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Break out a hot print on a cool summer night just like these glam gals!
While leopard sometimes evoke images of Peg Bundy, the print is going to be everywhere come fall — and just because it seems extreme doesn't mean it can't look seriously chic! Stylish ladies like Nikki Reed, Sophia Bush, Lily Cole, Khloe Kardashian, Kelly Osbourne, and Serena Williams have already pulled out the look on the red carpet. In varying colors and styles, there's so many ways to work this trend — I recommend steering clear of a tight leopard dress — instead go for a less extreme silhouette. If you want to show off your figure, choose the pattern in a different color or opt for a skirt or top in the print to give your look a fresh take.
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You can insert a set number of Pokemon from your Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Games onto your Ranch to unlock special Pokemon. You can transfer these Pokemon back to your Diamond and Pearl Games.
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The race is now over – watch the replay above.
Official race results are posted below.
It's time for one of the biggest online races of the year – the PlaySeat Challenge, hosted by GTPlanet and streamed live on YouTube's leading car video network, GT Channel!
The fastest Gran Turismo players in the United States will be racing head-to-head in an 18-lap race around the classic Apricot Hill circuit in the Nissan 370Z, with over $1,500 in prizes on the line:
Each podium finisher will also take home a digital copy of GTPEDIA: GTPlanet's Guide to the World of Gran Turismo.
The live race has been carefully designed by our Weekly Race Series administrators Gravitron and Jump_Ace, who will be acting as today's race director. Check out our WRS forums for more challenging time trials and online race events, hosted right here on GTPlanet.
Below is a closer look at our competitors. They qualified by being the fastest GTPlanet members in Round 2 of GT Academy 2014, and several have a very good chance of becoming this year's overall North American GT Academy champion. Good luck, guys!
To the rest of you: enjoy the race!
From: Kansas
Age: 25
Playing GT: 4 years
Favorite Car: RE Amemiya RX-7 GT300
Favorite Track: Nurburgring
From: Phoenix, Arizona
Age: 23
Playing GT: 2 years
Favorite Car: Nissan 370Z
Favorite Track: Tsukuba Circuit
From: Florida
Age: 19
Playing GT: 5 years
Favorite Car: Alfa Romeo GIULIA TZ2
Favorite Track: Nurburgring
From: Maine
Age: 37
Playing GT: 15 years
Favorite Car: Mazda RX-7
Favorite Track: Nurburgring GP/F
From: Fullerton, California
Age: 27
Playing GT: 2 years
Favorite Car: Nissan GT-R GT3
Favorite Track: Bathurst
From: Illinois
Age: 34
Playing GT: 4 years
Favorite Car: Audi R8
Favorite Track: Nurburgring Nordschleife
From: Georgia
Age: 24
Playing GT: 14 years
Favorite Car: Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
Favorite Track: Spa-Francorchamps
From: Charlotte, North Carolina
Age: 30
Playing GT: 4 years
Favorite Car: Aston Martin V12 Vantage
Favorite Track: Matterhorn
From: Durham, North Carolina
Age: 21
Playing GT: 14 years
Favorite Car: Honda NSX-R
Favorite Track: Nurburgring Nordschleife
From: St. Louis, Missouri
Age: 21
Playing GT: 15 years
Favorite Car: BMW Vision GT
Favorite Track: Suzuka
From: Rochester, New York
Age: 43
Playing GT: 15 years
Favorite Car: McLaren F1
Favorite Track: Silverstone / Nurburgring Nordschleife
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What car was use as the 370z
Comfort Tires FTW!!! The RS boys just don't understand.
Congrats to Russ! I really enjoyed watching this and glad I could see it live. Seeing as how I always miss actual motorsports on the tele, I'd love to see more of this.
Hell yeah!!! Kansas represent!! Wichita here…
Manhattan for me.
Thanks again to GTPlanet and all of the sponsors. This was a lot of fun and was very intense racing. I would hate run this race again … If we ran this race 5 times, I bet the top 3 would redsoxboy, carracerptp and adventuruss in 4 of the 5 races! Congrats to all of the finalists.
Nope, you would be right there too.
It was a real pleasure to see such great talent race so cleanly with real prizes on the line. Should be mandatory watching for anyone wishing to race online in any GT game it was that good. Well done fellas.
Congratulations Russ!
Great racing fellas, congrats to the top 3! It was a lot of fun to watch and see some familiar faces out there.
I was right, it was fun!
Great race to all, was watching it as I made dinner.
What an epic race, thanks Jordan. Congratulations to Adventuruss, Gatordaryl and Carracerptp.
Very well run and marshaled race. Very clean and entertaining to watch.
Does anyone know what the car setup was?
Stock with sport hard?
Stock with Comfort Softs
Great race!
Indeed Ameer67.. Adventuruss was looking really good.
Idk bout everyone else but I could watch these like errrday!
Congrats & good show fellas!
That was some great racing!
Good luck. :)
I was wondering why you weren't there, then I remembered you're only 17.
I don't even understand why you have to be 18 for this. So frustrating.
I would be sending an angry e-mail to someone if I was you doodle.
I believe you must be 18 years old for any type of giveaway. Something related to signing an agreement I'm sure.
I am rooting for you dgaf! Make socal proud! :)
Will try my best!!!!
Now one of those people will have 2 wheels…..
Thanks Jordan, Lucas, Jerome …..:tup:
Great opportunity for many to grab some goodies and strut their stuff.
Good luck! participants. May the best of the best blow the doors off this competition.
Can't wait! Good luck to everyone participating!!!
This will be fun!
Good luck Carr…I'll be watching if my schedule works out!!
Those are some awesome prizes for a fantastic competition. Big props to GTP for helping put on what will be a great event to watch
The only thing I don't like about this event is that I can't compete myself. Best of luck to all participants!
This is way too cool! I gotta get a proper rig.now just to get my picture on these pages. Gotta root for the old guys for now ;) Best of luck to all who qualified. My favs are the '06 Viper and any configuration of the big Nurburg circuit. Less than 12 hours to go…


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Commentary: Big Ben could make smart decision
If you were Ben Roethlisberger, would you be asking for a contract extension from the Steelers?
He has two years left on the eight-year, $87 million contract that he signed in 2008. Which means, when his contract is up after the 2015 season, he will have made well over $100 million since coming into the NFL in 2004.
Not very many superstar, super-rich athletes are smart enough to make their life decisions based on something other than money after they've made enough of it to last five generations.
But maybe Roethlisberger is.
He becomes a free agent in 2016 when he'll be 34 years old. If he's still healthy and playing as well as he played when he was 31, he'll be a $25 million a year quarterback, which means he'll sign a contract worth well over $100 million.
Roethlisberger's won a lot of games and had a lot of personal success since taking the league by storm in 2004, but he's on a team now that is coming off back-to-back 8-8 seasons and has gone three seasons without winning a playoff game.
Right now, he has one experienced wide receiver on the roster and one running back. The defense that helped him win so many of those games is getting older and is being patched up with second- and third-tier free agents.
Why should he be in any hurry to sign a contract extension?
Wouldn't it make more sense for him, assuming that he still has $40 or $50 million handy, to play out this coming season, see if the Steelers are the kind of team that can take advantage of a franchise quarterback and negotiate from a position of strength next February?
If the Steelers improve on their 8-8 finishes the last two years and make the playoffs, Roethlisberger will still be in a strong negotiating position by being one year away from free agency.
