text: Equis ISSN 2398-2977 Musculoskeletal: manipulative tests Contributor(s): Steve Adair, Vetstream Ltd, Chris Whitton, Laura Quiney Introduction Requirements Preparation Procedure Introduction Adjunctive tests to accompany gait evaluation Musculoskeletal: gait evaluation. Flexion, extension and other manipulative techniques place stress or strain on joints and soft tissue structures. Assessment of the response to manipulative tests can aid localization of the site of pain, although manipulative tests are generally considered to be non-specific. Stress or strain may elicit a pain response, and exacerbate or induce lameness. The degree of movement in a joint or joints may be limited by a pathologic process, for example fibrosis associated with chronic degenerative joint disease. A lack of response does not preclude pain causing lameness or poor performance. Uses In the diagnostic workup of lame or poor performing horses Pre-purchase examination In conjunction with examination of the musculoskeletal system in the horse at rest Musculoskeletal: physical examination - adult and gait evaluation Musculoskeletal: gait evaluation. Advantages Non-invasive. Simple routine tests performed without special equipment. Can aid in the identification and localization of pain causing lameness. Disadvantages Subjective tests - responses maybe inconsistent. Flexion tests can induce lameness that is of no clinical significance i.e. false-positive result. A negative result does not preclude pain causing lameness in the tested region. These tests are generally non-specific and should be used in conjunction with a full gait assessment and other diagnostic procedures such as diagnostic analgesia. Manipulation of fracture sites may cause further soft tissue damage and complicate fracture management, eg by converting an open to a closed fracture Musculoskeletal: fracture. Performing manipulative tests on a fractious horse can be dangerous and must be done with care. Requirements This article is available in full to registered subscribers Sign up now to purchase a 30 day trial, or Login Preparation This article is available in full to registered subscribers Sign up now to purchase a 30 day trial, or Login Procedure This article is available in full to registered subscribers Sign up now to purchase a 30 day trial, or Login Further ReadingPublicationsRefereed papers Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource. Dyson S & Greve L (2016) Subjective gait assessment of 57 Sports Horses in normal work: A comparison of the response to flexion tests, movement in hand, on the lunge, and ridden. J Equine Vet Sci 38, 1-7 VetMedResource. Armentrout A R, Beard W L, White B J & Lillich J D (2012) A comparative study of proximal hindlimb flexion in horses: 5 versus 60 seconds. Equine Vet J 44 (4), 420-424 PubMed. Starke S D, Willems E, Head M, May S A & Pfau T (2012) Proximal hindlimb flexion in the horse: Effect on movement symmetry and imiplications for defining soundness. Equine Vet J 44 (6), 657-663 PubMed. Kearney C M et al (2010) Which anatomical region determines a positive flexion test of the distal aspect of a forelimb in a nonlame horse? Equine Vet J 42 (6), 547-551 PubMed. Busschers E & Van Weeren P R (2001) Use of the flexion test of the distal forelimb in the sound horse: repeatability and effect of age, gender, weight, height and fetlock joint range of motion. J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med 48 (7), 413-427 PubMed. Meijer M C, Busschers E & Van Weeren P R (2001) Which joint is most important for the positive outcome of a flexion test of the distal forelimb of a sound horse? Equine Vet Educ 13 (6), 319-323 VetMedResource. Keg P R, VanWeeren P R, Back W & Barneveld A (1997) Influence of the force applied and its period of application on the outcome of the flexion test of the distal forelimb of the horse. Vet Rec 141 (18), 463-466 PubMed. Verschooten F & Verbeeck J (1997) Flexion test of the metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints and flexion angle of the metacarpophalangeal joint in sound horses. Equine Vet J 29 (1), 50-54 PubMed. Adams S B & Belvins W E (1989) Shoulder lameness in horses - Part I. Comp Cont Educ Pract Vet 11 (1), 64-70 VetMedResource. Adams S B & Blevins W E (1989) Shoulder lameness in horses - Part II. Comp Cont Educ Pract Vet 11 (2), 190-196 VetMedResource. May S A & Wyn-Jones G (1987) Identification of hindleg lameness. Equine Vet J 19 (3), 185-188 PubMed. Dyson S (1986) Diagnostic techniques in the investigation of shoulder lameness. Equine Vet J 18 (1), 25-28 PubMed. Other sources of information Ross M W (2010) Manipulation. In: Diagnosis and Management of Lameness in the Horse. 2nd edn. Eds: Ross M W & Dyson S J. Elsevier, USA. pp 80-88.


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This fixes the mutli class inheritance that caused problems in T7240.
The reson it fixes those problems is that the require keyword does not imply that the required classes are directly inherited, but rather by the user of the mixin later. Thus it is safe to use the functions anyways in the implements {...} section.
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Denny's Chief Brand Officer John Dillon to Speak at Endeavor on May 21
Highly-lauded marketing executive will discuss brand turnaround
Endeavor, a coworking space for creatives, agencies and corporate marketing teams in the heart of downtown Greenville, announces that Denny's senior vice president and chief brand officer John Dillon will speak at its next Collaborators & Cocktails speaker series on May 21.
Dillon will share how the company's creative rebranding strategy and executions, including digital, social, in-store, traditional and experiential, helped fuel a huge turnaround for the brand. He will also provide insight into how individual location and franchisee-level activations worked in alignment with one of the most renowned digital and social strategies in the nation.
"How Denny's sparked a brand comeback is a remarkable case study that all organizations, no matter their size or industry, can learn from," said Joe Erwin, president of Erwin Creates and founder of Endeavor. "John Dillon is a great storyteller who will take attendees through the challenge of looking deep into a brand's DNA in order to become relevant in the hearts and minds of today's consumers."
Collaborators & Cocktails starts with networking at 5 p.m., followed by the presentation and Q&A session at 5:45 p.m. The event is free to all Endeavor members and corporate members, with a limited number of advance purchased guest tickets available for $30. Registration is required. No walk-ins admitted. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com for ticket information.
Date & Time
May 21, 2019
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$30 for pre-registered guests, free for members
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For even more cooking with kids ideas, I invite you to stop by our Little Hands That Cook page.
Pumpkin Muffins
Makes 12 standard size
1 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup finely ground oatmeal
1/2 cup sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
3/4 cup pumpkin puree
1 egg beater
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup of oil
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Line your muffin tins.
1. Mix dry ingredients.
2. Pile on the wet ingredients. Mix those together first, then mix with the dry. "Technically" you should mix them in another bowl, but I dislike doing dishes. So I pile them on this way. Mix as little as possible, just until everything is moist.
3. Pour 3/4 full into baking cup liners and bake for 18-20 minutes. Muffins should hold their shape and spring back when poked at the top lightly with your finger. Some people like to use the toothpick method. Put it in and if it comes out clean, they are done. I like to just look at them and see if they are toasted brown on the top – they are most likely done.
NOW take your healthy pumpkin muffins (which are great by themselves) and add some extra flavors and pizzazz, making them a fun desert or sweet appetizer for a get-together.
Caramel Filling
Carve an up-side-down volcano out of the muffin middles. Mine ended up less than 1 inch deep. Make them smaller or bigger depending on the amount of caramel you want in the middle.
Easy caramel filling – unrwap 12 pre-made salted caramels. Melt them per the package directions and pour a little bit into each carved out muffins. We used a fancy sea salt caramel and it was amazing. The regular pack in the store would work too!
Cream Cheese Icing
1/2 cup of cream cheese softened
1-2 tablespoons of powdered sugar.
1. Add ingredients to the bowl and mix with a mixer. Spread on cooled and caramel filled muffins. This will be slightly sweetened and a little healthier than most store bought frosting.
Pretzel Topping
strong plastic baggie
1. Add a small handful of pretzels to the plastic bag.
2. Crunch into small pieces with the bottom of a cup.
3. Sprinkle a little bit over each muffin.
Top with caramel if desired!
Snap a photograph and share on your favorite social media platform!
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3 Signs Your Car Needs the Attention of a Car Mechanic
While you may carry out some car maintenance such as checking the condition of the tyres, other maintenance practices might require a proficient mechanic. Car problems require the expertise of a certified car mechanic. Fixing car problems yourself can be risky and time-consuming because you may not have specialised tools to do it. Even if the car problem looks a bit minor, you should take your vehicle to a competent mechanic for professional help.
