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Legendary singer, keybordist, guitarist, songwriter etc Jon Oliva has made a long and successful career in music world. Although he had already played in several bands in the seventies it wasn't until the mid eighties that he found real success with Savatage which was originally formed by Jon and his brother Criss Oliva. The band released many highly praised masterpieces like "Gutter Ballet", "Hall Of The Mountain King" and the rock opera "Streets". 1993 was a tragic year for Jon and Savatage when Criss Oliva died in a car accident. Despite the huge loss, Savatage decided to continue without Criss. The band released three more high quality studio albums: "Handful of Rain", "The Wake of Magellan" and "Poets and Madmen" before band slowly went on hiatus in 2004. Although it's been very quiet in Savatage camp since then there has been a lot of going on in the world of Jon Oliva. He's been extremely busy with the rock orchestra band TSO (Trans Siberian Orchestra) and his new band Jon Oliva's Pain. The latter just released their second studio album "Maniacal Renderings". I had the honor to meet up with the legend while Jon Oliva's Pain visited in < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />
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You've been on tour for a while already?
Yeah, we've been all over. We've gone to Holland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, England. So, yeah we've been bouncing around. We have a week left and then we'll start recording again.
Do you have plans to play on any festivals on this summer?
Nope. Not this summer, but next summer. We've been talking to people but we're setting up for next year.
This seems to be an important and busy year for you?
Every year above ground is an important one for me! [laughs]
There are lots of rumors of a Savatage tour next year, is that really going to happen?
There will be something like that but it won't be a tour, it'll probably be just one show. Just kind of to put it to rest, I guess. I don't know about that because it's really something that's out of my control because it involves so many people. It seems to me pretty obvious that since there hasn't been a Savatage record since 2000, now it's 2007 so the chances of there being anything new for Savatage don't look good. That's my opinion. That could change though if everyone else wants to do it. But, if not… I don't really know how to answer that question anymore. Nothing is going on, is all I can say. No one has come up to me and said let's do something. They've talked about it but nothing has gone through?
Recently you said that Savatage is completely done, is it really like that?
Well, if there hasn't been a record in seven years; you can't be much more done than that. [laughs] People ask me this all the time, but if there hasn't been an album in almost eight years, chances are that we're pretty much done.
What's the main reason for disbanding Savatage?
Trans-Siberian Orchestra. If you like Savatage, just buy those records because that's like Savatage with different singers. That's really what it is. Every guy that was in Savatage plays in Trans-Siberian Orchestra. We sell out Madison Square Garden and places like that so what logic would there be for anybody to take that thing and destroy just to play for a couple thousand people in Europe? It's not going to ever happen. That thing has grossed millions of dollars and no one's going to destroy it to play some Savatage shows. It doesn't make any sense. I know if I was in charge of the whole thing, I would be an idiot to break that up. So why can't people just realize that? It was great, we had 25 years of a great band and now they've finally made it, but it's all the same guys! It's Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill, Bob Kinkel, Johnny Middleton, Chris Caffery, Al Pitrelli, Jeff Plate, Alex Skolnick; everyone that's been in Savatage for the last 10 years is in that band. Even I'm in the fucking band! Even I quit my own band to be in the band that makes the money. Let's just be logical.
About your new album.. Some songs on your new album "Maniacal Renderings" are pretty old stuff written by your late brother Criss Oliva. Would you tell us something more about those songs?
Well, some parts of Criss's music are goddamn…some of the tapes are dated back to 1982. There were tapes of writing sections from Power of the Night, Hall of the Mountain King, Gutter Ballet, Edge of Thorns. There's just tons of stuff. There's a riff from a song called "Time to Die" and the middle doomy riff was one of the first riffs he ever wrote, it was from like 1981. That was really old. So we just took a few of his little riffs, and these things just pop up all over the album. In Maniacal Renderings there's a riff of his that comes in after the solo thing, that's his riff. "Evil Beside You" he has a riff in there too. So, you know, he has little parts that come in all throughout the album. I think in four or five songs which is great.
I would say that new album sounds pretty much like old Savatage. Do you agree with that?
Well, any album I do is going to sound like Savatage; there's nothing I can do about that. I'm cursed with that. But, this album definitely has songs that would never be on a Savatage album. The way Savatage was run over the years, a song like "End Times" would never make it onto the record the way you hear it in this record. It would've been diced up, chopped up, switched around, gone over a hundred thousand fuckin times and it would have never sounded as good as it does here. There are a couple songs that could have been on a Savatage album. But, they wouldn't have sounded like they did on this album. They would have been manipulated and destroyed.
When you started this Jon Oliva's Pain band you stated that you are going to do a kind of concept album which will include three albums… but at least in my opinion these two albums don't have too much in common.. What ever happened for that original plan?
Yeah we were thinking about that, but that got elbowed because….you know the first record was put together really quickly. I knew these guys but I never truly worked with them before. That first album was kind of just a get to know each other album. It had some great songs on it but you can't compare it to this album. We spent a year on this album and you can hear it in the songs and the production. We just had more time, and we knew each other and everybody contributed. This was the first real group record. The first record was just I wrote and I gave them a CD and told them to learn these songs and they came in, played it and that's it. On this album we had pre-productions, rehearsals, we changed stuff around, recorded stuff at home and we worked on these songs for a long time.
So are you saying that this new album is part one of a saga which will then continue on next two albums?
No, that was my original idea; doing three albums. Then we started getting into it and I realized I'll probably want to do four or five so fuck it. You know what I'm saying? So we elbowed that idea. The first album and the second album have nothing to do with each other so we kind of fucked that up.
In 1992 you had a project called Romanov which was going to be a Broadway musical. Will that ever be released?
Just wait. About two years from now you're going to be hearing a lot about that. There's some stuff going on with it that I'm not allowed to talk about. Let's just put it this way: it's making me very happy!
But it's been 15 years…
Well, better late than early!
Tell me about how Trans Siberian Orchestra thing originally started?
Well, TSO started to form right after Criss died. The first talk of augmenting the Savatage sound was done by him and Paul and me. Then we were like well, we'll never be able to replace Criss so we did something different. We wrote the song "Chance" and came up with the idea of all the weird counter-point vocals and said well, maybe we'll do this. That was actually the first TSO song recorded. Because that was where that whole idea started. Then the next record we had the "Jingle Bells" song and from then on it's been getting bigger and bigger every year. It's a monster out of control.
Speaking of some of TSO members, tell me about Alex Skolnick?
