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Lonestar SC and Austin Aztex alumni, Kris Tyrpak and Kekuta Manneh come off the bench in the Chivas USA vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC game last night and make an instant impact! Kekuta ties up the game in the 80th minute with this great counter-attacking goal - watch here!
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Trained by the men who invented the modern brasswind industry, Zig Kanstul has forgotten more about building horns than most people will ever know. At Kanstul Musical Instruments, he strives to keep alive a tradition-building unique instruments that no one else can.
In the F.E. Olds factory in 1952, trumpet assemblers completed 12 horns a day like clockwork. Payment was on a piecework basis, but after building the first 12 trumpets, the rate for each additional horn dropped precipitously to a measly 50 cents. "It's not worth my time building another trumpet for 50 cents," they reasoned, so the assemblers called it quits after 12 horns. For a young Zigmant Kanstul with a new family to support, every extra penny counted, so he kept working even as the piecework scale edged down. Endowed with exceptional manual dexterity and a talent for simplifying complex manufacturing operations, Kanstul soon had his co-workers shaking their heads in amazement as he turned out 39 perfect trumpets in an eight-hour workday. Kanstul's extraordinary prowess on the workbench soon caught the attention of two of the most influential figures in history of the brass instrument industry: Foster Reynolds, the manager of the Olds plant, who had pioneered large-scale manufacturing techniques for brasswinds; and Elden Benge, whose Chicago Benge trumpet largely defined the modern-day professional trumpet. As mentors, Reynolds and Benge launched Kanstul on a lifelong career in the brass business that included management posts at Olds, King, and Conn. Since 1981 Kanstul has been self-employed, presiding over Kanstul Musical Instruments based in Anaheim, California.
Companies are often described as the reflection of a single individual, and that's certainly the case at the Kanstul company. Like the virtuoso musician who can't wait to tackle the toughest score, Zig's greatest satisfaction comes from building unique instruments that other larger manufacturers shun. When the President of the United States' own Marine Band needed a dozen "fanfare" trumpets with a three-foot-long bell, they eventually found their way to Kanstul. Famed trumpet player Herb Alpert hatched an idea for a trumpet with two bells that would allow him to switch between a muted and an open sound with the push of a lever. Other manufacturers dismissed the idea, but Kanstul seized the opportunity to design and build the unorthodox instrument. Sitting in a small office surrounded with half-built instruments, unusual prototypes, and various brass parts, Zig deadpans, "I guess we build the stuff no one else wants to build."
Tucked away in a small industrial park a mile from Disneyland, Kanstul's manufacturing operations are some-thing of a magic kingdom for brass-wind aficionados. At 32,000 square feet, the plant isn't large by industry standards, yet it could possibly have the single most extensive collection of instrument tooling anywhere. This vast storehouse of tooling for fabricating tubes, bells, leadpipes, and valve parts explains why Kanstul's 48 employees routinely build everything from a piccolo trumpet to a four-valve tuba.
Going up against much larger competitors, Kanstul's decision to focus on building unique specialty instruments is a classic case of finding a niche in a tough market. However, the company's broad-based product line stems as much from market considerations as it does from Zig's deeply held convictions about how to run a proper factory. After 50 years of building instruments, he asserts that the most expensive things to develop-and the key to product quality-are skilled craftsmen. "The people on the factory floor are our most important asset," he declares. "You need good people to get both quality and efficiency."
To help nurture this vital asset, Zig is a constant presence in the factory, offering words of encouragement and helpful suggestions to the workers on the bench. Equally important to developing the skills of his staff is constant change on the production line. Unlike some factories where a worker could build the same trumpet for weeks at a time, in the course of a single day a worker at the Kanstul plant may work on a trumpet, a flugel horn, or a euphonium.
A manufacturing consultant might argue that such small production runs are inherently inefficient, but Zig counters that variety is the key to quality. "When someone is doing the same job over and over again every day of the week, pretty soon their mind wanders and they're thinking about girls, or fishing, or where they'd rather be," he explains. "But when you constantly change the jobs that people do, they have to think about their work, and when they think about their work, they get better at it." Affirming the wisdom of this unorthodox approach to factory management is a lengthy roster of illustrious Kanstul users, ranging from top L.A. session player Wayne Bergeron to the brass sections of Michigan State University and the University of Texas.
From spinning bells to final assembly by hand, much of Kanstul's manufacturing relies on highly traditional means, but the company has eagerly embraced new technology wherever possible. Computer-controlled turning centers, representing a multi-million dollar investment, are used to fabricate small parts like valve caps, water keys, and ferrules. Zig's son Mark has even developed a cutting-edge water treatment system that enables the Kanstul plating operation to comply with California's stringent environmental regulations. "I don't think they'll ever be able to automate the assembly process," states Zig, "but these computer-controlled machines are great for producing parts to consistently tight tolerances."
Zig is particularly proud of new a technology that allows the company to cost-effectively produce exact copies of any existing brass mouthpiece. Developed by his son-in-law James New, the system uses a computer-controlled probe that creates an exact digital profile of the exterior and interior mouthpiece dimensions. This digital profile is then transferred to a computer-controlled lathe that shapes the mouthpiece from apiece of brass bar stock. "Other people have similar technology," states New. "What makes ours unique is that we can do an exact profile of the interior as well as the exterior dimensions of the mouthpiece."
With this unique blend of computer-controlled machinery and a team of crack horn makers, Kanstul Instruments is managing to thrive at a time when most of the U.S. band instrument industry is struggling against a combination of inexpensive Chinese competition and an enormous glut of used product. Some might attribute Kanstul's current success to an astute strategy, but Zig insists that he is simply using "common sense" and following the advice Foster Reynolds dispensed to him 50 years ago on the floor of the Olds plant. "Reynolds had been at this business so long that he knew everything that could go wrong in a factory, and he knew all these tricks for getting the job done right - everyone uses string to measure out a tuba, but he insisted that we used braided fishing line because it wouldn't stretch, and you'd get a more accurate measurement. He taught me that to run a good factory you have to pay attention to everything because there are no unimportant details," he recalls. "He also used to tell everyone in the factory, 'Be glad you're leaving at five o'clock; our dealers have to work until nine to get this stuff sold.' It was his way of letting us know how important the dealer was."
Reynolds did such a thorough job of indoctrinating Kanstul into the importance of constant vigilance on the factory floor and good dealer relationships that as Kanstul's career progressed he had a hard time dealing with anyone who deviated from these basic principles. Some might call his unyielding attitude arrogant, but in every argument he was eventually vindicated by events. Or as they say in Texas, "It ain't boasting if it's true."