The Steelers will have no reason not to pay him the going rate for superstar quarterbacks, and Roethlisberger will be able to use his impending free agency for maximum leverage.
But, what if the Steelers go 6-10, which is not a far fetched notion?
There will be lots of discussion inside and outside the organization about Mike Tomlin's future as head coach and the old guys on defense will be one year older. Roethlisberger will be four seasons removed from his last playoff win and he'll be 33 years old.
That's young enough to sign another $100 million contract with someone else but too old to commit to a team that will be either in turmoil or rebuilding mode or both.
For all the same reasons, the only reason for the Steelers to offer Roethlisberger an extension would be to get out of salary cap hell. If the Steelers miss the playoffs again this year, they can justify taking a "we can miss the playoffs without you" stance with Roethlisberger. Franchise quarterbacks are wasted on bad teams.
If the Steelers don't have a winning season in 2014, it will be the first time they've had three non-winning seasons in a row since Chuck Noll's first three seasons, 1969-71.
If that's the case, by this time next year, Ben Roethlisberger may have already been traded.
Maybe upon his request.
• The Pirates have already made the decision to send their top prospect, outfielder Gregory Polanco, back to AAA Indianapolis, even though he was having a good spring. General Manager Neal Huntingon said before camp opened that Polanco would start the season there because he believes Polanco still needs to work on his approach at the plate.
That may be true but, since it's the Pirates, there's always the suspicion that it's all about Polanco's arbitration clock not starting until June. A team playing in a system as stupid as major league baseball's, with a recent and not-so-recent past as pathetic as the Pirates', loses the right to talk about moves made with the distant future in mind.
The best 25 players should be coming north in two weeks. And, even if Polanco needs to work on his offense, what about his defense? By all accounts, he is already a major league- caliber right fielder. His presence in right field could mean the difference in a few games between April and mid-June. And those few games could determine whether the Pirates make the playoffs for the fifth time in 35 stinking years.
• Did Ziggy Hood actually play for the Steelers? If he did I must have missed it. Is there any proof?
• Bracket hints:
The 11th through 16th seeds are 190-729 in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. That's 21 percent. The 14th through 16th seeds are 26-341. That's 7 percent. The 15th and 16th seeds are 7-225. That's .030 percent. The record of the No. 1 seeds is 437-120.
That's 79 percent. The only seed to have a winning record against No. 1s — the 11th seed. They have won three out of five meetings.
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We Love: Birmingham's The Collins Bar
Contributor Jeanne Lyons fancies Birmingham's latest cocktail den The Collins for its gin-based toddies and iPhone chargers.
Shaking things up
Barman Feizal Valli—one of the movers and shakers helping redefine Birmingham's cocktail scene—takes his libations seriously. Want a cocktail menu? You won't find one here. The NOLA transplant believes guests should trust their bartenders. "Everyone
behind the bar has extensive knowledge about cocktails, so we create your perfect drink by getting to know you," he says.
The Vibe
The suave downtown space looks like a retro prep school with the charisma of a neighborhood dive bar. Besides paper airplane installations, functional vintage typewriters, and a periodic table of Birmingham-themed elements (baseball team and neighborhood callouts are favorites), the cocktails and cool vibe will school even the bar's brightest patron. Want to Instagram your cocktail, but your phone's dead? Not a problem, thanks to ample chargers and hookups throughout the bar.
First Round
Unwind after a long day with a Keep Calm & Carry On ($9), made with Cathead vodka, St-Germain, lemon juice, and cinnamon syrup. "It's a light, approachable cocktail perfect for a casual night," Feizal says.
Second Round
Gin aficionados try the Bohemian ($9) for a light concoction with citrus and floral notes that's a perfect after-work drink. It's crafted with Bombay dry gin, St-Germain, fresh grapefruit juice, and Peychaud's bitters.
Best Bar Snack(s)
How about buttermilk-soaked spicy chicken and beer-battered waffles topped with bacon and maple-bourbon syrup ($10)? Yes, please. Looking for something a little "lighter"? The House-Made Tots ($6) with buttermilk ranch are worth double dipping.
Make It At Home
Keep Calm & Carry On
Combine 3 Tbsp. vodka (such as Cathead), 2 Tbsp. double-strength chamomile tea, 1 Tbsp. elderflower liqueur (such as St-Germain), 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice, and 1½ tsp. Cinnamon Syrup in a cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes. Cover with lid, and shake until thoroughly chilled (about 30 seconds). Strain into a 5-oz. cocktail glass.
Makes 1 serving. Hands-on 10 min.; Total 40 min., including syrup
Cinnamon Syrup
Bring ½ cup sugar, ½ cup water, and ½ tsp. freshly grated cinnamon to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring often. Boil, stirring often, 2 to 3 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Cool completely (about 20 minutes). Refrigerate in an airtight container up to 2 weeks.
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With that glorious light leak, looks like this man just came down from the heavens eh?
Back dropped by those icy mountain caps and enhanced by that fancy vignetting, this shot made its way as the most popular photo of last year! Good job, cocaneonkamerasutra!
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St. Kitts & Nevis (St. Christopher & Nevis) Citizenship-by-Investment Program was established in 1984 under the regulations of the 1984 Citizenship Act, Section 3 (5) making it the longest established Citizenship-by-Investment Program. Citizenship is granted based on a substantial contribution within St Kitts & Nevis.
Investors of good character and repute can opt to make a contribution to the development of St Kitts & Nevis and in return are given the opportunity to apply for citizenship and a passport within the legal framework of the Federation of St Kitts & Nevis.
In 1983 independence was gained from Britain and a twin island federation was formed; Nevis with an area of 93.2 km² and St Kitts with 168.4 km². The Federation is a British Commonwealth nation with the Head of State being Queen Elizabeth II and a well functioning democracy based on Britain's parliamentary system.
The St. Kitts & Nevis Citizenship-by-Investment Program facilitates you and your family's ease of travel throughout the world to over 100 countries visa free. Holding St. Kitts & Nevis citizenship also gives expansion on your business opportunities without being taxed on worldwide income.
