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Heresy n Heelz Alternative & Burlesque Fair birthday revisit
I mentioned in the Journal's birthday post that the Alternative & Burlesque Fair was my first official press event, so I thought it fitting that, as they were back in Sheffield so close to the anniversary, I would pay them another visit and I'm ever so glad that I did. Continue reading
Ladies spotted having tea on London Bridge
A member of the steampunk community posted a link to a news story about two ladies that got dressed up and had tea on the central reservation of London Bridge on Monday morning. No-one is entirely sure why they did and it doesn't look like anyone has found out who they are.Were they wearing Victorian? Someone has speculated Georgian.
Could it be a PR stunt? Prank? Or they simply got thirsty and just happened to have a full brew kit, china cups, Victorian outfits and a wrought iron bistro table and chairs on them at the time.
Whatever the reason, the term "Teabombing" has been coined and I'm willing to create a page dedicated to examples of it. Well as long as it's in more sensible areas than the middle of a road in one of the World's busiest cities at rush hour.
Image provided courtesy of @VEaslea on Twitter
Images from The Alternative & Burlesque Fair, Sheffield July 2014
Silver Mirrors by A.A. Aguirre review
As the sequel to Bronze Gods, Silver Mirrors picks up directly after the first novel. Detectives Mikani and Ritsuko now have to investigate unusual happenings in the city they thought they'd already saved. Priced at £7.99 from Titan Publishing, Silver Mirrors is part of the Apparatus Infernum novels. Continue reading
What steampunk are you?
Sometimes I have the urge to categorise myself and on this particular occasion I tried to get some help. It seems there are a number of websites out there with the intention of helping you from finding out which steampunk icon you're most like, to being able to take your own character test. Continue reading
Ali Baba and the Clockwork Djinn review
Review written by Louise Segar
This is a new take on the Tale of Ali Baba and the Forty-Thieves – Ali's family have a secret. When he receives a puzzle box from his father and a summons to return home he sets off on his journey. Ali Baba and the Clockwork Djinn costs around $3.12 for Kindle or $12.26 in paperback if you buy it from Amazon. The link to do so is at the bottom of the review. Continue reading
Gear Con returns in 2014
It's back again and this time celebrating the skies. If you're happening upon Portland, Oregon, during the American Independence weekend, you could pay a visit to Gear Con 2014. Continue reading
Interview with Constance Bashford
Constance Bashford is an enigma. She began modelling only a few years ago and has built herself up seemingly from nowhere to become an iconic figure in European steampunk. For the two years that Steampunk Doncaster has been running, she's been on hand to help notable steampunk photographer Ruud de Korte with his workshops. Photographers like me can only wish for an alliance such as they have where they work for each other and get the quality photographs that they produce each shoot.
I managed to pull Constance to one side after a shoot workshop at Steampunk Doncaster and I had a chat with her about her modelling, what her future plans are and her obsession with Kato. Continue reading
Images from Steampunk Doncaster 2014
Here are a few photographs that I took while at Steampunk Doncaster. I've edited them and so there are only a few of the ones I took on the day (around 400). Some of you may not follow the Journal on Facebook where I've already posted these. Continue reading


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Thursday local kids and city of Huntsville officials gathered to accept a $35,000 check from Coca-Cola Company's 2011Sprite Spark Park Project. It's because of those funds that they've been able to construct a new basketball court at Kate Barr Ross.
Kids from the Huntsville YMCA and the Boys and Girls Club broke in the new basketball court at Kate Bar Ross park the only way they knew how; playing basketball.
The 2011Sprite Spark Park Project grant will be utilized by the City during the next year in an effort to refurbish and creatively refresh Kate Barr Ross Park.
In addition to construction of the new court, the winner of a special art contest will add a creative "spark" to the court.
"We held a special art competition to find a local artist to add a creative 'spark' to the basketball court in the form of a large-scale mural at center court," McKibben said. "A panel of City employees picked three top winners without knowing the artists' names.
"The winner of the contest, 21-year-old Huntsville resident Eloy Samaniego, will recreate his design on center court, giving it a one-of-a-kind 'spark' that all of our citizens can be proud of."
Only 21 communities in the nation received funding from the campaign, and the City of Huntsville won funding which was allocated for the Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Louisiana region.
"We are very grateful to Sprite and the Coca-Cola Company for this grant and to our citizens for their active participation in the grant application process," Mayor Mac Woodward said. "These improvements are much needed and will revitalize a park used by countless local children."
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From the prolific author of Sarah, Plain and Tall, comes another bittersweet story featuring a young boy named Robbie. Robbie, is an only child; it is summer and his friends Jack and Lizzie are at summer camp. Robert's parents are musicians who are in the Allegro Quartet. His aloof mother is a violinist and his father is a violist and pianist. They are off on a two month summer tour without Robbie who is staying with his Grandmother Maddy. Maddy and Ellie, his dog, are his two best friends. Maddy's house sits on a hill bordered by woods. Maddy's friends are Henry, who is a doctor and a very good cook. Maddy also has many animal friends who live in the woods, even a bear! One night, Robbie and Maddy camp in a tent on a hill in the starlit woods, but then, Maddy gets hurt! What is he to do?!!! Robbie sends a written message to Henry and stuffs it in Ellie's collar. Will Ellie find Henry and deliver the message? There is a bear in the woods and Robbie cannot leave his grandma! Read this exciting story and find out!
Yes, I studied actuarial science before getting my library science degree, which statement probably prompts most of you to think, "I didn't even know those two sciences existed." But I bring this up, because I am currently enjoying reading/listening to three books on three completely different subjects, but where numbers and statistics play a big part:
The Big Short by Michael Lewis
Triumphs of Experience by George Vaillant
The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong by David Sally
Lewis' book The Big Short is a well- known bestseller that explains the financial meltdown of 2008. It is fascinating and infuriating and may leave you swearing like a Wall Street bond trader (bond trader is worthy of replacing sailor in that cliché).
In Triumphs of Experience, Vaillant tells the story of the Harvard Grant Study, a longitudinal study that started in 1938 and has followed almost three hundred men of which the survivors are in their 90s now. The study was started as an attempt to, "transcend medicine's usual preoccupation with pathology and learn something instead about optimum health and potential and the conditions that promote them." The conclusions are interesting as well as the different factors they study over time that they think might lead to optimum health and the changes in the definition of optimum health.
Sally's book The Numbers Game is to soccer what Moneyball (written by Michael Lewis who wrote The Big Short) is to baseball. As he crunches the numbers, he comes up with conclusions like launching corner kicks into the box hoping to score a goal is less valuable than just retaining possession with a short safe pass and that the team that takes the most shots on goal actually loses slightly more than half of the time.
Isn't it great that libraries have books to please all sorts of tastes?
J.D. Salinger is famous for two primary reasons (there are plenty of secondary reasons as well). First, he authored one of the most successful and critically acclaimed books written over the past 70 years (The Catcher in the Rye) and secondly, because he vanished from the public eye at the height of his fame, leaving several generations of devoted acolytes and the media to restlessly ponder the reasons behind his retreat into extreme privacy. Shane Salerno and David Shields have co-authored the gossipy, oral history called Salinger (a book based upon a documentary film) with the goal of cobbling together an assortment of viewpoints from those who knew him best. Ex-girlfriends, army buddies, fellow writers, family members, and various muses line up to break their collective silence to share their intimate memories and insights. It's a fascinating look at one of America's most significant writers and provides some new perspectives on both his creative output and his complicated private life.
Here I go again. The library's non-cook is writing about a cookbook. But, the historical aspect of this book is what attracted me to it. There are 100 recipes here, one for each year from 1901-2000, included by 100 different chefs. To give the readers of this blog a flavor (pun intended) of what's in this book, I'll list a few of the recipes: 1909 - Baked Alaska; 1910 - The Comet Coupe (in honor of Halley's Comet that year); 1932 - "The Sun Also Rises" Punch; 1945 - Original Brain Tapioca Ambrosia (not the brain one thinks with, but because of the invention of the ENIAC computer); 1952 - Geraldine's Maryland Crab Soup; 1976 - Firecracker Fourth of July Beef Ribs (to commemorate the U.S. Bicentennial); 1979 - Meatball and Potato Pizza. Some of the 100 sound delicious; others I would never consider touching. But I think that's how it would be for anyone looking at any recipe book, not just me. Clever and fun idea - yes. Good photos - yes. Bon appetit - maybe.
