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One of the most interesting studies was presented in a poster by Dr Andrea Vansickel and colleagues at Professor Tom Eissenberg's laboratory at Virginia Commonwealth University. This group had previously published a study of e-cigarette use in cigarette smokers which found that they obtained only negligible levels of blood nicotine from the e-cigarettes. In the poster last week they reported preliminary results from the first 3 subjects in a new study of regular e-cigarette users. Each of these e-cigarette users used their own modified e-cigarettes and at least two of them obtained significant increases in blood nicotine concentrations, reaching more than 10 ng/ml from 10 puffs over 5-minutes, and one reached over 30 ng/ml with continued use. These levels are comparable to the venous blood nicotine levels that can be absorbed by a cigarette, and I believe this is the first time this has ever been reported. I am looking forward to reading the full results when the study is completed and published in a peer-reviewed journal.
These preliminary findings raise some interesting issues and questions. Is it the specific characteristics of the devices used by the participants in this study that enable them to absorb significant amounts of nicotine, whereas other devices on the market are less able to deliver nicotine? Or is it that these experienced e-cig users have learned the technique required to absorb nicotine from an e-cig, that na?ve users in prior studies were unable to do? Maybe it is a combination of both factors?
Some may be concerned that e-cigs are capable of delivering meaningful amounts of nicotine relatively quickly, but to me this raises the possibility (as many users have already claimed) that these devices may really help smokers to quit. Tomorrow I will report on additional studies (including those on e-cigs) with promising (and some not-so-promising) findings.
As one who has been tobacco free for almost 2 years after smoking for 30 years and used a PV (personal vaporizer -e-cig) to make that transition, I can say from experience there is a significant difference in different PV models as well as user experience. The widely marketed devices such as "Blu" and Smoke Everywhere are generally the "bottom-feeders" of the industry and perform quite inconsistently and overall quite poorly.
There is a definite "learning curve" with using PV's. There are also around 100 different PV variations as well as about 8 different nicotine strength e-liquids to choose from ranging from 0mg to 36mg. New users really need a resource to "wade" through all the options. The Electronic Cigarette Forum (ECF) is a good resource but one that requires a good amount of reading and asking questions. I read ECF for two weeks before I ordered my first PV. The people on ECF (just average "joes" like all of us) are a wonderful support community.
Many of us veteran "vapers" have a basic understanding on a PV's effectiveness that the Rule of Thumb is: the more it looks like the real thing, the worse the performance. Although every user has different needs to a point, in general, the devices with larger/better batteries that are manual (small button) perform better and more consistently than the small, auto batteries like Blu. I good starter PV would be an eGo or Riva 510 device. As a comparison point, the Blu has an 80mAh battery, where as the eGo has a 650 mAh battery. Big difference in performance, consistency and effectiveness. Plus the better devices such as the eGo 510 usually cost LESS than the highly marketed devices. For a new person trying to transition away from cigarettes, it generally requires starting out with a nicotine level in the e-liquid of 18mg to 24mg. All these differences need to be considered in studing the effectiveness of vaping as an alternative to tobacco.
Any way, I hope you keep your mind "open" on this device that saved my life and do more study and research.
Smoke-free since 3/27/2009. No more wheezing, no more morning cough. Smoked for 45 years. Quit and relapsed too many times to count. Now, no urges whatsoever to go back to smoking.
My initial motivation to buy this product was monetary more than health. I have tried to quit too many times to count, but the horrible truth is I enjoyed smoking! Spending $8.28 a day for a pack of cigarettes was hard to justify with my daughter going off to college. Deep down inside I didn't want to quit, and I had even bargained with myself - I wouldn't really quit, I would just stop for 30 years, and on my 80th birthday, I'd start again. It may sound ridiculous but I really had that thought embedded in my brain, I just couldn't make the first move to quit. I was jealous of what I considered to be "social smokers" who could smoke on weekends while out with friends, and then go smoke free for days. That was just not me. Regardless of the NRT I tried, when I saw someone light a cigarette, the smell of the smoke, the thought of inhaling that smoke, was so enticing that my willpower threw up it's hands and gave up.
So what happened? How did I go from loving smoking to finding it disgusting? What caused that wonderful smell of cigarette smoke to become vile? Why can I now comfortably go hours without vaping, when I HAD to have a cigarette every two hours? I had no withdrawal symptoms, because I still use nicotine. I would suck down two cigarettes on a break, now I use my PV once or twice and I'm good for a few more hours.
Turns out my desire for nicotine is being satiated, the relaxing sensation of exhaling the stress out of me is still there, and I'm able to accomplish this without the harmful effects of tobacco smoke. I am so grateful that this product exists. Finally, we have a better alternative.
It really is a product that can save lives, and I feel strongly enough about this that I will continue to advocate for this product to remain available to current adult smokers.
Thank you for the opportunity to voice my experience.
(And thanks to wv2win & vocalek)
The above article states that they used 16 smokers. I assume from that the test subjects had no idea on how to vape or use an E cigarette. As sated above the equipment makes a difference but just as important is how you puff on a vaping device. Smokers tend to take quicker puffs than vapers do. This is because there is a limited amount instantaneous of power that can be delivered by the battery to the coil. This is especially true with smaller batteries. They just can't deliver the energy that quickly and so don't have the power to vaporize the liquid. So vapors tend to take longer slower puffs the get to the same amount of nicotine and smoke as they would from a cigarette. They may also vape more than they were smoking. This isn't just a matter of going to the store and picking up a pack of cigarettes or even an E cigarette at your local convenience store. In fact that just about the last place you would want to go.
OR, perhaps, its because Eissenberg's first study was flawed. His research model was at fault. Not the electronic cigarettes.
Here is a post from Eissenberg 02-21-2010:
>>I used it last night (18 mg cartomizer) and tested my urine with Nicalert strips this morning. Result? 5/6. Clearly, this result is consistent with recent nicotine exposure. <<
Yet this is what is put out in the media:
>>In terms of nicotine delivery, these products were as effective as puffing from an unlit cigarette."<<
His first study shows little to no absorbtion. At his home he gets a different result. But you didn't read about that in the media. Instead of his study being at fault. He still chose to blame the product.
