlines
Among the key insights provided by the panel:
- Mr. Carbajal recommended sending press releases in English instead of possibly using incorrect Spanish grammar or spelling. Most importantly, he advised that when sending a press release, it is important to "highlight the audience that the news will impact" and to "put a face" on the news when you are pitching it.
- Ms. Juárez shared that 75% of DFW households speak both English and Spanish. Ms. Juárez said when sending in a press release it is best to keep it short and sweet preferably emailing the release to the general newsroom inbox rather than to one specific assignment editor with the ideal submission time being between noon and 2 p.m.
- Mr. Murphy suggested five objectives you need in order to reach the Hispanic community: Trust, Education, Community, Emotional Component and a Face-to-Face Relationship.
- Mr. Pinzon gave insight on a typical Telemundo viewer being a married person in their 30's with children, bilingual and with legal U.S. citizenship. On the topic of pitching a story idea to Telemundo, Mr. Pinzon stated that he prefers shooting their own footage because the B-roll provided by companies always tends to be a little too "advertiser-y." When emailing, Mr. Pinzon advised giving specific information in the subject line beyond a general subject like "Important Event!"
- Mrs. Romero shared the importance of having a bilingual spokesperson in order to ensure ease during the interview process when speaking to the Hispanic media. Mrs. Romero believes the Hispanic market to be educated and technologically savvy, giving the example that more and more Hispanics are now booking their flights on Southwest using mobile devices.
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For context: we're currently running 6.0.1 Network Edition on CentOS machines (hosted on Amazon EC2 instances).
To start with, we had successfully enabled outbound DKIM signing by adding the following to ~zimbra/conf/amavisd.conf, then running "zmamavisdctl restart"
Some time later, we configured Zimbra to relay email through our corporate server using:Code:$enable_dkim_signing = 1; dkim_key('<dkim-domain>', '<dkim-selector>', '<dkim-private-key-filename>'); @mynetworks = qw(0.0.0.0/8 127.0.0.0/8 10.0.0.0/8);
- "zmprov ms $(hostname) zimbraMtaRelayHost $relayserver:$relayport"
- creation of ~zimbra/conf/relay_config with our values
- "postmap hash:/opt/zimbra/conf/relay_config"
- several postconf's to set smtp_* values
- "postfix reload"
While this works (email is relayed as expected), outbound emails are no longer being DKIM-signed. We don't want to do DKIM signing on the relay server, either, so I have two questions for the Postfix / Zimbra gurus:
- Is this incompatibility likely being caused by an ordering of Postfix operations? (That is, is DKIM signing being done 'after' the relayhost procedure?)
- If so, is there a simple way to reorder these steps, so that mail is signed _before_ being relayed to our corporate server?
I would greatly appreciate any and all feedback. :-)


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With recycling services now available to every Delaware resident, all commercial businesses and institutions will also be participating soon in the state's comprehensive recycling program. To help Delaware's businesses and institutions comply with their Jan. 1, 2014 deadline for the Universal Recycling Law, DNREC will hold a series of informational workshops in February throughout the state. Locations, dates and times for the workshops are listed below.
Delaware's Universal Recycling Law establishes a comprehensive statewide system of recycling that, with full implementation, will provide efficient and convenient recycling programs for every Delaware residence, business, and institution. Universal Recycling is structured to maximize recycling rates and diversion of waste and support and stimulate job growth and new businesses in Delaware.
Business owners and Institution managers are encouraged to attend one of the workshops to learn about the growing recycling opportunities in Delaware. Materials commonly recycled in the commercial sector may include corrugated cardboard, food waste, scrap lumber and scrap metals, office paper, and various plastics.
DNREC staff will be available at the workshops to provide assistance tailored to businesses and institutions with discussion on legislative requirements, grant funding, commercial recycling toolkits, and local recycling success stories. Learn more at www.recycling.delaware.gov or call 739-9403.
The local workshop locations, dates and times are:
Brandywine Hundred Library
1300 Foulk Road
Wilmington, DE 19803
Tuesday, February 19
3:30-5:30 p.m.
Newark Free Library
750 Library Avenue
Newark, DE 19711
Tuesday, February 26
3:30-5:30 p.m.
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text: So I'm in the market for a new pack for this coming deer season to replace my blacks creek Jim Horn Signature Alaskan pack. Overall I have not been impressed with the way the Blacks Creek distrubited the load when I have a whole quartered up black tail deer in it. For those that may not be familiry with the older Alaskan, when you unzipped the main bag the entire pack expanded outwards or directly back which made you feel very top heavy and ready to go over backwards when loaded down. Now I was looking at the J34 pack and after unzipping the main bag it seems like the bag would expand more to the sides as opposed to directly back like the blacks creek. Does anyone have any experience with both of these packs or can comment on how the J34 carries weight? I still have my old frame pack that does well but it is a pain to carry while on a spot and stalk type hunt.


