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Neutral, but I find myself no longer playing my DS games and mostly only play PC and PS3. Really looking forward to the Vita as well so maybe it's time for a change. Sony is stealing my heart with Gravity Daze, Sound Shapes, Hot Shots Golf, Wipeout and Uncharted Golden Abyss being Vita launch titles.
Given that I'm currently watching Futurama, I feel that this best sums up my alignment:
I picked neutral but right now I'm pretty low on Microsoft atm, I'm not a fan of Kinect so they've been pretty disappointing recently. So the Japanese peeps are my homeboys for now
Always have been neutral. Even as a kid I didn't see the point of limiting myself. I just like video games; you know what I mean?
I like to say I'm neutral, but I've got a huge Nintendo boner and it's not going to go away until THEY go away.
Microsoft, I only current gen system I play games on is the 360.
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Lawful Evil. Err... Neutral. Because if a game is good enough, I'll play it regardless of platform. Provided I own the platform in the first place. I don't care how much ZombiePie loves the 3DO. I am not paying upwards of $70 for one on Ebay so I can play the definitive version of Night Trap.
Neutral still, I can enjoy playing games on all my systems.
no, wii. i don't like nintendo all that much anymore. i bought a gamecube, i was expecting a great experience like the n64 but that didn't happen. i ended up playing my ps2 more than the gamecube. i never bought a nintendo thing after that.@iam3green said:
neutral, i'm not a fan boy all that much. i enjoy my games from xbox 360, ps3, and pc.Where's the Wii? Poor sad thing of a console.
i think now only their first party games are good. i don't know, i haven't looked at nintendo things in a while.
PC. I like all of the consoles as well, but if I can get a game for the pc that's my first choice.
I like all of them to varying degrees, but still prefer my PS3.
I'm Lawfully Good but my party members complain when my reputation is too high so I picked PC.
I'm neutral, but I only technically own a 360 and PC. Not sure if that means I should pick one of them. I'm considering it just because I think having a green name would look cool. Why can't neutral be a cool color? Why grey? Why not... purple, brown or orange? :P
I'm by no means a fanboy, and I see good things in all platforms, I have to allign with Microsoft. 360's been my go to system this generation, and I'll probably stick with Microsoft when they finally unveil their next hardware.
Hate to be a fencesitter, but better that than a fangirl. Even though I have the deepest love for PC, I've gotta admit every platform has its strengths and weaknesses. FPSs and RPGs are usually a PC buy for me, for control accuracy and modability, but most other genres I'll probably pick up on a console.


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My kids found this recipe on the Chex box of cereal. I happen to like the Chex snack mix recipes, especially the ones with nuts and Chex cereal. This one is a crunchy dessert bar that is easy to make.
4 cups Chocolate Chex® cereal
½ cup salted peanuts
½ cup light corn syrup
¼ cup sugar
½ cup creamy peanut butter
¼ cup candy-coated chocolate candies, like M&M's or Reese's Pieces
1. Butter bottom and sides of 9-inch square pan, or spray with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix cereal and peanuts.
2. In 1-quart saucepan, heat corn syrup and sugar over medium heat, stirring constantly, just to boiling. Remove from heat; stir in peanut butter until smooth.
3. Pour over cereal mixture in bowl, stirring until evenly coated. Stir in candies. Press firmly in pan. Cool 1 hour. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store loosely covered.