Wonder how many people decided NOT to try using an electronic cigarette based off his original study?
I bought my first e-cig with NO intention of quitting (and I have smoked for 40 years) I bought it to use in my new car because I didn't want to stink it up by smoking in it. I was completely surprised when I realized that within two or three days of using the e-cig I had NO desire to smoke cigarettes. I had no withdrawl, no craving, nothing.
I am closing in on two months of no cigarettes now and my health is demonstrably better and I have saved money too. The cancer society should distribute e-cigs to smokers if they REALLY want to get people off of cigarettes because it is the one thing that actually works! I will decrease the nicotine level in the liquid that I use over time, but I'm not going to do so drastically because I don't want to 'tempt fate' and end up going back to smoking.
Noone is failing to recognize drug seeking behavior. Many of us are simply recognizing that seeking a drug that generally doesnt kill you (e.g. caffeine in coffee, or nicotine in a nicotine replacement medicine) is of much less concern than drug seeking when that drug comes along with thousands of dangerous chemicals proven to cause premature death (as in cigarettes) or along with other dangers (e.g. risk of contracting HIV when seeking a drug via a shared syringe).
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In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, two upcoming events are trying to raise awareness and money for organizations that fight breast cancer.
On Friday, Glasgow High School and Metcalfe County High School are joining forces for a "Pink Out" varsity football game at 7 p.m. at Metcalfe. Both schools will sell pink t-shirts and are encouraging their students and fans to fill both sides of the bleachers with pink for breast cancer awareness.
Glasgow tries to have a pink out game every sports season, according to Becky Kingery, assistant athletic director at GHS.
"This year is the first year we've teamed up with the other team," Kingery said.
By having both schools join the pink out, Kingery said she hopes the event will be an even greater success than previous years.
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Glasgow and Metcalfe will each sell pink t-shirts made by Two Ed's that will say "Fight to Win" on the front, and one of the school names on the back. Pre-orders will be taken starting Monday for students to buy during lunch, and any member of the community can buy the shirts at Two Ed's Screen Printing on North Green Street starting Wednesday. Shirts are $10, and Two Ed's will donate $2 from each shirt to Relay for Life.
It's for a good cause, Kingery said, and she hopes all Glasgow and Metcalfe fans participate. The football booster club is putting a lot of effort into the project, and with the NFL wearing pink, the football teams are excited to join the cause. It's a good way for the high schools to get involved in a national health push.
"It just kind of seems like the right thing to do," Kingery said.
The following night at Metcalfe County High School, women from the community will be coming together for a Girls' Night Out Pajama Party. Organized by Teresa Kindred of Summer Shade, the event invites women and girls to wear pink pajamas and spend an evening learning about breast cancer, playing games and watching live entertainment.
Kindred developed a strong passion for fighting breast cancer after watching several friends and a cousin struggle with the disease. The pajama party is one way she is raising money for Susan G. Komen for the Cure during October.
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Tickets to the event are $4 in advance and $5 at the door, with all proceeds donated to Susan G. Komen for breast cancer research. The event will start at 7 p.m. in the MCHS cafeteria. Nurse practicioner Angela Jessie will be the evening's guest speaker, and there will be food, games, door prizes and singing and tumbling perfomances.
"I think it should be a fun night," Kindred said.
Along with putting on the pink pajama party, Kindred is selling pink cupcakes thorughout the month of October, and she said she hopes to raise $2,000 through the two fundraisers. Kindred chose Susan G. Komen specifically to be the recipient of the donations because she said Susan G. Komen devotes more of its funds to breast cancer research. She hopes that these donations will bring cancer research closer to a cure for breast cancer so people like her cousin, who has fought breast cancer three times, will no longer have to face the disease.
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Yeah, the tracker thing always made sense in theory but not in execution. I don't get how Johanna and the other rebels thought that this little jaunt would go unnoticed by the Gamemakers. Wouldn't it become instantly obvious that the tracker had left Katniss' body? Since it looked like Johanna was digging in there pretty deliberately, they would know that something was up. And it wasn't like Katniss instantly shot down the field afterwards; it was at least 10-15 minutes later; maybe longer. That would been more than enough time for the Capitol to be able to detect Thirteen's hovercraft in the area.
Anyway, the *only* explanation that I can come up with is that maybe trackers did go missing every now and then and the Gamemakers just dealt with it; I mean, what if a tribute hacks of another tribute's arm? No more tracker. They could have thought that Johanna did it on accident while she cut Katniss but yeah, it's a long shot at best.
Can I just say, though, how much I am looking forward to that crazy arena in CF? It's going to be crazy cool. Plus all the tributes except Peeta and Katniss will be adults, so there will be a completely different vibe. I think Johanna will be around 20 and we already know that Finnick is 24 (he won 10 years prior at the age of 14). And everyone else besides them is older.


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---- — The women of Holy Family Parish are hosting an evening of sharing as well as collecting baby goods for its sister parish in the Dominican Republic.
The gathering Tuesday, Feb. 5, in Monsignor Sullivan Hall (lower church) takes place at 7 p.m. for those interested from the parish or the community.
In addition to sharing personal stories about baptism, in the spirit of sharing, the organizers are accepting "baby shower" gifts that will go to new mothers in the parish mission in the village of Cevicos in the Dominican Republic. Unwrapped light-weight clothing for a newborn to size 2 or other baby items will be welcomed gifts.
Attendees are encouraged to share the memories of baptism by bringing in vintage christening apparel along with vintage infant clothing and other memorabilia to be displayed for the enjoyment of all. The organizers are also asking that participants bring in baptism photographs or photographs of themselves as babies or young children.
As an added bonus, the organizers will present refreshments of traditional Sicilian cassata cake, champagne punch, coffee and tea.
The Cevicos mission was started in 2001 by Deacon William Kane at St. Joachim's Parish in Rockport. When the Cape Ann parishes reorganized to form Holy Family Parish, the connections to the village in the Dominican Republic remained intact. Four times a year Deacon Kane leads adult and youth groups from Holy Family Parish to visit the "twin parish" to assess its needs and work on projects.
