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It's that time again. The 54th San Francisco International Film Festival is underway, bringing with it an eclectic mix of groundbreaking documentaries, riveting dramas and innovative shorts from around the globe. Among them:
1. Life, Above All
Where: Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, 1881 Post St., 415-929-4650
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Glad you found yourself here, AtmoGuy. Your Atmo knowledge might come in handy for the worldbuilders on the forum! Enjoy your stay and I hope you take the time to contribute your knowledge to the pool.
And I ended up here. I continue to be amazed at the amount of useful, quality stuff on the web on every conceivable topic. This site certainly qualifies. I am very happy to have found myself here.
I am working towards a PhD in atmospheric science (hence the username), so I am used to working with real-life maps in things like MATLAB and Vis5d. And I have used GIMP for other things. But I never really did any fictional maps. Then one day my kids and I were making up short little fairy-tale adventure stories, and I decided to write a longer one for my kids to read. Naturally, I thought it would be cool to include a really awesome map. So I looked around for tips on how to make one and ended up here.
Right now I am working through some of the tutorials and learning the various tips and techniques for different kinds of maps. Once I get my feet wet, I will post something for comments.
Glad you found yourself here, AtmoGuy. Your Atmo knowledge might come in handy for the worldbuilders on the forum! Enjoy your stay and I hope you take the time to contribute your knowledge to the pool.
Welcome to the mappiest place on earth!
We tend to have a pretty eclectic group of folks with a common interest. Your background might get you dragged into a few discussions like this recent one: http://www.cartographersguild.com/re...eographer.html if yo are wiling to share your expertise!
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Travel Notes: Nov. 11, 2012
Christmas at Biltmore
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Christmas at Biltmore is here and will continue through Jan. 1, with its evening candlelight tours of Biltmore House ending Dec. 31.
This year, the Christmas displays throughout Biltmore House, the gardens and grounds will follow an art motif, with inspiration coming from various art forms found in and around Biltmore House. Each of the 68 decorated trees and their complementing display pieces will be designed to accent a particular piece of art found in a room or composed around an expression of art, such as the literary arts or music.
Miles of fresh garlands and wreaths create a yuletide scent throughout the house, with around 1,000 red and white poinsettias in the Winter Garden and other areas.
Guests can pick up Biltmore decorating secrets during free holiday craft seminars offered at A Gardener's Place in the lower part of the Conservatory, near the Walled Garden. Classes are offered four times daily: "Wreath-Making" (11 a.m. and 2 p.m.); and "Tabletop Inspirations" (1 and 3 p.m.).
To learn more about Biltmore and for ticket prices, visit www.biltmore.com or call 877-BILTMORE.
Christmas barns
LEWISBURG, W.Va. -- Ten of the harness racing barns that face U.S. 219 north at the West Virginia State Fairgrounds in Fairlea will be decorated for Christmas again this year.
Decorations will be finished by Dec. 3.
Charlotte holiday show
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Southern Christmas Show runs through Nov. 18 at the Park Exposition and Conference Center in Charlotte.
Show hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Nov. 18, and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Tickets are $10 at the door; $3 for children ages 6-12, 6 and under free.
European holiday market
PITTSBURGH -- Downtown Pittsburgh's first European holiday market opens Nov. 24. Inspired by the original Christkindlmarkt created in 1545 in Nuremberg, Germany, the Peoples Gas Holiday Market features vendors displaying unique collectible and gift items in Alpine-style wooden chalets.
Also, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens will feature a new outdoor Winter Light Garden exhibit with scores of LED light forms. The public garden's seasonal displays will feature glowing orbs, "dripping" snowballs, luminous trees and a brilliant fountain of lights. The exhibit opens Nov. 25 and stays up through Jan. 6.
Smokies guide app
GATLINBURG, Tenn. -- Going to the Smokies? There's an economical app for that.
Knoxville, Tenn., travel writer Katy Koontz has issued the Smoky Mountain Travel Guide, which can be loaded onto iPhones and iPads through the App Store and Android devices through Google Play. The cost is $2.99 and periodic updates are then free.
There are more than 200 entries, including tourist stops in Smokies gateway cities as well as features in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Koontz says the app has turn-by-turn GPS directions and a photo gallery for each entry.
Koontz also wrote "Family Fun in the Smokies: A Family-Friendly Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains," which was published in February.
Holidays at The Greenbrier
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. -- "Tribute to the Virginias," The Greenbrier's popular winter package, returns over select dates in November, December and January. The Tribute offer can be booked only online, and a limited number of rooms are available at the package rates. Resort fees and taxes additional.
"I want everyone to be able to experience the magical Christmas experience that The Greenbrier offers," said Jim Justice, chairman and owner of The Greenbrier. "West Virginia is simply beautiful this time of year, and we want to offer the best way for people to discover just how magnificent this region and this resort really are."
For the dates of Nov. 25-29 and Dec. 16-19, midweek rates start at $59. Additional rates are available for upgraded accommodations. A two-night minimum stay and a nonrefundable deposit equal to the room rate and taxes for the full amount of the stay are required.
Morning coffee service, historic interior tours, wireless Internet, fitness center, indoor pool, afternoon tea and concert and nightly movies are all included with the "Tribute to the Virginias" package.
This year, The Greenbrier also will host five holiday shopping weekends in November and December. During these special weekends, which are open to the public, registered event attendees will receive a 25 percent discount on an item of their choice from select retail shops.
Further details on dates and rates can be found on The Greenbrier's Facebook page.
Blackwater endangered
Blackwater Falls State Park is listed among 10 endangered state parks in the country in the Oct. 5 online edition of Budget Travel magazine.
The article by Valerie Rains said the falls in the 2,456-acre park in Tucker County is one of the most photographed places in West Virginia.
"But there's something potentially more serious darkening the future of West Virginia's state parks: hydraulic fracturing (aka "fracking") wells that could be built on ecologically significant public land."
The article points out that the mineral rights of about 40 percent of the state parks, including Blackwater, are privately held.
Logan State Park lost a court battle to stop natural gas drilling in the park, a process, the article said, which also includes building roads and clear-cutting trees. "A dozen or so other parks could soon fine themselves fighting for their rights."
Another state park cited as being endangered for the same reason is Ohiopyle State Park in southwestern Pennsylvania.


