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were only able to get badly needed necessities through the black
market. The black market was often the only reliable source for
functional electronics, properly fitting clothes, or agreeable food.
In order to avoid punishment, many merchants needed to "stay
under the radar" of the government watchdogs in order to carry
on business.
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radar" in order to remain in business. For the last ten years,
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and illogical, that the only wise and cost effective strategy is
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regulations are promulgated every year, and compliance is becoming
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last decade, agencies like the EPA, OSHA, the EEOC, and the IRS
have been unable to come up with the staff to enforce all the new
regulations. As a result, they have been unable to fully create
the army of government agents they would love to let loose on the
American businessman.
imagine a world where the IRS was able to conduct all of the audits
that are allowed by law. Any place that an agent saw even the most
minute potential for squeezing a few bucks out of a taxpayer would
be subject to audit. IRS agents would stop by on a regular business
and have a look at the books anytime the opportunity arose. There
is very little legal protection keeping the IRS at bay. The burden
of proof is largely on the side of the accused. We are protected
by little more than the fact that they simply don't have enough
time and money to cheat everyone out of a little (or a lot) of money.
A similarly horrific fate would await us if other agencies had more
resources as well.
1999, when OSHA suggested that they might apply their regulations
to home offices, more than a few eyebrows were raised. OSHA said
not to worry because they simply did not have enough resources to
inspect even a small portion of all the home offices within OSHA's
jurisdiction. More than likely, inspections would be based on random
home audits. Of course, OSHA didn't mention that if someone at the
agency happened not to like someone, they could ruin his business
with impunity. The home office regulation was eventually repealed,
but non-home businesses continue to turn a profit at the pleasure
of OSHA officials. Once again, the entrepreneur's only comfort is
the fact that the OSHA budget simply isn't large enough to destroy
all the businesses they would like to.
same can be applied to any other agency whether it is an issue of
"equal employment opportunity" or environmental protection.
The legal leverage that these agencies have is astounding. When
prosecuting an "offender", if one violation doesn't stick,
simply use another one that exists somewhere deep down in the annals
of the Federal Register. After all, ignorance of the law is no excuse.
new regulations don't really cost much money, but fortunately for
Americans, actually enforcing those regulations costs a lot of money.
Every year, some high ranking official from each of the agencies
goes before the budget committee and begs for a lot of money. In
recent years they have been getting a lot less than they have been
asking for. This is the only check that prevents any unlucky entrepreneur
from becoming a statistic in some Justice Department legal record.
When money is tight, there is still the chance that a lot of people
will be able to "stay under the radar." On the other hand,
any increase in funding would allow these agencies to grow more
tentacles and to extend their reach to more and more remote places
in the American landscape.
became apparent during the Reagan administration that once an agency
is here, odds are vanishingly low that it will be gone any time
soon. Reagan was committed to destroying the Department of Education
and to hobbling the Environmental Protection Agency. He failed.
Congress kept sending them money, and all the bureaucrats had to
do was wait a few years until Reagan either lost interest or was
out of office. A president can last four or eight years. It's easy
for a permanent bureaucrat to wait a president out.
the end, a potential entrepreneur's only protection from omnipresent
regulatory meddling is the budget constraints of the various agencies.
The entrepreneur can gamble that the odds are low that he will be
fined, harassed, sued, or shut down. If the average entrepreneur
knew that he was going to be checked up on every few days by a government
agent, he would be mad to ever go into business in the first place.
Indeed, to assure compliance with regulations, regular and frequent
visits must be the norm. If regulatory agencies were actually able
to enforce all of their laws, the economy would come to a virtual
standstill. As economist Ludwig Von Mises has pointed out, the more
an enterprise is regulated, the more time and resources it must
devote toward legal compliance and away from profit seeking. Private
enterprise would be reduced to an army of accountants and lawyers
forever trying to understand the laws and to comply with them. This
type of expense would simply price many entrepreneurs out of business.
though, luck may keep the government away, a lot of business owners
are not always so lucky. Confiscated property, levied fines, and
gargantuan legal costs are the fare for those who don't manage to
stay under the government's radar. For the unlucky ones, legal protections
are few, and the laws are many. Those who avoid prosecution have
no one and nothing to thank except chance, and the fact that members
of Congress like to spend taxpayer money on things other than the
bureaucracy. Naturally, the agencies have been kicking and screaming
that they are unable to properly enforce the law due to a lack of
funding. Thank God. If the Soviet regulators had been able to "properly
enforce the law" regarding the black market, most Eastern Europeans
would have spent their days eating salt cod and using toilet paper
with the softness of a pinecone. Since we can find no solace in
the law, let us be glad for the existence of the happy coincidence
that for bureaucrats, there's never quite enough money to go around.
30, 2000
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13 grams is a small but decent weight. I find making a paper with the dimensions listed helps me to visualize the chocolate.
Could you make a paper/clay/dough/caramel... form with the same size? What do you think about it with a real one in front of you?
is it 1.5CM tall? it seems like those dimensions don't fit the picture. The chocolate in the picture is about as tall as it is wide. 2.5cm tall makes more sense. (I do see where they listed the size on the website) but hey, it could be worth ordering one to test the mold.
Thanks for the comment, what size/weight is common, what size/weight do you use?
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A first look at Doctrine 2.1
About one and a half year ago I remember that I had a look at Doctrine 1. It was pretty easy to install and use. The functions where pretty intuitive and it looked very cool. Even when i wanted to implement it to the Zend Framework.
