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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
SOTD: Shiseido Feminite du Bois
It appears that I prefer winter scents - they're vastly over-represented in my collection. It's perhaps unfortunate that I don't live somewhere colder.
And that seems to be all that I have to say, today, about my favorite cedar scent.
Review Roundup: Is here.
Photo: By Corrie Barklimore. Wikimedia Commons.
10 comments:
- flittersniffer said...
LOL! Alaska is only up the road... : - )
- February 11, 2010 at 2:08 AM
- The Left Coast Nose said...
Phew!! Afraid we'd lost you there...
I love FdB as a scent, but it's one of those fragrances that seems fragile and unapproachable to me. I'm from peasant stock, so it's not really "wearable," if you know what I mean. I think a woman with far more refined bone structure and smaller pores would wear this.
- February 11, 2010 at 6:42 AM
- ChickenFreak said...
Hey, flittersniffer! Hee. I guess actually moving to optimize my perfume experience would be a little insane.
Ah, LCN, I definitely don't qualify with the bone structure and the good pores. But, see, there's the "pencil scent" view of FdB rather than the "ethereal elfin scent". Smelling like a new pencil doesn't make me feel as if I need to fulfill any particular prerequisites.
- February 11, 2010 at 9:05 AM
- flittersniffer said...
LOL!! I agree with the "pencil scent" view - pencil and spicy plum...
- February 11, 2010 at 9:57 AM
- Debby H said...
This one has too much cedar for me. Not enough spicy plum, I guess. Oh well.
But I want to talk some more (or you to talk some more ;D) about the Tasting Menu Approach. Loved the last two sentences: "Maybe it's not that I should stop sampling and make up my mind. Maybe it's that I should stop making up my mind and broaden my sampling." I've thought this myself many times. But I am seduced by bottles. How can we make our sample vials and decants more appealing so that they seem as special as owning a bottle?
If I'm honest with myself, I realize that owning a tiny amount of many fragrances is enough. And that what's truly the adventure is having smelled all those different things. But all those bags of samples are just not aesthetically pleasing. Can we discuss this more?
- February 11, 2010 at 3:42 PM
- ChickenFreak said...
flittersniffer, some days I don't get the plum at all - just pure pencil. I think I like those days best. Is that weird?
- February 11, 2010 at 9:17 PM
- ChickenFreak said...
Hey, Debby!
I like pretty much all cedar, so that's good for me.
I could post more burbling about the tasting menu theory, no doubt, yep. At least, on a day when my brain is fully operational, which today does not seem to be. :)
I do agree that samples are rarely really attractive, yes. I remember a picture of a lovely sample case... yes! Here:
Now, that's a pretty nice-looking set of samples. Though it looks like they have the same brute-force-removal caps as most sample vials, which have always struck me as being an aesthetically displeasing experience. Rip off the cap, usually releasing a few micro-drops of fragrance, try to get some perfume out without spilling the whole thing, and force the cap back on. Unsatisfying.
The itty bitty screwcap jars that Aftelier samples come in are nicer, but I assume that they're more expensive.
- February 11, 2010 at 9:24 PM
- flittersniffer said...
I have that Penhaligon set of samples! The caps are not too hard to get off in fact, but I agree that small spray vials are much nicer.
I used to have a few screwcap jars of Aftelier samples but I really worried that they would leak, I don't know why. They are gone now, so not my problem, but I have received similar style containers in swaps and I worry about them instead.
- February 12, 2010 at 5:07 AM
- Mals86 said...
FdB is so iffy on me - it goes through a stretch of a couple of hours where I can't smell it. And I perceive it as being very shadowy. I love (the related) Dolce Vita, though.
- February 12, 2010 at 9:12 AM
- ChickenFreak said...
Hey, flittersniffer! I'm jealous; those samples are adorable.
I was similarly worried about the Aftelier bottles, and kept them in their own baggie, but they haven't leaked yet. (Well, I think I've given them away by now, but I tumbled them around for a long time, and they were fine.)
That's interesting, Mals; it's almost too strong for me lately, especially when the plum is showing itself.
- February 12, 2010 at 10:14 AM


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Namibia lies in Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa.
Land Boundaries:
Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa 967 km and Zambia 233 km.
