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Floating 'U' Walnut Finish Shelves (Set of 3)
Add style to your living quarters with these floating U walnut shelves. This set of three nesting U shelves provides additional storage space for your favorite photos, books, toys or collectibles, while adding a look of elegance to your home.
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This set of 3 nesting 'U' shelves makes space utilization efficient and is perfect for displaying your favorite books, collectibles, photos, toys, awards, CD's, videos, decorative items and more. They can be hung with the vertical sides either up or down, according to the effect you want to create. With the vertical sides up, it is like having a built in bookend. With its contemporary walnut finish, they are the ideal accent for any living space. Minor assembly is required. Use these decorative shelves to make an artistic display with pieces of your prized collection, or turn the tables and use them for a utilitarian purpose. These compact shelves are made of durable, laminated MDF and fit onto small walls in kitchens to store spice jars or in laundry rooms to keep essentials close at hand.Each set comes with one large, one medium and one small shelf, with dimensions varying from 9 to 17 inches in length, so the combination looks fresh and visually appealing. The raised edges of the shelves create an architectural feel but are also perfect for keeping your objects in place. Hardware is included for easy hanging.
- Colors: Walnut and white
- Frame materials: Laminated MDF
- Finish: Walnut
- Set includes three (3) nesting 'U' shelves
- Number of shelves: Three (3)
- Large shelf dimensions: 4 inches high x 17 inches wide x 4 inches deep
- Medium shelf dimensions: 3.5 inches high x 13 inches wide x 4 inches deep
- Small shelf dimensions: 3 inches high x 9 inches wide x 4 inches deep
- Hardware included
Assembly required
Dimensions | Large:4x17x4 in; Medium:3.5x13x4x in; Small:3x9x4 |
Materials | Laminated MDF |
Model Number | XF11039 |
Color | Brown White |
Style | Contemporary |
Accent Type | Display Cabinets |
Shelf Type | Bookshelves |
Assembly | Assembly Required |
Furniture Frame Material | Wood |
Number of Shelf | 3 |
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nice art work Wood color is nice and attractive, the wood extends from the wall maybe an inch or so, so you probably would not install where there isn't enough room(hallway) people or guest might bump into it.
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Lovely I truly love this piece of art it brings out beauty in my living room.
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The "U"s will hold it This was a gift and she loved it. She said it gave her more room for her photos to display instead of all on the tables. And on one she also was able to display small figurines.
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The. Floating U shelves Easy to assemble and when placed in the right place, they can look quite stylish
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Super functional and stylish! Got these in white for my bathroom for make-up, perfume, candles, you name it. Were very easy to hang and they make my bathroom look kind of whimsical with
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Floating "U" White Finish Shelve's Great little shelve's. SO easy to put up. Not too deep though. I put up my 4 inch potted plant's on some and, my new salt and pepper grinder's on another. They are usefull and, they look great also.
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Great shelves These shelves are great, I ordered several sets for my living room. It says not to use a drill, but we did anyway in order to get the anchors in the wall. The installation instructions aren't very good but it doesn't take a genius to figure out how to install the shelves. They're stable and look good.
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Great shelves Great little shelves for the price! If you have small spaces that need a little fun, these are what you're looking for!
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GREAT! These are so perfect for any decor. They are MUCH smaller than I had expected, but they worked perfectly on the empty wall in our bedroom. The white is a very bright white and the shelves are sturdy. Very happy with my purchase and will probably by more!
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Just "okay" on these shelves. These shelves are okay, but not really what I wanted. I am using them but not where I had planned. They are small and cheap looking...but the price is quite low.
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Hello bookshelf, the dimensions are as follows- Large shelf dimensions: 4 inches high x 17 inches wide x 4 inches deep Medium shelf dimensions: 3.5 inches high x 13 inches wide x 4 inches deep Small shelf dimensions: 3 inches high x 9 inches wide x 4 inches deep. They are made of a laminated MDF which is man made. Thank you for shopping with us! Terri D.