Reading a book by Jack Gantos can be a wild and crazy ride, in a good way- you never know what's coming up next. That's one of the things I like about his books. He doesn't talk down to kids, either, or try to sugar coat the world. And he's funny. His book for kids and young adults, "Dead End in Norvelt", won the Newbery Award. Now Gantos has written a sequel, "From Norvelt to Nowhere". Twelve year old Jack lives in a small Pennsylvania town, with his mom; it's the Cuban missile era. Jack's mom arranges for him to accompany slightly mad old Miss Volker to New York City. She's ostensibly going to pay homage to Eleanor Roosevelt, but Jack and Miss Volker are also on the track of an elusive murderer. And that's just the start of this road trip story, filled with eccentric characters and lots of action.
This is the Rope is about a young girl finding a rope that later becomes part of an African American family's journey north to a better life. Jacqueline Woodson does a fantastic job of sharing a migration story through a rope. She transforms a simple rope that tied things on the roof of the car into an essential part of the family's move. This rope moved to New York City with the grandparents and then to the parents and on to the granddaughter who used it to play jump rope. It held flowers while they dried in the sun, diapers that blew in the New York City breeze and then more things on the roof of the car as the granddaughter was driven off to college. This is a Rope is a great feel good story!
Books focusing on one year are not uncommon, but there seems to be a rash of them lately, almost like a new emphasis in publishing.
Earlier this year, I read One Summer: America, 1927 – Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, Al Capone…. what a summer, what an interesting time in our history.
I recently read and blogged about Ready for a Brand New Beat with a focus on the summer of 1964. Now I'm reading The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America.
As I browsed our new nonfiction shelves yesterday I noticed Chicago's Greatest Year, 1893; Constellation of Genius: 1922; and Japan 1941.
Just an observation for what it is worth on a cold, snowy day…
Slipper the cat lives a life of feline luxury in the house of her elderly owner, Mrs. Fluffy Slippers. Unfortunately, all this suddenly disappears when Mrs. Fluffy Slippers moves and during the ensuing commotion the cat is accidently left behind.
Slipper's immediate reaction is to try to chase down the moving van. But after a while of hard running, she ends up lost and forlorn. After a cold, scary night out in the woods, she decides that she will need to adopt a new owner and so the search begins.
This book, depicted from the cat's low-to-the-ground perspective, shows Slipper perusing different owner candidates in various settings by initially evaluating their footwear. She first encounters a farm resident, Ms. Muddy Boots, who is quite welcoming. She offers Slipper a fish which is quickly devoured, but the sight of the woman's charging dog turns the cat off the prospect of living there.
Other rejects include Mrs. Iron Shoes, a rider on a horse with rather large hooves, Mr. Cowboy Boots who rides a large truck which emits too much noise and unpleasant smells, High Tops, an adolescent who is too full of energy and Mr. Big Boots, a motorcyclist who is nice enough to give the cat a lift into town, but whose driving habits Slippers finds to be too terrifying. Finally, in the sea of shoes of passersby, she spots Miss Shiny Shoes, and decides that this young girl would be ideal as her new owner.
The girl brings the cat home and introduces it to her grandmother who just happens to be ....!
Well, you'll just have to read the book for yourself to get to the surprise ending. Let's just state that as the saying goes, the rest is history. Slipper's life once again was very, very good indeed, and (need I say), everyone lived happily ever after.
Lost Cat is author and illustrator C. Roger Mader's first children's book. It is a charming tale with wonderfully realistic, pastel illustrations that are sure to be a purr-fect anecdote for any young cat lover!
Ever wonder what life is like for the average metal musician? If Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal is to be believed, it involves massive substance abuse, anonymous and degrading sex, and tons of questionable behavior- and that's the good parts. Combing through hundreds of interviews with musicians, roadies, managers, groupies and journalists, Louder Than Hell paints a simultaneously fascinating and horrifying portrait of one of the most-loved and most-hated music genres- heavy metal. While this book definitely isn't for everyone- the amount of booze and bloodshed can be stomach-turning at times- the sheer amount of music history on display is impressive. Authors Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman spent 25 years interviewing everyone from Alice Cooper and Lemmy Kilmister, Dave Mustaine and Chino Moreno, Trent Reznor and Nivek Ogre- and if any of those names mean anything to you, and if you like your music loud, heavy and excessive, then you're probably the right audience for Louder Than Hell.
I'm always looking for whimsical, even fantastical, yet calming bedtime books. That's a tall order sometimes. I want a book that sends little ones off to dreamland with peace and the promise of happy adventures. Dream Animals: a bedtime journey by Emily Winfield Martin is just such a book. The illustrations of beautiful feathered, finned, and furred friends who wait to carry children to the adventures in their dreams, inspire the imagination. And the lovely prose is calming. A great book to relax with before bed!


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Posted by: skinsel in Rediscovering Americana on Nov 01, 2011
Living inside the beltway is not a requirement for experiencing the rich collection of American culture available around the nation's capitol. Yes, it's true in the coming weeks that my travels to local museums and Government agencies would earn me a lot of metro travel rewards points-if they were offered-but I really want to showcase that you can create this same experience with a few click of the mouse.
Underneath the strictly informational façade of Government agency Web sites is a whole world of access to digital collections that contain some really fascinating artifacts. These national treasures presented below are greatly appreciated and made available by the staff and contract support of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS)-Museum Management Program and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
The American Presidents and First Ladies virtual museum exhibits highlight the life and times of four U.S. Presidents—Lincoln, Eisenhower, Roosevelt, and Truman—and their wives. Presidential house tours are brought to life with high-resolution images and zoom-and-pan functions. My favorite room to view is the formal dining room of President Eisenhower with its crystal chandelier, red upholstered high back chairs, and polished silver. It reminds me of the University of Pittsburgh's 17-18 century Austrian nationality room where I had a semester of class. After clicking on a room located in the house a description of its purpose is provided, which completes the full house tour experience.
While touring President Truman's collection I came across a sweet reward for virtual exploration—Bess's recipe cards. Using the recipe translation below the handwritten card, I decided to whip up a batch of coconut cookies as a fun experience in retro-Americana cooking. The recipe called for rolling the mixture thin but my batter had a looser consistency so my only option was to scoop it out of the mixing bowl onto parchment paper. The cookies were surprisingly tasty, a little on the sugary side. View the recipe card along side my cookie results below.
Bess Truman's recipe card for coconut cookies.
Voila! Bess's coconut cookies à la Stacey.
Eyewitness American Originals from the National Archives provides access to a selection of gripping first-person narratives surrounding important events in American history. Most of the personal reactions and stories include a variety of multimedia available including photos, videos, and audio. The eyewitness contents are sectioned into 9 categories listed below:
- Confrontations For Justice
- Scenes From Hell
- Free At Last
- Passing Of An Era
- Fallen Leaders
- Leaders In Crisis
- War At Sea
- Personal Encounters
- America On The Move
One of the accounts under the section 'Scenes From Hell' is an excerpt from a propaganda video featuring U.S. Navy Commander Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr. during his time as a captive inside a Hanoi Prison in 1966 in which the commander blinked the word "torture" in Morse code. I am both amazed by this ingenuity and that his message was received by the Naval Intelligence community.
NARA also provides access to many types of historical documents such as the Apollo 11 flight plan and Thomas Edison's light bulb patent application.
My next blog post will as I highlight to the exhibits and memorials dedicated to the African American community.


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LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. — Sometimes it's difficult getting into the Christmas spirit with our busy lives, all the shopping and crass commercialization, the family gatherings and the acute lack of snow. Sometimes the Grinch is with us right through the holiday.
My life is so busy. I am now responsible for six newspapers and about 150 employees. I've been poring over budgets and strategic plans for 2014. December is history. My thoughts are well into the new year.
Many of my friends have or will retire soon, after working 30 years in their professions. I've been working 35 years, but my retirement will have to wait, until about five years after I'm dead based on my current financial holdings. But I don't really envy my friends that get up each morning with nothing to do and nowhere to go. I like being busy.
Combine my job requirements with my five, soon to be six, grandkids and life sometimes can get real hectic. It's speeding by like a train. It seems like I've lost a few years somewhere. I'm sure I'm not alone feeling this way.
So, it's hard sometimes to slow down and revel in the Christmas spirit that has flowed into us in year's past. We know the way we should feel, and all that we should appreciate. It's just slow in coming sometimes.
But always, there comes a moment each Christmas when the holiday spirit hits me and I grasp the true meaning of the season. The moment comes unexpectedly.
