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Several years ago, while making the lecture circuit rounds, American architect William Massie described a key goal within his practice as moving towards a more direct translation between bits and atoms. Architecture has always thrived on the tension between representation and material assemblages and what he was addressing with this comment was the dawning of an era characterized by a new proximity between digital models and physical output. In selected contexts, artists, architects, and designers have been exploring these accelerated development cycles for a decade but the involved technologies are descending in price so quickly that, for example, 3D printers are now cheaper than laser printers were in 1985. A key question: how does the looming ubiquity of these tools and workflows apply to the production and display of new media art? This article will explore digital fabrication (aka fabbing) at a variety of scales which include the curatorial questions raised by these new hybrid industrial design/sculpture objects as well as the implications on the practice of individual artists. Before delving into either of these milieus it would be useful to acknowledge some common language and terminology associated with fabrication and recognize some important precedents.
Wikipedia defines rapid prototyping as the "automatic construction of physical objects using solid freeform fabrication." Solid freeform fabrication is an umbrella term for a range of (often proprietary) techniques which include extrusion, sintering, curing and printing. So when we use the term "rapid prototyping" we are referring to some variant of the aforementioned 3D desktop printer. Another important process to consider is Computer Numerical Control (CNC) in which a geometrical form, as defined by a 2D or 3D CAD drawing, is translated into a tool path and cut out of an existing object or laminate. Common forms of CNC include milling and laser cutting. CNC is not new, one need only venture to their nearest signage shop to prove this point, but, like 3D printing, CNC technologies are going through a process of rapid miniaturization and are becoming affordable to individuals outside industry.
Let's be clear, the fundamentals driving many of the processes on the above laundry list of production techniques are old hat in sculpture. What is noteworthy is that these methods (complex mold making, subtractive techniques, etc.) are becoming less esoteric, increasing in precision and affordability and, in certain instances, being developed with an open source mandate. A great example of where homebrew fabrication could be headed (at least for the microcontroller savvy) is the RepRap project.
Launched in 2004, RepRap aspires to deliver a "self replicating rapid prototyper" which can reproduce many of its own parts. Originally proposed and developed by Adrian Bowyer, RepRap is now being researched and refined by a team of globally distributed collaborators. The one-sheet for the project reads like a call to arms for personal manufacturing and points out that (almost) everyone in the developed world "...runs their own printing works, their own photographic laboratory, and their own CD-pressing plant. Moving from two-dimensions to three, why shouldn't they make their own MP3-players, their own coat hooks, and their own car wing mirrors?" Rob Myers reblogged the original RepRap news coverage on Rhizome in June 2005 and wisely added "Now make art with it." While this endeavor represents a "blue sky" means of desktop-production, and becomes more plausible and technically proficient by the month, an entire generation of artists and designers are already exploring more conventional means of fabrication and CNC. The easiest way to get a sense of the range of work being done is to scan a few shows from the last year and then ponder the ramifications for artists and curators.
The 2008 edition of "C.STEM" was described with the genetics-meets-design tagline of "breeding objects". The show was decidedly multidisciplinary and brought together a range of work which included Ammar Eloueini's CoReFab#116 , Ebru Kurbak and Mahir Yavuz's News Knitter, IVY by MOS, the aforementioned RepRap project and many others. In essence, the show was a celebration of process and the artifacts on display were augmented with video, models, diagrams and even props to help situate them in the natural environments in which they might be encountered. The exhibition statement described contemporary praxis as usurping the mass produced "all-of-a kind object" with "families of unique and one-time products" characterized by parametricism and driven by flexible, generative systems. The motley crue of participants were assembled under the umbrella title of "post industrial designers," a terminology that suggested a reexamination of craft with a nod towards the critical theory crowd.
2008 also marked the launch of "Generator.x 2.0: Beyond the Screen," an expansion of Marius Watz's generative art curatorial platform to explore algorithmic design within the arena of digital fabrication. Organized as a workshop and subsequent exhibition at [DAM] Berlin (as part of Club Transmediale 2008), the initiative showcased a range of experimental prototypes, many of which were produced in a charrette environment. Work featured included Theverymany's Aperiodic_Vertebrae, Jared Tarbell's Spheroids and Cubes, David Dessen's Foldable Fractal, Watz's Object 1-3 and about a dozen other projects. When asked about the goals of this new iteration of "Generator.x" Watz is quick to identify a desire to dispel the myth that generative art is simply the production of "screensavers". He continues, "digital fabrication allows for a software-based approach to physical production, meaning that computational processes can be used in all parts of the production. It's an ironic reversal of the last decade's transition towards the digital." Read in this light, exhibitions like "Beyond the Screen" and "C.STEM - Breeding Objects" represent a convergence of code and craft, whereby experiments in geometry and data manipulation are considered as the basis for systems of assembly and material expression.
In her 2009 predictions for The L Magazine, Paddy Johnson cynically labeled 3D printing the "new Photoshop." Johnson forecasted a "remarkably bad but ultimately short lived art-making fad exploring little more than what the technology does." While dismissive, Johnson's caution is not entirely unwarranted as a 1:1 translation of technocratic architecture school machinations into gallery space will not appeal to a wide audience. However, these tools and workflows are only going to become more predominant in all arenas of production, artistic or otherwise - perhaps what we'll see is an initial manic investigation of possibility followed by more nuanced considerations of construction and volume. Also, see Gareth Long's Video Solid (2006) as an example of how fabbing might interface with more familiar media art practices. The problem with Johnson's skepticism is that it fails to acknowledge the complexity and potential of fabrication. Really though, how can anyone who is interested in the algorithm as a tool for expression not be captivated by this work extending into space - digital artists finally have the opportunity to generate their own "hello world" objects.
If this is indeed an era of software studies it only follows that engaging or creating custom software environments might have material repercussions. Design and speculative fiction provocateur Bruce Sterling identifies the generative means of production as the key issue within fabbing. He states "generative art and design are alien to all conventional creative methods - it challenges them in the way that a kaleidoscope challenges a telescope." Perhaps in framing this emerging access to immediate means of production it would be most useful to return to the notion of the post industrial designer offered at "C.STEM - Breeding Objects." If this new creative class blurs the line between artist and industrial designer as well as code and artifact it only follows that the manner in which we exhibit and consider this work will require rethinking as well. If galleries are going to be increasingly populated with arrays of fabricated artifacts, what will the tone and context of these exhibitions be? Fantastical product launches? Featured objects with extensive accompanying media to document process? Or "business as usual" strategies for sculptural display? Time will tell.
Greg J. Smith is a Toronto-based designer and researcher. Greg co-curates and edits the digital arts publication Vague Terrain and blogs at Serial Consign.
I actually hadn't meant to issue a whole scale dismissal of artist's use of the technology, though I can see how my prediction might have read as such. I've seen a lot of great art work made with 3-D printing machines, it just seems like there's a school of market artists out there interested in novelty over anything else.