Size 825,418 sq km, slightly more than half the size of Alaska, US. The terrain is mostly high plateau with the Namib Desert along coast and the Kalahari Desert in east. Namibia has a desert climate, it is hot, dry and rainfall is very sparse and erratic. The lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean at 0 m and the highest point is at Konigstein which measures 2,606 m. Namibia is the first country in the world to incorporate the protection of the environment into its constitution. Some 14% of the land is protected, including virtually the entire Namib Desert coastal strip.
Almost 2 million people live in Namibia, it is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. Life expectancy is around 40 years. Birth rate is on average 4.6 per woman. 21% of the population is believed to have HIV/AIDS. Literacy rate is just over 84%.
English 7% (official), Afrikaans is actually the common language of most of the population including about 60% of the white population. German is spoken by 32% of the population. Indigenous languages include Oshivambo, Herero and Nama.
Ethnic Groups:
Black 87.5%, white 6% and mixed 6.5%. About 50% of the population belong to the Ovambo tribe and 9% to the Kavangos tribe. Other ethnic groups are: Herero 7%, Damara 7%, Nama 5%, Caprivian 4%, Bushmen 3%, Baster 2%, and Tswana 0.5%
Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least) and indigenous beliefs 10% to 20%.
Political History:
South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that was soon named Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region. Namibia won its independence in 1990 and has been governed by SWAPO since. Hifikepunye Pohamba was elected president in November 2004 in a landslide victory replacing Sam Nujoma who led the country during its first 14 years of self rule.
Economic Overview:
The economy is heavily dependent on the extraction and processing of minerals for export. Mining accounts for 20% of GDP. Rich alluvial diamond deposits make Namibia a primary source for gem-quality diamonds. Namibia is the fourth-largest exporter of nonfuel minerals in Africa, the world's fifth-largest producer of uranium, and the producer of large quantities of lead, zinc, tin, silver, and tungsten. The mining sector employs only about 3% of the population while about half of the population depends on subsistence agriculture for its livelihood. Namibia normally imports about 50% of its cereal requirements; in drought years food shortages are a major problem in rural areas. A high per capita GDP, relative to the region, hides the great inequality of income distribution; nearly one-third of Namibians had annual incomes of less than $1,400 in constant 1994 dollars, according to a 1993 study. The Namibian economy is closely linked to South Africa with the Namibian dollar pegged to the South African rand. Privatization of several enterprises in coming years may stimulate long-run foreign investment. Mining of zinc, copper, and silver and increased fish production led growth in 2003.
Source: CIA World Factbook
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German names are used in Germany and other German-speaking areas such as Austria and Switzerland. See also about German names.
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KALBFLEISCH German
Occupational surname that indicated a butcher who sold veal meat or a butcher who slaughtered calves... [more]
KAPPEL German, Dutch
Means "a person who lives near or works at a chapel" from Middle High German kappel "chapel".
KIEFER (1) German
Means "pine tree" in German.
KIEFER (2) German
Derived from German kufe meaning "barrel"... [more]
KNEF German
Occupational name for a shoemaker (derived from Low German knif meaning "shoemaker's knife").
KNELLER German
Originally a nickname for a noisy or disruptive person, derived from Old German knellen "to make noise, to cause a disturbance".
KNOCHENMUS German
From German knochen "bone" and mus "sauce"... [more]
KOCK Low German
From Middle Low German kok meaning "cook".
KOENIGSMANN German
Variant of KÖNIGSMANN.
KÖNIGSMANN German
Means a "king's man", or someone who played a king in a play.
KRÄMER German
From Middle High German kræmer, kramære, kromer and Middle Low German kramer, kremer, kromer meaning "shopkeeper, grocer".
KRÖGER Low German
Variant of KRÜGER (1) and KRÜGER (2).
KRUCKEL German
Nickname for a crippled person or someone who walked with a cane, from German krücke meaning "cane".
KRÜGER (1) Low German
In northern Germany: From Middle Low German kroger, kruger meaning "host".
KRÜGER (2) German
In southern Germany: Means "potter" from Middle High German kruoc meaning "jug, pot".
KRUGER German
Variant of KRÜGER (1) and KRÜGER (2).
KUNKEL German
Occupational name for a maker of spindles (Middle German kunkel "spindle", ultimately from Latin conus "cone").