Choosing The Right Battery For Your Car
Like most car parts, the battery will wear out and need to be replaced at some point. It's not difficult to change a car battery, but there are some factors to take into consideration when selecting a new battery for your car. Price alone should not be the deciding factor when replacing your battery, as battery performance is increasingly important due to the development of in-car technology. Car batteries aren't just required to crank the engine; they now also have to power onboard computers, high-powered speakers, heated seats and the devices you plug into your car's 12v socket to charge.
Essential Accessories for a Refrigerated Delivery Truck
Running a logistics company in the cold chain industry is big business today. The business opportunity can be attributed to the growing demand for cold storage of fresh products. However, you have to invest in refrigerated trucks to succeed in the industry. That said, refrigerated stock trucks are not enough to run a successful cold chain logistics business. You need the right accessories to enhance the performance of your fleet of refrigerated trucks.
4 Essential Tips for Buying Used Car Spare Parts Online
E-commerce has made it easy to purchase almost anything at the click of a button -- including car spare parts. If you're in the market for used car parts and don't want to scavenge yards, buying online may seem like an appealing option. All you have to do is find parts for your model and have them shipped to your home. However, when buying used parts, it isn't always easy to find what you want.
Should You Have The Flywheel Of Your Truck Resurfaced Or Replaced?
Your commercial truck comprises many components. All these truck parts need to be functioning at optimum or you will invariably end up with one or more issues when your truck is on the road. And when it comes to the clutch, a crucial truck part that requires attention before it malfunctions completely is the flywheel. The flywheel has the primary jobs of firstly ensuring that your truck's crankshaft remains balanced and secondly ensuring that kinetic energy is efficiently transferred from the truck's engine to where it is required, which is the transmission system.
Typical Car Applications that Determine the Choice of Clutch Kit
As a car owner, there is no doubt that you will deal with car issues from time to time. Clutch issues are particularly unique, considering the vital role the component plays in the operation of a car. It is for this reason that every car owner should understand what goes on when replacing a malfunctioning clutch. The first step is to understand what type of clutch kit your car needs. Your decision depends on the specifics of your vehicle as well as the present and future use of the vehicle.
Six Signs That it's Time to Replace Your Fuel Injection System Parts
Most modern cars use advanced fuel injection systems, whose main component is the fuel injector. While you may rarely experience problems with your fuel injector, it can clog, accumulate dirt and ultimately fail. Once this, happens, you'll require to replace your fuel injection system parts. Here are five signs to tell when it's time to replace your fuel injection system parts: Engine Misfire When the engine clogs and doesn't get enough fuel spray, it can misfire while driving.
5 Simple Steps to Check and Refill Your Power Steering System
Almost all vehicles, except the hybrid and electric cars, use the hydraulic power steering systems. These systems allow drivers to steer the vehicle effortlessly. The system consists of a piston, rack and pinion, and a cylinder that carries the fluid. Low fluid levels make steering difficult and can damage the rack and pinion. It's thus crucial to check these levels and add power steering liquid regularly. Here are five essential steps to check and refill your power steering system:


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WELCOME to the cuisle centre
The Cuisle Centre is a Community Centre in Ranelagh which provides a wide-range of services and courses designed to support whole-person health in its many dimensions – physical, mental, spiritual and social. The Cuisle Centre offers classes to help you make healthy lifestyle choices, outdoor programs, group activities for adults and children, and one-one counselling services.
free book offer
Power of Hope is our featured health book of the year. Contact us to receive your copy. Free delivery in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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our brochure
The Cuisle Centre offers a wide range of activities, look at our new brochure and if you see anything that interests you then email email@example.com or text 085 849 7877
Street Feast 2018
The Cuisle Centre's first Street Feast 2018, hope you can join us in 2019.
Let's Talk – Mental Health Seminars
Every Sunday from 11th November to 2nd December, 6-7.30pm at the Cuisle Centre, 47a Ranelagh Road we ran Let's Talk Mental Health Seminars.
Christmas at the Cuisle Centre
A video and written report on the celebration around the inauguration of the Ranelagh Village Christmas tree on 26 November 2017


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A database focused on universal storage and data management
enabling compute with any API or tool
Manage any complex data beyond tables, with any API or tool beyond SQL, at planet scale and beyond clusters
Columnar tabular formats are inefficient for storing and handling the immense amount of metadata and multi-dimensional data generated across businesses such as genomics, geospatial, finance, and retail.
Don't constrain your computations to domain-specific tools. For modern applications, forcing-fitting data into database tables and accessing that data via SQL and ODBC/JDBC is inefficient.
It is an intensive engineering feat to share data and code outside your organization, involving setting up cloud bucket policies, handling key management, and exchanging Jupyter notebooks.
Deploying scalable computations requires spinning up and maintaining clusters. Overprovisioning becomes unaffordable over time, whereas underprovisioning leads to unacceptable performance.
The TileDB Recipe
Is it for you?
TileDB Embedded
Store any data and metadata, and access it with various APIs and tools
TileDB Cloud
Share data and code with anyone and scale out compute without hassles
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EyePoint Pharmaceuticals announced the US commercially launch of Yutiq, a 3-year micro-insert for the treatment of chronic noninfectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye. The company has also launched EyePoint Assist, a program to ensure access to Yutiq for eligible patients in need of financial assistance.
"We are pleased to announce the availability of Yutiq in the US, which is an advancement in the treatment of chronic, noninfectious posterior segment uveitis," Nancy Lurker, President and Chief Executive Officer of EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, said in a company news release. "Yutiq is the first FDA-approved fluocinolone acetonide micro-insert to address this serious condition that is the third leading cause of blindness in the country. One micro-insert of Yutiq has the ability to deliver up to 3 years of fluocinolone acetonide, a commonly used steroid, with continuous dosing that avoids the peaks and valleys of local corticosteroids, the current standard of care. In clinical studies, Yutiq significantly reduced the number of inflammatory uveitis eye flares, which can lead to blindness. We are proud to bring this innovative treatment to patients to address this high unmet need."
Yutiq utilizes the company's Durasert drug delivery technology and is an intravitreal micro-insert containing 0.18 mg of fluocinolone acetonide, designed to release consistently for up to 36 months. Yutiq is supplied in a sterile single-dose preloaded applicator that can be administered in the physician's office. In phase 3 clinical trials, Yutiq significantly reduced the rate of recurrent uveitis flares versus sham, and the most common adverse reactions reported were cataract development and increase in IOP.


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Making puns because it is such a rewording experience.
After the state of primal instincts, we absorb knowledge by experiences and influences. Foundational knowledge like surviving, communicating, and natural body functions are all things we are supposed to be born with, though in some cases due to genetic data developing differently, this fact may vary. At every moment after we are born, we experience influences from people and events that progress us to become who we will be in the future. Everything that occurs to us or our environments builds our morals and perception of everything from our foundation knowledge.
Premise 1: Instincts are an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.
Premise 2: Primal means first or original.
Premise 3: Everything after birth is an experience.
Premise 4: All experiences is absorbed as information for future actions and/or decisions.
Conclusion: Therefor, primal knowledge is the foundation for knowledge based on experiences.
To take an example, a video down below presents the obvious fact that many can ride a bike. We have knowledge on how to ride a bike from a pattern of the same experience, using the primal knowledge of basic motor skills as the tool for this new found movement that delivers us to our destination more effectively. This experiment however has many subjects puzzled due to their inexperience riding a bike with it's handle bars steering reversed. This slight changed has proven that having practice this experience various times only to try the same experience with an adjustment to it's previously known knowledge affects whether we can change what we already know.
Though, proven above, knowledge can be learned and unlearned through more experience but can only handle one type of information at a time. This is something that I've personally learned and enjoyed watching as it got me thinking that understanding a certain experience doesn't make it the only knowledge to know.


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1. Re: How to Export a variable in PSoC Creator 3.1cadi_1014291 Oct 26, 2015 5:45 PM (in response to userc_40579)
From what i understand you want to send a variable of your program to Matlab? If so, maybe send it via UART is one of the most easiest ways, here's a video about sending a voltage reading of the ADC of the Pioneer Kit to plot it on a graph on Matlab, it's done via UART, here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6O9xD-SUYU
It's on spanish, but it can help, it's easily portable to a PSoC5
Hope it help you
2. Re: How to Export a variable in PSoC Creator 3.1userc_40579 Oct 28, 2015 4:32 AM (in response to userc_40579)
Hello Carlos, thank you for your reply!
