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Windows installation
Note: You are currently viewing documentation for Moodle 2.5. Up-to-date documentation for the latest stable version of Moodle may be available here: Windows installation.
- 1 Complete install packages
- 2 Installation guide for Windows using XAMPP
- 3 Installation guide for Windows using EasyPHP
- 4 Installation for Windows 2003 with IIS
Complete install packages
From November 2005, complete install packages are available from Moodle Downloads.
These packages allow Moodle to be installed, along with the prerequisites i.e. PHP, a web server and database (Apache and MySQL in this case) on most recent computers using a Windows operating system. Using one of these packages is likely to be easier than using the EasyPHP method detailed below.
Versions are available which incorporate a recent STABLE build or a recent UNSTABLE development build. The instructions on the download page provide guidance on which version is likely to be most suitable.
Note: The latest versions included in these packages my not be backwardly compatible with earlier versions of Moodle. Always check version compatibility if you intend to develop materials on a later version of Moodle than the version installed on your "main" Moodle site.
Installation guide for Windows using XAMPP
XAMPP is a package which installs PHP, Apache and MySql (amongst other things) and will enable you to run Moodle on a Windows PC, Laptop or Server.
The following is a step by step guide to installing Moodle on a computer running Windows XP using the XAMPP package.
Get Moodle!
Download the version of Moodle you wish to install from Moodle.org
Get XAMPP!
Download XAMPP for Windows from www.apachefriends.org. This example assumes that you have downloaded the "Installer" package.
Allow yourself some time
Say 45 minutes.
OK, Let's get going...
Run the installer, eventually you will be presented with an option about where to install the package.
In this example we are installing the package at c:\apachefriends\151 – that's because it suits what our needs, you can choose you own location.
Continue with the installation, this will take a while!
Eventually you will be presented with the option to install Apache, MySQL, Filezilla as a service.
It's probably best to choose "No" for now. You can always enable these as services later.
Next you'll be asked if you want to start the XAMPP Control Panel.
Click the "No" button.
Change PHP version
It's a good idea to use PHP version 4.x before installing Moodle. Roll back to an earlier version of PHP as follows:
From the "Start" menu locate the program group for apachefriends > xampp
Select "php switch"
Follow the instructions in the window.
Launch XAMPP Control Panel
On your Desktop, locate the XAMPP icon and double click to launch the Control Panel.
When the XAMPP Control Panel has launched, click the "Start" buttons for Apache and MySQL.
If all is well you will see something like this.
Create the database
To create a database for your Moodle "site" we will use the phpMyAdmin utility included with XAMPP.
To access this launch the web browser of your choice (Firefox is used in this example), type http://localhost in the address bar.
The XAMPP default page is displayed, click the link for your preferred language – we will be using English.
From the menu on the left, click on "phpMyAdmin"
When phpMy Admin has launched in your browser window, enter the name of your database in the "Create new database" field. In this example we are naming our database "moodle153".
Click the "Create" button to create the database.
The new database should be present in the dropdown list when the page has refreshed.
Move the downloaded Moodle files to the correct location.
Locate the file downloaded from Moodle.org and either copy or cut the file to the Windows clipboard.
Open the XAMPP Control Panel and click on the "Explore" button.
A Windows Explorer view similar to the one below will be displayed.
Open the "htdocs" folder.
Paste the file cut/copied earlier into this folder.
Extract the Moodle files from the file downloaded (in this example WinZip is installed on the computer). A default folder named "moodle" is created with the Moodle files within.
Start the installation
In your web browser, type the path to the folder containing the Moodle files in te address bar – in this example it's http://localhost/Moodle.
The initial install page is displayed.
Choose your preferred language (English is used in this example and click the "Next" button.
A diagnostic report is displayed – hopefully it will look like this, if not you may need to address some issues.
Click the "Next" button to continue.
The paths for your Moodle installation are shown – accept these or amend as desired.
Click the "Next" button to continue.
In this screen we enter the database settings. The fields are populated with some suggested values.
In this example the database created is "moodle153". The "root" user will be used without a password.
When the fields have been populated, click the "Next" button to continue.
Provided the Moodle folder is writable a message confirming the configuration has been completed will be displayed.
Click the " Continue" button to proceed.
The Moodle copyright / licence notices are displayed.
Click the "Yes" button to continue, then follow the instructions on the following screens.
Installation guide for Windows using EasyPHP
Moodle requires that Apache, PHP and MySQL be installed to run on Windows. This may be achieved by using EasyPHP, a package that bundles all the software you need into a single Windows application. Please note however, that EasyPHP is not designed to be used for a production server. Here are the steps from start to finish:
- Firstly, if you have ever installed MySQL before (even as part of another package), uninstall it all, delete all the MySQL files and make sure you delete c:\my.cnf and c:\windows\my.ini. You might want to do a search and delete ANY file called my.cnf or my.ini.
- If you've ever installed PHP before delete any files called php4ts.dll from around your Windows directory, as well as any files called php.ini.
- Download EasyPHP from here: http://www.easyphp.org/telechargements/dn.php?F=easyphp1-7 (approx 10 Mb)
- Run the downloaded file: easyphp1-7_setup.exe. The installation process is in French but is otherwise much like installing any other Windows program - I advise accepting the defaults and letting it all install. Note that "Suivant" means Next and "Oui" means Yes.
- At the end of the install leave the checkbox selected to "Lancer EasyPHP" (Start EasyPHP) and hit the "Terminer" button. You might be taken to a information web page which you can safely ignore.
- If all went well - congratulations! Apache, PHP and MySQL are all installed and running! You should see a black E in your toolbar tray. You can right click on it to get a menu which will let you control the running programs, but you won't be needing that for now.
- Some things may be in French and you may prefer English. You can download this file http://www.easyphp.org/telechargements/dn.php?F=indexUS_1.7 which contains English versions of www and home folder in the EasyPHP1-7 folder. These can be copied over the default files.
- The next thing you need to do is to set up a database for Moodle to use. Right-click the black E in the toolbar tray and choose Administration, then click DB Management (beside PHPMyAdmin). Alternatively, using a browser, go to http://localhost/mysql/ (note the final slash).
- If asked for a username, use "root" with a blank password. You should see a phpMyAdmin web interface that allows you to create a new databases and user accounts.
- Create a new database by typing "moodle" into the field and hitting the "Create" button. That was easy!
- You can also create a new user to access your database if you want. This can be a bit tricky for a first-time user, so you might just want to use the existing user "root" with no password in your Moodle config for now, and fix this later.
- You're ready to install Moodle! Download the latest release of Moodle from http://moodle.org/download, then unzip the archive.
- Copy your moodle files into C:\Program Files\EasyPHP\www. You can either copy the entire moodle directory (ie C:\Program Files\EasyPHP\www\moodle) or copy all the contents of the moodle directory. If you choose this second option then you will be able to access your Moodle home page using http://localhost/ instead of http://localhost/moodle/.
- Make a new empty folder somewhere else for Moodle to store uploaded files in, eg: C:\moodledata
- Go into your Moodle folder. Make a copy of config-dist.php, and call it config.php
- Edit config.php using a text editor (Notepad will do, just be careful that it doesn't add unwanted spaces at the end).
