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Look At Loo-a-vulWritten by on June 1, 2001 Trucks of the 2000 NSRA Nationals
Louisville, Kentucky, is currently the home of the world's largest automotive participant event, the NSRA Nationals. The NSRA's contract for this venue was inked for at least a decade several years ago, so it will be home for the Nationals until 2010. The first weekend in August 2000 saw the NSRA's 31st Street Rod Nationals;the sixth visit to Louisville (some say Louie-ville, others say Loo-a-vul). Attendance didn't set an all-time record (there's a good deal more rod run competition today), but it was steady at 11,261 street rods. About 15 percent of those were pre-'48 commercial vehicles. That's roughly 1,500 pickups, sedan deliveries, or larger trucks.
The Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center is by far the most comfortable and accommodating venue in the center of the United States, and it draws street rods from coast to coast. The air-conditioned buildings offer spectators a break from the typical 90-plus-degree temperatures;and it draws everyone who has products to sell as well. Speaking of products, you can now conveniently UPS your purchases of new parts or novelty items directly to your home. Rarely does the parking area fill completely, but cruising can be a challenge on Saturday with well over 100,000 spectators roaming the fairground. The cars and trucks are the main show, but the icing on the cake is the quality musical entertainment provided by the NSRA. Freedom Hall provides great visibility and acoustics for the best entertainment the hot rod hobby has to offer. Last year's evening shows featured award-winning country music recording artists Janie Fricke and Lee Greenwood. These Graham Brown and Jolly Demis. A unique treat is the opportunity to meet the artists after the show.
If the promise of seeing 11,000 street rods isn't enough for the hardcore, another unique experience is the opportunity to see over 200 new products created specifically for the street rod market. Every year the NSRA tallies the votes of industry judges to award the Best New Product of the Year in several price categories. Visibolts won for Under $50, Lokar's Eliminator gas pedal for $50 To $500, and Fatman Fabrications split axle for the Over $500 category.
Our space is too limited to show much more than a glance at some of the trucks in attendance. There's more than a week's worth of things to do in the four days of the Nats;plus plenty of Nationals' history and heritage that's subject for lively conversation. Typically, older members debate how long today's youth will be interested enough in pre-'48 cars and trucks to support these special-interest activities. This writer suspects there will continue to be a bright future for modified vintage vehicles, and a long run for the Grandaddy of all hot rod events, the NSRA Nationals!
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Jim Berry's flamed '48 Chevy fire truck did double-duty hauling friends around the fairgrounds. The Berrys hail from Floyds Knobs, Indiana.This classic green and black '46 Chevy canopy express is the pride and joy of Jim and Esther Shekell of Newburgh, Indiana. Note the NSRA safety inspection sticker.This handsome '36 Ford ramp truck, a slightly heavier hauler than a half-ton, is owned by Jim Pugh from Beaver, West Virginia. A big-block crate motor supplies the get-em-up.The guys at the Roadster Shop didn't fill out their window sticker, but we know who owns this nifty yellow '32 Ford panel truck—Bill O'Rourke from Elgin, Illinois. The rare piece with a big-block and four-speed tranny purrs down the road comfortably at well over the double-nickle. Bill admits to adding over 5,000 miles to the odometer last summer.Here's another rare one, a '37 International pickup owned by David Mayeur of Chalmette, Louisiana. Dave's a member of the Bayou Street Rod Association. The orange paint appears very fresh and the holes for chrome trim appear to be still useable—but we like the monochromatic look.Most people look at David Gilbert's very straight, black '40 Ford service car and automatically (and incorrectly) think it's a hearse. The rare '40 hails from North Olmstead, Ohio.Looking a bit like a junkyard dog was Elvis Pretzel's (an obvious alias) '49 Ford F-1 from Denver, Colorado. The owner with a good sense of humor was having too much fun with his crusty truck, but the rumble of a healthy small-block Chevy indicated it could take care of business, if needed.
Barry W. Bunderant from Jeffersonville, Indiana, owns a most unusual '47 Ford pickup. Notice that it has a passenger-car body (that has been sectioned) and passenger-car fenders.Jim Purkiser's two-tone (bronze and red) '48 Chevy from Hamersville, Ohio, is typical of the popular postwar Chevy and GMC trucks—this body style is one of the most prolific to come out of Detroit.The NSRA will give away this '40 Ford convertible at the 2001 Nationals in Louisville. It will be built by Ball's Rod and Custom, and will be painted and upholstered before the lucky ticket is drawn.Here's a perfect pair of parkin' partners—two '40s Chevys, a purple and white '41 pickup owned by Howard Owens of Lanesville, Indiana, and a red '46 Chevy Suburban owned by Jerry Hasch of Louisville, Kentucky.The Chestnut Mountain Feed Company delivers supplies in a very attractive black '36 Ford commercial. Owned by Phillip Nelson of Concord, Virginia, the Nelsons are members of the Backwood Street Rod Association.Honey, we gotta get one of these! Seems as though we weren't the only folks interested in Chuck Gray's '34 Ford commercial from East Peoria, Illinois.


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"We talk about general things like hobbies and baseball," Brown told me through an email exchange. "I try to be an encouragement to him by wishing him good luck when he plays games."
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This map of Manthria is a shining example of stylization and artistic talent rolled into one fantastic piece of cartography. The grayscale coloring gives the map a very otherworldly feel and the quality of the hand-drawn and hand-placed map symbology stands out as a complete piece of artwork. Be sure to check out the rest of this artists work!