Hi Paddy,
I just used the comment as a springboard into discussing general skepticism towards the field. I understand the "Gee Whiz" kind of Photoshop filter work you were referring to, and that sentiment might not necessarily lead to interesting artifacts in fabrication. What excites me so much is seeing people working with code suddenly thinking about tectonics, joinery and assembly. I'd love to see an Art Fag City post at some point highlighting some of the good fabbed work you've seen. :)
Closely related to the RapRap project, you might also want to take a look at the Fablab Network, a concept that has been growing over the last few years. Initially started by Neil Gershenfeld's class "How to Make Almost Anything" at the MIT Meida Lab, Fablabs provide places where engineers, inventors, designers and artists can come and work hands-on with fabrication technlogy.
I've been working in the Fablab Amsterdam for the last year, in lot of ways we're still in the "hello world" stage when it comes to working with these tools but it's still exciting to see artists embracing the technology. Oftentimes they're using the same skills that were once only used for creating print and screen works, now to create their first physical artworks.
I was getting heckled on twitter for not mentioning the Fablab Network! I do think it is a brilliant project.. somewhere I read it described as a middle ground between Commercial applications and RepRap. I like RepRap as an endgame for artists as it means, a cheap printer or mini-mill on the desktop. My understanding (and please correct me if I'm wrong) is that the FabLab project is kind of a distributed research initiative with goals to function as kind of a fabbing OLPC in certain countries. What exactly are you producing in Amsterdam?
I think the c.stem 2008 offered a glance on the potential of fabbing (fabbing seems to be the buzzing umbrella term for all the additive and subtractive production methods these days…) for media art as well as industrial/commercial application. It's a pitty that lots of "mainstream media" (with mainstream I do not (yet) refer to mainstream mainstream but the big blogs and trendsetting magazines…) praising the wonders of 3d printing & Co TECHNOLOGY (actually they only praise 3d printing…). But to be true: Haven't been the technologies as such (3d printing, cnc,…) already been around for "some" years? ok, we have seen giant drops in prices and a gigantic increases of quality the last few years (thanks to projects like fab@home, Fab Labs, RepRap…).
The real hot and breathtaking thing will be the application of all these technologies (as coined as a key question at the beginning of these article).
My Media and Communications background always let's me compare fabbing with the invention of Gutenberg's printing machine… It won't take a long time and the hype about the technology (which is indeed a wunderful enabler for great ideas to become reality) will cool dawn. When I am thinking of Gutenberg and the erruption following the invention of his machine which changed the whole world by democratizing (step by step) knowledge…wow, I am really looking forward to know who will be the Goethe, Shakespeare or Tolkien of fabbing…
I participated in the generator.x2.0-workshop. It was a very mixed crowd of designers and architects. Having these new and exciting possibilities available is amazing, but also very very challenging. I started with the most simple thing i could come up with and it really was my "hello world". and even that was tricky to make it work. It was obvious that the architects are better at this, while the artists had a different approach to material and structure. Both, the professional approach to deal with 3d and the "naive" artistic approach lead to interesting results. I personally don't really see all the outcome as works of art, while some definitely is. To me this really feels like touching a pencil for the first time. But I'd say it's way more than the next photoshop. For now, the distance form Gutenberg to Photoshop seems smaller to me than what we got with generative strategies and digital fabrication.
Maybe some day I'll be able to express my artistic intention in 3d, to get there I am very interested to get into this asap. Yes, we're after the new stuff. Because it's new, but also because it's so much more than the flat layer we've been trapped in for so long. It's like suddenly growing your prints into space, pretty wow. But honestly, along the way from idea to code to form, there also happens a lot of not so arty stuff. Like when you give your kids a box of new markers and leave them alone in your house for a couple of hours. Who would have thought that ?
This point was very well translated into the title "beyond the screen", it's exactly that for now. So, while the architects are not sooo hyped anymore about yesterdays next big thing, most of the artists are still laughing manically while pumping out generated form into physical space…
"Because it's new, but also because it's so much more than the flat layer we've been trapped in for so long. It's like suddenly growing your prints into space…"
This follows the notion of Malevich's concept of the "additional element" in his Suprematist manifesto back towards the beginning of the 1900's. There is certainly an excitement in having a recent additional element (or perhaps a digital equivalent of past elements) added to the methods by which one can make creative work.
I would like to respond to the comments on the notion of artists pursuing novelty over anything else with two quotes.
The philosopher Susanne Langer wrote in her book Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling, "The real patterns of feeling… how daydreaming weaves in and out of realistic thought, how the feeling of a place, a time of day, an ordinary situation is built up–these felt events, which compose the fabric of mental life, usually pass unobserved, unrecorded and therefore essentially unknown to the average person…They pass unrecorded because they are known without any symbolic mediation, and therefore without conceptual form. We usually have no objectifying images of such experiences to recall and recognize…" (Langer 24).
Nicolas Bourriaud in his book Postproduction (2002) states: "…how can we produce singularity and meaning from this chaotic mass of objects, names, and references that constitutes our daily life? Artists today program forms more than they compose them: rather than transfigure a raw element (blank canvas, clay, etc.), they remix available forms and make use of data" (Bourriaud 17).
Digital fabrication is yet another tool within the artist's tool bag to symbolically mediate the patterns of human feeling. It is particularly useful in response to human feeling in relation to notions of time, memory, and perception.
More than the resulting object itself, it's the relationship to design (generative or otherwise) and production of meaning, that is the most interesting part of fabbing. The object almost becomes incidental to the artistic process, and no longer the artistic object itself…
To flog the Photoshop analogy further: The relationship to, and knowledge of, image manipulation — even among people who aren't very good at it or use it professionally — has altered the public understanding of photographic images as well as calloused us to works that previously would be considered more impressive. Rapid manufacturing might shift the attention from "ooh, shiny computer assisted DIY produced thing" to "well yeah, but why are you producing that thing?"
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Edward Mills of the University of Ottawa, Canada and colleagues argue in this week's PLoS Medicine that the HIV/AIDS response in Africa needs a more balanced approach to gender, so that both men and women are involved in HIV treatment and prevention. Traditionally, targeted efforts at reducing the impact of the HIV epidemic have focused on women and children while men have received considerably less attention.
The authors say: "The epidemiological evidence is accumulating, and indicates that males in sub-Saharan Africa are not accessing HIV services as often as their female counterparts, and as a result, men have worse outcomes of care, including mortality... Programmatic efforts should account for this disparity."
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Competing Interests: CB is a member of the PLoS Medicine Editorial Board. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Citation: Mills EJ, Beyrer C, Birungi J, Dybul MR (2012) Engaging Men in Prevention and Care for HIV/AIDS in Africa. PLoS Med 9(2): e1001167. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001167
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National signing day brings fresh talent to teamsFeb. 8, 2001
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'Bigger is better' seems to be the theme for the 23 of Baylor's 2001 football signees. Seven new linemen pack more than 300 pounds and all tower above the 6-foot-4-inch mark.
'We didn't just put our hands over our faces and get the biggest guys possible,' head Coach Kevin Steele said. 'We got big guys who can move their feet to make a core line. Physics takes over on the field and we needed bigger guys.'
Next year's line will get a face-lift with six giants taking offensive spots and five filling defensive roles.
'We felt we needed help in our offensive and defensive lines,' Steele said. 'We've got talent there, but we needed help there. [Last season] we had guys beat us because they were so huge. Not because they were top NFL picks, but because of their size.'