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It's up to a federal judge in Montgomery to decide if the Alabama Department of Corrections can continue to isolate inmates who have tested positive for HIV even though the virus is no longer considered a death sentence.
Last month, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson heard arguments made during the month-long trial challenging Alabama's decades-old policy of mostly separating HIV-positive inmates from other prisoners.
ACLU lawyer Margaret Winter was the lead attorney representing the inmates. She said based on what Thompson told attorneys, she expects the judge to issue an opinion soon.
During the trial, attorneys for the state said HIV-positive inmates are allowed to participate in the same programs as other prisoners.
A statement from prisons spokesman Brian Corbett said HIV-positive inmates are not universally segregated.
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Council expected to hike water/sewer rates
Humboldt city residents are likely to see an increase in their city water and sewer rates after July 1, 2013, to reflect the cost of living.
During Monday night's Humboldt City Council meeting, Humboldt City Administrator Aaron Burnett proposed and the Humboldt City Council agreed to a bump set at the Consumer Price Index (CPI) level for 2012.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics that figure for the past 12 months is 2.2 percent.
"When we did the last rate increase for sewer and water the idea was to tie it to the Consumer Price Index to ensure that every year we have a smooth trend to match inflation.
"We haven't put it in place because when we passed the last rate change we didn't know the cost of the water plant improvements and new operational costs. We now have a better idea and where we are at right now is where we need to stay in terms of costs," Burnett said.
The city administrator said it makes more sense to budget for inflation on a yearly basis, rather than falling behind and hit people with a large increase five or six years down the road.
"A lot of residents on fixed incomes and industries and businesses budget for their utilities. We will know this number when the council begins budget discussions next month and people can just plan for the slight increase in their bills after July 1, 2013," Burnett reported.
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Les Koopman, 86, of Le Mars, Iowa passed away Friday, December 21, 2012 at his home in Le Mars.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 27, 2012 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Le Mars. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery with military rites conducted by the Wasmer American Legion Post 241 in Le Mars. Visitation with the family present will be after 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 26, 2012, with a Parish Rosary at 4:00 p.m., and a Scriptural Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m., all at Carlsen-Feuerstein Funeral Home in Le Mars. Visitation will resume from 9:30 a.m. until service time on Thursday at the church. Expression of sympathy can be extended to the family through www.carlsenfuneralhome.com.


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LOS ANGELES -- Until last week, Diane O'Meara didn't even know who Manti Te'o was.
"It's very bizarre, and it's a very twisted and confusing scenario,'' O'Meara told NBC's Miguel Almaguer in a segment that aired on TODAY Tuesday. "I've never met Manti Te'o in my entire life. I've never spoken with him. I've never exchanged words, tweets (with him).''
O'Meara, 23, was pulled into the vortex of a story that broke when Deadspin.com revealed last week that Lennay Kekua, the alleged girlfriend of the Notre Dame linebacker whose death from leukemia became part of Te'o's inspiring story, was a hoax. The photos depicting the fictional Kekua in her Twitter account turned out to be taken from the Facebook page of O'Meara, who went to high school with Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the alleged perpetrator of the hoax.
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Te'o told ESPN that he was the victim of an elaborate prank that began in the winter of 2009, when he answered a Facebook message from someone calling herself Lennay Kekua. Starting in April 2010, he started communicating with Kekua by phone. In June, Kekua informed him that she had leukemia, and on Sept. 12, he received a phone call from someone purporting to be her brother saying that she had died. Te'o's grandmother had also recently died, and when Te'o had a dramatic win over Michigan State on Sept. 15, the story captivated the college football world.
On Dec. 6, Te'o told ESPN he received a phone call from Kekua, saying she was not dead. He informed the school on Dec. 26 that he was the victim of a hoax and maintains that he was never involved in perpetrating the story. On Jan. 16, he said he received a phone call from Tuiasosopo, apologizing for the prank. An aspiring singer who once tried out for "The Voice,'' Tuiasosopo went to the same high school as O'Meara and was friends on Facebook with her, but she told Almaguer the two were not close.
"The past five years, (Tuiasosopo) has literally been stalking my Facebook and stealing my photos,'' O'Meara said. "Ronny has called and not only confessed, but he has also apologized. I don't think there's anything he could say to me that would fix this.''
O'Meara claims that in December she received an odd message on Facebook from Tuisasopo, who she had not spoken to in years. He said he had a cousin involved in a car accident who had seen O'Meara's Facebook photos and thought she was pretty, so Tuiasosopo asked if she could take a picture for his cousin. She complied, and the photo was used as part of the hoax. O'Meara was stunned when she received a phone call from the Deadspin.com reporters, who kept her identity a secret before she was eventually outed by several other media outlets.
Tuiasosopo has not responded to multiple calls for comment from NBC News. His father wrote on Facebook that "It's my hope and prayer that we allow the truth to take its course, wherever that may lead.''
O'Meara, a marketing executive in Los Angeles, will speak more about her story in a live interview Wednesday on TODAY.


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In my last blog I asked the question, "What is ethics doing?" where I contrasted the armchair, academic ethics that I knew as a graduate student with the clinical ethics cases in which I am now involved in clinical ethics consultations. I alluded to the famous paper by Stephen Toulmin (1922-2009), "How medicine saved the life of ethics" by providing ethics with many practical value laden problems to address. The very process of becoming involved with applied ethics and ethical problems of practicing physicians in the healthcare system was itself as, or perhaps more, transformational for ethics than it was for medicine. Even though medicine needed a serious study of its value-laden issues, which has evolved into bioethics and clinical ethics, the very activity of doing applied ethics has evolved into a better defined field of inquiry with a clearer purpose. But what about the armchair, academic pursuits of philosophical ethics of old? Is there anything left for it to do? This is the question I will attempt to answer in this blog.
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It was her aunt, Martha Stovall, who brought up that bit of history when she stood up to speak to a packed City Council chamber that evening.
Everyone sitting in the audience applauded that news.
"Yvonne is my niece," Mrs. Stovall said. "I'm so proud of her."
"I'm more than humbled," Dunn said as she responded.
Minutes earlier, Dunn had stood in front of the curved table where she will sit as a representative of Ward 4 for the next two years, taking her oath of office.
