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Maureen and Terrence Magagnos, of Lynbrook, New York, took their seven-year-old son, Peter, to Dr. Coben after he was given a diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder in first grade. "Peter had classic symptoms of autism," says Magagnos. "His speech was terrible, he made very little eye contact, and he screamed for attention — literally screamed."
Their exceptionally generous insurance covered neurofeedback, so they decided to give it a try, with sessions twice a week for the next five years. At the start of the treatment, Coben says, he discovered that Peter had been suffering tiny, asymptomatic seizures. He says neurofeedback helped stabilize the child's brain activity, eliminating the seizures. And within three months, says Peter's dad, Peter's teachers were calling to report remarkable improvements.
"Today I'd say he has 'autism light,'" he adds. "He has some symptoms, but he is more manageable."
Whether such results can be achieved with other children is a matter of debate. Still, as practitioners lobby for broader acceptance, including insurance recognition, a sure sign of neurofeedback's increasing popularity is the number of companies selling mind-altering systems to use at home.
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Peter Freer, a former grade-school teacher, is chief executive of a North Carolina firm called Unique Logic and Technology. He says that since he began his business in 1994, he has sold thousands of his Play Attention systems, advertised to improve a child's or an adult's focus, academic performance, and social behavior. The equipment, which starts at $180 a month, is touted as "a sophisticated advancement of neurofeedback."
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So I think that Chess is very much a "specialty item" which does require a certain type of aptitude, namely those spatial/visual analysis abilities spoken of in the above quote. And those abilities you are born with, you can't learn them. So if you start off trying to learn and progress in Chess and you DO NOT have above average spatial/visual analysis you are not going to get as far as those who do no matter what you do. Period.
I tend to agree with this (and everything else you wrote) but do you have any insight into exactly what "spatial/visual analysis" actually is? Other than playing Chess, what else could I do well if I had above average spatial/visual analysis capabilities?
To Patzerlars: Yes...I now go to Delta Level 2.
Hey, James...you could qualify for Mensa (maybe you are a member).
Me? I applied years ago. Rated 3 percentile. What a bummer...missed by 1 percentile.
The test was taken in the basement of a library with a noisy, rowdy girl scout meeting on the other side of the door, jack hammers going full force outside the windows, no air conditioning in the hot/humid summer... They don't allow for a retest, either. Not for your entire life.
But, I take full responsibility. If I did not, I'd give myself a Delta Scorn Level 10 rating.
Congratulations on being shmarter than me by 1 percentile.
It always amazed me that an organization that claims to cull only the top intellectually 1) advertises in Reader's Digest, and 2) lacks chapters at major research universities. Reminds me of the Who's Who invitation cards that I feed to my paper shredder.
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James: It always amazed me that an organization that claims to cull only the top intellectually 1) advertises in Reader's Digest, and 2) lacks chapters at major research universities. Reminds me of the Who's Who invitation cards that I feed to my paper shredder.
I agree. I applied a long time ago. Since then, I came to realize that it is largely bogus. For example, my wife never studied much math. She'd do poorly on certain IQ tests.
In my case, the math wouldn't be a problem (except that I am rusty) but those stupid anagrams might be.
Hey! This might be the organization snakesbelly mentioned in a different thread!
Threads like these are made by people wanting to find excuses for their problems rather than wanting to fix them.
Perhaps your case is different.
On any given day, some of us might find cognitive psychology more interesting than Chess.
I do understand that it does take all kinds of people to make a planet.
However, if I severely sucked at chess, I would endeavor to improve. If, because my brain was somehow fried and I couldn't do that, I would give it up. I'd find something more suitable for my id. That's just me, though.
Then, there are people who aren't willing to put forth the effort, lose regularly, feel no shame and wonder why they lose because they consider themselves as having a superior intellect. Quite an enigma, I suppose.
If I found something that was an enigma, I might be the kind to investigate it until I understood it.
In all seriousness, I do find that losing doesn't cause me much humiliation, unless I feel like I simply blundered a game I should have won. I enjoy playing Chess, but the fact that there are people better than me doesn't bother me in the least. I claimed early on to have blood lust, but perhaps it's a much more limited form than others have. During a competition, whether Chess, or martial arts, or a math test, I can be quite intense, but winning doesn't make me elated, and losing doesn't make me depressed or humiliated. If I enjoy the competition, I generally enjoy the activity, not necessarily the outcome.
