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Guest post by: Cynical Conservative!
For those times at the range when you just have to shoot one more magazine…
-Cynical Conservative
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Blogmocracy in Action!
Guest post by: Cynical Conservative!
For those times at the range when you just have to shoot one more magazine…
Tags: Cynical Conservative
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We're not easily offended and don't want people to think they have to walk on eggshells around here (like at another place that shall remain nameless) but of course, there is a limit to everything.
Play nice!
.45acp is my guess
oh, hey ya'll
its friday noght
we need some tunes
any requests?
drink in my hand
@ rain of lead:
9mm actually. .45 is the next project.
red solo cup
well damn
that was my other guess
big and rich
@ rain of lead:
No worries. Surprised me that it actually worked too. Thought the weight might be an issue but it powers through it like it's M&M's. Need to tighten the dispenser though, gives almost a full magazine worth for a quarter.
/evil grin
sick of bad news and politics
it's friday night and I wanna jam
gotta fav….better post it
well hell
thats a good deal
I thought a mag would cost 2.25
country music got teh hot ladies
rain of lead wrote:
oh, hey ya'll
its friday noght
we need some tunes
any requests?
Rick Roll?
somebody better post a vid while I'm gone
Here we were in the down tread talking serous things and up here is a thread that is lighter in fare.
I'll take Bullets for a quarter, Alex
I would have liked it it he sang 'you don;t have to call me RJ.
Good Lord CC!
Here I was naive enough to believe you grew beautiful roses in your garden and then I stepped in your basement…
Somebody get CC a TV quick!
He needs to be deprogrammed ASAP.
Good country song.
@ rain of lead:
Oh, you country boys bore me to death.
@ CynicalConservative:
I need a white chicken chili recipe still.
However, if you want to Fed Ex me some fresh tomato soup, I wouldn't say no.
One of my favs
Country Roads.
Romney doing the Obama stompo
@ rain of lead:
So many parodies of that song available.
*I must resist posting them*
@ song_and_dance_man:
good song but this is suposed to be a party
kick it up a notch!
we need dorian
To the Chair
why are vids not working?
your vid starts, plays for 1 sec then quits
rain of lead wrote:
sick of bad news and politics
Somebody reminded me that this is a political blog and I should occasionally comment about politics here. (Hi Lily)
Watching some indices at work closely over the last month, I am optimistic about next Tuesday's results for a R/R win.
call it the warm up party
rain of lead wrote:
why are vids not working?
dorian is a lock key,
Try this
working man
I guess that's what I am
rain of lead wrote:
@ song_and_dance_man:
your vid starts, plays for 1 sec then quits
I suspect tis a you tube block of some sorts. Go there to see the total vid.
do the vids work for ya'll?
cause they not be workin fo me
I'm playing mine on a seperate tab for yt
kinda of a pain to yt ya'lls vids
embedding no worky?
@ rain of lead:
I think your u tube video fingers borrowed my case of Tuesday tequila.
The vids are posting fine here.
drink a little drink….yup
smoke a little smoke……..no comment
@ rain of lead:
Reminds me of a little cake my grandmother taught me to make with a coveted secret ingredient similar to cat nip.
I fed it to Bob one night and called it "Ancient Chinese Nachos".
We spent the rest of the night driving around in the parking lot in circles searching for a curb.
Great re-make of a 1967 song by the Tremeloes…
Well, I'm going to bed. Please put the records back in their proper jackets, empty the ash trays and put the cat out. I'm getting tired of picking up after you animals.
where I wish I was
toes in the water and ass in the sand
well fuck it
if I'm here by myself I'll just keep posting vids till
I run out of beer
. this could take awhile
@ rain of lead:
Meh, it's Cynical Conservative's thread tonight.
For a threepeat CC
Oh chrimmeny, the video boogaboo got me tonight too.
I can't embed them now.
I'll just blame Mike C for my troubles.
here is a clue to our first date
@ rain of lead:
I was glad to hear momcat is feeling better these days.
And, it's a delight to see you reminisce about your early days together.
May you two be happy for many more years.
well it's 1:21 am and the blood in my alchol stream has reached equalibruim
i'ma going to bed
btw vote for love of country
ps tfg (that fuckin guy) looks drunk
@ rain of lead:
Night Rain. Sleep well and kiss momcat for yourself before you fade away.
I gotta get too, work tomorrow will be calling soon.
If I hear this song one more time in the morning I'll run amok
@ Guggi:
Nobody understands this stuff – not really.
BTW, if that gumball machine hits the sidewalk, I'm going to go get a mint bag full of quarters and empty it out. 25 cents for a handfull of 9 mm is a superb deal. Hell, 25 cents for one factory round is pretty good, even for the rather crappy commie block ammo. I'll set up a base camp in front of the machine if somebody is foolish enough to keep refilling it.
We have the enthusiasm this election. I keep sayingthat. Well, here's some proof:
The presidential race returned to Ohio for the final push Friday as GOP challenger Mitt Romney held a massive rally in the Republican heartland north of Cincinnati and President Barack Obama cut a swath through central Ohio.
"The question of the election comes down to this: Do you want more of the same or do you want real change?" Romney said Friday night in West Chester Township. "I promise change, and I actually have a record of achieving it."
Romney spoke to a crowd of 30,000, according to West Chester Fire Chief Tony Goller – making it the largest rally of the campaign, said Romney spokesman Chris Maloney.
A crowd of 30,000. In Ohio. That's huge.
The "Vote for Revenge" is one of the nastiest racial statements I have ever heard
What, Chris Cristie playing at Carter now? Seventies gas rationing
rain of lead wrote:
@ CynicalConservative:
well hell
thats a good deal
I thought a mag would cost 2.25
Shit! In Обамаград, it probably would!