One facet of the work is promoting healthy child care. With that in mind, the women of Holy Family Parish will send the "shower" gifts to the new mothers of Cevicos in support of the efforts of Deacon Kane and his workers, according to the organizers.
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The counterfeit items display the routing number 031918996, which is assigned to Colonial American Bank. The items are markedly dissimilar to authentic cashier's checks and display a security feature statement within the top border. In addition, the bank's logo, name (repeated twice), city, state and a telephone number ("1-866-616-3465"), which is not associated with the bank, are displayed in the top-left corner of the counterfeit items. The words "CASHIER'S CHECK" are located in the top center. The bank's name is repeated as "DRAWER: COLONIAL AMERICAN BANK" in the top-right corner and "for Colonial American Bank" below the printed dollar amount line. The term "USD" is printed below the numerical dollar amount line. Two signature lines are printed on the right side. "REMITTER:" appears below the signature lines.
Authentic checks display the bank's name, logo, address, telephone number and Web site address in the top center. A security padlock icon and vertical security statement appear within the right border. "Cashier's Check," "Date" and "Branch" are located near the top-right corner. One signature line and "REMITTER" appear near the top-left corner.
Copies of a counterfeit item and an authentic check (VOID) are attached for your review. Be aware that the appearance of counterfeit items can be modified and that additional variations may be presented.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to the attention of:
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He is a columnist for FoxNews.com and has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Playboy, Time, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Slate, Forbes, National Post, Worth and numerous other publications. Balko has also appeared on the BBC, CNN, CNBC, Fox News Channel, MSNBC and NPR.
Balko's work on paramilitary raids and the overuse of SWAT teams was featured by John Tierney in The New York Times, has been praised by outlets ranging from Human Events to the Daily Kos, and was cited by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's dissent in the case Hudson v. Michigan.
Balko is also credited with bringing national attention to the case of Cory Maye, a black man who prior to Balko's work was on death row in Mississippi for shooting and killing a white police officer during a raid on Maye's home. Balko's Reason feature on Maye was also cited in an opinion by the Mississippi State Supreme Court. National Journal also profiled Balko's coverage of the case.
Balko publishes the personal blog, TheAgitator.com. He graduated from Indiana University in 1997 with a degree in journalism and political science.
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The prosecutor who wrongly put a paraplegic in prison wants to be a judge.
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We shouldn't be surprised when the police officers we ask to break the laws they enforce turn corrupt.
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March 21, 2011
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Breaking down the media/political breakdown over the Tucson massacre
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March 14, 2011
- Getting Forensics Right
The forensics system is finally getting some national attention, but reformers aren't addressing the real problem.
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March 14, 2011
- Leviathan's Lawyers
Obama's stand against DOMA raises the question: Why don't presidents stick up for the Constitution more often?
Radley Balko
March 7, 2011
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A former cop's 15-year prison sentence illustrates the absurdity of federal child porn laws.
Radley Balko
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How misconceptions about dogs can lead to abuse of humans
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Ohio's Supreme Court reverses an acquittal in yet another outrageous sex abuse prosecution.
Radley Balko
February 14, 2011
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Despite breathless media reports, there is little evidence that violence against police officers is on the rise.
Radley Balko
January 31, 2011
- A Beating in Pittsburgh
A year after three cops beat an unarmed music student, they are still getting paid to do nothing.
Radley Balko
January 24, 2011
- Justice for Sal
After five years, the family of a Virginia optometrist killed by a SWAT team finally gets some closure.
Radley Balko
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The major pardon and commutation stories of 2010
Radley Balko
January 10, 2011
- Beyond Bars
A new project has conservatives thinking more seriously about crime.
Radley Balko
December 20, 2010
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How police use regulatory inspections to conduct warrantless searches
Radley Balko
December 13, 2010
- The War on Cameras
It has never been easier�or more dangerous�to record the police.
Radley Balko
December 7, 2010
- The Continuing Saga of Steven Hayne
The latest developments in the story of America's most industrious medical examiner
Radley Balko
December 6, 2010
- Covering Their Assets
After being exposed for violating the state's forfeiture law, Indiana officials scramble to codify their abuses.
Radley Balko
November 29, 2010
- The Cake Is a Lie
A prosecutor pulls a preposterous stunt in a murder case and gets rewarded for it.
Radley Balko
November 22, 2010
- Brian Aitken's Mistake
A New Jersey man gets seven years for being a responsible gun owner.
Radley Balko
November 15, 2010
- The Media Aren't Liberal
Prop. 19 highlights the authoritarian tendencies of the mainstream press.
Radley Balko
November 1, 2010
- More Democracy, More Incarceration
The devastating mix of politics and crime policy
Radley Balko
October 25, 2010
- America's Most Successful Stop Snitchin' Campaign
The failure to protect whistle-blowing cops is inexcusable.
Radley Balko
October 18, 2010
- Abolish Drunk Driving Laws
If lawmakers are serious about saving lives, they should focus on impairment, not alcohol.
Radley Balko
October 11, 2010
- Confirmation Theater
Elena Kagan is set to participate in a confirmation process she once dismissed as a charade
Radley Balko
September 28, 2010
- Misbehaving Federal Prosecutors
A USA Today investigation finds egregious misconduct at the Department of Justice, with few consequences.
Radley Balko
September 27, 2010
- How to Record the Cops
A guide to the technology for keeping government accountable
Radley Balko
September 20, 2010
- The Case for Bifurcated Trials
How we can narrow the odds of seeing another Cameron Todd Willingham.
Radley Balko
September 13, 2010
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Radley Balko
September 7, 2010
- Needs More RAM
Another drug raid gone bad
Radley Balko
August 31, 2010
- North Carolina's Corrupted Crime Lab
A damning state report finds systematic abuse, including in death penalty cases.
Radley Balko
August 23, 2010
- The Government's License To Steal
Indiana's laws prohibiting police departments from enriching themselves via asset forfeiture would be much more effective if they weren't ignored.