Artists Notes
The map shows a small piece of the United Kingdom of Santharia, namely the province of Manthria (here shown without the borderlines). It is home of the seafaring tribe of the Avennorian men, harbouring elves in the Auturian Woods and dwarves at the Mithral Mountains to the east. The map was drawn for the Santharian Dream, the project I've started back in 1998 and has developed (and hopefully improved a good deal) every since. If you want to be part of a cooperative world building project of the grand scale, following the traces of Tolkien, feel free to check it out at www.santharia.com.
The map was drawn with a mouse in grayscale with Adobe Photoshop 7 with the intention to go into a lot more detail than in the previous Santharian maps, where I basically only defined what should be where to have a rough overview. I'm somewhat red/green colourblind and couldn't do any colour stuff properly, so and I thought a grayscale map should do the job nicely anyway, giving it some sort of antique touch.
As my Santharian duties as webmaster, Forum admin, mentor, developer and what not didn't allow me a lot of time to spare for long term projects, this one literally took months to get it finished. Aside from the technical aspects this is a map that had to reflect lots of things that had already been developed in detail on the site, which proved to turn out as the hardest part. There were for example the multiple waterfall steps described in the Marcogg entry (the Manthrian capital), and an artist had drawn the precise outlines of the Mithral Mountains as seen from the small fishing village of Nepris (see example here). If you compare picture and map you will see that it also fits together. Well, these are just a few examples, but you'll get the idea that it is much more difficult to draw something after detailed development than prior to it.
I tried to put as much of my already acquired knowledge of Photoshop into this one - drawing realistic looking mountains, adding in trees, houses and structures with shadows, I also made roads and bridges so that the main connections between towns became evident. Some basic objects are now based on 3d generated stuff, like various houses. These were first rather simple 3d objects initially done for a map editor, but were repainted in more detail to fit to the rest of the maps's design. Also I used textures for the very first time to improve the look of the empty spaces between placed objects, lending the landscape character and meaning. Effort was also put into the coastlines to make them much more interesting with a bunch of isles added in and shallow water of varying depth around. Important was also to get the transitions right so that mountains and uneven spots flow with the rest of the map - in general I rarely just put an object somewhere and leave it there as is, but try to embed it in the surroundings. Personally I don't like generic maps, just as I don't like genric world building - everything in an epic fantasy setting should have history, individuality and depth, and I hope this shows at the map I make.
Well, so much about that. Tutorials on how I started with map making can be found on santharia.com, so have a look around there in the Workshop section if you're interested. Though I haven't made one yet for such a detailed map, this should follow sooner or latter. - At any rate: Happy map making to everyone!
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Creighton Broadhurst of Raging Swan Press posted a call today (1/26/12) for a cartographer to do drawing work for products that will be published: http://paizo.com/forums/dmtz5560?Rag...grapher-Needed
For those of you not wanting to click through:
"What Ho All, I'm in need of a cartographer who can draw (not computer generate) cool dungeon maps for a quick project on a short deadline. (I need a small dungeon map done). Successfully completing this project will lead to other paid work. This is a paid work for hire gig. If you are interested, send me a low res example of a map you drew to creighton [at] ragingswan [dot] com. This map doesn't have to have been published in anything before - I just need to get a feel for your style. Thanks!"
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Here's a better excuse: A deal signed on the eve before November 4th after weeks of tough negotiations might save them a lot of money instead of signing up right now and pay the current price.
They probably do DAILY math: How many subs did leave today and gave "Lakers" as the reason, and how much money could we potentially be saving by holding out? It is a gamble, but TWC needs DirecTV just as much as DirecTV needs TWC.
It becomes a question on how much pre-season fans are willing to miss.
No. Sign a deal today that says you don't start broadcasting till x day. Let everyone know. That's the proper way to do it if you want to holdout to the last minute to launch. As a fan, I still find that bs, as I want to watch the preseason games, but I'd be far happier with that scenario than no info at all.


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Frustrated Spore users are slamming Will Wright's new release with poor, 1-star reviews on Amazon.com.
Of 642 user reviews posted as I write this, 586 are of the 1-star variety, hardly what one would expect for such a hotly-anticipated game. The negative reviews invariably mention the digital rights management (DRM) system built into Spore. This one, posted by Amazon user dwemer22, is fairly typical:
I was EXTREMELY excited about this game… Then I got on Amazon and noticed that a large number of the forums devoted to Spore were complaining of something called "SecuROM." I did a little digging and discovered that SecuROM is a piece of [DRM] software that is installed along with the game to prevent you from installing the game more than three times, in an attempt to combat piracy.
I was fine with that. I then read further through the forums and the Wikipedia article and discovered that SecuROM does a number of other things too, including sending mysterious packets of data back to the company from your computer (identity theft, perhaps?), prevents you from using certain programs, such as DVD and CD burners, makes it impossible for you to modify your root drive and, worst of all, will NOT uninstall without the help of a third party application. So I canceled my order…
I encourage EVERYBODY to not buy this game until the SecuROM Digital Rights Management is patched out or removed from later releases. On a final note, the SecuROM didn't do a thing to stop the pirates: the day after it was released in the UK, a pirated copy was to be found on the internet, SecuROM and price free.
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A search continued Monday for a man who went missing while boating on the Chunky River.
