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So, any particular guesses on what this Akihiko fellow is trying to accomplish by locking all the players into a survival game and committing the genocide of 2000 people so far now?
I know we don't have a lot of information to go on just yet, but Akihiko in his picture sort of looked like a doctor or scientist judging from the lab coat, so I'm guessing that some sort of experiment is being preformed through these actions. What exactly that would be though I'm not sure. Something psychological perhaps?
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I can understand that knowing LN spoilers feels like having a toy you want to show off, but let those going into this series blind truly enjoy it.
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|2012-07-07, 21:49
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Maybe he's just a really bad gamer, and he wanted to take it out on all hardcore nerdkind.
This also gives me an amusing mental image of all 10,000 players scrolling hurriedly past the part of the Sword Art Online EULA which explicitly details all of the dangers and unique rules of his twisted death game.
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By clicking on the I ACCEPT button, you acknowledge and agree to herewith forfeit your life, consciousness and soul to the developer to be used as meat for the grinder of the SAO client. To the fullest extent permissible by applicable law, in no event shall SAO or its licensors be liable for and loss of data, work stoppage, death, dismemberment, microwaving of higher brain functions, injury sustained from fighting dire wolves including but not limited to blunt force trauma, mauling, impaling, bisecting, eviscerating or taking 1d6 poison damage-
Yeah, yeah, scroll, scroll, scroll, I ACCEPT. Now how do I customize my Wood Elf's boobs?
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IRL though, it's clear that AW was influenced by his work on SAO.
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Otherwise, even if it's entertaining to him on the side, there should be a greater motive for doing what he's doing.
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|2012-07-08, 00:38
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I think the interview snippet, along with all his hints that he has achieved his objectives on its own highlights what is his most likely motive.
He clearly doesn't think of SAO as 'just a game (he developed).'
Maybe there's some social experimental motive underlined behind his crazy 10,000 hostage scenario, but it feels like he's just a game developer who's just that invested into SAO that he wants it to be 'a real world.'
Then again, the flaw with this theory is that if he's going so far as to remove the log-out button... why not make it even more realistic by removing the menu function altogether? If Kayaba was really into full-fledged fantasy role-play, the concept of obvious game features remaining ( messaging,menu, etc) makes it less 'real.'
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|2012-07-08, 10:49
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I doubt his intentions are merely personal entertainment off some massive power trip. There's got to be some ulterior motive why he's done this.
Long bow theory is he's trying to create the ultimate warrior, because any skills you earn with swordplay in the game, you'd retain in the real world. Otherwise, I think that girl with the black hair thats in the fetal position of the OP might have some story behind her.
|2012-07-08, 11:43
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I kind of wonder if perhaps he'd doing this to ween society off of virtual games. How many people will trust games now that this has happened? I suspect that game sales (of ANY game) will have dropped dramatically.
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|2012-07-09, 12:22
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I've got a feeling that at the end of the show it will be revealed that this whole "playing with your life on the line" is just a gimmick built into the game. People don't actually die but were led to believe so in order to create the ultimate gaming experience. Everyone in the game knew what they were getting into but had their memory of it removed somehow and also this show is actually directed by M. night shyamalyan :P
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Politico has a piece today on Democrat groups banding together to fight the right-wing money machine!
Faced with overwhelming financial firepower on the right, Democratic-aligned super PACs and advocacy groups are increasingly joining forces in a collaborative effort to bolster President Barack Obama and a select number of House and Senate candidates for the 2012 general election.
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There's no mention of President Obama's stated intention to raise a billion dollars for his campaign, the hundreds of millions unions have and will continue to dump into ads, or the name Soros. It's not a David vs. Goliath picture they paint, it's zygote vs Goliath. Only that zygote has billions and billions at its disposal.
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On December 2nd, 2013, the site disappeared offline. The United States host, GoDaddy, suspended the domain with no prior notice. GoDaddy told its owners that the site was taken down "as part of an ongoing law enforcement investigation." The office in charge of this investigation was listed as "Special Agent Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Embassy, Mexico City." (The contact email pointed to "ice.dhs.gov," implying that this agent was working as part of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement wing, who have been involved in curious domain name takedowns in the past.)The site has now filed a lawsuit concerning the case, saying that the takedown "violates Mexico's legal protections for freedom of expression." However, there are other questions as well, which the good folks at EFF highlight:
Why did GoDaddy take down content with the excuse of it being part of a legal investigation, when the company did not request or relay any formal judicial documents or an official court order? And why is the U.S. Embassy acting as a relay for an unclear legal process that resulted in censorship within the United States?It would be nice to get some answers to those questions. In exploring the issue, I just sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to ICE for any communications between it and GoDaddy concerning this domain. I'll be sure to update everyone when and if any information is returned.
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I own a small pawn shop and as of up to now I buy a lot of items I resell on eBay and amazon. I want to start selling everything on my website. I've looked a little into Google, shopping and product ads and a couple other options.
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This page is excerpted from the article "Aviation Artists" that was written by Gp Capt Kapil Bhargava and published in "INDIAN AVIATION". Reproduced here with permission.
There have always been enthusiastic pilots, other aircrew and airmen in the Indian Air Force (IAF) who expressed their passion for aviation through paintings. Most Officers', Senior Non-Commissioned Officers' and Airmen's messes exhibit paintings, usually in bars, dining rooms and anterooms. Many aviation paintings adorn offices, especially of senior officers. Unfortunately, unlike public property, such as silver, furniture etc, paintings do not always show up in the inventories during handing over and assuming charge when personnel change.
The result at times is disastrous An Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of a Command was told by an artist that many works which were present before he took over had gone missing. The AOC-in-C instituted a Court of Inquiry and succeeded in retrieving three paintings, which had been illegally sold. But some were never found again. He also commissioned some paintings to make up the losses. Another source of routine loss of aviation art is the whitewashing or redecoration of rooms where they are displayed. Of course the paintings have to be taken down and stored carefully. Surprisingly they do not always find their way back to their original area of display. The story of one such painting lost and found is explained in Dennis La Fontaine's story.
There is an obvious need in the Air Force, and perhaps in the other services as well, to start officially recording details of the assets of aviation art. These should then form a part of official inventories for handing over to successors, exactly like other public property. It would also be nice, if the history of each work is recorded along with information about the artist and held in official files. A copy of relevant details may be pasted to the back of the painting so that a ready reference to it would always be possible. There is a painting by Raja Ravi Verma, which at a conservative estimate would be worth 60 or 70 lac rupees. Presumably, it is being held and cared for in the manner requested here. Otherwise, it would have gone missing long ago and sold abroad for far more money through an auction house such as Christies.