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This story was at times dark and all over wonderful. I am glad I took the time to read it and am eagerly anticipating the next chapter of the story. I must say I fell in love with all the characters, except maybe the Marquess, though after the revelations at the end I do feel for here. Fairyland is an exciting and sometimes scary world and I can't wait to go back. Read With Me: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making This book is a delight, but some stage-setting before getting to specifics: Like Lev Grossman's The Magicians, this is a fantasy that is also a commentary on fantasy, a fairy tale that is also a commentary on fairy tales. Such works are more common now because the fantasy genre has a long enough history that, inevitably, current work is read to a significant extent in light of previous work. Cliche avoidance has become a major concern. Indeed, we are now in the second generation, at least, of cliches, in which the reactions against first-generation cliches have themselves become cliches. One example is the "sand-blasted with grit" approach, as one commentator put it, in which everyone says the F word a lot, rape and incest abound, elves become terminally depressed and drink themselves to death, etc. Another second-generation cliche, closely associated with the first, is the dark, conflicted anti-hero or sort-of-hero who has significant flaws. (Reviews of such works inevitably use the phrase "shades of gray.") Another is the princess who feels stifled as a princess and wants to be a warrior or scholar. Typically the irony is leavened with a large measure of affection for the classics. I don't think I've ever read such fantasy-commenting-on-fantasy that seemed spiteful in its intent. One more prefatory point: Certain things are "cliches" because either they're artistically sound (e.g., the protagonist's achievement comes only after a struggle, otherwise there's no dramatic tension) or because people like them (the good guys win in the end). People like the classic coming-of-age story because it involves struggle and because it's everyone's story (excepting people who are still living in their parents' basement when they're 35, I guess). People like to see a person confronted with a hard choice and, in the end, make the right choice. Also, there are only X basic plots, as we are often told, where X is typically a single-digit number. This unavoidably biases things in the direction of "cliches" (many of which might equally aptly be termed "eternal truths of the human soul"). In this context comes Catherynne Valente's The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (2009), a pleasurable and occasionally profound mezcla of classic fairy tale elements. At the start September, a 12-year-old girl, is whisked off to Fairyland by the Green Wind, the embodiment of a Harsh Air. He tells her, before bringing her to Fairyland, "Obviously, the eating or drinking of Fairy foodstuffs constitutes a binding contract to return at least once a year in accordance with seasonal myth cycles." They pause at a border town where he explains, "Fairyland is an old place, and old things have strange hungers." Accordingly, some of the requirements for entrance into Fairyland: Give something up. There must be blood. Tell a lie. Right here at the start, it is plain that Valente is pulling this stuff straight from some sort of fairy tale Well. The book's ancestors are both the ancient oral fairy tales and the written ones of relatively recent provenance like the Narnia books. In Fairyland September encounters dragons, witches, and marids. She frees someone from an evil queen's prison. She learns that True Names contain great magical power; you must guard yours closely. In several cute little meta moments the author directly addresses the reader, a common occurrence in the written tales in Fairyland's bloodline. She also occasionally addresses the reader indirectly, as when a dragon tells September, "[T]he geographical capital of Fairyland is fickle and has a rather short temper. I'm afraid the whole thing moves around according to the needs of narrative." A human can enter Fairyland as one of the Stumbled or one of the Ravished. For the Stumbled, think of Alice plummeting down the rabbit hole into Wonderland and Lucy wandering through the wardrobe into Narnia. The Ravished, in contrast, are taken to Fairyland by magical beings (e.g., the Wild Hunt, people made prisoner of faeries because they've eaten faery food, the abductions carried out by Susanna Clarke's Gentleman in Green and Raven King). Brought to Fairyland by the Green Wind, September is technically one of the Ravished. This turns out to be important later. Soon after arriving September learns that Fairyland is in the thrall of a powerful evil queen. Cliche? No. Yes, but… no. This is where things get thick, and events both do, and don't, develop in ways you expect. September agrees to help some witches get their magical spoon back from the queen, who stole it. At that point her adventures become less meandering and more purposeful. Valente creates some gorgeous moments. E.g., just arrived in Fairyland, September sees a signpost shaped as a four-armed woman. The arm pointing east says, To lose your way. The arm pointing north, To lose your life. The arm pointing south, To lose your mind. The arm pointing west, To lose your heart. September goes west. The narrator remarks, You and I, being grown-up and having lost our hearts at least twice or thrice along the way, might shut our eyes and cry out, Not that way, child! But as we have said, September was Somewhat Heartless, and felt herself reasonably safe on that road. Children always do. … Behind her, the beautiful four-armed woman who pointed the way closed her eyes and shook her birch-wood head, rueful and knowing. I won't give away the ending, but Holy Crap it's not what you expect. You will not see it coming. Mostly this is a paean to fairy tales. If it were an academic monograph, the back of the book would say that it "Summarizes and extends the crucial research in the field." What's the fiction-ish equivalent of