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Have you ever dated a geek? If you have, you know that they are loyal, caring, creative, problem-solvers. At least that's what the self-proclaimed geeks at The Next Web want you to think!
That's right. One of webs' most influential tech journalism sites published a seemingly beguiling article entitled, "Geek Love: 10 Reasons to Date a Geek." They suggest that geeks are not just thoughtful, but they are incredibly day to please. What nerds have they been seeing?
The geeks we've dated may not watch sports, but they do check their iPhones like they're competing for messages. They're obsessed with critiquing websites, analyzing our every date, and ditching us for late night hackathons and tech meet ups.
When it comes down to it, going out with a nerd actually sucks. Here are the top ten reasons why you should never, ever date a geek.


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Our Emporer t shirts are only here for fans of one of the greatest black metal bands around! These awesome artists began their career in 1991 and have broken up three times. Now they are back together, they are better than ever. They have released four albums and four music videos in their career and gone on plenty of tours showing their fans what they are made of. This three piece band is one of our favourites here at Blue Banana, which is why we had to get in some Emperor merchandise, so you black metal fans could show your support effortlessly. If you love Emperor as much as we do, make sure you show it with these band t shirts.


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what is the pixe resolution (10m right now?) that you are aiming for and are you going after a LANDSAT feel or an Iconos? I am REALLY interested in how this is going!
Hi, monks from ME-DEM here.
This is a series of zooms taken in World Machine Pro 2.0 beta's Explorer mode (in which you get to fly about your terrain!). The terrain is the Misty Mountains from J.R.R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings (modelled for the ME-DEM Project):
It's kinda modelled on the European Alps via networks of ridges and valleys.
The first zoom is rough but this should give you a sense of the scale of this range. It's around the same length as the Alps as it happens. Imagine the areas around the range fully modelled, hills, river courses, forests, etc
In the next shot we start to see the macro structure. I've still some work to do on those- such as making certain areas higher in elevation than others- not just differentiating elevation along networks. The area around Moria (Caradhras, et al) will be more discernible as a bulge.
Also, getting the river valleys and rivers to flow naturally into the surrounding and will really help knit the terrain scene together-. Control over river flow is one of the aims.
The eastern flank (top) should rise dramatically from the plain. The western slopes will tumble down more gradually by way of the Ettenmoors, Trollshaws, etc.
The flat area to the north going off screen is the area prepped for the Grey Mts, ...here be dragons.
As you can see the valleys tend to be a uniform altitude which is wrong really- that's next on the list: finish off valleys.
This is a nice area.
Coming in to land!
The aim is to integrate this terrain into a huge map. Hope you like!
Merry Crimbo!
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what is the pixe resolution (10m right now?) that you are aiming for and are you going after a LANDSAT feel or an Iconos? I am REALLY interested in how this is going!
Something witty and pithy
To be honest, I wouldn't know the difference between the two. The terrain is fed through procedural erosion so any of the finer characteristics will be largely replaced anyway. The macro scale features, such as fractal mt range forms, will be preserved- that's something that procedural terrain modellers do very poorly (if at all).
10m, I wish! we are currently at 200m res- but that's the whole NW of M-E. The aim is to get down to around 25m using a set of apps written by RedRobes (member here). That's probably going to mid 08.
We've also got other routes we're looking at- using procedural zooms, etc. We'd like to get to about 2m res for an interactive terrain probably using Ogre. We're hoping to serve the terrain on NASA's WorldWind and get it into Viewing Dale.
We will be doing sections of the terrain as closeups as well for renders, there's always something going on, - so the Misty Mts could easily go higher res.
The biggest headache is managing hydrology. So far we've managed to keep the rivers in check, but it's always very difficult.
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Is this your job or is it just passion?
5 years ago I mocked up the shire using some aerials and photoshop, but during the great computer purge of 06 I lost most stuff on my work hard-drive.
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These are wonderful! I can't wait to see the progress you achieve!
Thank you for sharing!
My gallery is here
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"Keep your mind in hell, but despair not." --Saint Silouan [1866-1938]
Thanks!, and sorry for not responding sooner. It's a passion- and it doesn't seem to go away haha very irritating sometimes.
Yeh, you've just summed up why I'd like the ME-DEM project to be a persistent project. So many people have done so much great (and perhaps) overlooked and lost work pver the decades on Middle Earth.
Mapping the Shire will be an absolute treat. Any more info on how you mapped the Shire? Feel free to reg over at ME-dEM at get involved- the site's undergpoing repair at he moment tho.
