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richardandtracy Bio
Contributions from Richard mostly, but Tracy on occasion. Albert unfortunately, is no longer with us to type his thoughts - however as most of them were unprintable, it's probably better that he can't type them.
Richard's a Mechanical Engineer specialising in Stress Analysis. Due to the poor state of Finite Element Modellers he's spent a fair bit of time writing translators to enable packages like Poser, Studio, Truspace etc to act as modellers for mechanical products. Why not use CAD.. Because the file formats are too complex! Tracy is a Library assistant in Europe's largest learning resource centre (University library & computer department to most!). We used to have a character cat called Albert. He features in a picture or two.


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What is familiar stars to Japanese is Vega, Altair and Deneb — the Summer Triangle can be observed in the east sky in late spring. Deneb especially twinkles modestly in comparison to the rest of them, but in the night without moonlight, it sparkles luxuriously with the other stars which create a figure of Cygnus together. Cygnus has been also called "the Northern Cross" decorating our sky with the moderate light in Tsukimi or Christmas time.
When I watch this Northern Cross, I always remember another Cross, the Southern Cross in the south, which has been called "A Clock in the Southern Hemisphere". Known by its name, it cannot be seen in Japan except for some areas generally. But in fact, it is some decades ago that it was quite familiar in Japan. Listen to a following passage Nojiri Houei wrote.
"The Northern Cross was once known everywhere in Japan, even in a rural village. During the war time, a stamp or a cigarette at the front was named after it. As I had written about it several times, I often received a letter from unknown soldiers, "I saw it from the window of a bower structured by the nipa palm". Some of them, who are acquainted with stars, wrote definitely comparing to the Northern Cross.
However, all of a sudden, nobody talked about it after the war. I have never heard that soldiers coming back speaks of it. When I told it to them, they seemed not to have never seen such stars."
The fact that the Southern Cross was known to everybody in Japan shows us clearly there are a large number of people sent to the southern front during the war. Houei himself remarks "I sometimes remember that my nephew who used to be a naughty boy has been under the sea of Guadalcanal with his fleet". Nevertheless, he says what more inspires him is another fact that he read books of the Southern Cross in childhood. Therefore, that we are not familiar to the Southern Cross means we are living peacefully as we decide our future for ourselves, far from our sad history.
How many people at that time we don't know thought of those who were in the south and the Southern Cross by which their lives were "ticked" when they looked at the Northern Cross glittering in the sky ?

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Dear guest, Welcome to the world of quality products. We work hard to bring the best articles to our country. Champagne - Henri Geraud and Autreau de Champillon. Both houses have been producing champagne since 17th century and are among the oldest champagne makers. Probably you have never heard of them. This only means that they have been investing in quality rather then in marketing. Wine - Red wines that we bring from Gascony are made from Tannat grapes and are the healthiest wines on the market. You will fall in love with our white wines, especially those that come from auction houses in limited quantities and are reasonably priced. Here you will find the best value wines for your money. All our wines are classified as "produced by winegrower". Water - We bring mineral water from Corsica. Perfect combination of minerals. No nitrates and nitrites. It is recommended to children, pregnant women and everyone else. Vodka - We are proud to say that we offer the best vodka ever. Your usual vodka get distilled 2-3 times, very good vodka get distilled 7-9 times, our vodka is distilled 34 times. It simply is an incomparable experience. Purity vodka is made in Sweden using only the best components. Gift Cards - We are offer gift cards to use in our shop. You can combine it with a bottle of perfect wine or champagne, or even some delicacy.


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STOCKHOLM, October 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
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"Start with a bang" can be good advice to get a show on the road, sometimes.
The particular bang that started things off on Saturday came from the near side of the coach as it was manoeuvring out of The Brook car park. What is it with people who seem to think that the space alongside the long vehicle will continue to be a space once it's a bit further into its turn? Anyway, cue a five-minute delay for the swapping of details and we were back on course for what was likely to be a testing challenge against the current league leaders.
Last week's result boded well, but the previous week's was a less positive omen. Still, we had beaten Sarries, so Exeter was not a lost cause by any means.
There was a familiar face warbling away in the tent as we arrived: he stayed away from Mr Brightside and made a decent fist of the songs he did sing, so that was another positive.
On the other hand, Sale lined up for the first half attacking the south stand – a bad omen, since they seem to play well either attacking the north stand or in the second half. Attacking the north in the second half means that the first half is likely to be a struggle.
But, for the first half hour of the match, things seemed to be going well. Sale managed two excellent counter-rucks for turnovers and were holding their own in the scrums. Much of the possession and territory was Sale's and they made several good opportunities all of which (inevitably, really) came to nothing — either knocking on or, as in a 7th-minute chance, taking the wrong option. Kicking to the wing when a shorter kick or even keeping the ball in hand would have had as much chance of getting the score seemed – shall we say? – a rash option. (Yes, if it had come off, it would have been hailed as brilliant, but it didn't, so…)
And then came the first Exeter try. A pass that was, well, less of a pass than an aggressive drop gave Exeter the ball. A kick ahead, a chase by Cordero, a desperate last-ditch tackle and an opportunistic pick up by Devoto and the ball was on the ground in the end zone.
We then had about three hours of big-screen replays whilst the officials tried to determine whether or not the try should stand. For me, I thought at the first viewing that his knee was above the line when he touched down; a conclusion that the officials eventually concurred with. A great touchline conversion put Exeter 10–0 up on 30 minutes.
Seven minutes later they were 15–0 up and that's how we went in to half-time.
The first twenty minutes of the second half were fairly even, with no further addition to the score. Then, just as we were starting to think that we would be getting nothing out of this game, a bit of pressure on the Exeter line saw Sam James break through a tackle to score near the posts. With the conversion, the score was now 7–15 and we started to hope.