I hadn't been using Doctrine for a while and decided to pick it up two weeks ago, as we wanted to see if we can implement it for our CMS at our office. So I setup a clean installation of the zend framework (1.11.9) and tried tried to implement Doctrine.
The main goal was to see if we can reverse engineer existing databases and then start doing some queries.
Finding 1:
It was quite hard to get it going. I was confronted to numerous terminologies which I didn't understand. What are Proxies, why do we need them? What are annotations? What is the entityManager for? And so on.
Finding 2:
It was hard to get directions to get the Doctrine classes working with the Zend Framework. We had a hard time getting all autoloaders functioning correct. It also plays a role that Doctrine 2.1 uses Namespaces and the Zend Framework doesn't yet.
protected function _initDoctrine()
// Get the configuration options from the application.ini file
$options = $this->getOption('doctrine');
// Get the Zend Autoloader
$zendAutoloader = Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance();
// Autoload the doctrine objects
$autoloader = array(new \Doctrine\Common\ClassLoader('Doctrine'), 'loadClass');
$zendAutoloader->pushAutoloader($autoloader, 'Doctrine');
// Autoload the models
$autoloader = array(new \Doctrine\Common\ClassLoader('Entities', $options['entitiesPath']), 'loadClass');
$zendAutoloader->pushAutoloader($autoloader, 'Entities');
// Now configure doctrine
if ('development' == APPLICATION_ENV) {
$cacheClass = isset($options['cacheClass']) ? $options['cacheClass'] : 'Doctrine\Common\Cache\ArrayCache';
} else {
$cacheClass = isset($options['cacheClass']) ? $options['cacheClass'] : 'Doctrine\Common\Cache\ApcCache';
$cache = new $cacheClass();
// Setup the Doctrine configuration
$config = new Configuration();
$config -> setMetadataCacheImpl($cache);
$config -> setMetadataDriverImpl(Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\AnnotationDriver::create(array($options['entitiesPath'])));
$config -> setQueryCacheImpl($cache);
$config -> setProxyDir($options['proxiesPath']);
$config -> setProxyNamespace('Proxies');
$config -> setEntityNamespaces(array('Entities'));
$em = EntityManager::create(
// Register the default ORM annotations for Doctrine. This has all the commonly
// used annotations for the entities.
// Once we have the EntityManager ready, add it to the registry
Zend_Registry::set('em', $em);
// end
return $em;
I created a resource in my bootstrap file in order to setup, load and configure Doctrine.
Then in my index controller I created a function to generate my entities. When generating my entities based on an existing mysql database i had the following problems
- All tables need to have a primary key, without a primary key Doctrine 2 will not generate the entities.
- We had some tables with geometry fields. Doctrine 2 cannot handle these field types yet. I had to change them to doubles or bynaries
Here is the code I used to generate my Entities.
public function generateFromDb()
try {
new \Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\DatabaseDriver(
$cme = new Doctrine\ORM\Tools\Export\ClassMetadataExporter;
$cme = new \Doctrine\ORM\Tools\Export\ClassMetadataExporter();
$cmf = new Doctrine\ORM\Tools\DisconnectedClassMetadataFactory;
$generator = new \Doctrine\ORM\Tools\EntityGenerator();
$generator->setUpdateEntityIfExists(true); // only update if class already exists
$result = $generator->generate($metadata, APPLICATION_PATH . '/models/');
catch(Exception $e) {
After I generated my entities I wasn't yet able to start my queries. This because I had errors that it couldn't find my classes `Entities\User`. Further investigation learned that each Entity class was missing the line `namespace Entities;`. I thought it was just a setting to get this working. But I ended up debugging the `\Doctrine\ORM\Tools\EntityGenerator();`.
What happens behind the scenes is that Doctrine creates an metadata array with objects of each database table. Each object has a `name` property which is by default set to have the name of the table. Doctrine scans this name to find a `\\` if it finds the two shlashes it will create a namespace else it will skip and not create a namespace. Huh?? Yes that's also what I thought.
The easiest solution to solve this was to loop through the objects and and change the name property to something like: `Entities\\User`. When i did this, I was able to create entities having the namespace declaration. And now I am able to start working with queries.
public function generateFromDb()
try {
new \Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\DatabaseDriver(
$cme = new Doctrine\ORM\Tools\Export\ClassMetadataExporter;
$cme = new \Doctrine\ORM\Tools\Export\ClassMetadataExporter();
$cmf = new Doctrine\ORM\Tools\DisconnectedClassMetadataFactory;
$metadata = $cmf->getAllMetadata();
foreach($metadata as $k => $v){
$bla = $v->name;
$v->name = 'Entities\\'. $bla;
$generator = new \Doctrine\ORM\Tools\EntityGenerator();
$generator->setUpdateEntityIfExists(true); // only update if class already exists
$result = $generator->generate($metadata, APPLICATION_PATH . '/models/');
catch(Exception $e) {
I think this is a bug, maybe someone in the community has a different solution to this. I would be glad to hear about it.
First thoughts on Doctrine 2.1
The only thing what keeps me going with doctrine 2.1 at the moment is that Doctrine 's query's are easier and faster. The problem is that I haven't seen much of this yet as it took me a lot of time to get the basic configuration up and running. I also have a lot of question's which i hope to become clear in the next few days as I continue to work on my little Zend Framework 1.11.x and Doctrine integration 2 project.