- Put in all your new database info:
- $CFG->dbtype = 'mysql';
- $CFG->dbhost = 'localhost';
- $CFG->dbname = 'moodle';
- $CFG->dbuser = 'root';
- $CFG->dbpass = '';
- $CFG->dbpersist = true;
- $CFG->prefix = 'mdl_';
- And put in all your file paths
- $CFG->wwwroot = 'http://localhost/moodle'; // Use an external address if you know it.
- $CFG->dirroot = 'C:\Program Files\EasyPHP\www\moodle';
- $CFG->dataroot = 'C:\moodledata';
- Save config.php - you can ignore the other settings if there are any.
- You're nearly there now! The rest of the setup is all web-based. Visit http://localhost/moodle/admin/ with your browser to continue the setup via your browser.
- To use zip files with Moodle (for example the backups use zip) you might need to enable "zlib". You can do this by going to your EasyPHP directory (C:\Program Files\EasyPHP), and running the program phpini.exe in there. Put a mark in the checkbox next to "zlib.dll". Close that window, then go to the black E in your toolbar and right-click it to get a menu - select "Restart" from this menu.
- Lastly, you need to set up some sort of cron. See the Installation guide for more details on this.
If you don't or can't use EasyPHP, here are a few tips to make sure your PHP is set up correctly and avoid common problems:
- Make sure you enable the GD module so Moodle can process images - you may have to edit php.ini and remove the comment (;) from this line: 'extension=php_gd2.dll'.
- Make sure you enable the Zlib module so that you can create and unpack zip files from within Moodle.
- Make sure sessions is turned on - you may have to edit php.ini and fix the directory for session.save_path - instead of the default "/tmp" use a Windows directory like "c:/temp".
Installation for Windows 2003 with IIS
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2010 Ford Escape
The Ford Escape looks like a little truck among small SUVs. Its styling reminds us of Ford's larger, truck-based sport utility vehicles. The Escape's ride height and seating position are a bit higher than competitors such as the Honda CR-V, and it can tow up to 3,500 pounds, which is substantially more than most other vehicles in the class.
Yet the Ford Escape still delivers the advantages of unit-body, car-based competitors such as the Honda CR-V. Its smooth ride and agile handling make for enjoyable driving, and its compact dimensions make the Escape easy to park.
The standard four-cylinder engine is adequate for all-purpose driving while the V6 offers quicker acceleration performance. All variants, including the V6 and Escape Hybrid, deliver some of the best EPA mileage ratings in the class. All models are offered with front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive.
For the most part, the Hybrid drives just like a conventional gas-only Escape. It's a well-executed package. It offers better fuel economy and lower emissions but demands little additional effort or knowledge from the driver.
The Escape provides comfortable seating for four, or five in a pinch. Folding the rear seats opens a good sized cargo area with a flat floor, and space behind the seat surpasses that in the trunk of a typical sedan. There are lots of interior storage spaces, the finish is upscale and pleasing, and feature function and switches are among the best.
Escape was redesigned for 2008. For 2010, changes are minor. An Integrated Blind Spot Mirror, MyKey programmable vehicle key, Rear View Camera System, and Active Park Assist are now available, and the Escape also features hands-free SYNC with Traffic, Directions & Information. All the features improve safety and reduce driver distractions.
The Ford Escape remains one of the more appealing vehicles in its class, regardless of price, and certainly one of the better values. Those shopping for a small SUV should put it on their short list, especially those who appreciate its big-truck styling.
Model LineupFord Escape XLS ($20,515); XLS 4WD ($22,265); XLT ($23,540); XLT 4WD ($25,290); Limited ($25,270); Limited 4WD ($27,020); Hybrid ($29,750); Hybrid 4WD ($31,500); Limited Hybrid ($32,260); Limited Hybrid 4WD ($34,010)
Walk Around
The Escape has the air of a conventional, truck-based SUV, with a more rugged look than many other small, sedan-platform sport-utilities such as the Honda CR-V. For starters, the Escape sits a bit higher than many competitors, and the high profile is enhanced by its design.
The grille looks like it was designed for a truck. The headlights are essentially connected to the grille, and shaped to create a family resemblance with Ford's Edge crossover SUV. Yet the grille itself is tall and flat and stacked right on top of a skid plate-type fascia that flows under the bumper. The Escape's beltline, or the crease that runs just under the windows, is high, too, and its roof pillars are blacked out. The taillights have a clear band that wraps around the rear corners. The lower bumpers and rocker panels are now painted to match the body on all models, rather than molded in a matte finish. In total, the effect is cleaner and more polished than previous models, and it's all quite handsome.
The side mirrors are large, but their shape generates little noise as air speeds over them. The roof, too, is designed to reduce interior noise. Recessed channels running its length are intended to move air more quietly over the surface. Horizontal ribs underneath the panel add structure, which limits flex in the metal and reduces booming noise inside at high speeds.
We're fond of a couple of features in back of the Escape. A new step pad on the bumper provides secure footing for anyone who steps up to put something on the roof rack, and the two-piece tailgate is handy. The rear glass can be popped open with the key fob, so dropping small items like a gym bag into the cargo area is much easier than it might be with some competitors, which require hefting the entire gate upward.
This is one of Ford's best interiors in terms of the look and feel of materials used. The headliner is plush and molded to the contour of the roof. Our Escape Limited had thick, tautly tailored leather on the seats and hard, glossy black plastic where you might expect fake wood or metal. It looked like the lacquered finish on a fine piano. The satiny black or silver used in lower trim levels isn't bad, either. Yet the highlight is a woven-look, rubberized trim on the dash and console. It looks sporty and suited to a more expensive car.
The Escape features upholstery cloth made from 100-percent recycled material. You'd never know by its look or feel, and Ford claims that compared to upholstery made from virgin fiber, production will conserve about 600,000 gallons of water and 7 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 1.8 million pounds.
The Escape's front seats have enough cushion and support to limit fatigue during longer drives. Overall, though, the seats are smaller than those in a larger sport utility. Drivers with big frames might find them small. There's not an abundance of side bolstering, but that makes it easier to slide into the seats, and there's enough to keep occupants solidly in place during the type of driving a typical Escape owner is likely to undertake.
The gauges are clustered in a shaded binnacle that can be absorbed in a glance: Tachometer left, speedometer right, with fuel and coolant temperature in the middle, along with an easy-to-read trip- and systems-info display. We absolutely loved this, because it includes a menu that allows the driver to easily cycle through and change features such as headlight-off delay and auto-locking.
The gauges and switches feature Ford's new signature backlighting style, which the company calls Ice Blue. No gripe here, as the bluish white is crisper and brighter than conventional green-yellow or orange lighting. The problem is the script on the gauges, and particularly the speedometer. It's muddled and lacks differentiation beyond the big even numbers, so it's hard to tell quickly what speed you're driving unless you are traveling precisely at 20, 40, or 60 mph.
The dashboard is tall and squarish, but it's attractive and fits the Escape's little-truck theme nicely. The big vents at the ends move lots of air, and there are two more in the middle near the top of the center stack. These can be aimed to avoid blasting the driver's hands or face with a rush of air. At the very top sits a neat display that shows compass heading, date and time, exterior temperature and, on models so equipped, the two interior temp settings.
When it comes to placement and function of switches, the Escape is first rate, and examples are easy to find. When the driver rests his or her left forearm on the door rest, the window buttons sit almost perfectly at the fingertips. With elbows on the door rest and center console, arms are even and hands rest nicely at nine and three o'clock on the steering wheel. The mirror adjustor sits on the door pillar, and it's easy to reach when the driver's head is in driving position. One easy-to-use stalk controls the blinkers and all wiper/washer functions. The steering wheel controls for cruise and audio work without moving hands from the driving position.