Those hopes were mostly dashed on 70 minutes as Exeter scored their third try in the corner to go 20–7 ahead.
Then, four minutes later, a bewildering series of short pop passes culminated in Horse bolting through a gap in the defence and feeding Wilf for an easy run in under the posts and bring Sale to within seven points at 14–20.
And that was it, really. No more scoring, but we did have a nasty incident when Wilf got a high-speed cranium to the face: it reminded me immediately of his horrific smashed eye socket of a few years back. Here's hoping he's OK. Oh, and to all the players who started a bust-up over the incident and were fighting where Wilf was lying sparked out: get a grip. Yes, you were incensed by it but don't let a testosterone rush take precedence over the well-being of your teammate.
So, a disappointing defeat, given that we left maybe three tries out there, butchered for various reasons, and could have had another six points if penalties had been kicked rather than sent to the corner.
If pushed, I'd have to say that we lost because of a lack of decisiveness. At times they looked as if they didn't quite know what the best thing to do was. In several of their periods of possession, Sale looked somewhat pedestrian (at least, to my eye). Not so much rabbit-in-headlights, but more of a "seeking a way through and not seeing one, so dithering a bit" fashion.
I'm not going to pin any blame for that on any one player since Exeter are an extremely well-drilled side, whose defence could probably be used in place of the Thames flood barrier. But we do need to learn how to force gaps in those sorts of defence if we're going to have pretensions at supping regularly at the top table. And for that, we need depth at 10. No criticism of Sam — he's a fabulous 13 — but he's not really a 10 and Kieran is, still, too young to be a realistic back-up to AJ.
I'm going to predict a finish between 5th and 8th and, if it's 8th, that'll be down almost entirely to the lack of a seasoned back-up to AJ at 10. The acquisition of Rob du Preez should address that issue.
And so to Leicester on Friday. We are ahead of them in the league on games won at the moment. After Friday, we need to be ahead of them by at least 3 points (preferably five) and be two wins ahead. They are as beatable as they've ever been and I expect us to go at them full tilt for a win.
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Hello again, I have been receiving a higher volume of emails concerning replacing your blinkers with LEDs. Most of them pertaining to the faster flash rate (Hyper-Flash) that occurs when doing so, and if there is a way to get them to flash at the normal pace again.
This is a very common question. The answer is YES, it can be fixed. Here at V-LEDS we only know the fixes for the cars we have directly worked on ourselves. We log the information so we can help when needed. We still get questions from customers who are either confused by what they may have read on a forum or who are still unsure of what is needed. I hope that I can answer some questions surrounding this issue.
Lets cover why they start Hyper-Flashing in the first place. The answer is safety. Vehicle manufacturers use this feature to let you know when one or more of your blinker bulbs has burned out.
How does the car know? There is a part in the car that controls this. It is called a flasher unit. Each cars flasher unit is designed to monitor the electrical load that it is powering. This basically means that the flasher unit knows how many watts your cars bulbs will draw when they're on. It monitors the cars circuit as Left and Right, or monitors all 4 bulbs independently. When one of the bulbs is burnt out, removed, or replaced with a lower wattage bulb or LED the flasher does its job and starts Hyper-Flashing on the side of the car that this has occurred.
Correcting Hyper-Flash when you upgrade to V-LEDS is relatively easy once you understand what needs to be done. Lets cover the easiest route first. If you are lucky to own a car that has a replaceable flasher unit than check that first. Where is it? Every car is different. Here is what I do, first I turn on the hazard switch. You will now hear a clicking sound from under your dash board. (*If you don't hear a clicking, but more of an audible blinker "sound" then your car most likely does not have replaceable flasher unit. That sound will be coming from a small speaker located in the instrument cluster that is controlled by a computer) (*in some cars the flasher unit is built into the HAZARD switch itself, feel the switch. Do you feel it clicking?) After verifying your car does not use either of these flashers, reach up under the dash and start feeling around. The clicking will be accompanied by a tapping that can be felt in the sub frame of the dash. It will be noticeable but may be hard to locate. If this is the case you may need to remove the lower dash covering to access the flasher unit. The flasher will usually look like the picture above, however there are quite a few variations. Once you locate the flasher unplug it. The hazard lights should stop working, if they continue you have the wrong part. Reinstall it and continue the search.
After you find the flasher unit you need to note how many contacts it has. Some have 2, or 3. Others have 5, or 8. You need to know this so you can compare them to the parts we have listed on our website. Like I mentioned before we really don't know what part will work in every car, only the cars that we have worked on. So compare yours to what we have available and see if we have a match. Note I said this is the easiest route, even though it sounds like quite the project. That process should take a novice DIY'er about 30-40 minutes to get done. It is fairly easy to do on most cars, and is plug-n-play.
Option 2 requires some tools to get it done. This option is for cars where you cannot replace the flasher or we do not offer a replacement for it. Now that we understand how the flasher unit works we can trick it. The trick is to put the original load back on the flasher unit. We have Load Resistors to allow us to do that.
We have 2 choices of resistors, a 6 OHM and a 3 OHM. Which one do you use? The 6 OHM is the equivalent load of 1 bulb. So if you replace 1 set of bulbs, (the front OR rear bulbs) you will need to install 1 pair of resistors. The 3 OHM is the equivalent load of 2 bulbs. If you replace all 4 of your bulbs than use 1 set of 3 OHM resistors.
Where do I install them? The resistors need to be installed to the wiring of the bulb at the light socket. We supply splice taps for a painless installation. Below is a video on how these connections work, note my awesome hand modeling skills!
Find a suitable location away from any heat sensitive materials on your car like plastic or wiring harnesses and mount the load resistor. If you are using the 3 OHM load resistors you can make the connection at the front OR rear turn signal wires.
