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Turbo Big block
I want to turbo a big block in a 1963 Biscayne station wagon. right now, it is bone stock (the best to start with in my book) with the Powerglide and the 283 small block. I have a 8.1L out of a 2001 chevy pickup, and I was planning on using the Powerglide again with better guts. I also have the complete wiring harness and electronics package out of a 1992 Mustang GT 5.0 5 spd, and the A9L computer. the electronics I am familiar with. I am not familiar with which size turbo will fit this car the best. this is a budget build, as I am a semi- poor college student in Denver. I am looking at a single turbo, possibly 60 to 70 MM, I want to get about 600 HP and as much torque as possible. I have a good welder and I know how to use it, along with all the tools to fabricate the tubing. the car will be used for drag strip and cruising. I was thinking that maybe a stock turbo off of one of the late model diesel pickups might work too. I have been researching for a couple of weeks now, and havent found much info. I am looking for AR ratios and such to compare to. thanks for any info, mike.
well, your not going to run a fuel injected Chevy 8.1l w/ the computer from a Ford 302
As for 600 hp, it's possible but, WHY? you could go a lot faster in a smaller car w/ less HP, if that's what you wanted, you picked the wrong car
the PG will need built up w/ good parts to handle the 600 HP, and you'll have to replace the pre '64 rear with a good 10 or 12 bolt, cause it's not real strong ither.
As for a Turbo out of a Diesel pickup, there too small due to the RPM operating range they run in. you need a BIG single turbo to feed 8.1L, but if you used 2 it would be easier to run, you could be in boost quicker with less lag..
How big of turbo, or combo of turbos should I run? 600 HP means two that can handle 300 each, right? or do I go seqencial and run a smaller in tandem with a larger one, like on the RX7's? The Ford fuel injection is going on because it is the easiest to find parts for, I know how to modify it to work on anything, and it was free.
The Ford fuel injection won't work w/ the Chevy, theres just no way, maby on a 350 or somthing, but the computer can't handle 8.1L. then add in boost, it's a whole diffrent ball game. '92 5.0 is just EEC-IV which uses a TFI coil, where are you going to find a Chevy distributor that uses a TFI coil????
There is no HP rated real turbo, the ebay junkers are jokes that list that. a turbo properly sized to an engine has no limit
8.1 L is very close to 500 CI
SO you'll need
2 turbo's of .100 exhaust A/R and about a .150 intake/ compressor A/R each for 2 turbos. somthing with 60 or 70mm wheels will work
I wonder if the Heads on the 8.1 will be the restriction in the system (hey-I rhymed!) -after all, they are designed for Torque (Vortecs)-
Thanks for the info. That helps alot. that sounds like a huge turbo X 2. time to search for them. I will let you guys know how it went. BTW, Im looking for lots of torque, HP is secondary. There is one company that makes aftermarket heads for the 8100 Vortec, but they are really expensive. I was going to port them out some. The thing that attracted me to the engine was the price (500) and they supposedly have forged bottom ends and low compression. perfect for nitrous/blower/turbo. I never messed with turbo, so this car is the experiment. should be fun!!
If 600 horse is your goal it would probably be cheaper and easier to build a normally aspirated motor. It should not be that difficult to get that kind of power out of an engine that large. I'm not familiar with that engine but I'm sure you will need the harness and computer for that engine regardless how you plan to modify it.
It may be better to just use a carb if someone makes a manifold for it. You might want to do more research on turbos as there are several single turbos that will feed plenty of air to large displacement motors but they aren't cheap. By the time you factor in all the hardware and fabrication that goes into a turbo setup it would probably be cheaper to go with a centrifugal blower set up and much easier to install. There are people that get away with running forced induction on stock motors but the boost will have to be low and the tune better be good on pump gas.
You wouldn't need much boost to get 600 out of that motor.
Yeah, but I like challenges!! but no, I wanted to build a big block, and I wanted to build a Turbo car, I just combined the two. I already have a 300HP Mustang that goes 12.6 or so in the quarter and pulls 1 G on the skidpad, I will drive that if I wanna go fast. I kinda figured it would cost money, and I anticipate that. I want some hands on experience fabricating my own turbo kit, and I figured this was my chance, since I have a good mandrel tubing bender, a MIG and a stick weld machine, and all the hand tools. Im not worried about the drivetrain issues, they are pretty simple. A decent powerglide and a Ford 9" or other suitable rear end will work. I want the challenge associated with designing and building my own turbo kit. I figured 600 HP is simple out of 8.1 liters. I can do it with my 302 if i really wanna, but the Mustang doesnt need that much power. Just sayin. The turbo is where I need the info. I just need to know what size of turbo will work with a big block, since most people turbocharge small block mustangs and Camaro/Firebirds, and most of the turbos I find are for that size engine. Sorry, I just had to clarify my goals with the car. besides, Twin turbo big block just sounds cool, doesnt it?
I just found a cool website with a turbo calculator. it gets you pretty close. It calculates the A/R ratio based on your input, and tells you theretical max HP.
The computer can run the engine with some tuning software. Tunercat or tweecer come to mind. However, you will have to do some homework on signal types and how to retune the ECU......That said, I would look into megasquirt and just use the harness. It will do everything you need, cost the same or less, give you more versatility, and be easier to work with. It wont take any more skill to build that one that to adapt the other.
You are thinking along the right lines for the big torque curve of the big block turbo setup. It will make ALOT more power under the curve and will MOVE that boat like a little car.....of course in a little car(truck) it would just be plain scary like mine is .
No matter what you do, you will need to upgrade the rear and trans to handle the torque you will see with big cubes and boost. I am using a TH350(well built) and a 9 inch Ford.
RPM operating range has absolutely nothing to do with what application a turbo will work in; turbine/compressor wheel diameter and trim as well as housing A/R's do. Spool up is no better or worse with a single or twins. As a matter of fact two HX35's from a dodge would be ideal for your setup. They will support 800-1000HP depending on application, but will be perfectly happy at lower boost around 600HP. The best thing is that they are very robust, cheap and widely available due to all the upgrades everyone is doing in the diesel world these days. Trust me, if you know you can get 200-400 more HP with the turn of a screw, you will do it eventually.
If you want to go with a big single, you will want something in the 75ish range for the compressor. I would suggest going with something in a large frame garret rather than the T4 frame. The larger turbos have large turbines and provide more turbine power with less backpressure. I have a 76mm TD05 Garrett and it spools instantly. You can see it in my pics. This turbo will support 800-1000HP and my 410cid small block spools it like a champ. It only takes about 1/4 throttle with a light load to make boost, and wide open it screams.
