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John Bazella, J. Bazella Concrete Inc. This project consisted of a pervious slab, shaped and colored to suggest lapping waves and a sandy beach, along with pervious concrete lounge furniture.
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Second Place: Roy Bowman, Concrete Visions Inc. Bowman created an impressively detailed three-dimensional depiction of a Scrabble game in progress. The entry came in second place in both the experts' and attendees ballots.
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Butterfield Color Inc.'s booth came in first place in the Attendees' Choice balloting and was named Best Overall by the expert judges
John Campbell, Fractal Based Innovations. The entry incorporated an intricate spiral design in three dimensions, combined with a multi-colored, reflective epoxy resin background
First Place: Adrian Gascon, Creative Waterscapes. This rock cave, with a moving door and sculpted Buddha figure, won first place, as chosen by both the attendee balloting and the ASCC expert panel.
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Nathan Giffens, Vertical Artisans. This project was a curved wall of simulated stone and hand-carved and tinted lettering
Next to the Artistry Demonstration area, exhibitor JoeCrete Inc. sponsored Let's Build with Concrete for Habitat. Students from Desert Rose Adult High School in North Las Vegas learned to make and finish concrete tabletops and other items. The participants were all active in the construction branch of Skills USA, an extracurricular program for vocational education students. After the show, the items were donated to Habitat for Humanity for resale at the organization's local ReStore.
Rick Lobdell, Concrete Mystique. This project, hand-painted on a cast-in-place slab, portrayed a coral reef with marine life, including a dolphin and a scuba diver
Mike Murray, Murray Decorative Concrete Supply. This project focused on an urgent message: Concrete Cares and its goal to raise awareness of breast cancer to dramatize the need for research.
Carlos Andres Perez, Custom Concrete Designs. This ambitious project was designed to exhibit a wide range of decorative concrete options.
Richard Winget, Authentic Environments. Representing the ruins of a Mayan-inspired portal, the structure began with a cast-in-place slab and wall with a formed doorway.
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Judges awarded Smith Paints as tops for specialty products.
Solomon Colors Inc.
Judges deemed Solomon Colors Inc.'s booth the best for flatwork.
The Artistry in Decorative Concrete demonstrations have been a popular attraction at World of Concrete for years. Attendees have always enjoyed seeing a diverse group of artisans apply their creativity and skills to the medium of concrete.
This year's Artistry demos, which took place Feb. 4-8 in Las Vegas, introduced a new competitive aspect. In addition to the Attendees' Choice balloting, the projects were judged by a panel of experts from the American Society of Concrete Contractors' Decorative Concrete Council, with cash prizes awarded to the winner. The competition sparked some ambitious projects. Here's a rundown.
A team assembled by Adrian Gascon, Fillmore, Calif., created the winning entry, as chosen by both the attendee balloting and the ASCC expert panel. The project featured the entrance to a rocky cave, complete with a moving door. Outside the entrance sat a sculpted Buddha figure in a meditative pose, beside a leafless concrete tree. Mist from a hidden fog machine added to the atmosphere, as did the sound of flutes and percussion instruments being played by artisans and guests. The judges praised the entry for its scope, dynamism, and execution.
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D-League Report: Sundiata Gaines, Othyus Jeffers and Jeremy Evans
As the NBA season heads into crunch time, there has been a solid bit of activity in the D-League. NBA teams who are either battling the injury bug or potentially looking for something new to help them get over the hump and looking to the D-League more and more.
For today's report, I've highlighted a few important news items in the world of the D-League and included a list of all the D-League Call Ups and Assignments so far this season. Enjoy! Continue Reading

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We have a 2 server setup which started to have some ldap replica sync problems.
The 2 servers were recently upgraded to zcs 7.1.2 and the self signed certificates renewed using the admin console for all services.
After a few days we noticed that the ldap replica is not in sync with the master and generating the following in the zimbra.log:
Sep 29 00:21:47 zcs-mta slapd[4242]: @(#) $OpenLDAP: slapd 2.4.25 (Jul 6 2011 13:32:14) $ ^Iroot@zre-ubuntu10-64:/home/build/p4/HELIX/ThirdParty/openldap/openldap-184.108.40.206z/servers/slapd
Sep 29 00:21:48 zcs-mta slapd[4243]: slapd starting
Sep 29 00:21:48 zcs-mta slapd[4243]: slap_client_connect: URI=ldap://enterprisemail.vps-host.net:389 Error, ldap_start_tls failed (-11)
Sep 29 00:21:48 zcs-mta slapd[4243]: do_syncrepl: rid=100 rc -11 retrying
Here is what i already tried:
1. resync replica with master data and restart it using these steps:
LDAP data import export - Zimbra :: Wiki
2. checked ldapsearch from replica to query the master which is working fine using TLS:
zimbra@zcs-mta:~$ ldapsearch -ZZ -x -H ldap://<masterldap>:389/ -D "uid=zimbra,cn=admins,cn=zimbra" -b "" -s base -W +
3. checked the ca.pem on both master and replica, both are self signed certs and not outdated.
4. tried copying the ca.key and ca.pem from the master to the replica and re-create the links with c_rehash but still no go.
