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|I'm thinking that this won't work, but I'm looking for confirmation. I planted a hazelnut bush last year, but they need to have two plants in order to cross pollinate to produce nuts. I saw last night that it has popped out a baby, through a runner under ground.
Am I right in thinking that this new plant will be a generic copy of its parent, and therefore not unique enough for cross pollination?
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|if its a sucker.... then it IS THE PARENT ....
i have one plant..and it gives nuts.... though it took a few years to do so ...
does your show any pollen thingees??? .. see link ...
if its not mature enough to put out pollen.. its not mature enough to nut ...
and i am presuming this is a nut tree ... and not some sterile variety ...
do you have the latin name???? .. you can research with such.. rather than rely on the common name ....
BTW .. this is not a propagation question.. and this forum is rather dead ... you might want to try the fruit forum ... as those peeps also do or know about nuts ....
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|Thank you Ken, you've answered my question. Because the nuts are the seeds, and pollination is required to get nuts. It is a sucker, and I was right to assume that it is not going to work for cross pollination to get nuts.
I will have to find another at a nursery. I don't have the Latin name, it was given to me last year from my local nature center, with a print out that said two pants were needed to get nuts, so I don't believe it'd sterile.
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When I play OoT, I so want to kill that little fairy.
Oh, Navi, I hate you so much...
I gotta agree that picking the dog from Duck Hunt seemed like a rather poor choice for #1. The most popular choice is not the one that should be #1; that should be the most worthy choice.
I liked most of the rest of the list, though. I'd probably put either Natalya or Navi as #1, myself. In thinking about it further, I'd definitely put Natalya as #1. I don't think any character has made me yell profanity at the screen without being an enemy more than Natalya did. It's an absolute relief when you finally can stop protecting her and having her walk right in front of you while you're shooting a Soviet guy and then fail your mission because you killed her.
Navi's a close second, though. I loved this comic about Phantom Hourglass.
Navi's a close second, though. I loved this comic about Phantom Hourglass.
That's a great comic. Felt the same way when I first heard the fairy in PH.
Pretty good list and I'm glad they put Ashley on that list. She kinda buzzkilled that game for me.
Mr Resetti is very gay I hated that Fuh-hag. I think it's funny they added that Piece of crap Dog from Duck Hunt, why oh why couldn't you be able to shoot him???
I probably would've added that trans-gender dude from Enchanted Arms(forgot his name).
yeah good list i think raiden should be number one for when i found out that he was the lead chracter for mgs 2 i got so pissed planned not to buy the game but i had to LOL
and the dog at the duck hunt yeah i remember it, but did not bother at all, but those guyz who drink beer in a tony hawk game can't remmeber will laugh at u everytime you fail a trick, and that was UPSETTING
i think Vaan and Tidus should be in that list.
Vaan had the UGLIEST piece of crap voice I've ever heard for a video game character. not to mention he's freakishly scary looking and ugly as heck.
Tidus is a whiny little $#@%^.summer_star17x
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Sep 12, 2013Spark Unlimited's take on EDN III is engaging and fun. It's not going to turn the genre on its head or come away with any game of the year awards, but it is the best in the series and makes the franchise relevant again.
Aug 27, 2013The slow-burning start betrays a really engrossing game, let-down only by its rather repetitive firefights and laborious backtracking.
Oct 10, 2013There's already been a price drop of about $20 for Lost Planet 3, which makes it a pretty good deal. The timing for such a thing isn't great. There are a couple new consoles launching soon and the tidal wave of 4th Quarter games has only just started, I think Lost Planet 3's window of opportunity has closed for this somewhat enjoyable mid-tier game.
Aug 27, 2013The first two games balanced out any unsavory elements with mega moments and straightforward fun. The third entry simply doesn't have enough thermal energy to overcome its many problems.
Sep 5, 2013This is one of those games that you might snag on sale and end up finding enjoyment in its merits. Just know that there are several problems that are impossible to overlook when you do. Still, fans of the Lost Planet series would do well to give it a go when it gets cheaper.
Sep 11, 2013Despite looking the part, and having some of the best voice work in a third person shooter, Lost Planet 3 turns the gun on itself with bad gameplay design, terrible boss battles, and a story that never delivers on its promises.