Well, Alex plays with TSO, he plays with the east-coast band. He and Al Pitrelli split the band. Al does the lead guitar on the west coast now. Alex is in there because he's a great player and he's worked with Paul before. Paul really likes to work with people that he's comfortable with. Alex is a great guy, a great player.
Alex is best known for his work with Testament which is very different music than Savatage. How did he originally get involved with Savatage?
For Savatage, I really needed someone to play guitar solos for me, because I can't play solos very well. I played like one or two on "Handful of Rain" because there was nobody from Savatage on that album but me. We got Zak, we brought him in to sing and then we needed solos. We didn't know anybody really so we called Alex and he said yeah, I'll be there tomorrow. He was there and cut some solos, we did a tour with him and stuff. We were good friends for a few years before because we've done tours together. We were on the road for eight months with Testament. Eight Months! We just kept going around the United States. We went around the country four times, it was ridiculous. But, we kept selling out every venue. Every show was Testament, Savatage, Nuclear Assault.
Which year was that tour?
I think that was 1989, maybe 1990. Yeah, it was 1990. The tour we did with them was the "Practice What You Preach" tour. It was insane.
How about Chris Caffery then? How he ended up being in Savatage.
He was originally hired as an offstage rhythm guitar player for "Hall of the Mountain King" when he was like seventeen years old. He was a little goofy back then and my brother was very anti having another guitar player. Paul O'Neill bribed us to stick him behind the curtains. Then Chris was in the band for that tour and then we made him a part of the band officially for "Gutter Ballet" even though he didn't play on the record. He just came in after the record was done and we took pictures with him and put him on the album cover. He didn't actually play on any Savatage album until "Dead Winter Dead". No, I'm sorry; "Live in Japan" was the first record he did with us. Anyway, he's doing alright; he's happy so whatever. But yeah, that's how he came in; he was a Paul O'Neill find. Paul rears his head once again.
Speaking of Paul O'Neil, who's been a really important person in your whole career, how is your relationship with him nowadays?
Pretty good. I'm doing Trans-Siberian Orchestra with him. I'm actually going to be in the studio pretty soon, the day after I get home.
I recently searched your name on eBay and I found a recording bythe name of Metropolis which was one your first bands. What kind of memories you have from those days?
Yeah, Metropolis, oh god. That was fucking awful. There was a song called "Take Off with the Crowd and Let's Get Rowdy." Oh man, that was terrible. It was awful. This was the late 1970s. I think we recorded that in '78 or '79. It was this guy Vinnie and he had this guitar player named Maynard. He was actually a bad motherfucker too, he could play good. Criss played bass, I played rhythm guitar and we had this Maynard guy played main guitar and Vinnie played drums. Yeah that was '79.
Did you spend a lot of time with that band?
Well, we went through different members like crazy. Cuz' we were just a club band. We would play little shit-holes, kind of like the one we're sitting in right now! [laughs] But that's how we made our living back then. Just playing clubs, bars. We had a big debut and ending. One single, it went nowhere, end of band.
Speaking about the band you have now… It's not a secret that they all played in Zack Steven's band Circle II Circle before so how they all ended up being in your band?
Well, things just didn't work out with them and Zak [Stevens]. There were a lot of misunderstandings with them and they did a tour and they weren't happy. So, they were available and I needed a band so I was like, come on! "laughs"
You did a lot of writing for Circle II Circle's first two albums. In the future, are you still going to work with Circle II Circle?
No, I helped Zak on the first two records and then I cast him off on his own to let him do his thing. He's doing a pretty good job by himself, he doesn't need me anymore. He can't afford me. [laughs]
Well, how do you like the current line up of Jon Oliva's Pain? Is everything working well?
Yeah, well we've been together for four years now. Yeah, it's been…I'm not going anywhere. I'm very happy with what I'm doing right now.
You've had one line up change recently when Jerry Outlaw left?
Yeah, but Jerry never even recorded with us anyway. So, the band as far as its recording lineup is concerned, is the same as it's always been since the first record. The only thing we did was to add Jerry as a second guitar player for a tour about a year ago, but when we start working on new material we realized he was insane! We had to make the move on that so we got the other guy, umm fuck, what's his name? Shane. Shane came in and played on a couple songs on the album but he's got some issues going on so we'll just see what happens?
Where did he actually come from?
It's hard to explain where he came from because it's all one camp anyway. Different people were allocated to do different things with different bands. It's not like I was breaking up bands to get people, they were done so…
Great that's all I have for you this time. Thanks for your time.
Thank you!


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In recent enforcement actions, an advisor on the lam who defrauded clients of nearly $40 million had his assets frozen by the SEC, and FINRA fined and censured a firm over the way it handled UIT transactions for more than two years.
Also, FINRA launched a pilot program for large arbitration cases.
FBI Hunts Fugitive Advisor in $40 Million Fraud
Aubrey Lee Price, a Georgia-based investment advisor, is the target of a manhunt by the FBI on accusations that he defrauded his clients of almost $40 million in sales of an unregistered investment fund he managed.
Price apparently went into hiding, according to the SEC, which alleges that he raised money from more than 100 investors living primarily in Georgia and Florida by selling shares in the fund, PFG. Price claimed to invest fund assets in traditional marketable securities, according to the allegations, but also made illiquid investments in South American real estate and a troubled South Georgia bank.
As his losses grew, he made up phony account statements with fictitious balances and returns that he pawned off on investors and bank regulators to hide what he had done.
The SEC alleges that the scheme began in 2008, and that according to PFG's private placement memorandum, the investment objective was to achieve "positive total returns with low volatility" by investing in a variety of opportunities, including equity securities traded on the U.S. markets.
While approximately $36.9 million in PFG investor money was placed in a securities trading account at a broker-dealer, the account suffered massive trading losses and money was frequently wired to PFG's operating bank account. Throughout the time during which PFG suffered trading losses, Price prepared client accuont statements indicating fictitious amounts of assets and investment returns, according to the SEC.
According to the SEC's complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Price, believed to be a resident of Lowndes County in Georgia after moving from Manatee County, Fla., sent a 22-page letter to some individuals dated June 2012, titled "Confidential Confession For Regulators—PFG, LLC and PFGBI, LLC Summary." In the letter, Price admits that he "falsified statements with false returns" in order to conceal between $20 million and $23 million in investor losses.
William P. Hicks, associate director of the SEC's Atlanta regional office, said in a statement, "Price raised nearly $40 million from investors and made woeful financial transactions that he hid from them. Now both the money and Price are missing."
