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Brandon writes:
1998 Ford Mustang GT Coupe Review
Fast, basic maintenance, fun, easy to update/upgrade, endless possibilities for american muscle
shift reach, Pre-PI Motor
Simple, Powerful, And Easy To Maintain. Fun Factor Of 10 — Not the newest vehicle, and like any it has its downers. However, the downers are smothered by the uppers. Off the line torque is outstanding. Roll the throttle up to 3500RPM, and get shoved into your seat with exhilerating horsepower. Slight squeaks in the body movement, but that comes with age. the body may seem old, but is a very smooth curvy finish. Interior is Simple and easy to use. Con - Shift handle is a little far for the average driver to reach fifth comfortably. 23MPG out of a v8 5-speed. Simple to work on, and many of aftermarket suppliers keep prices to upgrade low. Boundries are endless! Keep it stock with 250 hp and little maintenance, or go all out and work your way up to 600+Hp for a few thousand. Fun to drive, and definately a headturner :-) Quick Braker with sticky tires, and aftermarket suspension and bushing upgrades can make it turn on a dime.
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Adam writes:
1998 Ford Mustang GT Coupe Review
brutal performance when putting mods on, exceptional handling with decent fuel economy
bad weather conditions i.e snow heavy rain
America Icon And Favorite Pony Car — Car is amazing. great build quality and features options for every driver. from a v6 for the beginner to the GT for the enthusiast. Theres also the absolutely gorgeous and more powerful SVT Cobra. This car is fun to drive
Primary Use: Commuting to work
Paul writes:
1998 Ford Mustang STD Coupe Review
fuel econ, appearance, build quality
long term durability, acceleration, top speed (~110)
Love/hate Relationship — The appearance inside and out has stayed immaculate through the years. Performance is decent enough, and it handles ok with the right set of tires. Predictable understeer at the limit characterizes its canyon-carving abilities, and without a limited slip diff, power oversteer with the V6 is unheard of. Quality-wise, the engine and tranny are strong, however I've been having a cooling issue for the past year and a half. I halfway blame it on the mechanic I've been using. He hasn't gotten it right YET. Other than that, its been 125k miles of mischief in that car, and it ain't over yet. Just wish
jons98gt writes:
1998 Ford Mustang GT Coupe Review
Everyone has a Mustang story...have made many new friendships.
Brakes need upgrade!!! My Focus wagon stops better!!!!
Breath Taking, Heart Pounding Performance !!!! — Car has been in storage for last 5 years...needed a serious going thur.I have installed many Ford Racing Parts .Motor is very strong, goes well into redline( QUICKLY )and sounds... well, heads turn!Great handling with BFG's 255/45/17 KDWS and 98 cobra wheels ! FUN , FUN , FUN !!!
bennymost writes:
1998 Ford Mustang GT Coupe Review
Enough power to overtake when needed.Love that ts a four seater, kids in the back wife in the front.Go anywhere in style
Wish it were a 2004 mustang
NewMoon writes:
1998 Ford Mustang STD Coupe Review
Great lil car, fast and handles great.
Sits low to the ground. Got to watch the scrapes in and out of drive ways.
Great Little Pony — Gotta say the 98 mustang is a great lil pony car. A true mustang all the way. Would for sure buy and cruse another one again. The performance and handling are great. You can feel the sports car in these pony cars.
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
luke0139 writes:
1998 Ford Mustang STD Convertible Review
Everything is fairly good on it
RWD not a big fan of it and not a family car
Great Car! — I Thought it was an amazing car overall just wasn't the type of car i'm used to driving and wasn't really too great for being a family car. Just wasn't all that i was hoping to accomplish when I bought it
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
KtzMeow98 writes:
1998 Ford Mustang GT Convertible Review
I've owned three cars in my lifetime ... a 1982 Pontiac J2000, a 1987 Buick Somerset (my little Cadillac) and a 1998 Ford Mustang GT. I loved my Buick, but I have to say that the Mustang has been the best car ever.
Cons? What cons? It's black. It's a convertible. Need I say more?
It's The Ktzmeow! — It's been the best car ever!!! It's 16 years old and has over 90,000 miles on it. All I ever had to change were the fluids, tires, brakes and battery. She's getting old and a little "rickety", but she's still the best!
Primary Use: Commuting to work
blustang82 writes:
1998 Ford Mustang GT Coupe Review
fast and fun. very nice car. power handling comfort ride quality
seatbelt location ok gas mileage
Love It — not much to say about dislike. I love this car entirely. although the seatbealt location was awkward. also the cupholders are in bad location. over all my best car ive ever owned. would not secod guess its reliability. gorgeous and fun
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
Chris writes:
1998 Ford Mustang STD Coupe Review
commuter car
not much room
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Best Muscle Hp / $ You'll Find Out There
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The title says it all! The car is fast, responsive, reliable and economical. Driving to work every day is a pleasure and makes the commute easier. Sound system, seats and getting the top down are q... Read More
2012 Ford Mustang Reviews
Awesome Car!!
I really enjoy this car. It runs smooth and handles the road well. The only complaint I have is during winter, but my car still runs alright. This is my only car so I have to drive in the snow and it ... Read More
Great car for any ford lover also very powerful for a v6. Loud stereo drives and handle great with good traction. Strong transmission changes out really fast. Car also runs quiet not loud at all. Brak... Read More
2011 Ford Mustang Reviews
2011 V6 Mustang Premium
Overall I have been very happy with the car. I didn't buy it for cargo space, fuel economy or rear seat room so the cons I mentioned don't really apply to me. Car performs very well, quick enough for ... Read More
Show Off Car With Big Muscles
Mustang has strong power with lots of torque. Handling is fair. The styling is commonly cool. The lighting system is awesome. It is comfortable for two people. Don't know what else i could say in this... Read More
2010 Ford Mustang Reviews
I Love This Car
Overall I love this car. It has been a wonderful car for me. Fun to drive in town and on the highway. Even though it is a V6 it has plenty of power for me. Handles the road excellently. Perfect! Read More
Excellent Car With More Bang For Your Buck
Owning this car has been my best choice i've ever made. This car is very sporty with good MPG and a great looking vehicle overall. Wether it be with the top up or top down or driving to work or to the... Read More


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MANKATO — Pretty busy first day of training camp with lots of national media in town. The quarterback competition obviously received most of the attention but there were a lot of angles to follow.
