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Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Tan, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Wavy, Other
Eyes: Brown
This powder is fabulous! I just bought it in everlasting tan, and it stays put and makes my skin look glowy after a little bit of wear. Can't wait
To see how it holds up in the summer...but
For now I've been getting a ton of compliments on my skin! Way better than the Clinique or MAC studiofix, and cheaper too...
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
It's the best drugstore powder foundation I've ever used. I bought it in laurel nude. It gives medium coverage. I have very oily skin and this is the only one that can stays on my face more than 5 hrs. It says can be used either dry or wet but I only tried dry. The most important thing I evaluate a face product is good or not is that if it makes your face look dull after using it. This powder foundation, it neither clogs my pores or makes my face dull. I will keep repurchasing it and I think I can't find a drugstore affordable powder foundation better than it.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Blue
Great powder foundation that lasts all day. I don't need a lot of coverage but this does a nice job of evening out my skin tone and doesn't break me out. I have it in everlasting tan and beige and love both colors. One for summer and one for winter.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I purchased this following my stint with studio fix. I was looking for an alternative to mac because it was breaking me out and leaving my face greasy halfway through the day. So I did some researching online and came across makeupalley. I read that this was a good alternative to studio fix... And it was! I've been using the shade laurel nude on and off for five years before I discovered mineral makeup. This is a good powder. Mostly used it dry but I like that you can use it wet as well. Color selection is limited but luckily I found a good match in laurel nude. Coverage is medium but buildable and goes on silky and smooth. Covers well and I love the sponge but mostly use a powder brush to apply. My only gripe is you hit pan pretty quickly and touchups are required if you have combo skin like me. However I think a primer might fix that problem. All in all a decent makeup that's relatively unknown but a nice little product. I'll be seeing you in my future Palladio.
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Dry, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Fine
Eyes: Brown
I LOVE THIS! It doesnt look cakey at all and actually looks quite natural on me. It evens out my skin tone, i have some red spots and the coverage is good(i dont have bad skin, but for my random breakouts once in a while it works) Its creamy and keeps my skin looking flawless. I have dry skin & it doesnt make it flake like some powders ive used before. Its inexpensive only 9.99! i got mine at Ulta & i am so happy i found this product! Im already on my second one :)
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
This stuff is great! And cheap (which makes it even more great)! I think ideally it is for combination-oily skin like mine; some have complained that it makes their skin feel tight, but for me, that feeling lasts very, very briefly. It gives light (dry) to medium (wet) coverage, and is portage. I don't look messy in the middle of the day. I don't need any big touch ups. I'm not usually a drug store makeup buyer, because there is a sephora across the street from me and several department stores closer to me than the nearest drug store - but I like this better than the Dior Airflash I recently bought, by far!
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Other
Eyes: Brown
I bought this in cypress beige. I use NC 30 MAC and I really liked this. I never used this wet so I cannot review on that but really like it as a finishing powder and even use it by itself on days when I don't wear foundation. I reach for this more than my MAC Skin finish powder.
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
Gave me cystic acne :(.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Brown
I've been using this for three weeks now, and it's become my daily go-to foundation. My skin is acne-ridden so it doesn't have quite enough coverage to be my only foundation, but if I lightly apply liquid foundation then finish off with this (applied wet), nothing budges and it doesn't look cakey. I'm amazed!
I actually love the sponge that comes in the compact, it's very thick and not those thin useless ones that normally come with powder foundation. It holds up to washing quite well. The rest of the packaging is very nice, not clunky or bulky.
The only thing that stops me from giving this a 5 is the color selection. The closest match for me is Laurel Nude but it's not perfect. It was hard to tell the colors of the powders by the boxes because the swatches were horrible, and there weren't that many colors. If Laurel Nude was slightly less pink it would be perfect for me.
Overall I'd definitely recommend this to those looking for a full coverage powder foundation. It's budget-friendly and you definitely get your money's worth.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
One word: gross.
This looked like orange mud on my skin. Cakey as all get out and didn't even cover well. Apparently some peeps really love this foundation so if you decide to give it a try just be sure to keep your receipt so you can take this sucker back to Sally's if it looks like ass on you like it did on me.
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IMF May Create 6-Month Credit Line for Countries Facing Shocks
The International Monetary Fund may create a six-month credit line for countries facing shocks, officials from Group of 20 governments and IMF said, as the European debt crisis rocks global financial markets.
The amount would be capped at five times a nation's contribution to the Washington-based IMF, known as a quota, making the credit line best suited for smaller countries, the people said. It is likely to be endorsed at a meeting of G-20 leaders this week in Cannes, France, where European nations will seek financial support from other members, said the three officials, who declined to be identified because the plan hasn't been made public.
The instrument would be the latest in a set of IMF tools intended to increase liquidity as Europe's crisis threatens to spread beyond Greece. It could be used as part of a broader international package to aid larger economies such as Spain, with IMF participation serving to reassure other creditors, said Bessma Momani, a political science professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada.
"The worry of most of these creditor countries is, 'Who's watching?' said Momami, who specializes in the IMF and its policies. "This is in a sense a demand of creditor countries -- - Russia, China, the Gulf countries -- that before going to the G-20 there is some sort of confidence-building measure that the IMF will not let this go." She said the line could also be used by smaller countries such as Egypt or Tunisia to meet short-term cash needs.
Rescue Details
The G-20 meeting will focus on protecting the global economy from Europe's woes, with the region's leaders under pressure to give details on how they plan to enhance the capacity of their rescue fund to 1 trillion euros ($1.37 trillion) as announced last week.
The new liquidity facility would require few conditions for eligible countries. By contrast, nations such as Greece have received traditional IMF loans on condition that they take measures to overhaul their economies, such as cutting public pensions and wages or selling state assets.
Still, funding available under the new IMF line would be small compared with the potential needs of a country such as Italy, which European leaders are trying to protect from the debt crisis.
The most that the euro region's third-largest economy could obtain is 44 billion euros. Italy has 1.9 trillion euros of debt, and economists at Citigroup Inc. and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc say the European rescue fund needs to be at least 2 trillion euros to protect the country.
Little Demand Seen
"To be relevant for the current crisis in Europe, this new facility should provide unlimited access on a precautionary basis," said Domenico Lombardi, a former IMF board official and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington. With a cap, "I don't see a huge demand" for it.
The IMF over the past 2 1/2 years set up two precautionary instruments to encourage members to turn to the fund before crises develop. Its flexible credit line, reserved for nations that pre-qualify because their economies are fundamentally sound, can be obtained for up to two years with no conditions or limits on the amount.
The second credit line is offered to countries with "moderate vulnerabilities" and potential needs for cash and comes with a limited set of conditions.
Unlike the existing credit lines, the new one would be available to countries already in need of cash to settle international transactions.
IMF spokesman William Murray declined to comment today and referred to a statement this week saying the fund has been reviewing its lending instruments.
Mitigating Contagion
"The aim of the review is to enhance the ability of the Fund to mitigate contagion by providing liquidity to countries with relatively strong policies and fundamentals that are affected by heightened global or regional financial-market stress," the IMF said on Oct. 30. "The planned enhancements to the financing toolkit are meant to address the needs of all eligible member countries and are not targeted at particular countries."
Creating a new facility may stretch IMF resources as more countries seek assistance. Managing Director Christine Lagarde in September said the $394 billion available for lending may not suffice if the global economy were to worsen.
The G-20 will discuss whether IMF resources need to be increased. That idea is splitting the group as emerging market nations including Brazil support a boost, the U.K. signals it's open to the idea and the U.S. plays down the chances of it occurring.


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Patrick Keiller's "Robinson Insitute" takes up space at Tate Britain until October. Keiller is a film essayist whose fictional, invisible character Robinson is a scholar in a fugue, a wandering ragamuffin savant with a socialist conscience and a fascination with Rimbaud. Keiller's films London, Robinson in Space and Robinson in Ruins are lingering images of southern England, chosen to aid, abet or upset their elegiac,…


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If Elijah Lee keeps winning postseason awards, the Blue Springs High School junior defensive end might need to build a new wing onto his home.
