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W hristmas and coffee machines - one is unthinkable without the other. Anyway, you get that impression when you drift in these Vorweihnachtswochen through the department stores and all the colorful machine looks ...
We came back from a concert, candle light spilled out onto the reddish-Christmas table cloth sofa, the room was warm and I decided to take advantage of the homely atmosphere in my favor:
"Hach oh well," I sighed. "A little evening espresso would be now but a fine thing."
"Then go" into the kitchen and Carry out a "replied Isabell, the most pragmatic of all the girlfriends.
"I could do, of course," I drawled. "But this is so awkward."
You: "What's so complicated? Jug fill, turn on stove, pots make it, take jug down. "
Me: "Exactly!"
You: "Exactly?"
Me: "That's so awful retro ..."
"Retro" I Sanni had. The works in an advertising agency and constantly drags on those words.
Isabell silent. She worked in any advertising agency and ignored words, which she thought was empty of content. Well I tried it directly:
"So Matthias, who has recently bought a Nespresso machine and this zip is completely blown away from it."
Isabell was unimpressed: "Your friend Matthias," she said, "your", "who was also blown away by the plastic pike on the wall of your mother, who always, Merry Christmas' blaring and fails with the fin when you pass him comes. Also, if it's Easter. "
Over Easter I did not get me to talk to her. So I took a new approach:
"So let Hans" - Hans was the plastic fish - "we can now Hans times from the game. You have to admit that these small colorful capsules are incredibly practical. Purely so in the machine and ready. "
Isabell pfffte through his teeth, which is generally not a good sign. Her tone was also a little battle-ready:
"Exactly - so pure and out with it! Billions of aluminum cap hike in the trash! Do you think about the environmental credentials? "
With this argument I had expected and found on the Nespresso website, what could reply. So I kept the aluminum hat yellow bag against what earned me just another "Pfft" and the remark that I would probably still believe in Santa Claus. Isabell continued:
"Aside from the environment - do you know what you cost?"
"Well, the machines are not that expensive, but that they 19 bar pressure ..." Further, I did not. With a mastery levels frond-like hand movements they silenced me, "I do not mean the machine - I mean the coffee."
I beamed, because I knew the price of the cent: "32 to 38 cents a cup"
You: "Exactly!"
Me: "Exactly?"
You: "Yes, count it out: In a capsule 5 grams are there, so a gram costs about 7 cents. The kilogram of coffee according whopping 70 euros! "
Hmm, I had not yet seen. 70 euros really sounded like a lot. Okay, I was already 14 times, 15 euros for a highland coffee. But this amount but is now made me think. I said nothing. I said nothing because I could think of no more appropriate arguments. Inwardly, I took leave of the Lattissima EN 670, which I had seen for a paltry 200 plus 50 Euro voucher capsule in the media market in the Blaubeurer street. But it was true: it was important that we did not do any marketing gimmick, occasionally saving the world. Yes, my Isabell - I stroked her gently on the hair. Just a question I had:
"Honey, you're right as usual! But I'm really surprised that you have all these facts and figures ready so - Hats off! "
"Oh," she said as she grabbed the TV guide and it flipped, "this does not take much. Finally, I looked around two weeks ago in detail on the Web, before seeing the little black dress for my office - I bought "- model CitiZ & milk, titanium.
Abruptly, I moved away from the most exaggerated by all friends and looked aghast.
"You double-tongued! How could you ...! "I was lost for words.
She reached for the remote and said, "Hach - I think the commercials just so cute, in which George Clooney takes his little Nespressochen and is thinking that women talk about him. You also have to look so grim life is not always. Well, now I want to hear no more of the matter - the crime begins ".
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I enjoy especially that the rotation is very successful with the slightly goofy Clooney shown in the advertisement.
To set up these hypes the crown, maybe you should let a Till Schweiger for Bubble Tea Accessories advertise on price highest standards. Oh .. how sweet ...Hello Herbert,
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Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville, which has a capacity of 30,000, opened in 1969 and held its first Gatornationals event in 1970. Long considered one of the fastest tracks on the NHRA circuit,[citation needed] it was from this launch point that drivers clocked the first 260-, 270- and 300-mph Top Fuel runs. It also was from this starting line, during the 2000 Mac Tools NHRA Gatornationals, that eight of 10 national records were set in the professional classes.
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Following the 2003 season, Auto Plus Raceway at Gainesville underwent some significant renovations. The concrete launchpad at the starting line of the ultra-quick drag strip was extended to the 675-foot mark and the remainder of the racing surface, the shutdown area, as well as areas in the professional pits was repaved. A new television compound was constructed for the ESPN crew on the north side of the drag strip, which frees up space in the pit area.
The Pavilion at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville, completed in 2006, is a 15,000 square foot, open-air, multi-purpose facility equipped with roll-down weblon siding to allow for partial to full enclosure. Traditionally used as the main hospitality area for the Top Eliminator Club during the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals, it has also played host to the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Gala Dinner, Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville's Annual Racer Banquet, car shows, and many other events.
The skybox suites were constructed and completed in 2007. The suites were designed to replace the aging VIP suites in the old race control tower with contemporary features consistent with high-end accommodations and viewing angles. The skyboxes are set 50 feet above the ground located over the south-side spectator grandstands. These skybox suites offer both inside and outside seating, closed-circuit TV, air conditioning, and other amenities with a view of the racing.