RIAF Water Colours by Capt H H Sheldon
These water colour paintings were done by the official war artist Capt H H Sheldon and were reproduced in the 1946 published book - The Royal Indian Air Force at War - An account of air operations in South East Asia.
Derek Bunce did a number of paintings related to the Indian Air Force for the Society of Aerospace Studies - Publishers of Vayu Magazine. The first of these was done in 1982 for the 50th Anniversary Book published by Ducimus. Further paintings are feature
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Before Internet (remember those days?) where did you go to do genealogical research? Libraries, archives, courthouses, newspaper offices? Seriously, I hope you still venture to those places. However, it is great to know that many state archives are going digital.
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How long to charge it and is the interior as crappy as the rest of the range?
In what must be one of the most unlikely announcements ever made at a motor show, a sleek extended range EV coupé concept has been unveiled by... Cadillac. Called the Converj and designed by British designer Simon Cox, the frankly rather impressive Cadi concept uses the same running gear as the Chevrolet Volt – now being …
Even if those panels were 100% efficient they'd still be useless for propelling that car. They're useful for keeping some charge flowing into the battery and may give you the ability to drive onto a towtruck a week after you stopped. But that's about it. They also kick up the cost, the environmental impact and the weight of the car.
And yet the dumbass environmentalists will eat it up, insisting that it'll make a useful contribution to the car's range...
Still, good to see Cadillac making an effort (or helping show off the efforts of the rest of GM, anyway). You never know, they may even be able to handle corners in a few years! :P
What this article doesn't mention is that this is a plug-in hybrid. It certainly isn't going to take you "hundreds of anxiety free miles" on one charge. A 16kWh battery is pretty puny - let's optimistically assume this hefty vehicle requires just 12Kw (10% of it's rates power) to push it down the road at a vaguely reasonable speed. It's going to run out of juice after about 80 minutes - not something that's going to take you hundreds of miles. In reality I suspect that you'd be lucky to get 50 or 60 miles on electricity alone.
Not to say it isn't a good idea, but please call it what it is - a plug-in hybrid. I suspect the roof-top solar array is an expensive gimmick unless you have some very strong sunshine where you live and don't travel very far.
A 120kW motor and a 16kWh battery pack means it will only run at full power for 8 minutes. If it does 100mph at full chat, let's assume it can manage 50mph on a quarter of maximum power, ie 30kW. The 16kWh pack could provide 30kW for 32 minutes which would take you a little over 25 miles.
Shurely some mistake?
That we get it's range at a certain speed, say 60 mph, or some other idea of it's real world usefulness.
It needs to be plug-in and to extend the range to something useful (especially for the 'Big Country' americans) with either a fuel cell or small diesel, or an easily swapped battery pack.
Just plug-in, or just battery won't entice many people. It also needs to be in a range of body shapes that people will find useful, not just the executives at a car corp.
So - how far at 50 or 60mph, how long to recharge, what's the extended range (once the on-bard batteries have gone flat) and can it take 2 adults and 2 kids and their shopping.
Yeah, "only" 8 minutes of full throttle. Hello? How often do you drive your gas car with the pedal pushed to the firewall for minutes at a time?
It only takes maybe 5 horsepower to maintain 30-40 MPH, and maybe 15-20 horsepower to maintain 60 MPH. Your guesses are WAY off.
Ah, GM. How you spin. You spun your financials for a decade, even though anyone with a clue could see you were burning. You insisted that "bankruptcy is not an option" even unto the point where you took your begging bowls to Congress. You spun your so-called electric car, you spun your so-called hybrid technology (that you mostly licenced), you spun you spun.
And now you have a hybrid with solar panels that will give you extra range. Really? No, not really. Toyota is putting some on the new Prius, and they are honest enough to admit that it's just enough power to keep the AC running when sitting in traffic, that it has no bearing on the vehicle's propulsion.
But GM, you've been lying for so long, you don't even know how to stop.
A loooong comment, since obviously a lot of people missed this line:
"impressive Cadi concept uses the same running gear as the Chevrolet Volt"
Please first read something about the Volt - here for example:
This car is a series (plug-in) hybrid; it is propelled by an electric motor (120kW) which gets energy from the said 16kWh battery. When the battery runs down to a certain level (40% or so), the ICE engine starts and powers the generator, which provides electrical power to run the motor & recharge the battery. 120kW is the maximum power the motor delivers, the average power is in the 10-20kW range for normal city & highway driving. Even at 100mph, the needed power for such a car (dependent mostly on aerodynamic drag at high speeds) should be ~50kW. 120kWh is rigged for acceleration, not top speed in this case (see Tesla, which IS a pure EV, without ICE).
As for diesel fuel: the best &most efficient (automotive) diesel engines reach up to 40% efficiency in optimal conditions, but in real driving it is more like 20%, so from 50l of diesel, you only get ~100kWh of mechanical energy. This then translates to about 20kWh per 100 miles.
With those figures applied to the Cadi: 60% of 16kWh is 9.6kWh; at 20kWh per 100 miles, the Cadi can have a range of 48 miles on electrical power alone (and then the ICE engine kicks in to "extend the range"). 48 miles (or ~80km here on the continent) covers more than 95% of all daily driving (you can recharge the battery from the socket at night).
Solar power: a typical car occupies an area of about 8m2. If 5m2 (minivan with optimized roof area) can be covered with 20% efficient photo voltaic cells (current top Si cells), this is 1kWp of nominal solar cell power. Europe has equivalent solar irradiation of about 1000-1200h/year, so a 5m2 solar panel can produce up to 1200kWh of energy per year, which translates to 6000 miles on solar power alone per year. OK, this is theoretical figure, car has to be parked in direct sun every day, etc. (half of this is more realistic), but shows the right direction. As for cost: yes, the solar cells are expensive, but have a life time of 30+ years. And the (extremely expensive for now) Ge based cells reach 30+% (40.7 current lab record using concentrated sun light) efficiency. Think about solar cell covered park lots - provide power & shade to cars at the same time.
As far as the ICE engine goes: GM plans to use the familiar 1.4l Ecotec engine, currently spinning in a lot of Astras, Corsas, Merivas, etc. (they first vanted to use the 3 cylinder 1.0 12V engine).


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Assembling "dream teams" seems to be in vogue this year, so why not right here in Illinois?