There are already a lot of resources available on the Internet. I have looked at various configurations, like for example the `bisna` project from Guilhere Blanco. But I keep saying that it's really difficult and has a steep learning curve. Doctrine 1.2 was really simple. Doctrine 2.x is a lot more difficult to get into.


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The 2012 Hyundai Tucson is now available in Montgomery, AL. New for this year the Tucson underwent small but important design changes to improve fuel economy. Hyundai also tweaked with the suspension and upgraded to low rolling resistance tires to improve ride quality.
If you're looking for great value and a smooth ride the 2012 Hyundai Tucson is the perfect car for you. It not only comes with an established reputation but is fun to drive and reliable. And, it is available in three different trims to choose from; GL, GLS and Limited. The base level GL trim comes with a 2.0-liter inline four-cylinder engine while the GLS and Limited are fitted with a 2.4-liter four-cylinder.
We also just recently welcomed the 2013 Hyundai Tucson to the Hyundai family of cars and SUVs. This year's model is available in three trims: GL, GLS and Limited. The GL comes with a five speed manual transmission, while the GLS and Limited editions feature a six speed automatic.
So, if you're looking for a new Hyundai in Montgomery come take a test drive in the new 2012 Hyundai Tucson. Please contact us or visit us today. We look forward to answering all your questions.


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An Invitation to Peace Discernment
Join the conversation
Right now, congregations and presbyteries are being asked to participate in a church-wide Peace Discernment conversation to "seek clarity as to God's call to the church to embrace nonviolence as its fundamental response to the challenges of violence, terror, and war; and to identify, explore, and nurture new approaches to active peacemaking and nonviolence." This Peace Discernment Process was initiated by the 219th General Assembly (2010) in response to overtures from several presbyteries, and it was reaffirmed by the 220th General Assembly (2012). To support Presbyterians who are engaging their presbyteries, congregations, and college campuses in this Peace Discernment conversation, we are offering the following:
Access the Facilitator Orientation Presentation
If you missed the 2 webinars that were offered to acquaint facilitator's with the Peace Discernment Process and to walk them through the free downloaded Facilitator's Guide, you can still access the PowerPoint presentation that was used in the webinar. If you have questions about the material, please contact the webinar leader Roger Scott Powers.
Montreat Consultation
The Consultation on "New Approaches to Peacemaking and Nonviolence for the 21st Century" was held January 18-20, 2013, in Montreat, North Carolina, and brought together college chaplains, faculty members, and students from 27 Presbyterian-related schools, as well as others engaged in action and reflection on peacemaking and justice seeking. Participants looked at:
- Jesus, the Early Church, and Nonviolence
- The Challenges of Terrorism and War
- The Challenges of Structural Violence and Oppression
- Nonviolent Approaches to Peacemaking
- Teaching Peace in the 21st Century
The keynote speaker was Andrea Bartoli, Director of the Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution, George Mason University. Other speakers included South African theologian/activist Allan Boesak, Pakistani Christian Charles Amjad-Ali, Cris Tofollo of the US Peace and Justice Studies Association, New Testament scholar Margaret Aymer Oget, Singer/Songwriter David LaMotte, West Point Graduate and Iraq War Veteran Paul K. Chappell, author Richard A. Horsley, and Tommy Ross, Senior Intelligence & Defense Advisor to Sen. Harry Reid. Watch for reports about the outcome of the consultation.
Additional resources
- Flier – An Invitation to Peace Discernment
- Peace Discernment Interim Report – "Encountering the Gospel of Peace Anew: An Invitation to Discernment and Witness"
- The Peace Discernment Process Facilitator's Guide
Downloads of the Peace Discernment Response Forms. Remember to SAVE the completed form.
My church is interested in participating. How do we do this? How do we get the materials? Are they available by calling the GA office in Louisville? This is my second attempt to communicate via this Discussion forum, but I'm not getting any response. Can somebody please give me some advice. Thank you!
My church, too, is interested in participating. How do we do this? I would like information to present to my church's peacemaking committee. (St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX)
Is there any DVD to go with this matertial that our Peacemaking Taskforce in Albany Presbytery can use for the presbytery or congregations?
Very interesting and hopeful. I am a Veteran for Peace and have did peace activist work. I am a Commisioned Lay Pastor and pastor a small rural church in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I want to get more involved.
Eager to see and use discernment materials ... ASAP!


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WILD RAIN by Christine Feehan
Lanford Beard: There's an amazing book called Wild Rain by Christine Feehan. Though I never actually read it (I swear I'm not lying to preserve my own dignity!), two of my friends bought it in the airport on the way to our spring break trip my senior year of college. Throughout the week, we would have campfire-style reading parties. My memory is sketchy, but I know it was set in the rainforest, and I'm pretty sure the requisite sexy guy turned into a leopard intermittently. All that's without mentioning the liberal use of fruit during the steamier passages. I will never look at mangoes or papayas the same way again.
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Which do you prefer in a webcomic?
486 deviants said
Nice artwork and a well-paced story: even if uploads are fewer and far between.
113 deviants said
Fast and frequent uploads to keep me interested in the story: art cleanliness and pacing be damned.
63 deviants said
I won't read any webcomic that doesn't update frequently AND has nice artwork.