On the offensive side, two picks for quarterback, Ryan Jeffrey from Lorena, and Davon Vinson from Kilgore, earned rankings among the nation's top 100 prep quarterbacks by Rivals.com.
Jeffrey, 6 feet 4 inches tall and 185 pounds, has a long history of Baylor football in his blood.
His father, Jay, led the Bears at the quarterback spot to the 1980 Southwest Conference Championship. Jeffrey's uncle, Neal, started at quarterback on Baylor's 1974 'Miracle on the Brazos' SWC title club.
Jeffrey has drawn Baylor's recognition in his own right by earning All-district quarterback as a senior and passing for more than 1,000 yards and running for another 258 as a junior.
Vinson, 6 foot 4 inches and 208 pounds, also has a long list of honors, including senior district Most Valuable Player, all-East Texas, honorable mention all-state and named among the state's top 100 prospects by the Waco Tribune-Herald and the Dallas Morning News.
Their best asset to bring to Baylor's team might be versatility.
'Jeffrey has a lot of athleticism and speed,' Steele said. 'Vincent is a big guy with a lot of athleticism who can run and throw the ball. Both could play at another position if necessary.'
Steele sang the praises of the two running back recruits Eron Haynes (6 feet 1 inch and 185 pounds from Borger) and Anthony Kreig (6 feet 1 inch and 210 pounds from Pflugerville).
'Haynes has good speed and tremendous vision,' Steele said. 'He has a shiftiness and burst in his running style that is unique.
'Kreig is a power type of guy that fools you with his speed. He can catch well too.'
As for the fate of Baylor's returning players, Steele will rely on the 'survival of the fittest' philosophy.
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Head women's soccer coach Nick Cowell signed seven new players for the coming season Wednesday.
'Our main needs from this recruiting class are speed, left-footed attackers and a goalkeeper,' Cowell said 'With this class we have taken care of those problems.'
Hilary Aylesworth is a midfielder from Xavier College Preparatory School in Phoenix. In Arizona she played for the same club as current Baylor soccer player Katie Peterson. 'Aylesworth is an aggressive goalscorer from the midfield -- a threat from the midfield was needed,' Cowell said.
Tiffany Boshers is expected to strengthen the left side for the Bears. The left footer is from Algonquin, Ill., where she was named preseason player of the year. She was also named to the all-conference, all-sectional and all-area teams.
Megan Briscoe from Poway, Calif., has played every position on a soccer field. Her club team SURF won the 2000 Club National Championships and were runner-up in '99.
Sarah Dearing played four years varsity soccer at Cy-Fair High School in Cypress. Dearing was district MVP and was named to the all-conference and all-greater Houston first team, and as a sophomore broke school records for goals, assists and hat tricks.
Melanie Pannell from San Marcos, will be one of few working for the goalkeeper spot left open by Dawn Greathouse being drafted to the WUSA. Pannell played for San Marcos High School, where her honors included first team all-district, first team all-region, team MVP and team most outstanding player.
'The star of the class is Ginny Rosario-Tull,' Cowell said.
Tull is from Mansfield where she played four years of varsity soccer at Mansfield High School. She was named newcomer of the year and first team all-district.
'Tull is superfast and extremely skillful, she will be a great addition to our attack,' Cowell said.
Lori Viggiano is from Plano where she played outside midfielder for Plano West Senior High School and her club team Spirit '83. Viggiano was also a member of the North Texas Olympic Development Program.
The Baylor soccer team finished fourth in the Big 12 conference for the 2000 season. The Bears lost to No.3 ranked Nebraska in the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament and narrowly missed their third straight selection to the NCAA tournament.
Cowell believes that his new signees will be the key for another successful season.
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The new Aston Martin Vantage is ready for Le Mans
Yep, the new twin-turbo Vantage endurance racer is already here. Yikes
What's this, then?
The new Volvo XC90, traditionally the official car of middle-class Cotswold families. That said, prices are no longer for the squeezed middle, as the XC90 has moved up a level. But as we'll see it has worked hard to justify the increase: the second-gen XC90 isn't new as in 'somewhat updated'. It's new as in 'all-new'.
How so?
An all-new platform, which has all-new suspension, electrics and driver interface. Even, if you look closely, a redesigned Volvo badge. And-new powertrains.
It still looks like a vast family wagon to me.
Yup, big on the outside and seemingly even bigger within. There are three rows of very habitable seats, and luggage space behind that. It's also endlessly versatile, thanks to any number of sliding, reclining and folding permutations. All seats have a surprisingly good view out too, thanks to their careful 'theatre' positioning and glassy sides.
How did they fit it all in?
Because Volvo took some brave decisions with the new platform. Like designing it around four-cylinder engines only. That means good crash safety in a shorter front overhang, which helps the looks. It also means better packaging, which helps the cabin space. And four-cylinder engines drink less than sixes, helping Volvo's green message.
How's a little 2.0-litre going to haul all this car along?
The D5 diesel has two blowers and makes a handy 225bhp. The T6 petrol has a supercharger and a turbo, for a stout 320. They both serve up reasonably quiet and very broad-shouldered push, but to be honest you'd want a more interesting noise from the petrol. The engineers say they're working on that in the final weeks before full production starts. Both those engines come with normal mechanical four-wheel-drive.
As opposed to?
Hybrid four-wheel drive. The other XC90 is the top-end T8. This pairs the same 320bhp petrol with an electric drive to the rear. By doing away with the propshaft there's room in the spine of the car for a plug-in hybrid battery. Result is 400bhp performance in one mode, and up to 25 miles of pure EV range in another. And a notional 113mpg to the taxman.
It launches a few months after the others, and the example I drove needed a more progressive brake pedal and less nervous transmission calibration. Volvo says fixes are in the works. But drive it with some thought and it's smooth and near-silent in urban hybrid driving, and properly rapid with both power units on the go.
Who drives a Volvo seven-seater fast?
Not many, but in fact the new chassis is pretty capable. The XC90 never does big understeer, and controls its roll and body heave very well. But it's not meant to inspire your inner cornerist. It's about brisk, discreet progress.
So what's it really good at?
Comfort, for a start. Not just the static comfort of seats and space, but comfort on the move. The optional air suspension serves up an admirably placid ride, even on the 20-inch wheels that are standard at top trim. The optional 21s make things a little jiggly. But noise is pretty low too so a cruise to the skiing holiday would be just dandy.
What's that humungous telly?
Ah yes the new 'human-machine interface'. It's a touchscreen that's superbly powerful and responsive, with very smooth tablet-style graphics and gestures. Satnav and a net connection are standard, and you can pair it with Apple Carplay and, later Android Auto.
But the system operates so well as-is, I don't see why you would. Swipe down from the top and you can access a huge range of configurable options for the car's other systems too. Switching between climate, phone, navigation and entertainment screens is trivially easy. But you don't need to especially often because a concise version of each of those is displayed in tiles on the home screen.
Is it nice on the inside?
Well beyond nice. Really top-notch. It's simple and calming yet very premium. But in a warm, Scandi sort of way.
And it's safe, I bet?
Amazingly so. Volvo studies real-world crashes more than crash tests and works hard to make cars that avoid them or protect against them. They really do think no-one will be killed in a new Volvo in 2020 - the reduction in casualties since about 2010 has been on the right path.
