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I made this for a party for all ages, and it was very popular. I used white grape juice and added red grapes for a pop of color, and I used lemon-lime soda instead of club soda because I already had that on hand. Several of the adults commented on how good it tasted - and that it almost tasted like it had wine in it, too. The kids liked the fruit floating in it.
I served this for an office function that include employee children and it was a hit. I did a white grape juice version to make it clearly different from the alcoholic version and the kids loved feeling like they were having something sort of adult. Aside from all that it was tasty. Thanks Sharon.
This was a nice refreshing drink, that taste's sort of like champagne when using white grape juice. My DH and I didn't think that the fruit did anything to help the flavor, but we made the drink in glasses instead of a pitcherfull. The fruit would look pretty in a glass pitcher for serving. I might try this next time with red grape juice and I think it would be closer to a real sangria flavor. It was nice and light and refreshing, however, and we enjoyed it.

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Posted 19 November 2009 - 02:32 PM
Hello everyone once again,
Christmas is drawing near, and with the recent LEGO 7687 City Advent Calendar released, there is another world out there doing the same tradition as the City lovers. Let me unveil and share this very first Christmas Advent tradition for our Pirates collectors.
Last year, the 7979 Castle Advent Calendar has the honour of having this special advent tradition as well. Now, we are proud to have it continue over to the Pirates realm. Unfortunately, this Pirates Advent Calendar is not available in the United States market as part of the distribution channel. Exact reasons behind this decision were not clear, but some reports state that this Pirates Advent Calendar was not scheduled for release in United States.
Despite this piece of sad news, LEGO Collectors from United States have been seen to scramble across BrickLink and eBay to purchase this one of a kind Advent Calendar before Christmas. Let's move onto the rest of the review to see if this set is worth getting it.
Name: LEGO Pirates Advent Calender 2009
Theme: LEGO / Holiday / Christmas / Advent Calender
Year: 2009
Pieces: 148
Minifigs: 8
Price: USD N.A, GBP 15.79, SGD$39.90
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An image of a 6299, Pirates Advent Calendar 2009
Rear box's image
24 pieces of buried treasure loot waiting to be dug out!
For the same price that I am paying, I realised that there is a vast difference in piece counts from both advent calendars. While City Advent Calendar has a higher piece count of 257 pieces, the Pirates Advent Calendar has a miserable piece count of 148 pieces and that's 109 pieces of LEGO parts difference. I don't have an exact answer for it, and I will leave it to the readers to decide for themselves whether the 24 bags of Christmas surprise is worthwhile buying.
The minifigures of both fighting sides!
There is a total of 8 minifigures available in the Pirates Advent Calendar. Judging from the variety of the minifigures inside, I can't comprehend but to ask myself, why there is such poor minifigures' selection compared to Castle Advent Calendar. TLG could even probably thought of adding an exclusive minifigure in this set to entice buyers.
Practically, all of the above minifigures are available somewhere or somehow in the recent LEGO Pirates set and one of the best surprises installed for any LEGO advent collectors, is to look out for either fantastic minifigures or useful parts. In this case, I felt that the minifigures selection is poor but with the inclusion of the mermaid that is available in the 6243 Brickbeard's Bounty, it raised my expectations slightly. Let's continue with the rest of the building process and a mini story scene which I have arranged.
Seafood and Pets' galore!
While the minifigures selection scored badly, but I find that the seafood selection has done well in certain aspects, especially having the swordfish added inside. It has been a long while since we last saw any swordfish. I could remember vividly that the last time we ever had many swordfishes is back in the 1990s where Divers' theme is introduced.
Apart from the swordfish, other uncommon seafood includes crab and clam. Other iconic creatures such as crocodile, parrot, monkey, fish and rat are also available in this advent calendar. One of the possible reasons for the low piece count could be the insertion of animals and seafood as it does not involved much building since it's revolved around a single mould part.
Imperial Solders on standby
Both Imperial Solders are standing by, ready to engage the Pirates in the high sea. Take note of their weapons assortment, which include a mini brick built cannon and weapons holder for the pistol and cutlass. You might even spot a shackle lying at the side, waiting to lock down the prisoners.
If you haven't noticed, could you tell me what is the annoying difference that you can spot inside this picture? If you refer to the tricorner, then you are wrong. I was referring to the shako. Do note that this piece of shako doesn't have the printed red insignia bearing the Imperial Royal Navy logo at the top of the shako unlike the rest of the Imperial Solders existed in all LEGO Pirates 2009 sets. I find that rather disturbing and annoying, having to own a solder that is not compatible with the rest of the platoon mates.
Captain's Quarters
With Captain Brickbeard studying the treasure map carefully inside his quarters, the beautiful yet dangerous looking wench is at the other side of the room feeding the Captain's beloved pets. I truly wonder if there is any affair behind them.
Inside this setup, there is a quite a number of useful parts including the chicken drumstick, banana, red cups, and that nice simple looking table lantern. There are not many significant parts, but some parts are merely useful to be added into your respective bins. I truly wonder how many Captains do each of us own.
Mermaid's Cove
Further down the ocean, there is a beautiful siren waving across you. Do be careful and watch out for those hidden rocks. If you are not careful enough, you could have probably hit onto one of those, ending up getting yourself drowned or a tasty delicious meal for the lurking swordfish.
The beautiful looking mermaid and the swordfish is probably one of the nicest things that this advent calendar can offered. There is not much building involved, but merely arranging different elements together to illustrate the Mermaid's cove.