Rationing schemes were at the state level; Carter had nothing to do with them. VA had an odd-even system.
Ya know, the people out there who lament "politicians" should consider that Romney has spent a pretty small portion of his life in politics; he did four years as Governer but aside from that he's a public sector guy. Obama, as well as Clinton and Carter before him are the careerist politicians who have no identity outside the political realm.
mfhorn wrote:
@ Guggi:
@ Mike C.:
I just never bothered leaving. I think I'd stopped in there twice in the past year, and might have posted twice in the last 4 years. Decided it was time to clean the sewer water off myself completely, instead of just getting out of it.
I was banned years ago and don't go back there to look at it. I have other uses for my time.
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The first photo is out from Michael Mann's newest thriller "Cyber" which stars Chris Hemsworth and Viola Davis. Details of the story are being kept guarded, but is said to deal with American and Chinese forces work together on a case of high-level computer hacking. [Source: Screen Week]
Fast and Furious 8
An unexpected rumor in British paper The Daily Mail suggests that Cody Walker, younger brother of Paul Walker, could be playing a younger brother character of the Paul's Brian O'Conner character in further chapters in the series. Cody and brother Caleb are currently working on the seventh film in the series, serving as stand-ins for Paul's character.
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Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption"), Gavin O'Connor ("Warrior") and Andy Muschietti ("Mama") have reportedly ended up on the shortlist to direct Universal proposed follow-up to the big-budget fantasy tale "Snow White And The Huntsman". Universal is reportedly trying to ready this film in time for a 2016 release. [Source: Deadline]
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July 6, 2010
Teens Transform Troubles Into Musical Drama
In a recreation room in Venice, 30 teens from throughout Los Angeles are belting out:
"When you got problems, they don't define you;
You gotta believe you're going to make it through."
And at the front, Stephanie Wieland, artistic director of City at Peace, jumps up and down. "Don't get too close — fill the whole space!" she directs the teens.
Story continues after the break.
It's a week and a half before the opening of "Way Out of Nowhere," which the teens will perform in the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Hollywood July 9-11. An international program, City at Peace has engaged teens between the ages of 14 and 19 in Los Angeles since 2001. Since January, this year's group has met from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Saturday to put together an original full-length musical drama composed of stories from their own experiences. They have also completed leadership and conflict resolution workshops, which included a day of approaching over 600 strangers on the Venice boardwalk about issues such as body image and gang violence.
"By working with Stephanie, I learned how to work with adults. You grow up thinking that adults are scary people, and you don't want to be like them. But I want to be like Stephanie," says Caumera Parhm, an alumnus of the program who is now attending the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
Wieland, 33, is a mentor to the kids in the program. She grew up in North Carolina and studied acting at DePaul University in Chicago. She followed her husband to Los Angeles and, in 2005, volunteered for City at Peace. Within a year, she was hired as artistic director.
"There was one girl in the first cast I was part of," Wieland recalls, "who always had her hand over her mouth at the initial rehearsals whenever she talked. I'll never forget, in the final night of the show she was playing a slave character, singing about freedom and what that meant in her life. She was singing a capella, and the lights cut out early, and she just held the song in the darkness. This was a girl who muttered with her hand over her mouth, and here she is singing in the dark for 400 people. Now she is going to college on her own and making something of her life."
Wieland is passionate about integrating her values into "theater for social change," and she connects the feelings of alienation she experienced growing up Jewish in the South with the issues her students now face in Los Angeles.
"People were still burning crosses in other people's yards when I was a kid. Sometimes, for young people, it's really hard to be in a neighborhood when you're the only Jewish person or the only gay person."
Stephen Peck, 19, was abused for eight years. He aspires to pursue an acting career and will enroll in Santa Monica College this winter. He wrote a narrative in the musical, called "Three Friends," which he says confronts the stereotype that people can't be both gay and religious. "This is a touchy situation," he says, "because most people think that if you're gay you have no connection with God. I was raised Catholic, and I am homosexual myself."
After this rehearsal, Wieland will be driving Jasmin, aka "Jazzy," Morgan, 18, to the girl's latest foster home. Today she moved into a stranger's house in La Verne for two weeks, after which she will be moving to Gardena, where she works at the YMCA and goes to a continuation school.
"My story is in [the show]," Morgan says. "Domestic violence has a lot to do with what I expressed through the program. It's really hard for me to watch because I relive it. It's still really fresh. But if we tell our stories, we let it be heard."
After the rehearsal, Wieland asked a circle of teens holding one another's hands, "When you come on Saturday, what do need to bring with you? I'm not talking literally ..."
"You need to bring focus, attitude, you ..." Morgan begins.
"Let's use an 'I' statement," Wieland reminds her.
"I'm-a bring attitude, I'm-a bring focus, I'm-a bring intensity," she proclaims.
Another boy adds, "I'm-a bring enthusiasm, I'm-a bring my lungs, y'know, so I can sing," and the group chuckles.
"I'm-a bring fierceness, 'cuz we all need it," says another girl.
"Way Out of Nowhere", an original musical drama written and performed by teens from across Los Angeles County will be performed July 9 at 7:30 p.m., July 10 at 7:30 p.m., and July 11 at 5 p.m. at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Barnsdall Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd. For tickets, visit bgttix.com or (310) 397-8820, ext. 105.
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This week we caught up with co- campaigner Tom Wright, founder of online site Music Free Buses, to find out how our campaign is affecting his online petition.
Tom said: "We have had signatures from Hayes and Harrow and Ealing, but we need more exposure - 30 or 40 people have to sign it every day and then we can go to Transport for London and get them to do something."