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13 deviants said
Webcomics ain't my thing, bro.
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Nov 10, 2012
Student Digital Artist
as long as its in a timely fashion. i dont wanna have to check because its unorganized. If its every month than let it be every month. i dont want 2 in month and than 0 the next. : D
Featured By Owner
Nov 5, 2012
Hobbyist General Artist
i gotta say, it's best if it's got a good story, good artwork, a colorful cast of characters, and isn't always letting people guess what's gonna happen next... and end up letting them be right..
Featured By Owner
Nov 4, 2012
Hobbyist Digital Artist
Honestly, I only check on webcomic updates once a month or so, so if the author updates too frequently, it becomes rather overwhelming.
Featured By Owner
Nov 3, 2012
Hobbyist Digital Artist
i think it depends on how much content is being released with each update. if we are talking like...1 page/5-ish panels at a time, i would expect updates once a week or once every 2 weeks at the longest. i think id want web comics to be like tv shows. come in seasons and update weekly.
Featured By Owner
Nov 3, 2012
Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I don't mind the uploads are far behind, I'm a little busy, and feel it can quickly get too much when you upload 3 pages every day.
So I'd rather want you to work really hard on your comic, and upload it when you feel it's ready
Featured By Owner
Nov 2, 2012
The schedule should be consistent for the sake of keeping your audience's attention. Even if it has to be every two weeks or so, if the schedule is relatively consistent, the audience will continue to check the comic. You can sacrifice quality a little bit for a quicker schedule, as long as you go back and refine the artwork in a timely manner.
For example: sometimes Coelasquid (Creator of Manly Guys Doing Manly Things) will upload a page that is junk inks or just flats, but she quickly goes back and updates the artwork to completion, all while maintaining a consistent schedule.
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Nov 2, 2012
Digital Artist
I don't mind infrequent updates as long as there's a RSS feed. I follow a little over 90 comics, so it's nice when I can just go down the list instead of having to memorize a bunch of schedules.
Featured By Owner
Nov 2, 2012
Hobbyist General Artist
If the story is good and art is nice, once per week is good. But I'd prefer it to be twice per week.
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Nov 2, 2012
Professional Digital Artist
Well in my experience, I prefer webcomics that are easily accessible and have a time schedule. Ava's Demon is a great Tumblr webcomic with excellent art but updates so infrequently, I would forget about it had I not been watching it on Tumblr.
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Nov 2, 2012
Hobbyist General Artist
Nice artwork and fast and frequent uploads.
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Would you be interested in owning an art book made by me? (illustrations, sketches, etc. of original work)
Apr 3, 2013
When you first found me online, what gender did you think I was?
Feb 7, 2013
Feb 6, 2013
Original Character Tournament dedicated to being the biggest asshole shitlord: are you game?
Nov 1, 2012
Which do you prefer in a webcomic?
Sep 15, 2012
The "Go to Hell" comic is composed of three chapters. How should I post it?
Jul 16, 2012
Are you interested in purchasing adoptable characters/designs?
Jul 15, 2012
Ref Sheets :: lesser/unknown characters time! Don't know anyone? Pick one at random. :]
Jul 9, 2012
After Art and Rocky, who's Ref Sheets should I work on next?
Jul 7, 2012
New Ref sheets :: WHO'S FIRST?
Jun 27, 2012
Do you play mobile games on your tablet, phone, etc.?
Jun 15, 2012
Of these two styles, which do you prefer in digital artwork?
Apr 18, 2012
I know most follow me here for Curiah City. Would it be easier if I made a separate account for my Sonic stuff?
Apr 13, 2012
I apologize if you're not fond of Sonic, even in parody form. :'S But there will be more.
Apr 2, 2012
Apr 1, 2012
Kenny vs. Eoin : Whomever loses is going to be removed from Curiah City FOREVER!!
Mar 4, 2012
Thoughts on getting one's own artwork tattoo'd on oneself?
Feb 17, 2012
Curiah City wallpapers- currently I offer different sizes. Would you prefer different color variations instead?
Dec 4, 2011
Because I'm curious, so ANSWER THE POLL: (yes, anthros and animals count as well as humans)
Nov 20, 2011
You watch me for my...
Nov 2, 2011
Weapon of choice?
Sep 26, 2011
When reading webcomics/graphic novels, what is your page size preference?
Sep 11, 2011
Generic Demographic Poll! You are:
Jul 15, 2011
So, Tumblr rarely loads for whatever reason. I would prefer to use a more stable blog host:
Jul 14, 2011
Considering starting a new sketch-a-day blog: which is best?
Jun 24, 2011
You're at a bar and some A-hole throws a bottle at you; a fight ensues. Who would you have fighting on your side?
Jun 18, 2011
If you were shipwrecked on a deserted isle with one of my characters, who would you prefer to spend an isolated eternity with?
Jun 14, 2011
Your favorite season?
May 10, 2011
You usually prefer characters created based on: (be honest, you can lean one way or the other)
May 8, 2011
Go to Hell is ON HOLD (to make way for a prelim comic).
Apr 30, 2011
I'm going to clean out my gallery to get rid of the old irrelevant storyline stuff :: yay or nay?
Feb 17, 2011
Curiah City calendar:: theme?
Feb 13, 2011
The Favorites Game:: Who?
Oct 12, 2010
Making stuff for the site; character wallpapers- who's first?