The product title states walnut finish but there's another picture of white color shelves. Is the product only available in the dark brown (walnut) color? If not, how do you choose white color when ordering?
Hello memorias! We do apologize, we are not currently in stock with the white. Thanks for shopping with us! -Amanda P
Where can I find the set blue vases that are in the product photo?
Unfortunately nikkiharrer, we do not currently offer the blue vases. Please feel free to check back with us periodically for updates. Thanks for shopping with us.
What is the maximum weight load for each shelf?
Thank you for contacting us passport9471. The capacity of the shelf is: small 5lbs, medium 7 lbs, and the large 10lbs. Please let us know if you have any further questions.
Two questions: 1. Do these shelves come in black finish? 2. What is thickness of shelf material? I am hoping for at least 1 in. thickness. Thanks
Hi hapcam, unfortunately we do not have a black version of this item. We were able to verify with our support team the shelf thickness is 5/8 inches. Thanks for shopping with us.
I live in an apartment. I had bad luck with shelves purchased from Target, they were wobbly and slanted forward no matter what we tried. How sturdy are these on the wall?
Thank you for your interest. These shelves come very highly rated by customers so I would say they are very sturdy. Please feel free to contact us again with any further questions.
I am not allowed to drill into my walls at all. Most of my wall decor including a wall mount fireplace I purchased from Overstock is hung with wall safe hooks. Is that possible with this set too? Please let me know
The shipping weight of the three shelves is only 4 lbs., so wall-safe hooks should be fine.
How do you recommend hanging these shelves. It says not to use a drill but that makes it the easiest when dealing with an anchor however I have no idea what drill bit to use if I went that route. Any suggestions on how to go about hanging these shelves?
Please follow the instructions that come with the shelves.
How do these hang on the wall? I am not allowed to put any large screws in my wall, only small nails, and I'm wondering what these shelves use to hang.
The shelves include the necessary mounting hardware, although smaller hardware may be used. The load can be controlled by displaying only lightweight items.
The description says Walnut finish, yet the photos show more black/brown color. Please confirm the color.
The walnut finish is dark brown.
Does it come with hardware? Screws?
Yes. All the needed hardware is included to install your new shelves.
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U.S. swaps regulator seeks bank openness on commodities
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WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Regulators should have better insight into the commodity businesses owned by large Wall Street banks to help them prevent market manipulation, a senior official at the U.S. derivatives watchdog said.
The Federal Reserve is reviewing an exception that has allowed banks to trade physical commodities and even own metals warehouses and oil tankers despite a law that prohibits the mingling of finance and commerce.
But Bart Chilton, a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission which regulates swaps and futures, said his agency did not even know exactly what the banks owned.
"It is still nearly impossible to figure out exactly what banks own," Chilton said in notes prepared for speaking in Michigan at an event on Saturday.
"Unless we can see that, we can't reasonably and responsibly protect against market manipulations," he said.
Banks such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase - which generated an estimated $4 billion in commodity revenues last year - face growing pressure from a number of investigations in their operations.
The CFTC has subpoenaed a number of major metals warehousing firms, including Switzerland-based Glencore, seeking documents from the last three years in an inquiry into complaints about inflated metals prices.
Chilton, a Democrat and an often outspoken critic of large banking, earlier urged the Fed to reverse its policy of allowing investment banks' widespread activities in commodities, saying it created a conflict of interest.
Brewing companies have complained before Congress that banks were pushing up the price of aluminium, which they need for beer cans, by delaying delivery times and creating long queues for the metals warehouses they own.
The Fed, which oversees large banks, has said it is "reviewing" its 2003 decision that permitted Citigroup Inc's Phibro unit to trade oil cargoes, setting a precedent for a dozen more banks that followed suit.
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I did a websearch for a hydroponic nutrient calculator, and one came up, authored by one Jorge Menendez, at HAL-PC.org. I tried it for a couple of days, and it worked well, then it was gone from that website. I emailed the author, and as yet have not received a reply to the email.