If Elijah Lee keeps winning postseason awards, the Blue Springs High School junior defensive end might need to build a new wing onto his home.
"That would be OK with me," Lee said with a chuckle Thursday afternoon when he found that he had been named to the second team of the MaxPreps Junior All-American squad at linebacker.
He has already been named to the Missouri Class 6 all-state team, was named The Examiner's co-Defensive Player of the Year and earned the Buck Buchanan Award as the top large-school lineman or linebacker in the metro area.
"I just want to win all those awards next year because it will mean that I helped my team every game," said Lee, a transfer from St. Joseph Central High School. "The honors are nice, but the best honor was winning state."
Lee's 71 tackles, including 33.5 for a loss, and 18.5 sacks paved the way for what coach Kelly Donohoe called one of the most dominating defenses he has ever coached.
"We knew this defense had the chance to be special, and it was," Donohoe said. "And we have Elijah back next year, which is really exciting. He's a great kid and was a great Christmas present for the Wildcat football program.
"It took about one practice to realize how good he was going to be."
Perhaps Lee's best game came against Rockhurst in a 14-11 state quarterfinal win, in which he had 10 tackles and four sacks.
"He could just take over a game and dominate the other team," Donohoe said.
Lee said he was surprised to learn about his most recent honor.
"You know what's really crazy?" Lee asked. "I'm just 16 and all these good things are happening to me. I watched (Raytown High School graduate) Aldon Smith play at Missouri and thought to myself, 'I want to play like him.' I'm not even close to Aldon Smith right now, but I want to be some day.
"All these awards are going to make me work that much harder next year. We want to win another state championship – that's the only goal we have for next season."
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Psycho-Pass [10-11]
Kougami falls into "hunter" Senguji's trap and barely manages to escape. Unfortunately, Makishima holds Akane's friend (who was also "game" for Senguji) hostage. Akane finds Sybil useless as Makishima's Psycho Pass hue doesn't even flinch as he taunts and finally kills his hostage.
Death of the Hunter
Senguji's only remarkable trait was his physical and mental inhumanity. So when he died at the hands of a sneaky Kougami, I didn't feel much (ironic, huh?). The memory of his first taste of blood was quite chilling, but his low (visible) body-count made him less intimidating. On the other hand, when the Public Security Bureau robot couldn't identify Senguji, I was really shocked. Here we have a supposedly "infallible" system that can't even tell friend from foe, meaning Makishima's managed to hack the police's systems to get away scot-free. Just how talented is this freak? Oh, wait…
This was the main point of the entire Senguji arc-to reveal the invincible Makishima. Manipulating everyone and everything to suit his whims, he finally kills Akane's friend after being disappointed with her "failure".
Honestly, I got caught off guard here. I knew he had a way to bypass Sybil, but I expected it to be through technology or mere bribery/manipulation. Turns out, the guy's a walking anti-Sybil system! Combined with his intellect, cunning and heartlessness, that makes him almost god-like in the world of Psycho Pass. I'm quite curious about how he became like this. Was it just dumb biological luck like he said? Or is there something more sinister behind his "talent". I'm leaning more into the latter camp since the other theory is just too bland.
And speaking of conspiracies, what do you think of an army of Makishimas? If my second hunch comes true, perhaps he might seek to repeat his own"success" with other people. Or worse, others might find out about Sybil's bug and spread fear among the populace-clouding up the Psycho Passes of the masses! In any case, that's strike 50(?) for Sybil, the ever-"infallible" ally for your local homicidal maniac. XD
On a side note, I wonder what caused the government in Psycho Pass to set these locks on the guns? I'm think it was because of accountability and safety. And hey, if you're going to micromanage people's lives and careers, why not the police's only tool to stop criminals?
As for Akane our hapless heroine, she looks really shook up…no, more like shattered. She's a pretty tough gal, but how will she deal with this personal trauma? Will she descend into latent criminality like Kou? Or will she use her unusually strong Psycho Pass to seek justice/vengeance? It'll probably be the second just because it's more interesting. Sorry Akane, we can't let you off the hook yet. =(
Besides our heroine, team Sybil also has the INVINCIBLE (not just "invincible" like Makishima) Kou with his deductive and combat skills. I wasn't that impressed with the deductions at all though-they were way too quick and convenient. Granted, he's experienced and INVINCIBLE, but c'mon-I want some mistakes and growth!
Ginoza's also losing his iron-fisted control over the team thanks to Akane's spunk. I'd like to see him change himself more though. All he's done is glare, brood and act like a jerk to everyone except Kou and his boss.
Well, now that the team (or just Akane) has bitten on Makishima's bait, who will win in this battle of restrictive guns and twisted talents? Tune in next this week!
Short remarks, counter-arguments and alternative viewpoints-I'd love to hear what you think of this post, no matter how brief. And don't worry, I'll work hard to answer within 24 hours. =) Apologies in advance if I don't. XD
It is interesting how Makishima creates these "unpredictability" just to see human's real nature. Through fear, the fear for their lives, his last 2 victims' true nature is revealed: Faced with imminent death, Midou, the "Tomato Smoothie", revealed his true self and took solace in his avatars. Our Ladykiller, Ouryou, although a more complex character,(all she want is revenge for her dad and herself against the society) in her final minutes,trapped and bleeding, she pulled out her phone and tried to call none other than her already deceased father. This was her true nature
I know "fear" is not the only method to do so, but still choose "fear" just make me feel sad/pathetic for Makishima. It is like he never (at lease I did not see any) receive/give anything positive, or may be he just hopelessly in love with cruelty, savagery, and all the worst aspects of human nature. But there is also the probability that he may give up on these human under Sybil.
In the anime it shows clearly that Sybil is the one that judge if the target should be shot or not, the human holding the Dominator just allow the Sybil judgement. In other words the Inspector (I think that's what they called) never had any chance/experience to actually judge/weight the life of a human. This is why Akane can not just "shoot" because the weight of a life is just that "heavy".
The system also show dehumanization. I mean once you push the trigger, the criminal cess to be a human and become just a dangerous "thing/beast/object" that should be get-rid of. It is like in Video Game, where you shoot the target just to eliminated someTHING. So, as Makishima put it, the only time in this system when you truly use your "free-will" is when you are a criminal.
I like how the anime hit us (emotionally) right at the moment it mattered most. It's about Akane's feeling of utter uselessness without the Dominator making the decision for her. It was one of those perfect moments of ramping tension where I only realised once it had ended that I hadn't breathed for the entire thing. The point where he slit her throat made my entire body wince and contract. I assum this is how Gen wishes us a Merry Christmas.
Y'know, after reading your comments about fear and "true" human nature, I immediately thought of the "The Dark Knight"'s Joker. They share the same fascination with the dark side of humanity, no?
Yup, Makishima is, pardon my French, a cold-hearted scumbag who only thinks of his "grand experiments" while forgetting that they are also human. Scratch that "also", he's not fit to be called one after what he did. Still, his methods and skill are terrifyingly effective, so I have to credit him for at least that.
Yup, Sybil has numbed the senses of the Inspectors. Instead of taking a life themselves when it becomes necessary, the system has taken over that role and reduced them to mere spectators/tools. I wonder, just what were they thinking by not equipping the cops with a secondary weapon? If Sybil goes nuts and you had a gun (with training) to lay down the law, this tragedy could have been averted.
That's an interesting way at looking at Makishima's ramblings. I thought they were slightly loony, but now that I think about it it does make sense. He wants to be a "savior" who jolts the masses out of their Sybil-induced apathy. It's just that his methods are way to extreme…or maybe not…
Likewise, it was a tense affair throughout that scene. I wouldn't call it the best (the dense philosophical ramblings were distracting), but it sure is a very amazing scene. Loved the setting and coloring too.