Here's an update on the Misty Mts terrain in World machine Pro 2.0 beta. After respanning the terrain to the correct heights I've had to re-do the river valleys, so it's taken a little longer than I expected. I've concentrated on the valleys flowing from the Misty Mts. There are others, such as the Grey Mt watersheds, but that's for a later date.
a few shots showing the Gundalok shelf just south of Mt Gundabad, and the Cold Fells on the western flank of the Misty Mts.
The plan is to use this terrain for a GeoTerSys test run. All the other river beds will be scored by RedRobes in GTS to control the river flow across flat areas. I'd like to see this at huge res, fully textured! I'm also planning some tests in Geocontrol 2.0 beta, probably on a subset of the terrain
This is all very cool and fascinating. Is there any progress on the Middle Earth Project?
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There has been some but it has dropped off of late (past two months has been slow). This is something that I plan to get stuck into again in a very short while tho. I have just got a lot on right now and I think the other admins have also - you need a high pain threshold to work on this project as its completely nuts.
The plan is to get GTS (the terrain app I write) to process up the base map to level one and output some files which can be used to render the whole base map. The idea right now is to try to output files that might be compatible with a basic terragen scene and then try to increase the complexity as we go forward.
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Hey dudes, been away for some time. Been banging my head against Terragen 2 for the last couple of nights. Finally got a couple of basic things sussed.
Here's the first of a series of images I'm gonna be posting illustrating the utility of output from terrain modelling programs (and cartographic programs such as Global Mapper) such as WorldMachine 2.0, GTS, GeoControl, Wilbur, et al.
The surfaces in the image are created from masks that are output from the terrain nodelling prog- so called image maps. The masks control the distribution of surface types such as grass, snow, etc.
Monks ! Howdy - you have been away for a while.
So much to catch up on. You should post lots about TG2 and get some sexy renders up showing its new capabilities. We were looking at possibly auto-generating some of the scene files for that. I think I remember they looked hard to figure out tho - so many options !
We gotta get on and finish a full render of the base map of me-dem sometime. Its too good to leave hanging about collecting dust.
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As you might know, the Zimlets provided with Zimbra are english speaking (english date) and designed for the USA (US phone numbers or addresses).
Obviously, we need them (and want them) in other languages (such as French).
I've had a quick look at the date Zimlet and found out it was not designed at all with the idea of being translated.
Add to this that I think important (read: mandatory) to have the date Zimlet to be able to recognise a date in french and english (plus other languages when they get translated). I don't want to have a french Zimlet to simple replace an english one.
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Should we take the existing Zimlet and add into this single zimlet the other languages (then deploy a single Zimlet) ?
Should we create a brand new Zimlet per language (based on the english one) and deploy a Zimlet per language ?
Any other suggestion ?
In any case, how should we handle the "right click" in the UI ?
Can the language of the contextual menu change like the language for rest of the UI changes ?
From my point of view, I'd rather use the second solution (one Zimlet per language) as it seems easier to maintain. But I'd rather have a pro advice on that (and clues about the context menu) 8)
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"Martinsville is a tough little short track. Anything can happen and we know we have to come out of there with a good finish. Do we want to win? Of course we do! We are going to Martinsville with high expectations, and, at the same time, we realize what our finish needs to be," explained Bodine, the 2010 Truck Series championship points leader, who has collected four wins behind the wheel of the No. 30 Tundra this year.
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I'm a Dungeon Master and I'm creating a campaign. I'm creating a whole new world, but inside out. Meaning that I start with one location and I start to build from there. Ironically, I work professionally in GIS, but I'm quite useless about making fantasy good looking maps. So, I'm looking for some support.
So far, and for the first map, this would be an Unpaid request, but I wrote [Paid?] for a reason that we'll now see.
My plan is to first get a map of the valley where the action is located, so please please I need somebody for that. And I think such a work required more pleases. Let's see:
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Maybe now is better. Anyway, for cartographers who also like DMing, maybe this could be of interest. I attached here a description of the environment and the place. And as the adventure goes on, I will email the cartographer after each session with a tale of the events of the game. This way maybe I can provide ideas.
Now, if the adventure develops and it becomes a big campaign, I will need more maps. At that point, I will not keep on assuming good will can cover for that and I will stat paying for the work. It is for private use, so I don't think I can afford lots of money. Anyway, that is still for the future.
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Baker received 14 inches of snow in a six-hour period through 3 p.m. Thursday, giving it 117 inches at Pan Dome base and 99 inches at Heather Meadows. That's the most deepest base for any December at Baker since 1998-99 when it was 123 inches, and far more than runner-up Whistler-Blackcomb Resort in British Columbia's 69-inch base as of Thursday morning. Baker has had 27 inches of new snow in a 24-hour period and 80 inches in seven days.
"A few weeks ago we had nothing, and then got hit with enough to open Nov. 21," Howatt said. "Soon after it switched over to rain, and by Saturday it was a steady snowfall that hasn't let up."