56-year-old Marcus L. Smith has been missing since a canoe overturned late Saturday evening and he is presumed to have drowned. Two others made it to safety.
Crews have been searching the river but haven't found any signs of him. But Monday, officials said they have been able to narrow the search area.
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Surgery for an Inguinal Hernia
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Is This Information Right for Me?
Yes, this information is right for you if:
- Your doctor* has said that you have an inguinal hernia (pronounced IN-gwen-ul HER-nee-uh), also sometimes called a groin hernia. An inguinal hernia is a condition in which part of your intestine, other organs, or belly fat pokes through an opening or weak spot in the muscles in your groin.
- You want to know what research says about surgery to fix an inguinal hernia.
- You are over age 18. The information in this summary is from research on adults.
No, this information is not right for you if:
- Your doctor has told you that you have a type of hernia other than an inguinal hernia. If you are not sure what kind of hernia you have, ask your doctor.
- Of normal weight to slightly overweight
- In his mid 50s
- With an inguinal hernia on only one side of his groin
- Who was having his first hernia on that side of his groin
- And who did not require emergency hernia surgery
For this reason, the research information in this summary may not apply to women, men in other age groups, or people who need emergency surgery to fix their hernia.
What will this summary tell me?
This summary will tell you what research says about the benefits and risks of open surgery and laparoscopic (pronounced lah-puh-ruh-SKAHP-ik) surgery to fix an inguinal hernia. It can help you talk with your doctor about whether surgery is right for you and, if so, which type of surgery might be best for you. This summary does not discuss how to prepare for surgery to fix an inguinal hernia or what to expect after surgery.
Where does the information come from?
Researchers funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), a Federal Government research agency, reviewed 151 studies published between January 1990 and November 2011 on surgery to fix an inguinal hernia. The report was reviewed by clinicians, researchers, experts, and the public. You can read the report at www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/inguinal-hernia.cfm.
* In this summary, the term "doctor" refers to the health care professionals who may take care of you, including your physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant.
Understanding Your Condition
What is an inguinal hernia?
An inguinal hernia is a condition in which part of your intestine, other organs, or belly fat pokes through an opening or weak spot in the muscles in your groin. Anyone can get an inguinal hernia—from infants to adults. But it is much more common in men than in women.
Symptoms of an inguinal hernia can include:
- A bulge on one or both sides of your groin (the bulge may appear or disappear when you change positions or lie down)
- In men, the scrotum (the sac that holds the testicles) may become swollen or enlarged
- A burning feeling or pain in the area of the bulge, especially when lifting or straining
Sometimes the bulge of an inguinal hernia is painful, and sometimes it is not. Often, gently pushing on the bulge can make the intestine go back into your belly. Sometimes, however, the intestine can become trapped in the groin or scrotum and cannot be pushed back in.
What if my intestine becomes trapped?
If part of your intestine becomes trapped and cannot be pushed back in, it can affect your intestine's ability to move gas and stool (waste) through and out of your body. This can cause you to feel constipated. If you think your hernia may be trapped, call your doctor.
In a trapped hernia, the blood supply to the piece of intestine poking through can become cut off (a condition called a "strangulated" hernia). Without blood, the piece of intestine could die and would then have to be removed in an emergency surgery. A strangulated hernia requires emergency medical attention.
Symptoms of a strangulated hernia include:
- The bulge becomes very tender and red
- Pain that gets worse all of a sudden
- Fever
- A fast heartbeat
- Nausea
- Vomiting
What causes an inguinal hernia?
Inguinal hernias can be caused by several things. One possible cause is a weak spot in your groin muscles from when you were born. Another possible cause is repeated strain on your groin muscles. Things that could cause strain include lifting heavy objects, pushing hard while going to the bathroom (possibly because of constipation), gaining weight, or coughing a lot.
How common are inguinal hernias?
- The risk of inguinal hernia increases with age.
- Surgery to fix a hernia is one of the most common types of surgery done in the United States.
Understanding Your Options
How is an inguinal hernia treated?
The only way to fix an inguinal hernia is with surgery. If your hernia is not painful, is not getting larger, and is not trapped, you may choose to wait to have surgery. If you choose to wait, your doctor will watch your hernia to make sure it does not get worse or become trapped. There are benefits and risks with both waiting and surgery. You should discuss both options with your doctor.
If you decide to have surgery to fix your inguinal hernia, there are two ways to do the surgery: open surgery or laparoscopic (pronounced lah-puh-ruh-SKAHP-ik) surgery.
Open Surgery
In an open surgery, the surgeon makes a cut in your groin and moves your intestine, other organs, or belly fat back into your belly. The surgeon then closes up the weak spot in your groin muscles with stitches. Usually the surgeon will cover the weak spot with a small piece of mesh before stitching it closed to provide extra support.
Laparoscopic Surgery
In laparoscopic surgery, the surgeon uses a tool called a laparoscope (pronounced LAH-pruh-skohp). A laparoscope is a thin tube with a tiny camera that the surgeon puts through small cuts in your belly along with other small tools to do the surgery. The laparoscope lets the surgeon see inside your body and fix the hernia without having to make a big cut. After moving your intestine, other organs, or belly fat back into your belly, the surgeon will cover the weak spot with a small piece of mesh to make it stronger.
What are the risks of surgery for an inguinal hernia?