Merry Christmas zleish, thanks for taking your time with your comment. It was really insightful. =)
You are welcome, I am glad you like it. I just hope they are not too LONG. ^_^
I never got the chance to see "The Dark Knight" so can't say much about it. LOL
I wonder if any of the Inspectors had any education/real-life training w/ the "lay down the law"? I know they practice/participate in fallowing the law, a.k.a. Sybil, but they never execute the said Law. It is like when Sybil says, "go left" and the Inspectors go left, but none of them think (or can think) that may be go right could go to the same destination w/ a short-cut.
The system likely don't want the Inspectors' mind become corrupted and "have the mind of a 'cop' or "criminal" in this case, and become someone like Kougami. Still he is USEFUL!!
Makishima probably saw this and want to change this? Gash, I made him sound like a good-guy. 0_0!
Naw, I like long comments-they give me more content to dissect and discuss about. =)
It's a great film. The Joker has a similar agenda to reveal the dark side of humanity like Makishima. However, he does this through twisted social experiments and mass chaos. On the other hand, Makisima is more subtle, grooming killers and setting them loose.
I think one of the Enforcers (Masaoka?) mentioned in the first episode that Akane had top honours at the academy for Inspectors, so formal training is definitely provided. But I'm not sure what you mean by "executing the law". Are you saying that Sybil is controlling the Inspectors instead of the other way round?
Kou and the gang are useful, but there are basically just prisoners under constant watch, sorta like a chain gang.
Killer's like Makishima will always position themselves as saviors to justify their murders. Rather than view his victims as innocent bystanders, he sees them as a means to achieve his "ambition". He may have some valid points about the apathy in society and the cruelty of the Sybil system, but I take the view that he's just a common criminal seeking to satisfy his own sick whims and "prophecies".
Now I am interesting in the movie, may be I will check it out. XD
By "executing the law" I mean the actual "killing" or execution of the criminal. And yes, I think Sybil is controlling the Inspectors, well at least a BIG part of their life. I mean they can't even judge the value of a human w/o a machine anymore. And we know a person' value include how we come in contact w/ him or her and also base on the experience the said person as they changes throughout life. So, by just given a solid value of criminal rating at the age of 5, Masaoka has every right to found it unfair. Like he stated in ep2 (or ep3) toward Akane, too much choice in your life? Gee! How I wish I have your problem!
Ah, I see. So, if I'm not mistaken, you're saying that the Inspectors and Enforces are emotionless and detached when they have to take a life. Is that it?
Sybil's main flaw is that it is absolute. You're either a criminal, a citizen or just dead meat. Like you said, it doesn't account for changes in the future due to experiences. Instead, it attempts to be an oracle (Sybil means oracle in myths and religions) but fails miserably due to it's uncompromising nature. After all, it is a machine. Or…is it?
Anyway, Masaoka's the old guy who demanded a rai-I mean defended Akane from Ginzo's savagery. I think you meant Shusei Kagari? Poor guy, I hope they shine the spotlight on him soon. I'd like to see how he dealt with all that crap.
No, I am not saying they are emotionless, it is just that some of them, like Ginoza (did I spell his name right?) follow the Sybil's order to a "t" and forgot there are other factors about human. In ep4, Ginoza's coin avatar is just awesome. I mean apart from just the inherent amusement that it's a goddamn coin, there's the irony that he's got LIBERTY plastered across his face when his job involves enforcing this totalitarian Orwellian rule [GEE they even give it (book cover, "1984") the scree time!!]—Oh wow, look at that irony! XD
Yea, I am also curious as to what is "Sybil"? An advance tech like AI? or just a SUPERcomputer? Hmmm……
LOL Oh sorry, I mean Shusei! LOL what was I think? That's embarrassing. I like Masaoka too, in fact since ep1, this old guy has grown on me. It's like having a experienced (in life) Father/Uncle. But I have a feeling Gen will pug our heart string, in more ways than one way, by having him disappear. T^T Gen, seriously, pick some other people just not him!!! Also RIP Yuki…….
Ah, now I see! You're saying that the Enforcers themselves don't even have a free will in this totalitarian society. And yes, I agree-even the most "elite" of citizens are still slaves to Sybil.
I'd like to see a "human computer" like the "Hyron Project" in "Deus Ex: Revolution" just for the shock factor, but I've a gut feeling Urobuchi wouldn't be that cruel……would he? XD Here's an explanation: http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Hyron_Project
Nah, it's ok. With all these anime and all these names to remember, it can get confusing sometimes. XD Anyway, I wouldn't worry about it too much yet. Gen only kills off characters after their epiphany/sappy moment. Masaoka will definitely be fine…until we get to his backstory. =(
And yes, may the innocent Yuki rest in peace. =(
Remember Mami (MadoMagi) after her "I HAVE FRENS LOL" scene? Or Tokiomi (Fate/Zero) after his hug with his daughter?


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By: Manna (Kitten Kisses)
"Sometimes when I sleep,
I can see you walkin' back to me.
And sometimes I wake up,
Cause I swear I felt your touch…
Then emotions, overcome me,And the darkness is so cold…"
-I Pray For You, "Big & Rich"
This is dedicated to the lovely Miss-Apple-DBZ. While I wondered what to write for this story, I remembered the Second-person fics she's written, and I felt inspired to write something of my own in a similar style.
You had never seen anything so amazing in your entire life, and, to the rest of the world looking on, it was quite obvious. The way your mouth gaped open, and how your eyes rested on her shining blue ones as if she were Venus herself was proof enough for them.
You were in love.
"You…you sure look…beautiful!" you said, and immediately, you'd regretted saying it, because it sounded so simple, so unrefined. And yet, she was the epitome of beauty and grace in your eyes.
"That's the best you can come up with?" she'd asked, a little haughtily, one hand on her hip, her soft hair falling in her eyes as she tried to glare at you.
You felt ashamed, and you lowered your eyes to the ground in embarrassment. Nothing you could ever say would even begin to compare with this woman before you. No matter how long you tried to think, the right words would never have come to you. But she would have laughed at you if you'd managed to tell her that, and so you didn't.
"I love you," you said instead, and at that moment, the look in her eyes told you everything you needed to know. Your heart hammered in your chest, as she put her arms around your neck, standing on her toes to touch her lips to yours.
For just a moment, you feel the soft contact, but just as quickly as you feel it, it's gone.
You sit up in your bed, and pull your knees to your chest, resting your forehead on them wearily. How many years had passed since that peaceful, wonderful, beautiful day? The day that you both had admitted to loving one another with everything you'd had…
A day that you can't forget, no matter how much you want to, sometimes.
A day that you want to remember forever, but you can feel the smallest threads of it slipping away as the years pass, unhindered by your yearning for days long gone.
You remember when she was with you, still, and the cold seeps under the bed sheets, to spread throughout your entire being. If you squint hard enough, sometimes you can see her lying beside you again, her chest rising and falling evenly as she slumbers undisturbed by the crickets and whippoorwills who sing their loud chorus outside.
But when you reach your trembling hand out to touch her, the image before you always disappears in a single instant. You see her everywhere, and yet, you cannot touch her, no matter how many stars you wish on, or how hard you try. She is like the wind; free, but with you always.
And it slowly drives you mad, because you can still remember that one special day. That day where you admitted your love for her, looking into her glimmering blue eyes.
Suddenly, you see her again, beside you, slumbering just as she always did. You watch the rise and fall of her chest for a minute, afraid to reach out because you know she will vanish if you touch her, but still longing to feel her soft skin beneath your calloused hands.
Your fingertips tremble, and, almost uncontrollably, you find yourself reaching for her, desperate now, because you can hardly remember what it felt like to hold her in your arms.