Aug 27, 2013It's worrying when the nicest thing you can say about a game is that the early sections manage to be boring in an interesting way, but it's true for Lost Planet 3. It's a game that manages to make third-person shooting feel like work - and one that makes work feel like something that more games should explore.
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Positive: 18 out of 27
Mixed: 3 out of 27
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Aug 27, 2013Don't pay attention to the negative reviews. Those are based on expectations. This is a more story driven mature game than the first 2. If itDon't pay attention to the negative reviews. Those are based on expectations. This is a more story driven mature game than the first 2. If it was released with a new franchise name without the expectations, it would have been voted much higher for the excellent character and story development, with a little less frenetic action.… Expand
Aug 29, 2013Please ignore the professional reviewers. They are PC gaming snobs who get paid for creating controversy. Claiming that this game is dull orPlease ignore the professional reviewers. They are PC gaming snobs who get paid for creating controversy. Claiming that this game is dull or repetitive while praising games such as Dead Space 3 and Saint's Row 4, which are even more repetitive, is hypocritical. Lost Planet 3 is much deeper than the two previous Lost Planet games, and is an improvement because of it. The characters have more depth and the gameplay experience is more immersive, for example in the way you can interact with the npc-s and upgrade your weapons. The graphics and environmental designs are better looking than in the previous games, and create an even greater sense of being stuck on an icy snow planet. It is more claustrophobic than the previous games, as it takes place in an earlier time line when the planet was just getting colonized. The combat is more immersive as you now have a first-person view in your mech, something the previous games did not have. The user interface adds to the immersion by being as minimalistic as possible. The voice acting and music is great. The storyline is probably more interesting if you liked the previous two games, as a stand-alone game the storyline is OK, a bit like a cross between the film 'The Thing' and 'Aliens'. The best new element in the series is the personalization given to the main character, he is a character with a personality. So there are three new elements in this game that you haven't seen in previous Lost Planet games, a well-developed character personality, weapons customization, and first-person view Mech combat. In addition the gameplay is more open than previously, it is not as linear as the other two games. In summary, this is a great sci-fi action game.… Expand
Aug 28, 2013I don't understand all of these negative reviews. Did they play the same game as me? I tried this game out first on my pc via torrents. JustI don't understand all of these negative reviews. Did they play the same game as me? I tried this game out first on my pc via torrents. Just to make sure its worth purchasing on my xbox 360. I played for about an hour, the game is loads of fun. I played the first 2 games. If you enjoyed them. You will enjoy this. Some parts can get repetative. But overall a great experience.… Expand
Sep 27, 2013I'm about halfway through playing this on 360 and Its really good! This feels like the first true survival story I've played in a video gameI'm about halfway through playing this on 360 and Its really good! This feels like the first true survival story I've played in a video game and it impresses the hell out of me. I dont understand whats going on with these reviews, did these magazine chumps actually play this game?
Ok, so I didnt play the first 2 games, so I really didn't have any idea of what to expect, but what it delivered was kind of a poor man's Dead Space 3, with some Mass Effect type elements in the game play. Its certainly not as good as either in the gameplay department, with some notable control problems, and a focus on covering and recovering the same world territory that tries to channel metroid but lacks the complexity to make it feel worthwhile, but I'm actually finding the story and more to point, the characters, a lot more interesting. And thats really strange because it completely lacks the background universe that made the DS and mass effect plots really compelling. Since the company NEVEC and the world is very lightly fleshed out, that makes the plot of this game almost entirely a character piece about the main character and his struggles with loneliness, the world and the people he meets on EDN3, but it works great! His messages home and responses from his wife play during missions and feel very genuine and heartfelt, the environment is an active antagonist in a much deeper and more real way than any other game I've played and its exactly the kind of thing I'd been hoping to see a game do so I can forgive all its very minor gameplay flaws easily. The first time you have to cross a major storm, having your walker ICE over, and having to literally pry the thing open to remove the ice manually, while dodging pieces of mega-hail from the sky, it surprises the hell out of you and its very immersive, making you feel that this is a real world with real struggles. I'm loving the game and very surprised at how good it is, and I'd really like someone to explain to me how its getting such low scores from the big guys.