It has hit at an American Legion toy giveaway where a young girl, without a coat and other proper clothing, eagerly awaited Santa Claus outside in the cold and snow. Then, the joy she showed when she got her gift warmed my busy, Grinch heart. Thinking about that young girl still moves me years later.
The Christmas spirit has hit me sitting on a bale of hay, drinking hot chocolate on a crisp night while listening to Christmas carols echo off the buildings in downtown London.
It has come to me while watching or participating in Christmas specials at church, where special songs and messages direct us to the true meaning of the season—the birth of our savior, Jesus Christ.
This year, despite all the budgets and the deadlines and the extra responsibilities, the spirit touched me Friday night at the Christmas on Main parade. It was a special moment, with an excited grandchild hoisted on my shoulders as we watched the lighted floats and Santa Claus parade by on a crisp, clear night. Seeing Christmas through the eyes of a young child is a good way to catch the holiday spirit.
I got a little emotional Tuesday night while taking out the garbage, of all things. It takes me awhile to take out all our garbage because, even with just two people in the house, we generate more garbage than a hospital. Sometimes it feels like I'm dragging a couple of dead bodies to the curb inside our garbage cans.
I paused outside for a moment and looked up into the sky and saw a perfect full moon. The air was crisp. The stars were twinkling, outshone just a little by the Christmas lights on the neighbor's house. At that moment, I marveled at scene above me and felt a closeness to God. Great tidings of comfort and joy swept over me.
The spirit of Christmas is waiting for us if we just learn to be still and look for it in unsuspecting places.
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He was the star who appeared from nowhere, so obscure in basketball recruiting circles he was considered the third-best prospect in a three-man freshman class when he landed at Wake Forest in 1993-94.
Tim Duncan had ranked in the top 16 in U.S. freestyle swimming until age 12, when Hurricane Hugo destroyed the Virgin Islands pool in which he trained. After that Duncan turned to basketball, making a splash that ripples through the sport a quarter-century later, culminating in yet another NBA title the other night, his and San Antonios fifth championship in a 15-year span.
By now its considered a given that Duncan, at 38 in the twilight of his career, is the best power forward ever to play professional basketball. I think it takes moments like this at this stage of his career for people to remind them of his greatness, says Randolph Childress, the current Wake assistant who played with Duncan in 1994 and 1995 and remains a close friend. Hes not such an in-your-face kind of personality, so hes going to fall through the cracks. Now, to be honest with you, Tim prefers it that way.
Spared the coddling that attends most prep phenoms, Duncan has avoided ostentation since he arrived in Winston-Salem as a stunningly skilled, confident and composed 17-year-old. I didnt expect anything from anybody, he said 20 years ago. I just came in here to play, and try to do the best I could out there. Thats what my father told me no matter what happens up here, just try your hardest and do your best.
Even the tattoos Duncan got in college, an uncommon affectation in the mid-90s, were hidden by his jersey. To this day he rarely seems perturbed or changes expression on the court. Typically, during a break in the action during a 1997 victory at Duke, when players from both teams fell atop him fighting for a loose ball, the 6-11 big man tucked the ball behind his head, stretched out, and relaxed until the tangle was unraveled. When its time to show emotion, I show my amount, he said in an interview his sophomore year. And then I go back to playing.
Given the light competition he faced growing up in the Virgin Islands, the Wake staff worried it would take a year for the youngster to become acclimated to the high-pressure, physical nature of ACC basketball. I think he has no idea, absolutely no idea what faces him, said Jerry Wainwright, then a Demon Deacons assistant coach. He has a profound shock in store for him.
But Wainwright hadnt seen Duncan in action. Bill Foster, then at Virginia Tech, had. He phoned Wake head coach Dave Odom whod only observed Duncan in action on an outdoor court in St. Croix and asked his plans for the unsung post player. He said, Hes going to be a redshirt kid, Foster recalled. I said, Youre going to be lucky to keep him after two years.
Odom quickly agreed with the former coach at Clemson and Miami Duncan started his first game as a true freshman and all but one of 128 games during his Wake career, averaging more than 34 minutes per outing. The player dubbed The Big Fundamental in NBA circles displayed a rare blend of talent and skill from the day he stepped on an ACC floor. He had a deft shooting touch. He understood positioning to rebound and score. He ran the court relentlessly. He adeptly shared the ball, handling it with a guards aplomb.
I used to shoot 3s when I first came here, Duncan said of playing at Wake. I used to bring the ball up, stuff like that. The coaches were like, What are you doing? Childress says that if Duncan got a rebound in a pickup game you might as well just run down the court to get an outlet pass, because he was going to try to push it. San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich claims Duncan still yearns to flex point guard skills.
Duncans defensive timing is impeccable. Even as a freshman he rarely went for a fake. The 1995 national defensive player of the year finished his Wake career as the modern ACC leader in blocked shots (481). With Duncan guarding the post, the 1997 Demon Deacons notched the best ACC field goal percentage defense (.364) in a 50-year span.
Duncan defied the growing tide of early defections to the pros and stayed at Wake for four years, finishing as a two-time ACC player of the year and consensus All-American (1996, 1997), and the 1997 national player of the year. The Deacons won consecutive ACC titles in 1995 and 1996, a feat only Duke and North Carolina have matched over the past four decades. Of all the years Ive been coaching in this league, then-Georgia Tech coach Bobby Cremins said in 1996, his 15th season in Atlanta, I think that Tim Duncan I know theres Ralph Sampson and Brad Daugherty but Tim Duncan is at least, at least, the best big man maybe ever to play in this conference.
Theres no maybe about it any more, especially if you take into account an NBA career that has produced 14 NBA All-Star selections in 17 seasons, two league most valuable player awards (2002, 2003), the NBA rookie of the year award in 1998, and those five championships with the Spurs, the team that picked him first in the 1997 draft. You couldnt argue with his credentials before today, and its going to be even harder now, former Spurs teammate David Robinson told USA Today after San Antonio ousted Miami and LeBron James in five games. Hes clearly one of the best players to ever play.
Only the L.A. Lakers have won as many championships over the past 15 years as small-market San Antonio, where Popovich has fashioned teams that neatly complement Duncans sound, workmanlike approach. Among active players only the Lakers Kobe Bryant has won as many NBA titles as Duncan. And few performers of any era have been so durable and productive for so long. Duncan has missed just two starts in 1,254 games as a pro. Last week he passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most minutes ever played in the NBA postseason.
Tim is Mister Consistency, says Chip Engelland, a longtime San Antonio assistant coach. His preparation is second to none. Starts preparing early and puts in his time, cross-trains. Engelland says Popovich also limits the veterans playing time to protect Duncans cranky knees. Believe me, its not easy to rest him, says the former Duke player, laughing painfully. That is not an easy conversation that we love to have. When he rests, hes not happy.
Duncan had been at Wake for only one year before Odom made a comparison thats crucial to understanding his serendipitous stars success. Ralph played because he was tall, and thats what tall people are supposed to do, Odom said of Sampson, the 7-4 Virginia center whom he coached as a UVa assistant in 1983. But he didnt have a passion. This kid has a passion.
Long past being a kid, Duncan, the only player to start on NBA championship teams in three different decades, retains his passion for the game. He enjoys what hes doing, says Childress, who attended the NBA finals in Miami. He expects his friend to exercise a $10.3 million option to play for San Antonio next year, assuming the Spurs squad, best during the 2014 regular season as well, remains largely intact. When I saw him and spoke with him, physically he felt great. He sounded great. He looked great.
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SPRINGFIELD, IL -- The Illinois Department of Transportation
will open bids on November 7, 2003 for various road and bridge
improvement projects located throughout the state. Also included is
one aeronautics project and two land reclamation projects.
Following is a list of the projects by county:
1. Will County, I-55, District 1, Contract No. 62614,
Construction of additional lanes with bituminous concrete pavement
and concrete barrier to separate the direction of traffic along
approximately 2.2 miles of I-55 from Weber Road to Veteran's Parkway
(Naperville Road) in Bolingbrook and Naperville. Completion Date
August 06, 2004 Plus 10 Working Days.
2. Lee County, I-39, District 2, Contract No. 64955, Approximately 9.8 miles
of milling and resurfacing the existing bituminous shoulders along I-39 from US
30 to the Lee/LaSalle County Line. 20 Working Days.