As your hand comes in contact with her shoulder, you turn away, knowing that when you look again, your hand will only be resting on an empty pillow. But to your surprise, you can feel something.
When you turn to look at her, she slowly awakens, arms rising over her head in a stretch as her eyes slowly open to reveal a familiar unforgettable blue.
Author Notes:
Is this happier? Uhmm…no. The ending was an indication of his death. And perhaps "his heaven". (Ever watch "The Five People You Meet in Heaven"? REALLY good movie…I want to read the book.)
If you couldn't tell, it was Gohan's POV. The beginning is a remembrance type of thing, which is why it's in past tense, and the rest is in present (except of course, when referencing the past).
I had fun writing this, which makes me happy, because sometimes I have to force myself to sit down and write.
And yeah, I have a BulmaVegeta with the same song (using the chorus instead of a verse), called "I Pray For You". I have two more stories planned for the other verses/lines.
Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed this, and I would love advanced critique on it, if you've got the time and the energy to do so. Please, please review! Even if it's just to say you liked or hated it.


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thomas_r. Feb 20, 2011 4:38 AM
Re: Mail vs. Eudora in response to Piedro55
I would be interested to know from former Eudora users who switched already, what the pros and cons of Mail are compared to Eudora.
There's no real way to answer that question from a general point of view. What is a pro for one person may be a con for someone else, and vice versa. I can tell you that I switched from Eudora to Mail back in the early days of Mac OS X and never looked back, but cannot precisely recall all my reasons and they may be meaningless to you anyway.
If you tell us what you need to be able to do, we can tell you if Mail does that and how well. Certainly it can manage a lot of mailboxes... I've got 7 accounts and a lot of different mailboxes, and I haven't deleted a message - received or sent - since the beginning of 2005. They're all stored away somewhere.
One problem I see, is the fact, that with Eudora I can simply grab the folder under "Documents" and move it to my travel laptop, while with Mail it would be more complicated.
Not very. Assuming you're using the same version of Mail on both, you just grab the folder ~/Library/Mail/ and copy it to the other machine. And the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist file if you want to copy preferences as well.
ajduguid Feb 20, 2011 4:54 AM
Re: Mail vs. Eudora in response to Piedro55Thunderbird user here and I've dragged entire copies of my preferences and mail between machines, even totally different operating systems in the past with no issues in doing so. I stuck with Thunderbird as originally I wasn't sure if I'd stay with OS X but that was over machine and six years ago. Mail could be great, it's just Thunderbird hasn't ever annoyed so I've never felt the need to look elsewhere.
thomas_r. Feb 20, 2011 5:11 AM
Re: Mail vs. Eudora in response to ajduguidThunderbird... Blech. I've never used it myself, but I have all the Windows folks at my wife's business using it. It's clunky and unintuitive in many ways. It's difficult to figure out how to get it to delete stuff from the trash older than a certain age, and when you do it's proven to be unreliable. (I'm constantly having to ask people to empty their trash (when their In boxes start taking up as much as 10% of our allowed server space) after Thunderbird fails to delete things from their trash for months, despite being set to delete anything more than 30 days old.) There's no way we could figure out to easily extract a subset of addresses from a group in Thunderbird's built-in contact list.
I could go on, but discussing Thunderbird wasn't the subject. If Piedro wants a comparison of Thunderbird and Mail, I'd suggest taking that to a new topic.
ajduguid Feb 20, 2011 5:52 AM
Re: Mail vs. Eudora in response to thomas_r.I can't say I've ever tried that particular feature, I've always manually cleaned my trash. While Piedro didn't ask about Thunderbird he did say he was transitioning from Eudroa and I simply offered a possible alternative to Mail for him to consider - I don't see that as going off-topic.
thomas_r. Feb 20, 2011 6:12 AM
Re: Mail vs. Eudora in response to ajduguidI don't think it was unreasonable to suggest it, I just wanted to make sure the thread didn't become a discussion of Thunderbird rather than what he was asking.
Charles Dyer Feb 20, 2011 8:41 AM
Re: Mail vs. Eudora in response to Piedro55I used to use Eudora and switched to Mail in about 2005. I switched because Eudora's vendor was more concerned with a 'subscription' model of 'support' and with cosmetic things like the stupid peppers than with actual features (such as proper IMAP support). Mail is currently configured on my main machine to support 7 accounts. The only mail I've deleted since 2005 has been spam and dupes from when I was moving mail from Eudora to Mail.
Attachments in Mail can be dropped into the <username>/Library/Mail Downloads folder if you wish.
Piedro55 Feb 20, 2011 6:16 PM
Re: Mail vs. Eudora in response to Charles DyerIhanks for the input so far. How is it with attachments? Do they get stored separately so I can scan through attachments to find stuff? (I have a pdf index on my Eudora pdf attachments and thus can find things quickly.)
leroydouglas Feb 20, 2011 6:24 PM
Re: Mail vs. Eudora in response to Piedro55
Piedro55 wrote:
I have been using Eudora for 15 years or so. Rumours are, that the next OS might be the end for Eudora on the mac.
I feel your pain for the same reasons. Eudora has been a trouble free workhorse to this day.
I have tried several alternatives along the way but keep coming back to Eudora. The one I am watching is MailForge it is coming along nicely.
Piedro55 Feb 21, 2011 6:33 PM
Re: Mail vs. Eudora in response to leroydouglasI have given on MailForge. It officially is in version 2.x and still not reliable. I doubt Matt will get this thing together, because he is trying to make everybody happy instead of first bulding a robust basic engine.
That is why I am looking at Mail. So what about attachments in Mail?
thomas_r. Feb 21, 2011 6:46 PM
Re: Mail vs. Eudora in response to Piedro55Attachments appear to be stored in the mailbox folders as individual files... I just tested by searching with Spotlight for a bit of text that only appeared in a PDF attachment on one of my e-mails, and it located it in the attachment.
Piedro55 Feb 24, 2011 3:42 AM
Re: Mail vs. Eudora in response to thomas_r.Thanks, that input helps.
leroydouglas Mar 1, 2011 1:40 PM
Re: Mail vs. Eudora in response to Piedro55
Piedro55 wrote:
Rumours are, that the next OS might be the end for Eudora on the mac.
Hey Piedro55 - Well your suspicion is correct, and more than rumor now in the literature, Rosetta will not be supported in the next OS 10.7. This is the end of the line for Eudora.
I have given on MailForge. It officially is in version 2.x and still not reliable. I doubt Matt will get this thing together, because he is trying to make everybody happy instead of first bulding a robust basic engine.
Thanks for your perspective on MailForge, it has not budged since Nov 29 2010, I was so patiently hopeful it was the saving grace.
The replacement I am looking for is having: POP, multiple personalities, multiple signatures, and RR (even though not widely supported) is a nice feature for business purposes.
I am sure you have seen these resources by now:
https://itservices.stanford.edu/service/emailcalendar/email/eudoramigration/maco sxmail
From what I have read, you need to prepare yourself for disappointment because nothing out there is going to measure up to Eudora.
Since I am subscribed to this thread do you mind reporting back on your success or failure on your next move into Mail.
Tom_Jeffries Mar 3, 2011 5:33 PM
Re: Mail vs. Eudora in response to Piedro55I used Eudora for many years on my Win machines. Now I'm mostly on Mac and thought it would work to stay with it. Big mistake. Not only is there no way (at least that I could find) to port my mailboxes over from Windows, it crashed and burned when there was a large backlog of email and I lost everything I had. Mac Eudora is not stable, I recommend staying away from it.
I'm trying to decide between putting everything in Gmail (minor UI problems and the security question of having all my emails on the web) and using Mail. I tried Thunderbird, creating multiple accounts doesn't seem to work correctly.
X423424X Mar 3, 2011 7:36 PM
Re: Mail vs. Eudora in response to Tom_Jeffries
Tom_Jeffries wrote:
Mac Eudora is not stable, I recommend staying away from it.
