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TEMPE, Ariz. – Despite only allowing one goal in the first half, the Northern Arizona soccer team dropped a 7-0 decision to Arizona State in both teams' season opener Friday night at Sun Devil Soccer Stadium. The Sun Devils put up 28 shots compared to one from the Lumberjacks, who were held without a shot in the second half and did not place a shot on goal.
"There was nothing much to be positive about this game in terms of how we played," said head coach Andre Luciano. "ASU dominated us everywhere on the field. Obviously we're young and we've got a lot to replace this season."
ASU junior Jasmine Roth got the Sun Devils going with a goal in the sixth minute, but the Lumberjacks staved off further first half scoring. The Sun Devils got off 14 shots in the game's first 45 minutes, but sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Weaver made five saves to keep NAU within a goal heading into halftime.
In the second half though, the Sun Devils tacked on six goals to put the game out of reach. The seven goals scored by ASU matched the most the Lumberjacks have allowed in a single match in school history. The last time NAU allowed seven goals in a match was at Portland in 2008.
Eight Sun Devils recorded a point, with junior Sierra Cook and freshman Alexandra Doller scoring two goals apiece.
Senior Sam Monahan attempted NAU's only shot of the game in the 44th minute off a corner kick by senior Georgia Foltz. It was just the second time in school history that the Lumberjacks managed just one shot in a game and the first time since 2000. Junior Natasha Slaughter replaced Weaver in the second half and made three saves in her first game action in nearly two years, but also allowed four goals.
The Lumberjacks will aim for a split of their season opening road trip when they travel to Cedar City, Utah to face Southern Utah on Sunday. The Thunderbirds also dropped their season opener tonight at home against Idaho State, 2-0.


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This little backpacker thingie was my alternative to the fanny pack. I loved it. Kinda like Open carry without really being "open". Top could be zipped or stayed closed good enough to hide whatever was in there even if zipper was open. It would even hold a full size pistol easy.
Moved a couple years ago and haven't been able to find it anywhere.
Used to be plenty of them in same area fanny packs were at local Walmart but that was years ago. Weren't expensive at all.
Anyone know of any store that still carries them - links to that???
Thanks in advance.
PS: That's my daughter in the pic. She's a good steady handed shooter herself.
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ArmyCop: Try Bagmaster, their's is very similar to what you used to have. I have one in black and another in blue that I used to use regularly, when I carried a Colt Combat Commander. See if what they have would work for you. Good luck and stay safe.
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You could also try the Maxpedition versipak line, the have waist and shoulder bags that can be used for CC.
Funny you should mention this.
I had surgery 10 days ago, and can't stand a belt around my waist (incision sites) yet. So, yesterday, we went down to WPB for our son's birthday.
I carried with what appears to be exactly this bag. It does have a strap, so I carried it like a man-purse. Felt strange, but at least I was not unarmed in downtown WPB.
Sometime today I will double check on the make and see if they are still available. Don't know for sure if this is the same, but I will see.
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yes they do have a zipper top and I'm pretty sure they have another front zipper compartment as well...good luck.
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Here are a couple of places to check. Maybe one of them has what you are looking for.
eBags.com: over 35,000 bags at Great Prices - eBags
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I am sure that the one I have is the same bag.
It is called an OutPack. I could not find any manufacturer information on the bag.
I did a google search, and it looks like it is not available any longer.
I didn't look long, so I could be wrong, but other bags by the same name seem to all be backpacks rather than a belt pack.
Good luck on the search. You may have to go with one of the other models.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliott
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Albert Einstein
I have been using Safepackers for years; they are very well-made.
Desantis used to makes a smaller pouch intended to carrying a pistol, and they still might do so. I believe the name is/was Discreet Hip Pouch, and it has two zippers running along the same track, allowing the opening to be set where you want it. Mine came with a belt loop, but an optional paddle system was available. It holds up to a Browning High Power in size. Just to be clear, the Discreet Hip Pouch is a different product than their "fanny" pack.
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unable to make payments...not cool! Christmas Eve!
I can't get the "Upload" button to work on the small image and it's the only thing left for me to do before I can run the campaign. Any one have any thoughts???
Haven't been able to get on the site all day. Terrible situation for me.
Payments are not processing - donors are receiving error messages.
The site seems a little unstable. At times the response time is fine. The next moment, attempt to reach it time out. Doesn't inspire a lot of confidence...
IndieGoGo is down again, and Ghost of a Tale is in the final hours of its campaign, just a few backers short of its all-or-nothing target. Are you kidding me?
The site is up for an hour or so but we've been unable to update our campaign or upload new images to the gallery.
Looks like it is back up and running!
Appears to be down using my laptop, but still accessible via mobile. DNS issues?
Still down, we're in the last 5 days of our campaign too.
Still down. Figures, just as I was done writing up my campaign... it croaks.
I know people are trying to donate and failing, what's going on?
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Indiegogo's server must be down. I've not yet heard back from the support team, but it's been down since this morning for me.
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Webcam Case Conviction Game Changer for Hate Crime Prosecution, Legal Experts Say
Legal experts say the bias crime conviction of a former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's sexual encounter with another man has changed the landscape of hate crimes prosecution.
The jury found Ravi guilty of all 15 counts against him, though he was found not guilty on some subparts of the bias intimidation charges.
An Atypical Hate Crime
Legal observers who support enhanced sentences for bias-motivated crimes said the verdict still made them uncomfortable because it moved into a new territory of conduct.
Marc Poirier of Seton Hall Law School, who writes on gender and sexuality law, said hate crimes are typically crimes of physical violence or physical threats, and elevating what Ravi did to a hate crime radically shifts what's considered fair game for prosecutors to pursue.
"I tried using the legal databases to find any other case with facts similar to this, which had resulted in a hate crime or bias intimidation conviction, and there isn't one that I can find," Poirier said.
Instead, he explained, almost all hate crime prosecutions in the U.S. have involved violent or persistent acts, such as arson, cross-burning or physical attacks. He finds the expansion of hate crimes to single instances of cyberbullying troubling.
"If we have a system that criminalizes every act that causes deep fear in a targeted group, there is no way of keeping it within bounds," Poirier said.
Instead, he believes prosecution of hate crimes should be limited to severe, persistent acts that involve physical violence against people or physical acts which demonstrate an intent to commit violence.
Other legal experts counter the law needs to catch up with technology, and the verdict reflects a growing opinion that that grave harm can result from harassment on the Internet.
"This is the state of New Jersey — through the prosecution — and the community, speaking through the jury, saying that we are no longer going to accept youthful stupidity as an excuse for criminal behavior," said Louis Raveson, a professor of criminal law at Rutgers School of Law.