Price's assets have been frozen, and anyone with information about Price's whereabouts is asked to contact the Atlanta office of the FBI at 404-679-9000 or the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office at 229-671-2985.
UVEST Fined, Censured in UIT Sales
FINRA censured UVEST Financial Services Group, Inc. and fined the firm $230,000 over findings that it failed to establish, maintain and enforce written supervisory procedures reasonably designed to ensure that sales charge discounts were correctly applied on eligible Unit Investment Trust (UIT) purchases.
Without admitting or denying the findings, the firm consented to the measures and also undertakes to provide remediation to all customers who, for a period of more than two years, qualified for, but did not receive, appropriate sales charge discounts on UIT purchases, rollovers and exchanges.
Also, within 210 days of the entry of the findings, the firm must complete the remediation process and submit to FINRA a schedule of all customers identified during the firm's review as having not received an appropriate sales charge discount.
According to the findings, the firm relied primarily on its brokers to ensure that customers received appropriate UIT sales charge discounts, despite the fact that the firm failed to appropriately inform and train brokers and their supervisors about such sales charge discounts. As a result of the firm's defective WSPs and supervisory system, it failed to provide eligible customers with appropriate sales charge discounts on UIT purchases, rollovers and exchanges.
The findings also stated that the firm failed to identify and appropriately apply sales charge discounts in UIT transactions so that it overcharged customers approximately $44,048.07. Firm customers purchased UITs in brokerage accounts and the firm earned $3,704,781.81 in gross commissions through those purchases.
FINRA also found that the firm failed to establish, maintain and enforce a supervisory system and WSPs reasonably designed to ensure delivery of prospectuses in connection with sales of UITs as required by Section 5(b)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. The firm does not have any records regarding whether customers who purchased UITs during this period received prospectuses.
FINRA Launches Pilot Program for Large Case Arbitration
Parties involved in arbitration cases involving claims of more than $10 million have a new FINRA program in which to pursue action. According to FINRA, the program enables parties to customize the administrative process to better suit special needs of a larger case; it also allows them to bypass certain FINRA arbitration rules.
Participation in the pilot program, launched Monday, is voluntary and open to all cases; however, eligibility depends on all parties being required to pay for any additional costs of the program, such as costs for enhanced facilities or additional arbitrator honorariums; in addition, they must be represented by counsel.
Linda Fienberg, president of FINRA dispute resolution, said in a statement, "In response to the increasing number of very large cases, we wanted to introduce a more formal approach to give parties greater flexibility and more control over the administration of their case."
Some of the options available to participants include having non-FINRA arbitrators; having more control over arbitrators' qualifications and over how they are appointed; the ability to develop their own procedures for exchanging information prior to the hearing; access to expanded discovery options; and a broader range of available facilities.
FINRA said that parties in cases involving $10 million or more will be solicited by letter to participate in the program.

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Yours truly was honored to be a guest this past Saturday on "Dining Around with Joel" on KKSF 910AM.
It's always a laugh-a-palooza with host extraordinaire Joel Riddell, who makes it all too easy to chit-chat, especially when the topic is food.
We talk about my debut cookbook, "San Francisco Chef's Table" (Lyons Press), how it came about, the challenges involved in getting it done, how the restaurants featured were chosen, and what it was like to corral so many chefs into one project.
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For a-fib, a welcome alternative to warfarin
For a-fib, a welcome alternative to warfarin
Douglas Dawley, M.D.
Cardiologist, Providence Heart and Vascular Institute
Published February 2011
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent approval of dabigatran – the first oral antithrombin to enter the market – presents a favorable alternative to warfarin in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
Patients and physicians alike have lived with the frustrations of warfarin for more than 50 years. Warfarin has a narrow therapeutic window and requires frequent blood-test monitoring and dose adjustments due to its varying therapeutic effects and drug-food interactions. Xemilogatran, the first oral antithrombin inhibitor to be tested, failed to gain FDA approval in 2006 because of liver toxicity.
Dabigatran, brand name Pradaxa, does not require blood-test monitoring. It was approved based on the
RE-LY trial
, in which it was found to reduce stroke or systemic embolization by 35 percent compared to warfarin.
Pradaxa also lowered the rate of ischemic, hemorrhagic and disabling strokes compared to warfarin. These benefits did not occur at the expense of increased bleeding. In fact, overall bleeding rates were 9 percent lower with Pradaxa, and included significantly less intracranial hemorrhage and life-threatening bleeds. Rates of GI bleeding and GERD symptoms, however, were slightly higher with Pradaxa.
A few caveats do exist with Pradaxa. It is contraindicated in patients on rifampin. Since Pradaxa is renally metabolized, the dose in patients with Creat Cl 15-30 ml/min must be reduced to 75 mg bid. It probably should not be used if Creat Cl is less than 15 ml/min and if the patient is on dialysis.
Providence Clinical Pharmacy Services has worked with anticoagulation clinics to identify patients who might be good candidates for Pradaxa. They include those who have difficult-to-manage INRs or who can't travel to clinics. These are often elderly patients, a population well represented in the RE-LY trial and one that saw significant clinical benefit from dabigatran. The elderly have the highest risk for stroke, yet they are often undertreated with warfarin. Dabigatran represents a good alternative for this population.
A RE-LY substudy recently published in Circulation found that frequencies of stroke and major bleeding within 30 days of cardioversion were low on the two doses of dabigatran and comparable to those on warfarin with or without transesophageal echocardiographic guidance. Thus, dabigatran is a reasonable alternative to warfarin in patients requiring cardioversion.
Oral anticoagulation choices for a-fib will no doubt increase in the near future. For example, an anti-Xa drug, rivaroxaban, was found to be non-inferior to warfarin in high-risk a-fib patients, according to results of the
study presented at a recent American Heart Association meeting. Whether rivaroxaban will be approved by the FDA is unclear, yet other anti-thrombin and anti-Xa drugs are also in clinical trials.
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Just thinking out loud here...
He Who Dies With the Most Toys Wins.
3rd channel HERE WE COME.
I was thinking of this as well.
That will look absolutely halarious!!!! I cannot wait until someone does it a posts a video!
2.0, Summit, Slash (4x4), 'Pede 4x4, MERV
3rd channel on the Tqi is the TransBrake (or whatever traxxas is calling it)
Well, 4th of 5th, any available channel... There are a few parachutes for RCs, the problem is, how to deploy it...
First, I was thinking some kind of spring mechanism, then, some kind of small turbine, or, just air from the front...
