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Of all the feedback we’ve received, issues around GO’s hours really bubbled to the top. A common refrain from voters and artists alike was one weekend was not enough; so many people have suggested we split the event up over multiple weekends. Sharon and I are sympathetic to these concerns; each of us created overwhelmingly large itineraries and spent the weekend seeing as many studios as possible throughout the borough, but for as many studios as we managed to visit, we couldn’t see them all. However, of all the changes we may consider with possible future iterations of the project, the idea of splitting up GO over multiple weekends isn’t one of them.

When planning GO, we discussed the idea of a multi-weekend event at length and, in the end, decided against it. A multi-weekend event would mean breaking Brooklyn into zones because neighborhood boundaries are too fuzzy to be helpful in this scenario; zoning seemed antithetical to the project. If we did split things up, we worried about issues outside of our control creating greater disparity and unfairness. The bad weather we experienced on Saturday or the issues with MTA service are both great examples of this. It’s one thing if you have bad weather and we all experience it together, but it’s a totally different story if the bad weather falls on weekend your neighborhood has open studios when another neighborhood benefits from perfect conditions. Of course, we could run the project over multiple weekends throughout the entire Borough, but we didn’t think it would be realistic to ask artists to be in their studios for more than two days.

Speaking of artists, we heard time and time again that the open studio weekend hours—11am to 7pm for two consecutive days—was just too much. As we look at what worked and what didn’t, we wanted to dive into the check-in data to see if GO’s hours worked for both artists and voters. David Huerta, one of our web developers, pulled together the data so we could take a look.

As it turns out, there’s a massive drop off at 6pm on both days and it’s pretty clear the day could have ended a bit earlier than we had scheduled it. We also wonder if noon might have made a better start time, but there’s a pretty clear jump start to the day and for families with children, starting early can be key in their participation.

Above it all, one of our aims was the hope we could bring Brooklyn together through the project and we believe having the event occur on one weekend across the entire 73 square miles of the borough—1700 artists opening doors at the same time—was something special and powerful. In hindsight, we might have changed the hours of the open studio weekend, but we wouldn’t have changed the weekend for the world.


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How Often Do Compare Yourself With Others?

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Do you often compare yourself with others? For most people I think the answer is yes and the deeper question is how often in a day do we engage in this behavior.

Have you analyzed the source of most of your sadness? Can comparison with others be the source? You may be sad because you are not as fit as your friends. You may feel sad because people at your age have succeeded more than you have. You may be sad It because you get less love and praise than other family members.

What are sources of your happiness? Can comparison with others be the source? We encourage others to derive indirectly joy from other people’s misfortune. Be happy you have not lost your job like him. Be happy you are not in hospital like her. Be happy you are not as miserable as him.

When we peg our happiness based on comparing ourselves with others we lose our power and focus. After all, our mood depends on who we interact with every day and not on how we are progressing in our personal growth.

During the day track your emotions and thoughts and observe how many of the triggers for joy and sadness are based on comparison with other people.

Disconnected people compare.

Comparison is a form of addiction.

Comparison can bring you temporary “high”.

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My problems are not as bad as his.

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Comparison also will bring you sadness.

She is married and I am not.

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Competition and comparison will mostly bring sadness.

It is a never ending game trying to be calm and joyful when your focus is outside of you.

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Lots of peeps getting their CPA exam results the past couple days. My anxiety level was starting to ratchet up while waiting for mine. What if I didn't pass?! In the words of Lolcats, "Noooeeesss!"

Big mental sigh of relief yesterday morning when I got my REG results. And with that, I've passed all four sections. Hooray!

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The purpose of the campaign is to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving in an attempt to change behavior and save lives, not just in April but also year-round. The Bishop Police Department will join statewide enforcement campaigns on April 7th and 20th, “zero tolerance days,” when all agencies will be especially vigilant for distracted drivers. Although the purpose of the campaign is not to write as many citations as possible, sometimes citations are necessary for drivers to understand the importance of focusing on their driving.

Distracted driving continues to be a problem, especially as the use of Smartphones increase. Although such crashes are often difficult to prove, California had at least 84 fatal distracted driving collisions in 2013, 85 in 201 4 and 67 in 2015, with the actual number of cases likely higher. The number of injury collisions for the same three-year period shows an increase: 10,078 in 2013; 10,463 in 2014, and 11,023 in 2015. NHTSA data for 2014 show nationwide, 3,179 people died in distracted driving collisions, which is 10 per cent of all crash fatalities. An additional 431,000 people, or 18 per cent, were injured in motor vehicle collisions involving distracted drivers.

“As we rely on our cell phones more and more in our everyday lives, we seem to be kidding ourselves in thinking that they don’t affect our driving,” said OTS Director Rhonda Craft. “Crashes are up. The scientific evidence is solid. The dangers are real, and they apply to all of us. We need to silence the distractions.” The problem of distracted driving is significant, and no surprise to drivers day in and day out. The Department of Transportation notes that at any given moment, during daylight hours, more than 660,000 vehicles are being driven by someone using a hand-held cell phone.

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  1. Tinner April 5, 2016 at 1:32 pm #

    Crazy how many people are controlled by their smart phones, they can’t put them down.
    Criminals have never had it so easy to find a victim.

  2. Trouble April 6, 2016 at 5:09 am #

    There ya go, now we’re all criminals.

    • Verne Disney April 7, 2016 at 3:30 am #

      Not all of us Trouble, just the dim wits who drive while texting/talking. Studies have shown that texting and driving is even more dangerous than driving under the influence. But I’m assuming that driving under the influence is your God given right also 🙁

      • Trouble April 9, 2016 at 6:26 am #

        I actually agree with you Verne, when said like that. I just get tired of all the new laws that have impeded so many of our civil liberties in the name of public safety.

