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For a company that is perhaps best known for its stylized modifications to Harley-Davidson baggers, Intrepid Cycles is quietly establishing itself as a meticulous builder of real-world, custom motorcycles.

Knowing that exclusivity is an essential ingredient in desirability, Intrepid’s custom motorcycles add personalization to limited production, creating nearly one-off designs for its eager customers. There will be only 12 examples of the Revelation, a rider-friendly pro-street custom that is hand-built by craftsmen on a slender production line in the Southern California wine-country town of Temecula. Each of those 12 will bear the imprint of the purchaser, as the final result is a collaboration between customer and builder.

Revelation is not simply a straight-line tire burner-though it certainly can handle that job with aplomb. Instead, it employs features that satisfy the needs of more rounded motorcyclists.

"‘Canyon runner’ was the term we used when we designed this bike," Intrepid Cycles’ partner Mike Page tells us. "We wanted something that looked different, handled well, and could run the winding roads. It’s for someone who has buddies with sport bikes and he wants a bike with a beefy American motor to tear up the road, as well as ride stoplight-to-stoplight and do some bar hopping."

To fulfill the engine portion of this challenge, Intrepid offers a wide choice of powerplants. The owner can have his bike powered by either a 107 or 127 Ultima Performance motor, or one of S&S’s Twin Cam engines-the 111 (employed on this motorcycle) or 124. Regardless of the selection, Intrepid puts its own imprint on the motor with its Hot Set Up Dual 585 cams and Intelligent Spark Technology ignition black box for, according to Intrepid, "more power, reliability and comfort."

The burnt gasses run through an EPA- and DOT-compliant Bassani system, keeping the motorcycle fully street legal. "We have the certifications for 50-state, 17-digit VIN numbers," says Page. "Our bikes are financeable, listed in Kelley Blue Book, and can be fully registered."

Once the power leaves the crankshaft, it is sent via either an open or closed primary drive sourced from Intrepid, BDL, Rivera Engineering, or Performance Machine. As one would expect of a motorcycle of this caliber, a six-speed transmission is used and, per the Intrepid method, it can be a Baker Drivetrain (shown here), JIMS, or Rivera Engineering unit. At the end of the drivetrain is a quiet, low-maintenance belt drive.

The frame of the Revelation has multiple duties. As a custom, it must be low-slung, but the stated objective of Intrepid is that the Revelation corner effectively. In a joint effort between Intrepid and frame-builder Rolling Thunder Manufacturing, a frame was designed to meet that goal.

"The amount of cornering clearance is higher than normal, which allows you to throw the bike around," according to Page. "The trail is as close to perfect as there is in our world. We went with an 18-inch front wheel. We make a 21, but the 18-inch 3.5 is more popular because it handles better. It’s a short bike, definitely not long. We use the angles of the sportier bikes. It’s a bike that handles with a big back tire."

Reflecting the capabilities of the Revelation, this one-of-twelve is aggressively blacked out with polished highlights and a bold racing stripe. The convex arc of the fuel tank is reprised in the seat, which is available in a wide variety of options.

Respect is paid to bobber sensibilities, as both fenders are seriously abbreviated. As with racing motorcycles, the front and rear disc brakes are floating; Performance Machine supplies four-piston calipers at both ends. Inverted forks from Mean Street Products establish the front end’s credibility, particularly with the premium Forge-Tec Motorcycle Creations 5 wheels, part of the spectacular Kim Suter Diamond 3D Series. Along with forward-mounted controls, giving the rider an insistent posture, the Revelation matches the standard envisioned by Intrepid.

Certainly, Intrepid Cycles is a company in transition. When asked about its Harley-based baggers, Page says, "The bagger is a different department. That was our biggest success until we started rockin’ and rollin’. Demand for our bikes is up there. We’re back-ordered. We build about three bikes a month and we don’t have any plans to expand."

The Intrepid philosophy, as voiced by Page, indicates an unwillingness to compromise: "We are different from most other motorcycle brands in our world. While everyone else is trying to skimp and save on every nut, bolt, part, and R&D, we only put what we feel are the best components on our motorcycles. We are a small company. We aren’t trying to be big and take a large percentage of the marketplace. Our niche is ‘build-to-order,’ and we cater to the customer who wants something different from what everyone else has."

With the Revelation, Intrepid Cycle is sticking to its principles of quality, while offering the patron a motorcycle that is part-production, yet all-custom. An extensive menu of options is offered, yet the chef is happy to whip a unique dish when requested. "If the customer wants something crazy," Page assures us, "Intrepid is the bike builder."

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British Chips, Bad Moves, and Revelations

It started with a craving.

Prior to living in New York, I lived in Nashville, and prior to living in Nashville, I lived in England. England has chips (akin to French fries). And chips, like cheerios and Girl Scout Cookies and a handful of other food products, are made of CRACK. It’s the only explanation I will ever have for their delicious and addictive properties.

I’d been home from the UK for a solid 8 months, but I still dreamt of salt and vinegar chips. And then a few nights ago I was online, bemoaning a particularly strong craving and my present lack of chips, when something struck me.

I live in New York City.

A place that has everything (literally you guys, EVERYTHING; Rachel and I discovered a workshop on mouse taxidermy).

Don’t ask me why I didn’t think to search out proper chips before, but it was a kind of revelation. The doors of New York-specific opportunity were thrown open before me.

Let’s back up.

Prior to my move to the city, I’d only been here twice, and both times were steeped in the glitter and joy that is publishing. I would come, visit with my agent, my editor, my publisher, and feel like a shiny thing. And I think some part of me thought that by living here, I would get to live in that glittery world ALL the time. But here’s the thing. Writers don’t belong in publishing. That doesn’t sound right, so let me try to explain. Writers don’t PHYSICALLY belong in publishing. Their roles intersect with those of members of the industry, but the amount of overlap is very slim. And that’s better for everyone, I think, and additionally it’s just the reality.

