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The BlackBerry brand has never been synonymous with gaming, but BlackBerry 10 heralds a whole new world of fun for BB owners. We're already seeing iOS and Android hits, both classic and recent, making their way onto the new platform. There are even a few original titles popping up. If you're looking for some good BB10 games to fill in the gaps between meetings, or while away the commute, we can help.
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Jetpack Joyride (Free)
Experimental jetpacks, lasers, and gadgets, with evil scientists swarming the laboratory – it's a recipe for chaotic fun. Your aim, as the brilliantly named Barry Steakfries, is to survive for as long as you possibly can. That won't be very long to begin with, but once you get a handle on the many obstacles in your path and unleash some power-ups, you'll be having a grand time. Arcade action like this, with that one-more-turn hook, is irresistible.
Need for Speed Undercover ($3)
Electronic Arts' racing franchise has spawned countless games on multiple platforms and they're all rip-roaring fun for speed freaks. This BB10 release is fast and furious, offering you 20 delicious cars to choose from, as you take on eight different gameplay modes across three environments. Polished visuals and a real sense of speed will suck you straight into the world of insanely high speed racing. The ability to customize your car and earn upgrades gives it some depth.
Trigger happy, FPS fans have not traditionally been well served on the BlackBerry platform, but that changes with Gameloft's N.O.V.A. 3. This is a stylish sci-fi shooter in the mold of Halo. If you're going to save the human race then you'll need to shoot a lot of aliens, which you'll do in the ruins of San Francisco. The shooter action is broken up nicely with a couple of vehicle-based sections and some sniping support. It's not original, but it is well-made and lots of fun to play.
Beach Buggy Blitz (Free)
Tearing round a tropical island in a beach buggy turns out to be really enjoyable and addictive. This title looks great, especially considering it's free, and the gameplay is easy to get into, but tough to master. You'll encounter plenty of weird and wonderful creatures and obstacles, and there are loads of coins to collect, which can be spent on upgrades and power-ups. It's a decent kart racer, crossed with an endless running game. How far can you go?
Radiant Defense (Free)
Retro neon visuals are a signature of developer Hexage and this free tower defense release is one of its best. You must construct a base with lasers, guns, cannons, and other weapons, and make it capable of withstanding waves of invading aliens. You'll earn cash as you exterminate the invaders, and you can spend it on upgrades, or new towers to repel the next wave. It's very addictive and very challenging, with a difficulty curve that quickly rises.
Angry Birds Star Wars (Free)
Probably the most well-known and well-loved of all mobile games, Angry Birds, never made it onto the old BlackBerry platform (it belatedly made an appearance on the PlayBook). Thankfully, the latest and greatest release from Rovio has landed on BB10, and it's free! This time, you are leading the bird rebellion against the imperial pigs, but it's the same bird-firing, physics-based puzzler it always was, just with a Star Wars veneer and some new mechanics. Can you bring down the pig's structures and save the galaxy from porky tyranny? Instant addiction guaranteed. Just remember many rebel birds died to bring you this game.
The Bard's Tale ($6)
Anyone seeking an in-depth RPG with hours of polished questing content and the ability to develop your roguish character into a formidable slayer of monsters has to snag The Bard's Tale. There's a world of towns and countryside to explore, filled with a range of vicious enemies and friendly characters to chat with. The real attraction of this game is its sense of humor. There's a ton of sarcastic dialogue and witty repartee to enjoy. It's a great antidote to fantasy worlds that take themselves a little too seriously.
World of Goo ($5)
To describe this as a physics-based construction game makes it sound dull and World of Goo is anything but. Your challenge is to build structures out of sentient gooballs so their gooball pals can escape through a pipe. Like all good puzzlers, the difficulty ramps up as you progress and new mechanics are introduced. You'll need to think ahead to ensure your gooball constructions are structurally sound or you won't get far. The game looks and sounds great and it will keep you amused for hours.
Anomaly Warzone Earth HD ($4)
Tower defense games took mobile by storm and it feels as though every possible facet has been covered ten times over, but what about tower offense? Anomaly Warzone turns the genre on its head and puts you in command of an armored squad. Your mission is to find objectives and ultimately blast your way to the exit on each level through an assortment of alien defenses and towers. It's very nicely put together and it packs a real strategic punch.
Sparkle ($3)
The match-three puzzle genre is another well-served gaming niche. Sparkle conjures up memories of Puzzle Bobble, Zuma, and Bonsai Blast. You basically fire colored orbs out of a gun and have to try and match three or more of the same color to clear them away before they overrun the level. There are a few power-ups to make things a little more interesting, but at heart this is a fiendishly addictive and extremely accessible title that anyone can enjoy.
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Black Sesame Brownies
i like the aroma of black sesame, its nutty aroma and smells tantalizing. When i came across this black sesame brownies recipe here, i thought this is pretty interesting. Brownies are always a very american thing to me and black sesame i believe it's more commonly used by asians, i also see soya sauce in this brownies recipe which the author said that it's a substitution for salt ..hmm..so i am very eager to find out how do these black sesame brownies actually taste like. Okay, they are very aromatic, some members of my family like it , i wouldnt say i love these a lot cos i find the taste a little buttery for my liking despite its nice cakey texture, i probably prefer a black sesame chiffon.
Recipe ( adapted from Green Cilantro with minor changes) makes one small loaf
80gm unsalted butter, room temperature
30gm sugar
2 egg yolks
40gms black sesame paste
1/4 tsp soya sauce
1 egg white
10gm caster sugar
pinch of cream of tartar
50gm cake flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp black sesame seeds , for sprinkling
1. In a bowl, cream the butter with an electric mixer on low, until it lightens in colour and texture, then add 30gms of sugar and carefully combine.
2.Add in the yolk one by one, making sure to fully blend into the mixture before each addition.
3.Add the black sesame paste and soya sauce into the mixture.
4.In another clean bowl, beat the egg whites with cream of tartar for 2 minutes, then add the remaining sugar ( 10gm) and beat till the egg white is fluffy and stiff.
5.Combine and sift flour with baking powder. Add half of the whipped egg whites into the black sesame mixture as well as half of the flour mixture. Use a rubber spatula to fold and combine.
6.Add the remaining egg whites mixture into (5) and also the remaining flour mixture, fold and combine.
7.Pour the mixture into a prelined baking tin, sprinkle the black sesame seeds on top and bake for 15minutes at 150C.
p/s - as Joyce from Kitchen Flavours has some personal matters to attend, she wont be able to join in the bake along for this round. Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids has chosen a Cherry Vanilla Teacake for our next bake along on Jan 30. If you are interested to bake along , you can get the recipe here.
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Love your Asian style sesame brownies. This brownies must be extremely delightful with this lovely twist.ReplyDelete
Green Cilantro is one my fav blog to visit as Viv is always good in creating Asian-Western fusion style cuisine.
My son didn't have steady hands to draw these faces yet but he did get excited looking at these funny looking brownies.
What interesting recipe Lena always I see using black sesame to savoy things and breads but these look absolutely nice the other day I went to a chinese maeReplyDelete
rket and I sawe black sesam the next time I have to buy look nice:)
Love chinese market have nice things) lol
Eh, can use black sesame...interesting leh...ReplyDelete
the crumb looks very fine and nice.ReplyDelete
I have only recently started to appreciate black sesame.