Of course, how good it is really begs it to be better, if the backstory and world were more fleshed out (remember I havent played the first 2 so Im seeing this as an isolated story), the control scheme improved a little (its kind of like if you smashed gears of war and mass effect together and took the complexities out of both, which is good in some ways but mostly feels cliche), added some deeper ways to interact with the environment when on foot (its great, very interact able inside your walker robot, but as soon as you get out, which you have to do very frequently, everything feels kind of on-a-rail. you cant jump, have limited places you can move unconventionally though its awesome when you can, the repair minigame is stupid and needed far too frequently, there arent enough movement tools and ways to interact with your walker on the ground, and you dont use the ones you have (besides the goddamn grappling hook which you use CONSTANTLY, and the coolness of which wears off quickly) enough, your weapons are although theres a part about a third way through where they suddenly get awesome, but it takes too long to get there and youll be using the pea shooter assault rifle and shotgun till you get there, and the boss fights are relentless and take wayyy too long before you get the decent weapons and then way too easy once you get the good ones, if you fixed all these small problems this game would be a shoo-in for game of the year for me (though I'm sure all the lemmings out there are going to vote for GTA5 no matter what comes out).
As it stands the game is a great experience and even if it gets ruined by a crappy ending (I'm only halfway through remember) I'll still recommend it and be glad I bought it.… Expand
Aug 27, 2013Not my favorite 360 game ever but it has its perks. What initially caught my eye was that it was a Capcom game. The graphics are okay andNot my favorite 360 game ever but it has its perks. What initially caught my eye was that it was a Capcom game. The graphics are okay and gameplay is pretty good. Not the greatest in terms of plot but you weren't expecting the game to have a great plot! So yeah, above average but nothing mind blowing. I do recommend it.… Expand
Sep 9, 2013Not much in the graphics department. Rather a dull shooter that feeds you the same enemies over and over and over agian, much like in theNot much in the graphics department. Rather a dull shooter that feeds you the same enemies over and over and over agian, much like in the Killzone series. The story is somewhat engaging and tense, but then you have to actually play it with clunky controls to get to the next cutscene and it loses interest real fast. Still, I liked the main character very much. Bottom line is that I can't recommend this because I could barely get myself to finish it.… Expand
Sep 4, 2013I'll spend 150 characters to explain that if you click on the shining review by Jinxie and a few others. basically all the green ones thisI'll spend 150 characters to explain that if you click on the shining review by Jinxie and a few others. basically all the green ones this game has gotten. you can see that the only 3 games this person has ever reviewed are all the various versions of this game, it's clear then to everyone 2 things
1. this person had a part in making this game because this is a game which could only be rated highly by the games mother
2. It's bull 100% if it wasn't such stand out from every other review for this game it might not draw much attention, perhaps if they'd given it an 8, maybe reviewed 1 or 2 games just at random which weren't their own product, but nope, blatantly just trying to fluff their own games score up on here.
Dire game, dire practices by capcom trying to inflate scores here, Dire franchise that needs to just have the good grace to die now so capcom can return to making Horror games with actual horror in them.… Collapse
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The Duggars are flippin pregnant again.
There are no words. This one was a surprise??? How is that surprising to them? She is obviously the most fertile person on earth.
I'm 37, DH is 41 and we are TTC #1. We've had 2 unexplained miscarriages and a bout with Asherman's Syndrome but we're determined.
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I just think it's not even a big deal anymore. Nobody cares except for us.
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This is the best part:
"I was in Weight Watchers with Jim Bob and I wasn't losing any weight," she says. "I couldn't figure it out..."
What a crazy world, here we are trying so hard just to have one and she doesn't even know she is pregnant and is give a 19th child!
I wonder what her and Jim Bob's secret is!
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LOL at first I thought they must BD all the time, but then again, how much sex could you possibly have with 18 kids in the house???
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Just wondering if anyone else is making it at 1x a day?
|Sun, 04-17-2011 - 11:48pm
Good for you! When I got down to 1x, my supply dwindled really low and I decided to be done. AF came right back then too. Bleh. I had not missed that. I have enough frozen milk to reach and just pass DD's first birthday. Congrats to you for making 1x work!