A winter-storm warning is in effect for Mount Baker, Stevens Pass, Snoqualmie Pass, Paradise and White Pass areas with snow accumulations of 1 ½ to 3 feet possible by Friday morning. More snow is expected through the weekend.
The Summit at Snoqualmie hopes to open this weekend.
"It's the perfect kind of snow coming down," said Guy Lawrence, director of marketing for The Summit at Snoqualmie, who added that the decision should come Friday morning.
The Summit received 4 inches of new snow overnight with a base of 15 inches. More than 80 inches is on top of Alpental.
White Pass will begin winter operations at 8:45 a.m. Friday, with all lifts opening, and 80 percent of terrain accessible. Snow depth is 20 inches at the base and 47 inches on the summit.
In Eastern Washington, Mount Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park north of Spokane will open at 9 a.m. on Friday.
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Crystal is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with the Gondola, Rainier Express, Forest Queen, Chinook Express, Green Valley, High Campbell and Northway lifts in operation. Discovery lift will open Friday, offering beginner terrain. The base has 25 inches, and the summit 50.
Mission Ridge will reopen Friday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It received 6 inches of snow Thursday night, and has a 23-inch base and 31 inches on the summit.
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Mount Ashland in Southern Oregon opened Thursday with all four chairlifts operating daily at 9 a.m. Ashland has a base of 27 inches and 55 on the summit.
The Lookout Pass Ski Resort on the Idaho/Montana border opened Thursday, and will operate at 9 a.m. Thursdays to Mondays. It has a base of 18 inches, with 41 on the summit. The Huckleberry Jam terrain park will also be open.
The Whitefish Mountain Resort in Montana will open Saturday. Through Tuesday, it had 42 inches on the summit. Other resorts now open are Mount Bachelor, Mount Hood Meadows and Timberline in Oregon; and Schweitzer Mountain, Silver Mountain and Sun Valley in Idaho.
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• Get a photo taken with Santa Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Mount Baker's White Salmon Lodge. Cost is $5.
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• Crystal Mountain will begin their First Tracks Breakfast on Saturday, and the on-mountain Arbor Snowboard Demo will also be happening that day. On Dec. 15, Crystal hosts its Golden Anniversary Celebration birthday bash.
• All Summit at Snoqualmie, Stevens Pass and White Pass season-pass holders are eligible for $20 tickets at Crystal through Friday by showing a current season pass at the ticket window.
• Mount Spokane has a new 1,200-square foot addition to the main lodge with seating for 100, a new wraparound deck and four big screen TVs.
• Whitefish Mountain, recently ranked 11th by a SKI Magazine reader survey, has a 20 percent discount for Amtrak overnight rides for Washington skiers and snowboarders. Details: www.amtrak.com.
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The Los Angeles Lakers gave retired center Shaquille O'Neal a nod of respect April 2 as they retired his No. 34 jersey ahead of a 101-81 win over the Dallas Mavericks.
O'Neal, the catalyst for three consecutive Los Angeles titles from 2000 to 2003, took a place among other elite Lakers when his jersey was hung from the rafters, positioned beside the threads of Jerry West, Magic Johnson and others. While O'Neal was a prolific star for Los Angeles, where does he rank among the all-time great centers? Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley of the AFRO Sports Desk debate the question.
Green: I have Shaq ranked third all time, tied with Wilt Chamberlain and behind Kareem Abdul Jabbar at two and Hakeem Olajuwon at No 1. Olajuwon is the most skilled center to ever play the game and nobody was better offensively or defensively as Olajuwon was in his prime. He was the Michael Jordan of bigs and possessed a game that we may never see again from another man of his stature.
Riley: I'm a little bit more biased to O'Neal because I was able to see his career from start to finish. O'Neal didn't have the finesse or the skill of some of his predecessors but his brute strength and fierce aggression made him a mad bull on the hardwood. I would take O'Neal No. 1 as my all-time center and wouldn't flinch at the thought. He was dominant, unafraid and a pure mismatch for any opponent checking him, all the ingredients I need from my all-time best center.
Green: To this day, Olajuwon is the only player in NBA history to win regular season MVP, Finals MVP and Defensive Player of the Year all in the same season. He was an unstoppable scorer, unstoppable rebounder and an unstoppable pest on defense. He was the only player in history to end his career in the top 10 in all four statistical categories of points, blocks, rebounds and steals. How many big men could rank in the top 10 for steals?
Riley: Not many, but that's what guards are for. I appreciate an all-around game more than the next man, but the nastiness of O'Neal was simply unmatched. He was the team leader and biggest bully on the court. The name Shaquille O'Neal still puts a chill down the spines of the centers who ran the hardwood against him, and even the "hack-a-Shaq" methods had to disappear after O'Neal started nailing clutch free throws in the prime of his postseason success. To me, there's a big difference between being prolific and being dominant. Olajuwon was a prolific scorer and rebounder, but O'Neal was just a flat-out dominant player. He couldn't score or rebound as nicely as Olajuwon, but he amassed the same totals and inflicted countless bruising and battering to opponents along the way.