I can honestly say that my being here in the city has given me access to book signings, and it’s afforded me the opportunity to have an editorial meeting in person instead of over the phone, but those two things together have amounted to, oh, THREE DAYS out of the three months I’ve lived here.

The point is, I moved for the wrong reasons. I didn’t really think it through, and to protect myself from the emotional aftermath of realizing I’d made a huge move for a silly, naïve, and wrong reason, I decided it was FINE. I was in a city. Cities are cool.

But it wasn’t enough I didn’t want New York to become just a city, the way Liverpool was, a means to an end. I wanted it to be special.

And so, I had to redefine my reasons for being here. And that was rather daunting, but really, the only two options were to redefine or leave (I suppose there was a third option, to stay and live under the blanket of disappointment, but that’s not really my thing). So I redefined. I should say I am redefining because it’s a process. And it’s a process that I am devoting myself to.

OKAY. So back to the chips. The chips were integral to the redefining. The night I had that craving and made the discovery about LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY was about a week after the blanketing dread of OH GOD WHY DID I MOVE HERE?

And, since notions are like firecrackers, the revelation that this city had ALL the things sparked another revelation.

Since I graduated college two years ago, there’s been an absence in my life. I’ve put off graduate school because of professional reasons, and I while I have every intention of going eventually, the fact is that RIGHT NOW there is this hole. Knowledge. Discovery.

The thing I miss most about college is the course catalog.

I miss flipping past the sections I NEEDED to take to fulfill my major and sneaking glances into the other subjects, the ones I wanted for the sake of sheer discovery, the ones I couldn’t justify, the ones I’d have to forego sleep and sanity to squeeze in. Astronomy. Japanese Culture. Philosophy. Gothic Art History.

And here’s the thing: New York is like a course catalog. The information is a bit spread out, but it’s all there. And I’m discovering it.

And that’s what I’m doing now. Scavenging the city with a highlighter and a desire to learn, to discover, to be inspired.

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  1. ek_johnston says:

    This is lovely! I miss the curry from England. Well, I miss the naan. Bradford itself was kind of unpleasant. ;)

  2. beth says:

  3. So, did you find chips with malt vinegar and salt? I’ve even found some here, in NC! If I remember correctly, the best chips in NYC came from a place called A Salt and Battery. They had cute mugs with “In Cod We Trust”, and t shirts that read “Cod save the Queen” Anywho… the chips were super.

  4. noraadrienne says:

    So you live in NY and you’re chalashing for UK style Chips… Here’s the answer… in fact here’s the answer to every restaurant question you’ll ever have while living here. LOL

    Look for Brit restaurants.

  5. I love this, V <3 Also, we need another city-date ASAP!

  6. JP says:

    I definitely know what you’re talking about in that pre-redefining, disappointed feeling– but I’m glad you fixed it. ;) <3

  7. I am not sure if a defensive “____ are cool” on your part is language received from Doctor Who on your part or sounds that way to me because of the mental association on my part or both.

  8. Danielle says:

    My only comment here (because, really, you know my thiughts) is A Salt & Battery!!

    It’s a fish and chips in the village. You should see if it’s still there….

    • Danielle says:

      Oh wait….or I just read the comments and you DID go there. Hehe. Win! That place is yum. And they have deep fried Mars bars…….

  9. I miss chip butties. I really miss them. And I live in Indiana, where there are no chippies. *is sad*

  10. Rachel says:

    Also, I feel the need to point out that mouse taxidermy would almost be normal. I cannot believe that such a thing as the "how to sculpt everyday scenes using taxidermied mice in costume" class exists. And yet… it does.

  11. Loo says:

    You are so lovely. I can’t wait for more of your future adventures, V.

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Currently Gentoo Prefix does not work on NetBSD. This is a work in progress and this page will contains notes about my efforts to get it up and running.

Start by installing bash via pkgsrc, because thats what I use for the guide.

The following is added to ~/.bashrc:

FILE ~/.bashrc
export EPREFIX="$HOME/gentoo"
export LDFLAGS="-L$EPREFIX/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath=$EPREFIX/usr/lib -L$EPREFIX/lib -Wl,-rpath=$EPREFIX/lib"
export PATH="$EPREFIX/usr/bin:$EPREFIX/bin:$EPREFIX/tmp/usr/bin:$EPREFIX/tmp/bin:$PATH"

The EPREFIX part is your choice. Another popular option is EPREFIX=/usr/gentoo

Now we need the main tools. We are trying to follow the Gentoo Prefix Bootstrap Process for UNIX-like systems but NetBSD requires a lot of changes to get it working. Anyways, you need the following two files:

Save them in your home directory. In fact anything you download, put it there for the purpose of this guide.

user $chmod 755 ~/ ~/

There is no Gentoo Prefix Profile for NetBSD on x86_64 so get profile-x86_64-pc-netbsd.tgz and put it in your home directory.

user $mkdir $EPREFIX
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We have to edit to add support for our profile. Open it up and add the following sections:

    ldflags_make_defaults="LDFLAGS=\"-L${ROOT}/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath=${ROOT}/usr/lib -L${ROOT}/lib -Wl,-rpath=${ROOT}/lib\""
    case `uname -p` in
        CHOST="`uname -p`-pc-netbsdelf"

m4 and bison must be installed *before* bash. We can just go down the list until we get to m4

user $./ $EPREFIX/tmp make
user $./ $EPREFIX/tmp wget
user $./ $EPREFIX/tmp sed
user $./ $EPREFIX/tmp m4

Bootstrapping m4 will probably fail due to problems with fseeko.c and fflush.c. Download patch-lib-fflush.c and also patch-lib-fseeko.c and put them in your home directory. Because the script will overwrite everything each time its run, we have to patch the source tarball and replace the original.