I understand what you mean, and I can understand written Spanish so I took a look at the example you gave me.
Problem is, I am looking for something simpler. When I programmed ARM processors using Code Composer Studios I was able to right click a variable during the debug session and save that variable into a text file (that I afterwards imported to Matlab and ran some calculations on it). I wanted to know if it is possible to do something like this in PSoC creator 3.1.
Thank you for your time,
3. Re: How to Export a variable in PSoC Creator 3.1JoMe_264151 Oct 28, 2015 4:54 AM (in response to userc_40579)
Inspecting and setting a variable is possible in creator, but storing its value in a log-file is not.


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Really cool wall, I love the design! And Athrun! Nice job!
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Em, Athrun Zala wallie >_< n if think back, i never made a wallie of him alone :\ . Yeah, ok...finally I made one teehee...kudos for Athrun! XD
Yup, actually i made this wallie last year but i never have any extra time to submit it here and at my dA page. Well, finally i got a chance to submit it here :D .
Most of things here esp those brushes are completely made by me :) . Yeah, really crappy. But, I think it's worth.
Forgive me for the extraction T_T , it's really kill my time.
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SEC Football: Nick Marshall Or Hutson Mason?
Huston Mason and Nick Marshall are two polar opposites when it comes to their styles as quarterbacks. On one hand you have Nick Marshall who runs a spread option system, and on the other you have Hutson Mason who runs the traditional pro-style system. Both of these QBs have seen their share of criticism, but at the end of the day they are still leading their two loss football teams into this weekend's big showdown. Who would you want leading your team into the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry?
Huston Mason
- The Good: Mason is a very smart football player. He rarely throws into traffic, and even when he does throw an interception, he has maintained his composure throughout the rest of the game. Mason has thrown for over 1500 yards, 15 touchdowns, and only 3 interceptions in his first season as the Georgia starting QB. You could make the argument that the two losses this season were not Hutson Mason's fault, and the defense should have played better. (I am not making that argument)
- The Bad: Huston Mason has one of the weakest arms in the NCAA. His weak arm has been the main reason for his three interceptions, because he could not get it to the receiver quick enough. Mason also happens to be the slowest QB in recent memory for the Dawgs, so extending plays with his feet are completely out of the question. Mason does not need to be a play maker like Aaron Murray, but he does need to be a smart game manager like Greg McElroy.
Nick Marshall
- The Good: He is an athletic defensive back playing the quarterback position, so clearly he is a great athlete. Defenses seem to never be able to get a direct hit on Marshall when he is scrambling around. Marshall is the perfect QB for Gus Malzahn's system, and if Marshall could throw with a little more control, then it would be near impossible to stop.
- The Bad: We heard all off-season how Nick Marshall had developed into a much better passer, but in comparison we also heard that Jeff Driskell had improved as well. Marshall has a huge arm, but cannot control it for the life of him. The fact that Gus Malzahn thinks Marshall will be a starting QB in the NFL one day is just comical. He will be a starting defensive back in the league, and probably a damn good one.
Who Do You Take?
Personally, I am a fan of a pro-style offense so I am going to go with Hutson Mason. Mason is not near as talented as Nick Marshall, but he appears to be a little bit more "football smart". Mike Bobo's system is a very tough system, with a lot of checks at the line of scrimmage. Nick Marshall typically has one or two reads on one play, when compared to Hutson Mason's four or five. Marshall probably has the biggest arm in the SEC, and if he could get his control down I think you could see the most dangerous QB since Johnny Football. Mason will not win you many games with his arm or his legs, but he will also not lose you a game with dumb throws, or fumbles. That is why Mason is my pick.
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- An unpadded bra with a higher bridge ideal for medium neckline.
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Caring for your furnace can go a long way in the time in between furnace service appointments. One of the simplest, and essential, ways to care for your furnace lies in switching out your furnace filter. Having a dirty air filter may contribute to a number of negative concerns for your heating and cooling system, its efficiency, and ultimately, how much your energy expenses are each month.
So what goes in to consideration when you should switch out your furnace filter?
Now you're probably wondering how to replace your furnace filter. Obviously this will change depending on what furnace you have, but usually:


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It's happened to every developer at some point; you're trying to accomplish a simple task but the method to accomplish said task requires more lines of code than you would like. Surely it doesn't have to be this way. This is often especially true in the world of game development, where there are often many steps required to accomplish one large goal. For example, suppose you wish to fade an object while your game is running. Two common ways to do this would be to tie the fade action to an animation and call this animation in code or interpolate some color values in your script to create the fade effect. While they get the job done, both methods require several steps to accomplish. What if there was something out there that could do all that work in a single line of code?
You might think this is wishful thinking, but the reality is that such a feat is very possible. A plugin for Unity, iTween, can give you the result you want with minimal effort required on your end. iTween is an animation plugin that uses interpolation systems to create animations that look and feel good. The goal of the plugin, according to its website, is to streamline the production of your Unity project and put you in the mindset of an action-movie director instead of a coder. Here you'll be shown a small project demonstrating iTween's simple use and what it can bring to your Unity project.
Of course, to use iTween, you'll have to create a project (Figure 1) and import the iTween plugin into said project.
Name the project iTween Demo. To better show off iTween's use, it is recommended that the project be in 3D. Decide on a location for the project, then create it as shown in Figure 2.
First, you'll have to get the iTween asset into your project. The easiest way to do this would be through Unity's Asset Store. In the top menu, navigate to Window->Asset Store as shown in Figure 3.
Once the Asset Store has loaded, you will need to search for iTween. The item you'll be looking for will have a matching name created by PixelPlacement and should be free. After selecting the asset, click the download button. Once the asset has finished downloading, you'll be able to press the button again to import iTween into the project. Once the plugin is extracted you'll be able to import it into the project, as shown in Figure 4.
After the package manager is finished loading, click Import near the bottom of the window to put iTween into your project. The example project will also need some music and a single sound to test out iTween functionality. If you need some recommendations, Loop & Music Free by Marching Dream and Sound FX – Retro Pack by Zero Rare will have what you need for sound effects. With all your assets in place, close out the Asset Store and begin setting up the project. The Assets window should look similar to Figure 5.
To begin, two objects will need to be placed within the game world. The first will be a regular cube that will showcase the iTween animations. Your cube object can be created by going to the Hierarchy and selecting Create->3D Object->Cube, as shown in Figure 6.
In its Transform component in the Inspector window, set the rotation to x -10, y 45, and z -30. After that, set the scale to 2 across all axes. Figure 7 shows how that should look.
Create another 3D object, this time a sphere. This object will give the Cube object something to look at in a specific iTween animation. Supposing the sphere was the moon, it can be placed in the sky. The exact coordinates are x -6, y 11, z 15. The scale and rotation remain the same. When complete, the scene should look similar to Figure 8.
One last task remains before the coding part begins. Among other things, the Cube object will be able to fade in and out as though it used a cloaking device. However, its default material will not allow the fading. Instead, a new material will be created. In the Assets window right-click, then choose Create->Material as shown in Figure 9 and name the material FadeMat.
Immediately after creating the material, navigate to the Inspector window and set its rendering mode to Transparent like Figure 10.
Finally, the new material will need to be assigned to Cube. Select the Cube object, go to the Mesh Renderer component in the Inspector window, and click the arrow next to Materials. Then click and drag the FadeMat material from the Assets window into the Element 0 field under Materials. Figure 11 shows you how to do this.
All that's left is a sound manager for the sound effect that will be played later. Create a new object, this time an Audio Source object. It can be created via Create->Audio->Audio Source. Name it SoundManager, and then the setup will be complete. To begin coding the project, create a new asset in the Assets window, this time a script, and call it Actions. Once created, double click the script to open it in Visual Studio.