Green: You talk about Olajuwon as if he didn't dominate, too. He dominated every star center he faced. He dominated Shaq in the Finals, he dominated Ewing in the Finals and he dominated Abdul Jabbar and David Robinson in the playoffs. Between the agility and the grace, it was just an electrifying combo to watch—pure poetry in motion. Imagine how much more effective O'Neal could've been with Olajuwon's skillset or picture how much more dangerous Olajuwon would've been with Shaq's size? I think if you swap bodies on both specimens you would've had the best big man ever in Olajuwon but a less effective O'Neal if he wasn't the 7-foot, 300-pound ultra-athlete that we grew to know.
Riley: I can admit that O'Neal got by mostly on pure size and skill, but he did it masterfully. We criticize bigs all the time for not playing to their commanding size, but O'Neal actually did it better than any player has done before him. When you have great size you need to play up to it, and O'Neal did that, in the most menacing way possible.
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New Storage and Management Features for IBM PureSystems Help Clients Reduce Costs, Increase Utilization
New Flex System Technologies Represent an Evolution Beyond Blade Computing
To help clients increase their IT utilization and reduce datacenter operation costs, IBM recently introduced new mobile, management and storage components for its PureFlex and Flex System portfolios. Key among these components is a new storage system to help improve storage utilization as much as 30 percent while delivering extraordinary ease of use.
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Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Vince Carter scored 22 points and grabbed
nine boards as the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves,
100-77, on Sunday.
Carter shot 8-of-15 from the field, including 4-of-5 from behind the arc. Dirk
Nowitzki had 16 points and nine rebounds, Brandan Wright scored 13 points and
Elton Brand recorded a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds for the
Mavericks, who are on a three-game winning streak.
Derrick Williams had 18 points and nine rebounds and J.J. Barea scored 16
points off the bench for the Timberwolves, who have lost eight of their last
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1.3 million Americans suffer chronically from spinal cord injuries (SCI); each year ~15,000 individuals sustain a new injury. For California, this means nearly 147,000 individuals are living with a SCI which can leave otherwise healthy individuals with severe deficits in movement, sensation, and autonomic function. Recovery after SCI is often limited, even after aggressive emergency treatment with steroids and surgery, followed by rehabilitation. The need to develop new treatments for SCI is pressing. We believe that stem cell therapies could provide significant functional recovery, improve quality of life, and reduce the cost of care for SCI patients. The goal of this Disease Team is to evaluate a novel cell therapy approach to SCI involving transplantation of human neural stem cells.
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We hope to advance our innovative cell therapy approach to treat patients who suffer cervical SCI. For the past 9 years, the assembled team (encompassing academic experts in pre-clinical SCI models, complications due to SCI, rehabilitation and industry experts in manufacturing and delivery of purified neural stem cells), has developed the appropriate SCI models and assays to elucidate the therapeutic potential of human neural stem cells for SCI repair.
Human neural stem cell transplantation holds the promise of creating a new treatment paradigm. These cells restored motor function in spinal cord injured animal models. Our therapeutic approach is based on the hypothesis that transplanted human neural stem cells mature into oligodendrocytes to remyelinate demyelinated axons, and/or form neurons to repair local spinal circuitry. Any therapy that can partially reverse some of the sequelae of SCI could substantially change the quality-of-life for patients by altering their dependence on assisted living, medical care and possibly restoring productive employment.
Through CIRM, California has emerged as a worldwide leader in stem cell research and development. If successful, this project would further CIRM's mission and increase California's prominence while providing SCI therapy to injured Californians. This Team already has an established track record in stem cell clinical translation. The success of this Disease Team application would also facilitate new job creation in highly specialized areas including cell manufacturing making California a unique training ground.
In summary, the potential benefit to the state of California brought by a cervical spinal cord Disease Team project would be myriad. First, a novel therapy could improve the quality of life for SCI patients, restore some function, or reverse paralysis, providing an unmet medical need to SCI patients and reducing the high cost of health care. Moreover, this Disease Team would maintain California's prominence in the stem cell field and in clinical translation of stem cell therapies, and finally, would create new jobs in stem cell technology and manufacturing areas to complement the state's prominence in the biotech field.


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Geoscientists in the Workforce: An Overview
Jump Down To: What degree is needed for different types of careers? | How much do geoscientists earn?
What do geoscientists do?