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Earlier this week, in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Paul Baier made a deal with his 14-year-old daughter Rachel. If she quit Facebook completely until end of June, he'd pay her $200. She gets $50 in mid-April and the other $150 on June 26th.
They even signed a contract. On the part of the contract where Rachel says how she'll use the money, she wrote, quote, "stuff."
Paul says this was Rachel's idea. Quote, "She wants to earn money and also finds Facebook a distraction and a waste of time sometimes." But she does plan to get back on Facebook once the five months are over.


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The Amsoil/Mopar Muscle Engine Challenge - JD Engine And MachineWritten by on April 1, 2009 Contributors: Randy Bolig This 440 Is A Heavy Hitter
To see video of JD's dyno run click here.
The 2008 Amsoil/Mopar Muscle Engine Challenge featured a 440 spec motor this year, so all the competitors were limited to the same basic combination of a .060 inch over 440 short-block and Indy SR cylinder heads for their entries. Additionally, all engines had to run on the same Rockett Brand 93 octane fuel while they were on Comp's engine dyno, so compression had to remain at a pump-gas friendly level. Instead of factoring costs this year, we simply set the rules, and whoever made the most combined peak horsepower and torque would win our contest. Nearly capturing first place this year was the runner-up entry of JD Engine and Machine, which made 737 hp and 586.4 lb/ft of torque for a combined score of 1323.4.
Placing well in a dyno competition requires more than just the skills necessary to assemble an engine. Each individual part of the combination has to work in conjunction with all others to produce optimum power. Engine builder Jeff Dickey of JD Engine and Machine in Columbia, Missouri, is an avid drag racer, building some of the most powerful engines in racing for himself and his customers, so he knows a little bit about hitting the right combination. For his entry in this year's contest, Jeff says he concentrated on cylinder head flow, and once the heads were ported for maximum flow, he picked the rest of his parts to match. Additionally, this engine was dyno tuned in-house, and it was ready to run once it was bolted on the dyno at Comp. Firing immediately, Jeff's 440 performed very well and needed only minor tuning to optimize its output on Comp's dyno, placing a very close second this year. Even more impressive, Jeff did it without any exotic tricks, and with only a single four-barrel carburetor for induction. Follow along as we go inside this potent 440 to discover how JD Engine and Machine placed a strong second in this year's Engine Challenge.
As the foundation for this build, engine builder Jeff Dickey chose a factory 440 block with a 1970 casting date. To form a solid rotating assembly, Jeff used an Eagle forged crankshaft, Eagle H-beam connecting rods, and Diamond forged flat-top pistons. Specially designed and coated, these pistons combined with the relatively small chambers of the Indy heads gave this engine just over eleven to one compression. The crank and rods were treated to a special oil-shedding coating, and the rotating assembly was balanced in-house. Clevite bearings were utilized to keep everything spinning freely, and Diamond piston rings were used to seal the cylinders. A Melling PN M63HV oil pump was used in conjunction with a Milodon PN 30931 oil pan and PN 32005 stroker windage tray to keep everything well oiled. A Comp solid roller camshaft was spun by a Pro Gear double roller timing set, and a Professional Products balancer was utilized. Though he claims it doesn't really net any measureable power, Jeff had the camshaft ground with the No. 4 and No. 7 cylinders swapped. This changes the firing order and some claim it reduces harmonics for incremental power gains.
All the competitors this year had to use the same Indy SR cylinder head and could order either the CNC ported or the non-ported version from Indy. JD Engine and Machine chose the CNC ported versions to top their 440, and engine builder Jeff Dickey treated them to some hand-massaging to optimize flow. Using the Indy valves, Jeff installed Comp PN 947-16 valvesprings with titanium retainers to handle the lift exerted by the Comp solid roller camshaft. Harland Sharp rockers with a lift-enhancing 1.7 ratio were utilized for their proven durability. Rather than concentrating on a single horsepower here or there by reducing windage, Jeff says he spent most of his time maximizing cylinder head flow for the most power potential. This theory worked well as his second place engine nearly missed winning the contest, and was well ahead of the third place entry.
When it came to induction, Jeff tested several intake manifolds before deciding to use an Edelbrock Super Victor single-plane intake with a Dominator flange. Knowing this engine would likely end up in a street car or bracket racer, Jeff resisted the urge to attempt maximum power by using a tunnel-ram, instead deciding to keep it simple given the intended use of this engine. Topping his Super Victor intake, Jeff used a Holley Dominator prepped by BRE. While we can't speculate as to how this engine would have performed with a tunnel-ram, we can say that any improvement in this engine's performance would have certainly made the first place choice more interesting.
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Engine builder Jeff Dickey and his crew placed a close second in this year's Challenge, as their engine performed flawlessly during its pulls on Comp's dyno.The crew from JD Engine and Machine efficiently tuned their entry to more power on each pull by making ignition timing changes and experimenting with several carb spacers including a Reher-Morrison shear plate.Having competed in previous Engine Challenges, engine builder Jeff Dickey was aware of turbulent air in Comp's dyno cell and brought his own air-turbine for the dyno session.Since the factory 440 block is known for its strength, JD Engine and Machine chose a 1970 casting as the foundation for their Challenge engine.Engine builder Jeff Dickey fitted his factory block with aftermarket main caps and an Eagle forged crank and Eagle H-beam connecting rods.The lifter bores of this engine were bushed to correct any valve timing inaccuracies in the factory block.Along with his Milodon oil pan with external pickup, Jeff chose to use a stroker windage tray on his non-stroker engine. Jeff claims that this trick effectively reduces windage and keeps the oil farther from the crankshaft than a standard windage tray would.Diamond forged pistons were treated to coated skirts for reduced friction and had a thermal barrier coating on the piston tops.