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Things went really well when I first went down to 1x. I was getting an average of 18 ounces. I got a terrible kidney infection and had a 104 fever for 4 days and it dropped to about 12 ounces. Then I got a breast infection last week and now it's down to about 10 ounces. Still 70 ounces a week though, so worth it to me!
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Ninety minutes after an apparent drowning victim was pulled out of Belmont Harbor on Thursday afternoon, a man's body was spotted by a sailor near Montrose Harbor. And on Wednesday, a severed human leg that apparently washed up on the lakeshore near the 4700 block of South Lake Shore Drive.
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Hugh Swynnerton Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (born 21 October 1931) is an English historian and writer.[1]
Thomas was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset before taking a BA in 1953 at Queens' College, Cambridge, he was a major scholar and he is now an Honorary Fellow. He gained a First Class in Part I of the History Tripos in 1952 and was President of the Union in 1953. He also studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. His 1961 book The Spanish Civil War won the Somerset Maugham Award for 1962. A significantly revised and enlarged third edition was published in 1977. Cuba, or the Pursuit of Freedom (1971) is a book of over 1,500 pages tracing the history of Cuba from Spanish colonial rule until the Cuban Revolution.
Thomas is married to the former Vanessa Jebb, a painter and daughter of the first Acting United Nations Secretary-General Gladwyn Jebb, 1st Baron Gladwyn, and ambassador in Paris. They have three children.
From 1954–1957, Thomas worked in the Foreign Office partly as secretary of the British Delegation to the sub-committee of the UN Disarmament Commission. From 1966 to 1975, he was Professor of History at the University of Reading, and Chairman of the European committee. He was then Chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies in London from 1979 to 1991, which worked for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. He became a life peer as Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, of Notting Hill in Greater London in letters patent dated 16 June 1981.[2]
He has written pro-European political works such as Europe: the Radical Challenge (1973), as well as histories. He is also the author of three novels.
- Disarmament - the way ahead Fabian Society (1957).
- The Spanish Civil War (1961); Penguin Books Ltd (1968); 2nd Revised edition (1977); 4th Revised edition (2003). A new revised edition in 2011 commemorated the book being 50 years in print; it was published in 15 languages.
- Cuba or the Pursuit of Freedom (1971); revised editions (1998), (2002), (2010).
- Europe: the Radical Challenge (1973).
- An Unfinished History of the World (1979); published in USA as A History of the World, then as "World History" (1998); and by the original title in London (by Hamish Hamilton) in (1979) and with revised editions in (1981) and (1982).
- The revolution on balance (1983), Washington, DC; Cuban American National Foundation 1983 (CANF pamphlet #5).
- Armed Truce (1986).
- Ever Closer Union (1991).
- The conquest of Mexico (1993); published in USA as Conquest: Montezuma, Cortés and the Fall of Old Mexico.
- The Slave Trade: The History of the Atlantic Slave Trade 1440–1870 (1997); Simon and Schuster.
- Who Is Who of the Conquistadors (2000).
- Rivers of Gold (2003); first book of a trilogy about the Spanish Empire.
- Beaumarchais in Seville (2006); ISBN 978-0-300-12103-2.
- Eduardo Barreiros and the Recovery of Spain (2009); a biography of Eduardo Barreiros.
- The Golden Age: The Spanish Empire of Charles V (2010); second book of a trilogy about the Spanish Empire. Published in USA as The Golden Empire: Spain, Charles V, and the Creation of America (2011).
- The World's Game; a novel.
- The Oxygen Age; a novel.
- The Suez Affair (1966); an analysis of the Suez Crisis of 1956.
- Goya's 'The Third of May': Europe, The Radical Challenge, 1808 (1972).
- World Without End: The Global Empire of Philip II (2014); third volume a trilogy about the Spanish Empire.
Thomas wrote a biography of John Strachey that was published in London and New York in 1973.
Lord Thomas won the Somerset Maugham Award (1962), the Nonino Prize (2009), the Boccaccio Prize (2009), the Gabarron Prize (2008) and the Calvo Serer Prize (2009). The French Government appointed him Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2008 and he has received the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabel the Catholic from Spain as well as the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle. And the Joaquín Romero Murube Prize in Seville (2013).