By 1970, when Olds band instruments became part of Norlin, a conglomerate that also operated an Ecuadorian brewery and cement factory, Kanstul was in charge of manufacturing. He has a vivid recollection of the first visit he received from his new boss from Norlin: "I offered to give him a tour, but he said he'd rather walk through the plant by himself. I watched him walk down the main aisle of the factory without looking left or right. When he came back about two minutes later and said he'd seen all he needed to see, I knew we were in trouble." Kanstul resigned a few months later. Within six years the once-profitable Olds plant in Anaheim had been shuttered, the victim of colossal mismanagement.
Elden Benge, the principal trumpeter with the Chicago Symphony, had begun making his own trumpets after World War II because he couldn't find a new horn that matched the tonal quality of his prized 1920s-era Besson. Overnight the Benge instruments became sought after among professional trumpeters. When Benge moved to Burbank, California, to do film score work, he brought his trumpet business with him. In the early '50s Zig augmented his income at Olds by moonlighting at the tiny Benge plant, working side by side with Elden Benge. So it was a natural transition when, after leaving Olds in 1970, Zig took over manufacturing operations at Benge. In a ten-year period he transformed the company from a small custom shop to a large-scale operation with 150 employees producing an extensive line of trumpets and marching instruments.
In 1980, however, Kanstul's strongly held convictions led again to conflicts with his superiors. Benge had been sold to King Musical Instruments, and a new King CEO pledged 35 percent sales growth to the share holders. To fuel this growth, he promptly maxed out the company credit line and mortgaged all the company real estate. "I told him it was a crazy move that was way too risky," recalls Zig, "and he suggested that I leave because I wasn't part of the growth program."
Events vindicated Zig's predictions again, as King was pushed to the brink of collapse by a combination of rising interest rates and a tough recession. However, King's troubles eventually presented Kanstul with the greatest opportunity of his career. Faced with mounting losses, in 1981 King management opted to consolidate all manufacturing in Cleveland and shutter the Benge factory in Anaheim. Overnight, 150 skilled horn makers were let go and several million dollars of manufacturing equipment was set to be sold as scrap. At the same time, U.K.-based Boosey & Hawkes (since renamed The Music Group) was looking to recreate the famed Besson trumpet. With perfect timing, Kanstul secured a contract from Boosey & Hawkes to build the Besson and used the guaranteed sales to get financing to purchase the Benge equipment and tooling. With a skeletal crew of 14 of the most skilled former Benge employees and a factory full of tooling, in late 1981 Kanstul Musical Instruments began operations.
A year later, when a currency shift rendered British-made student instruments uncompetitive in the U.S. market, Boosey & Hawkes shipped a container full of instrument parts to the Kanstul plant with an expanded contract for him to build entry-level horns. Student instruments are low-margin products that larger manufacturers rely on primarily just to absorb fixed overhead, and for a small plant like Kanstul's they made little financial sense on paper, but the typically cost-conscious Kanstul seized the Boosey & Hawkes contract. He explains, "I looked at our workers, and I was struck by the fact that they were old. Unless we brought up a new crop of craftsmen, we were going to be in trouble when they retired. The opportunity to build student horns gave us the perfect vehicle for training a whole new generation of instrument builders. It's a lot easier to learn on entry-level product where the tolerances and requirements aren't quite as demanding." The decision to build student horns two decades ago is why today Zig boasts that he has the youngest workforce in the industry. "Our average age is around 35, compared with 55 at some of the other U.S. plants."
In an about-face, five years ago Kanstul curtailed student instrument production entirely, opting to focus on professional instruments and custom work. "I saw how the quality of Chinese products was improving, and I knew that there was just no way we could compete effectively in that market," he states. "Instead of losing money in the commodity market, we decided to just focus on products no one else could or would build."
Abandoning the student market caused a short-term sales decline, but within a year Kanstul's business resumed its upward trajectory. As other manufacturers struggle with an all-out price war, Zig's earlier reading of the market now looks prescient. In a characteristically self-effacing manner, he brushes aside any suggestion that his experience has given him any particular talent for anticipating trends. Rather, he says his decisions were based on necessity. "Unlike some of the bigger companies, we can't afford to have money-losing product lines," he states. "We're working with our own money so we have to be careful."
Fifty years in business has taught Zig the importance of consistent profitability, which is why he runs one of the leanest operations in the business. Offices at Kanstul are modest, company cars are non-existent, and aside from Zig, there is virtually no layer of factory management-supervisory responsibilities are shared by the workers on the line. The company carries virtually no finished goods inventory, opting instead to build products only on an on-order basis. This focus on cost control is why Kanstul can maintain a strong balance sheet while investing millions in production equipment.
Zig takes obvious pride in the financial success of his company; however, his primary passion is with the art of brass-wind manufacture. His idea of a relaxing Saturday is an afternoon spent on the workbench, tinkering with new prototypes without interruption, and he considers it an obligation to pass along to the next generation the lessons he has learned from Foster Reynolds and Elden Benge. "There's a great tradition of building instruments in this country," he says, "and I was fortunate enough to learn it from some of the very best. It's something worth preserving."


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Creepy must-see flashback: Weiner lies shamelessly to ABC about what happened
posted at 8:02 pm on June 6, 2011 by Allahpundit
How creepy? Creepy enough that ABC posted this footage (which was recorded a few days ago, of course) just within the past hour and then sent around the link via e-mail. I didn't go hunting through their archives for it, in other words; they're pushing it on people tonight themselves because, understandably, they (a) want to atone for having aired this guy's lies as news last week and (b) presumably want the world to see what an almost pathologically fluid liar he was when cornered. The last 80 seconds of it will have you squirming in your seat — not only the way he claims to be the innocent target of a hoax but his insistence on lecturing the interviewer for assuming the worst, taking care to maintain accusatory eye contact the whole way. It's genuinely disturbing.
If, like me, you felt bad for him when he choked up at his presser today, spend four minutes watching this. It'll straighten you right out. And if you still feel bad after that, read the Corner's round-up of last week's conspiracy theories in Weiner's defense. In a sane world, the people mentioned in that post would be the angriest at AW tonight for making them look like royal chumps. Instead, rest assured, most or all of them will end up doubling down by casting Weiner as the victim instead. Not ABC, though. Good for them for holding him accountable.