- Natural resource exploration and production
- Environmental assessment and remediation
- Atmosphere, hydrosphere, and natural hazard observation and forecasting
- Earth system investigation and modeling
- Education and public outreach
- Scientific writing, editing, and multimedia production
- Law, forensics, software development, and public health
Many professional organizations provide information about geoscience careers and the geoscience workforce. Below are a few examples of videos and other resources that describe geoscience careers, including technological careers that require an associates degree. You can find a more extensive list of resources across the geosciences on the Professional Society Career Resources page.
- variety of programs and careers including energy technology, environmental engineering, environmental technology, geographic information sciences, geospatial technology, green technology, water treatment technology, and wind technology.
- The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center provides information about the knowledge and skills needed for various technical marine occupations including oceanographic instrumentation technicians, hydrographic survey technicians, and marine technicians who work aboard research vessels.
- The Workforce Program of the American Geosciences Institute include a careers brochure, career videos, career FAQs, profiles of geoscientists, a guide to geoscience careers and employers, and more.
- The Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists has resources for undergraduate students including details about the profession of engineering geology, environmental geology, and hydrogeology, as well as case histories.
- OceanCareers.com includes career profiles, employer profiles, interviews with interesting people, and more.
What degree is needed for different types of careers?
There are many pathways into the geoscience workforce, ranging from those that require an associates degree to that that require a PhD and post-doctoral experience. The chart below illustrates some of the workforce possibilities for those with different degrees. Of course, the specific requirements for a position might be different for different employers, in different locations, and for geoscientists with different levels of experience. Check out the Career Pathways page for more information on what kinds of jobs are typically available at particular levels of qualification.
How much do geoscientists earn?
US Department of Labor
The US Department of Labor Occupational Outlook provides information about various careers (workplace, entry-level education, employment outlook, median salary, and more). The dollar figures listed constitute the median pay for that position in 2010 from the BLS Occupational Employment Statistics survey.
- Atmospheric scientists, including meteorologists ($87,780)
- Environmental science and protection technicians ($41,380)
- Geographers ($72,800)
- Geological and petroleum technicians ($54,020)
- Geoscientists ($82,500)
- Hydrologists ($75,600)
Career Cornerstone Center, using data from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, gives the median income for all geoscientists = $79,160. The median income in particular industries employing a lot of geoscientists are:
- Oil and gas extraction $127,560
- Federal Executive Branch $90,220
- Management, scientific, & technical consulting services $62,070
- State government $57,700
AGI Geoscience Workforce Program Reports
The American Geosciences Institute conducts extensive surveys of the geoscience workforce and puts together periodic reports on the state of affairs in the sector. The most recent report was published in 2011 but previous reports are also available.


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I largely agree with what you say.It will take many years to clear out the people with a large number of tags, and the states will likely change the game as the years go by.
One correction on the large jump in people from 13 to 14 points. Back in the old days (14 years ago +), you had to submit the entire tag fee at the time of application in order to get a preference point. The point fee was minimal, but sending a check for roughly $1K+ kept many people from applying. The system was changed to just allow you to apply for the point only, and send in your $7 dollar point fee. A huge increase in applicants occurred the following year. A few years after that, when the state had thousands of people invested in the point system, they then raised the price to $100 per point (for sheep). Many did drop out, but the majority thought they had enough points they had to stay in the game and continue paying the high point fee. In effect they were being held hostage by their accumulated points and had to keep paying to stay in the upper points group.
It won't take more than 5-10 years to draw all the applicants with more than 13 points (currently) assuming they all don't apply for the same unit. WY does give out quite a few NR sheep tags each year. But some stubborn people will hold out for what they perceive as the very best unit, and will likely still be waiting for a tag many more years. Getting through the large number of point holders in the 13 point group will take a very long time, however. And now WY is talking about raising the tag fees considerably, and once again taking advantage of those who are hostage to their high points. The tag looks like it will go up to at least $2500, and eventually they will raise the point fee higher also.


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1937 Ford Hybrid - Hot Rod HybridWritten by on August 1, 2008 Contributors: Randy Lorentzen Smitty Smith's '37 Is All Fomoco On The Outside...Anything But Beneath
Sacrilege is a pretty harsh word, let alone something you'd want to commit. But for some, if there isn't blue blood running beneath the sheetmetal skin of a Blue Oval, well, sacrilege might be one of the nicer remarks a true-blue Ford fanatic would utter in response to the act of carnage. For others, it's more likely considered a smart move! In the case of Smitty Smith's '37 Ford pickup, well, the so-called blue-blood butchery goes far beyond the sin of the mill transplant.
Beneath the hood of Smitty's gorgeous, black-as-night '37 Ford lies the "heart" of the blasphemy-a 383 Chevy stroker, complete with an Edelbrock dual-quad setup. Of course, the Mighty Mouse small-block is fittingly backed up by a GM 700-R4 tranny. But beyond that (or shall we say below and behind?), the Blue Oval has been "hybridded" with a split-make chassis: beneath and forward of the cab is '87 Dodge Dakota; aft is '67 Vette. Suffice it to say, the truck's foundation is a far cry from its outdated underpinnings previously taking up space when Smitty first encountered it hidden by a plastic tarp four years ago at a neighbor's house.