In 2008, the current race control tower was built. The tower replaced the existing building that previously housed race control, press, media, and VIP suite areas. This facility combines National Event race control, a cutting-edge press and media center, and track business offices into one structure designed to project a unique architectural signature.
Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville saw improvements to the gravel trap and top-end area of the track in 2009. The upgrade to the run-off containment area added many new measures for a vehicle out of control. The gravel trap was extended 400 feet, with the depth of gravel being increased as well. New catch nets had a height twice as tall as before with an additional backup set of catch nets being installed. These are followed by DOT impact barrels of graduated resistance and a catch fence afterwards.
The east ticket building was constructed in 2009, and connects the road course to the sportsman pit area. This addition increased customer convenience by reducing the distance to the drag strip from the road course parking area used during the National Event.
2011 saw the upgrade to the restroom facilities, with new environmentally friendly water-saving fixtures and expanded water service.[4]
In 2014 the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals entered its 45th annual national event which makes it the fourth oldest active event on the NHRA Professional tour.
Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville also hosts many other special events on an annual basis including a Lucas Oil Division 2 Race, a NHRDA event, Import Face-Off and Grassroots Challenges.[5] All this in addition to weekly racing during the spring, summer, and fall.[6]
- ^ Gainesville Raceway: History
- ^ Kenny Bernstein
- ^ "Gainesville Raceway: Road Course". 3770046. Gainesville Raceway. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- ^ "Gainesville Raceway: Track Info". 3770046. Gainesville Raceway. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- ^ "Gainesville Raceway: Dragstrip Race Programs". 3770046. Gainesville Raceway. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- ^ "Gainesville Raceway: Schedule". 3770046. Gainesville Raceway.
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10 Tons is celebrating its 10th anniversary this weekend by placing all its titles on sale for $0.99. Games like Trouserheart, Grim Joggers, and Sparkle 2 can be purchased this weekend, November 15 through 18, at the discounted price. Make sure to check out its games and see if you feel like celebrating with them this weekend!
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10 Tons Celebrates 10 Years, Drops the Prices on All its Apps to $0.99
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Halloween – 10tons Drops the Price of Three Titles to $1.99 and Gives King Oddball a Halloween Update
Posted by Andrew Stevens on October 31st, 2013+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
10tons is having a little Halloween sale of its own, placing Trouserheart, King Oddball, and Grim Joggers on sale for $1.99 each. King Oddball also received a new Halloween update with 32 new challenging levels for players to engage in. Trouserheart takes users on a hack 'n' slash adventure while Grim Joggers goes for a little endless run with a bunch of athletes. Hmm…
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Big Brain Master
Big Brain Master is a pure puzzle game that tells a story whilst engaging the player in some enjoyable and challenging puzzles. A new and artful take on "mind" games, it's simple and entertaining approach manages to keep players guessing without being too complex. The art style is highly detailed, with a nice, clean, and simple graphical outlook, and the puzzles are presented in an interesting format which gives it an interesting and refreshing feel whilst playing. Navigating the user interface is nice and straightforward, and the design layout is linear enough to not overcomplicate by looking too clunky or crowded. Each of the 250+ levels are divided up into seven puzzle styles that are each distinctive from the last. Although this might seem refreshing enough to most players, I personally feel that perhaps having less levels per style and more of a variety of puzzle styles would have made it slightly less repetitive, as after a while gameplay seemed to become a little tiresome and I felt like I was just repeating actions that had already become less of a challenge. –Lucy Ingram
Pocket Trains
NimbleBit has a clear formula with their bitizen-featuring simulation games, one that repeats with the third such title, Pocket Trains. They're games that are fueled not so much by challenge, but by keeping the player interested in propelling the machine forward and not punishing them for playing the game – like so many other free-to-play simulations are wont to do. It's why I find myself falling into the same pit with Pocket Trains where I check it regularly for weeks on end, the same as I did with Tiny Tower and Pocket Planes. This feels almost like a remix of Pocket Planes that's been simplified a lot. Where that game had some complexity due to the free-form nature of air travel,Pocket Trains is forced to be simpler because of the fixed nature of rail lines. Only one train can own a segment between two cities, though of course multiple train lines can travel through cities on intersecting lines. The paths are thus largely pre-defined and there's now no monetary cost for traveling to a city, only a fuel gauge that refills when a train is idling or when the player pays a couple bux to refill it. –Carter Dotson
Trouserheart is an ideal game for the mobile format. It's the kind of thing that can be jumped into for five or ten minute sessions, while still actually achieving something in that short space of time. In the vein of games such as Diablo and Torchlight, Trouserheart is a hack-n-slasher that's very simple to learn. Using a virtual d-pad and one sole button to attack with, it takes seconds to master. What takes a little longer is learning to dodge enemies by moving around them quickly. It's still all pretty simple stuff, though. Vibrantly animated, Trouserheart also maintains a charming and humorous take on events, right down to the player's quest to rescue one's trousers. Yes, really. –Jennifer Allen
Chainsaw Warrior