Things to note about this option are: Load Resistors are sold in pairs. One for the Left blinker circuit and one for the Right blinker circuit. Some cars monitor all 4 bulbs separately, if this is the case with your car you will need 2 sets of 6 OHM resistors. Some cars use more than 4 bulbs as blinkers. An example is the new Dodge Challenger. It uses a total of 4 bulbs in the rear and 2 up front. This increases the wattage of the blinker circuit and needs a larger amount of load to correct the Hyper-Flashing. In that car we used 1 set of 3 OHM resistors in the rear and 1 set of 6 OHM resistors in the front as it monitors all 4 blinker circuits independently too.
I hope this was informative and helpful. If you feel that I left something out or have more questions leave a comment. You can also email me directly here: firstname.lastname@example.com and I will answer any other questions that you may have.
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Tracy McGrady Thinks Dwight Howard Should Not Target New Jersey
Former NBA leading scorer Tracy McGrady, who at one time was as hot a commodity as Orlando Magic star Dwight Howard, cautions the three-time Defensive Player of the Year against demanding a trade to the New Jersey Nets, according to Yahoo! Sports.
"I can't see him coming here," McGrady told Yahoo! Sports while playing a road game in the Nets arena. "If it's just Dwight and D-Will, he's better off just staying in Orlando. You want to go to a team that's championship caliber, and just him and D-Will won't get it done. There's got to be other pieces around to make it look sweet."
Howard has been the center of rampant speculation over the past several weeks after the All-Star center apparently requested a trade from the Magic to the New Jersey Nets. Howard, 26, is expected to opt-out of his contract at the end of this season, however his commitment to re-sign with the Magic long-term has remained up in the air. Some within the Magic organization have reportedly expressed optimism about retaining Howard despite his demands, and as a result have pushed back any potential trade until later in the season.


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The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of lower doses of busulfan and the elimination of cyclosporine will further reduce transplant-related side effects for patients with Fanconi Anemia (FA). Patients will undergo a transplant utilizing mis-matched related or matched unrelated donors following a preparative regimen of busulfan, fludarabine, anti-thymocyte globulin and cyclophosphamide.
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Drug: Busulfan A standard dose of busulfan, associated with excellent outcomes in our previous trial will be used for young patients with marrow aplasia (arm A). A higher dose of busulfan will be used in younger patients with MDS and AML (arm B) to maximize disease control. A lower dose of busulfan will be used in older patients (arm C) to minimize toxicity. Other Names: Myleran Busulfex IV Drug: Cyclophosphamide Arms A, B and C - Cytoxan will be given as a 1-2 hour infusion for 4 days. The dose will be adjusted according to patients ideal body weight for obese patients. Other Name: Cytoxan Drug: Fludarabine Arms A, B and C - Fludarabine will be given IV over 30 minutes daily for 4 days. The dose will be adjusted according to renal function according to Institutional guidelines. Other Name: Fludara Drug: rabbit ATG Arms A, B and C - 4 doses will be given prior to transplant to promote engraftment. Other Name: thymoglobulin Drug: G-CSF All patients will also receive G-CSF post-transplant to foster engraftment. Other Names: Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor filgrastim neupogen Biological: Peripheral blood stem cell The source of stem cells for all patients will be peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) induced and mobilized by treatment of the donor with G-CSF for 4-6 days. T-cell depletion will be uniformly performed by positive CD34 selection with the use of the Miltenyi system (CliniMACS device).


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Kidney failure is a life-threatening health issue that affects hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. In the US alone, the waitlist for a kidney transplant has over 100,000 patients. This list is growing: demand far outstrips supply.This codebase includes: structural elements of kidney exchange like "pools", "hospitals", and "pairs", a couple of kidney exchange graph generators, a couple of kidney exchange solvers (max weight, failure-aware, fairness-aware, individually rational), and a dynamic kidney exchange simulator.
CRISNER stands for Conditional and Relative Importance Statement Network PrEference Reasoner. It can reason about ceteris paribus preference languages such as CP-nets, TCP-nets and CP-theories. Given a preference specification (a set of preference statements) in one of these languages, CRISNER succinctly encodes its induced preference graph (IPG) into a Kripke structure model in the language of the NuSMV model checker. This Kripke model is reachability-equivalent to the induced preference graph. CRISNER generates the model only once, and then translates each query posed against this preference specification into a temporal logic formula in computation-tree temporal logic (CTL) such that the formula is verified in the Kripke model if and only if the query holds true according to the ceteris paribus semantics of the preference language. The model checker either affirms the query or returns with a counterexample. For answering queries related to equivalence and subsumption checking of two sets of preferences, CRISNER constructs a combined IPG and uses temporal queries in CTL to identify whether every dominance that holds in one also holds in the other, and vice-versa.


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A Ukrainian border guard scans a passport of a Russian citizen crossing the Russian-Ukrainian border on the checkpoint of Goptivka, near Kharkiv, on Jan. 3, 2018. Photo by AFP
"We are preparing a list of such Russian Federation officials to whom personal sanctions should be applied in cooperation with international partners," Chernysh told journalists after the cabinet meeting, the Interfax news agency reported. Veteran Affairs Minister Iryna Friz said on Facebook that the government will consider depriving Ukrainian citizens from Donbas of their pensions and social benefits should they receive Russian passports in an unlawful way. On April 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing people who live in the Russian-occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts to gain Russian passports through a simplified procedure. Three days later, on April 27, Putin said that the Russian government was considering applying simplified procedures to all Ukrainians applicants for Russian citizenship. The decree will allow more than 3 million Ukrainians to apply for Russian passports bypassing a number of criteria for gaining Russian citizenship.


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The story of how Palestinians and Israelis in one West Bank village are working together to preserve water supplies.
