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Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Washington's first world's fair : a timeline historyThis richly illustrated and well-researched volume recounts in detail the history of the fair that brought Seattle and Washington into the national spotlight. The A-Y-P Exposition, held in Seattle in 1909 on the future site of the University of Washington, welcomed 3.7 million visitors and was the first world's fair to make a profit. |
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User Review - GoodreadsThe history of Seattle's 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, on the University of Washington campus. The history is definitely interesting, but the best part of the book is the stunning photos of the buildings, fairgoers, and souvenirs of the festival.
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Cygnett WorkMate Evolution Samsung Galaxy S4 case hands-on
Right off the bat, we'll say that the WorkMate Evolution adds just a bit of bulk to the Galaxy S4, which is warranted, but at least it's not as bad as some military spec'd cases. Using a tri-material PC/TPU/silicone design, this two-piece case adds a sense of protection to the handset. With its rubbery thermo-plastic polyurethane inner piece, it seems adequate enough to protect the handset from some minor drops and falls – while its tougher polycarbonate outside frame splashes on some sturdiness. Completely encompassing the handset's sides and rear, it's only the display that's left exposed, however, Cygnett is kind enough to include a screen protector with the purchase.
Flaunting a price point of $29.99, it's not all that bad considering the level of protection it's offering – without adding a considerable amount of bulk. Sure, its design isn't the most prolific thing, but it's all about adding that sense of protection that some people will appreciate most.
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Actually the chemical definition of metal states that metal is brittle not plastic.
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Hey John, can you do a few for the HTC One? My wife has one and the cases are a bit hard find, at least any good ones. Thanks.
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As reported by Camie Young in her Political Notebook column "'You lie' congressman to attend Gwinnett Rally," Jan. 12, 5A), Gwinnett's GOP has chosen to invite Joe Wilson of "You lie" fame to one of its political rallies. Really?
Congressman Wilson starred in a truly embarrassing moment, showing a monumental lack of civility and disrespect to the office of the President. It appears that the Gwinnett GOP has taken a cue from reality TV and has chosen to reward the crass and the vulgar, managing to lower the bar of decorum for this year of election. I wish our local GOP chapter could show some self-respect. I challenge them to step it up by inviting better guests.
How about "The Situation" from "Jersey Shore"? He would make a far classier and gracious guest than Congressman Wilson.
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Overall Level of Evidence for Coenzyme Q10
To assist readers in evaluating the results of human studies of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments for cancer, the strength of the evidence (i.e., the "levels of evidence") associated with each type of treatment is provided whenever possible. To qualify for a level of evidence analysis, a study must:
- Be published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
- Report on a therapeuticoutcome or outcomes, such as tumorresponse, improvement in survival, or measured improvement in quality of life.
- Describe clinical findings in sufficient detail that a meaningful evaluation can be made.
Separate levels of evidence scores are assigned to qualifying human studies on the basis of statistical strength of the study design and scientific strength of the treatment outcomes (i.e., endpoints) measured. The resulting two scores are then combined to produce an overall score. A table showing the levels of evidence scores for qualifying human studies cited in this summary is presented below. For an explanation of the scores and additional information about levels of evidence analysis of CAM treatments for cancer, refer to Levels of Evidence for Human Studies of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Coenzyme Q10 Summary: Reference Numbers and the Corresponding Levels of Evidence
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[1] | 3iii Nonconsecutive case series | Diii Indirect surrogates -- tumor response rate | 3iiiDiii |
- Lockwood K, Moesgaard S, Hanioka T, et al.: Apparent partial remission of breast cancer in 'high risk' patients supplemented with nutritional antioxidants, essential fatty acids and coenzyme Q10. Mol Aspects Med 15 (Suppl): s231-40, 1994.
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WASHINGTON — Republican presidential frontrunner Rick Perry rejoined his attack on the Federal Reserve Thursday, saying he would not reappoint chairman Ben Bernanke if elected to the Oval Office. Perry, the current governor of Texas, launched a scathing attack on the former Princeton economics professor, accusing him of boosting the…
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Carroll County Fair
Carroll County welcomes you its annual county fair - the Carroll County Fair.