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- First-round pick Percy Harvin remains unsigned but one would think that the sides must be getting closer. Harvin's arrival is certain to create a buzz around Mankato.
- It's only one day but Tarvaris Jackson stood out more than Sage Rosenfels in the QB competition. Jackson looked more comfortable and in control running the offense. We'll see if that changes tomorrow.
- Rookie Phil Loadholt worked primarily with the first team at right tackle and seemed to have a good day. He had one false start penalty but I'll be shocked if he doesn't win that job.
- E.J. Henderson said he feels great physically after missing most of last season because a foot injury. Henderson said he's a step slow but he loved getting back on the field and can't wait to put on full pads and tackle.
- Henderson said he believes the Vikings can finish No. 1 in the NFL in total defense. "I was looking in the huddle today," he said. "I told the guys there's a lot of familiar faces, a lot of football on that starting defense so the sky's the limit. Of course we're shooting to be that No. 1 defense."
- Pat Williams said he's not worried about his court case and whether his and Kevin Williams' four-game suspensions will be upheld. "I'm just letting it play out as it plays out. Whatever happens, happens. That's how I look at everything. I've blocked it out. I don't control that. I'm just here having fun."
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Liberal Arts professors named Cornerstone Faculty Fellows
John Edens (Psychology), Harland Prechel (Sociology), and Lori Wright (Anthropology) have been awarded the Cornerstone Faculty Fellowship in Liberal Arts for 2012-2016. These fellowships support ongoing research projects for a four year period and are awarded to selected full or advanced associate Liberal Arts professors annually.
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These achievements include producing scholarly or creative works for academically prominent publications and seminars; receiving awards and recognitions from distinguished agencies or groups; teaching at an outstanding level; and serving on various committees, editorial boards, or review panels.
Harland Prechel
Harland Prechel, professor of sociology, received his doctorate in sociology from the University of Kansas in 1986. He began with his first teaching position in the Department of Sociology at Texas A&M University in 1991 as an assistant professor, then continued on to earn the titles of Associate Professor in 1993 and Professor in 2001. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in social theory, complex organizations, political sociology, and social class. Prechel's research program focuses on issues that are central to political economy and organizational studies. He has published four articles in the top-ranked sociology journal American Sociological Review. He also published in a number of other top-ranked journals including Social Problems and Social Forces. Prechel's current research on financialization and financial malfeasance that was published in the American Sociological Review (2010) has attracted international attention. In 2011 and 2012, he was invited to present his work in England, Taiwan and Ireland. This research has received awards from the American Sociological Association, the American Academy of Management, and the American Society of Criminology. His second line of research focuses on the political economy of environmental pollution and examines the relationship between organizational characteristics and carbon and toxic emissions. An article on this research was recently published in Social Forces (2012). Prechel is also a former editor of Research in Political Sociology and has served on National Science Foundation review panels.
John Edens
John Edens, professor of psychology, earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from Texas A&M University in 1996. Edens is currently teaching graduate courses in Assessment Practicum and Special Topics in Psychology and Law, along with an upper level undergraduate course in Forensic Psychology. Edens is interested in personality assessment, forensic psychology, psychopathy and antisocial conduct, and risk assessment, and his research covers the interaction between psychology and the legal system. His research also focuses on the development and improvement of technology and instruments used for personality assessment in forensic and correctional settings, along with the negative effects of the label "psychopath." In addition, Edens conducts research on the assessment and management of violence risk as a result of human aggression. He stays active in his research, having earned over $2 million in grants and contracts through external and internal (university) sources. Edens was also a recipient of the 2001 Saleem Shah Award for Early Career contributions to Law and Psychology, which was awarded to him by the American Psychology-Law Society and the American Academy of Forensic Psychology.
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Lori Wright, professor of anthropology, received her doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1994. After a year of lecturing at the Loyola University of Chicago and postdoctoral work at McMaster University, Wright joined the Texas A&M faculty in 1996 as an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology. Since then, she has taught five undergraduate and six graduate courses and is now specializing in bioarchaeology, Ancient Maya, paleodiet, paleopathology, and inequality. In her bioarchaeological research on the Ancient Maya of Central America, Wright studies how cultural behaviors and health leave their marks on the human skeleton. Wright's early research on the 9th century collapse of Classic Maya civilization revealed a change in the social distribution of foods, which influenced her to change her focus to social inequality in diet and health. Her current work explores dietary and health distinctions among social groups and through time at the ancient Maya city of Tikal, Guatemala, aiming to expand her research to other Maya cities in the future. Wright's most recent representative publication was "Bilateral talipes equinovarus from Tikal, Guatemala," which appeared in a 2011 volume of the International Journal of Paleopathology.