Hana al-Shaibani gave up her comfortable life in 1960s Baghdad to live in a refugee camp and fight for the PLO.
|Iraqis remember my aunt as a martyr – the first Iraqi member of the PLO to die for the Palestinian cause
As a young girl I remember rummaging through a box of old family photographs from 1940s and 1950s Iraq. There was one of my grandparents on their wedding day and others of exuberant young girls in pearl necklaces and smirking boys in ironed shorts. Everyone seemed to be smiling – hinting at a more carefree era in Iraq's history.
But one particular photograph jumped out at me. It was of a young woman with a piercing gaze. This, I was told, was my aunt and the more I asked about her, the more fascinated I became.
Hers is a story of a spirited young woman growing up in 1950s Iraq; of a woman who entered the predominantly male world of politics and committed herself with revolutionary zeal to the Palestinian cause; of a woman who chose the path of resistance and who died in circumstances that remain unclear to this day.
I pieced her story together from the still-tender memories of family and friends, although it was not always easy to make sense of the fragments I was told.
Determined and fearless
Hana al-Shaibani was born on August 27, 1942. She was the only girl in her family, having two older and two younger brothers. Her father, a politician and journalist, doted upon her and played a large role in shaping the woman she grew up to be.
In 1956, Iraq's Ba'ath party started to grow in popularity. Its slogans proclaiming liberty, Arab socialism and unity attracted the younger generation, including Hana. Although she was only 14 years old, she enrolled as a member of the party – juggling her education with her political activities. During her university years, she worked for the Ba'ath party during the day and attended classes in the evening.
In 1958, following the overthrow of Iraq's monarchy, Hana rose through the ranks and was chosen to lead the party's female members. She was just 16. Two years later, she was selected as one of three representatives of the Iraqi Ba'ath party to attend the Arab National Ba'ath Party Conference, held that year in Beirut. Still just a teenager, she had already achieved more than most women from her region could ever imagine.
By all accounts, she was determined and fearless. One of the most memorable family stories tells of the time in 1959 when she left the house to join a protest rally against the autocratic rule of the then prime minister, Abdel Karim Qassim. The atmosphere was tense and a number of the organisers of the rally would later be killed. But Hana was resolute in her decision to attend.
Sensing trouble, she hid the gun she carried beneath her skirt as she walked down the stairs. Her father pleaded with her not to go. He explained that as a patriot he understood her sense of duty, but added that his love for her transcended all else. Hana replied: "Papa, you were once a patriotic man and when you were called upon to fight, you did. Please understand, so that I may go with your blessing rather than without." Her father could not stop her.
Finding her calling
Despite coming from a middle class family, Hana chose to work in factories and on farms so that she could better interact with the people and understand their plight. She seemed to attract the underdog and would give a large portion of her salary to a family who lived in a poorer district of Baghdad.
But in a predominantly male workplace she also had to be tough. She demanded and won the respect of her male colleagues, and became known as someone who would fight any injustice and never compromise her ideals.
In 1961, Hana was disappointed to hear reports of corruption within the Ba'ath party. She was deeply affected by the allegations and, feeling that she could not make any real change, left the party. She knew this would make her enemies.
This was around the time that the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) was formed. The new revolutionary movement had set up bases in Jordan and Lebanon in its aim to liberate Palestine through armed struggle. As a passionate Arab nationalist, it was a cause Hana held dear and she soon found her calling.
Wasting no time, she travelled to Lebanon and Jordan, where she attended seminars and conferences run by the PLO and met with Yasser Arafat, the PLO chief, and other leading figures in the movement.
When factions splintered from the main body of the PLO, Hana found common cause with a new group called the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), which she believed was more ideologically driven. When she flew back to Baghdad, she told her brothers that she was moving to Jordan and had joined the DFLP.
Dreaming of death
In Jordan, she immersed herself in the Palestinian community, disguising her Iraqi origin. She took on the alias Amal and spoke in a Palestinian accent, believing that people would be more inclined to talk to her if they believed she was Palestinian and that she would, therefore, be better placed to help them.
She lived in a refugee camp, wrote articles for the DFLP newsletter and helped women develop skills that would assist them in finding work. But she began to feel uneasy – she felt guilty for keeping her work with the DFLP a secret from her mother and started to doubt whether the group was really making a difference. While she remained committed to the cause, her friends have speculated that had she returned to Baghdad at that time she might have left the group.
March 1970 was the Muslim holy month of Muharram when Shia Muslims mourn the death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Hussein. When in Iraq, she would often attend the ritual ceremony mourning his death. In the Palestinian refugee camp, she listened to the radio broadcast of the commemoration with two comrades and during the stirring lamentations told them that she had dreamed of being dead and imagined how her mother would feel if she returned home in a coffin.
The dream proved prescient. Just a few days later on 'ashura', the day when Shia mourning culminates, Hana died. It was March 17, 1970 and she was just 28 years old.
To this day there are different versions of how she died. What they all agree on is that she was in the town of Irbid, in northern Jordan. One story has her dying during a routine DFLP training exercise, when she was accidentally struck by live ammunition. A variation on this suggests that she accidentally dropped her gun, which fired on impact with the ground, killing her. A detail common to all accounts is that when her body was identified in the morgue, the only sign of death was a bullet or shrapnel hole through her heart.
The price of freedom
The family was devastated. The Iraqi government proclaimed her a martyr – the first Iraqi member of the PLO to die for the cause. She came home as she had dreamt – her coffin draped in the Palestinian flag. Thousands came to pay their respects. As her coffin was carried to the cemetery, women scattered chocolates and sweets over it.
That was 40 years ago now, but to me as an Arab woman, Hana remains an enduring inspiration. She fought for a cause she believed in and refused to sit on the sidelines. She lived in the Middle East at a time when it seemed more progressive.