Dunn was the only one of the three council members elected on May 10 to place her hand on a Bible. Her cousin, 5-year-old Umaure Taylor, had insisted on holding the Good Book while his cousin took the oath, Mrs. Stovall said.
Dunn said she had considered running for a seat on the council in 2012. But she had not lived here an entire year, and that was one of the requirements of a council member.
The 51-year-old Beeville native had been gone for 26 years before that.
Born at the old Thomas Memorial Hospital on North St. Mary's Street in 1963, Dunn was the daughter of Navy man Eddie Dunn and his Beeville-born wife, Julia.
"They met at Chase Field," the new councilwoman said.
The fact that her father had been a Navy man was probably the driving force in what Dunn would later do with her life.
She started her education at the Ann Burke Head Start School, then transferred to R.A. Hall Elementary School, went on to Thomas Jefferson Junior High School and graduated from A.C. Jones High School in 1981.
She spent the next year at Bee County College, but Dunn said after spending 12 years in a classroom before that, school was not exactly what she wanted to do.
So she just kind of roamed around the streets of Beeville until 1985 when she enlisted in the Navy.
It was not long after she had finished boot camp in Orlando, Florida, that Dunn realized she had found her future. She spent the next 26 years in uniform, rising to the rank of senior chief (E-8) and traveling the world.
"I rode ships for 22 of the 26 years," Dunn said this week. In fact, she did more than just ride the ships. She was a boatswain's mate working on the 0-10 level at the top of every craft on which she served.
"I drove the ships," she said. Working at the top floor of the craft "meant for a long day," Dunn said. "No elevators."
Most of that time was spent driving the big aircraft carriers, but she also piloted landing amphibian docking ships.
During her 22 years at sea, Dunn visited most of the Middle Eastern countries, a couple of places in Africa, like Egypt and Djibouti, and most of Europe, including Amsterdam and Budapest.
She also saw Australia and Alaska.
"Ireland was the best place," Dunn said. "But after I put my lips on the Blarney Stone, I wondered how many people had put their lips there."
Dunn survived the experience and retired in 2011. "I moved right back to Beeville," she said.
When her commanding officer asked her what she intended to do during her retirement, she told him flatly, "I'm gonna run for mayor of my city."
Dunn may be retired, but she is not idle. She does volunteer work for the Bee County Chamber of Commerce and Beeville Arts Association, and "I'm active in my church." That would be the historic Bethlehem Baptist Church where she likes to help out in the kitchen.
"You work for 26 years, and you don't want just to pound the pavement," she said of her volunteering. "People don't volunteer enough."
Dunn may not be the mayor yet, but she sits just inches from the mayor.
Her goal on the council is to "improve things."
The city needs water for the future, and Dunn wants to see more jobs coming to town.
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A local drug bust nets the arrest of two men.
Rockford and Winnebago County Sheriff's Police arrested the pair in the 1000 block of Bluefield Street.
After searching the residence, police found marijuana and cash. Twenty-three-year-old Dejuan Jones and 19-year-old Quandrly Cannon of Rockford are charged with violation of the cannabis control act with intent to deliver, and are on $3,500 bonds in the Winnebago County Jail.
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ATLANTA -- Since 2009, when Park Atlanta took over parking enforcement in the City of Atlanta, disputing a citation has been a challenging and inconvenient experience.
The ticketed driver was forced to appear in person at the Court Clerk's office, deterring many would be disputers.
This was one of your most vocal complaints as 11Alive approached City officials to make parking changes here. And the City is responding, in part, by launching a new, online ticket appeal process. Commuter Dude takes a look at how the new system works.
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Affordable Customs - Hot SledsWritten by on February 1, 2010 Contributors: Pat Ganahl Collection Once Again, Custom Cars Are On A Comeback-And You Can Build One Affordably.
What's this, custom cars in HOT ROD magazine? You bet. Since the '40s, customs have been an integral part of the hot rod scene, though their popularity has waxed and waned over the decades. Beginning with the very first issue in Jan. '48, HOT ROD prominently featured customs, and perhaps not surprisingly, several prospering custom shops-Barris' Kustoms, Link's Custom Shop, Carson Padded Tops, Runyan Custom Upholstery-were among the first advertisers.
The deal was that when the hot rod jockeys who started racing their gow jobs on the streets and lakes in the '30s came back from the service after WWII with some discharge pay in their pockets and perhaps a young wife eager to start a family, they wanted something a little newer and a little classier to drive (this also pertained to those who didn't have wives but were eager to entertain potential ones). This didn't mean they necessarily ditched the roadster, but added the newer car to the mix. And being hot rodders, they couldn't leave it stock. They had to modify it, customize it. You know how it goes.
The salient point here is that these first customs were considerably higher-dollar machines than the hopped-up and cut-down roadsters. They were newer cars to start with, which were much more expensive, as was the custom bodywork, all handcrafted with torches and lead. Then you had to finish it off with a multicoat, hand-rubbed lacquer paint job, and an even more expensive, plush-padded custom interior. The guys who could afford these customized cruisers usually paid others to do the work and didn't drive them until they were polished, chromed, and wide-whitewalled. Primer and seat blankets wouldn't do.
These classy customs flourished during the decade after the war (1945 to 1955), but they required plenty of waxing and upkeep to retain their status. Then when Detroit caught on to what the customizers were doing and outdid them with its new '57 to '60 wide, low, finned hardtops, the early customs just sort of drifted away. They were getting weathered and worn anyway, and it was much easier to buy a new Bel Air, Impala, T-bird, or Fury and just lower it, add chrome wheels, and mask it off for a quick-but striking-custom paint job. Think Richie's '58 Impala in American Graffiti versus the Pharoahs' old, slightly worn and dented, chopped '51 Merc.
Then in the '60s came the jacked-up Super Stocks, followed closely by the GTO/4-4-2 muscle machines and a plethora of fast and very affordable Mustangs, Camaros, Novas, and so on. Customs flat disappeared, and so did most street-driven coupe/roadster-type hot rods. After an ensuing period of belladonna haze called the '70s, the guys over at Rod & Custom magazine started prodding rodders to get their show roadsters out and drive them again, while a new mag called Street Rodder began wondering where all the traditional customs went, especially the chopped Mercs but also very affordable '50s-vintage mild customs.