Treasure Trove
What good use can it be, when you find the buried treasure but you aren't able to get out of it? Apparently, the sad looking bearded old man is likely together with its mate for a treasure hunting expedition, but ending up one of them killed and left by the ruins while the surviving member is figuring a way to get out of there. I am sure deep within his heart, he is pondering around his thoughts looking at these precious gems. Supposed he could use this to provide him a lavish life, but it doesn't seem that it will come true after all.
I am quite fond of this little scene, especially having those treasure gems and ores lying down there with the digging equipment. Even the old haggard looking man is a nice addition with that long grey hair unlike the other similar looking one inside the 6241 Loot Island.
Castaway Pirate
Castaway pirate is now abandoned alone in a lonesome island, cooking some fish to warm its stomach. Unknowingly, there is a menacing threat crawling upon him slowly. In this scene, there are a handful of useful parts such as the brown bucket and the raft. It appears this is one of the few scenes that involved a small bit of building on the raft and campfire.
Spare parts
For every epaulette, shackle and cutlass given, there is always a spare followed behind them. There is nothing else worth noting among the spare parts except sorting them out into your bins for future modifications.
The completed scenes!
To conclude, I am not very pleased with this year's Pirates Advent Calendar especially after having seen the Castle version. There is no exclusive minifigs and involved very little brick built elements for various scenarios. However, the animals and seafood made up of the brick elements but the minifigures inside are just too common, and doesn't served a strong motivation to buy this in multiples unlike the Castle Advent Calendar.
Overall, this set is not very special or appealing. There is only a few reasons that are worth noted for getting this set which, is either you are an Advent Calendar collector or you are simply a LEGO Pirates enthusiast that need to get one set for the sake of completion. Other than these reasons, I will suggest you to look up in BrickLink to search for the parts you needed.
Summary review
Playability: 6/10 (Limited scenarios but there are some decent ones which is up to your own imagination.)
Design: 4/10 (Poor minifigures selection but average animals variety plus little building efforts.)
Price: 4/10 (It costs much expensive than previous advent calendars compared to the earlier ones.)
Overall: 4.7/10 (Not sure if I am too harsh on this, but I am not very pleased with the overall variety selections.)
I gave it a "2" based on my Review Score Card. What about yours?
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I still think the prize of this set is quite reasonable (I paid it 19 Euros and a bit for 8 minifigs, a bunch of animals and some small brick-build objects).
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Posted 19 November 2009 - 05:04 PM
but you didn't wait all 24 days to build it. :P
Posted 19 November 2009 - 05:08 PM
I'm fond of some bricks in it, the orange/yellow crab, clam, large barrel and some minifigs always come in handy.
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Posted 19 November 2009 - 07:47 PM
This is a very nice set, but I don't like it quite enough to bother with importing one from Europe. It's too bad no new figures were included with the set, but I supposed it makes sense considering the theme is on its way out.
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Posted 19 November 2009 - 08:01 PM
Great review! I finally got one (thanks Dr. Steve for the tip on a good source at a fair price) despite the fact that Lego totally neglects us Americans and we never get anything good from Lego.
If you don't think this set is OUTSTANDING then either you hate Christmas or you hate Lego Pirates!
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Posted 19 November 2009 - 11:50 PM
Commodore Hornbricker, on Nov 19 2009, 03:01 PM, said:
Your welcome! I got mine as well, I skipped past the pics, So it will still be a surprise for me.....That is if I don't go back and re-read the review
Posted 20 November 2009 - 01:07 AM
I still have to get mine, it's currently at Zorro's place (he ordered one extra when he bought his calender) and I really should go and pick it up tomorrow or this weekend.
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 01:42 AM
Can somebody please tell me why this calendar isn't available in the US whereas the City one is?
Posted 20 November 2009 - 02:08 AM
However, I noticed that the response from our Pirates fans seemed to like this set even though there are some weak areas that can be improved further, partly because there are some uncommon animals to add into your collection.
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Posted 20 November 2009 - 05:06 AM
I wish i could have goten myself one of these.
The parts are Great and it is overall are very cool set!
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Good selection of animals and "buildings", but the minifig choice could have been better.
Why is there no Admiral?
Why is that silly (soldier) face in here again?
Why do many of these figs (if not all) look exactly like some figs from "ordinary" sets.
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- Ani Kavafian (Violin)
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- Anne-Marie McDermott (Piano)
- Paul Neubauer (Viola)
- Fred Sherry (Cello)
- David Shifrin (Clarinet)
- Daniel Phillips (Violin)
- Theodore Arm (Violin)
- Daniel Ching (Violin)
- Catherine Cho (Violin)
- John Cox (Horn)
- Niel DePonte (Percussion)
- Julie Feves (Bassoon)
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- Cornelia Heard (Violin)
- Sally Kuhns (Cornet)
- John Largess (Viola)
- Edgar Meyer (Double Bass)
- Tara O'Connor (Flute)
- Todd Phillips (Viola)
- William Purvis (Horn)
- Allan Vogel (Oboe)
- Sandy Yamamoto (Violin)
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'... a score truly inspired by a tragic event (9/11) and one that is likely to transcend it.' - Peter G. Davis, New York Magazine Thus did a leading critic sum up the remarkable Concerto for Clarinet (chamber orchestra version) by Ellen Taafe Zwilich, one of America's cutting-edge contemporary composers. And this is but one of this release's four vibrant modern chamber works for clarinet and various chamber ensembles by major composers: music that greatly enriches the modern chamber repertoire. Filling out the fascinating program are Aaron Copland's brisk and brainy Sextet for Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet, Stephen Hartke's delightfully wacky The Horse with the Lavender Eye, and Aaron Jay Kernis' richly evocative Trio in Red. The performers - all among the finest soloists and chamber artists anywhere - are drawn from the ranks of Chamber Music Northwest and its legendary director, renowned clarinet virtuoso David Shifrin.