Oct 11, 2010
Halloween is coming! I should draw:
Oct 10, 2010
Updated Ref time showdown: PICK A DUDE.
Oct 10, 2010
Do you have interest in seeing updated character references?
Sep 24, 2010
Can I get a HI HO?
Sep 1, 2010
Due to time constraints, I can only update once a week for starters. Which day?
Sep 1, 2010
Best days to update a webcomic?
Aug 21, 2010
Aug 20, 2010
Why do I bother making these polls????????
Aug 20, 2010
Oz is prooving too hard to draw right now. How much will you hate me if I enter someone else in AFL instead?
Aug 19, 2010
The Final Battle :: Who should I enter in Angelfigther's Crushing Thing blah blah you know the drill?
Aug 18, 2010
Top four showdown :: Who should I enter in AngelCrusher's Fighting League OCT?
Aug 18, 2010
AngelCrusher's Fighting League OCT :: who should I enter?
Aug 4, 2010
What do you look forward to the MOST with the Curiah City comic?
May 19, 2010
PT figurine poll pt 2 :: of these three, which would be your choice? (no mumus)
May 18, 2010
Might submit to PatchTogether again soonish:: Who would you like a figurine of?
May 16, 2010
My haiku was on the front page yesterday. This makes you...?
May 11, 2010
You prefer...?
May 10, 2010
When creating a character, you first work on...?
Mar 31, 2010
When you fave a deviation, what is your MOST COMMON motive?
Feb 4, 2010
What makes you enjoy a character the most?
Feb 2, 2010
DeviantDead collab comic with :devsephiramy: -thoughts?
Jan 21, 2010
CLUE: Who dunnit?
Jan 15, 2010
I am offended by the question "Mac or PC?"
Jan 14, 2010
PC or Mac?
Jan 6, 2010
Are you male or female?
Nov 30, 2009
When you're bored, you-?
Nov 18, 2009
Scott only needs three more pre-orders: http://www.patchtogether.com/store/store/view/id/164
Oct 23, 2009
So, did my mass upload of old art scare you?
Oct 22, 2009
I found a ton of CDs with REALLY old artwork on them. (5+ years old or more) Should I post some in my scraps?
Sep 29, 2009
Token Age Demographic poll: how old are you?
Sep 23, 2009
I lied THIS is the last question: Which do you prefer?
Sep 23, 2009
Last question: Which do you prefer?
Sep 22, 2009
So we know toys are a good idea. Should there be a theme between them?
Sep 22, 2009
I'm thinking of submitting a design to http://www.patchtogether.com/ :: thoughts?
Sep 18, 2009
You are being sent on a secret mission. It's so secret, even you don't know what it is. Who do you choose as your partner?
Sep 10, 2009
Favorite food type?
Sep 7, 2009
Characters in General- which do you prefer MOST?
Aug 11, 2009
Best first impression in Curiah City comic so far?
Aug 7, 2009
Jul 31, 2009
Dr. WHAM is a...?
Jul 29, 2009
New character refs- who's first?
Jul 10, 2009
You watch me on dA for...?
Jun 28, 2009
Would it be uncool for me to put a "donate" button on my website?
May 20, 2009
Do you have a character created to represent yourself?
May 7, 2009
Which hand do you draw with?
May 2, 2009
Delya you upload way too much now wtf.
May 2, 2009
Oz vs. Scott WHO WINS?
Apr 18, 2009
Missed me missed me now you gotta kiss me!
Apr 17, 2009
Who do you wanna see humanized and fighting zombies in Deviant Dead?
Apr 17, 2009
Would you be interested in joining an OC tourney called GOREFEST?
Mar 17, 2009
Two Words
Feb 5, 2009
Popularity poll AGAIN
Jan 28, 2009
ToCC comic: how to post?
Jan 6, 2009
Tales of Curiah City...
Dec 30, 2008
If I compiled a Curiah City art and sketchbook, would you be interested in purchasing it?
Dec 18, 2008
I need to stop making polls and not following through with the results?
Dec 15, 2008
After Scott Sr., who do you wanna see next?
Dec 13, 2008
Next Curiah City design sheet?
Oct 31, 2008
Popularity poll update:: your fave of mine?
Oct 26, 2008
Astrobe's hair color should be....?
Oct 16, 2008
Should I watermark my images? (read journal first)
Oct 1, 2008
Do you know what a Mummer Muse is?
Sep 30, 2008
You prefer my...?
Sep 17, 2008
Are you interested in voice acting for Curiah City?
Sep 16, 2008
Jamie Cullum is win?
Sep 11, 2008
Have you ever liked the song MMBop by Hansen?
Sep 1, 2008
Werewolf Ozzy redesign yay or nay?
Jul 25, 2008
What should I call Guy and Oz and friends' ska band?
Jul 19, 2008
Which of my lesser known characters would you like to see me draw?
Jun 19, 2008
Do you play computer games?
Jun 5, 2008
"Flavor of the Month" :: Flavor of Oz?
May 28, 2008
"Flavor of the Month" :: Flavor of Astrobe?
May 14, 2008
Where should I post my sketches?
May 9, 2008
Do you fullview deviations?
May 6, 2008
This is a trick question.
Apr 22, 2008
I love...
Apr 14, 2008
Your prefer to draw....?
Apr 2, 2008
Does April Fools piss you off?
Apr 1, 2008
Changing Curiah City to another name- what should it be?