(ETA: The remainder of this post is a summary of a psychology PhD dissertation. If you find that sort of thing tedious, do not read on.)
I ran across an interesting paper (I'll edit this post later and put in a link) that was a PhD dissertation that presented a model of Chess performance. I've only skimmed it but I'll give an extremely simplified version of his model. He basically asserts that during deliberate practice, templates, which are patterns related to board positions, are stored in long term memory. Each template is associated with a production rule (basically a rule of "when this pattern exists->do that") During play, these patterns are retrieved, and the move is made according to the rule.
The long term memory templates are only stored in a retrievable form during deep study, not casual play. (Obviously, an oversimplification there, but internet blitz chess would indeed be practically useless if he's right.) Experts have a large number of templates stored as a consequence of doing lots of deliberate practice.
This fits with a lot of what people have said here. Chess requires a "good memory", but it's a specific sort of memory. The analytical, mathematical style of thinking is only used when there aren't any templates that match, which means it is of little use, so people with high IQs don't have a great deal of an advantage. The commonality with face recognition may also fit here. Recognizing a face is not a conscious process, when done well. Similarly, masters don't consciously recognize good moves, they just see them, because a template matches.
If the guy is right, it explains the loose correlation between IQ and Chess ability, and the strong dependence on intense practice among even gifted individuals. One thing I wonder about though is how his model deals with child prodigies. Ruifeng Li is currently the highest ranked 10 year old in the US. By coincidence, his first rated tournament was also my son's first rated tournament. Ruifeng was a normal 5 year old. He had played Chess, but didn't have a coach. His dad was a reasonable club player, but there were plenty in the club better. In other words, Ruifeng did not put in a lot of "deliberate practice" at that time of his life. However, at the end of that tournament, Ruifeng had a rating of over 1000. It seems to me that inborn ability, natural talent, must somehow be at work there.
Also, his model does bode ill for anyone who took up Chess after our 40th birthday. That sort of long term memory formation is really much more difficult later in life. If his model is correct, learning Chess could still be done later in life, but anyone attempting it must be prepared to work a lot harder than the teenager at the next table.
I took up chess at eight, was terrible until I read a chess book at 15, did not play in my 20s, played my first rated chess tournament at 35 (rating 1250). At 36 I was a C class player. At 45 I crossed over 1600. At 49 I
became an A class player. I expect to make expert before age 54 and master by 60.
You are never too old to learn, but good diet and physical exercise becomes more important element of chess training with each passing year.
I'm glad you shared that, James. You have demonstrated that becoming a good chess player is not based on instant gratification.
I played as a teen and sporadically to age 25. I didn't have a rating but was good enough to beat anyone at work on chess ladders or in the neighborhood. Probably not better than 1400...which isn't too shabby for casual play.
Had a 40 year absence but over the last couple of years, I've been studying and practicng and playing against engines or acquantances to where I am B. My goal is A, and I believe I'll get there in a year or so.
Takes effort. Takes patience. Takes a willingness to trudge through plateaus and eventually bust to the upside, hit another plateau and repeat. That's if you want to reach a goal.
No...this age thing is more excuses. I will say that advanced age doesn't help. But guys in their 40ies or 50ies who think they are too old to think well enough...even my 61-year old buddy, cabby...they make me laugh. Can't break through maybe 1200 because of age, spatial deficiency, hernias, etc.
Of course, chess really isn't for everyone. Some of these guys should just take up knitting. (lol)
Top level old men are very uncommon. How many old men made it to be world champion? I can only think of Steinitz and Alekhine.
The model says that Chess improvement requires large amounts of information be committed to long term memory. If that model is correct, then Chess improvement, especially for people with no previous Chess history, would be slower among older players.
That doesn't mean that anyone is too old to improve. It just means that older players would have to work harder for the same level of improvement.
And of course, the model hasn't been confirmed. It was good enough for one guy to get a PhD, but that's hardly the same thing as being the consensus of the scientific community.