user $cd $EPREFIX/tmp/usr/portage/distfiles
user $mkdir tmp
user $cd tmp
user $tar zxvf ../m4-1.4.15.tar.gz
user $cd m4-1.4.15/lib
user $patch fflush.c < ~/patch-lib-fflush.c
user $patch fseeko.c < ~/patch-lib-fseeko.c
user $cd ../..
user $tar zcvf m4-1.4.15.tar.gz m4-1.4.15/
user $cd ..
user $cp tmp/m4-1.4.15.tar.gz .
user $rm -rf tmp
user $cd

This time it should work with our fixed tarball

user $./ $EPREFIX/tmp m4
user $ ./ $EPREFIX/tmp bison

Now we can go ahead and bootstrap bash

user $./ $EPREFIX/tmp
user $hash -r

Next up... coreutils which also has fflush.c and fseeko.c. It will fail but we run it first to download the source.

user $./ $EPREFIX/tmp coreutils

When it aborts we go ahead and patch the source tarball exactly like we did for m4. Just patch the coreutils-8.16 not both. With luck it will build cleanly and install itself.
We get a breather now, several packages should bootstrap without issues.

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user $./ $EPREFIX/tmp tar
user $./ $EPREFIX/tmp patch
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1 Overview

Functions in Haskell are usually called using prefix notation, or the function name followed by its arguments. However, some functions, like +, are called with infix notation, or putting the function name between its two arguments.

2 Using infix functions with prefix notation

Putting parenthesis around an infix operator converts it into a prefix function:

 Prelude> (+) 1 2
 Prelude> (*) 3 4

3 Using prefix functions with infix notation

Putting ` marks around a prefix function allows us to use it like an infix function:

 Prelude> let concatPrint x y = putStrLn $ (++) x y
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Note that you can only do this with a function that takes two arguments.

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I'd like to restructure 3 pages.

The basics. An overview of the compilers, best tutorials, much as it is.

All the books and tutorials for learning.

All the papers.

So essentially, they are increasing in order of difficulty for the reader. This means moving some of the material on Books and tutorials onto Research papers. And then linking to Research papers on the front page.

dons 23:25, 29 November 2006 (UTC) Go for it! I've been meaning to sit down and do just this, so feel free. You could also collect the tutorials that have been mentioned in the Haskell Weekly News, and add them to a comprehensive tutorials page.

[edit] 2 comp.lang.functional FAQ

This FAQ seems to be very outdated, at least in part. The section on Gofer says: The Gofer system provides an interpreter for a small language based closely on the current version of the Haskell report. and claims that the Gopher protocol is widely used.

-- Wolfgang Jeltsch 22:25, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

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I think the following tutorial should be added to '2.2 Online tutorials.'

The site looks nice, is easy to follow, and provides a lot of good information.


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First Runner-Up

Miguel AlmaguerLast week my “Open Letter to Kari Bales” somehow became the news. I was very aware that Kari Bales was the queen and I was merely standing in as her first runner-up in her absence. But I was happy to do that, and honored to bring military spouses and their silent sacrifice into the momentary spotlight.

However, that honor and excitement turned to worry and dread when Miguel Almaguer and the NBC news crew came into my house for the interview. As the cameraman was making some adjustments I sat watching the crew erect foreign-looking paraphernalia in my kitchen. The lights flipped on and I was suddenly overcome by the enormous weight and responsibility of the words I was about to speak. It’s one thing to dump my soul into a computer processor; it’s another thing entirely to force the words to out of my brain into the lens of a camera, all while looking at a hunky reporter I’ve only watched in sixty-inch high-definition.

The big fuzzy microphone hanging over my head felt like the day I drove away from the hospital with my newborn daughter strapped into her huge car seat, looking like a cashew bundled in green fluff. I couldn’t believe they actually trusted me. I looked up and wondered if they might konk me on the head with the mic if I answered incorrectly.

“Okay, now I’m nervous,” I told Miguel. “Don’t be,” he said. “It’s just like having a conversation. You’ll be great.”

But it didn’t feel like just a conversation. It felt like I was speaking on behalf of military spouses everywhere: all ten million bajillion of them. I may have been First Runner-Up to Kari Bales, but I was suddenly Miss Military Spouse USA. The cameraman fiddled with various items in the background and it gave me a moment to breathe. Just breathe, I told myself. But it still felt more like an asthma attack than breathing.

As Miguel made one last call, my breathing finally slowed and I concentrated on the fact that the cold air rushing into my lungs was coming back out warmer than it had entered. This was evidence that I was still alive. Then, it hit me: this story wasn’t about me. In fact, it wasn’t even about my letter. It was about the national response to my letter. YOUR response to my letter.

Suddenly the weight to perform blew away as I exhaled, and I was amongst all of you. And I was proud of you. I’ve never felt such pride before, not even peering up into the night sky under fireworks on the Fourth of July.  Not even standing on the deck of an aircraft carrier cruising effortlessly under the Golden Gate Bridge. Not even watching sailors stop, one by one, to salute the flag before running down the gangplank to hug and squeeze their children, some of whom they were meeting for the very first time.

And then that pride, that warm air … it made me smile. YOU made me smile. At that moment the producer said, “Lori, look over here!” and she unwittingly captured that moment by snapping this photo:

NBC Nightly News interview

So this is my thank you card to all of you. Think of it as my acceptance speech for being Kari Bales’ first runner-up. Because many of you have said thank you to me in your comments of support for Kari, but I hope what you realize is that by reading, forwarding, tweeting, and writing, you are the ones that made a difference in the life of a military spouse. You are the ones who shaped a national conversation. You are the ones who voted Kari Bales most likely to succeed.

To view the final result of that NBC Nightly News interview about you, my readers, go here:

NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, “Silent Rank” by Miguel Almaguer ~ March 23, 2012

If you’ve been reading my blog for very long, you knew I would do something ridiculous. Well I’m not going to disappoint you by failing to self-report here as I always do. As Miguel laid his cell phone down on the table, I saw a picture of him under some spotlights looking somewhat like a ring-master taming a lion. Before I knew what was happening, I blurted out, “is that you – at the circus?”