Many refer to her as a martyr, a fighter and a source of pride for Iraqis. But never was she labelled a 'Muslim', 'Sunni' or 'Shia'. It is only in today's wretched times that such labels seem to have become fixed in the minds of people and the media.
I cherish the photograph of my aunt that I found so many years ago. The same picture was made into a poster after her death and displayed on walls across Iraq with a quote from her printed below. It said: "Death is inevitable. However, we should reject death if it was given for no price. And the most precious price is freedom …."


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A time limit is a phrase in video game terminology that is used to make gameplay faster on the threat of losing a life.[1] A typical time limit can range from a single second to multiple minutes.[2]
All of the video games in the Super Mario Bros. series with the exception of Super Mario Bros. 2 have some sort of time limit.[1] These limits usually start large and are used to keep players moving instead of waiting for enemies to fall down pits.[1] Faster music appears when the time limit is about to be breached.[1] Any amount of time left over is multiplied by a certain amount and added into the overall score.[1] Time limits also appear in video games like Bébé's Kids[3] and Timecop, both for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Other games that have time limits for various systems include: Mario Party (to determine when a minigame ends), Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (to show how much time remains in a match), and Mario Kart Wii (to show how much time is left until a race or battle starts).[2] A rare example of a time limit system that counts forwards instead of backwards is in Bio Senshi Dan: Increaser to no Tatakai. The more time players take to solve the level, the more powerful the end-level boss becomes.[4]
Many video games use a time limit feature, with console systems ranging from the Intellivision to the PlayStation 4.[2] A time limit can have several aliases associated with it: countdown timer (used mostly for continues), race timer (appearing in various racing games to show how much time the player has raced around the track), minigame timer (appearing in various minigames), round timer (appearing in fighting games), mission timer (used in action games where players have to escape from a fatal situation), sports timer (appears in sports games like basketball and American football), and pre-race countdown timer (appears in most racing games to signal the start of the race).[2]
Many recent multiplayer video games (such as Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3) involve some form of a time limit on its online servers. Usually, each game is given a ten- to twenty-minute time limit. For many games, a certain score by one team will end the game, but otherwise, whichever team holds the lead at the expiration of the time limit is declared the winner.
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- ^ a b c d e Time Limit information at Mario Wiki
- ^ a b c d Time Limit information at Giant Bomb
- ^ Time Limit information for Bebe's Kids Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at GameCrap
- ^ Bio Senshi Dan: Increaser Tono Tatakai at Lost Levels


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|Review: Ulvhedner - For I Tida
|For I Tida
Label: Frostscald Records
Year released: 2009
Duration: 46:54
Tracks: 7
Genre: Black Metal
Rating: 2/5
Review online: April 5, 2010
Reviewed by: Sargon the Terrible
for:For I Tida
Rated 3.4/5 (68%) (5 Votes)
If you are a Black Metal band from Norway and you want to create something that is not instantly cliché, then you need to try pretty damned hard. Ulvhedner are not trying hard enough, and it shows. The riffs and leads on this are boring and stale in the extreme most of the time, the rest of the time, they are doing these half-assed folky little toodle-doodle parts that sound remarkably lame. The guitar sound is a waste, sounding smooth and featureless, not to mention mixed way too low. You can't hear the bass, and the drums are quite shockingly inept, so that leaves the monotonous, croaking vocals to carry the songs...yeah, not working there guys. Every time I see a new Black Metal album I think "Will this be good, or just a wasted pile of hackwork?" This is hackwork. Boring, derivative, and poorly done to boot.
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Background and study aims
Gambling disorders affect about one in ten Canadian adults. Effective treatments are available but only a small proportion of affected individuals will choose to attend formal treatment. As a result self-directed treatments have also been developed and found effective. Self-directed treatments provide individuals with information and support to initiate a recovery program without attending formal treatment. In previous research we developed an intervention package that helps people to be motivated to tackle their gambling problem and to use basic behavioral and cognitive change strategies. This intervention is offered in a combined telephone and self-help workbook package. In two separate evaluations, participants with gambling disorders were followed for one year (N = 314) and two years (N = 101) and showed a reduction in gambling. The present study will investigate how well this self-directed intervention offered as a free online resource (Self Change Tools SCTs) works. The Internet is an excellent way of offering self-directed treatment for gambling problems. It is increasingly accessible to members of the public and is increasingly used to access health-related information. Online gambling sites are also becoming more popular gambling platforms.
Who can participate?
This study aims to recruit 180 men and women over the age of 18 from across Canada. Participants must have a gambling problem and not be interested in attending formal treatment.
What does the study involve?
Individuals are randomly allocated to either have access to an online self-directed intervention (SCTs) or to a comparison condition (www.CheckYourGambling.net CYG). The SCTs will provide strategies for reducing or quitting gambling. The comparison condition will be an alternative website that offers a self-assessment of gambling involvement and gambling-related problems. The participant's use of the resources and their gambling involvement (days of gambling, dollars loss) and their gambling problems will be tracked for a twelve month follow-up period, at three, six and twelve months.
What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
Possible benefits for participants include help to reduce their involvement in gambling either through these interventions or by receiving information about other sources. There are no identified risks to the safety of participants. At all phases of the participants' involvement they will be free to access other forms of treatment for gambling problems. Information about other resources will be included in the online resources and will be available from any study personnel upon request. The results of this research will be important for informing policy-makers who are developing treatment systems.
Where is the study run from?
The study and is run from the University of Calgary in collaboration with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto).
When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
It is anticipated that recruitment will start May 2012. Participants will be enrolled in the study for one year, however the anticipated completion date of research activity is May 2015.
Who is funding the study?
The study is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Who is the main contact?