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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Combine one of film's most recognizable faces (squints?) with bleak panoramic desert scenery, a good old-fashioned treasure hunt, the grittiest imaginable cast of characters, and perhaps the most memorable score ever written and you've got the makings of the epitome classic "spaghetti western" film. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach, originally released in the US in 1968 minus about 30 minutes of footage that had appeared in Sergio Leone's previous original Italian release, much to Leone's great displeasure. It was thought, perhaps rightly so, that a 180+ minute movie would be too much for American audiences. Much of this lost content has been restored in this latest release, and as someone who loved the original cut version, I can say that this extended version simply provides more of a good thing. If your experience is anything like mine, you've most likely only ever seen this film mercilessly chopped down from its original length to under two hours for television broadcast. Believe me when I say that finally getting to view this work as it was meant to be viewed you quickly begin to appreciate how horrifying the words "re-formatted for television" can truly be. This movie is long, and even the most dedicated fan will feel this length at some point while viewing. However each scene, even those with only the most tenuous links to the basic plot, captures your attention enough to keep the story from dragging. Leone is renowned for his constant switching between long, wide views of the American desert southwest (ok ok, it was actually a Spanish beach) and close-ups of the actors' faces... faces that are so full of character that each one tells a multitude of stories about life in the Old West even if the scene involves absolutely no dialogue... and extremely long build-ups to short bursts of violent action. This violence, considered excessive in its day, is by today's standards of course very tame, almost tasteful. The only bad part of this film? The original American theatrical release trailer - I can't imagine anyone having any reason to want to see this film after having viewed this choppy, misleading editing fiasco.
The 2-disc set comes in non-standard dvd packaging that will not fit neatly into your existing dvd rack. You will just need to find it a special, well-deserved, place of honor among your other boxed-sets. The second disc contains approximately 2 hours of special features that include deleted scenes (cuts made to the original version that could not be included in this extended version), a historian's perspective on the Civil War conflict taking place around the story, an audio-only commentary on the score by Ennio Morricone, and interviews with Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach that include some priceless anecdotes about filmmaking in Europe in the 1960's. The film's audio commentary track, provided by film historian Richard Schickel, is worth listening to if you are a die-hard fan of the movie, the actors, or the director, but probably won't appeal to someone who doesn't have a vested interest simply because of the length of the movie. If you are willing to invest the time however, he is a wealth of trivia and practical film analysis that will no doubt give you a whole new persepctive on virtually every scene, even for someone, like me, who has seen this film dozens of times.


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Easy Mod: CD Drum Case Planters
This week we'll be introducing some possible candidates for new Unplggd bloggers. The first we're welcoming is Taryn Fiol, who is starting her week off with some green ideas for the tech home office. Tell us what you think!
Instructables.com user gate shows us a hip way to recycle something we've all got sitting near our computers into a small planter perfect for the windowsill. Not only will you be reducing, re-using and recycling, you'll also be adding some extra greenery to your scenery. More information and step by step instructions after the jump…
Gate made a simple mod of those drum cases that our CDs come in and ended up with a cheap and easy-on-the-eyes windowsill planter. Recyclo-bot decal optional.
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was this inspired by teeny little super guy?
okay, those look really silly to me! i could see using the CD spindle to hold tape, ribbons, bracelets? but i am so not feelin' the planter look!
If you don't like the clear plastic look on the outside, cover it with some colored contact paper or self adhesive wallpaper for a designer look.


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This was obviously done to make the code portable across platforms. This is a crucial requirement of an enterprise system.
Not Frist.
...or to anticipate for when we add an 8th day of the week.
This is not portable in other languages/countries where the first day of the week may not be sunday..
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-26 15:03 • by Chronomium (unregistered)
Given that the pairs in the hash table are things like ("Sunday", "0"), it's more like:
((int) DateTime.Now.DayOfWeek).ToString()...which has to be re-int'd anyway given that you probably want to use the result as a number.
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-26 15:08 • by Some Jerk (unregistered)
Ummm... WOW! I believe what we have here is a
new IdiotSavant<Idiot>();
Safe to assume DRX and OBL "commonly" have performance issues?
I especially love how it creates a new hashtable each time.
Actually I'm surprised someone who would write this is able to use a hashtable in the first place.
Obviously, this code was offshored to Turkmenistan:
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-26 15:16 • by Some Jerk (unregistered)
I suspect that this individual must have been looking at source code and attempting to discern its' purpose. Apparently, this individual did not understand what they were doing, or perhaps the hash table might have been replaced with an equally rediculous coding structure... you know, like a REAL ENUM!?
TRWTF is the hashtable. That data should be stored in xml.
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-26 15:21 • by Some Jerk (unregistered)
nah, a sql database with a table for each day, containing only 1 row and 2 columns. then they can Select top 1 * From {0} with {0} = Today.
Where's Blernsday?
I have wanted to do something like this but never felt right doing it.
Essentially the thinking goes like this:
I need an enum,
enum Values { Yes, No, Maybe, NotSure };
ok done.
Now I need to display the names of the enums for the user.
ok Done... err no wait, the "NotSure" should be two words not one. now how do I do that? Hash table (which this is), dictionary? Oh the conundrum here.
Then I go back and go with string resources and load up that resource file via the enum for the proper value. And that is how you get dynamically changing text for different languages, just swap reaource files.
The real WTF is the comments... they feel the need to explain what they are doing (even though an 12 year old can figure that out), but not why they are doing it.
I guess we will never know.
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-26 15:49 • by Some Jerk (unregistered)
Well DUHH! Obviously they are trying to memorize the days of the week! Can you think of a better way than writing arbitrary code to represent what you are attempting to learn?
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-26 15:51 • by abico (unregistered)
This is how:
Google before you do anything, will you?
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-26 16:01 • by KattMan
Nice, now how do you get different ones for English, Spanish, Russian, Pirate Day and Klingon.
This works well if you don't need to worry about internationalization.
I'm going to have a go at rewriting this function in one line...wish me luck!!! (I may or may not need it)
public static string getDayEnum()
...I have great faith in the C# one, since I use C# on a day-to-day basis. Java, not so much, I could have botched that...
CAPTCHA: abico - Seriously, the guy who wrote the code in the WTF should use one to crunch numbers, not a computer.
The best part is that the author actually did DateTime.Now.DayOfWeek; in two parts, but he had the number he wanted.
To even make this kluge work, he had to understand that today.DayOfWeek was a number from 0 to 6...so why didn't he just use the number?
Paid by the line?
The real WTF is using a hash table when everyone knows a list is faster for collections of 10 or less, right?