    • Low-Inyo April 7, 2016 at 3:56 pm #

      ….not all of us…I’ve never had or owned a cell phone….and don’t even know what texting is or how to text…..no need or desire to keep track or in touch with anyone 24/7….land-line phone with an answering machine for me….call….leave a message….if I’m home,I’ll pick up…maybe,depending on who’s calling and what they want…if I’m not home,I’ll get back to ya….maybe….depending on who it is and what they want.I can’t imagine anything worse than being out,maybe driving or in a campground fishing,and be getting a ring on a cell phone and feeling obligated to answer….and if you don’t later get balled out for not doing so…

  3. Verne Disney April 6, 2016 at 9:47 am #

    I figure anyone that is “so important” they need to be texting or talking in a car should be riding in the back seat of a limousine 😉

  4. sierragrl April 6, 2016 at 12:57 pm #

    So, of the activities listed that are distractions, which ones are illegal? Anyone have a reference to the actual laws that apply?

    We all know that texting while driving is illegal, and phone calls are to be hands free, but beyond that, I don’t know what the laws are.

  5. tourbillon April 6, 2016 at 1:26 pm #

    Distracted driving is simply one component of distracted living. You see couples out all the time, in restaurants, shopping, at ballgames, each one immersed in their own little toy and neither seemingly aware of the others existence. The younger they are, the more they are tied to their electronic pacifiers.

    When they get behind the wheel, they and their little hand-held toys become a menace. So this is a good move by Bishop PD and needs to be done. But don’t make the mistake of thinking you’re doing anything other than tilting at windmills. Doesn’t matter how many tickets they get. It’s like breathing to them. They don’t even know how rude and inconsiderate they are, and woe betide the person who tells them. Might diminish their sacrosanct self-esteem.

    • Low-Inyo April 8, 2016 at 6:38 pm #

      tourbillion…..The one I remember the most was on a June Lake camping-fishing trip I took a couple years ago…saw a family,the Mother and Father walking ahead,loaded down with fishing poles and gear,one carrying a couple of those fold-up chairs,the other with the ice chest…..and following about 25 yards behind,the two teen-agers….a boy and a girl…..with nothing in their hands but cell phones texting and talking,probably to their friends back home….if it were me,the next camping trip would be with the wife or girlfriend,and leaving the kids back home…

  6. No Trouble April 6, 2016 at 3:09 pm #

    For all we know, you (“trouble” you call yoursel…) are in fact a criminal, if not and/or both a very “troubled” and miserable, lonesome individual. Something tells me/us, that you simply have nothing better to do in life, except be controversial and “stir the pot”. Perhaps this is all you have or can do in life.
    Here onece again, your absurd opinion is very far from reality and outnumbered by a lopsided “no”, the one consistent thing you may have. Wonder how you would feel if one of your loved ones, that’s if you have any, were seriously injured or killed by a distracted driver who was texting etc. on their phone while driving.
    Yeah baby!

    • Trouble April 8, 2016 at 9:55 am #

      Wow, I’m actually working 10 hour days , paying for my kids college and not trying to make things worse for other hard working people. Only traffic tickets and a little to much fun in my back ground check. Sorry to disappoint ya No Trouble.

  7. Trouble April 6, 2016 at 5:04 pm #

    It sure seems like our insurance companies are dictating all this public safety stuff going around!

    • Low-Inyo April 7, 2016 at 5:22 am #

      Trouble…In this type of case,it’s a good thing,as long as someone tries to do something about it…in case you haven’t noticed,there are a LOT of idiots driving while texting and/or talking on a cell phone….

      • Trouble April 7, 2016 at 4:31 pm #

        INYO How do you know if I’m responded to while I’m driving right now? Pretty soon they’ll be pulling ya over for scratching yourself. Or maybe we should all just start listing to my mother in law.

  8. Rusty April 6, 2016 at 8:19 pm #

    Does this include local law enforcement also? Daily I see local law enforcement talking on cell phones and also texting while driving.

    I know there is an exemption in the vehicle code for them but how about a leading by example?

    • Trouble April 8, 2016 at 10:06 am #

      I like that Rusty, I once had a CHP dude tell me “Do you know how fast I had to go to catch you?

    • Rick OB April 8, 2016 at 8:31 pm #

      This is TOO easy, I can’t resist ! I was at the light on Main Street in Bishop in front of RUSTY’S bar, waiting for the light to change, 2nd car back. There was a Bishop PD unit making a left in the lane next to me, who was the first in line with a single car behind him. The light changed and I could see the cop was texting, and the guy behind him looked over at me raising his shoulders like, ‘What do I Do ? I hit my hand on the steering wheel, motioning to tell him to honk. 99% of people will not honk at a cop and he was one of ’em.
      I was not, and when I went by the distracted officer, I honked, and being the good-natured cop that he was, had a look of embarrassment instead of being irked, like a lot of cops would have.

      • Bob April 11, 2016 at 9:55 am #

        I was sitting at a traffic light and noticed the cop next to me was texting. I took my foot off the brake and rolled forward a foot. He thought the light had turned green, stepped on the gas and drove through the red light.

        He then waiting for me to pass and pulled me over. He said he knew I did that on purpose and it wasn’t funny. I said I don’t know what you’re talking about.

        He walked back to his car and I could barely contain my laughter.

  9. Charles O. Jones April 13, 2016 at 7:40 am #

    Operators of authorized emergency vehicles are exempt from the restrictions on handheld wireless devices. They often use handheld devices for legitimate public safety communication needs. That said, this exemption does not make them immune to the impacts of distracted driving.

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Amazon’s last Christmas delivery: A heated mattress pad at 11:59 p.m. on Christmas Eve

Amazon played Super Santa, one with an extra boost of stamina, in the weeks and hours leading up to Christmas.