that? That's The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making. (Review from my blog http://blog.thomasfleet.com.) Both lyrical and quirky, the writing in this book is beautiful; it will make you want to find someone who will sit and let you read it aloud. The narrative voice is impeccable, possessing a certain wonderful drollery that makes this book so difficult to put down--even when you have reached the end! Catherynne Valente's story is exquisitely whimsical, a charming fairy tale for the modern world, with just the right mixture of Alice and Oz. This book is practically perfect: it has the feel of a classic and will appeal to all ages. It's a book that shares more in common with Discworld books than Alice In Wonderland. It's something that I regret. The book also feels like the middle of a series. I didn't understand what happened to the Marquess. She seemed alive but nothing is sure in Fairyland. I simply did not care about the characters, alright? Like with most books that seem to cheat, it was again a case of a weak effort that kind of redeems itself with a strong finish. My disappointment with books, and my inability to find pleasure in reading is not the only factor in me not being impressed with The Girl Who[...]. The adventures are bland and nonsensical. The author makes her heroine, September, suffer, but there's a complete lack of tension. I rated this 3 stars because of the twists at the end, and the really beautiful language. That's the best I can muster. I recommend this book to children who have not read Lewis Carroll and the Narnia books and The Hobbit. I'm curious about the sequel to The Girl Who. But I need to read something not experimental for the moment. I need comfort food for thought. What a joy this was to pick up again! I have two and three thanks to my aunt Sabrina, so I wanted to marathon this series, as the fourth is coming out near my birthday in March 2015 {fingers crossed for a square shaped gift next year!} This is a perfect stay in bed sick book. a perfect curl up in your reading nook during rain/snow book. a perfect everything book. A practically perfect adult fairytale disguised as a quirky children's book--it enfolds you into its world, not gracefully, but rather violently {whenever I had to get up for something, my room felt strange, as though it didn't exist, I had to shake myself a few times} though you shan't refuse such a wondrous and strange world ...as gory as a Grimm, as mad as a hatter world. How satisfying it was to read this final note before I shut the book slowly, eager for the second and yet, ending so perfectly. "All stories must end so, with the next tale winking out of the corners of the last pages, promising more, promising moonlight and dancing and revels, if only you will come back when spring comes again."
I won't lie. Some folks do NOT like this book, and I can understand why that is. For me, though, this is just one of the smarter juxtapositions of the fantastical with the tongue-twisted. Here you have an author who clearly enjoys writing. And if that enjoyment seeps through the page and into the reader's perceptions, then here is a book that they'll clearly enjoy reading. A true original and like nothing you've really ever seen before. Told by an omniscient narrator who directly engages readers, the densely textured text deftly mixes and matches familiar fairytale elements, creating a world as bizarre and enchanting as any Wonderland or Oz and a heroine as curious, resourceful and brave as any Alice or Dorothy. Complex, rich and memorable. The book's appeal is crystal clear from the outset: this is a kind of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by way of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, made vivid by Juan's Tenniel-inflected illustrations. Was inspired by
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Really? Cause I would think that in 360 this game would look much nicer. In this case, it's a failure of the game itself. xD
unfortunately they've screwed with the graphics in the Wii port... Probably because of their lack of experience with the console, as even Mario Kart has a much better appearence.
Even though, it's a great game and I have fun playing it.
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First off I have a MM200. I am very new to welding, about 2hrs total.
1) I noticed on the machine that there is a + and -. Is there some sort of reverse polarity MIG welding? If so, what would you use it for?
2) If I use an extension cord for the welding machine, will length matter? I do not want to restrict any voltage from the m achine that will cause any problems.
3) Dialing in a the MM200, if you dial it in correctly to weld some 1/4" mild steel, could you go back to those settings everytime you would happen to weld some 1/4" MS?
4) If you are joining two different thickness metal, say 1/4" and 1/2", what would the process of welding them correctly be? Would you focuse the center of the bead more on the 1/2" to ensure the penetration is good?
5) When buying contact tips, does the brand matter, or are they all made the same, just different sizes?
6) What size mild steel metal could you weld using .023, .030, and .035 wire? Are there any other sizes?
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Hey there lucky im gonna answer your questions in the order they came to the best of my ability.
1.) For mig welding the polarity is the same as stick welding, there is a dcep (dc electrode positive) and a dcen (dc electrode negative). dcep is also called reverse polarity and dcen is also called straight polarity. In mig welding dcen is used for welding very thin materials as i was told, and dcep is used for regular welding.
2.) when it comes to the extension cord length does matter. For my little red mig they only recomend a 50' extension cord max, but im not sure as to why.
3.) as far as i know once you find a setting that works good for something write it down somewhere. That exact setting may not work perfetly every time but it will give you a general or rough idea of where to start. From there its usually just tweaking the voltage and wire speed a little bit.