Soy sauce in it.. interesting
Lena, what an interesting twist to the classic brownies...like the idea of sesame...something that I'd love to try.ReplyDelete
Happy New Year, and hope you have a great week ahead :-)
wow, black sesame! Interesting, would really want to try it out :)ReplyDelete
Oh my, these are black beauties! I love black sesame alot too but besides chiffon, haven't thought of using it for other bakes. Nice one, will make it for my parents next time. 😊ReplyDelete
I have seen this on Viv's blog and love it too but don't know where to get sesame paste. Is it the same as black sesame powder that you grind till it turned into paste? I hope I could meet you in the coming gathering to sample your crabs:DReplyDelete
Can I say this is a brownie good for females? Cos black sesame is very good for us ladies, I heard :)ReplyDelete
interesting.. soy sauce..ReplyDelete
Hi Lena, your brownies are fantastic, I liked the idea of sesame seeds.ReplyDelete
kisses, have a good week.
Hi Lena, your brownies looks good, I like the sesame aroma too.ReplyDelete
Have a nice day.
What a great idea!They seem really yummy!Happy new year,dear!Kisses from Greece!ReplyDelete
I am sure this is fragrant with the addition of black sesame! :)ReplyDelete
Very unique, first time coming across black sesame brownies. Interesting, it looks so tempting!ReplyDelete
gosh i love black sesame.ReplyDelete
Black sesame brownies, something new.... Added with soy sauce, very interesting recipe ^_^ReplyDelete
Love the twist...they look fabulous!ReplyDelete
It looked like charcoal kuih, very healthy.ReplyDelete
An interesting combination. I love sesame.ReplyDelete
Lena...these black beauties looks delicious. Asian brownies...mmmm great idea to use black sesame paste and it must be fragrant too :)ReplyDelete
I have no problem with this but I afraid my kids will not appreciate black bake, hahaha.. Sound healthy too .ReplyDelete
talk about creative! These are exceptional! A masterpiece that I would love to tryReplyDelete
Lena, our brownies has the same color, black :)ReplyDelete
Curious about the taste of sesame in the brownies, must be yum! :)
What an intriguing rendition, Lena. Who can resist a fabulous Brownie Recipe? Not I:)ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing...
love the idea of black sesame and brownies together - i'm definitely bookmarking to try one day, when i get my hands on black sesame that is ;pReplyDelete
Hi Lena....you know, if I'd met you under different circumstances....you were too young then, maybe Form 3, ha ha.....but what I mean a lady like you with your creative culinary skills in cake making and cooking....ReplyDelete
Habis cherita.....
You the kind of lady a man would be proud bring home show his mummy.....and when mummy takes one bite of your this brownies, she'll smack the son's shoulder hard, "What you waiting for..."? Ha ha ha.
Lena....you just one terrific lady. I am very impressed!
Incidentally, can I have your consent to copy your delicious kimchi friend rice? Never seen before and I love kim chi too.
Will display it when next I naik angin blog about gorgeous women who can cook instead of my usual sex stories, ha ha ha.
Will credit ou of course.
Okay, owe you 2 glasses of Southern comfort, *wink*.
Stat beautiful and keep a song in your heart.
This is really east meets west. Very impressive !!ReplyDelete
This recipe totally change my mind about brownies. I've always thought brownies are just chocolate... never thought there could be sesame brownies! They look really delicious! *drools*ReplyDelete
fusion! I like.. I would think black sesame will go so well with chocolate..did you think the choc overpowered the blacksesame though? nice one to bake I think!ReplyDelete
What an interesting twist to brownies. Black sesame and soya sauce? I still cant get my head around it! Looks great though, might have to give this a try and get everyone to guess the ingredients! :)ReplyDelete
Emm... I can literally smell your brownies from here. Never come across black sesame brownies though ~ReplyDelete
Hi Lena, your brownies looks wonderful, I have not heard of black sesame or soy sauce in a brownie before, interesting combination. I have just post my brownie, made it and am glad I did not miss our Bake-Along. Everything is fine now, thank you for your concern, Lena. Hugs!ReplyDelete
My dear Lena, if you have any left, may I have them? I am sure they will make fantastic rum balls!ReplyDelete
Soy sauce!! What an interesting flavour. It makes me intrigue.ReplyDelete
Soy sauce and black sesame in brownies, these are quite an unusual ingredients for a brownie. I'm loving your originality!ReplyDelete
what a unique brownie, and I love black sesame. would love to try this combination with flourless brownie recipe. thanks for the inspiration!ReplyDelete

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Pregnant pearl danio what do I do!?!?
My pearl danio is pregnant and a big large and she is in a small breeder tank ( only one I had ) she will be relocated into a 5 gallon tank in a day or two. How do I breed these fish? How do. Keep babies or eggs alive? How do I feed them? Will they need a heater in my 5 gallon? How long does the process take?
The procedure you are using is only effective with livebearers. Livebearers have internal fertilization and when you see a bulging belly, it is sign that there is developing offspring. Egg layers like celestial pearl danios fertilize their eggs outside of the body, meaning that the bulge in gravid females isn't caused by fry, but by still unfertilized eggs. By isolating the female you are essentially losing all chances of Breeding them. Yes, they will need a heater in the 5 gallon. Get a whole bunch of fine leaved plants such as hornwort or cabomba and put the female with a male after conditioning them. If the female really is gravid and the bulge isn't caused by bloat or another disease, then they will spawn in the plants. Both parents should be removed afterwards because they will eat eggs and fry.


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You know that I love sporting analogies…
In baseball the Coach or Manager always has to remember the "White Line".
The "White Line" is the base line that the manager is not supposed to cross the white line during the course of the game. The players on the field play the game and the manger coaches, makes adjustments, and gives advise from the dugout. He sends in signals and on occasion leaves the dugout to make a pitching change or settle down the pitcher.
When I was a Scout, our SPL was a total jock. He was a star football player, wrestler, and baseball stud. I remember he used to call the area where the Scoutmaster and the Assistants camped the other side of the "Green Line".
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I had not thought about that until our last troop election. I looked on as our new SPL took control of the Troop. As the Troop grows and the Scouts develop in skills and leadership, we Scoutmasters need to know where the green line is. And we need to be aware that crossing it can move the youth leaders a step back in their development. Stepping over the green line when it is not needed or warranted chisels away at the Boy led foundation.
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Matthew Cobb is senior lecturer in animal behavior at the University of Manchester. He is the author of Generation: The Seventeenth-Century Scientists Who Unraveled the Secrets of Sex, Life, and Growth (Bloomsbury, 2006) (published in the United Kingdom by Free Press as The Egg and Sperm Race).
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My academic career has been shaped by three snap decisions. First, in 1974 I realized I wanted to study animal behavior. Then, two years later, I read a summary of Yadin Dudai and Seymour Benzer's discovery of the first Drosophila learning mutant, dunce, and decided in an instant that I wanted to work on flies. Finally, in 1997, I opened a book by the 17th-century scientist Jan Swammerdam, and that inspired me to know more about the history of science. I did my degree and my Ph.D. at what, at the time, was one of the few places in the world that worked on Drosophila behavior genetics (Sheffield, U.K.). After a first postdoc at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, getting twins drunk (a behavior-genetics study of the effects of a challenge dose of alcohol on human twins), I fled Margaret Thatcher's attacks on U.K. science and went to France to study fly behavior again. I ended up staying 18 years, which was a surprise matched only by my return to the United Kingdom in 2002, where I now live with my companion and our two daughters. I do research on the sense of smell in Drosophila maggots, lecture on chemical communication and on animal behavior, and am in charge of Manchester University's zoology degree. Probably the best description of my outlook is that I'm an evolutionary neurobiologist—I'm interested in how evolution has shaped the sensory systems and behavior of animals through genes and neuronal networks. I'm also interested in history, particularly the history of science, which was the subject of my recent book. Books tend to be undervalued in my research field—because of the pace of discovery, papers are the focus of everyone's work. And, as everyone knows, these are generally not literary works!