The internet retail giant shipped more than 1 billion items with Prime, its $99-per-year, two-day delivery service, the company said Tuesday. That’s five times its sales from last year, CNET pointed out.

The company shared some fun facts about its delivery prowess.

The most eye-popping: 13 minutes.

That was the fastest Prime delivery, which happened in Southern California on Christmas Eve at 9:05 p.m. The order included a Tile Slim Item Finder and a Tile Mate Key Finder.

The last Christmas order by Prime Now – Amazon’s two hour free delivery – was delivered at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 24 in Irvine, Calif. The order included a Heated Mattress Pad, NyQuil and Afrin Nasal Spray.

It was also the biggest shopping season yet for Alexa, Amazon’s digital personal assistant that operates Amazon’s Echo and Echo Dot, its smart, wireless speakers.

The company sold nine times more of the voice-controlled Echo devices this holiday season than it did in 2015.

In fact, when it came to the Echo devices, Amazon, despite appearing all-powerful and all-knowing, stumbled. Its Echo and Echo Dot were sold out for days leading up to the holiday season, CNET reported.  The Echo is out of stock until Jan. 26 and the Echo Dot was back in stock Tuesday.

Through customers’ use of Alexa, Amazon offered a snapshot of what people searched for over the holiday season (Alexa is always listening, gathering information about how users are using it):

  • Favorite recipe: Chocolate chip and sugar cookies.
  • Most requested movies: Home Alone and Elf.
  • Top requested songs: Jingle Bells (1999 – Remaster) by Frank Sinatra, All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey and Feliz Navidad by José Feliciano.
  • Which city played the most music with Alexa? Customers in Seattle, New York and Chicago
  • Who turned on the lights the most using Alexa? Seattle, San Diego and New York.
  • Which games were most requested? Jeopardy!, Twenty Questions and The Magic Door.

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06 November 2012

Election Day 2012

Four years ago I pulled a lever in New York City to vote for President Obama (although judging by that post I wasn't as passionate as I feel this year ... although I'll give the bedbugs some credit for that!). This year I pushed some buttons in Baton Rouge, LA, to vote for him again (how funny are the little icons -- I didn't realize that as I was voting. Is that for someone who can't read?!). Both times my vote didn't really "count" because neither state is a swing state. But it's still important to vote.

I also think it is important to share our convictions with others BUT I can say it gets super obnoxious on Facebook with people I disagree with. Honestly I will never see some people the same way based on the absurdity they've posted.

We've been getting a lot of electioneering calls, including one yesterday that was asking me to get on a bus to Philadelphia to help get out the vote (since Pennsylvania is a swing state). I think it was a mistake, since there wasn't enough time for a bus to get to Philadelphia in time for the election even if it left at the time of the call. So that was bizarre.

Otherwise the calls have been local, vote for this so-and-so for a certain judgeship, etc. (Is it only me, or does it seem bizarre to campaign to be a judge, when your job is essentially to be non-partisan and interpret the law without bias?)

I let Jane push the button to "cast ballot," but first while I was reading through the amendments and such she peeked around me and opened the curtain to the booth, flirting with the people outside. I heard people say "that's the cutest thing I've ever seen." I wished I'd had a picture of THAT. This will have to do, of us in side the voting booth:

I walked to our polling place, just like I walked in New York (although it was quite a bit further here in BR). Because my name is in the second half of the alphabet I was in a much shorter line and was in and out within 15 minutes. Other people were waiting 30+ minutes and I'm sure longer, especially as a nursing home bus showed up as I was leaving. I hope everyone in the swing states has as an efficient and easy time voting as I did (although I know that's not going to be the case).

Go vote today!

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by mysticgeek on March 2, 2011

If you have Windows PCs and Macs on your home network, there might be times when you need to access the Windows machine from your Mac. Here take a look at a free utility from Microsoft that allows you to RDP from a Mac to a Windows PC on your network.

Update: the method outlined in this tutorial still works (late 2015). However, we have created an updated version of this tutorial – How to Control a Windows 10 PC From Your Mac, and though the screenshots (pictures) used in the tutorial are specific to Windows 10 – the steps are exactly the same for earlier versions of Windows. The updated method also allows you to control your Windows PC from iPhones, iPads and Android devices, and makes connecting to/from each device across the internet, much easier. Again, the method outlined below still works, and is is a great way to control your PC from your Mac across your local network.

For this tutorial we’re using OS X Snow Leopard and accessing a Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit PC. Also, Home versions of Windows don’t allow you to remote into them without 3rd-party software, but do allow you to remote out to other machines that have RDP capability.

1. First you need to make sure you have incoming remote desktop connections enabled on the Windows PC. Click Start then right-click on Computer and select Properties.

2. Then click on the Advanced system settings hyperlink.

3. In System Properties click the Remote tab, under Remote Desktop click Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop, then click OK.

4. Now on your Mac computer download and install Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac.

5. Installation is easy…just accept the defaults following the wizard.

6. Close out of the installer and click Finder from the dock.

7. Then you’ll find the Remote Desktop Connection utility in Applications. If you find that you’re using it a lot, you might want to add it to The Dock for easier access.

8. Launch Remote Desktop Connection for Mac and enter in the computer name or IP Address of the machine you want to connect to. In my tests, entering in the IP Address worked the best.

9. Next you’re prompted to enter in your user name and password of the Windows PC, then click OK. You might also want to check Add user information to your keychain so you don’t have to enter it in every time you want to connect.

10. There you go! Now you have access to your Windows PC from your Mac just like you were sitting in front of it.

11. Here is an example of accessing an XP Pro computer from a Mac on a Home Network.

12. If you have a Windows Home Server on your network, you can remote into it from your Mac too.

13. Usually when you remote into another computer, you don’t need to have all of the extra “eye candy” associated with the remote OS. Go into RDC Display settings and uncheck unneeded display features…this should help speed up the remote connection as well.

