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Lasko Cyclonic Ceramic Cabinet Electric Space Heater with Remote Control
Lasko Cyclonic Ceramic Cabinet Electric Space Heater with Remote Control
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|Product Type: Ceramic
|Finish: Black; Silver
|Powder Coated Finish: Yes
|Gloss Finish: Yes
|Grille Finish: Silver
|Material: Plastic
|Number of Items Included: 1
|Amperage: 12.5 Amps
|BTU Output: 5118 BTUs
|Voltage: 120 Volts (V)
|Frequency: 60 Hertz
|Wattage: 1500 Watts (W)
|LCD Display: Yes
|Application: Fixed
|Installation Type: Cabinet
|Blower Included: Yes
|Timer Included: Yes
|Remote Included: Yes
|Grille Included: Yes
|Internal Fan Included: Yes
|Power Source: Electric
|Maximum Coverage Area: 300 Square Feet
|Number of Fan Speeds: 2
|Air Filter Included: No
|Air Purifying: No
|Thermostat Included: Yes
|Automatic Shutoff: Yes
|Phase: Single phase
|Oscillating: No
|Casters or Wheels: No
|Handle Included: No
|Indoor Use: Yes
|Outdoor Use: No
|Eco-Friendly: No
|Country of Manufacture: China
|Assembly Required: No
|Installation Required: No
|Additional Parts Required: No
|Product Warranty: 3 years
|Energy Star Compliant: No
About the ManufacturerLASKO PRODUCTS INC. offers an array of products that they are pleased to offer to you!
LASKO PRODUCTS INC. offers a range of products that provide great value at good prices all year long.
Lasko Metal Products was founded in 1906 by Mr. Henry Lasko in Philadelphia. Over the years, the product line was adapted to capture changing consumer needs. As America moved to the suburbs in the mid-20th century, Lasko expanded into small appliances, fans and household heaters.From there, company growth continued and American manufacturing locations expanded to Tennessee and Texas where production continues today.
Lasko has been engineering and building great-looking, high performance home comfort products in the U.S. and around the world for more than 100 years. The company has grown to an international organization and market leader in portable fans and ceramic heaters. Lasko is still owned and operated by the Lasko family – and it shows in every product with the Lasko name. Lasko products can be found at most retailers and many online sites.
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This heater makes us comfortable while watching TV at our basement. You just set the temp, the timer and forget it. It maintains the comfort set in our basement. Maintenance is just a breeze. You just vacuum it and wipe with clean cloth and that's it. Plus it's reasonably priced compared to other pace heaters. Now we don't have to struggle with cold feet every winter. I would definitely recommend this to my relatives and friends.
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Produces a good amount of heat. Have used in living room and bedroom, and heated room up nicely. Temperature control and timer are added features. Could have a little more balance in the legs since I am using it on carpeted floors, but that could be due to the flooring in this 100 yr. old house I live it. However, I am happy with it overall!! Thanks Wayfair!
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JIM LEHRER: What's killing the world's coral reefs, and what can be done to save them? Many scientists think the devastation caused by the recent tsunami might have been less severe if the coral reefs in South Asia had been in better shape and more able to protect the coastlines. Betty Ann Bowser has our Science Unit report.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: On the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia, marine researcher Mary Wakeford methodically takes measurements and underwater pictures to see if the corals that live there are growing or continue to die.
Scientists all over the globe are watching what's happening here because this is the largest coral reef system in the world, stretching out some 1,400 miles. Wakeford's boss is Australian Institute of Marine Science Biologist Terry Done, an expert on coral reefs.
TERRY DONE: I'm quite worried that in a few decades there may be far poorer reefs.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: Ten thousand miles away in the oceans off the Florida Keys, Marine Sanctuary Manager Billy Causey and Biologist Kim Ritchie also examine the coral. And like his colleagues half a world away, Causey doesn't like what he sees.
BILLY CAUSEY: Some days I come out here and I just want to cry. And I've been visiting this reef for well over 30 years, and I've seen enormous decline in the last 15 years.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: The coral reefs of the world are disappearing at alarming rates. Some scientists are so concerned that they believe if nothing is done coral reefs will be gone from the Earth in 50 years. Marine biologist Sylvia Earle is executive director of the Global Marine Program for Conservation International.
SYLVIA EARLE: The rule of thumb that I keep hearing, and I trust the evaluation here, is that half of the coral reefs worldwide are either gone– that is based on what it was before; human activity and exploitation's severely depleted them or either gone or on the way out and severely degraded.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: Corals are living animals, spineless creatures called polyps. They use calcium carbonate in the ocean to create a skeleton blanketing their soft, fragile bodies, and the limestone formed by those polyps grow into huge structures and become what we call coral reefs.
They're home to thousands of species of big and small fish, giant clams, schools of sharks, spiny lobsters, and eels. Coral reefs also provide food for hundreds of developing countries, they give coastlines a protective barrier, and they generate millions of dollars in revenue for fishermen and the tourist industry. Marine biologist Earle says there's also another big- picture value.
SYLVIA EARLE: People need to understand that coral reefs as a reflection of the health of the ocean as a whole is an indication that our life support system, the ocean, is in trouble. And if it's in trouble, we're in trouble.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: Marine scientists around the world say coral reefs are dying because of what they call "the big three"– over fishing, pollution from the land, and global warming. Billy Causey knows the dangers of the big three from experience. As manager of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary for 21 years, he's watched with alarm at what over fishing has done.
BILLY CAUSEY: We no longer have some of the larger species out there, larger grouper or snapper. We've seen changes in shifts in the overall reef fish population from a more healthy pristine area to areas that are degraded in some instances. We've also seen a great deal of habitat destruction, either from direct impacts, from boat groundings or anchors or problems coming from overuse, too much use on some of the reefs.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: But even those who never dive or swim on a reef in the Florida Keys can have a big impact on them. Over the last 20 years, thousands of people have moved to South Florida, creating a construction boom. More people has meant more pollution in the canals and along the beaches of the Keys.