There will be contests in all major agricultural areas with ribbons being given to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in all categories. A whole host of activities are scheduled daily including the Carroll County Idol contest, Horse Show and Horse Pull a tractor pull, Pet Show, Ms. and Mr. Carroll County Pagent and many more special events.
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The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival -- renamed CAAMfest -- takes place March 14-24 in the Bay Area and will include film, video, music and food, bringing the art, stories and people of film to life. Hyphen will be along for the ride, bringing you film reviews and event coverage on our blog throughout March.
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The life of Richard Aoki, the former Black Panther and Asian American leader, was more nuanced than his hardline image makes it seem.
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The daughter of a cosmetologist, Thu Quach is one of the few researchers studying nail salon workers and the health hazards they face. We ask her about what can be done to make salons safer for consumers and workers.
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You might think a long zoom and a high resolution can only be bought in a chunky body. Not true. With the PowerShot SX500 IS, Canon has taken the lead from its compact IXUS range to create a truly petite snapper, but with the added power of a superzoom.
A mighty 30x zoom, decent resolution and compact body could be yours for a couple of tenners short of £300, making this superzoom a tempting option.
Superzoom lens
There's no denying this is a very small camera. In my pretty average hands there's just room for a finger and a half on the grip, but that doesn't make it uncomfortable. Far from it. It's light and well balanced and you can still keep a good grip on it as the chunky end is scooped to fit your finger, and there's a textured patch on the back for your thumb.
Its specs are anything but small though. The sensor is a 16-megapixel chip and the zoom is an impressive 30x optical unit.
Because of this, it bears more than a passing resemblance to a shrunken dSLR, although without the interchangeable lenses. However, with the focal length kicking off at 24mm and carrying on through to 720mm (both 35mm equivalent measures), if you don't need a specialist lens like a fish eye or pancake, you have to question what an entry-level dSLR could do in terms of focus and zoom that the SX500 can't.
Maximum aperture at wide angle is f/3.4, and even at full telephoto it remains a pretty impressive f/5.8.
Naturally, when you're zoomed right in, you can only see a tiny portion of the scene in front of you, which can make it difficult to find your subject if you didn't keep it in the frame while zooming. Fortunately, there's a Framing Assist button on the side of the lens barrel to help out.
When held down, this zooms the lens back out to wide angle, with a rectangle overlaying the central portion of the frame to indicate what you would see at your current zoom level. Line up this rectangle with your subject and then let go of the button and it'll return to your original zoom position, this time focused on your subject.
Minimum focusing distance literally can't be bettered, as it stands at 0cm when the lens is pulled back to wide angle. That means you can press your subject up to the lens and it will still be focussed, although obviously if your subject covers the lens entirely, you will have an issue with light. At full telephoto, the minimum focusing distance is 1.4m.
That means it performed particularly well in my macro tests, fixing its sights on a very thin slice of the subject and keeping it razor sharp, while throwing everything that comes in front of and behind it into soft focus.
Stills tests
Focusing at such close distances helps show off how sharp the lens is at its centre. Zooming in on a shot of, say, a seeded dandelion reveals an impressive level of detail, where the individual strands of each seed head can be seen very clearly.
Stray away from the centre and things are less sharp. The trees at the back of the cemetery below are not so clear in the corners of the frame, where there's also some pretty obvious chromatic aberration. This is a fringing effect where sharp contrasts -- in this case, the leaves passing in front of the overcast sky -- are fringed with a third colour that's not visible to the naked eye.
Here, it's a magenta halo, which is caused by the lens splitting off that tone slightly when it focuses the incoming light on the sensor. Many post-production editing tools such as Aperture and Lightroom can minimise it, but it wouldn't be present in a perfect result.
Colour reproduction was excellent throughout my tests, with the SX500 IS producing results that were very faithful to the original scene under all lighting conditions.
However, as soon as the light started to fall, it was forced to increase its sensitivity, with slightly disappointing results. I performed my tests on 2 September when sunset was 19:44, but the afternoon was overcast, so by 17:18 the SX500 IS was shooting long zoom scenes at sensitivities of between ISO 160 and ISO 320. Neither of these is particularly high, but they did introduce noise into the results, which was noticeable when the image was zoomed to 100 per cent magnification.