Another advantage of going with a little over size turbo(s) is the slightly slower spool up than what you would have with one that is peaked out at 600HP. This will be easier on all your parts. It is what the 8 and 10 inch tire class guys use to run so fast on so little tire. They are soft on the take off and then just get wicked at the 40-60ft mark.
I have done multiple low budget builds, one of which I built and tuned several ECU's for. I used the VEMS which from my experience I would not recommend. It is a wonderful system, but support and documentation is very limited and alot of the documentation you find is outdated.
If you need more info or help, let me know. I have been tinkering with this stuff for years.
Youre the guy that I was hoping would respond. That sounds like a good plan, going with the HX35's. I think the Diesel hot rod shop in my home town of Pocatello will have the parts. Do you know what truck they came on so I can grab some? thanks for thinking along the lines of the EECIV computer, I already have all the stuff to tune it. I wasnt going to use the GM computer because they are expensive to tune, and harder to find parts for. Do you know anything about the 8100 Vortec? I dont know much other than most of the older parts dont work save the destributor, bellhousing and motor mounts. Thanks for the info, Mikey
:haha, just re read your post, I have to find a dodge. Do you know what years? thanks again.
like 1996 - 2001 has those turbos I belive.
I know they have them back to 1995, but I am not sure of the end date....2001-2002 sounds right. 1994 had the WH1C which is basically the same, but watch out when you are looking so you get a matched set either way. You can pick those things up used for $200-250 on ebay and most are in good shape. They are not hard to rebuild if you do get one with some slack. I did an HX40 and it took a couple hours after I figured out how to get it all apart.....which is a little tricky. And, make sure you get matched turbine housings. Some have been swapped out and some were different depending on auto/standard trans.
I dont know much at all about the vortec. As far as the electronics, you just need to be able to mimick the ford signals. Distributor or crank pickup should work....maybe cam trigger in some fashion.... and you can use the other ford ignition stuff. Same probably goes for the sensors. Some of the stuff is going to depend on how much tuning you can do and how "smart" the ECU is. I am pretty sure I saw a Mopar guy that did this conversion on a 440 or similiar for a turbo setup. I am almost sure it was a ford setup running it. I would do as much research as you can on the in/out signals the ECU is looking for to make sure you can easily duplicate them. It could be that the cost to set it up would be better spent buying the megasquirt....which is a proven open programming setup.
I am using a Proflo that has been chopped up to do full sequential injection, and I used the mallory distributor designed for the proflo. I need a crank sensor to actually control injection to valve timing, but it works just fine in sequential with random timing. Unless you are chasing mileage it is really not necessary to time it perfectly. I also dont use the idle control since it is a racer and my foot works just as well in the first 10 seconds of startup. I could wire it, just never did. There really is not that much to wiring and setting it up. The real pain comes in getting all the 100's of settings and mathmatics figured out to make it jive. Have fun!!
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I would go megasquirt II. there like $400 for the box assembled- real cheap
I don't know about which distributor would work with the 8100 but I do know that MSII will run w/ a standard 4 pin HEI
I was going to go MSII TBI injection w/ my Turbo 200 I6, but the cost and complications would have cost me over $1,000 to do it.. My 6 BTM box, duraspark II and the holley 2300 came in way less than that.
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Tube straightener?? Homemade tool geniuses please chime in!
Long story short I'm working with some coiled 3/8in stainless steel fuel line for the first time and it has proven to be quite difficult. Right now my piece of fuel line has waves in it like a bobby pin and is no where close to be being straight.
I knew about tools that straighten out fuel line but had no idea they were $200++
That is out of the question, and after looking at pictures of them a little closer the simplicity of the tool doesn't look all that hard to duplicate I would think.
I was thinking a piece of scrap steel plate or something along the lines of that. 5 wheels, not sure where I could find wheels with the slight groove in them like these tools use. Bolt 3 wheels on the bottom, then up top cut two slots vertically, bolt two wheels through the plate/slots. Untighten then tighten back up to adjust the height of the wheels up and down on the slots for whatever sized line you need to straighten. And just run the line through it back and forth. Could slap the tool in a vise to hold it for you while you run the line through it.
Anyone think this crazy idea could work?
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Hey I think it's very doable, in fact I mad a simple tool to straighten my mig wire so I could gas weld with it. But back to yours. I would make the wheels out of a hard wood and have some one or your self if equips spin them and put a groove in them. It's on the line of a circle bender but dose the opposite. The wood is easy and you could have different sizes and find different uses for it. :D let me knownhownyou make out, or if y'all need to toss some ideas around. Also make sure the tube comes threw nice and straight and no twisting which will add more of a torsional twist and is harder to remove. Cheers :D
you can make a tool to remove coil set out of rubber casters. To groove the wheels put a caster wheel on a bolt and nut, tighten the nut down snug, then chuck in a drill and use a course round file to make a groove.
Another way is to clamp both ends of the tubing , then anchor one end to a fixed object, fasten the other end to a come-along hooked to another fixed object. Put some tension on the tubing with the come-along. Go slowly and check your progress, just enough is enough.
straight tubing
when i was working on a job and needed st tubing from a coil. i'd cut to length and add some... hang one end on a chain fall and the other to a heavy wt.. lift it or try and it'll straighten right out by slightly stretching it... of course not everyone has a hoist 40' up... maybe hook an end to your truck and pull with a rider mower... easy !!!!!
Actually found pretty much exactly what I wanted to make on another site.
Except some guy made his tube straightener out of angle iron pieces. Instead of a piece of plate steel with slots cut in it like I had imagined.
I went to two different hardware stores to find the wheel bearing 'U' grooved rollers but have came up empty handed so far. Quest continues.
I'm not sure if I can post a link to the H.A.M.B on here or not so I wont.
Here are some of the guys pics.
In action
sliding patio rollers ?
Those brass colored wheels look like replacements for a sliding glass patio door, also look similar to the rollers on a 10 in commercial grade tile saw sliding table . I used 4 on a plasma cutter trolly that rolled on angle iron for straight line cuts.
I wonder if the pullies on a mower deck would size up ?
patio door rollers
I bought mine at Home depot or lowes for 2 or 3 dollars each, some rollers for heavy wood doors are a lot more on the web site posted.
Boy at $12 each; you better use a lot of tubing in your projects. Very cool find though
Still at that price and for someone that has all other materials needed laying around like hardware, angle iron. You still come out cheaper then that $200-$290 tool that will do the same thing.
Sweet tool.:cool: You ought to submit it to the Homemade Tools section at the top of the page.
I looked at metal rope pullys that would work perfect, but they did not have ball bearing centers.