What books are you currently reading (or have you just finished reading) for your work or for pleasure? Why did you choose them, and what do you think of them?
Richard W. Burkhardt's Patterns of Behavior: Konrad Lorenz, Niko Tinbergen, and the Founding of Ethology (University of Chicago Press, 2005). Burkhardt has been working on this for years—it is an incredibly rich account of a key period in the history of 20th-century science. I read this out of interest, and also as background to an article I have just written on the early history of Drosophila behavior genetics.
I am reading Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction, by Bernard Wood (Oxford University Press, 2005), which does exactly what it says on the tin. We're running a series of inquiry-based learning tutorials on human evolution for our first-year zoologists in which the students investigate primate skulls and DNA sequences, culminating in a lecture by Professor Wood. If his talk is as good as his book, the students will be very satisfied!
I have been reading tons of books in French for a project I'm working on, which deals with the French Resistance during World War II. The most moving was the memoir by André Calvès, Sans bottes ni médailles: un Trotskyste Breton dans la guerre (Editions La Brèche, 1984); the most impressive was a memoir by Jacques Baumel, Résister: Histoire secrète des anneés (A. Michel, 1999); and the most thought-provoking analysis was in La Résistance sans De Gaulle, by Robert Belot (Fayard, 2006).
I have been browsing through Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity, by Stephen A. Marshall (Firefly Books, 2006). I was inspired to buy this by a review in American Scientist earlier in the year. It is fantastic and will be much used on a two-week field course I run in the French Alps every year, even if it does concentrate on North American insects.
I bumped into Fred Turner's recent book From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism (University of Chicago Press, 2006) and am finding it engrossing. He describes the links between the Californian "communalist" counterculture of the 1960s and the development of the Internet—the connection between the Grateful Dead and Google. Very thought-provoking.
Finally, I'm slowly reading two very different books just for fun: White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s (Serpent's Tail, 2005), by record producer Joe Boyd (great music, great times), and Elmore Leonard's Collected Western Stories—most of them written in the 1950s, when he was in his 20s. They are fantastic vignettes, carefully crafted examples of pulp fiction.
When and where do you usually read (specific location, time of day, etc.)?
It's probably easier to put it the other way round—about the only time I do not read is when I'm on my bicycle riding to and from work, and at mealtimes (except breakfast, when it's allowed). But that reading is mainly newspapers, magazines and scientific articles. I read books in our study at home, and in bed.
Who are your favorite writers (fiction, nonfiction or poetry)? Why?
Balzac, for his incredible grasp of the human condition and his ability to make you empathize with the most unlikely characters.
Iain M. Banks, for the breadth of his imagination, in particular in his Culture science-fiction novels. His nongenre books (written as Iain Banks) are equally gripping.
Richard Dawkins, the greatest living popularizer of evolutionary biology. I don't agree with every word he says, but he is a writer with a tremendous voice that comes over in every sentence.
Elmore Leonard, the ultimate modern stylist. Simple, direct, yet amazingly evocative. How does he do it? Plus, his stories are great!
What are the three best books you've ever read? Explain.
The Goblin Reservation, by Clifford Simak (Putnam, 1968). I've read this science-fiction novel over and over again since I was a teenager. Enchanting, witty and great fun to read, it's also a fantastic story. If only it were true!
The History of the Russian Revolution, by Leon Trotsky (1930). An insider's account of one of the most decisive events in the 20th century, written with panache and wit. An unrivaled insight into one of the great spasms of history. Even Winston Churchill acknowledged the power of Trotsky's writing.
The New Encyclopedia of Mammals, edited by David MacDonald (Oxford University Press, 2001). I was sent a copy of the second edition to review a few years ago (a new edition has just been published). I was simply astonished by it. The depth of knowledge is inspiring, the pictures and illustrations are beautiful, and every time I open it, I get the same sense of wonder and fragility. I also nearly sprain my wrists (it is huge).
What book has influenced you most? Explain how.
I'll have to choose two, I'm afraid. First, Perry Anderson's Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism (NLB, 1974). I read this in my first term at university in 1975, and it not only showed me that history could be explained by struggles between and within classes over resources and power, it also gave me a glimpse of the huge sea of academic knowledge that anyone can swim in, if they so wish. Second, Jan Swammerdam's The Book of Nature (written in the 1670s). I bumped into Swammerdam's name in about 1997 and went to the library of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris to look at the English edition (1758—still available in facsimile from Arno Press). I was absolutely astounded by the illustrations, and by the writing. That encounter led directly to my work on 17th-century science.
Name three books you want to read but haven't gotten to yet.
Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (Houghton Mifflin, 2006). Like Dawkins, I am increasingly worried and annoyed by the rise of religion around the world. Atheists need to come out fighting, and this polemical book is an example to us all.
Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit (1857). Some time ago I gave up on this when I was one-third of the way through. At the time I was "Dickensed out," having read virtually every one of his books in the space of a year. I really must go back to it.
Jonathan Israel, Enlightenment Contested: Philosophy, Modernity, and the Emancipation of Man, 1670-1752 (Oxford University Press, 2006). I read Israel's previous book, Radical Enlightenment (Oxford University Press, 2001), as part of the background to my study of the 17th-century history of science. I want to find time to read the next installment.
What book recommendations do you have for young readers?
Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials trilogy (Northern Lights [Random House, 1995], The Subtle Knife [1997], The Amber Spyglass [2000]). A brilliant antidote to the lack of imagination and the literary dowdiness of the Harry Potter books, and it is militantly atheistic as well. Highly recommended for older readers, too—I was grabbed and enraptured by these three books, and for around a week in 2001 I did nothing else but read them.
Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (1956). A classic account of how a natural historian is made. Durrell's apparently idyllic childhood on the Greek island of Corfu is guaranteed to inspire every reader—and to make you very jealous!
What science book recommendations do you have for nonscientists?
Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene (Oxford University Press, 1976). One of the most important popular science books of the second half of the 20th century. Dawkins explains in terrific prose some of the most influential ideas since Darwin. I don't agree with everything he says—in particular his ideas about "memes," which I think are silly—but anyone who is interested in modern biology should read this.
The New Encyclopedia of Mammals, edited by David MacDonald. (For reasons, see above.)
Lifelines: Life Beyond the Gene, by Steven Rose (Oxford University Press, 2003). This is an excellent antidote to the "gene-centered" view of behavior that predominates in popular views of science. Lucid, entertaining, accurate and, above all, profoundly right!
Name one book in your discipline that you would recommend for scientists outside your field. Explain your choice.
I have two disciplines (animal behavior and the history of science), so I get to choose three books ...
Pheromones and Animal Behaviour: Communication by Smell and Taste, by Tristram Wyatt (Cambridge University Press, 2003). Tristram summarizes our understanding in the fast-moving and fascinating field of chemical communication. Clearly written, accurate and exciting.
Wonders and the Order of Nature, 1150-1750 by Lorraine Daston and Katharine Park (Zone Books, 1998). This fantastic account of pre-scientific views of the world is both a cracking read and a beautifully produced book. It will change the way you look at our predecessors.
Experiments on the Generation of Insects, by Francesco Redi (1668). The original is written in Italian, but there is a 1909 translation into English that is in many libraries and can still be picked up from secondhand booksellers. Redi was one of the heroes of my recent book, and the one I would most have liked to chat with over a pint. He was a physician, a scientist and a poet, and this book describes how he demonstrated that insects are not spontaneously generated but come from eggs. The science is bold and astonishing, and the light, humorous tone comes rippling down the centuries.