Good way to start a flame war!
It may be unstable for you but I've been using eudora since around 1992-1995 (or whenever the first eudora appeared on macs) and never had any problems with it (well, ok, some in the early years during its growth).
I copied my eudora 6.2.4 from my ppc (tiger) mac to my new intel (snow leopard) mac pro with absolutely no problems. That includes the associated eudora folder containing all my filters, mailboxes, archived mail in those mailboxes, along with spamnix, attach reminder, and other plugins.
Of course having said that I'm not moving from a windowz box to a mac box like you did so obviously your experience was different. But if you can make a general judgement about eudora based on your personal experience then I suppose I can to. So to paraphrase your statement; +Mac Eudora (3.2.4) is stable and I recommend trying it+.


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First, let me be clear, I am NOT a Linux nut nor very fluent in Linux. I am just someone who can google commands, has at least a vague clue as to what linux is, and is not afraid to type something at the command prompt and get it wrong.
I was quite put off by the "Go have a beer, this is going to take a whilel" message once I started a clone operation on a 120gig to a 250gig. There is no progress bar. No indication its doing anything. Hell, it could be sending out millions of stock spam emails for all I know. Never mind that I don't like beer. Now, 24 hrs later it was STILL sitting at "Go have a beer". Damn.
So I figured out how to do this with a tool located on the XBOXHDM cdrom and some linux commands. I don't know if this is the BEST way but it IS a way and its not for those afraid to type somethnig at a command prompt. If you want a pretty gui or a wizard to hold your hand, go away now. There will be a bit of gui but you need to do some commands at the command line to support it.
Before you proceed here, use the stock tools on the CD to create the partition table and format the partitions on the DESTINATION drive. I suggest you do that without plugging in your xbox drive you are going to copy from just in case. Once you are done with that you are ready to proceed here.
First you MUST know where you plugged in the drives, BOTH of them. My suggestion is put the DESTINATION drive on the Primary Master and put the SOURCE drive on the Secondary Master. Make it a habit and don't break it. Put the drives in the SAME PLACE EVERY TIME.
For reference here are the devices in linux:
/dev/hda - Primary Master
/dev/hdb - Primary Slave
/dev/hdc - Secondary Master
/dev/hdd - Secondary Slave
If you use the xbrowser command it will find the first xbox drive and set it up using the /PriMas folder (or other folder if you didn't plug it in there). It WON'T find the second xbox drive. This is good and bad really. Good because there is no chance of getting it mixed up. Bad that you have to manually mount it. Because it doesn't auto-mount it, we have to do it ourselves.
So, before running xbrowser we need to make mount points and then mount the partitions of the second drive. I always use Secondary master which is /dev/hdc and these instructions below are based on that. Change the hdc to the correct one you are using and it all will work the same.
First the mount points (be sure to capitolize things right, linux cares, windows doesn't):
mkdir /SrcHD
mkdir /SrcHD/C
mkdir /SrcHD/E
mkdir /SrcHD/F
Now to mount your drive's partitions we use the mount command and these mount commands are for READ ONLY so you don't accidentally wipe anything off the original drive by mistake. You can't make ANY changes to files on the SOURCE drive when using these mountings. If you insist on mounting Read/Write (your funeral), take out the "-o ro" from the commands below.
mount -o ro /dev/hdc51 /SrcHD/C
mount -o ro /dev/hdc50 /SrcHD/E
mount -o ro /dev/hdc55 /SrcHD/F
You should now have your drive mounted correctly. To check, just type mount and press enter and it will list the mountings and that they are xfat partitions.
Now run xbrowser. In the CD pane, go up a level and you will find the /SrcHD folder. Go into it. You will see the C, E, and F folders. You can check those for correctness if you wish but return to the /SrcHD folder.
The copy command in the gui is a bit odd but if you follow these instructions you will be OK. Remember, you mounted your original drive as READ ONLY so you can't do anything to hurt it unless you re-mount it.
1. Left pane should be inside /SrcHD and you should see the C,E and F folders.
2. The right pane should be up one level from /PriMas and you should see a long listing, NOT the C, E and F folders. (I know it sounds odd but this works)
3. In the left pane, move the selector to C but don't enter it.
4. Press F5 to copy
5. Type /PriMas into the destination box, don't end in a slash, start with one though.
6. Change no other options and hit enter or click the OK.
7. Sit and wait. You now have a progress bar and some indication that its doing something.
8. Move the selector to E and repeat 4-7.
9. Move the selector to F and repeat 4-7.
When you are done, you can hit F10 to exit. Reboot and lock the drive if you need to for a softmod or just power down and drop the drive into a chipped box.
I know this is not very automated. It requires a bit of typing. It does give you some feedback as to what the hell is going on with the copy operation and you can selectivly copy only games or just the C drive etc. What you copy is up to you instead of a complete mirror. I like progress indicators. Even the twirly little slash thingie would be some indicator its doing anything.
I will go have a couple Magaritas while its copying the F drive...
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2.1 - Technology Development
The combination of concepts that make up the Seed Factory production system is new, but the individual production processes have extensive history. New research and technology development will be needed in putting them together into a coherent system, a process known as Integration. Work is also needed to prove the potential advantages listed in section 1.0 in fact are real, by how much, and under what circumstances. This is first done with preliminary designs, mathematical models, and simulations. That is followed by building prototypes and testing them. The sequence is called Technology Validation. In this section we first look at identifying the state of existing technologies, and what progress is being made in them. Next we look at current research and near term projects that are related to Seed Factories in particular. That includes the Seed Factory Project of which this book is a part. Last we look at the state of the concept as a whole, open questions that need more work, and a start at a plan to address these questions.
Existing Technologies[edit]
A new technology like self-expanding factories does not develop in isolation. Components like computers and sensors, and technologies like automation and robotics are making constant progress on their own. So if we want to understand what new technology is needed to develop Seed Factories, we should consider what is already available and being worked on in related fields. Rather than try to list the details for all these fields, which would become rapidly out of date, we instead point to some resources to find their current status.
Information Technology[edit]
The Wikipedia article on Information Technology (IT) describes it as "the application of computers and telecommunications equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data". Such equipment is necessary in all stages of modern manufacturing, from initial design of the production equipment and products, to control of the factory operation, to communication with outside entities. It is a vast field accounting for $3.8 trillion (5%) of the world's $72 trillion of measured economic activity (Gross World Product). Amazon.com lists over 200,000 book results when searching for "information technology". Probably the most significant aspect of this field is the rapid improvement in the hardware and software elements that make up IT systems. When self-reproducing factories were studied by NASA in 1980, the estimated computing power to run them was equivalent to the fastest supercomputer in the world. Today, that same computing power is available in a smartphone or tablet, and continued improvement is expected.
Automation and Robotics[edit]
In the Outline of Automation article, Wikipedia defines the subject as "use of control systems and information technologies to reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services." Other articles linked from this one can serve as an introduction to the field. Robotics is concerned with programmable machines, as distinct from machines that perform fixed operations. The two fields are closely related and have developed in parallel, mostly from the mid-20th century, when electronics and sensors reached a sufficient level of development. The field of automation is large enough that the International Society of Automation, their technical society, has 30,000 members, and the US Library of Congress lists 650 titles under Manufacturing Automation alone. Of particular interest for this book's subject of self-expanding production are Numerical Control of Machine Tools, which are devices that make parts from metal or other rigid materials by subtracting material, and 3D Printers which make parts by adding material under computer control. Since all types of machines are made from parts, these kinds of machines therefore can make some of their own parts.
Engineering Fields[edit]
In addition to the fields mentioned above (IT and Automation and Robotics), there are numerous other branches and specialties within the overall heading of engineering. To make a start at identifying which ones are relevant to self-expanding factories, we can use sources like the Wikipedia Outline of Engineering article, or the Library of Congress Subject Classifications, particularly class "T - Technology". From those we can move to specific Wikipedia articles and their references, and to the Library of Congress' catalog holdings for the various subjects. We will defer detailed exploration of the various fields until we have some design details, and can see which ones are more relevant.