I'd admittedly never heard of the original Chainsaw Warrior tabletop game from the late 80s, but that's probably due to a combination of me not being all that into board games back then and also being six years old. Regardless, the player-versus-game gore fest has made its way to iOS. And it is ridiculously awesome. Chainsaw Warrior is essentially every action movie in the 80s turned into a dice-rolling game. A dimensional rift has opened up, resulting in New York being overrun by horrible mutants and other monstrosities, with a shapeless dark being running the show. In about one hour's time the rift will open further and swallow the entire city. So it's up to the titular hero to wade through hordes of terrible monsters in a desperate attempt to reach the Darkness and put a stop to the otherworldly assault. They'll have to fight through a deck of over 50 cards just to reach a second, which is the only place where the Darkness will appear. Dying happens a lot. –Rob Rich
Wombi Math
Wombi Math is a cute and fun app that will encourage grade school children to work on their math skills. Set in a charming urban landscape, a brick wall is used as the backdrop for different math equations and their answers to be displayed – be it with the possible use of addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. Tap on an equation as well as the matching answer to clear the board. I admire how simple it is for parents to adjust the math questions used for the abilities of a specific child as well as how the questions and answers are represented – be it in uniform block boxes or more colorful and sometimes geometric shapes. One can also scroll through a few related brick walls that include each function, whether mixed, addition, subtraction, or division – each with a nice, different use of color yet maintaining an intentionally sparse background, keeping the focus on the math. –Amy Solomon
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Outdoor survival, nicely-rendered 2D graphs with whimsical monsters and… wait for it… zombies? People: Terraria is here! The gameplay takes familiar survival staples and rolls them into a fairly complex system involving manipulation, combination and strategy. The tutorial underlines the basic stuff quite well; the first grand explains how to use the left-set control to move on either direction, as well as how to jump, scale downward… and instinctive movements, like directing jumps in either aerial direction are logical. The tutorial goes on to walk through collection of materials, protection, creations and dangers. –Tre Lawrence
Tanktastic-3D Tanks Online
Porches. Lamborghinis McLarens. All infinitely cool, but I dare anyone to show me a guy who hasn't wanted to rock a tank at least once. Go ahead. I'll wait. For folks who can't or won't do a 4-year bid just to do some infantry driving, Tanktastic is a relatively safe alternative that brings team combat, tactics and good old speed of accurate firing to bear. Jumping into a random group battle mostly describes the gameplay in all its muscled glory. The task is dropped into a terrain with different types of structured obstacles, and several other manned tanks. It's a shameless free for all that measures speed, accuracy and cunning. The controls are straightforward, and encourage quick movement and shooting; I felt most comfortable with dual thumb controls. –Tre Lawrence
Pivvot is nothing if not eye-catching. Its stark graphics and simple gameplay demand attention. But how does it play? Pivvot's concept is as simple as it gets. You control a rotating circle that moves along a line. As you move along you'll see obstacles you need to avoid, lest you crash into them and die. To do so you use very simple two finger controls that rotate your intrepid circle left or right. While this sounds like an incredibly simple concept, in practice it is extremely challenging. The game starts off simple with easily avoided obstacles such as spikes that only take up one side of the course, but quickly adds in much harder ones that require exact positioning, like lines of small walls that move constantly. –Allan Curtis
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+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPadSimple yet fun, Trouserheart is a charming hack n slasher that's ideal for when one wants to play something a little more casual.
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Trouserheart Exposes Itself to the App Store September 26
Posted by Rob Rich on September 20th, 201310Ton's goofy, pantsless adventure Trouserheart will be hitting the App Store next week. After the chat we had with Jaakko Maaniemi we couldn't help but have our interest piqued, which makes it nice to know that we won't have to wait for much longer. So next Thursday you should be all set to take King Trouserheart out and about as he scours his kingdom for his stolen leather trousers!
Instantly accessible hack'n'slash action adventure gameplay
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Trouserheart Gets A Hackin' and Slashin' New Teaser Trailer That's Full Of Gold
Posted by Andrew Stevens on August 28th, 2013Trouserheart, the fast-paced hack'n slash title from 10tons, gets a new teaser trailer that shows off more from its fantasy world. Also, in case you missed it, we had a wonderful interview with 10tons a few weeks back that discusses more about the game. Make sure you head on over and give it a read after you finish watching the trailer below, which features tons of loot! w00t!
Recently announced, Trouserheart looks like quite the quirky, DeathSpank-style fantasy action game. Notably, it's a game that is being published by established Finnish games studio, 10tons and developed by similarly established and Finnish firm, Dicework Games. With our curiosity piqued, I was able to talk to 10tons's Jaakko Maaniemi about how the union came to be, and just what players should expect when the game is released next month.
148apps: Why is it called Trouserheart?
Jaakko Maaniemi (JM): It's awesome you ask about the name, as we put some serious effort into coming up with it. We wanted to achieve all kinds of things with the name, and we're very happy with Trouserheart. We wanted the name to be short, preferably one word – Trouserheart is ok in that regard.
We obviously wanted the name to be catchy, memorable and distinct, as there are hundreds of games released every day. As the name was your first question, I believe we succeeded here as well. The name also had to communicate the lighthearted, humorous tone of of the game. Check! Trouserheart is also the name of the game's hero, King Trouserheart.
Finally, we wanted to [be] associated [with] the fantasy genre. The something-heart is a pretty well known fantasy convention, all the way from King Lionheart and Braveheart to hit games like Battleheart and Kingdom Hearts. Trousers also feature in the game's storyline, but we'll talk about that in detail later.
148apps: Will Trouserheart be a story-led game?