The XC90 has a vastly solid cage, and a panoply of active avoidance systems, some unique. Even the 12-year-old outgoing XC90 still tops lots of safety lists.
How much does it cost?
UK prices start at £45,550 for the 'D5' diesel - a rise of eight grand or so on the outgoing XC90 - climbing to a hefty £63,550 for the top-spec 'T8' hybrid. So it's far from a budget offering, but the XC90 feels worth its premium price-tag.
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Ponson, Yankees endure rough night
Veteran allows seven runs in two-plus innings in loss to Jays
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
Sidney Ponson and the pitching staff did little with the Blue Jays in a 14-3 drubbing on Thursday at Rogers Centre. Stifled by Roy Halladay, the 11-run margin of defeat and 21 hits allowed set new lows for the scuffling Yankees, who fell six games back in the chase for the American League Wild Card.
Ponson never was able to find his rhythm and wound up watching most of the game from the clubhouse, touched for seven runs in two-plus innings. He said that his sinker, slider and changeup were all absent from his arsenal, leading him to continually fall behind batters.
"I gave it up," Ponson said. "I'm not happy. These guys play so hard behind me and they're trying so hard. To go out there for two innings and give up seven runs is unacceptable."
The right-hander saw five batters in the third inning and was not able to retire a single one, then watched them all race around the bases in a frame in which Toronto sent 10 men to the plate.
"The game was horrible for me today," Ponson said. "After the first couple of hitters, I was falling behind, ball one and ball two to everybody. You can be the worst hitter in the league, and [after] ball one and two, you become a great hitter. If I could have thrown strike one to every hitter, it would have been a different outcome."
The seven runs allowed by Ponson matched a season high set on July 27 in Boston, and the normally gregarious Ponson was just as despondent after this one. The start was Ponson's shortest as a starter since July 3, 2005, vs. the Indians, when he was pitching for the Orioles, and Ponson has logged a victory only once in his past six starts.
"Sidney's pitched well for us, and I don't make too much out of one game," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "You're not going to forget how to pitch after one game. He just had an off-night."
The Yankees' relief corps didn't help matters much after Ponson's early exit. Marco Scutaro had four RBIs and four hits to lead Toronto's offensive barrage, supporting what would become a breezy seven innings for Halladay, marked only by Hideki Matsui's three-run homer after the game had long since been out of hand.
"There's really nothing more you can really do about this game," Matsui said. "We lost the game and we just have to accept it and move on. It's certainly tough to lose a game like this."
Dipping into the bullpen pool early, Girardi said that he still wasn't ruling out a comeback, but each out Halladay recorded made that seem all the more unlikely. Dave Robertson followed Ponson and allowed two runs in 1 1/3 innings, and the big hit off Billy Traber was Matt Stairs' bases-clearing double in the fourth, which put a 10-spot on the board for Toronto.
Scutaro would join the party with a three-run homer off Traber in the fifth, but the Yankees already seemed to be looking ahead. By the time Girardi was considering which relievers could use mound work -- Edwar Ramirez hadn't worked in four days and recorded an out, and Chris Britton cleaned up with the final two frames -- the Yankees had seemed to recognize their deficit to be insurmountable.
On a night when the Yankees had little pitching, the All-Star Halladay gave the Jays more than enough, handcuffing the Bombers on three hits through six scoreless innings. New York would regret not breaking through in the first inning when Johnny Damon singled and stole second base, stranding the leadoff hitter as Halladay struck out both Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu before getting Alex Rodriguez to fly out.
"It's unfortunately how things have been going for us," Damon said. "We still went up against them and tried to have some good at-bats. He's not the best pitcher in the league for nothing. ... He could be the ace on any team in the big leagues. That's how good he is."
The sum total of the Yankees' offense came with one out in the seventh, when Matsui connected for his eighth home run of the season and his first since returning from the disabled list -- an encouraging sign on a personal note, as Matsui doubled on Wednesday and followed up with the round-tripper in Thursday's defeat.
That would have to suffice as far as moral victories went. Halladay wrapped up holding the Yankees to five hits through seven innings, walking two and striking out nine before Scott Downs and Brandon League took over, facing a skeleton crew of Yankees as Girardi pulled many of his regulars from the game for the top of the ninth inning.
The Yankees dropped two out of the three games at Rogers Centre, opening a six-game road trip that next takes them to Baltimore. The loss was another uninspiring effort for New York with 35 games remaining. Girardi said that he was not yet giving up hope.
"I believe there is ability in the room, and I believe our guys know how to play the game," Girardi said. "Obviously, tonight is an ugly game for us. We didn't get the starting pitching that we've been getting for most of the year, and that's going to happen. You're going to have some games like this, and you've got to bounce back."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Monster Hunter Freedom Unite - PSP - Review
When I previewed Monster Hunter Freedom Unite for the PSP, I said that it was already looking like a bigger and better version of the last release, Monster Hunter Freedom 2. In fact, the game looks and plays much like the last Monster Hunter game but it still manages to be just what Capcom promised us in a game that definitely is a more complete version of the game that is, by far, the best game in the series.
On the surface, nothing has changed from Monster Hunter Freedom 2. In fact, the game begins the same way with your character on a dangerous hunt in the merciless tundra when you suddenly figure out that you're no match for a massive monster. You wake up a few days later resting comfortably in a little shack in a village that is home to a monster-hunting guild. This is exactly where you want to be seeing as you haven't given up on the monster hunting game.
In the village, you'll find all the necessary tools to begin your career as a monster hunter and, as I mentioned, there's the guild hall that posts a number of missions of various difficulty grades. This time around, you'll find some harder mission classes that make up a few of the extras that make up Unite's new content. The tougher mission classifications deliver just what they promise … tougher missions that require you to fetch items that are too hard to get or take down monsters similar to the one that almost killed you.
If you missed Freedom 2, you can start the game fresh with a new character you can create from scratch. You can also import your character from said game so you can have a powerful hunter from the very start. While you do start with the basics, the more missions you accept the more money and parts you get to buy or design various weapons or armor. I once made a shield with the scale of a dragon and a lance made from the jawbone of a beast that resembles a velociraptor. This time around, the number of upgrade sets is numerous so it's possible to have hundreds of different armor or weapon types.
The number of missions has also increased, although the majority of them are taken directly from Freedom 2. These extra missions range from simple (find a rare herb or monster egg) to the more difficult missions that have you hunting big monsters. While it's possible to tackle the missions solo, there are times when you will wish you had a friend or two lending a hand … but I'll get to the multiplayer a bit later. With over 400 missions, there is certainly a lot to do in this game so you'll be glad that there are plenty of weapons to use. This is certainly not an easy game.
Thankfully, there is help for those who are tackling the missions solo and this help comes in the form of cat-like creatures called Felynes. In past Monster Hunter games, Felynes played minor roles in the games but here you can actually take one in as a traveling and hunting companion. There are a few Felyne training options that allow you to make the best of your furry companion. You can have your Felyne act as a distraction when you're going up against a monster or even have your cat friend pick up useful items along the way. You can even have a Felyne perform some tasks that normally take up much of your time.