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Ravi's lawyer had argued during trial that his client was an immature college student who did a stupid thing he should regret but not be criminally punished for.
"Immaturity is not a defense to criminal charges," said Suzanne Goldberg, who teaches sexuality and gender law at Columbia Law School. "Sometimes, unfortunately, college students behave as though immaturity is a defense to criminal charges, and equally unfortunately, sometimes colleges and universities treat students who commit criminal acts with kid gloves."
But some legal scholars said the punishment Ravi is facing — up to ten years in prison — feels disproportionate to the invasion of privacy the jury decided he committed.
"It would be hard for me to believe that somebody could believe that five years in prison really isn't adequate for some types of that kind of infringement and that what we really need to do is double it to 10 years," said NYU Law Professor James Jacobs, who is critical of all hate crimes legislation.
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Legal experts across the board believed Ravi would have never been criminally prosecuted had Clementi not killed himself.
Ravi was not charged with causing Clementi's death, and prosecutors were not permitted to argue that the spying led to his death.
Bruce Kaplan, Middlesex County prosecutor, said his office would pursue a case like this going forward, even if suicide weren't involved.
"Regardless of whether or not the ultimate victim committed suicide, regardless of the availability of the ultimate victim, under these facts and under this evidence, we would prosecute this case again and any future cases," said Kaplan.
Even if Ravi's actions were handled administratively by the university, say some lawyers, it does not mean Ravi's actions were not criminal.
"I don't think the question is, 'Why should they do it to Ravi?' I think the more appropriate question is 'Why aren't they doing it more often in instances where the victim doesn't take his own life?'" Rutgers' Raveson said.
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The decision whether to bring hate crime charges against individuals ultimately lies within the discretion of prosecutors, and legal scholars believe they will take their cue from the amount of public attention surrounding bullying at any given time.
"The climate in the fall of 2010 had focused on a whole rash of gay and lesbian teen suicides and bullyings, but those are not going to go away," he said, concluding that prosecutions will therefore "ebb and flow."
"I do not think that this jury verdict will lead prosecutors to troll the Internet for possible hate crime prosecutions," Goldberg said. "I do not think that this verdict will open the floodgates, in part, because most people do not do what Dharun Ravi did.


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Summertime for us is all about spending quality time with friends and family. We love being out and about in the dreaded nasty sticky heat. On the boat, at the beach, bbq's, days at the park, long bike rides and so on. What I love most is wandering and discovering, taking time out to just think and appreciate everything that we are blessed with, and what better way to do that then by appreciating the tropical gardens in Miami.
Every Sunday for the month of August, Fairchild Tropical Gardens (open 9:30-4:30) will waive their entrance fees. I'm sure the park will be hot and packed, but you should still visit!! Dress comfortably (4" heels and tight ass clothes aren't really going to do you any well here), bring lots of water, and your camera!
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Saturday, August 6, and on Saturday, August 20. Gates will open at 8 a.m. and the two-hour tour begins at 8:30 a.m.
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Pinecrest Gardens still has their Farmer's Market going on Sundays from 9am-2pm, and for $3 you can go inside and check out their beautiful tropical garden!
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That's right do that outside not inside.
MOL! Parts of our house on the inside are rough wood; I'm afraid we're guilty of sharpening our claws there on the walls!
Rough timber...hum....I would say your adding to the character of the house then.
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Numerical study of solder joint failure under fast loading conditions
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Numerical study of solder joint failure under fast loading conditions
Aluru, Kiranmaye
Shen, Yu-Lin
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Joints (Engineering)--Fatigue--Mathematical models.
Materials--Dynamic testing--Mathematical models.
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A numerical study was undertaken to investigate the solder joint failure under fast loading conditions. The finite element model assumes a lap-shear testing configuration, where the solder joint is bonded to two copper substrates. A progressive ductile damage model was incorporated into the rate-dependent constitutive response of the Sn (tin)-Ag (silver)-Cu (copper) solder alloy, resulting in the capability of simulating damage evolution leading to eventual failure through crack formation. Attention is devoted to deformation under relative high strain rates (1-100 s-1), mimicking those frequently encountered in drop and impact loading of the solder points. The effects of applied strain rate and loading mode on the overall ductility and failure pattern were specifically investigated. It was found that the solder joint can actually become more ductile as the applied strain rate increases, which is due to the alteration of the crack path. Failure of the solder is very sensitive to the deformation mode, with a superimposed tension/compression on shear easily changing the crack path and tending to reduce the solder joint ductility. In addition, cyclic shearing resulted in different failure patterns from those of monotonic loading. The two fatigue cracks, one at (or very close to) each interface, have both grown to a significant length with one responsible for final failure of the joint.
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This summer, expat Craig Taylor is rediscovering his homeland through the Canadiana collection of the Abbey Bookshop in Paris's Latin Quarter. This is the eighth instalment in the series.
Some days, I feel like one of the addled city-dwellers captured in many of Zsuzsi Gartner's short stories. Some days, after staring at a computer screen for hours, I end up thinking of a family friend named Jim.
I know Jim mostly from legends and old photographs in which he's pictured with wild hair and a Cowichan sweater. I know he loved to fish and camp and hunt. He gave my mother a fishing reel as a wedding gift, stretched traplines across parts of Northern Ontario, and drove his own firetruck up and down farming concession roads. I know he admired the poetry of Earle Birney.
Jim spent much of his life tramping through wilderness, and he must have been pleased a poet like Birney had traversed similar landscape and returned with vivid language. One poem in particular, David, was important to Jim. For a lot of men like him, it was practically part of the camping equipment.
The other night, when I asked about Jim, my father started to describe a feeling: "Standing in a river with him," he said, "washed by that water, feeling it push against my waders in that fast-moving stream, the beauty of that moment. Then Sunday – packing up the car to go back to Edmonton, that sad, empty feeling as we were leaving the river, forsaking that place to live in the city. It was such a strong, hollow feeling. It's hard to put into words."
One of the reasons to read new Canadian poetry is, simply, to find new words and replenish and refurbish the old. I know the frustration my dad feels. You try to capture images and feeling. You try to get the river; you can't do it like a poet.
For instance, I've seen fish in the rivers in late October, but look at Tim Bowling's description from his poem The Last Sockeye. He sees those creatures with "scales like bloodied coin/ a glove of chain mail/ after a Crusades slaughter/ the living hand still inside." Here's the bird from his poem The Great Blue Heron: "hunched in its shabby raincoat/ like a terrorist, smoking long/ cigarettes of mist/ coolly staring at life."