Radley Balko
August 16, 2010
- "Police Officers Don't Check Their Civil Rights at the Station House Door"
Three law enforcement officials defend the arrest of citizens who record on-duty cops.
Radley Balko
August 9, 2010
- Ignorance of the Law Is No Excuse
Unless you work in law enforcement
Radley Balko
August 2, 2010
- Justice for Johannes Mehserle
The involuntary manslaughter verdict for Oscar Grant's killer may not be popular, but it is appropriate.
Radley Balko
July 12, 2010
- A Case Study in Local News Futility
A Pennsylvania TV station utterly botches an important story about police officers and transparency.
Radley Balko
July 7, 2010
- Police Blackout
Law enforcement agencies in Northern Virginia say you have no right to know what they�re doing.
Radley Balko
June 29, 2010
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Elena Kagan is set to participate in a confirmation process she once dismissed as a charade
Radley Balko
June 28, 2010
- Another Marylander Arrested for Recording the Police
According to state officials, only on-duty cops have a privacy right in public spaces.
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June 21, 2010
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How aggressive SWAT tactics contributed to the death of a 7-year-old Detroit girl.
Radley Balko
May 24, 2010
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The liberatory history of automated commerce
Radley Balko
May 21, 2010
- Pre-Crime Policing
Allegedly �disgruntled� man has his guns seized, and �voluntarily� surrenders to two SWAT teams and dozens of police officers for a crime that hadn�t been committed
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May 19, 2010
- Oh, You Mean Those Quotas
The NYPD stop-and-frisk controversy grows.
Radley Balko
May 17, 2010
- A Drug Raid Goes Viral
A violent drug raid posted to YouTube catches fire online. But the only thing unusual about the raid is that it was caught on video.
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May 11, 2010
- Gin, Girls, and Governance
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman on personal freedom, free speech, and the state
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May 10, 2010
- How Many More Are Innocent?
America�s 250th DNA exoneration raises questions about how often we send the wrong person to prison.
Radley Balko
April 29, 2010
- Watching the Detectives
A nebulous "right" to videotape on-duty cops isn't enough. The right needs to be enforced.
Radley Balko
April 26, 2010
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FROSTBURG — In what officials describe as one of the largest boring operations in recent memory, the installation of an underground generator lead-line to carry power from the Twin Ridges Wind Farm to a substation in Frostburg has been completed.
Officials say the project, which required the burying of a complex combination of conduit and cables running from the Mount Pleasant Street Playground out Maryland Avenue to Barnard Street and down the hill to Main Street, required nearly two years of planning and construction.
"It took us a year to negotiate the deal. Construction on the line then began in March of 2012 until its recent completion," said City Administrator John Kirby.
The project was paid for by the Everpower Wind Energy Co., which oversaw the line installation from the Pennsylvania-based wind mill farm to the substation at Wright's Crossing in Frostburg.
"It was good to have it done because it was a lot of excavation. But we got some additional improvements and paving from it," said Kirby.
Before supplying power into the national electric grid at the substation, the line moved down Sleeman Street and crossed Green Street and state Route 936.
The city is expected to receive an easement payment once every 10 years for the buried cables.
"Everpower treated the city very well. We were tickled to have them here. They put $200,000 into the project easily. Wherever they dug they put it back better than it had been," said Frostburg Mayor Robert Flanigan.
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"The meetings went well. We met with officials of the Maryland Department of the Environment. We met with community development and the Maryland Department of Agriculture and Rural Development people as well," said Kirby.
"We had a positive experience there. It takes a few weeks or so to get a response," said Flanagan.
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Kirby said the supply system from Savage Springs is about 100 years old and in need of repair.
"We want to replace the springs houses and collection links as well as the pumps and generators," said Kirby.
"The focus had been on Piney Dam for a long period of time. Now we want to get Savage Springs up and running full speed," said Flanagan.
Flanagan said the water quality at Savage Springs is very good.
"The water is great there; but we're not getting the quantity we want from the springs," said Flanagan.
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We the people are the heart and soul of the United States. It is our right and responsibility to elect those whom we are convinced will truly represent us and govern with justice and love.
It is rancorous to our being that there are some who so disrespect the electorate that they can influence, indeed buy, our votes with vast expenditures of money.
Are the political parties, the media, the political action groups, etc., so venal as to prostitute for funds that come from those who only invest heavily to benefit themselves? The people and the nation be damned.
We must vote to preserve ourselves and our nation. We must continue to be the beacon of freedom for the world – not through conquest but through the example of our humanity to ourselves and to all.
Remember many years ago when an older boy was observed carrying a younger boy up the road to Father Flanagan's Boys Town, and he was asked how he managed the arduous task? The young man's response was: "He's not heavy, he's my brother."
And so, as Americans, we are all brothers and sisters.
Sam Contakos
Pro-choice means you make decisions
I hear this all the time: "I can't vote for that candidate because he is pro-choice."
I have news for you. God is pro-choice. God says, "Today, I put before you life and death ... Therefore, you choose."
Is he for death? No, but he gives us free will and free choice.
If our creator allows us the right to choose right from wrong, why would we want a president who does not?
The president is not for abortions. He is for a woman's right to choose what to do with her own body, without government involvement.
Choosing to prevent the unwanted pregnancy is where the wise choice should take place. But in the real world, this is not always the case. Sometimes sex is forced upon a woman, even by her own husband. However, I truly believe that if a woman has the freedom to choose, and that decision is not forced upon her, that will free her to make the right choice.
This is all a pro-choice candidate is saying. You have the right to choose. You alone will have to deal with the consequences of your wrong choice, but you still can exert your free will.
Do you really want to elect a president who says no to that?
A. Lee Fenimore
Commercial could be viewed as fraudulent
Since photo IDs are not required for the upcoming election, could the TV commercials stating the need to provide photo IDs to vote be misleading the public?
Maybe even considered fraudulent.
Leonard Krivac
Economy on cusp of collapse
I see where all the Obama-loving faithful are still crying about all the free stuff future president Mitt Romney will eliminate. I just wish they would cry as much for the folks who work for a living.