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The performances are professional and convincing. Shifrin and his colleagues tackle each score with all their technical and artistic resources, embracing the thorny and aggressive as well as shaping moments of breathtaking beauty and sadness. Some clarinetists may wish for more fluidity and resonance in Shifrin's playing, but his musicianship and leadership are always on display, and his rendition of the Zwilich should ensure its place in every clarinetist's library.
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Works DetailsCopland, Aaron : Sextet, for clarinet, piano & string quartet (arr. of Symphony no 2)
- Performers: Ani Kavafian (Violin); Ida Kavafian (Violin); Anne-Marie McDermott (Piano); Paul Neubauer (Viola); Fred Sherry (Cello); David Shifrin (Clarinet)
- Ensemble: Chamber Music Northwest
- Running Time: 14 min. 9 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Chamber Music
- Written: 1937
Hartke, Stephen : The Horse with the Lavender Eye, episodes (4) for violin, clarinet & piano
- Performers: Anne-Marie McDermott (Piano); Daniel Phillips (Violin); David Shifrin (Clarinet)
- Notes: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College, Portland, OR (07/26/2002-07/27/2002)
- Running Time: 18 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: Contemporary
- Written: 1997
Kernis, Aaron J. : Trio in Red, for clarinet, cello & piano
- Performers: Anne-Marie McDermott (Piano); Fred Sherry (Cello); David Shifrin (Clarinet)
- Notes: American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York (12/05/2001-12/06/2001)
- Running Time: 17 min. 15 sec.
- Period Time: Contemporary
- Form: Chamber Music
- Written: 2001
Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe : Concerto for Clarinet
- Performers: Theodore Arm (Violin); Daniel Ching (Violin); Catherine Cho (Violin); John Cox (Horn); Niel DePonte (Percussion); Julie Feves (Bassoon); Joshua Gindele (Cello); Cornelia Heard (Violin); Ani Kavafian (Violin); Sally Kuhns (Cornet); John Largess (Viola); Edgar Meyer (Double Bass); Tara O'Connor (Flute); Todd Phillips (Viola); William Purvis (Horn); Fred Sherry (Cello); David Shifrin (Clarinet); Allan Vogel (Oboe); Sandy Yamamoto (Violin)
- Conductor: Ransom Wilson
- Notes: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College, Portland, OR (07/22/2004-07/23/2004)
- Running Time: 27 min. 15 sec.
- Period Time: Contemporary
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 2001-2002
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hi, i have a hitachi 78fk which is faulty. i need to get the drive key out to spoof the sammy which i have to replace it but the problem is when i install the disk it doesnt seem to spin up. is there any other way to get the key or does anyone know how to fix the spinning up problem????
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well i think the only other way is to desolder the flash chip and have some1 with a programmer try fix it im sure if you look in the installers section you will find someone who could do this for you either that or if you have a original dump of fw you could then use this on your sammy ie spoof i think this is your best options
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ahh or just take apart ur drive take the spidel off and clean the shit thats under it it's prob full of dust that turned to dirt
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Failing that, borrow another Hitachi and swap the boards. If it's just the mechanics, you'll be able to get the drive working enough to read the DVD key via Firmware Toolbox.
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Yes- I agree - I'm sure some suitable suitor could be found from one of these places like Albania, Khazakstan, Kurdistan or Afghanistan.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Lee, we have probably the best (unfortunately not the richest) chairman in the premiership, a Teessider & life long Boro supporter and staunch supporter of the manager of his team, who doesn't fire or threaten to fire them after a few bad results. Nor does he frequent brothels whilst slagging off team players (by calling them Mary Poppins for example) or insult the local women by calling them pigs.
Also he doesn't pay private investigators to spy on & secretly bug the manager & senior players in order to blackmail them if necessary.
Finally & most importantly, he does not hold the fans in complete contempt by moving true die-hard supporters & season ticket holders from their regular seats to make way for rich clients & corporate hospitality
So why should we wish for a different chairman…what do you think Musclebox ; )
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Bro, i agree with ya! Steve Gibson is a very nice chair man. And ya a truly passionate boro fan. However from what u interpreted, i guess you Feel that boro club should remain Consevative. Correct me if im wrong?
C'mon, there is no room for all This *#?% ! Nowadays if you have a damm good squad like this(boro), what is ur Desired Position in the Premier League?
Mid Table? 15,16,17 position???If boro is satisfied, think time to entice boro fans to either switch alliance or others sports..No time to wait for farmer's crop to HARVEST.
Therefore i still stand firm by my STANCE! Change Manager or Chairman!
Note all boro: In supportive to this Strong Man(Boro CJ) & yours faithfully 'Me'(Lee) Give your verdict!!!
CJ - I didn't mention SG - the thread started with a question about a suggested foreign takeover. I merely gave an insight the nationality of possible buyers.
And it was "dogs" not "pigs" that the brothel creeping spiv directors at NUFC described the local ladies.
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May have the best chairman in the league but nothte richest, £13M in debt, Boro have to sell before they can buy,
Forgien investment maybe a good idea, that way Boro could get rid of Lamb, appoint an experanced manager and maybe start moving forward instead of backwards


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Firmly in the "what th . . ." category, Quiet Riot has decided to tour, gracing us at, you guessed it, the Mason Jar with its wacky homogenized heavy metal. Quiet Riot is basically famous for two reasons: losing founding guitarist Randy Rhoads to Ozzy, and being the first "metal" band to have a crossover No. 1 album, 1983's Metal Health. The band should have left it at that.