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-26 16:39 • by C-Derb (unregistered)
But assuming he didn't know that he could just cast from enum to int, as the original submitter pointed out ( (int) DateTime.Now.DayOfWeek ), why would he choose to load up a hash table every time this is called instead of just using a switch statement? Egads, even a nested if statement would have made more sense.
Bonus points for using String.Format instead of ToString() though. I really liked that.
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-26 17:23 • by Meep (unregistered)
Easy, just s/([a-z])([A-Z])/\1 \2/g.
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-26 17:30 • by Spewin Coffee (unregistered)
The real fail is using C#.
TRWTF is calling ToString() on a string.
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-26 18:34 • by James (unregistered)
It's not a string, it's an object. The HashTable is not generic.
Does C# have arrays?
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-26 18:58 • by Rob (unregistered)
It's an object, but it's still a string. You just need a cast, not a ToString() call.
Using (int)DayOfWeek.Sunday is a terrible idea. The underlying values are not guaranteed to be 0..6 starting with Sunday, the aren't even guaranteed to be consecutive, or the same across different versions of .NET!
Relying on the underlying integer values of an Enum is asking for trouble.
That said, I would have written this as switch (DayOfWeek) { ... }instead of this awful mess.
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-26 21:06 • by NitPiC# (unregistered)
Are you sure about that?
This sounds like a reasonable guarantee to me:
"The DayOfWeek enumeration represents the day of the week in calendars that have seven days per week. The value of the constants in this enumeration ranges from DayOfWeek.Sunday to DayOfWeek.Saturday. If cast to an integer, its value ranges from zero (which indicates DayOfWeek.Sunday) to six (which indicates DayOfWeek.Saturday)."
Granted, there is the caveat about only working on calendars that have seven days per week. But I think it's a reasonable assumption to assume that there is no requirement here to handle such calendars.
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-26 22:04 • by geoffrey (unregistered)
But suppose the code is ported to a platform that does not support date/time primitives. Better to wrap it in a function call, then. That way you only have one thing to change.
It fascinates me that so many cultures have a seven-day week, especially since there is no seven-day trigger for it in Nature (as far as I am aware.) The 28-ish day month has a couple of likely causes, and the year is also easily explainable. But the week? Where did that come from?
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2012-07-27 00:37 • by NitPiC# (unregistered)
Yeah, that is a bit curious.
I assume you've already read the wiki on the subject
7*4 == 28 is one possible link, but as Wiki points out, that is fairly week (yeah, pun intended, sorry).
Since it is referenced right in the first chapter of the Bible, the idea must have been around and firmly entrenched for ages, long before people started committing ancient myths to written documents.
Curious stuff indeed.
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Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-27 04:04 • by PHP Vigilante (unregistered)
The real WTF is Java.
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-27 04:12 • by Jason (unregistered)
No, it's actually the int as a string. For example, I'm writing this on Friday, and if I run the code, the return value of that method is the string "5".
So what this is actualy doing is:
string dayOfWeekStr = String.Format("{0}", today.DayOfWeek);
This is the best use of String.Format() I've ever seen !
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-27 04:15 • by barleyguy (unregistered)
On modern superscalar processors, the break even point for linear searches is higher than 10. One test showed it was between 64 and 128.
Y U No(I had to do it) know that 7days week is derrived from 7 days moon phases?
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-27 04:45 • by English Man
It's a good job he didn't use it then.
No, 7 days in the week derives from creation, when G-d created the world in 6 days then rested on the 7th.
Subsequently when the Israelites left Egypt and were given the Manna, they were told about the Sabbath, on which no manna would fall.
In addition there were more rules placed upon them for this day such that publicly going out to gather wood on this day was a capital offence.
As this tradition has been kept ever since, and given that there are names for each day in a 7-day cycle, the Sabbath always falls on the same named day, and that happens to be the one that is named "Saturday". Thus it is the 7th day in a 1-based calendar, but in a 0-based weekday index it should probably be numbered 0 not 6.
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-27 06:00 • by A. Nonymous (unregistered)
TRWTF is that the week starts on Monday :-p
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-27 06:22 • by lmm (unregistered)
Number of systems I've worked on that had overcomplicated property file systems for getting display strings: many.
Number of systems I've worked on that were ever actually used in any language other than English: 0.
Be agile.
In Genesis, it says "one day". Then after that says "a second day", "a third day" and these follow the days.
After 6 it says "The sixth day" not "a sixth day".
and then goes on to introduce the Sabbath...
If you don't believe in creation you have no particular reason to decide on which day of the week is first as it has no logic. But if you do believe in it, then the day biblically referred to as the first day is Sunday.
Of course we know these weren't solar days because the solar system was not created until the 4th day, however G-d allocated Saturday to represent the Sabbath and thus Sunday to represent the first day.
Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-27 06:52 • by Sunday is the last day (unregistered)
The only thing you actually achieve with this is to break localization. Which is all good if you want to force Sunday as the first day on people...
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Re: Denumerating the DayOfWeekEnum
2012-07-27 07:15 • by Meep (unregistered)
I suspect that it's twofold: when various tribes began farming, the regular work becomes very cyclical and time off every seven days is just about right. Various revolutionaries have experimented with longer and shorter weeks, and it never lasts.
And seven itself is an appealing number to religious mystics just figuring out math; because the number is mystical proves that the deity is actually granting the time off, which also makes the deity far more appealing.
Using a number to represent the day of the week though is normally only an internal thing because numbers work better than names for this purpose when it comes to computing.
I mentioned that as someone who keeps the Sabbath on a Saturday, I think Saturday should be day 0 so Sunday is day 1. So those who like Monday to be day 1 are happy because it is, while Sunday is day 0, as there isn't a day 7 anyway.
It does make some sort of sense to keep Saturday and Sunday together at one of the two ends, and certainly to keep Monday to Friday as a continuous range.
International issues are more likely to happen in working out what is the "next working day" or "trading day" assuming that in every country they work Mondays to Fridays but that would be in the business logic.