At ISO 320, some results were starting to look dappled, to the extent that images lost some of their finer details, as can be seen in the shot below.
Still life
The SX500 IS performed best under studio lighting, as is often the case in the still-life test, which involves shooting the same collection of everyday objects under studio lights, ambient light and using the on-board flash.
It self-selected a sensitivity of ISO 200 under studio lights. There was a little noise in the result, but otherwise the results were very clear, with sharp contrasts and good colour reproduction. However, the chromatic aberration seen in other tests was evident here -- in particular, along the edge of the calculator and on the branding on the radio at the back of the scene.
When using the available ambient light in the studio, it increased its sensitivity setting to ISO 800, which caused some of the colours to become washed out -- particularly in those portions where they reflected the most ambient light.
It selected its highest possible sensitivity -- ISO 1,600 -- when the test was repeated using the on-board flash. The colours achieved here were rich and satisfying, and the shadows cast by the flash weren't excessive, which made for a fairly balanced result overall.
Video test
The SX500 IS shoots video at 1,280x720-pixel resolution, 25 frames per second, which still qualifies as HD but is a couple of steps down from the market leaders. Movies can be up to 4GB or 29 minutes 59 seconds in length (whichever is the lesser), unless you drop the resolution to 640x480 pixels at 30fps, in which case you can extend the running time to an hour.
Again, colours and focus were good, but even though the wind noise filter was active, a stiff breeze could be heard on the soundtrack. Impressively though, the zoom was close to silent when used while filming.
It compensated smoothly for stark changes in the level of illumination across the frame, but on a couple of occasions, when switching from a long focus (around 60ft) to something closer (around 12ft), it took a second to find the appropriate focal point.
If you need a long zoom in a compact body, then you won't get much lengthier or smaller than the Canon PowerShot SX500 IS. The 30x lens is truly impressive in so compact a device. With enough pixels to allow serious crops in post-production and still have sufficient resolution to print at fairly large sizes, it makes for an extremely versatile package.
However, some disappointing issues such as chromatic aberration and noise at fairly conservative sensitivities were evident in my test results -- and that does slightly dent the appeal of the SX500 IS.
It's very competitively priced at less than £300, which is a very good deal when you consider the headline specs and the lens. If you're not going to crop too tightly, the image noise may well be a non-issue, in which case, if you're looking for a powerful camera in a neat and tidy chassis, this should certainly be on your shortlist.


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Mrs. Jared Baker Death has again entered our home taking with it our wife and mother, Mrs. Huldah Baker, nee Boggs^. who 1 was born at Sugar Creek, near El¬ more, Mar. 7th, 1844, having lived there the earlier part of her life. On j June 25th, 1868, she was united inj marriage to Jared Baker. To this union five children were born, two I sons and three daughters, one son and one daughter dying in infancy, and I one daughter having attained the I age of 26 years old. One son, Geo. I Baker and one daughter, Mrs. Got-1 tlieb Norwalk, both of Cfay Center, J and the husband, Jared Baker, and '■ one brother, Brasilia Boggs._ of Chi¬ cago, formerly of Elmore, still sur¬ vive. Mrs. Baker lived to the age of 79 years, nine months, 16 days. She had been in failing health for a number of years but for the last five weeks had been bed ridden. Six weeks ago she was brought to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Gottlieb Norwalk from whence she passed away Sunday morning at 5:50. She suffered great¬ ly but stiH expressed her faith in the Father above who knoweth and doeth ah things for the best. | The funeral was held at the home of the daughter Wednesdav at 2:00, burial at Clay Cemetery near Genoa. Those who attended the funeral from out of town were: Mrs. Jake Dibert, Mrs. Geo. Hacker, Charles Norwalk and son EmTl, Helen Herach, Mr. and Mrs. Henry .Bankey, two daughters and son Geo. Bankey, all of Rocky Ridge. ^jp-r^jL^ Mrs. Jared Baker, died Sunday, at her home in Clay Center and was buried in the Clay Center cemetery, Wednesday afternoon. Mr, and Mrs. Baker were for years residents of Rocky Ridge, Those attending the funeral from this place were: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Banky and George, Mr. Norwalk and Amiel, Mrs. Jake Dibert, Mrs. Geo. Hacker and Miss Helen Hersch. fX-&9-r4X. 3