Lol are you really complaining about your 1800+ rating? Most people on here are U1400, for some reason this site doesn't have a very strong playerbase (like myself). I do decent on here, then I go to chesscube and lose the majority of my games. Don't complain about your rating, you are better than most people on here.
Is this even on subject anymore? lol
Idk, I was replying to OP, I thought that's the point of forums...
I can't recall any octogenarian world champs. But, that's not what we are talking about.
There are guys blaming old age (40?, 50? 61?...yeah, especially him) on their not being able to break 1200. See?
I caught that, cabby. Nice try.
I knew I'd bait you out of your Jack-in-the-box.
Glad you are enjoying your lurking. (lol)
Yeah, the OP really has a problem. Only 1800+ at bullet. What a wuss.
***Most people on here are U1400, for some reason this site doesn't have a very strong playerbase (like myself). ***
Like yourself? Arf...arf!
Umm yeah I'm not a very good chess player I'll admit it. My USCF is only like 1200, I'm not awful but in the world of chess players, I'm not very great. Most people on here are in the 1200-1400 area, or even under (like you) if you haven't noticed. I was just putting it in perspective, that having a 1800 rating on this site full of U1400's means he is probably pretty good.
Also, imo bullet takes more skill because it not only requires you to think, it requires you to think fast. It also is fun because of the time factor too.
Why are chess players quitters?
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- Title
- A dearth of planetary transits in the direction of NGC 6940
- Author(s)
- Hood, Ben; Collier Cameron, Andrew; Kane, Stephen R.; Bramich, D. M.; Horne, Keith; Street, Rachel A.; Bond, I. A.; Penny, A. J.; Tsapras, Y.; Quirrenbach, A.; Safizadeh, N.; Mitchell, D.; Cooke, J.
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- We present results of our survey for planetary transits in the field of NGC 6940. We think nearly all of our observed stars are field stars. We have obtained high precision (~3-10 mmag at the bright end) photometric observations of ~50000 stars spanning 18 nights in an attempt to identify low-amplitude and short-period transit events. We have used a matched filter analysis to identify 14 stars that show multiple events and four stars that show single transits. Of these 18 candidates, we have identified two that should be further researched. However, none of the candidates is a convincing hot Jupiter.
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- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 360, no. 2 (Jun 2005), pp. 791-800
- Publication year
- 2005
- FOR Code(s)
- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Data analysis methods; Hot Jupiters; NGC 6940; Open clusters; Planetary systems; Stars
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- Blackwell Publishing
- 0035-8711
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- Copyright © 2005 Royal Astronomical Society. The accepted manuscript of this paper is reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. The definitive publication is available at www.interscience.wiley.com.
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September 11th is a day that is etched into all our minds. It is not just the day that falls after September 10th and before September 12, rather it is a day of remembrance to those who lost their lives due to the senseless acts of terrorists.
Each year on the anniversary of the tragedies we all take a moment to remember the events of that day. One way people are expressing their thoughts about 9/11 is via Twitter from sorrow to simple shout-outs. Here are 20 celebrities who from Mariah Carey to the Real Housewives. See what they said right here:
Busy Phillips: Got teary this am when my daughter asked me what the 9-11 memorial was on tv and I realized someday, I'll have to try to explain it to her
Mariah Carey: Today we remember all those so tragically lost on 9/11/2001. Our deepest sympathies go out to their families and loved ones. Peace&God Bless
Kourtney Kardashian: Love, prayers and empathy for those with friends or family who lost their lives #NeverForget911
Neil Patrick Harris: It's been 11 years since the 9/11 tragedy. Can't believe so much time has passed, and yet in some ways it feels so recent. #remember
Jenna Elman: "Remembering all those lives unnecessarily lost on 9/11. May we all work within ourselves to end man's inhumanity to man."
Kate Gosselin: My heart goes out 2 all those whose hearts are aching today w memories from 9/11 May u find some comfort in happy memories of ur loved 1's.
Holly Robinson Peete: On this day that is synonymous with loss and tragedy I take a moment to just be thankful for family… #911 #Remember
Shanna Moakler: Sending much love to all the families and those effected by 9/11 #NeverForget
Rob Riggle: Always a tough day… Always proud to be an American. #Remember 9/11
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Melissa Joan Hart: I remember 9/11 like it was yesterday. It changed our world forever and I will #neverforget and spend today honoring those affected
Melissa Gorga: We will never forgot the beautiful people those monsters hurt. God Bless their families today & always.