Solid rollers will not work, unless I sandwhich the rollers like the original tool is made.
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I have a night shift from 8 to about 12 to watch the baby and the best game I can play is Civilization IV. It's a little older now but it's still a good game and the turn-by-turn basis gives me a lot of time in case I need to stop and attend to him. Also Civ IV is can be played almost as well whether you have just a keyboard or just a mouse, which is an important factor when you have to do your turn one-handed (while bouncing on a big rubber ball holding the baby). Also, the game takes many hours to finish and that is just what I need.
My friend Eric is/was quite into World of Warcraft, but when the baby cries, he put his priest character into "follow" mode. Unfortunately, that doesn't always work so well, when the others need your help. E.g., they're off fighting a creature and you're just standing there while others are begging you to heal them. So, I won't mention what his character's name is...
Another friend plays a version of Half-Life--I think it's Team Fortress--where you can turn your character to Observor mode, thus essentially making your character invulnerable but ineffective in the game. Your teammates still probably won't appreciate you taking yourself out.
Anyway, I've played Civ IV to death and new I'm looking for another building/management strategy game. I hear good things about Caesar IV, so its next on my list.
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I give this guy 3 weeks before he gets bannedOriginally Posted by biba028
Anyway, nice job on those speakers
This is a discussion on I found a cure for the speaker problem, cheap, effective, and attractive--PICS within the Electronics/Car Audio forums, part of the Interior Mods category; Originally Posted by biba028 THUS its a coaxial, not components... dont make urself look like an idiot. hmmm..just a thought. ...
I give this guy 3 weeks before he gets bannedOriginally Posted by biba028
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No.... not at all..... they are snug, tightly fitted... don't vibrate.... sound good..... I definately can't complain.Originally Posted by kevlarcupid
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i am so scared
if my way of talking pisses u off, somethings wrong with you.
welcome to the real world... i didnt even cuss, swore or anything.. that pisses him off?
besides, i was right. they aint comps.
lol, yea I love it when i cant turn my radio up past 15 because of distortionOriginally Posted by Trainable
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Not that your car looks bad in the pictures, but like a clean factory look, no wires no cutting. next time or for anyone that is reading, you can buy a .5" - 1" spacers and screw the speaker into that so you dont have to cut apart your doors. for the best sound cut your rear doors (the metal not the panel) to fit 6.5" speakers, i have alpine r's which are alot deeper than the stock speakers. Just cut your rear doors (no spacer needed on 02-05, 06 you do need to space the speaker out.) and .5" spacers upfront with the adapter plate that comes with the pair to give you the extra .25". If you really want a great fit make your spacers out of wood.
Hmmm..... don't you think, eventually, that there is going to be a speaker-cone-meets-foot incident? Looks nice, tho.
Also not my cup of tea, but if u like it than that is all that matters! Like RSoxWRX said, in my 06 I just had an installation shop custom cut the rears to fit in my Boston Acoustics Rally Series Components and all looks stock, except for the deck and rear flush-mounted tweeters above them of course. Definately a different look!
Wow..... this one one of the first threads I ever posted... over 3 years ago.
I think i installed these speakers before I even bought an AP and went stg 1
Cool to see it revived..... speakers are still holding up well... no complaints at all
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Magic Terror is a short story collection from Peter Straub. I typically like his novels and thought I would give his short stories a try. Unfortunately, this collection did not measure up to what I typically expect from Straub. Most of these stories were not particularly interesting or well written. Of the seven stories, the ones that I did enjoy were "Porkpie Hat", which is about an alcoholic saxophone players who had a childhood experience with witchcraft and murder. I also enjoyed "The Haunted Village", which is linked to Straub's novel Koko. The use of these familiar characters worked well in this story. All in all, this was a disappointing collection, and I would recommend skipping it.
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I've decided that I'm giving up on this one. Officially quitting. I've read three of the seven stories, and I can't say that I was impressed by any of them.
The first story was just... weird. Like, "Let me think of as many weird things as possible and squeeze them into 18 pages with no connecting narrative and call it a story" weird. It was like a crazy dream that gives you an odd crawly feeling without knowing why. Creepy, yes. Story, no. OK I take that back... if you're adept at putting square pegs in round holes when reading, meaning if you can interpret your way through bunch of words and find a story, then there is one. But it's still not a GOOD one.
The second story was... something, but not horror, not magic, but a weak espionage-like thriller with a predictable twist. Better than the first story, but not impressive.
Third is a Vietnam story, and while it held my curiosity, I wasn't sure what the point was. *shrug*
I read a page of the fourth story, and just... gave up. Other reviews seem to indicate that a reader who sticks with it would be rewarded at the end, but life is too short to waste time on something that I'm not enjoying. I gave this book three chances to grab me, and the most it did was lay a weak hand on my arm after about 3 weeks of trying. Not a great introduction to Peter Straub. I'd expected better, honestly.
Moving on...
The war-numbed soldier who asks, "Just suppose...,that you were forced to confront extreme experience directly, without any mediation?" speaks for all of the spiritually traumatized souls who navigate the harrowingly rendered hells of these seven tales of suspense and horror. Straub (Mr. X) effortlessly plumbs the hearts and minds of a range of well-developed charactersAincluding a reflective assassin for hire, a five-year-old victim of domestic violence, an aging black jazz musician and a pompous Wall Street financial adviserAto locate epiphanic moments when their lives careened "out of the ordinary" and into the path of deforming private tragedy. In "Ashputtle," an implied murderess blames her crimes on an emotionally deprived childhood in which she imagines herself a modern Cinderella victimized by her cruel stepsisters. "Bunny Is Good Bread," an unnerving portrait of the psychopath as a young boy, follows young Fee Bandolier as he maladjusts to an unbearably gothic home situation in which his father has beaten his mother into a coma. "Porkpie Hat" is related as an alcoholic saxophonist's confession of a childhood brush with witchcraft, murder and miscegenation that continues to inform his blues-haunted music. In several of the talesAmost notably "The Haunted Village," which links to the novel Koko (1988) and stories from his previous collection, Houses Without Doors (1990)AStraub skillfully evokes the supernatural to suggest the dislocating effect of intense psychological upset. Mixing stark realism with black comedy, and reverberating with echoes of Conrad, Melville and the Brothers Grimm, these excursions to the dark side of life set a high standard for the literature of contemporary magic terror. (Publisher's Weekly)
I like supporting a semi-local writer (Straub is from Milwaukee, WI), but this is not one of his best.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0449006883, Mass Market Paperback)Peter Straub is a fine sorcerer of horror whose bag of tricks includes stories of pure, unadulterated horror (Julia and Koko), as well as more subtle tales of psychological suspense (Mr. X and Shadowland). Now Straub conjures up Magic Terror, a collection of seven deeply disturbing tales that display his entire range.