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Robert (Bob) Lee Howard, Jr., age 71, of Canton, GA, passed away Monday, November 12, 2012 at Atlanta VA Medical Center. Funeral Services are scheduled for 12:00 p.m., on Thursday, November 15, 2012, from the Chapel of South Canton Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Ware and Rev. Cody Collett officiating. Interment will follow at Georgia National Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 13, 2012, and from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at South Canton Funeral Home. Survivors include wife, Gale M. Howard, Canton, GA; daughters, Brenda (Mickey) Starks, Jasper and Cheryl (Lamar) Cloud, Canton; grandchildren, Christian Lee Starks and Kennedi Laine Starks, Jasper; Jeremy Cloud, Dallas, GA.; Jessica Cloud, Ashville, NC; Jacob Cloud, Canton; great grandchildren, Grayson Cloud and Holden Cloud, Dallas, GA. South Canton Funeral Home, dedicated to the families we serve, 770-479-3377. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.thescfh.com
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Game Preview 6/10/11 -- Hopelessness and Utter Despair -- Royals @ Angels
Kansas City Royals (27-36) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (30-334
Pitching Probables: KC -- Jeff Francis (2-6, 4.52 ERA) LAA – Ervin Santana (3-5, 4.30 ERA)
Game Info: 7:05 PM PT; TV - Fox Sports West; Radio - KLAA 830 AM
I have this sinking feelng in the pit of my stomach that things are not going to get any better. Something dark and foreboding is happening in the land of the Halo and right now and I can't seem to see the bottom of the pit. The Angels can't score runs and it seems that the defense is starting to fail them on a nightly basis. The bullpen has been a travesty and lord help up if the starters give up more than two runs. If the Angels don't turn this around and quickly we might be stareing at a very long summer. Not that I am a pessimist or anything...
Free For All Friday: The Heat's Fourth Quarter Offense Is As Effective as the Angels' Lineup
Good news, Angel fans! I've finally found an offense more unclutch and pathetic than the Halos' offense!!!
I thought it was an impossible task to unearth something even more inept than the Angels' batting order, but lo and behold I turned on the NBA Finals and... BINGO! I never imagined that I would have to watch another sport to find even worse execution in the clutch, but sure enough, there were the Miami Heat bricking shot after shot, running unimaginative plays and seeming generally frightened of the ball in the final minutes of the game.
Heck, the Heat even have a ring leader of their awfulness. Much like Torii Hunter sets the standard for sucking for the Halos with all of his untimely GIDPs, LeBron James hamstrings the Miami offense by hiding from the ball down the stretch and launching long two-point jumpers instead of attacking the rim in the rare instance that the ball does actually find its way over to him cowering in the corner.
Thanks, LeBron. I don't feel so bad now, especially since you and the rest of the Heat somehow managed to make it this far despite such glaring deficiencies. I think I might just go ahead and buy my World Series tickets now.
Hey, I think I've seen that look before. I bet you if he lowered the jersey a little we would all see... THE SCIOSCIA FACE!!!
Halo Headlines - 6/10/11
Daily Links for the LA Angels including Angel frustrations boiling over, Kazmir has another wild outing in minor league rehab, Pirates rumored to have interest in trading for an Angel catcher and much more...
The Story: Mike Scioscia's frustrations boiled over after Wednesday's loss.
The Monkey Says: None of the quotes are actually all that eye-catching, but supposedly you "had to be there" to get the true sense of ire in Scioscia's voice. The question is what is he going to do about it besides spouting more cliche-riddled rhetoric?
The Story: Scioscia addresses the Angel offensive frustrations once again.
The Monkey Says: New quotes, but made a day later and dripping with the same ire. It sounds as if Sosh is planning on doubling down on baserunning and situational hitting, which is being made in response to the team's lack of power, but the problem with this strategy is that their situational hitting blows goats right now. In fact, one could argue that this has been the offensive philosophy all season long, so I really don't see how anything is going to change outside of a few extra stolen base attempts.