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WE ARE AT this anti-historical, binary moment when everything is either Excellent or Sucks. So the modestly contemplative person, willing to spend a little more time on judgments, inevitably wonders what's in between. This is especially pertinent in the case of grungy ol' Kevin Smith, who with Clerks earlier this year made something mostly Excellent because--in ordinary terms--it looked like it Sucked. Cheap, black-and-white with mushy sound, featuring locker-room rudeness and no true actors, it nosed around a particularly scuzzy corner of the back room of careerism. In short, in was a bottom-feeder and proud of it, a "Seinfeld" for no-hopers.
So Smith gets some attention, makes some money, and now--no surprise--he's made a movie with a bigger budget, in color, with even some people who almost qualify as stars (Shannen Doherty and TV game show guy Art James); he's moved from the lonely, drab convenience store to a generic mall (our own Eden Prairie Center, looking more generic than ever). The resulting film tries to Suck in order to be Excellent. But mostly it just Sucks.
It's the old trap of one-upism. Having shocked an audience once, Smith has to find new ways to shock at a higher frequency. But when his turf is already limited--cheapness, slackism, '70s knockoff references--it's hard to pump up that volume. Clerks was basically a string of insults, arguments and complaints, while Mallrats has an actual plot. As Smith lays out a day in the life of two layabouts who've lost their girlfriends and try to find redemption at the mall, I look for true talismans and landmarks of his pop-cult fixation. Where is Steve Guttenberg, for example? How about Joyce DeWitt?
Shannen Doherty's presence is a worthy gesture. She's the equivalent of Rob Lowe in Wayne's World or Paul (Pee-wee) Reubens in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But Doherty has a reduced role as the girlfriend of Brodie (skateboard champ Jason Lee), and while she gets in her licks attacking Brodie's many faults, he remains the center of the story. And he's more charismatic, too; it's a sweet coincidence that after the lame TV-show-takeover stunt that caps the movie Brodie is approached by some producers for future work. Reel life, meet real life: I look forward to hearing Lee's snarl again.
Mostly, what Mallrats does is provide Smith (often via Brodie) a forum to shovel insults on modern life in general. Sometimes this works, because Brodie (more so than pal T.S., played by too-nice-guy Jeremy London) has a real love/hate thing for the mall. He goes there so often it's his own historic preservation spot; taking everything personally, he exults in the bitchin' new cookies from the cookie stand, and is stunned when a familiar spot is altered or replaced. He's in sync with what the movie wants to do.
But the mall itself doesn't become a character; it's just a shabby backdrop. Otherwise there are some new Star Wars jokes, some overdone musings on the sex lives of comic book figures, and a lame running gag about a guy who can't "see" a 3-D Magic Eye picture. Comicsmeister Stan Lee makes a personal appearance that manages to be interesting and distracting at the same time. But Smith's problem is that much of what he has the movie doing could be done as a ranting essay or a stand-up spiel. Even as the latter he could use some coaching: For the first half, anyway, the characters deliver the jokes with the same "yattadata yattadata yattadata bing!" rhythm, which spoils their punch.
Clerks had much the same rhythms, but its atmosphere was so cruddy that a listener had to focus on dialogue or get nothing at all. Here, the color stock is a tiny promise of something--sets, makeup, detail, reality--that never pays off. The plot, such as it is, involves T.S. and Brodie trying to regain their girlfriends, and--surprise!--they do. So, even though Brodie nearly out-does the "snowball" joke of Clerks with a stunt involving his hand and the crack in his butt, the cheapness here seems dangerously close to Porky's et al., an earlier generation of cheap grossout comedy that held out sentimentality like a plastic carrot supposed to redeem everyone in the end.
Which explains my speculation about Steve Guttenberg's absence. If you're going to be tacky--if Shannen Doherty, for chrissake, has agreed to be in your movie (and she told Dave Letterman last week the movie has "absolutely no message")--then where are the obstacles to a complete Excellence via Sucking? Why back down in the face of true stupidity?
