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Optic, what day do you need this event to go on. Is it a Friday or Saturday?

Great pics. Palladium was the place to be from 86 to 93. It went downhill in 94 95 when they made it a hip hop place

Thats funny.

The Freaks Come Out

Back to the Future. The Karate Kid. 29th street. Field of dreams. The Terminator. Jean De Florette. Shattered. Shawshank Redemption. Class. Trading places.

Your looking for the total recorder. It will let you record streams. Here's the link to it. http://www.highcriteria.com/

Just found my answer. http://www.smirkingchimp.com/viewtopic.php?topic=5193&forum=4 Almost every automaker at the recent Tokyo Motor Show displayed good hybrid-electric prototypes, some getting more than 100 mpg. Volkswagen already sells Europeans a 78-mpg, four-seat nonhybrid subcompact and plans a two-seat city car for 2003 that will get 235 mpg (not a typo; VW is even testing a diesel version that gets the equivalent of 282 mpg). When cars are so fuel-frugal, powering them with fuel cells becomes a near-term option using current technology."

The VW that was 282mpg. Was this a hybrid car, or a 100 percent gas car.

Who thinks it will ever happen. http://www.sustainer.org/dhm_archive/index.php?display_article=vn560supercared A Thousand Miles Per Gallon A year ago, with considerable fanfare, President Clinton entered into an agreement with the Big Three U.S. automakers to develop within ten years cars that can double or triple the 30 miles per gallon that the average new American car gets now. In fact many auto companies have had for years demonstration models that get 60-100 miles to the gallon. Even 100 mpg is nothing, though, compared to what is possible. I used to listen with amazement when engineers claimed they could get 120-130 mpg. Then my friend Amory Lovins, the energy-efficiency guru of Rocky Mountain Institute, turned his attention from saving electricity to saving gas. Amory started talking about 150 miles per gallon. That number crept up to 200. Now he's confident of 300 mpg, he's done calculations that yield 600, and on his expansive days, he stuns his own staff by mentioning 1000. One thousand miles per gallon of gas! OK, maybe only 600, or 300. Ten times what we get now, as a conservative estimate! And he's not talking puny jazzed-up bicycles, or hi-tech jewels made of rare metals. He's talking safe, peppy, comfortable, quiet, beautiful, affordable family cars. They are, however, a wholly different kind of car. In today's most efficient cars, only 15-20 percent of the energy in the gas gets to the wheels. Only about 2 percent actually moves the driver; the rest hauls the ton of metal around the driver. Because of that ton of metal, engines have to be enormous. The key to the Supercar is to make it 1) much lighter and 2) much more aerodynamic, which would then allow it to have 3) a much smaller, more efficient engine. The lightness comes from getting rid of the steel. The Supercar will be made of composite materials -- carbon-fiber, fiberglas, and plastic specially designed to absorb far more crash energy per pound than metal. You've watched these materials at work if you've ever seen an Indy-500 driver hit a wall at 200 mph and walk away. Race cars are made of carbon-fiber. This material can be reclaimed and recycled, by the way, and it doesn't rust. It's surprising how much can still be gained from better aerodynamics, given how old that idea is. Lovins estimates that cars could be made two to six times as slippery as they are now (in terms of energy lost to air drag) by, for instance, reducing the frontal area and making the underside as smooth as the top. A lighter, sleeker car can have a lighter suspension and needs to carry less fuel. It puts less weight on the tires, so it loses less energy to road friction. It needs a much smaller engine. The Supercar engine will be "hybrid-electric." That does not mean toting around heavy batteries and plugging in every night. (Electric cars, labelled "zero-emission vehicles" in California, are in fact "elsewhere-emission vehicles," because they draw from coal-burning or nuclear power plants somewhere.) Instead, the hybrid-electric car will carry fuel to make its own electricity on board. It will recapture about 70 percent of the energy lost in braking by means of a small battery or a flywheel, which can deliver extra push for acceleration and hill-climbing. Says Lovins, "With its power so boosted, the engine needs to handle only the average load, not the peak load, so it can shrink to about a tenth the normal size. It would run very near its optimal point, doubling its efficiency, and turn off whenever it's not needed." Such an engine could run on any fuel, from gasoline or natural gas to solar-generated hydrogen. Except for that last bit about hydrogen, none of these ideas -- composite body, advanced aerodynamics, hybrid-electric engine -- is impossibly futuristic. Each one is already in use somewhere. What's new is putting them together to reap their reinforcing benefits. The combination will revolutionize the automobile industry. Lovins envisions assembly plants that mold lightweight, easy-to-handle car pieces, combining in one step 10-100 parts that now have to be pounded out of steel and welded together. The pieces wouldn't have to be painted (the most expensive and polluting step in current car-making) because the color could be added in the mold. The molds would be simpler and far less expensive than tool-steel dies. It would take weeks or months, not years, to change a design. Factories could be small and widely distributed. Lovins imagines buying a car the way he now buys a home computer, out of a catalog, or after a demonstration of all the options, choosing a model and color, and having the car delivered to his door two days later, freshly turned out in a local plant. There's no reason why that assembly plant need be part of a multinational megacompany. The Supercar could open the industry to newcomers and competitiveness even more than the advent of the Honda and the Hyundai did. If you think the purpose of life is to maximize the GNP, you might see the Supercar as a disaster. It would certainly downsize the car-making, petroleum, and steel industries. If, however, you understand that the GNP is the cost we pay to lead life, you'll rejoice. There can be nothing wrong with using less oil and steel, generating less pollution, mining and drilling less wilderness, transporting less material, being less dependent on imports, and not having to defend the Persian Gulf. No new technology solves every problem. Supercars won't unclog traffic jams or reduce the need to cover the land with asphalt. If that's what we want, we'll have to do some even more advanced thinking. (Lovins says Rocky Mountain Institute is working on it.)