Surgery to fix an inguinal hernia is generally safe, and complications are rare. However, possible risks include:
- Bleeding
- Infection
- Long-term pain
- A scar
- Injury to organs (such as the intestines, bladder, or others)
- Injury to the blood vessels (on the side of your groin where you are having surgery) that supply the testicle with blood
- Injury to the tube (on the side of your groin where you are having surgery) that carries semen (fluid containing sperm) from the testicle to the penis
- Risks of general anesthesia, such as pneumonia or blood clots, although these risks are rare
What does research say about surgery for an inguinal hernia?
Both open and laparoscopic surgery work to fix an inguinal hernia. The possible benefits and risks of open and laparoscopic surgeries are described below.
For people with their first inguinal hernia*
Open Surgery
- May have a lower chance of the hernia coming back than laparoscopic surgery, but there is not enough research to know this for sure
- May have a lower risk of damage to deep blood vessels than laparoscopic surgery, but there is not enough research to know this for sure
Laparoscopic Surgery
- Allows a faster return to work and normal activities than open surgery
- Has a lower risk of infection and long-term pain than open surgery
- May have a lower risk of bleeding from the surgical wounds on the belly than open surgery, but there is not enough research to know this for sure
Researchers also found:
- The type of surgery people have does not appear to affect how long they stay in the hospital, but there is not enough research to know this for sure.
- People whose inguinal hernia was not painful and who had surgery to fix the hernia seemed to have a better quality of life after 1 year than those who did not have surgery, but there is not enough research to know this for sure.
For people who have an inguinal hernia that has come back**
Laparoscopic Surgery
- Allows a faster return to normal activities than open surgery
- Has a lower risk of long-term pain than open surgery
* You may have had an inguinal hernia on the other side of your groin, but this is the first time you have had one on this side.
** You have an inguinal hernia on one or both sides of your groin that was fixed and has come back in the same spot.
Making a Decision
What should I think about when deciding?
There are several things to think about when deciding if surgery to fix your inguinal hernia is right for you and, if so, which type of surgery to have. You may want to talk with your doctor about:
- How much pain you have
- How active you are—the more active you are, the more likely it is that your hernia could get larger or worse without treatment
- The risk of your intestine becoming trapped or strangulated
- The possible benefits and risks of surgery
- If your inguinal hernia is not painful, the trade-offs between the possible benefits of surgery and the possible risks, such as longterm pain after surgery
- If you decide to have surgery, which type of surgery best fits your preferences—open surgery or laparoscopic surgery
- Your surgeon's experience with each type of surgery
- The amount of time you will have to stay in the hospital and be away from work and other daily activities after surgery
- The costs of surgery
What are the costs of surgery?
The costs to you for surgery to fix an inguinal hernia depend on your health insurance and the type of surgery done.
Ask your doctor
- Do I need surgery to fix my inguinal hernia now or can I wait?
- Do any of my other health conditions affect my ability to have surgery?
- If I decide to wait, are there activities I should avoid to keep my hernia from getting worse?
- If I wait, what signs should I watch for that my hernia is getting worse?
- If I decide to have surgery, which type is best for me—open or laparoscopic surgery?
- Do you do both open and laparoscopic surgeries for inguinal hernias? Which type of surgery do you have more experience with?
- How long will it take to recover from surgery? When can I return to work and physical activities?
- How will surgery affect my lifestyle? What should I avoid right after surgery?
- What can I do to help keep my inguinal hernia from coming back?
The information in this summary comes from the report Surgical Options for Inguinal Hernia: Comparative Effectiveness Review, August 2012. The report was produced by the ECRI Institute Evidence-based Practice Center through funding by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Additional information came from the MedlinePlus® Web site, a service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. This site is available at www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus.
This summary was prepared by the John M. Eisenberg Center for Clinical Decisions and Communications Science at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. It was written by Amelia Williamson Smith, M.S., Mike K. Liang, M.D., and Michael Fordis, M.D. Illustrations were created by Douglas Alexander. Patients with an inguinal hernia reviewed this summary.


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So-called feminist blog The Good Men Project has really gone downhill, saysSalon. Feministe offers an insightful breakdown of how things went wrong, and it's everyone's loss: we all need the male feminist perspective. Why? The Guardian provides a saddening example.
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|Dragon golfers preparing for regional tournament
|Written by Kyle Arnoldy
Holyoke varsity golfers played their last rounds of the regular season last week with a tournament in Fort Morgan Tuesday, Sept, 10 and a dual with Brush Wednesday, Sept. 11.
"The boys are improving and bringing their scores down," coach Garrett Gordon said. "We are going in the right direction heading into regionals."
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While no scores were available for the Fort Morgan tournament, Gordon said the boys played well. He noted that the tournament was a good test going into regionals.
HHS was initially scheduled to head to Estes Park for a tournament on Wednesday but the weather made that impossible. Instead the Dragons picked up a 9-hole match play event with Brush.
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Fact Sheet
CIRM funds many projects seeking to better understand ALS and to translate those discoveries into new therapies.
About 6,400 people are diagnosed with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) each year in the U.S., and the average survival time is three years. The disease results when the cells in the brain or spinal cord that instruct muscles to move—called motor neurons—die off. People with the disease lose the ability to move their muscles and, over time, the muscles atrophy and people become paralyzed and eventually die. There is no effective therapy for the disease.
California's stem cell agency has funded several research projects that could help people with ALS (the full list of CIRM awards in this disease is below). Some of those projects are very basic—researchers are trying to understand the origin of the disease and what causes the motor neurons to die. These are the kinds of questions researchers need to understand if they are going to develop the most effective therapies.