LANG Danish, Norwegian, German
From Scandinavian lang, Middle High German lanc and Middle Low German lank all meaning "long"... [more]
LANGENBERG German, Swedish
Means "long mountain" in German.
LEITNER German
Referred to one who dwells on the hillside; one who came from the Leite "slope"... [more]
LICHTENBERG German
From Low German licht "light" and berg "hill".
LORENZEN Low German
From northern Germany meaning "son of LORENZ".
MAAS Dutch, Low German
From the given name MAAS.
MARQUERING Dutch, German
Possibly a derivative of MARQUARDT.
MARQUERINK Dutch, German
Possibly a derivative of MARQUARDT.
MARTELL English, German, Catalan
Variant of MARTEL (1) or MARTEL (2).
MAS (2) Dutch, Low German
Variant of MAAS.
MENDELSOHN Jewish, German
Means "son of MENDEL".
MENDELSSOHN Jewish, German
Means "son of MENDEL".
MESSERLI German (Swiss)
Swiss diminutive form of MESSER.
MICHEL (1) French, German, Dutch, Basque, Polish
Derived from the given name MICHEL, MITXEL or MICHAŁ.
MÖLLER Low German
Low German form of MÜLLER.
MORGENSTERN German, Jewish
Ornamental surname meaning "morning star" in German.
NAGEL German, Dutch
Means "nail" in German and Dutch, and is probably related to the occupation of carpenter... [more]
NUSSBAUM German, Jewish
Means "nut tree" from the Germanic words nuß meaning "nut" and baum meaning "tree".
NUSSENBAUM German, Jewish
Variant of NUSSBAUM.
OBERST German
Means "from the uppermost end of a village, top of a house" from Middle High German ober, obar.
OPPENHEIMER German
Originally indicated a person from Oppenheim, Germany.
PAHLKE German
Means "tall, thin, pole-like" from Old French piel, although it may also have denoted a person who lived by a pole, or who worked with poles.
PATERNOSTER English, French, German, Italian
Occupational name for a maker of rosaries, also called paternosters... [more]
PENZIG German, Yiddish
Denoted a person who came from Penzig, the German name for Pieńsk, a town in southwest Poland... [more]
PLETCHER German
Originally a name for someone who lived by a field where cattle fodder was grown or else grew cattle fodder, from pletsch or bletsch.
PRINZ German, Jewish
Means "prince", used as an ornamental surname by Jews or as a nickname for someone who acted in a princely manner.
RADEMACHER German
Variant of RADEMAKER.
RADEMAKER Dutch, German
From the old occupation of rademaker which referred to a person who made raden "wheels" (singular rad).
REGENBOGEN German, Jewish
From a German word meaning "rainbow".
REITER German
Variant of REUTER (1).
REUTER (1) German, Jewish
Means "dweller in a clearing" or "clearer of woodland" from Middle High German riute.
REUTER (2) German, Jewish
Means "highwayman" from Middle High German riutœre.
ROSE (1) English, French, German, Scottish, Jewish
Means "rose" from the Middle English, Old French and Middle High German rose... [more]
ROSENBERGER German, Jewish
Variant of ROSENBERG.
ROTHENBERG German, Jewish
Means "red mountain" from German rot meaning "red" and berg meaning "mountain".
ROTHSCHILD German, Jewish
Means "red shield, sign" from German rot "red" and German or Yiddish s(c)hild "sign, shield"... [more]
SALLER (1) German
Originally denoted a person from Sallern, Bavaria.
SALLER (2) German
Means "(dweller by) a sallow tree" from Middle High German salhe.
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Derived from the given name SALOMON.
SALZWEDEL German
Originally denoted a person from Salzwedel, Germany, which is of Old Saxon origin meaning "salt ford".
SCHEINBERG German, Jewish
Means "lovely, beautiful mountain" from German schön "fine, beautiful" and berg meaning "mountain".
SCHENCK German, Dutch, Jewish
From Middle High German, Middle Dutch schenke meaning "wine server" (from Old High German scenken "to pour out")... [more]
SCHERMER Dutch, Low German
Occupational name for a fencer or swordsman, akin to Old High German skirmen "to defend".
SCHLENDER German
From Middle High German slinderen "to dawdle" or Middle Low German slinden "to swallow, eat".