Since our rules dictated that each builder use the same Indy SR cylinder head, Jeff chose their CNC ported version, then touched up the ports in-house to maximize flow.Harland Sharp aluminum roller rocker arms were used for their proven reliability. Jeff chose 1.7 ratio rocker arms for additional valve lift. Comp PN 947-16 springs and titanium retainers kept the valvetrain stable.Since he had made multiple pulls on this engine on his dyno, Jeff decided to check valve lash prior to running his engine on Comp's dyno and discovered two broken rocker arm adjusters. After a quick repair, he was fortunate not to have any other problems during his dyno pulls.After testing multiple intake manifolds, Jeff chose the new Edelbrock Super Victor aluminum single-plane intake with a Dominator flange for his engine.The bottom of the rocker arms had to be machined to clear the valve retainers. This is a common problem for big-block Mopars with aftermarket aluminum rocker arms.On the dyno, it was apparent that the hard work of JD Engine and Machine paid off. Making 737 hp and 586.4 lb/ft of torque, this is one stout 440. We congratulate Jeff Dickey and his crew on their second place finish.The intake manifold was also ported in-house to match the intake ports of the cylinder heads. This is a time consuming process, but necessary for maximum performance.


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Leukemia, acute nonlymphocytic (cont.)
Bone marrow transplantation is used to replace the bone marrow with healthy bone marrow. First healthy marrow is then taken from another person (a donor) whose tissue is the same as or almost the same as the patient's. The donor may be a twin (the best match), a brother or sister, or a person who is otherwise related or not related. The patient (recipient) then has their bone marrow destroyed with high dose chemotherapy with or without radiation. The healthy marrow from the donor is given to the patient through a needle in the vein, and the marrow replaces the marrow that was destroyed. A bone marrow transplant using marrow from a relative or from a person who is not related is called an allogeneic bone marrow transplant. A greater chance for recovery occurs if the doctor chooses a hospital that does more than five bone marrow transplantations per year.
The overall chance of recovery (the long-term prognosis) depends on the subtype of AML and the patient's age and general health.
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Tampa, Florida -- The chief of staff of the controversial New Black Panthers political party is accused of selling a home she didn't own.
40-year-old Michelle Williams was arrested Tuesday night on a charge of Second Degree Grand Theft. She was later released on $7,500 bond.
According to Williams' arrest report, in 2011 David Lee purchased a home for $30,000 using a quit claim deed from Williams through her company, Sunshine's Property Management LLC. Lee said the sale was done under the condition there were no liens or claims to the property.
Lee, however, learned the property was actually owned by somebody else, who allegedly told him Williams was actually helping him with his foreclosure and Williams never owned the property in the first place.
Suspecting fraud, Lee went to police. After a lengthy investigation was turned over to the state attorney's office, charges were filed earlier this week.
Williams, a community activist who is the chief of staff for the New Black Panther Party, came under fire earlier this year when she called for a "dead or alive" bounty on George Zimmerman.
Zimmerman is accused of shooting and killing Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African American teen, during a confrontation in Zimmerman's neighborhood back in February. Zimmerman claims he was defending himself at the time, and for several months no charges were brought against him.
It was during this time that Williams said on a nationally syndicated radio talk show hosted by Bubba the Love Sponge, "Let me tell you, the things that's about to happen, to these honkeys, these crackers, these pigs, these pink people, these ---- people. It has been long overdue. My prize right now this evening is gonna be the bounty, the arrest, dead or alive, for Geroge Zimmerman."
Williams later apologized for those comments, saying she was "angry" and "sad" over the Trayvon Martin case.
WATCH: Michelle Williams' unedited interview with 10 News reporter Melanie Michael
Tuesday night's arrest is not Williams' first brush with the law. Williams, who was previously known as Michelle Conyers, has been arrested on charges ranging from aggravated assault with a handgun to fraudulent use of personal information, fraudulent use of a credit card, petty theft, two previous counts of grand theft, two counts of forgery and exploitation of an elderly person.
She entered guilty pleas to several of the charges and was sentenced to restitution and probation, which she completed successfully. Before Tuesday, she hadn't been involved with the court system since 2005.
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Improving the Care of Diabetic Patients with Hypertension
Improving the Care of the Diabetes Patients with Hypertension Activity is a structured process by which family medicine primary care physicians can review recommended practices for the assessment, documentation and treatment of hypertension in their patients with diabetes, retrospectively assess their management of hypertension in patients with diabetes and choose an improvement activity (Worksheet 1), apply the activity prospectively over a specified interval, and re-evaluate their performance (Worksheet 2).
- This activity has been approved by the American Board of Family Medicine as an external provider of Part IV Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians credit.
- Term of approval is for two years from July 1, 2010, with the option for yearly renewal.