Current and Near Term Projects[edit]
The technology fields noted above contain the knowledge which can be applied to designing and building self-expanding factories in particular, or any project or product when you consider all engineering fields as a whole. Here we look at actual projects which use the related technologies, and the specific Seed Factory Project.
Related Projects[edit]
No complete artificial self-expanding or replicating system has yet been built, unless you count an entire civilization as such a system. The work on complete systems to date has been theoretical, with a limited amount of prototyping of simple replicators. Projects which implement portions of self-expanding systems, and current research towards such systems includes:
- Existing Automated Factories - There are a large number of such factories, some of which make the same type of product they use themselves in the factory. A notable example is Haas Automation, the largest machine tool builder in the western world. Two thirds of the metal cutting machine tools in their own factory were made in-house. Thus their production line already is substantially self-expanding. Assembly is one of the steps in production. An example of self-assembly is the International Space Station, where the large robot arm and rail system was used to install additional parts of the Station.
- RepRap 3D Printer - This machine was intentionally designed to print copies of its own plastic parts (along with other plastic parts). It cannot, however, make metal parts, motors, or other items, thus is only partly self-replicating.
- Open Source Ecology - This is an ongoing project to develop a "Civilization Starter Kit", a set of 50 machines which together are intended to produce most of their own components and support most human needs. Besides the machines you would need enough farmland and labor to operate them. It is an example of an intentionally designed starter kit, with machines designed for easy fabrication. The project is notable for building and testing actual hardware, in some cases multiple versions and copies. Criticisms of the project include a "shotgun" design approach, without justifying these 50 are the correct set to build, which order they should be built, or what sizes are required. Another criticism is insufficient levels of automation for developed world use, thus still requiring a lot of labor to operate things. The project seemed to have stalled in 2012-13, but recently shows signs of progress.
- NASA In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) - The current NASA Technology Roadmap identifies using local materials and energy as an important technology area for future space missions. The ISRU category, Technology Area 7.1 (section 2.2.1 of the roadmap document) includes mining and production tasks, and mentions self-replication and maintenance. These are similar ideas to what Seed Factories encompass. As of the 2014 Budget Estimate, NASA is devoting a small part of their Space Technology program funds to advanced manufacturing and ISRU, at a concept level and some experimental testing. The work is divided among several NASA centers (Ames, Marshall, and Kennedy). NASA in general focuses on individual technology elements, and lacks a strong systems analysis approach. Therefore it underestimates the leverage this technology has on their overall programs, and inadequately funds it relative to areas like launch vehicles and propulsion. They also do not consider Earth applications of the technology, because terrestrial manufacturing is not part of the agency mission.
Seed Factory Project[edit]
In 2012 a conceptual design study for a program of Human Expansion beyond Earth was started, as part of the Space Systems Engineering book Space Transport and Engineering Methods. A key technology in making such a program affordable was identified as self-expanding production. By producing fuel en-route, and other supplies and hardware from local materials, it greatly reduces the mass and cost of what needs to come from Earth. Subsequently this author (Eder) realized that the same technology has value on Earth. It can be used to make outputs unrelated to space projects, as well as to build the space hardware and transport equipment to get to space. Experience gained in such manufacturing systems on Earth can later be applied to future space projects.
Therefore by early 2013 the study work had shifted to first designing Earth versions of such Seed Factories. Since the focus was now Earth industry, and many of the details were distinct from those for space systems design, it was decided to move the contents to a separate Wikibook, the one you are currently reading. Theoretical development of new ideas is a necessary first step, but the real value in such ideas comes from putting them to practical use. Therefore we initiated the Seed Factory Project to eventually go beyond the book, and develop the actual software and hardware to demonstrate the technology. If good results are obtained from the prototypes, then the next step is building full working factories.
The work to date has mostly focused on designs for a sustainable community of several hundred people who can meet 85% of their physical needs from a mature Personal Factory and the products it makes. The remainder would be met from outside sources. 85% is seen as a reasonable goal for a first generation design. The current state of that work is being documented in section 5.0 of this book, and the in-progress working notes are in section 9.0. The Seed Factory Project is intended as an open source collaboration to develop the technology. Anyone with relevant skills is invited to contribute to the design. Specific products or physical factories built from the technology would be privately owned.
In addition to the Personal Factory concept, we also identified three other examples of Seed Factory applications, with different end points once matured. These an Industrial Factory (section 6.0), distributed World Wide Factory (section 7.0), and installations in remote and difficult locations (section 8.0). Those are not as well developed as the Personal Factory design. By doing several different designs, we hope to evolve general design principles and methods. It should also indicate how differing end goals affect the starter set, and what areas need more research and technical improvement.
Besides specific design examples, we are also working on general design tools. One of these is a resource model and flow network. This traces inputs and outputs from outside sources, the various factory elements, and the end users for the products. This makes sure all resources are accounted for, and the factory equipment is properly sized. By treating the mature factory as part of the product outputs, you can then recursively work back to find a starter set that leads to the chosen end point. We expect to use conventional design and engineering methods along with any new ones like resource models that we develop in the project.
Concept Status[edit]
The concept of Self-Replication in the modern sense was developed in the 1950's in terms of cell mechanisms in biology, mathematical processes in software, and mechanical devices in automation and robotics. That concept involved a system making a direct copy of itself, which was nearly or exactly the same as the original. It also involved the system doing so autonomously, without human intervention or outside supplies. The current concept of self-expanding systems treats self-replication as a special case of a more general category of systems that grow. In the general case, indirect copying is possible. This is where the original unit builds new items not present in the original, and later builds a copy of the original. Variation and evolution is possible in the general case. A second generation starter kit can be different than the first generation starter kit. A collection of different units can expand and evolve over time into something quite different. Finally, autonomous, or fully automated operation, is not a requirement in the general case, some human labor and outside supplies can be used.
The concept of a self-expanding system as we develop it in this book also includes some other ideas. We can put all the ideas together in list form as follows:
- Self-expanding systems grow by using part of their output for parts and materials used internally.
- Self-expanding systems can use an optimized starter set, which minimizes initial size and complexity, and maximizes growth rate.
- They can diversify by adding new and different equipment to the starter set.
- They can scale in size by making larger versions of existing equipment.
- They can reproduce any percentage of their own parts from zero to 100%. Whatever items can't be made internally are supplied from outside. Outputs the system produces can be traded for rare materials and hard to make items it cannot supply by itself.
- They can use any mix of human labor and automation from zero to 100%, and the mix can vary with time. High levels of automation are desirable for productivity, but they should be used when sensible and affordable. Extreme levels of automation are likely to be expensive and hard to design for.
- Self-expanding systems do not have to be in a single location. A shared location makes some tasks easier, but modern communications and control systems can operate a distributed production network. Locations become a design choice rather than an assumption or rule.
- Self-expanding systems can adopt modular and incremental design. Modules use repeated units and simplified interfaces, so that changes can be made more easily. Increments mean you do not have to start with all the equipment, or even have them designed yet. Individual changes and upgrades can be made when needed.
- They can use new design and operation tools to manage a complex and evolving design, such as materials and energy resource accounting to balance flows within the system, and a factory process compiler to automate production plans in the face of a constantly changing layout.
Needed Research and Development[edit]
what technologies and questions still need more work, and an attempt at a technology development plan to address that work.
The current state of the concept development allows us to start working on a reasonable starter set for a particular purpose. However, there are still many unanswered questions about Seed Factories in general. A logical research plan is needed to answer the following questions, and probably others not yet identified:
- Is existing technology sufficient to meet desired goals of self-expansion, recycling, and automation?
- -- If not, what new technology or improvements are needed?