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AUGUSTA---Atlanta-based company Convergent will open a new customer care center in Augusta, creating 400 jobs.
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Marlins at Padres
Today: 7:05 p.m., Petco Park. Marlins RHP Josh Johnson (0-3, 5.34 ERA) vs. Padres RHP Anthony Bass (1-3, 2.30 ERA).
On the air: Fox Sports San Diego; 1090-AM, 860-AM (Spanish)
Online: padres.utsandiego.com
Five years ago, the Padres were his new team. Already on the verge of 30 years old, Heath Bell had come to San Diego in a trade with the New York Mets, arriving as an unknown who'd spent all or parts of his previous nine seasons in the minor leagues.
And he was, well, different.
"The way I was wasn't acceptable before San Diego," said Bell, who took his persona national by sliding into the mound area when summoned to pitch in last year's All-Star Game. "I was allowed to be the way I am when I got there. I was the fun-loving, joking-around, talking-to-fans, having-a-good-time dude — when it wasn't time to play the game.
"We're men playing a kids game. Sometimes the business part gets caught up in that. I don't want to get caught up in that. I want to be a big kid playing again."
He's playing again at Petco Park this weekend, but not for the Padres. Bell, who said he was allowed to "blossom" as a pitcher and a person in San Diego, is making his first return as a visitor with the new, neon Miami Marlins.
Basically, the Padres made a less-than-enthusiastic effort to keep Bell from leaving via free agency, and Bell said that was a "little bit" hurtful. But he also understood that it was business and it was San Diego.
Meaning, Bell was merely the latest star player who was either traded away or driven to go elsewhere. A three-year, $27 million contract with Miami meant more security for the pitcher and a family that Bell will see this weekend for the first time since training camp.
"That's my first thought about coming back, seeing my kids, them getting to hang with their dad," said Bell, calling from the visitors' locker room at AT&T Park in San Francisco. "I want to see my two dogs and my cat, see my friends, win three games and maybe save a couple of them."
Over his last three years with the Padres, Bell made good on 132 of 146 save opportunities. His first few weeks with the Marlins, however, have been brutal.
Bell arrives in San Diego with an 0-3 record, an 11.74 ERA and three blown saves, the latter of which represents the total number of failures he had in 50 save opportunities in 2010. For his introduction with the Marlins, Bell opened with two blown saves, then added the third loss with a 46-pitch, four-walk inning against the Mets. Inserted in the ninth inning of a game the Marlins were trailing by two runs, Bell loaded the bases on 10 pitches, then surrendered two runs.
His teammates now wear just about the gaudiest colors in the game, part of the franchise's near-complete makeover, replete with retractable-roofed ballpark and a manager (Ozzie Guillen) who says things more outrageous than anything even Bell would ever dreamed of uttering. Because Bell was such a major part of the team's transformation, difficult starts to the season by Bell and the Fish have been beyond disappointing in South Florida.
"I know it's been rough back there," said Padres reliever Joe Thatcher. "But I don't think he'd have been getting booed here."
Speculation and amateur psychiatry have run amok, the popular explanation being that Bell was feeling pressured to live up to the big deal. Bell will relent on that theory, but only to a point, saying it's more a case of somebody moving out of his comfort zone.


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Reporter in central rubs shoulders with, um, greatness
Which of these people doesn't belong?
It's hard to tell, isn't it?
Actually, the person at front, right, is David Newell, a senior reporter with The Advertiser in Grand Falls-Windsor. Word is, Newell sent a note to his editor, advising her that he was going to run off and join the infamous Trailer Park Boys (TPB), becoming the fourth wheel on the boys' eight cylinder vehicle of ill repute.
Just joking I think.
Newell had the pleasure of meeting the boys at Salmon Fest, and NTV reporter Colleen Lewis snapped this photo for posterity.
Newell was delighted to meet the boys, and I do get it. I mean, there are famous people, and then there are famous people. And Bubbles is about as stellar as they come.
I fired off a note to Newell, rife with questions about what was it like to meet Bubbles,' were they drunk or stoned' and' are they the most famous role models he's met.' Here is David's reply:
I actually did not interview the boys.
Colleen Lewis from NTV had arranged an interview and I tagged along to take a photo and meet the guys.