Instead there was a rock 'n' roll cliché slide into oblivion, starting with a quick, by-the-numbers carbon copy of Health, 1984's Condition Critical, which flopped. That album was followed by more commercial failures, which would never again match the chart-topping Metal Health, never even coming close.
Singer Kevin DuBrow's caustic remarks blaming anything but the band for its failure created a rift in the music community and with industry types. Said tongue-wagging eventually found targets in his own bandmates, making way for his removal from the band. Years later, DuBrow re-formed the dormant band to no success, and now, it returns with a tour of time-warp venues like the Jar featuring the "original lineup" -- the guys in the "Cum On Feel the Noize" video, anyway.
Dunno -- maybe DuBrow is trying to pay off that $100,000 lawsuit, in which a woman claimed DuBrow threw another fan from the stage and broke her leg.
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I have completely done the 1st 3 episodes and I've knocked out all platinums & gold on everything except 3-4 which i've only got a silver. The platinums are very obtainable if you find a good bear to use. I've stuck with the cop bear and then the general for a majority of the missions and can pretty much get gold on the 1st go of any mission with those 2. Use the ninja bear with max speed and pre equipped with the sword for the speed runs.
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Since the 3 bears I mentioned above blend in with everyone else you can move freely around the map, gather weapons to stockpile and take out the boat and car without really being bothered before you start the bear carnage :uzi:
generally i go around sabotaging everything, and basically screaming at the bears, after i have removed the escape routes. Dont damage the phones or anything however as the cop bears come in handy for a little boost. just make the bears go insane, then eventually make them kill themselves infront of others. Usually i come out with bout 1 million in the first zone and then another million in the second so gaining the platinum isnt 2 difficult.
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Posted on 11/12/2004 10:38:24 AM PST by montereyp1
Dirty Harry's blog "Stranded On Blue Islands" is going to be all over every aspect of the burgeoning Ohio recount. From the liberal loons to the media coverage.(Same thing really,)
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Should be fun beating these RATS again in Ohio.
Here's the web address: http://mytwocommoncents.blogspot.com/
Here's the prompt. Let's get Couric wearing black after another CRUSHING defeat.
Recount? Do you mean Provisional Ballot Count?
The green and libertarian party's have banded together to raise the money for a recount. Most believe it is gonna happen.
The 88000 spoiled ballots will not be counted.
The 88,000 will be counted per Ohio Sec of State.
How can they count ballots that are already spoiled and rejected?
They will use 3 repubs and 3 dems to discern them but unlike FL they have set state wide rules: http://mytwocommoncents.blogspot.com/2004/11/today-in-ohio-thus-far.html#comments
and you know this how?
any recount would be easy to fix. Heck, if dem workers carried the boxes at all, they might already be fixed. The spoiled ballots might already be a bit more spoiled to vote for the "right" candidate. Any recount in a close election is gas for the fraud machine. They needed .25 % to get a recount. They got 2.5%. Now I know most rat operatives are misedumacated but that's ten times the threshold and it ain't gonna happen. This whole stream of Ohio mystery vote hope is just therapy for dems in denial. It's over. Get over it.
Do they by mean by counting spoiled ballots, i.e. determining the number of spoiled ballots or it is trying to determine "hanging chads"?
I do not like this at all.
How many votes did the Greenies and the Libbies get?
Ballots with 2 votes for President (overvotes) won't be counted. Ballots with no registered vote for President (undervotes) can be counted if the ballots meet the Ohio laws. No "dimpled" or "pregnant" chads in Ohio. I'm pretty sure the law is that the chad has to be detached at two corners.
In any event, the undervotes would probably break along the same lines as the counted votes.
This is no different than Florida 2000. Only in 2000, they were fighting over a 537 vote margin, not a 130k + vote margin.
Like Florida, a recount of all ballots, including the undervotes and overvotes, hanging chads, etc., won't result in a change of more than a few thousand votes in either direction.
I suspect that the Kool-Aid crowd may drop the entire idea if Kerry doesn't make up substantial ground after the provisionals and absentees are counted.
do not worry. There are 155,000 provisional and 88,000 discarded. Kerry would need to get 77% of those (assuming ALL are counted) to win. This does not even count absentee.
Called the SOS.
What recount? If there are any Dems out there that actually believe that there is a recount of ALL the votes in Ohio, then that proves my point that Democrats are, as a group, the most ill-informed of all Americans.
They have set rules for spoiled ballots. 2 disconnected corners is counted. 3 are spoiled. It's a state-wide standard.
This isn't a recount.
The have a set standard. 3 attached corners is a vote.
And that's why Ohio will have a cleaner count than Florida. In Florida, you had every county using different standards. In Ohio, it's one standard. And, there's no way that all 88,000 spoiled ballots will be valid.
Spoiled ballots ARE counted before the vote is certified. Then the recount begins if the greens and libs get the money together. CW says they will.
SoreLOSERMAN all over again.
The Green Party candidate says that he will request a recount. However, he can't officially request a recount until all the provisionals and absentees have been counted and a winner has been certified.
It should be amusing. While Kerry isn't making this request, look for negative blowback on the Democrats if this actually occurs.
The math is on our side. It's all the other BS I'm worried about. : http://mytwocommoncents.blogspot.com/2004/11/ohio-undercurrents.html
Or another computer glitch.
Count them. It will show who was committing fraud.
What the kool-aid drinkers miss is that a certain percentage of people intentionally leave their ballots blank, yet they are already counting those 96k spoiled ballots as all being votes for Kerry. They're delusional.
Computer Glitches are caught in the official canvassing. I'm not sure about OH, but in CA, they do a 1% hand count sampling during the canvassing process.
Kerry's got to be behind this.
I thought they couldn't request a recount unless the totals were within .25%.