Update: At Slate, Jack Shafer says the endless apologies after the endless lies only make the whole thing creepier:
He called his behavior, including his many lies about claiming he'd been hacked, "a terrible mistake." He said he was sorry so many times that his utterances reached the point of semantic satiation—completely bled of meaning and heard only as strange repetitive sounds…
Weiner owes me no apology for his serial lies because I understand that that's what politicians do when they're cornered by their fibs or unseemly behavior. I'm not even sore with him for scapegoating the press over a problem of his own making. That, too, goes with the territory. Nor am I outraged that he went onto national television to attempt to cover up his lies, telling Rachel Maddow that he wasn't "trying to be evasive" and he just didn't "know" whether the Tweeted drawers photo was of him. For me, when the mass of lies equals the mass of apologies, the whole package congeals into some new sociopathic form for which there is yet no name. (Weinerite, perhaps?) That he was caught lying about his personal life, and not about public policy, doesn't really matter to me. By demonstrating that he's as good a liar as he is an apologizer, Weiner tells us everything we need to know about him.
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If you want to see real professional-grade lying, watch it with the sound off – just look at the self-righteousness with which he attempts to dominate the interviewer, who can hardly get a word in, even though he is being incredibly polite.
This creep is a life-long practicing sociopath, and should not be anywhere near any position that gives him the opportunity to hurt others, because he will use it, and he will enjoy it.
ps. Check out the eye flick toward the camera at about 3:50 – it clearly says "I'm pretty slick here, huh? Yeah, damn right, I'm damn good!".
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So, let's say the world has ended and you are one of the few survivors. It doesn't really matter how the world ended, but I'll post some facts to make things a little more interesting:
- The majority of the water supply is no longer available (dried up, tainted, whatever)
- Of the population (per state/province) 5% survived as normal, living human beings.
- Of the population (per state/province) 30% turned into mutants/zombies/[insert something else mean or scary here].
- The remaining population has died.
- Animals, buildings, the landscape, etc were unaffected by the tragedy.
- There are a few known 'safe havens'
This is a question that I've always been curious about; I know (or rather, I'm pretty sure) what I would do, but I'm curious what others would do.
Anyway, I'll start off:
I'm kind of a scrounger, but with the threat looming overhead I would find weapons and armor first. Then, I might just go looting. I'm also the protecting sort, so I would probably be looking for other survivors/people in need while doing said looting. On top of that I'm smart enough to realize that I'd have to rest eventually and that usually goes better with someone watching your back so I'd either start looking for one of the safe havens or start building a fort of my own.
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I feel a great disturbance in the Force.
So, in order to have a recurring villain who gets stumped or beaten every episode without cheapening Vader, they introduce a new Vader clone.
However, this Inquisitor guy has been "tasked by Darth Vader to hunt down the remaining Jedi Knights." Meaning that, likely, Vader won't be doing what we've always expected Vader to do.
And how many "not quite Sith Lord" Dark Jedi does this make running around, working for Vader or Palpatine?
My thoughts exactly. It waters down the whole "last of the jedi" thing. Plus, wouldn't it had been more exciting series to watch Vader "gun" down jedi after jedi, week after week? I mean, Vader was supposed to be the one that hunts down the last of the jedi, now it's Starkiller and the Inquisitor? And shouldn't a series called "Rebels" be about the creation of the Rebel Alliance; not jedi hunting? I might be getting ahead of myself, by I found this reveal to be extremely disappointing.
With all their talk about going back and studying the old Ralph McQuarrie paintings and trying to match that look, this is exactly the opposite of what I was hoping to see for this show.
Ugh, another cartoon clown, you guys are totally right about your point regarding Vader's role here being watered down.
BB is right on the money too with a lack of McQuarrie-era design, this is straight out of ROTS.
His lightsaber is remarkably similar to the Hasbro General Grievous role play item.
Nowhere in your incoherent ramblings did you come anywhere close to the answer. Thanks to you, everyone in this room is now stupider having heard you. I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul. -Billy Madison-
Well, remember that Obi-Wan said Vader "helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights." He didn't say that Vader was alone, or even in charge. It's a big galaxy, and remember that Vader once recruited six bounty hunters to search for one little ship.
I want to see how The Inquisitor looks alongside other (non-trooper) characters since we still don't really have an idea of what the show will look like. He looks pretty cartoony, so I wonder how he will be portrayed in the show. He's also very visually similar to many previous SW characters - the red stripes make him look like The Son or Darth Bane, and lord knows how many bald gray Sith wannabes exist at this point. Though I do appreciate the fact that he's Utapaun since the species isn't depicted too often.
I also thought of the Grievous saber. Leland Chee tweeted a memory about the toy the same day, and of course the show will include ships based on Kenner toys (as TCW featured doppelgängers for vintage figures), so I believe that was the intent.
The fact that the main villain of the show is a Jedi hunter would obviously seem to indicate a recurring - if not regular - Jedi presence on the show. It could be that there are multiple Jedi that come in and out of the story, but I bet it's more likely that one of the main characters is a Jedi. A 30-year-old Ms. Tano perhaps?
This might be a nitpick, but does it bother anyone else a bit that the original trilogy presented it as if all the Jedi were wiped out except Obi-Wan and Yoda? Then you get a handful of guys in the EU who went underground, who usually had left the Order before the events of ROTS.
And, now, since ROTS, we've gotten quite a few Jedi who are still around, chilling with the nascent rebellion. So what was the big deal about Luke? And why didn't he get any Jedi pointers at all from guys like Rahm Kota, Ferus Olin, and possibly Asohka Tano?
That's my jacket!
None of the fan base made up this "only two" Sith thing. Lucas decided that was a good idea. It would have been totally fine to have a whole group of Sith in the prequels. But they laid out that rule and then have done everything they can to ignore it.
When you watch ANH by itself, you tend to get the impression that the Empire looks down upon Jedi and Force-users as an archaic and obsolete way of thinking. Their "fire had gone out" and Darth Vader was "all that was left of their religion." So, men like Grand Moff Tarkin seemed to look at the Force as a quaint but outdated worldview that had no relevance whatsoever to the "modern" world. The Empire was superior to everything that had come before and there was really no room for mystics and prophecies in this new world order. Vader was somebody that Tarkin tolerated, but he really had no respect for some black-robed "wizard" wandering around the halls of his Death Star.
Now I'm worried that we're going to be seeing the Empire filled with Force-users and a red lightsaber around every other corner.


