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My Blog: Racing
By: Savinglives101

This last sunday I participated in my first cross country (XC) race on my mountain bike. I have raced before but in the discipline of Downhill (DH). I did rather well my first DH season, but it was too expensive to continue doing it out of my own pocket. The XC race was something else though.
With DH, you just go down the selected course as fast as possible. There are jumps, rock drop offs, technical sections and other man made features to try and throw you on your face. You get physically worn out when your pedaling through flat sections, but most of it is mental planning and rider control. All you really need is a helmet, a bike, some understanding of physics, mad bike skillz and balls the size of jupiter.

With XC, its all about rider endurance. The course I rode was just over 10 miles of shale rock singletrack, ravines, riverbeds ect. ect. I was out of my league when I signed up for this. I had no clue what I was getting into. At the start I was amazed at the pace of the riders around me. What was funny is that pace never stopped! After 2 miles I was spent, but my nevar lose attitude kept me in the sights of the leaders. I got to the point where I was so physically spent, my mind didn't care and my bike handling skillz suffered greatly. I am a pretty good rider, probably considered intermediate to advanced. I've done drops and jumps big enough to park large vehicles or even small houses under. But the XC race kicked my a$$ into the dirt. It gives racing a whole new meaning. I thought it was just about skillz. Now I know its about keeping your composure under extreme physical conditions and pushing the human body to the farthest extents.

I finished in 56 minutes 48 seconds putting me in 6th place of 17 riders in my class.

Published On: 4/26/2008

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My Blog: Love for a machine
By: Savinglives101

Recently I have been trying to figure out why God put me on this forsaken planet. Reason being, a Police department came to me and offered me a job. Previously to this, I was going to start school in May to follow my long roots and become a Bicycle Guru. Sometimes you get so caught up in "life" that you forget what matters most to you and makes you happy.

Last night I put in a movie called "Roam." It is a sequel to the movie "The Collective." It is a mountain biking film with Pros doing insane stunts and riding fast singletrack and even Ryan Leech on his Trials bike. The great thing about these movies is that they give me an adrenaline rush right there on the couch. And even though these riders are jumping HUGE road gaps and stunts, I still find a way to relax and fall asleep. I may be sick in the head, or I may just find comfort in acts of defying death and physics. I don't know.

Before I started to snooze, I was watching this wicked fast single track section and realized my love for mountain biking. I sometimes look at what I have invested in my arsenal of bicycles and think, "I could have like 2 motorcycles with all this." Sadly its true. But last night it dawned on me, as it does from time to time. I love riding motorcycles. They're so free, man and machine. But a bicycle takes it that much further. Many people Say, "its not about the Destination, but about the Journey." When you finish the journey and look back and think, I did that all myself. No engine, no gasoline, just me, my bike and a burrito or two. You go so much deeper on a mountain bike than on a motorcycle. Your breathing as it sets the pace. Heartrate pounding in your ears as you make your way up ascents that would scare sherpas. The Rush when you let go of the bars to trick as you fly over gorge's. The exhilaration when you crest a mountain to watch the sun settle into the horizon for its slumber. All this under your own power. You, two pedals, a chain, some gears, maybe suspension and a frame. This is when the Spritual aspect comes into effect that puts it way ahead of throttle twisting. It's surreal when you look at the terrain you just tackled and you get an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment.

Riding is not just subject to us in the Northern hemisphere either. I have seen many films where riders are in 3rd world countries. The faces of the locals light up, as well as the riders, in a way of euphoria that words cannot describe. Bicycles are a Culture and Language of their own, spoken through out the world without saying a word. One day I will ride my way across the globe. Bringing inspiring smiles to children and adults alike in far away lands and my own town of residence. Then I will have a journey of my own to tell. This.........all this, is what makes me happy.