Top Ten Thursday: Other Crazy Ideas Mike Sciosca Can Try To Shake Up the Offense
He's tried canceling batting practice. He's tried batting Hunter second. He's even let Callaspo hit clean-up. What other crazy ideas does Mike Scioscia have up his sleeve as he tries to do anything and everything to get the Angel lineup to show some signs of life.
Sosh seems to be getting pretty desperate with his moves now, which makes me worry that he might be running out of ideas. Never fear, The Monkey is here to help with some ideas of his own!
I'm all out of ideas, you got any?
Halo Headlines - 6/9/11
Daily Links for the LA Angels including Angels continue raiding the college ranks on the final day of the draft, the Halos draft Scioscia's son, the 2011 Angels are just like the 1976 Angels (and not in a good way) and much more...
The Story: The Angels drafted almost entirely college players on the third and final day of the draft.
The Monkey Says: That's 41 out of 49 picks coming from the college ranks. You'vs got to hand it to them, they sure picked a direction and committed to it. I actually think this is an interesting way to approach the amateur draft. The Halos have a much better track record of developing young international talent, so it does seem wise to complement that collection of more raw prospects with some more polished American products.
The Story: Mike Scioscia's son Matt was drafted in the 45th round by... the ANGELS!!!
The Monkey Says: No way!!!! That never happens. And by never, I mean all the time. I know this will prompt some to make the inevitable Mike Piazza comparison as he was also drafted late as a favor to Tommy Lasorda, but those kinds of things are one in a million (one in ten million if you account for the persistent steroid rumors that plagued Piazza).
Game Recap 6/8/11: I Ain't Even Phased No More - Rays 4 Angels 3
What are you gonna do guys?
What are you gonna do?
I felt no emotion after that final strike call on Howie Kendrick, it's almost as if I've been...desensitized to losing. That makes me shudder just thinking about it, what have I become? Is this what being a Mets fan is like? Now I'm scared.
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The first meeting of the season between Detroit and Vancouver. The Canucks have somewhat quietly built a good lead in their division and have nestled well into their familiar place as a conference contender. They didn't solve their too-many-goalies problem, but those goalies are solving lots of issues for the team right now.
Vancouver is good and they're good against Detroit. Both teams are playing their third in four nights, but the Canucks had last night off. No excuses here. It's a home game for the Wings and they need to win this.
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Such a step would enjoy overwhelming public support. According to a new poll by Hart Research Associates, 60 percent of Americans support an extension of benefits. Fully 73 percent of those polled agreed with the following statement: "With unemployment at 9.6 percent and millions still out of work, it is too early to start cutting back benefits for workers who lost their jobs." And 67 percent favored continuing benefits until the unemployment rate drops.
Such measures enjoyed majority support in all regions of the country and among Democrats, Republicans and political independents.
Some people cite concerns over the deficit as a reason to oppose the extension. Ironically, these tend to be the same people who don't bat an eye at the prospect of increasing the deficit $700 billion by extending Bush era tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans. To use one of Jesus' best one liners, this is a case of straining at gnats and swallowing camels.
Others may worry that unemployment insurance keeps people from taking available jobs. But a study by the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank found that "extended unemployment insurance benefits have not been important factors in the increase in the duration of unemployment or in the elevated unemployment rates."
Let's talk basic economics. If you ask most Americans what they remember about that subject, chances are they'd say "supply and demand." That's about all you need to understand why we need to extend these benefits.
There is plenty of supply out there; the stores are full, profits are at or near record levels, and businesses are sitting on something like $2 trillion in cash reserves, according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve. If supply side snake oil economics was true, we'd be sitting pretty. You may have noticed this is not the case.
The problem in a recession is on the demand side. Jobless workers, the underemployed, people who have lost savings, and people concerned about losing their jobs either don't have or are afraid to spend enough money to get the economy rolling. Cutting the lifeline of unemployment insurance at a time like this will only make a bad situation worse.