Tom added that already he had seen an increase in the amount of activity online - nearly 600 people have signed the petition.
If you want to take part visit www.hovis21.com and have your say.
Tom, who has been running the campaign with his girlfriend Valeria Martinelli, said: "I still come across people playing music from their phones and I can guarantee that when we go out this Friday night we will experience it.
"Valeria and I aren't massive bus users anymore because of it. I tend to use the train more.
"The comments I get online show me that it is still a problem that travel companies need to address."
Tom explained that he has written to every transport company he can think of and that most of them seem unprepared to do anything about it.
He added that Mayor Ken Livingstone said in his London Assembly address last November "that there should be an absolute prohibition on playing music from mobile devices".
But Tom said that so far all Transport for London have done is stick up some posters asking people to keep their music down.
He added: "You can see the apathy with commuters, they don't want the hassle. If there is a noise or behaviour they just ignore it.
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For a reasonable fee the Wizards Guild is willing to provide virtually any kind of magic item that a player character may desire. The Game Master has to provide these services. How much it costs should depend on the complexity of the object and the amount of magic it would take to produce it.
The lists of wizardly tools, enchanted items, and magical potions could be very long indeed. Virtually every spell in the spellbook can be turned into an enchanted item or magical potion of some form. Rather than fill the book with long lists, T & T provides some short lists and principles of how to make longer ones yourself.
A BESPELLED item is one that has one spell cast upon it one time. The magic is not permanent, and typically is only good for one use. These are the least expensive of magical items, and are sometimes given away for free to drum up business. These are the kinds of things that Wizards and some Rogues make during adventures. Vorpal Blade is typical of such spells–a low level combat spell with a temporary effect. In magic shops such spells can be cast with an activation trigger (such as going into combat) to remain on the weapon until it is needed. These are the least expensive types of magic to buy, and generally sell for about one quarter of the cost a Wizard would pay to purchase the spell (250 G P x Spell Level).
An ENCHANTED item is one that has two spells on it: one to leech kremm from the wearer or user, and the other to produce an effect of some kind using that kremm. These are the typical magic items found in dungeons and sold in shops. They are not single use items, but can be used over and over. Buying an enchanted "vorpal" sword would mean your weapons total with that sword is always doubled, but your WIZ attribute would be reduced by 6 points for each use. If the character ran out of WIZ, the sword would lose its magical effectiveness until such time as it could once again draw WIZ from its wielder. Typical costs for such items are the base cost of the item jplus half the cost of the spell (500 G P x Spell Level). In our example, 200 G P for the sword and 500 G P for the enchantment of the Vorpal Blade. The leech spell is free and the Wizards Guild doesn't talk about it to non-wizards. They don't want ordinary citizens to understand how the magic works, or that parts of a person's essence can be drained away so easily.
A second class of enchanted item has a "kremm battery" embedded right into it. Such items store magical energy and are good for a certain number of uses before losing their magical power. One can always identify these items because they come with a limited number of uses (or charges). Kremm batteries are almost always made of some form of stone–jewels work very well. Metal is considered a form of stone as well, so something like a silver pommel on a sword could also be used as a kremm battery. The manufacture of kremm batteries and how to charge them, and how to set them to release their energy to power magical items is considered advanced knowledge by the Wizards Guild. It isn't taught to anyone below 5th level, although lower level wizards do know a little bit about such items General discussion of such items, or about the true nature and working of magic, with the non-wizard part of the population is discouraged, if not actually forbidden. True wizards also believe in the stage magician proverb of not revealing their tricks.
A truly MAGICAL item comes with at least two enchantments: one that produces each spell or effect for which the item is designed, and the other to absorb the necessary kremm from the planet itself to power its spell(s) or effect(s). Such magical artifacts almost never lose their power, and they do not reduce the WIZ attribute of their wielder. This is the best type, and they are both rare and very expensive (at least 8000 + 1000 G P per spell level).
A bespelled Vorpal weapon does double its basic dice roll in combat and casts 250 G P plus the cost of the weapon. All daggers and swords can be Vorpalled. The spell is triggered on the next use of the weapon. For an additional 100 G P, a trigger command can be added, allowing the spell to be saved until activated by the wielder. Tridents, spears, axes, maces, bows, crossbows, polearms, hafted weapons, and gunnes cannot be Vorpalled. However, there is no inherent reason why any of those weapons could not be bespelled to do double, triple, or any desired multiple of its combat total. I simply never thought through the process of using magic with weapons before.
An enchanted Vorpal weapon also does double dice in combat and costs 500 G P plus the cost of the weapon. It uses the WIZ score of the wielder to activate and drains the appropriate amount of kremm per use. Note: being higher level doesn't help the warrior using such a weapon at all. Warriors have no idea how to regulate their WIZ attribute, and it would not be to the Wizards advantage for warriors to get the same benefits on kremm use.
Magical Vorpal weapons do double dice damage and cost 9000 G P plus the cost of the weapon. These require no kremm from the wielder and almost always remain active. I say almost because it is possible to find places on Trollworld where no kremm energy is available–either it is all being used in one way or another, or it is shielded. Likewise, going to another planet, or another universe, or into a pocket dimension where the world does not produce kremm will stop magical weapons from having their magical effects. If no kremm is used, no magic is produced.
Similarly, weapons can be WHAMMIED (tripling the dice in combat) for the cost of the weapon plus the cost of the magic (bespelled for 500 G P, enchanted for 1000 G P, magical for 10,000 G P). When we add in the cost of the weapon, we assume the player character is buying a brand new "magic" weapon on the spot. Most people in Trollworld wouldn't do that. They would bring along some weapon that they already owned and let the Guild work their magic on that.
