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There might be some people left in the forum who don't know that I am a driver education teacher. I teach driver education in the classroom, on the street, and I am also a state-certified license and permit tester.
One of the things we teach in our classroom sessions is stopping distance. The method we've been told to use, and the formulas that permit test applicants are to base their answers on, go something like this:
1. Reaction Distance (RD) - Speed in mph multiplied by 1.5 gives speed in fps, multiply that by 3/4 second (an average driver's reaction time*), and you get distance traveled before a driver hits the brakes.
mph x 1.5 = fps
fps x .75s = RD
2. Braking Distance (BD) - Braking distance for an average car at 20 mph is 20 feet. As speed increases, braking distance (at maximum braking capability) increases as a function of the square of how much faster than 20 mph our driver is traveling.
(mph / 20 mph)^2 x 20 feet = BD
3. Total Stopping Distance (TSD) - Reaction distance, when added to braking distance, tells us how long it will take to stop an average car from the moment a hazard is identified to the time that the vehicle comes to a halt.
So, I've been reading magazines, and trying to verify that these figures are still correct, wondering how old these formulas are, and whether they are still relevant to modern vehicles. Sadly, many publications no longer print braking performance, and instead focus solely on acceleration times. One stalwart that I have noticed is Motor Trend, though they only list 60-0 mph distances. Per our calculations above, the average braking distance for a car from 60 mph should be around 180 feet, but I am seeing that even relatively large vehicles (a Cadillac Escalade, for example) are around 130 feet, and sporty cars like the M3 are closer to 110 or less, while the 997 GT3 comes in at 94 feet.
The CO state driver handbook claims that it takes ~200 feet for a vehicle to stop from 55 mph, but if we go off of actual performance numbers, it looks like that should actually be closer to 170; and as speed increases the differences would be even more greatly exaggerated from what we have to teach and reality.
For example, we teach that it takes ~410 feet for an average vehicle traveling 80 mph to stop, but if we use 13 feet as our multiplier for braking distance instead of 20 feet, we come to the conclusion that it'd take about 208 feet to brake, and about 300 feet (298) total to stop - from the moment that danger is first noticed to the moment the car stops.
(mph / 20 mph)^2 x 13' = BD
I suppose the question would be: How long does it take an "average" car to stop at 20 mph today, and so on for 40, 60, 80, and possibly even 100 mph? Do the equations need to be adjusted? I have a sinking feeling that the numbers we are teaching are way off, and it's already hard enough to convince my students that it actually takes over a football field and a third to stop from 80 mph, without it being inaccurate.
Does anybody know of any sites or publications that list braking figures? Have you heard of any new research or alternate formulas to calculate braking distance in modern vehicles?
Rule #1
*Apparently, the Colorado State Patrol did a study about four years ago, and it concluded that an average driver's reaction time is closer to 1.5 seconds. This is actually quite amazing to me, and I hope that the state trooper who quoted me the study was incorrect.


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Interesting thread, thanks chazstace.
I'm in the UK with an '04 Coupe and also have poor FM reception since the Dynavin install, and also non-existent TMC with the supplied aerial. At least I know it's not just me now!
I've actually been considering a roof antenna. I have a standalone DAB tuner feeding the Dynavin's aux-in, and already have a dual-band DAB/FM roof antenna on my other car, an E46 Touring, which works very well. the Coupe's lines would be spoilt more I think by a rod on the roof, which puts me off. If I did though, maybe I could use the rear window antenna for the TMC.
Or maybe I need to practice my soldering skllis and build my own antenna amp...
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All staff members are polite, smart, and courteous also wear company uniform they are fully qualified to the latest British standards (BS7671 IET 17th edition wiring regulations). They are all professional and are able to carry out any type of electrical job safely with minimum inconvenience and very efficiently. All engineers are highly skilled and trained electricians who specialise in industrial, commercial and domestic installations. Each project they carry out is assessed and completed with efficiency and care ensuring that our clients are receiving the best possible service and standards and we pride ourselves on our continued commitment to training and health and safety. We have completed a wide range of electrical projects from small domestic jobs to large industrial jobs. Each job we have carried out has been completed safely and each client has been very satisfied with the work.
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Thank You, my Best Friend Good luck to us for sale!
Good luck with sales, looks wonderful
Thank You so much, Bedros! Good Luck to You in all! I'm glad you liked it!
Good luck with sales.
Thank You, Clarke! Good Luck to You too!
Hello, looks fine! But whats about IE?
Now Tested in IE9 – works fine! Thanks for comment! Compatible for other version in development.
This theme could be a really good portfolio theme. There are fews themes in TF with menu and logo in left column.
Thank You for the response We are very pleased to receive feedback. This is very important and helpful. Good luck to you all!
It's my pleasure. See: fews themes here in TF has a really good options for two columns and a minimal design. I've found a perfect theme here but there is no a Wordpress and responsive version. Take a look in demo, this can inspire you!http://themeforest.net/item/harmony-minimal-portfolio-html-theme/479490?WT.ac=search_item&WT.seg_1=search_item&WT.z_author=RubenBristian
Ok, we maybe adaptive this theme or use our old version, it's possible. And will done new responsive theme. Thank you for help
See updates. We've added two pages only, without changing the code. On them you can see looks like a standard portfolio and gallery. In the rest. We are currently working on several topics at once, and over the old version. By the way, we are very sorry that the last option was not adopted, although it was very similar to those which you mentioned … But here we did not decide that he wants to see a client, even though we know it well, and checking, here we have what we have.
Tks for you attention. If all developer of here were like you. Thank you!
So, I see the portfolio page. That's ok, bute can be better. When you are making a portfolio page/theme you must see some things that are important: never projects be showed like posts blogs. And is cool have a little list below "Portfolio menu" that can help our clients navigate between projects.You are in the right way! Another inspiration to you: http://demo.udfrance.com/voltage/wordpress/?page_id=15
Thank you very much for the links and for your kind words! We will do everything possible to ensure that people enjoyed our work. Good luck to you all!
It's my plaasure!
nice work…
Thank you so much! I liked your works too! Good Luck with Sales!
Live preview is broken… can you fix that?
Now working, myabe was big traffic. We plan change hosting it future, and wish what that fix all similar problem, sorry.
Bought this theme last week and absolutely loving it – thank you!!!
Quick question, is there any way to add 'categories' or similar blog items into the left hand nav 'Pages' menu?
Thanks again, great theme!
You can add pages as standart widget, or categories or any other widgets what you want. Just use Appearance > Widgets. And all this widget you can see on the dropdawn sidebar.
Thank you for your kind words!
How do I add widgets to the sidebar? Seems odd to exclude this?
Just use Appearance > Widgets. And all this widget you can see on the dropdawn sidebar.
THanks for the response, I may be doing something silly I've got a 'Primary Sidebar' which has a bunch of widgets in it e.g. search and categories but they don't show up anywhere. Should they be appearing on the left? In the top dropdown thing? Oh wait, are you saying there should be a 'dropdown' sidebar?
Yes – dropdown sidebar ))
Hi, I purchased this theme and t's great. But I'm having some issues with the 'Next' link at the bottom. If I click that I get a 404 page error. So I can't seen any previous blog posts past the main page. Can you help, or point me to a support forum? Many thanks!!