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WINTER: Superior Driving Skills
on 01.18.2013
For a while now I've credited playing kart racers when I was younger (Super Mario Kart and Crash Team Racing in particular) with making me have good winter driving skills. Sliding around on ice behind the wheel of a go-kart in the Mushroom Kingdom is
the same as sliding around on ice behind the wheel of an SUV in Minnesota.
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Role Reversal: Chili Dogs
on 07.19.2012
So it's not
from a video game, but rather based on a cartoon based on a video game. You all remember how much Sonic and Tails loved eating chili dogs in the goofier of their '90s cartoons, yeah? Like the Ninja Turtles and their pizza, Sega's mascots were addicted to chili dogs. So for my role reversal I simply made those two the entree.
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on 04.02.2012
So it's been three years since
I posted this
when we last did the "10 Things" bit all over the cblogs. It's come back and this makes me happy, though I honestly had trouble coming up with ten new things to post. Here goes, bear with me:
1- I've thought about "taking a break" from Dtoid a number of times.
People that don't frequent the Forums may not notice it, but I'm here pretty much every day. Some days I feel like I'm "wasting" too much time here, and I should step back. But I love the people here too much to ever actually leave. Plus, I'd be really bored at work without Dtoid to peruse. I'll probably never leave this place.
2- ^^^ No, seriously, I love the people here.
Since I moved to Minnesota halfway through high school I never made any true "real" lasting friendships. I made new friends to make it through the last two years of school, but they were largely just school friends. I drifted from my best friends growing up, which is what happens when you're half a country away and becoming adults. Honestly, the best friends I have currently are people I met because of this site. Then there are the dozens of Forumites I bullshit with daily that might not be "friends" in the traditional sense, but I love just the same and probably would be if we ever met. Maybe sounds pathetic, but it's honest. I'm closer with a handful of people here than I am almost anybody else in my life.
3- Horror themes in video games fuck me up something fierce.
I love horror movies (aside from torture porn gore fests). They don't scare me in the slightest, haven't since I was a little kid, but I still get an enjoyment out of them. Compare that to horror video games, which dig into my head and leave me with all the lights on, jumping at every little thing. I think the scariest game I've played to completion is Luigi's Mansion. No joke, that game is a fright fest.
4- I used to love Deadpool.
This is piggybacking off of number four from my first list. I still own every appearance right up until I quit comics almost two years ago. I love the Joe Kelly and Gail Simone runs immensely, they're perfection, and dig a lot of the other stuff, but the character has been bastardized and butchered so much, starting with the Cable & Deadpool series and only getting worse in the runs since then. It's sad. I'm not gonna rant here, so if anybody would like to discuss Deadpool further, feel free to PM me.
5- My hedgehog is dead.
Again, piggybacking off of point five in the original list. RIP Anguirus.
6- I love to drive.
A couple folks have mentioned not driving at all in their lists, so I'm here to declare my love for driving. Back in my high school days I used to just drive around at night, listening to music, thinking. I remain a lover of driving to this day. Road trips are especially loved. I just like driving.
7- I can and will make a joke out of almost anything.
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8- Shit jokes. I hate 'em.
Seriously. Shit and fart humour does nothing for me, except disgust me. Piss can be funny, though.
9- I'm a dispatcher and router for a school bus company.
So I build routes, deal with schools, deal with parents and do all kinds of other stuff related to getting kids to and from school. Since I spend all day in front of a computer doing this job, I get to spend a lot of time on the internet. Big downside is that I will most likely never get to go to PAX Prime while I keep this job. It's always around the start of the school year, which is the busiest time at my job and the time that is near impossible for me to get off. I'll have to make do with the other events.
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Not any more, anyways. I still sink hundreds of dollars into them each year, and will "need" the next gen of consoles when they eventually hit, but rare are the games I spend glued to the TV for hours on end with. They exist, but intermittently nowadays. Now I think I'm more invested in the culture of gaming, and my own history with it, and the communal aspect of it all.