It's not uncommon now for entire swimming areas to be closed down from the sewage that leaks into the water from the 25,000 septic tanks people use up and down the coast. Marine biologists like Jim Leichter have been trying to figure out how the nutrients produced by the pollution are impacting the reefs.
JIM LEICHTER: We do know that sewage is going into the waters. We can see decreased water clarity. We really don't know how the nutrient sources from shore, at least in my opinion, whether and how those are reaching and impacting the outer reef tract.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: He's hoping to find out as an aquanaut in the only underwater lab in the world. Located in 60 feet of water about ten miles off the Florida Keys, Aquarius is operated by the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and owned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. Steven Miller is Aquarius's director.
STEVEN MILLER: If you're a coral reef biologist, you've got to dive; you've got to spend time in the environment that you're studying. And conventional scuba diving is really limited. You work from the surface; you have maybe an hour a day. Imagine trying to do your job if all you had was an hour a day. Aquarius, because of the special type of diving we do, called saturation diving, gives scientists really unlimited time to work underwater studying the coral reefs.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: One of the things Aquarius scientists are seeing is disease, a major cause of coral death in the Keys.
BILLY CAUSEY: In a month's time frame it appears to me that I'm seeing more coral diseases here. We saw black band disease, we saw a number of different types of diseases that scientists are still working on, and it was very disturbing to me.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: Of all the things that are killing the coral reefs, it is global warming that has scientists around the world most concerned because it is actually heating up the water. Even a subtle temperature increase of one degree can kill the microscopic algae inside the corals, which turns the coral bright white.
TERRY DONE: The science tells us that it is climate change which is killing coral reefs. The water is getting hotter; the corals are basically being cooked by these very hot waters because they live right close to the edge of their tolerance already. And we hope that they can adapt fast enough, but it may be a forlorn hope. There's no evidence that they are really likely to adapt as quickly as we would hope.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: Experts like Done say the science is clear: They know what is killing coral reefs of the world. The question for them now is: what people do with that knowledge. Paul Marshall is a biologist with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
PAUL MARSHALL: Science is essential to saving coral reefs, but science doesn't actually result in change. The agents of change are risk-management agencies, policy-makers, and the people who use the reef day to day.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: Last summer Australia took the science and did something unprecedented. The government set aside more than one-third of the Great Barrier Reef, and made it off- limits to fishing. New regulations to halt the flow of land-based pollution onto the reef were also imposed. From now on, in this new, so-called "no-take zone," an area half the size of Texas, visitors may look but they may not touch.
In 1989, Australia experimented with setting aside about five percent of the Great Barrier Reef. Wheeler Reef was in that original set-aside. Nothing has been taken away from here in 15 years. We interviewed Terry Done 60 miles off the Australian coast at low tide, when Wheeler Reef forms a sandbar for a few hours a day. Done says the health of this reef is evidence that set asides work.
TERRY DONE: What I'm seeing here is a reef which is, to my way of looking it's intact – as well as being stunningly beautiful, it's somehow ecologically intact; it's got all the — all the options open to it for feedback, symbiosis, redundancies. If one species goes down, there's very likely something with a similar function will be able to come up.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: The American coral reefs off the coast of Florida are big business; they're the number one diving and sport-fishing destination in the world, supporting a $1 billion a year tourist industry.
But the U.S. has no national ocean policy regulating its coral reefs. And when marine scientists tried to get the federal government to protect reefs off the Florida coast, the idea was met with angry opposition. John Ogden is a Florida marine scientist.
JOHN OGDEN: The original advisory council, which was a cross section of Florida citizens, sat down together and we butted heads for six years over this thing. Our lives were threatened. My windshield was broken; my tires were slashed by angry people with no other way to express their anger than striking out at somebody.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: In 1990, the federal government created the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. But Ogden says even with protection, there's a free-for-all atmosphere.
JOHN OGDEN: We have been living. It is exactly like the land — the Oklahoma land rush of 1879. Everybody's out there. "I'm going to get mine." "I own it, it's mine, but I have no responsibility for it." And that has to change. We have to become stewards of this, as we are in fact of the land.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: Causey knows an expanded no-take zone would not guarantee survival of Florida's coral reefs. But he thinks it would take some of the pressure off.
BILLY CAUSEY: If we were able to set 33 percent of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary aside, and protect the corals that are more resilient to protect corals for future generations, that would be a major management step forward; and it is something that would benefit our coral reefs enormously.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: Terry Done thinks Australia is off to a good start, but hopes it's not too late.
TERRY DONE: Without global climate change, it would be a reasonable expectation for us to think that reefs would be continuing to suffer their natural disturbances and bounce back to something like we've expected to see in our lifetimes. And what scientists are concerned about with global warming is that that ability to bounce back will be taken away simply because the insults will become too frequent and too severe.
STEVEN MILLER: If we lose coral reefs, you know, it's the same answer: What happens if we lose the rain forests? You know, what do we lose? We lose a lot. We lose something — we lose the most dramatic and spectacular ecosystem on this planet. When it's gone, it's gone.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: In the past two years, two American blue ribbon commissions have called on the federal government to establish a national policy for the oceans.
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I am planning a tour but want to choose from any Rick Steves' tours that include Cinque Terra. Please let me know all the tours that include Cinque Terra.
I am planning a tour but want to choose from any Rick Steves' tours that include Cinque Terra. Please let me know all the tours that include Cinque Terra.
Al - the TOURS link in the blue menu bar above will help you. Just at a glance I see Best of Europe, Heart of Italy, My way: Italy, Italy in 17 days.