The National Street Rod Association, with a big annual drive-to event, took off right away. It took a while longer for the always-smaller custom contingent to reemerge, but by the late '70s the Kustom Kemps of America (KKOA) was established by Jerry Titus in Wichita, Kansas, and by 1980 had staged its first national event in that city, the Leadsled Spectacular. Traditional customs had made a comeback, and believe it or not, this warranted no less than a six-page spread in the Dec. '81 issue of HOT ROD magazine. In fact, we covered the event for three years running and did color spreads on everything from chopped Mercs to candy shoebox Fords to slammed '59 Caddys.
There was only one problem: This custom rebirth of the '80s focused on the chopped-top, candy-painted, full-blown traditional sleds of the '50s. What's wrong with that? Most rodders are more adept at building cars with wrenches in their garages than they are at cutting and reshaping sheetmetal or spraying candy paint. Worse, they couldn't bop over the border to Tijuana for a cheap tuck 'n' roll job. In short, building one of these reborn cool customs still costs a lot of bread. At the time, you probably could have built a Model A coupe in your garage for less, and cars like Camaros, Mustangs, Novas, and Chevelles were even cheaper. So the budding rebirth of customizing didn't exactly wither, but it didn't sprout and blossom, either, and a certain segment of the group branded themselves diehards.
But guess what? In the meantime, traditional hot rods like '32 to '36 Fords-even Model A's-have been increasing exponentially in value. And those once ubiquitous and cheap '60s and early '70s muscle cars have followed suit. Of course, '55 to '57 Chevys have been pricey for years, and the "right" models of '58 to '64 Bow Ties have been getting up there, too.
So what's that leave today? Yes, all those '49 to '54 cars (and pickups) that customizers shaved and slammed back in the day, not to mention all the literally fantastic finned hardtops that only needed lowering, wheels, and a scallop job when they were new. Plus, while bubbletop Chevys with 409s cost big bucks, that same thin roof and wraparound windshield came on similar-era Buicks, Oldsmobiles, and Pontiacs that can be found for a tenth of the price. And that's not to mention all the spacey land rockets from Planet Mopar, let alone Studebakers, Kaisers, Hudsons, and similar forsaken brands of cars that can be turned into surprisingly tasty customs with a little creativity and sweat equity, but relatively little money.
Further, thanks to the retro movement and pioneering events like West Coast Customs' former Paso Robles show, today's customs don't need a chopped top, candy paint job, and full tuck 'n' roll to be cool. Primer's fine, and seat blankets are in (especially in leopard skin print). This is not to say that plenty of whacking and slicing of sheetmetal isn't common, or that slick paint and upholstery aren't appreciated.
The point is, thanks to the escalating cost of everything else, custom cars are now at the most affordable end of the scale of this broad mix we call hot rodding. The raw material is out there: late '40s, '50s, and '60s cars, in surprisingly good shape, going for four-figure prices-or less. Better yet, the line between rod and custom has been blurring. The KKOA, which has been holding its big national event in Salina, Kansas, for the past few years, basically lets any type of rodded or customized vehicle participate. It's held in a spacious, shady city park across the street from a headquarters hotel, and spectators are welcome for free. The city fully supports it, even allowing an amazing, highly popular run what ya brung drag race out at the old airport on Friday night. Because of the good venue and the more-than-recuperating health of custom cars in general, 2009's 29th Leadsled Spectacular hosted more than a thousand entries for the first time. Take a look at the photos and see what we're talking about.
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The finished or cool cars are the ones that get their pictures in the magazines, right? We present this lineup to illustrate that anything is welcome to join the fun at the KKOA Leadsled Spectacular and that there's all kinds of this '40s to '60s machinery out there, in decent and inexpensive condition, waiting for you to find it and enjoy it.For a long time, GM was sure the B in Buick stood for big. Keith Bright's '58 wagon on the left (Aug. '09, "Caballero for Cruisng") is as big as they come, though the owner did reduce it a bit by slightly slicing the whole top. The '57 on the right takes a unique approach with scoops in the roof and a zillion louvers in the trunk. These cars don't cost much to start, but we'd cringe at the rechrome bill on one of them.A chopped '49 to '51 Merc is a pricey proposition these days, but the same vintage of its little brother Fords are surprisingly undervalued. The best thing about this '50 sedan is the top is chopped just enough, but not too much. We'd guess the owner made the body modifications on this car himself and sprayed the suede paint, keeping costs way down. Dig the fur headliner.The '58 to '59 Fords were largely ignored by customizers when new because the four-place T-birds stole that show-same with collectors today. Good two-door sedans might be a little hard to find, but they go for peanuts. Steve Dale's '58 Fairlane is lowered with skirts and lakes pipes. That's it. Couldn't be easier than this.Talk about overlooked cool cars, the '55 to '56 Mopars (postfrumpy and prefins) like this '55 Dodge hardtop have all kinds of possibilities. This one has several components (grille, hoodscoops, taillights) molded into the body. This not only saves on chrome costs or finding rare parts like original trim or lights, but it might be the best way to save what was a rusty or bent body.The '58 to '60 Impalas were unmitigated factory customs, but so were most other models that came out of Detroit between 1958 and 1960 (or later). Mopars had the huge fins and pizza-thin hardtop roofs, but GMs all had bubbletops with wraparound windshields, and the Wide Track Pontiacs looked like auto show dream cars. Chris Carwon's '60 Bonneville from Mulvane, Kansas, has a Candy Tangerine top, a slightly shaved body, and the body finished in peach pearl suede. That's fine.While chopped Mercs are pricey, stock-bodied ones like this are still in the realm of affordable yet quite effective. Most people don't realize that James Dean's black Merc in Rebel Without a Cause wasn't chopped-it was simply nosed and decked (i.e., it had the chrome removed from the hood and trunk).There was a new custom trend obviously instigated by Billy Gibbons' CadZZilla 20 years ago, which we branded Slopers, featuring modern, thin, fastback roof lines. A wonderful example is this '50 Buick built by Greg and Diane Davis in their own body shop in Hiawatha, Kansas, 10 years ago. Not only does it have a reworked '68 Impala roof, but the body has been sectioned 3 inches and channeled 2 1/2 inches over a '77 De Ville chassis and floorpan.