Published On: 3/14/2008

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My Blog: Is there a point?
By: goodgirl13

They don't teach life in school. They just don't. You can't really teach life, it just sorta comes to you and you figure out the rights and wrongs on your own and hopefully make the right decisions when you can and if you don't, hopefully you learn from hem. Sure hey can teach us the basics of life, its good to be kind, and responsible, and show up on time and blah blah blah... But I mean, if they can't, physically can't, teach us the things that actually matter in this world. I just got a d on my physics test, probably the third or fourth one of the year, and it really doesn't bother me. Which is odd, but it doesn't. It's not going to matter twelve years down the road if I can figure out the centripetal force enacted upon the water drops in my dyer. Things that matter are more close to the fact that I currently want to stab someone I once respected and can't figure out how to communicate a very brief point without losing respect. So, why if school is so important, can none of this be taught? I'd think life is a bit more important than finding the measure of central tendencies in a normal distribution, wouldn't you agree?

Published On: 12/11/2007

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My Blog: Santa, from an engineering point-of-view....
By: Shahrazad

This just goes to show you, you should never let any engineer explain anything Happy, fantastic, or traditional to you, like Santa, the Tooth Fairy or Easter Bunny.

There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world. However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buddhist (except maybe in Japan ) religions, this reduces the workload for Christmas night to 15% of the total, or 378 million (According to the Population Reference Bureau).

At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, which comes to 108 million homes, presuming that there is at least one good child in each.

Santa has about 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west (which seems logical). This works out to 967.7 visits per second.

This is to say that for each Christian household with a good child, Santa has around 1/1000th of a second to park the sleigh, hop out, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left for him, get back up the chimney, jump into the sleigh and get onto the next house.

Assuming that each of these 108 million stops is evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false, but will accept for the purposes of our calculations), we are now talking about 0.78 miles per household; a total trip of 75.5 million miles, not counting bathroom stops or breaks.

This means Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second--3,000 times the speed of sound.

For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second, and a conventional reindeer can run (at best) 15 miles per hour.

The payload of the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium sized Lego set (two pounds), the sleigh is carrying over 500 thousand tons, not counting Santa himself. On land, a conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds.

Even granting that the "flying" reindeer could pull ten times the normal amount, the job can't be done with eight or even nine of them-Santa would need 360,000 of them.

This increases the payload, not counting the weight of the sleigh, another 54,000 tons, or roughly seven times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth (the ship, not the monarch). 600,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance. This would heat up the reindeer in the same fashion as a spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer would absorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy per second each.

In short, they would burst into flames almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them and creating deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team would be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second, or right about the time Santa reached the fifth house on his trip.

Not that it matters, however, since Santa, as a result of accelerating from a dead stop to 650 m.p.s. in .001 seconds, would be subjected to acceleration forces of 17,500 g's.

A 250 pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of the sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force, instantly crushing his bones and organs and reducing him to a quivering blob of pink goo

Therefore, if Santa did exist, he's dead now

Merry Christmas!

Published On: 1/8/2007

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My Blog: Life
By: goodgirl13

ha, it's been a while since i've actually written a good thoughtful blog, and i figured i needed a new one soon, but that's not why i'm really writing. there's a bit more to it than that, so deal with the possibly sentimental nature, or go smoke yourself silly, since i know a few of you will anyways.