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HM-801 brings desktop audio to the portable venue, with a few compromises
Pros: Beautiful sound with 24/96 FLAC that no other portable can match
Cons: Short battery life, large size, small internal storage, no video
REVIEW of HM-801:
I've had a loaner 801 here for a week and a half, playing a multitude of 24/96 hi-res downloads and 16/44 FLAC or WAV files, and all I can say is that I've already emailed Fang that I want to buy this one to replace my iMod/Vcap dock.
I took it to Westone on Wednesday to try out their new ES5 demos which sounded wonderful with it (better balance, depth and out-of-head soundstage than my ES3X which I love). During our 2 hour listening session p0derh0und23 (Doug) agreed with me that the 801 with 24/96 FLAC sounds a little more realistic and spacious than my iMod rig using the same songs in 16 bit ALAC files. The HM-801 with 24/96 FLAC was also superior as a line-out source to my iPad with 16 bit lossless > iPad camera connection kit > iBasso D4 USB DAC line-out > Pico Slim, Protector and SR-001 mk2. Karl at Westone was also impressed with it as a source and amp.
We tried it with the 801's built-in amp, and with line-out into Pico Slim and RSA Protector - with stock earphone cables and balanced TWag cable (with SE adapter for Slim). And we even fed it into an Audiocats SuperFatCat ++ modded SR-001 Mk2 which everyone loved. The 801 internal amp was a great match with the ES5 demos, as well as my ES3X and some UM3X they had there. It's also one of my few portable amps that controls the bass well on my UE11pro and doesn't allow the mids to sound recessed. I love how it seems to get along with a wide variety of IEM that have very different sounds. Basically, it sounds very good and is easily on the level of these other top-tier portable amps.
Where the HM-801 really shines is with my 24/96 Linn.com and HDTracks.com downloads, where it has better micro-detail, ambience air and space, soundstage, depth and realism than these other sources and amps which are limited to 16/44 files and no higher. The differences are not huge but are readily appreciated with regular listening. What is more noticeable is how easily I'm immersed in the musical performance and forget about everything else around me more quickly. When I switch to 16 bit FLAC files and compare those to the 16 bit ALAC files on the iMod/portable Vcap dock or the iPad/DAC with an amp, the HM-801 has no trouble performing at a similar or higher level. And it's definitely more portable than my iMod/Vcaps/Amp or iPad/DAC/Amp. All at a lower price than those rigs which can't scale up with the higher resolution music files.
I haven't limited my listening to my custom IEM, but I've also listened to a variety of full size phones with the HM-801. With that I found the 801 is also a good match for my HD600, HD800, Grado HF-2, ESW10 and LA7000. It seems to have a little more power than most of my portable amps when driving full size phones, and with HD600 it comes very close to the power of the RSA Protector in balanced mode. With my HD800 I think the 801 beats the Protector with better synergy and beats the Slim with greater power output. I don't think many of my other portable amps have a the right sonic balance with my HD800, other than the Pico Slim which is underpowered for them, and my Amphora which is not really portable. However, the 801 does seem underpowered for the HE-5 LE orthodynamic phones, while the balanced Protector can drive them better (but not if single ended).
I also have tried the 801 briefly as a 16 bit USB DAC and found it to be very capable, although I don't think that the USB DAC sounds as good as listening to music on the SD card. I have not had a chance to try this particular 801 as a COAX input DAC, but I did get to spend a bit of time with it as a COAX DAC > EF1 > HE-5 at RMAF last fall and found it to do an excellent job in that roll.
With my 48 year old ears my hearing is strong to 12Khz but gone by 16Khz, and I can't hear the high-frequency roll-off that others have reported measuring elsewhere. But Doug and Karl at Westone didn't mention hearing any issues with treble roll-off detracting from the sound either. Some people have called the reported roll-off a "coloration", but the 801 sounds very transparent to me, and in my mind it doesn't change the sound of the instruments. It has a slightly warm and euphonic but NEVER dark sound signature. If you want to call that a coloration I guess that's fine with me, but it's certainly nothing that detracts from the performance, and if anything this euphonic flavor enhances my enjoyment. If everyone agrees that I like colored sound, then I must like colored sound if done the right way, and I am not alone. Give me something with a thin or bright coloration and it becomes fatiguing or irritating to me.
Now, lest some people think I am acting like a shill for Head-Direct, I will say that not everything is perfect with the HM-801. The power brick is bulkier than the 801 and really needs to be made smaller, especially when dealing with an 8 hour battery life that requires bringing the charger with you on trips. Also, when using it as a USB drive to copy music to the 801, the battery does not charge and instead it will run down if you leave it plugged in for a few hours to your computer - I found that out the hard way. I also had one glitch when I tried to switch from listening to music on the SD card to listening to the internal 2Gb memory, where the 801 stopped responding to button presses and didn't play music. Removing the SD memory card gave control back to me, and I could not get this glitch to repeat itself after that one time.
Then tonight I also found that with my most sensitive IEMs like Livewires T1 and ES3X that when accessing music on the SD Card with the volume turned all the way down I could hear some very quiet clicking or "woodpecker" noise when the battery is very low. I didn't notice this with a full battery or all the other times I was listening, although I probably was not paying enough attention the other times I used it, but this time I found it when I was checking for hiss at zero volume (which it does not have). This is only heard using the same IEM that reveal hiss in my ALO amphora at zero volume, and it was loudest with the T1, much quieter with the ES3X, almost gone with the UE11pro, and I could not hear it at all with my JH13Pro. I will charge the 801 overnight and listen for noise again tomorrow, to see if it is indeed related to battery level. Fortunately, only with the Livewires did I find it to be intrusive at very low listening levels.
For many months I've passed on buying the 801 because of it's size and lack of video. I have so much money invested in my iMod/Vcap rig, which I have owned for over 2 years, that I couldn't fathom spending more on another portable music rig. Interestingly, although my iMod can play video I have very few videos installed on it and use it almost entirely for music. And with a portable amp attached it's almost as bulky as the 801. So that takes away a few of my objections to switching rigs. My only remaining gripe is the lack of large internal storage space, as the 2Gb will only hold 2 hours of 24/96 music (but 20 hours of 320K MP3). I picked up a few 8gb SDHC cards for $17 each which will hold 7-8 hi-res 24/96 albums (about 8 hours) or 30-32 16/44 FLAC albums, and I'll start looking for a 32Gb SD card if I need something bigger.
I've read many posts where other people balk at the $800 price for a portable or transportable player. But you have to ask yourself how much is desktop quality sound worth when you want to take it with you? An iMod with portable LOD or portable Vcap dock and top-tier amp will set you back $1,000 - $1,500, depending on configuration. The HM-801 costs almost half what the iMod/Vcap rig cost (before buying SD cards), but it sounds just as good with 16 bit and better with 24 bit music. And it can double as a desktop DAC or computer DAC, which the iMod can't do.
So, my recommendation is that the HM-801 fits the bill perfectly for hi-res music on a portable rig that comes close to the sound of a desktop rig, which can also be used as a hi-res source if you do need to use an amp with more power for demanding headphones. If you really want something to watch movies on, the money you save over buying an iMod rig will buy you a nice iPod Touch or iPad in addition to the 801. For casual listening I can still use my Nano, iPhone or iPad, but for any serious listening the 801 is the best choice in a portable DAP that I have found so far (aside from using my Macbook Pro with DACport 24/96 DAC amp which can match the 801 performance if size doesn't matter).