We`ll give it a catchy name like "All-State," and on offense we`ll select 22 football players, first and second teams, who have been dreams-come- true for their coaches.
This would also be a dream team for college recruiters, with all the essential components for the ultimate offense: high-powered quarterbacks, speed, size and intangibles.
The U.S. sent a dream team to Barcelona last summer, and Michigan sent a freshman-only version to the NCAA Finals last year, so here is the Illinois high school football dream-team offense:
The quarterback-Jeff Hecklinski displayed such promise that he was elevated to the varsity near the end of his freshman year. The 6-foot-4-inch, 200-pound senior wound up passing for 5,871 yards and 54 touchdowns in his career, including 2,387 yards and 23 TDs this season.
Illinois coach Lou Tepper recognized the quick release, eminently catchable spiral and great vision and became an admirer three years ago. Hecklinski has announced he will play for the Illini next fall. College scouts rated the Palatine passer among the nation`s top five quarterback prospects.
Our dream-team backup, Bloomington`s Billy Dicken, is being pursued by Oklahoma, Texas, Washington State and Minnesota. The 6-3, 193-pounder completed 99 of 175 passes this year for 2,066 yards and 22 TDs with only four interceptions in leading his team to the Class 5A quarterfinals.
Speed-Let`s begin with Bolingbrook running back Robert Farmer, who rushed for 1,566 yards and 18 TDs.
"He is the best I`ve ever seen," said St. Charles coach Buck Drach after his Saints edged Bolingbrook 32-27 in the playoffs as Farmer rushed for 268 yards and four TDs. "This kid is so smooth and effortless getting around the outside, you can`t tell when he kicks it in. In our film review, we had 28 missed tackles against him, and our kids are good tacklers."
Miami, Alabama, Notre Dame, Michigan, Penn State, Georgia, Illinois and Northwestern are recruiting Farmer.
Three wide receivers have burner potential in college-Bloomington`s Marquis Mosely, Shepard`s Ontario Pryor and second-teamer Seth Smith from Carbondale.
Mosely caught 56 passes for 1,271 yards and 13 TDs and also returned two kickoffs and one punt for TDs. Pryor caught 21 for 516 yards, nearly 25 yards per catch. Smith runs a 4.35-second 40-yard dash and caught 55 passes for 1,263 yards and 25 TDs. His three punt returns for TDs this season gave him a state career-record eight.
Second-team running back Jason Kent was a Mid-Suburban League sprint champion who rushed for 1,487 yards and 16 TDs.
Size-Hecklinski will have all day to find Mosely, Pryor, Smith or Morris' Paul Kindelspire with a line featuring Waubonsie Valley`s Chip McPheeters (6-3, 265), Maine South`s Mark Sroka (6-5, 252), Kankakee`s Benyard Jones (6-3, 260), Providence`s Dan Maly (6-7, 265) and Homewood-Flossmoor`s Jim Van Vlymen (6-4, 265).
Tight end Jon Blackman is 6-7, 240 and his backup, Mt. Carmel's Matt Cushing, goes 6-4, 240. You'd need a sturdy bench to support second-teamers such as Khal Banks (6-6, 310) of Naperville Central; Dan Jones (6-0, 285) of Rockford Boylan and Oswego`s Andy Allen (6-3, 255).
Intangibles-This ingredient, which usually provides a winning chemistry, is embodied in running backs Phil Adler (5-7, 207) of Wheaton-Warrenville South and Matt Larsen (5-10, 210) of Joliet Catholic. They lead their teams into Saturday`s Class 5A state championship game at Normal with similarly indomitable spirits. Adler has rushed for 1,847 yards and 25 TDs, Larsen for 2,056 yards and 28 TDs.


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My Life as a Customer Service RepWednesday, May 28th, 2008
From http://Pinkslipblog.blogspot.com
By Maureen Rogers
One of the worst jobs I ever had – and, given some of the jobs I've had, that's really saying something – was as a customer service rep at Sears.
In those days, of course, we didn't have a fancy name for the job like "customer service rep", let alone a fancy acronym like CSR. I have no idea what the official title was, but we called ourselves "customer complaint takers."
This job – which I worked for a while when I was in college, well over 30 years ago – was at the Sears regional headquarters in Boston. As I recall, our service area covered New England, upstate New York, Quebec Province, and the Maritimes.
I worked there with a couple of friends, and we were given absolutely no training whatsoever – just thrown on the phones, where we took complaints down on paper forms (those multiple layer ones like you get with a Fed-Ex label). After we took the complaint, we distributed the copies to multiple areas where – presumably – someone would eventually act on them. The pink copy went into a vast, rotary "tub file". You hit some sort of button, the tub churned to the right letter of the alphabet, and you tucked the file into the appropriate place.
Some of the complaints I remember as vividly as if I had handled the call yesterday.
A man named Peter Rabbitt called one day and, with a pronounced brogue, informed me that Sears had not picked up his old fridge, which they'd promised to do when they delivered his new one.
"I've a good mind," Mr. Rabbitt told me, "To just put the old ice box out on my front lawn."
Well, that would sure show Sears now, wouldn't it? (I hope he took the door off of it, which I'm sure that he did, as he sounded like a thoroughly conscientious and decent person.)
One woman called to track her order – Christmas presents for her kids. Unfortunately, she'd sent cash – $17 – rather than a check or money order, so her order was long gone and there wasn't much we could do to trace it. When I commiserated with her, she told me I was very nice and asked me if I were the owner.
No, I explained, it was kind of a big place and I just worked there.
Another time, I was blasted by someone from Dorchester (a blue collar area of Boston), who demanded that I "get my ass down to Dorchester with the paint" she'd ordered so that her husband could paint their house during his rapidly dwindling week off.
This was in the days before vulgarity was quite so common, but I did tell her that I, personally, was just taking down the information and would not be getting my ass anywhere.
The woman backed down and was actually quite sweet and reasonable. And, of course, she had a point about the missed delivery date for the paint.
I told her I'd see what I could do, which wasn't much other than put the pink copy of the complaint in the rotary file. I can't recall where the multitude of other colored copies went. I seem to recall tossing them in the wastebasket but, despite the fact that we received no training, this doesn't strike me as quite right.
When we weren't taking incoming calls and/or when we reached the magic hour of 5 p.m., when inbound customer service was turned off, we followed up on orders that were not clear. (In those unimaginably by-gone days, when we were not in such a great rush to get work boots, Lincoln Logs, cross-cut saws, house dresses, and hand-held mixers absolutely, positively, overnight, people actually placed catalog orders via the mail. How very quaint!)