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When you install a new printer, Windows typically names it after the manufacturer or model.
But there are good reasons to change the default name. If you have more than one printer, you can pick a name that identifies it by what it does or where it's located—for example, "My color printer" or "Frankie's room."
Open Devices and Printers by clicking the Start button , and then, on the Start menu, clicking Devices and Printers.
Right-click a printer, and then click Printer properties.
Click the General tab, and then type the new name in the text box.
To rename a printer, you must have permission to manage the printer. You probably have permission if you installed the printer. If you're on a corporate network, you might need to ask your system administrator. To check your printer permissions, right-click your printer, click Printer properties, click the Security tab, and then click your user name.
You can change the default printer name, which is typically the manufacturer name and printer model, to a name that can help you or other users better recognize the printer. On a network, for example, you might rename a printer to indicate the room or floor number where the printer is located. You might also rename a printer to indicate its capabilities, such as printing in color or black ink only.
To rename a printer, you must have permission to manage the printer. You probably have permission if you installed the printer, or if the person or system administrator who installed the printer gave you permission. You might also have permission if you are a member of the administrators group for the computer. Administrators have permission to manage printers by default.
To view your printer permissions, right-click the printer that you're using, click Properties, click the Security tab, and then click your user name.
Open Printers by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Hardware and Sound, and then clicking Printers.
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Did get a fright when it seemed to stop with prov> appearing to look for input. But remembered seeing this in the forums, the install is just working in the background and not waiting for input.
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The Best Ski and Snowboard Resorts In The World
Fall is upon us, which means winter is right around the corner. Winter is one of my favorite times of the year due to the skiing/snowboarding season. Skiing and snowboarding are both great cardiovascular and lower leg strength and endurance workouts that will give you an intense, all day workout, but you'll be having too much fun to even notice.
If you have never been skiing or snowboarding, I totally recommend you do so this season. Although skiing/snowboarding is a rather expensive hobby, getting off the chair lift and viewing the wide open snow covered wilderness is completely worth it! Check out the best ski/snowboard resorts in the world below!
Best Skiing/Snowboarding Resorts In The World:
- Whistler/Blackbomb, BC Canada: Hands down, this is the best resort in the world, but lift tickets are $93 per day. This resort has over 200 trails with over 8,000 ski-able acres and the vertical drop is 5,280 feet. Simply amazing!
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Looking forward in the new year
Politicians discuss their 2014 agendas
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With 2014 well underway, many have stopped looking back to last year and started planning for what to do with the remainder of this one.
For politicians representing Rockville Centre, that means planning what they hope to achieve for their constituents in the coming months.
"Our downtown business district is key to our village's future," said Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray. "Rockville Centre enjoys a thriving downtown, with new businesses coming in every week. We have an occupancy rate in our downtown area of more than 95 percent and more shops and restaurant are coming. By the end of 2014, I hope to say that number has risen to 100 percent occupancy."
Murray had a varied list of things he'd like to see accomplished this year, everything from beautification to infrastructure improvement.
He said that he wanted to keep beautifying the village's downtown and was planning to add plantings and new lighting, and to improve the appearance of sidewalks and street signs.
"In the past, the village improved one mile of roadway per year," Murray said. "However, with the help of our Department of Public Works, we will be improving approximately three to four miles in 2014." Murray also said that while work had slowed on Maple Avenue due to state funding, the project would continue and hopefully conclude this year.
On the public safety front, Murray said that the Rockville Centre Police Department is looking to add more officers. And the fire department will be adding two new trucks this year, as well as one next year and one in 2016.
Murray also said he's looking to continue his administration's success in securing grants to improve the village. "We have been aggressive in going after major grants and gifts to benefit the village," he said. "In the last two years alone, we have secured over $5 million dollars in federal, state and local grants and gifts to make improvements in our village."
At the state level, Senate Co-Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who both represents and lives in Rockville Centre, had his own goals that he would like to see accomplished in the new year.
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Barney Zwartz -Feb 12, 2013
Stepping down ... Pope Benedict XVI. Photo: AFP
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, long Pope John Paul II's right-hand man, watched that Pope's long decline and the paralysis it caused at the top in the Vatican, the intrigues and the pursuit of agendas.
Elected John Paul's successor in 2005 at 78, he has clearly decided not to condemn the church to the same hiatus, becoming the first Pope to resign in 598 years, though the 10th overall. It is a brave and intelligent decision, in keeping with the integrity and thoughtfulness that has marked his papacy – along with some striking flaws.
Speaking in Latin, he told a meeting of cardinals of his decision on Monday, saying that he had repeatedly examined his conscience before ''coming to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry''. Today's world, subject to rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance to the life of faith, demanded a strength of mind and body that he had lost in the past few months.
He leaves a church facing the same crises and challenges it faced at his election, and some – such as clergy sexual abuse and relations with Islam – have clearly become much sharper over the past eight years.
Debate about his legacy begins now. If he has been a less heroic Pope than his predecessor, who is in the process of being made a saint, he has in some ways been better balanced. He has been more introverted both in his personality and his public concerns, involving himself less with geopolitics and more with the life of the church, where he was a staunch advocate of traditional faith and practice.
His public teaching has been hailed, particularly his first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est, on love, but his tenure was wracked by controversy – often self-inflicted.