I'll stick with animals for a second, only because Karen Solie's Sturgeon isn't really about the fish. It's us: "…We take our guilts/ to his valley and dump them in,/ give him quicksilver to corrode his fins, weed killer,/ gas oil mix, wrap him in poison arms./ Our bottom-feeder,/ sin eater."
Sin eater. We're now in the silt, far from the heights of Birney's mountain peaks. I wish Jim could have seen where Canadian poetry was headed, how it both linked to and broke with the poetry he enjoyed. "The notion of Canadian poets as what Charles Simic has called 'voluptuaries of words' should not be dismissed," writes Carmine Starnino in the introduction to the the 2005 anthology The New Canon, "because the element is present in the poetry." Of course it is. These professionals are ready to provide necessary new language.
The anthology reminds us of the dangers of describing Canada in outdated ways. Many vested interests would like to keep reusing a now undeserved set of descriptions. "Isn't most of Canada untouched wilderness?" I get asked a lot by foreigners. How does one describe Canada now?
Starnino reminds us that poets working in Canada now are neologists, lovers of vernacular, and able to convey complexity. The push forward into the new is both a creative and political act – to see things as they are and not just how we'd like them to be, not just in a convenient cliché: Canada is, unfortunately, fish in weed killer, it's the photos of Edward Burtynsky. It's poet John MacKenzie's description of the "devastation beyond town": "a scrattle of/ steel buckets & blades pushing into shale, the crumbling/ edges of shale pits lined with garbage."
Poets are especially effective at conveying the complexity of a mixed landscape. Anita Lahey's Cape Breton holds "…water cold and deep as prehistoric/ joy. A Tim Hortons every hundred feet."
Ken Babstock writes from the point of view of a 7-Eleven, which is now as valid a piece of the Canadian landscape as any wheat field, "…a super-/ nova on a quiet corner, beacon to that fleet/ of 4runners and Acuras disgorging their thunder/ of hip-hop and jungle. I haven't slept since 1983," says the accursed 24/7 store.
As for replenishing my own personal stock of images, I often turn to a West Coast poet named Joe Denham to give me a hit. When I can't conjure the coast from afar, or if I'm stuck behind a computer, breathing recycled air, I think of his poem Splicing, in which he balances the complexity of nature and industry, of "…dusk/ sifting down through Bowen Island/ cedars. Gulls perched silent on each/ dock cleat. Creosote. Cog grease…" That's home for me.
Jim died in 2005. He remains a mythical figure in the family lore. What is his legacy? What did he leave behind? Perhaps it's simple. In her poem Java Shop, Fort MacLeod, Karen Solie offers up a line for those who knew the pleasure of walking through the landscape – an Alberta "burning orange/ all your finest summers in its leaves."Report Typo/Error
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|by Stephanie Karfelt
|Date Added: Thursday 05 December, 2013
Absolutely thrilled with this standing desk. For the price it is sturdy, was easy to assemble, and it is exactly what I wanted. I use it for a monitor, and switch back and forth from my sitting desk to standing and I take my wireless keyboard and mouse with me. The only problem with that is that the monitor needs to be higher. I used one of those wooden craft crates to put my monitor on top of. It works.
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I am 5' 3.75 inches tall, and this is the right height for me.I had some trouble putting the bottom shelf in one of the higher levels because it seemed like the holes were too small or partially painted-over. The screws were huge, holes seemed small. It's also just heavy. I ended up putting it on the lowest level. Everything else was easy. Set it up in the middle of a big room with someone who can lift things.The color is a true grey, not silver or shiny, even an institutional or what I'd call old computer grey, which I don't mind. The picture I'm seeing for this product has black pieces on the bottom, but mine has beige and both shelves are beveled and rounded.I've had this for months now with a big heavy computer on the bottom shelf. I got the MS80B monitor stand from 3M to go on top, to raise up my screen. It's simple but I like how it looks.
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|Date Added: Wednesday 08 May, 2013
I have used this now for a few weeks and I have no major complaints. There is plenty of space on the top for two monitors, Mac Mini, keyboard, mouse, and the usual clutter I have at my workspace. It is sturdy, but if you lean heavily on it it will wobble some. It would need to be far heavy (and thus more expensive) to eliminate the wobble. One nice thing it is missing is wire management. Easy enough to add, but I still wish it included some. The top seems durable so I don't anticipate premature wear like some of the other's in this price range seem to have based on reviews.Pros:CostSizeCons:No wire management built in.
|by James Rittenberg "floating reader"
|Date Added: Sunday 21 April, 2013
Great product easily assembled. Large enough for lap top and desk work area. Easily moved if necessary.A good value
|by Adam "Tech & Books"
|Date Added: Wednesday 21 November, 2012
After a year of heavy use this standing desk is still perfect in my opinion. I don't know if they're still available, but I highly suggest them. Very simple to put together, and very strong.
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i am building a new cabin in the mountains and have a existing septic tank that is aprx. 200' from the new cabin and the new cabin is aprx. 10' below the grade of the existing septic tank... i am looking for the simplest... maintenance free way of connecting the new toilete to the existing septic tank... i am off grid and use solar and have a back up generator... but was wondering if there might be a system the uses water to pump it uphill to the tank instead of a electric pump? my water is via a spring with my holding tank aprx. 150' above the cabins... so i have around 80psi of water pressure... can anyone help me with some ideas?
thanks in advance,
I am only aware of one type water powered pump. It is a sump pump but you would need a macerating (grinding) pump for solids. This type also uses 2 gallons of water to pump one gallon. You may want to check out the Sani-flo website since they make macerating toilets with pumps. Not cheap, but may be your answer.
maybe i should ask... what are my options? so far what i have seen are variations of a holding tank then a sump pump that sends the waste up hill... "Quik Jon"or with or without a grinder or a grinding macerator with a sump pump (ie: used in boats etc) what manufacturers are best.. the most reliable... does the system smell? how noisy is it? how long does the pump run? etc... etc...
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Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, this amendment is cosponsored by Senators BOXER and BEGICH and is supported by over 40 pro-consumer organizations throughout the country, including Public Citizen, U.S. PIRG, the Center for Food Safety, and many others.
This is a very conservative amendment. It says the American people should have the right to know what is in the food they and their children are eating and if that food contains genetically engineered products.
This amendment grants States the authority to label genetically engineered food. It is not a mandate. It grants States that right--something which, by the way, is now taking place in 49 countries throughout the world. If the people in England, Germany, France, and dozens and dozens of other countries have labels allowing their people to know if they are eating food with genetically engineered products, States in the United States should have that right.