There's also a lot of ground to cover in the game. It's impressive to see the various areas you can move through but I still wish the map were more understandable. You'll still be able to perform tasks such as cooking (which opens up a cooking mini-game). Battle still remains the same as the console version, although, on the PSP, the camera can occasionally get in the way of the view of a charging monster. Thankfully, the controls are responsive enough to make combat entertaining.
As a single-player game, Unite is a fun and lengthy adventure. What really makes the game shine, however, is the Ad Hoc multiplayer mode that allows you and up to three other friends to meet in the Guild Hall and take on missions together. With other players, you will be able to coordinate attacks against the bigger enemies or have your friends complete one part of the mission while you complete the second half. This is definitely the way to play the game.
Unite also looks really good on the PSP widescreen. The level of detail is quite impressive seeing how close the game comes to making this game look like it would feel right at home on a console. With some sharp-looking character models and gorgeous backgrounds, this is a game that won't fail to surprise.
The game doesn't have any voice acting. In fact, the dialogue is made up of text and some gibberish that comes from the characters when they speak. There is a great deal of sound effects, though, and all of it sounds great … especially if you're wearing earphones. The soundtrack is good but a tad on the repetitive side.
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite for the PSP is indeed a bigger and better game than Freedom 2, although the core game is still the same no matter what extras are included. Still, the new content does make for a far richer experience that should be worth the purchase price for fans who did buy Freedom 2. For those who missed out on the last title will definitely be surprised by all the things that make this such an exciting and deeply involving Monster Hunter game.
Review Scoring Details for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Gameplay: 8.5
Played as a single-player game or with a hunting party composed of friends, this is Monster Hunter game that gives even the console original a run for its money. Unite doesn't really change the story introduced in the last Monster Hunter game but there are more missions and extras to make this a much bigger game.
Graphics: 8.0
Visually speaking, Unite looks just as sharp as it would if this were on the PS2. The backgrounds are beautifully detailed and the monsters look amazing. It's just too bad that there are some awful clipping issues.
The background noises are impressively detailed to the point that you'll hear the buzzing insects and the sounds of a monster breaking twigs as it makes it your way. The music in the game is actually really good.
Difficulty: Medium/Hard
The minute you go up against a giant monster or fire-breathing dragon you know you will be in for one challenging battle that will often require you to reload a saved game. Sure, you can take on the tough monsters on your own but you'll definitely appreciate the help if you like playing with a friend or two.
Concept: 8.5
Unite brings more of everything to the table including extra missions to extend the monster hunting experience, more pieces to use as armor or weapons and bigger monsters to go up against. The new Felyne companions are actually great to have around and are actually helpful.
Multiplayer: 9.0
A far more rewarding experience than playing solo, Unite is definitely the right word to describe the multiplayer action that allows you and up to three other players to take on monsters together. The wireless multiplayer runs smoothly and with enough equipment to trade and missions to tackle together, the multiplayer option is the reason you'll be playing this game for quite awhile.
Overall: 8.5
Surprisingly enough, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite has more than enough extra content to bring returning Monster Hunter fans back into the savage hunting grounds. For those who missed it the first time around, however, this is the real Must Have version you have to own.


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By Whit Andrews Whit Andrews is a former freelance writer and Internet consultant based in Omaha, Nebraska.
In the segment of the Internet known as Usenet, where the popular discussion forums called "newsgroups" are found, people debate subjects as broad as politics and as specific as particle physics. Reporters join in, often seeking sources and background material. But what many of these reporters do not know is that new, highly sophisticated "search engines"--free Internet-accessible software agents--subject them to surveillance.
"Market Place," a consumer-oriented television newsmagazine show in Canada, is one news organization that takes this threat of potential surveillance seriously. The newsmagazine's staff recently has begun taking measures to circumvent search-engine spies.
"Market Place" researchers regularly post Usenet queries to find sources for upcoming stories. They try to locate consumers who participate in certain activities, such as scuba diving, or people who've had good and bad experiences with certain products.
But now, thanks to Usenet search engines, it is possible for anyone with Internet access to key in "Market Place's" Internet address, or any general topic known to be under research by the show's staff, and see all of the show's past postings. In less than a minute, the newsmagazine's research topics are laid out for competitors or corporate public relations people.
No one at "Market Place" has actually been scooped by search-engine spies. But knowing the potential pitfalls of surveillance has definitely made the staff more cautious about posting to Usenet at all, according to "Market Place" researcher Kenton Vaughan.
Growing caution about privacy in cyberspace may be increasing proportionately to the growing number of search engines. At the moment the most widely known Usenet search engine is called DejaNews, located at www.deja-news.com. Recently, IBM built a similar search engine called InfoMarket, found at www.infomkt.ibm.com. The fastest search engine currently available is Alta Vista, located at altavista.digital.com, though increased speed seems to substitute for some of the sophisticated filtering tricks offered by DejaNews. In addition to the advantage of greater speed, Alta Vista updates its database more often than DejaNews, making it particularly valuable for someone interested in breaking news.
Given the surveillance possibilities, what steps can a reporter take to reduce the likelihood that he or she will be ensnared by Usenet spies? Bob Sablatura, a Houston Chronicle reporter well-versed in search engines, suggests the following methods to heighten one's stealth on the Internet:
First, use an Internet account without your name in it. The Chronicle assigns its reporters easy-to-remember e-mail addresses like "email@example.com," so Sablatura uses accounts with different sign-on names in order to avoid instant recognition.
Second, leave your name out of the posting itself. Those who troll Usenet can easily use search engines to call up all posts with the words "Bob" and "Sablatura" in them, for example, so Sablatura prefers to have people phone him or e-mail him at an alternative address with any private information.
Third, whenever posting to a discussion group, leave out the name of your news organization and use a little creativity in identifying yourself as a journalist. While you want people to be certain that your posting is not merely an idle curiosity, avoid tossing around phrases such as "news article" or "investigative team" if you can help it.
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Football or basketball? That's the question that Greg Paulus has been asked on a regular basis for the last couple of years.
Today, everyone who's asked that question will get the answer.
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Paulus is rated as one of the top point guards in the nation and as the No. 25 overall prospect by Rivals.com, and in September of 2003, he made a verbal commitment to play basketball for Coach Mike Krzyzewski at Duke. He opened his senior season on the hardwood with a 23-point, 12-assist outing in a 79-54 win against East Syracuse-Minoa last Thursday.
But the 6-foot-1, 180-pounder is also one of the elite quarterbacks in the country and has drawn comparisons to the likes of Joe Montana. Paulus just finished his senior football campaign at Christian Brothers and led the Brothers to a 13-0 record and a Class AA state championship.
Paulus finished the season with more than 3,500 yards and better than 40 touchdowns through the air and has been named as a finalist for the Gatorade Player of the Year award, given annually to the top prep football player in the country.
"If he were to concentrate on football, I think he'd be the No. 1 quarterback in the country and one of the top 10 players regardless of position," Rivals.com recruiting expert Bobby Burton said.
The speculation on Paulus' future has intensified in recent weeks after he did not sign a national letter of intent with the Blue Devils during the NCAA's early-signing period for basketball, which ended Nov. 17.
"We feel it's not the appropriate time to address other issues," said Dave Paulus, Greg's father, in an interview with Rivals.com last month.