3. Iroquois County, US 45, District 3, Contract No. 66174, 5.52 miles of
milling, bituminous concrete surface, aggregate shoulders and box culvert
extensions along US 45 from south of Elm Street in Buckley to the north limits
of Loda. 35 Working Days.
4. Iroquois County, US 45, District 3, Contract No. 66384, 8,16 miles of
bituminous concrete resurfacing and minor bridge rehabilitation on US 45 from IL
54 in Onarga to Elm Street in Buckley, 45 Working Days.
5. Cass County, IL 78, District 6, Contract No. 72237, 9.0 miles of pavement
patching, bituminous surface removal, bituminous concrete resurfacing,
bituminous and aggregate shoulders on IL 178 from IL 125 in Virginia norther to
the Sangamon River at Chandlerville. 50 Working Days.
6. Logan County, IL 121, District 6, Contract No. 72281, 18.32 miles of
pavement patching, bituminous surface removal, bituminous concrete resurfacing,
bituminous and aggregate shoulders on IL 121 from Pulaski Street in Lincoln to
the Macon County. Completion Date November 01, 2004.
7. Sangamon County, I-55 BL, District 6, Contract No. 72504, 4.11 miles of
pavement patching, bituminous surface removal, bituminous concrete resurfacing,
bituminous and aggregate shoulders, structure repairs and traffic signal
modernization on Business Loop I-55 from Dirksen Parkway in Springfield north to
I-55 in Sherman, Completion Date August 04, 2004 Plus 10 Working Days.
8. Macoupin County, IL 4, District 6, Contract No. 72605, 2.05 miles of
pavement patching, bituminous surface removal, bituminous concrete resurfacing
and aggregate shoulders on IL 4 from north of IL 138 in Mt. Clare north to IL 16
in Gillespie, 25 Working Days.
9. Logan County, IL 54, District 6, Contract No. 72787, 10.34 miles of
pavement patching, bituminous surface removal, bituminous concrete resurfacing,
bituminous and aggregate shoulders on IL 54 from Cornland to northeast of Mt.
Pulaski, 50 Working Days.
10. Montgomery County, I-55 West Frontage Road, District 6, Contract No.
72834, Pavement patching, leveling, bituminous concrete surface course and
aggregate shoulders on the I-55 West Frontage Road from approximately 3.5 miles
north of Farmersville extending 2 miles to the north. 15 Working Days.
11. Randolph County, IL 4, District 8, Contract No. 76685, 0.66 mile of
bituminous surface removal and concrete resurfacing on IL 4 from George Street
to IL 154 in Sparta. 25 Working Days.
12. St, Clair County, Old US 50, District 8, Contract No. 76686, 0.30 mile of
bituminous surface removal and bituminous concrete resurfacing on Old US 50 from
Commerce Road east to IL 159 in Fairview Heights. 25 Working Days.
13. DuPage County, Unmarked Route, District 1, Contract No. 83696, 1.69 miles
of milling and resurfacing, adjustment of drainage structures and pavement
marking on Glen Ellyn Road from Byron Ave. to Ironwood Drive, and on Springfield
Drive from Lake Street to West Windsor Drive. 35 Working Days.
14. Cook County, 151st Street, District 1, Contract No. 83723, traffic signal
installation, widening of pavement, and resurfacing at the intersection of 151st
Street and Orland Brook Drive. Completion Date June 25, 2004 Plus 05 Working
15. DeKalb County, Old State Road, District 2, Contract No. 85318, 11.98
miles of resurfacing and aggregate wedge shoulder on Old State Road, from IL 64
to Esmond Road, on Esmond Road to Lindenwood Road, and on Lindenwood Road to the
Ogle County Line. 35 Working Days.
16. Rock Island County, CH 36, District 2, Contract No. 85330, 4.46 miles of
pavement resurfacing, and resurface existing bituminous shoulders on CH 36 from
CH 22 to CH 2 north and east of Port Byron. 25 Working Days.
17. McLean County, Hamilton Road, District 3, Contract No. 87243,
Reconstruction of Hamilton, Fox Creek, Old Cabin Town and Springfield Road,
Acorn Drive and Greenwood Avenue with PCC pavement and widening and resurfacing
of Veterans Parkway including new traffic signals Bloomington. 250 Working Days.
18. Clark County, IL 1 & CH 5, District 5, Contract No. 90730, 14.61 miles of
bituminous resurfacing on IL 1 and County Highway 5 from Marshall to the
Clark/Crawford County Line. 170 Working Days.
19. Washington County, CH 23, District 8, Contract No. 97217, 3.5 miles of
spot milling, resurfacing with bituminous concrete, and installing aggregate
wedge shoulders on CH 23 from IL 15 in Ashley to West Main Street in Radon. 45
Working Days.
20. Cook County, I-57, District 1, Contract No. 62475, Bridge deck bituminous
overlay on IL 50 (Cicero Avenue) and Crawford Avenue over I-57 in Markham and
Country Club Hills. Completion Date August 27, 2004.
21. Cook County, IL 1 (Halsted Street), District 1, Contract No. 62477, 0.54
mile of deck resurfacing and patching on IL 1 (Halsted Street) over I-80/294
(Tri-State Tollway) in East Hazel Crest. Completion Date June 30, 2004 Plus 05
Working Days.
22. DuPage County, Various Routes, District 1, Contract No. 62599,
Substructure repair to the structures carrying York Road over IL 38 in Oakbrook
Terrace, IL 83 over IL 56 in Oakbrook Terrace and IL 56 over IL 38 in Yorkfield.
30 Working Days.
23. Woodford County, IL 89, District 3, Contract No. 66099, Removal of the
structure carrying IL 89 over Partridge Creek and replacing it with a double
precast concrete box culvert located 1.3 miles north of the IL 116 intersection
in Metamora. 40 Working Days.
24. Kankakee County, IL 114, District 3, Contract No. 66320, Removal of the
existing structure and replacement with a single span bridge carrying IL 114
over Pike Creek, located 1.7 miles east of IL 1/17 near Momence. 50 Working
25. Christian County, IL 29, District 6, Contract No. 72235, removal of the
existing single span bridge carrying IL 29 over a main drainage ditch
approximately 1.5 miles northwest of Pana and replacement with a double barrel
concrete box culvert. 60 Working Days.
26. Will County, Plainfield-Naperville Rd. District 1, Contract No. 83720,
Removal of existing structure and replacement with a 3 span, precast prestressed
concrete I-Beam structure carrying Plainfield-Naperville Road over the DuPage
River 2.5 miles south of the DuPage County line. Completion Date August 31, 2004
Plus 10 Working Days.
27. Henry County, TR 456A Route, District 2, Contract No. 85325, Construction
of a three span, precast prestressed concrete deck beam bridge carrying TR 456A
over Green River, 2.5 miles south of Hooppole. 60 Working Days.
28. Livingston County, Main Street, District 3, Contract No. 87219, removal
and replacement of Main Street Bridge in Pontiac. 85 Working Days.
29. Edwards County, TR 118, District 7, Contract No. 95379, Remove existing
structure and replace with a single span precast prestressed concrete deck beam
bridge with aggregate surface on TR118 over Crooked Creek 2.25 miles north of
West Salem. 30 Working Days.
30. Gallatin County, CH 11, District 9, Contract No. 99190, Construction of a
three span precast concrete slab beam structure, carrying CH 11 over North Fork
Cypress Creek, 4 miles north of Shawneetown. 35 Working Days.
31, Schuyler County IL 101 District 6 Contract No. 72423, On IL 101
approximately 2.5 miles west of Brooklyn, the work will consist of the removal
of the existing single span croncrete slab bridge over Lewis Creek and the
replacement with a double concrete box culvert. 40 working days.
32. McDonough-Tazewell Counties, Various Routes, District 4, Contract No.
68372, Installation of battery backup systems with cabinets and retrofitting LED
modules for yellow balls and arrows into existing traffic signal heads located
at the intersections of IL 29 (Second Street and Koch Street), IL 9/IL 29
(Margaret Street), IL 29 (Third Street), and thirteen other intersections in
Pekin; IL 8 (Camp Street) and Washington Street in East Peoria, Also US 67
(Lafayette Street) and US 136 (Calhoun Street) in Macomb,. 15 Working Days.
33. Madison-St, Clair Counties, Various Routes, District 8, Contract No.
76697, modernization of the traffic signals at the following intersections: (1)
BunKum Road (37th Street) and St, Clair Avenue at East St, Louis (2) IL 157 and
I-270 westbound ramp at Glen Carbon (3) IL 203 and Big Bend Road at Madison (4)
IL 111 and Thelma Road at Bethalto and (5) Maryville Road and Old Alton Road
north of Granite City. 30 Working Days.