What will be fun to watch is how they will howl when the government runs out of other people's money for welfare, food stamps, housing and everything else the freeloaders have come to expect. I can't really put all the blame on the freeloaders because the Democrats have always promised freebies if we just vote for them.
Should the current sorry excuse for a president be re-elected, I can guarantee within two years the economy will collapse followed by social upheaval and a breakdown of law and order.
Then I may ask all the liberals where the current crop of freeloaders will get their free stuff. I almost look forward to Obama getting re-elected so I can sit back and watch the carnage that will follow and see what the gimmie-free-stuff gang will be crying about.
The fact is that even if Romney wins the election and the Republicans take both houses, it will just delay the fall of America as the forces of evil won't ever stop coming at us. They control the education system, the media, the unions and can be found under every rock from coast to coast.
The Roman Empire lasted about a 1,000 years. America won't last 300.
Chuck Cordoro
Our faith should dictate how we vote
People, especially Christians, are getting a little overexcited about the upcoming election. The truth is, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and the Republicans are not going to provide the revival our country so desperately needs.
Do I believe President Obama needs to be replaced? Unquestionably. Anybody who believes in abortion, homosexual marriage and leads a party that boos God and Israel certainly needs to be replaced.
And anyone who has class warfare as his main theme should be looking for work elsewhere.
But the glaring problem with America is spiritual in nature. We've thrown God out of our learning institutions, taught the lie of evolution and brought in heretical teachings to our children from an early age with a devastating, brainwashing effect.
But God, who spoke heaven and earth into existence and made man and placed the breath of life into him, is still in control. He gave man the ability to learn, a conscience and a free will to make decisions.
In America, we are blessed with a government that gives us the privilege to vote. Although I do not see America being revived through politics, I believe God still wants us to use our God-given conscience and vote for the candidate and/or party that best represents God. In other words, our faith should dictate our vote.
The sins of America are many. We're headed for the pit. The Democrats, if not placed in check with their uncontrolled liberalism, will just get us there quicker in this unenviable race.
Bernie Bolha
Upper Yoder Township
Is this the change we were hoping for? Four years ago, we were promised change for the better. Let's look at the past four years:
* The deficit doubled.
* The national debt increased by $6.3 trillion.
* Real unemployment (including those who gave up) more than doubled.
* This is the first presidential term since World War II during which there is a net loss in jobs in America.
* The number of food stamp recipients increased to 47 million from 30 million.
* Household income dropped by $4,500.
* Values of pension plans and savings decreased due to market decline and inflation – first time during a presidential term since World War II.
* Price of gasoline about doubled.
* Prices of food increased by about 50 percent.
* War in Afghanistan, instead of ending, escalated, costing more than 1,500 additional American lives and more than 15,000 more severely injured.
* Al-Qaida expanded throughout Middle East and North Africa and is stronger than ever.
* American prestige is at an all-time low and our lives are at higher risk from terrorism.
We were promised transparency but get lies and deception from Washington.
We are getting speeches full of compassion from a president flying around to golf games and exotic vacations paid for by taxpayers. The cost of this extravaganza is estimated to be 20 times that of the queen of England and is measured in billions of dollars.
While the country suffers, Obama is going to tax us more.
We need to wake up, step back and elect a new president.
Robert Czarnek
Too much fear, hate and pride in America
The Taliban are in Afghanistan and Pakistan, al-Qaida is in Yemen, Somalia, Syria and Iraq and now the Haqanni network. All are conservative, militant, religious extremists.
We have our own conservative, religious-right extremists and American chauvinists – the so-called values voters, the tea-party religious and fans of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter. Americans who fear then hate others whom God made different from them and/or don't believe as they do. Many of them contribute to this forum.
Repent! Fear God! Humble yourselves. Stop regarding the splinters in others' eyes without regard to the logs in your eyes. Stop promulgating fear, hate and bigotry while breaking the Lord's heart with your self-righteousness and pride. As if only you know the Lord's judgments.
Abortion has been legal since 1973. Obama's fault? We've always had gay folks in our families. They now demand equality with you as promised within the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. That's Obama's fault, too? I fear God's wrath upon the haters rather than upon the hated.
God and country and neoconservatives' American leadership are war talk. Without exceptions, throughout history, people have fabricated rationale for hatred and war from the raw material of our religions and national chauvinism. For decades, we've sent overwhelming military force and political subversion from our living rooms – even against popularly elected governments. Our enemies mentioned above send martyrs. Same thing – fear, pride and hatred.
Apologies to our innocent troops.
Michael Bass Anderson
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The debate has raged for years in alternative transportation. Electric vehicle (EV) advocates claim that the steady improvement in battery technology, the pervasiveness of the grid, and software and services to enable things like high-speed charging will make electrification of at least some portion of the transportation market inevitable.
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk predicts that 13 percent or more of cars coming off production lines could be electric by 2020 while Nissan's Carlos Ghosn says 20 percent of its cars by 2020 will be electrics, and that doesn't count standard hybrids, which are partly electric.
Electric will even play a role in public transportation, argues Proterra, which has created an electric bus for municipal transportation and a complementary high-speed DC charger that can get its 68-passenger behemoths back on the street in 20 minutes or less.
CNG advocates, however, claim they have a big advantage on their side: reality. CNG cars already exist and natural gas, thanks to hydraulic fracturing, could remain relatively cheap for some time.
Who is right? To be honest, both. EVs and CNG vehicles will percolate into the market over the next ten years depending on the circumstances. Here's a general roundup of the pluses and minuses.
1. Efficiency. EVs tend to win hand down in this category, primarily because the large natural gas-burning turbines at power plants remain far more efficient than the small ones squeezed into cars. A 2010 report from MIT states:
While both EVs (electric vehicles) and NGVs (natural gas vehicles) have significant infrastructure requirements, there are major differences in their relative efficiencies. An NGV does not have comparable efficiency gains relative to electrification via natural gas generation. In general, 1,000 cubic feet (cf) of natural gas, converted to electricity, yields 457 miles in an EV. This same 1,000 cf in an NGV would only have a range of around 224 miles. (The quote comes from page 24 of the study.)