This program was pretty slick. If I put into the fields, the required NPK, etc. that I wished to mix up, it came back with the quantities needed, of raw salts, to make this mixture, albeit it was 28 times too strong. His reasoning was that you could use 1 oz. of the formula, per gallon of water mixed up, and it would provide the required nutrient strength. In my opinion, that makes for a lot less measuring, one time for the initial batch, then after that it would be quite simple to mix up the required amount for each feeding. Has anybody ever heard of Jorge Menendez, and if so, how could I contact him, other than the HAP-PC site? Failing that, does anybody know where one could obtain a similar nutrient calculator, for another source? Thanking you in advance; Don F.
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There were several substances that were insoluble &/or not recommended for hydro on that site. Read up on percent concentration & you can do your own calculations. The best sites for understanding this are basic chemistry sites. Get a periodic table, a calculator, & by educating yourself you will find it is not that difficult. Read the thread "fertilizer compounds." Pay particular attention to the postings of DHershey. It is a good thread, so I will bump it up so it does not fall off the forum. |
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Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
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Born 1857. Died 1917 Jan 23. Used pseudonyms, mostly "Mrs George de Horne Vaizey".
A letter from Frank Young, who offered to find out a little more about Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey.
Here is a draft text for you, adapted from the web page listed below. I hope it is satisfactory. The bibliography is, I believe, exhaustive for her. There are no published biographies.I believe John Ernest Vaizey, later Lord Vaizey (1929-1984), the economist of public education, was her grandson; and that Marina Vaizey, the writer on art, is either her granddaughter or her great-granddaughter, but I can't prove either yet.Regards, Frank Young. Kensington, Maryland.
Jessie Bell (Mrs. Henry Mansergh, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey)
Jessie Bell, later Mrs. Henry Mansergh, and then Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey, was born in Liverpool, in 1857, into a family of seven children—she had four brothers and two sisters. In 1883, she married Henry Mansergh. Their only daughter, Gwyneth Alice, was born in 1886. The Manserghs moved several times, but always remained in the vicinity of Liverpool. Henry Mansergh seems to have been either an alcoholic or addicted to drugs. In either case, he died of kidney disease in May, 1894.
At about the time of her first husband's death, her short stories began to appear in magazines in 1894. Her daughter, Gwyneth, then about twelve, found an unpublished manuscript of her mother's in a drawer and sent it in to a short story competition. Jessie won the contest, whose prize was a Mediterranean cruise. Jessie met George de Horne Vaizey on that cruise. She married him in 1898 and they moved to Broxbourne in Hertfordshire. Their son, George de Horne Vaizey the younger, who was later to become a writer himself, was born in 1900.
Early in the century, she contracted typhoid, and then developed rheumatoid arthritis. The latter condition left her permanently crippled, in a wheelchair, for the rest of her life. In spite of her affliction, she continued to write. She died in Hampstead after an operation for appendicitis.
Jessie wrote thirty-three books, and many short stories and magazine articles. She often used her own varied experiences in her books. She used situations from her early life in a large family, her first husband's addiction and death, and her own illnesses in her novels.
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- Carpenter, Humphrey, and Mary Prichard, (The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984).
- Henderson, Lesley, ed., (Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers>, 2nd ed. (Chicago: St. James Press, 1990).
- Robinson, Doris, (Women Novelists, 1891-1920: An Index to Biographical and Autobiographical Sources), in the series (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities), vol. 491 (New York: Garland Publishing, 1984).
- Vasudevan, Aruna, ed. (Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers), 3rd. ed. (London: St. James Press, 1994).
- Vinson, James, ed., (Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers) (Detroit: Gale Research, 1982).
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Mr. Norrell is a wonderfully odd character in what's practically an encyclopedia of wonderfully odd characters. He's ominous and imperious, and yet helpless and fretful. After agonizing over the prospect of leaving his scholar's haunt and its blessed privacy, he moves to London to promote the cause, but he's so chronically boring and socially inept that "London found him disappointing," Clarke writes. "He did no magic, cursed no one, foretold nothing."