Life, it kinda sucks don't you think? Then again, it's also this vitally amazing thing to deal with. And i say deal with because that's what we do, that's all we do. We deal with life. We make deals, take risks, ignore compromises. It's like a giant stock on the Wall Street market that could plumit at random and sore to new heights at the drop of a hat. It's not like we can ignore this, if we do we aren't living or survivng or really existing. Life's a freight train, it'll hit you hard. Reality, retrospect, as a whole, in the greater picture...it's life. This big obnoxious thing that sucks so much yet brings us to our knees in awe over and over again. And maybe its more heartache than joy for some, or vice versa for others but that's what it is. You can't get around it. Ha, and god damn whatever hollywood sleeze bag who signed the contract for the movie who's key line was "life's not fair" because as cliche as it is, it's true. Why am I telling you something you already know? Just wasting time i suppose. And then there's time, which for many equals life. Life is time, time is money, life is money. See why geometry is so f*cking useless, that whole transitional property of equality theory? Totally proved wrong right there. But back to the key points and not my pathetic math skills. Life is a time bomb of which most don't know the detanation time. For the few who do, life's so much more than this obnoxious thing. (damn you kyle for breaking my concentration with your milk math hoo-ha on msn!) It's precious for them, and also so much more frustrating for they know what's coming and when it's coming. I suppose we all know what's coming, we just live in denial about it. Those who don't have that luxury, they're the people who really live life. they might still be in denial but i think they accept it, and if they don't, they don't reject it like the rest. they still want what lies ahead, what there is for all to have, as they should, for the moment they give up, the moment they accept and surrender, is the moment what little is left for them is no longer worth anything. worth, deal, stocks...damn it, money! Okay, not that i'm stickign up for geometry or anything here but maybe they did have something right. NO! NO they didn't. Wrong wrong wrong! Want and Ignorance, the plagues and cons of man, true they're the evil beneath the skin, but is it always so bad? To want a good home, a good life, a spouse, children? Is it so bad to be ignorant of the true problems if all they'll do is ruin what little time they have for you on earth? I mean, tupid as it sounds, why would you embrace the emindent demise when you still had a span before you left to live. Accept it sure, but chose to bring it on sooner because you know its coming in the long run? Damn it, it's coming for all of us eventually, unless your robin williams, but like i said earlier, god damn hollywood sleeze bags... So those were my discombobulated thoughts on a matter i myself don't even understand. tune in next week for our discussion on quantum physics, i'm sure that'll be just as comprehendable.

and for all of those wo stuck with me til the very end, a little treat for you:

The seventeenth-century Hungarian lesbian Countess Elizabeth de B'athory scorned the more traditional moisturizers and anti-wrinkle creams, preferring to bate in warm virgins blood. To maintain a regular supply she slaughtered more that 650 girls.

Source:

Shaw, Karl.The Giant Bathroom Reader. Magpie Books. London UK. 2006

Published On: 11/23/2006

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WOBlog: Head Scientist at Whiteout Films
By: whiteoutfilms

Head Scientist at Whiteout Films

Since I have started updating the blog, everyone is constantly asking about the many scientific references I make about our panel of scientists that we have here at Whiteout Films. They want to know if this is indeed true and if so, how they know so many snowboarding facts and if they too actually snowboard. So, today's blog is set out to answer all of these questions and to leave your doubts behind. Here is our head scientist, Marty Sampson. Marty has a PHD in Environmental Physics from U of W (University of Whistler) As you can see, he loves the shredding but still keeps it classy at all times. First of all ,notice Marty's collared shirt, properly buttoning it right to the top. You can rarely catch Marty without this look, whether he is in the lab or on the slopes. Marty is also always down to help out with second angles during film shoots, so you'll rarely see him without his trusty camcorder. Next, check out Marty's scientifically engineered all-weather pants. These pants are good in absolutely all types of weather, from rain to sun to hail to heavy snow, and classy at the same time. Marty actually invented these pants, in our laboratories I might ad. Last but not least, like any good scientist, Marty is a big fan of safety. As you can see, he has his safety leash firmly fastened and frowns upon any shredder he sees without one. We always razz Marty to get new bindings, but he swears by the 1.8 seconds he takes to get clicked in compared to the rest of us and our 4.2 seconds it takes us to strap in. Marty has stats and facts for everything, so look forward to many more scientific facts to come from our team.

Published On: 11/17/2006

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My Journal: Oct 30th
By: Wayneford

IM BORED!!!!!!! So heres an interesting fact.