Audio and climate controls work just as well. The volume and station-selector knobs are good sized, but more important, they are raised substantially from the stereo plate, rather than nearly flat to the surface as they are in some vehicles. The radial switches for fan and temperature are also big and easy to find. The pushbuttons to control airflow direction and the rear defogger are small, but they tend to be adjusted less frequently than the others. The audio jack is at the bottom of the center stack, just above a lined bin where you can set an iPod with reasonable assurance that it will stay put for the entire trip home.
The Escape Limited we drove had Ford's optional touch-screen navigation system, which is becoming one of our favorites from any manufacturer. Its biggest weakness is the display screen, which is smaller than those in some other vehicles. Yet the graphics are clear, and easy to read to the smaller details, at night or wearing sunglasses in bright daylight. More important, the system is easy to use with minimal distraction, and easy to learn. It's an expensive tool, to be sure, but we particularly recommend the navigation system with the Escape Hybrid. In the Hybrid, it includes an energy display that demonstrates in real-time the fuel-saving benefits of hybrid drive. By paying some attention to the graphs, you'll find yourself becoming a more environmentally friendly and fiscally efficient motorist. It can be fun to see how efficiently you can drive.
Storage space is aplenty in the Escape, at least in terms of cubbies within reach of the front passengers. Start with that rubber-lined, slide-proof bin in front of the shifter, which is great for iPods, phones, glasses, a wallet or change. The little rubber mats in this bin and in the cup holder bins can be pulled out for cleaning, a nice feature. Swing-down overhead bins are provided for sunglasses and garage door openers. The glove box is big enough for stuff beyond the owner's manual. Decent-sized bins are molded in the door bottoms, though whatever goes there tends to slide. The crown jewel is the center console, which allows stacking of smaller items inside.
The back seats are comfortable, though the seatback is too straight for some tastes. There's plenty of knee room, and noticeably more headroom than before. A 5-foot, 9-inch, 170-pound passenger stayed comfortable for nearly on hour behind the driver, though the middle space works best for six-year-olds. There are cup holders and a power point on the back of the console, but storage space for rear passengers is limited to those slide-prone bins at the bottoms of the rear doors.
Cargo capacity is 66.3 cubic feet, with 29.2 cubic feet behind the rear seat, and the cargo space is easy to access. The rear seat folds quickly, 60/40, and the bottom can be removed to make a perfectly flat load floor. There aren't a lot of frills in back, but the essentials are there: Tie-downs, and an optional cargo shade and under-floor bin that's deep enough for a small load of groceries.
Ford invested a lot of time and money making the Escape quiet inside. The windshield, for example, has an acoustic laminate sandwiched between two layers of glass. The headliner has extensive sound-deadening capability, and the carpeting is quite thick. The net result is a quiet, relaxing interior.
Driving Impressions
The Escape is truckish as the current crop of small sport utility vehicles go, but not in a bad way. Its ride height and seating position are higher than a lot of unit-body (sedan style) utilities, though lower than many traditional truck-based SUVs.
The Escape is quite pleasant to drive. It handles well and has a firm, comfortable ride, without the roly-poly mush quality or the jarring suspension clanks that can characterize conventional truck-based SUVs with tall, off-road tires. An electric power steering system and careful suspension tuning give a level of refinement in ride and handling.
The engines are all solid performers. Both the four- and six-cylinder engine deliver good response and decent acceleration. The Escape Hybrid delivers essentially the same performance, with very little to give away its hybrid powertrain except improved mileage. Indeed, all Escape models, from front-wheel-drive four-cylinders to all-wheel-drive V6s to the Hybrid, have some of the best EPA mileage ratings in the class.
The base 2.5-liter four-cylinder delivers good power at high revs for those who like to wind it up and decent torque for acceleration when you need it at any speed. With a balance shaft to offset vibration, it's also smoother than some of Ford's previous four-cylinder engines. We prefer the 171-hp four-cylinder with the five-speed manual transmission; indeed, a front-drive, manual Escape XLS 2WD might be the most engaging and enjoyable model to drive. At an EPA-estimated 22/28 mpg City/Highway, it has one of the highest EPA mileage ratings of any non-hybrid SUV. With the four-cylinder, maximum towing capacity is 1,500 pounds, sufficient for dirt bikes or a snowmobile.
The 3.0-liter V6 engine offers 240 horsepower for stronger acceleration. It has about as much torque as any small SUV is likely to need. It's available only with the six-speed automatic, but its power band is broad. In day-to-day driving, it never lugs, strains or feels as if it's out of breath. And with the optional Class II towing package, the V6 AWD models can pull a substantial 3,500 pounds, which surpasses most vehicles in this class.
Both the four-cylinder and the V6 engines are matched with a very smooth, electronically controlled six-speed automatic, which offers ideal ratios for all vehicle speeds and contributes to the Escape's exceptional fuel economy.
The Escape handles well. One reason is the electric power-assisted steering system (EPS), which operates with an electric motor rather than a hydraulic pump driven by the engine. One of the advantages is increased efficiency, because a conventional, belt-driven steering pump takes a bit of the engine's power just to operate. That's power that's not being used to move the vehicle. Another advantage, at least in the Escape's case, is improved steering feel. With the electric steering, there's a nice balance between steering assist at parking-lot speeds and decent feel on the highway. The steering tracks steadily, with little adjustment or correction required over uneven surfaces. It's direct and accurate with no dead spot in the center, and there's enough feeling when you turn the wheel to impart a sense of control. Despite its truck-style facade, the Escape delivers a ride and handling balance on par with many sedans. Its ride is comfortable, but never wobbly or floaty, over a variety of road surfaces, including expansion joints and shallow potholes. The tires deliver respectable grip in paved corners, so the Escape stays planted where a lot of SUVs might slide. Transient response is surprisingly good, meaning the Escape maintains its composure in a series of left-right-left lane-change maneuvers. This permits quicker driving that is also smooth, and it won't make passengers feel sea-sick.
Braking performance is good. The Escape stops in plenty of time, with no brake fade in any typical on-road driving circumstances. The anti-lock brake system is well tuned, keeping the brakes right at the threshold between maximum stopping force and wheel lock, and allowing the driver to maintain steering control in a full-panic stop.
The Escape Hybrid is a different beast entirely from the gasoline-only models, at least on one hand. On the other, few drivers will notice any substantial, functional differences with the hybrid powertrain in day-to-day driving. Its battery pack is automatically recharged by the gasoline engine and by regenerative braking, which captures energy that is otherwise wasted when a vehicle loses momentum and sends it to the batteries.
By combining a four-cylinder gasoline engine with the boost from an electric motor, the Hybrid can deliver a significant fuel-economy improvement and reduce emissions. The Escape Hybrid is a full hybrid, meaning it can run on 100 percent electric power up to about 25 mph to maximize in-city fuel economy. It was the first hybrid-powered SUV available in the United States, and the first hybrid with optional all-wheel drive and significant towing capacity (1,000 pounds).