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Posted Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 8:23 AM
Need some feedback on a prototype that I'm working on . . .
For my former employer, I have a small Storyline project to develop a module on leaders as developers of their people. The company recently instituted development planning for all employees (separate now from annual performance planning) and this new module will be part of the new resources for management to help get them up-to-speed as developers of talent.
During the Storyline beta, I did two music videos for fun. But I've always wanted to take that experience and, if possible, in the right circumstances, apply what I learned in a e-learning course in a way that works.
So I've been playing around with the following introductory "music montage" piece as a first prototype for my client. I've seen the technique done before and am not sure what it is called (a type of mash-up?).
Normally I start a course and get right to the WIIFM to, among other things, encourage learner engagement and to get things moving. This is a more "leisurely WIIFM," almost "reflective shock and awe" to get the learner to buy into why this course's topic is important.
Questions--does the intro work? Is it too much? I wanted it shorter but it "felt right" to be as long as the musical piece that I'm using. Normally I might use something like this at the end of a course instead of the beginning.
I like the fact that a Storyline project can be effective without a lot of fancy programming--just the right choice of material and some timeline and simple graphics magic to tell a message. I could have done this in PowerPoint and exported as a movie but I wanted to do as much as I could in Storyline itself. Also, the timeline was a life-saver.
(Disclaimer: My client has not seen this prototype yet so it may or may not be something they approve or adopt. However, everything used in the intro is public knowledge.)
Thanks for any feedback.
[Updated May 23: Link to Demo v2 - thanks again everyone for all the wonderful feedback.]
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Posted Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 1:05 PM
Really nice, Gerry! I like the simplicity of the black/white/grayscale images. I also liked the way you used the zoom area about midway through. I found myself wanting a seekbar so that I could back up and re-read some of the items, and also so that I could see how far I'd progressed into the sequence. Also, I noticed the Credits link on the top bar of the player didn't seem to open anything.
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Posted Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 1:56 PM
I Like that Gerry, I like the black (I also notice its not pure black, nice) and white. There are a few changes I would make (only a few and only minor).
On the slide you have a lot of quotes/descriptions. I would cut these down to one per slide, with much larger text.
I would also highlight some key bits in the text in colour (I did notice you did this a couple of times).
Overall it is really nice, gives me some good ideas. Thanks for sharing
Posted Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 2:18 PM
@Jeanette: Excellent point about the seekbar. Makes great sense. I just added one but because the "video" is one slide with a base layer and three layers (to accommodate the single audio track), it doesn't scrub through correctly. Things get out of sync. Bug? May have to be everything on the base layer and not use layers.
The Credits link was a placeholder for future content, but I've added a lightbox slide now to accommodate that.
@Phil: Thanks--will review and take a crack at some of your suggestions.
As always, appreciate the GREAT feedback!
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Posted Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 5:00 PM
I would love to see... except this is what I get when I click the link....
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Posted Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 6:14 PM
Try now, Ben. I uploaded a new version incorporating Jeanette's suggestions and I forgot to make it public on Amazon S3. Sorry.
Posted Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 7:14 PM
Really nice. Love the music choice and the pace of the montage. Nice Job!
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Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 2:16 AM
With a couple of minor exceptions - I LOVE THIS.
Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 2:28 AM
After watching that again, I am more impressed.
I think I was half asleep last night and didnt do an autopsy on how it was done
The first thing that came into my head today was, how did Gerry keep the same music play over many slides, then I realised this was one slide!
Well done,
Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 6:08 AM
Bruce Graham said:
THANKS for the ideas, Bruce.
Got some infographics examples that might inspire me? I've never done something like that before.
Yes, yes, on the second point. Actually, that will hit them immediately in the "regular" course content, which I still have to finish up. Want to save that for then.
The sponsor also wants two videos from two senior executives in the course--in the the usual corporate style as talking head. I may be challenged there to make them interesting but I got a couple of ideas there I'm excited to try.
Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 6:12 AM
Try these two.
Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 6:13 AM
Phil Mayor said:
Thanks. I used many layers at first to keep things simpler and so I could focus on a single sequence (gee, I would have loved to have just a layer preview for that ) . Then I transferred the layers to the base slide.
I did keep three layers but when I realized the seekbar, that Jeanette wisely suggested above, to be accurate needed just the base layer, I transferred them also over to the base layer.
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Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Hi Gerry,
Great message. You sure convinced me!
Taking a stab here at my reactions.
Bothered by
Wondering about
Spatial contiguity. On the (Layer?) part that begins "Poor succession planning" I liked that the photos lined up at the bottom, but as each person faded in at the bottom, my eye was drawn away from the text, to the photo, back to the text, back to the next photo, etc.
Felt like I was working hard to go back and forth...extraneous processing? I was wondering if they could fade in near each piece of text and then maybe line up at the bottom after. Note that The 2nd and 3rd time through, it didn't bother me as much, but at that point I "knew" the material.
Hope you keep sharing. I'm learning so much from others' comments and breaking it down myself. Thank you.
Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Excellent feedback, Rebecca. That's exactly what i was looking for. This is a first-time effect for me and I appreciate it. I tend to over complicate things some times so simplification possibilities are very helpful.
Will be making some adjustments in the next few days. For one, want to consider doing the infographics that Bruce suggested in the sequence that you were wondering about.
Just love this community . . .
Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:25 AM
Gerry, so glad it was helpful. When communication is simply through text, it can feel so critical. I contemplated not posting. Then I thought, well, but, he clearly wants feedback or wouldn't have requested it. And he'll see that I put time into it, watch it 3 times...so feedback is thoughtful and constructive, not meant to be critical and negative. Very much looking forward to seeing progress!
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Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:52 AM
Cool, Gerry. I noticed something strange on my end (Chrome on Mac) when I closed the window in the middle of the presentation. The music continued to play after the window was closed. Think it bust be a Flash player bobble on my end. Scratched my head for a bit wondering if you were being tricky with another window playing the music
Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 1:07 PM
Rebecca Fleisch Cordeiro said:
Thanks, again. You're GREAT!