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US 7075590 B1 Abstract A method and apparatus within a television receiver for electronically aligning signals within the receiver by controlling support circuitry for an IF module. A control voltage source controls both video alignment and picture IF (PIF) mute functions. The DAC is coupled to a video level control circuit within the video amplifier circuitry of the television receiver. The control signal controls both the video level as well as a PIF mute circuit.
Claims(12) 1. Apparatus for aligning signals in a television receiver comprising:
a control signal source;
a mute circuit coupled to said control signal source; and
a video level circuit coupled to said control signal source, where a first portion of a control signal from said control signal source controls said mute circuit and a second portion of said control signal controls said video level circuit.
2. The apparatus of
3. The apparatus of
4. The apparatus of
5. The apparatus of
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7. The apparatus of
a buffer circuit;
a DC level shifting circuit coupled to said buffer circuit.
8. The apparatus of
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10. A method of providing signal alignment in a television receiver comprising the steps of:
providing an IF AGC loop having a level shifting circuit and an IF AGC mute circuit; and
altering the DC level of a video signal within said IF AGC loop in response to a first portion of a control signal; and
deactivating said IF AGC loop in response to a second portion of said control signal.
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generating said control signal from a multi-bit digital signal, where a predetermined number of bits is used to control said mute circuit and a remaining number of bits are used to control said level circuit.
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Description This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application serial No. 60/102,429 filed Sep. 30, 1998, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, and which claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. � 365 of International Application PCT/US99/22760, filed Sep. 30, 1999, which was published in accordance with PCT Article 21(2) on Apr. 6, 2000 in English. Field of the Invention The invention relates to television receivers and, more particularly, the invention relates to television receivers having a system microprocessor and a bus interface that facilitate a plurality of controllable functions for aligning the signals within the receiver. In modern television receivers, a microprocessor provides command and control information through an I2C bus interface to provide various control functions. The I2C bus is coupled to a module (an IF integrated circuit) comprising a tuner, IF, and stereo decoder. To achieve the best picture and sound performance, the microprocessor may have to control 8 or more alignment functions and various switch functions through the I2C bus interface. These functions provide factory alignment of various signal characteristics such as video output amplitude and DC level, RF AGC delay threshold, and the like. Such electronic alignment is performed to ensure that a consistent picture quality between televisions occurs in retail show rooms; to ensure that consistent picture equality results between inputs of a television with multiple tuners or multiple auxiliary inputs; and to maintain signal levels within dynamic range limitations of the receiver circuitry. There is a need in the television receiver art for an economical solution that enables a system microprocessor to control a plurality of functions of the receiver to achieve accurate signal alignment. The present invention is a method and apparatus within a television receiver for electronically aligning signals within the receiver by controlling support circuitry for a module comprising a tuner, IF and a stereo decoder. The invention uses a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) integrated circuit to control a plurality of alignment and switching functions within a television receiver. In one embodiment of the invention, a system microprocessor is coupled through an I2C bus to a DAC that controls both video alignment and picture IF (PIF) mute functions. The DAC output is coupled to both a PIF mute circuit that in turn controls the IF AGC, i.e., switches the IF AGC off or on. The DAC is also coupled to a video level control circuit that controls the IF AGC gain. Using a six bit control signal, the microprocessor can control both the video level as well as the PIF mute circuit. The teachings of the present invention can be readily understood by considering the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: To facilitate understanding, identical reference numerals have been used, where possible, to designate identical elements that are common to the figures. The video portion 156 of the module 106 comprises a PIF amplifier 134, a video detector 132, a phase detector 130, a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) 140, an internal video amplifier 138, an equalization amplifier 144, an Nyquist slope canceller 142, an APC switch 128, a lock detector 124, and IF AGC circuit 126 and an RF AGC amplifier 122. Supporting the video portion 156 of the module 106 is a PIF saw filter 102, a phase lock loop filter 104, a PIF AGC filter 118 and an external video amplifier 120 at the output of the module 106, as well as a sound trap 110 and a video level circuit 112. The IF video input is coupled to the PIF SAW filter 102 that filters the video signal. The SAW filtered video is amplified in IF amplifier 134, then down converted to baseband using the mixer 132. The mixer 132 is driven by the voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) 140. The baseband video is amplified by internal video amplifier 138. The amplified signal is filtered by the sound trap 110 and applied to the input of the video level control circuit 112. The operation of