With CIRM funding, researchers have made progress understanding which cells are responsible for damaging the motor neurons. It turns out that the cells surrounding those neurons—called astrocytes—are secreting a chemical that damages the neurons. They've also learned how to take certain kinds of stem cells and turn them into motor neurons and astrocytes and this might help us better understand the relationship of these cells and even one day prove useful in developing new ways to treat people with ALS.
We also fund projects that are in the later stages of research leading up to and in some cases including clinical trials. These projects, known as our Disease Teams, involve teams of researchers who carry out the experiments that are required before the Food and Drug Administration will allow the potential therapy to be tested in people.
Disease Team Awards
University of California, San Diego
This team of researchers plans to protect surviving neurons in people diagnosed with ALS from further degeneration. They intend to take human embryonic stem cells and turn them into astrocytes—the cells believed responsible for damaging the motor neurons in people with ALS. The goal is to transplant those new cells directly into the spinal cord to see if they can prevent further damage to the neurons.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
This team plans to modify neural stem cells as a possible therapy for ALS. The genetically modified stem cells will produce a protein that they hope will protect those cells and also helps protect any remaining nerve cells in the brain that are not already damaged. The team intends to inject those modified stem cells into the brain where they will replace the type of cell—called astrocytes—that are damaged in the disease. They will then run a series of tests to make sure the cells are safe, and to determine if they really do have a protective effect.
CIRM Grants Targeting ALS
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- The Stem Cellar's entries about ALS research
- Mending the Mind: Toward Stem Cell-Based Therapies for Neurological Disease (CIRM)
- CIRM Awards Samuel L. Pfaff $15.6 Million to Develop Stem Cell-Based ALS Therapy (Salk)
- Stem Cellar blogs on ALS
- CDC: ALS Information
- NIH: ALS Fact Sheet
- Find a clinical trial near you: NIH Clinical Trials database
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You can join a doubly familiar cast of iconic characters, as red bird Luke, black bird Ben Kenobi, Yellow Han-Solo, Pink Leia, Blue Random X-wing pilot, and Chewbacca go on a classic and beloved adventure. Almost all of the birds get fancy new powers to go with their new duds, and some are unique en ... Full Article »
Instead of helping a sewer dwelling alligator take a bath, you are helping Agent P, a platypus named Perry who is also a secret agent, get to a secret base. This base is officially over 6,000 kilometers underground according to this game. By guiding the water to Perry's location, you'll activate the ... Full Article »
Foozle is a simple physics/puzzle title from a developer named William Thurston and his two partners, who gave the game over to Noodlecake Studios for an Android port. Physics puzzling has never been so obscenely adorable before this simple but well designed game. The art has a nice consistent palat ... Full Article »
Burn the City's title perfectly sums up its gameplay. Placing you in the shoes... er, claws of a fire-breathing newborn lizard, you'll reign fire on human cities that stole your family. Using familiar physics-based gameplay it's quite easy to shrug off the game as another Angry Birds clone. Wh ... Full Article »
Ropes, water, pulleys and suction cups – no, I'm not talking about an alley on Greenwich Village in NYC. It's the long awaited sequel to the popular game Cut the Rope, Cut the Rope: Experiments. As always, iOS owners have been teasing Android fans by holding it up high, out of arm's reach. But l ... Full Article »
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This game is all about hamsters trying to get their paws on some snacks, also known as "Noms." The only way for them to do so is apparently to load themselves into a cannon and launch themselves all over the hamster cage. Each level gives you specific kinds of hamster ammunition and asks you to ... Full Article »


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TOOL NEWS: Freud launches new woodworking blades
Freud has launched several new saw blades for woodworking, further increasing its arsenal of fine woodworking cutting tools. First is a new thin-kerf version of Freud's acclaimed Premier Fusion 40-tooth general-purpose blade—one of the Top Tool blades in WOOD magazine's review of 40-tooth blades in 2008. This new model, #P140T, features the same tooth design of the full-kerf blade—30° alternate-top teeth bevels, 18° hook angle, and double-side grind—but with a kerf thickness of only .091", as well as the red Perma-Shield coating on the body.