With the help of Bill, Jerry, and Joan Kruger (Kruger Kustom in Jefferson, Oregon), the chassis morphing, which Smitty considers one of the more difficult aspects of the build, not only came together quite nicely, but also provided a fine-tuned driver once all was said and done. Meanwhile, Speed-O-Motive, a bit closer to Smitty's home base in Southern California, performed the machine work on the V-8. Jason Hooker then handled the installation of practically a catalog's worth of Edelbrock speed parts-both inside and out, from valvetrain to induction, and eventually including exhaust. Did we mention Smitty's the head sales coordinator at Edelbrock? Well, he is! Back up in Oregon, Eddie Human (The Human Touch, also in Jefferson) managed the multitude of modifications to the cab and bed-some very subtle, others not-and proceeded to cover them in the appropriate shade of black. When chassis and sheetmetal were reunited, the truck didn't have to go far for its final touches, either. Actually, it didn't have to go anywhere, as the Kruger crew took care of the upholstery chores, too. Along with the aforementioned, Smitty also has to credit a few people because without their help this would never have come to be: his boss, Vic Edelbrock Jr., Bob Curtis, and of course, his wife, Joan.
While we wouldn't come close to calling Smitty's smorgasbord anything close to sacrilege (and it's not just due to our bipartisan stance), it's fair to say a number of you won't agree on some of the decisions that went into the build plan of the '37. And to that we say good for you-but so what?! It's not your truck now, is it? Didn't think so
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|Smitty Smith
|Mar Vista, California
|1937 {{{Ford}}}
|custom hybrid
|{{{Dakota}}} front half; Vette back half, Kruger Kustom, Jefferson, OR
|Rearend / Ratio:
|'67 Vette / 4.11 Posi
|Rear suspension:
|'67 Vette IRS, Edelbrock IAS shocks
|Rear brakes:
|'67 Vette disc
|Front suspension:
|'87 Dakota IFS, Edelbrock IAS shocks
|Front brakes:
|'87 Dakota disc
|Steering box:
|'87 Dakota rack-and-pinion
|Front wheels:
|Paulsen steelies, 14x5.5
|Rear wheels:
|Paulsen steelies, 15x8
|Front tires:
|Dayton, 185/75R14
|Rear tires:
|Dayton, 235/75R15
|Gas tank:
|'67 {{{Nova}}}
|'99 Chevy 383
|Speed-O-Motive, West Covina, CA
|Jason Hooker, Torrance, CA
|Edelbrock Performer RPM, aluminum
|Valve covers:
|Edelbrock Classic
|Manifold / Induction:
|Edelbrock RPM Air-Gap / dual Thunder AVS 500 cfm
|MSD Billet 6AL
|polished stainless
|Exhaust / Mufflers:
|polished stainless / Edelbrock SDT
|Pulley system:
|March Performance
|C&O Automotive, Hawthorne, CA
|Lokar 23" Nostalgia
|Model 877 1/2-ton pickup
|Eddie Human, The Human Touch, Jefferson, OR
|Fenders front / rear:
|stock, original
|stock, original four-piece
|stock, one-year-only pickup
|stock, oak floor w/stainless strips (raised 4")
|Bodywork and paint by:
|Eddie Human
|Paint type / Color:
|House of Kolor / black
|Headlights / Taillights:
|'37 Ford cabriolet / '40 Chevy
|Outside mirrors:
|'37 Ford passenger car, front; rolled pan, rear
|stock, filled
|Auto Meter Antique
|Air conditioning:
|Vintage Air
|Kenwood by Kruger Kustom
|Steering wheel:
|Steering column:
|narrowed '87 {{{Ranger}}} bench
|Upholstery by:
|Kruger Kustom
|Material / Color:
|leather and tweed / black and gray
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1932 Ford Roadster – Goodguys West Coast Nationals Pleasanton – Painless Performance/Street Rodder Top 100Written by on September 13, 2013
1932 Ford Roadster
Art Engel, Pleasanton, California
The '60s are well-represented by this show rod inspired Deuce. The owner-built roadster wears House of Kolor Solar Gold on the outsde and diamond tuck upholstery on the inside. The Chevy small-block features dual 4Vs on an original GM intake, and an original short genterator, backed by a Saginaw 4-speed. C-notched '32 'rails provide a true hot rod stance.


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In response to: watching the weatherVery good insights, Ivor. Predeterminiation and zealotry are two human tendencies to constantly keep in check- and that's easier said than done.