Ok, thank you for questions. We can help you maybe today, because we have some trouble with internet. We live in beautiful country
Don't worry, after some trial and error – I've sorted it. Basically, if I try to set more than 5 blog posts on the page, the pagination errors. No problem though, as I don't really need to increase the blog count per page.
Thanks for the offer of help
We failed to put in time to update.We are planning about a week to make updates, I thought maybe you yourself will correct your code, right now, so you have deduced many posts on the page as you need.
To do this, open the index.php file and in the line 5 – change the value of '5 'on the right for you.
Good Luck!
This bug with new version WP (we will fix this bug in new version) but now you can fix it easy:
Find line 5 in the file 'index.php' in folder 'libra'
and change this line on this:
<?php query_posts('&paged=' .$paged);?>
save the file
now you can change value of post
Go to Admin Panel and Select 'Settings > Reading'
and change a value 'Blog pages show at most' that you need
All tested this on the new version WP – and now all works fine.
So that must help.
Thank You and Good Luck in all!
I'm running WordPress 3.4.1 and the background editor (both image and color) are not working. It does not save my edits, nor publish them.
I tested now our theme. And all changed and background and colors. I don't see what you did. Please, read documentation. And try to do all instructions correct. If this don't help – reinstall theme. We plans to upload updates in a few days – add home page and update the admin panel. You can wait and try again to install updates. Good luck to you all, I think you should read the documentation carefully. And we will test the new version and will soon publish the update. Good Luck!
I'm having trouble adding widgets to the sidebar. Specifically what I'm trying to do is add a custom menu so I can change the order of the menu items, but I can't add ANY widgets to the sidebar. I don't see any "dropdown sidebar". Can you explain what that is, or post a screenshot? This is a nice theme, but if I can't customize the menu order or add other widgets, then I just wasted my money.
We are very sorry that you are having difficulties, we hope this video helps you understand how to add widgets. Thank you for your purchase, a good day. Look for updates soon.
Good luck! Sincerely, ShakeDesign Group.http://youtu.be/GY26ERASSF0
Thanks for the video. I understand now, but it's not what I was hoping for. I need to re-order the items in the sidebar menu. Usually in WP it's done with a custom menu widget, but it appears the widgets only work in the top dropdown.
I guess I will try to add a widget block in the sidebar manually.
We are planning to update theme and add widgets in the sidebar, and make 'home page' – but if you know how to do it right now – very cool! ) We have already mentioned earlier that, unfortunately our theme with widgets on the left sidebar don't approved for sale and that theme in general looked some different, more usefull for buyers (how we see)... Thank you for purchasing again and good luck to you in all!
I appreciate your quick responses. Thank you.
We definitely need a left sidebar for widgets. This should have been standard as the vast majority of themes would have this. Very disappointed, I can't use this theme as we intended!
This should have been made known before purchase.
In this embodiment of theme are not provided for the left sidebar with standart widgets. But since many clients are asking the home page and the left sidebar. We next week will release an update. Be patient, and thank you for your feedback..
Hi there. So far so good with the theme.
I was surprised that the footer is not editable / a collection of widgets. I would like to replace the "Photos from Flickr" with "Pins from Pinterest" but don't see how to do this as the footer options are part of the "Libra Options" not just an additional Menu.
Any ideas for accomplishing this?
Appearance > Libra Options > Libra Theme Settings
Footer Info Title:
Footer Info:
Twitter Name:
Flickr ID:
All this options you can easy edit
Flickr ID your can find this – http://idgettr.com/
So, all fully editable in footer.
I hope this help.
Thank You for your purchase and if you have any other questions, please let me know
Good Luck!
Thanks for the quick response.
Unfortunately, maybe we are misunderstanding each other.I don't want a Flickr feed in the footer, I would like a Pinterest feed. Something similar to this: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pinterest-rss-widget/
The footer isn't Widgets, so I can't just replace the Flickr with Pinterest.
In principle it is possible, but you need to register for these purposes is another sidebar, and have put there with the plug-in your widget. But for this you need to edit the code of footer file. You are able to do this? If not, you will have to turn to outside help. Or send me an email, I will describe to you how this can be done
Just the theme "minimal," and we are asked to add and add some things, I feel that soon it will be not minimal. ))
And sorry for my misunderstanding of your question earlier. I do not know English very well, and not carefully read your message. Thinking that I understood you correctly. ))
No problem… I understand your position on a "Minimal" theme… I guess there's always little changes people want.
I sent you an e-mail.
Of course you are right, and that's good. I already answered you in your letter, I hope you all will work just as well.
Good Luck, Alexander.
Great work ShakeDesign!
Thank You so Much for Your Kind Words! Good Luck to You in all!
I just installed this theme, but I also just realized that the widget is not in the sidebar, instead on the "top" sidebar which is hardly noticeable. This is a nice theme, but a real sidebar will be better. Nevertheless, it is good to hear that there will be update in near time to address this request for a sidebar.
In addition to that, in my blog, I can see the a big black-random picture on the bottom of my post, exactly above the footer. For an instance, please see this:http://www.lucyeffendy.com/journey-of-my-life/
Not sure how it appeared. It seemed I already installed the theme correctly. Please let me know how to fix that. Thanks.
Add a line
img#wpstats {display: none !important;}
to the file 'style.css' in the 'libra' filder. This should help. As I understand it is only in your site. If you don't help, please contact us using the form letter.
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New Gallery to Host Art Market
Two Canyon artists are looking for more local talent.
"We are putting together an Art Market. We've done an Art Market before, June 1st, and it was really sucessful and it was the first art market that Canyon has ever had," Kylee Melson, Co-Owner of The Paper Crane Art Gallery said.
A success it was. The young gallery just opened its doors in March. The first market this summer had quite the showing.
"The last Art Market we had, there was 35-40 vendors, something like that, and around 300 people that came out throughout the day," Jesse Melson, Co-Owner of The Paper Crane said.
Now the duo is at it again.
The Melsons will host the second Art Market over homecoming weekend in Canyon. The cost for a vendor is $75 for a 10 by 10 booth, and vendors keep all they make.
The couple says they want to help local artists get some recognition on the big weekend.
"They usually draw baout 25,000 people, and so what better way to already have this audience here," Kylee said.
A big audience and a big idea. This small gallery is making a mark on the Panhandle.
The Paper Crane also offers art lessons, art supplies and the Melsons are seeking artists to show their work in the gallery. For more information on the Paper Crane and how you can get involved in the Art Market click here.
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Mrs. HARTZLER. I rise today in response to a situation which is currently causing a great deal of concern among law-abiding citizens in my home State of Missouri.
We have learned, through the diligent work of State Senator Kurt Schaefer and others in State government, that the Missouri Department of Revenue, which issues concealed-carry permits in our State, has improperly allowed this sensitive, personal information to be shared with the Federal Government. This egregious disregard for privacy rights led last week to the resignation of the director of the State Department of Revenue.
While Missourians are pleased that this inappropriate sharing of information has been discovered, we are still trying to determine why information on who is legally licensed to carry concealed firearms was surrendered to Federal authorities in the first place.
I stand with Missouri's elected representatives as they pursue all legal avenues to learn why the Missouri Department of Revenue displayed such blatant disregard for the rights of our honest, law-abiding citizens.
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A good day shooting is better than any day working. Glad you had fun with your new gun. I'm headed out to shoot with my son and a few of his friends this afternoon.
Fun. Fun. And more fun.
I haven't had this much fun at the range in a long time.