The Code
To start, you want to make this script require the object it's attached to have an
AudioSource component. Doing this requires the following line of code above the class declaration:
Once the Actions script is attached to the object, it will automatically add this
AudioSource component for you. In addition, it will prevent the removal of this component so long as the Actions script component is also attached. Next, the
Start and
Update functions can be removed or commented out as they will not be needed. Then you get variable declaration out of the way.
public Transform lookObject;
public AudioSource otherAudio;
public AudioClip stabSound;
public MeshRenderer mr;
Transform variable,
lookObject, will hold the Transform information from the Sphere object created earlier. One of the iTween animations the project will use will involve the Cube looking at the Sphere, but in order to do that, it will need to know where the Sphere is. Following this is the
otherAudio variable, which will reference SoundManager's AudioSource component and
stabSound which, despite the violent sounding name, has nothing to do with sharp objects. This is in reference to a sound that will be played using iTween's Stab command, which will be covered later. Finally, there's
mr, which will contain information about the Cube object's MeshRenderer component. This is how the object's colour will be reset when you want to stop an iTween animation.
At this point, the script should look similar to Figure 12.
With everything prepared, the first thing to do is to develop a UI that will display some buttons and text. Ordinarily you might do this in the Unity Editor rather than in code, but for this project using Unity's
OnGUI method will work nicely. But what does
OnGUI do?
OnGUI is a method that handles the creation and execution of UI elements and functionality. It's a helpful method for when you need a quick UI or to create showcases such as this.
private void OnGUI()
GUI.Label(new Rect(600, 10, 150, 50), "# of iTweens running: "
+ iTween.Count());
After creating the method, the very first thing done is to create a GUI label. A new rectangle is created in this label that will contain some text. This text will display the number of iTween animations currently running using iTween's
Count method. Now several buttons will be created in the
OnGUI function that the user can press to begin an iTween animation. The first three all relate to an object's transform and look like this:
if (GUI.Button(new Rect(10, 10, 100, 20), "Move Object"))
iTween.MoveBy(gameObject, iTween.Hash("x", 4, "easeType",
"easeInOutExpo", "loopType", "pingPong", "delay", 0.3f,
"onStart", "PlaySound"));
if (GUI.Button(new Rect(10, 30, 100, 20), "Rotate Object"))
iTween.RotateBy(gameObject, iTween.Hash("y", 0.5f, "easeType",
"easeInOutExpo", "loopType", "pingPong", "delay", 0.5f));
if (GUI.Button(new Rect(10, 50, 100, 20), "Scale Object"))
iTween.ScaleBy(gameObject, iTween.Hash("x", 3, "y", 3, "z", 3,
"easeType", "easeInOutExpo", "loopType", "pingPong",
"delay", 1f));
Now would be a good time to break down what all of these are doing. First, you're creating a new button in code and checking if this button is clicked. The button's size and position are defined in the
Rect's parameters. Some text is created within this rectangle, and then you get to the button's functionality the next line down. As you can see, all three buttons operate very similarly to each other. You first select which iTween action you wish to take, followed by setting which object should perform this action. In this case, the object is the one this script will be attached to, so the code just says
Next, an iTween hash is defined. This is where you set what part of an object is to be animated, such as the x-axis, and how it will animate. In the
MoveBy iTween for instance, you've told Unity to move the object on its x-axis to four and set the
easeType to
easeInOutExpo. The
easeType in an iTween, as the name implies, is how the object will ease in and out of its animation. There is also
loopType, which has been set to
pingPong in all three animations. Using
pingPong will cause the animation to play forward then backward over and over. You can also set the
loopType to
none and
loop. Next is
delay which allows you to set how much time you want to pass before the animation begins, and finally in
MoveBy, you have an
onStart parameter.
OnStart is where you can define a method to perform upon the start of an iTween, in this case a currently undefined method named
PlaySound. Speaking of which, perhaps now is a good time to create this method.
void PlaySound()
iTween.Stab(gameObject, iTween.Hash("audioClip", stabSound,
"audioSource", otherAudio, "volume", 1, "delay",
0.35f, "loopType", "none"));
A new iTween has been introduced, named
Stab. Admittedly it sounds rather vicious, but all it does is play a sound effect of your choosing. Like the earlier iTweens,
Stab first asks you to select a game object then create a hash. This time the hash has you setting
audioClip to the previously defined
stabSound, which will come from the
AudioSource. The volume is set to 1, a delay is set, and Unity is told that there will be no looping. At this point, the script should so far look like the one in Figure 13.
Returning to the
OnGUI method, the next few iTweens will deal with changing an object's appearance as well as playing with the game's music.
if (GUI.Button(new Rect(10, 70, 100, 20), "Color Object"))
iTween.ColorTo(gameObject, iTween.Hash("r", 5, "easeType",
"easeInOutExpo", "loopType", "pingPong", "delay", 0.5f));
if (GUI.Button(new Rect(10, 90, 100, 20), "Change Pitch"))
iTween.AudioTo(gameObject, iTween.Hash("pitch", 0, "delay",
1, "time", 3, "easeType", "easeInOutExpo", "onComplete",
if (GUI.Button(new Rect(150, 10, 100, 20), "Fade Object"))
iTween.FadeTo(gameObject, iTween.Hash("alpha", 0, "time", 1,
"delay", 0.35f, "easeType", "easeInOutExpo", "loopType",
Perhaps you're noticing a pattern here? Barring a few key differences, almost every iTween is structured the same way. The most significant difference is in which value is being changed. For example, in
ColorTo, the object's
r (red) value is changing while
RotateBy is adjusting the object's y rotation value. This is one more reason for iTween's appeal – that being the universal rules to using an iTween command. There are of course some exceptions such as
Stab, and you can add or remove complexity of the commands on a whim like what was done with the
AudioTo line. In this iTween, the opposite of the
onStart parameter is being performed,
onComplete. Once this iTween has finished its task, it will perform the
ReturnAudio method. That method performs a slightly different iTween that demonstrates how you can control as much or as little of the iTween command as you wish.
void ReturnAudio()
iTween.AudioTo(gameObject, iTween.Hash("pitch", 1, "time",
1.6, "delay", 0.5f));
There are a few other animations this project is looking to demonstrate before the script is complete. The following code shows how you can create an animation that rapidly shakes the object, "punches" the object, and how an object can be made to look at another point in the world. Once again, all this is to be entered in the
OnGUI method.
if (GUI.Button(new Rect(150, 30, 100, 20), "Look Object"))
iTween.LookTo(gameObject, iTween.Hash("lookTarget", lookObject,
"time", 1, "delay", 1, "easeType", "linear", "loopType",
if (GUI.Button(new Rect(150, 50, 100, 20), "Shake Object"))
iTween.ShakePosition(gameObject, iTween.Hash("amount",
new Vector3(2, 2, 2), "time", 2, "delay", 0.5f, "easeType",
"easeInBounce", "loopType", "loop"));
if (GUI.Button(new Rect(150, 70, 100, 20), "Punch Object"))
iTween.PunchPosition(gameObject, iTween.Hash("amount",
new Vector3(5, 5, 5), "time", 2, "delay", 1,
"loopType", "loop"));
All of these animations involve feeding the code some kind of position or transform data to complete the task. For instance,
LookTo has you giving
lookTarget the transform data for
lookObject, also known as the
Sphere object created earlier. Similarly,
ShakePosition and
PunchPosition ask for
Vector3 data to accomplish their goals. Now, the script is mostly finished but you might be wondering what one can do about all these looping animations. Naturally, there's a way to stop all these animations immediately if so desired.
if (GUI.Button(new Rect(450, 10, 110, 20), "Stop Everything"))
transform.position = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);
transform.localScale = new Vector3(2, 2, 2);
transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(-10, 45, -30);
mr.material.color = Color.white;
iTween.AudioTo(gameObject, iTween.Hash("pitch", 1,
"time", 1.6, "delay", 0.5f));
The code, in particular, is
iTween.Stop which, you guessed it, stops all currently running iTweens. The remainder of the code resets the object's position, scale, rotation, and colour. It also uses the same
AudioTo command from the
ReturnAudio method in case this is pressed in the middle of the audio's pitch being brought down. Now that the script is complete, the only task left to do is save the script and go back to the Unity editor to finish some last-minute tasks.
Finishing the Project
Very little remains to be done before the project is complete. First, you'll need to attach the Actions script to the Cube object. To make it easier to work with the Cube properties, you might want to lock the inspector. Figure 14 shows where to drag the Actions script.