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Thanks to Radiohead, 2007 may one day be looked back on as the year the music died — at least by the industry that has relied on the same business model for selling music since Elvis and the Beatles. But bad times for the big guys have generally been good news for the rest of us. After all, the post-disco crash set the stage for punk, and it was the commercial vacuum left in the wake of hair metal's collapse that cleared the way for grunge. So, on the consumer side of the commercial divide, 2007 was the year the music thrived, as streamable audio on MySpace, YouTube videos, and the Web in general supported an ongoing groundswell in independent music and independence in general. That left the majors digging deeper and deeper into their vaults for reissues like the Joy Division catalogue, and replacing cheap plastic jewel cases with deluxe Digipaks. In other words, it really couldn't be a better time to be a music fan. Which didn't make it any easier to single out 10 of the year's best, but it did make the process that much more enjoyable.
Against Me! | New WaveGreat album title. And "White People for Peace" is one of the better named songs of the year. Oh, and there's also a top-notch duet, with Tegan Quin (of Tegan and Sara) sharing the spotlight with Against Me!'s angry-at-the-world frontman Tom Gabel in the poetically titled "Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart." This is the Butch Vig–produced major-label debut on which scrappy punk outfit sells out and, yes, sounds great doing so. New Wave (Sire) may be more rock than punk, but when Gabel shouts, "We can be the bands we wanna hear/We can define our own generation," it's clear his heart's still in the right place.
Arctic Monkeys | Favourite Worst Nightmare
So much praise was heaped on the Monkeys' 2006 debut by the British press that it was conceivable the band would crumple like the Libertines under the weight of being the UK's rock-and-roll saviors. Instead, they shook off the accolades and took the accumulated energy of a year on the road into the studio to bash out an album (on Domino) that might even be better than Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. Now, nobody can write them off as England's answer to the Strokes, because if anything it's the Strokes who need to come up with an answer to Arctic Monkeys.
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This Atlanta band have punk in their hearts (and their past), but they've evolved into something altogether different on Cryptograms (Kranky), an album that re-rewrites the rules of indie pop by meshing the arty jangle of early R.E.M. with the swirling textures of a lo-fi My Bloody Valentine. The secret weapon is singer Bradford Cox, a tall, lanky, awkward soul who in the best punk tradition sings outsider songs for insiders.
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We've barely even seen them on the street yet, and already Fabtech Motorsports has tackled the new '07 Chevys with a mission to make more than just the conventional IFS drop-down bracket kit. This is a brand-new model truck, and Fabtech decided to set the bar high right from the get-go with a full-option 4.0 Dirt Logic coilover offering to boost the new GMs 6 inches high to get 35-inch tires on. If the 4.0 Dirt Logic is a bit too excessive for what you're planning on, you can opt for a 2.5 Dirt Logic coilover, or even go with a simple factory coilover spacing bracket. Fabtech has covered the entire fullsize GM line, having rear kits for the leaf-sprung truck and the five-link coil-sprung Tahoe. By the time you read this, full production kits will already be on the shelves.
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Kerrybrooks Magical Atticus "Atticus" MH
Coastalight Kiowa Ravenhawk "Raven" MH
and introducing...
Swooped in and Stole My Heart "Cooper"
I've come to accept that no one thinks this is a good idea except for me, so.....
anyway. ahem. back to work.
--Greta Ode
willing slave to the whims of
Kerrybrooks Magical Atticus "Atticus" MH
Coastalight Kiowa Ravenhawk "Raven" MH
and introducing...
Swooped in and Stole My Heart "Cooper"
Would absolutely continue to run the occasional Master test. Agree with John that having the MH title attached to your dog is a worthy goal. I have given very little thought to the Master National but might be interested if it was very nearby and the qualifying for, and participating in, didn't conflict with our primary focus of running Field Trials. Was thinking about just that with my older dog who would have been retired from Trials. We never trained for Hunt Tests but enterered them as a diversion and reward from Trial training. He loved running Hunt Tests.
I voted 'Yes" because I am running the AKC Master tests until I earn a MH title on my dog. Then to the MN. IF there was no MN I would have no desire to continue running master tests.
Lonnie Spann
DISCLAIMER: The above post is the opinionated and biased view of your's truly, Lonnie Spann, and is in no way intended to reflect the opinions or views of the unfortunate individuals named below who just happen to be doomed with guilt by association.
Member of CAHRC and North AL HRC. I train with AND AM FRIENDS WITH: Fishduck, Laidback, Splash_Em, RF2, Drake2014, Claimsadj, Hooked on Quackers, RookieTrainer and Roseberry.
HRCH Spann's Quacker Jack "Jack" 500 Pt. Club (New & IMPROVED jacket).
For me...just being at a Hunt Test and seeing old and new friends, catching up on gossip and news and watching dogs run is reason enough to go and run my dogs in local a HT. My yellow girl got her MH title 2 years ago, and I'm looking forward to this weekend, the the first HT in our area this Spring and Mercy will be running. I have no aspirations of running in Master National, I couldn't afford the expenses. I just like watching my dogs run and being around friends for a weekend!
My Girls...
Duckback's Lord Have Mercy, MH 8/07
Duckback Armbrook's Indigo Pearl, SH 10/10
I would not run a dog that has a title, very many times a year , likely only if I was going to be there with an untitled dog. The MN is not my goal , so has no bearing on what I do. If it is in my neighborhood and I qualified to run I would , but I won't go chasing tests to get qualified on a dog that has a title
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Southern Cross at Sight to Sea MH QAA "Crosby" (by NAFC FC AFC Cody Cut a Lean Grade)
Tealwood's Willing at Sight to Sea JH ( by CH I am Able)
Briarglen's Running on Faith JH (by FC Fish River's Out of the Park)
Glendair's Come Home to the Sea ( By Ch Topform's Edward MH, QAA)
Sight To Sea's Take Aim SH (by Sight to Sea's Southern Comfort SH )Aug 23 2003-Feb 2013 Go get em , Man!
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I'm just as likely to run a Master given by non-MN club as one by MN club. I have no real interest in the MN.
One of the advantages of having a CBR(the same could hold true for Goldens) if I want to take off and run dogs for 7-10 days I would rather run a Specialty and the 2 FTs the weekends before and after.
You order a Lab; ask a Golden; but negotiate with a Chesapeake!
20 to 50 % of the dogs entered in a master test have MH titles. 50% or more of the passing dogs are MH titled dogs. A good portion of those are trained and run by professional trainers.