"Bunny Is Good Bread" is without a doubt the most haunted tale of all, a harrowing account of a childhood from hell. The scary hero Fee was so traumatized as a 5-year-old by abuse from his father that he disconnects himself from the real world and lives as if in a film. Why? "If you forgot you were in a movie, your own feelings would tear you into bloody rags." Ever since the day Fee watches his mother die a horrible death, he's been tormented: "He was one-half dead himself; half of him belonged to his dead mother."
Fee is not the only character to be struck by a dark epiphany, a life-changing moment. In the lyrical "Porkpie Hat," a famous jazz musician recounts the ghoulish Halloween encounter that charted the course of his destiny, and in the twisted fairy tale "Ashputtle," a fantasy-inclined "princess" seeks retribution for a traumatic incident many years before.
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So, I had lunch with Butthead, and apparently he drove to the Bay area and back in the E30 325is, and wanted to give me a review of the car. So here's what he had to say.
The door to door distance to the hotel from Butthead's home was 370 miles, and his best lap time, which was obtained during the trip back to LA, was 4 hours exactly. Now, 370/4 equals to 92.5mph. To average 92.5mph, and to account for the traffic encountered coming out of the Bay area and in to LA, Butthead had to be going quite a bit faster than 92.5mph. In fact, at one point during the long down hill section of the j5 track, the speedo actually crept past 130mph. Now Butthead has H rated tires, so while the speedo error at such speed was probably quite great, Butthead decided not to chance exceeding the H rated speed limit and backed off and stayed at about 125mph. The 4th gear of the E30 325is is quite useful at speed above 85mpg for passing, and from then on it gets to the 100mph reasonably quick. No doubt the light body of the E30 made the task of the 167HP engine easier as well.
It is really quite impressive that a stock 16 year old car can turn this kind of lap time, and do it with 370/17.3 = 21.3mpg. It is a testament of how well Bay Em Vay's are designed and built. That 16 years later, with H rated tires, the terrible cd of the E30 body, and the extra wind resistance from both windows being down (just like at the track, minus the number and the group letter stickers), it's still able to get over 20mpg at that kind of speed. The water temp never got above half, and the car was rock steady at that speed.
The cruise control does work at 130mph, Butthead just had to try it.
Butthead did encounter two pace cars, and V1 came through both times, and allowed him to continue on without doing any pit lane penalties.
In conclusion, Bay Em Vay uber alles!
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How about that? I had a 12 years old Honda which ran quite well until I sold it several years ago. I can tell you that I won't take a chance in that 12+ years old Accord over 50 miles away from home. However, I have taken my buddy '90 325is Alpina down to San Diego from Pomona regularlly.
Just three weeks ago, I had to go on an emergency business trip to San Rafael from my home in Duarte, 410 miles one way. I left at 8:15PM and got there just abit after 1:20AM. The next day I drove back down after the meeting and a short nap, it took me 7+ hours. It was a once in a life time experience, I vowed not to do that again. I have to thank an Audi S4 that led the way and late model Merc E320 that covered in the back for the most part.
Maybe I need to get me a 325is as a beater car.he he
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Been reading some threads about failed water pumps at less than 60-70000 miles. Was this an issue with 2006 330/325i and older models years only or other years? It seems the 07 328i had a few here and there but what about 2008 and up? It looks like the 328i models may be a huge improvement over the previous generations?
Hard to say, no one knows which part of the eletric WP fails.
With th eold belt-driven, it's mostly the bearing or in some cases the fins come off from the shaft (shaft is spinning but fins inside stay put, no flow). Bearing fails due to bad tension on the tensioner or high rpm, or hot climate like Arizona in summer etc.
I wonder if electric WP fails, mostly on the controller side, the motor winding etc usually very good (at least in electronic terms it's hard to burn the winding unless you run crazy amount of current through it). so it's either hot climate or poorly regulated power (meaning bad battery, alternaotr kicks in, voltage is up-down drastically). Just a guess.
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Re: Locators disappearing in LocatorPane (although working)
I wasn't able to immediately reproduce this, but I suspect I know what's causing
it anyway. The Dynamic around the LocatorPane is causing the LocatorPane to be
reconstructed underneath you while you're dragging. Generally, you should
construct controls so that they're not inside Dynamics that will trigger while
you're interacting with those controls, since this can create instability and
may even be completely impossible for a human, yet alone an algorithm, to figure
out how you intend to deal with selections, drags, etc.
Normally, the Dynamic wouldn't retrigger and would just be so much code fluff if
you had properly scoped all of the contents in Dynamic. But in this case, you
have (elided for emphasis):
Dynamic[LocatorPane[..., ...[BezierCurve[Dynamic[P], SplineDegree->Length[P]]]]
Nowhere is Length[P] wrapped in a Dynamic below the scope of the top-level
Dynamic, so every time P changes, the entire LocatorPane reconstructs, and you
risk losing track of which Locator you're currently dragging.
It's tempting to just populate Dynamics everywhere until things appear to work,
but it really helps to stop and think about how Dynamic works. Doing so will
help you to make sure that you not only avoid this kind of situation, but
improve efficiency of the resulting interface as well. For this example, I
recommend wrapping a Dynamic around BezierCurve and removing all other Dynamics
associated with the LocatorPane.
Additionally, you have a huge unnecessary inefficiency. The Dynamic wrapping
the 3D graphic also encompasses a second global variable. When this global
variable changes, it triggers to cause the Dynamic to trigger again. So this
Dynamic is triggering twice as often as it needs to. There are various ways to
work around this...the one I'll show below uses the TrackedSymbols option to
only track the variables you want.
DynamicModule[{P = 1/2 {{1, 1}, {-1, 1}, {1, -1}}, \[ScriptCapitalP]},
Dynamic[BezierCurve[P, SplineDegree -> Length[P]]],
Axes -> True, PlotRange -> {{-1, 1}, {-1, 1}}],
LocatorAutoCreate -> True],
Dynamic[\[ScriptCapitalP] = Append[#, 0] & /@ P;
Graphics3D[{Sphere[\[ScriptCapitalP], 0.05], {Gray, Opacity[0.5],
Tube[Line[\[ScriptCapitalP]], 0.015]},
SplineDegree -> Length[\[ScriptCapitalP]]], .03]},
Axes -> True, PlotRange -> 1], TrackedSymbols :> {P}]}]]
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On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:13:29 -0500 (EST), Chris Young wrote:
> The Locators are vanishing from sight before they reach the edge of the
> Locator pane, although they are still working.