JM: Trouserheart is not very story driven, apart from the clear setup and rewarding conclusion. The reason is that Trouserheart's gameplay is very short form. In other words, a single session of Trouserheart is just a couple of intensive minutes. There's not a whole lot of time, nor point, in cramming a lot of storytelling in there. And we're concentrating 100% on making the gameplay as great as possible.
148apps: What inspiration led to the game?
JM: We wanted to make a game that's simple, easy to pick up and fun to play. It takes literally about five seconds from the start of each session to be in a fight with monsters, knee deep in your next quest. Seasoned gamers can probably name titles Trouserheart reminds them of, but there's no single source of inspiration in that regard.
Visually, we wanted to make Trouserheart look instantly familiar, but with a recognizable quirky tone. The kind of blocky look works well with the gameplay. The bright colors and clear shapes also help the game look clear on the smaller screens of mobiles.
148apps: Are you able to discuss any of the features within the game? It looks quite hack n slash style in the screenshots, is that the case?
JM: Trouserheart is definitely hack'n slash. In fact, hacking and slashing is basically the only interaction there is in the game, although you do a few kinds of different things with the whackage. We're especially proud of how well we've nailed the virtual controllers. They're really good. We've always been annoyed by how many bad implementations of virtual controllers are out there, and one of the driving factors in creating Trouserheart is that we wanted to do virtual controllers right.
We should also mention that Trouserheart is as relaxed and easy-going as a good hack'n slash game can be. We hope that if Trouserheart is the first hack'n slash game someone plays, they'll enjoy it.
148apps: What motivated 10tons to go into publishing rather than development?
JM: 10tons has been around for ten years now, and so far we've published around two dozen titles we've developed ourselves – and we'll definitely keep developing games in the future as well. We've released games on most mobile platforms and know our way around different markets so we already had a nice toolset for publishing games. Both Dicework Games and 10tons are located in Tampere, Finland, so we had a chance to see the game very early in development. We immediately liked Trouserheart's concept, instant accessibility, and style. A bit later it we found ourselves in a position where we could help each other: Dicework needed resources to finish and launch the game to realize its full potential and 10tons was dreaming of an easy-going fun mobile game that would also work with gamepads.
Thanks to Jaakko for taking the time to answer our questions. It's great to see indie developers working together towards a common goal. We'll be sure to cover Trouserheart in more depth when it's released in September.


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Keep Your Children Away From Open Flames January 28, 2007
By Walter Olson
Overzealous warning labels in the US have gone beyond a joke, but don't assume that Britain is much better
If you order a drink at an American seaside bar, it may come with a little cocktail napkin printed with a map of the local harbour. A friend recently passed along one of these on which was emblazoned the stern warning: "Not to be used for navigation." I can only say that if you are trying to land your dory or skiff with the aid of a cocktail napkin in the first place, you are probably far beyond the reach of any warning from the rest of us.
Overzealous warning labels, of course, have pervaded American life for a while now. My own favorite is one I've seen on the oblong piece of cardboard that Californians put in their car window to keep the interior from overheating on a hot day: "Do not drive with sun shield in place."
Both napkin and sun shield rated inclusion in a new collection of 101 groan-worthy warning labels published by Warner Books. Remove Child Before Folding, which takes its title from the warning on a stroller, contains such invaluable safety tips as: do not consult a telephone directory while driving your car (#84); do not use bubble-bag packing as a flotation device (#37); do not use a curling iron while sleeping (#26); and do not eat the toner in your printer cartridge (#10). Nor, unless you are a fish, should you eat or otherwise ingest common forms of fishing tackle, whether it be a barbed three-hook lure (#30) or worms either live or plastic (#49 and 50).
Some of the entries make for a sort of abnormal-psychology seminar in the ways people misuse products. Apparently some people do attempt to use a whirlpool spa, at grave risk of drowning, without first removing the tarpaulin that covers it. Impatient teens iron the hems and sleeves on the clothes they're wearing without first taking the garments off. Homeowners decide to clear their roof of snow by hoisting a ladder and hauling up a snow thrower intended for driveway use.
The labels, of course, are mostly there because product makers fear lawsuits. The author of the book, Bob Dorigo Jones, heads an anti-litigiousness advocacy group in Michigan and collects these examples by way of an annual contest. Jones says he's tracked down some of the real-life lawsuits that underlie the warnings, including ones that arose after a man unwisely used a woodworker's drill to perform self-care dentistry on his own teeth, and after a student jiggled a Coke machine until it tipped over in hopes of getting it to dispense a free drink.
Many of the resulting lawsuits wind up coming to naught. Thus a New Jersey appeals court recently reversed a $179,000 jury verdict awarded to a college student who fell out of a loft bed and argued that it should have carried a warning about that danger. ("Warning: Subject To Gravity.") But the hassle and the legal risk is deterrent enough. Thus the continued flood of warnings, redundant or otherwise ("risk of fire" on an artificial fireplace log, "may cause drowsiness" on a sleeping pill, "contains nuts" on a can of nuts).
And of course there is a yet more serious side to the matter in that over-warning can have results that are perverse for the cause of safety itself. It buries the two or three meaningful and non-obvious cautions about, say, a prescription drug, among dozens of the boilerplate kind. By inuring the public to warnings, it teaches us to tune them out.