Al, These are some of the tours that include visits to the Cinque Terre: > Best of Europe, 21 days > Best of Europe, MY WAY, 14 days > Heart of Italy, 9 days > Best of Italy, 17 days > Italy, MY WAY, 13 days > Village Italy, 14 days I believe this is all of them. Note that on at least one of the tours (Village Italy), tour members stay in Levanto rather than one of the "official" five towns. That's not a problem, as it's only 4M:30S from there to Monterosso. Levanto is also a wonderful and picturesque town with a beautiful beach. Happy travels!
Al, if you are wanting to hike Cinque Terra in the near future, be advised that the majority of the trails are closed. We are in CT now (Oct 21-23, 2012) and were told the entire main trail was closed a month ago due to a landslide. We met some tourists who said they walked part of the trail anyway and climbed over the landslide but would not recommend it. Just FYI.
Al, your question sounds like you think you are directing it at the staff of ETBD, Rick Steves' Europe. You're not - we are a semi-anarchic non-collective of diverse locations, experience and types of people; volunteers all. What we all share is a love for travel and a desire to help each other. The ETBD organization provides the Helpline but does not participate in the discussions here. We'll still help as best as we can.
You want to go to Cinque Terre...save yourself thousands of dollars and jump on the train yourself and go. It's just a few towns on the cliffside with train stations. When the train gets to the village where you're going then get off the train.


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Our ag/4-H Extension agent, Christin Herbst, worked with the Reality Store last Friday at Carroll County Middle School, assisting guidance counselor Beth Wallace and other CCMS staff.
Rumor has it there is a new girl in town.
I hear she is young, but energetic. People tell me she is a third-generation agriculture agent, who attended school at the University of Kentucky and is a genuine people person.
Furthermore, I hear she's working with the 4-H program as well. The talk is that she is honored to be in Carroll County, and eager to do all she can to assist its residents.
The Carroll County Senior Center is located at 110 Sixth St., Carrollton, (502) 732-7026
Wednesday, Sept. 28: Euchre, pool, Wii games, rummy, 9:15 a.m.; Our Best Restaurant, 10:30 a.m.
Thursday, Sept. 29: Euchre, pool, Wii games, rummy, 9:15 a.m.; Bunk-O, 10:30 a.m.
Friday, Sept. 30: Grill out with Owen County Senior Center in recognition of National Senior Center Month.
Monday, Oct. 3, Euchre, pool, Wii games, rummy, 9:15 a.m.; Monday movie madness, 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 28: Walk away the pounds, 9 a.m.; creative Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-noon; Zumba, 5:15 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 29: Walk away the pounds, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; music makers, ages 18 months and up, 11 a.m.; story hour, ages 4-6, 1:30 p.m.; GED help, 3:30 p.m.; homework help, 5 p.m.; ESL class 6 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 30: Walk away the pounds, 9 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 1, Walk away the pounds, 9 a.m.; teen movie, Transformers 3, Dark of the Moon, 2-3 p.m.; Quilts will be displayed at the library throughout the month of October.
The Carrollton Woman's meeting was held at Pat's Place Sept. 6 at 7 p.m.
Carolyn Stout, education program chairman, introduced Carroll County Public Library Director Hillary Arney, who told about the library being funded 85 percent by taxes. She said that so many services are being offered through the library to Carroll County Citizens that it makes it a real bargain.
Crystal Duncan Taylor of Bedford, Ky. would like to announce the birth of her daughter, Catherine Arianna Duncan, born 4:10 a.m., Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, at Norton Suburban Hospital in Louisville, Ky. She weighed 7 pounds and 4 ounces and was 19.75 inches long.
Big sister, Mollie Abbigal Gardner, 22 months old, helped welcome Catherine home.
Maternal grandparents are William and Gladys Duncan of Bedford Ky.; great-grandparents Maureen Duncan and the late Lester "Rusty" Duncan of Carrollton Ky.
The first time I ever tasted oranges and tomatoes together was in Atlanta, Ga. in 1990. It was totally by accident or fate, whichever you want to call it. As the first vice-president of the League of Women Voters for Georgia, I was attending a pitch-in luncheon meeting. If my memory serves me right, it was basically a salad luncheon. I don't even recall what salad I took, actually, I probably took dessert.
FSA State Executive Director John W. McCauley reminds Kentucky producers who wish to purchase a Federal crop insurance program policy for the 2012 crop year, of the following final fall sales closing dates:
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European equities were lifted by a clutch of strong earnings reports on Tuesday, although volumes were subdued as many preferred to wait for the outcome of the neck-and-neck U.S. Presidential campaign.
The European markets closed lower on Monday as investors remained cautious ahead of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election. Investors across the globe are nervous as to how the U.S. will contend with an automatic $600 billion in spending cuts and tax hikes at the end of the year — known as the fiscal cliff — after the election.
The listing of Russia' largest bank Sberbank on the London Stock Exchange, raising some $5 billion, is just the beginning of a wider trend and shows how Russian state-owned businesses are increasingly turning towards privatization, Anton Karamzin, deputy chairman and CFO of Sberbank, told CNBC.
European markets are set for a mixed open on Wednesday after the Catalonian region in Spain asked for a financial lifeline from the national government, raising concerns that the country itself will soon ask for a bailout.
European markets are called to open in negative territory on Tuesday as the debate continues over how far the European Central Bank (ECB) can, or will, go to save the euro zone.
European markets are called to open cautiously Monday after mixed signals from euro zone politicians and officials over the weekend.
London Metal Exchange shareholders voted on Wednesday to accept the $2.2 billion takeover offer by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx), which will give the commodities trading platform further access to China, but one analyst says the deal is "a potential disaster" for the Hong Kong Exchange.
Rumors of yet another possible cross-border merger between two stock exchanges gathered pace on Friday, after a British newspaper reported that Singapore and London bourses are in takeover talks. Still, most analysts believe a deal is unlikely to materialize, because the benefits of a tie-up are simply not compelling.