Quoting a dismissive remark about Islam by an emperor in Constantinople centuries before during a speech at Regensburg in 2008 led to riots across the Islamic world, including the usual church-burnings and the murder of a nun.
Other incidents included downplaying the negative effects of colonisation on a visit to Latin Americans, suggesting on a trip to Africa that condoms made AIDS worse, offending Jews by reviving a Mass that prayed for their conversion, and trying to reconcile with the ultra-traditionalist and dissident Society of St Pius X who included a Holocaust denier. Last year's Vatileaks scandal, for which his butler was jailed, showed a church in disarray.
But the crisis that really defined his papacy was clergy sexual abuse, in which he was even caught up personally over allegations that he was soft on a molester while he was Archbishop of Munich. His supporters say this criticism is unfair, that he understood the issue far better than John Paul II and moved far more strongly to tackle it, losing internal power struggles to do more when he was head of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith. This is true but not saying a great deal, given his predecessor's notorious blinkers on the issue. Critics say the Vatican is still far from understanding how damaging abuse has been and that its response has been inadequate.
As Peter Johnstone, head of Catholics for Renewal, told the Victorian inquiry into how the churches handle sex abuse last month, the Pope apologised to victims of abuse for the abuse itself, but never for how the church protected and promoted abusers and concealed their actions.
The cardinals who elected him in 2005 evidently agreed with his estimate that the most serious crisis facing Catholicism was the aggressive secularism in Europe – the ''culture of death'' - and a declining church. This challenge is as strong as ever, compounded by the faithful's disenchantment over abuse.
When the cardinals under 80 gather in Rome to elect his successor, what they see as the most important and urgent challenges will determine their choice.


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The Family (2013)
The Family SynopsisIn the dark action comedy The Family, a Mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the Witness Protection Program after snitching on the mob. Despite Agent Stansfields (Tommy Lee Jones) best efforts to keep them in line, Fred Manzoni (Robert De Niro), his wife Maggie (Michelle Pfeiffer) and their children, Belle (Dianna Agron) and Warren (John DLeo), cant help resorting to old habits by handling their problems the family way. Chaos ensues as their former Mafia cronies try to track them down and scores are settled in the unlikeliest of settings, in this subversively funny film by Luc Besson.
The Family Release Date
In Theaters September 13, 2013
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Starring: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron, John DLeo, and Domenick Lombardozzi
Written by: Luc Besson and Michael Caleo
Directed by: Luc Besson
Produced by: Virginie-Silla Besson and Ryan Kavanaugh
MPAA Rating: [ R ]
Distributor: Relativity Media
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Variable cd12g : CD12G. Hit him/her on the bottom or elsewhere on the body with sth. like a belt, hairbrush,stick or other hard objects?
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Hit him/her on the bottom or elsewhere on the body with something like a belt, hairbrush, stick or other hard object.
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Skill Level: Easy
Size: Small measures 23", Medium 28" and Large 32"
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VIDEO VAULT: RafaPorn, Segunda Parte
Labels: Rafael Nadal, tennis, training, video
11 comments:
- AnonymousMay 19, 2009 at 3:25 PM
oh my god, it just gets better and better...total perfection, boy xisca is one lucky girl, Rafa must be soooo hot in bed....loving the calves on the power plate and the bending over strapped up with the blue bondage bands...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 19, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Nice training spot also. That is right next to the cathedral in Palma, no?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 19, 2009 at 4:41 PM
actually, it's his house in Manacor. His and maribel's floor where he has a small gym, as he said and a lovely balcony.ReplyDelete
Rafa, why are you trying to give us a heart attack???
- AnonymousMay 19, 2009 at 5:25 PM
And the way he looks after his session - sweaty but so fresh faced.ReplyDelete
The same as after his matches, he just rubs his face and hair with a towel and goes on live TV closeup looking like he just had a facial and a professional makeup.
Not fair.
Oooohhhh gotta love me some more RafaPorn. :PReplyDelete
The gloves... the legs... the face... it's all very, very good.
I was wondering how many of those training balls they already threw off that roof? LOL
sonja: LOL I was thinking the exact same thing when I saw that part! I'm sure they took out a few pedestrians below. Oh well, it's for a good cause I guess.ReplyDelete
sonja, rich,ReplyDelete
Me three! I kept expecting to hear a giant SPLAT!
*goes to amazon, looks up price of blue bondage bands*
- AnonymousMay 20, 2009 at 11:02 AM
I love you for posting these Rafa Porn vids.ReplyDelete
Phew...to me this is so much more than just Rafa showing his fitness routine. It makes me blush and squirm with delight.ReplyDelete
When he stands on his tiptoes to work those calves, it's heaven...
And the fact that this is his home and his bedroom probably is next door makes it...even better!
Thanks, Rich!
LOL @ Rich and natch... wouldn't that be the greatest death ever? Being squashed by a medicine ball Rafa threw off his roof, hehe.ReplyDelete
And CC just got me all hot'n'bothered with the thought of RafaBedroom. o_O
Oh, and bathroom. Rafashower, now that's a thought and a half...ReplyDelete


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* Watercolor Basket - Making Art Supplies Accessible For Children
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- Alicia said...
love this idea...as with all your ideas :) no kidding on the world's worst timing thing...must be a common kid trait. thanks for the great ideas!