If there was something unclear on the order form, it was our job to call and ask for clarification.
I remembered an attempt to call some old Down East geezer in Maine, who had written in that he needed a "puny" for his "furcane." I was canny enough to realize that he was probably looking for some thingamajig for his "furnace," not his "furcane", but I wasn't able to interpret "puny". Nor was I ever able to reach him. I wonder if he ever got his "puny".
One of my favorite calls was to a French speaking family up in Quebec.
Since my French was limited to the "ou est la bibliotheque?" variety I'd learned in high school, I was not able to get across to Mme. Gary Doyon that we needed to know what name to put on the personalized ballerina pillowcase she'd ordered.
When I explained to my boss that I wasn't able to get an answer, he grabbed the form and wrote "Gary" where the name went.
I told him I was pretty certain that the recipient of the ballerina pillowcase did not have the first name of "Gary", but I was overruled.
Somewhere up in Canada, a disappointed little girl found a pillowcase with "Gary" on it under the Christmas tree. What a Joyeux Noel that must have been, eh, ma petite?
Customer complaint taker! What a miserable job!
When I wasn't laughing myself silly, I hated every moment there – mostly because I didn't feel that I ever helped one single Sears customer derive any customer satisfaction whatsoever from any encounter with Sears that involved me.
Every time I feel like raging at a CSR, or slamming the phone down on them, I think back to my time, gamely manning the phones for Sears, calling Quebec on a cold, December night, trying to ask Madame Gary Doyon what name she wanted on the ballerina pillowcase.


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Blind tasting lunch notes:
Elisabeth Goutorbe "Cuvée Eclatante" Brut Champagne – slight sweetness in the nose with apple aromas, up front sweetness on palate, finishing crisply. Nice job.
2011 Taille aux Loups Montlouis 'Les Dix Arpents' – I'd bought the killer Remus Plus from this producer and wanted to try this wine also in our market, so brought it along to lunch. Best party by far was the nose, which showed excellent Chenin notes of lemon and flowers with hints of bergamot. On palate quite soft in the mouth despite adequate terminal acidity. Not good value at the price ($27)
2004 Dom. Latour Giraud Meursault Charmes – corked, dammit! Started out right after pouring as a 'WTF is that nose. Went back a couple of minutes later and the wet cardboard had come right to the fore. C'est dommage!
1995 Clos des Papes CNduP – surprisingly light garnetty colour, quite attractive, a nose that had me waffling a bit between Burgundy and the Rhone, ending up finally in the right place, with white pepper hints and dark fruit. On palate this once fairly tannic wine has arrived! Now smooth and elegant, this wine has a long silky finish and was an all round winner. Time to find the case I have hiding in the cellar as this has hit prime time in a very convincing way, though there should be no rush.
2000 Bernardus Pinot Noir Gary's Vineyard (Monterey) – not a familiar producer for me – I think I've only had their wines once or twice and both times it was the Marinus cab blend. Another lovely garnet colour, sweet pinot fruit and spice in the nose, but restraint, not so much that you'd mistake it for a Burg but heading in that direction. Long harmonious finish with mint popping up to add further flavour interest.
2000 Vignalta Gemola IGT – this dark Bordeaux blend from Veneto had a slightly ripe nose and a nose of soy mixed with significant VA and slight hints of raisin. Medium bodied and the quite dry finish seemed at odds with the expectations formed based on the nose. Decent wine.
2007 Grgic Plavac Mali – a Mike Grgich Croatian endeavour, this wine was a stumper. Very unusual salty leathery nose made you think of new shoes at the seaside – really! Balanced wine with up front soft tannin, interesting. Plavac is a hybrid of two native grapes, one of which is Zinfandel (under it's ancestral Croatian name).
1996 Argiano Solengo – a blend of cab, merlot, petit verdot and syrah, the latter component was what leapt out of the glass at us despite the fact that it is a minor player in terms of percentage. Dark medium bodied wine that had a killer nose of toasted bread, some cassis and hints of cinnamon, it had significant tannin yet was fairly smooth and soft on palate with excellent midpalate fruit concentration and a long dry finish. I liked this a lot! First bottle I've opened since I bought this on release.
2001 Dom. Tempier Bandol – rich Rhonish nose on this basic non-reserve wine, sweet in the mouth and with black pepper coming in on the finish. Nice mouth feel. Shows fairly mature now.
Christopher's Rare Old Verdelho Madeira – bottled for the 1969 investiture of the Prince of Wales, this was a browning medium colour, had a classic nose of walnuts and orange peel, a bit of residual sugar but not over my threshold (I am a Sercial kind of guy), and real persistence and length. Very nice. Probably an 80 year old blend or so. (Thanks, Jenise!)


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Say it isn't so! Pedro and Buddy, The Toronto Zoo's male African penguins whose companionship gave us something both happy and animal-related to fixated on, have broken up. Cue Adele.
The zoo moved the two lovebirds (had to) away from each other and set them each up with a female companion, in hopes that the two endangered species would mate. Buddy almost immediately took up "breeding behavior" with a lady penguin named Farai — but poor brokenhearted Pedro has yet to conform to the Zoo's wishes. You can't just push the gay away, zookeepers. That Marcus Bachmann shit ain't gonna fly, not with Pedro.


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For the uneducated: what the hell game is TiTs?
Not exactly official but Tom Lipschultz had previously said on the Xseed forums that it was very unlikely that SC would make it this year, so I'm not surprised. Disappointed, but not surprised.I don't know what's going on with that series...fortunately I've been learning Japanese all these years so I think I'm going to dive into TitS in Japanese at some point. But the language used in TitS is a bit more sophisticated than your average JRPG so I want to wait until I've gotten a bit better. I have no doubt I could stumble my way through it, but the story is a big part of the appeal so I want to be able to fully appreciate it.
I downloaded the Zero no Kiseki demo and it was difficult. Much more difficult than Trails was, for me at least. Part of it was due to the small screen making kanji lookup difficult.
Also I'm amused by the fact that somebody thought that Conception had any chance of coming over. All it had going for it was the breeding little monstrosities from your harem of dating sim archetypes. That Over My Dead Body PSP remake would've been a much better choice.
The best JRPG series on the PSP (a platform not exactly lacking in JRPGs...)Xseed did the first part a couple years ago and then left us hanging, sadly.