Mar 23, 2008
Oz and DJ Astrobe acoustic duet album: track one? (choose wisely.. or don't 8D)
Mar 20, 2008
Next STYLEE BENDER style?
Mar 12, 2008
Favorite Curiah character NOT created by Delya?
Feb 25, 2008
Curiah City vector t-shirt design; who should be first?
Feb 13, 2008
Which of my secrets do you want me to share?
Feb 7, 2008
Do you have any musical abilities?
Jan 11, 2008
Who should be "cover model" for Curiah City issue one?
Dec 18, 2007
Wanna Curiah City plushie?
Dec 14, 2007
CuriahYearbook: Best as an imaginary friend?
Dec 12, 2007
CuriahYearbook: Most likely to die trying?
Dec 12, 2007
CuriahYearbook: Most likely to die trying?
Nov 21, 2007
Tales of Curiah City- webcomic?
Nov 16, 2007
I say "potato," you say-?
Nov 7, 2007
Would you purchase an art book (new art) by Snowkatt101 and myself?
Oct 18, 2007
Curiah City Comic upload to dA- how?
Oct 7, 2007
Am I losing my mind?
Sep 27, 2007
What do you people WANT FROM ME?
Sep 3, 2007
Curiah Yearbook: Most likely to become a part-time Chippendale?
Aug 29, 2007
Curiah Yearbook: MOST POPULAR?! (worst poll ever)
Aug 28, 2007
Curiah Yearbook: Sexiest as a transexual?
Aug 24, 2007
Curiah Yearbook: Most likely to win the grand prize on Survivor: Antarctica?
Aug 20, 2007
Curiah Yearbook: Most likely to get caught cheating during the Olympics?
Aug 14, 2007
Curiah Yearbook: Most likely to wind-up with their own talkshow?
Aug 13, 2007
Curiah Yearbook: Most likely to die by falling into a snake pit?
Aug 6, 2007
Oh word?
Aug 3, 2007
Aug 3, 2007
Personal question!?
Aug 1, 2007
Jul 27, 2007
TakeTwo: Who should be the FIRST in a series of NON-POSEABLE figurines?
Jul 27, 2007
Which of my characters would you want as a collectable figurine? (if I do this, more will be available later)
Jul 25, 2007
EnterVOID Deathmatch vs. Lysol-Jones in one month. Who should I battle with?
Jul 23, 2007
Delya + Mattsbee - sensible conversation = ?
Jul 19, 2007
What would be a good size for the art/comic book?
Jul 17, 2007
Who would win the Mr. Curiah City beauty pageant? 8D
Jul 11, 2007
Jul 8, 2007
Animated films...?
Jul 5, 2007
Which book type would you rather see...?
Jun 25, 2007
Jun 15, 2007
NEXT QUESTION: If Delya's characters suddenly had necks, what would you do?
Jun 15, 2007
Jun 1, 2007
May 25, 2007
Curiah Yearbook: Most Stylin'?
Apr 22, 2007
Curiah Yearbook: Best hair?
Apr 8, 2007
If I had an "Ask *so and so*" article on my website, who should be "so and so"~?
Apr 7, 2007
Who do you wanna hear next?
Apr 1, 2007
Gonne do some more lipsynch vocal tests- which character do you wanna hear next?
Mar 29, 2007
Which of my lesser characters do you like most?
Mar 25, 2007
Assuming I can't get the insurance to cover the surgery, would you be willing to donate?
Mar 12, 2007
The fastest way to a man's heart is through his-
Mar 8, 2007
California anyone?
Mar 3, 2007
Tattoos of band logos?
Mar 1, 2007
I like big butts and I cannot...
Feb 14, 2007
Who would you rather BANG? 8D (dirtydirty)
Feb 11, 2007
I believe EVERYTHING THE INTERNET TELLS ME.
Feb 11, 2007
You put the lime in the...
Feb 10, 2007
How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsiepop?
Feb 7, 2007
Which of my characters would be the best President? 8D
Feb 6, 2007
Which music genre do you think would best suit Bomb the Town?
Feb 2, 2007
Jan 31, 2007
Would you like to see "Bomb the Town" as a comic?
Jan 28, 2007
Which of my characters would look best tattoo'd on my BUTT?
Jan 27, 2007
What kind of character do you tend to play as in a multiplayer game?
Jan 26, 2007
Jan 25, 2007
Jan 23, 2007
If I made free-use dA avatars of my characters (labeled FAN in the corner) would you use one?
Jan 11, 2007
Family Hijinks or Space Mayhem?
Jan 1, 2007
If I made a calendar, would you buy it?
Dec 27, 2006
FINE you don't get FUNNY, you get HORRIBLE DEATH SEQUENCE INSTEAD CHOOSE WISELY
Dec 27, 2006
Dec 27, 2006
Random comic topic TOP THREE: CHOOSE WISELY
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Random comic topic CHOOSE WISELY:
Dec 25, 2006
What's the best answer?
Dec 23, 2006
Which of the following would fill you with the MOST holiday cheer?
Dec 21, 2006
Delya makes awesome polls.
Dec 7, 2006
Which character would you rather be stuck in an elevator with for twelve hours? (fun activities included!)
Dec 4, 2006
Please pick whichever statement best represents you:
Dec 1, 2006
Which of the following statements is true?