Dr David Hodgins
Trial website
Contact information
Primary contact
Dr David Hodgins
Contact details
Department of Psychology
University of Calgary
2500 University Dr. N.W.
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
Study information
Scientific title
Internet-based interventions for problem gamblers: randomized clinical trial of online self-directed cognitive-behavioural motivational therapy
Study hypothesis
The proposed research will evaluate a full Internet-based self-directed intervention for problem gamblers using a randomized controlled trial comparing participants who are provided access to the Self Change Tools (SCTs) as compared to those who are only provided to the CYG (www.CheckYourGambling.net) personalized feedback screener (the control condition). There is one primary hypothesis and four secondary hypotheses:
Hypothesis 1: Respondents will display significant reductions in their gambling behaviour in the twelve months after being provided access to the online SCTs.
In addition, two potential moderators and two potential mediators of the impact of the full intervention, program involvement and perceived self-efficacy, will be tested as secondary hypotheses:
Hypothesis 2: Respondents with greater baseline self-efficacy will display significantly greater reductions in their gambling behaviour in the twelve months after being provided access to the online SCTs or the CYG compared to participants with lower baseline self-efficacy.
Hypothesis 3: Respondents who have never assessed gambling or mental health treatment will display significantly greater reductions in their gambling behaviour in the twelve months after being provided access to the online SCTs or the CYG compared to participants with previous treatment involvement.
Hypothesis 4: Respondents in the SCTs intervention condition who have more involvement with the SCTs intervention between baseline and three-month follow-up will demonstrate more improvement in gambling outcomes at six- and twelve-month follow-up, compared to respondents who have less involvement with the SCTs intervention.
Hypothesis 5: Respondents in the SCTs intervention condition will display significantly greater increases in their perceived self-efficacy to deal with their gambling concerns in the three months after being provided access to the online SCTs as compared to participants in the control condition. Participants with greater improvement in self-efficacy will show greater improvement in gambling behaviour.
Ethics approval
The University of Calgary Conjoint Faculties Research Ethics Board approval April 27, 2012 File No. 7279
Study design
Randomized clinical trial
Primary study design
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Trial type
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Problem Gambling
Check your gambling (CYG; www.CheckYourGambling.net).
CYG will be used as the control intervention. In the CYG, the participant completes a brief assessment and then receives a personalized feedback report which includes a list of techniques that the person could adopt to lower the risk associated with their gambling.
Self-change Tools (SCTs).
SCTs will integrate the self-directed written materials (Hodgins & Makarchuk, 2002) that were evaluated in the three brief treatment trials (Hodgins et al., 2001; Hodgins et al., 2009; Diskin & Hodgins, 2009) and a trial of a self-directed relapse prevention for gambling problems (Hodgins, Currie, el-Guebaly, & Diskin, 2007). A major focus is to provide individuals with clear and concise behavioural and cognitive strategies for meeting the goal of reducing or quitting gambling. The various workbook sections are readily adaptable into online interactive formats. The materials will be presented as a series of options from which participants will choose what strategies seem most relevant to them. Participants will have ongoing access to the site over the follow-up period to make it as similar as possible to other web resources in terms of accessibility.
Intervention type
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Gambling behavior, measured using self-report questionnaires including questions on engagement in types of gambling measured both at initial assessment and follow-up (3, 6, 12 months).
2. Frequency and money spent on gambling
3. Problem gambling severity, measured using the past year Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) and the lifetime and past three month versons of the NORC DSM-IV Screen for Gambling Problems (NODS)
4. Self-rated improvement
Secondary outcome measures
1. Self-efficacy to reduce gambling using the Gambling Abstinence Self-efficacy Scale (GASS) and self-identified goals and how successful participants think they will be
2. Psychiatric distress measured using the Kessler 10 (K10) questionnaire
3. Quality of life using the WHOQoL-8
Measured both at initial assessment and follow-up (3, 6, 12 months).
Overall trial start date
Overall trial end date
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Participant inclusion criteria
1. 18 years of age or older
2. Perception of a gambling problem and scoring a 3 or greater on the Problem Gambling Severity Index of the Canadian Problem Gambling Index (PGSI- CPGI; (Ferris & Wynne, 2001))
3. Gambled at least once in the past month; not involved in treatment at present (includes Gamblers Anonymous and any medical or psychological treatment where gambling problems are addressed)
4. Willingness and ability to access a website in English (to ensure reading ability)
5. Willingness to have telephone contacts recorded
6. Willing to provide follow-up data on gambling
7. Willingness to provide the name of a collateral (family or friend) to help locate them for follow-up interviews and the name of the same or a different collateral for data validation. Use of psychiatric medications for other mental health disorders will not be an exclusion criterion, although use will be assessed and monitored as a potential treatment moderator.
Participant type
Age group
Target number of participants
Participant exclusion criteria
Are presently involved in treatment (includes Gamblers Anonymous and any medical or psychological treatment where gambling problems are addressed)
Recruitment start date
Recruitment end date
Countries of recruitment
Trial participating centre
University of Calgary
Funder type
Funder name
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (Canada) ref: Application No. 258944
Alternative name(s)
Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada, CIHR, IRSC
Funding Body Type
government organisation
Funding Body Subtype
National government
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2013 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23294668
2019 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30701377 [added 01/02/2019]
Publication citations
Hodgins DC, Fick GH, Murray R, Cunningham JA, Internet-based interventions for disordered gamblers: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of online self-directed cognitive-behavioural motivational therapy., BMC Public Health, 2013, 13, 10, doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-10.


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From the Detroit Free Press
Bill Wayland is a self-described high-tech geek.
He uses an iPhone, iPad, computer-aided tools for his woodworking and Google Cool maps.
"I love all this stuff," said the 71-year-old General Motors retiree.