My wife described shooting the Ranch Hand as one might describe an aged Scotch Whiskey - Smooth.
Ours is in .38SPL/.357MAG. We used WWB 125 GR JHP (Self Protection) ammo. We put about 40 rounds through it. It handled nice!
I can't say much about accuracy. We were having too much fun to keep track of where each round went. I can say that at 15 yards rounds hit pretty much where I was aiming - give or take a few inches. The recoil was almost nil with two hands. With one hand the recoil was almost nil but one handed was awkward. Single handed it's long and a bit heavy. However with practice I would imagine single handed would become more comfortable.
I did not try the safety. It's a little dial on top of the weapon near the hammer. Red dot=fire; Green dot=safe. I found that I had to cock the hammer back to dial the safety.
Loading is something to get used to. The most I loaded was five rounds. The magazine should take 6. Next range time I'll find out. I found loading a bit difficult. It'll get easier with practice. I pushed a round into the loading gate and had to wiggile-waggle a bit for the round to enter the magazine tube. Several times the round "backed" and under the gate requiring that I chamber the round to make room. I'm just not used to that I guess so with practice I should get better with it.
My wife had no trouble shooting it. She found it comfortable and had fun shooting from the hip. The grandson (12 years) thinks it great. He had no difficulties using it. Next time out I'll try some "accuracy" shooting but I won't guarantee it. The testing goes right out the window as the fun meter starts to peg.
Now I have to spend the afternoon cleaning it, the Ruger 22/45, Heritage Rough Rider and the Taurus PT-22.
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A good day shooting is better than any day working. Glad you had fun with your new gun. I'm headed out to shoot with my son and a few of his friends this afternoon.
Always remember to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle your targets
Reduce them to shreds
Reuse shoot them more than once
Recycle whatever is left over
Ignorance is the lack of knowledge. Stupid is the refusal to do anything about it.
I am so impressed with the Ranch Hand that I am seriously considering the Rossi Model 92 R92-56006 ( Rossi USA ).
SHOOTING magazine has an article on the Marlin 1894CSBL however I didn't get past the price - $1,062.
So I guess I'll stop by my LGS this week and put in my order. I just have to remember flat-nose bullets. I probably stay with the JHP version.
Glad you had fun with it, seems like a blast, hahaha!!!!
It's a trick... Get an axe...
Sounds good to me! Next time when you get a chance, Show some targets for accuracy.
I have the 92, bought 25 or so years ago. I love the thing, good for small game (.38s) up to deer/hog (magnums) and a blast to shoot. I can imagine that abreviated magazine/spring would be a might tougher to load. The Ranch Hand is a nifty gun for the old TV western buff, but I haven't figured out an actual USE yet other than fun range toy. The carbine is a very useful gun if you are an outdoorsman. I've been hunting for over 50 years, it's what i do.
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BTW, I thought about moving this to handguns since Taurus markets the thing (I'm sure for reasons of legality) as a handgun. Don't know, whadda you all think? It is a rifle action, after all. I'll just leave it here for now.
Edit, but I just realized there's only a "rossi revolvers" and not "pistols" forum. Oh, well, thread stays here.
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Well it is a pistol and very not a "rifle" (back off ATF dogs and stooges...) so I would move it to somewhere else other than here at least.
It's a trick... Get an axe...
Very interesting range report. I need to check one out. I think it can find a place in my arsonal for one.
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Believe or not, I've had this lack of travel range on the driver side mirror on my '06 330i for a long time. I am 6' 1 so I have not problem, but my wife is 5' 3 and she could not get the mirror to travel to the right enough so she could see the proper view.
She hates this so much now she refuses to drive the 330i and bugs me to get rid off it. (she is very safety conscious and very demanding in being able to see all the views around the car while driving.) I do notice that the '07 and onward 328 and 335 have gone to a larger and more squarish side mirrors. I wonder if any mechanic know how to make the internal adjustment so the mirror has a more range to travel to the right?
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Doral Designs - Bistro Patio Table
The Doral BISTRO-01TB Patio Table is part of a 3 piece set that includes this table plus 2 chairs. The Bistro Table is manufactured from strong 24mm x .8mm tubular steel, with 5mm tempered safety glass. The legs have rubber feet so that they can also be used indoors without scratching floors.
- Neutral Charcoal Color, Suitable For Indoors And Outdoors
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The Doral Design KFGT-0021D San Antonio chair is full-sized and is constructed of powder-coated steel and durable textilene. The dark brown frame and taupe textilene creates a pleasing and attractive contrast. The chair can be matched with the San Antonio table and umbrella to create an elegant and stylish dining set.
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What to see around FalmouthOutdoor activities are at hand such as biking, ferry rides, and wine tasting, along with attractions like:
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- • Oak Bluffs Harbor
- • Buttonwood Park Zoo
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- • Old Silver Beach
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- • Falmouth Museums on the Green
- • College Light Opera Company
- • Highfield Hall
- • Spohr Gardens
- • Cornelia Carey Sanctuary
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- • January-March: 53°F day, 21°F night
- • April-June: 81°F day, 36°F night
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CHICAGO -- Barry Bonds' worst slump is over and Hank Aaron's record can't be far behind.
Bonds moved within two home runs of Aaron's mark Thursday, sending No. 752 over the right-field bleachers on the first pitch, and his 753rd into the basket in left-center.
He was ready, all right, breaking out of his longest offensive funk in six years on a pair of fresh, rested legs.
The San Francisco slugger returned to the starting lineup for the first time in four games after sitting to let his sore lower body recover, though his two homers weren't enough for the San Francisco Giants in a 9-8 loss to the surging Chicago Cubs.
In case Bonds had somehow forgotten what he was chasing, the commemorative balls being used when he bats are providing constant reminders.
"It's real now," Bonds said, swarmed by media in a makeshift dugout press conference at Wrigley Field. "I had to get over them switching those baseballs. Any time that happens, I kind of go into a slide. It's tough because you actually really realize something's going on and you don't really want to think about it. ... But when they stop it for a second and switch baseballs, it's very hard to not know something's happening right in front of you."
On Friday, the quest moves to Miller Park in Milwaukee, the city where Aaron started and ended his career. It's also the home of commissioner Bud Selig, who hasn't said whether he'll be in the seats as Bonds attempts to make history.
"It doesn't mean anything different than anywhere else," Bonds said of playing in Aaron's town. "Right now, I just feel good. My body feels great. I feel rejuvenated a little bit. Maybe I'm going to take three more days off and come back."
Bonds didn't just clear the fences in the second inning when he crushed the specially monogrammed ball for his 18th homer of the season and first in 25 at-bats, he cleared the bleachers altogether on a blustery day.
Bonds sent the first pitch from Cubs starter Ted Lilly high over the right-field fence leading off the second -- and it was the first drive to reach Sheffield Avenue all season. Then he homered again in the seventh, a three-run shot off Will Ohman.
Ohman became the 443rd different pitcher to give up a home run to Bonds, who has 19 homers on the year. It was Bonds' 71st multihomer game, second all-time behind Babe Ruth's 72, and second this season.
Bonds' solo shot pulled the Giants within 4-1 and it was San Francisco's first hit off Lilly (10-4), who surrendered his third career homer to Bonds and later a two-run single but still won his sixth consecutive decision to match a career high.
In the third, Lilly had no choice but to go right after him again -- and Bonds looped a bases-loaded, two-run single into left-center field. He drew his 95th walk to start the sixth.