Jewelry and other manufactured items follow the same formula as weapons: cost of the item plus form of magic x level of spell. This includes the ever popular charm and talisman.
For example: a 200 G P. gold ring can be turned into a magical ring of invisibility or a ring of blasting power. Let's look at the two items.
Ring of Invisibility (10,200 G P from the Wizards Guild) A gold ring set with a star-shaped diamond. Wearing it will cause the wearer to become invisible–exactly as if she were in a Hidey Hole spell. The spell is powered by the kremm of the world, and so is always on, but it is triggered by being worn. When the ring is put on a finger, the wearer and everything in close contact with her like clothing and weapons become invisible. The ring is also invisible at that time. Taking off the ring restores visibility to everything that was previously affected.
Ring of Blasting Power (1700 G P from the Wizards Guild) A gold ring set with a star-shaped diamond–the diamond is both a kremm battery and an aiming device–the destructive spell emerges from the diamond which must be pointed at a target. The kremm battery holds 90 points of energy–enough for 10 Blasting Power spells. The ring detects the level of its wearer–a little magical biofeedback at no charge from the Guild–and casts a bolt of fire that does the wearer's level in dice of flame damage. Example: a level two Rogue wearing such a ring would get a 2D6 magical attack whenever he used it–a level 5 warrior would get a 5D6 magical attack. What a surprise! Hmm, if I was creating such a ring for the Guild, I would ask for another 100 G P per charge included in the kremm battery, bringing the total cost to 2700 gold pieces.)
As Game Masters and as wizardly characters, the T & T players should feel free to invent such magic items, using any spells in the rules or in the Codex Incantorem or their own imaginations. Note that the pricing formulas I have used in this article are arbitrary, and assumed to be the prices that prevail in the city of Khazan. Things could very easily be much less expensive, or more expensive in other parts of Trollworld. I'm thinking I would prefer to live in a place where magic costs only 1/10 of what it costs in Khazan. The Nagas are all great wizards, and they don't use gold pieces as money–they pay each other in terms of favors–and are highly self sufficient for the most part. They create magical items all the time, and the cost of such items is irrelevant, because Naga wizards don't worry about such things. Likewise, I doubt that uruk shamans or elven wizards are putting prices on things in gold pieces. That kind of thinking is left to humans and dwarves–those are the two kindreds who measure everything in terms of money.
This concludes my writing about Tunnels and Trolls kremm-based magic. If I receive enough questions, I will do a part 6 just devoted to answering them. Otherwise, I tell you to simply think about how magic works, and how you want it to work. What seems reasonable in a world of plentiful magic? When you have a good general understanding and feel of how things would be, then play some T & T, and let the magic enchant everyone!
If you have a question or two (no more than two) about T & T magic, feel free to email them to me. If I get enough to make another article, I will use them as the basis for a part 6. If not, I'll just email you an answer.


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From Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, and Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Metabolic & Atherosclerosis Research Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; and Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit and Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Note: Drs. van der Steeg and Boekholdt contributed equally to this study.
Acknowledgments: The authors thank the participants, general practitioners, and staff in EPIC-Norfolk.
Grant Support: The EPIC-Norfolk is supported by program grants from the Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) and Cancer Research UK and receives additional support from the European Union, Stroke Association, British Heart Foundation, United Kingdom Department of Health, Food Standards Agency, and the Wellcome Trust. Part of the lipid and apolipoprotein measurements described in this article were funded by an educational grant from the Future Forum. Dr. Kastelein is an established investigator (2000 D039) and Dr. Jukema is an established clinical investigator (2001 D032) of the Netherlands Heart Foundation, The Hague, the Netherlands.
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Author Contributions: Conception and design: S.M. Boekholdt, K. El-Harchaoui, M.S. Sandhu, R. Luben, K.T. Khaw.
Analysis and interpretation of the data: W.A. van der Steeg, S.M. Boekholdt, K. El-Harchaoui, J.W. Jukema, R. Luben, A.H. Zwinderman, J.J.P. Kastelein.
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Critical revision of the article for important intellectual content: W.A. van der Steeg, S.M. Boekholdt, E.A. Stein, K. El-Harchaoui, E.S.G. Stroes, M.S. Sandhu, J.W. Jukema, R. Luben, A.H. Zwinderman, K.T. Khaw, J.J.P. Kastelein.
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Recent studies have shown that the apo B–apo A-I ratio is strongly associated with future CAD (20–21). This association and the ability to measure apolipoprotein in nonfasting blood samples have led to recommendations that the apo B–apo A-I ratio be used in routine clinical care (12). The recommendation cannot be fully justified, however, until the apo B–apo A-I ratio is shown to be associated with CAD independent of traditional lipid variables and to be better at predicting future CAD events.
Top. Results of models that included apolipoprotein B–apolipoprotein A-I (apo B–apo A-I) ratio or total cholesterol–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TC–HDL-C) ratio plus diabetes, body mass index, smoking, systolic blood pressure, and C-reactive protein level. Bottom. Results of models that used the Framingham risk score (FRS) alone or in combination with the apo B–apo A-I ratio. AUC = area under the curve.
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Amir Khan vs. Marco Antonio Barrera
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Mar. 14 PPV show also features Maccarinelli-Afolabi & Cook-Martinez title fights
The hype surrounding 22-year-old lightweight prospect Amir Khan may not be the same since his stunning first-round knockout loss to Breidis Prescott last September, but the 2004 Olympic silver medallist has the full confidence of his head trainer, Freddie Roach, as they prepare in Los Angeles for Khan's showdown with multiple world champion "The Baby Faced Assassin" Marco Antonio Barrera, Saturday, March 14 at The M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom.