The Hybrid's primary source of power remains the gasoline engine. It's nearly identical to the 2.5-liter four in gasoline-only models, except that it runs on something called the Atkinson cycle, which improves its fuel efficiency. The companion, 70-kilowatt electric motor can kick in and deliver more torque to the wheels when a driver demands full acceleration or it can power the Escape Hybrid by itself in certain circumstances, such as creeping along in a traffic jam or rolling through a parking lot. Bottom line, the Hybrid model delivers acceleration times comparable to the gas-only V6, with terrific fuel economy of 34/31 mpg City/Highway for the Hybrid 2WD.
On the road, the Escape Hybrid delivers excellent acceleration at lower speeds. Floor it at 20 mph, and it will snap heads back toward the head rests. Floor the Hybrid 2WD at a stop sign, and it can squeal its front tires like a hot rod. To be sure, its tires are harder than those on other Escapes and designed for maximum efficiency, which means less rolling resistance, and less grip.
Few drivers will notice any significant difference between the Hybrid and a conventional Escape, except when the Hybrid shuts itself off at stop lights or glides quietly through a parking lot on electric power. Indeed, the Hybrid is a bit quieter, probably smoother, in all circumstances. In order to minimize the power lost as it transfers to the drive wheels, Ford equips the Escape Hybrid with a continuously variable transmission, which has no conventional gears. Instead, it has metal bands that adjust to best match the engine's speed to vehicle speed. The CVT does offer a low-range setting for increased traction. But in typical driving, there's no hesitation as "gear" ratios shift, no uneven surges of speed and less variance in the noise coming from under the hood as the car picks up speed. There's just smooth, even acceleration.
With the stereo cranked up to hide engine noise, a driver will have a hard time knowing when the gas engine starts or shuts off at stop lights, when the Hybrid is rolling along on electric power alone, or when the electric motor is augmenting the gas engine for maximum acceleration
We're not sure what protocol determines when the Escape Hybrid operates on electric power. In fact, it seemed to operate in electric mode less frequently than we might have expected. At times the gas engine ran when we thought it might not have to, and at times it didn't even shut off at a stop light. For the most part, we drove the Hybrid as we would any other test car, which is fairly aggressively, using the accelerator as if someone else was buying the gas, and we still saw some improvement in fuel economy.
Our normal rounds include more city than highway driving, though rarely in a true rush-hour traffic flog, plus a few extracurricular, test-specific maneuvers. In this routine, by our best calculation, we found an improvement of 10 to 12 percent over what we've seen with a conventional four-cylinder. We expect most consumers will get better fuel economy than we did, at least those with long, traffic-laden commutes. Still, the real-world fuel savings with a hybrid depend heavily on how, where and when you drive. For guestimation, EPA mileage numbers may be the best tool, and the Escape Hybrid still surpasses the other hybrid SUVs that have followed it to the market.
If you want the best fuel economy, and presumably most hybrid buyers will, you'll want to be gentle on the gas pedal. It will maximize the instances when the Escape travels only on electric power. Dip the pedal quickly, or much past a quarter of its travel, and the gas engine restarts immediately to provide what the control electronics determine to be a demand for serious acceleration. Even if a driver is not going to exceed 20 mph, which is well within the limit of electric-only speed, the gas engine will start if the pedal application is too strong. It probably helps to stop slowly, too. Long, steady, coast-down stops, using more engine compression than wheel brakes, are best for charging the batteries. We surmise that short, quick stops from road speeds may be what keep the engine from shutting off at a red light. The control system may sense aggressive stops as emergencies, or just sporting, aggressive driving, and leave the engine running for more action.
You'll want the optional navigation system for the Hybrid, which includes an energy meter function that graphically illustrates how well you're doing at saving fuel. It includes instantaneous and average fuel economy readouts, and tells you when the gas engine is running, when the electric motor is doing the work and when the batteries are charging. It's a good tool to learn how to maximize economy with the Escape Hybrid.
Regardless of powertrain, the Escape makes an excellent all-season vehicle in all climates. It does not make an excellent off-road vehicle, despite a bit more ground clearance than some competitors. Ford's optional all-wheel drive (AWD) system is tuned for driving more on slippery pavement than dirt or gravel. It delivers engine power to the appropriate wheels before any particular wheel can loose traction. It can switch power front to rear or side to side, and theoretically can send 100 percent of the engine's power to either the front or rear wheels. The all-wheel-drive system takes stress out of driving on wet, slushy or snowy roads. It helps maximize forward progress on slippery surfaces, and its transfer of power to wheels with the best traction is rarely noticed by the driver, who can focus simply on using the gas smoothly and steering between the lines.
Off road, the Escape is less than stellar. It's built on a front-wheel-drive platform developed primarily for sedans, and like most small SUVs, the 2WD models are front-wheel drive. With caution, it can handle level gravel or dirt trails. But if there is no graded path, forget about it, and if the way is much steeper than you'd attempt in a car, forget about that, too. Shoppers seeking a small SUV with real off-road potential should consider a competitor like the Jeep Liberty. For every-day driving and travel on the road, the Escape is one of the best.
The Ford Escape is one of the best vehicles in Ford's lineup, and competitive in a crowded field of small sport-utilities, regardless of price. Yet model for model and feature for feature, the Escape prices are very good. The Escape offers front-wheel drive, all-wheel drive, competitive four- or six-cylinder engines and the Hybrid package, which works essentially as the conventional models do. Fuel mileage for all models, and towing capacity, rank with the best. For all-purpose, reasonably efficient daily transport on the road, the Escape rates among the best smaller SUVs.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent J.P. Vettraino test drove the Ford Escape in Detroit.


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I have a rather odd problem with my server. For some reason the local hostname for my workstation keeps getting added to the
/etc/hosts.deny and when I try to SSH I get:
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
If I use another workstation and delete my hostname from the file, I have a about a 10 second window to login from my workstation before its added again. My workstation is running Mac OSX Mountain Lion and I'm using
ssh from the Terminal. Any idea what could be up or how to find out what's up?


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Bugs in the System
The next time you have maple syrup with your pancakes, thank the Bishop Museum's world-class entomology collection. Here's why.
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They swarm our picnics, drink our blood, snack on our houses and dive-bomb our faces in the night. Most of us try to get as far away from them as possible. But this morning, deep in the Waianae Range, in a steady, obliterating rain, we are actively looking for them—and not finding a single one.
"We," in this case, includes entomologists Neal Evenhuis and Dan Polhemus, who are armed with sweep nets, shrubbery-beating sticks and long-tubed aspirators for sucking unsuspecting critters off branches and leaves. None of the equipment will be any use if we can't find them in the first place.
"It's the rain," muses Evenhuis. Most insects don't like it, and go into hiding. The best way to succeed on a day like this, he announces, is to look for something that doesn't mind getting wet.
We head for the seep, a bare rock face over which water trickles continuously, rain or shine. Sure enough, a few tiny flies are taking off and landing on the seep face, unperturbed by the soggy conditions. Evenhuis shows me how to sneak close enough to a fly to clap a tiny plastic vial over it, and proceeds to catch every fly for which he aims, pointing out their differently colored iridescent bodies as he pops them into alcohol solution to take back to the lab.
Polhemus (who until recently ran the DLNR's Division of Aquatic Resources) shows me some tiny native snails who don't mind the weather. The inside of my waterproof jacket is dripping. Considering that we've traveled three hours to catch five flies, Evenhuis and Polhemus seem unaccountably cheerful. "The thrill of the hunt," Evenhuis calls it. "You never know what you're going to get."