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How To Repair Outlook Express Error Code
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May 10, 2009
Critical Error Statistics
Statistics show that around 90% of all computers suffer from critical registry errors that put them at serious risk.
**Professional Recommended**
If you've seen Outlook Express Error Code then you've probably seen some of this stuff too:
That's what I hear almost every time I answer the phone. Yesterday, I received a phone call from a lady who started getting outlook express error code message and she decided it was time to fix the issue before it went south. With that being said, I thought I'd share the info here.
What causes Outlook Express Error Code
There are several possibilities for getting error code 0x800CCC6F. Sometimes it's because of soemthing destructive such as viruses, malware, spyware, adware or could be as simple as a corrupt program. It can also be caused by installing or upgrading a new application without completely removing some conflicting application. Because this could cause registry corruption or data file corruption or mis-linked files, you see error screens.(I talked about using Perfect Uninstaller for application removal)
Back in the day, I'd spend many hours fumbling my way through the spiderweb that is known as "windows registry" deleting accumulated bad entries. Thanks to new technology, it's as easy as installing a registry tool to resolve registry errors and that is the fastest solution to this problem. There's no need to be "technical" any longer.
After you download the tool, simply press the scan button and let the application do it's thing. When it's done, just tell it to clean up that messed up registry and fix that error.. FINALLY.
Another note on the windows registry...
You can seriously jack up your registry by trying to fumble through it and remove entries. Sometimes, even directions on a webpage may not be specific enough to walk you through it. One wrongly deleted key and you find yourself re-installing windows. You should definitely use the tool I use and recommend.
Another leading cause of Error Code
Another cause of this error could be spyware, adware, or malware. This is something very real plaguing the internet today and can cause a variety of weird errors and problems with your windows PC. I've seen everything from 20 pop-ups a second until the system crashes to fake blue screens and errors in the name of selling you their product. I recommend using something that you've probably heard of though. That product is good old fashioned Ad Aware. It's been around for years and does a great job. While the free version cleans up some things, it doesn't even compare to the paid version.
Well, I hope this info helps out someone out there. Please post a comment to let me know if it does!
Happy Computing!
8 Comments Found
Posted By JackTheRipper
Jeff, thanks dude. I can't believe how easy this fix is. I spent hours trying to find something that would work. You hit the nail on the head!
Posted By Admin
haha.. no problem Jack. Glad you got it workin.
Posted By TechyMan
Thanks for this post man. This post is just what the doctor ordered. I usually can resolve most of these issues without some tool, but this one was killing me. The registry tool did the trick!
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2 words: Awesome Advice. I had RegCure on a PC a few years back and I'd forgotten about it until I read this.It works almost every time.
Posted By NeilC
Good stuff Jeff. Like your other articles on this site too. Keep em coming!
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Simply amazing. One tool that backs up everything, cleans up fragmented registry, and restores order to the Microsoft Madness lol
Posted By TomFromCanada
This product really does work eh? I guess I'll download it and let ya know.
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I'm looking for some help finding a pedigree on a pup. Registration papers haven't been turned in on the pup so a pedigree for her isn't available. Ive got the sire and the dam names and registration numbers and I've check huntinglabpedigree.com but I can find the dams pedigree. I'm not able find anything the akc website.
Any help would be appreciated.


text: Home > Health > Tips & Tricks Healthy Foodie: Top 15 Low Calorie Indian Foods Trina Remedios August 03, 2012 Healthy Foodie: Top 15 Low Calorie Indian Foods 13 / 17 X UP NEXT Healthy Foods: Winter Vegetables in India Cancel http://www.indiatimes.com/lifestyle/health-and-fitness/healthy-foods-winter-vegetables-in-india-122891.html Prev Next 202162 Prev Next Globally, Indian food has a reputation to be oily, spicy and heavy to digest. Is this really true? We take a look at popular Indian dishes that are delicious and healthy at the same time. Remember that there are certain rules; you must control the levels of oil, butter, spices, cream and cheese. Find out which Indian foods come under the Top 15 Low Calorie Indian Foods list. *Images courtesy: © Thinkstock photos/ Getty Images Buttermilk – This thick delicious dairy product goes well with any dish and is relished by family members.Calorie intake - 30 calories per glass Ragi dosa – A popular South Indian dish that is made from ragi and not from rice. It is still a winner among dosa lovers.Calorie intake - 87 calories per dosa Oats idli – Idlis are a great way to begin your day. Again, it is a South Indian delicacy that has Indians lapping it up with hot sambar. If you are going the healthy way prepare the idlis from oats, it is healthy and a great way to start your day.Calorie intake - 26 calories per idli Chicken tikka – A hit with foreigners, chicken tikka needs no explanation. It is definitely healthier than chicken tikka masala.Calorie intake - 273 calories per plate Dal tarka – Every Indian loves the simple dal and chawal. It is healthy and no longer a poor man's food.Calorie intake - 118 calories for a small bowl Pappads – You can fry it in hot oil or pop it in a microwave without oil. Microwave yourself to healthy, crispy pappads.Calorie intake - 52 calories per pappad Tandoori roti – Prepared from whole wheat, tandoori roti is baked in a clay oven that gives it a distinguished taste. A healthy accompaniment to Indian curries and tandoori chicken.Calorie intake - 102 calories per tandoori roti Tandoori chicken – Indian food is synonymous with tandoori chicken. It may be overstated but it garners a huge fan following across the globe.Calorie intake - 273 calories per piece Mixed vegetable curries – You can never go wrong with mixed vegetable curry, but it has to be prepared in at the very most one tablespoon of oil.Calorie intake - 95 calories for 100gms Fish curries – India is surrounded by the sea on three sides and as a result, we have amazing recipes that surround local fish. Prepare your fish in moderate masala quantities and low oil.Calorie intake - 323 calories for a small bowl Sprouts salad – Sprouts are healthy; add a dash of sour lime and a pinch of spice and you have a great combination sprout salad.Calorie intake - 93 calories per 100gms Raita – Cucumber raita is a great way to extinguish the fiery meal and cool the digestive tract. The curds from the raita also contain resourceful enzymes. Calorie intake - 38 calories for a small bowl Palak paneer – Palak is rich in iron and paneer is a healthy dairy product. Palak paneer is an all time favourite among vegetarians and non vegetarians.Calorie intake - 189 calories per bowl Rasam – A South Indian dish that infuses several flavours from different spices. Chop in some veggies and you have a scrumptious dish.Calorie intake - 60 calories for a small bowl Dhokla – A Gujarati favourite, dhokla is a dish made from fermented gram flour that is steamed.Calorie intake - 22 calories Lemon Rice – A simple dish that does not need a lot of spice and oil, just a healthy dose of sour lime.Calorie intake - 185 calories < 11 12 13 14 15 > Image 13 / 17 Trina Remedios August 03, 2012 Raita – Cucumber raita is a great way to extinguish the fiery meal and cool the digestive tract. The curds from the raita also contain resourceful enzymes. Calorie intake - 38 calories for a small bowl trending now Winter Vegetables in India Weight Loss Foods in Indian Kitchen 305 SHARES Top 20 Healthy Indian Dishes


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Art prints & frames, handmade in England since 1982
Doves and pigeons have been depicted within modern art by artists such as Georges Braque, Picasso and Magritte. Symbolically, they are linked with purity, peace and love, understanding of gentleness, maternity, prophecy and spirit messenger. These stout-bodied birds with short necks are perhaps the most common species of birds that humans encounter on a day-to-day basis.