The "interview" she did ended up being a five-minute conversation between Bubbles, Julian and Ricky about Newfoundland, the Salmon Festival and the fact there was no fish in the sandwiches they had to offer. I think Colleen asked one question. I could not tell you what it was, because together with Colleen, one of the TPB's handlers and a handful of people who were lurking around, I was almost LITERALLY on the ground with laughter.
I was at the concert with only my cameras - I had not intended on conducting any interviews, which obviously shows an incredible lack of planning. However, trying to take the best photos possible with a window of only five minutes per group is enough of a challenge.
The interview is to be on Monday night's NTV News.
They were incredibly cooperative and all business off-camera, but as soon as the red light went on they were exactly as they are on their Showcase show and recent feature film. We chatted about their manager, Louis Thomas, who is from St. John's, and played with a band along with his brothers almost 20 years ago called The Thomas Trio and the Red Albino. They were very complimentary of Newfoundland, Grand Falls-Windsor and the festival itself.
They were not drinking during the interview and there was no hint of any other substances. They were a great bunch of guys. There were as sober as most judges when I met them yesterday afternoon.
I was lucky enough to meet the guys at the local pub a little later on in the night, but let's just say that they work hard and play hard as well.
As for meeting role models, Grand Falls-Windsor is not a hotbed for celebrities. I was lucky enough to interview Ken Dryden last year, which was a huge thrill for me.
Perhaps the biggest role model I have met recently is Gary Dimmock, who once worked at the Express. He is an incredibly talented investigative journalist working for the Ottawa Citizen. I learned more about journalism, how to get a story and myself in the few hours I was with him than I had from anyone else in a long time. He was and is inspirational.
The role models you meet in Grand Falls-Windsor are those people who have overcome great obstacles to have a normal life, those who give selflessly to help others and those who survive being victimized in some way and then tell their story in the hope of spreading the word or helping someone else avoid their problems. Sounds pretty cheesy, but I have found out very quickly in this business that the real stories, the stories that are about real people, are the ones I like to tell.
Colleen Ray from CBC Radio was also at the concert, but was not working. She was and is enamoured with Jason Hoggarth of Hedley and took a fair bit of ribbing from, well, me.
This is the second Salmon Festival I have covered and I have gained a great respect for photogs who work taking rock pics for a living. It was like an oven in front of the stage and combined with the "five-minute" rule which limits the prime photo opportunities you get, dodging the water bottles the crowd is throwing and getting kicked in the head by the fans that security is pulling over the fence, I was glad when the night was over. (Editor's note: Photographers are often given just five minutes in front of the stage at the start of the show, before being shooed out of there.)
At one point backstage I was lucky enough to meet Jim Cuddy from Blue Rodeo, which is a band I have always loved. During their set, I was at the front of the stage for quite some time trying to get a perfect shot of him for our photo spread and hopefully the front page. I think he sensed my frustration, since I had followed his movements back and forth across the stage for several minutes. He looked down at me, smiled, winked, and struck a classic "rockstar" pose long enough for me to get a great pic.
Years ago, I had dreams of being a music journalist. I worked at and eventually managed A & A Records and Music World in St. John's and thought it would have been very glamourous. I'm too old for that now, but any inclination there is glamour in any kind of journalism is gone. It can be fun, very rewarding and exciting, but I doubt there is glamour in any journalist's life.


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First Impressions is one of the Stubbs' Dirty Laundry side missions in The Lost and Damned, given to Johnny Klebitz by Thomas Stubbs III.
The mission involves Johnny going to the Superstar Café to kill one of Stubbs' politician friends. When you arrive, just find a place to wait. Wait until he is done talking then kill him. After that you have to kill three or four bodyguards of his and just quickly escape. Drive a few blocks and it will be complete with a following phone call to Stubbs.


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In conventional home electrical systems (120/240 volts ac), wire is sized primarily for safe amperage carrying capacity (ampacity). The overriding concern is fire safety. In low voltage systems (12, 24, 48VDC) the overriding concern is power loss. Wire must not be sized merely for the ampacity, because there is less tolerance for voltage drop (except for very short runs). For example, at a constant wattage load, a 1V drop from 12V causes 10 times the power loss of a 1V drop from 120V.