- ^ Instituto Cervantes: Portal de hispanismo Retrieved on 2009-10-31
- ^ The London Gazette: no. 48657. p. 8253. 19 June 1981. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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- Recipients of the Order of the Aztec Eagle
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- Recipients of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
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Making Earned Value More Valuable
Calculating Project Value
Categories: Calculating Project Value
The most powerful — and most commonly misunderstood — measurement of project progress is earned value metrics, the way of measuring actual versus planned progress.
"Earned value" is so attractive because the term conjures positive visions, emotions and expectations on what earned value metrics will do. But in reality, if a project manager does not measure and then present the metrics properly to project sponsors, the numbers can produce unpleasant mood swings, premature celebrations and raging arguments.
I have found that project managers who successfully track project progress with earned value metric share a common practice: They allocate the same effort to the meaningful presentation of earned value and its implementation. Consider these basic tips for making earned value actually mean something:
1. Qualify activities that earn value. One of the quickest roads to failure is to include all project activities in determining earned value. This can set up the false indication of true progress by incorporating administrative tasks like the kick-off meetings, project status meetings and other activities that are not central to actual progress. To avoid misleadingly optimistic earned value, include only core items when determining earned value — for example, high- effort and -risk activities, and external dependency milestones.
2. Set standard earned value ranges. Another common trap in calculating earned value is allowing optimistic or downright untrue declarations of progress. You've all probably heard, "We are 99 percent complete, and all we have left to do is..." time and time again.
To avoid this trap, set up conservative ranges of progress completion. For example, you may set a conservative percentage-complete tier of 75 percent if a deliverable is completed, and designate the remaining 25 percent to the approval process by the project sponsor.
3. Clearly communicate earned value to project sponsors. Speaking of project sponsors, one of my all-time favorite earned value moments occurred recently during the first progress status meeting. After several weeks of high expectations around earned value, the project manager stood up and said, "Our SPI is .92." Needless to say, this abbreviated report of the schedule performance index caused a long silence, puzzled looks and furrowed brows among project sponsors. Avoid such tense moments by communicating to project sponsors, in terms they understand, what earned value can and cannot do. Add relevance and context by combining earned value with other project readout content, and tailor your communications to sponsors through visualization techniques. For example, present a graph showing the schedule of planned value against the actual earned value of these deliverables for the project.
Earned value can be one of the most powerful and revealing indications of true project progress — as long as it is properly determined and presented.
How do you measure earned value? What are your tips in presenting earned value to project sponsors?
Finding a Project's Intangible ROI
If you're new to project management, you might be surprised to learn that some projects -- maybe some of yours -- do not generate any actual profits.
That can make it difficult to demonstrate how talented you are as project manager and how great your project delivery team is. So, how can you show you've created value if you cannot show revenue or profits as a direct result of your project?
Look at ROI in a different light. Instead of using profits as a benchmark, consider intangible benefits, such as cost-savings that will result from the project, or a positive swing in public relations or team dynamics
My team and I were working on a project that involved automating a conference room. A user could walk into the room, push a single button and the automation would do the rest. The project didn't generate any profit, but the feedback from stakeholders was 100 percent positive: My team had created an environment that worked as advertised and made users' work lives easier and less frustrating. And that translated to a huge upswing in stakeholder influence.
When we needed buy-in on the next project, the stakeholders were more than happy to offer support. They even understood if the project would affect them negatively (i.e. space being unavailable for use during project, or a feature being disabled for a short time). It may be hard to say that stakeholders' good graces (for example) increased by exactly 42 percent, but it's very obvious when your ability to influence them has increased. Things seem to just run more smoothly.
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Any Recommendations for Prusa Mendel Parts?
Progress on the RepRap has slowed to a crawl and it's really bumming me out. Building from kits is SO much easier than sourcing the parts yourself. I've probably gotten the final cost estimate into the $600-$700 range by now.
Anyway, I need your help. I just need to print out the new X-carriage, get some M3x25mm bolts, buy some MDF for the Y-stage, and get a hot end. However, I don't really know what to get. What are the recommended dimensions for the Y-stage (LM8UU bearings)? What's the best hot-end for 3mm PLA that I can get in the U.S. for a Wades extruder?
Feel free to comment with your suggestions!