- February 23, 2012 at 8:32 AM
- Ticia said...
What a great idea! I need to do this.
- February 23, 2012 at 9:04 AM
- Angie said...
Brilliant idea! I'm going to do this very soon. My daughter LOVES to watercolor paint and I always find it difficult to set it up for her. This way I'll be fostering her independence while letting her do one of her favorite activities. THANKS! Oh, but can I ask, what do you use the salt shaker for?
- February 23, 2012 at 2:05 PM
- Whitney @ Pen Pals and Picture Books said...
Ahh, watercolors! I do love that they are so beautiful and pretty much mess free!
What a nice idea, I am always wondering how to keep project stuff in a handy and organized place!
- February 23, 2012 at 3:01 PM
- Robyn... Pen Pals and Picture Books said...
I love this. I need to do more things like this... easy access art supplies. In fact I have a similar basket that is filled with stuff in a very non-functional way, maybe it's time to empty it out and repurpose!
Thanks so much for following us over at Pen Pals & Picture Books! We really appreciate it
- February 23, 2012 at 4:16 PM
- kingston said...
Perfect! Now if only I can find a way to dry them without dribbling. My kids crank them out at lightning speed.
- February 23, 2012 at 8:35 PM
- kingston said...
Perfect! Now if only I can find a way to dry them without dribbling. My kids crank them out at lightning speed.
- February 23, 2012 at 8:36 PM
- imidurski said...
This is a lovely idea! When my sons were little,w e were fortunate enough to have a large window seat in the kitchen with storage space underneath for all of their art supplies so they could work on their latest creations at the kitchen table while I was getting dinner ready. Accessibility is the key-when the desire to create something is there, it's wonderful for kids to be able to seize the moment and get what they need for a project!
- February 24, 2012 at 7:53 AM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
That sounds lovely! I WISH we had room in our tiny kitchen for a space for the girls to work while I cook. Most of the time they just perch on our kitchen stools at the counter with a basket of crayons and color or draw while I cook. : )
- February 24, 2012 at 10:39 AM
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Just some ideas if you want to keep playing with it.
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I didn't mention phys/spec anywhere. My point is that I shouldn't have to take Ice Beam just to stand a chance against a dragon trainer.
I didn't mention phys/spec anywhere. My point is that I shouldn't have to take Ice Beam just to stand a chance against a dragon trainer.
Huh, so I did. I must be stuck in Generation III. Anyway, I don't play the metagame. My issues are with dragons in the story and the attitude of the trainers that use them.
I'm a dragon trainer in the metagame.. Love my dragons..
Although my Psychic Pokemon has been replaced with certain general Dark types, not sure why I just have been experimenting more..
How? What he said makes no sense? I am a dragon trainer.. Ask Ady or Pants, lol..
blaziken is not a dragon trainer. he just tends to use excess of 3 dragons on every team besides his uber team.
PS: he uses that uber team a bit too frugally :p
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Pfft. Dragons pwn Ubers. : P.
And my Uber team uses Dragons too, Garchomp, Rayquaza.. And boxes of other rubbish EV'd garbage that I have laying around the place.
Actually I still havn't got that Shiny Beldum, I'm gonna go try and catch one now..
P.S. For not being a Dragon trainer, I have alot of effing Dragons. I'm even training a Kingdra, possibly one of the ugliest Pokemon ever created.. XD
Some are Uber, and the unevolved ones probably aren't tiered.
isnt kingdra UU? and all of the legendary dragons are uber, not OU.
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kingdra just doesnt have any clear niche outside of being a less powerful dancer than flygon/salamence. its only big upsides are the 1 weakness, its good, but not perfect stats, and access to ice beam. its still taken down relatively easy by most UU sweeps and all OU sweeps
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BL then. its still too much like glalie to me.
your welcome
who runs rain teams outside uber?
but it does have a nice time in rain, with like 80 others
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An "A" frame observatory?
Posted 23 January 2013 - 03:26 PM
I've just been through the entire "post a pic of your observatory" thread, and there's not a single "A" frame version there? Except for one almost sort of one. I built one, and am thinking of some changes, so was looking for what others have done. Is anyone aware of any? I'd be interested.
Fwiw I am very happy with mine. It was simple, inexpensive, and gets the job done. My primary interest is astrophotography, so a primary consideration was wind. You just can't have even a light breeze messing with your tracking. That meant well over half the clear nights were a waste of photographic effort, and so therefore would be a roll off roof obstry. A dome was, and still is simply beyond my budget, and it really does limit one's view of the sky... one of the reasons I like getting out there. So, an "A" frame structure seemed to be a possability.
I am amazed how well it works. It does the job.
This past year, I've been laying of the astrophotography and doing observational programs. That's not what this kind of stricture was intended for, so I had some concern that my "horizon" to all but the S was 35-40 deg up. It is, but quite frankly, if the objects go above that, to get the most out of them, that's where you want to observe them anyway. And it's really nice to be out of the wind when it's freezing out and breezy, and the scope is really steady too.