SCHMIDT German
Occupational name derived from Middle High German smit "smith, metalworker", a cognate of SMITH.
SCHOETTMER German
Originally indicated a person from Schötmar, Germany.
SCHRÄDER Low German
Variant of SCHRADER.
SCHRADER Low German
From Middle Low German schrader or schroder meaning "tailor".
SCHREIER German, Jewish
German and Yiddish word meaning "screame, shrieker, crier", perhaps an occupational name for a town crier... [more]
SCHRÖDER (1) Low German
Northern German variant of SCHRADER.
SCHRÖDER (2) German
Southern German variant of SCHRÖTER.
SCHROEDER German
Variant of SCHRÖDER (1) and SCHRÖDER (2).
SCHUCHARD German
From Middle High German schuochwürhte, schuochworhte, or schuchwarte meaning "shoemaker".
SCHUCHARDT German
Variant of SCHUCHARD.
SCHUHMACHER German
From the Middle High German occupational name schuochmacher meaning "shoemaker".
SCHULT Low German
Low German variant of SCHULTHEIß.
SCHULTE Low German
Low German variant of SCHULTHEIß.
SCHULTES German
Early New High German variant of SCHULTHEIß.
SCHULTHEIS German
Variant of SCHULTHEIß.
SCHULTHEISS German
Variant of SCHULTHEIß.
SCHULTHEIß German
Occupational surname derived from Middle High German schultheiße meaning "mayor, judge".
SCHULTZ German
Variant of SCHULTHEIß.
SCHULTZE German
Variant of SCHULTHEIß.
SCHULZ German
Variant of SCHULTHEIß.
SCHULZE German
Variant of SCHULTHEIß.
SCHUMACHER German
Variant of SCHUHMACHER.
SCHUTTMANN German
Means "watchman, guard" from Middle High German schützen.
SCHWARZENEGGER German
Means "harrower of the dark fields" or "dark harrower of the fields" from German schwarz meaning "dark, black" and egge meaning "harrow"... [more]
SCHWINGHAMMER German
From German words for "swing" and "hammer"... [more]
SEELENFREUND German, Jewish
From German seele meaning "soul" and freund meaning "friend".
SENFT (2) German
Nickname for a helpful, kind person from Middle High German senfte meaning "soft, accommodating".
SHEINFELD German, Jewish
Means "lovely, beautiful field" from German schön "fine, beautiful" and feld meaning "field".
SHRIVER German
Occupational name referring to an official or public writer, from German schreiben "to write".
SIEGEL (1) German
Means "maker of seals or signet rings".
SIEGEL (2) German
Derived from diminutive forms of Germanic names beginning with the element sigi meaning "victory".
SILVERSTEIN German, Jewish
Means "silver stone" from German Silber and Stein... [more]
SIMON Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Jewish
Derived from the Hebrew given name SIMON.
SISKIN German, Jewish
Means "sweet child" from the words suess meaning "sweet" and kind meaning "child".
SITZ (1) German, Jewish
Derived from a given name beginning with the Germanic element sigi meaning "victory".
SOLBERG Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish
From the Germanic elements sol "sun" combined with berg "mountain".
SOMMER (1) German
From Middle High German sumer and Middle Low German sommer meaning "summer"... [more]
SOMMER (2) German
From Middle High German soumære, sommer and Middle Low German somer(e) meaning "sumpter, animal driver".
SOMMER (3) German
From Middle High German sumber, sommer meaning "basket, wickerwork or drum".
SOMMER (4) Low German
From Middle Low German somer meaning "long and slim stake, pile, post".
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Remember all those times as a kid when you thought about the most epic space battle you were going to draw on a blank sheet of paper, or how you thought maybe if you sketched out a pair of boobs it'd be close to the real thing? No? No one did that? Me neither … Either way, once you finally put pencil to paper, the final product never turned out to be like what you had in your mind. Your space battle was pretty much just scribbles. The boobs? Triangles. What were you thinking.
Point being, these much more fancy sketches of a new Minnesota Vikings stadium from HKS design should be understood as just that. Initial designs which are going to look quite a bit different when the final product rolls around. So, as long as we all understand that, no one get their FUPA in an uproar and think that this is exactly what we'll be drinking in while watching Vikings games for the next 30 years, but … But. If I may make a rational statement after seeing these designs?