A 2006 paper by Marc Tarpenning and Martin Eberhard, the first two of the five people listed as founders at Tesla Motors, found natural gas vehicles less efficient than hydrogen, hybrids, gas, diesel and electrics. Yes, Tarpenning and Eberhard are EV proponents, but the numbers work.
Proterra's all-electric bus gets between 17.5 to 29 miles per gallon, according to the company. Even if you take 20 mpg as a estimate, that beats the 3 to 4 mpg for CNG buses, according to the Department of Transportation. (page 11).
It seems to me that your numbers are heavily weighted to make EVs look good and NGVs look bad.
Reading this article I'd have the impression that only a fool would choose a natural gas vehicle.
Experience seems to paint a far different picture. There are about 14 million NGVs on the road worldwide. They are popular and gaining in popularity rapidly in Europe, South America and Asia. And they are a time tested and proven technology.
Natural gas can be used in the same engine along with other fuels as well. The Fiat Siena Tetrafuel can run petroleum gasoline, ethanol and petroleum mixtures, pure hydrous ethanol, and/or natural gas—–you can't do that with electric.
If you drive a taxi or a truck—time is money. You aren't making any money if your taxi or truck is sitting idle recharging.
CNG does not need time to recharge—-you can fuel up CNG faster than you can with gasoline.(unlike liquids, gases compress under pressure—-you can transfer a gas faster)
You can also carry CNG in a cylinder if you need extra fuel. You can't do that with electricity.
You'd need two electric vehicles to equal one CNG vehicle(assuming you can charge the battery at the same rate same rate usage discharges it).
That seems like a pretty big advantage over electric to me.
Great comment! America has not even started to sell bifuel sedans. You must have them individually converted, and pay more than you should have to.
If your routes are predictable you probably have CNG available in highly populated areas. See cngprices.com for an interactive national map including Canada.
I am not sure where the author got their numbers, but this article is inaccurate and misleading.
1) EV is much less efficient. If you look at the full process: burn gas to heat a turbine, invert to AC (loss), transmit over power lines (50% loss) to your home, charge up a battery (10% loss), release power from battery to wheels (10% loss). More power hand-offs in a process = inefficiency. With NGV you start and finish at step #1; burn gas to rotate the wheels. It's simple thermodynamics
2) You can refill NGV at your home just like an EV for an up front price which you get back over time.
3) Take in to account the longevity of the vehicle: NGV burn so clean you change the oil every 15,000 mile and the engine typically lasts over 200,000 miles. EV require battery pack changes every 5 years or less and introduce caustic chemicals to our environment.
4) At my home I fill off my NG line for .67 per gallon equivalent. Overtime, that pays for the in-house fill station, which, consequently, is very nice….
5) Range, I have little to add here, but it should be noted that large fleet vehicles are using LNG for a great deal of range.
6) It should also be noted that CNG vehicles to require a large tank that reduce truck space.
NGV are not for everyone, but are great alternative for fleet vehicles. My truck is bi-fuel, so I can run of NG or gasoline. Most conversions offer that option.
NYquesty, the batteries in today's EVs are warrantied for 8 years/100,000 miles, so they will definitely last more than the "5 years or less" you suggest.
I drove a Toyota RAV4 EV for 8.5 years, 91,000 miles and the battery pack was still giving me 120 miles range, just like when it was new. I know of many people who got well over 100K miles with the upper limit being just over 150K miles. These were the NiMh batteries from Panasonic, the best ever made.
Today's LiIon batteries are likely to give similar results.
On point #1 you are way off. Combined Cycle Nat Gas EG plants are in the 50 to 60% efficiency range and losses delivering that power to your home are in the low to mid single digits (making them insignficant).
This means per 1 million Btus between 150 to 175 kw-hrs can be generated. On the low side a Nissan LEAF can go 3 miles per kw-hr giving 450 miles for that nat gas. On the high side it is 4 giving 600 miles (I'd bet the low side).
Conversely, Nat Gas burned as a fuel in a car engine is at best about as efficient as gasoline. The comparable gasoline vehicle to the LEAF is the Versa Hatchback. It is rated by EPA at 30 City & 38 Highway (usually these are on the high side). That same 1 million btus is equivalent to 9 gallons of gasoline (ignoring the similar compression losses to get it into the vehicle which would be comparable in magnitude to electric transmission & distribution). This gives a range of 270 to 342 miles.
The overall efficiency of the electricity in a car is far greater than a raw fuel in a car. Typical efficiencies of fuel driven cars are in the 10 to 20% range with 15% being the common number.
The overall higher efficiency is demonstrated by the much greater MPG equivalent ratings.
Also there is very little to support the idea that batteries will need to be replaced every 5 years; that would be dependent upon distances driven. Most manufacturers are warranting 100,000 miles and there is evidence that this distance may be on the low side.
That said, Nat Gas makes a lot of sense in certain applications essentially because of faster refueling (electricity cannot practically get to that level enmass IMO because of the strain it would put on the grid – people will want to charge mid day).
javelin, you seem more knowledgeable but nearly as biased as this author.
Yes, nyer was wrong on the 50% transmission losses. Total post-generation losses in the EV scenario would be 10% or more, which does NOT make them "insignificant".
But, CNG compression losses would be much lower than that.
More importantly, using MILES as your denominator in the "efficiency" discussion is, in a word, "stupid". "Efficiency" isn't the issue. Total cost is the economic issue. "Global warming" is the unspoken political issue. You should use total cost as your denominator.
While we discuss demented denominators, why do you go back & forth between MPG & range. Pick 1 & stick with it. You pick 1 MM BTUs & run with it as if it MEANS something. Huh? How many BTUs can a CNG vehicle store? How many BTUs can the EV batteries store? Not many, which is why EV range stinks.
Hmm, lousy range & slow refueling. NOT a good combination for anything but a commuting or "gallon of milk" car.
Bottom line, CNG makes a lot of sense in MOST applications due to faster refueling & greater range. Oh, and also b/c most of these economic #s the author & you throw out are either wrong or apples/oranges.