Really? The circus? The circus, Lori? Uhhh. Hide your face. The CIRCUS!?

I smiled stupidly pretending not to notice how dumb I was. He chuckled, and I immediately recognized what appeared to be the White House in the background. The circus spotlights were actually floodlights on a big green lawn. The lion’s whip was a fat cord attached to a camera crew, trailing from his microphone. I cursed my lost glasses but kept smiling. He graciously answered, “No, but it’s a lot like a circus sometimes, I’ll give you that.”

Gah. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Circus. Jeesh.

This leads me to my conclusion, because no acceptance speech would be complete without a gratuitous thankyou to Carol Costello of CNN,  Miguel Almaguer of NBCJesse Ellison of Newsweek/The Daily Beast , and all of their editors and producers working behind the scenes for chosing to cover this issue and bring the positive and human side of this story into the forefront. On behalf of my readers – on behalf of military spouses – thank you so much.

And now we return to our regularly scheduled program …

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Ten Years in Women’s and Reproductive Health, a Bloggy Look Back

January 2, 2010

What with the new year and decade and all, it seems appropriate to engage in a bit of reflection. First, the blog itself. This year will mark the 5th anniversary of Women’s Health News – I first posted on May 19, 2005, although that was at the blogspot location. While this little blog is not among what most people would name as the top medical or top feminist blogs, I don’t worry too much about traffic, or increasing traffic, so long as at least a a few people are finding it useful and I’m not too overworked to deal with it. So, I expect to continue on for a bit longer. Will it make it to the decade mark? Who knows. I do sometimes find the lack of comments discouraging, but it is what it is. If there is anything you’d like to see covered more often, or less often, or more in depth, please let me know and I can try to do that – as a medical librarian, I have access to a lot of resources most “regular” people don’t which I can tap into for information.

For me personally, ten years ago I was still a semester away from finishing my undergrad degree. I did not yet know I would become a librarian, but was working in – you guessed it – a library. I didn’t have a job yet, and wasn’t sure what I was going to do next. I had already met the now-spouse. Both of my grandmothers were still alive. I was having symptoms of thyroid problems that were going unrecognized, and had already been told by at least one practitioner that I was just too stressed out (which might have been true, but wasn’t exactly the problem). The following years would be very frustrating regarding my thyroid problems and further encourage my interest in health and patient advocacy issues. I had just recently taken the “menstrual health and politics” exco course which was my first exposure to Our Bodies, Ourselves and really my first inspiration to learn much more about some of the issues discussed here. I also had just started or was close to starting to use a Keeper and have been a reusable menstrual product devotee ever since.

Now, some highlights from the decade in women’s health (heavily biased to the past 5 years and with past related posts on the topics)…

Ten years ago, emergency contraception had just recently been approved by the FDA, and you were more likely to need to go to a doctor who was willing to prescribe or give something out of a sample closet, and were probably more likely to get regular oral contraceptive pills and instructions on how to take the right number at the right time than you were to get a prepackaged EC pill(s). None of this OTC at the pharmacy business, which was a long fought battle; a review of the FDA’s history on the approval reveals political funny business, and the Director of the agency’s Office of Women’s Health resigned over the process and delays.

The Women’s Health Initiative study on estrogen+progestin hormone replacement therapy was halted because the overall risks (including cardiovascular risks, which it had been thought the drugs might protect against) were determined to outweigh the benefits, marking a huge change in hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women.

The global gag rule – preventing U.S. funds from going to overseas agencies which talked about abortion (even if they didn’t actually perform them) was in place for most of the decade, reinstated by Bush II in 2001 and rescinded by Obama in 2009. Here, this manifested in lots of discussion about a federally-funded database that started restricting access to abortion-related citations.

The decade was pretty blissfully free of murders of abortion providers, after a run of them in the 1990s, until Dr. Tiller’s murder this past year.

The “partial birth abortion ban” of 2003 was passed, and then upheld by the Supreme Court in 2007. It was always more to do with politics than with medicine or procedural knowledge.

The first HPV vaccine was approved. I thought some of the fear-mongering around the vaccine was completely overblown. Predictably, the approval turned into a social issue debate in which people argued that an HPV vaccine would turn little angels into sluts, that HPV didn’t infect “good” girls. I thought requirements for the vaccine for school-age girls weren’t necessarily so bad if there were generous opt-out provisions and it meant that the vaccine would be covered for folks who couldn’t otherwise afford it. However, Merck’s lobbying efforts behind some of those decisions to make it mandatory were unseemly, especially when the mandates didn’t come with clear information about those efforts a (more on Merck’s marketing). I absolutely opposed forcing it on immigrants with no opt-out procedures; thankfully the CDC reversed that requirement.

In September 2000, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a medical abortion drug, Mifeprex, to be marketed in the United States as an alternative to surgical abortion. Here, we talked about the drug when a couple of deaths provided an opening to anti-choice folks to try to get it pulled:

There was all manner of drama about the “conscience” rule (too many posts to list individually).

Our Bodies Ourselves started a blog
. And then invited me to contribute (I’m still honored).

Meanwhile, the c-section rate continued to climb, and any number of other issues of import were raised which I haven’t covered in this post. What would you add to a list of important developments of the decade?

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  1. January 2, 2010 7:14 pm

    Congrats, Rachel!

  2. January 2, 2010 10:57 pm

    Just a quick comment to let you know that I’m one of the (I assume many) lurkers who visits but never comments. Women’s Health News is one of my daily stops when I sit down with my laptop every evening. I’ll try to keep in mind the encouragement garnered from comments and add my 2 cents once in a while. Thanks for all the great information!

  3. January 3, 2010 6:24 pm

    Great post.
    You encapsulated the last 10 years in repro women’s health very well.
    Good read.

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    How would I go about to limit the width of the sidebars?

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    I couldn't figure out how to do it concisely in a child theme but I was able to change the width of the sidebar by changing span8 to span9 in page.php, single.php and category.php. I also changed span4 to span3 in sidebar.php.