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text: Signs and Wonders Page 1 of 25 Next Page > Every Tuesday and Thursday, WORLD News Group Vice President Warren Cole Smith calls our attention to intriguing items in the news you may have overlooked. Signs and Wonders: Another megachurch pastor confesses to behaving badly By Warren Cole SmithPosted April 8, 2014Newsworthy | Pastors behaving badly. One of America's highest profile pastors, Bob Coy of Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale, resigned last week. A statement… [http://www.worldmag.com/2014/04/signs_and_wonders_another_megachurch_pastor_confesses_to_behaving_badly] Signs and Wonders: Two of the Democrats' rising stars flame out By Warren Cole SmithPosted March 27, 2014Newsworthy | Power corrupts. Yesterday was not a good day for Democrats. Two of the party's rising stars on opposite sides of the country now face corruption charges. In… [http://www.worldmag.com/2014/03/signs_and_wonders_two_of_the_democrats_rising_stars_flame_out] Signs and Wonders: GOP gains ground in bid to retake the Senate By Warren Cole SmithPosted March 25, 2014Newsworthy | GOP opportunity. Political prognosticator Nate Silver correctly predicted President Barack Obama's victory in 2008 and 2012, as well as all 35 Senate races… [http://www.worldmag.com/2014/03/signs_and_wonders_gop_gains_ground_in_bid_to_retake_the_senate] Signs and Wonders: Christians need not apply By Warren Cole SmithPosted March 20, 2014Newsworthy | Minority rule. The Ferndale School District in Michigan released an employment policy that said, in part: "Should there be two (2) or more of these… [http://www.worldmag.com/2014/03/signs_and_wonders_christians_need_not_apply] Signs and Wonders: Third death in SXSW catastrophe By Warren Cole SmithPosted March 18, 2014Newsworthy | Another death at SXSW. A third person has died after being struck by a suspected drunk driver at the South by Southwest festival in Austin last… [http://www.worldmag.com/2014/03/signs_and_wonders_third_death_in_sxsw_catastrophe] Signs and Wonders: Tragedy hits SXSW By Warren Cole SmithPosted March 13, 2014Newsworthy | Alcohol and steel. A suspected drunk driver plowed into a crowd early Thursday morning, killing two people and injuring 23 who were leaving a South by… [http://www.worldmag.com/2014/03/signs_and_wonders_tragedy_hits_sxsw] Signs and Wonders: Are liberals taking over CPAC? By Warren Cole SmithPosted March 7, 2014Newsworthy | How conservative is CPAC? That's the question on the minds and lips of many at the Conservative Political Action Conference taking place this weekend at the… [http://www.worldmag.com/2014/03/signs_and_wonders_are_liberals_taking_over_cpac] Signs and Wonders: Showing off Christ's humility with Ash Wednesday selfies By Warren Cole SmithPosted March 6, 2014Newsworthy | Ash Wednesday selfies. Is it just me, or is there something strange (dare I say "wrong"?) with posting a selfie in order to show off your Ash Wednesday… [http://www.worldmag.com/2014/03/signs_and_wonders_showing_off_christ_s_humility_with_ash_wednesday_selfies] Signs and Wonders: Megachurches order staff to keep their mouths shut By Warren Cole SmithPosted March 4, 2014Newsworthy | Gag order? Two megachurches facing scrutiny for questionable behavior—Seattle's Mars Hill Church and Charlotte's Elevation Church—have something… [http://www.worldmag.com/2014/03/signs_and_wonders_megachurches_order_staff_to_keep_their_mouths_shut] Signs and Wonders: Churches welcome Son of God to theaters nationwide By Warren Cole SmithPosted Feb. 27, 2014Newsworthy | Churches to pack theaters. T0night, publicists in some cities are giving churchgoers free admission to theaters showing the new Son of God [http://www.worldmag.com/2014/02/signs_and_wonders_churches_welcome_son_of_god_to_theaters_nationwide] Signs and Wonders: Noah needs 'based on a true story' disclaimer By Warren Cole SmithPosted Feb. 25, 2014Newsworthy | Noah disclaimer. At a presentation in Nashville at the annual convention of the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), the organization's president, Jerry… [http://www.worldmag.com/2014/02/signs_and_wonders_noah_needs_based_on_a_true_story_disclaimer] Signs and Wonders: Manipulated baptisms and Steven Furtick's vision from God By Warren Cole SmithPosted Feb. 21, 2014Newsworthy | Preachers behaving badly. This has not been a good week for megachurch pastor Steven Furtick, of Elevation Church in Charlotte, N.C. We have previously… [http://www.worldmag.com/2014/02/signs_and_wonders_manipulated_baptisms_and_steven_furtick_s_vision_from_god] Page 1 of 25 Next Page >


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Miami, FL (Sports Network) - The Miami Heat were tested throughout their
Eastern Conference final series, but with the season and their reputation both
on the line in a decisive Game 7, they rose to the occasion.
LeBron James scored a game-high 32 points and Dwyane Wade easily had his best
game of the postseason as the defending champion Heat routed the Indiana
Pacers, 99-76, to earn their third straight trip to the NBA Finals.
The top-seeded Heat had their backs against the wall after the team dropped
Game 6 and saw the supporting cast struggle mightily, especially two-thirds of
the "Big Three" as Wade and Chris Bosh combined for 15 points.
However, the duo came to play on Monday. Wade poured in a personal series-best
21 points and grabbed nine boards, and while Bosh struggled to shoot 3-for-13,
he was a force in the paint in grabbing eight rebounds, blocking three shots
and recording two steals.
"We've had more games where everyone is clicking than not so," said James. "In
this series, guys just weren't in a rhythym, not feeling like themselves, but
hey, you save it to the last game and it allows us to advance."
James attacked the rim all night and finished 15-for-16 from the free throw
line, and as a team Miami converted 33 of its 38 attempts from the charity
Indiana never got into rhythm offensively, was forced into 21
turnovers and received very little out of its two top scorers.
"They know how to ratch up their defense at a level that just imposes their
will on a basketball game," said Indiana coach Frank Vogel.
Paul George fouled out early in the fourth quarter and was just 2-for-9 with
seven points for the game. Roy Hibbert scored 14 of his 18 points in the
second half, but by then the contest was far out of reach.
In order for Miami to capture its second straight title, it will have to get
through the San Antonio Spurs. The series begins Thursday down in South Beach.
The Pacers had some early success and held a 21-19 lead after the first, but
turnovers quickly caught up with them and it all began to spin out of control.
The Heat, meanwhile, began to fire on all cylinders while playing phenomenal
defense inside and out.