Do not assume that Britain is far behind. Marks & Spencer makes an appearance at #76 for a warning attached to a shirt pointing out - just in case you didn't know already - that children should be kept at a safe distance from open flames.
Original Source: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article1268960.ece
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A record 9.8 million passengers are using the River Thames, two years on from the launch of the Mayor's River Action Plan, it was announced today. The River Action Plan,
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SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Jan. 31, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:SGNT), a leader of specialty pharmaceutical products with an emphasis on the injectable market, today announced that it will release financial results for the 2012 fourth quarter and fiscal year end pre-market on Thursday, February 14, 2013 and will host a teleconference and webcast at 9 a.m. ET to review the results.
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If the state government fails to demolish unauthorised structures and stop felling of trees which are urgently needed to save the Sunderbans, then army could be deployed to do the job instead, a two-judge bench of the National Green Tribunal's eastern zone bench in Kolkata observed on Wednesday.
The hobby and love for wild birds and animals with a passion to conserve them, has dragged several citizens into this area, some of whom later turned out to be eminent birders such as Kaishal Mukherjee, Sumit Sen, Sujan Chatterjee, Subhankar Patra and Radhanath Pole.
On Wednesday, the highest number of new swine flu cases was reported on a single day in the state this year. Twenty-one H1N1 positive cases were reported in the city and the districts on the day, taking the total number of swine flu patients to 167. Eight persons, including three children, have died across the state.
If the issue of saving the Sunderbans needs to be raised at the international level, then the two neighbours have to come together. This effort can set the ball rolling, says Tapas Paul, Senior environment specialist at World Bank
According to statistics laid down by the forest minister in the assembly house, 27 elephants, seven pythons, two bison (gaur), one leopard cat and one chital deer were killed in train accidents over the past four years. The maximum deaths occurred in 2013-2014 when 13 elephants were killed in one year.
The seizure of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with a face value of Rs. 10 crore has left the special task force (STF) of Kolkata Police baffled and intrigued for more than one reason.
To plead for fiscal relief for her debt-stressed state, chief minister Mamata Banerjee will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 9, capping a nearly year-long bitter relationship dating back to the 2014 Lok Sabha campaign trail.
The swine flu toll in the state rose to eight on Saturday after one more death in the city. A two-and-a-half-year-old baby, Anwesha Pramanik, from Joynagar in South 24-Parganas succumbed to the H1N1 virus at BC Roy Memorial Hospital for Children here. Anwesha is the third child to die of swine flu in the state this year.
It is clear to me that while on the one hand the Union Government is making a big public display of offering additional resources to the State Governments through a higher rate of tax devolution, on the other it has negated those additional resources by curtailing allocation under major heads of the different centrally sponsored schemes for the State Governments says Amit Mitra, Bengal finance minister
The Trinamool Congress, in a meeting at the residence of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, removed Mukul Roy from the post of all India general secretary.
A 22-year-old woman was allegedly gang raped in front of her husband by three miscreants near Howrah's Mourigram railway station late on Thursday night. The husband was reportedly tied to a tree and held at gunpoint while the rape occurred. Two of the three rapists were arrested
Following a series of transport strikes by opposition parties, the Trinamool Congress government has made a desperate attempt to woo the sector's workers during the state budget on Friday. "Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is concerned about the transport workers of the state.
No fresh taxes, heightened allocation for minority development, 40 lakh bicycles to students and sops for traders — it is a heady mix of doles. But opposition parties in the state allege that all this has been done keeping in mind the assembly polls.
The Trinamool Congress is gearing up to reduce the formidable former No. 2 in the party, Mukul Roy, to a non-entity. Roy may be removed from the posts of chairman of the Trinamool's parliamentary party and the party's leader in the Rajya Sabha — two of the last important posts he holds.
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Banner year for SOMHA
To say it was a good year for the Seven Oaks Minor Hockey Association (SOMHA) would be a massive understatement.
Of the 35 SOMHA teams that participated in city-wide playoffs (aged nine and up), nine made it to the city finals — five of which won. Another five SOMHA teams had top-five finishes.
"I've been on the board for a number of years and we've had some fairly successful seasons in the past, but why this one turned out to be more successful, I'm not entirely sure," said SOMHA first vice-president Jamie Hewitt, who is in charge of A hockey programs at SOMHA.
"A little bit of it is luck I'm sure, but I think it really speaks to the level of commitment we get out of the volunteers on the Seven Oaks Minor Hockey Association board, as well as the coaches and the parents who are buying into a system where we're trying to develop a love for the game for the players and build on their hockey skills. I think it really comes down to the endless hours of commitment from volunteers, parents and the kids themselves that made this happen."
One of the contributors to SOMHA's banner year was the Red River Panthers, which captured the 12A2 peewee division by beating its rivals, a Maples SOMHA team, three games to two in a best-of-five series.
"It was fantastic how it worked out that it was the other Seven Oaks team," said Red River coach Mike McIntyre.
"I've coached probably 80 per cent of the kids on that team (Maples) at some point over the years, including four kids I coached just last year. It was fun for the kids because a lot of these kids have played together before, a lot of them go to school together and their parents are friends. It was just a really good event."
McIntyre, who is in his eighth year coaching his son, Panthers player Parker McIntyre, and also coaches his nine-year-old daughter Isabella, said this year's Panthers squad was "the most talented and balanced team," he's ever coached.