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A federal appeals panel upheld a decision this week to deny authorities permission to forcibly medicate Jared Lee Loughner, the suspected gunman in the Tucson shooting that killed 6 people and injured 13, including US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, with antipsychotic drugs, raising the spotlight on ethical issues surrounding the treatment of criminal defendants experiencing psychosis.
Loughner, who, according to court papers, has been diagnosed as schizophrenic, had an outburst in his first court appearance and had reportedly shown aggressive conduct, including throwing chairs in his cell, lunging at his attorney, and, on one occasion, spitting at his attorney before being declared mentally ill and unfit to stand trial by a judge on May 25.
He has since been in federal custody for hospitalization at the US Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri.
Prior to the 9th US Court of Appeals' issuance of a temporary stay against forcibly medicating him against his will on July 1, Loughner had been prescribed the antipsychotic drug risperidone and, if necessary, the forcible injection of the first-generation antipsychotic haloperidol (Haldol, Johnson & Johnson).
Loughner's attorneys argued that the forced medication was intended by the court to try to make him fit to stand trial, not just representing a violation of Loughner's constitutional rights but posing the risk for "irreparable physiological harm" and causing changes to the chemical balance in the brain that can have "serious, even fatal, side effects," according to court documents.
"Each additional day of involuntary medication not only intensifies the brain-altering changes Mr. Loughner does not desire, but also increases the risk that Mr. Loughner will develop serious, and sometimes irreversible, physiological side effects," the defense attorneys argued.
The drugs are standard in the treatment of schizophrenia, however, and, although not entirely free of adverse effects, they are widely considered to be safe and effective, according to psychiatrist Stephen R. Marder, MD.
"These are some of the most widely used drugs in all of medicine," explained Dr. Marder, who is with the University of California, Los Angeles, Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center in the Semel Institute for Neuroscience….
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Photo by Rob AustinThe hops tour in Buncombe County yesterday was informative, fun, and a great way to spend a late summer day in western North Carolina. Thank you to Melinda Roberts and Chris Reedy for taking the lead and making it all happen. Thank you to our tour stop hosts, Julie Jensen of Landfair Farms, Van Burnette of Hop 'n Blueberry Farm, and Dave at Pisgah Brewing Co. http://pisgahbrewing.com/. I don't have all the details on how many people were there (about 100?) or many photos yet (coming soon), but I can tell you that there is tremendous enthusiasm and support for this budding new industry in western North Carolina. This was first made evident last February when Chuck Blethen and Jeannie Blair of Jewel of the Blue Ridge Marketing and David Kendall of the Madison County Extension office hosted a Hops Confab in Marshall and 130 people showed up! At our "in the field" event yesterday, a number of growers, brewers, and homebrewers from other areas told me how envious they were of the enthusiasm and support that hops get here. They do not have the support from their land grant universities, county extension offices, local non-profits, and communities the way we do. We are so fortunate to be in an area where it seems that everyone embraces "all that's local".
Because of the number of people who are interested in growing hops or buying local hops, Chris Reedy has initiated a local hops group. This is a brand new idea, so we don't know what the structure will turn out to be, who will run it, etc. But Chris is willing to take the lead to help us set up a good communications network so we can readily share information. On Friday night he named the group the Eastern Hops Guild and set up a blog for it at http://easternhopsguild.blogspot.com/. Sign on and help us grow this group!
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(Via redditor krayzin)
This heartwarming image hit the top of reddit today, under the title: "I work as a janitor at a large state university, this made my day."
"You'd be amazed just how much a simple "thank you" means after a hard day's work," the janitor wrote in the comments. Amen.
There's hope, gang. The next crop of kids hitting adulthood soon, they might be better than us. They're showing recognition and gratitude to the people doing the jobs they don't want to do. They're shutting down their schools over bigoted bullshit. Maybe we should all just hurry up and die and let them figure out the mess.


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MOREHEAD CITY, NC- The Merrimack baseball team earned a 7-4 victory in the first game of the opening doubleheader of the year and suffered a 4-3 loss in the nightcap against Molloy at Big Rock Stadium in Morehead City, NC. The Warriors begin the season 1-1 on the year while the Lions move to 2-1 overall.
Mark O'Flynn (Ipswich, MA) reached base on all five plate appearances in game one. O'Flynn collected two singles and scored a pair of runs, including stealing home. In his first game as a Warriors, Alan Pastyrnak (Bristol, CT) went 1-for-5 with two runs batted in a three stolen bases.
Joe Mantoni (Northbridge, MA) picked up the win on the hill as he pitched five innings with three strikeouts while allowing four hits. Chris Pinette (Norwood, MA) worked three innings in relief action and Brett Julian (Weymouth, MA) closed to game to earn the save.
In game two, the Lions scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the ninth with two outs to claim the 4-3 win.
Joe Carnevale (East Providence, RI) went six innings and fanned six batters in his first collegiate start on the mound while letting up one run.
O'Flynn finished the game with two base hits and one run scored. Casey Cotter (North Hampton, NH) drove in all three runs for Merrimack in the nightcap with a three-run homer in the sixth inning.
"I thought we did a good job of competing and playing hard today," said head coach Jim Martin. "It was good for us to get a win in the first game of the season."
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The people, news and ideas that shape NC State University
Faculty and Staff Notes
Sneak Preview of New TV Ad
Professional and student actors, including one dressed as an astronaut, took over a Centennial Campus bridge last Wednesday during the production of NC State's latest TV commercial.
Take a look behind the scenes with this YouTube video about the ad, which is scheduled to premiere on Thursday, Sept. 3, during the season opener against South Carolina.
|Scearce was the winner among 60 entrants from 10 countries.
Scearce Wins Sackler Composition Prize
Dr. J. Mark Scearce, director of the music department, has been named the recipient of the eighth Raymond and Beverly Sackler Music Composition Prize. The competition, organized by the University of Connecticut's School of Fine Arts, supports composers and the performance of their new musical works. The international award includes public performances, recordings and $20,000. This year's prize was for a concerto for cello and orchestra. The concerto will be broadcast at 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, on WUNC-91.5 FM.
Scearce holds advanced degrees in music, philosophy and religion, including a doctorate in music composition from Indiana University. He previously served on the music faculties of Hawaii, North Texas and Southern Maine. With 50 active titles in his catalog, including musical settings of more than 120 texts, his works for orchestra, band, chorus, opera, chamber and ballet have been performed throughout North America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific. His wide-ranging interests have led him to compose works inspired by contemporary issues and spiritual concerns, such as This Thread, a setting of Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison's poem "The Dead of September 11," that Orchestra Nashville premiered in 2004, and Gaea's Lament, performed at a global climate change symposium in 2007. Scearce has seven works commercially available on compact disc on the Albany, Delos, Warner Bros, Capstone, Centaur and Equilibrium labels, and on a Sony 4-channel SACD (available online at http://www.frystreetquartet.com).