Notice an AudioSource component is attached to the Cube at the same time thanks to the RequireComponent class attribute from earlier.
In the AudioSource component, place a song of your choice into the AudioClip field, as shown in Figure 15. This is the song that will receive a pitch change thanks to the AudioTo command from earlier. You can also set Loop to true if you wish, but it is not required.
All that's left is to fill in the fields from the Action script component. Look Object will be given the Sphere object's Transform data, while SoundManager will fill the Other Audio field, as shown in Figure 16.
Stab Sound will be a sound effect of your choosing. Like when selecting the music for Cube's AudioSource component, you'll need to drag some audio file from the Assets window into Stab Sound. Finally, Mr is filled by dragging Cube's Mesh Renderer component into the Mr field shown in Figure 16.
Once all the fields are filled, you are ready to test out the project. The GUI you created in code will instantly appear and clicking any of the buttons will perform their respective tasks. Try mixing and matching iTweens so, as an example, you can have it changing size while rotating. You can also adjust the position of the Sphere object to get a slightly different result when clicking the Look Object button. Figure 18 shows the GUI once you are playing the game.
It almost feels like cheating when using iTween, doesn't it? What's normally a three to five-step process can be simplified into one step, consisting of one line of code. The examples shown here are just a small sampling of what iTween can do. You can check out iTween's website to see more examples as well as some documentation showing all the different commands available to you. Whether it be used for prototyping or giving your current development a nice boost, there's plenty of reason to consider having the iTween plugin on hand for any project.


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A pro theater artist knows all press is good press. Even this:
The movie [TYFTB] had seriously poor acting. Personally I could not watch the whole film because a few of the actors were to annoying to stomach.
I was a solo theater artist for 17 years, performing in San Francisco, LA and Seattle, where there is a lot of competition for solo performers, and in Chicago and a few other places where solo theater has to compete for audience against world class modern plays as well as dead geniuses like Chekhov and Shakespeare.
So, I am delighted that anyone went to the trouble to sign on and review my movie on Amazon. I really am so thrilled to get a review, any review.
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text: A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire By Ezekiel Register | August 17, 2015 - 3:33 am |August 17, 2015 Books Comments Off on A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire by M. Şükrü Hanioğlu ISBN: 9780691146171 Published by Princeton University Press on February 25th 2008 Genres: History, Europe, Eastern, Middle East, General, Modern, 18th Century, World, Social History Pages: 264 Len's Summary: Traces the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire beginning in the 19th century into 27 successor states after 1918. The author is Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton. A History Book Club selection for summer, 2008. Buy this book on AmazonView the book's Goodreads page Shopping CartRandal Gaulke A Message from the WW1HA President: Thank you for joining / renewing your membership! The Centennial commemorations are over, but WW1 remains a relevant area of study because of its enormous impact on the 20th and 21st centuries: Many present-day geographic tensions come from the post-war peace and drawing of boundaries. More families than ever are seeking to understand the war's impact on their ancestors. The war had a profound impact on all facets of society, including post-war re-building. At the time of this writing, the influenza epidemic of 1918-19 is again newsworthy. In 2020 we are working to increase engagement and communication with the membership. This will include: regular publication of our Journal, World War One Illustrated, and our newsletter, Here and There; a more regular social media presence; and a refreshed website. Please stay tuned! Randy Gaulke firstname.lastname@example.com Books Search for: SearchOK Categories Articles Books DVDs Uncategorized How PayPal Works


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Migraine does not take lives but days from your life. Take them back!
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Clinical features of visual aura symptoms
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Dr. Viana has published several studies on headache, with a particular focus on the clinical characteristics of migraine with aura and without aura, pharmacogenetics aspects of migraine and MOH, women's issues in migraine, misdiagnosis/underdiagnosis of migraine and TACs and the clinical, psychological and genetic factors involved in migraine chronification/MOH. He is a member of the Educational committee of IHS as well as the Italian Language committee of the IHS.


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Looking for some quick stress relief?
Edward W. Smith, motivational speaker, author and TV show host, who specializes in quick tips on how to move your life ahead even faster, offers the following advice.
It is helpful to understand that significant stress reduction can occur in minutes, you do not even have to leave the place where the stress is occuring.
First, as soon as you feel stresses coming just say "Stop" to yourself. Saying "Stop" will actually help reduce the stress right away and give you a sense of being in control, which is what you need at that point. Next, breathe. Take a deep breath. Hold for 8 seconds and slowly let the air out.
Then, reflect: Now that you've interfered with your automatic stress response you should be able to focus on the real problem or cause of your worry. Ask yourself "why do I leap to the most awful conclusions?" "What is the emotional hook that sets my stress reaction going?" "Am I exaggerating the threat?"
Finally, choose: Decide what your real goal is and what's the best solution to the problem. Then put together a plan of action or possible solutions that will deal with the situation. See don't you feel better already?
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Driving Dangerously: Are You Guilty?
You're speeding home from work so you won't be late for dinner with your friend. You reach for your cell phone and give your friend a call to say you are running a couple of minutes late. You pass a police car and remember that one of your brake lights is out. Oh well, you'll get it fixed tomorrow.
In one short drive, you've made three of the ten most common driving mistakes. Even if you know better than to drink and drive or drive without wearing a seat belt, chances are you still have some bad driving habits. In fact, a recent survey commissioned by Drive For Life: The National Safe Driving Test and Initiative—a group that promotes driver education—reported that 91% of licensed drivers admit to bad driving habits. These habits, ranging from speeding to being distracted by cell phones, are responsible for a majority of the six million auto accidents that occur each year in the United States. What are the most common mistakes we make on the road? How can we avoid them?
Top Ten Mistakes
According to Drive for Life, the top ten bad driving habits Americans have are:
- Failing to pay attention ("zoning out")
- Driving while drowsy
- Becoming distracted inside the car by your radio, cell phone, children, among others
- Failing to adjust to adverse weather conditions
- Driving aggressively (tailgating, running red lights and stop signs)
- Making assumptions about other driver's intentions
- Speeding
- Changing lanes without checking blind spots and mirrors
- Driving while upset
- Ignoring essential auto maintenance (such as brake lights and bald tires)
The Drive for Life survey interviewed 1,100 licensed drivers, age 16 and older, about their driving habits. The survey found that people between the ages of 26 and 44 admitted to the most dangerous driving habits. The most common mistakes these drivers make are ignoring auto maintenance, driving through red or yellow lights, using a cell phone while driving, reading while driving, and eating while driving.
Younger and older people make their fair share of driving mistakes, too. Drivers under 26 were the most likely to speed and neglect to signal before turning. Even though seniors tend to drive more carefully than younger people, 57% admitted to speeding, and 39% said they eat while driving.
How You Can Drive More Safely
Do you have bad driving habits? If so, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has some tips on how to sharpen your driving skills and make you and those around you safer on the road:
- Plan ahead and allow yourself some extra time to get where you are going. This way, you will be more likely to concentrate on your driving and less likely to drive aggressively.
- Be relaxed when you are behind the wheel. Listen to your favorite relaxing music, which can calm your nerves and keep you from getting frustrated when you are driving.
- Drive the posted speed limit. If you tend to drive a few miles above the speed limit, don't. The road is a safer place when everyone is driving at the same speed.
- Find alternate routes to your destination. Even if it is a little bit out of the way, an alternate route may be less congested and safer.
- Take advantage of public transportation. You can avoid having to navigate through traffic if you let someone else do the driving.
- Don't rush to get there on time. Realize that you will be late every once in a while and avoid driving aggressively.
If you find yourself on the same road as an aggressive driver, the NHTSA suggests that you do the following:
- Get out of the way. When you see a dangerous driver on the road, the most important thing you can do is get out of their way.
- Put your pride aside. Don't challenge an aggressive driver by speeding up and putting yourself in danger.
- Avoid eye contact. Eye contact with aggressive drivers may enrage them.
- Ignore gestures and refuse to return them.
- If someone on the road is seriously driving aggressively, call the police. Just don't forget to pull off the road to a safe place to use your cell phone.
By controlling your own bad driving habits and avoiding dangerous drivers, you can help make the road a safer place to drive.