Xavier Rolet, CEO at the London Stock Exchange, told CNBC that the LSE has the right balance of regulation and oversight and that liquidity and expertise continue to reside in London.
The euro zone is facing its darkest hour but will emerge more competitive than in the past, the chief executive of the London Stock Exchange told CNBC on Friday, though he noted that smaller businesses are very important to Europe's recovery.
NYSE Euronext and CME Group, the two US exchange groups, have submitted bids for the London Metal Exchange, valuing it at up to £1 billion and kicking off a contest for the commodities business, according to people familiar with the matter. The FT reports.
CNBC's Rebecca Meehan reports the latest detail on market activity from the European markets.
European markets finish the week with a mixed results. Bank stocks are among the best performers. Analysts say ECB liquidity injection has eased fears, but the ECB's Draghi warns not to expect further injection of funds into banks. Spain intends to base 2012 budget on higher deficit target than stated earlier. With Jim Bianco, Bianco Research and Diane Swonk, Mesirow Financial.
Stock markets can expect to receive a boost from a second huge European Central Bank liquidity injection, according to Lakefield Partner's Bruno Verstraete.
Markets in Europe are mostly down as Greek opposition to the austerity plan heats up. Bank stocks are among the biggest losers. Spain approves sweeping labor market reforms. Four Greek ministers resign in protest over the new austerity package. Greece's police union threatens to issue arrest warrants for EU, IMF officials.
European shares were seen opening mixed on Wednesday as talks between Greece and its international creditors dragged on.
More than a dozen traders and brokers in London and Asia have been fired, suspended or put on leave by their employers as a multinational probe into alleged manipulation of crucial global lending rates accelerates, the Financial Times reports.
European shares were seen opening flat Tuesday as crucial talks between Greece and its international lenders continue for another day, tempering gains in Asian indices overnight.
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When my front driver seat stops rolling back and forth, it is because the seat is hitting the electronic plugs underneath the driver seat. That makes the dash lights flash and the car shows "low fuel" even when it is full of gas. I can run my fingers under the seat and push in a plug or two and it fixes it for a while but then it malfunctions again. Everything works on the seat, heated seats work fine, etc. I just need to know how to reposition the plugs and electrical circuitry underneath the front seat. Please help! - Anne McKinney
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is an adventure/fantasy story created by Watanabe Michiaki. The story's basic premise is that a group of adventurers are traveling north to The Northern Capital (a.k.a Hameln) to prevent a catastrophe. In this world, music takes on a quality akin to magic and is a strong recurring element in the story.
The manga and the anime are radically different. The manga tends toward a lighter, more comedic tone, whereas the anime is much darker. No official English translations exist for the manga or its adaptations.
The manga combines a serious story with an irreverent tone; characters frequently shift between heroic and pathetic as the situation warrants. The manga also contains a myriad of unconventional running gags, such as Hamel's repeated attempts to force other members of the party into costume. Each chapter is referred to as a movement.
The setting resembles a medieval Europe judging by the architecture, the way people are dressed, the local environment shown in the background. The world in which the story takes place is like an alternate universes in which chronologically, many things do not makes sense. In fact, despite the medieval feeling with demons and magic, there are also technologically super advanced flying battleships and carriers, tanks and cities made completely of metal platings with siege machines much like the science fiction worlds of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, or any other mecha heavy world. Also, the pieces played by Hamel and Raiel on their instruments are actually real pieces composed by real historical composers such as Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Schubert, Mozart, Haydn, etc. despite many of these figures existing much later in history.
The world they live in is referred to as Europe, however, the map shown has absolutely no resemblance to Europe at all. Most countries and characters are named after musical themes, be they instruments, tones, beats, etc. There is presence of both fantasy and science fiction elements.
The world they currently live in is dominated by two races, the human race and the mazoku race. The mazoku are demonic like creatures that once ruled their world, until they were all sealed away into a tiny box by a heroic angel 500 years ago. An age of prosperity and peace arose and human civilization blossomed. Cities were built and nations were created. Science advance in some while magic became the source of power for others. One day, a woman by the name of Pandora accidentally opens the box containing all the demons, releasing them all from their imprisonment, darkening the skies and dooming human race to extinction at the hands of the mazoku. In a desperate attempt to save humanity, the Demon King Chestra, who was also released from that box, was sealed again. Pandora, who had two children were separate, one was taken by the mazoku, the other remained with her mother. In order to keep the world safe, the box that sealed the Demon King, now named Pandora's box, was sent far away, and the key that opened the box was also send far away, in hopes that even if the mazoku would ever get the hands on one part, they would not be able to make use of it. All the demons who were released then headed north, and occupied the norther most continent and called it their capital, Hameln. Now humans fight a never ending war against the demons in order to survive. Pandora's children, one who lives with the humans, and hated by all those around him, the other, living with the mazoku who have never shown her any sign of affection are destined be reunited and bring an end to the war, one way or another.
The plot for the manga revolves around the hero Hamel who travels northbound towards the continent of demons in order to avert a great disaster. Using his magical oversized violin, he plays music that would force his enemies to repent for their sins and kill themselves. Or so that was how the story should have been. The so called Hamel is instead a selfish, cowardly, heartless, and immoral fiend that seeks to take advantage of those around him, and extort from those he saves. After saving the remote village of Staccato from nearby demons, he decides to abduct an orphaned girl named Flute as payment for his services. Hamel, Flute and Oboe, Hamel's advisor who is a talking crow, head north on their long, arduous and ridicule filled journey. Along the way, they meet Raiel, the hero of Love who plays beautiful and powerful tunes that can summon spirits and manipulate people with his 500 kg solid gold piano; he is actually Hamel's childhood friend. Their first encounter results in a not so deadly battle for revenge. Next they encounter Trombone, the young prince of Dal Segno, the warrior nation renowned for their knights and their swordsmanship. Having his country burned to the ground and his parents murdered in front of his eyes, the young prince swears revenge and joins are party northwards in their quest. Adventure, hilarity, and humiliation ensues as Hamel leads the ragtag band north while performing street performances bicker with each other. Along the way, they fight dreadful enemies and eventually meet Hell Hawk King Sizer, one of the Lords of hell, the guardians of the Demons Legions. In a mostly one sided battle, Hamel's Violin is broken. It is also revealed that Hamel is actually the son of the Demon King Chestra, and that he heads north in order to defeat his father and save his mother Pandora.