the video level control circuit 112 affects the IF AGC 126 which in affects the gain of the PIF Amp 134 and, thus, the video signal amplitude. The output of the video level control circuit 112 is applied to the equalization amplifier 144. The output of the equalization amplifier 144 is further amplified by video amplifier 120 to form the video output signal. The output of the PIF AGC filter is coupled to the lock detector 124 that drives the APC switch 128. The APC switch 128 selects the mode of operation for the PLL loop filter, i.e., whether the filter is operated in broad band mode (used during signal acquisition) or narrow band mode (used after PLL lock). The system microprocessor 158 couples digital control signals to DAC 114 that, in turn, controls the operation of both the level circuit 112 and the PIF mute 116. It is important to note that the video level circuit is within the IF AGC loop and the IF amplifier gain is set by detecting the sync-tip level. As such, a change in the DC level of the video signal, as performed by the level circuit 112, changes the sync-tip level and the IF AGC loop gain. Consequently, a change in DC level controls the amplitude of the video signal. The invention supports the module 106 through video level circuit 112 and PIF mute circuit 116, and an integrated circuit 160 containing a plurality (eight) digital-to-analog converters. In accordance with the present invention, a single DAC 114 within the integrated circuit 160 is used to control both the video level control circuit 112 and the PIF mute circuit 116. The DACs 160 are controlled by the system microprocessor 158 via the system I2C serial bus 162. The specific interconnections shown in The DAC 114 operates using 6 bits of input digital information to provide a variable analog output which is used to control both the PIF mute circuit 116 and the video level circuit 112. Alternatively, the DAC output, or the output of another DAC or other control voltage source, can be used to control the external video amplifier 120 (described below with respect to A DAC 114 that fulfills the functions of the present invention is a TDA 8444 manufactured by Phillips Corporation; however, other DACs and or control voltage generation circuits could be used. The output of the DAC 114 is coupled to the video level control circuit 112. This circuit is in essence a DC level shifter that sets the input DC level of the video signal into the equalization amplifier 144 of the module 106. The accuracy of this DC level into the equalization amplifier is critical for proper operation of the video processing circuits down stream from the video amplifier 120 as well as to achieve proper operation of the IF AGC circuit. In the present invention less than six bits of the digital information are used for controlling the video DC level which is sufficient for the LA7577N. More or less bits could be used for other applications as those skilled in the art would easily understand. The same output from the DAC 114 that is coupled to the video level circuit 112 is also coupled to a PIF mute circuit 116. The PIF mute circuit 116 sets the IF amplifier gain to minimum by pulling the IF AGC control voltage to ground. This function is used in the factory and field service to align the VCO free run frequency. In television receivers with auxiliary inputs, the PIF mute circuit 116 can also be used, if necessary, to prevent cross talk from the tuner IF video signal to the selected auxiliary input signal. In the present invention, the PIF mute function also sets the tuner RF amplifier gain to minimum because the RF AGC control voltage (pin 10) of module 106 is pulled to ground when the IF AGC control voltage is pulled below the reference voltage determined by the RF AGC delay alignment. This results in more effective muting than if only the IF amplifier is set to a minimum gain. Using the circuitry described above, a single DAC 114 can be used for two functions if the two functions are a) complimentary or b) never used at the same time, but, when used, do not interfere with one another. Complimentary functions are those that are intended to be used at the same time. The video alignment and PIF mute functions are complimentary because a) the PIF mute must be deactivated whenever the video output must be set to the proper alignment point; and b) it is the intent to minimize the video output whenever the PIF mute is active. As such, a single DAC 114 can be used to control both the PIF mute circuit 116 and the video level circuit 112. The emitter of Q208 is pulled up to the reference voltage that sets the PIF mute switch point to approximately 1 VBE below the maximum DAC output voltage. This guarantees switch operation using less than 1 bit of DAC range, while preserving as much DAC range as possible for video DC level control. The DAC output voltage is minimum when the DAC input value is 0 and maximum when the DAC input value is 63. In The effectiveness of the circuit 112 is depicted in The present invention provides circuitry that facilitates television receiver signal alignment using a system microprocessor to control the alignment operation through the system I2C bus. The circuitry includes a PIF mute circuit and a video level circuit. The PIF mute circuit and the video level circuit can be controlled by a single control voltage source. As such, the inventive circuitry provides additional signal alignment functionality during factory alignment and testing through the television receiver system's existing microprocessor and I2C bus. Although various embodiments which incorporate the teachings of the present invention have been shown and described in detail herein, those skilled in the art can readily devise many other varied embodiments that still incorporate these teachings. Patent Citations
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(SportsNetwork.com) - John Lackey tries to shake off one of the worst outings of his career on Thursday when the St. Louis Cardinals open a four-game series with the San Diego Padres at Busch Stadium.