He Who Dies With the Most Toys Wins.
maybe a tube through the body connecting to the front of the chute holder? with a servo that opens a little door at the front of the tube
I think that FUNNY CAR's receiver can't use the 3th & 4th channel.
Because the transmiter use the Burnout, Staging, and Race Modes.
and the Lunch Control. So the receiver's 3th and 4th channel already cut off.
The radio is another problem, you can use a standard TQ 2.4 Link radio and problem solved... I don't even care about the fancy new radio, those options are worth if you only buy the drag tree... So, ideas on how to install a parachute?
He Who Dies With the Most Toys Wins.
Couldn't you wire a servo splitter to the esc/reciever wires going to a servo, so when the esc was told to brake by the rx, the servo would operate, pulling a pin and dropping the chute into the wind? Maybe the esc/reciever wouldn't work with something like that, I haven't really experimented much.
I think a parachute would be great But I don't know how you could deploy it. It sure would look cool
I wanted to put a really cool signature but I ran
That is about the same setup the jet guys use in their planes. Linkage will be the most work. Especially since the servo will move with application of throttle and brake, if you run a y-harness as suggested.
I know they make parachute drop modules for planes you probably could get one of those and do a little modding and make it work, if there is a spare channel.
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Here is my set up for my 1/4 scale funny car. Same thing would work on a smaller scale.
Very nice! Thank you for the pics!
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Yeah that system would work just fine for smaller scale and is pretty reilable too
Thanks for contributing Otime, very cool setup. I wonder if my esc/parachute servo with a Y harness idea would work...
Onetime do you have any videos of that thing in action not on here but on youtube, it looks sweet I want to see the chute open up
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No video on youtube... Here are some pics of me driving it at BIR (Brainerd International Raceway)
Open chute in the last pic
Otimebomb sweet ride hope to see it up there at BIR
Looks great i wonder if you could do that with the traxxas funny car
I wanted to put a really cool signature but I ran
Yeah, I think thats what is being worked out here. First to have a chute gets bragging rights, a patent, and lotsa cash from the sales!
Ya can't polish fertilizer...
Here is a video of my friends 1/10 scale car- has dual chutes.
Traxxas should make a top fuel dragster, those are badass. But the funny cars are 2nd best to me.
Man, those chutes are just like the real thing! Very cool!
just the top fuel would have to be nitro just like the real thing. maby a traxxas big block?
aluminum for ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A Parachute would be SICK! I think a micro servo is really the best way to go. That or a real long piece of string. lol.
Im curious about clearence with the body mount hinge system.
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i would think that gonna be the only issue with the chutes on the traxxas FC.
either set up as shown would work just fine once tweaked properly, getting them mounted properly is possibly the issue, you would want to have them anchored to the chassis, and the Traxxas FC looks to have a fair bit of stuff going on at the rear.
Did you see what this guy made for his XO-1 (Video and Pics)
the problem is you can not add a parachute to the traxxas funny car with the stock tx/Rx since there is no third channel to add a servo which i found out the hard way. and if you try adding a spektrum reciever to the traxxas esc go luck unless you unlock the esc, i got so fed up with the whole deal i just ended up taking the stock esc out and putting in a tekin rx8 esc with the spektrum sr300.
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why could there be somekind of y adapter for the throttle and brake,and when the brake is applied the shut pops out,or is this fisable at all.
this where i placed the pull wire the wire is an rc airplane pull wire very simple to place
scott i'm not sure if that could work or not. But a real funny car keeps the throttle on while pulling the chute. which help out with the car jerking back at a rapid pace. the same goes with on the 1/8 scale so i don't think you would want to add a splitter to that part
Oo... wanna see how this project Turns out.
Build, Bash, Clean, Repair, Repeat..
sorry for the long delay in the project. between work and a needing girlfriend haven't had much time to work on the project. well i finally got the chute installed and the servo going the right direction to release the bag. i can't wait to see how it works out this sunday afternoon. i have tried a couple of chutes and they were a trial and error mostly error so hoping this one will work. if so videos of it will up soon.


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When Michelle Rhee joined a panel of experts on Martha's Vineyard to discuss the achievement gap in public education, there was no doubt that she would be a lightning rod in the discussion. She shared the stage with education historian Diane Ravitch, Harvard sociologist Lawrence Bobo, Yale psychiatrist James Comer and Princeton sociologist Angel Harris, and soon enough she was taking fire from all sides.
The panel was sponsored by Harvard University's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, which is headed by The Root's editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr. For the past 15 years, these summer seminars have been an annual ritual at President Barack Obama's favorite vacation island, and they draw a cross section of vacationing intellectuals — black, brown and white. The president was a few miles away but, of course, did not attend.
Rhee's 3 1/2-year reign as chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools ended in controversy. She resigned soon after her boss, Mayor Adrian Fenty, was upset in the 2010 election by City Council Chairman Vincent Gray. The conventional wisdom was that Rhee's tough approach to the D.C. schools' problems — including firing teachers and principals and closing schools — had alienated the city's black middle class. Her claims of dramatically improved test scores during her tenure have since been disputed.
Soon after the elections, Rhee gave up Washington, D.C., for Sacramento, Calif., where her fiance, former NBA All-Star Kevin Johnson, is mayor. She also created a new organization, StudentsFirst.org, to advocate on behalf of kids in the school-reform debate.
She sat down for an interview with The Root in the basement of the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown, Mass., right after the panel discussion.
The Root: The name of your organization implies that children are not first in the minds of educators.
Michelle Rhee: You have teachers' unions. You have testing companies. You have textbook manufacturers. You have lots of people who are benefiting every day from maintaining the status quo. If you go to any school board meeting anywhere across the country, the number of times that people mention children, or students, or student achievement is very, very few.
Most of the issues that are debated, that are at the forefront, are adult issues. If we took the stance of saying, "What is in the best interest of kids? What decisions would we make if we were just thinking about children and their families?" we would have a much, much different public policy.
TR: The discussion got quite heated when you talked about removing poor teachers from the classroom.
MR: People on the panel suggested that if someone is rated as ineffective, let's try to invest in that person. That's nice if you're looking at it from a systemic perspective. But I wanted to ask every one of those panelists: "Would you allow your child to be in that person's classroom while we try to professionally develop them?" There's not a person on that panel or anywhere in the audience that would allow that to happen. So whose children are we expecting to be in the classroom year in and year out?