I admit that I really didn't care for Trails in the Sky, but it would be great if 2/3 got localized. I'd hate for TitS fans to get the Shining Force 3 Scenario 2/3 treatment. I still hurt to this day.


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"Soapbox! The Audience Speaks"
Where: Museum of Photographic Arts, Balboa Park
When: Voting continues in the museum and online through Aug. 5. Exhibit runs Oct. 6 through May 12, 2013
Admission: $8
Phone: (619) 238-7559
Online: mopa.org
Something wonderful has broken out at Balboa Park's Museum of Photographic Arts.
Visitors to the museum are talking about photos — striking up conversations with total strangers about how one photo might compare to another.
"It's been really fun to see groups discussing the images," said Deborah Klochko, the museum's director. "Sometimes it's a group of friends or a family group that comes together. But sometimes it's a group of people who just happen to be here, discussing how they are going to rank a piece of art."
The catalyst for the welcome exchanges is the museum's new, technologically advanced touch table that has been installed in the galleries. Using software developed in collaboration with UCSD's Pacific Rim Undergraduate Experience and Japan's National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, the table allows visitors to view and rank 120 images from the museum's permanent collection.
When the ranking concludes on Aug. 5, the top 40 photos will be assembled into a gallery exhibit, "Soapbox! The Audience Speaks," on view Oct. 6 through May 12.
"The technology is certainly important, but it's not the most important," Klochko said. "It's the content (that's most important). It's how people interact with it, and what they learn from it. And so we are really trying to work hard not to just have a bunch of gadgets, but to really have a means for people to interact with the collection and with ideas related to the exhibitions."
MOPA has been a regional leader in technological innovation and experimenting with ways to make the gallery experience more interactive. The institution was among the first local museums to use QR codes and iPads to provide an additional level of information for visitors. And MOPA continues to explore ways of presenting its collection on the Internet. Last week, it added an online component to "Soapbox! The Audience Speaks," allowing visitors to its website to also participate in the crowdsourced exhibition.
"We've been an incubator for some of these new ideas in the park, showing their value and showing that they work," said Joaquin Ortiz, MOPA's digital interpretation manager. "What starts to happen is other museums come by and say, 'Oh, we didn't think we could do that just yet,' " and then they are inspired to try something similar.
But many of those technologies have provided a relatively solitary experience. The light table, supplemented by a big-screen monitor, allows group interaction and has become a focal point of the gallery.
"Especially on weekends, it's in constant use," Ortiz said. "We weren't expecting that. We always kind of undershoot these things (in terms of expectations), not because we want to but because technology is so new to museums. But what we've found with this is people were waiting to use it, some people were hovering around and others wanted to do it again and again and again."
The museum and its collaborators, funded by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services and aided by the Balboa Park Online Collaborative, have been working with the table for more than a year, using open-source software that will be available for use by other institutions. The UCSD students involved in the project recently won a MUSE Award from the American Association of Museum for the table's first incarnation, "My Gallery."
But that software's interface was deemed too complicated for museum visitors. In its present manifestation, the evaluation process is turned into a game. After you (or your group) rank 10 photos with star ratings, you get a short video reward. For level one, the "Brownie" level, it's Klochko with Tino, her pug (she protests if you call it a dog) thanking you for your participation.
"When people are here, they may only want to spend a few minutes on something like this, so it needs to be something you can immediately dive into," Ortiz said. "We worked really hard in trying to develop a way of keeping the process very immediate."
As you continue ranking images, you get more rewards (each level is named after a type of camera), with one-minute video presentations that go behind the scenes at the museum. If you rate all 120 photos, you'll get (spoiler alert!) a round of applause from the entire staff and you will be listed as a contributor when the exhibition goes up in October.
Of course, you aren't really looking at photos; they are digital renderings of the photos. There are numerous, albeit often subtle, distinctions between the digital image and the physical object, and some degree of compromise is inevitable in putting them on a screen. Consequently, the museum had to get permissions from the photographers that their photos could be displayed in digital form.
"We are always concerned about that," Klochko said. "Because even though we are a museum of photographs, to us, they are still objects. And seeing (the object) in person is still the best experience. What you don't get online, or on the multi-touch table, is a sense of scale and a sense of process.
"But, if you can get people excited and interested so they want more, then you've been successful."
The museum is looking at additional uses for the table, including inviting artists to create work specifically for that medium. And it continues to search for new partners and work with cutting-edge technologies (including one that delivers specific content to visitor's cellphones at specific places in the museum, without QR codes) to find ways for people to interact with the museum and each other.
"I've said from the beginning (in 2007, when she took over the institution from its founding director, Arthur Ollman), really what I want is to tear down the walls of the institution," Klochko said.
She might leave the glass wall in front of the museum intact, however.
"As we move toward 2015, which is the 100th anniversary of the park, we're very interested in turning the glass wall of our entry area into maybe a giant touch screen," Klochko said. "But how do we do that? What's the technology going to be in two years? We're starting to add that to our thinking and planning."
Such technology is available. If the museum is able to pull that off, look for even more discussions to break out.Copyright © 2019, The San Diego Union-Tribune


text: If Harry Houdini had a soundtrack to his tricks, this might have been it. Filled with mystery and intrigue, the track begins with the haunting drone of a digeridoo and the rapping of ethnic percussion underneath a ghostly piano motif. And as the vinyl laced trip-hop beat kicks in, an exotic santoor melody answers the piano while electric bass holds down the low end. The track ends with a boomy impact wrapped in a thousand spider-crawling violin plucks. Perfect for a film or TV show open or title sequence.


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|2006-03-27, 14:34
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The unofficial PSP thread
Seems like we don't have a thread dedicated just for the psp. So let's have at it
First off, what you guys think of homebrewing? Anyone even try it out? It sounds pretty much in major developmental form as of now. Also, I'm planning on buying Daxter and Syphon Filter for the psp; anyone can give recommendation on those games
|2006-03-27, 17:28
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Homebrew is alright, i havent tried it in a while, it may be a ton better, but it wasnt all that great in its first stages. Its kinda annoying though, since you have to have loaders and stuff for certain homebrew and firmware updates keep stopping it from working.