Bias? First of all I have a heck of a lot of years experience in the Natural Gas Industry in project development… so I am biased toward natural gas…
The efficiency advantage of electrics is Well to Wheel. So you start with 1 MMBtus (the unit under which gas is traded in the US). You start out with the BTUs because you are working with heat engines either way.
The greatest sources of loss in the entire system is the heat engine where fuel is turned into mechanical power. Electricity is a form of transmission of mechanical power. The heat engines in question are the combined cycle power plant for electricity and the engine for gasoline and natural gas. NGCC is the most efficient heat engine in any sort of serious use anywhere (state of art ~60%). They are even more efficient that fuel cells (most in low 50% range). Diesels are about 45% and Otto Cycle engines in the 35% peak (with Miller/Atkinson Cycles like in the Toyota & Ford Hybrids closer to the 45% range). BTW, Fuel Cell vehicles will have losses in reforming nat gas to make hydrogen, but combine electric efficiency and a fairly efficient "heat engine" (it isn't really) plus some waste heat (better heating of passenger compartment in winter) plus batteries for regen braking and peak acceleration has the highest theoretical well to wheel efficiency.
However, in vehicles you also have heat & friction losses and losses associated with running way below peak power 90% of the time. Otto cycle engines are especially bad on this, Diesels have much more linear turn down (maintain efficiency at low loads). The Miller/Atkinson in the hybrids have much lower power output, so the supplement with electric motor.
The reason IC motor vehicle efficiency is so low are, in addition to the turndown issue mentioned above are losses in breaking and internal friction. Electric vehicles (including most hybrids) recover some with regenerative breaking (the electric motor can be used as a generator in breaking). Overall friction losses are much higher in IC engines and drive trains than fully electric trains.
I do agree with your point (and thought I sufficiently indicated earlier) that the range issue and refueling time is where electric vehicles are way behind. And yes, as you point out, cost wise Electric is by far the most expensive. Electric vehicle premium is at least $20 K over gasoline, while NG is about $6 to $10 K. The huge question is whether the electric premium cost – mostly batteries be reduced to as little as $4K? I woudl agree that at today's prices and premiums, electric is inferior to direct use of natural gas, you most definitely will not overcome the added cost ($10 to 14 K).
In Class 8 trucks (18 wheeler tractors) I have been told (by a major party investing in fueling) that the LNG capable premium is currently about $80 K (on top of $125 K for a diesel tractor); but they expect that mass production will reduce the premium to about $30K.
At the end of the day, there are a number of ways to get Nat Gas in to the motor "fuel" pool. 1) direct use as CNG (3 to 5% loss) or LNG (10 to 15% loss) + small scale heat engine losses; 2) convert to diesel, gasoline & jet fuel via Fischer Tropsch GTL (40% losses) all + small scale heat engine losses; 3) Convert to Methanol and use as fuel or blend with gasoline – no longer done in West (40% loss) + small heat engine losses; 4) burn in combined cycle power plant (40% loss) with greatly reduced losses through to wheels. Additionally, electrics allow you to get Coal, Nuke & Renewable [wind, hydro & solar] into the transportation pool (there are people out there promoting coal to liquid fuels projects – a state of the art coal power plant would be more efficient).
For these reasons, it makes a great deal of sense to see where we can take battery technology. I am not as optimistic as Gholsen/Nissan, GM & Chu that battery costs can be reduced so much. But all of them are much more expert than I and I think Nissan in particular has put a huge amount of skin in the game (and we have helped them with loan guarantees). I sure think that it is worth a huge try.
I guess I really don't understand the bias argument against me and the author. I think it is a misunderstanding where the advantages of electrics exist and where the Nat Gas advantages exist (was it that he led off with EV efficiency and critics missed his later praise of Nat Gas?). They are very real long term if battery developments can be made (it isn't as easy as throwing money and brains at it). I felt is was a well balanced, factual article.


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text: Warren - Thomas Michael Valega, 76, died on Tuesday, Jan. 28 in Warren. A private service will be held at Point Reyes Peninsula in northern California. Memorial contributions may be made to Agassiz Audubon Society, 120 East Bridge Ave, Warren, MN 56762. Tom was born in Linden, N.J., on May 23, 1937. His parents, Paul and Anna Bakalar Valega were from Czechoslovakia. Tom was a musician (saxophone), a scientist (PhD in Chemistry, Rutgers University) and an avid bird watcher. Smitten by birds as a child, he organized a bird club when he was in elementary school. He and his neighborhood friends collected records of the birds in the Tremley Point section of Linden, N.J. Early in his career, Tom did research on fire ants at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville Maryland, where he met Minnesotan Larry Zeleny, founder of the North American Bluebird Society. Zeleny maintained a bluebird nest box trail at the Beltsville campus. Tom helped monitor the boxes for several years - until he took a job as a grants manager at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland where he worked in the artificial kidney program and later, dental research and the dentist-scientist program. A long-time member of the Maryland Ornithological Society and the American Birding Association, Tom never left home without his binoculars, and he seldom came home without a story. One of his most memorable stories took place in eastern Bolivia. Tom went on an expedition to Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado, said to be the inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World. While his wife photographed Bat Falcons at the edge of the remote Ahlfeld camp near the Brazilian border, Tom took off with a photojournalist from BBC Wildlife for a swim in a pool at the foot of the nearby waterfall. Sitting on a half-submerged log, listening to birds and enjoying the scenery, Tom was startled by the feel of something brush against his leg. A huge dark creature was circling him underwater. Suddenly the animal stopped and periscoped its head out of the water right in front of him. Tom sat there, unmoving as the two looked at each other – eye to eye. The creature bared its teeth – snorted and spit water at him - then swam away. That was Tom's "close encounter with a 6-foot long, 75-pound Giant River Otter" story. Tom was never much of a sports fan, but he had a passion for bats. Not the Louisville Sluggers. His bat collection was the real thing: live, night-flying, bug-zapping little fur-balls. In the Washington, DC area, Tom was the "go to" guy when unwanted bats needed to be "rescued" from buildings. If they couldn't be released immediately, Tom had permits to keep them in flight cages in the basement of his Rockville, Maryland home. And while his wife shared his zeal, even she was dumbstruck the day he came home from the dentist – and proudly displayed his new smile, which featured a permanent "bat tattoo" on the crown covering his front tooth. Tom was a popular tour leader for the Smithsonian Associates, and stories about his bird and bat conservation activities appeared in several publications including the Washington Post, USA Today and Baltimore Sun. Here's an on-line link to one of his favorites: http://Cecilynabors.com/natural-history. Tom also enjoyed classical music and was a big fan of the National Symphony Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra. Tom moved to Warren in 2011 with his wife, Heidi Hughes, manager of the Agassiz Audubon Center. He is survived by his wife, Heidi; his children, Margaret Valega, DDS, Poolesville, Md., Thomas M. Valega Jr., Esq., Houston, Texas, Vinson Valega, New York City, a jazz musician and composer and Catherine Valega, CFP, Winchester, Mass.; the mother of his children, Mary Orr Valega (Woburn, Mass.; and several grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers Joe and Paul, and his sister Ann. Arrangements with DuBore Funeral Home of Warren. Condolences may be shared online at www.duborefuneralhome.com.A00003B2014FB05


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Brook Hill quarterback Will Weathers gave Cedar Hill Trinity Christian a demonstration of what a dual-threat quarterback really is last Friday night.