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F*ck you, Duane Charles Parcells.
Originally Posted by Ricky_Fan34
I don't know wv. I'm not feeling it on this one.
hahah how things have changed since I posted this in September. I loathe the ******* now. Great thread WV, great thread.
Parcells sucks.
Bill sucks.
Duane Charles Parcells sucks.
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A Study of an Oral Entry Inhibitor, SP01A, in Treatment-Experienced HIV-Infected Patients
This trial is active, not recruiting.
|hiv infections
|phase 2
|Samaritan Pharmaceuticals, Inc
|Start date
|May 2005
|Trial size
|32 participants
|Trial identifier
One measurement of an HIV infected person's risk of progressing to AIDS is the number of viral particles of HIV in their blood (called a "viral load"). In a previous phase I/II study, SP01A was observed to significantly lower the amount of HIV in blood, improve quality of life (how well subject's felt), have a favorable safety profile (minimal side effects), and be well tolerated. Moreover, in in vitro testing SP01A: (1) demonstrated comparable or greater efficacy than currently approved anti-HIV drugs in preventing HIV virus replication; (2) was observed to have minimal toxic effect on human cells; and (3) demonstrated significant efficacy in preventing virus replication of HIV virus strains that resist currently approved anti-HIV treatments. Based on these results, SP01A demonstrates promise as a new and novel anti-HIV treatment.
The goal of this study is to further look at the dose response, efficacy, and safety of SP01A as monotherapy, given as a capsule to be swallowed, in the treatment of HIV-infected subjects. The investigators want to see if SP01A will lower the amount of HIV in blood.
Subjects will be assigned by chance to 1 of 4 groups. Neither the subject nor the study doctor or nurse will know which dose of the study drug the subject is taking or if the subject is receiving the placebo (a capsule that looks like the study drug but does not contain any active ingredient).
At the end of the 10-day study, the subject will be offered testing of their virus for resistance to approved drugs (genotype) and transferred to their physician for continued treatment with FDA-approved antiretroviral therapies. If the subject experiences a side effect, which continues past the end of the study, they will be further monitored until the side effect goes away.
|United States
|No locations recruiting
|Other countries
|No locations recruiting
|Fort Lauderdale, FL
|Therafirst Medical Centers
|no longer recruiting
|Miami, FL
|BioCollections Worldwide, Inc.
|no longer recruiting
|Orlando, FL
|Orlando Immunology Center
|no longer recruiting
|Tampa, FL
|Infectious Disease Research Institute
|no longer recruiting
|Pittsburgh, PA
|Anderson Medical Group
|no longer recruiting
|Fort Worth, TX
|Tarant County Infectious Disease
|no longer recruiting
|Houston, TX
|University of Texas Health Science Center
|no longer recruiting
Study Design
|Endpoint classification
|safety/efficacy study
|Intervention model
|parallel assignment
|Primary purpose
Primary Outcomes
The primary objective of this study is to assess the dose-response, efficacy, and safety of orally administered SP01A as monotherapy treatment in HIV-infected patients with evidence of resistance to currently available antiretroviral therapy.
time frame:
Eligibility Criteria
Male or female participants from 18 years up to 60 years old.
Inclusion Criteria: To be eligible for inclusion into this study, patients must fulfill the following criteria prior to the first day of study drug (i.e. Study Day-1) unless otherwise noted. - Patient must be capable of giving informed consent. The principal investigator or study nurse will be responsible for obtaining written informed consent from potential patients prior to conducting any testing for the screening visit. - 2. Patient is HIV-positive and has treatment-experienced virologic failure or documented resistance. Treatment-experienced virologic failure is defined as patients meeting the following criteria; (1) previous experience with antiretroviral therapy from at least two of the approved antiretroviral classes (i.e. treatment with a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, and/or non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, and/or protease inhibitor) for three to six months; (2) increasing HIV RNA after treatment had previously lowered viral load to low or undetectable levels; (3) increasing viremia (HIV RNA > 5,000 copies/mL) in at least two viral load tests confirming their failing regimen. A patient does not need to currently be on therapy. A patient that is currently on a stable antiretroviral regimen that is successfully suppressing or maintaining viremia at low detectable levels (HIV RNA < 5,000 copies/mL) is not eligible for entry into the study. - Patient has been off all anti-viral medications, including any unapproved or experimental treatment for HIV and antiretrovirals, for at least 4 weeks prior to Study Day-1 (baseline). The patient may initiate this 4 week period after screening, if, in the judgment of the principal investigator, the patient qualifies for the study. - Patient is at least 18 years of age and not older than 60 years of age. - Patient is capable of adhering to the protocol. - Patient has a CD4+ count >50 cells/ml. - Patient has a viral load of > 5000 copies/ml. - Patient has a Karnofsky score greater than or equal to 60. - Female patients that are of childbearing potential: (1) have a negative urine pregnancy test at screening, and agree to use a condom and another form of contraception from the start of the study; or (2) are incapable of becoming pregnant. Exclusion Criteria: Patients are ineligible to participate in the study if ANY of the following criteria are met. - Patients with known or suspected allergy to procaine hydrochloride. - Patients using sulfonamides (including Septra/Bactrim). Sulfonamides should not be used while on SP01A, because procaine will inactivate it. If a patient must be treated with Septra/Bactrim, that patient will be removed from the study. - Patients with glaucoma using anti-cholinesterase inhibitors (Humorsol [demecarium bromide] echothiophate iodide, Floropryl [isoflurophate], Isopto-Eserine [physostigmine salicylate]). Anti-cholinesterase inhibitors should not be used while on SP01A, since anticholinesterases inhibit the breakdown of procaine hydrochloride. - Patients with SGOT baseline value >3 times upper limit. - Patients with SGPT baseline value >3 times upper limit. - Patients with creatinine >2.0 mg/ dl. - Patients with absolute neutrophil count <1,000 cells/mm3. - Patients with platelets baseline value <75,000 cells/µl. - Patients that currently have any active opportunistic infection. Prophylaxis for Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (MAI), cytomegalovirus (CMV), Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), or herpes is permitted (excluding treatment with Sulfonamides). - Females that are pregnant or breast feeding. - Female patients of childbearing age who cannot either use dual contraception or abstain from sexual intercourse during the clinical study. - Patients with less than 6 months life expectancy. - Patients with active hepatitis (viral or drug induced). - Patients with cancer, except peripheral (dermal) Kaposi's sarcoma. - Patients on dialysis. - Patients that currently have an active alcohol or substance abuse problem. - Patients with any medical, psychological, psychiatric or substance use problem that, in the opinion of the principal investigator, will interfere with the patient's ability to complete the study. - A patient that is currently on a stable antiretroviral regimen that is successfully suppressing or maintaining viremia at low detectable levels (HIV RNA < 5,000 copies/ml) is not eligible for entry into the study.