Rip Current Researcher Earns NSF Career Award
Dr. Jie Yu, a Sea Grant researcher whose work has focused on the formation of deadly rip currents, won a prestigious Career Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). She will receive $567,232 over five years for her project, "CAREER: Multi-scale Interactions of Waves, Currents and Morphology with Applications to Rip Currents." The award, one of the NSF's highest honors for young science and engineering faculty, is intended to advance their research and careers.
Yu's research is aimed at improving forecasts of rip currents to make beaches safer. The new NSF project will expand NC State's graduate program and include outreach for K-12 education about coastal processes. Sea Grant and the weather service, along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the NC State Science House, will continue to help share results with key audiences.
The NSF posted an online abstract of Yu's new project.
Pomeroy Recognized with GreenTree Award
Stephanie Pomeroy, pharmacy technician in Student Health Services, received a GreenTree Initiative Award from the University Sustainability Office.
Pomeroy, who serves as the chair for the sustainability committee in Student Health Services, has been instrumental in helping the department reduce the amount of trash it generates by 75 percent in the last year. The effort has led the pharmacy to identify other ways to conserve and reuse with the goal of going paperless within the next five years. To read more about her work, please visit http://www.ncsu.edu/sustainability/greentree.
The GreenTree Initiative recognizes faculty, staff and students who keep the idea of sustainability alive and well through small cost-saving, energy-smart and budget-friendly steps. Nominations are accepted year-round at http://www.ncsu.edu/sustainability.
Surplus Dorm Furniture Helps Local Groups
More than 5,400 pieces of used dorm furniture found new homes with local shelters and nonprofits this summer instead of being sent to the landfill.
Materials Support staff members, led by Jim Hansen, assistant director of materials, and Barry Olson, associate housing director, worked with 18 local shelters and nonprofit groups to divert surplus furniture from six buildings. Only 15 desks were thrown out.
"In the past we would have thrown 95 percent of this furniture load into the landfill," Hansen said. "Instead, this year, with the proper coordination, we flipped that number on its head and were able to provide people in need with some good furniture."
Local groups took in the equivalent of 23 tractor-trailer loads of furniture, weighing 538,000 pounds, for use in their facilities.
Equal Opportunity Institute Accepting Applications
Online applications are available for the Equal Opportunity Institute (EOI), a free certificate program open to faculty, staff, students and the public. Sponsored by the Office for Equal Opportunity, the institute is designed to help participants develop a comprehensive understanding of equal opportunity issues. Topics include diversity, affirmative action, university policies and procedures, and discrimination and harassment.
The annual program takes place from September through May. Participants begin with an orientation session to design an individual educational plan. Interested? Apply at http://www.ncsu.edu/equal_op/eoi/.
Booths Available at Wellness Expo
Campus departments and units are invited to register as vendors for the 2009 Benefits and Wellness Expo. The expo will be held at the McKimmon Center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29. This is an exclusive opportunity for campus and external providers to showcase their services to campus employees. The registration fee for campus departments is $50 for a single booth (10 by 8 feet) or $100 for a double booth (20 by 8 feet). There is an additional charge of $25 for electricity. A limited number of vendor booths are available. Registration is on a first come/first served basis.
Register online at http://www.ncsu.edu/hr/eaw/register/ or contact Rob Stevenson at email@example.com.
Seasonal Flu Shots Offered
Free seasonal flu vaccinations will be offered this fall for State Health Plan and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina subscribers, dependents and retirees. Please note that seasonal flu shots are not expected to protect against the novel H1N1 virus. If H1N1 flu vaccine becomes available, it will be offered on a priority basis later in the fall.
Children must be at least 9 to be vaccinated for seasonal flu, and those between the ages of 9 and 17 must have a parent or guardian present. Seasonal flu shots are available for $30 to those not covered by the State Health Plan or other BCBS/NC plan. The flu shot provider will accept cash, checks and Medicare Part B (no co-pay required).
Eight clinics will be offered, beginning Tuesday, Sept. 29. To help ensure we have enough resources on hand for each clinic, please register online to let us know when you plan to receive your seasonal flu vaccination. Then, simply present your photo ID and SHP, BCBS/NC or Medicare card when you visit the clinic. For flu updates, please visit the Student Health Services, emergency information, Environmental Health and Safety Center or FAQ pages.
CMAST Employee Biking Across the U.S.
Paul Rudershausen, a research assistant at the Center for Marine Science and Technology, is biking across the country to raise funds for the Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter. To follow his progress and support his cause, visit http://www.pedal4wildlife.org/.


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TeenHealthFX thinks that the point of life for each person is whatever he or she wants it to be. For some it is religion – especially if there is a belief in heaven or an afterlife. For some it is family – living for their relationships with significant others and/or their children. And others may find the point of living in making a change – like with people who are committed to world peace, animal rights, children's rights, greener living, or various other causes. Some people find great meaning and satisfaction in their careers. Others find the point of life is in making things like travel, hobbies, or other leisure activities possible. There is no one point – but whatever goal and pursuit is important to each individual person in the world.
People will die – we will lose people who are important and special to us and there is no way around that. We have no control over when the people we love will die. What we do have control over is how we want that time with them to be while we do have them in our lives.
As for suicide, FX has a few concerns with it. The first is that is causes tremendous pain for the people who are left to deal with a person's suicide. The second is that there are solutions to various kinds of problems other than death. Third is that suicide takes away the possibility of positive change and of figuring out what that one "point" is for a person and the ability to enjoy it.
FX is wondering if you have ever spoken with a therapist about how you are feeling. You mentioned being depressed – if you have depression it is important to know that this is an illness that requires treatment from trained professionals. If you never sought out treatment for your depression, FX strongly suggests that you speak to your parents about how you have been feeling so that a consultation can be scheduled with a mental health professional. A therapist can assess whether you have some form of depression and can work with you to develop an effective treatment plan in the event that you do. A therapist can also work with you around your thoughts/feelings about suicide, the point of life, and the idea of dealing with loss so that you are able to find more satisfaction and meaning in your own life.
If you live in northern New Jersey and need help finding a therapist you can call the Access Center from Atlantic Behavioral Health at 888-247-1400. Outside of this area you can log onto the US Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website for referrals in your area. You can also contact your insurance company to get a list of in-network mental health providers or check with your school social worker or psychologist to get a list of referrals in your area.