A quote by George Bernard Shaw cam to mind as I read your blog: "The only man who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew every time he sees me, while all the rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them"
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. Looking forward to your insights in 2010!


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This week's theater openings have a contemporary slant: Among them are local premieres of a recent Broadway play and a mystery tale by Seattle dramatist Allison Gregory and a world-premiere musical in Issaquah.
The Eastside, and the Pacific Northwest in general, are home to many a fleece-wearing, REI-joining, hiker-skier and mountain lover. So it's not surprising that Village Theatre would be attracted to the subject matter of the new musical "Trails," which has its world premiere at the Issaquah venue Thursday. (The piece had its first staged reading there earlier, in the Village Originals series.)
The show isn't set in the Cascades or the Olympic range, but in a popular hiking destination in the Eastern U.S.: the Appalachian Trail, which stretches some 2,200 miles through wilderness, between Georgia and Maine.
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Written by Christy Hall, with a score by Jordan Mann and Jeff Thomson, "Trails" concerns two longtime male friends who follow the trail from Georgia to New England, encountering physical and emotional challenges along the way.
Eric Ankrim directs. And since the musical can't go to the mountains, a man-made "mini-mountain" has been constructed on the Village stage.
Runs Thursday-April 21 at Village Theatre, Issaquah, and April 26-May 19 at Everett Performing Arts Center (425-392-2202 or www.villagetheatre.org).
Macha Monkey is giving us another play set in the Pacific Northwest wilds — with another agenda altogether. In Allison Gregory's mystery drama, directed by Meghan Arnette, several strangers find themselves on vacation at a resort called Cliffhouse. It is run by a strange, rather sinister fellow named Cliff — who will make this a less than peaceful sojourn for his guests.
Macha Monkey is a Seattle troupe that focuses on modern scripts by women authors. It has a history with Gregory, who writes plays for both young and adult audiences, and divides her time between Seattle and Austin, Texas. The company produced her play "Fall Off Night" back in 2006.
Runs Friday-March 30 at Richard Hugo House, Seattle (800-838-3006 or www.machamonkey.org).
"Next Fall"
This romantic tragicomedy by Geoffrey Nauffts lasted only a few months on Broadway after Off Broadway success, but it was nominated for a Tony Award for its offbeat love story.
Opening its Seattle premiere on Wednesday at ArtsWest, the play tracks a meaningful New York affair between two men: a sardonic, Woody Allen-ish atheist and his lover, a sunny young actor and devout Christian who hides his homosexuality from his conservative Southern family.
After four years together, a serious accident tests the relationship and puts one of the men in close contact with the other's parents — people who hold a worldview and beliefs very different from his own.
ArtsWest artistic director Christopher Zinovitch heads the cast, and Cindy Bradder directs.
Runs Wednesday-April 6 at ArtsWest, West Seattle; (206-938-0339 or www.artswest.org)
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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - George Hill's go-ahead layup with 0.1
seconds left lifted the Indiana Pacers to a 79-77 win over the Los Angeles
With 24.5 left on the clock, Hill calmly and cooly took the time down to four
seconds before he made his move. Hill drove past Metta World Peace and Pau
Gasol before his high-arching underhanded scoop shot over the outstretched
arms of Gasol and Dwight Howard and kissed high off the glass and through the
Following a Lakers timeout, World Peace lobbed his inbounds pass to the rim,
but no Los Angeles player was in the vicinity.
Kobe Bryant, who finished with 40 points, tied the contest at 77-77 prior to
Hill's layup after he rose over two Pacers and nailed a pull-up, right-wing 3-
Hill tallied 19 points for the Pacers, who have won three of their last four
games. David West had 16 points, 10 boards and eight assists in the win.
Dwight Howard netted 17 points, but was just 3-of-12 from the foul line for
Los Angeles, which is 2-3 under new head coach Mike D'Antoni.
The Lakers committed 21 turnovers, were 53.5 percent (23-of-43) from the foul
line and shot just 31.6 percent (24-of-76) from the floor.
An 8-0 surge by the home team knotted the game at 74-74 before West sunk 1-
of-2 from the line to give the Pacers the advantage right back with 1:15 to
Los Angeles then proceeded to miss four consecutive free throws on its ensuing
trip down the floor.
After Howard missed a pair, an over-the-back foul on Ian Mahinmi put World
Peace on the charity stripe, but he too misfired on both attempts.
Hill's floater at the other end gave Indiana a three-point cushion prior to
Bryant's tying bucket.
Earlier, Indiana led, 25-21 after a quarter of play and 40-33 at halftime.
The Pacers took a 61-57 edge into the final frame.
Game Notes
Bryant's 40-point game was the 114th of his career, which ranks third in NBA
history behind Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan ... Indiana was 36.7
percent (29-of-79) from the floor ... Bryant had 10 turnovers and 10 boards.
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