This chart works for any voltage or voltage drop, American (AWG) or metric (mm2) sizing. It applies to typical DC circuits and to some simple AC circuits (single-phase AC with resistive loads, not motor loads, power factor = 1.0, line reactance negligible).
STEP 1: Calculate the Following:
VDI = Voltage Drop Index (a reference number based on resistance of wire)
FEET = ONE-WAY wiring distance (1 meter = 3.28 feet)
%VOLT DROP = Your choice of acceptable voltage drop (example: use 3 for 3%)
STEP 2: Determine Appropriate Wire Size from Chart
Compare your calculated VDI with the VDI in the chart to determine the closest wire size. Amps must not exceed the AMPACITY indicated for the wire size.
NOTES: AWG=Amercan Wire Gauge. Ampacity is based on the National Electrical Code (USA) for 30 degrees C (85 degrees F) ambient air temperature, for no more than three insulated conductors in raceway in freee air of cable types AC, NM, NMC and SE; and conductor insulation types TA, TBS, SA, AVB, SIS, RHH, THHN and XHHW. For other conditions, refer to National Electric Code or an engineering handbook.
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I feel like the holiday season is hurtling toward me like a malicious meteor … and there's no team of crack scientists and mouthy ex-astronauts to divert it from its course. Whether I close my eyes and hide under my desk or not, it's going to slam right into my world with all its tinsel-covered, sugarplum force. If I'm lucky, I won't even know what hit me.
I actually love the holidays – all the good will and good cheer and good tidings. I dig that sort of thing. What I don't love is how little time I seem to have to prepare for it – to do it "right" – to indulge and enjoy the way I think I should, the way I want to. I've had the same half-finished (oh, ok, third finished) miniature stocking advent calendar in my crafty to do drawer for three years. Actually, this will be the fourth year that I'll think about doing it, but run out of time, and pack it away (again) for another try next year. Ouch. That hurts.
I don't know why I'm surprised by my lack of readiness. The same thing happens each year. It's not like our holidays are part of a Russian roulette calendar. They arrive on the same days each year. Still, I find myself saying, "I can't believe it's [insert holiday of your choice here] [insert panic-inducing timeframe here: this month, next week, tomorrow]!" at least a half a dozen times each day. I feel like the proverbial goldfish with her short-term memory issue, "Hey, look – a holiday!"
In the olden days (like, really olden days … not like the eighties, which is what my daughter considers "olden days"), people had extra time to prepare for the holidays because the festivities took place during the fallow season between harvest and planting. There was, honestly, little else for people to do but get merry. These days, we don't have that built in slowing down of the world-at-large. Nope. We're now officially a 24/7/365, always-plugged-in world – we're not stoppin' for nobody, no how. Even as recently as twenty years ago (yes, I'm that old), I feel like things did typically slow up a bit around this time of year; but today it seems like the gas pedal got glued to the floor. If you're not behind the wheel, you're probably going to get run over.
I wish there was an easy solution, but I don't think there is. It's one thing to say "slow down" or advise people to lower their expectations, learn to say no, delegate, and eliminate the unnecessary from our lives. But real life is real life and it has very real demands. As much as I'd like to say "no" to some of the work on my plate right now, that's not an option. There are bills to be paid, and I don't think I can ask Santa for a sack full of cash. (Can I?) The thing that comforts me the most is knowing that even though I feel this way – slightly panicked and definitely overwhelmed – every year … things always turn out just fine in the end. They won't be perfect, but that's okay. "Just fine" works for me … and even "disastrous" comes with the silver lining of a great story to tell the grandkids.
So, here's to never being prepared for the holidays. Embrace your denial and your procrastination. Learn to love your inner elf-gone-AWOL. Don't lose a single minute's sleep to worries about missing stockings or ineptly wrapped gifts or the fact that you have no idea what you're going to serve for dinner. It'll all be just fine. Say it with me – "It will all be just fine." You can't stop that meteor from crash landing in your living room. Instead of watching with terror in your heart, follow its trajectory with calm acceptance. After all, the world isn't really going to end. You'll have some extra cleaning to do (what with all the tinsel and sugarplums), but you'll forget all about it by next year.