Uh, this thing is AWESOME. Some of you may know I don't particularly enjoy going to football games in person. Blame some of it on the Metrodome (although I do think the upgrades they've made to the facility and overall experience in the last five years have been positive), blame some of it on me being one of those assholes who thinks the experience at home is way more bang for your buck. I don't care. I mean, even if this stadium was built exactly like this, I wouldn't be first in line for season tickets or anything. BUT, I would totally consider purchasing a ticket at some point instead of only going to a game if a ticket was given to me for free. And that is a huge step forward! For mankind and for me!
Again, this HKS design group is the firm that won the stadium bid to design the new Vikings stadium. They were the crazies behind building that small city in Arlington called Cowboys Stadium, as well as the dumpster fire in Indianapolis called Lucas Oil Field. Or whatever it is. They are also currently working on projects for Texas A&M, TCU, and even Liverpool "football" club. International flair! Because of all of this, they certainly have kicked around many designs and aren't just set on the one you see above, even though that does appear to be the one that has received the most clout.
The other option on their site is this design that looks like a Mobius Strip, but in stadium form. It's like a blend between the Chinese Olympic facilities, a bee's hive, and plaster strips. I don't get it, but it's weird and different, and sometimes that is cool. On the other hand, I do like how it looks against the Minneapolis skyline, so props for that.
The other option I've come across (which I don't think is a design from HKS, let a lone a specific design for a new Vikings' stadium, although it could be) is this one which looks like an upside down Vikings ship. WHICCCHHH … Is kind of awesome. That would be a fantastic way to incorporate the mascot, heritage, mythology, and everything else into a stadium and a game day. The entire picture they paint here, too, just screams frozen ass Minnesota winters, but then warns those pasties from below the Rust Belt that if they come mess with us in December, we will stick an icicle in their rectum. I DARE YOU.
So, what do you think? Are we going to end up with an awesome facility or a shit hole oil can like they have in Indianapolis?


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Some of the best and brightest of Major League Baseball's future are being groomed in the minors and are on the fast track to reach the big leagues by 2013.
Whether it's winning the starting job during spring training or being a late September call-up, these players possess the skill sets to help their respected teams over the course of the next year.
We all know about the Bryce Harpers and the Matt Moores, but what about the fifth-round draft pick who has been working his tail off in the minors to make the big show?
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Mac Updates: OS X Server 2.2.1, evasi0n 1.0.0, Pandora 2.0.7
What is the world coming to? Apple has released an OS X Server update that requires the user to be running OS X 10.8.2, but hasn't managed to squeeze out the client Mac update — that's putting 18-wheeler cart before the lipizzaner pony. Stranger still are the people rushing, lemming like, to jailbreak their iThings with the 1.0.0 release of a hacker utility.
Apple has released OS X Server 2.2.1 (Mac App Store), which comes to market with the following features, tweaks and fixes baked into its creamy filling:
• Caching Server to speed up download of software distributed by Apple through the Mac App Store
• Time Machine service monitoring of which computers have backed up, when they last backed up and size of backup
• Wiki Server support for MacBook Pro with Retina displays
• Fix for deleting apps uploaded to Profile Manager
• Ability to use Active Directory groups within Profile Manager
• Centralized Certificate management interface
• Fix for setup failures due to an SSL error
• Fixes for upgrading from Lion Server
To put this release into perspective… Apple has been stuffing developers with a steady stream of OS X 10.8.3 client betas over the course of months — think graphic driver issues — and then delivers the server version first.
It's almost as if Apple's making "developer foie gras" and those code monkey livers haven't been fattened quite yet to perfection.
White Lab Rats [and Geese]? The Queue Starts Here…
You know this is the real hacker iOS 6.x jailbreak deal because the evasi0n jailbreak substitutes a "zero" (0) for the letter "o" — you know that comes from someplace really deep, instant cred.
Mind you, no one here at the Fairer Platform is against jailbreaking and the freedom to deny jailbreaking isn't about stealing software, but it might be better to wait until the 1.0.1 update, with the appropriate street savvy alpha-numeric substitutions, becomes available.
If you have an iThing, other than an Apple TV, running iOS 6.0 or later, as well as an Intel Mac running OS X 10.5 or later, plus a fatal need for speed, then have at it.