But the family is ready to speak now, and Michael Broome and Joe Parmakian of Rivals.com will be at Christian Brothers Academy for today's press conference with live updates, exclusive interviews, video footage and photos from today's event, as well as Greg's decision on his collegiate sport of choice.
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Sam Allardyce wants Sunderland to follow up their win against Chelsea and seal Premier League survival against Everton on Wednesday.
The Black Cats boss watched as his side twice came from behind to secure a vital 3-2 win against Chelsea at the Stadium of Light on Saturday thanks to goals from Wahbi Khazri, Fabio Borini and Jermain Defoe.
The result lifted Sunderland out of the relegation places after Norwich were beaten 1-0 by Manchester United at Carrow Road in the early match and North-East rivals Newcastle were held to a goalless draw at bottom club Aston Villa.
It means a win against Everton at home on Wednesday in their penultimate game of the campaign will be enough to see the Black Cats safe and consign the Magpies and the Canaries to the drop.
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"Obviously Newcastle drawing and Norwich losing has put us in a very good position. Now we must take full advantage of that position and try to finish it off on Wednesday.
"But we have still got to be very professional and very driven on Wednesday night to try to make sure that when we finish that game, we are safe.
"Hopefully we will not jangle our nerves any longer than we need to, certainly me, the staff, the fans, everybody concerned. There were so many people biting their nails today in the last few minutes because it was such a tense last few minutes because it was such a big result."
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L.H. ''Hawk'' Hardigree, 81, died Saturday, Aug. 12, 2000.
A native of Barrow County, Mr. Hardigree was a son of the late David Hardigree and the late Cora Cook.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Smith Funeral Home, Winder, with the Rev. Jennifer Horton officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Church cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Lucille McDonald Hardigree; a son, Donald Hardigree, Statham; and two grandchildren, Denise Hardigree-Goodman, Glendale, Ariz., and Michelle Hardigree, Cartersville.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 25, Statham, Ga. 30666.
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RICHMOND, Va. — Mitt Romney easily won a Virginia Republican presidential primary in which only two candidates were on Tuesday's ballot and 5 percent of the state's voters even bothered to participate.
Complete but unofficial totals showed the former Massachusetts governor with 59 percent of the vote and Texas Congressman Ron Paul with 41 percent.
Former Sen. Rick Santorum and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich failed to make Virginia's ballot.
Romney won 10 of the state's 11 congressional districts, giving him 43 of the 46 Republican National Convention delegates at stake in the primary. Paul, who carried the overwhelmingly Democratic 3rd Congressional District, pockets three delegates.
Three other delegates, all Republican National Committee members, say they will not commit to a candidate until a nominee is certain.
In a day of hotly contested Super Tuesday primaries elsewhere, Virginia was an afterthought because half of the remaining GOP field was absent from the ballot.
Santorum and Gingrich failed in December to submit the qualifying petitions necessary to qualify for the ballot, as did now-withdrawn candidates Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and former Utah Gov. John Huntsman.
Perry sued in federal court to force his name onto the ballot, challenging a Virginia law that requires those who circulate qualifying petitions be Virginia residents. Others joined Perry's lawsuit, and a court ruled that while the law likely is unconstitutional, the plaintiffs challenged it too late.
Slightly more than 250,000 of the state's 5.1 million registered voters cast ballots Tuesday, and the few who turned out took note of the primary's paltry pickings.
At a precinct less than two miles from Gingrich's McLean home, the election went largely unnoticed. Only 30 of the precinct's more than 3,000 voters cast ballots by 10 a.m.
In nearby Falls Church, voter Darren Ewing was frustrated that Virginia's election laws did not allow him to write in Gingrich's name, so he reluctantly voted for Paul.
Gingrich "may not be the most polished candidate, but he's a candidate with a vision" and a track record of implementing significant changes, said Ewing, 41, a financial adviser.
Paul showed isolated pockets of support, possibly the result of crossover votes from Democrats or independents in Democratic strongholds. Besides the 3rd District, Paul carried Charlottesville and the coal mining city of Norton.
Republicans were divided over the state's exacting ballot qualifying rules that statewide candidates submit 10,000 valid registered voters' names, including 400 each from all of the state's 11 congressional districts. Some, faulting it for skimpy ballot choices, say it needs to be change. Others, including Gov. Bob McDonnell, say it's not only fair but proper.Comment on this story
"As I've said many times, if you're going to be president of the United States, you ought to be able to get 10,000 signatures in Virginia," he said.
Romney had built-in advantages in Virginia. Besides his enormous financial advantage, he had the backing of Virginia's GOP elite: U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and McDonnell, who has been a top vice presidential running mate prospect if Romney is the nominee.
Associated Press writers Michael Felberbaum in Richmond, Va., and Matt Barakat in McLean, Va., contributed to this report.


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Itd be easy to underestimate The New Pornographers. The fact they have always sounded like theyre just having a jam, has perhaps led to their music being a little too underrated. AC Newman has written some the last decades best pop songs (specifically Letter from an Occupant, Sing Me Spanish Techno) and he (along with the other star songwriters) manages to coalesce considerable influences into one raucous mix. However 2007s Challengers delivered a more introspective sound, as if the band tired of being seen as a party band for some of indie musics most fêted stars (including Neko Case, Dan Bejar of Destroyer). Their latest, Together, falls somewhere in between the arrangements are denser and more diverse than many of their previous albums, yet theres an energy which was lacking from Challengers.
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Photographer's Note
Rafting on the tributary of Nam Song river, nestled by the notable feature of limestone karst in the backdrop.
This shot was taken in Ban Phung village, a truely beautiful and quiet place with fascinating landscapes.
Shot with Cokin 77mm Circular Polarising Filter on bright morning.
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subhendu_bagchi (26091) 2010-09-24 7:54
Hi friend,
it is really a beautiful place and you captured it very well with perfect exposer and depth. The serenity of this place is really adorable. Excellent composition. Tfs.
Best wishes.
Angshu (56760) 2010-09-24 8:03
Hello Abmdsudi
This place reminds me of Nong Khiaw which I had visited 4 years back...the mountains & the river (there it was Nam Ou...here Nam Song). What I like here is the improvised boat made of wood (or reeds?). Light is interesting perhaps thanks to the polariser. If I may nitpick, I would about the cut-off head of the karst hill...but that does not take anything away from this fine shot, my friend!
Best Regards
dta (86616) 2010-09-24 8:07
Hello Abmdsudi ,
What a splendid corner of nature . The composition is great with the people on the trunks . A pitty that the summit of the rocky hill is cutted .
m (0) 2010-09-24 8:32
Hi Abmdsudi,
You're so lucky to have seen such wonderful places like this one, I envy you big time:)
Marvelous picture with an unusual effect from the polarizer. My first thought was that the shot was a bit dark and needs brightening up. But when I tried that I saw that the result was just another ordinary sunny day and that this darker image makes it look like the very early hours in the morning when nature's only waking up. Simply amazing.
photoxtreme (1335) 2010-09-24 11:40
ciao Abmdsudi
fantastico il punto di ripresa,per questo splendido luogo perfettamente fotografato,complimenti !!
ciao e buona serata,
peppe59 (14555) 2010-09-25 4:26
Ciao Abmdsudi,
a lot much beautiful this image, with an exceptional POV, colors nature and great clearness. It compliments
dkmurphys (69815) 2010-09-25 13:18
Hi Abmdsudi,
Very picturesque composition. Perfect angle for showing this river scene. Great image, well done.