As they venture further north, they eventually reach the kingdom of Sforzando, one of the most powerful nations of their world, renown for their magi-knight corps, their healing magic, and the strongest woman alive, Queen Horn. While at Sorzando, they meet the Head Priest of Sforzando, they greatest magic user in all of their kingdom, who immediately takes a dislike to Hamel. It is revealed that Flute, the victim of Hamel's humiliating antics was actually the only princess of Sforzando, who was unfortunately abandoned as a baby in order to increase her chance of survival when Sforzando was besieged in a dreadful war many years ago. Reunited with her estranged mother, Flute tries to deal with many pent up emotions while Hamel is sent out in order to Seek out a man capable of fixing his magical violin. Unfortunately, during Hamel and Raiel's absence, Sforzando is besieged yet again by the armies of Hell. Leading them are Dragon King Drum and King of the Beasts Guitar, both extremely strong and one of the 4 Lords of Hell. A fierce battle ensues, where both powerful forces collide and tens of thousands of both sides perish. In the end, Hamel and Raiel return after meeting Vi Olin and having the violin fixed in order to finish their foes off. In a last ditch effort with everyone attacking at the same time, they manage to subdue the Dragon King Drum who had turned into a 48 headed hydra.
The battle ends with the victory of Sforzando, and the revelation that the Queen had only a few years left to live, as her healing magic requires the user to pay by giving up their lifespan. Once preparations were done, Hamel, Raiel, Trombone and Oboe set off once again on their quest to the northern continent. Torn between wanting to stay with her newly reunited mother and spend the rest of her time with her mother, and rejoining her rather ungrateful companions on their journey, she eventually chooses to follow Hamel and slowly realizes her feelings for him. At this point, the party splits up. Raiel heads to Staccato to deliver the money given to Hamel should he choose to leave Flute behind in Sforzando; Trombone goes back to Dal Segno to see the wreckage at pay respects to those who perished there; Flute, Hamel and Oboe head north, and are joined by Cornet, Clarinet's younger sister.
A sequel to the series called Violinist of Hameln: Shchelkunchik started serialization in January 2008. It involves the travels of a young boy named Schel who wishes to become a wizard. Along the way he meets Hamel's son Great.
Also of note is a 30-minute animated movie, whose storyline does not intersect with the TV series. The movie was released several months before the TV series, and benefits from a substantially higher animation budget. The movie is generally faithful to the manga's humorous tone.
The anime has a darker setting than the manga.
The game was made for SNES by Enix (which also published the GanGan Comics magazine) and is a side-scrolling platformer. It follows the manga reasonably well but changes are made so Flute is met at the beginning of the story but as the game progresses huge jumps are made in the story. The game requires you to throw Flute and put her in various costumes in order to reach the end of the level. Numerous demons from the manga appear in the game as bosses.
Throughout the game Hamel will pick up numerous costumes that Flute will wear in order to reach the goal.
Ostrich - Allows Flute to walk on spikes
Frog - When ridden Flute will jump very high
Robot - When jumped on will destroy blocks
Duck - Can swim across water and will dive when jumped on
Penguin - Can swim across water and will dash when jumped on
Monster - Used to trick a monster to let you across a bridge
Monkey - Will climb wall when ridden
Orangutan - Used to progress the story Sunfish - Floats when ridden
Frisbee - Acts like a boomerang when thrown
Curling Puck - Slides when thrown
Elephant - Shoots water when jumped on
Octopus - Allows Hamel to move in any direction under water when ridden
UFO - Hovers and follows Hamel
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Photograph - Massey Ferguson, Charlie Shaw, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 1960 Reg. No: MM 108687
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- Image from a collection of photographs, moving film, artefacts, documents and trade literature relating to Massey Ferguson (Aust.) Ltd, agricultural implement manufacturer, importer and distributor, Sunshine, Victoria.
Founded as Hugh V. McKay in the 1890s, the company became H.V. McKay Pty Ltd in 1921 then merged with Massey Harris's Australian operations to become H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd in 1930. Then in 1955, this company was in absorbed into the Massey-Ferguson global entity becoming Massey Ferguson (Aust.) Limited.
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- Black and white silver gelatin photograph.
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- Portrait of Massey Ferguson salesman Charlie Shaw.
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- Donation from Massey Ferguson Iseki Australia Ltd
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|Hand written in grey pencil on back of photograph: '1960 / CHARLIE SHAW / CHAMPION / SALESMAN / Huthwaite + Co / WAggA NSW'
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|Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 1960
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|Massey-Ferguson (Aust.) Ltd, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 1960
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The coaching carousel finally has a permanent hire on board as it's being reported that Mark Stoops will become Kentucky's head coach, replacing the fired Joker Phillips. Stoops is currently the defensive coordinator at Florida State and is still on campus as of this writing. However, according to UK's athletic director Mitch Barnhart's twitter it's safe to say this hire is happening as he tweeted congratulations earlier on Tuesday afternoon. With this hire Mark becomes the 3rd Stoops brother to become a head coach at a BCS program, with Bob coaching at Oklahoma and Mike having been the coach at Arizona before this season. Could this be the greatest family of coaches college football has ever seen? There's no doubt the Wildcats were looking to swing for the fences so to speak with this hire, especially in the rough and tumble world of the SEC. Kentucky has been a doormat in the conference for awhile because they couldn't play defense, which Stoops' hire addresses big time. He...