Additional Information
|Official title
|A Multi-Center, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study Of Orally Administered SP01A As Monotherapy Treatment Of HIV-Infected Patients
|This is a multi-center, double-blind, randomized, placebo controlled Phase II study of orally administered SP01A as monotherapy treatment in HIV-infected patients with evidence of resistance to currently available antiretroviral therapy. This monotherapy study focuses on HIV-infected subjects who have previously failed antiretroviral regimens (treatment failures; defined as individuals with evidence of their viral load going up despite taking their anti-HIV drugs precisely as prescribed). HIV-positive subjects will be evaluated during the pre-study period. Following a 4-week washout period (to ensure that any previous anti-HIV drug no longer remains in their system), all study groups will initiate the 10-day monotherapy study. At the conclusion of the 10-day monotherapy study, subjects will have the option of having testing to determine the best anti-HIV treatment combination for their further treatment. Further treatment, if indicated, will be limited to FDA-approved anti-HIV treatments. The primary objective of this study is to assess the dose-response, efficacy and safety of orally administered SP01A as monotherapy treatment (study drug alone) of HIV-infected subjects with evidence of resistance to currently available anti-HIV drug therapy. The primary analysis is the reduction in viral load (log10) within each SP01A study arm as well as within the placebo arm as measured from the first day of drug administration (DAY-1 (Baseline)) to the last day of study drug administration (DAY-11 (Study-End)). The secondary analysis is the reduction in viral load (log10) across SP01A active arms measured from DAY-1 (Baseline) to DAY-11 (Study-End). The investigators may also test the HIV in each patient's blood to determine if one or more HIV strains exists that are resistant to currently approved anti-HIV drugs. This testing will be conducted at DAY-1 and Day-11. Additionally, the investigators may test to determine whether the virus develops resistance to the study drug on DAY-11. Safety will be assessed at each visit by laboratory evaluations, physical examination and/or questioning for side effects. In the event of side effects, dosing of study drug may be stopped according to provisions outlined in the protocol.
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Eva Mendes
- Actor
Cee Lo Green
- Singer
Matt and Oz
- Director & Editor
Adam "Ghost Panther" McKay
- Lyrics
Will Ferrell
- Lyrics
Jon Brion
- Composer
Antonio Scarlata
- Cinematographer
Funny Or Die
- Executive Producer
Shauna O'Toole
- Make Up/Hair
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Additional Credits
Directed by Osmany Rodriguez & Josh Martin
Starring Eva Mendes & Cee-Lo Green
The Sequinses Band: Jon Brion, Ben Reddell & David Neher
The Tear Drop Backup Singers: Natalie Hoy, Jennie Pierson & Tiffani Haddish
Producer: Dal Wolf
Production Manager: Jacob Geller
1st AD: Genghis Jorgensen
2nd AD: Matt Mazany
Producer Designer: Tony Swansey
Director of Photography: Antonio Scarlata
1st AC: Scott Johnson
2nd AC: Ray Lee
Sound: BoTown Sound
DIT: Ben Moen
Gaffer: Kevin Stewart & Richard Kim
Key Grip: Jordan Downey
Best Boy Grip: Daniel Ainsworth
Best Boy Electric: Brian Lane
Grip: Andrew Crighton, Dan O'Brian & Pat O'Brian
Hair & Make Up: Shauna O'Toole
Hair Stylist: Timon Cana
Eva Mendes Hair & Make Up: Steeve Daviault
Wardrobe: Leslie Schilling
Projections Model: Annelise Dekker
PAs: Andrew Grissom, Samantha Chan, Jordan Martin, Mike Mcalister, John Ziskal, Andreas Hoelting
Special Thanks to Luis Sanchez, Adam McKay, Mike Farah, Mike Jasorka & Avenue Six Studios
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[Music Playing]
Eva Mendes: Oh, hello.
Eva Mendes: Oh, no, no, no. You come here.
Eva Mendes: Is your watch broke?
Eva Mendes: Sit down. My friend's been talkin'. Sayin' you don't love me. Say you all about hustlin'. And makin' that sweet money.
Eva Mendes: You fill your chalice with wine. You got a feather in your cap. You say I look so fine. And give my backside a pat. Ooo!
Eva Mendes: Your nickname for me is trick or girl number five. It makes me think that you don't know what it's like for a woman to feel alive.
Eva Mendes: So, when I ask what you are, you take a draw from your blunt cigar. And the tears well up in your eyes. I know that my friend's tellin' me lies. Cause pimps don't cry. They never shed a tear. Never gonna cry, never shed a tear.
Cee-Lo Green: Oh, lover.
Eva Mendes: Yes, lover?
Cee-Lo Green: Look at my eyes, baby.
Eva Mendes: I'm looking in your big browns.
Cee-Lo Green: Crying.
Eva Mendes: Oh, baby. Don't cry.
Cee-Lo Green: Have mercy. Now, my lovely queen.
Eva Mendes: Yes?
Cee-Lo Green: I'm so sorry that I raised my voice.
Eva Mendes: No worries.