14. Remote Desktop Connection for Mac has most if not all features that Windows users are familiar with when doing an RDP session into another Windows machine.

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    On Step 9: logging in the PC with your credentials. What if you don’t have a password setup on your PC?

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    Windows will not allow connections to a installation that has no password set.

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    I get the following error message

    “Remote Desktop Connection cannot verify the identity of the computer to which you want to connect. Try reconnecting to the Windows-based computer, or contact your administrator.” What does this mean exactly? How do I verify the identity of the computer?

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So, it's been a 110 days with me online, added together - and at time 10 150 posts. Wow.

you want a lot

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--- Quote from: axan on December 15, 2010, 03:38:18 PM ---you want a lot

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--- Quote from: Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen on June 30, 2010, 03:00:50 AM ---Here's a bit more recent mugshot of me, if someone still remembers me over here :P

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Hehe, can't believe I remembered that from almost a year ago.

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Topic: photoshop script

Hi everyone,
i'm using Simpleviewer pro because i dont want any "commercials" underneath the album(s).
i first used Porta with the Simpleviewer but he also has a "footer" with his name in it wich cant be removed.
so now i'm trying the photoshop-version, so i downloaded the extension for photoshop and went to file -> scripts -> simpleviewer, by the looks of it i can manage everything i want so that's great, but... ther is NO WAY to really make an album, there are missing certain buttons for that purpose!!
anyone any ideas???

please help me out on this one...

thanks in advance!

Re: photoshop script

Hi, I'm having the same problem trying to run the SimpleViewer script in CS3. This has been mentioned in another post on the forum. It would appear that the lower part of the script panel is not displaying properly hence the 'run' button is not shown. The post mentioned the problem was related to the screen resolution you are running in but I have tried this with a very high res screen and the problem still exist, the panel does not display the 'run' button and there is nothing you can do other than close the script window!  I believe the author Felix is aware of the issue but there is no mention of a fix as yet.

See this thread:

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Re: photoshop script

Had no problem.  I even fixed some bugs modified the script to generate 5 Web Galleries for a single set of images two simpleviewer galleries one with thumbnails one without also a AutoViewer,  PostcardViewer and a TiltViewer.  Though the last three do not work well if you have more then 16 images. I also added support for EXIF data and Metadata for title, captions, links, e-mail and copyright notice an example
the old and new script dialogs

Re: photoshop script

Could be a CS3 issue.


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Yung Joc Hustlenomics (Intro) Lyrics

Last updated: 04/17/2008 12:00:00 PM

[Intro: Joc's Dad (Yung Joc)]
Ya see son, there's a lot of goddamn things dat im good at (um-hm)
& hustlin is one of 'em, dat all i've ever did (yeah)
Ya know what im sayin' , y-y-you gotta know when, to sell da mercedes, back to da benz
U see, d-d-dats some classic shit (right)
Ya see, cuz im da flip of da flippa
See dey called me flippa when i was comin up (flippa ?)
If u aint got no name in dese screets, u aint gon' be shit son (right)
Now see, u don' made a name for yo'self doin ya own kinda hustlenomics
U see what im sayin ? dat what dis game is all about, hustlenomics son (yeah)
Now see-s-s-see, muthafuckin nigga, gon' try to trick me,
Outta some change dat i don' already muthafuckin made
& it happened to be some change, dat i don' put on him
U see now im whoopin' his ass wit his own shit
See dem hustlenomics (yeah), dem hustlenomics
See u gotta know how to flip (well lemme talk to 'em dad) u flip,
Dats why dey called me flippa son

[Verse 1:]
My momma was a hustla (yeah),
My daddy was too
Dey both played da streets,
Did what dey had to do(do)
Dats all i've ever known, i guess to say its in my veins,
My daddy ran numbers (dollas),
& he sold cocaine
My momma sold da weed, dats all i've ever seen her do (i seen 'er)
I seen 'er smoke a lil hard, but dats between me & u (shhhh...)
Now da question stands, "joc, whats ya hustle nigga"
Plan my work & work my plan, dats my hustle nigga (hustle nigga)

[Bridge: Radio Personality (Yung Joc)]
I mean listen (im listenin)
By no means, ways, shapes, or form of fashion (right)
Do i mean to a... u know slander your character, or offend you (i mean. its okay, say it)
But, u know what sets u aside from all the other quote on quote hustlers
I mean, im hearing this termonology or should i say this new reacting (right)
Using hustle-nomics (hustlenomics, dats right)
Could'ju do me a favor (whats up)
If u dont mind, if u hav the time to joc, (okay) can u elaborate (i see, well lemme talk to 'em shawty)

[Verse 2:]
Well lemme spell my name its h-u-s-t-l-e
U wanna know da smell of money well hell smell me
Yall niggas dont understand, yall nigga hooked on phonics
Well me on da other hand, im hooked on hustlnomics
I buy da work really cheap, mark it up a couple hunned
Check my re-up, re-invested, while ya'll suckas out derr stuntin
Wonderin what i do, potna mind ya own bizz...
I aint finna play wit'cha, i got my own kids!

[Outro: Joc's Dad]
Boy im so proud of you
Boy i tell ya, takin after my own heart, see ha
Goin platinum & err'thing, like dat
See ya daddy was born platinum, boy
& im gon' die platinum, huh
Way to go, joc


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'Tuning', from the English verb, '(To) tune', definition : 'To adjust/harmonise to obtain the desired performance'. We have compiled a number of tuning kits that can lead to a more harmonious motor set up. We have these drive train tuning kits available in two categories, 'Starter' and 'Sport'. The only specialised tools necessary to perform variator pulley transmission adjustment or servicing are the suitable holding tools for both the variator and clutch units. This makes it possible for scooter owners themselves to be able to carry out these minor mechanical chores in the comfort and economy of their own workshop! The proud result is a 'home-tuned', noticeable improvement to the acceleration and throttle response of your scooter.