* I rated the value at 4.0 because while $800 is a lot to spend on a portable rig, if you were to spend $500 on an iMod and $150-200 on a quality iMod LOD and $350-450 on a top tier amp then it makes the 801 look like a reasonable deal (even after adding in the cost of some SD cards).
* I rated audio quality a 5.0 vs other portables because I haven't heard a portable DAP yet that matches the performance. Vs desktop DACs it's line-out sound signature or tone reminds me of something like the Stello DA100 with a warm spacious sound, but I have not been able to compare them yet so I'll save that for later. I have compared the iMod rig that was used in this review to the Head Room Micro Stack + iRiver H140 in the past, and the performance was on a similar level with both. So I wold guess the 801 is at least on that level or higher, but in a much smaller package.
* I rated the design a 3.5 because I think the left right up down buttons could have been positioned better. and I often find myself going the wrong direction unless I rotate the unit 45 degrees so that the up and down are above each other and left right are lined up more horizontally. I also think the charger should not be so big or have such a proprietary plug where one cannot use a universal PSU or car charger. And the choices between USB data and USB audio inputs, the switch for internal SD vs external transport, and switch for usb or coax as the external transport could be confusing to hit the right combination. I would have put the USB audio input and coax input side by side with a switch to choose between them, and I would have kept the USB data port for loading music separate. I would have also made the USB port charge the 801 or at least not let the battery drain when plugged in via USB to copy music to it.
* I gave battery life a 2.5 for the short 8 hour life, where one comes to expect closer to 16-24 hours from a portable DAP. This is not an issue for someone using the 801 as their office or bedside music rig who keeps it plugged in all the time. This is basically a desktop DAC and amp running off a 9v battery, with all the expected current demands of a desktop rig. Remember the portable Headroom Micro DAC and Amp? The Stack sold for a similar price with similar battery life, and it was really a desktop DAC and amp gobbling down the battery.
* I gave user interface a 3.5 where it was easy to use but not as flexible or feature rich as Rockbox, which also offers more than the iPod software, nor is it as attractive as using a iPod Touch or iPad.
* I gave it an overall 4.5 rating because the sound quality outweighs the other ranks that could have dragged it down. The iMod with extended battery has double the battery life, more features like video, huge storage space, and decent size with a small amp like the Pico Slim, but the sound is very slightly below the 801 which would bring it down to a similar score.


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Bug Patch for ArcGIS FLEXnet Licensing error: -15,570
The user is intermittently unable to open ArcGIS (local installation) and connect to license server. The following error is presented:
The License server manager (lmgrd) has not been started yet, the wrong port@host or license file is being used, or the port or hostname in the license file has been changed.
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FLEXnet Licensing error: -15,570
The cause seems to be that the default timeout setting for the FLEXLM license manager is 2-seconds. Which is more than ample on a LAN, but less than ideal on slower VPN's, or DSL connections.
Solution can be found from this source http://blog.openlm.com/?p=321(referred to on several occasions). However, I would HIGHLY recommend that if this is indeed the patch, that we create a script for our clients to run rather than follow these steps.
- Right click My Computer and choose properties.
- On system property dialogue box choose advanced tab.
- Click on the environment Variables
- On environment variable dialogue box choose system variables field and hit the new button
- A new system variable dialogue box with two fields appears; put "FLEXLM_TIMEOUT" in variable name and put 1000000 in variable value field
- Click OK on all three dialogue boxes to close them
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GLORY 13 Super Fight Series to Air Live Via Internet PPV
- Written by Dave Walsh
As we are all well aware of, the GLORY 13 card is astonishingly stacked. I mean that in every which way. Not just the main card, either, as the undercard, which GLORY has branded the Super Fight Series, is on its on an incredible event. While the main card features the GLORY 13 Welterweight tournament as well as Peter Aerts vs. Rico Verhoeven, the Super Fight Series card is just as stacked. Here is the card so far;
- Remy Bonjasky vs. Anderson Silva
- Yuta Kubo vs. Mosab Amrani
- Jerome Le Banner vs. Sergei Kharitonov
- Ewerton Teixeira vs. Hesdy Gerges
- Karim Ghajji vs. Aleksandr Stetsurenko
- Artur Kyshenko vs. Mr. Kenwood
So what is the good news? For those of you wishing to watch the event live, you'll be able to! Tokyo Super Fight Series will be airing live via internet PPV on GloryWorldSeries.com and LiverKick.com (link forthcoming) for $20. GLORY has gone out of their way to get permission from their international broadcast partners to air the Super Fight Series card live via PPV and you'll be able to see it live. The event starts at 1:30 am Eastern time on Saturday, Dec. 21st. Due to regional restrictions, the GLORY 12 portion of the card won't air live in the United States, as we'll have to wait for the Spike TV broadcast of the event.


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UPDATE (Feb. 26, 2010): See the comments for a hilarious tantrum by a cyber takfiri, with my brief replies.
The folks at Sons of Sunnah-Iran, a blog run by radical Iranian Salafi exiles based in Great Britain, are in a tizzy about my post yesterday (Friday) about their celebration of the kamikaze attack by the Baluchi insurgent-jihadi group Jundullah on commanders targeting the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iranian Sunni and Shi'i civilian leaders on October 18 in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan. In my previous POST , I dissected the virulently anti-Shi'i sectarian language used by the Sons of Sunnah writer(s) in their macabre celebration of death and destruction. I also explained some of the references that may not be familiar to some readers.
The Sons of Sunnah blokes do not seem to like what I wrote, and have made several substantial additions and edits to their original post after spending a fairly significant amount of time perusing what I have written about them and their virulent takfiri ideology. Takfir is the declaration of other Muslims with whom you disagree to be apostates and non-Muslims, which Sons of Sunnah does with regard to Shi'i Muslims of all groups and Sunnis who disagree with them (i.e. the vast majority of the world's Muslims).
The Sons of Sunnah writer(s)'s first edit was to the title of their own post, changing it to one that closely resembles the beginning of the title of my own post from yesterday, "Sepah Went to Hell !" Sepah is a shorthand way of referring to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in Persian. In English, the acronym "IRGC" or Persian word "Pasdaran" is often used.
They made substantial additions to their own text (most of the post was and remains Web reprints of Reuters pieces). Their newly added text is in beige below, and I have highlighted their more belligerent "rejection" (Ra-fa-da) and "refutation" of my post from yesterday in bold red text. So, they are in a way "Rafidah" themselves... :-O All errors of spelling, grammar, and punctuation are in their text:
"Congratulations O Sons of Sunnah Iran – A bunch of Rev. Guards were sent to hell! According to Iran Official News, Deputy Chief, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), General Nur Ali Shustary (may Allah curse him) were also killed in the attack. More than 6 Top men of the Safavid Rafidite Khomeinistic Revolutionary Guards were sent ila Jahim (Hell), to Khomeini, Ibnu Saba' and Abu Lo' Lo', by the grace of Allah subhana. There is not even a point of refuting the pathetic allegations and excuses of the Lovers of Safavism and Shirk (Rafidi Regime). For they and their Kafir brethren around the www cite how several Iranian Sunni Tribal leaders have been killed as well. These Kuffar and particularry the Rafidah should know better that we Muslims neither worship our scholars nor follow them blindly (Rafidi Taqlid), we are not afraid to speak out against any humand being who speaks out against Islam and Sunnah. Thus, those "Iranian Sunni Tribal Leaders" were nothing but a bunch of filthy hypocrites, palace "Sunni" schloras, working for the Rafidite Safavid regime in order to crush the Sunni resistence of Iran and its people. Munafiqin are not a new phenomenon in Islam and many Sunni Iranian scholars, like the late assassinated Shaykh Karampour may Allah have mercy on him spoke out against those Sunnah scholars who are not ashamed to work with the Satan Khamenei and its anti-Islamic regime.