Lilly didn't mind being connected to Bonds, who faces suspicions his pursuit was fueled by steroids.
"He's one of the most special players the game has ever had," Lilly said. "A lot of the negative attention has been unfortunate, not only for him but for the game. I don't know what the facts are in his history. I respect him."
Bonds' second homer brought the Giants within 9-8 and gave him six RBI on the day, his most since driving in six runs Sept. 22 at Milwaukee. It was his seventh career game with at least six RBI.
The second one also moved Bonds past Carlton Fisk for most longballs by a player in a year he turns at least 43. Fisk hit 18 at age 43 in 1990 and 18 more the following year at 44. Bonds needs two more homers not only to match Hammerin' Hank's record, but also to tie Fisk's 72 homers after turning 40.
Chicago could still celebrate afterward. The Cubs earned their 18th victory in the last 23 games and sixth in seven since the All-Star break, moving six games over .500 (50-44) for the first time since June 11, 2005, when they were 33-27.
"Barry tried to carry us through it, but we just handed them this game," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.
The fans both cheered and booed when Bonds' first homer sailed out in the direction of a beer billboard reading "755 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL." Dave Davison, a 39-year-old regular at Wrigley, retrieved the ball in the middle of the street after it bounced off someone else's arm.
Tyler Olson, a 13-year-old from Freeport, Ill., came up with No. 753. The teen declined comment.
"I was just hoping they were going to throw the balls back like they said. I guess they lied," Bonds said. "I was going to put them in my trophy room."
Bonds, who turns 43 on Tuesday, hadn't homered since the first inning July 3 at Cincinnati and also ended a seven-game hitless stretch.
He was mired in a season-worst 0-for-21 slump, two off his career high set during his rookie season in 1986. The latest funk was his longest since a hitless stretch of the same length from April 5-12, 2001 -- the year he broke Mark McGwire's single-season home run record with 73.
As he made his way out in street clothes afterward, Bonds greeted and hugged Rev. Jesse Jackson near the Giants' dugout and they pecked each other on the cheek.
The fans started booing Bonds lustily before he even took the field, hollering in displeasure when his name was announced with the starting lineups.
Bonds was in an 0-for-17 slump before hitting his 746th homer against the Rockies on May 27.
"It's not too often you can keep him down," the Cubs' Cliff Floyd said. "I knew sooner or later he was going to break out."
- The four-game series drew a Wrigley Field record of 161,374 fans. The previous record was 159,451 vs. Cincinnati in 2004.
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I just spent the weekend aboard a Hunter 35 while taking a sailing course. I passed my ASA 101!! During the course we practiced the man overboard drill by falling off to a beam reach, tacking, turning downwind, and then back to roughly being in irons for the pickup. We did all this without making any sail adjustments other than pulling the mainsheet in. Is this possible to do on a boat that does not have a full weighted keel? Most of the boats in my area are in the 20 foot range and have retractable centerboards (weighted).
Thanks for any info.
i done that with a swing keel boat without any issues -> yes
What you did was the "figure-8" method, which is designed to avoid a jibe, but does get you pretty far from "Oscar" before you start heading back to him.
An alternative, if it's not too windy to jibe, is the "quick-stop" method, where you head upwind immediately, then circle around Oscar, jibe in mid-circle, then head up from below to get him. This method reportedly works better with a life sling trailed astern, it closes in on Oscar as you round him, and the whole thing keeps you closer to Oscar in the first place.
I teach sometimes on either Flying Scots, or on Beneteau 25s, and try to have the students try both methods.
Here's a good article on both:
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Another option if you have a quick response time is to heave-to, but you need to be close enough when the boat "stops" to get a life sling to COB.
1) heave-to and then sail on a beam reach until the COB is abeam DO NOT TOUCH THE SAILS.
2) sail dead downwind until the COB of off the quarter.
3) head up onto a close reach keeping the COB about 1.5 - 2 boat lengths off until the COB is off the quarter.
4) heave-to and drift down to the COB.
This requires no sail handling, can be done by one person and works with a life-sling. You allows maintain control of the boat. If you miss you can just sail around again.
Dave's maneuvering sounds like it would take a bit of time to do. The reaching off would definitely take the boat away from the victim, making it more difficult to keep him in view. Our club held a MOB drill during a race last month. The Sailing Instructions called for each boat to be issued a watermelon to serve as "victim". Watermelons are about the size of a person's head, and don't blow around the way cushions or other "victims" might. About half way up the first windward leg, the RC announced over the radio for all boats to jettison their melons. It was blowing about 18 knots, with a 2' chop that made keeping the victim in view realistically difficult. The first boat to retrieve theirs used the Quick-Stop method, and got it back on board in about 30 seconds.
Here in OZ 'Quickstop' is the supposed Yachting Australia official method......My wife and I do both know it, and it is what I practice on our boat.
Having said that I have some concerns over it being used on boats with less experienced crew....in a panic stricken situation I can see how your crew could easily get confused with the first tack, unsheeting the jib and stalling the manoever.
One important point to make and the main point RYA make in teaching man overboard is to turn on the engine in keelboats.....
I prefer the quickstop method as well. But one conern i have is that when you turn downwind, it is easy to forget the exact wind direction in the excitement and accidentally jibe. With most of the methods, the cool head on the boat is the most important piece of equipment, and the accidental jibe can give that cool head a nasty knock.
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Just when Seahawks fans may think the team has everything, they go and get parts they've never had before.
Or at least that's how it appears after three days of rookie mini-camp, Dave Boling of the Tacoma News Tribune told Mitch this morning. Boling said Carroll expressed high marks in the "unique" category in post-camp interviews.
"One of the things that was his first reaction at the end of the camp was that the drafted guys all seemed to fit the specific roles they have targeted," Boling said.
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Giving the paparazzi an eyeful, Geri Halliwell was spotted out on her hotel balcony in Miami, Florida today (November 24).
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How delightful to again experience a fun family event in downtown Cheney. Following the success of the first annual Winterfest, it was decided to revive the annual Mayfest celebration, held this year on May 11. Monies raised by these and future such events support local charities.
We are fortunate to have people in our community who wish to revitalize our historic downtown with activities such as these. There were many businesses, vendors and volunteers who participated, but I would like to especially thank Jason Williams of Owl Pharmacy, Dori Byrd of Holiday Inn Express and Douglas and Danielle LeBar of the Mason Jar for organizing these events.
Thanks also go to Allan Gainer for serving as master of ceremonies, Steve Emtman for providing the tent and Debbie Anderson and Aly Avey of Against the Grain for organizing all the participants. Special thanks go to Wayne Dow of Dow Landscape Materials not only for providing the stage for the musicians but, belatedly, for providing all the burn barrels and requisite fencing for February that gave Winterfest such a warm and inviting atmosphere.
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MILWAUKEE -- Mike Cameron knew the ball had beaten him to the plate.
"You still have to make the tag. I was safe," he said.
Cameron slid under catcher Wil Nieves for the go-ahead run in the seventh and Yovani Gallardo showed a flash of emotion striking out 11 in seven innings, lifting the Brewers to a 7-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday.
Cameron's play helped Milwaukee salvage a split and win consecutive games for the first time this month after a miserable 8-16 start to July.
"I was pretty shocked," Nationals starter J.D. Martin said. "I know the ball beat him there so I just kind of figured he was out."