Cee-Lo Green: But, see, love can turn a man so mean when his lady doesn't give him any choice. And, uh, yeah, I like to dress nice.
Eva Mendes: Oh, you do.
Cee-Lo Green: Platform shoes, rings, and a pharaoh's beard.
Eva Mendes: Mm-hmm.
Cee-Lo Green: And oh yeah, I flash my ice.
Eva Mendes: [Whispers] Ice.
Cee-Lo Green: Damn it woman, I am a man to be feared.
Eva Mendes: Oh, you scare me, baby.
Cee-Lo Green: But, when the sun goes down, and all that money is piled up on the dresser.
Eva Mendes: Mm. Do I know.
Cee-Lo Green: You see, a man works hard for his woman in town, and, uh, I don't wanna come home just to second guess her. Mm. So, you better not second guess me.
Eva Mendes: Never.
Cee-Lo Green: Cause one thing that me and you can both agree, that when you see these tears in my eyes, just know that all the rumors are lies. Cause pimps don't cry. Pimps don't cry. Pimps don't cry. No, they don't. They never shed a tear.
Eva Mendes & Background Singers: Never shed a tear.
Cee-Lo Green: Whoa! Pimps don't cry. They never shed a tear.
Eva Mendes: You're so sensitive.
Cee-Lo Green: Oh!
Background Singers: Never, never cry. Never shed a tear.
Cee-Lo Green: Ah! Oh. No, no.
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Background Singers: Never, ever cry. Never shed a tear. Pimps don't cry.
Eva Mendes: You're like a black Doctor Phil.
Cee-Lo Green: I'm crying for you though, baby.
Eva Mendes: Oh, I see your tears, baby.
Cee-Lo Green: I, I love you now.
Eva Mendes: Is that Visine?
Cee-Lo Green: You don't gotta work part-time.
Eva Mendes: Why you got a eye dropper in your hand, baby?
Cee-Lo Green: [Laughs]


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Somebody has apparently hacked my Advogato account. I can't seem to find any way to change my password. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to do it? david -AT- lupercalia.net
Somebody has apparently hacked my Advogato account. I can't seem to find any way to change my password. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to do it? david -AT- lupercalia.net
I've been dealing with some serious health problems for months now. I was pretty much completely unable to work for awhile and lost my job. Didn't feel much like posting to Advogato either, as you might have noticed.
Things were pretty bleak and depressing for awhile, but they are getting better now. I've been on new meds for just about exactly one month now and they seem to have things under control. I am working full time again at a job I really enjoy. The downside is it's mostly Windows programming, although I have done some Perl/Linux stuff. Right now I'm learning C#. It's too soon to give any opinions about it.
Dave and I bought a new condo together and we're closing on the 28th, so we're really excited about that. I'm moving out of a townhouse, but Dave is coming out of a 5,000 square foot mansion, so for him it's a bit of an adjustment. But I refuse to live in the suburbs, and who can afford 5,000 square feet in the city, especially in a great neighborhood?
I moved in with Dave at his old house in February, and we closed its sale on the 3rd of March, so we're officially homeless atm. All our stuff is in storage and we're staying at Larry's. It's a bit cramped and we're starting to get on each other's nerves. Dave and I are not exactly slobs, but not exactly neat freaks either. Larry, however, is neurotic. Dave and I need to get into our own place while we're all still friends, let's leave it at that. :-)
I'm looking forward to getting back to work on Lampadas again after a long hiatus. Although I've been unable to work for awhile, I have not been unable to think, and I've done a lot of thinking and planning about Lampadas. It could be up to a month more before I am settled into the new house and have my all-important DSL line installed, but I'm eager to get back to work as soon as I can.
"david merrill is capable of churning out the yardage"
"linux documentation project is the place you should go when you someone tells you to rtfm"
but unfortunately,
"lampadas is a bloody mess".
Of course, you know that.
It wasn't a good time to rearchitect. I was trying to finalize a release for the Gnome Documentation Project. However, the weight of cruft had accumulated to the point that it was taking forever to fix each bug or add each feature, so I was approaching a GDP release asymptotically. Something had to change.
I don't remember where I found the link originally, but I read through A Real War on Terrorism by Robert Wright yesterday and today. Much of it makes sense, unlike mglazer and his knee-jerk responses, based on what seems to be an inability to see shades of gray. mglazer will, of course, misread this and call me a traitor or something. Whatever.
Speaking of calling me things, somebody made a comment about "faggots" to me yesterday, not knowing I'm gay. That was worth a good laugh. I've never seen quite that exact shade of red before.
I've been doing a lot of code cleanup lately in Lampadas. The feature set is pretty complete as far as the meta-data management stuff, but have just a bit to finish.
Unfortunately, I have turned my attention to reworking several parts of the system, because they need to be more flexible. Make one to throw away and all that -- seems to apply in this case.
I've been rather driven by trying to get a beta out. Now that we are actually there, I don't feel as much time pressure, which means I also enjoy the work more. I can focus on the lower level system more and less on the UI and specific features.
We're finding lots of things that need tweaking, but that's not surprising during the first test rollout of a new system, especially a system as complex as Lampadas. Overall, it is shaping up very well. I'm happy. Life is good.
And That's Not All! The Gnome Documentation Project is also ready to begin rolling out Lampadas on the same basis. Their DocTable has been b0rken for some time, so they really need something to help them coordinate their work.
It will be interesting to see what shortcomings of Lampadas are uncovered once these folks start actually using it for daily work.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
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Musical Fidelity EB-50
"Hi, I've recently got my EB-50, and straight out of the box, I had to adjust my ears to the flat sound signature. the sound is clinical and dry but very true. Coming from the luscious RE-262 (difficult to drive, mid-centric but with extremely great soundstage), the EB-50 were extremely fast and I loved the soundstage that as a out-of-the-head feeling that almost seems not coming from the..." --Kressel
Atrio MG7 Pro RED (010-049) -
Atrio MG7 Pro RED hear what you have been missing! Studio sound quality with un-matched base response; An ergonomic Stay - In: design with background noise isolation; Promotes safer hearing with Bigger Sound at Lower volume; Packaging is fully eco-friendly and RoHS compliant; Proprietary 10 mm MG7 speaker system.
Atrio X MG5 Black
Atrio X bigger sound lowervolume with MG5 proprietary 10mm dynamic drivers delviers a value not found in earbuds twice the cost. Packaging is fully eco-friendly and ROHD compliant. Studio Quality, Ergonomic stay in ear design.


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