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text: Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA) February 14, 2008 NYSUT NCLB Fact Sheet 8: Parents Have a Right to Know About their Schools Source: Research and Educational Services Download complete fact sheet. (236k pdf) Statutory Summary Low Performing Schools According to Section 1116 of the Act, some schools that receive Title I funds will be identified by the State Education Department as in need of improvement. Those schools must notify parents of this and provide an explanation of what that means, the reasons why the school was identified, and what the school will do to address low achievement by its students. Public School Choice Schools in need of improvement must provide public school choice. All schools designated for school improvement or corrective action must offer every student the option to transfer to another public school, including a public charter school, in the school district that has not been identified for school improvement or corrective action. The ability to choose starts in the beginning of the school year immediately following identification. Please refer to Fact Sheet 2 for additional information on School Accountability and Public School Choice. The school must explain to parents that they have the option of transferring their child to another public school within the district with transportation provided by the school district. Supplemental Educational Services Some schools and charter schools in school improvement must provide supplemental educational services in addition to public school choice. These schools must notify parents of the availability of the services and provide a list and description of approved services providers in the area. Please refer to Fact Sheet 3 for additional information on Supplemental Educational Services. Teacher Qualifications According to Section 1111 of the Act, schools receiving Title I funds must inform parents of their right to request information about their children's classroom teacher(s) and paraprofessional staff. Specifically, Section 1111 requires each school district, at the beginning of each school year, to notify the parents of each student attending a Title I school that the parents may request, and the school district must provide the parent upon request (and in a timely manner), information regarding the professional qualifications of the student's classroom teachers. At a minimum, the school district must provide the following information: Whether the teacher has met State qualifications for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction. Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualifications or licensing criteria have been waived. The baccalaureate degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree. In addition to the information that parents may request, as noted above, a school that receives Title I funds must provide to each parent an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, provided in a language that the parents can understand: information on the level of achievement of the parent's child in each of the State academic assessments as required under this part; and timely notice that the parent's child has been assigned, or has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by, a teacher who is not highly qualified. Additional Information on Teacher Quality is provided in Fact Sheet 4. Limited English Proficiency Schools using Title III funds to provide services to limited English proficient students must tell parents that their children have been identified as limited English proficient and in need of services. The schools must also provide information about the services to be provided and their children's level of learning. Unsafe Public School Choice When a student becomes the victim of a violent criminal offense while on the grounds of the public school he or she attends, or the student attends a "persistently dangerous school," the school district must notify the student's parents of their right to transfer their child to a safe public school, including a public charter school, within the district. Further explanation of the unsafe public school option is provided in Fact Sheet 9. Frequently Asked Questions Public School Choice 1. Question: Which students in the schools are eligible for public school choice? Answer: All students are eligible, but priority must be given to low-income students (as defined by the school district) if it is not possible to serve all students. 2. Question: How will parents know if they are eligible for public school choice? Answer: The school must tell parents that they have the option of transferring their child to another public school. 3. Question: Does the school district have to provide transportation for each student to the new school? Answer: Transportation must be provided or paid for by the school district. 4. Question: Can students and parents choose a specific school to attend? Answer: Under certain conditions, the wishes of parents must be considered by school district officials, providing that if a school district has more than one school that has not been identified for school improvement or corrective action and has not been identified as being 'persistently dangerous', then the school district must offer choice of more than one school and take parental preferences into account. Teacher Qualifications 1. Question: What information is a school district authorized to share about a teacher's qualifications? Answer: At a minimum, the school district must provide the following information related to a teacher's qualifications: (1) Whether the teacher has met State qualifications for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction. (2) Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualifications or licensing criteria have been waived. (3) The baccalaureate degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree. 2. Question: Must the teacher provide written consent prior to the release of this information? Answer: A written consent is not required by a teacher prior to the release of information about the teacher's qualifications. Such information is publicly available (SED's Office of Teaching web site). Advice to Local Leaders 1. Local leaders should work with school administrators in developing the notice to parents informing them of the right to request information in teacher qualifications. 2. Local leaders should review information on what specifically will be shared with parents to ensure that this information is related to a teacher's qualifications and not the teacher's performance. This fact sheet reflects the lastest available information and may be subject to change. 65702 Download complete fact sheet. 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SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Brian Turner at Sickles HS… named a first-team Class 7A all-state selection and first team All-Hillsborough County in 2013…led offensive line that blocked for 2,300-yard rusher Ray Ray McCloud and one of the country's top rushing attacks…helped McCloud tally 3,635 yards and nearly 40 TDs in the last two seasons…rated a three-star recruit by Scout.com…helped Gryphons to first district title and Class 7A region finals… ranked No. 23 on the Tampa Bay Times Home Team Top 25…the grandson of Chamberlain HS coach Billy Turner, the winningest prep coach in Hillsborough County (Tampa) history…national honor society member…also had offers from Missouri, N.C. State and East Carolina.
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by Nicole Duciaume, Regional Sponsorship Coordinator, ChildFund Americas
On my last day in Dominica, I had a rare and wonderful opportunity. A colleague and dear friend of mine, Davidson, sponsors a 10-year-old boy named Raneen on this beautiful Caribbean island. Davidson asked if I could check on Raneen and his family during my trip. It just happened to work out that on a late afternoon, I had a few hours to spend with the child.
I had a dual mission: tell Raneen all about his sponsor and gather as many details as I could about Raneen and his family to share back with Davidson. I was an information conduit.
It was an amazing experience to enter their home, not as a ChildFund employee, but as a family friend. For once I wasn't taking notes or asking questions; I was just in the moment, listening to the family talk about their sons, their experiences and what they wanted out of life for their children, themselves and their community.
I told Raneen and his family that Davidson is well-respected and wise, and that he has a laugh that immediately puts everyone at ease. I also shared a little about where he is from (Sierra Leone) and about the country where he lives today (Ethiopia). I even showed them a few recent photos.
In exchange, I learned that Raneen is quite a good athlete and is doing really well in school. He also has a creative and artistic side, and especially likes to draw fast cars and read comics. I even found out that Raneen has never cut his hair and that each morning his mother and he decide how she is going to arrange it. I met his brothers, had a nice snack with his family and learned about his community. Raneen showed me where he keeps all the letters Davidson has sent, and he told me how much the letters mean to him.
The visit ended with hugs and a few presents. Raneen is a happy, healthy, respectful and sweet young man, soon to be 11 years old. Though he was happy I came to visit, he insisted that I tell Davidson that he is looking forward to his visit as well.
Now that I think about it, my sponsored child lives in Kenya — maybe I should see if Davidson can visit him for me!
That's only terrific! Thanks for Davidson … and you, of course. Regards
Really nice to read this. Thanks for sharing your experience. What you're doing is really important and meaningful work. Good for you. Making these connections person to person is what the world needs to realize that we are really just one big human family.


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LSU punter Brad Wing. (Associated Press)
Last Modified: Friday, December 21, 2012 11:16 AM
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
Brad Wing may have boomed his last punt for LSU.
The Tigers' Australian punter, who became something of a cult figure in 2011 when he became the first (and still only) player to have his touchdown nullified when he taunted Florida defenders en route to the end zone, was suspended Thursday for the New Year's Eve the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta.
A release from the school said only that Wing was supended for the standard "violation of team rules."
But, multiple sources reported that Wing had failed a drug test.
As a redshirt sophomore, Wing is eligible to declare for the NFL draft this spring, and there was speculation he was leaning that way even before the latest setback.
Tiger Rag magazine reported that it was the second time Wing has been suspended for a failed drug test.
He sat out LSU's season opener against North Texas, but afterwards head coach Les Miles said it was due to a sore hamstring.
Miles was unavailable for comment on Thursday.
Another Australian, freshman Jamie Keehn, handled LSU's punting in the season opener and will also punt in the bowl game. He punted three times for a 41.0 average in that game, including 51-yarder and another inside the 20.
Wing punted 59 times this season for a 44.8-yard average with 19 of them inside the 20. His long was 69 yards.
Wing was also the holder for LSU field goals and extra points. Seth Fruge, a walk-on from Welsh who went to Notre Dame High in Crowley, is listed as the backup holder.
LSU will thus end the season the way the Tigers began it — with the loss of a high-profile preseason All-American.
Shortly after August workouts began, cornerback Tyrann Mathieu was dismissed from the team for failing multiple drug tests.


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Manly Council may call last drinks for all new bars and nightclubs in the seaside suburb.