Honda Civic or used Ford Escort. They have incredible gas mileage They get 33 to 35 miles per gallon.

Pedro should have stayed with the Redsox. He's gonna learn what Tom Glavine learned. The Mets Stink.

There not closing the doors before 1pm. Heck they want to make as much money as possible.

Very sad news. www.drudgereport.com Nikki Finke in Los Angeles is reporting that actor Christopher Reeve is dead, according to sources close to the actor. He died suddenly Sunday. News of his death has not been reported publicly yet. His family will make an announcement Monday at the earliest. Reeve was just mentioned Friday in the second live presidential debate by John Kerry. Noting he was a friend of the paralysed Reeve, Kerry said he was in favor of further stem cell research because Reeve could walk again one day thanks to such science...

A rich white man in North Carolina decided that he wanted to throw a party and invited all of his buddies and neighbors. He also invited Leroy, the only black guy in the neighborhood. He held the party around the pool in the backyard of his mansion. Everyone was having a good time drinking, dancing, eating shrimp, oysters and having a BBQ. At the height of the party, the host said, "I have a 10ft man-eating gator in my pool and I'll give a million dollars to anyone who has the balls to jump in." The words were barely out of his mouth when there was a loud splash and everyone turned around and saw Leroy in the pool! At first the Gator was beating Leroy bad. The Gator threw Leroy around like he was weightless. The Gator had Leroy's head halfway in the his mouth and was getting ready for the kill. Leroy was fighting for his life. Then Leroy turned it around jabbing the gator in the eyes with his thumbs, throwing punches, doing all kinds of stuff like head butts and chokeholds. The Gator then flipped Leroy through the air like some kind of Judo Instructor. The water was churning and splashing everywhere. Both Leroy and the gator were screaming and raising hell. Finally Leroy strangled the gator and let it float to the top like a K-mart goldfish. Leroy then slowly climbed out of the pool. Everybody was just staring at him in disbelief. Finally the host says, "Well, Leroy, I reckon I owe you a million dollars." "No, that's okay. I don't want it," said Leroy. The rich man said, "Man, I have to give you something. You won the bet. How about half a million bucks then?" "No thanks. I don't want it," answered Leroy. The host said, "Come on, I insist on giving you something. That was amazing. How about a new Porsche and a Rolex and some stock options? "Again Leroy said no. Confused, the rich man asked, "Well, Leroy then what do you want?" Leroy said, "I want the name of the muthafucka who pushed me in the pool."