34. Madison-Jersey Counties, Various Routes, District 8, Contract No. 76701,
installation of flashing beacons at the following intersections: (1) IL 159 at
Moro Road/Holiday Lake Road northeast of Bethalto (2) IL 111 (Old US 67) at Oak
Rest Road/Irish Lane southwest of Brighton and (3) IL 140 at IL 157/ Hillsboro
Avenue in Hamel. 25 Working Days.
35. Washington-Monroe-St, Clair Counties, Various Routes, District 8,
Contract No. 76702, installation of flashing beacons at the following
intersections: (1) IL 3 and Illinois Avenue in Waterloo (2) IL 13 at
Southbelt/Freeburg Avenue/IL 158 in Belleville and (3) Venedy Road/CH 12 with IL
15 in Venedy. 30 Working Days.
36. Montgomery County, Nokomis Blacktop, District 6, Contract No. 72323, On
the Nokomis Blactop just west of Nokomis, the removal of the existing quadruple
barrel, concrete box culvert at the East Fork of Shoal Creek and replacement
with a triple barrel concrete box culvert. Also included in this project is the
removal of the existing double barrel concrete box culvert at the Middle Fork of
Shoal Creek approximately 7 miles west of Nokomis and the replacement with a
double barrel concrete box culvert. Completion Date September 01, 2004.
37. Cook County, Various Routes, District 1, Contract No. 44826, Removal and
replacement of reflectors, raised pavement markers and castings with reflectors
at various locations in the district. Completion Date November 01, 2004.
38. Various Counties, Various Routes, District 6, Contract No. 44827, The
installation of hand applied polyurea pavement marking lines, letters and
symbols, the installation of preformed thermoplastic pavement markings and the
removal of existing pavement markings on various highways throughout District 6.
Completion Date November 01, 2004.
39. Various Counties, Various Routes, District 1, Contract No. 62344, Fence
repair along various routes within the district. Completion Date March 31, 2005.
40. Will County, I-55, District 1, Contract No. 62686, Installation of
guardrail, grading and shaping shoulders along I-55 at IL 59, northwest of
Joliet. Completion Date December 15, 2003 Plus 05 Working Days.
41. JoDaviess County, US 20, District 2, Contract No. 64956, Routing,
cleaning and sealing pavement surface cracks along US 20 from Derinda Road at
Elizabeth to Logemann Road near Stockton. 15 Working Days.
42. Rock Island County, IL 5 & IL 84, District 2, Contract No. 64957,
Pavement patching along IL 5 from I-80 to Colona Road, south of Carbon Cliff;
and along IL 84 from IL 5 to Carbon Cliff. 15 Working Days.
43. McLean County, I-39, District 3, Contract No. 66386, Removal and
replacement of the approach slabs and adjacent pavement for 2 structures on I-39
(SB) located 3.8 miles north of I-55 south of Hudson. 40 Working Days.
44. LaSalle County, I-39, District 3, Contract No. 66389, Removal and
replacement of existing outside bituminous shoulders along I-39 from Illinois
River Bridge to I-80 east of LaSalle. 30 Working Days.
45. LaSalle County, I-39, District 3, Contract No. 66390, Removal and
replacement of existing shoulders on various overhead structures along I-39 from
I-80 to 2 miles south of the Lee County line all near LaSalle. 15 Working Days.
46. Livingston County, IL 17, District 3, Contract No. 66392, Building
repairs at the Reading Pump Station located on IL 17 approximately 1.5 miles
west of IL 23. 15 Working Days.
47. Peoria County, I-474, District 4, Contract No. 68148, 7.74 miles of
erosion control and landscaping on I-474 from I-74 to the Tazewell County line.
Completion Date July 31, 2004 Plus 15 Working Days.
48. Madison County, IL 3, District 8, Contract No. 76721, demolition of two
commercial buildings and one residential building for the proposed relocated IL
3 in Venice. 15 Working Days.
49. Carroll County, Brookville Rd & Ideal Rd, District 2, Contract No. 85329,
channel excavation and dumping riprap on filter fabric at two structures on
Brookville Rd. and Ideal Rd., one 3 miles west and one 5 miles north of
Milledgeville. 15 Working Days.
50. Massac County, I-24, District 9, Contract No. 98840, On I-24 located 2
miles south of the Johnson County Line the work will consist of the replacement
of a structural steel debris rack adjacent to a box culvert . 15 Working Days.
51. Union County, I-57, District 9, Contract No. 98841, cleaning and painting
the structural steel on the twin structures carrying I-57 over North Lick Creek
Road (TR 276) approximately 1.40 miles southwest of the Johnson County Line. 40
Working Days.
52. Cook County, 127th Street, District 1, Contract No. 60245, 1.50 km of
pavement reconstruction along 127th Street (Burr Oak Avenue) from Artesian
Avenue to Paulina Street and bridge deck replacement and substructure
rehabilitation of the structure carrying 127th Street (Burr Oak Avenue) over
Metra/Iowa Interstate Railroad all in Blue Island and Calumet Park. Completion
Date October 31, 2004 Plus 10 Working Days.
53. Will County, US 45, District 1, Contract No. 60933, Intersection
reconstruction including width widening with bituminous concrete base course,
milling, bituminous concrete surface, traffic signal installation and storm
sewers all at the intersection of US 45 at Laraway Road in Frankfort. Completion
Date July 30, 2004 Plus 05 Working Days.
54. Kane County, IL 25, District 1, Contract No. 62474, 0.32 mile of
intersection reconstruction including concrete pavement, bituminous concrete
surface, traffic signal installation and lighting on IL 25 at IL 56 in North
Aurora. Completion Date August 20, 2004 Plus 05 Working Days.
55. Kankakee County, IL 113, District 3, Contract No. 66306, 0.68 km of
reconstruction on IL 113 with full depth bituminous concrete from IL 17 to Oak
Tree Lane in Kankakee. Completion Date June 30, 2005.
56. Tazewell County, I-155, District 4, Contract No. 68146, 3.1 miles of
milling, pavement patching and bituminous resurfacing on Interstate 155 from TR
185 to CH 14 south of Hopedale. Includes bituminous concrete resurfacing on
Frontage Road "C". 45 Working Days.
57. Morgan-Scott-Greene Counties, US 67, District 6, Contract No. 72531, The
work for the proposed new four lanes for US 67 will consist of grading and
paving from 1 mile northeast of Roodhouse northerly for 5.2 miles and from that
point north approximately 8.05 miles to north of I-72 southwest of Jacksonville.
The improvement will include pavement marking, signing and lighting for the
section that is currently under construction. Also, included is the construction
of dual 3 span, continuous composite concrete and steel web plate girder
structures over the Kansas City Southern Railway west of Manchester. Completion
Date July 01, 2006.
58. Logan-Tazewell Counties, Armington Spur, District 6, Contract No. 72841,
2.12 miles of bituminous surface removal and bituminous concrete resurfacing on
the Armington Spur from Maple Street in Armington east and south to US 136. 15
Working Days.
59. Franklin County, Park Roads, District 9, Contract No. 98785, The proposed
work for the Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park and the Artisan's Shop located south
of Mt.Vernon includes resurfacing of park roads, parking lots and camping pads;
construction of new overflow parking lots; signing; parking lot lighting,
pavement markings and culvert replacements. 95 Working Days.
60. Cook County, I-80/94/294/IL 394, District 1, Contract No. 62353, 3.71 km
of advance work including pavement, bridge construction and bridge replacement
all located on I-80 (I-80/94/294/IL-394) from I-80/294 (EB) to I-94 (WB) and at
IL 394 (NB) in Lansing, South Holland and Thornton. Completion Date June 01,
2005 Plus 10 Working Days.
61. DeKalb County, IL 38, District 2, Contract No. 64150, Removal and
replacement of the structure carrying IL 38 over Union Ditch No.1 located 2
miles east of Cortland. 95 Working Days.
62. Tazewell County, IL 26, District 4, Contract No. 68071, Removal and
replacement of the structure carrying IL 26 over Ten Mile Creek located 0.4 mile
north of IL 116 in East Peoria. 95 Working Days.
63. Knox County, IL 41, District 4, Contract No. 68159, Construction of a new
structure to carry IL 41 over the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad south of
Galesburg. Completion Date October 01, 2005.