The council wants to ban any more licensed premises from opening after complaints from residents that the streets turn into no-go zones after midnight because of noise and alcohol-fuelled violence. Last week, the council considered changing its planning controls to implement the ban but instead voted for a council working party to look at the issue.
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The combo that brought post-hardcore to the Canadian mainstream, Alexisonfire formed in Saint Catharines, Ontario, in 2001. Vocalist George Pettit, guitarist/vocalists Dallas Green and Wade MacNeil, bassist Steele, and drummer Jesse Ingelevics debuted in 2002 with a self-titled effort for the Toronto-based Distort imprint. The album did very well in Canada, garnering a lot of support for the band from MuchMusic video network. That exposure led to a distribution deal with the respected American hardcore and punk label Equal Vision, which then issued Alexisonfire's sophomore effort in June 2004. Watch Out! was even more ambitious than its predecessor, mixing moments of melodic grace with the wiry explosiveness that Alex had already trademarked. The next year, Ingelevics exited the group to be replaced by ex-Jersey drummer Jordan Hastings. A split with fellow countrymen Moneen appeared on Vagrant that November. Green also began working on some acoustic solo material, debuting the moniker City and Colour with 2005's Sometimes. (Subsequent full-lengths by the project became even more popular than Alexisonfire's work.) Alexisonfire had become an official part of Vagrant's roster by summer 2006, performing on their Warped Tour side stage and releasing explosive full-length number three, Crisis, that August. The guys then hit up the Reading and Leeds festivals in the U.K. prior to embarking on an extensive fall tour of Canada. MacNeil soon followed Green's City and Colour success with a side project of his own, Black Lungs, which debuted in 2008 with the album Send Flowers. Fourth album Old Crows/Young Cardinals was unsurprisingly a hit in Canada upon its release in 2009, and it also earned the band their highest chart position in the U.S. An experimental EP titled Dog's Blood followed in 2010. By the end of the year, however, Green had decided to leave the band. MacNeil's departure followed soon after (he joined British hardcore band Gallows), and the band's attempts at recording a fifth album soon came to a halt. Alexisonfire reunited in 2012 for the farewell tour they thought their fans deserved, and in 2013, released a box set collecting their work. Another reunion tour was announced in March 2015, spanning major festival dates throughout the summer. ~ Johnny Loftus
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Analysis: Russian-style quantitative easing may sow trouble
By Jason Bush
MOSCOW (Reuters) - It has been dubbed quantitative easing, Russian-style. A surge in central bank lending to Russian banks is sustaining rapid loan growth, but also risks fueling inflation and a potential credit bubble.
On the face of it, Russia's central bank has been acting tough. To clamp down on inflation it has recently hiked interest rates - in stark contrast with the ultra-loose monetary policies seen in western economies.
But while Russia has tightened the monetary screws with one hand, it has been opening the flood gates with the other.
"They are sending conflicting signals," said Natalia Orlova, chief economist at Alfa Bank. "They are raising interest rates ... and at the same time they continue to fund loan growth."
Total credit extended by the central bank has mushroomed to 2.5 trillion roubles ($80 billion) as of November 1 from negligible levels in mid-2011, and is approaching levels seen at the height of the 2008-9 financial shock.
And the central bank's role in financing banks looks set to keep growing as Russia's authorities endeavor to halt a possible slide in bank lending that would deepen an economic slowdown and undermine support for President Vladimir Putin.
At least in theory, more central bank funding for banks is a way to prop up the economy by encouraging banks to lend, supporting spending by companies and consumers.
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Here's a quick rundown of what some NFL analysts were saying about the Patriots before and after Sunday's game against the Broncos.
Marshall Faulk on NFL Network before the game: "Wes Welker's knowledge of the Patriots is going to trump Bill Belichick's knowledge of Peyton Manning.'
Marshall Faulk on NFL Network following the game: 'Peyton Manning's passes were contested [by defenders] and Brady was throwing to open guys; [those were] totally different [situations]."
Deion Sanders on NFL Network following the game: 'Tom Brady rises up to the occasion and plays well. That is just who he is.'
Scott Pioli on the Patriots on NBC before the game and what they need to do to win: 'First thing they are going to have to do is slow down this illegal pick play that they (Broncos) have. So, I wouldn't be surprised if Bill Belichick and his assistant Ernie Adams are in there talking to the officials right now, and talking to them about looking out for this pick play because the offense under Peyton Manning is a little bit different than it used to be. He is throwing more shorter passes. He's doing a lot of things underneath. So, I think they will be trying to slow those things down.'
Pioli on if all the pick plays are illegal: 'There's a lot that are definitely illegal that aren't being called.'
NBC's Cris Collinsworth on the Patriots before the game: 'They can do it because they know how to do it legally. They are very good at it and very seldom do they see physical contact. It's more just sort of rubbing as they go by.'
Pioli on why Patriots didn't re-sign Welker, speaking prior to the game: 'I can only speculate, but my understanding would be that our business model, when I was here, was that you don't want to pay in the future for past performance. Wes had done some great things, but he's also getting a little bit older, and with his style of play, his chance of being durable over the years; there's probably not a lot of longevity when you play as hard and as tough as he does, and as physical as he does.'
NBC's Tony Dungy on Patriots-Broncos before the game: 'It's going to come down to who performs in the red zone.'
Pioli on the Patriots, before the game: 'It's difficult sometimes for people to have close relationships and friendships when they are this high a level of competitors, but a lot of that changed when Tom Brady was hurt. The first call he got, or one of the first calls he got, was from Peyton Manning. Peyton Manning called several times after that. It kind of changed Tommy's thoughts toward Peyton. And then when Peyton got hurt, Tommy reached out to him. The injury and the realization that their football mortality someday would end really changed the two and how they approach one another. They started sharing more information. And Tommy told me this week that one of the most interesting things was when Peyton Manning was getting ready to make a decision as to who he was going to sign with, he reached out to Tommy and wanted to exchange information, and he wanted to know what Tom thought would be a good idea for him to do. Amazing how this relationship has evolved over the years from two top competitors.'
Dungy on the Brady-Manning relationship, before the game: 'I can't tell you how many times Peyton would come in on Tuesday and tell me, 'Yeah, I talked to Tom and he says we can get this against this defense. We just played these guys; you can run this play on them.' So, they did share a lot of information.'
ESPN's Tom Jackson on Wes Welker, before the game: 'He had 672 catches contributed over a period of years when they had tremendous success. I believe he would like to play really well tonight.'
ESPN's Cris Carter on Welker, before the game: 'The other veterans who left New England, the big difference was they had Super Bowl championships. Wes does not have that Super Bowl championship, so he's more motivated about getting that championship than he is revenge.'
ESPN's Mike Ditka, before the game, speaking about Welker and the Patriots: 'There's no loyalty in football guys. Get over it. When it's time to go, you're going to go. When it's time to stay, you'll stay. He had his time for him to go. They made a decision.'
ESPN's Keyshawn Johnson on Welker before the game: 'He'll be very close to getting that Super Bowl ring in Denver. He can't let the emotions of going back to Foxboro get in his head because the one thing I do know is Bill Belichick is going to spend plenty of time trying to take him out of the game in particular because he does not want to see him succeed.'
Johnson on the Patriots model, before the game: 'You'd like to see New England make more of a financial commitment to players that have been in the organization that helped them win football games, but that's not the way this game works.'