McIntyre said Red River and Maples took advantage of the big crowds of family and friends at the city finals, raising a few hundred dollars for the Winnipeg Jets True North Foundation. He said the all-SOMHA final was a perfect ending to the Panthers' year, which saw the team play about 40 games and run over 40 practices.
"I can't even imagine the mileage our parents have clocked bringing kids to the rink all year, so it's nice to get everybody who was there and supporting the team to come on the ice," saidMcIntyre, referring to a monster group photo taken after the big win.
"I know that was a picture everyone really loved. Grandparents, parents, siblings, to have everybody share in the celebration was quite fun."
The following SOMHA teams also made the city finals:
• Garden City Female Novice A2 — Won best-of-three series 2-1;
• Norquay 12A3 — Won best-of-five series 3-1;
• Red River 13A1 — Lost best-of-five series 3-1;
• Garden City 13A2 — Won best-of-five series 3-0;
• Vince Leah 14A1 — Lost best-of-five series 3-0;
• Norquay 14A3 — Won best-of-five series 3-1;
• West Kildonan 16A3 — Lost best-of-five series 3-0.
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Last week we took a look at Logitechs top end webcam, the Ultra Vision. While it's quality is unsurpassed, the one we are taking a look at today is for people always on the go.
The first thing you will see after installation (and restart) is the Logitech QuickCam panel and also the QuickCapture screen. Once here, it prompted me if I wanted to enable the RightLight feature, which I quickly agreed to. One thing you may notice though, is that there is no reasonable picture quality here, even after activating the option.
Now, I had wondered if -somehow-, my red soccer shirt was causing a conflict of interest, so I took it off. I took it all off. Sadly, that didn't help things in the least. For comparison, take a look at a similar shot using the Ultra Vision:
Even there I am not entirely impressed, but for webcams it's superb. After disabling the RightLight options and altering the options myself, I had a far better result.
In that photo, the shirt and back wall are spot on… very accurate. My face however is more blue than anything. I am unsure why I had such bad luck, but it could be a combination of things. I may not have had an ideal environment for the RightLight to do it's thing, so I may have been out of luck there. All of these images were taken at night with two 100W lightbulbs taking care of light. Chances are if you have better overall room light (such as natural sunlight), then you will have slightly better results than I did.
The combination of lights/darks in the frame may not have helped much. After reading other reviews around the web, I seem to be one of the few with such issues. Looking at the shirt and the wall in the back, I can tell this camera has great potential. I was just unable to understand why my face had the worst luck of anything else in the frame.
Avatars was an aspect I wanted to play with right away though. It's the same feature I saw at CES that impressed me a -lot-. Basically, if you are having a bad hair day, had too many cupcakes, look like a real computer geek, are on the run or simply want to have fun, you can change your avatar to something more enlightening. Like an alien for example.
Before this feature will work properly though, you will need to calibrate your face to the camera. The instructions are easy to follow and you will wind up with a result like this:
Other default characters include a dinosaur and… pencil drawn figure dude.
While the QuickCam software only installs five of these avatars, there are over a hundred more at your disposal on their website. While at CES, Logitech told us that they would be regularly uploading new avatars each month.
Another clever feature is the ability to use a privacy shade. Simply put, it loads a graphic overtop of the webcam driver, so people on the other end cannot see you… just the image. This is a perfect solution for web voyeurs, when the only thing hardcore is their craving for privacy.
In the end, I am two sided in deciding the Notebooks Pros fate. First off, it's a great webcam for those who are always on the go. It's compact, well-built and has a microphone built-in. But on the other hand, I can't say I was -that- impressed with the overall image quality. Granted, I am toying around with an incredibly small lens here, but I am still confused as to why everything else in the picture looked great, while my face had such a shade of blue. I had thought that maybe the blue background on my bright LCD was the problem, but it wasn't. Changing the background color to white didn't change the image in the least.
On the good side, this camera is portable and you do get what you pay for. The software is extremely robust, which is a huge plus. It works seamlessly with all of the popular IM clients, so that will be worth it by itself to some people. In the end, the price is reasonable for all that's included, so I am awarding it a 7/10.
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Have you ever wondered what the frequency of your voice looks like? Do you want your phone to beat with the music? Now you can do it all with Audio Equalizer Lite. Crank up the tunes or try it out with your own voice. Lite version lets you change all the setting that can be changed in the full version but you can only equalize for 15 seconds. You can change the number of bins, volume level, background image, and special effects. Also the full version does not contain any advertisements.Note: Some Samsung phones have HW audio problems, please do not give bad rating if your Samsung phone does not work.


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Wow, what a thread. I appreciate all of you that have participated. As a result, my O2 system from Williams will be arriving tomorrow. Needless to say, I'll be using it for my next brew and, just maybe, I'll post some anecdotal findings on this thread. You guys are awesome, thanks again for posting.
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US 6539678 B1 Abstract A pre-fabricated service bay used for providing service access to the underside of vehicles. The service bay is fabricated as a single monolithic unit and then positioned in an excavated hole within a service building. The service bay has multiple safety cover grids that are hydraulically activated to enclose the bay's opening when not in use. An access stairway is retractable within the bay during use with a deployable safety handrail that collapses upon stairway retraction.