So: To hell with the Rafidite Safavid regime, its Soldiers, its Guards, its Ayatush-Shaytatin, its "Sunni" Slaves (Munafiqin) and all those who believe in them and assist them, be it with the pen or the sword! (Bold and red text in the original)According to Iran Official News, Deputy Chief, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), General Nur Ali Shustary were also killed in the attack.
Muslims (Sunnah Iranian) sources: sunni-news.comKafir Sources: ....[to Reuters...]" (Bold text & hyperlink in the original)
First, it's amusing to be labeled a "lover of Safavism." Still, it's better than being a "pretty takfiri hate machine." The Sons of Sunnah writer(s)' expanded introduction to the "kafir" Reuters pieces is a prime example of the most radical Salafis, and particularly jihadi-Salafis, justify their virulent hatred and often violence toward mainstream Sunnis who do not share their takfiri ideology. They refer to these Sunnis as munafiqin (munafiqeen), "hypocrites" who claim to be Muslims but "really" are not. Senior Twelver Shi'i scholars who are known by the title "ayatullah," which literally translates to "sign of God," are called "ayat al-Shaytan," or "signs of Satan," which is a common Salafi insult.
Second, after stating that "there is not even a point in refuting" my "pathetic allegations and excuses," the Sons of Sunnah chaps proceed to spend a fair amount of words attempting to "reject" and "refute" points I made in yesterday's post. Among the most interesting is their inclusion of "Hell" in parenthesis next to the word Jahim, which I added in yesterday's post as an explanatory note, and their new link to supposedly reliable "Muslims" (sic) sources and addition of the identifier "Kafir [unbeliever] Sources" just before their reproduction of the pieces from Reuters. As some readers may recall, in the first paragraph of yesterday's post I noted sarcastically that, "The bulk of the [Sons of Sunnah] post is made up of a Web reprint of two ("kafir"/"unbeliever") pieces from Reuters."
Also notable in the new text is the remark about the late Grand Ayatullah Ruhollah Khumayni being in Hell, where the Shi'is and their "Sunni slaves", according to Salafi takfiri belief, are also headed. These groups are also accused of shirk, or polytheism, which I discussed in yesterday's post.
Finally, the Sons of Sunnah fellas have added lengthy endnotes explaining their takfiri take on the Mahdi, the promised savior that all Muslims believe is coming, though they differ on his identity:
"*Note: The Twelver Rafidi Shia Mahdi is not the Muslim Mahdi peace be upon him, actually he (Shia Mahdi) is most surely the Dajjal. All Muslims upon us Sunnah, love the pure Ahl Al-Bayt (ra) and Imam al-Mahdi and no one would ever insult them. Insulting them is regarded as Kufr. Thus we are not ridiculing the Mahdi, but rather a non-existent naked coward whom they believe to have been living in a cave for 1200 years without any contribution to Islam although he is not sleeping and although he has super-powers! Basically, it's like ridiculing and abusing Santa Claus.
The hyperlink, which is in the original, takes readers to a blog of anti-Shi'i polemic. The Dajjal is the equivalent to the anti-Christ who will oppose the Mahdi in popular Muslim apocalyptic literature and belief. The Sons of Sunnah bloke(s) make(s) the normal Salafi and even Sunni claim that it is they who "really love" the Ahl al-Bayt (the Prophet Muhammad's family).
To a Sunni (over 90 percent of Muslims) + Historians+Zaidiyyah Shia the Mahdi of Rafidah Shia does not exist (for the aforementioned groups all believe in the virtious and existence of the 11th Imams who the Shia ascribe to themselves, yet these Imams are as much as innocent of Shi'ism as Jesus peace be upon him is free of Paulism ("Christianity"). Yet none of these groups, except the twelver believe in the existence of a twelve Imam. We believe the 11th Imam had no son whatsoever). The fact of the matter is that sunnis will not, *CAN not* believe that the mahdi of the sunnis is the same as the mahdi of the shias. The reason for this is that there are virtually NO ahadith that state that he will be the son of Imam Askari.
As for super cave mahdi being naked, then unfortunately that's what your scholars report, for instance in Haqqul Yaqeen by Baqir Majlissi, P.347."The Sons of Sunnah writer(s) then claim(s) that "over 90 percent of Muslims" are "a Sunni" (sic), though this is impossible to verify. The general estimate is that 80-85% of the world's Muslims are Sunni. They repeat the same general critiques of Shi'i belief from Sunnis and specifically Salafis.
The Arabic text reads: "The Crimes of the Iranian Government against Our Brothers, the Sunnis, in Iran," with photographs of the late Grand Ayatullah Khumayni, current supreme leader Khamenei, powerful cleric 'Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (from left to right, top then bottom).
The Sons of Sunnah chaps also do not seem to be aware of what many Islamicist scholars know, that the medieval Iranian jurist Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi, who held high positions in the Safavid court, compiled a vast number of traditions (ahadith, singular: hadith) of the Prophet Muhammad and Twelver Shi'i Muslim Imams regardless of the strengths and weaknesses of their chains of transmission (isnad). This is noted, particularly with regard to al-Majlisi's magnum opus, the 110-volume Bihar al-Anwar (Ocean of Lights), by Prof. Jonathan Brown of the University of Washington in Seattle, a specialist in ahadith and author of the excellent new book Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World.
REVISED Sons of Sunnah Sepah Sent to Hell...
The "new" & expanded Sons of Sunnah Post
Compare it to the Sons of Sunnah's ORIGINAL POST.
All things considered, it's strangely nice to know that one's work is being read by diverse audiences, particularly by groups one studies, even if they are takfiri jihadi-Salafi types.
The second video I linked to yesterday is part of Jundullah's official video release about their terrorist attack on a mosque in Zahedan in May of this year, which killed 19 people and wounded 125.
The video was produced by the Information Department of Jundullah's Foundation of Da'wa (literally "call" or "invitation," which has a missionary meaning) and Jihad (literally "struggle" or "to strive"). The video is entitled the "Zahedan Martyrdom Operation".
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It has been a while. I note that my last post was complaining about Debian. Actually, it was praising Debian as much as complaining about it. There are some amazing things about Debian. The user community is unparalleled, both in the sheer number of packages submitted to the archives, and to the help they can offer. And apt is similarly brilliant. But the rate at which stable releases come out is much too slow, and I got tired of living on the edge with Sid.
So I tried out Fedora Core 2 this weekend, and I've been amazed. Fedora, in conjunction with fedora.us, provides a great set of stable packages, and yum is working pretty nicely as a replacement for apt (although I realize that I can use apt/synaptic with FC).


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I took this photo practicing the concept of natural framing during our MAD weekend. I loved being able to twirl the string of flowers and beads through the twirly pole.
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Eye catching with the bold colors. Love the string with the embellies.
So cute! I love the girl.
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Uff, winter or what passes for it has arrived with gusto. Real gusto as in 25+ mph wind gusts and at least 2 inches of ice covering the ground. Vic and I tried some winter turkeying today. It was disheartening to think all the turkeys heard us enter the valleys and left long before we could see them. Ice and snow confuses a dog's nose so even Vic did not think there had been any turkeys around...
I'm thinking the birds will be in the woodlands due to all the fields being ice covered. There is no way turkeys can scratch any of that ice to get at the waste grain.