"You just have to keep coming back," agrees Polhemus, climbing into the SUV. Evenhuis will ID our flies when he gets back to his office at the Bishop Museum, where he serves as chairman of the Department of Natural Sciences. You never know: one of these little insects could be a species unknown to science.
That's not hyperbole. Between them, Evenhuis and Polhemus have found and described more than a thousand new insect species. They've prospected all across the Pacific, in remote, hard-to-access areas from Papua New Guinea to French Polynesia, but many of the discoveries have been in Hawaii. Polhemus has published descriptions of 63 new species in Hawaii alone, with 35 more in the pipeline. Evenhuis once stumbled across a population of Orangeblack damselflies—a threatened, endemic species that had been thought to be extinct on Oahu for more than two decades—in a muddy wheel rut near Tripler Hospital. It is still the only known wild population on the island.
A whiff of Victoriana clings to entomology, the study of insects: We think of a man in a pith helmet, pursuing a butterfly through the jungle with a sweep net. Add some Gore-Tex, subtract the helmet, and you wouldn't be far wrong. Descriptive entomology, as practiced by Bishop Museum, is one of the last great frontiers in biodiversity.
In fact, Bishop Museum is a leading institution for Pacific research. Part of this is the J.L. Gressit Center for Research in Entomology. With 14.7 million specimens of insects and related arthropods, the Gressit Center is the fifth-largest entomological collection in the world.
By the time you read this, the flies we captured that rainy Sunday morning will have been absorbed into the center's impressive company, which means Shepherd Myers will have spent some time with them; every specimen that enters the Gressit Center passes across the worktable of the museum's 29-year-old entomology collections manager. Myers prepares new specimens for storage and display. He sends them out to people who have requested them, and checks them back in when they're done. "We get requests from every corner of the globe to work on Pacific Rim stuff," says Myers. "It's a very active collection." How active? "The first year I worked here, I [processed] nearly 20,000 specimens." Myers is also in charge of protecting the insects from the things that could harm them—sunlight, heat, humidity and, ironically, other bugs—as well as showing visitors like me around his remarkable domain.
What's an insect?
Glad you asked. Generally speaking, an insect has six legs, a tri-segmented body, antennae and an exoskeleton, which means that its hard structure is on the outside of its body. This last detail makes insects ideal for collecting. Just as mammals' bones can survive indefinitely in the right environment, so can an insect's exoskeleton, properly stored, preserve its outward form for hundreds, thousands or millions of years.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – Earlier this month, Twister, the King University mascot travelled to a Tennessee Smokies baseball game to compete in their Mascot Olympics. While there, Twister and the other mascots mingled and took pictures with the fans prior to the game.
Other mascots that also participated were, a duo from Wendy's, a lion from the Knoxville Zoo, the Knoxville Ice Bears mascot, the K-Mart blue light bulb, the Shoney's bear and the Bubba Gump Shrimp Man, just to name a few.
During the game, there were a few competitions where Twister was partnered with the Shoney's bear. In all, the event was a lot of fun for all who participated.
"The Mascot Olympics were a chance for me to meet our mascot for the first time. I was amazed by how Twister interacted with the fans and how fun he made the event," said cheerleading coach Debbie Neilson. "The competition was fun to watch for everyone and was very successful. We plan and look forward to attending many more events this year."
The Tennessee Smokies are located in Kodak, Tenn., and are a Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball. Follow the link at the bottom of this story to view some pictures from the event.
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a quick question ,in your android app what is the cube scan order ? (F THEN R THEN B Etc...)
do i need to set the cube orientation in a particular color order? (put red color in front ,blue color to the left,green color to the right etc...)
thanks again for the great project and inspiration
@ClankingFeatherDid you receive my email message ??@WitherKun Really need more info Please post the video as per post #267
And i resolve it by adding an arduino.flushInput() string like that. Which i think is some kind of interrupt.
It works perfectly fine and scan all the cube, except the D-face. Even though i've added the same flush.input string
"flushInput()" flushes Serial input buffer and discards its contentsThis python function is renamed "reset_input_buffer()" in Python V3.xwhich Python version are you using ??which RubikKasBot (python) version ??which CubeMover (arduino) version ?? You mean you can scan all faces except the last one ??
Please stick to the original RubikKasBot V1.3 codeWithin CubeMover_13 Arduino sketch, make sure DEBUG_SERIAL is set to false"Test" button does scan one face only per pressfirst press = face #1 (no move)second press = face #2...Let me know how it worksShould it fail, please post both CubeMover and RubikKasBot


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UNCA track – i love flat!
Today is Tues, my track workout at the UNCA campus was this morning.
I got out there early today, so it was nice because there were very few people and it was nice and cool, sort of overcast today. It's still humid! I did my 15 minute warm up which felt just fine, nice 1st gear, nothing crazy, just getting my body ready for accelerations.
I felt like the 200s were getting to be easy so I upped the distance and ran 3/4 lap of accelerations, broken by 1/4 nice easy jog, 6 times. I didn't go super fast, but I was really focusing on engaging gravity to get me to fall and using my rearward armswing to hold my upper body in correct position. I think it worked pretty well. My PRE was WAY lower during the accelerations individually and as a whole as compared to how I have felt in the past. Normally I get really winded and my HR gets up around 180 for a pretty sustained amount of time. I didn't really hit 180 on this workout until the end of my last 2 accelerations.
When I did my last 15 minutes, my HR was around 155 until the very end, and then I started picking things up again, and just took off. The last couple runs I have had this freaky thing were I just want to "pick it up!" and have been ending my runs in what seems like a pretty quick gear without a lot of effort. I don't want to question it too much (it is what it is!) but it's pretty strange.
I didn't have any aches or pains, but my hip is a little stiff which is okay. I would say on a scale 7, which would have been a 10, if I had been really INTO it, which I wasn't, but it was a fine run, physically.
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Pastor John Hagee to speak in Wednesday convocation
John Hagee, founder and senior pastor of the 19,000-member Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, will speak at Liberty University's convocation on Wednesday, March 30.
Hagee's radio and television broadcasts are shown across America and in 235 nations worldwide. He has written 28 books, including two New York Times bestsellers.
Hagee has visited Thomas Road Baptist Church several times and has spoken at its Celebrate America event. This is the first time he will address Liberty students in convocation. The convocation will mark the kick-off to Liberty's first Israel Emphasis Week, sponsored by Liberty's Stand With Israel club. Israel's ambassador to the United States will also speak in convocation, via a prerecorded video message.
Hagee is widely known for his passion for the Jewish people. He serves as the national chairman of Christians United for Israel, which he founded in 2006 and is now the largest pro-Israel organization in the United States, with more than 500,000 members. Hagee is also the president of John Hagee Ministries, which has given more than $60 million in humanitarian aid to Israel causes.


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Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. And apparently, we all have a hard time spelling some pretty basic words. According to a report from Google, the most commonly misspelled words are beautiful and pneumonia, which, honestly, is kind of hard to spell. Other tough ones – schedule, tomorrow and maintenance. But you know who can probably spell all those words in her sleep? Twelve-year-old Ananya Vinay. She won the Scripps National Spelling Bee last night with the winning word marocain, M-A-R-O-C-A-I-N. It's MORNING EDITION.