    Keeps it responsive as well.

    if someone knows a more elegant way to set this up in a child theme I am all ears.

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    I have used WordPress as a content management system. To do this I played around with the template, added custom category-2.php files and changed some of the wording. This allowed me to create a 'review site' where every category was a letter e.g. 'a', 'b', 'c'. So for each letter all the games were listed!

    I'm now taking on a much bigger project and wondering if I could create multiple wordpress installs on the same domain i.e.

    http://www.domain.com/reviews/ <-- wordpress in here
    http://www.domain.com/interviews/ <-- another wordpress install
    http://www.domain.com/filedatabase/ <-- another install

    Is this feasible? And does anyone know if it would have any negative effects on SEO?

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    Should be no problem. Also look at Installing_Multiple_Blogs.

    Not sure about negativity on SEO.

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    Thanks. Looks like I can't use Fantastico auto-install then!

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    Hello, I was wondering if there was some way to accomplish this, on index.php and the archives:

    If this is the first page:

    << Previous Posts

    If it's any other page, besides the last one:

    << Previous Posts | Next Posts >>

    Last page:

    Next Posts >>

    Basically, have a vertical pipe in between the previous and next post links only when the two links are shown, ie not the first and last pages.

    Any help is greatly appreciated.

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    I suppose you could use one of the functions listed here (http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference) but determining which page is first or next would depend on how you sorted the results.

    By default I assume the posts are returned by PKID and can possibly be ordered by DATE or TITLE, etc.

    Look at the function singature in the wp-includes/post.php to see what functions take what arguments.

    This is how I would do it with my limited knowledge of WordPress:

    $cur = get_the_ID(); // Get ID of currently active page?
    // You could probably use another funciton to actually filter
    // so that you only look for pages under category A for instance
    $arr = get_all_page_ids(); // Get array of ALL pages
    $arr = array_values($arr); // Only interested in PKID's
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    $next = next($arr[$cur]);
    $pipe = false; // TRUE means we vertical pipe separator is required
    if ($prev !== false) {
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    Totally un-tested but it should give you an idea as to where to start???

    Hope it helps :)

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    <?php if($paged && ($paged != 1) && ($paged != $wp_query->max_num_pages)) echo " | "; ?>

  4. Dylan Hilton
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    Thanks so much!

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If you've got large amounts of archive info to display in small space, this widget is perfect. It works right out the box and has the options you could want.

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Have to give 5 start because it does what it says!
After some CSS tweaking, the widget looks exactly as I wanted!

However, there are some improvements that can be made, like keeping the hidden links deactivated or ajax load them when clicked.

For blog with hundreds/thousands of posts, this will make things load a little faster and probably keep them more SEO friendly. Having a page with 800 links to you own site is probably not good :)

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Hydrocodone/Oxycodone Overdose
Hydrocodone and oxycodone are drugs that are commonly prescribed to relieve pain. Certain prescription pain relievers contain high concentratio...

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Hydrocodone and oxycodone are drugs that are commonly prescribed to relieve pain. Certain prescription pain relievers contain high concentrations of these ingredients, including:

  • Percocet
  • Vicodin
  • OxyContin

An overdose may be caused by accidentally taking more than the prescribed amount in a 24-hour period, or by intentionally taking more than the recommended dosage for recreational use or to do personal harm.

An overdose is extremely dangerous and can be fatal. Emergency medical attention is required to prevent further complications or death.

Causes of Overdose

Hydrocodone and oxycodone are powerful drugs that doctors only prescribe when necessary. The ingredients in these drugs are habit-forming and some people may develop a dependency or addiction to them. People who become addicted often build up a tolerance to the drug and need to take larger amounts in order to feel their effects. This type of behavior can often lead to an overdose.

Others may use these types of drugs without a prescription to get “high.” This is an extremely dangerous practice, particularly among young adults. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), up to 10 percent of high school students abuse some form of prescription painkiller (NIDA).

Abuse of these medications means taking them recreationally (not for medical purposes), or consuming them in a way other than what it is recommended for, such as snorting or injecting them.

Painkiller Use Among the Elderly

Unfortunately, painkiller abuse and overdose are prevalent among almost all age groups. This includes teens, adults, and the elderly. There is greater concern among the elderly due to:

  • slower metabolism
  • multiple prescriptions
  • increased forgetfulness

If you have an elderly family member who is taking painkillers, you might consider helping him or her by:

  • organizing medicines
  • dividing up meds by day
  • keeping a dosing log

It is also helpful to check in on your loved one on a regular basis. The risk for deadly complications from an accidental overdose increases significantly with age.

Recognizing an Overdose

People who take painkillers may experience certain side effects such as drowsiness, constipation or nausea. However, an overdose can carry the risk of more serious symptoms. These include:

  • shallow breathing, which may slow down to the point of stopping
  • extreme fatigue
  • vomiting
  • small pupils
  • lack of consciousness

A drug overdose is a medical emergency. If you or someone you know is experiencing symptoms of an overdose, call 911 or poison control at 1-800-222-1222.

Long-Term Effects of Prescription Painkiller Abuse

Long-term abuse of prescription painkillers can cause severe medical complications, which become even more dangerous when you drink alcohol or combine prescription medications with other drugs.

Complications include:

  • respiratory problems
  • coma
  • slowed heart rate
  • death

Overdose Treatment

A drug overdose requires emergency medical treatment. If breathing is extremely slow or shallow, or if emergency room doctors feel that symptoms are life threatening, a drug called naloxone is used to reverse symptoms of an overdose. If breathing is acceptable, doctors may instead use activated charcoal or laxatives to help remove any leftover medications in the stomach.

Drug treatment programs and therapy may also be recommended to address problems with drug abuse and addiction.