But plate umpire Joe West, working his 4,000th game, called Cameron safe because Nieves' tag wasn't low enough. Nieves didn't like the call, jumping around in disbelief, but said after the game that West was correct.
"I just tagged him too high. I should've blocked the plate," he said. "It's one of those plays you've got to make sure won't happen again. You see the replay and it was clear that he got in there."
Prince Fielder hit his 25th homer and Craig Counsell added a homer and three RBI to extend his hitting streak to 12 for the Brewers, who now will go on a nine-game road trip that starts in San Diego.
"During the season, you just kind of put your head down and keep going," Counsell said.
The reality is it'll be just as tough on the road with stops in Los Angeles and Houston. After the game, Jeff Suppan (oblique) joined Dave Bush (triceps) on the disabled list for an already beleaguered starting rotation and slumping third baseman Bill Hall accepted an assignment to Triple-A Nashville.
No corresponding roster moves were announced and general manager Doug Melvin has been actively seeking pitching help before Friday's trade deadline.
"We'll patch it together," Brewers manager Ken Macha said. "It will be a challenge for us."
Gallardo (10-7) has been the one stabilizing presence for the Brewers, who came into the month with a two-game lead in the NL Central and needed to rally behind their promising young right-hander.
He struck out a batter in every inning but one, but allowed a three-run homer to Ryan Zimmerman in the fourth that made it 3-2. Fielder answered with a solo shot in the bottom of the inning to tie it.
"After I gave up the lead with the three-run home run, I just said to myself, 'We've got a good team, we're going to turn around and put some runs up on the board,'" Gallardo said.
Cameron started the seventh with a double off Martin (0-2) and advanced to third on Casey McGehee's single. Jason Kendall followed with a grounder to third and Zimmerman made an accurate throw, but Nieves couldn't make the timely tag.
Nieves was upset, but cooled down quickly after West earlier tossed Nationals manager Jim Riggleman for arguing.
"The disappointment they feel after that ballgame I think is a great thing. They're not just saying 'Ah it's another loss,"' said Riggleman, now 6-9 since taking over at the All-Star break for Manny Acta. "There's a lot of disappointment in there that we didn't win at least three out of four."
Counsell's two-out, two-run homer in the third gave Milwaukee a 2-0 lead. It was his fourth this season after hitting four over his previous two seasons combined. Zimmerman gave Washington a brief lead before Fielder erased it.
In the sixth with score still tied 3-3, Gallardo struck out Nick Johnson and Adam Dunn to strand Nyjer Morgan at third and left the mound with a spring in his step. Dunn threw his bat toward the Nationals' dugout in frustration, part of many this season for the team with the worst record in the majors (32-70).
"With the three and four hitters up there, you've just got to step it up," Gallardo said. "I was able to do that today and get two big strikeouts in that inning."
- Hall had been hitting .201 this season with just 17 at-bats in July. He turned down an assignment earlier this month, but said he chose to go this time and expects to be back in a week. Hall is in the third year of a $24 million, four-year deal with $8.9 million remaining on his contract.
- Nationals OF Josh Willingham (neck strain) was a late scratch.


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Our Fall Mantle
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I wish I had a mantle! Ive been decorating for fall too! If only the weather would catch up to my decorating..ReplyDelete
This looks great Megan!ReplyDelete
gorgeous. Love Fall.ReplyDelete
need to decorate my mantle :)
Yes I do! I embracing the fall! Your mantle is beautiful! Very welcoming and cozy!ReplyDelete
Love your "mantle"! You always do a beautiful job decorating! Thanks for letting me know about the link party! Have a great week!ReplyDelete
wOW- LOOKS GREAT!!ReplyDelete
Looks great!! Love the mercury glass candlesticks!ReplyDelete
It looks great! Love the idea of the burlap!ReplyDelete
I like the added gold spray paint. So cute. Working on ours. . . almost done. Slowly but surely.ReplyDelete
So beautiful!ReplyDelete
If I can find something cheap, I'll decorate, but els it's for next year :)
Very pretty, Megan! The gold spray paint is a nice touch and I like the pine cones you've added. Hope you had a great weekend!ReplyDelete
Looks great Megan!ReplyDelete
I'm resisting the urge to decorate my fall mantle...I still want it to be summer!ReplyDelete
It's beautiful Megan! I am ready to bring fall in here too now that it's a bit cooler. Just trying to find the time.ReplyDelete
I don't have a mantel either...I use the top of my TV armoire. Love what you did with the burlap, and those mercury glass candlesticks are very cool!!ReplyDelete
Hooray for pumpkins and pinecones! :-DReplyDelete
See you at the party, Megan!
Layla :-D
Beautiful! We don't have a mantle in our home either, and I LOVE your idea of creating this fall fabulous-ness on a console table! I'll have to try and get creative when the weather feels a little more fall like outside for us :)ReplyDelete
Very nice. I like how it's festive, but not overpowering!ReplyDelete
i love that ginormous looking vase in the center! adding some gold to the pine cones-brilliant!ReplyDelete
i just LOVE the fall mantle decor...so simple, but adds just the perfect punch of color for the season!!ReplyDelete
Looks great! Love all the different colours of pumpkins. I linked up as well.ReplyDelete


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120 mph limit????
Hey whats up with the limiter cutting in at 120 mph on the ST???[dunno]
there seems to be plenty of revs left on the tach to maybe hit 130.
I am also confused about the traction control...is the traction control on when the light in the dash cluster is on, or is the traction control off when the light in the cluster is on???
Please help a dufus out! I have 1k on my new 07ST and love it and want to love it more!
if you push and hold your traction control button, the light in your cluster will come on indefinitely. This means you have it disabled. If your tires start to slip when accelerating too fast (assuming you don't have it disabled), you'll see the icon blink 3 or 4 times, indicating it's engaging.
As far as the speed limiter, get a tune. I believe an sct can wipe that for ya. Why in the hell you'd need to go that fast is your own business, but that should do the trick.
well first off you shouldn't be going that fast unless you have at LEAST H rated tires.... GOD I..!!PEOPLE!!
2nd, at 120mph everything happenstwice as fast as it does at 60, and takes approximately 4 times longer to react and stopping distances are increased by about 8-10times
3rd if you get pulled over doing 120mph you will be taken to jail and probably loose your license
i can see it now, what this thread is going to turn into... there's so many of them,
but yeah thats retarted that your going that fast, no reason for that, the only place you should see how fast you can go is at the 1/4 mile track, there's no reason to see what your top speed is anywhere else.
but to answer your question, get an xcal2
yeah dude, copnsider yourself lucky, the ST is the fastest focus of the current bunch. the S moodels are cut off at 99 or 108, I can't remember. The car won't do more than 130 stock I believe if it wasn't limited to 120. A tune will get rid of the 120 top limit. I think the stock tires are only rated for 130 anyway. I have ZR tires, so I odn't care.
Oh and on the tcs thing, you can't turn it completely off. It is a dual stage tracton control system which activates itself under 25 mph anyway. A tune can also take care of this problem
prolly same for the ST
H rated tires 4 lyf3
Thanks for all the info! very helpful to this newbe. think I'll check into a tune just to eliminate the traction control.
OEM tires on ST are P6 Pirelli...at least on mine...not a great tire but H rated.
Hey wickedgrey, if I wanted that kind of scolding I would call my mom... she and gottaride know I'm retarded.
If you are seeing that sort of speed in the quarter, then by all means..lol!