In 1905 Albert Einstein published his special Theory of Relativity which shattered all the principle concepts associated with Newtonian Physics. According to Einsteins theory of relativity, space is NOT three dimensional and time is neither a separate entity from space, nor is it fixed. Space and time simply become elements to describe phenomena and tend to support the esoteric concept of the Universe 'comprising' a multi-dimensional unbroken interconnected 'WHOLE'. - Did you know that the universe right next to ours (if ones really there, we do not know) could have up to 10 dimensions? "We humans are living in a "three" dimensional global whole." Imagine seeing a planet or creature of 10 dimensions!? How f*cked would that look. I believe in this theory, so before I die I'm going to get super f*cking high on drugs and fly into the Bremuda Triangle. What a trip that would be, hopefully it's like The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe HAHA!

And something I wrote,

In the present state of life in which a 'soul' is united to a passible body, it is impossible for our intellect to understand anything. A statement such as this really makes one ponder, and thats when it seems most crucial. Theres so much we as humans don't understand, such as the universe itself. - And along with that there will always be un-answered questions, not only about the universe, but about oneself in general. (maybe theres a relation between the two?) There are just too many remainders. For us to be able to understand anything, we must first understand ourselves, by searching for the answers to 'our unknown.' Those answers that will never be found anywhere, because no human can comprehend them. - Such as the meaning of life, which is "42." (but what the f*ck does that mean?) If we knew all lifes secrets and the unknowns of a universe, we would obviously be of a higher life formed being. Which just goes to show, human beings are NOT the smartest, most empowered creature "here." We are merely as insignificant as a grain of salt.

Does that even make sense? I was pretty f*cked haha I dunno whatevz PEACE!

Published On: 10/30/2006

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My Blog: What I've been doing and why greece sucked.
By: shayn80

Why Greece sucked!

Well for starters my camera got busted, I bit by mad mosquitoes, and lastly I didn’t bring enough clothes. That last one should never but rarely apply to boys btw. Oktoberfest on the other hand went well but things can always be better like no rain but its Munich so what can you say? What else have I been up too?

I’ve been reading like crazy the most boring subjects known to normal people, even the normal ones who read. My current reading list is: Anatomy illustrated coloring book, Intro to physics, Chem 1 with analysis, Calculus and Algebra Review. Why the pain? Because In January I head back to school and I need to be ready because what seems like forever to most will be the shortest 18 months I or any to-be Medical Student would have to prepare for the MCAT. I’ve wanted to become a doctor since I was 9 knew I wanted to go to college and be a Fraternity Boy when I was 12. However I wanted to travel and see the world and I above all else needed to know if I was ready as a person to a doctor. So I took time to travel and began college at 20. Took time to get to know myself and level of dedication for a year working with under privileged youth and then have spent the last 26 months living breathing and practicing limited medicine as a Medic in Germany. It’s time to head home and its time to finish school. Too bad Medical College is still 4 more years and if I go Nero Surgery, it will be 8 more on top of that. But at least I know for sure I’ll be great and I’ll heal a lot of people. Sorry went blabbing.

Published On: 10/7/2006

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My Blog: new favorite bumper sticker By: spyderballer8
the rules of this state say you pedestrians have have the right away, but the laws of physics say youre wrong! Published On: 9/5/2006 Add/View Comments (0)

My Journal: Snow vs. Wake
By: silversnowkat

For anyone reading, a reminder that I teach snowboarding (skiing too, but prefer the boarding). In the PSIA/AASI forum, I had written kind of a summary. Anyways, here is my input (part 1) between the two sports:

The third week of June 2006 was the best week of my life! Went from being the instructor all winter to being the student. I saved up and for my vacation I went to wakeboard camp http://wakeboardingcamp.com

From the couple of tries at wakeboarding in 2005, as compared to what I learned by trained instructors at camp - well, there is no comparison. Before, I could get up, carve some, through trial and error taught myself surface 180's and could ride switch which came from the snowboarding experience, but beyond that I was more or less clueless on the physics and effective ways to wakeboard.