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Systems of Inequalities - Problem 1
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Graphing a system of inequalities requires graphing them both on the same coordinate plane to see where the values overlap in order to determine the solutions. When graphing inequalities, remember to use the same rules as you would when graphing a line. If the inequalities are already solved for y, start by plotting the y intercept (the constant). From there, use the slope (the coefficient of the x variable) to plot a second point. If the inequality is less than or equal to, or greater than or equal to, then draw a solid line. If the inequality is less than or greater than (but not equal to), draw a dotted line. To determine the region that should be shaded, choose a point anywhere on the coordinate plane and substitute the values in the inequality. If the inequality is true, then shade the region where the point was taken from. If the inequality if false, then shade the region on the other side of the inequality line. Take the same steps with the other inequality of the system. The area where the shaded regions of the two inequalities overlap is the solution.
Here I'm asked to graph a system of inequalities. What that means is I have two inequalities that both have two variables. I'm going to graph them one by one and then look for the solution region which is going to be where my shadings overlap.
This first one I'm going to graph in blue, by the way colour pencil help with these problems because you are going to be doing two different shadings.
Okay so the first thing I'm going to do is graph that line using my slope intercept techniques because its already in y equals mx plus b form. My first dot will go at the y intercept from there I'm going to count the slope which is up three over one. If you have graph paper your will be really precise.
The next thing I'm going to do is graph this line as a dashed line because this is just a greater than. If it were greater than an equal to I would use a solid line. Okay so there's my dashed line. This by the way is why you want to make sure you're using pencil. So you don't have to erase your dashes with pen.
Okay next thing I need to do still on this first line is figure out which way to shade. The way to figure that out is to pick a point substitute in your x and y coordinate pair and see if you get a true or false inequality. I usually pick (0,0) as long as its not on the line.
So let's see is it true that 0 is greater than 3 time 0 take away 2? Yeah right, 0 is greater than -2. That means I do want to shade the region that includes that (0,0) point. Here we go, shading, okay there we go. There is my blue line with all the shading and dashing is done.
Now I'm going to do another one in red I'm going to have to do my y intercept of +4, see how these graphs get really ugly really quick. From there I need to do the slope which is down one, over two, something like that.
This line is going to be a solid line because it has that equal to quantity or equal to property. Okay sound effects are optional okay next thing I'm going to do is pick a point and substitute it in. I again like to use (0,0). Is it true that 0 is less than or equal to half of 0 plus 4? Let's see 0 is less than or equal to 4 yeah that's true. That means from my red line I'm going to shade this region.
Okay to answer the problem I need to find the solution region its going to be the piece of my graph for all of my shadings overlap. And this is why it gets really tricky if you are not suing coloured pencils.
The place where my two shadings overlap is all the way up to that red solid line and then stopping at that blue dashy line. It's this region here, what a mess. I feel like a little kindergartener colouring with my crayons.
This is a correct mathematical problem my solution region is where my two shadings overlap. And you can see it because I tried to darken it using black. I just wanted to make sure I was really careful to stop at this boundary line and stop at that boundary line when I was shading.
So when you come to a system of inequalities graph them each individually being careful with solid lines and dashy lines make sure you do the shadings and then darken where your two shaded regions overlap.
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For those of you who like to know we're still busy - well we are. It's all in the preparation, and with that in mind there's been set construction, prop mending and editing over the past few weeks. The church-crypt Tardis external door frame and door are half-finished now (think "Warriors Gate" for the look) and it's been driving Ashley half-mental (the final half). The hand-held dalek gun used by someone in the film has finally been mended (it had an annoying habit of falling apart only during a take) and is now a fearsome lump of plastic, metal, wire, fake circuitry etc etc (i.e.
Ooh err! Seriously though, we thought it best to end our crazy 'guess our guests' competition as we had such a flood of entries. One of you half got it right, and so to put you out of your misery we can reveal that last weekend we had the pleasure to work with Peter Tuddenham and Hugh Lloyd! In the next few weeks we shall add content to the 'filming' section so you can see some shots from the weekend. At present we're just putting a few stills taken during the filming, and the setup day the day before.
Well - we did it! Our little two minute scene with our guest stars was completed on the day as planned. The scene featured Tony as the Doctor in a scene from the last episode. Here's a shot from the Saturday just after we had test-lit the podium part of the set. Here we see Tony out of costume (for once). We've only lit part of the walls and the room wasn't lit, so he does appear a little dark, but we just wanted to gauge the effect.
Well, we're nearly at filming time again! This last weekend was spent in minor set construction and costume preparation. Stephen and Ashley are building a raised underlit podium for the Doctor to stand on which should be ready for this Saturday. The usual precision techniques were in evidence - the use of screws were eschewed in favour of the stout nail or five. Yes - 'Bodgit and Scarper Builders Inc.' were on scene again up to their usual tricks. Still - it'll look okay on camera - we hope!
Right - just a quickie (ooh err) - you've still time to contribute to this year's Comic Relief charity appeal. A few years ago Devious helped out by lending props and sets for the Dr Who sketch made at Pinewood. For a short time here's a special page where you can see some of our pictures from that filming session. After viewing them please then go to the Red Nose Day website and donate some money. After all, it's in a good cause! (Oh yes, and I suppose we'll show these shots on the site someday, but then with our frequency of updates you can never entirely be sure!
News reaches us that some of the team have been mentioned in this month's Doctor Who Monthly magazine! This is because they have run an Archive feature on 'The Curse of Fatal Death' - the Comic Relief Dr Who sketch from a few years back. Apparently there's a shot of a Devious Dalek with the Master Jonathon Pryce, and some mentions in the credits. In honour of this we will have to dig out a few new hitherto-unseen behind the scenes shots from that production. More news as and when. For now, here's Mr Pryce in our Tardis set !!