TR: There was a lot of pushback from people in the panel about the idea of getting rid of bad teachers or of testing kids. Is it resistance to accountability or resistance to the idea?
MR: I think a lot of what happens on panels, there's a bogeyman [created] and the debate gets polarized. Diane Ravitch said, "I believe in accountability." Dr. Bobo said afterward, "I also believe in accountability." You get everybody on the panel saying accountability is important; testing is important.
If we all agree accountability and testing are important and we all agree we don't want either of those things to get out of hand, what does the right testing regimen look like? What does the right accountability system look like? That's where I feel we're going to get into some real solutions and real meat of the debate, as opposed to throwing out these big things which I don't see anyone out there saying.
Some of the things Dr. Ravitch talked about: the need for music and art and PE. Those were all things we did for the first time in Washington, D.C., when I was the chancellor. That's what makes it difficult because people often point to me and say, "Oh, she's the testing lady." But I actually did make sure every child had an art teacher, a music teacher, a PE teacher, a librarian, a nurse, a social worker or guidance counselor. And so I think the creating of these wild extremes that don't actually exist doesn't help us get at the core of the debate.
TR: Is there something you should have done that would have changed the outcome in D.C.?
MR: I made mistakes every day. I think there's no doubt in my mind that what we were doing with school reform was part of the reason my boss lost the election. I don't think it's the whole reason, but I think it definitely played into it.
The question is, would it have been possible to have done something differently which would have changed the outcome of that? Who knows? What I can tell you is that during the 3 1/2 years we were there, we saw the kind of academic gains the city had never seen before and that no urban district anywhere in the country in that period matched.
For me it was absolutely a matter of doing whatever we could at the fastest rate possible to improve the learning outcome for kids. People often say to me, "If you had been a little nicer … you could have been a little more cooperative." If you can show me someplace — not just in education — somewhere, anytime in history, where you saw a transformative change happen and everyone remained on board or happy, I would subscribe to that strategy faster than anybody. I've never seen really significant change happen without significant opposition.
TR: Would you take another school superintendent job?
MR: When I was in the job, it was going to be my first and last superintendency; but what I realize now is that I miss that job every day. I loved it. I loved waking up in the morning and going to work. The work I'm doing now is having a real impact, and I love it in the same way because it's in the political realm.
In my ideal world, I would get this organization up and running and run it for five or seven years and groom someone great to come behind me. At that point, I would potentially like to go back to having that daily interaction with kids and parents and teachers.
Joel Dreyfuss is the managing editor of The Root.


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FIFA 14 is in development for PlayStation 4, according to a listing on Amazon Germany.
EA Sports' unannounced football title appears on the retailer's website in its PlayStation 4 section, alongside previously announced PS4 titles Killzone: Shadow Fall, DriveClub, Watch Dogs and Destiny.
The game is also listed for release on current-gen platforms, including PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.
EA Sports has yet to formally reveal FIFA 14 or announce intended platforms, but it has previously suggested that a next-gen version could be in development.
Last month, EA CEO John Riccitiello said that "Battlefield and FIFA are going to help [EA] lead as we move into the next set of technology opportunities and platform opportunities," and that the publisher has already "signalled that [it's] working on the next editions" of Battlefield and FIFA.
EA Sports typically reveals each year's FIFA title around May time. But with the next-generation arriving, could EA be positioning itself to announce this year's football game slightly earlier?
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2 thoughts on "US Weather – Climate"
U never get what u expect u only get what u inspect
God sat there listening to the AlGore global warming talking "god-like' about doom and gloom. He finally got fed up and said, "I'll these idiots who's in control of the weather!" Then he winked his eye…and the sun entered a 100 year quiet cycle. A cycle that we are about 17 years in to. In 10 to 15 years, say hello to an ice age….in spite of all the extra CO2!


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Mick Mulvaney is firing back at Democratic critics of the White House's plan to cut $15.4 billion in spending, including $7 billion in unspent funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program. In an op-ed in The Washington Post, the Office of Management and Budget director calls Democratic objections to clawing back those unspent funds "hypocrisy in its purest form."
Mulvaney notes that "Congress claws back unspent and unspendable funds all the time" and that Democrats recently voted to rescind $6.8 billion in CHIP funding as part of the spending bill passed in March — though those savings were used as offsets to other spending in the package. He adds that, counter to Democrats' claims that the cuts would hurt children covered under the program, the Congressional Budget Office analysis found that the proposal would have no impact on the number of children insured. (The CBO also said that the $7 billion in CHIP rescissions wouldn't affect the program's spending, or lead to any real savings.)
"It's fascinating to watch Democrats in Congress spin a good-government proposal into a message of grave concern," Mulvaney writes. "In this instance, Trump is trying to return unspent government money to the taxpayers, while Democrats are demagoguing the effort as his attempt to hurt innocent children. 'Never let facts get in the way of a political attack' appears to be the Democratic mantra."
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Norfolk Southern unveils GoRail locomotiveWritten by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
Founded in 2004, GoRail mobilizes support for policies that would lead to more freight moving by rail and opposition to policies that would limit the freight railroads' ability to meet growing freight demand. The GoRail locomotive will enter into regular freight service on Norfolk Southern's system.
The EMD SD60E locomotive "features a paint scheme combining the infinity lines of the Norfolk Southern livery with the tracks of the GoRail logo," NS said. "The lines end in an arrow to depict movement, and the GoRail colors carry through the modified speed lines to show the unity of GoRail and Norfolk Southern, creating the look of land as seen from above and signifying freight movement. The GoRail locomotive joins Norfolk Southern's 30th anniversary fleet of 20 non-traditional locomotives painted in the schemes of key predecessor railroad companies and the veterans' locomotive painted to honor those who have served in the military and reserves. The GoRail locomotive was painted in Altoona, involving 14 Norfolk Southern employees using 60 gallons of primer and paint over a 40-hour period."
"We are honored that Norfolk Southern has commissioned this special GoRail locomotive and are excited for its debut," said GoRail President Russell McGurk. "We believe it will help GoRail spread awareness about the many public benefits of rail, including more jobs, improved safety, less pollution, and less energy consumption. When the public understands that America's privately owned freight railroads invest billions of dollars each year in the nation's rail network, so taxpayers don't have to, they are eager to get behind pro-rail policies."
"Our industry has a great story to tell, and GoRail does an excellent job of educating the public about the benefits and strengths of the American freight rail system and the continuing high levels of freight rail investment to drive safety, service and growth," said Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman. "We are pleased to help promote GoRail and their pro-rail mission."