Nov 26, 2006
Which of my (main) characters do you like the MOST? *winkwink*
Nov 25, 2006
Which of my (main) characters do you like the LEAST? *sadistic*
Nov 18, 2006
What song would you like to hear DJ Astrobe cover?
Jul 15, 2006
Do :devdivineerror:'s polls suck?
Jul 6, 2006
Which of my art mediums do you enjoy the most?
Jul 4, 2006
Who do you wanna see a print of the MOST?
Jul 1, 2006
Curiah City CLUE- who dunnit?
Jun 11, 2006
If :devdivineerror: and I were to publish an art book, would you buy it?
Jun 10, 2006
Will Dean survive his deathmatch with Dr. Bibi Dov?
Jun 8, 2006
What do you really think of me?
Jun 1, 2006
Which of my characters has the BEST fashion sense?
May 22, 2006
Is it cannibalism if you eat yourself?
May 19, 2006
Have you ever come across someone irl who looks JUST LIKE one of my characters?
May 10, 2006
Who? What? Where? When? Why? HOW?
May 1, 2006
Vote for your FAVORITE Cosplay Contest entry!
Apr 25, 2006
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Apr 23, 2006
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Apr 19, 2006
Who are YOU looking forward to playing as in our game?
Apr 2, 2006
Did we fool you?
Mar 29, 2006
I say tomato, you say...
Mar 19, 2006
Who should be my next VOID entry? (take TWO)
Mar 14, 2006
(LAME QUESTION) If you could BE any one of my characters, who and why?
Mar 1, 2006
Should I enter DJ Astrobe in VOID?
Jan 18, 2006
Create-a-comic Poll number 06:: READ FIRST POST
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Create-a-comic Poll number 05:: READ FIRST POST
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It was a dark and stormy night. Scott was sitting in the kitchen snorting crack when from out of the shadows came A GIANT EAR OF CORN...
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It was a dark and stormy night. Scott was sitting in the kitchen snorting crack when from out of the shadows came...
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dA CLUE~ who was it? It was...
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Dec 11, 2005
Do you read the "Artist's Comments" on deviations?
Dec 3, 2005
If the following got into a FIGHT, who would win?
Dec 1, 2005
What's your LEAST fave music genre?
Nov 16, 2005
Which of my characters would win a fashion show? (wow, I need more chicks XD)
Oct 30, 2005
Are you a member of EnterVOID? http://www.entervoid.com
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Who's in the what now?
Oct 20, 2005
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Did you miss me? o3o
Sep 25, 2005
Ignore that last poll.
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I'm considering entering another one of my characters into EnterVoid~ I want it to be one of the following, but I'm not sure who to pick. WHO DO YOU THINK??
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My poll questions suck ass. 8D
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How would you rather die? *HAPPY QUESTION*
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How would you rather die? 8D
Sep 21, 2005
Now what?
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Can I roll your bones...? 8D
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Would you be interested in purchasing an item from my shop?
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Aug 26, 2005
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Last updated 3/18/06
By Paul Marossy
This project came into being simply because I had some old radio tubes that were given to me - a 12BA6 (remote cutoff RF pentode) and a 12AT6 (duo-diode hi-mu triode). The Radio-Head was created by an individual in Argentina who goes by the name "Gringo" at the diystompboxes.com forum. He built this preamp around these tubes because they were easily obtainable where he lives. I decided to build this circuit as well, just so I could do something with these old tubes that I have. I made a few modifications to the circuit to suit my own tastes, which entails mainly the coupling cap sizes and the cathode bypass cap sizes. This preamp has quite a bit of gain as I have built it. Below are some details of this project.
Here I have used another recycled data switch box of some sort that I had picked up at a thrift store for a project such as this. This project follows roughly the same layout as my Real McTube project with a few exceptions due to the case geometry.
|Here is a little closer view of the preamp tubes. The tube sockets are held in place by a couple of brackets fashioned out of some sheet aluminum.
|Here is a closer view of the internally mounted transformers and filter caps. The vertical cap at the center of the picture is a 3300uF filter cap for the DC heater supply. I tried an AC heater supply at first, but had some serious hum, so the DC heater section is kind of an add-on to the original layout. There is still a small amount of hum from the heater filaments, but I don't feel it is too objectionable. Perhaps a pair of 2200uF caps as in the Real McTube would work a little more effectively.
|Here is a view from the back. I will install an IEC power socket, the brown cord is just a temporary cord soldered in for my initial testing and tweaking.
|Here is a view of the front showing the controls. The graphics are kind of low-tech - a CAD drawing printed out on white paper, glued to the face of the enclosure and covered with clear label protecting tape. The switch second from the right is a boost switch which switches the two cathode bypass caps two ground for more boost.
|About two years after I built this project, I decided that I wanted it to look a little classier, so I decided to paint it and do the graphics over. I like it better this way.
|Since I have small children and am planning on making this part of my home studio, the large openings in back of the enclosure bothered me - little fingers could get in there and get a shock. To make it safer, I used some metal window screen, glued to the enclosure with SuperGlue.
|Here's how the screen looks from the exterior. It was a pain in the neck glueing it to the enclosure, but the use of a needle and thread to hold the screen down while glueing it was a big help. All in all, this part turned out pretty well.
|I also thought it would be nifty if it had a little carrying handle, so I added one. I used a drawer handle that I've had sitting around for ten years or so. It finally found a home again.
|The bottom half of the enclosure got a coat of flat black paint.