Drive for Life: The National Safe Driving Test and Initiative
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Drive for Life: The National Safe Driving Test and Initiative website. Available at: http://www.safedrivingtest.com/site.htm . Accessed on August 7, 2003.
National Center for Statistics and Analysis website. Available at: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ . Accessed on August 11, 2003.
Last reviewed July 2007 by ]]>Marcin Chwistek, MD]]>
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After the craziness with the "Sexiest Teacher in Atlanta" and her too-tight clothes, I wasn't going to chime in on this topic…. until I was scrolling through Instagram and noticed a recent picture of Dana Chanel asking for advice on whether or not her own revealing outfit was appropriate. Dana Chanel is the founder of Sprinkle of Jesus, an online Christian Community. After posting this picture on Instagram last year, it was flagged as inappropriate and she was bashed because of her outfit. Now, I'm stepping in on the conversation to comment and give perspective as a Christian woman who loves fashion and happens to have curves.
A few days ago, Dana asked the Christians of her Instagram audience whether the picture was appropriate or not. Let me first say that I commend Dana for being open to correction. It's a brave move to put yourself out there and ask for feedback. Now, it's important that she actually takes that as a way to better improve herself as a Christian woman.
Here are my two cents… For those Christians that chose to condemn Dana, were they right in doing so? No! They should have taken it as an opportunity to correct her in love. But to get to the question… Dana, was your outfit inappropriate? Absolutely, YES!
The same thing goes for the sexiest teacher in Atlanta. Here's why…
Imagine if you're being represented in a court case and your lawyer walks in with Dana's outfit. Would you have her turn back around to put on something that's less revealing and more professional? Yep! It's because she will not be taken seriously and her attire has become a distraction. In turn, it dilutes the message that she needs to convey, and it takes the focus away from the task at hand.
As for the Sexy Teacher, I believe it's all a matter of context. Her outfit is inappropriate because she's wearing extremely tight clothing in a 4th grade classroom. Her tight outfits and cleavage exposure aren't conducive to learning. It serves as a hindrance to learning more than anything. I think the teacher's attire is fashionable and appropriate in other settings (i.e. date night, girls night out, etc.), but as a woman you have to know your shape and that your curves can easily become a distraction in environments that require focus. I'm speaking from experience, here.
Dana, on the other hand, is a representative of Christ. She has to understand that she should be tasteful in the outfit choices that she makes. If at any point she needs to spread the love of Jesus and step up to represent Him and pray for someone, she should ask herself if that person would be as receptive given her attire. I personally believe that having your cleavage out is an absolute distraction and it opens you up to those with lustful desires. I cannot stand women bashing, but I do believe that modesty is important as a Christian woman. It's okay to be fashionable, but it is more imperative to remain modest and tasteful so that your message can get across effectively.
The teacher's purpose is to teach students and keep them focused on the task at hand. Kids have eyes just as much as adults do. It's just best to air on the side of professional attire, especially when it comes to work. Your purpose at work is to do your job, not to be flexin' for Instagram because you're cute. Yes, you're cute, but that can be the center of attention another day, in another space, where it might actually matter. Keep the kids focused on learning, not on what you're wearing.
Dana's goal here is to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. If your purpose is to spread the love of Jesus and represent Him, you should dress accordingly. Exposed breasts just don't align with that purpose. Modesty is key when it comes to that. It doesn't mean that you have to cover up from neck to toe, but what it does mean is that you should not have your cleavage be the topic of conversation – it should be Jesus Christ! It's distracting, and the fact that so many people were in an uproar about it is reason enough to believe it really is distracting and inappropriate.
Now these next one's are for Dana & other Christian women.
Point. Blank. Period. It's not okay to have your girls out in plain view. Just like you wouldn't post content on social media that doesn't align with Christianity, you shouldn't have your goodies over-exposed and say you're representing Christ. You have to set the standard for other women to follow, and it makes it quite confusing for those who are trying to figure out what living life like Christ really looks like. Some women will never crack open a bible to read it or grow in understanding, so you are the representation of truth (Christ) for them. You should be putting your best foot forward there – not anything else leading first.
Your lifestyle should be pleasing to God, including your outfits.
Most importantly, you should always be asking God if your actions and lifestyle are pleasing to Him. Be honest with yourself and ask if your attire is really pleasing in God's eyes. You might want to ask Him what He thinks before consulting with others. If you can't make a decision from a conversation with the Lord, then seek wise godly counsel. A quick "How does this look?", won't hurt. Next time, ask your favorite Christian friend who you know will be honest with you. It'll save you a lot of trouble.
So what's the point?
All in all, a woman is not defined by what she wears, but her attire should be a good representation of her character. You can't control what other people say or think, but you can choose to put your best foot forward so you don't lose influence over the people that really matter.
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Leaking from the power steering rack tower seal required removal and replacement of the steering rack. Greg Wells of Coventry West (independent Jaguar reseller) suggested that I install the rack from the post HE Jaguars. He maintains that the later steering rack is superior due to better internal design. A post HE rebuilt rack was acquired along with new tie rod ends from Coventry West.
First remove the old rack. This is a real PIA. The main problem is releasing the rack tower from the lower steering column. The pinch collar bolt MUST be completely removed before the rack can be pried away from the steering column.
Once the pinch collar is disengaged from the rack the power steering oil feed and return pipes can be removed.
Remove three bolts that hold the rack bushings and lower rack. A floor jack helps. Note polyurethane bushings in old rack
The post HE rack will not accept the Pre-HE tie rod ends. The later style rack requires tie rods that accept smaller rack rod actuators (see photograph below).
The stock rack bushings are notorious for it sloppiness. Under hard cornering these bushings tend to allow rack movement. Installing polyurethane bushings has been the primary method for curing this problem. I purchased polyurethane bushings fully intending to replace the bushings prior to installing the steering rack.
After closely examining the stock and polyurethane bushings I decided that the stock bushings could be modified to function essentially as well as the replacement polyurethane bushings. The problem is that the stock bushings are not always under compression. If they were, then rack movement would be virtually eliminated. My solution was to install side bushings to maintain bushing compression when the rack moved laterally.
Note: This modification should only be installed if the original rack bushings are undamaged. I do not recommend this modification as a means of "fixing" damaged or worn steering rack bushings.
First I acquired shock absorber bushings (available from any auto parts store) and, using the new polyurethane bushings as a guide, cut off approx 1/4" from the new bushing. (See photographs below)
Using a punch, punch out the center hole in the new "side bushing" so it will fit around the metal sleeve molded inside the existing rack bushings. The side bushings should be slightly thicker than protrusion of this metal sleeve. (an exacto knife was used to enlarge the center hole in the bushing pictured below). You will need to fabricate a total of 6 bushings.
Before installing the rack you must connect the high and low pressure hoses to the rack tower. This a real PIA. (I suggest new hoses if the old hoses are more that 5 years old.) First, attach the tie rod ends. (this supports the rack.) Remove clamps that hold the high pressure hose to the front of the engine cradle. Remove low pressure hose from oil cooler. (This gives you enough slack to connect the hoses to the rack tower.) Offer rack tower to hoses and connect high and low pressure hoses. Assembly custom side bushings over the existing rack bushings metal sleeves and offer rack up to its mounting locations. If necessary use a floor jack to force the bushing assembly into its mounting locations. Below are photographs of the modified rack bushings (tower/drivers side) installed.
Photograph of the modified rack bushings installed on the passenger side.
Remove plug or grease fitting from the rack, and using a small screwdriver, locate the rack center. Align steering wheel to center. Align road wheels straight and fit tie rod ends. Screw tie rods in or out as necessary to maintain the wheels in the straight-ahead position. You are not trying to align the wheels, just making it possible to drive to the alignment shop without destroying the front tires.
Rack installation completed. New power steering high pressure hose, (visible in photograph) is secured after the rack is installed.
Initial road testing indicates that this rack compares extremely well with my previous (polyurethane bushings installed) rack. Be forewarned, road "feel" is significantly improved. There is some steering feedback as the wheels encounter road irregularities. If the isolation of the original Jaguar steering is what you wish, do not do this modification. In my opinion, this is a significant improvement over the stock bushings.