Survival, Recovery, and Outlook

You have the best chances of surviving an overdose if you receive medical attention before you experience breathing problems. When your breathing slows, oxygen levels decrease, which can eventually lead to brain damage if you wait too long for treatment. Outlook also depends on the severity of the overdose and how quickly you seek medical treatment. Mixing prescription drugs with alcohol and other illegal substances increases the risk for life-threatening complications.

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A renal (kidney) scan is a diagnostic procedure that uses nuclear medicine to examine the anatomy and functioning of your kidneys. A renal scan is also called a renal scintigraphy, renal imaging, or a renogram.

During this procedure, a radioactive material, called a radioisotope or radionuclide “tracer,” is injected into your vein. The radioisotope releases gamma rays, which a gamma camera or scanner can detect from outside the body.

The gamma camera scans the kidney area. It tracks the radioisotope and measures how it is processed by the kidneys. The camera also works together with a computer to create images. These images detail the structure and functioning of the kidneys, based on how they interact with the tracer.

Images from a renal scan can show structural and functional abnormalities, helping doctors to diagnose a kidney problem in its earlier stages—without invasive techniques or surgery.

Diagnostic Uses of a Renal Scan

A renal scan identifies problems that are interfering with normal kidney function. In healthy individuals, your two kidneys:

  • remove urea, or liquid waste, from the blood by producing urine
  • maintain a balance of chemicals, such as sodium and potassium, in the blood
  • supply the hormone erythropoietin, which supports red blood cell growth
  • control blood pressure by producing the hormone renin
  • provide the hormone calcitriol, which supplies calcium in bones

Typically, a change in renal function begins gradually and without symptoms. In many cases, routine blood and urine tests show the first signs of reduced kidney function.

A renal scan can identify the cause of reduced kidney function. The cause may be a disease, obstruction, or injury to the kidneys.

More than one type of problem can be explored during the same procedure. A renal scan measures kidney function by monitoring the flow of the radioisotope and how efficiently it is absorbed and passed by your kidneys. It also shows abnormalities in the structure, size, or shape of your kidneys.

Renal scans can identify and evaluate:

  • decreased blood flow to the kidneys
  • renovascular hypertension (high blood pressure in the renal arteries)
  • tumors or cysts
  • abscesses
  • kidney disease
  • the success of kidney treatments
  • rejection of a kidney transplant

Administration of a Renal Scan

A renal scan is an outpatient, or same-day, procedure. You will not have to stay at the hospital overnight. The scan will be performed in a hospital radiology department or a specially equipped medical office by a nuclear medicine technician. Depending on the reasons for your scan, testing may take between 45 minutes and three hours. If you are claustrophobic, talk to the technician beforehand, as the camera may pass close to your body.

A renal scan typically involves the following steps:

  • Before your procedure, you will remove any clothing, jewelry, dentures, or metal items that could interfere with your scan.
  • You may have to change into a hospital gown.
  • You will then lie down on a scanning table.
  • A technician may insert an intravenous (IV) line into a vein in your hand or arm.
  • A radioisotope will be inserted into a vein in your arm. You may feel a quick, sharp poke with the injection.
  • There may be a waiting period between the injection and the first scan to allow the radioisotope to be processed.
  • When the scanner is placed over your kidneys, it will detect the gamma rays from the radioisotope and create images of the area. Since any movement can alter or blur the image, you must stay absolutely still when an image is being scanned.
  • If your scan is related to high blood pressure, you may be given an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor—a high blood pressure medication—during testing. This allows for comparison of your kidneys before and after the medication is absorbed.
  • If your scan is to detect kidney blockages, you may be given a diuretic (water pill) to promote the passage of urine through the kidneys. This allows your doctor to observe restrictions to urine flow.
  • If an empty bladder is necessary, a catheter (soft tube) may be inserted to maintain this condition.
  • When the scan is finished, the IV line and/or catheter will be removed.
  • You can then change back into your clothing and leave the hospital.
  • You can usually return to your regular diet and daily routine after your procedure, unless your doctor has advised you otherwise.
  • The radioisotope will exit your body naturally. Frequent drinking of fluids and urinating can hasten this process.

Risks of a Renal Scan

Nuclear medicine imaging is considered safe. In fact, the radioisotope tracer exposes you to less radiation than an X-ray. The small amount of radiation exposure is primarily in the kidney area, and it passes from your body naturally within 24 hours.

The low doses of radiation used in nuclear medicine procedures are not related to any long-term negative effects.

Even though the radiation exposure is minimal and short-term, tell your physician if you are pregnant, or think you might be pregnant, to ensure that your fetus is not harmed. Also, tell your physician if you are breastfeeding to ensure that your milk will not be contaminated.

Unlike intravenous dyes, radioisotopes carry few risks of allergic reactions. Allergic reactions to radioisotopes, though possible, are rare. A renal scan is a good option if you have had a reaction to the contrast dye used in X-rays of the urinary system.

You may have discomfort, redness, bleeding, or swelling from the needle stick of the IV. If any of these symptoms persist, contact your physician, since they could indicate an infection.

Depending on your physical condition or whether you have had a recent surgery or injury, you may feel discomfort or pain from lying on the scanner table in a still position for a long period of time. You may also feel some degree of dizziness upon arising from the table. This dizziness and discomfort should only last a moment.

Preparation for a Renal Scan

Typically, you do not need to make any special preparations before a renal scan. You usually can eat your normal diet without fasting. Sedation is not typically necessary.

You should tell your physician about any prescription or over-the-counter medications you are taking. Discuss how they should be used before and during the test.

Your physician may provide special instructions if you are taking medications that could affect the results of the renal scan. These medications include:

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nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including aspirin or ibuprofen

Results of a Renal Scan

After the technician completes your renal scan, a nuclear medicine radiologist will interpret the images. A comprehensive report will then be sent to your physician, who will discuss the results with you.