Yes, when I ask for feedback, I clearly want it. It's how I managed my team before I retired--everyone has something to add and that free flowing of ideas and viewpoints needs to be nurtured, encouraged, and treasured. No one of us had to have all the answers but together as a team we should know most of them--or where to find them.
Feel the same about this community.
I've made a couple of more minor tweaks from your suggestions and I'll show them later. I've been working on the first content slides in the prototype and I'm deviated a bit from what I was given in the sponsor's PowerPoint. That went right into a video of the VP and completely ignored the WIIFM that Bruce called out.
Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 1:10 PM
Steve Flowers said:
Me, tricky????
I've noticed the same thing in one other earlier SL course i was working on, though I've not seen it lately. Trying to remember if seeing that was before a current Flash player update????
Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 1:11 PM
Gerry Wasiluk said:
Glad to see I am proving to be my usual, impactful self.....
Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 1:15 PM
It's your a peel.
Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 1:24 PM
lol, Bruce I dont think you put enough sun cream on. Your peeling
Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 1:50 PM
Right....enough of the banana....it's wombat time
Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 1:52 PM
I knew it, another joke wasted, now everyone sees you as a hamster.
Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 1:54 PM
Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 2:23 PM
Gee, growing up in high school and then college, being called a wombat was definitely not a PG-rated designation . . . [censored].
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Posted Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 5:36 PM
I thought this prototype is great. I think that it will grab the learners' attention and give them the message, "here's what we're going to learn about" It's a unique way to communicate the learning objectives and build motivation (e.g. "you're right - I don't know how to do this!")
I am in agreement with all the other feedback, and here's my 2 cents:
RE: George Gilder quote slide
RE: "poor succession planning" slide
All right Gerry, I think that this is a nickel or dimes-worth. Hope it helps!
Posted Monday, May 21, 2012 at 4:41 AM
Thank you, Jill. Much appreciated. Great food for thought. Like a lot of the suggestions.
The personal connection to the learner immediately follows after this. That's kinda against the rules but I'm going to go "wide" with the mash-up and then "smaller" and personal after. Don't want to mix them up for now.
It'll be a day or three for me to get back to this as I need to now finish two Articulate Presenter projects for a different client. (After using Storyline for so long, going back to Presenter is almost "painful". )
Again, thanks for the feedback and support.
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Posted Monday, May 21, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Lovely piece of work, thought-inspiring.
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Posted Monday, May 21, 2012 at 11:32 AM
This is excellent course intro. It really gets the attention of the learner. I would shorten it as an intro or you could make it part of the course kind of like a forward in a book. Excellent work!
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Posted Monday, May 21, 2012 at 7:09 PM
Brilliant Gerry - loved it!
I thought the last piece with the B&W pics coming into colour was a great ending - finished it off nicely, sort of like the credits rolling at the end of a movie.
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I was in Fullerton at the Fullerton train depot to spend a day railfanning & taking photographs & recording videos of BNSF,Metrolink & Amtrak trains[, later that morning a agent from Amtrak approch me & told me that I cannot take photos or record videos on the station platform.:(!] I'VE FIND THAT A BIT RIDICULOUS!! I know we're all a bit edgy since 9/11/2001 BUT banning railfan that just to see trains go by & take photos because they need a ticket to take photos at the station?!? Fullerton is a small depot not like the larger depots in Los Angeles,Portland Oregon,New York City,Chicago & the other large train stations. This "ruling" is going to hurt Amtrak in the long run & I should think that they should lift this "noobish" ban FOR THE SAKE FOR ALL RAILFANS!!
There was a discussion about this a couple of months ago. If you want to record video, just don't do it on station property. As long as you aren't on RR property they can't really do anything about it. Just move a block away and stay out of the RR right of way. I have no idea why standing on the station platform as opposed to being a block away or on the other side of the tracks is an issue but they apparently have some reasoning for it. Even if it is a bit awkward.
The Amtrak Agent is mistaken.
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I agree with everything stated above, the rule is incredibly ridiculous. Though, a few thoughts:
1. Try (again) try to not let this get you steamed! (I know it's hard!!) As others have stated, try taking your photos off of the platform. I do this all of the time, and actually, you sometimes get some better shots if you're a ways back.
2. If you still want to take pictures on the platform, just go some other day. Really, I've taken photos and video on the platforms of two Amtrak stations since this rule was enacted, and so far I've had no problems at all. And on each occation I was in plain view of the Amtrak conductors and engineers, and they never approached me about it, and frankly, I knew they wouldn't. And if you do this and someone says "get lost", just do what they say, and try again later, or go somewhere else where people aren't so annoying about it.
I do remember hearing that if the photo policy didn't work Amtrak would "look into" changing it, or something like that. Maybe if they see that railfans aren't going to give in that easily to a dumb rule, they'll change it or get rid of it completely.
I know what you mean by that. Iwonder if Amtrak going to uplift the "Railfan ban" when (or if) the City of Fullerton host "Fullerton Railroad days" in 2010.
I don't see where the Amtrak policy pertains to Fullerton and many other Stations.
The station platform is not exclusive use to Amtrak.
I don't know if you are familiar with the layout of the Fullerton station, but here goes.
The "other side" is also a station platform, so going there changes nothing. And if you move a block away you won't be able to even see the station or the tracks. In fact the nearest space from where you can see the tracks at all is the station parking lot and the location is not amenable to photos.
On the "other side" you could back off the platform but that puts you in the middle of a rather busy street or in the middle of an apartment complex. From the station side parking lot there are obstacles (hedges, buildings, private rail cars, etc.) to photography. Remember that the station is in the middle of a rather heavily built-up urban area right in the center of town.
A thought: the pedestrian bridge is not really part of the platform, I wonder if they would kick you off of it? Probably yes. Once these guys get officious they don't stop.
And I think that the city actually owns the station platform. I know that the city is responsible for repairing the elevator when it breaks down. Anyone know?