> DynamicModule[
> \[ScriptCapitalP]},
> GraphicsRow [
> {
> Dynamic[
> LocatorPane[
> Dynamic[P],
> Framed @ Graphics[
> BezierCurve[Dynamic[P], SplineDegree -> Length[P]],
> Axes -> True,
> PlotRange -> {{-1, 1}, {-1, 1}}
> ],
> LocatorAutoCreate -> True
> ]
> ],
> Dynamic[
> \[ScriptCapitalP] = Append[#, 0] & /@ P;
> Graphics3D[
> {
> Sphere[\[ScriptCapitalP], 0.05],
> {Gray, Opacity[0.5], Tube[Line[\[ScriptCapitalP]], 0.015]},
> Tube[
> BezierCurve[\[ScriptCapitalP],
> SplineDegree -> Length[\[ScriptCapitalP]]], .03]
> },
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Applied for it on the 4th of this month an got it on the 24th. I think this must be a record for hennepin county from what i have heard. Too bad i don't have anyone to really share this with so im glad im on here!!
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Canada's Valeant on hunt for more deals, posts loss
By Rod Nickel
(Reuters) - Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (VRX.TO: Quote) is in talks to make more acquisitions, its chief executive said on Thursday, adding that Canada's largest publicly traded drugmaker also remains open to discuss a potential "merger of equals."
Valeant has made about a dozen deals for smaller companies or assets over the past year, including the $2.6 billion purchase of U.S.-based Medicis Pharmaceuticals Corp in December.
Valeant's shares and revenue have soared, although it posted a quarterly loss on Thursday due to costs related to the Medicis acquisition.
"We continue to be in active conversations for both large and small deals, but the timing of deals is unpredictable," CEO Michael Pearson said on a conference call with analysts to discuss the fiscal fourth-quarter results.
Pearson repeated a comment he made in early January that Valeant is open to a "merger of equals."
"I don't think it's too big a surprise that they're looking at acquisitions, but the magnitude that they're signaling is a little bit of a surprise," said Morningstar analyst David Krempa. "By bringing (a merger of equals) up again makes it seem much more likely."
Valeant stock dropped 29 Canadian cents to C$67.96 in morning trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of C$20.28 billion ($19.7 billion) are up about 15 percent for the year so far.
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It's easy to brand Arlen Specter's decision to leave the Republican Party—a move directly precipitated by his realization that his career would end with next year's Pennsylvania Senate primary unless he left the G.O.P.—a nakedly unprincipled act of political survival.
And that's just what Specter's critics, on the right, on the left, and in the middle, have been doing this week.
"Self-preservation in the first order" and "a cold, crass political calculation" is how G.O.P. chairman Michael Steele described Specter's switch, while Joe Sestak, a Pennsylvania Democrat who is threatening to challenge Specter in next year's primary, pointedly asked, "Is that the type of individual we want?"
On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart rolled tape of Specter's press conference earlier that day, at which the senator bluntly stated: "The prospects for winning the Republican primary are bleak. I am not prepared to have my 29-year record in the United States Senate decided by the Pennsylvania Republican primary electorate."
"How refreshing is that?" Stewart asked sarcastically, before impersonating Specter's voice and saying: "I just want to be clear: Principle played no part in this decision. This was politics. I like my job."
The irony, though, is this: Specter's defection, while immediately necessitated by self-preservation, was a direct result of his willingness to take principled stands.
What Specter's critics, perhaps intentionally in some cases, are failing to take into account is why his political career reached the point it did this week, when jumping to the Democrats emerged as his only realistic means to survive. (A G.O.P. primary poll taken days before Specter made his switch showed Pat Toomey, who came within two points of knocking Specter off in the 2004 Republican primary, ahead by a staggering 21 points—about as bad as it can possibly get for an incumbent senator in a primary.) The reason, of course, is because he's put principle above partisan politics more often—and on more consequential votes—than just about any senator in recent history.
For instance, he played a crucial role 22 years ago in defeating Ronald Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork for the Supreme Court. When Reagan announced his choice of Bork, a circuit court judge who had long been admired by the right (and feared by the left), in July 1987, it marked an effort not just to place an outspoken conservative on the court, but also to reignite the Reagan revolution itself, which had run out of steam in the wake of the Iran-Contra scandal and the Democrats' success in the 1986 midterm elections.
Bork's opponents were in a tough spot, though. His writings had been radical, but his resume and legal credentials—to say nothing of his intellect—were impeccable, and there was no modern precedent for denying confirmation to a Supreme Court nominee on purely ideological grounds. Specter, a former prosecutor, used his perch on the Judiciary Committee to question Bork for hours in hearings that received extensive national coverage.
Viewers may not have understood the nuances of this grilling—Specter quizzed Bork about "original intent," "Madisonian majoritarianism," and Oliver Wendell Holmes' "clear and present danger" free-speech standard—but when Specter concluded by announcing that he couldn't support Bork, it gave considerable cover to other wavering senators to join him, which they did: Bork's nomination was defeated, 58 to 42. And the Reagan revolution never really recovered.
Conservatives, of course, were furious. Robert Walker, a devoutly conservative Pennsylvania congressman, called Specter's Bork vote "a Panama Canal kind of issue," a comparison to the late '70s treaty that cost several Republicans their careers. But Specter survived the Republican primary when he ran again in 1992, defeating a conservative state representative by 30 points.
The Bork battle stands as one of Specter's most visible and consequential breaks from the G.O.P. line, but it was hardly the first or only example. Two years before Bork, he'd announced his opposition to Reagan's MX missile program, once again enraging the hawkish, Reagan-loving right. In response, the White House threatened to cut off all national Republican money from Specter's 1986 reelection campaign.
He's always been pro-choice, even mounting a presidential campaign in 1996 in which he pitched himself as a vehicle for cultural moderates who were fed up with the religious right. He raised no money, received scant media coverage—and was showered with boos by G.O.P. audiences whenever he made his case. It was a futile campaign, but one that was, however disastrously, about principle.
And, of course, there was this year's vote on the stimulus bill. The entire Republican establishment and every conservative activist group turned opposition into an article faith, treating the issue as a debate over the future of capitalism, freedom and democracy. When the bill reached the Senate, Specter knew he could have simply joined that chorus and saved his career. At the time, Toomey was publicly saying that he wouldn't run. Conservatives, it was clear, were likely to give Specter a pass in the 2010 primary—however grudgingly—if he would play ball with them on opposing Barack Obama's agenda.