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Khan (19-1, 15 KOs), training at Roach's famed Wild Card Gym, defends his WBA International lightweight title against seven-time world champion Barrera (65-6, 42 KOs) in the 12-round main event. The two other PPV fights will be former WBO cruiserweight title-holder Enzo Maccarinelli (29-2, 22 KOs) against NABO champ Ola "Kryptonite" Afolabi (13-1-3, 5 KOs) for the WBO cruiserweight championship, while WBO super middleweight champion Nicky "Cookie" Cook (29-1, 16 KOs) defends his title belt against undefeated No. 1 contender Roman "Rocky" Martinez (21-0-1, 12 KOs).
Khan, coming off of a win by second-round TKO of Oisin Fagan for the WBA International title last December, is rated No. 9 by the WBO and No. 13 by the IBF. Roach favourably compares his prospect, Khan, with his ace, pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.
"Athleticism, speed.....everything," Roach explained why he believes Amir will emerge victoriously. "Barrera's best was at 122 and 126; Amir is a big 135-pounder. It's the perfect time – 22-year-old kid against a 35-year-old veteran. We respect Barrera and there's a lot we have to lookout from him. Barrera can set-up guys with his experience but we've really prepared for that.
"Amir reminds me a lot of Manny Pacquiao. They're both very athletic and Amir is the only guy who can run with Manny. I remember Manny getting knocked out early in his career (by Rustico Torrecampo in 1996) and everybody writing him off. Amir came in on a bigger stage from the Olympics, but I believe he'll rebound and become world champion. I brought Amir here (Wild Card) to camp to be with Manny and sparring together built Amir's confidence. If he can do as well as he did with Manny, he can do as well against anybody. He just made a young man's mistake against Prescott, going for the knockout, and he got caught. Anybody can get caught and Amir is perfecting his defense. He has come along well since his first fight (vs. Fagan) with me."
Barrera, who has held world titles in three different weight classes during his 19-year pro career, holds wins against a Who's Who of contemporary world champions and/or challengers such as Erik Morales (twice), Paulie Ayala, Prince Naseem Hamed, Kevin Kelly, Johnny Tapia, Robbie Peden, Mzonke Fana, and Rocky Juarez (twice).
WBO No. 1 rated Maccarinelli, ranked No. 6 by The Ring, defeated Mohamed Azzaoui, Wayne Braithwite, Bobby Gunn, Marcelo Fabian Dominguez and Mark Hobson (twice) during his WBO title reign (2006-2008). The WBO No. 2 rated London-born Afolabi, now living in California, captured the NABO crown last April, stopping previously unbeaten Eric Fields in the 10th round.
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Hi, I just ordered a Sony NWZ616Fred. I have a couple older Sony MP3 players and was always impressed with the sound and build quality (although I never cared for Sonic Stage). I saw an internet ad today for $75 shipped brand new and that was the best price I had seen so I could not resist. Before pressing the "order" button I read a few reviews at places like Amazon and they were most favorable.
I have to wait a week or so for delivery and thought I would spend the time at places like this forum to read up and learn what I can. The first thing that I have found is that there is a "service" mode in this thing much like in a tv where various adjustments and tweaks can be made. Does going into this mode do anything noteworthy? One thing I read here was that the volume regulator can be disabled. This may help me as I'm 60 years old and my hearing is not in the best of shape. I often have to have the volume above normal. Can someone tell me if the normal volume levels are adequate for normal hearing? Some MP3 players play softly and some much more loudly just like some headphones are more efficient than others. If this model's volume is on the low output side I may want to fool with it in the "service" mode. I'm asking now because if I may have to do this I need to study quite a bit beforehand as I understand entering this mode is tricky business and could ruin the player.
Also, because most of my music is already ATRAC, does the new Sony players support this? One of the other things I read here is that Sonic Stage is a thing of the past and Sony is using WMP. But can I still transfer my ATRAC files to it? I have found nothing in my readings here one way or the other.
Well, I'm sure I'll be back with lots of of other questions once I get the player but does anyone have any tips that might be useful or that I can study up on in the meantime. Thanks to all - this is a very informative forum and I'm glad I found it!!
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No ATRAC and NO to Sonic Stage. All music must be converted to another format before using on the new players.
If your using the US version of the player there is NO volume limit - it's gonna' get as loud as it can so service mode isn't necessary. And it gets pretty "LOUD"!!!
As for the studying part - get the player and ask questions as they come up - were all glad to help ya' and
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Thank you for all the information. I'm glad to hear the sound level is loud but I think it is too bad about Sonic Stage no longer being a program accepted by Sony. Not that I ever cared about the software itself - it was pretty stupid - but once I got use to it it was okay and produced some very good sound with ATRAC (better sound than most).
I've read some more threads here and found where a freeware program called "mediamonkey" works well with these Sonys. I have downloaded it and transferred some files. Now I will make some playlists and when the unit comes I'll be ready to go. All I have to do is find a program somewhere that will convert ATRAC to MP3. I have Windows Media and Real Player so maybe one of those will have a converter. I'll be back as I'm sure I will have many more questions and thanks for the welcome.
Sony gives a disc w/the player and it has the conversion software on it. And you are very correct, ATRAC was a great format - I wish they still allowed their players to utilize it!!! And like I said - were all happy to answer questions for you!!!
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Once you've converted your atrac to mp3's, you might want to look at this thread. A nice little program, with a playlist feature, takes all the hard work from you.
And on the european sony site, here's the software to convert from atrac to mp3.
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Wow! That is a whole new program. Frankly, I have not got a clue what dr. zoidberg is doing. It takes someone with a bit of computer knowledge to figure out what he is up to. That bit of knowledge escapes me.