I have GOT to get over there some Friday afternoon and evening when the railfans congregate in large numbers. Lots of serious photographers. Should be interesting.
Yes, this is rediclous! Like said in another thread, I can see this ruel in Penn Station. But in little bitty po-dunk towns like say for example Granby CO. What???
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This is my survey of stations I have seen since the new policy - Rocky Mount, NC - doesn't seem to make any difference - the station is used for other uses as well as Amtrak and it is still totally open to the public as far as I can tell.
Greenville, SC - the station is in the NS yard and has always as far as I can tell not been open to the public.
Spartanburg, SC - the station was labeled as a visitor's center, but did not appear to be very welcoming to visitors since it was totally locked up - I'm not even sure if the station is still open, it seemed rather deserted so Amtrak might have moved to a different location - I really didn't have a lot of time to linger.
Gastonia, NC - the station is also at an NS yard - there were no trains present so I didn't stop. It probably is not open when NS is active since it is a station where only one train stops late at night and it is also in a NS yard.
High Point, NC - the platforms do appear to be off limits - the station is still open to the public. The tracks are not really visible from street level.
My reading of the Amtrak policy was that out of those listed stations, only the Rocky Mount one and the Spartanburg one if is it still the Amtrak station whcih I really couldn't tell would not be covered (Rocky Mount's station is city owned and open to the public as an attraction complete with rolling stock display on the platform and a museum inside). High Point would be covered because the platform is separate from the street and labled only for passengers only. I think that Gastonia and Greenville would not be covered, but still not open to the public because they are both on NS property.
Other stations I am familiar with - Ashland, VA - is a visitor's center so should still be open - also it really does not qualify as a platform.
Ettrick, VA - may be closed off, but not sure.
Richmond Staples Mill Road - probably closed off
Richmond Main Street Station - Platforms have always been closed, but station which is owned by the state has been open with historical displays and as an attraction and has an open porch on track level at the front of the building
Fredericksburg, VA - its always been open and unmanned as far as I can tell - CSX may still own the station considering that VRE stops there and there are machines to buy both Amtrak and VRE tickets on the platform, you can probably get away with being up there. Last time I was up there was before the new policy, but I got absolutely no hassle from anyone for being there.
Alexandria, VA - think that station has been generally closed to the public but not sure
Washington, DC Union Station - the platforms have long been closed to the public - no difference.
Staunton, VA - the station is unmanned open to the general public and is considered a visitor's attraction - no difference.
Danville, VA - station is now a museum - last time I was there, the platform appeared to be open to the public but that was a few years ago.
Selma, NC - station is advertised as an attraction on I-95 and contains a historic exhibit - doubt that anything has changed.
Hamlet, NC - station is a museum/attraction - railroads are the primary attraction in Hamlet, doubt that anything has changed.
Southern Pines, NC - station has always appeared to be open to the public - think it is a visitor's center - last time I was there, there were some people standing on the platform waiting to see a freight train go by - I actually didn't wait there because a better view was available
Baltimore Penn Station - again, the station has always been open and the platforms were always closed - do not see a difference
Rockville, MD - that is really a MARC station and it is totally open (it is a flag stop on the Capitol Limited) - I've gone on there once to photograph a MARC train with no problem
That is my quick survey - it seems that most of hte stations with platforms that were not open to the public (e.g. Washington Union Station, Baltimore Penn Station) are off limits without tickets - the stations that were always open to the public appear to still be open and while the Amtrak policy seemed to be a bit confusing on that regard to me, it seems that the jist of the matter is that places that have traditionally been open to the public (such as a city owned station/visitor's center/museum) will still be open for photographs. At least that is as far as I could tell.
Here's a little something on the subject. The head of Amtrak's police department has said he will not have his people enforce the 'not on our platforms" policy. Get a copy of Don Phillip's column in the last issue of Trains and offer to "enlighten" the agent.
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Around here in Central California its business as usual. I haven't heard anything about agents telling people to leave. Here's a quick rundown:
Bakersfield I think is still open. I haven't been there in a while. Wasco, Madera, and Turlock/Denair are just platforms only, no building. Corcorcan is a unmanned building (with Santa Fe and Wabash (!) info inside). Hanford is where I railfan (and live) at and I have been out there with a group of railfans and the agent came by with the baggage cart and did say a thing. Also it may help because I am the volunteer station host here. In Fresno I know the agents there (Fresno agents split time between there, Hanford and Merced) so no problems. And Merced has had problems either.
The Utica, NY station platforms are completely open to the public - you don't even have to enter the station to reach track 2. Track 1 requires a trip over the overhead walkway, but unless you're causing a fuss, I doubt anyone would hassle you. And the walkway is a great place to watch trains - especially in the winter.
Despite this apparent affront to our rights, the operative thing here is to remain cool and collected. As was pointed out, some platforms have always been closed to the general public.
All we do by raising a big fuss is reinforce the will of those who think they're doing the right thing. Kick back, relax, take pictures elsewhere. You never know - you might find someplace you like even better! Eventually the storm will blow over.
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For Zack: An interesting survey
Rockville, MD is an open platform station in the sense that there are no barriers or gates to access its platforms. It is a regular stop for the Capitol Limited and for MARC trains. It has an agent for MARC while it is unstaffed for Amtrak. I have never photographed trains there, but I have never heard of any railfans being hassled for photographing trains there.
Alexandria, VA has always been an Amtrak station in the past, but it is now a VRE station as well. Earlier its platforms were open in the same sense as Rockville, MD, but I haven't been there in a while so I don't know if its platforms are still open.
On the other hand Fredericksburg, VA is posted against tresspassing in that there are signs to the effect that only passengers intending to travel on the trains are permitted on its platforms; nevertheless I have noticed people on the platform that the VRE uses waiting to greet arrivals.
To all: I have read Amtrak's photo/video recording policy, and it appears that the platforms at all of its stations are restricted to passengers only, so never mind if the the stations are owned by a community or the host railroads so railfan photographers can't photograph trains from its platform.