.25% is automatic recount. They can *request* a recount if they agree to pay for it.
Ohio law refers to an application by the losing candidate. The law does not state whether the state must grant the application.
I read that late on election night the two campaigns quietly agreed to count 20,000 random provisional ballots. The idea was that if Kerry was winning 70 or 80 percent of them, then he had a justification for not giving up right away. It turned out the majority of the 20,000 ballots broke for Bush and that was what prompted Kerry to concede the next morning. The count was unofficial, but a good indication that the numbers just weren't there.
I meant to say, that was what prompted Kerry to decide the next morning to concede.
So if Bush maintains a lead of 100,000 plus after provisionals are counted, the State could simply deny the request for a recount? I have to think if the numbers are that large then they will not bother.
Is that true or just a myth? I seems logical but can you count 20,000 that quickly?
Provisional ballots are kept in sealed envelopes, and I believe today is the first day they are legally allowed to open them.
The provisionals are spread all throughout the state, not just in the Cleveland area. While it is tempting to think that only DIMwit types don't know where to vote, historical evidence shows that provisional ballots pretty much follow election day voting patterns.
exactly. If someone voted 80% rat, 20% rep on all issues but left the president choice blank, giving it to kerry is manufacturing votes. Methinks they did this with bows on in Florida and it is illegal. A decision not to vote for pres while voting rat down the line sounds mostly like someone who could not stomach the thought of voting for JFng but liked his local rats.
Gee, you guys demand a source? What happened to good old-fashioned rumor and innuendo?
Okay, I searched my recollection and found it archived on polipundit:
I don't know if it is true or not, but it makes sense. And I think an unnofficial count could occur that quickly. Give twenty people a thousand ballots each and have them tick off Bush or Kerry on a counter.
you may have been thinking of this article:
Perhaps the account was false. Or maybe election officials allowed for a sampling to be opened and counted under strict supervision (which would explain why nobody's talking about it, since it may have been extra-legal).
Hey, I didn't make this story up. I merely circulated it without regard to its veracity in a shameless display of rumor-mongering.
Besides, if Kerry knew he had the votes to force a recount or win in Ohio, I don't think we would have conceded the election at all...
We don't have any firm numbers for this thread. The only thing official we know is the SOS website listed 155,000 provisionals statewide.
The "spoiled ballots" are ballots temporarily shelved because they did not show a vote for prez (undervotes) or they showed two votes for prez (overvotes).
A process has been underway the last few days to identify which of the 155000 PVs are valid votes by validly registered voters. We have only rumor as to how that evaluation is going In Total. We do have a partial count earlier this week that suggested about 66% of them would be ruled valid votes. That 66% were scattered all over the state, though there are rumors about that though scattered they are concentrated in urban areas of various cities. That would imply a leaning towards Kerry for them.
It is not clear if the 88000 number earlier in this thread is the actual count of the 155,000 PVs that are ruled valid or some additional number of potential votes.
Bush's lead is about 132000 after deducting the known error reported earlier of 3800 votes.
In the worst case of interpretation of all the rumors, there are 155000 + 88000 votes available to make up that gap. That's 243000 votes. The way to perform the calculation for what is needed is to deduct 132K from 243K and get 112K. Kerry needs 132K + 1/2 of that remaining 112K to catch up. This is 66K + 132K = 198000 votes. This is 81% of the total worst case interpretation of what total is available to extract votes from.
Bush's odds of victory remain good.
I am eager to know how many provisional ballots in Ohio were accepted and how many were rejected. Does anyone have a source/Link on how to find this out.
I am kind of confused. There seems to be a lot of contradictory information here.
Were ballots discarded, were they not? Overvote yes, undervotes not?
Provisional ballots?
Also you are assuming that all the provsional ballots and spoiled ballots will be counted, which is impossible.
Ack, minor math error. 56K not 66K. That changes the needed win % for Kerry to 77%, not 81%. Still a very steep mountain to climb, state wide.
I am indeed. That is what "worst case" means.
John Fund is apparently reporting that about half of the provisionals are being tossed.
If that's true, then there is no way Kerry could win.
However according to this thread, they link to http://mytwocommoncents.blogspot.com/2004/11/today-in-ohio-thus-far.html#comments, and this guy is claiming that in his phone conversation today with the Ohio Secretary of State official, the official does not know anything about what John Fund is reporting regarding the number of rejected Provisional ballots.
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- What is an ultrasound?
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- What are the risks of ultrasound?
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- How are the results of ultrasound interpreted and communicated to the physician?
How are the results of ultrasound interpreted and communicated to the physician?
The ultrasound is generally performed by a technician. The technician will notice preliminary structures and may point out several of these structures during the examination. The official reading of the ultrasound is done by a radiologist, a physician who is an expert at interpreting ultrasound images. The radiologist records the interpretation and transmits it to the practitioner requesting the test. Occasionally, during the ultrasound test the radiologist will ask questions of the patient and/or perform an examination in order to further define the purpose for which the test is ordered, or to clarify preliminary findings.
Plain x-rays might be ordered to further evaluate early findings.
A summary of results of all of the above is reported to the health care practitioner who requested the ultrasound. They are then discussed with the patient in the context of the patient's overall health status.
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SpecificationsNotebook: Dell Inspiron 14R-N4120 (Inspiron 14 Series)
Processor: Intel Core i7 2640M
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6630M
Display: 14.0 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels, glossy: yes
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AMD Radeon HD 6630M: Successor of the slow clocked (low power) versions of the Mobility Radeon HD 5650 with more cores, UVD3 processor and Eyefinity+.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.