'Starter' Transmission Tuning Kits

This kit includes a reinforced 'V-belt' produced by MALOSSI. Its wider construction reduces power sapping slippage between the main transmission components and immediately improves acceleration. This effect can be further enhanced with the inclusion of a low-friction pulley-spring plate. The MALOSSI 'Torsion controller is simply put in place of the original item, beneath the existing pulley-spring. For an improved throttle response and a higher clutch engagement rpm, you can also install the MALOSSI HT Variator roller-weights. These items are manufactured with a coating of PTFE, so ensuring an enduring, reliable performance. This kit is rounded off with a MALOSSI performance air filter. This filter enables a higher flow of clean air than the original, with identical filtration properties. This makes the motor run a little leaner and also improves throttle response. To complete the job properly we have fresh fixing nuts for both the variator and clutch units also included in these kits.

  • Belt
  • spring carrier
  • variator rollers
  • air filter

'Sport' Transmission Tuning Kits

If the 'Starter' kit does not satisfy your needs then the 'Sport' version certainly should! This more comprehensive kit includes a complete MALOSSI 'Multivar' variomatic pulley unit complete with a stiffer spring and suitable roller-weights. The MALOSSI 'Delta' clutch unit allows a specific adjustment of the rpm at which it engages and comes complete with a new clutch basket. To round the package off a wider 'V-belt', a low-friction pulley-spring plate and a race air filter, all produced by MALOSSI, are also included.

  • variator Multivar
  • Delta Clutch with Clutch bell
  • Belt
  • spring carrier
  • air filter

Conclusion : If you wish to spare yourself the time and effort of choosing the ideal set up for your scooters transmission, these kits are perfect. The 'Starter' kit is an economically priced alternative solution and also provides an instantly improved acceleration. It is also useful when the existing set up requires replacement/servicing. The 'Starter' kit should be regarded as a first step into the world of performance enhancement and does not automatically make a fire-breathing motorbike hunter out of your scoot! For those who want more, the 'Sport' kit can deliver. The upgrade of the relevant CVT components leads to an excellent acceleration, worthy of any traffic light sprint duel!

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The National Honey Bee Advisory Board, the National Pollinator Defense Fund, and other beekeeping organizations and individual beekeepers have filed an appeal against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approving registration of the insecticide sulfoxaflor.
The appeal requests changes to sulfoxaflor's label, a Biological Economic Assessment Division's evaluation and the EPA's risk assessment process, as stated by the National Pollinator Defense Fund's website.
EarthJustice, a non-profit public law organization, will be representing the beekeeping groups. According to a press release on its website, the groups' concerns are that the "EPA's testing did not adequately examine the impact of acute and sub-lethal poisoning of adult honey bees, brood (and) bee life span, in light of the dynamics of the colony organism."
The statement further claimed a lack of data on sulfoxaflor's absorption into crop tissue and the effects of long-term exposure to the pesticide, resulting in the EPA not performing its due diligence toward the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
For his public statement in the press release, George Hansen, president of the board of the American Beekeeping Federation, wrote: "The honey bee industry is very concerned since the EPA has failed to adequately address our comments about realistic risk to pollinators posed by sulfoxaflor. The EPA continues to use flawed and outdated assessments of long-term and sub-lethal damage to honey bees."
Jim Smith, senior deputy for the agriculture commissioner of the Siskiyou County Department of Agriculture and the president of the Klamath Basin Beekeepers Association, said he sees the current lawsuit as an overreaction to label language.
He added, "There's a negative media impression to neonicotinoids, touted in the mainstream media as very damaging to pollinators despite evidence existing to the contrary," noting the European Union's ban of neonicotinoids as being a source for the media's misunderstanding.
He further pointed out that sulfoxaflor is a subcategory of neonicotinoids, not a member of the group itself.
Smith said he believes sulfoxaflor would have little impact on the pollinators in the Northern California/Southern Oregon region since the crops impacted by the target insects aren't typical for this area.
He did note that northeastern Siskiyou County would arguably be the most affected because of the crops produced there, such as alfalfa.
"If we spray it on [alfalfa] bloom, it could effect bees," he said, but added, "Compared to some of the insecticides of the past, sulfoxaflor is less harmful to people, pets and the environment," noting its low rate of application per acre and its minimal toxicity to mammals.
The EPA granted registration of sulfoxaflor in May; its registrant was Dow AgroSciences LLC.
Sulfoxaflor is a systemic insecticide, meaning it enters a plant through water absorption, saturating the sap and tissue. It is absorbed into nectar and pollen as well.
The insecticide attacks an insect's nervous system by poisoning species such as aphids and tarnished planet bugs when they suck the infused sap. After blocking an insect's nerve receptors, sulfoxaflor causes tremors, paralysis and eventually death.
The EPA registered sulfoxaflor for use on hay, straw, barely, citrus, cotton and dry beans among others – with many food plants on the list requiring pollinators. The goal is to combat insect species that have grown resistant to other registered insecticides.
Sulfoxaflor has been shown to be toxic to bees and other pollinators, but the EPA's website does note "the final label includes robust terms for protecting pollinators" – a statement EarthJustice appeal members claim is misguiding.
Pollinator-dependent crops represent one-third of California's agriculture and a net worth of $11.7 billion, according to a 2011 University of California study by associate professor Claire Kremen.
Sulfoxaflor has not been registered by the California EPA's Department of Pesticide Regulation. It is currently in the evaluation process.