- What should be in the starter set, and what order should new equipment be added?
- -- How does the starter kit and growth path depend on the resources and environment at a particular location?
- -- Is it better to use general purpose equipment with attachments vs. more specialized and dedicated units?
- What is the optimal path to increasing the percentage of self-production (closure) and automation?
- What is the fastest way to grow total factory capacity?
- What is the relationship among starter set complexity, physical scale, initial cost, and growth rates?
- In purely financial terms, how does it compare to conventional factories on capital and production costs?
- Does the Seed Factory approach better meet people's other needs than conventional specialized factories?
- How should production capacity be divided between internal maintenance and growth, outputs for the owners, and products for sale?
We do not think a single study or book can answer all these questions. A Seed Factory is a complex design involving multiple engineering fields. We invite others to bring their knowledge, experience, and creativity to bear on these questions and move the concept of Seed Factories forward into the realm of practical application.
Technology Development Plan[edit]
We think the following series of tasks will contribute to answering the questions in the previous section. We also think any plan such as this will need extensive revision as more people work on the concepts, develop new ideas, and a better understanding of what needs to be done.
Continue Conceptual Work
This includes the following component tasks:
- Identifying key parameters and formulas for self-expanding integrated factories, so that they can be modeled and optimized.
- Comparing the state of the art in automation, robotics, and other related fields to what is needed in this type of factory. This either establishes feasibility or defines areas for further research and development.
- Collecting designs and concepts developed by others outside this project, to see if they apply or can be adapted for use.
- Refine example applications in more detail to incorporate the self-expansion and other concepts identified above, verify they are feasible, and estimate their cost and economics.
Preliminary Design
This step takes the concept-level designs to sized and configured elements which are ready for final drawing preparation. For example, for a machine tool in the factory, a preliminary design level would specify the dimensions of the major parts, power level, accuracy, and provide a layout drawing.
Component Research
Where new or modified technology is identified as necessary, this task includes developing the technology. It includes theoretical concepts, analytical design, and laboratory and component level testing. Once sufficiently well tested, the technology can then be added to the portfolio available for detail design and prototyping of full factory elements. Component level work can be done at any location as an open source collaboration.
Build Prototypes
This includes designing prototype elements, setting up to produce them and a test area for them, and the actual manufacture and test of the prototypes. Small scale prototypes of the factory elements can be built at distributed locations. Eventually large scale prototypes or linking multiple factory processes into a complete system will require a dedicated fixed location. This is especially true of collecting renewable energy and growing organic materials, which requires significant land area. The project may work with other R&D institutions, non-profits, etc. which already have facilities, if that makes progress easier. Whatever knowledge and experience gained in the project would then be distributed for the benefit of people in general. More detailed steps include:
- Design Prototype Hardware
- Design Prototype Software
- Build Conventional Workshop
- Build Prototype Test Area
- Fabricate and Assemble Prototype Hardware
- Test Prototypes
Continuing Work
After an initial set of prototypes are developed, these can be spun off into a complete factory project for real owners. Such a factory would demonstrate the complete system works as intended in real use, and satisfies the original design goals. Feedback from actual use would help in designing improvements and upgrades, and later generation versions.
The R&D work would continue in parallel with operational use, for several reasons. First, it is not likely an ideal design will be developed on the first try. Second, other locations and products besides the original ones will likely require modified designs and more testing. Third, technology in general does not stand still. Last, an initial set of hardware will not cover all the kinds of equipment that may be wanted. Continuing work would develop upgrades and new designs and feed them to factory projects when they are ready. Prototypes for different kinds of locations would either be built at those locations, or built at an existing facility and then delivered. Using the original set of prototypes to help build these later ones can help demonstrate the expansion capacity of the designs.


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To promote the UK launch of Walt Disney Animations Studios film Wreck It Ralph, the video game inspired movie has set up home in East London's Brick Lane.
The real-life promotional playground, dubbed "8 Bit Lane" in reference to classic consoles of the era, is tucked away down London's brick lane by The Old Truman Brewery. Just to the side of The Big Chill Bar there's a huge canvas overlaying a building with the instructions: "Play This Building. Download Blippar".


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Emphasis mine.
But they really need to jettison the extraneous characters, BSG style, and refocus their scripts to actually
give us stories centering on Kirk, Spock and McCoy, finally (Phase 2, my same plea to you), with a real theme, tension and conclusion.
The new episode coming out in a couple of weeks is trumpeting some impressive celebrity names (stunt-casting?), but to date I'm a lot more impressed with Starship Farragut's 3 episodes.
The extraneous characters are very problematic in these productions. They're not interesting, don't drive the story forward and are more Mary Sues or Gary Stus than anything else (Peter Kirk, I'm looking at you!).
I too would like a greater focus on Kirk, Spock and McCoy. They aren't really used properly in these productions, and I've gone on and on about this in other threads.
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And, yes, as Middyseafort and I are always carping, let's have the LEADS motivate the action, drive the action. Hell, let's just have the character DO something and not stand around and talk about it over and over.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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Well yesterday was great! If I could have every day like that I would be in business. Zumba was awesome like always and I went for a little run on my way home. I ate well and behaved myself beautifully. After I got showered up and ate dinner, I ... Read more
Monday, April 11, 2011
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Last week was a crap shoot. It was just a bad week there is no getting around it. I was highly emotional and prone to over eating and I just kind of gave up. On myself, on giving a crap about anything really and I just didn�t want anything to do... Read more
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
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I re-learned a very good lesson yesterday.
Me + splenda (read any fake sugar) + stress = bad bad eating day
I knew before that diet pop or other fake sugar products tend to make me want more sugar and eat out of character in general, ... Read more
Monday, April 04, 2011
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This weekend was overall good. I ended it feeling a bit down but it was because of some events during the week had me feeling that way and I couldn�t seem to shake it. I�m working on letting go of it but it was just really getting at me Sunday n... Read more
Friday, April 01, 2011
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Didn�t I write in my last blog about the roller coaster and how some days are better then others? Yeah yesterday was a not so great day. And of course it was all because of an email from my lawyer. She got his counter offer (what number are we o... Read more
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
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Good Morning! Hope everyone is doing well on this wonderful hump day. This week has been going alright. Some parts better then others but overall pretty good.
Emotionally�I feel great. I feel like my life is going really good and I�m really... Read more
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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Yesterday, in the middle of the day, it dawned on me that it had been 6 months to the day when my ex-husband left me. I was surprised that with that big of an anniversary coming up that it wouldn�t have dawned on me earlier and that I felt so no... Read more
Monday, March 28, 2011
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Good Morning Everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was busy but it was really good. A few key highlights�
Friday I registered for classes for the summer and for the fall semester. If I can take the classes as planned (and find a ... Read more
Friday, March 25, 2011
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What an odd day yesterday.
First there was the call from our engineer from our Des Moines office in the morning. He is super nice and usually jokes around with me. He calls for my boss but was chit chatting with me before he asked for her.
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
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When I said this week was going to be busy I don�t think I realized just how busy it was going to be. And how much more could pop up and that I could make room for. Thankfully I was prepared but dang.
Last night I went to my parents to do ... Read more
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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I�m on day two of getting up early to workout and it feels great. I was getting my workouts in before but some were kind of half @ssed, going through the motions and I�m ready to really start focusing back in on my fitness, eating healthy and ge... Read more
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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Good Morning Sparklers! Hope everyone is having a super bright positive day. I�ve been feeling some major negativity here on Spark lately and I�m going to attempt to not add to it. So here I am sunny and positive on this cloudy, rainy day in Iow... Read more
Monday, March 21, 2011
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Can I tell you how glad I am its spring again? Somehow I became a runner (thanks Sara) and I love running outside so the warmer temps and no snow is like Christmas to me. I was glad to have the rec center from school to make due when the weather... Read more
Monday, March 14, 2011
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This blog was going to be very different but then of course something always comes up to throw a wrench in my life. I was going to write about the letter I wrote to my ex and burning it to let it go and out of me. I was going to write about the ... Read more
Friday, March 11, 2011
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�When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.� -Catherine Ponder
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A bottle of ketchup is such a ubiquitous refrigerator staple that it might never occur to you to make your own. But homemade ketchup is easy to make, impressive to serve and more or less guarantees at least one "wow" from your guests. Even if you're eating alone, you'll be proud to know that you made an effort, and it paid off.