Claims(10) 1. An underground service bay comprising,
a pre-fabricated construction having oppositely disposed sides and end walls, and an integral bottom interconnected therewith,
return flanges extending inwardly from said respective walls defining a finished grade and access opening there between,
a plurality of hinged panels in said service bay registerable within said access opening pivotally secured within and to said service bay, a movable access stairway within said service bay, said stairway having a retraction and deployment mechanism, a collapsible handrail pivotally secured to said stairway with multiple stair treads on wheeled assemblies, and means for positioning the pre-fabricated construction of the invention in the ground.
2. The underground service bay set forth in
3. The underground service bay set forth in
a piston and cylinder assembly,
a hand rail hub engagement assembly having a rail deployment cable and a resilient hand rail retraction element.
4. The underground service bay set forth in
5. The underground service bay set forth in
6. An underground service bay comprising,
a pre-fabricated construction having oppositely disposed sides and end walls, and an integral bottom interconnected therewith,
return flanges extending inwardly from said respective walls defining a finished grade and access opening there between,
a plurality of hinged panels in said service bay registerable within said access opening, each of said hinged panels having a support frame, service grading on said frame and support arms extending from said frame pivotally secured within said service bay, a movable access stairway within said service bay, a piston and cylinder assembly, a handrail hub engagement assembly on said rail deployment cables and resilient hand rail retaining element and means for positioning the prefabricated construction of the invention in the ground.
7. The underground service bay set forth in
multiple support elements extending between one of said return flanges and said floor.
8. The underground service bay set forth in
multiple stair treads on wheeled assemblies,
a collapsible handrail pivotally secured to said stairway,
said stair treads are divided into treads portions of correspondingly alternating unequal tread depths.
9. The underground service bay set forth in
10. The underground service bay set forth in
Description 1. Technical Field This device relates to the servicing of vehicles that require access to the underside and specifically to large vehicles such as trucks and the like. 2. Description of Prior Art Prior art devices of this type are typically defined as excavated pits that are built in place which are used for vehicle servicing to eliminate the need to lift a vehicle in the air to gain access to the underside serviceable components. Such service pits are located in garage service areas and are typically custom built in place for strength and durability and ease of construction. Access to such service pits are by ladder or underground access tunnels with remote stairs as typically found in vehicle oil changing facilities. Service pits of this type are particularly useful and required in the service of large heavy vehicles such as trucks where it is often impossible to elevate the vehicle for service. Examples of in ground service pits can be seen in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,866,624, 4,960,150, 5,701,706, and 5,738,160. In U.S. Pat. No. 3,866,624 an automobile service lane with servicing pit can be seen wherein a pit is provided adjacent gasoline pumps. A retractable pit shield is disclosed disposed within a recess portion along one side of the pit. In U.S. Pat. No. 4,960,150 a movable safety cover for vehicle service pits is shown in which a cover configuration is positioned over the service pit in multiple retractable overlapping sections which have wheel assemblies on their adjacent corners. In U.S. Pat. No. 5,701,706 an underground service bay for vehicles and process for constructing same is disclosed. The service bay is formed of a tunnel like structure of molded fiberglass that is buried in the ground with a concrete cap to provide vehicle support. Finally, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,738,160 a removable cover for automobile service pit and method of installation is claimed in which a safety cover made up of a webbing material is deployable between tracks positioned on either side of the longitudinal edge openings of the service pit. Applicant's device illustrates a pre-fabricated base structure that has a plurality of rigid cover grates that are deployable from inside the bay. A retractable folding stairway allows for select access upon activation to the bay. A self-contained pre-fabricated in ground service bay for providing an access opening to the underside of vehicles to be serviced. The service bay has deployable safety closure grates and a movable stairway access assembly that can be retracted within the bay during use. FIG. 1 is a side elevational section with portions broken away of the service bay of the invention; FIG. 2 is an end elevation section illustrating the access stairway assembly; FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the service bay with the access stairway deployed; FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an installed service bay; FIG. 5 is an enlarged side elevational view of the stairway railing retraction and activation assembly in deployed position; FIG. 6 is an enlarged side elevational view of the stairway railing ratchet and activation assembly in closed position; FIG. 7 is an end elevational view of a fixed access ladder assembly within the bay; and FIG. 8 is a partial top plan view of the fixed ladder assembly shown in FIG. 7. Referring now to FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawings, an underground service bay 10 of the invention can be seen installed within the ground G. The service bay 10 is of a generally elongated rectangular configuration having oppositely disposed sidewalls 11 and 12 with a floor 13 extending therebetween and respective end walls 14 and 15 as best seen in FIG. 1 of the drawings. A pair of oppositely disposed elongated flanges 16 and 17 extend at right angles from along the respective top perimeter edges of the sidewalls 11 and 12. Elongated lighting retention brackets 18 extend vertically from the flanges 16 and 17 in spaced relation to said respective sidewalls 11 and 12 forming lighting channels at 19 inwardly and along the top of the respective sidewalls 11 and 12. Lighting fixtures 20 are positioned within the lighting channels 19 as will be well understood by those skilled