64. Logan County, Armington Road, District 6, Contract No. 72094, The removal
of the existing 3 span bridge carrying Armington Road over the Middle Fork of
Sugar Creek approximately one mile south of Armington, and replacement with a 3
span continuous composite concrete and steel beam bridge with a 30 ft width
roadway. Completion Date October 15, 2004.
65. Scott County, IL 100/IL 106, District 6, Contract No. 92928, On the
bridge carrying IL 100/106 over the Illinois River at Florence the work will
consist of the replacement of the lift span deck, rehabilitation of the bridge
tenders house, joint and substructure repairs, painting, structural steel repair
and the installation of a new generator. Completion Date June 01, 2004.
66. Wayne County, IL 15, District 7, Contract No. 94407, The removal of the
existing single span bridge carrying IL 15 over the Dry Fork Overflow
approximately 1 mile east of Sims, and the replacement with a single span,
precast prestressed concrete I-beam bridge with a 36 ft width roadway. 70
Working Days.
67. Kane County, IL 38, District 2, Contract No. 64953, Installation of
traffic signals at the intersection of IL 38 and County Line Road (Maple Park)
near Maple Park. 30 Working Days.
68. Henderson County, IL 164, District 4, Contract No. 68371, Installation of
video surveillance cameras and lighting at the Oquaka Covered Wagon Bridge
located along IL 164 near Oquaka. 15 Working Days.
69. Cook County, Palatine Road, District 1, Contract No. 62449, Pavement
patching along Palatine Road from US 14 to Rohlwing Road and from Kennicott
Avenue to Arlington Heights Road in Palatine. 50 Working Days.
70. Cook County, I-94 (Dan Ryan Expressway), District 1, Contract No. 62638,
Steel fabrication for the bridge carrying 67th Street over I-94 (Dan Ryan
Expswy) in Chicago. Completion Date April 01, 2004.
71. Lake County, IL 22, District 1, Contract No. 62653, Beam and bearing
fabrication for the structure carrying IL 22 over Middle/Fork-North Branch
Chicago River in Bannockburn and Highland Park. Completion Date May 15, 2004.
72. Rock Island-Henry Counties, I-74/280, District 2, Contract No. 64480,
Replacing the ramps and parking areas with new concrete pavement, adding new
lighting signs and weigh-in-motion scales at the eastbound and westbound weigh
stations located east of Coal Valley on Interstate 74/280 (Moline weigh station
east of US 6). Completion Date November 24, 2004 Plus 10 Working Days.
73. Various Counties, Various Routes, District 9, Contract No. 98842, The
cleaning and painting of all the structural steel on one bridge, and portions of
the structural steel on four other bridges at the following locations: (1) IL 37
over Gun Creek north of Whittington (2) IL 13 over a stream northwest of Old
Shawneetown (3) IL 146 over Lusk Creek at Golconda and (4)&(5) US 51 and I-57
over FAS Route 926 southeast of Anna. 70 Working Days.
74. Wayne County, CH 13, District 7, Contract No. 95377, relocating a portion
of the roadway and constructing a soil cement base course with an A-2 treatment
along CH 13 from FAS Route 795 northerly 6.56 miles to the Clay County Line, 30
Working Days.
75, Will County US30/Jefferson Street (EB) Contract No. 62575 Pier protection
for the structure carrying US 30/Jefferson Street (EB) over Des Plaines River in
Joliet. Completion Date: February 1, 2004 Plus 5 Working Days
76. Cook County, 95th Street, District 1, Contract No. 62569, Storm sewer
maintenance consisting of storm sewer cleaning and drainage structures to be
cleaned along 95th Street from Melvina Avenue in Oaklawn to Western Avenue in
Evergreen Park. 25 Working Days.
77. Cook County, Kedzie Avenue, District 1, Contract No. 62570, Storm sewer
maintenance consisting of cleaning existing storm sewers and drainage structures
located along Kedzie Avenue from 87th Street in Evergreen Park to 115th Street
in Chicago. 20 Working Days.
78. Cook County, 111th Street, District 1, Contract No. 62571, Storm sewer
maintenance along 111th Street from Harlem Avenue to Ridgeland Avenue in Worth.
15 Working Days.
79. Christian County, IL 29, District 6, Contract No. 72285, In Taylorville
storm sewer improvements southeast of the subway on IL 29 (Park Street) at
Poplar Street, and riprap improvements at the bridge carrying IL 29 over Flat
Branch Creek. 30 Working Days.
80. Franklin-Williamson Counties, I-57, District 9, 37.41 miles of routing
and sealing transverse, cracks in the pavement on I-57 from the Johnson County
Line south of Marion north to the Jefferson County line south of Mt. Vernon.
Completion Date: November 30, 2003.
1A. Coles County Memorial Airport, Mattoon, Coles County, Install Perimeter
1LR. Perry County, Reclamation of the IL 6 Vein Mine Group, The proposed
reclamation project consists of two abandoned mine site located in
Pinckneyville. The proposed work at the Illinois 6 Vein Coal Company and Biby
Drift Mine sites includes the sealing of one mine shaft, two sinkholes and
requires 686 cu yds of special excavation, 793 cu yds of borrow excavation, 65
cu yds of Class SI concrete, 196 sq yds of special excelsior blanket, and
seeding and soil amendments for 0,6 acres.
2LR. Williamson County, Reclamation of the Saraville Road Slope Mine Group.
The proposed reclamation project consists of seven abandoned mine sites located
in Williamson and Franklin Counties: Old Ben #8 on the south side of West
Frankfort, Federal Coal Company #25 northwest of Carterville, Pure Coal Company
northwest of Cambria, Peabody Coal Company #3 on the north side of Marion, R,W,
Marshall #3 on the northwest side of Spillertown, Saravil Road Slope south of
Crab Orchard, and Mitchell Coal Company southwest of Orchard, The work includes
sealing 2 mine slope entries, 2 mine shafts, 3 sinkholes, and will require
approximately 968 cu yds of special excavation 1,045 cu yds of borrow
excavation, dewatering of an impoundment, placement mine opening fill materials
including 29 cu yds of Class SI concrete and 260 tons of aggregate fill,
placement of 12,300 lbs of bentonite soil.


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Nvidia's "Shield" device, a small, clamshell portable gaming handheld, came way out of left field. It boasts a touchscreen and 5-10 hour battery life and can stream games from your PC to your TV. It also looks like a weird little device. I don't think it has it in its DNA to be the revolutionary technology that changes living room gaming forever, but it's clearly part of a larger story that spells massive disruption for the console market.
The Shield has a slew of problems. It looks…weird. Even if it has more capability, it's being pitched as a dedicated handheld gaming system, which the market isn't exactly screaming for right now. It's aimed squarely at enthusiasts, and it's bound to face stiff competition from similar companies and larger competitors. It's begging for someone else to make a slightly more friendly-looking version.
But consider the broader picture – streaming technology will, barring digital apocalypse, advance to the point where AAA games can be beamed to devices via wireless or even cell connections without too much trouble. PC gaming appears to be on the rise again, and products like this will help convince people to make the switch. Traditional handheld consoles are struggling against a range of new competitors, and the time will come when that pressure moves up the chain to the living room. It's a handheld gaming console, sure — plug it into the TV and it becomes a regular gaming console. And it's only one upstart – the Ouya and the upcoming Steam Box are two others. There are bound to be more.
The Shield has no price or release date, but we can bet it's going to released into console world that looks very different from the one we live in today. When the new console generation hits shelves next year, I'll bet it will sell just fine. But as the years go on, there will be a lot of unexpected competition on the table, and anything that looks like a traditional console is going to be in trouble.
So while The Shield looks like it came out of left field, it's actually a perfectly logical outgrowth of a market that's far more open than most people realize. Our relationship to living room gaming has been slowly changing over the past few years, but it's about to go out in the window in the next few.
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I am inclined to disagree with writer's view, stated several times, that this item looks "weird". The controller base replicates the most current design of console controllers thus the appearance is very familiar to me (and assuming the same for other avid console fans). As an allover avid gamer owning a high end gaming PC, all three major consoles, the 3DS and Vita handheld systems, I am very excited about this product. PC gamers are very familiar with Nvidia as one of, if not the premier brand in gaming PC processors. So the concept of it being in too much competition with other known console companies shouldn't have as much impact to PC enthusiasts. There is a split between console gamers and PC gamers, being predominantly two very distinct groups. I feel optimistic that the Shield could be a substantial bridge in the gap between the two factions.