The unveiling of the GoRail locomotive (No. 6963) was to take place at a reception on March 12 at Union Station in Washington, D.C., the evening preceding Railroad Day on Capitol Hill. Photos were then be posted to the GoRail and Norfolk Southern social media accounts.
A time-lapse video of the painting of No. 6963 is on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h55AaK6rZ0.


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"There was a time when I thought myself the scourge of all these seas."
If Captain Blackbeard, one of the most infamous pirates the world has ever seen, measures himself against you and considers himself less of a scourge, you've got a serious attitude problem. Of course, Edward Kenway has an excuse: He's the latest hero in a centuries-old war between two factions. (I'm sure you Assassins know their names.) Ubisoft has released the sails on Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, and we were there for a first look.
Still, the French publisher has a lot to prove in their next AC game. To say that Assassin's Creed III was polarizing would be putting it lightly, but Ubisoft Montreal and the stable of support staff in Ubisoft's studios around the world have smartly identified the best elements of each game in the series, all to drive this sequel forward yet again.
In that sense, they've gone back to the well to build and improve upon the naval warfare mechanics introduced in ACIII. Lining up a shot, firing, inching closer and closer to high-seas dominance, these mechanics quickly captivated players despite the detachment it suffered from the rest of the experience. To that end, Ubisoft promises that Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag won't require players to watch a loading screen or extended cinematic, just to depart their vessel and walk on dry land.
In fact, Black Flag allows players to peer through their spyglass, pick a point on the horizon, and immediately set sail for adventure. [Assassin's Creed: Wind Waker? ~Ed. Nick] Along the way, players can drop anchor and dive overboard, get swept up in a vicious high-seas storm, or attack and board merchant ships. Piracy and the culture of brigands and thieves play perfectly to the core strengths of Assassin's Creed: melee combat and traversal gameplay.
Ashraf Ismail, Game Director on Black Flag explained this during a presentation at Ubisoft's offices in February: "We wanted to set Black Flag in a world that motivated players to explore and feel like they were always seeing new content." To that end, the massive world map includes Cuba, Nassau, and Kingston, with over 50 unique locations spread across the map. Fishing villages, plantations, hidden coves, jungles, forts, Mayan ruins, and the picturesque coconut islands that dot the landscape all offer new opportunities to interact with history.
And what a history Ubisoft has chosen to draw from. Larger-than-life characters like Blackbeard, Calico Jack, Charles Vane, Ben Hornigold, and Anne Bonny will cross paths with Edward as he struggles to reconcile his own ideals and those of the Assassin order. Ismail explained that "the real Blackbeard, Edward Thatch, didn't want to murder people, so he created a flag and a persona of fear so that the fear would overcome any need for violence." Blackbeard is one of the player's close friends in ACIV Black Flag, but fans of the series might also recognize Edward's name more than the other pirates on hand.
Edward Kenway is in fact Haytham Kenway's father and Connor's grandfather. Ubisoft says we'll discover how Edward and the Kenway family are inducted into the conflict between the Templars and Assassins, but wouldn't offer up many more details on the way the family toes the line between each side. What's more, Black Flag will answer questions many of us were left with at the end of Desmond's story in ACIII.
Players will again cross paths with Abstergo, but this time their subsidiary, Abstergo Entertainment, is the target. Desmond won't return, and in fact, players will simply play as themselves and discover the conflict anew. The Templars hope to discover some ancient event in Edward Kenway's history and thanks to upgrades to the Animus hardware, they don't need a member of the Miles family to do the work.
Outside of the single-player campaign, Ubisoft Annecy's kill-or-be-killed multiplayer will return with new characters, new maps, new modes, and a whole lot of pirate culture. Black Flag won't allow for multiplayer naval warfare, but Ubisoft's world seems to provide for plenty of adventuring on the high seas. Coming off of development of Far Cry 3, Ubisoft Montreal is poised to further the "toy-world" that started to open in Assassin's Creed III.
"We're building a lot of systems with simple sets of rules," Ismail said. "But those systems also mix together in-game. You can see the storm ahead of you, and you can see the enemy, but pull that tough enemy into the storm and watch the enemy react to the rough waters."
Ubisoft says that roughly 60% of the campaign has players exploring the islands and cities while the remaining 40% allows for naval progression and ever-increasing resistance from other pirates and military vehicles. Still, those simple systems mix together on the high seas, and setting a waypoint will be a lot easier than getting to it. Players will have to navigate aggressively and rely on their crew to board valuable mercantile vessels.
"You can approach an enemy ship from any direction and once you've got your grappling hooks on your target, it's your choice how to act," Ismail said. "You can rely on your crew to board and use free aim to shoot at targets on the other ship, you can climb the mast and air assassinate a target on the other ship, you can swing over and fight everyone, or you can jump over the side and climb up the enemy's hull to sneak up on your target."
With the spoils you'll find on enemy ships, you can upgrade your ship and crew whether that means adding offensive capabilities or reinforcing your hull against incoming damage. It's your choice, but Ismail stressed that this progression is key to exploring the entire map. "Different ship types will try different tactics. We tell the player 'you can see it, sure you can go there,' but if you're not properly equipped, you won't reach land."
With a seamless wide-open world, deeper, more engaging naval gameplay, and a colorful history to draw from, Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag hopes to discover gold once more for Ubisoft. The sequel is planned for consoles and PC later this Fall. We'll bring you more as it develops.


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In my 2005 Tacoma I have an aftermarket installation of a Sportster 5 using the direct input adapter and a rooftop "hockey puck" antennae and I'm very happy with the sound quality and reception.
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LANGHORNE, Pa., Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeShield Security is giving TWO GIFTS for the price of one this holiday season. Beginning Black Friday, November 23, customers purchasing a LifeShield Security system by calling 777-888-9999 can receive a FREE 7" Kindle Fire as a limited time promotional special. Easy LifeShield app download instructions will be provided with each Kindle so customers can use it to control their new LifeShield smart home safety system.
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LifeShield Security offers customers free equipment and free activation. Customers can choose the LifeShield package that's right for them, and can add on any extras to meet the specific needs of their home and family such as cameras, motion sensors, glass break sensors, cellular capabilities or additional open/close sensors.
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Security system orders must be placed by calling 1-777-888-9999. If customers prefer to receive their Kindle in time for Christmas, orders must be received by December 10th.