In his second start since being acquired by Boston at the non-waiver trade deadline, Lackey was rocked by the Baltimore Orioles to the tune of nine runs and 13 hits in five innings, skyrocketing his ERA in a Cardinals uniform to 8.25.
"You got to give them a lot of credit," Lackey said. "They're swinging the bats well. Hits were falling in. A couple of them were hit real hard and they went out of the yard."
Lackey has split two starts versus the Padres, going 1-1 with a 4.76 ERA.
St. Louis returns home after a 2-4 road trip. The Cards, though, closed the trek in style on Wednesday in Miami, as Matt Carpenter had three hits and scored twice and Justin Masterson pitched a gem in a 5-2 win over the Marlins.
Masterson (2-1) was dominant in his third start for the Cards since coming over in a trade from the Indians. The veteran righty allowed just three hits over seven efficient innings.
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Jedd Gyorko finished 4-for-4 with two doubles and a run scored and Abraham Almonte also homered for the Padres, who have won 11 of their last 14.
Ian Kennedy (9-10) earned the win after giving up three runs on six hits with eight strikeouts in six innings of work.
"We are playing better all around," said Padres manager Bud Black. "We are probably pitching better the past few weeks and our at-bats are better for sure."
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"It's nice to just have a win," Stults said after holding Pittsburgh to one run in six innings on Saturday. "This year has been a little frustrating."
Stults had been 0-9 with a 5.37 ERA over his previous 12 road starts before beating the Pirates.
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Wrath of the Who? {WoW}
Jul 4th 2009 11:16AM What's been said so far in the comments has made sense, but somehow I feel like we're making excuses for blizzard. Yes, we can't afford to bolster the lich king's army, so it makes sense to only send the strongest, but blizz has never actually said anything like that. We came up with it as a way of justifying a decision that they never bothered to. I feel like they just didn't know what to do with 3.2 and stuck this tournament in as a placeholder.
Frankly I think there is a bigger problem here. I don't know what is going on at blizzard but I think something majorly wrong is happening. Maybe they're having financial trouble or something, but all of a sudden it seems as though there has been a marked decline in the effort they are putting into the game. I'm not just complaining arbitrarily either. I know they didn't want to have a repeat of BC where only a tiny percentage of people could see the most difficult raids, so instead of changing the difficulty curve they've apparently just stopped having high level content. Three major patches, three levels of instances. This is as opposed to 9 (counting gruul and mag) from BC. You can make the argument that this is just the direction they've decided to go in, but what I want to know is where did all the unused effort go? Assuming it takes the same amount of effort to make a major raid instance, and assuming there wasn't some huge downsize at blizzard, there should be a hell of a lot of wasted time somewhere. Where is it being used?