Ditka on the Patriots model, before the game: 'Same thing happened with the 49ers. Bill Walsh got rid of a lot of guys. '¦ They could still play but one or two years later they weren't going to be the same players.'
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LidMaterials with positive or neutral charge can pass through the gate freely regardless of electric potential of the Gate. Therefore, we considered the idea that we modified several long, but shorter than Porter1, single-stranded DNA at the entrance of Gate. All sequences were made of only adenine in order not to interact with Porter. It is expected that they prevent non-target materials from entering the Gate. Molecular dynamics simulation suggested such design is feasible. Under the simulation condition, a bead from outside do not have electricity. Lennard-Jones potential is the trigger of the repulsion to inhibit entrance of molecules.
Movie1 : Cylinder with additional strands
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AptamerThere exists special DNA sequences called Aptamer which interact with bio molecule. If we utilize the Aptamer sequence to the Porters, we can transport various materials selectively.


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Computer Graphics Are To Film What Synthesizers Were To '80s Music
Warning, dear reader: Curmudgeon Alert Ahead
Vancouver-based Neill Blomkamp, the formerly precocious 3D animator-cum-director of the memorable District 9, recently moved up a notch in the filmmaking world, given a $115 million budget (more than three times his previous effort), a team of 247 credited digital effects artists, a dab of Matt Damon, a smidge of Jodie Foster, and -- now I'm just guessing here -- a terrifically good looking assistant or three.
He turned all those riches into the just-released, Elysium, as of this writing the number one film in North America. It is reasonably watchable and gripping, and other than my desperate desire for Blomkamp to hire a Steadicam operator, he directed with an interested, purposeful hand. But after struggling through a laughable crumbling apart of the plot in the film's third act, all I could think on my head-shaking walk to the parking lot was:
Computer Graphics are to movies as the synthesizer is to music.
Computer graphics -- or CG -- has torn a swath through Hollywood filmmaking. It is the transforming in Transformers, the illusions in The Illusionist. Studios obsessively plug it in to reconstruct faces and create impossible worlds. It is the eye-popping froth that allows fourth generation sequels to go down easy. It finds its way, more frequently than you might imagine, into rom-coms and documentaries.
But CG's raison d'être is for productions to smooth the divots in bloated, uneven scripts by way of pixel alterations. (Anecdotal proof: the July-released, yawning laugher, Grown Ups 2, employed 77 digital effects artists. Groan.)
As Señor Spielbergo undoubtedly once mused, "The chipset tools are only as good as the artist who wields them."
Elysium may well win Academy Awards for technical mastery. It built a hellscape Earth and a country club satellite world that doubtlessly situated you in both. With a fully-formed story these could have been the nurturing environments to hold together a classically polarized, well-woven tale like the Wachowski siblings pulled off in The Matrix, or added magic and sardonic whimsy like Jean-Pierre Jeunet did in Amelie (with its pitifully few 32 visual effects contributors). Instead, its main function was holding together a movie with lofty aspirations and a middling script. It was the fourth single on a 1981 Human League release where the Casio calisthenics had firmly overwhelmed the tepid hooks.
Heading home from the theatre, my analogy grew more precisely articulated:
Today's computer graphics are to film what 1980s synthesizers were to music.
Synthesizers were not new to the 1980s. (Sidenote: If you want the full Mr. Léon Theremin meets Dr. Robert Arthur Moog breakdown on the rise of the synth, this BBC documentary, and others like it, will do more than my snide posturing ever could.) In the 1970s, talented, nerd-allied bands like Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, initiated the masses on the finer points of synthesizer-laden music. Like the early days of CG simulations in film, the results were uneven but exciting for their sonic potential and special for their esoteric cult followings. Plus, they made us feel feelings. Those wacky new sounds dripped down our spines and made us want to eat space food and dye our heads like checker boards (chess boards to the more cerebral...bathroom tiles to the less.)
But as prog rock turned to disco and Jimmy Carter was flooded under by trickle-down Reaganomics, the synthesizer's role in pop culture grew, as did the dependency of the production studios upon it. Before long, a grand piano or acoustic guitar might as well have been a washboard and spoons supported by a jug band. Our sophistication, as always, was to become our undoing.
(Sidenote: I don't mean to bash the synth players or pixel painters. They are real good at what they do. Inherent to every art form is a certain amount of trickery or hidden language which helps to augment or emphasize a mood, feeling, concept. In literature, seemingly the plainest of arts, all manner of rhythmic tricks or glossy coatings or punctuational/grammatical/Justin Bieberal references can augment an otherwise frivolous statement. In film, a certain amount of "movie magic" is expected. But we have hit that curious intersection where the potent capacity of CG is eating away at the core of storytelling.)
In the Thompson Twins/The The era, the synthesizer brought listeners to previously uninhabited, even unimagined, sonic landscapes. I wanted to Whip It good, just like the next guy. Years later, with the distance to look back, we shared a collective grimace to what nonsense we had wrought. We had gone too far. An overly dated era. An entire decade digitally rendered to a tonal niche. (Sidenote: Praise be to Jane's Addiction, The Stone Roses, NWA and others for being the catalysts to our cultural widening.)
Now the synthesizer, and digitally-infused music in general, has reached a point of balance: it is sometimes awful and sometimes lovely. It can augment sweat-driven instrumentation or undermine it. We have seen the good, we have heard the bad, and here we are like every other marriage of technology and art: balancing precariously.
In film, despite ever-growing video distribution channels, the barrier to feature-length fiction is still quite high, and the offerings are becoming increasingly formulaic and tired. But we fall for their sweet, sweet, market-researched trailers and pay to watch their inevitable trilogies. Their slickness (spelled: CG) lulls us. Characters are too shallow? Put them in 3D! Conclusion is unsatisfying? How about 53 artists work on exploding a planet at the end of the movie? What do you mean the leads have no chemistry when they kiss? Reconstruct their lips. CG is the Pepto Bismol at the end, middle and beginning of a Hollywood meal.
In the 2013 film world, the balance found in music has not yet been struck. The trickery is too potent and the barrier to entry of mega-movie making is and always will be far beyond the entry to song production (so leaving the end-products in the hands of follow-the-leader studios and producers). The work of 247 digital effects artists unquestionably elevated Elysium to a level of visual awesomeness otherwise not possible. But feeding all those pixelated mouths left a paucity of nourishment for the raconteur set (of which there was but one, writer/director Blomkamp).
Even 246 to 2 would have been a ratio in the right direction.
A Mini making a desperate getaway in Turin, Italy following a gold bullion robbery in The Italian Job (1969). The car chase perfected in such films as Bullitt (1968), The Italian Job (1969), and The French Connection (1971) confirmed a younger generation's taste for speed and spectacle, which continues to impinge upon the blockbusters of today.
Visual effects have been entrancing audiences since the days of the Kinetoscope. In Raging Bull (1980), Martin Scorsese used close-ups and slow motion to emphasize the brutality of the boxing bouts.
Betty Hutton relives the glory days of the silent serial in The Perils of Pauline, a 1947 biopic of the legendary chapterplay heroine, Pearl White. Early serials or chapterplays helped turn movie-going into a habit. It also gave rise to the cliffhanger.
When Spartacus (1960) was restored in 1991, Anthony Hopkins dubbed Laurence Olivier's lines in the infamous "snails and oysters" exchange with Tony Curtis. Techniques in dubbing improved tremendously in the mid-1930s.