There are places you can do it safely. Tires are easy though, I would be more concerned with brakes. Try doing a 120mph+-0 a few times and see how the stock brakes like it. EBC red stuff + rotors FTW (add in a high temp fluid).
Well first off, why in the world when your car is brand new with 1k miles on it pushin it to 120 anyways. talk about car abuse.
If you want real power and fast with no limit see below... \/
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M54 Oil Pump solution
After years of hearing about this oil pump solution for the M54, I finally ordered one to try on my 330i street car.
What is the problem with the M54 oil pump? The M54, and more notoriously the M54B30, seems to vibrate the oil pump nut off when rev'd above 6000 RPM. The more time you spend over 6k, the sooner the oil pump nut seems to come loose, which is followed by the oil pump sprocket coming off, which causes a total loss of oil pressure. (By by engine)
Here's a view of a stock oil pump without the sprocket installed:
What's inside:
The most common solution seems to be to weld the oil pump nut (OPN) on to keep it from vibrating off....even tough the nut is a reverse thread. While this works in the short term, eventually the shaft that the sprocket and nut have been welded to fails, (It literally shears off where it holds the sprocket) and the engine looses oil pressure. Here is an example of how this welding is done:
And the back side of the sprocket:
Another solution that many try is from VAC Motorsports for $200. They offer a kit with a new sprocket and oil pump shaft that must be pressed into the existing oil pump housing. Here's the kit:
Here the VAC Motorsports shaft has been pressed into the oil pump housing:
And all buttoned up:
Note that the bolt is a reverse threaded, and was installed to VAC's specified torque, and additionally we added Loctite Red to the threads.
I would love to report that this simple solution works, but it didn't in my engine. When the engine was torn down after approximately 80hrs or run time, I found the bolt loose to the touch, and the sprocket somewhat wobbly on the shaft. Based on what I found, I would say that it was just a matter of time on my engine before the oil pump drive sprocket came off. I have also heard from numberous other people that have installed this kit, on M54s, M52s, and S52s, and have had oil pump failures. It may allow the oil pump to last a little bit longer than the OEM piece, but eventually it fails.
So this left 2 solutions:
Most people at seeing these prices seem to get the VAC kit and hope for the best. For me, this just isn't an option I would be comfortable with.
I decided to try a solution that Greg Smith ran on his car, and isn't commercially available, but if you ask nice he can source one for you. The price is more than the VAC Motorsports solution, but much less than the BMW Motorsports solution. What you get is a completely new OEM oil pump housing and internals, with a specially machined drive shaft and sprocket. I would say most of the cost is in starting with a brand new oil pump core, but I'm not complaining. This is one very nicely put together oil pump package:
Taking the sprocket off, we can see what makes this solution so special:
Yes, that's all one solid machined piece that the sprocket bolts to:
From a piece of mind perspective, I think this solution is a bargain.
Wow that thing looks great. How much $ are we talking about here?
Thanks for posting pics! I've seen pics, just not that detailed.
how hard is it to replace the oil pump on these cars when it is on jack stands?
the issue is that you would have o drop the front subframe to get there.
Thanks for the great writeup as always PEI.
now my next question is whether i want to do this myself or give it to a shop to do it. :rofl:
You can do it. I've DIY'd my oil pan gasket in my garage (with a cheap hoist). It's very much a DIY if you have one.
Thanks for the information, I was considering the VAC update but this definitely seems to be a better alternative. For the moment I'm using an LED warning light for the oil pressure incase the nut does happen to come off.
I presume the lock-tite nuts on the later cars are still very much prone to this problem?
One simpler alternative might be replacing the stock vibration damper at a conservative interval - TxZHP04 did this and said it felt a lot smoother. I think older cars tend to see more OPN trouble primarily because their vibration dampers wear out and usually go unreplaced for years. The problem is that, like a bushing, they can look ok but not work well. Whatever the car's year, they're made of rubber and ~5 years is a reasonable street driving lifespan for them IMO. Infamous racer mrshelley replaces his vibration damper(s) after every 1-2 GA events(!). The more robust and better damping ATI Super Damper is rated for something like 5-10 years depending on how much track you're doing, but it's not allowed in some racing classes.
Can you get by tracking the car without the upgraded pump if your harmonic damping is good enough? Maybe. Time will tell. But if you're really hanging out above 6K regularly I wouldn't risk it myself.
Fwiw my OPN was on super tight after about 75K of spirited street driving including about 3K miles turboed. Did I rev above 6K much? Sure. Did I hang out there much? No.
That looks like a well thought out solution to the issue, opposed to a temporary fix!
Thanks for the post!!
Awesome info as usual Adam!
The harmonics is the real issue and only for the 3.0l motor. You can take the 2.8 or 2.5 and just safety wire the nut and you'll be set for what most people do.
I grenaded a motor this year just because it is seeing 6700 on the high banks of Daytona and 6900 when it runs in a draft. This is for at least 10 seconds per lap. After enough laps, the crank broke, the timing wheel exploded, the guide rail on the oil pump chain was broken and the oil pump chain shot all of the rollers out of it. On top of all of that, the harmonic balancer had rotated by about 60 degrees (the timing mark was that far off). In the series I run in, I'm limited by rpm is I like it or not. The N52 motors do not suffer from this problem.
This is the most extreme situation and I doubt any of you will ever see this. What usually happens, is the oil pump shaft shears off and the motor blows up (they can run for around 117 seconds without oil pressure).
I would suggest this oil pump shaft if you are going to do some racing with the car. As these cars get older and cheaper, people will start to track them. Thing is, what I learned 10 years ago, is finally coming around for everyone else.
If you are going to run occasional track days with a regular 330, then you are fine. If you are going to put some serious time on it (5 to 6 hours per weekend) then you might want to look at this option. Most people don't run their car on the track flat out for long periods of time. If you do, just beware of what can happen.
So the 2.5's are good? And why is this? Undersquare design?
how about a 2.5 that has the 330 crank in it?
I was going to go with this solution but don't think I need it. I track the car for 4-6 weekends per year. With my s/c kit and the twinscrew's low end torque, I really don't need to hang above 6k rpm too much. In fact, I think my car does best between 3.5k rpm to 6k rpm.
I've concluded from past threads, the Greg Smith solution is the only way to go if you're going to go through the time and expense to do this.
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Evan Mathis: O-Line Insight
Evan Mathis: O-Line Insight
A guest contribution by Evan Mathis, Guard, Philadelphia Eagles
When PFF reached out to me with the unique request for an article, I thought it would be a good opportunity to give the football fan base some insight into the world of offensive line play. They also told me I would have to do this or they would go back to calling Carl Nicks the best guard in football.
The journey to fully understanding football is a tedious one. It's very easy to turn on a game, eat a meal, tweet, text, talk, and more … all while watching. After seeing a game one time, people are fully ready to provide their opinion as if it's concretely true. They then get into a debate with another person who watched another game about who is the best left tackle in the NFL. Their opinions are formed from various methods, but rarely from actually watching every game, every player, and every play. Who in their right mind would do such a thing?
Student of the Game
I was first and foremost a fan of the game of football. I just casually watched as many kids do and never paid much attention to everything that was happening. It was easy to hear the announcer's opinions, follow the football, and read stats. What looked so simple on TV to a young kid was actually an intricate machine of moving parts and interchangeable cogs that would take me years to fully understand. The evolutionary process from casual fan to student of the game unveils what a true art the sport of football is.