Try your hand at these 10 easy do-it-yourself essentials, and enjoy the looks on your friends' faces when you show up to the party with delicious, homemade beef jerky that hasn't been hanging in a gas station mini-mart for six months. Are you the most popular person there? Why yes, you are. And now all your delicious homemade jerky's gone.
Easily impress by elevating the most mundane snacks to homemade status. It only takes minutes to fry up potato slices and the results are far superior to any bag of kettle chips we've ever tried.How: Homemade Potato Chip Recipe
If you buy your ricotta at the supermarket, you're paying for not only for the dairy but other stabilizers that lend a rubbery, gummy texture to the final product. The good news is, if you can cook dried pasta — and if you can't, click on that link immediately — chances are you can make your own ricotta to toss it with. More: How to Make Ricotta Cheese
If you find yourself indecisively staring down your crusty-capped hot sauce collection more frequently than you'd like, consider brewing a batch of your own. Just imagine the look on your friends' faces when you pull out an unlabeled bottle or jar of your very own blend and offer this disclaimer: "Careful, that's a proprietary formula I've been working on."How: Homemade Hot Sauce Recipe
It may seem excessive to be DIYing your own pickles. But this quick refrigerator version is cheap, quick, and will give you the deep sense of satisfaction and accomplishment that is missing when you simply open a jar of store-bought dills.How: Basic Refrigerator Pickling Recipe
Why would you make something you can buy at any corner store or gas station? Because you can, and because it's a lot cooler to pull out a bag with beef jerky that you slow-cooked yourself than to unwrap processed beef jerky. Try it, tear off a piece and hand it to a friend. See what happens.How: Homemade Beef Jerky Recipe
A bottle of ketchup is something that is just so ubiquitous in your fridge that it probably never occurs to you to make your own. But homemade ketchup is easy and impressive, the type of thing that you serve to friends and they're like, "Wow." Oh, it tastes much better too.How: Homemade Ketchup Recipe Extra Points: Grown Up Spicy Ketchup Recipe
Sure, you can go into just about any deli and buy a pastrami sandwich. We challenge you to make your own. Not just the sandwich, but the whole pastrami. That's right, cure your own pastrami. It's actually pretty simple. And very impressive.More: How To Cure Your Own Pastrami
We aren't suggesting that you get all Martha Stewart and begin your mayo-making by gathering eggs from Araucana chickens you've raised yourself and finishing it by serving on your best hand-crocheted doily. But mayonnaise is one of those things where the investment of effort is fairly minimal and the payoff is huge in terms of being able to impress your friends with your culinary skills and have your sandwiches taste 100% better. 15 minutes, 4 ingredients, minimal equipment. Just do it.How: Homemade Mayonnaise Recipe
Make your own sauerkraut? Why, you may ask. It's easy, and much tastier than the stuff that comes in a can (though it does take a bit of time). Break it out at the next backyard gathering and boom! You've got bragging rightsMore: How To Make Sauerkraut
Sure, you could pick up a big bag full of mostly broken tortilla chips, fried in oil of questionable quality. Or, in less time than it takes to head to the store and back, you can bake up a batch of your own easy homemade tortillas with just a touch of healthy olive oil — no deep fryer required.How: Easy Homemade Tortilla Chips
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It was just another Saturday night.
I was drinking coffee at my favorite cafe, chatting it up with the staff and catching up with some of my fellow regulars. That's when a friend of mine asked me a simple question:
"Hey! You wanna hear some of the music we've been working on?"
Dacha EP cover by James Nielsen
The first, "rough-cut," song got my toes tapping as it played through the speakers of his Volkswagen Jetta. Not the ideal situation for music listening, but I was in the zone. You'd hardly know (even through the car stereo) that this was a rough version of the song. I wanted to go home and download the damn thing as soon as it started playing.
The song is called Calm Down, and you can hear it HERE.
After very little thought, I asked if I could help with the marketing aspect of the band in sort of a, "co-manager of promotions," role. All of the primary decisions are 100% up to the band, but I am working hard to get them the attention they deserve. These two guys are super talented, driven, and professional when it comes to their dedication to music.
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About the Story
Penny Chisholm and Molly Bang have been friends for many years, Penny is a scientist; Molly is a writer and illustrator who also likes science. Molly's parents were both scientists, but she herself failed most of her science courses in college. She got a C in biology only because she made beautiful drawings of starfish as part of her term paper. But she loves learning about what scientists are doing and discovering.
Both of us wanted to do something so children would love some of the science that we love. Or rather, we wanted children to get a sense of the awe we feel as we learn about how life works. We had talked about making a book for several years, and our first one, Living Sunlight, was about photosynthesis — how plants catch sunlight and turn it into sugar, at the same time making oxygen gas, which then floats out of their leaves into the air.
But Penny's real research love is phytoplankton, the tiny one-celled plants that float at the surface waters of the seas. She wanted to make a book about how important these are to all life on Earth – especially because most people have never seen or even heard of them. So we began to write Ocean Sunlight. A year and a half and 134 versions of the story later, the book is finished. As the story kept changing, word by word, detail by detail, Molly kept changing the pictures as well. But she had to throw away only about 4 of the ones that were completely finished.
Ocean Sunlight tells how the tiny one-celled phytoplankton in the sea catch the sun's energy and pass it on to all the marine animals. It tells how these same plants give us the oxygen we need for our own lives on Earth.


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A strong competitor to the franch SB wines. It´s clearly it comes form a cooler microclima in Austraklia. Lots of acidity and a looong aftertaste. More gently than many SB with high acidity - not at all cirton flavours. Wery nice.
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Not like it is an original idea, but I am thinking about starting a wine blog. I have been really interested in comparing wines from different regions by matching my wine selections to the pro cycling tour as it navigates the globe.The premise for my blog will be a weekly comparison of wines from Washington State to wines from regions around th... Read More
January 2011
With a little prompting from Vellovino, I am starting a thread about the Tour Down Under which is a bicycle race in South Australia which forms part of the Pro Tour leading ultimately to the Tour de France.Many of the top teams use the Adelaide race as their season starter and often an important part of trying out new riders, bikes etc.Lance Arm... Read More
December 2010
Nose: passionfruit, stone fruit, tropical fruit, mango, citrus fruit. Palate: passionfruit, pineapple, tropical fruit, mango, orange peel/citrus fruit. Rich and creamy, oak integration very subtle. Good fresh acidity. Long on the palate. Read More
December 2010
This CA girl tasted a pretty decent NZ sauv blanc at a gallery opening in SF last nite. It was not an expensive wine... was a Koura Bay Awatere Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2009. Looked it up... was abt. $12, nothing exceptional. But it piqued my curiosity...Any recommendations for a wonderful NZ Sauv Blanc? This one had lots of citrus, pineapple,... Read More
September 2010
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August 2009
Love it! Not too sweet or dry. Very drinkable. Also visited the winery, great people! Read More
July 2009
A very drinkable and inexpensive red. Right out of the screw cap bottle, this wine has a pleasant nose, and full mouth feel. For under $10, you can't go wrong. Read More
December 2007
Very hot ! Read More
November 2007
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October 2007
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Gaana music apps for Android updated to version 2.0. The new version is improved with new search features and Gaana + music gives multi-bite rate streaming. The new version is more stable one.
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- Offline music: download your favorite playlists & songs to your phone, and listen without any internet connection
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