Abnormal results of a renal scan can indicate:

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  • the presence of cysts or tumors
  • blockage of the renal arteries due to injury or trauma
  • blockage that restricts the flow of urine from the kidneys to the bladder
  • kidney inflammation caused by infection
  • renovascular hypertension
  • problems with a kidney transplant
  • kidney failure

With some findings, your physician may require further testing to clarify a diagnosis. The results of your scan are calculated in relation to average kidney size and shape. If you have abnormal kidney structure, it could result in an incorrect reading, so further confirmation may be needed.

Also, since renal scans can’t identify the difference between a cyst and a tumor, additional diagnostic procedures may be required for a more definite diagnosis.

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Developer and musician Nils Iver Holtar’s formative gaming experiences all came with memorable soundtracks - starting with classic NES titles in the late 80s. When it came time to work on his master’s thesis, Nils conceived of Audioverdrive, an iPad space shooter that communicates bi-directionally with Ableton Live, creating a live soundtrack to the game in real-time, triggered by the in-game action. We spoke to Nils about the game concept and its future. First, watch an explanation and gameplay demo of Audioverdrive:

How did you come to Audioverdrive as your thesis?

A large number of my projects during the courses leading up the master’s thesis were focused on non-traditional ways to use and implement audio and music in games. With my thesis, I wanted to look at ways to make the creation of these implementations more immediate and more aligned with the workflow of a music composer.

Can you explain how the game and music communicate with Audioverdrive?

It is actually very simple - everything is communicated through OSC messages! The only requirement is that the computer running the mapping software and Live needs to be on the same network as the iPad running Audioverdrive. Mapping software becomes a MIDI destination, so Live can output MIDI directly to it. What I did a lot in my demo mapping was map note-on MIDI messages to various in-game events. There were many parameters I didn’t use (the players x, y coordinates for example), simply because I became a bit overwhelmed with all the possibilities.

What’s your background with games? With music?

The first games I made were programmed in QBasic, and were really strange. I particularly recall a brutally unfair UFO defense game with limited ammo. Then I moved on to RPG Maker for some years before eventually learning all the common programming languages. I have yet to release a finished game, though - hopefully that will change soon!

Music composition has always been a big passion alongside programming, and I’ve been involved in a variety of projects - stage shows, short films, standalone pieces and the like - mostly within Norway. I’ve also been performing and composing with the synth-rock band Ultra Sheriff, and this was where I was introduced to Live.

Right now I am trying my best to balance my daily programming job with a few freelance projects. One of them is the soundtrack for the upcoming mobile game Fractured Skyline by Preliminal Games - the other is sound design and audio implementation for the spy-thriller Clandestine by Logic Artists.

Trailer for Clandestine, featuring Nils’ sound design work.

Do you have plans to release a version of Audioverdrive for Live users?

After realizing how fun it is to work with this setup, it would be sad not to give people a chance to try it out. I am positive that awesome audio game designs would emerge, given the sheer amount of talent amongst Live users. Right now, I am trying to determine the best way to make this happen. In the current setup, you need an iPad and an OSX computer. I could polish the mapping software up a bit UX-wise and just release it like it is, but then people would be restricted to only work with the current game and its parameters. The mapping software is actually very generic, meaning it can in theory work with any game that interprets and sends the OSC messages correctly. So another strategy could be to release an API that can be integrated with any game, opening up the possibilities. I am actually very interested in hearing what people would like to do with such a tool, and what platforms would be preferred.

Conceptual render of a more mature version of Audioverdrive.

Conceptual render of a more mature version of Audioverdrive.

Do you have plans to release a standalone version of Audioverdrive?

If you mean the actual game I show off in the video, then yes, although it might be called something else. I am still prototyping mapping configurations, but I hope to end up with a very fun game design complete with different level types, boss battles, etc. Once it is as solid as it needs to be, I will pack it into a standalone version. This game is currently a side project, though, so I can’t say for certain how long that will take.

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I recently undertook an experiment. It involved enrolling in a university course — in this case an economics/business degree at the bachelor level — in order to see what it may be possible to learn.

For several hundred dollars I purchased the “required reading” textbooks for four units, read the necessary chapters for the first week and eventually made my way to classes.

The first lecture I attended was “Introduction to Sustainability,” followed by its associated tutorial. In laying the groundwork for the unit, the supervisor — obviously a kind-hearted and compassionate man (he got teary at one point while describing conditions in the developing world; conditions he’d obviously seen first hand) — asked students to write down and share their hopes in relation to the unit. He then asked what people’s greatest fears were in connection to the unit. Almost half the class said they were afraid of failing.

The following day I attended an “Introduction to Economics” lecture. There were about 200 people in the theater. At one point the lecturer asked how many people also worked while studying; around three quarters of the students raised their hands. She commented that this was a big change from her time as a student; I would say the same. She went on to discuss what she called “three key economic ideas.” The first is that people are “rational” (economists expect people to make decisions based on relevant information in order to “achieve their goals”). The second is that “people respond to economic incentives.” To prove this point, she asked how many people were there for the pure fun — for the pure joy — of it? Of around 200 people, not one person put up their hand. She, thereby proving her point, concluded that we were all there because of some incentive or other, predominantly that we may end up with a better job.

At my economics tutorial we flew rapidly through everything we were required to do in order to pass. No one spoke, other than the tutor, and everything she said was advice of some kind as to how we could ensure we pass. “Only about 4 percent of people receive HD’s (High Distinctions),” she said. “It is a bit easier to get a Distinction. But still, aim for an HD.” In warning us of the dangers of plagiarism and the need for appropriate referencing, she had the following to say: “Very rarely will you ever have a new idea. I have none.” We should, therefore, look solely to the thoughts of others and, consequently, reference everything. “There is a thing called ‘common knowledge,’ but…”

Two days later I attended a lecture on “Principles of Finance and Banking.” The lecture matched the required reading, urging all students to save as much money as possible now so that they have enough to live on when they retire. The lecturer stressed the concepts of “financial independence and self-reliance,” and of “survival” in the “corporate jungle.” It doesn’t look as if the class will be exploring the recent/ongoing Global Financial Crisis and what kind of paradigm and thinking actually underpin it.