But he also wants to keep the landline phone in his Chesterfield Township home. He can't get service on his cell phone in the workshop in his basement and said he often loses calls when he uses his cell phone in his office. His 21-year-old disabled son doesn't have the fine motor skills to use a cell phone, and his security alarm is wired to his landline.
So he said he's a bit alarmed by a proposal that's working its way through the Legislature in Lansing that would allow phone companies to discontinue landline service with just 90 days' notice beginning in 2017.
Too many times he has wanted to make a call on his cell phone and found it dead, Wayland said, adding, "I love technology. And I use a lot of high-tech stuff in my house, but I think it's too soon to get rid of landlines. I don't think we're ready.
There's a case to be made that customers already are making the choice.
According to the Federal Communications Commission, the number of landline customers in Michigan dropped from 6.7 million in 2000 to 2.6 million in 2012. Meanwhile, the number of wireless customers jumped from 3.5 million in 2000 to 9.3 million in 2012. And Voice over Internet Protocol phone service — better known as VoIP or cable company-provided wireless service — has increased to 1.4 million customers since the FCC started tracking it in 2008.
"Every day, more and more consumers are making the transition to wireless and VoIP," said Matt Resch, a spokesman for AT&T, one of the largest phone service providers in Michigan and a supporter of the legislation. "There is wireless service across almost every corner of the state. And it's improving every day as more towers go up."
The number of landline customers for AT&T has dropped by 71.2% since 2000. And the cost to maintain both a landline and a wireless system is becoming cost-prohibitive.
"The real question is how do you keep both systems up and running and invest in the new technology which everyone is going to — and will be at within five to seven years? And then how do you require companies to keep investing in that antiquated technology?" said state Sen. Mike Nofs, R-Battle Creek, who sponsored the bill. "Keeping up that infrastructure is costly."
Some powerful forces — AARP, representing senior citizens, the Michigan Public Service Commission and Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette — say they have serious concerns about the bill, not only for elderly people, but for people in rural areas where wireless coverage is spotty.
"Think of all the areas that would be underserved if we went to a totally wireless network. There are even some spotty places in southeast Michigan," said Melissa Seifert, associate director of government affairs for AARP in Michigan. "The AARP isn't opposed to wireless. Our members just want both."
The organization sent a poll to members about phone service earlier this month. Of the 1,323 respondents, 85% had landlines, 84.2% had cell phones and 96.5% opposed the bill that would allow the end of landline service.
Jack Trantham of Richland Township has thought of getting rid of his landline for years. He had one of the first cell phones, a big box he got in 1975 and kept in his car to use in case of emergency during long commutes.
But a couple of years ago, he realized the value of his landline, with the help of his service dog, Reebok.
The golden retriever can not only help Trantham — a 68-year-old paraplegic who uses a wheelchair — get around more easily, the dog also can also retrieve items for him, like a newspaper, a sock on the floor, a telephone.
It was that final item that helped Trantham a couple of years ago when he fell on the ramp that led to his house and his 200-pound wheelchair fell on top of him. Reebok was able to get the phone and bring it to Trantham who called for help.
"I thought we were going to get rid of the landline, but now I'm glad we kept it," he said. "The landline helps me a lot. Very few cell phones work in our basement, and my wife sometimes forgets to plug it in."
He also worries about the high price of cell phones.
"They're trying to force people who can't afford them to buy them," he said.
But Robert Kolt, the former president of AARP, said it's time to make the full switch to wireless.
"Maintaining the old, archaic hard-line system is an expense that could be better invested in new technology," he said. "Advocating to keep the old hard-line system is like fighting to keep the Pony Express or Western Union telegram."
In many cases, seniors invented the new technology and others will grow to love it — if they give it a chance, Kolt said.
"If a senior is in a bad way, they better have their cell phone on them because the phone on the kitchen wall is not going to save their life," he added.
Nofs acknowledged that there are legitimate concerns with the legislation and is working to massage the bill to get opponents on the wireless train. The bill would transfer the review of phone companies' requests to abandon landline exchanges from the MPSC to the FCC.
But Nofs is working on an amendment that would open up the landline market to other providers if a telephone company wanted to abandon the service and there were customers who didn't have an alternative. If another company didn't come in to offer service to remaining landline customers, the MPSC would have the right to stop the original phone company from abandoning the service until a replacement could be found.
"I'm not going to leave anybody out there without being able to call police and fire," said Nofs, who would like to see the bill move out of the Senate before the end of the year.
Even with the amendments, AARP has reservations.
"I'm happy to see they're taking a few weeks off and really looking at this legislation," Seifert said. "But I don't think AARP is going to be able to support anything that comes out of" the Senate Energy and Technology Committee.
The MPSC is keeping an open mind, said spokeswoman Judy Palnau.
"If our concerns could be addressed with final language, we'll take a look," she said.
But Lynn Alexander, a Bloomfield Township resident who has worked with elderly people for years, said change is hard for senior citizens.
"Seniors have so much change going on in their lives as it is," she said.
Landline phone service in jeopardy
By Mark Hornbeck , November 18, 2013 11:48 AM
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Creating a Positive Personal Environment
The importance of creating peace and order in your personal environment (your home and your workspace) cannot be emphasized enough. It can be a lengthy process to reach your ultimate goal, but even baby steps are the right steps. And what is the ultimate goal? To live and work only with what we:
- Love. And I do mean love.
- Need — as in "have a specific use for."
Once one of those two requirements are met, there is one more: that we have designated space for it.
It may be that your home is perfectly organized and you already feel you've accomplished this step. I would suggest that, even if that is the case, revisit your space by examining each room and literally each item to see if it still serves the purpose you intend (that you either love it or need it as well as having space for it). Approach your space with fresh eyes and see what happens.