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Natalie Portman – Career now 17 years old
Child actors rarely do they make much of impact like Natalie Portman. Natalie Portman raps about drinking and fighting on Saturday Night Live.
Most of the time, child actors are precious and mannered and seem chosen based on their "cute" factor; rarely do they make much ofan impact. Occasionally, though, someone comes along who seems wiser than that, sadder perhaps, or with untold depths. These people are full of promise. They are the ones that make us say, "She's going places." Natalie Portman was one of those. Her career now 17 years old, with more than 20 major feature films, she has more than lived up to that promise. She's 29 now and an Oscar winner for Black Swan, a polarizing movie of the kind that usually doesn't win Oscars. She has worked with major international directors (Woody Allen, Tim Burton, Amos Gitai, Milos Forman,Wong Kar-Wai, Wes Anderson and others). She has charmed art house crowds and multiplex crowds; she would be welcome at both snooty cocktail parties and at comic book conventions. She has been called this generation's Audrey Hepburn, for her delicate, princess-like manner, but she's also capable of something hilariously vulgar and lowbrow such as her infamous 'SNL'rap; she even managed to make Ashton Kutcher look good earlier this year in 'No Strings Attached.'
She has the wisdom to choose her projects well, covering a wide range of topics — but rarely has a movie of hers come together so satisfyingly as with Luc Besson's'The Professional' (aka 'Léon'). It's a pretty standard story of two opposites reluctantly thrown together in desperate circumstances, but Besson decided not to follow the usual formula in which one character is obnoxious. He had the strange idea to make both characters appealing. They're direct physical opposites: One is a towering, nearly mute, extremely simple giant; the other is a small, chatty, scrappy cutie-pie. Throw in a terrific story and a terrifying villain (Gary Oldman), and you've got a pulp movie that holds up 17 years later.
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Checklist: Purchasing disk arrays for storage consolidation
Knowing the purchasing criteria for enterprise-class disk arrays, as well as product specs for the leading arrays, can help storage managers make savvy buying decisions.
Disk arrays are at the core of any enterprise data center. But enterprise-class disk arrays carry high prices. These storage devices often use redundant components, such as power supplies, network ports and disk controllers to maintain operation when problems arise. Large storage platforms filled with spinning disks also demand a great deal of energy for power and cooling. In addition, annual maintenance contracts can be exorbitant.
SearchStorage.com has already covered the issues involved in purchasing strategies for a storage consolidation project. Below you'll find a list of the criteria for purchasing disk arrays from vendors such as 3PARdata Inc., EMC Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM and others.
Total storage capacity. Select a new storage array with enough capacity to replace several existing storage systems, as well as accommodate enterprise storage demand through the new array's expected service lifetime. Consolidating three arrays with 10 TB each would require at least 30 TB of capacity in the new array. But if storage demands have been increasing at 30% annually and you plan to keep the new array for five years, the new array
should be expandable to over 110 TB. Performing a capacity planning exercise up front can help predict storage capacity growth trends and needs.
Potential for clustering. Clustering allows storage administrators to interconnect several disk arrays so that multiple arrays can share capacity and connectivity. With clustering, if one box in the cluster fails, the other boxes can maintain storage availability. Clustering can be implemented in phases, so an enterprise can add arrays to the cluster as needed over time (thereby distributing the costs). However, consolidating several existing storage arrays into a new cluster can undermine savings in power and floor space.
Connectivity and traffic performance. Because consolidated storage concentrates storage traffic, network bottlenecks may appear at or around the new array. You'll want to evaluate the new array up front in your specific environment and use network performance tools to gauge traffic performance. While the array should offer an adequate number of ports for aggregation and failover, you may need to implement network upgrades or reconfigurations to ease any potential congestion. For example, a new array with more Fibre Channel ports may require a SAN switch upgrade to accommodate the added connectivity.
Internal disk storage performance. Data performance inside the box is just as important as I/O handling outside the box. Storage requests must be processed efficiently at the disk level. When you have multiple storage systems, the user traffic and disk activity is distributed among several systems. But keeping performance at an acceptable level when all internal disk activity and user traffic is consolidated in one box is a challenge, especially for transaction-oriented traffic.
Tiering. More and more disk arrays support storage tiering, meaning one array can provide online (Tier 1), nearline (Tier 2) and archival/backup storage, while automatically migrating data between the tiers. Tiering presents another issue since data will often need to be migrated between tiers within the same box, while handling outside traffic simultaneously. Large data migrations between internal tiers can multiply the internal disk traffic and impair outside traffic performance. Test the prospective array under load and use performance testing tools to gauge actual disk behaviors.
Reliability and availability features. The downside of deploying more storage in fewer arrays is that a serious fault in the consolidated storage array might render mission-critical data inaccessible. You'll want to consider all the reliability features. These include redundant components, such as power supplies, disk controllers and I/O ports; disk reliability features, such as vibration-isolated disk trays and RAID support; and RAID recovery features, such as pre-emptive rebuilds. The last feature reduces rebuild times by starting a disk rebuild process the moment a disk reports possible problems.
Power conservation. With consolidation, many organizations also realize savings in cooling/facilities requirements. Still, some consolidated arrays host a huge number of disks, so it's wise to evaluate disk power management and other green storage features. For example, some arrays can throttle back, spin down or completely power down inactive nearline disks to save energy.
Heterogeneity of bundled storage tools. You'll want to look at the management tools that come with the new array and determine its interoperability with the remaining arrays and other storage/switching devices. Ideally, the consolidation process will not add more management overhead. Array consolidation may make some existing management tools obsolete, so you'll want to know which management tools can be decommissioned by using the new management software.
Service contract needs. The total cost of ownership (TCO) for a new array should include purchase cost, projected upgrade costs, software licensing fees and annual service contract expenses throughout the anticipated lifetime of the new array. With more storage on fewer arrays, serious faults will have a greater impact. Take the time to understand the service contract and be sure that the manufacturer's service levels meet your requirements. You may need to negotiate for additional service levels, such as dedicated service representatives or shorter technical response times.
The disk array product specifications page in this chapter covers the following products:
- 3PARdata Inc.; InServ E200 Storage Server
- 3PARdata Inc.; InServ S400 Storage Server
- 3PARdata Inc.; InServ S800 Storage Server
- EMC Corp; Symmetrix DMX-4
- Hewlett-Packard; StorageWorks XP20000 Disk Array
- Hewlett-Packard; StorageWorks XP24000 Disk Array
- Hitachi Data Systems; TagmaStore AMS1000
- Hitachi Data Systems; TagmaStore USP1100
- IBM; System Storage DS8000 Series
- Sun Microsystems; StorageTek 9985 System
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28 April 2012
All that summer we enjoyed it wind and rain and shine...
- Fletcher for Lyell sweater
- vintage shorts
- vintage Coach purse
- J. Crew ballet flats
- listening to: The Hollies "Bus Stop"
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4 comments:
- Domonique Wilson said...
Love the top, I've been looking for a black crochet one myself!
Hope you'r having a lovely Saturday!
- April 28, 2012
- sweet harvest moon said...
You should make a hair tutorial, your hair is so pretty!
- April 29, 2012
- Leah said...
Those shorts are beyond perfect.
- April 30, 2012
- Christy said...
I wish I'd bought something from the Fletcher for Lyell collection; all the pieces seem to have really nice things going on! That said, I've definitely been enjoying your outfit posts lately. Your simple warm weather looks are making me anxious for the summer months.