The thing about '59 Chevys is you either love 'em or hate 'em. Or if you're a hard-core customizer, you just change one to look however you want, like this El Camino pickup version with a significantly restyled nose and hood.Unlike hot rods, a lot of early customs were junked or crushed just because the lacquer paint was hard to keep up and the cars were too big to store easily. So it's amazing how many have been found and restored. A recent example is this slightly asymmetrical '56 Chevy called the Golden Chariotte......built by the Alexander Bros. in Detroit in the '60s and just restored by Lou Calisebetta of Stillwater, New Jersey.


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CGEM or CG5 - Imaging.
Posted 11 February 2009 - 07:30 PM
I have a few scopes and want to buy a C8, so I can try some imaging with the C8 and my ED80. I figured I'd get the CGEM not only for a solid AP mount but also for future proofing if I want to get a C11 for visual in the future.
BUT, I'm somewhat of a noob and I don't know if I'll get into this that much....and besides, I want to save up for a house and buy a boat sometime soon. And, I might end up buying a 12" dob instead of a C11...half price, more aperature is a good thing.
I'm assuming I can do imaging fine with the C8 or ED80 on a CG5, especially since I've never done it before...I will be using a DSLR only.
So, I guess I have a dilemma cause I would love to future proof a little but really want to save some money...I know I need to make this decision on my own but for anyone using a CG5 with a C8, can you tell me it's a good match for the price?
Posted 11 February 2009 - 10:27 PM
Posted 12 February 2009 - 07:05 AM
I recently tried autoguiding with an 80mm Orion ST piggybacked on the C8 with the Orion SS camera and was impressed. I went up to 4 min with round stars at f/6.3. I'll try longer subs when I get a chance to see what limits I can push. Although imaging at f/10 is doable, you should probably get yourself the 6.3 focal reducer. It'll be much easier, but you'll have a bit more vignetting.
If you decide you really want to get into AP one day, then you should get a sturdier mount. For me, I was just starting from scratch, and I didn't have the money to spring for a better mount. I'm happy with my set-up for what it has taught me and for the price I paid.
Having said all that, if you have the money to spend on a CGEM, go for it. The sturdier the mount, the better it'll be for AP. I'm waiting for some of the "bugs" to clear out of the CGEM before I upgrade. In the mean time, I'll keep using my CG5!
Posted 12 February 2009 - 07:40 AM
Posted 13 February 2009 - 03:34 PM
Since I've only looked through my C6R twice and haven't looked through the 80ED yet, and these are my first scopes ever....I've decided to buy the CGEM, and forget the C8 or C9.25 for now and just concentrate on using the scopes I have, learning the sky, upgrading the "yard cannon"..etc.
Then, next year I can always buy a used C8 or 9.25 or even buy a C11 for visual...or a 10" newt...or a dob...it will be nice having a decent mount to be able to buy any number of scopes.
And I will have some fun trying some AP with the little 80ED.
What I need to do is keep AWAY from the classifieds...I need no more temptation!
Posted 13 February 2009 - 03:38 PM
Posted 13 February 2009 - 03:57 PM
Clear Skies!
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Posted 09 March 2009 - 06:44 PM
I think for imaging the C8 will work, but you may want to pick uo a focal reducer for that F10 OTA. OTOH the short focal length of the ED80 makes that a very good imaging OTA, many great astro photos have been taken with the ED80.
I think you will be very happy with the CGEM, who needs a house and stinking boat!!! It is a simple matter of priorities
Posted 09 March 2009 - 08:18 PM
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Posted 10 March 2009 - 10:18 AM
Stuart, I too am asking the same question. The PPEC seems to be the major difference, but the hardware must be more robust on the CGEM and hopefully tighter tolerances as well. The payload difference sure doesn't warrant the price point, and my calulations (CG5 @ $700 / CGEM @ $1400) put the spread at twice the cost of a CG5. My CFO has authorized a new CG5, but if I can determine the CGEM is just as good 'bang for the buck', I may have to resubmit my proposal.
Posted 10 March 2009 - 10:27 AM
OK, so what are the major differences in the CGEM and the CG5??
Higher payload capacity, internal wiring and quieter motors, not only PEC...but PPEC (permanent PEC), and retractable counterweight shaft to name a few. It's a great looking mount and definitely a step up from the CG5-GT.
The question still remains though...what is the intended application? I'd love to have a CGEM, but can't really justify it since the CG5 at this point in my astrophotography career does everything I want it to do.
Posted 10 March 2009 - 10:53 AM
Posted 10 March 2009 - 11:20 AM
As for value between the CG5 and CGEM, the CGEM has larger and presumably more precise bearings, larger motors and I believe larger gears (with more teeth) than the CG5. While the manufacturers spec says 35lbs of carrying capacity for the CG5 and 40lbs for the CGEM, for imaging it's probably (based on Atlas/EQ-6 experience) more like 20 vs. 30+lbs, at least a 50% increase.
I'm sure once all the initial CGEM folks have spent some time with their mounts that we'll start to see averaged PE figures below those of the CG5. In general I'd be leery of basing any PE comparison on a single example of either the CG5 or CGEM.
If you're on a tight budget there is not much choice between them. If you've got a fairly light weight imaging setup then the CG5 will be fine, but if you have the money and feel that you want "better" then the CGEM is the way to go. If you are planning to image with more than 20lbs of gear you'll be happier with the CGEM. If you're going visual and you've got a larger scope (like a refractor or newt) in the 25-30lbs + class then you'll be happier with the CGEM.
Patrick - "retractable counterweight shaft" ... I know the EQ-6 has this, are you sure the CGEM does as well?
Posted 10 March 2009 - 11:30 AM
Patrick, Correct me if I'm wrong, but CG5 visual payload 35 pounds and CGEM is 40 pounds. Or even if it is 30 & 40 pounds, equals 15 & 20 for imaging... Personally, internal wiring and quiter motors are 'nice to haves'. PPEC would indeed be very nice, but I think I've gotten some very nice images with my CG5. I'd 'like to have' a CGEM, but I'm not sure I 'need' one...
Bear in mind that pretty much everything about the mechanics of the CGEM is substantially more robust than a CG-5. The worm gears and worm wheels are much larger. The bearings carrying everything are much larger and more robust. IMO the actual capabilities of these mounts are farther apart than you're thinking that they are.
That said, if the CG-5 is working well for you then don't fix it if it 'aint broke.