I cant reccomend either games, I dont know anything about them.
|2006-03-27, 22:24
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Homebrew now is pretty good...but yay it wasn't that good in it's first stages. Homebrew games like the PSP Revolution and Sudoku can keep you on the psp for hours. I don't know about the games you listed but can anyone recommend mgs acid 1 and 2? I really like the MGS series and am very patient.
|2006-03-27, 22:37
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As for metalgear acid; I know it's not like regular metal gears, because it is based on a card system where everytime you fight or play the game, you have to utilize cards you find/get durring your adventure. Sounds boring for a MG game, but I heard it's alot of fun and kinda addictive. You should try the first one, and if you like it you should buy the second because it has cell-shaded graphics, and alot of other extras.
|2006-03-28, 08:41
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i'm not a spendthrift, so my way of dealing it is this:
get sports games and fighting games.. they last you longer
i take my psp on bus rides and for when i'm bored, so having world soccer winning eleven 9 is really handy, so does street fighter alpha max
|2006-03-28, 10:25
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|2006-03-28, 11:07
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usually i go for gamespot ratings, if it appeals to me, then i buy it..
there's nothing worse than being disappointed with a game you're looking forward to..ESPECIALLY when you've paid a considerable amount of money for it
|2006-03-28, 15:49
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Super Robot Wars MX Portable = Best purchase ever!
The only real homebrew games I've played so far are Zoo Keeper and Beats of Rage which are top great homebrew IMO.
I had a chance to try Daxter and I personally love that game...thinking of buying it used later on. DBZ Shin Bodukai is a fun little fighter, although I am not really fond of DBZ anymore.
|2006-03-28, 17:12
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I've no homebrew at all on my PSP ^^'
It's always the latest firmware, directly updated over wifi.
My PSP-1000CKW (Ceremic White) has no warranty outside Japan, so I'm already very careful with it. Messing around with the firmware, isoloaders and homebrew is a big nono for me. A trip back to Tokyo to fix it would be rather expensive
As for games ... I'm really excited to get Naruto for PSP (Mugenjo no maki) within the next few days ^^ (Silly me pre-ordered it back in January )
Except that one, I usually play Bleach Heat the Soul 2 or Midnight Club DUB Edition.
|2006-03-28, 18:56
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Seems like http://thepspimp.com/ is a good place to find some sweet wallpapers for your psp. Here is one of my favs from that site:
|2006-03-28, 19:29
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what's a good strategy game for the psp?
|2006-04-04, 18:22
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Interesting gameplay for Naruto, kinda reminds me of Bleach for the DS. Played a bit and the button settings are kinda weird tho. Actually only played the first level in story mode where I faced Sakura and on vs com mode.
|2006-04-04, 19:44
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I like my PSP it's cool I store some music on it and I spend a lot of time surfing the web on it, the games I have consist of GTA Liberty City Stories, POP Revelations, and Star Wars Battlefront 2 which is pretty good for the PSP. I plan on getting Narutimate Portable someday it looks like fun. Hey don't mean to ask but does anyone have anime on their PSP? Been trying to get something on there.
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Age: 29
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Edinburgh
Age: 36
Did you read the faq on "how to download google video for psp" ? google faq on psp
I could try it myself, if i can find my psp...
nope, looks like its buried itself somewhere.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
So anyone try out Tales of Eternia/Tales of Destiny 2? I liked the one on PS1 but wanted to know if there were any edits to it that would make it a bad game.
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: new york city
RPGS.... are there any good ones on the psp at all? I really want to play a nice rpg on my psp, but I don't like my options. Does anyone know if there are plans from developers to bring any good rpg to the psp in the near future?
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Black Hole
From Gambit wiki
Black Hole is a module system for the Gambit Scheme system.
Its latest version can is avilable via GIT, and can be downloaded using GIT by
- git clone http://mwaza.dyndns.org/apps/files/modules.git
Is available in PDF, OpenOffice and Microsoft Word versions.
Additional libraries
Termite: A version suited for usage in Black Hole is found at X.


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Bring Calendar information to 30 E. First Ave., email it to email@example.com, or mail it to The Calendar, The Dispatch, P.O. Box 908, Lexington, 27293 so it is at The Dispatch one week prior to its publication date. Include an address for the event. Events listed below are in Lexington, unless otherwise noted. For publication of church and nonprofit yard sales, please call classified advertising at 249-1637.
Bring Calendar information to 30 E. First Ave., email it to email@example.com, or mail it to The Calendar, The Dispatch, P.O. Box 908, Lexington, 27293 so it is at The Dispatch one week prior to its publication date. Include an address for the event. Events listed below are in Lexington, unless otherwise noted. For publication of church and nonprofit yard sales, please call classified advertising at 249-1637.
The City of Lexington Recreation and Parks Department will offer a new walking program for furry family members and their owners. The program will begin on Monday. Just take your pet to Myers Park located between Talbert Boulevard and Fairview Drive for a stroll around the walking trail. All pets must be kept on leash. Bring your pooper scooper with you, trash bags will be provided. Walking sessions will be held at 9 -10:30 a.m. and 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Youth soccer registration at the J. Smith Young YMCA runs through Monday for ages 4-12 years old. Skills trials will be Tuesday at Finch Park. Cost is $30 for members and $50 non-members. Registration forms on line www.lexingtonymca.com or at the Y.
The Davidson County NAACP will have its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Acacia Lodge No. 66, Cotton Grove Road.
The Davidson County Beekeepers Association will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Davidson County Agricultural Auditorium, 301 E. Center St.. Meeting is open to the public. Topic will be "Flowers and Plants for Bees" presented by Bill Sheppard. For more information please contact Jamie Jarrell 243-2339 or email email@example.com
A representative from U.S. Rep. Mel Watt's office will be at Lexington City Hall, 28 W. Center St., from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday and from 11:30 to 1 p.m. at Thomasville City Hall, 10 Salem St.
Macedonia United Methodist Church, 10890 Highway 8, Southmont, is having a poor man's supper from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Cost is $6 for adults; child, $3. There will be fatback, pintos, potatoes, greens, cabbage, apples, corn bread and hot dogs. There will be music by Smiley and friends with all proceeds go to building fund. Call 798-3097.
There will be a poor boy's supper from 4:30-7 p.m. Tuesday at Friendship United Methodist Church, 2840 Friendship Church Road. Cost is $7 for adults and $3 for children. Any questions you can call church office at 787-4040.
Meadowview Presbyterian will host a blood drive from 2 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Please call the church office to schedule an appointment. at 249-2680.
Omicron Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority will have a free diabetes screening from 5 to 7 p.m. March 26 at the Banks & Miller Post 255, 1 Arthur Drive.
Former Duracell employees will meet for breakfast at 8 a.m. Tuesday March 26 at Southern Lunch.