The liquidifed version of boarding certainly has many similarities to snowboarding. The way we use camber to pressure the board and make certain movements such as in ollies, seems to similarly equivalate "rocker" on the board, with different rocker designs affecting pop and IMO, a "reverse" type of pressure distributing used when getting pop off the wake. Edging and using basic flexion and extension and general riding seems to mimic "powder riding". What really stood out for me as a snow instructor and now more engrained into my brain come winter time was the relationship of how the upper body movement's affect the performance down below. With the wakeboard, a bad habit I'm glad I broke early was the "breaking at the waist" (arms way out and board one direction and rear end sticking way out- a bad riding habit I've personally worked on breaking before in the snow.) Ollies still are not one of my stronger riding points, but do carry very similar movements as the snowboarding does.

Another thing I didn't realize prior but do now; when self-teaching myself on the water, I figured to keep the nose of a wakeboard up, just pressure that rear leg and walla -- now I see and feel the difference, much like snowboarding, tail weighting that board is going to create less effective movements and slower response. Distributing the weight equally (or close to) on the wakeboard is best. The rocker is going to help with keeping that nose from digging in too much.

Traditionally, at least based on my obsevations, wakeboards had dual center fins on either end. I had the opportunity to demo a couple of boards and this year a four fin model (with NO center fins) - the "Hyperlite Drive". One of these days when I get a digital camera to replace the old broken one, I'll have to take pictures of my favorite summer toy. Now if I just had the money for a boat so I didn't always have to mooch pulls.

Published On: 8/6/2006

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My Blog: Indestructible and Incorruptible: The Essence of life
By: SnowNinja

Ask a theologian what God is and he (or she) will tell you:

God has always been and always will be. God is indestructible and incorruptible. God is the pure essence of all things.

Ask a physicist what energy is and he (or she ) will tell you:

Energy has always been and always will be. Energy is indestructible and incorruptible. Energy is the pure essence of all things.

Like attracts like but moreso if we put out negative energy it is STILL energy and we attract more negativity. It's like being 'anti-war' instead of 'pro-peace'. Anti ANYTHING gives energy to the thing you are against. This of course COULD explain how Bush was elected but that's another story.

Have you ever felt a rush when around someone...an energy buzz that's hard to explain? It's like someone charging your battery? That's energy. That's being in the same harmonic frequency. I admit it is a rare thing but it's out there and it's amazing.

Have you ever been boarding and in you've found yourself in a moment of clarity where you can make no mistakes? That's being in tune LITERALLY with the universe.

It's not just words and it's as real as we make it.

My conclusion is that we, as beings composed of energy and living in a universe composed of that same energy, are in constant contact with each other and everything around us. So, that being the case, when we do good for the universe we do good for ourselves and when we do bad to the universe the same holds true. It's my physics meet Karma theory.

So, treat the universe, yourself and all around you with love and respect and shine the godlight within you. If God and the universe are one and the same then each and every one of us has the ability and obligation to enrich our universe and ourselves with our own divine creativity and light.

Hey, they asked for words of wisdom not 'knock knock' jokes....I do what I can.

Laughter is STILL the best source of energy.

Published On: 7/20/2006

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My Journal: exams By: Wayneford
uh oh... physics exam tomorrow haha Published On: 6/12/2006 Add/View Comments (0)

Girl Meets World: First Things First
By: Snowboard_Angelle

My drawing won first place in the Art Show at my school! (I figured I should start out with something big.) Now the downside, I have finals: Physics and Psychology are gonna kill me. Why do I really need to learn this stuff anyways?...My major is Graphic Design. Art and...okay well maybe there might be so connection with both classes but both classes still suck!