I can see the potential in something like this, especially if it can stream games. Go home, plug it into your TV, bam, you've got your console gaming. Unplug, take it to McDonald's and leech off their Wifi, you've got the exact same game on the go. In my opinion, something like this has always had the potential to kill console gaming. Still, if (big if) console gaming does die I think they still have a few more years. Streaming games is possible but it takes a lot of power and you need a fantastic connection. In my own experience, I've preferred running a game on my own PC (if it can handle the game) to streaming it because the video quality is better running it on my own. Still, streaming is great if your rig is underpowered and for something like this has great potential. It will be interesting to see what happens.
AMD and nVidia have a keen interest in pressing non-PC centered gaming. The truth is that PC gaming is more a function of the GPU than anything else. The CPU, memory, and HDD are largely incidental. You could build a staggeringly powerful gaming system just by adding a bit of hardware to any of the dozens of GPUs produced today. Intel knows this, which is why they remain desperate to draw developers into their fully integrated chipsets. (like they have tried and failed to do every few years since the 1980s.) Microsoft knows this is true too, the X-Box is basically a more elaborate example of the concept in action. Indeed, Microsoft doesn't actually want to be in the hardware business I suspect. It is a money loser. They are a software company. All of Microsofts updates to DX and Windows have actually helped AMD and nVidia to make GPUs capable of doing more general purpose computing and otherwise circumventing the CPU entirely. This is not an accident. PC sales will continue to grow overall, but rapid growth isn't going to be sustained as it once was. Likewise, media centers and otherwise are spreading the base of hardware Microsoft and others have to engage. Ultimately, even with X-box a success, Microsoft has to consider widening its footprint. New hardware formats like those nVidia and AMD are working on, only help them expand Windows and their other software standards.
In the end, we'll see hardware platforms grow in number, and consolidation will be right behind. Just like the early 1980s. Only this time a lot of the younger CEOs and developers are too young to remember the great shake-out of 83-84. Nor will they recognize how that cycle is manifesting itself again today.


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- Cut each zucchini in half and use a thin, sharp knife to hollow out each section, removing the seeds and leaving a round 1/2 inch shell.
- Combine tomatoes with juice, tomato paste, 3/4 cup water, and cinnamon in a large, oven-safe Dutch oven. Bring to a simmer over medium heat; cook until thick, about 20 minutes.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a small skillet. Stir in onion; cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Combine cooked onion, lamb, rice, 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1/2 cup water, dried mint, and salt in a large bowl. Mix well. Lightly stuff lamb mixture into hollowed out zucchini sections. Place stuffed zucchini in simmering tomato sauce.
- Cover pot and place in preheated oven. Cook until the rice is soft, about 1 hour. If sauce is very thin, simmer on the stove top until desired consistency. To serve, slice into 1 inch rounds and top with tomato sauce.
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This is a great recipe, thank you for sharing it! I made it as written the first time and it was wonderful. The second time I decided to tweak the recipe to my tastes a bit more. Like the previous reviewer I omitted the salt (canned tomatoes typically have enough for my tastes) and used fresh mint. I cooked the tomato sauce as advised but added a bit of white wine and garlic. For the stuffing, rather than cook the meat and rice in the oven I added oil to the sauté pan with garlic, onion, and uncooked rice. This gives the rice a head start on cooking and a lot more flavor. I sautéed all until everything browned a bit and added the lamb which I sautéed until cooked. I used a slotted spoon to remove the mixture and stuff into the zucchini to reduce some of the grease. The final cook time for the stuffed zucchini was 30 minutes. My boyfriend indicated this was a "keeper" recipe.
This took care of a monster zucchini someone gave me. I made 3 very minor changes. First, I eliminated the salt for dietary reasons and to my taste it wasn't missed. Second, I didn't realize I had no tomato paste until I was well into preparing this so I just cooked the sauce down to thicken it. Third, I used fresh mint instead of dried because I had it on hand. The cinnamon adds a lovely flavor and I think next time I will increase it slightly. Thanks for a tasty dish.
My Husband is Lebanese so I was a bit intimidated to try this recipe...how can I compete with his mother? well, I am happy to report that I passed with flying colors. here is what I customized: I added 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon; I used lean ground beef instead of lamb; i sauteed the onion, and then added the rice to the pan, to give a bit more flavor. I added a splash of white wine. i added fresh mint instead of dried, because it grows like weed in my garden. While it was cooking, the smell alone was enough to make us all salivate, and the end result was spectacular! comfort food at its best! thank you for the great recipe!!!
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- 511 cal
- 26%
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- 41%
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This regular column is for Dungeon Masters who like to build worlds and campaigns as much as I do. Here I share my experiences as a DM through the lens of Iomandra, my Dungeons & Dragons campaign world. Even though the campaign uses the 4th Edition rules, the topics covered here often transcend editions. Hopefully this series of articles will give you inspiration, ideas, and awesome new ways to menace your players in your home campaigns.
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MONDAY NIGHT. Our heroes are 23rd level, fighting mind flayers aboard an illithid vessel on the Dragon Sea. The mind flayers are tied to one of the campaign's big story arcs involving a war between the almighty Dragovar Empire (ruled by dragonborn) and the upstart Myrthon Regency, a vassal state of the imperial commonwealth that has declared its independence. It's a familiar tale with a D&D twist.
Around 11th level, the heroes learned a major campaign secret: The Myrthon Regency was being influenced by mind flayers and other forces from the Far Realm. Knowing that most mind flayers fall in the level 18–20 range (in 4th Edition), my players started getting nervous by the time they reached 16th level. For my part, I'd expected mind flayers to start showing up around 19th or 20th level. As it turns out, through no fault of the players, the Monday night heroes really didn't get around to fighting their first mind flayers until now.
One of the dangers of running a complex campaign is that it's easy for the party to become involved in certain unfolding stories and not others. By the time mind flayers were back on the menu, the heroes had gained a bunch of levels. Consequently, the monsters I'd planned for them to fight were now several levels below the party average. Solving this problem demanded special DM ninja skills… and took a lot less time than you might think.
Welcome to the microwave dinner approach to monster design! By the end of this column, you'll have a new DM superpower: The ability to create a monster of any level "on the fly" in 2 minutes or less.
And by "create," I mean "customize." As much as I love creating new monsters from scratch (my favorite D&D activity, in fact, outside of actually running a game), it's usually unnecessary. Most players sitting on the other side of the DM screen can't tell the difference between a monster you've created from scratch and an existing monster that's been modified to suit your needs—so you should only create monsters from scratch when you have the time or want to try something weird.
This article presents two simple and effective ways to customize a monster:
My approach to adjusting a monster's level isn't mathematically perfect, but it serves the needs of most DMs. The ultimate goal is to tweak a monster so that it's level appropriate and doesn't cause players to shout "WTF!" during the game. This approach has three easy steps.
For each level you add or subtract:
Don't bother adjusting the monster's initiative modifier, skill modifiers, or ability score modifiers unless you're a stickler for detail; these sorts of changes have little discernible impact on a monster's combat performance (at least, from the players' point of view). If the encounter warrants it, increase or decrease these values by 1 for every two levels you add or subtract, and be done with it.
Here's the dolgaunt monk from the Eberron Campaign Guide, and the dirt-simple level-adjusted version I used in the mind flayer adventure sprung on my players:
Dolgaunt Jailer (use Dolgaunt Monk, Eberron Campaign Guide p.203) Level 21 Controller HP 216/108 AC 35, Fort 33, Ref 34, Will 33 +13 to attacks and damage rolls
As Jack Burton—er, I mean—Chris Perkins always says, you can't judge a monster by its level. At least, most players can't. What makes a monster memorable is its "shtick"—in other words, the one or two powers and/or traits that truly define what the monster does. As long as you're happy with the monster's attacks and powers, it doesn't matter where the rest of its stats came from.
First, find a monster of the role and level you need—preferably one that has at least one attack power or trait worth keeping—and do the following:
Having trouble finding a monster of the appropriate role and level? Try surfing the "creatures by level" charts at the back of every 4th Edition monster book we've ever produced, or better yet, use the D&D Compendium online tool.
I'll be the first to admit it: This approach to monster customization is the D&D equivalent of stealing someone else's homework, erasing that person's name and writing your name on it instead—appropriate behavior for your home campaign only!