2640M: Very fast dual-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
Above all, this display size is used for subnotebooks, ultrabooks and convertibles. For all three types, this size is quite large. The biggest variety of subnotebooks is represented with this size.
Large display-sizes allow higher resolutions. So, details like letters are bigger. On the other hand, the power consumption is lower with small screen diagonals and the devices are smaller, more lightweight and cheaper.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
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In light of the burgeoning scandals involving the athletic programs at Penn State and Syracuse, it's time to think about the purpose of a university education.
While appropriate moral outrage has been well-documented regarding the allegations of child molestation by Jerry Sandusky and Bernie Fine, no one seems to be talking about how colleges and universities have lost their way.
Sure, there have been calls for a National Collegiate Athletic Association "death penalty" for football at Penn State, and people have been fired for transgressions on their watch. But the reality is that we keep reading how Penn State and Syracuse will "get through this" and emerge stronger with new ethical sensibilities and a renewed commitment to educational excellence.
Do they even know what that means?
Football and basketball coaches generate millions of dollars and get paid millions of dollars. Because they are by far the highest-paid people on campus, does that give them the power of imprimatur over important educational decisions?
Boosters donate millions of dollars and are rewarded with access to the best seats, the opportunity to pal around with players and coaches and the false pride that comes from living vicariously through adolescents in school logo spandex. It is nauseating. Supporting big-time college football and basketball is not charitable giving -- it is self-aggrandizement of the first order, roughly akin to "my country right or wrong" ethnocentrism.
Colleges and universities associated with televised sports have become financially bloated and dependent on TV contracts and booster giving. Visible coaches, athletes and programs reduce their presidents to back-slapping dunderheads who spend an inordinate amount of time massaging donors, negotiating contracts and worrying that the impotent NCAA will do something about poor graduation rates and even poorer behavior.
So now our national attention is focused on Sandusky, Joe Paterno and his retinue of administrative yes-men and the developing story of Fine. All over the country, university presidents are holding their collective breaths, praising the heavens that it is not their turn in the media glare and reassuring donors, boards of trustees and state governors that they have everything under control.
Over the past few thousand years, the importance and availability of schools and education has continued to evolve and grow. With origins in preparation for Confucian exams, ancient Greek academies, Egyptian libraries, seminaries in Europe, the rise of colleges and universities during the Enlightenment and land-grant colleges in the United States, higher learning has a revered place in history.
Since the ancient Greeks tied "a healthy body and a healthy mind" together, intercollegiate and intermural sports have been an integral component of the fabric of educational institutions. Big-time sports, no doubt, has its appeal and its important role as a change-agent in society.
Texas Western "upset" Kentucky in 1966 and changed the racial dynamics of college basketball. In 1970, Bear Bryant's all-white Alabama team got pounded by an integrated Southern Cal squad. After the embarrassing loss, the Bear is reputed to have growled, "I got to get me some," and he aggressively integrated his team. The Bear's racial integrating of his team had a profound impact on easing the long-term history of segregation in the South.
But the value of college sports does not include moral lawlessness by coaches, players, boosters and administrators. Because this group operates in the rarified atmosphere of team worship and loose money, these people feel invincible and not subject to expectations for respectful and positive relationships. The coaches live in McMansions and the teams travel by charter jet and stay in five-star hotels. No wonder Sandusky and Fine truly believed they were untouchable. Coach and player worship has reached epic proportions.
Our collective culture of narcissism continues to grow unabated, and college sports add fuel to the fire.
What to do?
If college alumni/alumnae would stop living in the past ("Oh, how I loved my time at fill in the blank U" and "Gee, I wish I were still there cheering for the good ole U") and begin tying their giving dollars to ethical education, a quality world studies program and expansive community service, then maybe we could get on track to real educational excellence.
If boards of trustees didn't exclusively view colleges and universities as businesses, and instead stood for and modeled ethical growth and eager learning, then perhaps the values of every college's mission statement would trickle down and be authentic.
If university presidents would spend time with students and faculty, visiting classrooms, teaching a class (gasp) and serving as real, tangible role models of lifelong learning, perhaps excellence would grow.
If televised college sports were actually populated with student-athletes, and universities valued learning as much as winning, then perhaps our support would not be misplaced.
If university leadership would take back authority from high-priced coaches and make certain student-athletes an integral component of "regular" student life, then maybe coaches would become teachers and student-athletes truly students.
As long as ESPN, Fox, CBS and ABC throw ungodly amounts of money at universities, boosters and coaches remain in charge, and university presidents wring their powerless hands in private, we will never be free of such episodes.
But maybe, just maybe, if those same presidents rally faculty and collectively decide to regain authority and return colleges to being places of learning, service and conscience, we might be able to cheer for the right reasons.
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Remote Network Commands
Normally, being connected to some kind of network does not mean that you are able to directly access all resources provided by that network. Some devices, like tape drives and printers, are connected to special computers and are only accessible on these machines. Others, such as disk drives, can be accessed easily, when the system administrators allow it.
Gaining direct access to resources becomes more complicated the larger the network gets. This is partly due to security reasons, and partly due to the simple fact that the more people that have to be convinced you need to mount a disk, the less your chance of success. From this follows the rule that the more resources available, the harder it will usually be to connect to them.
A nice and easy way around this dilemma is using the remote commands rlogin, rcp and rsh. These commands allow access to any account that is owned by you on any computer in the network without the use of a password. rcp and rlogin can be compared with ftp and telnet, whereas rsh offers the possibility to combine commands on different machines in one shell pipeline.
Configuration is extremely easy—in fact, your host network is probably configured correctly already—and you have instant access to these capabilities. In this article, I present these commands, explain the local setup, give some examples to give you a start, show some options, and demonstrate the complexity that can be reached. Most of my examples can easily be replicated on your networked machine.