And yet Specter negotiated some changes and then voted for the bill. Conservatives called him a traitor (and worse) and, within days, Toomey was in the race—and pulling away in the polls. In raw political terms, Specter's decision was an act of career suicide: Isn't that the very definition of principle?
For some odd reason, Chris Matthews (who earlier this year flirted with challenging Specter in Pennsylvania in 2010) went on MSNBC on Tuesday night and did his best to move the Specter-is-unprincipled ball down the field. In an embarrassingly self-flattering rant in which he patted himself on the back for refusing to "eat it" by signing on to one party's complete agenda, Matthews said that Specter is "the opposite of Edmund Burke—he doesn't stand for the people, he goes with the flow."
Pennsylvanians, Matthews predicted, will see in Specter a man "who was loyal to a political party for a half a century that gave him elective office time after time after time … and then just like that when he sees a better opportunity, he splits to the other side. You've got to wonder about a guy's character who does that!"
Was Matthews not watching these past three decades, when Specter, time and again, was brazenly disloyal to the G.O.P. and voted his conscience instead? Does he not understand that the only reason Specter now sees "a better opportunity" in the Democratic Party is because he has voted with that party—and against the Republicans—on so many critical issues?
Sure, Specter is trying to save his career. But the only reason his career was in such danger is that, apparently, there's no room in his old party anymore for a principled moderate.


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Tennessee Titan Kenny Britt of Bayonne is due back in court on Dec. 6.
Britt will be in court at 10 a.m. on charges that were downgraded to disorderly persons offenses in relation to an incident at a Hoboken car wash in June when two plainclothes Hoboken police officers smelled raw marijuana coming from Britt's car.
They arrested Britt after a struggle after the cops saw what appeared to be a cigar filled with marijuana - called a blunt - in his hand. Police said Britt crushed the blunt in his hand when police tried to take it from him. They also believe someone picked up and destroyed the evidence while they struggled with Britt, reports said.


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Keith Aucoin has signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs' organization on a 2-way contract ($650,000/$350,000), departing the Hershey/Washington clubs after 4 years. While many will say that he wasn't a big loss to Washington, he was a huge loss for the Bears. After spending 2 years a "Bear Killer" with the Albany River Rats – his arrival in Hershey for the 2008-2009 season was incredibly exciting. He wasn't always the standout guy on the roster, but he was integral to the success and scoring prowess of guys like Alexandre Giroux and Chris Bourque.
In his 4 years as a Bear, Keith was part of 2 Calder Cup teams, won the League MVP award, and a earned few AHL all star appearances. His point totals were staggering in the beginning of his Hershey career – as he could thread a pass through almost any AHL offense and racked up the assists. But even as a veteran, he learned more about the game and grew as a player. He became more of a goal scoring threat for his last 2 seasons in Hershey, opting to take a shot or go to the net instead of force the pretty pass.
I don't mean for this come across as a eulogy, but to me it almost is. Aucoin was a lot of fun to watch night-in and night-out at the Giant Center. While so many seemed concerned about his size, he never did. He didn't back down from taking big hits, and during some less than successful spells in Chocolatetown, you never had to question if #11 was going to "show up" for a game. He always did.
Best of luck to you in and with Toronto, Keith. We'll miss you more than you know down here in Hershey.
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Our Denver, Colorado location stands behind the local Cancer League of Colorado because franchise partner Jay Montgomery's family has been affected by cancer. He explained, "to donate our time and money towards a cause that is impacting us directly, and unfortunately will again in our lifetime, seems like the right thing for us to do."
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As we announced back in April, the amazing Jim Henson's Fantastic World exhibit will be dropping anchor in New York City (well, Astoria, Queens) for a solid six months starting on July 16. The Museum of the Moving Image just released their calendar of events for the exhibition, and there are more than a few surprises!
The biggest of which are the celebrity guests. Austin Pendleton (Max) will be presenting The Muppet Movie. Kathy Mullen (Kira) will be presenting The Dark Crystal. Fran Brill (Colleen Barker) will be presenting Dog City. And Jane Henson will be presenting an afternoon with, well, herself. Add in some Craig Shemin, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, and Noel MacNeal, as well as folks like production designer Stephen Hendrickson, costume designer Calista Hendrickson, storyboard artist John Davis, and music consultant Larry Grossman, and the Museum of the Moving Image must be turning Henson employees away at the door!
The Muppet and puppet workshop events are listed below with our don't-miss recommendations highlighted in bold. More events may be added as time goes on (including the Kevin Clash documentary "Being Elmo"), and we'll be sure to keep you updated!
* July 9 & 10, September 3 & 4 – Magic and Movies workshop
* July 16 – The Muppet Movie screening with Austin Pendleton
* July 17, 23 & 24 – The Muppet Movie screening
* July 23 & 24 – Shadow Puppets workshop
* July 30 – "Hands Up! Heads Down!": An Inside Look at Puppetry for Television with Craig Shemin and Stephanie D'Abruzzo
* July 30 & 31 – Muppet History 101 with Craig Shemin
* August 6 & 7 – The Dark Crystal screening
* August 13 & 14 – The Dark Crystal screening with Kathy Mullen
* August 20 – The Muppets Take Manhattan screening with production designer Stephen Hendrickson and costume designer Calista Hendrickson
* August 21 – The Muppets Take Manhattan screening with costume designer Calista Hendrickson and storyboard artist John Davis
* August 27 & 28 – Muppet Treasure Island screening
* September 3 & 4 – The Great Muppet Caper screening
* September 10 & 11 – Muppets From Space screening
* September 17 & 18 – Dog City and The Storyteller: "The Soldier and Death" with Fran Brill
* September 17 & 18 – Puppet-Making with Noel MacNeal
* September 18 – An Afternoon with Jane Henson: "Look Both Ways and Go"
* September 24 – Muppet Music Moments: A Weekend Celebration of Jim Henson's Birthday with music consultant Larry Grossman
* September 25 – Muppet Music Moments: A Weekend Celebration of Jim Henson's Birthday
Click here to hope that Austin Pendleton brings his shiny green hat on the ToughPigs forum!
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I am new to dogs so I have no idea what to look for in collars for tie outs. I was really hoping that someone could recommend a good collar or harness that will keep my GSD from hurting his neck. Also, I was thinking about getting a regular tie out line unless someone has advice on a good line to get. Thanks.
I personally don't use tie-outs, but I've seen retractable tie outs.
Yeah I don't like the idea of them but I need it for bit until I can build a fenced-in area.
we had to use a tie out until we got our fence up a while back and i got one of these leather ones
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If you go the collar route you want an agitation collar, really big for more distribution in the neck if he pulls/lunges to prevent damage.