Organizers for the Multicultural Festival 5K Run/Walk for Wellness are accepting applications for their second annual event. The 5k Run/Walk for Wellness will be held on April 20 beginning and ending at Finch Park in Lexington. Sign-in and registration will begin at 7:30 a.m., the run begins at 8:30 a.m. and walk will follow at 8:35 a.m. Registration fee for the event is $20 before April 1 and $25 after. Those opting not to be timed or receive a T-shirt can participate with a canned food donation that will be donated to Pastor's Pantry. Registration forms can be downloaded and photo copied at www.lexingtonnc.net or www.facebookcom/lexingtonrecreation. For more information contact Tabitha Jenkins at 243-2489 ext. 3253 or Tammy Curry at 248-3960 ext. 3237.
City of Lexington Recreation Department is offering an eight week,free adult wellness class. Shape Up-N-Get Fit begins at 6 p.m. April 9 at Southwest Elementary School. Shape Up-N-Get Fit incorporates a walking program (Walking Warriors), nutritional facts, complimentary exercise classes, a wellness assessment and how to make healthy lifestyle choices. The recreation department partners with local agencies and medical facilities to provide this service. Please visit www.lexingtonnc.net to register. If you would like more information, please contact Tammy Curry at 248-3960 ext 3237. The registration deadline for Shape Up-N-Get Fit is March 29
The Lexignton City Recreation Department will offer a summer camp for Lexington youth ages 6-13. Participants must attend a Lexington City School or live within the city limits. Each summer, 90 children are offered the opportunity to participate in athletics, crafts and field trips. Youth ages 6-10 can choose to attend camp at Pickett Elementary School or the Robbins Recreation Center. Summer camp for ages 11-13 is held at Files Chapel Church. Registration begins April 29 at the Robbins Recreation Center. The fee is $30 and is required at the time of registration. Please visit www.lexingtonnc.net for more information or contact Tammy Curry at 248-3237.
Governments and Groups
The Lexington Rotary Club meets from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. every Tuesday at the J. Smith Young YMCA. For further information, visit the website at www.lexingtonrotary.com or contact Rusty Hunt at 224-4650.
Preschoolers story time takes place at the Davidson Coutny Public Library Lexington branch for 3, 4 and 5 year olds from 10:30 to 11 a.m. each Tuesaday, Wednesday and Thursday. Toddlers meet from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Bedtime storyhour is held from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays. Bookventures, and afterschool program for children in kindergarten through fifth grade takes place from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. each Thursday. Call 242-2040 for more information.
The Davidson County Republican Women would like to send an open invitation to all county Republican women to its monthly meeting. The meeting is held the third Tuesday at Golden Corral, 1507 Cotton Grove Road. Dinner at 6 p.m. and meeting to start at 7 p.m.


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US expands probe into Mercedes tail light problem
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators have expanded an investigation into rear light failures in Mercedes-Benz C-Class luxury vehicles.
The probe now covers nearly 253,000 cars from the 2008 through 2011 model years.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the stop, tail and turn signal lights can fail because of a melted electrical connector. The agency and Mercedes have received 402 complaints, including five fires and one injury.
Mercedes also reported more than 23,000 warranty claims that could be tied to the problem.
The safety agency has upgraded the probe to an engineering analysis. That's a step closer to a recall, but so far no recall has been issued.
Investigators say the problem appears to be worsening as the vehicles get older. A Mercedes spokesman said the company is cooperating with the investigation.


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The Carthage College football team (3-3, 1-2 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) lost to CCIW-opponent and No. 14 Illinois Wesleyan University (6-0, 3-0 CCIW), 45-7, on Saturday, Oct. 13 at Wilder Field at Tucci Stadium in Bloomington, Ill.
Michael Kelly's 23-yard field goal at 9:53 first period gave Illinois Wesleyan a 3-0 lead. A Carthage fumble by starting quarterback Jonny Brewster at his own 15-yard line, the second Red Men fumble in the first period, set up a Titan touchdown at 2:01, an eight-yard carry by T.J. Stinde. A 49-yard touchdown carry by the Titans' Alex Garvey at 12:14 second period upped Illinois Wesleyan's lead to 17-0.
A 77-yard punt return by Tyrell Bolden late in the half set up another IWU touchdown, a three-yard rush by Sean Conley at 1:08 to put the Titans up, 24-0, at halftime. Illinois Wesleyan increased its lead to 31-0 at 6:50 third period on a 14-yard TD pass from Rob Gallik to Tate Musselman. One minute later, on the next Carthage drive, Red Men quarterback A.J. Simoncelli fumbled, the team's third turnover of the game. Illinois Wesleyan's Mike Kraft recovered and ran the ball in 22 yards for a touchdown and a 38-0 lead. In the fourth quarter, Tyrell Bolden scored on a 71-yard rush to put the Titans up by a 45-0 margin at 13:24.
Carthage had a chance to score late at 3:37 fourth period, but Brett Bukari's 24-yard field goal attempt was blocked. The Red Men finally got on the scoreboard with 14.6 seconds remaining on an 18-yard touchdown pass from A.J. Simoncelli to Nick Gremley for the final, 45-7 score.
Illinois Wesleyan rolled up 337 total offensive yards, 147 yards rushing and 190 yards passing, while Carthage collected 255 total yards, 84 on the ground and 171 in the air. Titan quarterback Rob Gallik completed 16-of-26 passes for 181 yards and two touchdowns. Alex Garvey caught four passes for 84 yards, with Tyrell Bolden rushing for 79 yards on four carries. Carthage's A.J. Simoncelli (Fr., Downers Grove, Ill./South) completed 12-of-18 passes for 150 yards, with running back Reggie Miller (Jr., Downers Grove, Ill./South) catching seven passes for 28 yards. Free safety Alex Vitkauskas (Sr., Tinley Park, Ill./Chicago-St. Rita) collected a game-high nine tackles (8 solo, 1 assisted).
"We're disappointed," said Carthage coach Tim Rucks "If you're not going to win, you at least want to compete more than we did today. I thought we should have competed better today. Illinois Wesleyan probably has a better team than we do, but our competitive edge was not there today, and that's my responsibility—I'm the head coach. We were flat from the beginning and never got the fire that we needed. We had a hard time blocking up-front the first half, and we kept dropping the football. As a result, we just couldn't get anything going. Then we got into kind of quarterback roulette, looking for somebody to give us a spark. We're young, and we have some guys who just don't quite get it yet, and that includes preparation during the week and game-day preparation. That's our job to teach that and the responsibility of our juniors and seniors to instill that on the rest of the team. We need to right the ship."