Under normal conditions (your network is up, you can telnet into other machines, and you can be reached by other machines), the only thing you need to do is create a file called .rhosts in your home directory which is readable and writable only by you (mode 600). This file should contain the full hostnames of each of the machines you want to log in from, and the user name on that machine, like this:
apple.groucho.edu fred orange.groucho.edu sam
The .rhosts file specifies the machines and users that are allowed to login to the user on the machine where the .rhosts file resides. If I am logged in as sam on the machine banana.groucho.edu and I have the above .rhosts file in my home directory, then the user sam from orange.groucho.edu and the user fred from the machine apple.groucho.edu have remote access to my account.
Now, I log into apple.groucho.edu (username fred) from my account on banana.groucho.edu. From apple.groucho.edu I run the following command: rlogin banana.groucho.edu -l sam. Once you are logged in, shell commands will work as normal.
If you are asked to enter your password, do not enter a password, but instead quickly switch back to your original login on banana.groucho.edu and type ps -a. In the process list your rlogin request should appear with the name of the machine it came from as an argument. When this is different from the name you entered in the .rhosts file, you will need to enter the new name. Sometimes a machine uses different lines or a common server for such communication, although its name doesn't change. If there is still no connection, you should ask the system administrator. Some machines simply don't allow any rlogin commands.
In order to respond to any rlogin request, your Linux machine's inetd.conf should have the following two lines:
shell stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.rshd login stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.rlogind
When you are a member of a domain and share usernames, you might want to include the hosts you frequently connect to in /etc/hosts.equiv. In this case your .rhosts file may contain only the nickname (which is commonly just the machine name without the domain information) together with the username. The above example .rhosts file on the machine named banana.groucho.edu would then look like:
apple.groucho.edu fred orange sam
The rcp command copies files or directories from one machine to another. It is used like the cp command. For instance, I can copy a file named test.dat from the remote machine banana to my local machine orange. (For this example to work the two machines must share usernames.)
rcp banana:test.dat .
rcp banana.groucho.edu:test.dat .
The file test.dat is situated in my home directory on banana and is copied to my current directory on orange.
If I want to copy my Mail directory and its contents to orange into the directory Mail.banana (again, from orange):
rcp -r banana:Mail Mail.banana
To preserve the time stamp I would type:
rcp -r -p banana:Mail Mail.banana
Making a remote copy from the machine apple where I have a different account, apple:
rcp fred@apple:test.dat test
Of course, things also work the other way around. Here is a remote copy to apple:
rcp test.dat fred@apple:test.dat
The last interesting thing would be a copy from apple to banana, while you're logged into banana. Unfortunately, this works on every other machine except my Linux machines:
rcp fred@apple:test.dat banana:test.dat
You see that rcp is a bit handier than ftp.
With rlogin you perform a remote login to another machine. It can be used instead of telnet:
rlogin orange
rlogin -l fred apple
rlogin apple -l fred
(for some versions of Unix)
I integrate every machine in my window-menu with an rlogin. This makes login very efficient. As an example, here are two descriptions—one for windows manager fvwm and one for olvwm--to add a menu and a shortcut key for rlogin to orange. The xhost can be omitted, but it is useful for other things. For fvwm:
Popup "Rlogin" Title "Rlogin" Exec "banana F1" xhost +banana;\ exec xterm -fn fixed -T banana -sb -e rlogin banana & EndPopup Key F1 A N Exec "banana" xhost +banana;\ exec xterm -fn fixed -T banana -sb -e rlogin banana &
For olvwm:
"Login" MENU "Rlogin" TITLE PIN "banana" xhost +banana; exec xterm -T banana\ -sb -e rlogin banana "Login" END
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Mister Sparky ripoff Refused to give ball park estimate by phone but prices are pre-printed Paid service call to find out Marietta Georgia
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Tech was competent and efficient. Sized up the job and showed me a very nice, laminated booklet with all of their prices. The job I needed done was specifically noted with a fixed, PRE-PRINTED price. The same price he checked on the PRE-PRINTED invoice he gave me.
The price was three times what I had budgeted, so I paid the tech $59.00 for the service call / estimate, and sent him on his way.
My issue is not with their prices. They can charge whatever they want. My issue is that they DO have pre-determined prices, but they sell the service call as if they're calculating each job individually. So you get to pay a service call to find out the answer to this question:
"What's a typical, ball-park charge for installing a '50A hot tub cct w/o GFCI'?" -- (quoted from the invoice)." Well, that costs $679.00, says so right on the pre-printed invoice.
When I asked for a ball-park notion of what they charge for installing "so-and-so", they could have disclosed their already printed price which would have ended the matter right there. Nope. They'd rather keep their secret until they've "earned" their fee for a service call, which is, in this case, all they'll get.
These people probably do good work, and they've certainly done a good job calculating what they charge for this-and-that. Fine. They market to people like me who have no idea what their services cost, but it'll cost you a service call to find out the price they already have all worked out in advance.
Bottom line, if Mister Sparky tells you they don't have any ball-park prices for the jobs they do, don't believe it. Just get ready to pay a service call to find out what they could have read to you from the very nice, pre-printed book that they'll show you when they get there.
Mister Sparky, please don't tell me you don't know what "so-and-so" will cost when it's already pre-printed on your invoice and all your tech has to do is check it off.
Acworth, Georgia
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I absolutley understand your frustration - no one likes to be jerked around. Yes it's true most task have pre-established cost levels, but not all.