I've tied my boys out a few times in the front yard, largely when it's rained, the back yard is straight mud. On nice days they like to lay out in the grass and chew on some bones. I've tied them out with the kiddy pool in the front yard.
I personally like the kong harness with the padded chest piece. Much less likely to cause injury, chest is padded so if they do lunge/pull they are less likely to be injured, fits well, can be made snug so as to not slip off. Pet smart sells them
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By tie-out I'm assuming you mean putting the dog in the yard on a long cable? The dog I've tied out wears a nice biothane collar with a safety ring. IMO it's more about acclimating the dog to the tie-out than it is having the right collar. You don't want the dog hitting the end of the line regardless of what he's wearing. We showed my dog how far he could go in each direction. He was able to run around and play without ever snapping his neck b/c he knew to stop or change course near the end of his line.
IMO it's more about acclimating the dog to the tie-out than it is having the right collar.
Thanks everyone. Liesje I will definitely use your advice. I have one of those padded harnesses so I think I might use that with a regular tie out line.
Just remember -- you may come out and the dog has chewed out, slipped out, or been outright stolen. Also if there are other dogs, snakes, or other wild animals you are really putting your dog in danger. Why not use a long line and be there with the dog or get a pen until fencing comes along? I don't believe in too much risk.
I'm glad you called me out on that so I could explain further. He has a 50x40 foot barn to himself when we leave him alone. This is only when we are sitting by the lake or up by the fire pit so he has room to do his own thing. I was thinking about just getting a long lead and holding on to it but this seems like it would be better to give him more room to roam so he could either sit by us or sniff around in the tree area. Either way, I would definitely keep a close eye on him. Thanks for the concern.
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I'm also an amateur writer, but who isn't these days?
Okay, so I'm a little short of the last two of those (or else what would I be doing here?), but the urge to use a Princess Bride quote was just too great. I actually am a fencer, for what it's worth, but while I've been at it on and off for eight years now, I'd still hesitate to say that I'm really good at it.
What I'm probably most proud of, however, is managing to rejigger all my various mental problems to cancel each other out and leave me with something approximating emotional maturity. With a bunch of useful cognitive tricks thrown in.
I don't regularly watch a lot of television, but when I do get hooked on a series I tend to marathon it. This is usually one of the geeky classics: Doctor Who, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Babylon 5, Supernatural, Star Trek, and so on.
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Every Arsenal fan knows the story of Anfield '89 but Arsène Wenger's memories of that famous game are actually rather sketchy.
This season marks the 20th anniversary of the night that Michael Thomas scored in stoppage time to snatch the title from Liverpool on Merseyside. As a result generations of Arsenal fans have grown up with Brian Moore's memorable commentary - "It's up for grabs now!" - etched on their consciousness.
For Wenger, May 26, 1989 was a rather more sedate affair. The Frenchman was in charge of Monaco at the time and, as he explained ahead of Tuesday's visit to Anfield, he was unable to see Arsenal's title decider on television.
"No, we did not watch English games live in France," said Wenger. "We felt we were better than England and television was less internationalised than it is now – we only watched domestic games.
"I have seen the goals, I haven't seen the game but I have seen the goals many times since and it makes history. It made history because it's in the final minute and it was the unpredictability of winning 2-0 at Anfield that made a big impact.
"You always feel when people speak about it that it was a special moment of the Club. It was such a big thing. Since then we've won a few times at Anfield as well. What is amazing is that Liverpool was a dominant force at the time but they've had more problems to dominate English football like they did at the time."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Ever been a loner mostly because of your awkwardness? Come on in. We all are.
For those who are willing to either flaunt it, work on it, be amongst other awkward people... It's okay. We are all here. Come say hello, or hi or...anything you want. :-)
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Creating a new album dedicated to the awkward and weird creatives on here. I hope y'all are doing well. :-)
Hello! I think I'm an Awkward Afro-Punk!
I've been awkward since my teens (the worst time ever to become awkward)! And it just stayed that way, and honestly, I've no problem with it. Besides, it's always kinda fun to think back on awkward situations, and just laugh at how horribly awkward it is. It's almost like being awkward, you always have some weird, funny story to tell! I always thought it was kinda cute, anyway. If times get shitty though, it does help to think of yourself as a girl from Shojo anime, they're wonderful with their awkward-ness! It does help me. That's probably so weird, though! >./p>
If someone has a post or a discussion to post about the topic or not, feel free to post.
I wish we can just post blogs based upon this, rather than merely comments. This way, maybe I can buckle down, write a song about being awkward and post it here. I've mentioned too often ideas on what I want to write about, and come out with hardly any idea on how to start. Perfectionism, or rather distrust in your own intuition, sucks ass, doesn't it?
When I saw the name of this group and the description that followed I was like that is so me! Oh has anyone seen this list and can relate? http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/31-unmistakable-signs-that-youre...
you know that movie "Brother From Another Planet"....WELL if my life was a movie that would be me. I feel like I was born on the wrong planet sometimes.
Awkward should be my Full Name. I have always been a standout, who walks on his toes and works out with a skip rope. I wear bright colors (Yellow, Orange, White and Khakis, my favorite), might spark a spliff and tote a 40 ounce. If the Party is in the club, Im either on the side of the club, in the parking lot or up the block getting lifted, eye balling a hot graffiti piece.
Thanks for this Group. I plan to make heavy contributions to this group of like minded souls!
I saw this group and a smile immediately spread over my face. I have always been a little socially awkward, despite the fact that I love meeting new people. It's great to have the reassurance that I'm not the only person who's weird around others.
Well, what better place to do it in or people to do it with than amongst us? :-)
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Motherwell manager Stuart McCall has rejected the offer of a one-match touchline ban from the Scottish Football Association.
McCall was sent to the stand by referee Craig Thomson at half-time during his side's 2-1 defeat to Aberdeen in the William Hill Scottish Cup on March 11.
He was angered by the awarding of a corner that led to the Dons' opener.
The Fir Park boss was offered the sanction for an alleged breach of rule 203, which includes offences such as the repeated use of abusive and insulting language and adopting an aggressive attitude towards match officials or calling their integrity into question.
A statement on the club's website read: "Motherwell Football Club last night officially notified the SFA of the intent to refuse the one match ban offered to manager Stuart McCall.
"The matter will now be heard by the Disciplinary Tribunal at a Principal Hearing on Thursday 5 April 2012."
McCall said: "I've spoken to the SFA Compliance Officer, Vincent Lunny, to tell him I'll be declining their offer so I've been invited to Hampden early next month for a hearing."