Have a nice Sunday.
bukitgolfb301 (47365) 2010-09-25 18:15
Hello my dear Abmdsudi
So wonderful nature shot indeed. Solemn atmosphere!
Whenever I see your work for Southeast Asia, your works make me want to go there as soon as possible.
Outstanding framework and well mature composition as usual. Perfect light control although the contarst is quite strong. This is the best one from you this passed one week. Blessing on your great job and thanks for sharing, have a good Sunday,
Best regards,
sayeed_rahman (6461) 2010-09-25 22:38
these places are still virginal, not tapped by the tourist agencies yet, your hike up to this point must have been exciting, the view is splendid. the little bamboo raft sailing adds alot to the composition..i remember rafting once in the teesta, just 11kms, level 2 :)
eversmile (11636) 2010-09-26 4:11
Hi abmsudi!
A very beautiful capture. I wonder where you stand, to have such a POV? Are you on a bridge? The serene atmosphere is wonderful and very characteristic of the feeling we get in the nature in Laos. That's just framed a bit too tight at the top of the mountain, but that's not much distracting. Congratulations.
BennyV (22587) 2010-09-26 4:25
Hello dear Abmdsudi,
Mother nature's serenity. A wonderful scene and a fine capture. I love how the blue of the clothes sticks out and draws our eyes to the human presence in this scene. Maybe a pity the top of the hill is cropped off really tight? But it IS a very impressive shot.
prabut (3548) 2010-09-26 7:40
A beautiful alley shown with a good POV. Wonderful are presented on a river raft. Picture nicely composed with great colors. Nice romantic view.
Best regards
daddo (28618) 2010-09-27 5:33
Mysterious, captivating landscape. the human presence reminds me of old Japanese woodblock prints by artists like Hokusai in which humans struggle upon the waters or along mountain paths. Excellent and poetic POV. Salam valued friend. Klaudio.
Leconte (5795) 2010-09-27 14:07
hello abmdsudi,
Fantastic scenery and beautiful colors, excellent light management, high definition and good POV, nice view,
best regards,
Waylim (25436) 2010-09-27 23:57
Hi again,
This one is wonderful with wide open view of the whole serene landscape, the bamboo raft provide natural way of transportation without machinery. The rush green forrest and deep green/blue water is so refreshing. Over all the image looks a little bit dark, but really rich and deep color and tone. I enjoyed it very much regardless.
gunbud (34066) 2010-09-30 18:01
Hi Abmdsudi,
The splendid native raft cuts a very impressive figure as it streams up the majestic tropical river that is so beautifully framed by the lush green trees that make a brilliantly contrast reflection in the blue river.
Excellent clarity, sharpness and colors to this beautiful natural scene.
Regards, Tom
siolaw (38294) 2010-10-04 6:46
A great scene from high POV giving good depth, vibrant colours and sharp details. Framing is fine, only a bit short on top of the hill.
Best regards
bartekp (4746) 2010-10-04 11:40
Hi Abmdsud,
Nice composition and colors. I like that wide view!
Urs (14082) 2010-10-05 0:35
Hi Abmdsudi
Amazing the excellent vibrant color hues you got here, the contrast of blue and green is excellent. Also your POV and DOF are superb. Well done
Thanks for your critique of my Pa Thang Ko shot from Hat Yai, btw in Malaysia and Singapore Pa Thang Ko would be called Kui.
Warm regards
baddori (20161) 2010-10-25 8:42
Il calcare è colmo di vegetazione ...un posto lussureggiante pieno di colore ed odori.
Da noi il calcare è "desolazione"
La prospettiva da un'idea del dislivello .
Abili navigatori fluviali .
serp2000 (46526) 2012-03-21 8:54
wow! my congratulations, abmdsudi. outstanding view!
excellent title and fine picture. i really like it, 'cause i'm going to laos next week from thailand.
best wishes,
kato (11630) 2012-09-18 21:09
Hi Abmdsudi,
You're capturing well this landscape by a good angle and excellent tone/clarity, so it's interesting and impressive to see the river with perspective and the strange rock mountain surrounded the greenery. And, the canoe loading with a load draws out an additional good effect.
Kind regards,
gus72 (3719) 2013-04-18 22:58
Hi abmdsudi !!
you took this photo more than 6 years ago but I am sure that you remember the place quite well....... it is really beautiful.
You got deep colours and sharp details showing the turbulence of the water, nice range of green and blue colours.
Greetings from Moss Vale.
Have a nice week end
Cricri (133272) 2013-08-18 0:54
Hi Abmdsudi
Un paysage merveilleux de la nature, les reflets et les personnes sur les troncs d'arbres, la lumière douce du matin et puis bravo pour le POV
Beau dimanche
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Explanations for the tradition's Louisiana beginnings vary. The "River Parishes" — St. James, St. John the Baptist, and St. Charles — were settled in the early 1700s by French and German immigrants, who brought with them the European traditions of bonfires during summer and winter solstices. Few records exist of 1700s bonfires, but by the mid-1800s the tradition had hit full stride. According to Cajun lore, the fires were lit to guide Papa Noel on his appointed rounds, or to light the way to Midnight Mass.
As a recent transplant to New Orleans, I was completely blown away by this year's bonfires. My wife and I arrived in Gramercy, about 45 minutes west of New Orleans, before dark and strolled the riverbank, admiring the handiwork and watching the last-minute preparations. One of the more impressive structures was built in the form of a giant 4-by-4 — maybe this is a Cajun Cadillac?
As the skies darkened and the 7 o'clock hour approached, crowds and anticipation grew. At the hour's arrival, the wooden kerosene-drenched pyres, many festooned with firecrackers, erupted in flames and loud crackling sounds filled the air — a cacophonous combination of smoke, flame, and noise. For at least a solid hour, aerial fireworks exploded in the sky, providing a thrilling backdrop to the flaming pyres.
All I can say is "Wow." And "Wow" again.
Christmas in Louisiana is pretty darn cool, kerosene and all.
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yeah those guys were amazing back then. It's so impressive that they could get in such shape without modern nutrition, supplements and training programs. How did they do it?
I think it's a mystery, like Stonehenge for instance.
Well, there are many marvels in the Ancient World. But I guess that people didn't have much else to do. What do you think?
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Discussion in 'SN95 4.6L Mustang Tech' started by IJUSTWON, Aug 10, 2004.
So do you think i ble wmy whole motor with a 75hp shot
Nobody can do anything except speculate. It's possible you totally blew your engine and it's possible the problem is something very minor. The only way to find out for sure is take the car to someone who knows what they are doing and have it diagnosed. By the way, I totally blew my engine with an 80 shot, so it can happen.
This is a good call!
IJUSTWON, Start posting some answers.