Ray Allen, who shot a combined 13-for-46 through the first six games of this
series, buried his first three 3-pointers, with his second opening the flood
gates to an 11-2 run.
Bosh missed seven of his first eight attempts, but knocked down two long
jumpers in a row to cap the surge and his 3-pointer created a 39-29 edge for
Miami midway through the second.
Hardly anything went right for Indiana in the quarter, getting outscored by a
33-16 count, and struggled mightily offensively the entire half as they
entered the locker room behind by 15 points.
The Pacers had more turnovers (15) than made field goals (13) through the
first two quarters and the Heat took 15 more shots than them. Miami got the
most of its offensive possessions as well, registering 20 points in the paint
and 10 second chance points.
Top weapons George and Hibbert were all but neutralized. George had just five
points on 1-of-6 shooting and Hibbert got off only two shots while constantly
receiving double-teams. He had just three rebounds and committed three fouls.
Things never got better for the Pacers, trailing by double digits the entire
second half.
James, who scored 18 in the half, tacked on to his total with a 3-pointer just
over three minutes into the third. A revitalized Wade showed aggression, and
with 5:24 left in the period, followed his own miss to draw a foul and knock
down a short jumper off the glass. He buried the bonus shot and shortly after
the Heat were in command with 66-49 edge.
Miami's lead grew to 21 points by the end of the quarter and ballooned to as
many as 28 before the final buzzer.
With frustrations mounting, Indiana's Jeff Pendergraph shoved a screening
Norris Cole and the two were ejected after they looked ready to square off
with 2:17 left.
Home teams are 90-23 in Game 7s and 17-2 in conference final situations since
the league went to its current playoff format in 1984 ... The Heat have not
lost back-to-back games in nearly five months, with the last occurrence
happening between Jan. 8-10 ... The last road team to win a conference final
Game 7 was the 2005 Detroit Pistons, when they ousted the Heat on their home
floor ... David West and George Hill scored 14 and 13 points, respectively,
for Indiana.
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The man charged with mailing letters with suspected ricin to the president and others was surprised by his arrest and maintains he is innocent, according to his attorney.
Paul Kevin Curtis appeared in a federal courtroom Thursday in Oxford, Miss., wearing shackles and a Johnny Cash T-shirt. His handcuffs were taken off during the brief hearing, and he said little.
His attorney, Christi McCoy, says Curtis "maintains 100 percent that he did not do this." She says she knows him and his family and that it is hard for her to believe the charges against him.
McCoy says she has not yet decided whether to seek a hearing to determine if Curtis is mentally competent to stand trial.
The U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release Thursday that Curtis faces two federal charges accusing him of threatening the president and others. If convicted, he could face up to 15 years in prison.
An affidavit says the letters sent to Obama, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and a judge in Mississippi told the recipients: "Maybe I have your attention now even if that means someone must die."
Laboratory tests have confirmed that the poison ricin was present in a letter sent to Wicker, a federal law enforcement official said Thursday. It was not immediately clear, however, what level of the poison was present in the letter and in a similar letter sent to Obama, which also tested positive for ricin in a preliminary analysis.
The official, who is not authorized to comment publicly, said there were no reports that anyone had been sickened by the letters, which were intercepted by authorities before they were delivered.
Wicker said he had met Curtis. "I have indeed met the gentleman, yes. At a social event," he told reporters outside the Senate chamber after voting on amendments to the gun bill.
"He's an entertainer. He's an Elvis impersonator," Wicker said.
Wicker said the man performed at a party he and his wife gave for a young couple about to get married a decade ago.
"It's my understanding that since that time he's had mental issues, and may not be as stable as he had been," he said.
Details were beginning to emerge Thursday on Curtis, who was arrested Wednesday at his home in Corinth, Miss.
Multiple online posts on various websites under the name Kevin Curtis appear to show a man who believed he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black market and claimed "various parties within the government" were trying to ruin his reputation. The posts refer to the conspiracy he claimed to uncover when working at a local hospital from 1998 to 2000.
The author wrote the conspiracy that began when he "discovered a refrigerator full of dismembered body parts & organs wrapped in plastic in the morgue of the largest non-metropolitan healthcare organization in the United States of America."
Curtis wrote that he was trying to "expose various parties within the government, FBI, police departments" for what he believed was "a conspiracy to ruin my reputation in the community as well as an ongoing effort to break down the foundation I worked more than 20 years to build in the country music scene."
In one post, Curtis said he sent letters to Wicker and other politicians.
"I never heard a word from anyone. I even ran into Roger Wicker several different times while performing at special banquets and fundraisers in northeast, Mississippi but he seemed very nervous while speaking with me and would make a fast exit to the door when I engaged in conversation ..."
He signed off: "This is Kevin Curtis & I approve this message."
The White House and Capitol Hill were on alert after initial tests Wednesday showed that suspicious letters contained ricin, a deadly toxin.
As federal authorities investigated the letters to Obama and Wicker, several other senators reported that they, too, had received suspicious mail. The reports prompted U.S. Capitol Police to close portions of two congressional office buildings for a brief time.
Both letters bore a Memphis postmark, law enforcement authorities said. In an intelligence bulletin obtained by the Associated Press, the FBI reports that both letters say: "To see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance." Both are signed, "I am KC and I approve this message," wording that candidates use at the end of their broadcast political ads.
Ricky Curtis, who said he was Kevin Curtis' cousin, said the family was shocked by the news of the arrest. He described his cousin as a "super entertainer" who impersonated Elvis and numerous other singers.