The SFA later confirmed Lunny had received notification from the club and McCall's case will be heard on April 5.


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Application of decision trees to waveform recognition and GDP per
Hi, I recently published two blog entries with application of decision trees (implemented in Mathematica) to couple of problems.
1. Determination of which demographic data correlates with hight GDP per capita:
http://mathematicaforprediction.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/gdp-per-capita-analysis/ .
2. Recognition of waveforms superposition overlaid with noise:
http://mathematicaforprediction.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/waveform-recognition-with-decision-trees/ .


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Rita Ora is eye catching at Elle event
Rita Ora stole the show at last night's ELLE Women in Music Celebration dressed in an unusual Saint Laurent designed ensemble.
The 22-year-old singer opted for the Saint Laurent designed outfit for the event held in New York City.
The chart topper added a large black floppy hat to her black and white creation, which included a longer train section at the back.
Rita stuck to her signature red lips and kept the rest of her make-up fresh and flawless.
The soiree was hosted by Covergirl cosmetics this year, and Rita displayed a cool blue manicure as the finishing colour pop to her look.
Later in the evening Rita changed into a second ensemble to perform on stage.
Removing her oversized hat, Rita revealed a softer image dressed in a gorgeous champagne coloured dress with gold overlay by Chloe.
Also present at the event was Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland, who went for a more understated look at the red carpet arrivals.
Kelly was demure dressed in a simple white T-shirt, black leather pants, black and silver sandals and a statement necklace.
Like Rita, Kelly also showed off a fabulous manicure, with peach her shade of choice for the occasion.
Singer Martha Wainwright opted for an understated look, wearing a white slogan print T-shirt and a grey pleated skirt.
Model Jessica White flashed her toned stomach in an on-trend crop top and printed maxi skirt. She added some peep toe boots to complete her fashionable ensemble.
The annual event held by the US edition of ELLE magazine honours women in music. This year the celebration ties in with the May issue, which has three cover stars from the industry. Rita joins Adele and Alicia Keys as the three females chosen.
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Egypt: Weather Overview
About Egypt
- Capital: Cairo
- Area: 1,001,450km2
- Population: 81,713,000
- Currency: Pound (EGP)
About Egypt
With vast deserts, mountains over 2500m and long coastlines,
The months of June, July and August are generally the hottest and December to January is classed as winter, though it's never cold in the sense that we are used to in most of Europe. The country experiences very low rainfall with any rain sticking to the winter months.
Wonderful beaches, Egypt.
Despite making up only 5.5% of
Cairo's climate is basically hot and dry. You can find a detailed description of the city's climate here and weather averages here. Average temperatures range from 14°C in January to 28°C in July and August. October to May is the best time to visit as it is coolest. During the summer months it can get very hot – into the high 30s and beyond. The coldest it gets is around 8°C or 9°C at night time during the winter months. In winter daytime highs are mild at around 20°C, much more pleasant for sightseeing.
Famous Egyptian pyramids in Giza.
Rainfall is extremely low – around 30mm per year – and occurs between November and March. December and January are the most precipitous months, but with an average of around 7mm you can hardly call them wet. Cairo's desert climate is seen across the
The Desert
This refers to the majority of the country which makes up part of the
The vast desert has an extremely harsh climate and is inhospitable to life except around the few oases. Temperatures are searing hot in summer, sometimes up to 50°C. Winters, however, can see quite cool temperatures in the low teens, dropping much lower at night, especially in the higher elevations of the Jilf al Kabir Plateau in the west. It often gets below freezing at night and snow has been known to fall. Rainfall is very low as you would imagine but occasionally there can be heavy downpours that arrive after several years with next to no rainfall. The eastern desert receives more rainfall than the west due to its proximity to the coast. Rain is most likely in winter.
Sandstorms are one of the many perils of the desert when strong winds whip up thick tall clouds of sand. These sands can travel as high as 6km into the air and frequently deposit sand in Europe. One of the responsible winds is the hot, dry Khamaseen that blows from the south in
Egyptian Pyramid's in the sunset.
The small strip of land joins the African continent to the Middle East and is where
The popular resort of Sharm el Sheikh lies on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula on the Red Sea. It is a fantastic scuba diving destination and popular for its guaranteed sunshine. For an overview of Sharm el Sheikh's weather look here, and for rainfall and temperature averages here. The climate is basically hot and dry. Summer is very hot with temperatures up to 40°C, but winters are much cooler averaging a pleasant 18°C with lows of 13°C and highs of 22°C. Rainfall is very low, though most likely in late winter or early spring. Heavy downpours, though infrequent, can happen and have been known to cause flash floods as the rain doesn't soak into the hard ground.
These conditions are typical of the
Camel riding on the beach in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.
The Coast
The east coast and southern Sinai coast are famed for their great weather and world-class diving spots. The climate of Sharm el Sheikh is typical of the east coast weather; very hot and dry summers and mild winters. Temperatures generally range between 14°C and 38°C across the year with the hottest months July and August averaging in the low 30s, and the coolest, January, at 18°C. Rainfall is very low and occurs mostly in winters. Sun is guaranteed year-round but the optimum time to visit is spring and autumn when temperatures are at their best. El Gouna, Hurghada and Marsa Alam are three other very popular resorts based on
The sandy banks of the Southern coast of Egypt.


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The forecast for hiring in the local tech sector has been good this month, with companies like Zynga moving into the area and local companies like Tableau and Impinj looking for new talent.
Now NewBay Software, a mobile software company based out of Dublin, Ireland, is planning aggressive hiring in Seattle, hoping to fill 100 positions in the next twelve months.
The company celebrated the opening of its new headquarters for the Americas in Seattle last Friday with an event attended by Governor Chris Gregoire. Timo Bauer, senior vice president and general manager for the Americas at NewBay, said the company chose Seattle to be close to its customers and to draw on the city's tech talent. He added that although other local companies will be competing for the same talent, NewBay has had good responses from people wanting to work for a smaller, growing company.
"Google is not a small company anymore, so people join us because they're sick of the politics of big operations."
Bauer, who started working at NewBay's American office in 2005, also noted that it's easier to find talent in Seattle than in Bellevue: "Even though it's only five to 10 miles, it's a big difference."
Since expanding to the United States in 2003 with only 15 employees globally, NewBay has grown to 250 employees, with 50 in the United States. Through its Seattle headquarters it plans to expand into markets in Latin America and build its presence in Korea. The company is hiring across the board for its Seattle office, filling positions in sales, marketing, finance, engineering, and professional services.