If anyone's interested I'd be happy to talk more about it, but what I really came here for is to see if anyone has also built and used such an observatory. Specifically, say, a 9' square version. I'm thinking of getting a Dob, and a little more space would be nice.
I'll post a link below to my web site where there's a link to some pics. They are of my original trial structure. It's been improved since, but the concept is entirely intact.
Posted 23 January 2013 - 06:57 PM
You definitely have earned a gold star for managing to get thru the entire "Post a pic of your observatory"!! That's a lot of reading, but extremely worthwhile to see what others have done.
Wow! You indeed have a very unique observatory, and really interesting, on how it opens up! What size dob are you considering? I'm thinking you will lose a lot of viewing area with a dob; but perhaps not. We'll be interested in hearing & seeing more of your observatory here!
Posted 23 January 2013 - 11:16 PM
Posted 23 January 2013 - 11:28 PM
Actually there were a couple very interesting, unique, and beautiful examples that I couldn't just on scroll on by, and so stopped to read more about. Btw, has anyone else noticed that if you scroll through the one showing the spiral staircase, that it looks just like it moves and twists? It was fun rolling that one up & dwn a few times ;-). Really, though you can see why everyone there is justifiably proud to show off their set up.
I do have a question about domes concerning wind. Do they keep the wind out if open toward it? My "A" frame is not good if the wind is from between SE to SW. Fortunately the prevailing winds are not from that direction. On the other hand it can be rattling the walls from the W all the way around to the E and I'll be fine "inside". I don't know why it works so well even though it's so open (relatively).
Posted 23 January 2013 - 11:56 PM
Posted 24 January 2013 - 12:33 AM
Posted 24 January 2013 - 12:36 AM
When I let a wall go out beyond the bolted upright config, I can see all the way down to 12-16 deg of the horizon E & W. South is clear to the horizon. My pier is off center South, which drops the N horizon to around 35 deg. Also gives me more room on the N side of the scope for my table and chair.
There are two other significant changes from that 1st nail it up setting on the ground trial effort. The first was to raise it up off the ground about 16". Something amazing happened when I did that. Before, the snow piled up against it, & I'd have to shovel out around the hinged walls to open it easily. With it up just that little bit, a drift builds up on the windward side 3-4 mtr's away and the wind whistles it Completely snow free beside, under, and around the entire observatory. And I do mean Completely! What a delightful bit of serendipity that was! The second thing I changed was the way the top comes together. At first I just brought the tops evenly together. That left a small seam at the top. Not much but I had to always cover the scope and working table. Unfortunately the mice loved the home I provided under the covers. My newer version has one side overlapping the other. I figured I'd still have to cover everything, and I probably should, but I just haven't had to now in 2 summers and a winter and a half. It does lower the headroom a bit though, and offsets the centerline a couple inches to one side. I have to take my spotting scope off the OTA before closing up. Either that or I'd have to redo the pier an inch or so lower or move it equivalently off center.
Posted 24 January 2013 - 01:10 AM
With the walls open to the vertical, it's not going to be very good for a dobby. I have not gotten out the protractor and done the figuring yet, but just by rough eye guesstimate, with the sides open beyond virtical and the short S wall down, my sky access will nearly triple. That will be acceptable for me. The SCT I use for photography sits up much higher, so that has a plenty good enough view for me. Fortunately the concrete portion of my pier ends less than a foot above my floor, so with the pier post off it should be a good base for the dob. I know I'll need a foot stool when observing around the zenith. But I won't have any wind!
Posted 24 January 2013 - 03:31 AM
I don't have an A-frame, but I have a clamshell that flips open in a fashion similar to the sides of the observatory on your site. The walls can flip far down from vertical with the counterweights, so I never have to have a lot of leverage to move them. I could imagine making it taller, like yours, to give me more headroom... :-) You can see a lot more about my observatory here: http://www.scienceje...obby/starGully/
Clear skies!
-- Shane
Posted 24 January 2013 - 07:59 AM
Posted 24 January 2013 - 09:39 AM
Thanks for bringing your picture forward. Yours (sadly, from my point of view) was the only close to an "A" frame style I found. I'm sure there are others more like mine out there, but it's probably a matter of the right person happening to look in this forum while I'm inquiring.
I don't have as good a view as your design provides. It's a compromise I have to work around, but in practice I haven't found it to be too limiting. That's probably because I've been working on a number of the Astronomy League programs where I have specific targets I'm after, and so can plan on looking at them when they're around their best, or highest.
One kind of interesting discovery I've had, is that my walls, although not particularly high, and the sky not nearly as "covered" as a dome, provide a noticable reduction in dew issues. I'd say maybe around 1/3 improvement over an open field... based on where I have to set my dew htrs, and how soon frost or dew settle on the OTA, or give me trouble at the EP's. I don't know if that's entirely due to a reduced sky and therefor reduced radiation away, or partly too because an observatory provides something over an open field?
Posted 24 January 2013 - 09:58 AM
Puzzling, that the "A" frame thumbnail didn't show up in your browser? I presume none of the main page showed up, with the dark "star" background and the "Greetings..." heading? Strange.... I need to get some more up to date pictures of my current observatory anyway and figure out how to post them in a post here.