It is at this point that I am reminded of a distinction made during the lecture on economics. It was concerned with the difference between positive and normative analysis. Normative analysis is more about value judgments — “shoulds” and “oughts.” Economists, it was said, use positive analysis — that is, they stick to the facts, saying not that something “should” or “ought” to be done, only “if you do this, then this will happen”; or so they should or ought to. Nothing was said of when they don’t, or of this concept itself being normative in essence, or the possibility of the two types of analysis overlapping.

You might wonder what drove me to such an experiment. I suppose that I wanted to see what current tertiary education has to say about the global economic situation we find ourselves in, and whether the thoughts necessary in order to renew social conditions were going to emerge from institutions such as this.

In general, this kind of education can be experienced as a “stuffing of one’s suitcase” with knowledge. If you don’t fill your suitcase up with content during the readings, you will fill it up during the lecture. If you are still not full, you can supplement from the lecture notes and the online lecture and/or website “lab.” If this doesn’t do it, there are always tutorials, study groups, help classes and online forums, not to mention the actual assignments. Failing all this, there is the cramming for tests and, ultimately, the exam. All during this time, the bulk of knowledge and information is stuffed — crammed — into our suitcases until we have doubled up on items, packed things we will never need, jammed in clothing for the wrong climate altogether and shoved in more things wherever there is room just to get it in there — just in case. We then sit on it and try our hardest to zip it up, our clothes getting stuck in the teeth of the zip as we pull it around, until finally we are able to more or less close it — it is good enough — some clothes still hang out where the zips meet, and extra books stick out of the front pocket all bent and warped, but it’ll do — we’re ready to travel. Or so we are told.

During this process, however, little to no questioning is made as to where it is we are actually headed, why we are headed there, if this is the place we really want to be going, or what alternatives there might be.

These suitcases are, essentially, nothing but our own heads. We are doing nothing other than stuffing our own heads. And, if we are honest, little to nothing of it sinks any lower than this; little of it reaches as far as our feeling life or our will. And so when we ultimately throw the case on the conveyor belt of life — following exams — the whole thing usually explodes, scattering its contents everywhere. We soon realize, however, that such contents are largely irrelevant and unnecessary (often, strangely, by virtue of the fact that we fail to notice their absence), and are quickly forgotten. For all we now require is the degree such activity bought us — the “boarding pass” now in our hand — education distilled into a commodity.

This, we might feel, is all we need. That is, until our debt repayments kick in. And if Spain and elsewhere are anything to go by, we may also find ourselves amidst the lack of possibilities for earning the money necessary to pay off that which we undertook simply in order to earn more money. In such places — and as such places become more of a global space — we find ourselves in a worse position than when we started. Our “economic incentive” has turned back upon us and, as the debts pile up, begins to actually devour us. We are no longer the consumer. We become, as it were, consumed by our own “incentives.”

I do not believe I am alone when I say that I am no longer interested in “passing” or “failing” in the sense outlined above. I also do not believe I am alone when I say I am interested in education for the “joy” of it. I believe everything can be studied with such a joy as this. This is the path of reverence and wonder. I am convinced that I am not alone when it comes to respecting the need for new ideas if the world is not to slide completely into the abyss, as well as for the importance of developing one’s self in order that such ideas may arise. Here — where the essential aspect of the individual overlaps with the essential aspect of all phenomena (including social phenomena) — this is the place where the objective and the subjective overlap, where duality dissolves, and we can come to know the objective, essential reality of the world as a new thought, and on the stage of our selves — as a self-referential truth.

What is needed is an “unpacking of the suitcase.” Space must be made for what each individual human being bears within them as a world-contribution, and for everything which can stream through a thinking, feeling and willing being who has put themselves in the service of the highest possibilities of this world — all that which stands against the complete demise of civilisation itself.

The suitcase must be left permanently unzipped; it must remain permanently open to the highest possibilities of other human beings and the world at large.

A “Higher Self Education” is needed; meaning both an education towards the development of our highest possibilities as human beings, as well as a free-self-directed educational, and more broadly, cultural life, which can arise through (and give rise to) the development of these capacities.

Ultimately, what is needed, more than any theory or program, is that individuals — as students and as educators (for we are each both of these in our age) — be prepared to put themselves in service of the true spirit of our time. This will not happen by endlessly referring to the past, but only if we make a space for the future to emerge through us.

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Today, it's been reported that Marti Noxon will be penning the script. Noxon's previous writing credits include the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" TV series, the "Fright Night" remake starring Colin Farrell, and "I Am Number Four". All her past projects definitely make her seem like a logical choice. The strongest definitely being "Buffy", as that character still remains one of the most badass fighting babes in pop culture history.

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San Antonio's 5K Earth Day Race

Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012 @ 7:30 am CDT

Type: Running

Woodlawn Lake Club House
South Josephine Tobin Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78201
United States

Website: Click here

Online Registration is currently closed.
The official dates are from
Thursday, Feb 02, 2012 3:54 PM CST to
Saturday, Apr 21, 2012 7:30 AM CDT
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Date: April 21, 2012
Time: 7:30 am
Location: Woodlawn Lake Club House
Entry Fees: $15.00 until April 18
$20.00 Race Day Registration
Awards: Trees to all winners!
Top 3 males and females in 5 year groups
Goodies: T-Shirts to all paid registered athletes
Contact: John Purnell, 210-385-8248


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Marvin AutoCAD Users Group

Product Focus: Autodesk Inventor
Autodesk Mechanical Desktop
Autodesk VIZ
Industry Focus: Manufacturing
Area Served: Marvin Windows and Doors Employees and Northwest Minnesota
MN, United States
Meeting Day: Tuesday
Meeting Time: 10:00am
Location: Marvin Windows and Doors
Hwy 11
Warroad, MN United States

Formed in 1996 to promote standardization of techniques and methods, develop shared customization routines, and enhance professional development of members.

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