Carthage plays host to CCIW-opponent and No. 10 North Central College (5-1, 3-0 CCIW) on Saturday, Oct. 20 in a 6 p.m. game at Art Keller Field in Kenosha, Wis.


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We offer various types of LED resistors that are designed to be installed on our LED lights to reduce the voltage to the LED.
Don't know resistor value you need for the LEDs? Click here to view LED resistor value calculator
Why do you need a resistor with an LED? The LED resistors are designed to be installed on LED lights to reduce the voltage to the LED and to limit the current in the LED to a safe value. The important part about that for you is that a small change in voltage can produce a huge change in current. When you buy an LED, it should come with a rating that looks like this: 3.3V @ 20 mA typical. That gives you one point along the operating curve. Usually that's a safe operating point. You may get a maximum rating in addition. It may be in the form of either a voltage or current. For example, a lot of people report buying "5V blue LEDs." These are really not rated to operate continuously at 5V in most cases. We offer various types of resistors for different LED lights this gives you the liberty to choose from a huge number of choices and types.


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One more of my daily meal sharing.....
I love to share with you my daily meals and this is what we had over the weekend...
french beans vegetable
vermicelli kheer
tomato dal
and rice (not in the pic)
This meal is very simple, and quick to make . I cooked the vegetable and the dal in a pressure cooker .
I love using a pressure cooker for my day to day cooking as it not only saves gas but also helps in storing the nutrients in the vegetables.
SHEVYACHI KHEER (vermicelli kheer)


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Area Obituaries
Doris Jewel Gartman Tarver, 79, of McIntosh died Feb. 11, 2008 in a health care facility in Baton Rouge, LA.
She worked at Ciba-Geigy until retirement. She was an active member of McIntosh United Methodist Church and was a volunteer at McIntosh Public Library.
Survivors include her husband of sixty years Claude Aaron Tarver, McIntosh; two sons, Andrew (Cathy) Tarver, Baton Rouge, LA, Joseph Tarver, Pointe Vedra Beach, FL; one daughter, Sandra (Richard) Sacco, Albany, GA; four granddaughters; one grandson; and one brother, Donald (Ernestine) Gartman, Jackson.
A visitation was held, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008 from 6 until 8 p.m. at Lathan Funeral Home in Jackson. The service will be Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. at McIntosh United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the McIntosh United Methodist Cemetery. Andrews
Infant Jarrett Michael Andrews, died Feb. 4, 2008 at Grove Hill Memorial Hospital. He was born Feb. 4, 2008.
Survivors include his parents, Michael and Alesia Andrews, Thomasville; paternal grandparents, Willie "Buster" and Lois Andrews Jr. Grove Hill; paternal grandmother, Teresa Andrews, Thomasville; maternal grandmother, Anne Brownlee, Butler; maternal grandparents, Terry and Janet Kelley, Needham; paternal great-grandparents, Charles "Jack" and Betty Williamson, Thomasville; maternal great-grandfather, Benjamin Lewis, Gilbertown; maternal great-grandparents, J. T. and Eunice Kelley, Gilbertown.
A graveside service was Feb. 7 at 11 a.m. at the Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Maurice Dyess officiating. O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Home of Thomasville directed. Elmore
Mary Ann Elmore, 70, of Montgomery, formerly of Gordo died Feb. 10, 2008 at Jackson Health Care Facility.
She was born March 13, 1937 in Carrollton to the late Emmett William Lee Sr. and Annie Mary McCafferty Lee. She grew up in Reform. She earned a B.S. degree at Mississippi University for women in Columbus, Miss. and a Masters of Art at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. She became a member of Alpha Delta Kappa, an honorary sorority for teachers and taught for 21 years at Pickens County Public Schools and Pickens Academy. She was a former social worker for the Department of Human Resources and a Workers Compensation Supervisor for the State of Alabama Department of Industrial Relations and in 1996 she retired because of a medical disability. She joined the First Baptist Church in Reform at 9 years of age and Taylor Road Baptist Church in 1988 when she moved to Montgomery. She was a former member of the choir at the First Baptist Church in Reform, the First Baptist Church in Gordo and the Taylor Road Baptist Church.
Survivors include one son, Benjamin E. "Benji" (Karen) Elmore III, Grove Hill; two daughters, Ellen Elmore (Lawrence J. "Chip") Murphy, Greenwood, IN, Julia Ann Elmore (Thomas E. "Tom") Dreher, Hoover; eight grandchildren; friends and other family members.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin Franklin Elmore Jr., her parents and brother, Emmett W. "Sonny" Lee Jr.
The service will be Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. a Skelton Funeral Home in Reform with Revs. Brannon Pinion and Sam Andreason officiating. Burial will be at the Union Chapel Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Reform First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 100, Reform, AL 35481 or the Union Chapel Cemetery Fund or Union Chapel Methodist Church, c/o Olin Lee, 4767 Franconia Road, Carrollton, AL 35447.
Honorary pallbearers are Blake Corbin, Clark Wiginton, Tom Wiginton, Peyton Chapman, Will Chapman, Bain Chapman, Floyd Lee, Glenn Lee, Ricky Lee, Horace Lee Jr., Roger Lee, Frank Elmore, Lewis Elmore, Charles Elmore, Paul Elmore, Larry Blakeney, Todd Sparks and John Fox, former co-teachers and students of Pickens County, co-workers of Workers Compensation Division, State of Alabama, friends and neighbors of Magnolia Point and of Taylor Road Baptist Church in Montgomery.
Louise Williams, 83, of Lower Peach Tree died Feb. 5, 2008.
She was born May 8, 1924. She was a member of St. Thomas A.M.E. Church.
Survivors include one son, Willie D. Williams, Mobile; three daughters, Alice Mae Williams, Lower Peach Tree, Mary J. Williams, Laura Williams, both of Georgetown, Ga.; one brother, C.L. Williams, Mobile; three sisters, Viola Straughter, Mt. Vernon, Velma Carlton, Lower Peach Tree, Thelma Williams, Mobile; four grandsons; five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by, Jake Williams, mother, father, husband and one daughter, Sallie Mae and one son, George Williams.
The service was held February 9, 2008 at St. Thomas AME Church, with pastor W.W. Nixon officiating. Burial was at the Mt. Sinai cemetery.
Active pallbearers were George Williams, Willie D. Williams, Willie James Williams, Tommie Pugh and Anthony Williams.