'Onya' the dalek - i.e. what will be the black dalek - was at the successful ModelWorld show last weekend in Brighton. Now fitted with a voice and working lights as well as the exterminator gun being functional the dalek was a hit at the show. Allied to the Robot Wars section of the show the dalek made a number of tours of the venue during the weekend, being worked by Ian Watts from the Big Brother team, or Ashley from Devious. The dalek's appearance was done for free as per last year.
Ashley hopefully completed his filming requirements for Devious yesterday afternoon when a short scene of him dangling from a precipice was filmed. The 50 feet drop was in fact rather less in reality; consisting of the garage roof of one of the team. A CSO-of-sorts backdrop was used and shots taken from above and below to hopefully create the look ofdangeronce the various effects have been added. Ashley now has severe problems holding on to anything (pens, handrails, sanity) since his hands were wrenched somewhat by the exertion of trying not to fall a terrifying 1 foot drop.


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Our project has now morphed into a lifestyle, and I have been very lucky to have participated in the Challenge. Avery Rowlison Desert Academy
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Our goal in designing an artificial arm is to interact with the fingers when the brain tells it to. But the problem we are facing is how we are going to get the fingers that can interface with the central nerve system or the brain. Current limbs use muscle motion in the arm or chest to signal for movement of the prosthesis.
Our plan for working and making the artificial limb is to use LOGO to make a virtual model of an artificial limb. Then we will refine the program to find the best possible arm design (one that gives the highest range of motion for all joints of arm and hand). From what we have seen from the literature, most of these limbs have only a few motions. We plan to use the programming so we can have more motion of the limb. This could be anything from the movement of the elbow and waist ranging to the individual movement of fingers. We also want to look into how we can have the limb pick up smaller objects than a plastic ball, possibly a penny or a pin.
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andlt;Bandgt;andlt;Iandgt;andlt;/Iandgt;andlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;Excerpt 1andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;His personality was reflected in the products he created. Just as the core of Appleand#8217;s philosophy, from the original Macintosh in 1984 to the iPad a generation later, was the end-to-end integration of hardware and software, so too was it the case with Steve Jobs: His passions, perfectionism, demons, desires, artistry, devilry, and obsession for control were integrally connected to his approach to business and the products that resulted. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;The unified field theory that ties together Jobsand#8217;s personality and products begins with his most salient trait: his intensity. His silences could be as searing as his rants; he had taught himself to stare without blinking. Sometimes this intensity was charming, in a geeky way, such as when he was explaining the profundity of Bob Dylanand#8217;s music or why whatever product he was unveiling at that moment was the most amazing thing that Apple had ever made. At other times it could be terrifying, such as when he was fulminating about Google or Microsoft ripping off Apple. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;This intensity encouraged a binary view of the world. Colleagues referred to the hero/shithead dichotomy. You were either one or the other, sometimes on the same day. The same was true of products, ideas, even food: Something was either and#8220;the best thing ever,and#8221; or it was shitty, brain-dead, inedible. As a result, any perceived flaw could set off a rant. The finish on a piece of metal, the curve of the head of a screw, the shade of blue on a box, the intuitiveness of a navigation screenand#8212;he would declare them to and#8220;completely suckand#8221; until that moment when he suddenly pronounced them and#8220;absolutely perfect.and#8221; He thought of himself as an artist, which he was, and he indulged in the temperament of one. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;His quest for perfection led to his compulsion for Apple to have end-to-end control of every product that it made. He got hives, or worse, when contemplating great Apple software running on another companyand#8217;s crappy hardware, and he likewise was allergic to the thought of unapproved apps or content polluting the perfection of an Apple device. This ability to integrate hardware and software and content into one unified system enabled him to impose simplicity. The astronomer Johannes Kepler declared that and#8220;nature loves simplicity and unity.and#8221; So did Steve Jobs. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;andlt;Iandgt;andlt;/Iandgt;andlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;andlt;Iandgt;andlt;/Iandgt;andlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;Excerpt 2andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;For Jobs, belief in an integrated approach was a matter of righteousness. and#8220;We do these things not because we are control freaks,and#8221; he explained. and#8220;We do them because we want to make great products, because we care about the user, and because we like to take responsibility for the entire experience rather than turn out the crap that other people make.and#8221; He also believed he was doing people a service: and#8220;Theyand#8217;re busy doing whatever they do best, and they want us to do what we do best. Their lives are crowded; they have other things to do than think about how to integrate their computers and devices.and#8221; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;This approach sometimes went against Appleand#8217;s short-term business interests. But in a world filled with junky devices, inscrutable error messages, and annoying interfaces, it led to astonishing products marked by beguiling user experiences. Using an Apple product could be as sublime as walking in one of the Zen gardens of Kyoto that Jobs loved, and neither experience was created by worshipping at the altar of openness or by letting a thousand flowers bloom. Sometimes itand#8217;s nice to be in the hands of a control freak. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Jobsand#8217;s intensity was also evident in his ability to focus. He would set priorities, aim his laser attention on them, and filter out distractions. If something engaged himand#8212;the user interface for the original Macintosh, the design of the iPod and iPhone, getting music companies into the iTunes Storeand#8212;he was relentless. But if he did not want to deal with somethingand#8212;a legal annoyance, a business issue, his cancer diagnosis, a family tugand#8212;he would resolutely ignore it. That focus allowed him to say no. He got Apple back on track by cutting all except a few core products. He made devices simpler by eliminating buttons, software simpler by eliminating features, and interfaces simpler by eliminating options. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;He attributed his ability to focus and his love of simplicity to his Zen training. It honed his appreciation for intuition, showed him how to filter out anything that was distracting or unnecessary, and nurtured in him an aesthetic based on minimalism. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Unfortunately his Zen training never quite produced in him a Zen-like calm or inner serenity, and that too is part of his legacy. He was often tightly coiled and impatient, traits he made no effort to hide. Most people have a regulator between their mind and mouth that modulates their brutish sentiments and spikiest impulses. Not Jobs. He made a point of being brutally honest. and#8220;My job is to say when something sucks rather than sugarcoat it,and#8221; he said. This made him charismatic and inspiring, yet also, to use the technical term, an asshole at times. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Andy Hertzfeld once told me, and#8220;The one question Iand#8217;d truly love Steve to answer is, and#8216;Why are you sometimes so mean?and#8217;and#8221; Even his family members wondered whether he simply lacked the filter that restrains people from venting their wounding thoughts or willfully bypassed it. Jobs claimed it was the former. and#8220;This is who I am, and you canand#8217;t expect me to be someone Iand#8217;m not,and#8221; he replied when I asked him the question. But I think he actually could have controlled himself, if he had wanted. When he hurt people, it was not because he was lacking in emotional awareness. Quite the contrary: He could size people up, understand their inner thoughts, and know how to relate to them, cajole them, or hurt them at will. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;The nasty edge to his personality was not necessary. It hindered him more than it helped him. But it did, at times, serve a purpose. Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change. Dozens of the colleagues whom Jobs most abused ended their litany of horror stories by saying that he got them to do things they never dreamed possible. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;Excerpt 3andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;The saga of Steve Jobs is the Silicon Valley creation myth writ large: launching a startup in his parentsand#8217; garage and building it into the worldand#8217;s most valuable company. He didnand#8217;t invent many things outright, but he was a master at putting together ideas, art, and technology in ways that invented the future. He designed the Mac after appreciating the power of graphical interfaces in a way that Xerox was unable to do, and he created the iPod after grasping the joy of having a thousand songs in your pocket in a way that Sony, which had all the assets and heritage, never could accomplish. Some leaders push innovations by being good at the big picture. Others do so by mastering details. Jobs did both, relentlessly. As a result he launched a series of products over three decades that transformed whole industries. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Was he smart? No, not exceptionally. Instead, he was a genius. His imaginative leaps were instinctive, unexpected, and at times magical. He was, indeed, an example of what the mathematician Mark Kac called a magician genius, someone whose insights come out of the blue and require intuition more than mere mental processing power. Like a pathfinder, he could absorb information, sniff the winds, and sense what lay ahead. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Steve Jobs thus became the greatest business executive of our era, the one most certain to be remembered a century from now. History will place him in the pantheon right next to Edison and Ford. More than anyone else of his time, he made products that were completely innovative, combining the power of poetry and processors. With a ferocity that could make working with him as unsettling as it was inspiring, he also built the worldand#8217;s most creative company. And he was able to infuse into its DNA the design sensibilities, perfectionism, and imagination that make it likely to be, even decades from now, the company that thrives best at the intersection of artistry and technology. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;Excerpt 4andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;The difference that Jony has made, not only at Apple but in the world, is huge. He is a wickedly intelligent person in all ways. He understands business concepts, marketing concepts. He picks stuff up just like that, click. He understands what we do at our core better than anyone. If I had a spiritual partner at Apple, itand#8217;s Jony. Jony and I think up most of the products together and then pull others in and say, and#8220;Hey, what do you think about this?and#8221; He gets the big picture as well as the most infinitesimal details about each product. And he understands that Apple is a product company. Heand#8217;s not just a designer. Thatand#8217;s why he works directly for me. He has more operational power than anyone else at Apple except me. Thereand#8217;s no one who can tell him what to do, or to butt out. Thatand#8217;s the way I set it up. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;Excerpt 5andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;When Jobs gathered his top management for a pep talk just after he became iCEO in September 1997, sitting in the audience was a sensitive and passionate thirty-year-old Brit who was head of the companyand#8217;s design team. Jonathan Ive, known to all as Jony, was planning to quit. He was sick of the companyand#8217;s focus on profit maximization rather than product design. Jobsand#8217;s talk led him to reconsider. and#8220;I remember very clearly Steve announcing that our goal is not just to make money but to make great products,and#8221; Ive recalled. and#8220;The decisions you make based on that philosophy are fundamentally different from the ones we had been making at Apple.and#8221; Ive and Jobs would soon forge a bond that would lead to the greatest industrial design collaboration of their era. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Ive grew up in Chingford, a town on the northeast edge of London. His father was a silversmith who taught at the local college. and#8220;Heand#8217;s a fantastic craftsman,and#8221; Ive recalled. and#8220;His Christmas gift to me would be one day of his time in his college workshop, during the Christmas break when no one else was there, helping me make whatever I dreamed up.and#8221; The only condition was that Jony had to draw by hand what they planned to make. and#8220;I always understood the beauty of things made by hand. I came to realize that what was really important was the care that was put into it. What I really despise is when I sense some carelessness in a product.and#8221; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Ive enrolled in Newcastle Polytechnic and spent his spare time and summers working at a design consultancy. One of his creations was a pen with a little ball on top that was fun to fiddle with. It helped give the owner a playful emotional connection to the pen. For his thesis he designed a microphone and earpieceand#8212;in purest white plasticand#8212;to communicate with hearing-impaired kids. His flat was filled with foam models he had made to help him perfect the design. He also designed an ATM machine and a curved phone, both of which won awards from the Royal Society of Arts. Unlike some designers, he didnand#8217;t just make beautiful sketches; he also focused on how the engineering and inner components would work. He had an epiphany in college when he was able to design on a Macintosh. and#8220;I discovered the Mac and felt I had a connection with the people who were making this product,and#8221; he recalled. and#8220;I suddenly understood what a company was, or was supposed to be.and#8221;
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