Do you have underdrive pullies? Has the crank pulley ever been off the vehicle? The missing bolt has prolly just backed it's way out if it was removed and reinstalled. And like Jim said, most likely has nothing to do with your current situation. What's curious to me is that you noticed this, but can't seem to describe the physical condition of the rest of the engine. Things like; what did the plugs look like? Don't just say "they were bad". Describe them in detail.
I don't get it, and I find it difficult to follow this thread with the lack of info from the author. No flame intended. We just need more info if we're gonna help you.
Good thinking here. This makes sense to me. He says he hears a clicking when trying to start the car. When you're not getting power from your battery you hear a clicking when trying to start. The dead battery was my first thought when I read it, I just couldn't figure out what the loud pop would have to do with that.
I noticed the bolt when missing when i dropped a wrench down my engine bay and then i noticed it wasnt there. When you say i may have cracked the battery or not getting power to the engine. But when i tried to turn the pulleys by hand they didnt move, and by the way the pulleys are factory and never been removed. If it was jus electrical would i be able to POP the clutch on a roll and it crank?? Im gonna take it to a shop as soon as i get a chance but im in the United States Marine Corps and dont get home to often to do that so its a ongoing process....... the plugs were Black and i thought if nitrous was sprayed and it f'd your plugs up they would be white?? I've looked all over my engine and can see NOTHIN visibly wrong, especially my intake if that had bllown up id def be able to see a whole, the motor also shot a small hose connected to the throttle body when the engine was trying to start, sounds like something to do with compression?? The heads should be fine tho right?? JimFitzgerald what exactly ahppend to your motor when you say you blew it up?
Yes, if you were running lean, your plugs would be white. Try draining your oil. There may be some evidence there.
I'm not sure, but isn't there a mega-fuse for the starting system? Check there also.
do you have a T/A on your car? Mybe the bolt came off, since it wasnt torqued right and your T/a flew off... ..or you just screwed yourself...no pun intended...
Okay, I have a Nitrous Express kit (wet) on my car right now and have never had a problem with a 100 shot pilling, so I am not thinking the 75 shot could ever cause a problem. The only thing that comes to mind for me on this issue is that 1. Your solenoid got stuck open and just kept feeding nitrous in your motor and when you tried to start it detonated bad. 2. Your pilling is not what you think it is and you are spraying a much larger shot than you thought you where. But if you sprayed the car and let it sit and it sounded fine at idle the only thing that it could be is just a seeping of nitrous into the motor after it was off. (Some how :-/) In any event that really sucks man, hope everything works out for you.
Mine blew with an 80 shot using a dry kit. I didn't get enough fuel and went lean in the #8 cylinder. The valve melted and a piece of metal broke off and scratched the cylinder.
Who makes an 80 shot?
Yes the car sounded fine at idle, and after i sprayed we drove for about 10 mins then let it sit ANOTHER 15 or so and everythign sounded fine. it couldnt have been shut off for more than 10 mins 15 AT MOST, so it couldnt have been that much NItrous that seeped through could it?? I jus dont see this ruining the whole motor?? Is there a good possibility that it is just electrical? But if it was jus electrical would i be able to POP the clutch from a roll and it crank?? Cuz i tried and it sounds liek the motor is just locked up, someone said it could have just been a lil nitrous holding my pistons down and not letting them move?
Take it apart and look at it man. How the hell are we supposed to know what's wrong with it? The info you give us is half assed.
Well, I thought about hydro-lock myself, but you said that you pulled the spark plugs, so I figured you would have noticed if that were the case.
What exactly is hydro Lock?
Usually, it's coolant in your cylinder(s). It can also be caused by fuel. In any case, it's fluid in the cylinder. Water, coolant, and fuel (in liquid form) do not compress. Turning over an engine in this case would most likely result in a bent rod.
How would i be able to tell if this is what happend? Im takin the car to have it looke dat professionally today im jus tryin to get some insight on what i have ahead of me, any help is appreciated.
Pull the plugs, and take a look inside the cylinder. Also, if it's N2O or gasoline, chances are you'll smell it in the oil. Drain the oil and check it out. Don't try to short cut this by simply checking your dipstick.
Also if i ****ed up my internals i was told i could check my oil and run a magnet through it and see if there is any metal chips or debris in the oil, is this correct?
Faced with the same circumstances I would:
a. Replace the crank bolt.
b. Remove plugs.
c. Remove valve covers.
d. Use a wrench on the crank bolt to manually rotate the engine while watching the cams operate.
If the engine rotates smoothly with little resistance and the cams operate properly then chances are the engine is not blown. Do a compression check on all cylinders using the same technique to confirm that nothing is wrong. OTOH, if you can't rotate the engine easily or the cams fail to move then you've got some big problems.
I think he already mentioned that he cannot turn the engine over, even with a push start.


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It's been a rough week in the JB Van Hollen damage control department. Van Hollen's statement that there are terrorists training and raising money in Wisconsin did not go as planned, to put it mildly. It completely overshadowed the rest of the Van Hollen campaign's themes and was attacked and ridiculed on all sides. When your best defense comes from Bill Christofferson, looking forward to the weekend may be the best you can do.
So imagine the Van Hollen team's frustration when they saw the first two items of the WisPolitics weekly report under Falling:
Russ Feingold: In advance of Feingold's campaign trip to Iowa, a non-partisan group gives a thumb's down to his PAC web ad. FactCheck.org says the Progressive Patriots Fund's ad, entitled "W," implies that President Bush illegally wiretapped political opponents alongside suspected terrorists. According to FactCheck.org's analysis, Feingold's spokesman says the ad is supposed to be a parody. "We're not sure everybody will get the joke," write FactCheck's Brooks Jackson and Justin Bank. "It's based on an accusation for which no proof exists."
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JB Van Hollen: After a campaign re-org, the GOP candidate for AG kicks off a tour of the state proclaiming a "new vision," often a sign to politicos that a candidate is trying to infuse life into flagging campaign and get some name recognition. But the former U.S. attorney for the western district of Wisconsin gets the wrong kind of publicity when he says there are terrorist cells in the state without offering specific proof. He does damage control the next day, adding context to his remarks, and goes on the offensive, arguing his GOP opponent wrongly believes terrorism preparedness is not a concern for the attorney general. Still, AG race observers said, the examples he gives fall well short of the public's perception of a terrorist cell, leading to ridicule from pundits and opponents alike.
When you look at the two candidates' situations, they're pretty similar. Both candidates made tremendous over-reaching statements they could not back up. Which is why I commented the other day,
What the Van Hollen people need to do is regroup, figure out what terrorism cases they can discuss publicly (perhaps Van Hollen prosecuted a terrorism related case he can discuss), and stop throwing wild statements about terrorists without backing those statements with substance.
Otherwise they sound like hysterics desperate for attention. Wisconsin already has a US Senator like that. We don't need another hysteric as this state's top cop.
Feingold, to his credit as a politician, backed away from his television ad labeling it a "parody" (although nobody took him credibly when he said it).
Van Hollen has tried and tried to clarify his statement without admitting the original statement was an over-reach. The result was getting bounced like a red rubber ball in this interview with Mark Belling. (Note to politicians: When in trouble on Mark Belling's program, do not try a lame joke.) Fortunately for Van Hollen, Brett Favre decided to return to Green Bay the same day Van Hollen made his statement concerning terrorists in Wisconsin.
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