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Steve Jackson Games GURPS – Generic Universal RolePlaying System

ERRATA – GURPS Basic Set (Third Edition Revised, First Printing) – Updated February 10, 1998

Copyright © by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated.

All these changes should also be marked in earlier copies, except as noted.

P. 26. Under "Good" Disadvantages, the references to Honesty should be to Truthfulness instead.

P. 44. Under the Skill Defaults: Using Skills You Don't Know sidebar, insert this paragraph in between the third and fourth paragraphs: "Default levels in skills do not carry any of the skills' special benefits with them. Special benefits would include damage bonuses, dodge bonuses, 2/3-skill parry, unpenalized off-hand use, move bonuses, and so on."

P. 49. Battlesuit/TL is Physical/Average.

P. 52. Under the Spear Thrower skill, delete the line that says to use ST+5 when using a Spear Thrower for determining damage and range. Spear Thrower now has a separate entry in the weapons tables.

P. 63. Carousing defaults to HT-4.

P. 65. Demolition defaults to Underwater Demolition-2, as well as the listed defaults.

P. 68. Underwater Demolition should be listed as a TL skill.

P. 73. In the Weapon Effects sidebar, delete "(other attacks may do zero damage)" under Thrusting Attacks.

P. 74. Change the damage done by ST 4 or less in the Basic Damage Table. ST 4 has a basic damage of 1d-6 (thrusting and swinging); ST 3 has 1d-7; ST 2 has 1d-8; and so on.

P. 74. The line at the bottom of the chart should read "See p. 248 for a chart covering higher levels of ST."

P. 90. We dropped a line from the top of the page in this and the previous printing. The first line should read "Picking Things Up In Combat: In combat, a light item is picked up with the"

P. 97. Under Concentrate, the second sentence should read "If the character is hurt, knocked down, forced to use an active defense, or otherwise distracted, he must make a Will-3 roll to maintain his concentration." Delete the third sentence.

P. 98. In the attack penalties sidebar, the reference for strange position should be to p. 123, not p. 120.

P. 101. Under Punching, add a note that its Reach is C,1. Under Kicking, add a note that its Reach is 1 without Karate training.

The first sentence under Kicking should read "A kick is treated exactly like a punch, except your skill is DX-2, Brawling-2, or Karate-2, and you do straight Thrust/Crush damage - or Thrust+1 if you are wearing heavy boots or something similar."

P. 106. Under Step and Concentrate, the second paragraph should read "If the character is hurt, knocked down, forced to use and active defense, or otherwise distracted, he must make a Will-3 roll to maintain his concentration."

P. 109. In the Massive Damage sidebar, change the comment "is lost and does not affect the victim" to "cripples the limb instead of dealing additional hits of damage."

P. 111. Change the fourth sentence under Grapple to read "Grappling does no damage, but the foe is at -4 DX and may not leave until he breaks free, or you let go."

P. 119. Under Single-Shot Weapons change the last two sentences to "This penalty is applied to a second or subsequent shot from the same gun, unless there is a minimum one-second pause between shots. The penalty is doubled if your ST is below the minimum listed for the weapon, and the minimum pause becomes two seconds."

P. 119. In the Revised edition only, change the reference to GURPS Space in the Power Supplies sidebar to p. 247.

P. 127. Under Crippling Injuries, change "taking hits equal to" to "being hit for". Similarly, under Knockdown, change "Anyone who takes damage" to "Anyone who is hit for".

P. 131. Under Falling Objects change the line that begins "For simplicity" to read "For simplicity, when dealing with falling inanimate objects. . . ." Falling beings reach terminal velocity at 50 yards, as described under Falling, above.

P. 139. In the first paragraph after the diagram, the reference to "flying" skill should be to Piloting skill.

P. 159. In the description of Destroy Water, delete "(but see the next spell)" from the last sentence. The Dehydrate spell does not follow in Basic, as it does in Magic.

P. 167. The One-Skill Cost for Psi Sense should be 1.

P. 175-176. We intended to change the Limitations rules in the sidebar to match those in GURPS Psionics. We didn't. If you have GURPS Psionics, follow it in case of discrepancies.

P. 195. In the Loyalty Checks sidebar, Rescue needs to be changed. When a hireling is rescued, make a Reaction Roll (not a Loyalty Check). This roll should be at +3 or more, depending on the nature of the rescue. The hireling's loyalty is the result of the Reaction Roll, or his original loyalty, whichever is higher.

P. 201. Under Ranged Attack Modifiers: Opportunity fire, the penalty for watching one hex is -2. The penalty for watching two hexes is still -4.

P. 207. Replace the Spear Thrower entry in the weapons table with this one:

WeaponTypeAmountRangesCostWeightMin ST
SPEAR THROWER (DX-4 or Spear Throwing-4)
Atlatl$202 lbs.
w/Dartimpsw-1111STx3STx4$201 lb.none
w/Javelinimpsw+1113STx2STx3$302 lbs.7
w/Spearimpsw+3122STx1.5STx2$404 lbs.9

P. 245. Computer Hacking defaults to Computer Programming-4, not Computer Operation-8. It is a /TL skill.

P. 245. In Cryptanalysis, first paragraph, last sentence should read: ". . . to unsophisticated ciphers."

P. 253. The entry for Disbelieve sends you to Free Actions, p. 107. Disbelieve is not a free action; see p. 106.

P. 254. Add an index entry: Freight Handling skill, p. 46.


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Posted on Tuesday, 27 October 2009 11:30AM by Aidan Twomey

Tips to get your kids (and the rest of the family) skipping.

In the Twomey household, at any family get together or event, the gathering rapidly escalates into a cheeky bit of skipping and some lovely skip-hop double-dutch ropes being turned in the back garden with aunties, uncles, nephews and cousins jumping in and out of skipping ropes, having a “right old laugh” learning how to skip. Since I joined skip-hop and learnt how to skip, my family have got involved too.