"We're all in shock. I don't think anybody had a clue that this kind of stuff was weighing on his mind," Ricky Curtis said in a telephone interview.
Ricky Curtis said his cousin had written about problems he had with a cleaning business and that he felt the government had not treated him well, but he said nobody in the family would have expected this.
Ricin can be deadly if ingested or inhaled, but it's generally considered ineffective as a weapon for mass terrorism because it is very difficult to put it into an airborne form.
The letters to Obama and Wicker both were intercepted at off-site screening facilities where official mail is checked for potential contaminants.
Obama was briefed on the suspicious letters Tuesday night and again Wednesday morning, said White House press secretary Jay Carney.
Both the FBI and the White House stressed that there is no indication of any connection between the letters and Monday's twin bombings at the Boston Marathon. Carney cautioned that Americans shouldn't jump to any conclusions.
"Before we speculate or make connections that we don't know ... we need to get the facts," Carney said.
The letter to Wicker was discovered first, on Tuesday, and Capitol Police said it contained a "white granular substance." The letter to Obama was revealed Wednesday morning.
Another suspicious package was received Wednesday morning at the Washington offices of Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., according to Shelby's spokesman Jonathan Graffeo. He said the package is being investigated by Capitol Police and it was not known if it was similar to the ones addressed to Obama and Wicker.
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., issued a statement Wednesday saying that a suspicious letter was received at his Saginaw, Mich., field office. Thursday morning, Levin said he was advised by the FBI that preliminary tests of the letter turned up negative and that his office is open as usual.
Also Wednesday, authorities evacuated the Phoenix office of Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., after receiving reports of suspicious letters. Flake later announced that investigators had determined that there was no threat.
All routine mail to Congress and the White House is screened off-site, FBI spokesman Paul Bresson said, but those tests can produce inconsistent results. If the tests indicate the possibility of a biological agent, the material is sent to an accredited laboratory for further analysis, and only those tests can confirm the presence of a biological agent.
Ricin is derived from the same plant used to produce castor oil. Because it is not readily put in the form of an aerosol that spreads easily through the air, it is considered far less worrisome as a weapon than anthrax, the substance mailed to members of Congress in shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in an episode that killed five and sickened 17 others.
"It's high school chemistry to make it, but it's not a serious bio threat," said Randall Larsen, former executive director of the WMD Commission, which was set up by Congress to investigate threats posed by weapons of mass destruction. "You won't find bio-terror experts getting all upset by ricin. It's usually (used by) nut jobs doing something to try to get attention from people."
Michael Osterholm, a former bioterrorism adviser to the George W. Bush administration who heads the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, called the interception of the ricin letters "a success story."
"It's a horrible situation that it happened but it's a success that it was found," Osterholm said. "The ability to identify ricin in a letter was not in place before 2001. The U.S. mail is being tested for things like this. This was not a letter that got opened and someone said, 'Oh my gosh.'"
Handling a letter would be unlikely to give someone a lethal dose of ricin, Osterholm said. The poison is most dangerous when inhaled; getting it on one's fingers wouldn't pose that sort of risk. However, if someone is poisoned with ricin, there is no treatment and it can kill in one to three days.


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I have put about 200 miles on my K70 3.25x19 and and 3.50x19 and love 'em. Much more precise steering, quicker handling, and better stability than the Avons They have it all, even done a minimal amount of dirt work in which they were very nice.
Thank´s for the link, GlenF. Very helpfull and a good read!Finally a mechanic sucesfully managed to get the AM26s on my whels without doing anything wrong. Amazingly three attempts were necessary: first time sidestroke, second time air loss. I noticed that climbing up the Grossglockner! http://www.grossglockner.at/en/Now there on, and are a major dissapointment. To my surprise I´ve got a high-speed wobble now! Indeed with the ancient stock profile not very swift leastwise rock steady straight, Precious now tends to wobble when sidewinds hit or the surface get´s uneven. She even takes this wobble along when getting inclined! I suspect I found a reason, if not the reason for the C5´s lack of stability over 100 km/h. I may repeat, since the BT45 is available there is really no reason to take another tire for the C5.Otherwise these modern AVONs are quite well, adhesion seem to be more than enough and due to the round profile of the rear tire she feels better when heavily inclined. That´s the only outstanding advantage over the stocks, though.The wobble gets much worse when the front´tire´s pressure is increased. I tested 1,3 bar to 2,0 bar in the front and it gets better with less air. I even tried 1,0 bar and the straight running ability gains, but the cornering stability suffers.At the end I cannot recommend the Avon AM26, for I don´t see a desirable improvement. I´m not sure if I like to keep them. RegardsMaturin
I know people have found very low tire pressures to work for them on their C5's, but on my iron barrel, anything much less than 26-28 psi makes my bike feel unstable. I like 28-30psi front - not sure what that translates to in bars. In any case, I can take my hands off the handlebars at 65mph and the bike is rock steady. I personally don't have a problem with the stock Speedmaster/Safety Mileage combo other than they are more expensive than K70's or similar options.
It´s even more stunning, as the mule was going rock steady straight on with the worn down AVONs AM6/7, and felt pretty transformed after the tire change wobbling with brand new AM26ers!As I said before the effect can be reduced by lowering tire presure on the front. Actually I blame the front for the wobble, as tire pressure on the rear has no effect on it and otherwise all instability seems to come from the front.
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