Basic understanding of football can come from watching games, reading stats, and getting on the Internet, but how do you effectively talk about a position that has no common stats and takes an above average understanding of the game to comprehend?
If you frequent PFF, it's likely that you are a student of the game and understand that it's no simple task to watch 22 players at a time on each play. That rewind button on your remote can be your best friend when studying a football game. In fact, a football diet lacking sufficient rewinding may result in the following side effects:
● Using announcers' opinions as your own.
● Seeing one replay of a tackle giving up a sack and saying he had a bad game.
● Thinking a back that ran for 150 yards guarantees the OL played well.
● Thinking a back that ran for 40 yards guarantees the OL played terribly.
● Assuming the running back is always running where he is supposed to run.
● Using tattoos and hair length to determine which linemen are good.
An Underlying Complexity
So let's say you are ready to commit to using that rewind button and watching the offensive line. At first, you may have no idea what you are looking at, but it should start to make sense in time. The most complicated part of understanding offensive line play is determining what any given player's assignment is on a play–it's not as simple as 'block the guy in front of you' or 'block whoever comes to you'.
The offensive line is a unit and an adjustment made by the left tackle can affect the right tackle's responsibility. Before making an assumption about who was supposed to block the linebacker that came free and leveled the quarterback, try to see what everybody else did during the play.
If you piece together assignments, you can make a better judgment on the situation. Keep in mind that not every defensive player is always accounted for. If the defense rushes six guys, that sixth man can belong to the running back, tight end, or the quarterback needing to throw hot. In the case of the quarterback throwing hot, it usually requires a receiver to recognize a blitz and change their route to adjust for a quicker throw. If they don't adjust, it could result in the quarterback taking a hit from a guy who rushed between C and RG. The casual fan would blame this on the offensive line, but the C and RG could have been doing their jobs even if one of them was blocking nobody.
If you see the aforementioned scenario occur, it means that the offensive line's responsibility was likely set to pick up a specific five guys and the sixth defender was to be accounted for by the QB and either a WR, TE, or RB. A communication error on the offense could result in a busted play, because it could easily result in a defender getting a free lane to the quarterback.
Run Game Clues
For a better understanding of the run game, pay attention to who each guy is blocking or trying to block. Simply by the process of elimination you can get a better idea of everyone's responsibility. If you see the guard and the tackle double-team blocking a defensive lineman and a linebacker comes right by them to make a tackle, it may or may not have been their responsibility to block that LB.
You must also account for what the fullback and tight end are doing. If the FB was headed in that direction and ended up on nobody, that may have been his man that made the play and the G and T were responsible for the next backer backside. If you aren't too sure who a player was intending to block, pay attention to where they appear to be looking. If they are supposed to start a double team, they will often look at the second part of their assignment while doing the first part.
Sometimes guys are just flat out wrong and it can make it tough to understand what was actually happening, but this is less than 5% of the time. These types of breakdowns can occur with a lack of focus, but most often from a failure to communicate, Cool Hand Luke style. The absolute best way to keep this from happening is to watch film, lots of film.
If you're a student of the game or just like watching offensive line play, then I hope you gain something from this article. If you think offensive line play is boring, that's fine, I think you should get a cookie for reading this far.
If you have any football questions or a passion for amateur comedy, then follow me on Twitter: @EvanMathis69
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Beginner need suggestions PS5 and LR3
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I have Adobe Photoshop 5 (64 bit) and Lightroom 3 version 3.4.1 installed on my computer...
Congratulations - they work well together.
...but I never really used them.
You must be rich to leave unused expensive software like that! They're both very powerful programs, but there's quite a steep learning curve, especially with Photoshop. Photoshop is an old program (21 years) and has never really had a complete redesign, so things get added and it's not totally logical. Don't expect to use all of Photoshop's features, as there are many ways of doing pretty much anything, often some of them now replaced by better ways (but the old ways left in for compatibility, and because people grumble if they take anything out!)
Lightroom has a newer and much cleaner interface, and as Sailor Blue says it's at its most powerful when processing raw images.
I am looking for suggestions about the best way to learn each program. I'm not even sure what the differences are to be honest (between them.)
They are quite different. People come out with generalisations ("Photoshop is A, Lightroom is B") but in reality, I think one has to read a bit about each and play with them to get a good feel for why they each work the way they do.
Is there a decent book to own (like one of those "dummies" books perhaps) or is there an inexpensive course to take on the web? Im open to all ideas as I paid good noney for these about a year ago, just never really tried to use them for much. Thanks!
All the ones Sailor Blue suggests, and I also like "Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers" by Martin Evening.
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We released a new version of the Phanfare mac client that fixes the jumping bug. Apple changed their NSTreeController selection binding update behavior in the 10.5.6 update, causing selection focus to move seemingly randomly between albums. We fixed it, tested it on 10.5.6 and on 10.4. Sorry it took so long for us to fix this. We know it was super annoying to users who hit the bug.


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Close Rikers? There's An App For That.
In September last year, police arrested a 17-year-old girl for snatching a wallet in Manhattan. It was her third arrest in two months and prosecutors charged her with second degree robbery — a violent felony.
A judge set bail at $7,500, which is the same as a jail sentence for New Yorkers like this girl, whose family was too poor to post the funds. But instead of sitting on Rikers Island awaiting trial or upstate in prison, she's out on the street — her every move tracked with a GPS-enabled smartphone and Bluetooth-equipped ankle band as part of the first real test of a new generation of technology for electronic monitoring in the city courts. It's the brainchild of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
While the pilot project is designed to keep young people out of jail, if successful, the technology could help with the broader push to reduce mass incarceration in the city and maybe even close Rikers Island.
Public defender Natasha Lapiner-Giresi from the New York County Defender Services represents the 17-year-old girl. Her client is one of three teenagers currently in the monitoring pilot, which should grow to include about 20 participants ages 16 to 23. (Project organizers say it's so early it's more accurate to call it a pre-pilot project.)
Lapiner-Giresi said she was hesitant when the Manhattan DA's Office first approached her about getting the girl into the program.
"I think [for] every defense attorney, the last thing they want is their client's movements, every single one of them, monitored. It's too Big Brother," she said.
But Lapiner-Giresi also realized it would be hard to convince a judge to let her client — with multiple arrests including a violent felony — into a counseling program as an alternative to incarceration. And even if she could convince the judge, it might take six months, during which time the girl would sit on Rikers.
"As the days were clicking by we knew that it might be the only way to get the client out quickly," Lapiner-Giresi said.
So ultimately they agreed. The girl pleaded guilty to robbery. In exchange, she was released from jail in early November and given a program to follow, including family counseling and various treatment services. She has to go to school, make her court dates and be home by curfew. An ankle bracelet and smartphone with GPS ensure she follows through with the program and allows case workers to communicate with her.
WNYC is not naming the girl because she's a minor and if she successfully completes the program, after about six months, she would be released from electronic monitoring and her case will be sealed.
The impetus for this experiment was the story of Kalief Browder, the 16-year-old Bronx boy who was accused of stealing a backpack and spent three years on Rikers Island awaiting trial before his case was dismissed. The New Yorker chronicled his case in October 2014.
Veteran prosecutor Karen Friedman Agnifilo was in charge of the Manhattan District Attorney's trial division at the time. She said the story rocked her.