Lazare Meerson's sets were key to achieving the romanticized working-class atmosphere in René Clair's Sous les toits de Paris (1930). While the first constructed sets were built for the Italian super spectacles, designers such as Meersen paid such meticulous attention to authentic detail that their studio sets had a profound influence upon Neorealism.
Model-makers Ian MacKinnon and Peter Saunders brought Nelson Lowry's designs to life for the Roald Dahl adaptation Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). Stop-motion puppetry has been used since the early 20th century and can provide a texturality and tactility still unmatched by computer software.
Critically disdained, film noir subsisted on low budgets and B-movie status. From Le Samouraï (1967), an angel of doom lies in wait for Alain Delon's meticulous hitman in Jean-Pierre Melville's neo-noir masterpiece.
Placing viewers at the heart of the action, the new generation of 3-D processes has brought the possibility of interactive cinema closer than ever.
Only Dorothy Arzner and Ida Lupino directed sound features during the big studio era. It was not until the 1970s that feminist film theory posed a radical challenge to such gender imbalance. Dorothy Arzner depicted strong and independent women in The Wild Party (1929).
Teenage audiences have saved Hollywood more than once. Postwar teen pics were once churned out for drive-ins and double-feature houses. Here, the Brat Pack comes of age in John Hughes's The Breakfast Club (1985).
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Lexi Erwin earned her second career tournament MVP honor. She was named the Most Valuable Player at the 2011 Michigan/adidas Invitational.
Erwin was joined on the Tiger Invitational All-Tournament team by Lexi Dannemiller and Tiffany Morales.
Erwin averaged 5.87 kills per set this weekend and had a .443 hitting percentage.
Michigan now has a 2-0 series advantage on Missouri after the win.
Michigan Head Coach Mark Rosen
On the win over Missouri and the weekend in general .. "I thought we saw some huge growth this weekend. I thought yesterday we played tight with a lot of expectations and a lot of pressure. Today we said let's just learn and get better every point and every game. Let's keep finding things to improve. I thought we did that. The Virginia Tech match forced us to become a lot better in a lot of areas. Tonight, I thought we came out and competed well. They were tired after a five-game match against Virginia Tech. I thought we played with a lot of energy in the first two games. We got tired in the third game. It certainly would have been concerning had we gone past that third game. They buckled down in critical points and found ways to win it. We still have a lot of work to do and that's good. It's encouraging because we have so much room to improve. If we can do that, we might be pretty good but we have a lot of stuff to work on."
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and it goes on, there's little things too. I politely flash my highbeams for a quick second before using my horn, and it ALWAYS works.
also, in drive-thrus, I turn off my headlights and switch to parking lamps
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Dinner was cheeseburgers on the grill. We used slices of bread in lieu of rolls. We also had a fruit salad with cherries, peaches and some sort of melon that his bright yellow on the outside and green on the inside and, to me, tastes vaguely of cucumber. I thought it was OK when we mixed it in with the other stuff, but I'm not sure I'd eat it on its own.
Mike left his video iPod here and it has the first (possibly only) season of a sci-fi show called Eureka. We felt a teeny bit bad for him that he forgot it, but we were also kind of excited to get to watch TV last night. I had thought that I could download movies here on my laptop, but since our internet connection seems to last for an hour or two per day when it's doing well, that's not really an option. We brought one board game with us called Blokus, but everyone seems to be getting tired of that. Last night I poked around on my hard drive and found that I also have chess/checkers/backgammon/tic-tac-toe/reversi on my computer and Kate played with that for a bit.
Today we pick Lucy up at the airport around six
Kate's birthday is at the end of the week. I'm not too sure what to do about celebrating it besides taking her to the Harry Potter movie, assuming that we can find it in Bodrum. I saw a theater, but no poster for it yet. There are also some good-looking cakes at the bakery. Anyone have any ideas? She'll be twelve! So far the only thing on the list is a new pair of flip flops because one of the dogs stole one of hers off the porch.
Tomorrow are parliamentary elections here. That should be interesting. I wonder how long it takes for the tally and the announcement of winners. There was a big article about them in the July 23 edition of Time, which I was able to get at the airport. I don't know how the billboard owners will make money after the elections are over. It seems like every other billboard in the country is devoted to electioneering.
We spent the morning at the pool playing with some balls that we bought at the market at Yalikivak. There is a French girl Kate's age that the kids played with for a while. She's a little goofy, but friendly. We've all taken turns making up games to play at the pool that require very little talking.


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A flame-bladed sword or wave-bladed sword has a characteristically undulating style of blade. The wave in the blade is often considered to contribute a flame-like quality to the appearance of a sword. While largely decorative, some attributes of the waved blade were useful in combat.[citation needed] The two most common flame-bladed swords are rapiers or Zweihänders, although there have been other sword types with flame-blades.
Flambard, flammard, and Flammenschwert[edit]
The two-handed flame-bladed sword is called flambard, flammard or by the German Flammenschwert (literally "flame sword"). These swords are very similar to two-handed sword or Zweihänder, the only difference being the blade. Like other Zweihänders they were used during the 16th century by the Landsknechts, well-trained and experienced swordsmen, who were called Doppelsöldner (double mercenary) because they received double pay.
The flamberge is an undulating blade that is found on both long blades and rapiers. When parrying with such a sword, unpleasant vibrations may be transmitted into the attacker's blade. These vibrations cause the blades to slow contact with each other because additional friction is encountered with each wave. The term flamberge was misapplied to refer to two-handed swords and was used later to refer to cup hilt rapiers with a straight blade.[1]
See also[edit]
- ^ ARMA. "Sword Forms". Definitions & Study Terminology.
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Jul 1, 2013 at 10:17 am #1304827
Christopher ChupkaMember
@fattexanLocale: NTX
Anybody not Seam Seal their silnylon shelters?
I guess I'm partially asking out of laziness and also not wanting to make a mess of my new Oware mid.Jul 1, 2013 at 10:24 am #2001330
me.Jul 1, 2013 at 10:37 am #2001335
Charles TufankjianMember
@ctufankjianLocale: New Hampshire
Hmmm, I guess I didn't know that NOT seam sealing cottage sil shelters was an option.Jul 1, 2013 at 10:40 am #2001336
Clayton MauritzenSpectator
@glacierramblerLocale: NW Montana
I'm far less worried about flat-felled seams. They're pretty good about keeping the water out. Though, I've seen a few small leaks in persistent rain, but nothing that couldn't be managed.
It's the overlap or single seams (like the TarpTent Rainbow ridgeline–I think I named those seams right) that have leaked profusely without sealing for me. And that was just with a water sprinkler.Jul 1, 2013 at 10:55 am #2001340
Tom D.BPL Member
@dafiremedicLocale: Southern California
I cant say for sure that yours would leak or not, but I can say from experience that its no fun getting out of a tent in a thunderstorm and fashioning a rainfly out of a Space Blanket because your tent is leaking on you through a seam.Jul 1, 2013 at 11:30 am #2001352
Sumi WadaBPL Member
@detroittigerfanLocale: Ann Arbor
I have three DIY silnylon tarp/tarptents, one of them isn't seam sealed. I've been through a few long rainy nights in it and had no leaks. It's a simple ridgeline tarp, made with a felled seam.