Shot a couple of pheasants yesterday that flushed out the willows and both had crops full of hoppers! so maybe the turkeys will be finding the same in grassy edges.
Anyone else still out hunting? Or just sitting in the easy chair developing some spring fever? Hmm, if I were smart I'd be... Oh well, no one has ever accused me of being that.


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Sorry for the late reply. My internet has been down since Sunday night when we experienced some rather severe storms..I have never seen golf ball size hail fall like rain until then.
To answer your question about wave 4 JT, they are pretty decent figures. There aren't really any surprises, as we have already seen them before, except for airachnid. She is hands down the weak spot in this wave. The alt mode helicopter is solid, and I like it, but when you transform her into robot mode you will notice that the legs don't quite support the figure and the head is very limited in its movement. The head is on a ball joint, but you can't really rotate it fully because the cockpit of the copter folds back when you transform it, so that gets in the way of any real articulation in that area. If you plan to get it I look forward to your thoughts, because in all honesty its lacking in those areas, but yet I find myself not hating it like a lot of folks are over on Tfw2005. If you are familiar with Peaugh's video reviews, you know he is usually an optimistic reviewer, looking for the good in any figure. Well if you take a look at his take on airachnid, he doesn't keep that tone too well.
Dead end and Shadow Strike bee are just repaints of molds we have already seen, but Dead end does have a different head. What I like about Dead end is how the colors just pop. He looks like a rastafarian jack-o-lantern, and I love it. Add the neon green swords and he makes a perfect compliment to Wheeljack.
Shadow bee is completely the same mold, but with new grey paint. What I like about it is how a few extra paint apps to the body and head make the features more evident.
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St. Charles County National Register Listings
African Church (A.M.E. Church of St. Charles), 554 Madison St., St. Charles (11/21/80)
Augusta Harmonie Verein ( Augusta MPS ), jct. of Hackman and Church Rds., Augusta (1/20/95)
Boone, Daniel, House (Nathan Boone House), Hwy. F, Defiance vicinity (4/11/73)
Ewich, Robert, Farmstead ( Augusta MPS ),5336 Hackman Rd., Augusta (1/20/95)
Farris, Charles McLee, House ( Augusta MPS ),5517 High St., Augusta (1/20/95)
First Missouri State Capitol Buildings (First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site), 208-216 S Main St., St. Charles(4/16/69)
Frenchtown Historic District (map [see note]), roughly bounded by N 5th, Clark and French Sts., and the Missouri River, St. Charles (3/14/91)
Gerling, Dr. C. L., House ( Augusta MPS ), 245 Lower St., Augusta (1/20/95)
Harold-Knoernschild Farmstead Historic District ( Augusta MPS ), 199 Jackson St., Augusta (9/29/94)
Hays, Daniel Boone, House, SW of Defiance, off Hwy. F (4/23/73)
Lindenwood Hall, Lindenwood College Campus, St. Charles (11/29/78)
Lindenwood Neighborhood Historic District, roughly bounded by Watson, Gamble, Sibley & Elm Sts. & alley between Houston & N. Kingshighway, St. Charles (10/17/16)
Link, Oliver L. and Catherine, House, 1005 Jefferson, St. Charles (8/06/13)
Marten-Becker House, 837 First Capitol Dr., St. Charles (10/11/79)
McCormick, Isaac, House, 705 MO F, Defiance vicinity (9/10/04)
Meier General Store, 3669 Mill St., New Melle (7/12/02)
Midtown Neighborhood Historic District, roughly bounded by Clark, Madison, Jefferson, Kingshighway, 2nd & 3rd Sts., St. Charles (10/29/14)
Mindrup House-Store ( Augusta MPS ), 5543 Water St., Augusta (1/20/95)
Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic District ( Augusta MPS ), 5634 High St., Augusta (9/29/94)
Newbill-McElhiney House, 625 S Main St., St. Charles (4/11/72)
Old City Hall (Market Square), Central Ave. and Main St., St. Charles (11/14/80)
St. Charles Historic District (map [see note]), roughly bounded by the Missouri River and Madison, Chauncey and 2nd Sts., St. Charles (9/22/70)
St. Charles Historic District ( boundary increase; map [see note]), 1000 S Main St., St. Charles (6/04/87)
St. Charles Historic District ( boundary increase II ; map [see note]), bounded by Madison, Second, Jefferson and the alley behind the 100 block of S Main St., St. Charles (5/01/91)
St. Charles Historic District ( boundary increase III; map [see note]), 100, 200, and 300 block of N Main St., St. Charles (10/10/96)
St. Charles Odd Fellows Hall, 117 S Main, St. Charles (4/13/87)
St. Mary's Institute of O'Fallon, 204 N. Main St., O'Fallon (10/26/07)
St. Paul's Church, SR D, New Melle (9/09/82)
Schroer, J. F., House-Store ( Augusta MPS ), 252 Lower St., Augusta (1/20/95)
Sehrt, August, House ( Augusta MPS ), 275 Webster St., Augusta (9/29/94)
Staudinger-Grumke House-Store, 5503 Locust St., Augusta (5/28/92)
Stone Row, 314-330 S Main St., St. Charles (7/29/69)
Stumberg, Dr. John H., House, 100 S 3rd St., St. Charles (7/12/78)
Walnut Street Historic District ( Augusta MPS ), Walnut and S side of Locust Sts., between Jackson and Lower Sts., Augusta (9/29/94)
Watson, Samuel Stewart, House, 205 S Duchesne Dr., St. Charles (9/23/82)
Wentzville Tobacco Company Factory, 405 Elm St., Wentzville (7/05/90)
Wolf-Ruebeling House, Hwy. 94, Defiance vicinity (3/29/83; destroyed by fire c. 1985)
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Trying to fix the photos for you guys...
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I finally got mine resized and posted it on the D&DH forum and was going to edit and post it on this one but you beat me to it. Hows the hunting in your neck of the woods?
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And if "wasting money" is what interests you...how 'bout this from another thread:I'm gonna guess that I don't need to explain what a deficit is regards,Tonight's Friday dump? The 10-year deficit has been raised from $7 trillion to $9 trillion.
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Tonight's Friday dump? The 10-year deficit has been raised from $7 trillion to $9 trillion.
I'm gonna guess that I don't need to explain what a deficit is regards,
7 Trillion $ of the defict belongs to GW Bush. Or, are you saying Bush left us with a surplus and Obama is the reason for the current defict?
The Iraq an Afghanistan wars are still costing billions of dollars.(About The Cost of War:
To date, $915.1 billion dollars have been allocated to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The national, state, and local numbers we provide are based on the total approved amounts through the end of Fiscal Year 2009.
In addition to this approved amount, the FY2010 budget shows a $130 billion request for more war spending. This would bring total war spending in Iraq and Afghanistan to more than $1 trillion. When all FY2010 war-related amounts are approved, we will adjust the counter so that it reaches the new total at the end of FY2010)http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home
Bush delved out trillions of dollars to bail out banks and wall street.
(President Bush wants Congress to give his administration $700 billion dollars to bailout Wall Street. That's right; Bush wants American taxpayers to give the administration that brought us the Katrina response and the War in Iraq a blank check to fix a financial mess Republican deregulation got us into.
Today, the price tag just got worse as Republicans and Democrats talk about increasing the bailout dollar amount to 1.8 TRILLION)http://democracyforamerica.com/blog_...e-bush-bailout
Oh how soon we forget the debts of the previous administration and are quick to blame an administration just coming into office.