4.) When it comes to welding materials of 2 different thicknesses ive heard two or three different stories. What i was taught was to focus more on the thicker material. THat changed when i got to one job where i was told and shown what happens when you do that. I focused the weld on the thicker material and the weld began to crack. This was due to improper fusion or heat being focused too much on one member. THis was because i focused on the thicker member more weld got on it than the thinner one. I was then told to put equal amount of weld on each of the members.
5.) when it comes to buying contact tips i dont think brand does matter. I just always bought the brand that came with my welder but i do know that alot of tips are interchangable or compatible with other guns or companies make tips for guns. AT work all of our tips are made by KENT but our guns are Bernard.
6.) When it comes to picking a welding wire size it all depends on what sixe of material you will be welding. If your gonna be welding sheet metal go with .023. If your gonna be welding say 1/8 to 1/4" i would go with .035 or .045 it depends on preference.
I hope this great big long novel will help. If anything is unclear i know there are tons of people on this board who are more knowledgable than me and could clear things up.
1) You would use DCEN for gasless flux core wire only - NOT thin metal welding
2) The length of the cord will depend on it's gauge. generally the heavier the gauge, the longer the cord can be, within reason.
3) Yes the settings will produce repeatable results.
4) Do not focus more on the thicker piece unless, you are burning through the thinner peice and can not reduce the power without sacrificing penetration on the thicker peice.
5) If the contact tip is the correct length, gauge and thread then it will work, no matter what brand. The main tip difference in consumer welders is the thread pitch.
6) .023 is generally for sheet under 1/8", .030 is good up to 1/4" and .035 will weld up to 3/8"Last edited by TS-Off-Road; 08-28-2007 at 02:35 PM.
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As TS said. Also:
1) DCEP generally for MIG (that is, solid core, with gas).
2) Wire has impedance (read that "resistance" for the sake of discussion). Thicker (i.e., heavier gauge) wire has less resistance than thinner wire. That resistance causes a voltage drop, using power just to get the electricity from the source to your equipment. (Current has to work harder to "get there" with more resistance facing it.)
You had a recommendation for a max. of 50' of a particular gauge of wire because a greater length than 50' at that gauge would drop your voltage below the efficient operating voltage of your equipment . . . making your equipment work harder than it should, and making it get too old too soon.
Just for sh*tz and giggles, think about using a grocery store extention cord to power your welder. Think about how quickly that cord would heat up and melt its insulation. (Or try it, if you're into running to the service disconnect and flipping breakers . . . after you put the fire out.) Go in the opposite direction gauge-wise.
TS said you could get more length by using a heavier gauge cord, within reason. That's right on point. Exactly how much longer depends on a lot of factors we don't know, but you could figure this out from a standard NEC wire gauge chart. You can also confirm your calculations with an off-the-shelf volt meter.
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2) For your MM200, try to use a 10ga extension cord (12ga MINIMUM!) and try to keep it under 50' or so. If your outlet/breaker will handle it, you can conceivably go further than that, but at 100' you're going to lose some available amperage on the upper end. In other words: you could use a 100' 10ga extension cord with your MM200 if you were welding 1/4" thick mild steel.
4) It will take more room than we have in this thread to describe to you all the different methods of using your MIG gun to achieve your desired results. If you can envision a "weaving" pattern, then weaving back and forth between your two dissimilarly-sized pieces should be okay. If you will pay very close attention when you're welding, you'll see that as the wire comes out of your gun/nozzle and makes contact with the metal, your resulting "puddle" of molten metal is a good bit wider than the actual piece of wire that's creating that puddle. Now, the object is to get even "coverage" into the gap between the two pieces of metal...even when they're different thicknesses. However, sometimes you'll notice that your thinner piece begins to "burn away" from the joint with the thicker piece. When this happens (and it will), you're going to need to make minute adjustments with the angle of your gun so that you're "shooting" your wire a little more towards the thicker piece than you are towards the thinner piece. The difference in your "aim point" may not be any greater than 1/16" of an inch or even so little as 1/32" of an inch, but with practice you'll be able to see how even a slight difference in aiming/shooting will allow you to maintain the same size puddle on both pieces of metal.