Here's the infernal girallon from the Monster Manual 3, transformed into a foulspawn terrorhulk for my Monday night campaign:
Foulspawn Terrorhulk (use Infernal Girallon, Monster Manual 3 p.103) Level 22 Brute
Replace the Burning Soul aura with a Psychic Ooze aura (deals psychic damage instead of fire damage, but otherwise identical).
Replace the Burning Ichor power with a Psychic Ichor power (deals psychic damage instead of fire damage, but otherwise identical).
Delete the Combat Climber trait.
If you feel like flexing your DM ninja skills, try using both approaches on one monster. Here's an example of a monster that I wanted to include aboard my mind flayer ship, but was the wrong level and a bit too complex for my tastes. A dolgrim warrior is basically two goblins fused together, and I wanted my version to be a minion with traits that preserved the monster's shtick. The traits I ultimately gave the monster were "inspired" by the racial powers of elves and halflings. The end result:
Dolgrim Pest (use Dolgrim Warrior, Eberron Campaign Guide p.203) Level 21 Minion Skirmisher HP 1; missed attack deals no damage AC 35, Fort 33, Ref 32, Will 33 +17 to attacks, 13 damage/attack
Replace the Double Actions and Combat Advantage traits with:
Weez Awesome!
Whenever it makes an attack roll, the dolgrim rolls twice and uses the higher result.
Weez Still Alive! (immediate interrupt; at-will) Trigger: An enemy hits the dolgrim with an attack. Effect: The triggering enemy must reroll the attack against the dolgrim and use the second roll, even if it's lower.
I can't remember the last time I created a custom 4th Edition monster more complex than this.
When you actually sit down to run your customized monster, you'll need to have a copy of the original stat block handy for reference, and you'll need a piece of scratch paper on which to write your "adjustments" to the monster. If you're running multiple customized monsters in an encounter (which I don't recommend out the gate), consider writing all of your notes on a single piece of paper and using that same page to track the monsters' hit points.
Use your newfound DM superpower freely and often, until it becomes as easy as breathing. Mastery comes quickly—in very little time, you'll be able to customize monsters "on the fly" while still keeping your players on their toes. The truth is, you should never have to create a monster stat block unless you really want to. Don't believe me? Take any monster stat block that's been published and do the following:
Your players will either believe that you're running a monster right out of the book, or they'll think they're fighting something new. Either way, they're overjoyed—and you didn't kill yourself in the process.
Until the next encounter!
—Dungeon Master for Life, Chris Perkins
Which of the following dramatic storytelling tropes are you most likely to use in your D&D campaign?


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As I posted earlier, I was able to get all my Mother's belongings moved into storage. Then I decided to have a "Celebration of Her Life" here locally for all her friends that couldn't make it up to her Service 150 miles north of us. It is going to be on Feb, 16th. She would have turned 93 on Feb, 14th so Valentine's day this year will be a little bittersweet. altho my step-daughter also shared the same day for BD's.
My Mother still has me in stitches, as I wade thru her papers. She really never forgot if she loaned you money and never paid it back. Her financial advisor and I were laughing about that the other day. He said he worked overtime to never get on her bad side. She was a very caring person and would always help you out whenever she could but you HAD darn well better pay her back. LOL. What a lady!!!
I sort of feel guilty I am not in tears all the time, BUT my Mom and I shared so much for so many years. I do miss her terribly but she still keeps me laughing. She never had a computer but she knew how to keep lists of things using her Old Royal typewriter. She made good use of it.
I tried posting the other day but WebMD decided not to like me. I wrote a very long post and it said they were busy to try again later. I hope that is not on omen of things to come.
Hugs all, Stay safe and off the roads if on the East Coast.
I am so glad Michelle is off having fun before more chemo. I am glad, I was worried!
We are crippled in the northeast with more than 2 feet around Boston and a driving ban in effect. Luckily we have power but more than 1/2 million in Mass do not. At least we are warm, I have my coffee and brownies, and can watch tv and read. Feel very blessed for those simple pleasures!!!
I have had trouble with this website too. All of your posts say you posted "just now". It is really weird, but I guess I'm glad at least things are still working.
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I am so glad that your mom is still making you laugh that is a very good thing remember her the way she was and not in a bad or sad way is always a good thing. Please do not feel bad because you are not crying that does not mean that you don't miss her it just means you are remebering the women that she was happy funny and outgoing not a sad oh is me women. I am so very proud of you for everything you have done for her and still doing for her. You are one heck of a women and very strong one at that. Oh believe me I am sure you will find more things or hear more stories to make you laugh as the days ,months even years go on. I had helped my mother go through my grams house when she passed and boy did we find things and we had some laughs. Then we just finally packed things up and decided to go through them at home. Well we got them here and started going through some of the paper and pictures oh how we laughed at some of the stuff we found and the stories that came with them. Enjoy the storeis and laughs pass those stories down to your children and grand children so your mother is never forgotten. Just from your stories and the pictures you sent me I feel like I know her. Thank you so much for sharing and letting me know such a wonderful person even if for a short time. Have a great day angel hugs Roberta,
So glad to hear that you have power and are doing well stay warm and enjoy those brownies
I am sure you are not missing haveing to go out in the cold and snow at all. You love to cuddle up and read a good book enjoy while you can.
I too have had some trouble with posting here but keep trying and sooner or later it goes on. I don't care when it says it posted as long as it get on.
Well have a great day stay warm and safe angel hugs Roberta,
back to work tomorrow - but the weather is really going to be lousy all week. Hopefully it doesn't affect driving. I sure hate to drive in the bad weather.
stay warm - off to make lunch for work, iron some clothes, then read before bed.
Hello and good morning well I woke to everything covered in ice looks pretty but not nice to have to go out in. I can't believe they have school today those poor little ones walking to the bus stops and it is still doing that freezing rain stuff on them. They wait on the corner in front of my house I feel so bad for them. Somedays I want to tell them to wait on my porch and give them all hot choc but then think again about that. Because of the parents now days wanting to always find some reason to go to court to get money.
Be careful out there and stay warm I am staying in with Kaiden today nothing can get me to go out in this mess. Plus he is getting more teeth 2 came through on top over the weekend so he isn't feeling his best today.
Have a great day be safe angel hugs Roberta,
Wel, preparing for more snow so getting out today for errands and lunch with mom. I really don't mind being home as long as we have power and I have a good book to read!
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Thanks for the ideas for teething he did the froozen ring thing doesn't like it. He likes when I wet a wash cloth put it in the freezer for just a few mins then he chews on it like crazy. Then he has the toy keys he chews on them also all the time. Oh and the drooling we have bibs with the plastic backs so he doesn't get his shirts so wet so fast. But he can makes so good wet spots every where he goes lol.lol. Like on your lap shirt shoulder ect ect ect.... It is like everyday there is a new tooth coming in now he isn't really fussy just gets the runny nose and the ear infections with it. My son did the same thing always at the doctors when he was teething no fun at all. Couldn't wait till he was done.
Well I am thinking about getting out today also before we get more of this crazy weather rain and snow mix also. We got a little dusting of snow over night not much. I want to get to the store before it gets to bad out. I will talk again soon have fun shopping I just like getting out in the fresh air. Have a great weekend angel hugs Roberta,
The stores were a little crazy today as we are expecting another 6 inches of snow tonight. A lot melted this week which was good because there is nowhere else to put this darn stuff.
Stay warm and safe -
Oh I got out for a while Sat it turned out to be a nice day sun out but a little windy at times but not to bad in the 30's. I am planning on going out again today need to go food shopping it turned out to be sunny again or at least so far it is didn't get that storm after all or not yet any way. I am so happy about that. I like the sun being out even if it is still cold out it makes it feel better with the sunshine. I know what you mean about the snow melting a lot of ours melted also and I wouldn't mind if it all does and we get no more of it this year....
I may even go and do some me shopping so much fun
Maybe even some nice bright flowers before I come back home just because I want them lol.lol ... The sun just puts you in a much better mood a good shopping mood lol.lol.
time to go shopping have a great day angel hugs Roberta,
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Looking for a creative outlet or just a rainy day activity? Put together some of your succulent cuttings in a reused container or go big with vibrant flowers or foliage and make it sparkle!
There will be many styles, themes and varieties, from floral baskets and succulent boxes to potted herbs and wreaths. From beautiful to striking to cute and everything in between! Members and guests are encouraged to bring their own creations to add to the Auction!
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She's now recovering at home and being monitored by doctors.
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Congressional aides do not expect her to testify as scheduled at congressional hearings on Thursday into the Sept. 11 attack against a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador.
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