If you get to the point that you are seriously considering suicide or are afraid of your impulses then you need to seek help immediately. You can call 911 or go to your nearest hospital emergency room. In northern New Jersey you can also call the crisis hotline from Morristown Memorial hospital at 973-540-0100. Outside this area call the Suicide & Crisis Hotline, 1-800-999-9999, 24 hours, 7 days a week.
Teens often abuse prescription drugs because of the myth that these drugs provide a medically safe high.
It is estimated that major depressive disorder (MDD) affects about 5% of adolescents, and that between 10 - 15% of adolescents have some symptoms of depression at any one time.
Statistics show that giving a teen a credit card does not teach them to be financially responsible or to encourage self-restraint, but actually promotes a "spend now and deal with the consequences later" mindset.
Girls are more likely to intentionally abuse prescription drugs than boys.
The reality of excessive interest rates and fees that often accompany credit card use for teens, can put youngsters in a position where they are losing out on admission to graduate school, getting a job, or renting an apartment because of damaged credit history.
Less than 33% of teens with depression get help, yet 80% of teens with depression can be successfully treated if they seek help from a doctor or therapist.
Traffic crashes are the greatest single cause of death for all persons age 6-33, and about 45% of these fatalities are alcohol-related crashes.
About 6.2 million Americans get a new genital HPV infection each year.
30% of teens with depression also have a substance abuse problem.
Freshmen bring an average of $1,585.00 in credit card debt to college.
About a third of women who seek services related to unprotected sex, such as pregnancy testing or emergency contraception, do not receive STD counseling, testing, or treatment.
7-10% of college students will drop out of school because of credit problems.
Teens with untreated depression are more likely to engage in risky sexual behaviors, leading to higher rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
Most smokers begin smoking as teens, and the average age of initiation is 12.5 years of age.
People with manic symptoms and Bipolar Disorder II are at a significant risk of later developing an alcohol abuse or dependence problem.
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens, accounting for 36% of all deaths in this age group.
The teen pregnancy rate in the United States is the highest of any industrialized democracy, nearly twice that of Great Britain and 10 times that of Japan. 4
Compared with other age groups, teens have the lowest rate of seat belt use, and male high school students are more likely than female students to rarely or never wear seat belts.
A national study of women ages 15-44 found that women were almost twice as likely to receive contraceptive services rather than STD services.
The teenage pregnancy rate in the U.S. is at its lowest level in thirty years, down 36% since its peak in 1990. Research suggests that both increased abstinence and positive changes in contraceptive practice are responsible these recent declines in teen pregnancy.
A sexually active teenager who does not use contraceptives has a 90% chance of becoming pregnant within one year. 8
In the United States, at least 5-10 million girls and women and 1 million boys and men are struggling with eating disorders. 11
Among male drivers between 15 and 20 years of age who were involved in fatal crashes in 2005, 38% were speeding at the time of the crash and 24% had been drinking.
Homicide is the second leading cause of death among 15- to 24-year-olds overall. 16
Every two minutes, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted. 22
One in four teenage girls in the U.S. had at least one common sexually transmitted disease.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among youths ages 15 to 20. 19
The highest Chlamydia rates occurred among women ages 15 to 19 and 20 to 24.
About 44% of rape victims are under age 18. Three out of every twenty victims (15%) are under age 12. 25
Each year, half of all HIV infections are among people under the age of 25.
Crash risk is particularly high during the first year that teenagers are eligible to drive.
One out of every six American women have been the victims of an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime. A total of 17.7 million women have been victims of these crimes. 23
Teen girls ages 15-19 have the highest Gonorrhea rate of any age group.
The motor vehicle death rate for male drivers and passengers ages 16-19 is more than one and half times that of their female counterparts.
More than four in 10 young women become pregnant at least once before they reach the age of 20 - nearly one million teen pregnancies a year 3
The presence of teen passengers increases the crash risk of unsupervised teen drivers; the risk increases with the number of teen passengers.
Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in this country. More than 400,000 Americans die from tobacco-related causes each year, and most of them began using tobacco before the age of 18.
The risk of motor vehicle crashes is higher among 16- to 19-year-olds than among any other age group.
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Teens who drink are more likely to be victims of violent crimes and sexual assault, have serious problems in school, be involved in drinking-related traffic crashes, and develop problems with alcohol later in life.
Nearly all the poison deaths in the U.S. are attributed to drugs, and most drug poisonings result from the abuse of prescription and illegal drugs.
Alcohol kills 6.5 times more youth than all other illicit drugs combined.
Persons aged 15-24, who represent only 14% of the U.S. population, account for 30% ($19 billion) of the total costs of motor vehicle injuries among males and 28% ($7 billion) among females.
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by Dale Wettlaufer
Random Thoughts
Since I can't seem to come up with any unified theories of how the world works today, I thought I'd hit you with some random thoughts on a couple topics.
1. Cable modems and xDSL
It's easy to see that xDSL is a superior choice to cable modems, based on technical merits. The shared bandwidth architecture of cable modems decreases the value of the network as each additional subscriber is added to the loop. This is a reverse network effect, which is a very bad circumstance. Metcalfe's Law describes a positive network effect: A network's value increases by the square of the number of terminals attached to it.
Cable modems follow a bizzaro world variant of Metcalfe's Law: Each additional terminal attached to the network reduces the value of the network because each additional user reduces the average bandwidth per user. That's not made up by the additional resources each user brings to the local network, either. With negative network effects working against it, switching costs are not as high as they could be. Users will flow to another distribution medium, such as xDSL, that can deliver more utility for the same price. Put together with the fact that at present the potential reaches of DSL and cable modems are not all that different and there's no compelling argument as to why cable modems are technically a superior solution to xDSL
If I had to come up with a valuation on cable network access providers, I would take the following into account: The bizarro network effect, the lack of other technologically compelling attributes, the significant probability that regional Bell operating companies (RBOC) won't always be sleeping giants, and the forces of deregulation on RBOC assets.
2. A very good fund manager recently made a good point about the S&P 500. I believe I've mentioned the point before, but it bears repeating. The S&P 500 is not a passive market index. A passive index of the broad market is the Wilshire 5000 or maybe the Value Line composite. The S&P 500 is a low-turnover buy-and-hold portfolio that is focused in a relative few companies that have world-beating economic characteristics.
"Value" managers that dogmatically sell things when they are thought to be too expensive and cycle into beaten-down stocks, a process that I think of more as asset arbitrage and a modified greater fool's game, are not going to have a chance of beating the index if they constantly re-balance their winners and cycle into stocks that look statistically cheap. The quality of decisions is almost always going to suffer in some inverse proportion to the number of decisions a portfolio manager makes.