- May 01, 2012
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Nokia names N8 release date, pricing
Much in demand, apparently
Nokia's N8 smartphone will go on sale at the end of this month priced at £429 for the SIM-free version, the Finnish phone giant said today.
The Pamela Anderson-promoted handset will arrive in the "last week of September" - presumably Monday the 27th - at Nokia's online store, before appearing on carriers and retailers websites - all the usual suspects, in point of fact - and shop shelves on 1 October.
The "much-anticipated" N8 promises "flick scrolling and pinch-to-zoom, plus a faster and more responsive user interface" - so iPhone-style operation, in other words.
It also has a 12Mp camera capable of recording HD video. It has HDMI output.
You can read Reg Hardware's hands-on first thoughts about the N8 here. ®
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September 05, 2013
City News Service
INSPIRE Research Academy graduated its first senior class on Friday, August 23. Twenty-eight students graduated at the Tom Bradley Room in City Hall – special speakers included the executive director of INSPIRE Research Academy, Dr. Alejandro Covarrubias, director of the Southeast YouthSource Center, Martín Flores, and Councilman Joe Buscaino who represents district fifteen, which includes Watts.
Watts based, the Institute of Service-learning, Power, & Intersectional Research (INSPIRE) is a non-profit that works to create equitable and reciprocal relationships between local universities and community-based organizations for the purpose of carrying-out community-centered, participatory action research, meaningful service-learning projects, and research-based educational programming at the IRA, according to its founders. The Southeast YouthSource Center hosts various club meetings, community organizations and is home to the IRA. The Southeast YouthSource Center is administered by the Economic Work and Development Department of the City of Los Angeles. Amongst the many services provided by the center, Watts youth benefit from GED classes, employment readiness workshops, resume workshops, mentoring, and financial literacy classes.
"Students attending INSPIRE have experienced difficulty within the traditional education system and at one point were pushed out from their home school," said an INSPIRE spokes person.
"INSPIRE has reengaged these youth in innovative educational activities that have created opportunities to succeed. It provides out-of-school young people the opportunity to earn their high school diploma while committing to learn about and serve their community. A diverse group of Angelenos come together to this non-traditional school setting, where we provide culturally relevant curriculum, skilled educators, comprehensive support services, and opportunities to serve. One of the main goals is to get young people to engage in knowledge production. Communities like Watts are often spoken about, not spoken with. They are often investigated, but not frequently asked to conduct their own investigations. The Watts community is not voiceless, but instead the unheard."
INSPIRE seeks to have youth carry out rigorous research in their communities and participate in dialogue about policies and practices that impact them. They also ask students to carry out service-learning projects that address issues in the community, and have community members work to create their own solutions. At YO Watts they have started an Urban Farm, with the councilman they have worked to conduct a needs assessments of Watt, with Lo Ryders they ride bikes in support of fitness and community building. These are only a sample of the work that youth do to change their lives while transforming their communities. The ages of the soon-to-be graduates span from seventeen to twenty-four.
The comment most commonly heard from many of the youth is, "I never imagined I would be graduating." Graduate Idenis, one of the student speakers for the ceremony, arrived in the US from the Dominican Republic in 2012, and just one year later she is graduating from High School and moving on to college. The stories of INSPIRE students vary, but what they have in common is that all of the students have displayed extraordinary resilience and drive as they have worked towards this major milestone in their lives.


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Nostalgia is a double-edge sword. It can reawaken memories, make you happy, give focus to your life, or remind you to find about about or contact that long-lost friend. Or it can make you yearn, or grieve for something past or gone, or take up your time and prevent you from living in the here and now. Perhaps nostalgia needs a warning label: "Best used sparingly and selectively".
Digital games are little different, and nostalgia pervades the sector. Retro was, and is, a major part of the gaming landscape. More than a few of us in middle age, and older, were gamers in previous (multiple) decades. Long-forgotten sequences, screenshots, tunes and songs have an often strong pull. More so than most other media, arguably; rather than just passively absorbing the images and sounds, being an active player has probably embedded the coda of what we experienced more firmly within our neorology. [I really should be a good academic researcher and find several weighty scientific works to give credibility to this, but it's early morning and this is still coffee number one]
Today is November 21st. That doesn't mean much in history. The Plymouth Colony settlers signed the Mayflower Compact in 1620. Thomas Edison announced his invention of the phonograph in 1877. The Flag of Estonia was formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia in 1918. The first permanent ARPANET link was established between UCLA and SRI in 1969. Some other things happened.
But this day, and tomorrow, are the days when Nintendo often release a major Zelda game. In 1991 it was The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
And on this day in 1998, Nintendo released The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I'd recently acquired a Nintendo 64 as I eased myself back into gaming after several nyears of little playing, and I bought Zelda: OoT on a whim, being only partially aware of the back history of the franchise. However, it then took up most of the conscious part of two months of my life. I regret nothing.
Unlike many others who rushed through it with the primary or sole aim of completion, I wandered around the landscape, poking at various things and trying other things out. Hence, the two fulfilling months of experimentation, and my mind thinking "Oh! You can do X. So, maybe, you do Y. And not necessarily just in this game, but in other places."
Is or was it my favorite game? It's up there, but probably not (Shenmue on the Dreamcast for various long-form reasons is a more likely contender). Or the one that had the most influence on me? Again, it's up there, but Phantasy Star Online (also on the Dreamcast) was pretty much a life and career changer.
However, for soundtrack it wins (Halo being a close second). Therefore, there is little surprise that the net contains thousands of reinterpretations of the many tunes. This post contains several of Gerudo Valley, the point in the game where I realized I was slowly approaching the end and Zelda: Ocarina of Time was, and still is, one heck of a cultural achievement. Enjoy.


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They contain pro-vitamin B5 that "actively restores, softens and smoothes", and have no alcohol, oil, perfume or colour, so should be suitable for sensitive skin. They work well for me, although my skin isn't actually sensitive. They clean well and I like it that even the last one is well soaked through with cleanser, so 25 days after opening the pack the last one still feels as moist as the first one did (I do store them upside down to make sure the top one doesn't dry out either).
All in all, I like these cleansing wipes and have already replaced the packet. They cost quite a bit more than the Primark ones, you get 25 wipes for £3.20 (although there's currently a 2 for £5 offer on at Boots) which is still very reasonable.
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Beast Mode wrote:Don't listen to that bullshit article. DeMarco is getting at least 20 touches and will beast with them. Dude has it.
i don't know if you listen to fantasy football podcasts? but the 06010 ESPN produced Fantasy Focus with Nate Ravitz and Matthew Berry had a segment and they claimed DeMarco Murray was top 10 rb.. It kind of pissed me off cause they claimed Dmarco was better then McFadden/Bush (which is bullshit because the Cowboys are Americas team and ESPN ride the Cowboys di%K. No national media give the Raiders a lot of love (but it seems the tide is turning.. Jim Rome & Bayless give raiders the due props)


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At the top of Goodwood is the rally paddock and a 2 minute, 20-second forest stage that I raced down in Ken Block's Ford Fiesta. It was awesome, but the moment I got out of Ken's car I ran straight to the Group B paddock and started begging for rides. I'm riding in a Group B if it's the last thing I do.