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Playing the Blues on a Humidor Guitars Four String
I always love to see what my customers can do with the guitars they buy from me. Here is Buddy doing some jammin' and slidin' on his new Las Cabrillas cigar box guitar from Humidor Guitars.
Humidor Guitars partners with Original Flat Pup!
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Humidor Guitars will now be an official supplier for the thin Flat Pup pickups, winding pickups using Elmar's original design and specifications. We look forward to providing folks with the same quality and sound that they have come to expect from Original Flat Pup, as well as offering reduced shipping costs for US customers.
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With both Intel and AMD working towards integrating GPU and CPU together, Nvidia is left standing on its own with its graphics specialty. This lead to rumors that Nvidia was looking to get into the x86 processor business and going head to head with its already-big competitors.
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang told the New York Times that if such a project was going on at his company, he hasn't found it yet.
"If we have such a product, I haven't found it yet," Mr. Huang said. "It's just not important right now."
Obviously even if there was work on an x86 CPU at Nvidia (and the CEO managed to find it), Huang still wouldn't be one to reveal the news in a single interview.
If Nvidia isn't working on a special x86 project in house, it could partner with Via Technologies, which does hold an x86 license from Intel – a key piece to the puzzle. Nvidia is rumored to be investing heavily into Via – something also denied by Huang. At any rate, we'll know for sure at Via's investor meeting later this month.
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0rtfm , 10 June 2009 15:21I think Nvidia is in for a big shock in a few years if it's not careful. Intel is already the largest gfx contender and along with AMD/ATI chewing at their heels they could find their market vanishing quickly when gfx/cpu integrated chips arrive.
I see the future as the average Joe/big oems going Intel for their cheap solution and known brand and the smart consumer/enthusiast going AMD for their soulution (imagine your ATI gfx pcie card only powered on when playing intense 3d games and the rest of the time your making massive power saving by using the integrated cpu/gfx combo.)
Maybe then we'll see a Intel Nvidia takeover :-(
0waxdart , 10 June 2009 17:09@rtfm - I like the idea of a system that only sucks up power when needed. I want laptop tech in my desktop. It will save me a lot of beer money
0Anonymous , 10 June 2009 18:02I fail to see how this will impend on Nvidia. The truth is, the integrated CPU/GPU chip will still be not as powerful as what Nvidia already offers. We're not going to get 1Teraflops from an integrated GPU anytime soon. The only competition that's biting at Nvidia's feet is the fact that they'll have a big issue with their integrated graphics in their chipset business and perhaps that Larrabee graphics card in 2010.
0fezztah , 10 June 2009 20:03The problem for nvidia comes because more powerful graphics cards offer a diminishing return of percieved visual quality, whereas the integrated chipsets are improving rapidly in the background. When 90% of the public sees games of Crysis visual quality as "good enough" and developers cannot actually afford to make anything more impressive anyway and integrated chips are capable of handling it (2years from now?) then why bother buying a discrete card?
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The battle of copyrights continue between will.i.am and Pharrell.


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I had the same experience, my account got keylogger at least like 10 times cuz for some reason i can't fully format the Trojans on my computer. I tried restoring window, buying an extra harddrive, installing new Anti-virus software, and nothing seems to help. I couldn't leave my all epic paladin, so.... I brought a new computer, and even since then I just stay away from all the addons. YAP, no addons at on. Screw Keyloggers, Screw Blizzard for not being able to solve multiple problems at one time. If Blizzard tell me to lick their shoes in order to keep my paladin, i think i probably would have.... i know... it gets frustrating. God Bless you, Amen!


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National Synoptic Information
A Synoptic chart is any map or chart that depicts meterological or atmospheric conditions over a larger area at any given time. The charts on this page are drawn from information supplied by Weatherzone.
A Synoptic chart is any map or chart that depicts meterological or atmospheric conditions over a larger area at any given time. The charts on this page are drawn from information supplied by Weatherzone.
A trough over SA is triggering the odd thunderstorm and light shower. Another trough is causing the a few showers and storms over northeast NSW and southeast QLD. A high and pool of cold air are causing a cold night over the nation's southeast. The northern (tropical) jet is separating warm air to its north from cool air to its south. The southern (polar) jet is directing a front across the Bight.
A high pressure ridge will steer moist winds onshore producing showers over the QLD and NSW coasts. Northwesterly winds ahead of a front will steer a hot airmass over southwestern parts of WA. A moist southwesterly flow will trigger light showers about western TAS.
A front and trough will produce gusty winds and heavy showers about southwestern parts of WA. A high pressure ridge will direct moist onshore winds to feed into an inland trough triggering thundery showers.
A trough and embedded low pressure system will move over southern WA producing heavy showers. A strong high pressure ridge will feed moist onshore winds into a weak inland trough producing showers over QLD. A high will keep the southeast mostly clear and dry.
A trough and embedded low will move over western parts of SA triggering showers, leaving an unstable southerly flow in it's wake. A ridge should steer moist southeasterly winds over QLD to produce isolated light showers. A ridge should keep southeastern parts mostly dry.
A trough and low should continue to move east over central parts of SA triggering heavy showers and the odd thunderstorm. Moist onshore winds steered by a high pressure ridge should generate showers over eastern parts of QLD.
A trough and low should move over far western parts of NSW continuing to generate heavy showers and thunderstorms. A moist southerly component flow moving over TAS, VIC and eastern QLD will also trigger showers. A high should keep much of the west generally dry.


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QSL information for events produced by The Noise Blankers
SASE is appreciated.
- Field Day 2013, WR5P: QSL via LOTW, please.
- Field Day 2012, K5PO: QSL to K5PO
- 1st activation of Horseshoe Island, September 2012, K5H: QSL to K5KVN
- Wreaths Across America 2011 and 2012, N5W: QSL to WB0RUR