The Guard signal caller scampered for two touchdowns and threw for three more as the guard crushed the Tigers, 33-24, to move to 5-1 overall, 3-0 in TAPPS Division II, District 2.
Brook Hill will now play host to Dallas Christian (6-0, 3-0) at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Herrington Stadium, with the winner having the upper hand at securing a district title at this juncture.
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Inventors' pinball ideas have pop
Benjamin J. Heckendorn is an expert at building remarkable things.
The charismatic inventor, designer and hardware "modder" from Madison is well known for creating custom video game systems and computers, one-handed controllers and other electronic inventions.
He's also built a bit of a cult around his personality, with a popular blog at Benheck.com and an online video show at Element14.com.
Recently Heckendorn's been bouncing out pinball projects with a quirky spin that only he could put on the machines. He finished his first pinball project in March 2007, building a Bill Paxton-themed machine featuring classic quotes from the actor, and last year he revealed a pinball machine based on the television show "Lost."
Now his latest pinball project, "Ben Heck's Zombie Adventureland," is scheduled to be revealed to the public for the first time at the Midwest Gaming Classic next month in Brookfield, and Heckendorn is hoping for a warm reception.
"I've been doing more of the story in the game and the characters," Heckendorn said, noting that the pinball game casts him as a mad scientist.
"I really want to have a lot of humor in it - kind of campy sci-fi."
Heckendorn teamed up with John Popadiuk, who designs limited-run pinball machines, to bring "Zombie Adventureland" to life. Heckendorn said they started collaborating about a year ago, and he is inspired by the partnership.
"He really knows how to design these games," Heckendorn said, noting it was Popadiuk's idea to feature him in a pinball adventure. "I am learning a lot from him."
The prototype of "Zombie Adventureland" will be revealed on the Saturday of the Midwest Gaming Classic, where its builders will discuss the project, answer questions and then haul off the machine. The Classic runs March 24 and 25 at Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel.
"Zombie Adventureland" is a retro-themed pinball machine, styled with hand-drawn artwork featuring go-go girls, old-school robots and flying saucers. Inside, it shows off swirling coaster-like ramps and two ball shooters, as well as a color LCD.
"We've come up with a new design, a new look," Popadiuk said."
Popadiuk and Heckendorn are making 100 "Zombie Adventureland" machines, which sold out online in about five days after going up for pre-ordering last week. The machines cost $10,000 each or $11,000 for a "do-it-yourself-model" that comes with a one-day visit from Popadiuk, Heckendorn or both, who will help with the assembly.
"We had about five takers, including one in Europe," Popadiuk said, noting he or Heckendorn eventually will be off to England. The home-visit service has "already been done for other games, but the time is right, and with Ben's group it is perfect."
Popadiuk, who lives in Bartlett, Ill., said he is encouraged by the enthusiastic response so far, but he and his team "are trying to keep their egos low . . . be humble and very respectful."
Popadiuk said the "Zombie Adventureland" game is their effort to help reinvent pinball and expand the hobby to a younger generation. Heckendorn, who is well-known among hardware hackers and gamers, is the ideal ambassador, Popadiuk said.
"I told Ben he is the greatest thing to happen to pinball in 20 years," Popadiuk said. "They are willing to pay for this, and they are willing to wait for this."
And the wait will be considerable. Popadiuk said it will take nine to 12 months to complete and deliver "Zombie Adventureland." But Zidware Custom Pinball USA, which is the business releasing the game, is using some high-tech tactics to enhance an experience as vintage as pinball.
For example, Popadiuk said that buyers will be able to customize their pinball machine by visiting a website called My Robot Nation, where they will design a retro robot specifically for their game. Buyers can also customize colors. And some custom parts will be designed and generated using a system called MakerBot, which is a 3-D programmable printer.
Popadiuk and Heckendorn said they wanted to reveal "Zombieland Adventure" at the Classic because of the timing and the enthusiastic crowd. "It's nice to get feedback," Popadiuk said. "We will spirit it in, see what people have to say and then off we go."
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MGC is a great activity for families with kids. Most of the those pinball and video games are on "free play", so you can wander for hours and play to your heart's content. The retro aspect of it is pretty cool, too - you'll see video game consoles, stand-up video games, pinball machines, etc. from the past sixty years.
Very cool, Angela thank you for taking the time to make the video and show us that we need to get going on this stuff!!! (Ok, that's just me me iasecmrng at me. Heh.) I started an article at NAMS2 that I never completed or submitted! Ack! It's still sitting on my desktop it just glared at me yesterday afternoon. And Loretta was just hassling me on this very topic yesterday, too. Breakthrough, indeed, Angie!!.-= Lisa Marie Maryb4s last blog .. =-.
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