That said, it's really pretty simple to seam seal a shelter. I use an "acid brush" from plumbing supplies and thin the sealant enough so that it's still thick but "brushable." I'm not particularly careful and manage not to "make a mess".
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Oatey-Acid-Brushes-3-Pack-3071020/100204365Jul 2, 2013 at 1:16 pm #2001762
Christopher ChupkaMember
@fattexanLocale: NTX
I did it. Henry's Tarptent method, went to Lowes this morning, GE Silicone II and some pain thinner. A cold front has swept thru North Texas and the temps have been in the high 80's for the last few days. I sealed my Oware mid inside and out.Jul 2, 2013 at 5:39 pm #2001852
Daryl and DarylBPL Member
@lyrad1Locale: Pacific Northwest, USA, Earth
I've used a tent flys similar to the one shown in my avatar for about 35 years. I've never seam sealed any of them and leakage has not been a problem.
I think the design of a tent makes a difference. Steep sloping rain flys and flat felled seams can obviate the need for seam sealing.
Other designs and seams need seam sealing.Jul 2, 2013 at 6:04 pm #2001858
michael leviMember
@m-lLocale: W-Never Eat Soggy (W)affles
A few drops will never hurt anyone imo.Jul 2, 2013 at 7:36 pm #2001890
Michael RaySpectator
Where are you in the metroplex Christopher? I'm located up NE of McKinney.Jul 2, 2013 at 8:00 pm #2001898
James DeGraafBPL Member
@jdegraafLocale: Bay Area
I have a couple of hammock flys from Warbonnet Outdoors and he says there is no need to seal the ridge line. So there are definitely times and seams that don't need to be sealed as others have said.
JamesJul 4, 2013 at 12:23 pm #2002447
"A few drops will never hurt anyone imo."
Uh, well I guess you have never backpacked in the winter on Vancouver Island then.Jul 4, 2013 at 12:37 pm #2002452
I never seal my DIY tents
Pyramid so they have steep walls. Flat felled seams. I have used them in lots of rain in PNW. I camp in winter. Cheap silnylon that's not very waterproof.
Occasionally, in heavy rain, I'll feel a little "misting" which is enough to feel on skin but not enough to get things wet. I could seal with 10 or 20:1 mineral spirits:silicone, but I'm too lazy for not enough gain.
I have a couple velcro strips to hold open door. When I don't seal these, water will leak through and drip onto whatever's below, so I seal thos spots.Jul 4, 2013 at 12:52 pm #2002463
Not seam sealing is for the lazy folk.Jul 4, 2013 at 1:02 pm #2002467
I'm pretty lazy
and proud of it
especially about tasks that produce no benefit : )Jul 4, 2013 at 1:07 pm #2002469
Mark RiesSpectator
@mtmnmarkLocale: IOWAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Seam sealing.I believe it makes the seams and pull outs stronger. I believe it helps if a thread gets cut or a stitch is not locked not to have the seam come apart as fast if at all it kinda locks the stitch Its really a fast and easy thing to do once you get the hang of it. I'm a believer in silicone and mineral spirits and small foam brushes. I believe in thread drift if its meant to be helpful. From the book of Mark "The man who seals his seams has no fears as the storm rolls in in the mountains" HallelujahJul 4, 2013 at 3:45 pm #2002534
Franco DarioliBPL Member
@francoLocale: Tarptent
When Mark wrote about storms rolling in to the mountains was he specifically referring to the mountains or did that also apply to hills or say bumps on the ground that are not as big as hills but not all that flat either ?Jul 5, 2013 at 9:46 pm #2002910
Randy NelsonBPL Member
@rlnunixLocale: Rockies
"Not seam sealing is for the lazy folk."
I guess that makes Jerry the first lazy MYOG'er. :)Jul 5, 2013 at 10:00 pm #2002916
Mike AllenMember
@michaellea62Locale: UTAH
I have two Hilleberg tents and have never seam sealed either of them. I believe their web site states that seam sealing is not required. Frankly that was a little of the reason I purchased from Hilleberg. I have always wondered why their tents don't have to be seam sealed but most others do.Jul 5, 2013 at 10:09 pm #2002918
"I guess that makes Jerry the first lazy MYOG'er. :)"
LOLJul 7, 2013 at 9:42 pm #2003601
Tim MarshallBPL Member
@marshlaw303Locale: Minnesota
I normally don't seam seal my tarps. I made recently 2 tarps from "shield" sillnylon and the ridge seams leaked badly. I like the fabric so will stop being lazy and seal them but this hasn't been my typical experience.
-TimJul 8, 2013 at 5:55 am #2003649
I did seam seal my Tarp Tent scarp and it never leaked but I did a really messy job, it looked like a dog did it.
I have yet to do my Stratosphire 1, I must get off my ass and do it the fancy way with diluted mineral spirits. I bought my Trailstar used and the guy who sealed it must be the neatest person on the planet as it looks perfect.Jul 8, 2013 at 6:45 am #2003659
you can use masking tape to make it neat
but why bother?Jul 8, 2013 at 6:54 am #2003662
Good idea.Jul 8, 2013 at 6:57 am #2003663
D GSpectator
@dangLocale: Pacific Northwet
I have several Golite shelters (Hex 3, SL2, SL4) and I've never seam sealed them.
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Just a few minutes walk from the unmissable San Marco Piazza - yet sublimely peaceful. It was in immaculate condition throughout and made our stay in this exquisite city just perfect.
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Appartement exceptionnel, situé au cœur de Venise, commodité à proximité. Organisation de notre arrivée ideal ( bateau taxi et accueil pour se rendre à l'appartement ). Nous avons passé un séjour fabuleux. Forte recommandation ! Tout était parfait !
The property was as described and in a good position. I would recommend this if you are looking for a clean contemporary place to stay
This is a really nice apartment situated mid way between San Marco and the Rialto. The photos do it justice. Great managing agents who could not do enough. Very impressed.
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We booked a private water taxi through Views in Venice and was met at the landing nearest to the apartment which was only a short 2 min walk away. The apartment was up 4 flights of stairs and could be a struggle to get a heavy suitcase up as there was no lift. flat as described and perfect for myself and 2 teenage girls as they could have a bed each and there was 2 bathrooms. The only thing we disliked about the apartment was the sofa which was perspex with loose cushions. The cushions kept sliding off and was pretty uncomfortable. Also if there had been 5 people in the apartment there wouldn't have been enough lounge seating. Otherwise it was well equipped and near a small apartment, several restaurants and a bar/coffee shop. Perfect location as very central and only 7 -10 mins to either Accademia Bridge, Rialto Bridge and St. Mark's Square. I would recommend this apartment especially to 1st time visitors as very easy to find your way around all main attractions from location. I would also recommend Views on Venice and would use them again when I return to Venice.
We arrived a day early (through our fault) and was accommodated with your manager putting us up. The property was very clean and bright. We were close to everything and were very happy with the suite. The only drawback were the steps going up to the suites (husband has bad knees). The description should make renters aware of all the steps (55 to be exact), but we managed. Customer service was top notch and very attentive to our needs. We would recommend this property highly.
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Casey Bracelets: Red Cross/Men's Style Update
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$900 in donations have already been made to Gold Star Families for Peace and the Crawford Peace House. Cindy has received her own specially-made bracelet.
September donations will go to the Red Cross.