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Date: Tue Mar 06 2001 - 19:44:37 PST
One more thing...when I was a kid there was a parent who made an apron with
hundred of pockets on it....During the annual carnival, the child could
exchange a ticket for putting their hand into a pocket and keeping whatever
they found. I made an apron later myself to use at a children's carnival our
children did every year for Baptist Children's home....the kids just loved
it! The top part of the apron (the bib) said "The Pocket Lady" and the
pockets...abut 4-5" square filled the apron skirt....it really is a neat
thing to do!


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Azle is a suburban community with a rural quality of life. Eagle Mountain Lake is the Eastern border. Cross Timbers Golf Course is in the newly annexed western portion of the city. Fort Worth is just down the highway and offers the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge, museums, Bass Performance Hall, theatres, and malls.
Azle is a master planned community with a council and boards dedicated to protecting the quality of life in the city. It is truly a full-service municipality committed to caring for the community and serving the citizens. Horses and cattle still have room to roam and homebuyers have the choice of new starter homes in the $80,000's to homes in excess of half a million dollars.
Initial Settlements
Azle is on State Highway 199, 16 miles northwest of downtown Fort Worth in the northwest corner of Tarrant County. The town extends partly into Parker County. The first recorded settlement at the site occurred in 1846, when a young doctor named James Azle Steward moved into a cabin built by a Dutchman named Rumsfeldt. Other settlers came and established themselves near the local streams, Ash Creek, Silver Creek, and Walnut Creek.
Economic Development
The first post office opened in 1881, and the town took the name O'Bar in honor of the man who obtained the postal service. Soon, however, the name was changed at the request of Steward, who donated the land for a townsite in order to have the town named Azle.
The community's economy was based on agriculture. Several crops were grown, including wheat, corn, peanuts, sorghum, and cotton. Watermelons, cantaloupes, peaches, plums, and pears were also produced. Dairy farming became important in the early decades of the twentieth century, when local milk products were sold to creameries in Fort Worth.
Town Expansion and Population Growth
The population of Azle grew steadily, and by 1920 the census recorded 150 residents. By 1933 State Highway 34 (later State Highway 199) had reached Azle from Fort Worth, greatly improving transportation capabilities between the town and the city. Also, Eagle Mountain Lake was formed by a dam on the Trinity River east of Azle.
In the late 1930's electricity was supplied to Azle and the surrounding countryside. The population grew between 1940 and 1960 from 800 to 2,696. It was 5,822 by 1980. After the 1930s agriculture gradually declined. Fields were converted from wheat and corn production to housing developments. Manufacturing increased, and in 1984 Azle had twenty-six businesses. In 1985 the population was estimated at more than 7,000.
The town's proximity to Fort Worth and its position as the "Gateway to Eagle Mountain Lake" have made Azle a popular place to live. In 1990 the population was 8,868.
SPRINGTOWN, TEXAS. Springtown is on State Highway 199 twenty-seven miles northwest of Fort Worth near the northern border of Parker County. In 1856 Joseph Ward of New Jersey settled on the site, on a creek fed by numerous springs seventeen miles northeast of Weatherford. Three years later Ward designed the town square and named the place Littleton's Springs after a pioneer family. In the mid-1870s the name was changed to Springtown following a petition by a majority of the 200 residents. The town's post office has operated continuously since its establishment in June 1875. In 1884 Springtown was incorporated, and the community elected J. A. Graves its first mayor. Springtown Male and Female Instituteqv opened that year and served the northern part of the county for a decade. Public schools eventually developed, and in 1936 Springtown High School was incorporated in the Parker County school system. The first town newspaper, established in 1881, was the Springtown Sentinel. Newspapers that followed included the Pilot, Local, and Journal. By 1890 the community had four churches, two cotton gins, one steam corn mill, a daily stage to Weatherford costing one dollar, and a triweekly stage to Decatur. Springtown grew from a population of 500 in 1890 to nearly 800 in 1940. From the Great Depressionqv through 1960 the population growth slowed. Afterward, primarily because of an increase in the Springtown-Fort Worth commuter population, the number of residents nearly doubled. Springtown had a population of 1,658 in 1986. In 1990 the population was 1,740. The population reached 2,062 in 2000.