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This fantastic property is situated at the end of a small hamlet, just 5 minutes' drive to the nearest village, Mialet. It has been beautifully renovated to keep its character, with exposed stone walls and beams, yet has been modernised to include new bathrooms and kitchen. The main house has three large double bedrooms, all with washing facilities, and one of which is located on the ground floor. There is a very large attached barn, which could be renovated to create further habitable space, events space or utilised for the farm itself. There is then a small dwelling to renovate, a chicken house, a garage and a well-house and garden store. The land comprises field and wood, with numerous oak trees and offers a fantastic vista of the surrounding countryside. Read more... Show less...
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Surprise your friends & family with this magic mug. It's just a normal black mug until any hot liquid tea or coffee is poured when it shows off your favourite photos or texts.
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SHARKULA - The Man, The Myth, The Shark
About 6 months ago, I was in a diner in Noble Square at 5:00 getting some late night chow with friends. There were a couple of guys that were selling hip-hop cd's with covers mass produced at kinkos and sharpie labeled. I said what the hell and gave him $10 bucks for 3 cd's. Amongst the graffiti hyroglyphs on the cover I could make out Sharkula.com, 773 508 6654, No Facebook, MR Diffy Feb 17 2011 and letterhead from the Siskel Film Center.
I didn't get to them till about a week or two later. Sharkula sounds like the smoothest drunken freestyler ever ... that is meant as a compliment. This guy's got the rap attention span of a stoner with munchies at the 7-11. Yet he's got the vibe of the most laidback cat in the world. The love for his art cannot be denied.
After some investigation, I discovered that Sharkula aka Brian Wharton aka Thigahmahjiggee, or Thig is a Chicago native who's been earning a living hitting the pavement to sell his music straight to the man since the 90's. He's often accompanied on his songs with Jams Dean the Rapper.
There's a great Reader artticle on him here ~ Sharkula Hip-Hop Hustler. He's also got a documentary out. Short one below and full Sharkula: Diarrhea of a Madman available at local record shops everywhere. Check him out, support this bro and if you see him on the street, show some love.
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Apparently, Sharkula's got a fan page on facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sharkula/112073495472239
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Christmas Treasures, 2018
The SSO has been offering Holiday concerts since its second season, when a "Community Christmas Concert" was given on December 16, 1919, at Eagles Hall on New York Avenue, a joint venture with the Sheboygan Choral Union. Since then, during most Decembers, the SSO has performed in venues large and small, from the Armory in the late 1940s to the theatre of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, where in 1978 William Block led a Saturday matinee "Shoppers Special" for gift-seekers along 8th Street to take a break.
Since 1994 the Sheboygan Symphony Chorus has joined the SSO in annual concerts, alternating between Handel's Messiah and a more pops-style "Christmas Treasures" concert. For tonight's concert, part of our 100th anniversary celebration, Maestro Kevin McMahon has combined elements of both programs, with special emphasis upon the Angels' message to the Shepherds, "Peace on Earth"—and, on the secular side, some musical portrayals of favorite Yuletide vehicles.
RANDOL ALAN BASS: Gloria
Texan Randol Alan Bass (b. 1953) composed his Gloria for Skitch Henderson and the New York Pops in 1990. It is a setting of the "Gloria" section of the Catholic Mass, beginning with the words of the Angels to the Shepherd on the night of Christ's birth, according to Luke 2:14: in Latin, Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis; or "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men" in the words of the King James Bible. This jubilant work has been an SSO/SSC favorite, performed in 2010 and 2014.
FREDERICK DELIUS: Sleigh Ride
"Sleigh Ride," also called "Winter Night," was originally a piano piece, which the English composer played for Edvard Grieg, on the latter's own piano in his home in Bergen, Norway, Christmas Eve, 1897. Delius orchestrated it three years later, but it did not become popular until the conductor Thomas Beecham championed it long after the composer's death.
GERALD FINZI: In Terra Pax: Christmas Scene
In Terra Pax, one of Finzi's last compositions, is based upon a poem by Robert Bridges, "Noel: Christmas Eve, 1913." The poem describes hearing church bells ring across a hilly countryside at midnight on a clear, starry Christmas Eve: they remind the poet of the words of the angels to the shepherds, "Who heard music in the fields/and marveling could not tell/Whether it were angels/or the bright stars singing." The poem in turn reminded Finzi of a very similar experience he had as a young man in the Cotswolds.
Finzi sets the midnight scene with a quiet orchestral introduction in which just a hint of "The First Nowell" can be heard. Next, a solo baritone sings the first verse of Bridges' poem. A solo soprano and the chorus take over for the Gospel of Luke's telling of the Angels appearing to the Shepherds. In the final section we return to the present time as the baritone sings the last verse of Bridges' poem.
ALAN SILVESTRI: Polar Express Suite
Alan Silvestri (b. 1950) is noted for his contributions to fantasy and action films (such as The Avengers and Night at the Museum) and for having scored all of Robert Zemeckis' films since 1984's Romancing the Stone, including Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Forrest Gump and The Polar Express. Chris Van Allsburg's 1985 children's book was the inspiration for Zemeckis' 2004 motion-capture animated film about a young boy who rides the Express to the North Pole and is given the present of a bell from the harness of one of Santa's reindeer.
GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL: two choruses from Messiah: "For Unto Us a Child is Born" and "Glory to God in the Highest"
Though written to be performed during the Easter season, Messiah does contain enough references to the Nativity Story for it to have become more of a Christmas favorite. The SSO first performed Messiah complete (Parts I and II) in 1983, led by Manuel Prestamo, with the JMKAC Oratorio Chorus, as part of that year's subscription series, The just-formed Sheboygan Symphony Chorus, prepared by Janet Herrick and conducted by Guy Victor Bordo, began its semi-annual performances in 1994.
"For Unto Us a Child Is Born" moves from its delicately joyful opening line to the magnificent declamation of "Wonderful! Counselor! The Mighty God! The Everlasting Father! The Prince of Peace!" After we are introduced to the Shepherds, the next chorus is a setting of the Angels' message: "Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, good will towards men!" Handel has saved his trumpets for their first appearance in this chorus, and he makes great contrast of high and low notes to represent "the highest" and "earth."
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI: Suite from Amahl and the Night Visitors
Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera to be commissioned for television. It was broadcast by the NBC Opera Theatre on Christmas Eve, 1951, conducted by Thomas Schippers, and for many years was broadcast live, and later on tape, each Christmas by NBC. The one-act drama is about a poor disabled boy who is visited by the Three Kings on their way to the Nativity.
Menotti arranged a short suite of orchestral music from Amahl, consisting of a gentle, somewhat melancholy "Introduction"; the Prokofiev-flavored "March" of the Three Kings into the hut of Amahl and his mother; and a charming "Shepherd's Dance," which begins with the intertwined voices of oboes and gets faster and faster as the shepherd boys and girls dance for the Magi. Tnight's performance offers an additional moment from the opera, in between the March and the Dance: the a capella chorus "Emily, Emily," sung by the shepherds as they arrive to greet the Magi.
JOHN DEBNEY: Elf Suite
John Debney (b. 1956) has written music for television animated series, video games, Disneyland attractions, and films as different as Cutthroat Island, The Princess Diaries and The Passion of the Christ. Elf (2003) is about an overgrown Santa's elf who leaves the North Pole for New York City after he realizes he is actually a human being. The suite, arranged by Victor Pesavento and featuring a wordless chorus, opens with the bustle of Santa's Elf Shop and continues with tender music suggesting the loneliness of Buddy, the human elf, and finally the warmth of the Christmas season.
KEN DARBY: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Ken Darby's Christmas credentials include his Ken Darby Singers' backup of Bing Crosby in the original 1942 recording of "White Christmas." Darby was an award-winning composer and arranger for movies, radio and television, and his vocal quartet The King's Men was heard and sometimes seen in many Western movies. His musical version of Clement Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas" was written for the Fibber McGee and Molly radio show in the 1940s.
CHRISTMAS CAROL SING-ALONG (arr. Dan Goeller)
A Christmas carol sing-along has often been a feature of SSO holiday concerts, including the very first in 1919—though on that occasion it was at the very beginning of the concert. Dan Groeller's arrangement of seven carols has in recent seasons been a favorite with "Christmas Treasures" audiences.