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let me see if i can remember this correctly to explain why an extension cord has to be the correct size for the distance and current being carried.lets see in a simplified way, it works like this;
Volts X Amps =Wats
resistance reduces the volts, the smaller the size wire in the cord the more resistance. but the V X A = W formula has to work. so if you have a 1500 wat weed eater (120V X 12.5A =1500W)and you decide to do the fence out back of the neighbors yard by adding 200 ft of 16 gage extension cord to get you there the small wire size and long distance is going to have a high resistance, so it acts on the volts dropping them to say 80V. well the weed eater still needs 1500W to spin up and cut the weeds. but at 80V it takes 18.75 amps to get the needed 1500wats. problem is the motor is only designed to take 12.5 amps, so it overheats and burns up.
if you download the owners manual from the miller site it should give you a recommended extension cord size per the distance you want to go, well up to a point any way.
i have a few 14gage extension cords around for lights but anything else gets a 12 gage cord. i don't even but the 16gage ones they sell at wally world for outdoor use, yea like thats going to work. i always tell all my Friends to get rid of the stack of silly little cord they have in the garage and get a few good 12gage ones. it will extend the life of all your tools. drill's, skill saw's, saws-alls, you name it, they all need a good cord to work properly. without it they have to work extra hard to get the job done.thanks for the help
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Good advice James and Clint.
Now I will add my 2 cents worth.
When you are thinking about extension cords, think short and fat. In other words, the wire with the larger diameter and shorter length would be best. As current travels through a wire the wire offers resistance and this produces heat. The more current traveling through a given wire size, the more heat. This is why these very cheap, small, dime store extension cords are so dangerous. Place a heavy load on one and they heat up, the insulation melts, the house burns down and the insurance company is mad. This is why the NEC (National Electric Code) states that at no point along the wall of a house shall be more than 6 feet from a receptacle. You can see from this that the National Electric Code does not want you to use ANY KIND of extension cord in a house. If you are in a room and the receptacles are not more that 6 feet apart, and you are in the middle of them, there is one 3 feet on either side of you. All electric appliances you buy at Wall Mart will have a cord longer than 3 feet, even those made in China. So in theory you dont need anymore extension cords in a house if your house is wired to meet the code.
As mentioned above it is current going through a wire that produces heat when it meets the resistance in the wire. So if we could get the same about of electrical work using less current, we would heat up the wire less and this would be good. Can we do this?? Yes, Power = current x voltage. You can see from this that if you double the voltage you can get the same amount of power with half the current. That is why if you wire a pump for 220 instead of 110 you can get by with smaller diameter wire. In the paper mill where I worked we had many motors than ran on 2300 volts and some that ran of 13000 volts. Can you imagine the money saved on copper because of the smaller wire size this allowed?
Now we can look at wire length. All equipment is designed to operate at a certain voltage. In our homes it is 110v and 220 volts. If the equipment sees this voltage it is happy. Most manufactures allow no more that a 10 percent deviation from this nominal voltage. Go over this and the light burns dimmer, the resistance heater puts out less heat, the transformer puts out less power ( less power in = less power out ) and electric motors become less efficient, begin to heat up, begin to burn up. YIKES !!! This is why correct voltage is so important.
Now back to the length of the extension cord. Think of voltage in a wire pushing current as pressure in a pipe pushing water. The longer the pipe you are pushing the water through, the more pressure drop you experience and the less water you get out the end. It is the same with wire. The longer the wire the more voltage drop you are going to get, because the longer wire offers more resistance. There is a formula for this: current times the resistance = voltage drop. From this formula you can see for any given size wire and any given current, if you double the wire length you double your voltage drop. In other words there is a direct relationship between wire length and voltage drop.
Now to sum it up, if you want to limit your voltage drop there are 3 ways to do it. Use a shorter piece of wire ( extension cord), use a larger gage wire, for instance, 10 versus 12 or 12 versus 14, and limit your current. The last thing is for the circuit rather than the extension cord. If double the voltage you can cut the current in half, i.e. 220 volts versus 110 volts.
My suggestion would be use 2 shorter extension cords instead of one really long one. 90 percent of the time the one cord is all you will need so you will see half the voltage drop. And dont cheap out on the extension cord. Buy a heavy duty cord. You dont want to damage expensive welders, grinders etc. because you wanted to save a few dollars on an extension cord.