Lol! The UFO... Thanks. Yup, it's a jet airplane. That was a long time ago I got that pic! Took me about a week to figure it out for sure what it was. The strobe light those planes carry is located on the underside of the body. It just happened to flash while the plane was in the picture frame, so it lit up a bit of the underside of the main wings. The red and green navigation lights on the wing tips are on all the time, so they tracked all the way across.
Posted 24 January 2013 - 10:04 AM
Puzzling, that the "A" frame thumbnail didn't show up in your browser?
No problem here, I just clicked on the thumbnail photo of your observatory, & the photos were there.
Posted 24 January 2013 - 02:19 PM
Thanks for bringing your picture forward. Yours (sadly, from my point of view) was the only close to an "A" frame style I found. I'm sure there are others more like mine out there, but it's probably a matter of the right person happening to look in this forum while I'm inquiring.
I can't take complete credit for this; I had built the flip-top roof initially without the counterweights, but found I couldn't let the roof down to low angles then have enough strength to lift it again! I found the counterweight solution right here on Cloudy Nights! Peter Talmadge from the Astronomical Society of New England clued me in. Here is his thread. He also had a series of three articles in his club's newsletter in Oct-Dec 2008 (ASNNE Newsletters).
Clear skies,
-- Shane
Posted 24 January 2013 - 07:10 PM
Really out of the box thinkng. Very unique observatory indeed.
Alan O.
Posted 25 January 2013 - 09:32 AM
Posted 25 January 2013 - 10:02 AM
That is one of the nicest and cleanest Flip Top /Clamshell Observatories I have seen.
Alan O..
Posted 25 January 2013 - 11:33 PM
I don't know if I can describe clearly how the top is closed against the rain & snow. This is a case where a picture would be worth a thousand words. Let me try.
The top end's side of the East wall rests on the West wall's top end. West wall's angle cut to mate. A piece of weatherstripping could be put at this overlapping junction. I didn't put one there yet, and so far it hasn't been needed. Perhaps because I extended the steel siding of the west wall so it extends over and covers the top end of the east wall, and a few inches beyond. That steel siding overlap protects the joint from rain etc from overhead to anything coming from a westerly direction, where 90% of our wind driven precipitation comes from.
Glab you asked, because that improvement from my original throw-it-up version, which my pictures are of, was one of the 2 most important improvements I did.
I was looking at the the top roof edges in Shane's picture, but I can't tell if he did his joint the same, or if it just butts together like mine originally did. Although that kept most of the precip out, I had to cover my equip against what did get through. Now I haven't had to.
Posted 28 January 2013 - 01:02 PM
My original question at the start of this thread was if anyone else had built an "A" frame observatory like mine, and, if they'd built a bigger one, 9' or 10' square for instance? What's driving this is that I'm considering putting a Lightbridge 16" in my 8' version, which is not a good fit. The bad part of a 10' version of the same thing is for every foot of floor space gained, the walls go up two feet. Further reducing my sky access. Well, duh... hinge the top 3' so the walls not only are further away, but lower than they are now! My only concern yet, is if a 10' version will keep out the wind for astrophotography as effectively as my current eight footer does.
Posted 30 January 2013 - 04:04 PM
Also, have a look here at the plans and photos of this great design for an A-frame Home/Observatory.....
Posted 30 January 2013 - 05:30 PM
Could adapt that to an A frame. I used satellite dish linear actuators for power opening.
Posted 31 January 2013 - 05:30 AM
book "Building a Roll-off Roof Observatory: A Complete Guide for Design and ..."
By John Hicks
To search for the image key into google ( I use Safari) - Figure 1.32 Building a roll-off roof observatory- this will bring up the 2 images from the book. There maybe more information , I have no idea.
For a dob would be a problem but there is no reason not to fold/ hinge along the middle of each halve of the 2 frames to drop the height by the same. Best of both worlds then. Weathering will demand care along the hinged lengths!
I was researching for coelostats and a A-frame came up but this fully slid
away from the optics.
So if you could slide the A-frame structure completely by rotation so as to operate the scopes thru' the wide opening or such this would be a best solution. John
Posted 01 February 2013 - 09:51 AM
I guess my type of "A" frame is somewhat unique...
Using linear actuators from old satellite dishes is a great idea! If I build walls higher and bigger, I'm probably going to need some mechanical assistance. I hadn't even thought much about that aspect! Eight foot walls are okay to handle, but 10 footers would be more than 50% larger. Based on my 8 footer experience, I can tell you that a breese would be a problem, and dangerous.
The idea of rolling away the "A" frame walls is an intruiging one. Because all the weight of the wall is on the hinges, that then would have to roll, it would be a tough mechanical, structrural issue. I'll probably stick with the hinged sides. Weather is not so much an issue if they hinge inward. That allows the steel siding to overlap. My choice of the hinge at 3' down is strategic. That makes the folded portion easier to handle, at a handlable height, and it's short enough that it won't hit anything inside.
Unfortunately I don't have face book accnt, so I couldn't see John Hicks plans :-( I'll have to see if I can see them some other way.
Thank you to all.
I am pretty much settling on building a 10' version. It'll incorporate everything I've learned (and am learning) so far. Unfortunately it may not be this summer. (I do have an observatory ...) My wife will be VERY unhappy if I build a new one before finishing the house and needed repairs on some outbuildings first.