Hands down Barry Bonds. He's got like a 600 on base percentage. That has to be the best in history. He has 41 homeruns in only 350 at bats.

This is a suggestion to anyone disputing the Swift Vets, and asking where Bush was while Kerry was in Vietnam. The standard answer should be that Bush was in Cambodia. When they say he wasnt, ask them to prove it. Tell them that John Kerry saw him there. He looked up from his boat and saw Bush waving at him from his F-102. If they dont believe it, tell them Kerry can prove it when he RELEASES HIS RECORDS.

Larry Walker is the biggest fool. He turned down a trade to the first place Texas Rangers to stay with the last place Rockies. That is so stupid. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5569153/&HL=Walker%20turns%20down%20trade%20to%20Rangers&CM=StoryNextLink&CE=1 Walker turns downtrade to Rangers 37-year-old star, still owed more than $17 million, says he's happy to stay in Colorado Rockies right fielder Larry Walker invoked his no-trade clause to stop a deal that would have sent him to the Rangers. The Associated Press July 31, 2004 DENVER - Right fielder Larry Walker and catcher Charles Johnson will stay with the Colorado Rockies after turning down trades just before the non-waiver deadline on Saturday. The Rockies reached deals to send Walker to the Texas Rangers and Johnson to the Los Angeles Dodgers, but both players invoked their no-trade clauses to stay in Denver. Both were in the starting lineup against Arizona on Saturday night. “Obviously, these guys wanted to stay here and we need to know on the basis of that what we’re trying to do and what we need to try to do to better the club to play competitive baseball and make it interesting and exciting for our fans,†Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said. Walker is one of Colorado’s most popular players, but he still has over $17 million left on his contract through next season. The five-time All-Star and 1997 NL MVP has said in recent weeks he would be willing waive his no-trade clause to go to a playoff-contending team. Walker said he wouldn’t go into details about the decision to veto the trade to the AL West-leading Rangers, saying instead that he was happy to stay in Colorado. “You’ve seen how we’ve been playing the last couple of weeks here going out on the road and we just need to get our act together here at home,†he said. “It’s fun to be out there winning.†Walker, 37, is hitting .326 with six homers and 18 RBIs in 33 games since missing the first part of the season with a strained groin. He’s on the team for now, but the Rockies might still try to get him through waivers to work out another deal. “I’m still here — I stayed and that’s pretty much all I have to say on the subject,†Walker said. “That’s all you’ll get out of me at least.†Johnson learned of the trade after Colorado’s game against the Dodgers on Thursday night and took his time before making a decision. After discussing it with his family, Johnson chose to stay just before Saturday’s 4 p.m. EDT deadline. “I’m happy to be back here and just ready to move forward,†Johnson said. “It was a tough couple of days for me really trying to figure out what I wanted to do, what avenue I wanted to take ... me and my family decided to stay here.†The Rockies had been looking to move Johnson to clear his salary — about $12 million through the end of next season. Colorado also had become dissatisfied with Johnson’s defense this season and was looking to find more playing time for J.D. Closser, considered the team’s catcher of the future. Johnson, 33, is hitting .258 with 11 homers and 41 RBIs this season. The four-time Gold Glove winner also has seven errors. “It’s not personal,†Johnson said. “It’s a business, but I had to decide with my family what was the best move for me. The move for me was to stay and not to go, and that’s what I decided to do.†Johnson’s decision could leave Los Angeles in a tough spot. The Dodgers traded catcher Paul Lo Duca to Florida on Friday and hoped to replace him with Johnson.

The Cubs have an amazing lineup. Garciaparra, Sammy Sosa, Moises Alou, Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Todd Walker.