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Posted 10 March 2009 - 12:15 PM
But I'm also going through imaging withdrawls as I've been without a mount for close to a month. Anyone have CGEM's in stock?
Posted 10 March 2009 - 12:59 PM
Patrick - "retractable counterweight shaft" ... I know the EQ-6 has this, are you sure the CGEM does as well?
Sorry...my bad.
HERE's One disassembed.
Posted 10 March 2009 - 03:33 PM
Patrick, Correct me if I'm wrong, but CG5 visual payload 35 pounds and CGEM is 40 pounds. Or even if it is 30 & 40 pounds, equals 15 & 20 for imaging... Personally, internal wiring and quiter motors are 'nice to haves'. PPEC would indeed be very nice, but I think I've gotten some very nice images with my CG5. I'd 'like to have' a CGEM, but I'm not sure I 'need' one...
That is what I am trying to justify. If you have had good results with teh CG5 on AP then that is what I am looking for, but then again if I am going to make a first investment for a starter scope then I look at it this way: If I can get good results for $1500+ accessories+/- $2000 then why spend $2000+accessories +/- $2500 and get roughly the same results.
Also if I ultimately want to stack an APO guide scope will the CG5 be heavy enough to support the weight? I figure it will be close to 20-25lb on a 30lb mount, will that be too much weight??
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I am surprized that someone out there aint making 3pce cues (ie with 2 lite-wt joints).
A stainless 5/16"--18tpi wood-to-wood joint (with a brass sleeve in shaft) probly adds less than 1oz to a cue.
U kood hav a 20" maple shaft (instead of 29"), plus 20" maple mid, plus 20" butt (instead of 29"), ie a 60" long cue (the extra 2" would help the balance).
A 3pce cue would allow a shorter cue-case (the only reason to hav a 3pce instead of a 2pce).
I hav three 2pce cue-cases 31", 32" and 34" long (I kood shorten one to 21"). In fakt a 20" shaft fits some office brief-cases on a diagonal.
I know of billiard players who now uze a 2pce instead of a 3/4jointed cue, koz a 2pce fits in their luggage.
A 3pce cue would fit in your flight hand luggage (but it wouldn't be allowed).
The main question iz whether a 3pce plays az well az a 2pce.
Heavy steel joints would certainly disappoint (ie too much energy loss), theze probly add 2oz each (or even 3oz) -- but a 5/16" 18 kan add less than 1oz -- and of course a pure wood joint would add allmost zero wt.
Apart from energy losses, joint wt would spoil balance (ie 3pce cues would be noze-heavy unless counterbalanced).
A heavy joint in the butt wouldn't hurt energy transfer much (hencely this joint kood be any type u like).
But a heavy joint 20" from the qtip would hurt energy transfer (and balance) -- here the joint would surely be near an anti-node for bending/flexing/buckling, and thusly rob energy. A heavy joint at a bending node wouldn't hurt energy transfer, but a heavy joint at or near an anti-node would. And anti-nodes nearer the qtip suffer a larger displacement than anti-nodes nearer the butt, hencely more energy loss.
Anyhow all joints hurt energy transfer one way or another.
A change in material leads to reflection and refraction of axial impact shock waves. Even a wood-to-wood joint would create reflection losses, and surface effect losses, koz of small (even microscopic) air gaps.
There are at least 4 major ways a cue bends (and vibrates) during impact.
Hencely there are 4 major sets of bending/flexing nodes and anti-nodes, and a badly placed joint might sin gainst 2 or 3 of theze.
Anyhow, a 3pce cue might be my next project -- a sneaky pete naturally.


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Manhattan, New York (WUSA) -- When Madison Square Garden, the arena labeled "The Worlds most famous arena", outside of its doors is screaming, "Luuuuuuuke!" it's a telling sign of celebrity a basketball player has reached in their career. Showcasing his talents in the heart of New York City in this weeks Big East tournament is a far cry from where Luke Hancock was just two seasons ago, averaging eleven points and four boards a game for George Mason University. Now the junior guard-forward from Roanoke Virginia is shredding defenses with his lethal jump shot as a starter in Rick Pitino's high potent offense.
The one that slipped away? Not hardly.
Scarcely recruited out of prep school, Hancock was not on the radar of local college coaches. By the time he was, it was too late, for they had missed out on a gem. Kevin Keatts, now an assistant at Louisville, coached Hancock for one season at Hargrave Military Academy where the two made a run to the National Prep championship. Keatts played a key role in getting the sharp shooter to come to U of L where the two have joined forces yet again in their quest of another championship run; this time at the college level.
After his 12-point, 3-rebound performance in Louisville's 74-55 dismantling of Villanova I caught up with the Virginia native to learn more about why he didn't continue balling in his home state.
Talk about your playing experience at George Mason:
Its kind of where I started. I came out of Hargrave playing for Coach Keatts who's hear now. I played two good years at Mason. We didn't have a great year my freshman year, we kind of got it together and bought in my sophomore year. We went to the tournament; we actually beat Villanova who we played tonight in the tournament.
Side note: The kids humble too. Failed to acknowledge he hit the game winner. Oh, and Gus Johnson called it, enjoy.
We won 17 straight, it was a great experience playing for Coach Larranaga but then he left and went to the University of Miami. Once he made that change I felt like I should open up my recruitment and see where I could go.
With Larranaga leaving was it a no-brainer for you at that point in terms of transferring schools?
Yea definitely, I don't think I would have looked around if he had stayed. Once my situation changed I thought if everything is going to change I might as well look around and see what I can do.
You looked at Virginia Tech & Virginia, what persuaded you to not go to those schools and was Maryland ever an option?
I didn't, I didn't look at Maryland. I kind of did my recruiting a different way I didn't want to just put it out there and have every one come to me, I kind of put some schools down and I went and talked to them. I didn't really give my release to too many people, but yea Virginia and Virginia Tech were both on my list.
You've talked about playing for Kevin Keatts. I know he's played one of the bigger impacts on your career. Talk about how important he's been in your development in the game of basketball.
I mean he saw me when I was in High school and not many people thought I could play Division I basketball. He kind of brought me along and I worked out with Chad Meyers who was his assistant all summer before I went to Hargrave then a spot opened up for me when we started playing. I started at the four (power forward) basically the whole year. We had about 10-11 guys who went Division I so I got a lot of exposure there. Then we both felt like it was a good fit for me to go to George Mason. I played two good years there and he was the first call I made when it was time for me to start looking again (after Larranaga's departure).