I'd like to offer a differnt scenerio - If you had been the quoted the standard fee for the work based on your description over the phone.... then once the tech arrived found that your specific repair was out of the norm or extreme safety issues had to be cleared up that of course took the cost higher - wouldn't you be screaming bait & switch?
I wish it was possible to not charge to send a competent tech across town to quote every repair, but the pure economics don't work. I can assure you, the $59 of a diagnostic fee is not a profit center when you calc in the truck, gas, overhead, insurance and labor.
At the end of day when all the cost conversations are mute - the quality & safety of the job is all that matters. Thats the focus here.
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The priority isn't to get a little travel charge, believe me. That doesn't pay for the time the tech spends driving out to your house, the gas the truck uses and all the other expenses involved with running a business. The idea is to make sure that you get a legit estimate.
I've been doing electrical work for a long time and believe me, most of the time, it isn't just "adding a circuit". What if your panel has no more available space for additional circuits? What if there's a more logical and less expensive option? What if you get a ballpark price over the phone and when the tech gets out there to do the work, it's an 8 hour job instead of the 4 hour job that the "quoted" price reflects?
You see, it's not that they want to just get in the door and collect a travel fee. The customer service rep is NOT an electrician and cannot possibly see what it will take to add the circuit over the phone. People always assume that things are so simple when in fact, when done incorrectly or in an unsafe manner, electrical repairs/installations can have disastrous results!
I have no clue what you do for a living and it is really none of my business. But for example, what if you were a mechanic and someone called you up and asked you to fix their car? It won't start and makes a funny noise when you turn the key. Could you possibly give them an accurate estimate for a repair having NEVER laid eyes on the vehicle? The honest answer is no.
A lot of people use Mister Sparky and are extremely satisfied with the service they receive. Others are not as satisfied. But even McDonalds doesn't receive good reviews 100% of the time. Think about it, what probably costs them less than a dollar to make and they're selling it to you for over $5.
Fact of the matter is, no one expects to work for free. But until you know what work you'll be performing, how can you tell how much someone needs to pay. As your post stated, you wanted a circuit added. But you failed to give all the necessary details needed to get a quote from someone who has never done an ounce of electrical work in their life? If all the electricians are in the office answering the phone, who will be out to your home to do the work? Did you explore the website to see if there were any Free Estimate or Free Service Call coupons available? I think that could've saved you at least the travel fee you were upset about paying.
In short, any Joe can do electrical work. Question is, do they know what they're doing? Did they did it safe? Can you get in touch with them in 6 months if a problem occurs? Will they guarantee their work and fix that problem for free? Yes, you will pay more for a company like Mister Sparky to do work but at least you know you can find them if something goes wrong. At least their technicians have the knowledge of the National Electrical Code AND local jurisdictional codes to ensure the work is done properly. They don't just throw a guy in a truck and hand him that "beautifully laminated book" and tell them, go get 'em Tiger. No, they have earned their job and position through years of experience and training, whether with the company they work for or others.
Yes, money is always an important factor when deciding on who to use, I'm no idiot cause I do the same thing. But always going with the cheapest isn't always the way to go. Remember, you get what you pay for and thanks to the average handyman, Mister Sparky, and other companies like it, stay in business because after those things go wrong, the average customer gets fed up with paying multiple "electricians" to fix their problem and eventually call one of these reputable companies because they know the work is not only guaranteed, but the tech is held accountable as well.
I know, cause it's what I do for a living. I see it EVERY day and I talk to customers like that EVERY day. Sure, I get the occasional "you guys are priced too high" or "my friend said he could do it for this much". But I also know what can happen when things are jerry-rigged. I lived in a house where an "electrician" did some work and not long afterwards, things went wrong and the house was never the same. One big reason why I do what I do is because of that. My question to people would and always be, how much is peace of mind and quality work worth? There's a reason why people buy mercedes instead of fords.
Hopefully, this will enlighten people about service industries in general, not just Mister Sparky.
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Using every inch of his 2.03 metre (6-foot-8) frame, Grevers stretched his long arms out to win in a time of 52.16 seconds, a new Olympic record and just 0.22 outside the world record set by Aaron Peirsol.
Grevers is the latest in a long line of great American backstrokers, but like his predecessors, he had to bide his time before he took the top spot.
He served as the understudy to Peirsol, winning silver behind in Beijing and he hoped to follow the tradition with Thoman, whose grandfather once held the world record, finishing in 52.92.
Americans have finished 1-2 in nine of the 23 Olympics 100 backstroke finals.
"I saw I won and I was celebrating and Nick hit me and I saw second and it was a whole new celebration and it felt even better," said Grevers. "I got second to Aaron in 2008...it's the great cycle of swimming."
"I went out and gave everything," said Tancock, who has won a medal at every major international tournament except the Olympics.
"It didn't come off but Rio is only four years off. I love what I do – swimming is a great sport, it gives you so many friends and keeps you fit.
"This crowd is amazing and it's a dream to swim in front of so many supporters. I came here today and gave it my best.
"I was walking through the call room and it said 'inspire a generation'. I hope that's what Team GB are doing and I hope we inspire a future generation of swimmers and Olympians.
"It was fantastic and the home support is brilliant. I can't ask for more, and it makes us swim faster, and I can't wait for more performance later in the week."
With Japan's Ryosuke Irie taking the bronze, there was disappointment for world champion Camille Lacourt, who had high hopes of a medal after missing out on Beijing due to a back injury.
Just minutes after French compatriot Yannick Agnel won gold in the 200 metre freestyle, and with French President Francois Hollande watching from the stands, Lacourt could only manage fourth.
"I will try to pick myself up," a visibly shaken Lacourt said. "Do what I've got to do. My only regret is that we can't find what we've got to do to make it work."
- Aaron Peirsol