Later donations will be split between Gold Star Families for Peace and Operation Truth.
Men's/Unisex style now available. Weightier and less sparkly. Available in various sizes (including women's sizes).
Ah, Katrina.
It's hard to think of much of anything else right now. I've been very busy and very committed to these little bracelets and what they mean to people and what they mean to the organizations who get the donations. But I have been mentally consumed with the horror unfolding in our own country for the past several days.
I don't think Cindy would mind very much if we took the money raised by these bracelets in September and gave it to the Red Cross. Her heart is unbelievably big. And my commitment is doubled.
One important note: Please do not buy a bracelet just to give money to the Red Cross. Just give the donation directly so they get the entire amount. But if you were already thinking of buying one, or if you were waiting for the men's style to come along, just know that the donation portion of the price (typically around $10) will be going to the Red Cross.
In the future, Cindy's organization, Gold Star Families for Peace will continue to get half of all donations. The other half will be distributed to Operation Truth, the largest Iraq/Afghanistan veterans organization, and one that has been dedicated to telling the truth about the war from the veterans' perspective. They are a remarkable and effective organization. Please read their Mission Statement.
A big thanks goes out to the Crawford Peace House, the recipient of $450 Casey Bracelet dollars, for all their hard work supporting Cindy's Crawford protest. Please bookmark them and continue to support them. They've earned it.
So, speaking of the Men's Style...
I got a lot of requests for something a little less sparkly than the original Casey Bracelet... something for the guys!
This is goldstone, sodalite, sterling silver, and black leather. It's not bulky, but it is bigger and more unisex-looking. (For visual reference, the rectangular stones are each about 12 mm x 8 mm.)
The material and shipping costs on these will be more than the original bracelets, so they'll be $20 instead of $15 to ensure that the donation portion will remain in the neighborhood of $10.
And, of course, you can always still get the delicate (but strong!) original style.
A large shipment of orders for the original Caseys will be shipping out on Tuesday!
And, yes, I am giving thought to a necklace (and the wonderful ideas already suggested by Kossacks), but I haven't grown any extra hands yet.
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This was our last cooked breakfast from Heather, and I scoffed everything and even managed extra sausages and bacon. Suk went for cereal as she really can't handle fry ups everyday not like me. Anyway, gaining a few pounds on holiday is acceptable, right?
The weather again was overcast and we got chatting once again to the older British couple staying in our b&b. They had just heard news of a cyclone heading towards our next destination- Albany. They were driving to Albany today also. So I frantically searched on the net and Heather called her friends is Albany to check the weather situation. Thankfully it seems to have past Albany and is heading out to sea as it dies off. Phew! So we all decided to continue as planned and start for Albany after breakie.
At this time the sun came out and the surrounding scenery began to shine and glisten in the sunlight
It's about 475 km to Albany, but I planned to take the route via the Stirling mountain ranges. People have said the views were well worth the extra km. So off we went driving through town saying farewell to the wonderful beaches. Our first stop was to be at Ravensthorpe about 180km away and as usual we were the only car on the road for miles and miles. We passed endless farms which gave way to bush and scrublands all offering such vast views. We spotted more kangaroos in a field and had to stop to get some piccies. Suk really likes the Roos!
We arrived in Ravensthorpe at around 11am having left Esperance at 9:00. It's another tiny one road town with only a few stores, a cafe, and a petrol station. I got out and explored a little taking a few piccies, enjoying the sun. Suk went into the shop to get some snacks. I love passing though these tiny little towns, the locals are all extremely friendly and always interested in talking to you. We had about just under half a tank of petrol left so thought we'd better fill up, but for some reason the petrol station was packed and there was a queue
The next town was Jerramugup which was about 130 km away. No problem we thought! So off we sped. The scenery changed once again as we approached the edge of the Fitzgerald National Park which is famous for its biodiversity of bird life and low lying bushes. It was lovely, we would round one corner only to be awarded with endless views of the bush lands ahead of us only dissected by the road in which we were on, and this continued for a good 40 minutes or so. However, as we continued the weather progressively got worse (here we go again..) the clouds got thicker and rain soon followed. It never really rained heavily, just a light shower then it would stop this went on for rest of the day. Really annoying!
I was so engrossed with the scenery that I totally missed the turn off to Jerramungup. Oops! Suk had fallen asleep too, which didn't help. I didn't stress too much as the next town was only 40 km away and we still had two notches of fuel left on the tank. So I raced on. As I approached I made sure I didn't miss the turn off sign, and thankfully there it was. As we turned into the main street I noticed that there wasn't a car in sight! It was like a ghost town or should I say Ghost Street with a few shops
I luckily noticed some kids playing just down the road. They were the only signs of life around so I asked where the nearest fuel pump was. They were super friendly and said that I should head back to Jerramungup, the town we passed 40 km back! When I asked if it would be open they said they weren't sure, but the nearest one in the other direction was over 60 km away. So we had no choice but to go back. It's was a nervy ride watching the petrol gage for the trip back. We found the turning and looked frantically for a petrol station, and there was nothing! We turned a corner and suk spotted one on the side of the road!! Yippee and it was open and it had a cafe! So I merrily filled up the tank then we sat down for a drink and laughed! We were soon back on the road and doubled back towards Ongerup the town 40 km away where we met the kids. So in total we wasted over 80km of driving for not filling up in Ravensthorpe. We won't be making that mistake again!!
We turned off the main road onto a smaller road that took us towards the Stirling range mountains, as we got closer the ranges became visible what a change in scenery from the endless farmlands, scrubs and bushes we have been seeing for the last few days. We pulled into a roadhouse in Amelup to stop and get some pictures. To our amazement we spotted about 8 kangaroos sitting in the field right by the roadhouse. I got some good pics!
30 minutes later we had reached the Stirling ranges, and they looked lovely
Albany is a lot bigger than the other towns we have visited. And is centered around two beautiful coved bays Surrounded by low lying hills, which is why nearly every house in his town has a sea view. Albany was once the biggest town in Western Australia and used to be known as a whaling town. Anyway, our first stop was to the visitors centre to pick up maps and things in order to better plan our time here. The staff in these centers are fantastic and really give you an idea of what there is to do etc... Loaded with maps and stuff we went in search of our hostel -Discovery Inn.
It had just passed 5:30pm when we arrived at the hostel
That night we had the best fish and chips ever! It was at a place recommend to us called the Squid Shack, and it was right on the beach about a ten minute drive from our hostel. We ordered shark in batter and squid balls topped with huge amount of chips. We sat inside to eat as it was a bit chilly here. About 21c I think, but at least it wasn't raining hey. Don't ask me why we chose this dish but the locals all go mad for it! To our delight it was delicious, after we had to take a walk just so we could breath comfortably again. Wow we were stuffed!
That evening we relaxed and enjoyed the comforts in our hostel, caught up on emails and then watched a bit of TV. It had been a long day, but an eventful one topped with the Squid Shack!
To be continued...


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Boxing News
Frankel signs to fight Dulorme
By Chris Morris, Rocky Mountain Boxing
Denver's "Red Hot" Rob Frankel has signed a contract to face Thomas Dulorme on HBO Latino on August 17th in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The bout would take place on the Geale-Barker card at the Revel Resort. Dulorme is 18-1, 13 KOs and Frankel is 32-13-1, 6 KOs. The bout is contingent on HBO's approval.