LEROY ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride
"Sleigh Ride" was begun in 1946 (reportedly during a summer heat wave) but wasn't recorded until 1949, a hit for Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. Though a version for the Andrews Sisters was created and recorded in 1950, the original instrumental arrangement reigns supreme with its jaunty rhythm, jazzy passages, sleigh bells, whiplash, and trumpet whinny.


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Sometimes the allure of a beautiful piece of art, or a beautiful climb, can be almost too tempting to resist.
Don't let yourself be hypnotized, and always be careful. Just moments after this photo was taken, a guard stationed nearby rushed to the scene.
Luckily, nobody was caught. Some security workers aren't as athletic as others.
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Women stay. Not all women, of course, there are some who break away, who take off despite the risks, who take the first step in liberating themselves from a violent situation and bettering their lives. But the fact remains that too many (even one is too many, but we're talking thousands, millions, of women) stay in abusive relationships.
Many see no alternative, or the alternative they do see seems even worse than where they are. Those who have children are in an even more precarious position. They fear for their children's wellbeing, both while they remain in their relationship and even moreso should they choose to leave.
When you are a parent, your decisions directly affect your children. For me, that means dealing with excess whining as we board a plane home for the Christmas holiday. For others, it means being painted into a corner with no way out.
How will a woman with no car, no income, no friends or family, and no shelter be able to provide for her children out on her own? How will that woman be able to survive in hiding, should her partner choose to look for her, find her, bring her back? Will her children bear part of 'her punishment' for leaving? How will she be able to feed them, clothe them, care for them if she's on the run?
It's easy to type this from my warm living room on my laptop as my babies sleep. When I'm done with this piece, I'll start dinner in the crock pot. I'll set up our Christmas tree.
Easier still would be for me to simply write: make the call. Call a shelter, an ambulance, the police, your mother. Call someone. Act. Get out. This message, while best intended, is completely lacking in empathy. Women in violent situations cannot just make a call. Something that seems innocuous – simple – to someone like me, can be a matter of life or death to a woman surrounded by such volatility.
For all I know, that woman's phone is tapped or her computer is keylogged. Even reading this post could set off a chain reaction of abuse. And that's assuming she even has access to a phone or a computer. One doesn't need to be locked in the basement to be held prisoner.
Remember that. If you are in a violent situation, and you think that it's not bad enough to attempt to get out, if you worry that the consequences of your attempt will make life worse for you and your kids, remember: one doesn't need to be locked in the basement to be held prisoner.
Abuse is rarely as concrete as basement walls. It permeates. If you are being abused, it sullies every pocket of every safe space you think you might have in your mind. Do you think you are good? Do you think you are good enough? Do you think he is right? Do you think you deserve better? These are the important questions.
More important still: Do you think your children deserve better? Because they are worth that shot in the dark. You are worth that shot in the dark.
And maybe it's not so dark after all. Of course, that is my entitlement speaking. It is that dark. But it is still worth it. This essay is worthless. It is rhetoric, it is lip service. Pretty words on a page do not dial phones.
What we need to do in the face of violence against women is act, not speak. Speaking is useful only in its capacity to bring about action. The readers here don't have to donate money, they don't have to hold signs in rallies to promote awareness, they don't have to change their Facebook pictures. They simply have to think. If each of us thinks hard enough, I bet we'll each come up with at least one person we know, personally, who is suffering some kind of abuse. We cannot sit idly by and callously tell them to call the people. We must show them that it can be done. We must personally illuminate the path for them. Not for all of them – that is daunting, that is impossible. For that one person we know. For her kids. We must act, not speak. We must be there for her. We must help her emerge from the trap of her own esteem and thinking.
One hand outstretched in the darkness is worth a million words on this computer screen. Call your friend. Stop by for a visit. Help her. She needs you.
(This post is in participation with the One Wee Voice Violence Against Women Campaign. Please visit Life – Inspired by the Wee Man for more information and links on this issue.)


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Minister at All Souls church on Elmwood Avenue
SOUTH Belfast is a good place to be, it has an exciting social and racial mix than most other parts of our city. There is, hopefully, a growing sense of one community, what I call an inclusive community.
In our church, All Souls, we like to believe we are building an inclusive community. What we like to call our Beloved Community. It is a modest project in one Church, learning to care for each other irrespective of difference. All Souls is an inclusive church. We welcome people irrespective of race, creed, colour, gender or sexual orientation and we invite them to play a role in all aspects of our church life including ministry.
It is my opinion that we over emphasis the denominational differences between us, which I believe is a mistake. Sometimes those in church authority or prominent positions in our community focus on cultural and theological differences and their desire to maintain demarcation in worship and in our children's education. But the more I share time with others of different denominations the more I find there is very little that divides us. When we worship, praise and sing together difference disappears and we are one in spirit.
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to give an address in the Central Mosque London; I spoke on the need to understand if not to agree. Members of the Islamic community in the Mosque shared with me their desire to help in creating a sense of an inclusive community based on a better understanding of each other; that we should listen carefully to what others are saying rather than responding to what we assume they have said. To understand does not mean to accept other's beliefs but to understand why they hold them.
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Rugpositief Opheusden
The new Rugpositief counting ten stops is placed. Currently final voicing and tuning is in progress.
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Rugpositief for Gereformeerde Gemeente, Opheusden
In 2016 the Gereformeerde Gemeente of Opheusden build a new church with seating for 1.700 people. The existing Van den Heuvel organ (2002, 29IIP) was relocated to the new church. The pedal was enlarged by an Quintbas 10 2/3' with open pipes of mahogany. The enlargement with a Rugpositief was prepared for: an new 3 manual console was made and also the Rugpositief case was crafted. At the end of 2017 the church could commission the actual Rugpositief after recieving a subtiantal gift. The new Rugpositief will consist of 10 speaking stops. Deliviery is expected in the summer of 2018.
Restauration Van Dam organ (1872), Nunspeet
|December 2017 the contract was signed for the resoration of the L. van Dam organ (22/IIP) organ in the Dorpskerk of Nunspeet (NL). In 1872 L. van Dam constructed the organ with 17 stops on two manuals with pull down pedals. It was placed at the west wall of the church. After the church was enlarged the organ was moved to the new part of the church by E. Leeflang in 1960. In the years 1967/1968 the organ was modified and enlarged with a 5 pedal stops. We expect the restoration to be completed in 2019. Organconsultant Herman G. Kamp will over see the project.


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When the weather cools down, and especially at night, salads tend to lose their appeal in favour of more hearty warm dishes. The thought of crisp light cold lettuce just doesn't grab you like it did on a hot summer night in January (or June depending on which hemisphere you are living in!).
This salad is a great blend of light and crisp, with warm and hearty mixed in. This recipe serves 4.
- 300 g poached chicken breast, sliced thinly *
- 3/4 red capsicum, roasted **
- 4 c freshly cooked brown rice (works best if still warm)
- 1 carrot, julienned and steamed til just cooked
- handful snowpeas, blanched
- handful continental parsley
- 3 T good quality egg mayonnaise
- 2 T balsamic vinegar
- 1 T fresh basil, finely chopped
- 10-12 pecans, cut into 3 lengthways
- 3 T pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
- 1/2 sm lettuce, torn
Divide lettuce amongst the plates to create a bed. Combine rice, capsicum, carrot, snow peas, mayonnaise, balsamic, parsley (reserving some for garnish) and basil in a bowl. Divide rice mixture over the lettuce beds. Place chicken slices over the rice. Sprinkle pecans and pumpkin seeds over, and top with remaining parsley.
* Poaching brew
I poach about a 3/4 to 1 kg of chicken breasts as a time, so I can use for multiple meals.
- 1 litre chicken stock (or water)
- 1 t tumeric
- 4-5 leaves fresh basil
- 1/3 fresh red capsicum
- 10-12 peppercorns
Place stock mixture over high heat. Add chicken once it is close to a boil, turn heat down to simmer. Cook until just cooked. Chicken breasts are easily overcooked. Leave in liquid until ready to use. Can be poached a day ahead. If doing so, slice chicken and then very gently reheat in a bit of the stock. Strain before adding to salad.
** Roasting capsicums
I do about 3 capsicums at a time. Thinly coat roasting tray with olive oil. Slice 3 cloves of garlic and spread over tray. De-seed capsicum and cut each one lengthways into about 10-12 lengths. Roast on high heat until soft. If desired, remove skin once cool.


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