Well, actually I stopped at Kris Meeke's WRC Pro Drive Mini and tried to get in, but one of the engineers heard my story and then there was some talk about me being a rally driver in the states and that I had just got out of Ken's car… "Oh, I'm sorry but it looks we are full on passengers for the rest of the day…"
Sure. I think I would have been the first with a back-to-back comparison of the two WRC cars. Oh well. Maybe next time. David Richards are you there? I would like to drive your Prodrive Mini WRC car. Oh yeah, these are not the droids you are looking for… does this actually work?
So I run through the Group B paddock. First stop, Walter Rohrl's Audi S1 E2! Nope full. OK on to my favorite, a Lancia 037, the last of the big angry rear wheel drive monsters and this was one was in East African Safari trim!
No dice, the owner was on his way to the black tie dinner at Lord March's house. I asked Ray to get me a ticket or let me crash the party as I have my own tux from my previous life… but you can guess how that conversation went.
Next time I'll just bring an empty wine glass, the tux, and walk right in and ask for forgiveness later, not permission — I really wanted to tag the Lord's house with some Caswell stickers. So I have something to look forward to next year when I find a way to sneak my BMW rally car into the event. Can't be that hard if they actually make the movie about it? Right? Right.
Ok, where is that Ari Vatanen's Climb Dance Car that I sat in an hour ago, maybe I can go for a ride in that! It still has the tech sticker with Ari's signature on it. Nope, the forest stage is too rough and he's only running the hillclimb in it. Makes sense.
Oh yeah! A Ford RS200, my favorite! But this one is pristine and not being raced. But man is it cool. I was promised a ride in all these cars when I get back to England as they are pretty much all owned by the same guy, sort of a Superman of Group B. Anyway, I kept searching. A Stratos! It was full too.
A Metro! 6R4 Metro! Rear engine group B craziness and his passenger seat is empty as he gets ready to pull out. This one is mine and sure enough, he says jump in. Wow.
First off, there is a ton of room in the cockpit and more gauges on the passenger side than I have in any of my cars. There are like two rally computers and some stuff I don't entirely recognize. I strap in and we pull up to the line and hand in our time card. Yes the runs are timed and I needed a RAC co-drivers license which is still valid to the end of the year if anyone needs some help at Wales Rally GB...just saying.
I get in to find out this car competes regularly in the UK and we are going to hit it hard and see how quick of time we can set. I don't know who this guy is yet, but he's my hero. The only disappointment? The car was detuned to 320 hp for use in England's rally series. But somehow, even with that, and no handbrake (must have mechanical diffs that would stall the car if one was used?), we were only 5 or 6 seconds behind the WRC cars times. But we're still not at the really cool part.
In order for the Group B Metro 6R4 car to work, you need to drive it like you stole it. I'm willing to bet the expression was coined from driving Group B cars. Seriously.
Ken's WRC spec Fiesta was an exercise of patience and delicate inputs and perfection of car control. This Group B Metro thing just wanted to be beaten, over and over again. The dogbox (meaning no synchros) just huge cogs that engage the next gear with a bang, was amazing. The no handbrake was an issue on the tight stage but this guy would just drop it into first and clutch kick the thing while braking or something as he turned in (there was a lot going on and at a good speed and I wasn't able to take it all in on one pass) and it would whip right around in the slow hairpins.
He didn't lift for the jump and we caught some nice air and landed rather softly given how firm the suspension felt. Apparently it runs Bilstein shock absorbers, and as such, the Metro 6R4 reminded me so much of my overpowered rear-wheel drive BMW. I know a lot of you are going to say "Come on. How could one of the greatest rally cars in history feel like your $500 BMW?" But it's true, it's all I could think about from the moment I got in the car.
The Group B cars are supercars, but they were built nearly 30 years ago. The car I rode in was 26 years old if I remember correctly. I was 11 at the time and the highest tech thing around was like an Atari or maybe a Commodore 64. For all I know they used computers like the Commodore 64 to design the thing.
My point is that it felt like a car, it handled like a car and turned like a car. Ken's Fiesta was strange, but in a cool way. You could tell it was way faster than the Metro and the rougher and faster the terrain, the better it would get, but it didn't exactly feel like a car if that makes sense. We would hit stuff so smoothly in the Fiesta that you didn't even notice, it was tight and quiet.
The Metro on the other hand was loud and banged a lot. Noise from everywhere. Constant gravel sounds on the underbody protection and every little bump made itself known. And with the engine right behind you it sounded awesome. It wanted to be driven angry, flat out, maximum attack, whatever your word is for it. And the harder you pushed it, the smoother it became.
I had been waiting my whole life for a ride in a modern WRC car and I really appreciate Ken Block for giving me the opportunity. But I also know Ken and he is a driver. I promise if he rode in the this Group B car he would be smiling ear to ear trying to find a way to race it too. It's just that much fun.


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A celebratory boat tour of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour turned deadly on Monday when the vessel collided with a ferry and sank, killing 38 people.
The boat was carrying 121 passengers and three crew members when the accident happened near Lamma Island, which lies southwest of Hong Kong Island, around 8:30 p.m. local time, the Associated Press reported.
(PHOTOS: Hong Kong's Worst Ferry Disaster in 40 Years)
Staff members of the Hong Kong Electric utility company and their family members were sailing to the harbor to watch a fireworks display for China's National Day and mid-autumn festival. The vessel, named the Lamma IV, was built to carry around 200 passengers and is thought to have been mostly full when it was hit by a ferry operated by the Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry company.
The ferry, operating on a regularly scheduled route from Hong Kong Island, hit the Lamma IV at a "high speed," causing the charter boat to rapidly sink within 10 minutes of the crash, leaving half the bow sticking up from the water. All 38 fatalities occurred on board the Lamma IV. No one was seriously injured on the ferry, which sustained only minor damage and continued sailing into its destination port on Lamma Island.
Twenty-eight passengers were pronounced dead at the scene Monday night, while eight more died at hospitals across the territory. Two more bodies found Tuesday brought the death toll to 38. By nightfall Tuesday, family members were still scrambling to identify victims, and investigators didn't yet have a theory on how the collision occurred. The boats smashed into each other in the middle of the channel between Lamma and Hong Kong island, which is just two miles across. While the area is one of the busiest waterways in Asia, it is also one of the most regulated, and as a result serious accidents are rare. Government officials met Tuesday and pledged a thorough investigation.
(PHOTOS: Moscow River Boat Collision)
As of 4 a.m. Tuesday, The Hong Kong Hospital Authority said that about 100 people and the bodies of several of the dead had been rescued from the water and taken to public hospitals, according to CNN.
According to local broadcaster RTHK, the ferry captain, whose vessel was slightly damaged, was afraid to stop in case it sank. Survivors reported that low visibility made it difficult to properly exit the ship upon impact. One survivor described the incident to the South China Morning Post: "After 10 minutes out, a boat crashed into ours from the side at very high speed. The rear of the ferry started to sink. I suddenly found myself deep under the sea," the unnamed survivor said. "I don't know where my two kids are," he added.
On Tuesday, a total of seven crew members from both boats were arrested. Police Commissioner Tsang Wai-hung said seven people were taken into custody. "They are being investigated for endangering people's lives at sea," said Hong Kong's secretary for security Lai Tung-kwok, according to The Guardian. Police didn't rule out additional arrests.
The Hong Kong government has declared Thursday a day of mourning for the victims of the territory's worst boating disaster since 1971.