Whether you keep a tidy home and workspace or are accustomed to living with disorganization, the same principles will apply when embarking on this process. Why? Because just as we are saying "yes" and bringing a fresh perspective to our thoughts and feelings, we also need to say yes to our personal space, regardless of where we are starting from.
For most of us, this is a process that will take some time. The important thing is that we come up with a plan that works for us and then to stay focused on moving forward.
Where to Begin?
There are as many ways to approach this step as there are stars in the sky. I'm going to tell you what works for me and there are many other resources to consult for ideas. However, the most important thing is to follow your intuition more than someone else's advice.
Before you start the process, be sure that you have some boxes handy to collect those items you're going to let go of. And don't forget the trash bags and recycle bin. You're going to need them! While you may be tempted to keep items for a future garage sale, that can have a tendency to backfire. It's easy to change your mind and keep things or worse yet, to let the leftover items sit in the garage for several more months or years after the sale. The idea is to move things out of your space that no longer serve you, and quickly! If that means making a trip every day or two to donate them, then do so.
Here's another important tip: don't purchase additional items during this process. Unless you really, really need some item for organization, I would avoid any purchase for the home or even an item of clothing.
Remember that through the action of clearing out, you are making space for new and wonderful things to enter your life.
A Personal Story
My experience of creating a personal environment that works for me includes the overwhelment of a tremendous downsizing from a five bedroom home to (eventually) a 800 square foot cabin with very little storage space. After initially reducing my belongings by about half in order to relocate, I discovered that I still had far too many things. Over a three year period, I continually culled belongings until I almost — almost reached my goal of having only what I loved, what I needed and what I had space for.
At the same time I'd almost reached my goal, I unexpectedly needed to return to my home city and undergo major surgery from which a long recovery took place. During that time, my possessions were in storage while I lived with a friend. A few more items went out the door, either to one of my children or sold in order to survive my health crisis. Once I was back on my feet, I moved first into an apartment and then into a small house, where I found that I actually needed to increase my belongings.
At the same time, a friend of a friend was herself downsizing and for rather unbelievably low prices, I acquired lovely, high quality pieces of furniture I would never have been able to have otherwise. The universe was definitely responding to my desire for the home I had visualized.
Still, however, there were boxes lingering that I'd not opened in a few years. There were still clothes that I hadn't worn in ages, despite the fact that I generally went through my clothes once or twice a year for donations. In my kitchen, I used dishes and cookware that I had intended to replace for years.
Opportunity then came calling to make that final push through my belongings. I made the decision to relocate once again to be closer to my son and his family in Arizona. I was determined to sort through virtually every item I owned and only keep what truly served me. All the previous years of downsizing and then rightsizing did pay off — but it was still an arduous process. There was no one else that could do this but me, and I kept at it until the eleventh hour until I had to be out of the house.
As I write this (in January 2016) I am in Arizona where I temporarily live with my son. I brought only what I would need temporarily and the bulk of my belongings are in storage in my home city. I am at complete peace, knowing that when I am ready to move into my own new space here, I will not be shoving boxes to linger in closets, but can happily and completely unpack in my new, cleared space.
One Approach…
I find it most helpful to focus on one room at a time. It's true that sometimes items may get 'dumped' in another room temporarily, but I always kept in mind that I was going to have to deal with them eventually, so I tried to put items away right away–and then immediately returned back to the room I focused on.
I found that when I am overwhelmed, I start with those rooms that feel most doable. For me, that is generally the smallest room — the bathroom. The idea is that there, as well as the future rooms, you will need to quite literally touch everything you own and evaluate if it still serves its purpose for you. Do you love it? Do you need it? Do you have space designated for it?
The bathroom is kind of a straightforward place to start. Toss expired products, take a fresh look at the decor. Are you sick of the shower curtain? Does any wall decor need freshening? Take it down right away, even if you are not yet sure what will replace it. The right thing will appear to you when you are ready. The important thing is to clear the space of unwanted and unneeded items and then: clean! Clean it from top to bottom as thoroughly as possible. Wipe out cabinets, clean the mirrors and fixtures and wash the floor. If you are physically able to get down on your hands and knees to scrub the floor, do so! However you do it, imagine as you are cleaning that you are washing the old away and preparing for the new. I usually finish by lighting a candle or giving the room a few spritzes of a scent that pleases me.
You've now got one room, fresh and clean and delightful to your senses. Take time to revel in appreciation for yourself and what you have done!
From there, plot out your plan, room by room, so you keep a direction. Don't forget to include the common closets. Do each room completely, including the room closets. When you're done sorting and getting items out, stop and clean the room completely. Wash the inside of the windows, dust the sills and baseboards–this is deep cleaning time.
This is the process, room by room, until you have completely finished sorting through virtually every belonging you have. When you've reached this step, pay attention to the larger details. Move outside to wash your exterior windows (or have them done); sweep the porch and walks; tidy the exterior of your home with the same attention to detail that you are now accustomed to having.
As you finish each space, take time to stop and appreciate what you have accomplished. Spend time in the room, relaxing and taking in how good-feeling it is. Let those good feelings sink in before you continue to the next space. And as you work through each space, remember to keep the already cleaned and organized spaces in good order.
No matter how long your process takes, as long as you are moving toward your goal of having only what you love, what you need, and what you have space for, you are making progress!


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The Last Western Flyer: The Western Auto Century
Marchman, James
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A treasure trove of pictures and history, The Last Western Flyer chronicles one of the most successful small town franchise operations in 20th Century America, Western Auto. It grew from humble beginnings as a penny mailer sent from the kitchen of a Kansas City home to over 5,000 retail outlets under its Circle Arrow signs. Western Auto brought everything from tires, spark plugs, socks, vitamin pills, fishing lures, radios and more, including its famous Western Flyer bikes to America's major cities and small towns.