Prusa Mendel X-Carriage
This is the day you will always remember as the day I FINALLY PRINTED THE PRUSA X-CARRIAGE!
If you can't tell, I'm really excited. It turns out that the missing ingredient to my MakerBotting success was some isopropyl alcohol (70%, a.k.a. rubbing alcohol) to clean oils off of the build platform. Once I cleaned the platform, prints started sticking like they did when I first upgraded to the HBP. It's AWESOME.
Now that I've gotten the x-carriage printed, the rest of the parts should be easy by comparison. Once I get them printed, I'll start buying the hardware for the new machine.
Making a Prusa Mendel
I've decided to print as many parts as I can to make a Prusa Mendel. Hopefully I can make enough parts so I can just ask some people to make the parts my CupCake can't make. Currently, every object I make has too much perimeter material—parts designed to interlock don't fit. I've tried to fix this in Skeinforge, but right now I'm adjusting my belt tension to see if that helps. My CupCake fails on large prints, so I'll need help on those.
The goal of getting my MakerBot was to get it to make a full set of working RepRap parts, but it never has. This has made me a bit sad. So, to remedy this, I'm going to calibrate my bot to the best of my ability (and maybe get some help from others in the 3D Printer Village) and print as many parts as I can. Wish me luck!
Early Christmas Gifts Are Awesome
My dad got me a MK5 kit for Christmas after my MK4 broke for the 3rd time in a few months (PTFE insulators are annoying—I think my thermistor table was wrong). I have since put it together and am currently printing out the Holiday Prusa Mendel on Thingiverse with it. Talk about the gift that keeps on giving! :)
However, there were some problems I noticed:
- Thermistor read wrong temps—ABS now likes to melt at 200C
- Solder joints on power resistors melt partially when running at 200C
- The online instructions for putting it together didn't account for certain changes in the kit; for instance, it comes with two crimp connectors that are never explained.
I did make some improvements, however:
- Added thermal paste between power resistors and aluminum block
- Epoxy used to glue together base-plates to the legs of the extruder holder
My current grievances:
- I don't like that the solder joints are melting and cooling—I don't want to have the risk of breathing in those bad fumes.
- Teflon on nozzle is coming off tip
Final thoughts:
- If it doesn't work flawlessly, at least it works a lot more reliably than the MK4!
Interesting things I noticed today while writing this:
- The server is running quite quickly...
- The 5.1MP Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P93 I used to take the picture in this post (I got it for free from a friend of my dad) has hardly any image sensor noise. This is amazing compared to the amount of sensor noise in my 5.0MP Canon PowerShot S2 IS (consumer-grade DSLR).
Selling Half-Set Reprap Mendel Parts on Sell Simply
This set of parts is a little over half of all the parts needed to build a RepRap Mendel. If I don't get any offers for the complete half-set, I will start offering parts individually. If you want individual parts, please contact me at cyrozap AT gmail DOT com.
Make offers on it at http://sellsimp.ly/6s.
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Go to http://sellsimp.ly/5z to see the Mendel Mini parts that I posted! It's a half-set, so if you're having trouble printing some of the parts for the Mendel Mini, or want to get a head start on printing your own set, this is the set for you! If I don't get any offers for the complete half-set, I'll start offering parts individually. Email me if you're interested in individual parts.
Mendel Mini Parts to be Made and Sold!
Currently, my MakerBot is producing the parts needed to build a Mendel Mini. I will not be making them for myself—these will be sold on ebay. I'll be posting a link here and on the RepRap forums when they're available. These parts will cost about half as much as a set of Mendel full-size parts at around $250.


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You may have used The Force before, but never like this. Wield the legendary Jedi power in amazing new ways in this incredible new Star Wars saga. In the period between Episodes III and IV, you'll play as a secret apprentice on a mission to wipe the Jedi from existence. Harness the four core powers of The Force - push, grip, repulse, and lightning - to unleash mind-triggered destruction never seen in a Star Wars game. Master combos to grip foes in mid-air, torch them with lightning, then drop them to the ground where they'll explode. As if that weren't enough, there's also the fact that you're working for Vader.
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My 10 year old son played this game exclusively for about a week on his Nintendo DS. Then he was ready to send it back. So I guess it was good, but got old. Good for renting, maybe not so good for buying.more
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