3. Speaking of statistically cheap things, the large Charlotte banks don't excite me as much as they used to. Not that they don't have the makings of good companies, but they constantly shoot themselves in the foot with poor retail service. I know of no companies that are as universally loathed because of their poor customer service as these. Of course, you have to put that into context. AOL had huge service problems in 1996. But that was a fairly unique and fast-growing company at the time. You can switch banks. For this reason alone, I would pay more for Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) or U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB), all else being equal, because of the customer service competition fostered between the former Norwest and First Bank.
U.S. Bank, which First Bank acquired with the successor company assuming that name, was a great customer service-oriented company on its own. You don't even have to worry about converting low-touch to high-service as you do with Wells Fargo. Even then, I think the Norwest philosophy and the retail thinking of CEO Richard Kovacevich are going to do great things for Wells Fargo. Just as the Charlotte banks grew within a certain milieu, that being the regional banking compacts that protected them from larger interstate acquirers from outside their territory, I think the competitive customer service environment in the upper Midwest shaped Norwest and First Bank Systems, now Wells Fargo and U.S. Bancorp. Given that these are still retail customer service organizations, you have to give some regard to these companies, especially U.S. Bancorp, which provides the good retail experience with ridiculously low overhead and great net interest margins.
4. Hershey (NYSE: HSY) near $50 looks a lot more interesting than when it was hanging around $60. Still, though, when you annuitize its current earnings at an equity rate of return, the extra you pay for assumed growth opportunities is large. Hershey is not Coke (NYSE: KO). Its taste is not loved around the world. Some people hate it. And confections in this country is not a fast-growth business, though a company can, of course, outgrow the industry when it can come up with a number of hits. Just because some of the huge consumer brand name companies are near their lows doesn't automatically make them cheap. At their lows, you still need to test your assumptions about the price you're paying for prospective returns. I personally believe companies like Coke or Hershey are priced like 5-year government bonds, the market is so sure of their staying power and blue chip status. Not that Coca-Cola can't outperform over a long period of time -- its economics are superb. But over ten years, it'll be a stretch for the company to outperform the S&P 500.
5. What's with the same-store sales data for March? The economy is doing well, sure, but those are big numbers. I think one of the reasons is that Easter fell early this year, pulling some planned purchasing activity into March. Here's the data from last year and from this year that may help your thinking on that.
That's it. Have a good Thursday evening.
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The items up for silent auction include: Signed Derrek Lee Cubs home jersey, Ernie Banks signed base, Ryne Sandberg signed Cubs hat, a Ron Santo signed baseball, a Rocky Roquet signed game-worn #35 Chiefs home jersey and a Chiefs 2007 game-worn road jersey signed by all Caravan attendees.
The silent auction items will be posted at the Chiefs Boosters table and at the Chiefs Ticket Table. All proceeds will go to the Donnie and Devin Veal Trust Fund. Tickets to the Caravan are still available with the doors opening at the Riverplex at 4:15 pm. Autographs begin at 5:45 pm with Ted Lilly, Geovany Soto, Tyler Colvin, Rocky Roquet, Alan Trammell, Larry Rothschild, Randy Bush, Oneri Fleita and Cory Provus as guests.
Donnie Veal was the Chiefs ace pitcher during the first half of the 2006 season going 5-3 with a 2.63 ERA in 14 starts while leading the Chiefs to a first place finish. He spent the rest of 2006 in Daytona and all of 2007 with the Double-A Tennessee Smokies. Devin is currently a freshman at the University of Arizona.
Fans wishing to join the Chiefs and the Cubs in donating to the trust fund may do so by sending checks payable to: The Donnie and Devin Veal Trust Fund, Smith Barney/Citigroup, 701 Market Street, Suite 1500, St. Louis, MO. 63101, Attn: Brad Rippelmeyer.


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you couldn't be more right that could in hand a lot, would be nice to have oneOriginally Posted by drummerboy
This is a discussion on Buying Tools within the New Member Hangout forums, part of the Community - Meet other Enthusiasts category; Originally Posted by drummerboy I think we're just missing a lift! heheh. you couldn't be more right that could in ...
you couldn't be more right that could in hand a lot, would be nice to have oneOriginally Posted by drummerboy
04 WRX Java Black
Mustang Dyno 218 awhp 216 awtq
1978 Honda CB400Tll
yea you know its modified
1974 Honda CB750 Bobber
still in the works
It all depends on what you plan on doing with the car. If you just want to install simple parts then a Craftsman set will probaly do you fine. I'd also suggest a small rubber mallet, ask any mechinic and they'll explain why.
Torque bar is also a great suggestion, but while you are at the parts store be sure to pick up some PB Blaster or Gibbs penetrating lubicants for easier bolt removale.
After you get all that crap be sure to get a decent wrench set. Craftsman is probaly the easiest and one of the cheaper brands to obtain. If you get in with a shop I'm sure they will direct you to who they get tools from (Snap On, Matco, ETC). They are a bit more expensive but sometimes they have unique tools that you can find other places. Be sure to haggle with those rolling highway robbers because often times they have a HUGE mark up.
Good luck and if you are really planning on getting down and dirty make sure you get a Ohm reader and a air compressor.
0-60 faster then your first sexual experience.
"You've come far, and though you're far from the end
You don't mind where you are, cause you know where you've been"
Thanks again. All of your comments were exactly what I was looking for.
I went and scoped out some Craftsman tool sets. There seems to be several on sale that appear to be a decent base for sockets and wrenches. There were a few other smaller things that I want to pick up (as per suggested here), too. I think I'll have the base I wanted once I pick these things up (by the end of the week). My apartment has a garage, so I think this will work out nicely for my hands-on time. I plan on taking things slowly, and I definitely plan on familiarizing myself sufficiently before I try to do anythin, but I want to get in there.
The sad part...I still don't have my car. Now, I was told there was a hold up, and they're trying to figure out why. :P
I think I've read over that website (http://www.cars101.com/subaru/impreza/wrxsti2007.html) a thousand times trying to satiate myself. I tried doing it with that mechanics guide but I feel a little overwhelmed without a car in front of me to examine.
...impatiently waiting...
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ya my dad recently bought a 530i beamer and they were 2 weeks late on delivery. i would have told them to lower the price or get some kind of compensation but my dad doesnt know what the hell he's doing....its depressing.


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thanks guys, i actually changed it to ATK just because i hate repeating the same letter will post the results of your comments
thanks guys, i actually changed it to ATK just because i hate repeating the same letter will post the results of your comments
Just throwing that out there, I wouldn't fuck with that name if I were you.