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Think of the days before idle animation, where our platforming heroes did absolutely nothing unless we told them to via button presses. Set your controller down and Mario would just stand there not moving a pixel as a Koopa Troopa walks towards him with intent to kill. We were playing as Mario, he did nothing without us, but our view of the action was not his own. Somehow we're playing Mario out of body, watching our adventure from the sideline and telling ourselves how to proceed with a vantage of the larger picture. Looking at Mario's blank, dead, expressionless eye sockets gives a clue of how this can be. The player is actually acting as Mario's disembodied eyes floating off screen, somehow still telepathically telling him how to move and react on his mission to rescue the Princess.
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What I used to want...
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I was digging through old notes and sketches this past week and came across a short list of games I was at one point looking forward to, excluding handhelds. Comparing it to release dates on Wikipedia I've figured that at the latest the list was from early 2005. It may not be interesting to anybody else but I found it neat thinking about what had become of the games, and how I couldn't even remember all of them. It's a list of games I loved, games that were delayed, and a couple games that were cancelled (
though one of those two eventually made it out over here in North America
). There's also a note on the list about how the impending 360 launch was going to hurt the 2005 me's ability to get the games I wanted and have any money left over. It's pretty bizarre, considering I don't recall ever writing notes of that sort to myself. So yeah, this is pretty damned dorky.
So first on the list was
Cowboy Bebop
, a game my current self completely forgot existed. Turns out it was a PS2 action game that had it's supposed NA release scrapped, after it already came out in Japan and apparently got past me pretty interested. Considering how little I loved the PS2 Lupin III game, maybe Cowboy Bebop's non-release was a blessing. That said, I'd still like to play that damned DS Gurren Lagann game...
Next up,
Dragon Quest VIII
. It came out, I loved it, still love it. Happy ending for all. The same can be said for
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
, so I'll skip that one later.
Twilight Princess
was faced with delays and I eventually got it launch night with my shiny new Wii. I dug it, but can't see myself going back to it, unlike Majora's Mask or Link's Awakening.
Evil Dead: Regeneration
, the first Evil Dead game I genuinely liked. I bought Hail to the King and Fistful of Boomstick, but had little to no fun with either. Still I looked forward to Regeneration, and while it was repetitive and derivative, it was also good. Not great, but good. I wish I had an iPod touch to pick up the new Evil Dead game, because as a fanboy I totally would. C'mon folks, give us a new console game!!
Conker: Live & Reloaded
, I hated this fucking remake. I wasn't a fan of the fuzzy graphics. I wasn't a fan of it going from Live &
while in development to Live &
sometime before release, because somehow it became more censored under Microsoft than the original was on the N64 under Nintendo. And I wasn't a fan of the new multiplayer. I'd have greatly preferred the original's various modes + online play, instead we got an abomination that just didn't feel right.
Soulcalibur 3
was fun, and I dug the character creation addition, but it felt like a letdown after Soul Calibur 2. It's sandwiched between two better games in the series, in my opinion. But I do like Tira, so there is that...
I never actually bought or even played
Ninja Gaiden Black
. How's that for a game "I cannot wait for"?
The Shield
. Ah, The Shield... I'm a massive fan of the television show it was based on, and back when the game was being made the show was in it's "classic" state, before the big twists of the final three seasons had come into play. I had greatly been looking forward to this game, where the player was to be tasked with playing as Vic Mackey while spending their time juggling police work and the character's criminal activities. Get too corrupt and the other cops will take notice, that kind of thing. Then the game got canned while in development. I was extremely bummed. It eventually was revived and made it to shelves two years later as a budget title on the PS2 only, and did it ever deserve that budget release. As I discovered with other games on this list, fanboyism will only take a player so far, and that wasn't far enough with this game.
So that's it. There's my list of games I supposedly couldn't wait for. It helps me remember that all the games I supposedly need to have right now could easily be either mediocre memories or not a memory at all in the future.


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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Appalachian Power plans to begin spraying herbicide by helicopter along power lines in the state in a couple of months.
The electric utility applies various herbicides in less populated areas where terrain and accessibility make it difficult for crews on foot to safely clear rights of way, said John Ertz, senior utility forester, in a news release.
Power lines in populated areas, as well as near parks, ponds and other sensitive regions are maintained by other means, such as by foot, said Phil Moye, spokesman for Appalachian Power.