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Historic Range: $239.97-$399.95
Reviewers Paid: $125.00-$319.00
|Minimum Weight
2 lb 15 oz / 1.3 kg
|Packed Weight
3 lb 9 oz / 1.5 kg
|Floor Dimensions
96 in x 53 in / 244 cm x 135 cm
|Interior Height
43 in / 109 cm
|Floor Area
37 sq ft / 3.5 sq m
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22 sq ft / 2.0 sq m
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I have the Meta 2P. I recieved it on July 27th, and have slept in it every night since then. I LOVE this tent, it is by far the best tent I have ever purchased, and in my opinion is worth every single penny I paid for it.
Set up was extremely easy, I had the tent up in about 6 minutes. One minor thing I noted. The two webbing straps that you stake out to tension the grommet for the trekking pole tip. You put the tent stake through a metal ring on the end of that strap. You have to pay attention to make sure the tent stake grooves grip the ring or when you start tensioning the tent with the trekking poles it will pop free. It took me a minute to figure out what was happening. It just takes a little attention to detail, no biggy. I am thinking about using a different style tent stake for the webbing straps, one with more of a hook rather than a tiny little groove. Like I said, very minor issue.
So 5 nights so far in the Meta.
Night 1: Was a light rain, I had the vestibules fully open (tied back) and the tent stayed completely dry. It also breathed quite well, the temp was 71.
Night 2: Severe thunderstorm, this was the test of all tests lol. Temp low 60s, winds sustained at 20-30mph, with gusts probally upwards of 60-80. And heavy, heavy, heavy rain for about a 3 hour period, and a light to moderate rain for the rest of the night after that. For this night I had the vestibules half open, each only attached at the buckle point on each side, and the other half tied back. When the whipping winds started up I would occassionally get a little spray into the tent from the half open vestibules, But I pretty much expected this I just wanted to see how well the tent would perform in this setup. This tent is absolutely bomb proof. During the whole storm the tent barely moved, it held up like a champ. In the morning I went inside and watched the news and found out tons of trees had been uprooted in my town! I knew those winds were bad!
Night 3: Clear, with a temp of 58. A very comfortable night, both vestibules fully closed. Tent still breathed remarkably well. No evidence of condensation in the morning.
Night 4: Clear with a temp of 61, vestibules fully open, a super comfy night. No evidence of condensation in the morning.
Night 5: Passing showers, temp 60s, vestibules fully closed. Pretty comfy night, ventillation was ok. Would have been better if there was a wind, there wasn't really one to speak of. No evidence of condenation in the morning.
A few of the things I noticed during my 5 night test. The wall vents inside the tent do not always stay fully open. Not sure if this was a setup issue, i.e. maybe It needs to be just a little taughter. Will mess around with that later. But in the meantime I put a tiny piece of open cell foam around the little tension line that alows you to cinch the the vent closed. This holds it fully open quite nicely.
Now I want to be clear here, the vent opening itself on the outside of the tent where the guy line is is fully open, just on the inside of the tent one half of it would be open and the other half would be pulled against the tent fabric hence being closed. Both sides of the tent were like this. The foam remidied it however.
The only other thing I noticed was the webbing strap issue that I mentioned earlier. Otherwise, this tent is GREAT. Lots of room inside, I am 5'11" about 210. With my sleeping pad and bag and me, and my wife beside me we had about a foot or so between us. Plenty of room to sit up straight. Laying down I have about 6-8 inches clearance on either side of the tent from hitting the wall.
The tent setup included the Meta 2P obviously, the tent stakes it came with, Black Diamond Alpine carbon cork trekking poles fully extended. The footprint and the paw print.
Footprint, works like any other footprint. Gets the job done, easy to attach.
Pawprint: I LOVE this thing, it is so soft and comfy. It's like having a high quality bed sheet. I got it mainly so my husky won't damage the tent floor. But it makes the tent that much more comfy, and takes the otherwise slickness away from the tent floor. The instructions recommended putting sleeping pads under the pawprint. This worked out great because it kept them in place perfectly. It would probally also provide just a little bit more insulation from cold ground since its essentially trapping a pocket of air between the tent floor and the pawprint. The pawprint attaches easily with 4 snap buttons, one in each corner of the tent.
Tent is easy to pack into its waterproof compression sack, very nice I might add.
I am very pleased with this tent. I would recommend to anyone. I would rate this 4.5 out of 5, due to the two minor issues I noted with the stap and vent. I paid $319 from mountain plus, this included the tent, footprint, and pawprint. Total weight with everything needed and that I used for my setup comes in at 4lbs 9oz. This can easily be dropped down by not using the pawprint or footprint. Base tent, stuffsack, stakes, repair kit, weigh in at 2.9lbs.
This is far better than my old tent that was like 9lbs 12oz.
Use the Meta 2P! It is the best tent I have ever had the pleasure of using.
Design: 3 season ultralight trekking pole tent
Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: Can't get easier, time from digging the stuff sack out to fully set up is about 4-6mins
Weight: 2.9lbs
Price Paid: $319
The NEMO Meta 2 is an excellent tent for two people the overall weight with Nemo stakes, ground cloth and water proof stuff sack is 4lbs 6oz. This is a strong lightweight large tent for two people myself and fiance sleep very comfortable in it with plenty of gear. The two large vestibule allow easy storage of packs and stoves. I was able to get the total weight of the tent to 3lbs 5oz by using a silbylon stuff sack a 2mil painters cloth foot print and not using the stuff sack for my stacks (small patch of nylon for the spiked end and two rubber bands for the stakes).
- High space-to-weight ratio (gobs of room for 3lbs 5oz)
- Extremely stable in high winds
- Trekking pole setup (allow for duel purpose on my trekking poles)
- Plenty of adjustment for rain sag
- Stuff sack is too heavy
- Adjustment required to counter rain sag
Setup: The tent is a simple set stake out off six points place trekking poles and extend then guy out side baffles for ventilation. To increase the side walls I used the second set of trekking poles to go out and down for the guy outs.
Stability: I spent many a winter night on top of a ridge line in high winds and light sleet and snow, does not budge this rock solid design. When all guy lines are set up you wouldn't know it was storming out.
Weather Resistance: No a drop... Thanks to the large vestibules there is no fear of splash back inside the tent.
Ventilation: Great ventilation when it is high temps in a rain storm in summer it with no breeze this thing creates its own.
Room & Storage: More than enough to hold two and in a pinch you can get three (but it is tight with three).
Packability: Small light profile fits in the pack like a glove.
Source: bought it used
Price Paid: $200
Ordered this tent from and received it with an accompanying footprint in a matter of days.