Was he on the Louisville staff at that point when you made the call?
No, actually he wasn't. He stopped talking to me and I got kind of nervous actually, but he had to get a release because he was signed here, he didn't want to get into trouble, any violations or that sort of thing. Eventually he got here and showed my tapes to Coach P, talked me up a little bit.....
And next thing you know you're a Louisville Cardinal...
Yep, I mean I had to sit out last year.
Lastly, how about Coach Larenaga, are you surprised with what he's doing at Miami, at all?
Its kind of shocking that he did it that quick. But obviously I think he's a great coach, once he got great players around him, he's got a great point guard, great big guys, shooters on the wing, he's got great pieces right there. Kind of shocking he did it that quick but I think he's a great coach and he'll have a ton of success.
How far will this Louisville team go?
All the way.
-- What I didn't know about Luke was that he's a team captain. I caught up with Coach Rick Pittino to find out the commending story of how that came to be and what intrigued him about the former George Mason guard.
Talk about what you initially thought when Coach Keatts showed you his tape.
Well, I called coach Jim Larranaga and the assistant Chris Caputo, and they said if you want a guy to take a shot at the end of the game he's your guy, if you want someone to inbound it, he's your guy, someone to grab a rebound, he's your guy. Then I said what about some to get a stop, they said, "he's not your guy." But you know what, he's improved so much on defense and I never thought I'd say that.
How critical is it he was able to sit for one year after transferring and he's got these two years of eligibility left?
Its great for us, you know he never played a game for us and was named captain. Pretty impressive.
You've got to explain this one...
He went into the guys, well, they decided in the summertime during summer school to lift at 6:30 in the morning. Two guys showed up late, and the story was told to me that Luke said, "that's not going to fly here guys, we're on time, you're not on time, and that's going to be a problem." And the interesting thing is that came from two veteran ball players and they said, "Your 100% right, it won't happen again." So right away everyone had respect for Luke, so that's pretty special.
Luke Hancock and the Louisville Cardinals play Notre Dame tonight at 9pm in the Big East semifinal.


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Catch can a must on DI motor
If you dont have a catch can on your DI motor, get one! I installed mine at around 50,000km. Yesterday I installed my isolator and had to remove the top end of the motor. With a flash light I could look down the port and see my valves. They are coated black and flaking carbon chunks. I did an upper induction cleaning and oil change the weekend before so it may have been cleaner but I was absolutely shocked at what I saw. I couldnt get enough light down the hole to get a picture but Tracy has posted enough so you can get the idea.
As I said above I was installing the isolator this weekend and took the car for a boot this morning. It rips! What a change with such an easy and inexpensive mod. Im a fan and advocate for RevXtreme. A wrench, couple of sockets, gasket material and a few hours is all it took.
I took a bunch of pictures, Ill see if I can post them.
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Well my picture file is to big. I guess I should have taken the pictures with my phone. I will figure it out later.
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If you have iPhoto or a similar photo editing program, you could export the photos at a different size using that. If not, there are online services like resize2mail (never tried it before but it looks promising) that should allow you to downsize your photos pretty easily.
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That's what I need to do. I'll give it a shot later. Thanks!
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Has anyone had a freezing issue with the catch can or extended lines? I expect the extended lines away from the heat of the engine will collect moisture and have potential to freeze up and not allow the engine to breathe.
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We have over 11,000 in use over the past 9 years and have had 1 customer in north dakota that had the valve freeze in subzero temps.....but that is the only issue we have heard of to date. It is important to drain with the engine warm, and not running and in cold climates all cans will condense and catch a good deal of moisture so they fill much faster. It will look like nestle quik!
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If the valve freezes, what issues should I be looking and listen for. I am in Canada and it gets darn cold here for a good 3-6 weeks. Thanks for the heads up on draining for the moisture when it`s colder!<
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If you open the file in Paint, which I'm pretty sure every copy of Windows comes with, you can shrink the file size using Resize (I think it is called). Also, if you just open and resave it, Paint does a better job of compressing the file as a jpg.
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How do you shrink on an iPhone?
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I finally took the time to put up these pics. Look at all that oil prior to the catch can. The throttle body was caked with oil. I did upgrade to the RX ported and polished TB and these pics where taken when I installed the RX Black isolator. This is why a catch can is a must. I wish I could have shown the valves, I felt sick when I took a flash light and looked down the ports. The valves are completely coated. I will be going through a cleaning regiment with every oil change until they are clean again.
I did the shrink through Piacsa 3 by exporting them to another file.
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sorry to ask but, could you explain to me how it works ( for a Green like me) , how to oil return to the engine from the catch can.
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You dont ever want to return the oil caught in a catchcan to the engine crankcase as it is chock full of damaging compounds (abrasive carbon particles, sulfuric acid, water vapor, unburnt fuel, etc.) The catchcan traps the oil before it ingests and causes the issues so the trapped oil is disposed of.
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I have asked which part number to order for a '12 coupe and not received a response.
Me <-- I'm a buyer, ready to purchase a catch can.
Why do some have single/double check valves etc?
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Sorry, just saw this post.
Single valve is for a NA application, dual for forced induction that pressurizes the IM.
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I wish I could ride that far. I just bought a Mtn. Bike Friday, and have been riding it to work (2.4 miles) and it is kicking my butt. I can run 5 miles no problem, but the bike works the legs a lot different.
Great job man! I ride my Mt bike to get into shape but nothing like what your doing!


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Taking down your twitter account down is step one to getting your act together.
Do tell Sandog.
People in Boston have talking about Seguin's drinking and partying around the college campuses for the past two years. I honestly didn't think it had gotten as bad as the Bruins brass having to speak to him about it.
Again hope Tyler is able to get it under control. So far, not so much, with Dallas having to release a statement already. It looks like Seguin has some more wising up to do.


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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Gov. Martin O'Malley is touting a record year for producing and planting native bay oysters in Maryland.
O'Malley talked about the latest efforts to revive Maryland's badly depleted oyster population at a news conference in Annapolis. Since 1994, the Chesapeake Bay's oyster population has been at about 1 percent of historic levels.