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Posted Nov 16, '08 at 8:33pm
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Well I am new here. I am a big time gamer I guess you could say.
My favorite games are action and sniping games. You will probably see me around and I am planning on getting some major points.
So I hope to meet most of you and I love to game :)
Posted Nov 19, '08 at 8:27pm
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hey hows it going and don't worry it is not that easy to get points i have been here for a moth and playing practicly 24/7 and i am only a silver knight
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heyy, Welcome to Armor Games I hope you have fun here xD
I am planning on getting some major points.
you sure will, just make sure not to spam, that kinda gets you in trouble.
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Hey there LlamaStripes, names ShintetsuWA (not Shinetsu, Sintetsu, or Shintetus....), and hope you like it here! Good luck on that major points thing (I've been here since June and I'm up to this many), and maybe we might see each other in UT2K4 if you have that game. =)
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Hey there LlamaStripes
hahahaahh man big spelling error there,well welcome to AG and weve been talking so yeah,,your cool keep it up.
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he m8 welcome :)
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nice to see you man! Btw nice title...lmao....
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Welcome to AG :]
...Oops. Llama SNIPES. Good luck to your gaming and whatnot all the same XD
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Chairman and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.
Former U.S. Senator from Connecticut
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Donna Shalala
President, University of Miami
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Andrew Stern
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Roderick Paige
Former U.S. Secretary of Education
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Solon Couple Works to Bring More Local Food to Eastern IowansBy Jill Kasparie, Reporter
JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa – A Solon couple who lives on a small farm is embarking on a unique project to bring more farm-fresh, local produce to Eastern Iowans.
"It's not that common," said Produce Farmer Eric Menzel. Eric and Eve Menzel are developing what they call a community kitchen. Crews will build it right on their farm, Salt Forks Farm, located just outside of Solon. The couple organized an Easter Benefit to help their cause. Dinner was served at 5:00 Sunday night during a fundraiser at Devotay Restaurant and Bar in Downtown Iowa City. The chef, menu and cooking ingredients were all different than usual. "Chicken and eggs from our farm, potatoes and shallots," Eric Menzel said. Eric Menzel plucked many of the ingredients right off of his farm. He's hoping his green thumb will bring in more green, in the form of cash, for his community kitchen project. "The hope is that our food system is healthy," Eric Menzel said. From the plate to the farm, the Menzel family has plenty of healthy food to go around. The couple has about 800 hens, which are currently producing about 300 eggs a day. They also farm everything from blueberries to okra on land behind their home. They're ready for Mother Nature to grant Eastern Iowa a good dose of warmth to get back out in the field. "As soon as the ground gives us a sign that it's ready, we'll start putting seeds in the ground," Eve Menzel said. The couple said they'll cook their own produce, chicken and eggs in the community kitchen. They'll also buy food grown on other local farms. The space will be utilized in many different ways. They plan to allow people to rent out the kitchen. "We're also going to start a catering business through the kitchen and start doing dinners on the farm and elsewhere, and the main focus is supporting local agriculture," Eric Menzel said. They'll also eventually organize cooking classes to help people learn the basics. "I think people really just want to know how to cook for themselves," Eve Menzel said. "It's something we've moved away from, years ago, and it just became kind of the norm to buy packaged, processed food. As people are finding, it's not the healthiest option." They're looking to bring in about $30,000 for their project. "We just really felt called to put a commercial kitchen on our land and work with what we grow and teach people how to use it and feed people good food," Eve Menzel said. They said their goal is to get the building project started this summer. Conversation GuidelinesBe KindDon't use abusive, offensive, threatening, racist, vulgar or sexually-oriented language. Share KnowledgeBe truthful. Share what you know and what you are passionate about. Stay focusedPromote lively and healthy debate. Stay on topic. Ask questions and give feedback on the story's topic. Report TroubleHelp us maintain a quality comment section by reporting comments that are offensive. If you see a comment that is offensive, or you feel violates our guidelines, simply click on the "x" to the far right of the comment to report it. read the full guidelines here » Commenting will be disabled on stories dealing with the following subject matter: Crime, sexual abuse, property fires, automobile accidents, Amber Alerts, Operation Quickfinds and suicides. |
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