Thats a good article

I'll tell you one thing, the girl he's seeing. I just hope she's the one on top. lol

There's a couple of pics of him on the link. He's from Ukraine. How is this guy not playing basketball. http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/12/tallest.man.ap/ Tallest man benefits from press Monday, July 12, 2004 PODOLIANTSI, Ukraine (AP) -- His extraordinary height trapped Leonid Stadnik in a tiny Ukrainian village for years, but now the 8-foot-4 man is seeing his horizons expand to match his size. Until this spring, the 33-year-old Stadnik had spent almost all his days here in Podoliantsi, a poor village in northwestern Ukraine. As he grew, his life seemed to be shrinking. He had to stop working as a veterinarian on a cattle farm three years ago after his feet were frostbitten because he couldn't afford proper shoes. Living on a $30 monthly pension, he tried to fill his days by gardening and helping out at his mother's cramped house. Then journalists, including The Associated Press, found out about him and one of the stories caught the notice of a German who claimed to be a distant relative and invited him for a visit. The German, who asked to be identified only as Volodymyr, came to pick up Stadnik in a van suitable for his sprawling frame. The trip to Volodymyr's home near Baden Baden in southwestern Germany took a grueling 25 hours and, once there, Stadnik had to sleep on a billiard table. But, Stadnik says, it was worth every discomfort. He got to sample frog legs in an elegant restaurant. He saw a roller coaster in an amusement park. "I saw so much in that month, as never before in my life," he says. That included seeing himself in the swirl of attention, with German teenagers asking him for autographs and doctors seeking to examine him. Stadnik, whose growth spurt started at age 14 after a brain operation apparently stimulated his pituitary gland, is still growing. There's no indication yet whether he might top the 8-foot-11 reached by Robert Wadlow of Alton, Illinois, the tallest man known in history who died in 1940. Recent measurements show Stadnik is already 7 inches taller than Radhouane Charbib of Tunisia, listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest living man. Guinness isn't planning any change, at least for now. "At the moment we still have the Tunisian guy as the record holder," Guinness spokeswoman Kate White said. "We have contacted Stadnik, but he seems like a very shy guy. He doesn't want us around. So we have to stick to what we have." Shy guy, big feet All the attention has perplexed Stadnik. During his visit to Germany, he recalls, his host once reprimanded pestering teens: "Leave him in peace. He is not a bamboo; he doesn't grow four centimeters a day." There were some disappointments on the trip. At a shoe shop for big men, they couldn't find a pair that would hold Stadnik's 17-inch feet. "It's nice, but I don't like the color," he joked about one short pair. Stadnik stands in a room in his Ukrainian home in June. Finally becoming homesick, he decided to come back to help his mother, Halyna, with the summer routine of country life. "It's wrong to be idle while my loved ones are working so hard," Stadnik says, even though he suffers from constant knee pain from carrying around his 440-pound bulk. His mother says her son returned a new man. "I don't remember him so inspired," she says. "Before, he was concentrated on himself and his problems, while now he looks as if he got a second wind." When Stadnik got back he found a new bed, made by furniture workers in the area. Before, he slept on two beds joined lengthwise. He also found that his blue and yellow parakeet Kesha had learned to imitate the telephone ring, from the frequent calls that have accompanied Stadnik's newfound celebrity. But what moved him the most was a new pair of athletic shoes that actually fit. They were sent by Jason Neswick, a New Yorker who had read of Stadnik's plight. "It is said that we live in such an age with advanced technology, medicine and breakthroughs, yet fall short of helping someone with no apparent reason for suffering ...," Neswick wrote.

Yeah i read about this to. He was killed because he owed some guy 100 dollars. Crazy people out there.

The funniest part of the night. Did anyone see that old guy in his 70s hitting on every girl. When that rave ended for those teens. Alot the teen girls then went upstairs to the room with Dumonde. The old guy was then hitting on them. When I was leaving Shelter, I hear this girl complain that only that old guy approached her. lmao

I thought Lange was much better then Dumonde. Lange played a nice mix of trance and house. Dumonde needs to play some more uplifting trance. Every trance song they played was hard trance. It just didn't have a rhythm to it. I'v heard much better hard trance sets then this one. I was pissed they closed up at 7 15. I wanted to hear Roxxia. Did anyone go downstairs to that rave they were having for teens? They had some really good house djs. There was this DJ named Miss Lisa. This girl was playing some sick house music.

Mike Bugout 11:00pm - 12:30am Lange (GODSKITCHEN) 12:30am - 4:30am DuMonde (Jam X and De Leon) 4:30am - 9:30am Aaron Wemrock 9:30am - 11:00am