Once again, what are you blaming Bush for? According to your administration the government is actually making money on the money already returned. The bailout money was meant to be re-payed. They were loans not gifts.
The bailout is one issue now lets talk about Obama's plans for our future and his hope to redistribute your and my wealth.
He gave up the war on terrorism and converted it to a war on taxpayers.


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Progesterone Side Effects
In Summary
Commonly reported side effects of progesterone include: abdominal cramps, depression, dizziness, and headache. Other side effects include: anxiety, cough, diarrhea, fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, nausea, bloating, emotional lability, and irritability. See below for a comprehensive list of adverse effects.
For the Consumer
Applies to progesterone: oral capsule, oral capsule liquid filled
As well as its needed effects, progesterone may cause unwanted side effects that require medical attention.
Major Side Effects
If any of the following side effects occur while taking progesterone, check with your doctor immediately:More common:
- Chest pain
- chills
- cold or flu-like symptoms
- cough or hoarseness
- fever
- problems with urination
- Clear or bloody discharge from the nipple
- dimpling of the breast skin
- inverted nipple
- lump in the breast or under the arm
- persistent crusting or scaling of the nipple
- redness or swelling of the breast
- sore on the skin of the breast that does not heal
- Abdominal or stomach pain
- bloating
- blurred vision
- change in vaginal discharge
- clay-colored stools
- cleft lip or palate
- confusion
- constipation
- darkened urine
- diarrhea
- difficult or labored breathing
- difficulty with swallowing
- difficulty with walking
- dizziness
- dizziness, faintness, or lightheadedness when getting up suddenly from a lying or sitting position
- fainting
- fast, pounding, or irregular heartbeat or pulse
- headache
- hives
- indigestion
- irregular heartbeat
- irritation
- itching
- joint pain, stiffness, or swelling
- lightheadedness
- loss of appetite
- nausea
- nervousness
- noisy breathing
- numbness or tingling in the face, arms, or legs
- pain or feeling of pressure in the pelvis
- pains in the stomach, side, or abdomen, possibly radiating to the back
- pounding in the ears
- puffiness or swelling of the eyelids or around the eyes, face, lips, or tongue
- rash
- redness of the skin
- shortness of breath
- slow heartbeat
- spontaneous abortion
- stomach or pelvic discomfort, aching, or heaviness
- sweating
- swelling of the eyelids, face, lips, hands, or feet
- tightness in the chest
- trouble speaking, thinking, or walking
- unpleasant breath odor
- unusual tiredness or weakness
- vaginal bleeding
- vomiting
- vomiting of blood
- wheezing
- yellow eyes or skin
Minor Side Effects
Some progesterone side effects may not need any medical attention. As your body gets used to the medicine these side effects may disappear. Your health care professional may be able to help you prevent or reduce these side effects, but do check with them if any of the following side effects continue, or if you are concerned about them:More common:
- Breast pain or tenderness
- depression
- muscle or joint pain
- white or brownish vaginal discharge
- worry
- Attack, assault, or force
- blurred or loss of vision
- change in walking and balance
- changes in behavior
- changes in patterns and rhythms of speech
- choking
- clumsiness or unsteadiness
- confusion about identity, place, and time
- continuing ringing or buzzing or other unexplained noise in the ears
- decreased awareness or responsiveness
- difficulty with moving
- disturbed color perception
- double vision
- drowsiness
- extreme dizziness or drowsiness
- feeling drunk
- feeling of constant movement of self or surroundings
- feeling of unreality
- hair loss or thinning of the hair
- halos around lights
- hearing loss
- hives or welts
- longer or heavier menstrual periods
- loss of consciousness
- muscle cramps
- muscle stiffness
- night blindness
- normal menstrual bleeding occurring earlier, possibly lasting longer than expected
- overbright appearance of lights
- redness of the skin
- relaxed and calm
- sensation of spinning
- sense of detachment from self or body
- severe sleepiness
- sleepiness
- slurred speech
- swollen tongue
- thoughts of killing oneself
- tunnel vision
- weight changes
For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to progesterone: compounding powder, intramuscular solution, oral capsule, topical cream, vaginal gel, vaginal insert, vaginal suppository
Genitourinary side effects have included breast tenderness (27%), urinary problems (11%), vaginal discharge (10%), vaginal dryness (6%), breast pain (6%), breast carcinoma (2%), breast excisional biopsy (2%), breast enlargement, leukorrhea, uterine fibroid, vaginal dryness, fungal vaginitis, vaginitis, dysuria, cystitis, and urinary tract infection[Ref]
Nervous system
Nervous system side effects have included headache (31%), dizziness (15%), confusion, somnolence, asthenia, increased sweating, nervousness, migraine, tremor, and speech disorder. Syncope (with and without hypotension) have been reported.[Ref]
Cardiovascular side effects have included chest pain (7%), hypertension, angina pectoris, syncope, and palpitations.[Ref]
Gastrointestinal side effects have included abdominal pain (20%), bloating (8%), diarrhea (8%), nausea (8%), constipation (3%), dyspepsia, dry mouth, gastroenteritis, hemorrhagic rectum, hiatus hernia, and vomiting. The side effects reported during clinical studies evaluating the use of progesterone gel 8% have included constipation (27%), nausea (22%), and diarrhea (8%).[Ref]
Musculoskeletal side effects have included joint pain (20%), musculoskeletal pain (12%), back pain (8%), arthritis, leg cramps, hypertonia, muscle disorder, and myalgia.[Ref]
Psychiatric side effects have included depression (19%), anxiety, impaired concentration, insomnia, forgetfulness, and personality disorder.[Ref]
Respiratory side effects have included cough (8%), bronchitis, nasal congestion, pharyngitis, pneumonitis, and sinusitis.[Ref]
Dermatologic side effects have included acne, pruritus, rash, skin discoloration, seborrhea, verruca, and wound debridement during therapy.[Ref]
Additional dermatologic side effects have included case reports of familial autoimmune dermatitis.[Ref]
Ocular side effects have included abnormal vision.[Ref]
Hepatic side effects including reversible cases of hepatitis, elevated transaminases, and cholecystectomy have been reported.[Ref]
Other side effects have included viral infection (12%), hot flashes (11%), fatigue (8%), irritability (8%), worry (8%), night sweats (7%), earache, tooth disorder, anorexia, increased appetite, peripheral edema, edema, accidental injury, fever, abscess, lymphadenopathy, and herpes simplex.[Ref]
Immunologic side effects have included autoimmune dermatitis during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. Test results using interferon gamma release in vivo and vitro tests confirmed the diagnosis.[Ref]
Local side effects have included pain, irritation, and redness at the injection site.
1. "Product Information. Prometrium (progesterone)." Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Marietta, GA.
2. Wilkinson SM, Beck MH, Kingston TP "Progesterone-induced urticaria - need it be autoimmune?" Br J Dermatol 133 (1995): 792-4
3. Chawla SV, Quirk C, Sondheimer SJ, James WD "Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis." Arch Dermatol 145 (2009): 341-2
4. Halevy S, Cohen AD, Lunenfeld E, Grossman N "Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis manifested as erythema annulare centrifugum: Confirmation of progesterone sensitivity by in vitro interferon-gamma release." J Am Acad Dermatol 47 (2002): 311-3
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|D.J. Foster
|Managing Editor:
|Andrew Han
|Law Murray
|Senior Contributors:
|Jovan Buha
|Jordan Heimer
|Fred Katz
|Breene Murphy
|Staff Writers:
|Patrick James
|Seth Partnow
|Seerat Sohi
|Brandon Tomyoy
|Roscoe Whalan