The University of Maryland Horn Point Lab Oyster Hatchery team in Cambridge produced 1.25 billion Eastern oyster spat this year. The state says that as a result, 750 million baby oysters have been planted at the Harris Creek Sanctuary, which is 377 acres.
The governor says state and federal agencies have expanded protected waters for oysters from 9 percent to 24 percent.
O'Malley adopted the state's Oyster Restoration and Aquaculture Development Plan in 2010.


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(Activist Jeff Cobb, of Climate Change Advocates of Cincinnati, outlines why the climate change treaty meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, is important and how U.S. politicians are lagging in the effort.)
The parallels between Nero fiddling while Rome burned and the callous neglect by politicians like the U.S. Senate while the Earth burns due to global warming is sadly apt.
One could easily write an entire column containing only the names of the scientific reports that prove that climate change is happening, is caused by human activity and why action needs to be taken to reverse it. Scientific, political, religious, national security and economic thinkers who have looked at climate change understand our dire straits and beg for changes.
More than 200 people attended Imago's Earth Spirit Rising conference at Xavier University this weekend, where they were challenged to rethink their actions and their effect on the planet.
Speaker Paula Gonzalez, a Dominican nun and futurist, cast the challenges ahead in stark terms: "We must realize the scale of our times, which is on the scale of transitions like going from hunter-gathering to agriculture, or industrialization. You must take the messages of this conference home in your heart, in your soul, in your gut, and get off your butt and act."
Not long before Earth Day, Arbor Day and other green-focused days there's a vast call for volunteers to do all kinds of thing from trash pick up to planting more green stuff. But after it's all done, there's little information provided about what was accomplished.
Ingenuity, creativity, the determination to succeed – this is the stuff of innovation that people brag about when advances in technology or positive change are highlighted. Finding a solution for an impossible situation ups the value of these bragging rights, but what drives it all is the unshakable motivation to get to a new solution.
Earth Day is coming – April 22 – and the new Metro hybrid bus will bring models to the Earth Day "Eco Go-Go Fashion Show" on Fountain Square. At 12 p.m. "environmentally-conscious and bike-beautiful fashions" will demonstrate a new "green" style.
A healthy environment for learning makes sense, but a school as a green school as "learning tool" – what does that mean?
Find out on April 23, 5 - 7:30 p.m. at the Pleasant Ridge Montessori School (5945 Montgomery Rd. - rear entrance) when the Green and Healthy Schools network explains the concept.
Going paperless – using e-mail, reading documents on line and other such electronic alternatives – is supposed to help save trees and reduce garbage going to landfills. But what happens when the computer, monitor, keyboard, mouse, modem and all of the other electronic stuff becomes obsolete?
To keep that stuff out of your local landfill, Tri-County Mall (11700 Princeton Pike, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45246) will play host to an earth-day related event that gives anyone a free method of environmentally responsible equipment disposal. On April 18 (Saturday) 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? will collect enough "computer electronics only" to fill two trucks.
No word on how big the trucks are, but one would guess they'll be large enough to display the company logo.


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Triaxial Test
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The triaxial test is one of the most common tests used in laboratory soil testing. The soil sample is normally placed inside a rubber membrane and then compressed maintaining a radial pressure.
In this model, a vertical displacement and a confinement pressure are applied on the sample and the static response and the collapse load for various confinement pressures are studied. The material is modeled with the soil plasticity feature, and the Drucker-Prager criterion. The analysis can be simplified by considering the intrinsic axial symmetry of the model.


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Building on the esteemed reputation of the Art Students League of New York, the League Residency at Vyt provides support to emerging, established, and teaching artists by bringing them together with masters and colleagues for intensive focus through an international residency program. Click here to apply to be an artist-in-residence at The League Residency at Vyt.
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The League Residency at Vyt fosters professional independent development for working artists. Hosting exhibitions and workshops, Vytlacil is an integral part of the Art Students League of New York's enduring mission to train great artists. Residents are given space and time to freely focus on their craft as well as ample opportunity to engage with a supportive society of artists and League staff who embody the creative spirit.
"I think that Vyt has the perfect balance between an extremely well organized structure, with efficient and able staff, and the freedom for artists to do what they want. The studio facilities are excellent as are the apartments. The setting at Vytlacil is idyllic, set in wooded gardens and the neighboring towns are charming and full of interest. The public bus service to Manhattan in 1 hour is a big plus. The interaction with the staff, visiting artists and the residential artists themselves, is very important. Being at Vyt allowed me to work undisturbed and to produce in 2 months what would normally take 1 year."
— Steve Downey, Vyt Resident Alumnus
Affectionately known as "Vyt," the property and funding was a gift to The Art Students League of New York from the family of Modernist artist and League Instructor Vaclav Vytlacil. A meeting place for artists from around the world, the League Residency at Vyt encourages you to hone your art making in a spacious and pastoral setting. Set on fifteen wooded acres in the Lower Hudson Valley – just 24 miles north of the cultural center of New York City – Vyt enables artists-in-residence to craft their own mix of focused work, community with other residents, opportunity for studio conversations and critiques with visiting artists and League instructors, and inspiration from New York's museums and galleries. Located near the historic hamlet, Sparkill, the campus is also surrounded by the well-known Hudson River Valley villages of Piermont and Nyack.
Since its start in 2007 as a progressive extension of the League's legacy in "pluralistic and inclusive education" in the arts, The League Residency at Vyt has hosted more than 400 artists from around the world including Australia, Canada, China, Europe, Pakistan, India, Ireland, Japan, Nigeria, Korea, South Africa, Thailand and the United Kingdom.
Residents enjoy 24-hour access to studio spaces and private bedrooms, accommodated either in the Residence Hall or in Vytlacil's 1890 Victorian home.
Three residents are housed on the 2nd floor of the Vytlacil House, which also contains a shared kitchen, bath, and laundry facilities.
Four residents are housed in the Residence Hall, an ADA-compliant live/work facility completed in 2010. With sleeping, cooking, and bath areas in each residence room, studio space is included with living quarters in two units, while the other two units share a large studio separate from their living quarters.
The 1st floor of the Vytlacil House contains a library, office, and public restrooms, as well as exhibition space in the Elizabeth V. Sullivan Gallery.
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