You really can't even fuck with those letters after all the damage Atak has done.
agreed... that names kinda weak anyways
Love it reach.
Keep up the good work
word feelin that shit rib
gotta work on the c a bit, but that pree dope reach
glad yall like, cause thats pretty much the only thing i ever paint
I think the top of your R needs to be as big as the top of your A. And the top of the C to come down to the middle of the H. I'm feeling that H, too
I like that ribs. Atak you have to get used to it, its kind of like the first couple weeks in prison. Once you progress people will stop treating you like shit.
Anyone else getting that stupid pro2leet.com page when they try to go to the forums?
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except in prison people don't let up on you, unless you eat the cock meat sandwhich. But on the real, they don't. They decide to fuck with you, theyre gonna keep fucking with you until your out, or you somehow do something to change their mind, which isnt easy.
If you act like a bitch after getting treated like shit, then your going to be treated like a shitty bitch. and NO ONE likes a shitty bitch.
@Task bring that line of the kick of the J down farther, that one looks waaay to beefy. Oh and where the bottoms at? lol never see any bottoms from you, what happens when you paint a spot high up and you cant reach the floor of the surface?
hahahah wow kids eh
JEST getting better my dude keep it up son
Eps ACK:
the P looks like an F, the M doesn't really look like anything, and the T looks like a faceless elephant. Go simpler
take a better pic
but what i can see sucks just nees work adn the 3Ds are waaaayyyyy offf there are no vanishing points
I feel like an idiot for posting a throwie attempt, but still I need/wanting crits on it.
First attempt with this name/serious attempt in doing anything.
Don't do that bottom of the paper shit, man.
You're gonna have to learn how to finish the letter eventually.


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The Buffalo Bills are in Denver today for a mid-afternoon tussle with the Broncos. The two clubs will get things underway at 4:05pm ET at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium, the game will be broadcast on CBS. NFL Picks at Bookmaker.com have the Broncos listed as a -6 home favorite.
Bills Breakdown: Buffalo got off to a great start this year, but last week they saw their playoff chances evaporate as a result of their mid and late season struggles. The Jets overcame the Bills 31-27 last Sunday at the Meadowlands, giving Buffalo their third consecutive loss and dropping their record to 6-8. The Bills have now lost seven of their last eight games as they head into Mile High.
Dick Jauron's squad is 3-4 away from home this season; their defense has given up an average of 25.4 points per game on the road.
Broncos Breakdown: Denver has been an up and down club most of this season, but it would appear that they are peaking at the right time. Despite being drubbed last Sunday by the Panthers, the Broncos have won four of their last six games. A Denver win today, coupled with a San Diego loss, would lock up the AFC West for the 8-6 Broncos.
The Broncos are 4-3 at Mile High this season, but they have averaged just 16.8 points per game in their last five home games.
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Re: Length of actual parameters in a function call.
In article <c3udpe$9om$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
"E. Martin-Serrano" <eMartinSerrano at houston.rr.com> wrote:
> A few weeks ago, reviewing some tutorials on pattern matching and error
> handling, I came across an undocumented function to monitor the number of
> parameters submitted to a function in a call; but somehow I lost its track
> later. I guess that it must be something well-known by our specialists. Any
> help about where to locate it?
> The undocumented feature helps in tracking situations as when we define
> "MyFunction[a_,b_,c_]:= something" and then it is called as "myFunction[a]"
> leaving the function unevaluated.
MyFunction[a_, b_, c_] := something
MyFunction[args___] := Null /; Length[{args}] != 3 &&
Message[MyFunction::argx, MyFunction, Length[{args}]]
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Army, Navy ships take part in Tokyo evacuation drill
By ERIK SLAVIN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: February 3, 2012
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Army and Navy ships evacuated Japanese government employees from a Tokyo dock Friday as part of a massive citywide emergency drill.
About 10,000 people took part in the drill, which was in part a bid by the metropolitan government to overcome the logjam that occurred as public transportation ground to a halt in the aftermath of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. The Japanese government estimated that 5 million people were unable to get home the night of the disaster, according to a Kyodo News report.
The drill took place under the assumption that a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck at 10 a.m., centered in the northern part of Tokyo Bay.
At the Tokyo Lumber Pier in the Shinkiba neighborhood, the destroyer USS Lassen and the Army landing craft unit USS Fort McHenry each landed pierside and evacuated several dozen people playing the roles of stranded commuters. The exercise gave the U.S. military's ships a chance to plan for an evacuation under various circumstances, including a situation where mooring at the otherwise intact pier might prove unwise.
"We discussed during the planning whether, if there was an earthquake, would it shift [the sea bottom] underneath," Lassen spokesman Lt. j.g. Sean Brophy said.
The Lassen's draft below the waterline is 36 feet; the pierside depth at the Tokyo lumber pier where the ship moored is about 39 feet. If the Lassen were unable to dock at the pier, it could send its rigid inflatable boats to shuttle evacuees, while the Lassen remained in deeper water, Brophy said.
The Lassen could evacuate up to 700 people for a short trip during a disaster, Brophy added.
The Fort McHenry is one of 10 landing craft utility boats that the Army has available to Japan during emergencies, officials said Friday.
The ships can evacuate about 250 people in 30 minutes, and can carry shipping containers converted into lounges for the evacuees while on board.
Soldiers from the 311th Expeditionary Sustainment Command at Mare Island, Calif., were flown in to operate the boats, partially to demonstrate how quickly they could get personnel to Japan if a disaster struck, said ship captain Chief Warrant Officer 4 Anthony Moschella.
Although it can't evacuate as many people as a Navy destroyer, the landing craft utility boat's draft is only about 8 feet.
"We can get into a lot of places the Navy can't with this craft," said Capt. Marco Ramos.
Elsewhere in Tokyo, the drill extended to railway stations and large businesses in the Shinjuku and Ikebukuro areas of Tokyo.
At Shinjuku Station, the staff of East Japan Railway Co. guided 130 participants from platforms while preparing emergency goods for 30,000 evacuees, according to the Kyodo report. The company was criticized for shutting down stations on the day of the March disaster, Kyodo reported.
The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force and Japanese Coast Guard also participated, officials said Friday.
A USS Lassen sailor bows to each civilian during a disaster evacuation exercise at the Tokyo Lumber Pier on Feb. 3, 2012. The Lassen and the Army's USS Fort McHenry each helped evacuate dozens of people playing the roles of stranded commuters. About 10,000 people citywide took part in the drill, which was designed to improve upon the city's performance after millions of commuters were left stranded following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami.


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