Set it up last night for the first time quickly and easily, propped up with Black Diamond Trail Shock poles. Guyed out both vents, crawled in, zippered up both vestibules and went to sleep. I woke in the morning to a pretty intense downpour, which was awesome; I got to see how it stood up to 'inclement weather' right away. The rain continued throughout the morning so I stayed put and finished my book.
Zero condensation on the roof or walls, even with both vestibules closed all night and about 5-6 hours of steady rain in the morning. When I packed the tent up I noticed a good litre or two of water had pooled _between_ the footprint and tent floor. Bad location to pitch I suppose. Anyway I had been laying on this pool of trapped water for hours without the slightest idea. It was dry as a bone inside. Zero leakage, zero seepage, zero osmosis.
Cons: I can only think of three, all of which I knew full well when making the purchase...
1) High cost. Yikes!
2) The need for trekking poles. This is awesome because the lack of tent poles significantly saves on weight and pack space, but on the flip-side, say, on a bike trip or whatever, having to carry along trekking poles would be cumbersome. Also, a big pole running vertically down the centre of either door (effectively dividing the door area in two) takes getting used to. Larger people may find navigating in and out of the tent a bit of a pain.
3) Nemo is a new(ish) company, and as such their products aren't carried everywhere. I had to order mine from another country and got nailed with duty fees.
I am glad I purchased this tent. It's super spacious for one, comfy for two, is light as a feather (assuming you carry trekking poles), pitches taught and stable, is condensation-free and weather tight. Amazing. I also find the shade of green particularly pleasing to the eye, but that's just me ^^
Design: 4-season trekking pole tent
Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: Simple to set up with one; doubly so with two.
Weight: 3.4 lbs packed
Price Paid: 319 USD (on sale)
Perfect for the conservative type packing for two.
- Lightweight
- Versatile poles
- Lengthy setup
- Condensation
Great tent. Super lightweight and I love that your trek poles double as the tent poles! Very roomy for two people. The tent takes several minutes to set up, but it's no worry. Condensation can also become an issue if you do not fully open your vents.
Source: bought it used
Price Paid: $125
Really light single skin hiking pole tent. Very spacious inside and dry in heavy rain. Good as a tent for backpacking if you hike with poles, as it removes the need for carrying tent poles.
- Light
- Pole placement eyelets
- Good breathability
- Waterproof compression sack, doesn't compress as it's water (air) proof
A little about me: 22, 6ft 3in, tent used as my shelter 1-4 nights a week as I am an outdoor education guide. Owned since October 12.
Setup is nice and fast. I use a footprint which clips onto the tent base. Peg out pegs then put in the poles and adjust for the right height to make the tent taut.
I have had no issues with wind or rain, really nice and strong setup, good stakes come standard.
The gap between the footprint and the tent can have water pool in, the floor remains dry inside.
Ventilation can be improved when staking out the flap guy cords by putting a stick under the cord to lift up the flap.
Excellent room inside, really spacious, can have 2 big 6ft plus people camping comfortable, and not having to spoon for lack of floor space. 2 large vestibules provide ample storage room.
Tent packs down nice and small, if the waterproof bag is ditched for a light compression sack size can be improved drastically making it an excellent option when space is an issue.
The tent works fine as per all of the manufactures claims. I have used it regularly as I am a guide, and it hasn't let me down.
Seems to be fairly durable when used with the footprint, as can only be expected from a lightweight tent, its not a tent I would use for industrial purposes as it doesn't have the durability, but if you love it, it will return you with excellent shelter, just like any piece of gear.
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $300-400 can't remember exactly
Great product. Very high quality! Light weight. Highly recommended!
- Light weight
- Uses trekking poles as tent supports
- (2) Outside vestibules for keeping your gear dry
- Good quality
- Needs water repellent spray
- Water weighs it down a little (see Cons #1)
This is a great tent that uses trekking poles as the supports, cutting down on pack weight. The quality is there. This is a fantastic tent. I am 5' 7" and it is very roomy for my wife and I.
The vestibules are really handy for keeping our gear dry. We had a hard rain this last weekend and it kept us dry for the most part, just don't touch the material (we have not sprayed it with water repellent yet).
Also, pick up the footprint for it. You will need it. It works with the tent/stake set up. Save yourself the hassle of coming up with your own tarp set up. It's well worth the extra $$.
Also Google search for this tent and click "shopping" for the google options. You can find this tent for cheaper than $350-$400!
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $250 amazon
Great tent, light weight.
- light
- easy to set up
- a couple of more vents would be nice
- guy lines did not pull in the right places. It's maybe me still learning
I bought this tent with some reservations due to the single wall and I have heard some stories that it would leak and build up heavy condensation.
My full grown son and I used this tent for a week in Yosemite and we left the doors open. The temps were high at night so condensation was not a problem. So far it has been a super tent. I will be replacing the stakes with some MSR stakes. Those seem to hold things down a bit better.
I will update all of you some more. Next summer two weeks in New Mexico Philmont Scout Ranch and we will have some rain so it will be a good test.
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $249 mountain gear
Very lightweight and compact.
- Lightweight
- Very sturdy
- Great design
- Condensation
I just got back from backpacking in Wisconsin. This was my first experience with the Meta 2P.
Setup was a breeze. Followed the instructions attached to the bag (not that they were needed) and had the tent up in a few short minutes. It started raining shortly after. From my initial setup I had the hiking polls set at around 130cm. This created a huge gap under the vestibules, which allowed rain easier access to my gear. This was disappointing at first, until I realized I could drop the polls to 120cm to lower the vestibule bottom to just a couple inches off the ground.
Second thing I noticed, the large NeoAir (2.5" thickness) along with my 6'0" does not provide as much room as I had hoped (I was a lot higher off the ground and had the roof lower than usual). My head and toes were maybe 1-2" from the slanted roof on each side. The Z-Rest would be a much better match with this tent and someone taller since it is a fraction of the thickness.
Anyways, this caused issues because when I sat up in the morning my head brushed across the top of the tent and I had a shower of water fall on my sleeping bag and all over me. At first I was disappointed with the tent and my expectations. Then I found out when I got home that the temperature had dropped to 26°F that early morning, and the humidity was 100% most the night. Not to mention I could have raised the roof back up allowing for more circulation inside the tent. By 8am it had all evaporated.
On a more positive note, this is one of the most sturdy tents I have owned, 2nd to TNF Mountain-24 bomb shelter. It is very lightweight, compact, super easy setup and take down.
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $240


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