No, honestly no computer knowledge needed, its very very easy program to use, just install the program, plug in your player, open the program up and then drag and drop your albums, and that's it....
Then you synch your player and away you go. It transfers your album art with your albums, and you can create a "playlist" with one click.
Worth a play with and if you don't like it, no harm done
Marie UK
Thanks Marie, I will try it. Now, if the darn thing ever gets delivered!
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The "Teen Wolf" fans are still in shock over last week's shocking death of Allison. The beloved character didn't give any warning on her untimely departure and fans were definitely shocked. Perhaps that is why the viewers are careful scouring over the "Teen Wolf" finale on Monday night. This "Teen Wolf" spoiler offers details about the upcoming episode and fans who don't want to know details should look away now. According to the Sunday Washington Post, one last stand made by Scott, Derek and their allies will conclude season three.
The story line has fans thinking that maybe Stiles (played by Dylan O'Brien) could be the next casualty of the season. With so many people thinking he would be done away with before anyone else, the relationships Stiles has built after Allison's death, the theory is being reconsidered. Now fans are wondering if he has aligned himself with the right characters or if he is still in jeopardy of being killed off.
While "Teen Wolf" fans will have to tune in to find out if Stiles lives after Monday, what is known is the decision made by Scott and Derek. This will help set the tone for season four and give renewed hope about the series. Many fans were upset about the killing of a popular character and the upcoming season offers a look at the story moving along after such a big loss.


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Welcome to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at UC Berkeley! With over 120 affiliated faculty members, close to 2000 undergraduate students, and over 500 graduate students, we are the largest department at "Cal." The distinction of the EECS faculty is evident from a long list of prestigious awards which recognize outstanding contributions in research and/or teaching. Our undergraduate and graduate programs consistently rank in the top three nationwide in Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engineering, in Computer Engineering, and in Computer Science, attracting top researchers and students from around the world. Hallmarks of our success are a strong tradition of collaboration across disciplinary and organizational boundaries, dedication to education and outreach, close ties to industry, and a supportive culture.
EECS spans all of information science and technology and has applications in a broad range of fields, from medicine to the social sciences. Indeed, many members of our department are housed in the headquarters building of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), which involves researchers from many departments across the Berkeley campus and also at other UC campuses working together to develop technological solutions to societal-scale problems such as sustainable energy, health care, and safety and security. CITRIS is just one of many research centers through which we innovate and transfer new technologies while creating new knowledge. Our faculty and alumni have started not only many companies but also new industries based on client/server computing, electronic design automation, RISC (reduced instruction set computing) processors, relational databases, RAID (redundant array of independent disks) servers, and portable communication, to name just a few examples.
Our leadership in research is the key to maintaining a vibrant curriculum that prepares our students to become leaders in their chosen profession. Many of our faculty members have written authoritative textbooks within their areas of specialty, and our upper-division and graduate-level courses are organized according to research areas. Most recently, some of our professors and graduate students have developed new tools to facilitate student learning in MOOCs (massive open and online courses) offered at Berkeley. Our undergraduate degree program is designed to give students flexibility to pursue one or more areas of concentration within the broad field of EECS, according to their interests. Since most work in the industry (as well as in academia and government) is done in teams, our students gain relevant experience to work effectively with team members and to develop project management skills. Many professors offer undergraduate research opportunities which are more open-ended than course projects. The EECS Center for Student Affairs (CSA) provides assistance to prospective and current students (both graduate and undergraduate). We are proud of our student organizations, which actively support our students to succeed through their course of study here at Cal and also offer outreach programs and activities to serve our local community.
I invite you to explore our department website and welcome you to visit Cory Hall (home to the EE Division) and Soda Hall (home to the CS Division) —especially during the annual Cal Day— to experience firsthand our dynamic learning and research environment!
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Photographer's Note
Picture is showing a spring view with colorful flowers in the city center of Mainz.
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fabbs99 (17163) 2014-04-26 22:27
Hello Jean,
Excellent presentation of the spring season and colorful flowers on display and a very good composition of people enjoying the climate.Very well captured.Keep sharing.TFS.
jemaflor (96835) 2014-04-26 23:30
Salut JC,
Merci de nous offrir la vue de superbe massif, c'est bien cadré avec ce grand angle et premier plan, belle luminosité pour les teintes et intéressante façades colorées en fond.
mesutilgim (95050) 2014-04-27 4:10
Hello Jean Claude,
Nice capture from Mainz.
Very good pov and layout. The colorfull group of flowers in foreground completes your compo perfectly.
TFS and best regards
cornejo (41813) 2014-04-27 4:20
Hello Jean Claude, very good photograph of this beautiful and interesting composition with the interesting place full of flowers in primevera with an interesting building in the background, very well captured in this beautiful image with good sharpness, depth, light and color. Very good and interesting job well done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.
Good evening and happy start to the week.
Warm greetings from southern Spain.
jhm (152264) 2014-04-27 5:03
Hello Jean Claude,
What a flower splendor in foreground, but also nice sits benches for the people.
Lovely architecture picture witj all these nice buildings
Depth and perspective make these picture attractive.
Excellent composition, nice presentation too.
Very well done, TFS.
Have a nice Sunday,
marabu61 (10917) 2014-04-27 5:44
Bonjour Jean Claude
Ca doit être la premier photo que je jamais vue de Mainz. Autrement seulement un nom pour moi, cette belle composition me montre une ville attractive avec des belles places pour se reposer et des maison d'une architecture belle.
bonne dimanche
Kamilutka (8105) 2014-04-27 7:16
Hello Jean Claude,
springtime after long winter is always the most welcomed season and in your picture it looks like it has come in full. The colors of the flowers in the center create very strong focal point and the trees also with some blossom frame the image at both sides. Very well chosen POV and nice depth of field. I also like discreet presence of the people which add some life to the scene.