|And finally, this is a view of the top. I used gloss black spray paint for the top half. It turned out really well.
|Still not completely satisfied with the sound, I decided to redo a few things. The back to back power transformers had too much loss to give a good B+ voltage, so I decided to add an additional transformer just for the tube filaments. The back to back transformers are now functioning as a 1:1 isolation transformer, albeit, and inefficent one. But this worked out perfect for my purposes as it raised the B+ voltage by about 60 volts. Obviously, I had to rearrange things a little bit to fit the new transformer in there.
|The transformers used are as follows: the back to back transformers are RadioShack #273-1385B, 120VAC/12.6VAC 300mA and the filament transformer is RadioShack #273-1365A 120VAC/12.6VAC 450mA. This arrangement gives me a B+ voltage that is much closer to design - 150VDC with a 122VAC input. This works out perfect and it sounds a whole lot better now. The filament voltage is higher now, too, so that is also a plus. In spite of the filament transformer being close to the circuitry, this preamp is amazingly quiet.
|Here is a view of the relocated tubes and sockets. Now I am finally happy with this thing. It sat on the shelf for a long time, so you know how it is, "outta site, outta mind". Definitely was worth the trouble of tweaking it a little bit more, though.
The sound of this circuit is comparable to the Real McTube, but it has a little different flavor to the input pentode / second stage triode combination. With the boost switch on, there is some serious gain! It should be noted that my schematic shows only 3.3uF caps on the cathodes of the 12BA6 and 12AT6. The way I actually have it wired is with the originally specified 0.68uF caps on the cathodes at all times. The 3.3uF caps are wired in parallel and the boost switch makes or breaks the connection to ground on those caps.


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Before you login, there's options button that allows to set rates and enable/disable peer-to-peer transfer. What kind of data is transferred by this system?
Patches/updates. They can be configured via that system to be downloaded as peer-to-peer material (aka torrents).
Hmm, haven't looked carefully at the patching lately, so I don't know if it's still there,
but Riot's P2P had the disadvantage over torrents of not having an "endgame strategy":
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I really don't know how time slips away the way it does, but it did, and suddenly it's December 12th 2011. The adventure of moving to Portland this year is beginning to feel something like normal, and plans for 2012, presumably our last on the planet, are in full swing.
This isn't one of those heavy, "How to be a better person" posts that I seem to gravitate toward, but a simple reflection on a new life in a grand new place.
This year has been one for the record books. In addition to the big move, I assumed a new position, heading west coast operations for a super duper company called BubbleUp Interactive, who I used to compete with, ironically. (If ya can't beat 'em, take their money and head West, I say.) I'm having a BLAST working for clients like Margaritaville and BB Kings Blues Clubs, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Alan Jackson, Terrry Fator and a truckload of others. I am also honored to be called a mentor at the Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE), and I've made a few new friends with folks like Mitch Daugherty and Linda Weston, who have been tremendously helpful in plugging me in with the local movers & shakers.
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The year has not been without its misadventures. I busted a finger breaking the rules out at Scottco, a farm my buddy Scott Graves & his pal Pickle run out in West Tennessee. I bailed on my bike in downtown Portland and learned first hand why the Tri-Met tracks are to be avoided at all costs. And I'll be darned if I didn't destroy the side-view mirror on our new CR-V, backing out to take Laura to the airport at 4:45am. Just a really great way to start the day in general.
Life is good, dear friends. (And random people I don't know that somehow find this website through a myriad of random search terms.)
2012 should be a good year. I have an idea for a book that is tentatively titled Raising Icarus. I hope to get back to Nashville at least a few times to hang out with my buddies down South, and I think that this might just be the year that I win the lottery. I've heard that you can't win if you don't play, so I can only assume that when I do, I will. #flawlesslogic
I hope it's been a solid year for you too, good readers from the Internet. Thanks for stopping by and have a very merry new year!
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Still feeling so thankful that Ben was able to have you as a prof at Belmont before you left for the west coast. So glad that things are going well for you. Love keeping up with the things that you're doing. Much success in the new year!
As am I, Mr. E! And the same to you! Ben was one of my all-time favs. I'll be looking forward to keeping up with you both in the new year!
I usually hate reading sappy new years posts but this one made my day! I've always been inspired by you diving head first into whatever you get yourself into and now that your in Portland (which I'll be there in a week without you!) your blog is the next best thing! Make sure to post some pics of your home brews and the best of luck in your ventures in 2012!!
Sounds like you've settled into life there really well. I did notice that many of your clients reek of Nashville… So you should probably just move back now. Ok?
I've done the bike in the street car tracks in Toronto. Luckily I was wearing a helmet, I would have been toast otherwise.
Take care man. Hope to see you when you're back in Music City.
Ha! Thanks, man. I think my wife would be happy to hear you suggest that we return. We certainly do miss our friends but hope to be back a few times to soothe the ache this year.
Fortunately, I was wearing a helmet too, which has a nice road scar now to prove it. I did aggravate an old wrist injury, but no doctors had to get involved.
Thanks so much for sayin' hi, man! You know you're one of my heroes in the social media space, right? Hope it's an awesome new year.
Just thought I'd drop by and read whats new with Pinky. We have something in common, hey. Brewing Beer from scratch. It's a wonderful thing isn't it. Trappist Belgian ales, Black IPA's and a good Nut Brown Ale. Humm they just seem to make life better don't they.
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