I know this is probably a lot more than you ever wanted to know about extension cords and I am sorry it is so long. Once I get started on something like this I go a little crazy. Also, when using extension cords always use a GFI. Besure to plug the GFI into the receptacle and then the extension cord into the GFI. This way you are protected if the extension cord is defective
( bare wire ) and you get a hold of it. I use to tell people that worked for me that having worked around high voltage for many years, the closest I have ever come to seeing somebody electrocuted has always been when they were on the ground or working standing in water and using an extension cord on a 110 volts.6010
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2/4 Done, Now 3/6
I think Questions #2 and #4 have been answered, so now let's look at Questions #3 and #6 regarding proper MIG settings. Here are a couple of links that will explain it better than we can on here:
Those should keep you busy for a little while...
Also, last but not least: here's the link to all Miller's Owner's Manuals. Download a copy for your machine and you'll be that much further along in the ballgame. ~cmb
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The Simpsons: Tapped Out is a persistent world game set in Springfield. The game starts with a parody of itself, where Homer is busy playing a game on his tablet, and neglects his duties on the power plant. As a result Springfield explodes and the player has to rebuild the town. Players can build their version of Springfield any way they like. Placing buildings will sometimes unlock more characters from the TV-series. Most buildings generates revenue when tapped with various intervals. For example the Kwik-E-Mart generates 5 money resources and 1 experience every 3 minutes. Other buildings uses several hours to complete. Since the game is persistent the player may leave the game and return later to collect generated revenue. Some of the buildings also unlocks a character. All characters can interact with some of the other buildings for additional revenue. For example most characters can shop at Kwik-E-Mart for one hour.With experience, the player may reach a higher levels, which unlocks more buildings. There is also a special bonus currency represented as donuts. They are limited, but may be purchased for real money using in-app purchase. Donuts may speed up construction, or be used to construct unique buildings. The game features task to help the player advance in the game. This can be Lisa requesting that the school should be build, or collect 5 taxes from residential buildings.
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April 28, 2000: More than 140 delegates from 16 different countries attended the first Agribusiness in Sustainable Natural African Plant Products (A-SNAPP) Roundtable, held in Capetown, South Africa from April 4-6, 2000. The Roundtable brought together African producers and processors, American and European wholesale herb buyers, and related government agencies, in an effort to explore and promote the trade of sustainably produced natural products from Africa to the world marketplace. The international event was part of an ongoing three-year project funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). "The Roundtable was a resounding success," said HRF President Rob McCaleb. "All of the countries involved see this as an important opportunity to go beyond commodity food crops into more specialized food products." During his visit, McCaleb was interviewed by a film crew from the Discovery Channel as part of an upcoming show on traditional medicine in South Africa. Roundtable participants from France to Cameroon have emailed HRF to express their satisfaction with the wide range of topics covered at the Roundtable, including the status of African natural products production, an international market overview, international trade and regulation of plant-based products, sustainable agriculture, and intellectual property rights. One of the greatest attractions for many attendees was a 2-1/2 hour videoconference that provided an opportunity to speak directly with major overseas buyers about market needs and demands. Participating companies included Celestial Seasonings, the world's largest specialty tea company; Tom's of Maine, a body care company that has expanded into herbal extracts; KHL Flavors, a spice and herb broker; Frontier Natural Products Cooperative, a major buyer of organic herbs; Botanicals International, one of the major processors of bulk botanicals for supplement manufacturers; and Whole Herb Company, a full-service botanical trader. HRF Press Release |
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British progressive metallers THRESHOLD have just released a brand new digital single, a cover of the MUSE song "Supermassive Black Hole". The song is now available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.
Commented Richard West: "'Supermassive Black Hole' was such a huge hit for MUSE, it's become a modern classic and it's still in the top ten of the U.K. rock charts after 150 weeks! "I hope MUSE enjoy THRESHOLD's reworking of their song; we've stayed fairly true to the original but with some added THRESHOLD heaviness." THRESHOLD will also reissue its latest effort, "Dead Reckoning", including instrumental versions of all songs of the album as a bonus. The digital release of the package is scheduled for mid-February. West states: "We often get requests from fans wanting access to instrumental versions of our songs, so after seeing bands like NIGHTWISH and MASTODON release extended versions of their albums with instrumentals included, it seemed logical for THRESHOLD to do the same with 'Dead Reckoning'. So whether they're being used for karoake competitions, holiday video soundtracks or just for singing along in the shower, we're happy to make them available."THRESHOLD's Cover Of MUSE's 'Supermassive Black Hole' Available For Streaming
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