Thanks for sharing and all the best
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Samsung Ativ S with Windows Phone 8 gets certified in China
Launched earlier this month (in limited quantities) in select markets, the Samsung Ativ S will be also released in China at some point – since the handset has been certified by Chinese authorities just recently.
There is no word if the Ativ S will be offered by any of China's three mobile carriers, though. If not, customers will be able to buy it unlocked (CNMO believes its price will be higher than 4,000 yuan – $642).
As you probably already know, the Samsung Ativ S features a 4.8 inch Super AMOLED HD display (a la Galaxy S III), dual-core 1.5GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 8MP rear camera, 1.9MP front-facing camera, 16GB of internal memory, and MicroSD card support.
At the moment, there are several Windows Phone 8 handsets that can be bought in China unlocked, including the Nokia Lumia 920 and the HTC 8X. Starting early January, China Mobile will offer the Lumia 920T (which is already available for pre-order).
The Ativ S isn't Samsung's only Windows Phone 8 device. The company has also announced the Ativ Odyssey. This is supposed to be released by Verizon in the US before the end of the year – however, since we haven't heard anything about it lately, it might not hit the shelves this month. In any case, when it finally arrives, the Ativ Odyssey could be offered for free with a new Verizon contract agreement.


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-- More than one month after disaster struck Japan, Hanscom's Airman and Family Readiness Center is helping Air Force family members on voluntary authorized departure orders.
More than 7,800 family members stationed at U.S. military bases throughout Japan were flown to various U.S. locations following the magnitude 9.0 earthquake, the tsunami it caused and subsequent problems with several of Japan's nuclear reactors, according to the Air Force's web page at www.af.mil/japandisasterrelief.
Staff at the center have been assisting a number of families for the past several weeks, making sure they have the housing, finances and medical support they need during their temporary stay.
"The Air Force has been tracking evacuations through AFPAAS - the Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System," said Master Sgt. Ray Merring, Family Readiness coordinator at the A&FRC. "Once personnel have been entered into the system, cases are assigned to Airman and Family Readiness Centers across the United States."
Through AFPAAS, Hanscom was assigned to work 20 cases. Anne Wilson, Hanscom's Supervisory Work/Life consultant, serves as the base's AFPAAS lead case manager and assigns the cases to staff members at the A&FRC. In addition to Ms. Wilson and Sergeant Merring, those assisting include Dawn Andreucci, Dan Mazzuca, Judy Tipton, Kathy Vaillancourt and Terri O'Keefe.
"Most of the families assigned to Hanscom are staying in the New England and New York region," said Sergeant Merring. "We have been in contact with all of them and helping them with whatever they need."
Sergeant Merring has been assigned to work with six families. His first step upon assignment was to contact them and conduct a questionnaire.
"The questionnaire goes over everything," he said. "I ask them about Tricare, where they are staying, if they need help with finances, schools, doctor appointments, employment, child care and about anything else you can think of."
He has also been working with the Tricare and Finance offices here to help answer any questions the families may have. For example, the Finance Office has assigned an Airman specifically to help these Air Force family members.
"The main thing I want them to know is that I care about them," Sergeant Merring said. "A lot of times I can hear the stress in their voice. I put myself in their place. I ask them to tell their spouse I have contacted them. I want to make sure their spouse's mind is on the mission and not worrying about their families."
Sergeant Merring said that many families left Japan with only one suitcase. They were also given a folder of information before they left for the United States and many are still trying to figure out what steps to take.
"The families are receiving per diem during their time here," he said. "Just like with a TDY, the family members can fill out a travel voucher every 30 days. Our Finance Office can help with that, too. Airman (1st Class Katherine) Castano has been helping process travel vouchers and answering any finance-specific questions."
Virginia Baines was one such family member that worked with Hanscom's A&FRC. She left Misawa Air Base, Japan, arrived here March 23 and has been staying with her parents in the local area.
"The whole experience has been a little overwhelming, but as smooth as it possibly could be," she said. "Every step of the way, someone has been there to help out."
Ms. Baines' first stop upon arriving to the United States was Seattle.
"The USO there was wonderful," she said. "They had water to give to us, counselors to talk to and everything to make the transition as easy as possible."
Soon after arriving in Massachusetts, Ms. Baines received a call from Ms. Wilson.
"We went over the questionnaire and she made sure I had everything I needed," she said. "But, after she was finished with the questionnaire, she asked me how I was doing. It was just so nice to know someone was there looking out for me."
Ms. Baines says it's been good to know she is not just some number and there are people around that are receptive to her needs. She hopes to return to her husband in about a week or so.
Families will soon begin to return to Japan since the Department of Defense voluntary authorized departures for service members' eligible family members was lifted April 18.
"I'll stay in contact with the families to make sure they are set to return," said Sergeant Merring. "Every office has different resources for these displaced families, but the A&FRC brings it all together."
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PETALING JAYA: Shuttler Goh Yea Ching was supposed to deliver two points – in the mixed doubles and girls' doubles – against host Taiwan in the mixed team quarter-finals of the Asian Junior Championships.
But all she could do was win a point in the mixed doubles with Tan Jinn Hwa. It wasn't enough to save Malaysia from losing 3-2 to Taiwan.
Malaysia began the day on a high, with Yea Ching-Jinn Hwa downing Lee Chia-hsin-Lee Chia-han 18-21, 21-19, 14-21.
Although Taiwan drew level when Lai Yu-hua beat Cheam June Wei 19-21, 22-20, 21-16 in the boys' singles, Malaysia regained the lead through Goh Sze Fei-Chen Jia Huo, who fought brilliantly to beat Po Li-wei-Yang Ming-tse 21-17, 21-17 in the boys' doubles.