Learning how to skip obviously has huge benefits physically but also socially. It can be turned into a family event, but many ask, how do we learn how to skip in the first place?
Here are a few skip-hop top tips from the team, on how you can teach yourself and your children how to skip, burning off those unwanted calories in the process and having a right old giggle with the family members close to you…

How to skip - the basic forward skip technique is as follows;

1) Start with the rope behind you, resting on the back of your legs, give the rope a tug to make sure your not standing on it!

2) Hands should start at waist height with arms extended in front of you (imagine you are holding a tray).

3) Arms move downward first, getting the rope in motion which then moves over your head in a forward direction.

4) Just before the rope makes contact with the front of the feet, make a small jump from your toes, so as the rope passes underneath your feet.

5) Repeat, making small circular movements with the wrists.

There are a few common mistakes I have found, through many months of coaching skipping in schools, which people make when they are first learning how to skip. Here are a few to help you troubleshoot your problem;

Hands start from to next to the head (like a football/soccer throw on), throwing the skipping rope down towards the floor. This makes the rope move too quickly, leading to problems with the skipper jumping the rope. Skip-hop top tip: Arms start at waist level, straight out in front of you.

Younger children always have problems getting the rope to start turning over the head. After teaching thousands of children how to skip in skipping workshops I have devised ways of explaining to children how to skip. One of the teaching techniques I came up with works well. Try to get your child to imagine there is a “big chocolate bar” about a metre in front of their feet. Explain to them, they are not allowed to move their feet, and that they have to start in the starting position as explained above. Tell them they have to throw the rope over their head slowly, they are to hook the imaginary chocolate bar with their rope and then pull it to their toes. Once they are used to this, introduce a jump with the feet together just before the rope touches the toes. This always seems to work for me. So give it a go.

Once you or your children have mastered how to skip this basic forward skipping technique, there are thousands of other tricks and variations of tricks to start learning and working on, but before you do that you have to master the 5 basic skip-hop skipping techniques (click here for videos).

1) The double bounce – Every time the rope rotates once, you bounce twice. Once over the rope as it is front of your toes and the second timed so as the rope is above your head for the second bounce.

2) The single bounce – Every time the rope rotates once, you bounce once. Make jumps small and keep arm movement to a minimum. Good posture is also important.

3) Running on the spot – Exactly how it sounds. Very similar to the double bounce to start of with, in a running motion. Once you have mastered this then try and change it into a single bounce.

4) Hopping on the spot – Need I say any more? Just make sure you change legs.

5) Backward skipping – Turning the rope backward.

Perseverance to learn these initial techniques will enable you to attempt so many more hundreds of fascinating and exciting moves and skipping tricks you can do with a rope.

on’t forget, individual skipping techniques are great to get started but there are many more things you is not just the end of the line…
Explore the website for more info,
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If you are enjoying learning how to skip we would very much recommend the skip-hop introduction to skipping skills DVD which has bags of new skipping skills for the whole family to learn.

Skipping really took off for me and to this day I find it incredibly addictive and immensely exciting trying to learn how to skip a new trick or skill. The only problem was, when I started my family had to jump on the waggon too. Now wherever we go, the ropes come out, everyone gets involved…and the best bit is, once you get going…you have so much fun you forget how healthy it is for the whole family.

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Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista have announced that Iron Man 3 will hit theaters on May 3rd 2013.

This makes sense as the first film was released on May 2nd 2008, and Iron Man 2 hit theaters on May 7th 2010. Marvel and Disney want to keep the first weekend of May for their Iron Man franchise. Thor has already claimed the May 6th 2011 weekend.

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Astrophoto: Philipp Schmidli re-creates E.T. flying in front of the moon.

Astrophoto: Photographer Re-Creates E.T. Flying in Front of the Moon

Astrophoto: Photographer Re-Creates E.T. Flying in Front of the Moon

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E.T. Flies in Front of the Moon Once Again

Back in May, I posted a series of incredible photographs of a biker in front of the rising full Moon. The photographer, Philipp Schmidli, did an astonishing amount of careful planning to get the shot, including mapping out the terrain and the exact location the Moon would rise, so he could capture it while still intersected by the horizon.

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A lot of people (including me) noted that the bicyclist in front of the Moon reminded them of the iconic scene in the movie E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, when Elliott and the alien are escaping the bad guys via bicycle, and E.T. levitates them so they fly across the face of the Moon.

So Schmidli thought, “Why not?” and redid the calculations. He built a bike ramp, set up his camera, and what he got was simply flippin’ fantastic:

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If you survive the jump, make sure to phone home.

Photo by Philipp Schmidli, used by permission

How about that? Mind you, that shot is real! It’s hard to overstate how much planning this takes. He had to know the exact time and place the Moon would rise from his vantage point—it only takes two minutes to rise through its own diameter (that is, clear the horizon completely once the top part starts to poke up). And the Moon is pretty small in a camera, so he had to use a big lens (1,600 mm effective focal length!) to magnify it, which meant being pretty far from the bicycle so that it would appear the right size as well. He had to map out his position and the direction to the Moon with high precision.

Schmidli has several other pictures from this shoot on his blog, too. It’s in German, but PetaPixel has the story in English on how he set the shot up.

As for what he used as a stand-in for the cute little alien, well, here you go:

Photo by Philipp Schmidli, used by permission

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Facebook, Satire, and Why People Fall for Fake News

Facebook, Satire, and Why People Fall for Fake News

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This article originally appeared in Science of Us.

Earlier this week, Facebook announced a plan to start testing a “satire” tag, which you may soon find affixed to headlines like “Tips for Being an Unarmed Black Man” from sites like the Onion and ClickHole. And although on its surface, the move sounds a lot like a headline from the very satirical sites Facebook intends to warn its users of, the social-networking site may be on to something.