Published On: 5/3/2006

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My Journal: Wednesday, March 29th 2006 By: Wayneford
Today I had a wake n' bake just like usual, but today I awoke at 12 noon. No school today, there too stupid to schedule classes right. No way was I going to have a near 2 hour physics class followed by philosophy, too long to keep my attention, so instead I skated flatground for 2 hours by myself. Most productive day this week. No not really... haha Published On: 3/29/2006 Add/View Comments (0)

My Journal: Rain..WTF!!!:(
By: car1979

Yeahhh So I Guess Im Not Starting This New Blog This With A Big Happy Bang... Its Been Raining for The past...Week..Or More... And Im Going Crazy!!..The Hills Are So Ugly Cant Even Do Anything Without Killing Yourself... Arg..
Anyways...Exams SOon Too...WOohooo....Cant Wait To Just finish Them And Find Out If I Pass Physics...Ick :/...Anyways Thats All For Now!!...XxxX
-Car

Published On: 1/18/2006

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My Journal: Resume
By: DarrenJ

I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees. I write award-winning operas, I manage time efficiently. Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row. I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe incline with unflagging speed, and I cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru.
Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I play bluegrass cello, I was scouted by the Mets, I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges in my yard. I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays, after school, I repair electrical appliances free of charge. I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy eveningwear. I don't perspire. I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I have been caller number nine and have won the weekend passes. Last summer I toured New Jersey with a traveling centrifugal-force demonstration. I bat 400. My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. Children trust me. I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I once read Paradise Lost, MobyDick and David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I have performed several covert operations with the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Canada, I successfully negotiated with a group of terrorists who had seized a small bakery.
The laws of physics do not apply to me. I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all paid. On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full-contact origami. Years ago I discovered the meaning of life but forgot to write it down. I have made extraordinary four course meals using only a mouli and a toaster oven. I breed prizewinning clams. I have won bullfights in San Juan, cliff-diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at the Kremlin. I have played Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis.

Published On: 12/5/2005

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My Blog: School sucks
By: troyle

So even though I have a physics and exersice physiology exam, I don't feel like studying. So I am just wasting time. I just need to keep telling my self only one more week of school and finals until break. Then off to Vail for a week. So stoked b/c I am doing the ReTreat Yourself camp at Vail w/ Barrett Christy. But right now it doesn't take much to get me exicited, basically anything that isn't school related. Seriously. Well back to studying.

Published On: 12/2/2005

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My Blog: i will cut you
By: J_money

yo yo yo, this is my gangster flow, and my 1st blow ever! befor this point i never really new what a blog was?!? hmm, ya well im up right now doin a retarded physics project and trying to cope with the fact that its rainting outside!!! there was snow....all gone now:( well im out for a bit, gotta sip my tea and get back on the band wagon and do my h/w

l8er haterz

j$~

Published On: 12/1/2005

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Over thinking, over analyzing...: Radio
By: paragon

I was just driving home listing to the radio because I don’t have a CD player in the car. The radio station was playing some live recording of something that I wasn’t very interested in. A song finished and the vocalist started talking. He said:

“If I wanted to establish some kind of rock and roll credibility, I would say this next song is about hookers and drugs, but the honest to god truth is that I’m a nerd and this next song is about quantum physics”

Holly crap. That is f*cking cool. The dude doing the performance was called “Moby”. I have no idea who he is and I can’t say his music is to my taste. But the fact that he writs songs about quantum physics, is just f*cking cool…

Published On: 10/3/2005

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My Journal: 12/8/2005
By: Ms.Tess

Last night was chasing the clouds so we could watch the Perseid meteor shower, we spent almost the whole night trying to find at least a piece of clear sky but we were doomed. Later I found out that the only countries that were actually able to see it clearly were Italy and Germany. And it was amazing. Well, I guess it wasn’t meant to be this time. At least we had fun driving around at 3 am! The roads were very clear.
I’m still trying to figure out the budget for my new apartment, I’m already past $1000 and I’m that’s with a crappie mattress and without chairs! Damn, it’s expensive now days, to move I mean.
Oh, and I got an A in Calculus based Physics II!!! I was actually exempt from the final! That’s awesome, that will give me a nice boost to start the new school year.

Published On: 8/12/2005

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