KUALA LUMPUR: When top junior girls pair Goh Yea Ching and Peck Yen Wei are not on court, the former is the one who seems to make more noise.
The bubbly Yea Ching plans to make even more noise when she and Yen Wei represent Malaysia at the Asian Junior Championships from Feb 16-23 in Taiwan.
The duo are one of three pairs named for the tournament. The other two are Tew Jia Jia-Eng Pui Yee and Yap Zhen-Raja Nurnina Raja Azlan Shah.


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He's been there before. Five times in fact. Five times NASCAR's most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., has been part of the season ending playoffs to decide a champion otherwise known as the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
The best he's ever finished in the season point standings during the Chase years is fifth, three times.
The last time he finished fifth came in 2013. However, that season he went winless.
This year is different.
Earnhardt won his second race of the season Sunday at Pocono Raceway. It was the first time he's ever won on the 2.5 mile triangular speedway. More importantly it marks the first time since 2004 that he's won more than one race in a season. The win also locks him into this year's Chase. His first win came at the season opening Daytona 500; his second Daytona 500 win, the first coming in, 2004.
In the years since 2004 Earnhardt has admittedly struggled. He has wins, but only one a season and only four total. This year seems different however.
The bigger story, even bigger than the two wins perhaps, is the competitiveness Earnhardt and his Hendrick Motorsports crew led by crew chief Steve Letarte have shown. Through 14 races they have amassed six top five and two top ten finishes. It's the type of competitiveness NASCAR usually only sees in Earnhardt's teammate and six time champion Jimmie Johnson, whose crew is led by Chad Knaus.
It's a competitiveness Earnhardt says have been elusive in the last few years.
" For any team it's hard to get that competitive to where you can win races," Earnhardt said Sunday after his win. "We see teams really kind of -- we see teams that get that strong and they'll maintain that like Jimmie and Chad when they get together and they sort of -- Chad is really good at putting the right people in the right places to keep that team competitive and give Jimmie a lot of chances to win races. "
"Our group has been working together for quite some years now," he added. "Each year we saw a progression in performance and we've seen ourselves get better each year. So this makes sense to me, what I'm seeing us do and how I see us run makes a lot of sense to me, and it was the logical next result in my opinion for this team as we've gotten better and better throughout each year."
Earnhardt laughed when asked if his team was the new 48, Johnson's car number.
"Easy now," he said grinning. "They just come off of two straight wins, and everybody was about to crown him the champion. You know, two weeks before they were wondering what the hell was wrong with him, and then two weeks later he's the best thing on the block. We just got to keep everything in perspective. Jimmie is an awesome teammate. We're successful because of their success and vice versa. I think we really work well together."
"They're the 48 and we're the 88, and I don't want to be the new 48," Earnhardt added. "I want to be the new 88. We'll definitely try to continue to work hard and try to win some more races and try to leave our own mark and not a mark similar to anyone else."
One thing that has changed for this year's Chase is the premium on wins. Only four drivers, including Earnhardt after Sunday, have two wins. With multiple wins Earnhardt knows he will be in this year's Chase and that relives a great deal of pressure on him and his team.
"Oh, yeah, we started out the season when we won at Daytona, man, it made the rest of the year a lot more relaxing, a lot easier, less stress," Earnhardt said. "It makes it fun, because you can just go to the race track and just race and not worry about points."
Thanks to that Daytona win in February Earnhardt said his and the entire teams attitude, and schedule have changed.
"We went to -- we used to -- last year and every damned year we would test at those road courses," he said."Road Atlanta and here and there and work ourselves to death trying to figure out how to go faster at a road course, knowing damned good and well I wasn't going to run well because I don't know how to drive them."
"But I can run okay at the Glen every once in a while, but Sonoma, it's embarrassing, man, I haven't finished in the top 11 there ever," he added. "We just decided not to work that hard and just go there without a test and wing it, and we got teammates to test it and we'll see what they did and liked and we can go there with an attitude of it's not -- we don't have to dig and gouge for every single position and we don't have to worry if it's a total disaster or if it doesn't work out, if we get spun out on the last lap. We can just go have fun. "
Beyond the wins, there is another motivation for Earnhardt this season. His crew chief, and friend , Steve Letarte has already announced that this season will be his last as he leaves the team to become a TV analyst.
"It's a really emotional thing," Earnhardt said. "You know, he's just -- primarily, man, I'm real happy for him to be able to do this thing. You know, racing is an important thing, an important part of our lives, but it's not the most important thing, and he's going to be able to go do this job. He's going to be financially set, he's going to be able to spend a ton of time with his kids, play as much golf as he wants to play. He's getting a steal compared to what he's doing right now. So I'm happy for him in that sense."
"As good a friends as we are, I feel lucky to have one more year.," he said. "Hey, man, he told me at this particular point, I was one of the first people to know, that meant a lot to me, and he's letting me understand that we've got one more year together,' let's have some fun, and then I'm going to do this thing. I'm going to do it, and be happy for me'. So I am. I'm thrilled for him, and I'm glad we're winning.
"It would be very disappointing and sad if this was his last year and we struggled," Earnhardt added. "But we've won two races, and I won my first Pocono race, he won his first Daytona 500. It seems a bit storybook, and we're having a real thrill."
With the way he and the team have been running, that storybook could have a happy ending. With the pressure eased, the team having fun, and winning races, Earnhardt may be in line for his best year so far. No one can say at this point that he will win his first NASCAR Sprint Cup championship, but for the first time in many years, Dale Earnhardt Jr. can be called a definite contender.


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