within the art. A number of longitudinally spaced flange support posts 21 extend vertically from the floor 13 to the flange 16 with a plurality of intermediately positioned angle support brackets 22 extend between the sidewall 11 and the top flange 16 as will best be seen in FIG. 2 of the drawings. A plurality of longitudinally spaced exterior stabilization braces B extend around the exterior surfaces 24 of the walls 11 and 12 exterior surface of the floor 13 to stiffen and support same. It will be evident from the above description that the service bay 10 will have an elongated rectangular service opening at 26 between the respective flanges 16 and 17 for access to the undersides of a vehicle (not shown). Accordingly, a series of safety panels 27 are pivotally secured to the sidewalls 12 by multiple apertured brackets 28. Each of the panels 27 is formed from surface grating 29 on a frame 30 as best seen in FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawings. Support arms 31 extend from the panels 27 to the apertured brackets 28 and are pivotally secured by pivot pins 32. The support arms 31 are longitudinally offset at 33 so as to position the respective surface grating 29 flush within the opening at 26. Alignment stop brackets 34 extend from the respective panels to engage the flange 16 restricting the panels 27 for the flush alignment hereinbefore described. Each of the panels 27 have multiple hydraulic piston and cylinder actuation assemblies 35 pivotally secured to wall mounting brackets 36 and pairs of activation arms 31 pivoted to the respective apertured brackets 28. A retractable stairway assembly 37 can be seen in FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawings having multiple stair treads 37A each of which is of an alternating tread depth extending between outer stair stringers 38 and 39 and defined therebetween by a center support stringer 40 as illustrated in FIG. 3 of the drawings. This alternating depth tread arrangement provides for a shortened stairway of increased angular ascension. The stairway 37 is supported on respective pairs of wheel assemblies 41 and 42 engageable in upper and lower guide support tracks 41A and 42A respectively inside the bay. A hydraulic piston and cylinder assembly 43 secured to the sidewall 12 and lower wheel assembly 42 moves the stairway assembly 37 within the service bay from an access position indicated in solid lines to a non-use stored position as shown in broken lines. A collapsible stair handrail assembly 44 has a pair of spindles 45A and 45B pivotally secured to the stringer 39 and to a rail 45. Referring now to FIGS. 5 and 6 of the drawings, a tensioning and release mechanism 46 inner engages the stair spindle 45B having a central hub 47 with a pair of annularly offset engagement arms 48 and 49 extending therefrom. An elongated coil spring 50 extends from a bracket 51 on the bay floor 13 around the hub 47 within a spring guard 52 to a link 53 that pivotally extends from the end of the hereinbefore-described engagement arm 48. A deployment cable 54 is adjustably secured to the end wall 14 of the service bay 10 and to a link 55 pivoted to the engagement arm 49. With the stair assembly in open access position, the spring 50 is expanded applying tension to the engagement arm 48 and against the deployment cable 54. As the piston and cylinder assembly 43 pushes the stairway back to its stored position, shown in broken lines, tension on the cable 54 releases and the spring 50 rotates the hub 47 via the engagement arm 48 pivoting the stair spindle 45B in a clockwise direction as viewed in FIG. 5 illustrated by directional arrow C. The rail 45 and spindles 45A and 45B pivot downwardly retracting the handrail assembly 44 to a closed position as illustrated in FIG. 6 of the drawings. Referring now to FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 6 of the drawings, to open the stairway assembly 37 and deploy the handrail assembly 44, it will seen that as the piston and cylinder 43 pulls the stairway 37 forward on its respective wheel assemblies 41 and 42 that the cable 54 goes into tension, illustrated in broken lines in FIG. 6, rotating the hub 47 and attached spindle 45B as indicated by arrow D, unfolding the handrail assembly 44 to an upright access position as seen in FIG. 3 of the drawings against the tension of the spring 50. Referring now to FIGS. 7 and 8 of the drawings, the end wall is of the service bay 10 can be seen having an auxiliary fixed ladder assembly 55 secured thereon. The ladder assembly 55 has a plurality of fixed generally U-shaped rungs 56 that are horizontally disposed at vertically spaced intervals and extend outwardly from the wall surface 15. A pair of safety handrail assemblies 57 are positioned in oppositely disposed relation alongside the rungs 56. Each of the rail assemblies 57 has a guide tube 58 with telescopically extensible handrails 59 within. In use, the respective handrails 59 are raised manually so as to extend from the service bay 10 and secured by a locking assemblies 59A to aid the user in climbing down or up out of the service bay 10. During installation of the service bay 10 of the invention, it will be noted that it is positioned within an excavated opening in the ground G, it will initially be stabilized by pouring concrete around its respective end areas 60 and middle area 61. Once stabilized, back fill 62 is used to bury the service bay 10 as will be well understood by those skilled in the art. A finished floor 63 which in this example is poured concrete will overlie the respective flanges 16 and 17 and be flush with an upper surface 64 of the lighting channels 19 as illustrated in FIG. 1 of the drawings. It will thus be seen from the above detailed description that a new and useful modular self-contained service bay pit enclosure has been illustrated and described that provides a unique service access to the underside of large vehicles. It will also be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made thereto without departing from the spirit of the invention. Patent Citations
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Elk Ridge® 17" Trailsman Machete.
Musclebound warrior to go! Because it's a wild jungle out there. And this is your new manual weed-whipper to swiftly carve trails and clear overgrown paths.
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What about good sportsman ship? What are you talking about i dont play sports hahahaha
Funny parody, once again!
Sadly, there's a lot of gamers that are like that guy. Thankfully, the true sportsmanship gamers are more common, otherwise, I would have stopped playing video games long ago.