This extends to other things as well. Ok, fine, the tournament sets look bland because they're made by the people who run the coliseum as opposed to being mythical artifacts. I can accept that. I can even accept that the armor classes are all going to look the same. My question is though, if they aren't spending the time coming up with beautiful and fearsome sets that are unique to each class, what are they spending time on? Or how about the fact that right now you can look like you're in full tier gear when you're not. Where did the time go that would have been spent making another unique piece? Speaking of tier gear, where did the time go for making unique sets for naxx? I personally love the fact that they reused the old t3 sets. But what are they doing with all this time they've saved other than pick their noses and chase butterflies?
The Queue: Acronymification, FWIW {WoW}
May 6th 2009 6:13PM usually when i see someone with a bad spec i ask them why they're specced like that. they usually have an answer of some sort. often they dont know any better, but occasionally they're specced for something specific.
Ask a Lore Nerd: Trollin' {WoW}
May 6th 2009 6:09PM WOTLK seems filled with gnome and dwarven lore. we know now that they came from the titans and were turned all squishy by the old gods. there seems to be at least some lore about everyone except humans. were they also put on azeroth by the titans? did we just naturally evolve? did we have any involvement in all of these ancient story lines?
Great guild traditions and where they come from {WoW}
Apr 23rd 2009 2:08AM i have no idea how this got started, but we blame everything, and i mean EVERYTHING on this one officer in my guild
"dammit, the server is crashing"
"I blame Ran"
BRK fans post a goodbye video {WoW}
Apr 7th 2009 6:12PM well done everyone. it was a wonderful tribute. you'll be missed BRK. you made hunters look fun enough for me to reroll just so i i could follow along with your advice.
25-man gear should not be better than 10-man gear {WoW}
Apr 1st 2009 12:28AM an alternate solution would be to simply make the 25 man version harder. instead of decreasing the quality of the gear that dropped, you could increase the challenge getting it posed, thus sidestepping the problem.
other than that i have to agree with a lot of the points you made. great article.
Ghostcrawler speaks on Arenas and Battlegrounds {WoW}
Mar 28th 2009 9:01PM i think what they need is the creation of more stats like resilience, as well a retooling of that. offer epics for PVP that are only good in PVP. they did that to an extent in BC, but i used my S4 chest until i replaced it with the T7. resilience ate a lot of the itemization cost, but not nearly enough to make it PvP only. if they had another stat that people could build, it would help
Breakfast Topic: What is WoW's biggest mistake? {WoW}
Mar 25th 2009 10:20AM my biggest problem has always been the pure/hybrid class debate. i maintain that if a class can do three things as opposed to one, they shouldnt be the best at any of them. for tanks and healers you can make the argument that they are good at one specific thing and therefore they have niche appeal, but for dps the big numbers are exactly the same no matter what.
what they should focus on is making the trees of pure dps classes radically different, so that you can duel spec between different builds that are more or less ideal for a situation. that way the hybrids and the pures can be the same in situations, but the pures can be on top all of the time.
Neutral Auction houses (and putting them in Northrend) {WoW}
Mar 24th 2009 5:55PM there are a ton of reasons being pointed out why this is a bad idea. in my opinion the best (or worst i guess) is that if you make a neutral AH in a convenient place, it will become the one everyone uses, period. why travel back at all when there's an AH right at your fingertips that has double the potential buyers? yes there would be terrible lag, but even forgetting that, it would instantly become the only AH spot in the game.
personally i see nothing wrong with that. it's sad that the old cities are abandoned, but that's Blizz's fault. they're inconveniencing us so that the 12 square feet in front of the AHs in the major cities can be jammed with people. it's wrongheaded of them. if they want people in the cities, give them a legitimate reason to be there. add quests or other cool stuff. act like the creative people we know you are.
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Mar 23rd 2009 10:57PM its good to reiterate though. plenty of people dont know about it from the first time it was mentioned


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In the 55 years since their first song hit the airwaves, Bacharach and David collaborated on 48 Top 10 hits, including "What The World Needs Now Is Love," "Wishin' and Hopin'," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" and "Walk on By."
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