"When you look back at your life and you look at junior year, senior year it means something and you can remember all those parts of your life and they're extremely formative years. And you remember the music that was playing and the movies that were out and what you did that summer," Agnifilo said. "Now that I'm in my late 40's I couldn't tell you if something was a year ago, five years ago or 10 years ago. So it was partly his age that was shocking. That he spent all of his formative adolescent years at Rikers waiting, just waiting for justice, waiting for his day in court."
Agnifilo, now the number two in the DA's office, said she had trouble sleeping after reading the article and she reached out to Herb Sturz, a senior advisor at the Open Society Foundations and former deputy mayor, who in the early 1960's helped design the Manhattan Bail Project, which reformed the use of cash bail nationwide.
They started brainstorming, thinking about ways to get young people off of Rikers. In particular they wanted to work with people accused of more serious crimes than ones handled by the usual diversion programs, which often target people who commit misdemeanors or are addicted to drugs.
They came up with what they now say was an obvious idea, one that might minimize the risk of releasing possible felons: electronic monitoring. And they assembled a team to help.
"This pilot is an attempt to see if our well thought-out models of intervening with these young people that have been proven to be successful…can also be effective with another population that many deem as more risky," said Jethro Antoine, technology director at the Center for Court Innovation, which is running the day-to-day operations of the pilot with the staff of the Midtown Community Court. The court helped pioneer special programs to keep people accused of low-level crimes out of jail.
In addition to the Center for Court Innovation, representatives from the City University of New York's Institute for State and Local Governance, the Robin Hood Foundation and others have been meeting every Thursday for months trying to develop the electronic monitoring and supervision program.
They've tested out a host of technologies — often wearing various ankle bracelets themselves for extended periods of time to see how it feels. Currently, the pilot is using software and hardware from a Kentucky company, Corrisoft.
Kwaku Driskell is a senior program officer on the early childhood and youth team at the Robin Hood Foundation, which helps fund poverty fighting programs. He said Robin Hood is interested in such projects in the belief that ending mass incarceration and recidivism can break the cycle of poverty.
"I think there's...a recognition that there's a fair amount of interest in this work right now and sort of a 'strike while the iron is hot' mentality that we should address these issues," Driskell said.
Program organizers wouldn't speculate on how many people electronic monitoring might be able to get off Rikers Island. The pilot project comes as some officials and reform advocates are looking at ways to reduce the population at Rikers to make closing the facility feasible. There are close to 10,000 people housed at the complex daily and some experts estimate that the population needs to be cut in half before the city could transfer inmates to community facilities.
Programs aimed at pretrial detainees, such as supervised release, would appear to affect a significantly larger number of people incarcerated at Rikers. Some people involved in the current experiment have discussed it in that context, but as it's designed now, defendants have to plead guilty to get into the program.
"If the impetus behind this program was to say no more Kalief Browder's, this program does nothing to address that, because Kalief Browder maintained his innocence for over three years. So if you're maintaining your innocence, you're still sitting in jail on $3,000 bail," said Stan German, the New York County Defender Services' executive director.
He added that in some cases, defense attorneys will advise clients against pleading guilty to get into a diversion program. That's because they often face stiffer penalties if they fail out of a program than if they plea bargain from the start.
"So rather than a year in jail, you end up doing three years in jail," German said.
Organizers say this is just a test, and if it works it can be tried on a broader population.
"Everything for me is a jumping off point. You learn. You test. It's experiential," said Sturz, of the Open Society Foundations. He's one of the leading backers of the movement to close Rikers, and earlier this month he was named to a new commission studying the issue.


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(Undated) -- Recovering home values and a skyrocketing stock market are pushing household wealth in the U.S. back to where it was before the recession.
The Federal Reserve reported Thursday the net worth of households and nonprofits hit $80.7 trillion dollars at the end of last year.
That's a gain of nearly ten-trillion dollars over 2012. The Fed says last year Americans finally regained the $10.6 trillion dollars lost in the recession when both stocks and real estate prices collapsed.
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How on earth could it be valued so high?
Orkut is booming in Brazil - so much so that Google included it on their recent earnings call. It's provided a toe-hold for them to push other products in a country with a population of 183M.
As far as MySpace, the traffic numbers that they are putting up have been obscene. The difference between them and the "eyeballs" plays of 1999 is that now there are much more sophisticated and low cost tools for monetizing that traffic AND that monetization is coming from the advertising budgets of real companies, not VC funded start ups.
In talking to some of the MySpace guys, one of the neatest things about their traffic is that they are utterly indifferent to search engine referrals. With their users recruiting other users to the tune of 110K per day, they just don't need to worry about optimization, and can instead concentrate on keeping the site fast, and adding in new features.
I'm a big fan.
I think you might miss the point here... the users don't CARE what it looks like. They want what it can do. And it is so much more than a forum. There are true "communities" set up that give them everything from brand new music (the music listings are truly huge) to blogs to event invitations and announcements to...
And, as far as the site design goes, the user can customize their account however they want. The pages they design may look awful, but they're having a blast designing them. Some of these people have never had any training or exposure to web design (and it shows), but this is their creative outlet.
I think that the fact that there are few limits is what is making this site so attractive. Worth $580 million? I don't know... possibly potentially more, since it appears that the user base grows exponentially every day.
As a musician that networks extensively, I can tell you that it is one of the hottest things ever for these bands to market their product. The band listings - with streaming audio (free to them) - have become HUGE!
Just my ten cents worth.
p.s. I don't think the design of this site is all that ground-breaking, either. But, I don't care what it looks like, I just want the communication tools available.
i'm just wondering what ol' rupert will do with myspace. it is a little frightening that one company will have unregulated access to so many teenagers, most of them unaware of who's running the show. i hope we don't start seeing george w. bush ads on myspace like there are on fox news.
then again, i hope myspace crumbles because it's lame anyway. granted, it is cool to hear audio from bands, but it is not cool when bands invite anyone within five miles of their zip code to be their little myspace friend. there are other ways to get your music out there, like playing a lot of shows and talking to people.


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Patrice Christine Ahmed got on a plane bound for Paris in the city of Lahore, Pakistan. She had something to eat, decided to doze off and fell sound asleept. The plane reached Paris but she still slept. The plane was fueled up, the plane left Paris and returned to Lahore, but Patrice still slept. Much to her surprise on awakening, she was still in Lahore.They put her on another plane headed for Paris and she finally arrived–while awake.
The airline insists that it is the responsibility of the passenger to disembark and personnel on a plane have no obligation to awake people on arrival at their destination. So, if I am a terrorist, go to sleep, allow everyone to depart the plane, and I have full opportunity to do whatever I desire.
I always thought they counted the number of passengers prior to departure.


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First and foremost, this fully awake smartphone is showing off the lovely presentation of the new Sense UI running on top of Android 2.2 Froyo. Although it's looking all majestic on a super large display, which Verizon customers are really waiting for, you'll find a special surprise upon closer inspection.
As we reported, the launch of the HTC Incredible HD is being delayed to grace it with 4G LTE speeds. In fact, that's exactly what you'll find sitting prettily at the very top most portion of the handset as the 4G symbol clearly sticks out. From the sound of it, the device is currently being put through the ropes and it's also hitting the impressive marks of 9Mbps downstream and 5Mbps upstream.
All in all, it's looking to be a fantastic device for Verizon customers who can commit to holding out for its arrival.
source: Android Central