Because, as the Washington Post’s Caitlin Dewey points out, this isn’t just about satire; it’s also about the problem of purposely false “news” stories. Lesser-known and less obviously joke-y sites like the Daily Currant, Empire News, National Report, and the News Nerd will get the “satire” tag, too. So this could actually be a step toward addressing the problem of hoaxes spreading wildly online, by cutting them off at what has become many people’s main source for news: Facebook.

What Dewey fails to mention, however, is that the Post itself fell for one of these satirical headlines just last year, citing a Daily Currant report that Sarah Palin was joining the news network Al-Jazeera America as a contributor. (She wasn’t.) Palin, for perhaps obvious reasons, is a recurrent figure in fake headlines that tend to trick real news outlets: In 2011, Rachel Maddow fell for a (fake) Christwire column calling for Palin to lead an American invasion in Egypt. About a week later, both Time and US Weekly reported on a fictitious fight Palin was supposedly trying to pick with Christina Aguilera over her botched lyrics to the National Anthem at the Super Bowl that year.

So, why do people—even smart people—fall for fake news? For one, it happens most when we’re not paying close attention, said Dannagal Young, an associate professor of communication at the University of Delaware. (Next month, Young will begin a study on irony comprehension.) “This isn't about ‘shortened attention spans,’” she said in an email to Science of Us. “This is about an overabundance of decontextualized snippets of info.” Facebook headlines and Tweets simply don’t consistently provide the cues one would need to distinguish weird news from fake news, “unless the [source] is consistently ironic,” Young said.

“Think about the drama over Colbert's ‘ching-chong ding-dong’ joke,” she continued. “That joke, in its original context, was ironic satire, juxtaposing the response of the Redskins' owner with an equally offensive and laughably racist gesture made by Colbert.  When Comedy Central tweeted it, without context, people were robbed of their ability to integrate non-verbal and context cues into their processing of the joke ... and they got pissed off. At Colbert. For being racist. Ahhhh, the irony!”

Hudson Hongo has a bird's-eye view on all this joke-missing as curator of Literally Unbelievable, the Tumblr that catalogues the very sincere Facebook reactions from people who took an Onion headline seriously. He’s noticed that certain “official”-seeming words tend to fool people; for example, one of the Onion articles he saw the most reaction to last year was headlined, “Poll: Majority of Americans Approve of Sending Congress to Syria.” He says, “People just saw ‘poll,’ ‘majority’ and "Syria" and decided it was a story about how Americans wanted to go to war.”

Processing irony requires some complex juggling of new information with old information housed in your memory, all of it filtered through context cues, Young explained. And some people are simply less inclined to want to do that. “For example, people low in need for cognition—folks who tend to dislike thinking too much—would tend to favor simple, likely physical humor over more complex or text-based humor,” she said. “Next, people with a lower tolerance for ambiguity—who are uncomfortable with implicit or unstructured situations—would tend to favor humor that is explicit and unambiguous over that which is more nuanced, like irony.”

On a similar note, another common thread Hongo has noticed is something he calls “political wish fulfillment.” Sometimes, people just kind of want to believe the fake headline. “During the last election, lots of people believed the story ‘Obama: 'Help Us Destroy Jesus And Start A New Age Of Liberal Darkness' because it confirmed the insane things they had suspected all along,” he said. “Same thing with Planned Parenthood's infamous '$8 Billion Abortionplex,' which Literally Unbelievable caught a congressman posting as legitimate.”

Then again, sometimes the fake stories that catch on are unexplainable. “Right now, the story people are falling for is ClickHole's ‘5 Tragedies Weirdly Predicted By Adam Sandler,’” Hongo said. “So who even knows.”

Future Tense is a partnership of SlateNew America, and Arizona State University.


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What's more, infrequently this is on account of they don't have enough sustenance in the body.

All things considered, whatever the natural reason, Legendary Beard can help you grow a facial

hair. Also, it even fills in thin facial hair. Since, it utilizes an effective mix of Vitamin B and

Biotin to bolster solid hair development. Truth be told, this equation even has fixings that

empower lethargic hairs, to help your whiskers achieve its maximum capacity. Presently, no

hairs will be forgotten, on the grounds that this supplement pushes them all to develop.

LEGENDARY BEARD can help you understand that full masculine facial hair you've generally

needed. What's more, the more you utilize it, the more it can fortify development and get you the

outcomes you need.

Hydrates Hair And Strengthens

Fills In Any Sparse Areas

Makes Dormant Hairs Grow

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Feeds Follicle For Strength

Underpins Overall Facial Health

This recipe utilizes similar fixings that male pattern baldness supplements utilize, and all things

considered. Since, when Legendary Beard utilizes Biotin, this vitamin invigorates new

development. Genuinely, Biotin is the best vitamin to add to your body when you need to

develop hair. Notwithstanding, this item likewise utilizes an exceptional mix of fixings that

hydrate your skin and advance sound skin. What's more, this is more vital than you might

suspect. Since, if your skin isn't hydrated and sound, hair basically drops out. On the other hand,

hair stays torpid and you get that inconsistent development. Presently, you can at last get the full,

thick whiskers you've generally longed for without a difficult and costly hair transplant surgery.

Also, Legendary Beard Co is all-common, so it won't bring on any unfavorable symptoms when

you utilize it.

LEGENDARY BEARD Free Trial Information

You can attempt this astounding item out with the expectation of complimentary today in the

event that you basically tap the standard down underneath. At that point, it diverts you to the join

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At that point, you get the chance to test the item out for yourself to perceive how you like it.

What's more, this recipe is quick acting, so you ought to begin seeing development rapidly. At

last, you can have the masculine, intense looking facial hair you've generally needed. You need

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