And, what's new in Pandora 2.0.7? Apparently, Tim Westergren & Co. think anyone not enrolled in (i.e. paying for) their premium Pandora One service is unworthy of knowing — thanks, guys, you sure know how to make pay forever music look appealing.
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Is cabin fever hitting anyone else's house hard? We live in the north, we know that every February this will happen, and yet the feeling still hits every single year. We are tired of making comfort food and eating the "in season" apples, oranges and bananas. We are ready to BBQ and eat watermelon now! We are tired of bundling up to go outside, we are ready for flip flops. Most of all, we are ready to kick the kids outside so they stop sinking into the cycle of whining and fighting with each other, and quit "hurricaning" their rooms every day!
Despite the slow descent into insanity, there have been some pretty cute moments around here lately.
Just this morning I decided to take the kids out one more time before the forecasted sub zero weekend hits. I took the younger two to the pool while the older two were at school. It ended up being so much fun! It was really quiet there, which was nice. I put a life jacket on them and handed them each a pool noodle, and we kicked around the pool for almost two hours. The warm water also took away some of the soreness I'm starting to get with the pregnancy.
Last night I had a sweet moment with Tegan. I was dealing with morning sickness, and she came in to check on me. After a few minutes of looking concerned, she said, "when you were pregnant with me, did I make you this sick mom?"
I told her that no, I was only sick for about 14 weeks with her, but I would have been sick every day of my pregnancy if it meant I still got to meet her. It wouldn't have mattered. She got the biggest smile on her face and looked so relieved as she hugged me. I often forget just how tender her little heart is...we are so blessed by her :)
Daniel decided to make the most of the rest of the winter with the girls and introduce them to one of his favorite pastimes...snowboarding. He found board and gear for the older three girls and they have had so much fun learning about it this week! I absolutely love watching them out in the yard. There have been a couple nights this week where I'm lucky that they came in for dinner at all I'm sure!
Addison and Tegan are venturing into the creative world this winter as well. Thanks to some friends at school, they have taken up finger knitting recently and they both love it! Grandma Steckly also recently sent them a rainbow loom to make bracelets. Limiting video game time is always a struggle around here, but between the crafts and the snowboarding, those two have been keeping nice and busy lately, and I love that!
On that note, I hope everyone else is coping alright with the inevitable cabin fever...and if anyone has any other suggestions to make it through the next three months with a shred of sanity in tact, I am always open to suggestions!
Happy Thursday!!
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The Upshur County fall baseball team recently claimed a 12-7 win over Lewis County.
Robert Triplett knocked in three runs for Upshur County, singling in the second and fourth innings.
Lewis County led 1-0 before Upshur County struck for three runs in the bottom of the first on two errors and a groundout by Trey Leigh.
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The Upshur County fall baseball team recently defeated Lewis County. Team members include front row, from left, Adam Thomas, Isaac Lane, Chase Spencer, Mason Hyre, Evan Coffman and Cam Tenney; back row, coach Todd Lane, Trey Leigh, Andrew Carrico, William McCauley, Trey Heatherly, Robert Triplett and coach Chad Spencer. Not pictured is Austin Russell. The team was sponsored by Hank Ellis Insurance Agency, LLC.
Upshur County added five more runs in the bottom of the second. William McCauley scored the first run, followed by Triplett's two-run single that plated Adam Thomas and Austin Russell.
After Lewis County cut the deficit to 8-4, Upshur County tacked on four more runs in the fourth. Russell singled in Isaac Lane and Evan Coffman to start the rally.
That was followed by Triplett's single that plated Thomas and Russell to make it a four-run game.
Lewis County added three runs in the fifth but came no closer.


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A Practical Guide to High-Speed Printed-Circuit-Board Layout
By John Ardizzoni, (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Despite its critical nature in high-speed circuitry, printed-circuit-board (PCB) layout is often one of the last steps in the design process. There are many aspects to high-speed PCB layout; volumes have been written on the subject. This article addresses high-speed layout from a practical perspective. A major aim is to help sensitize newcomers to the many and various considerations they need to address when designing board layouts for high-speed circuitry. But it is also intended as a refresher to benefit those who have been away from board layout for a while. Not every topic can be covered in detail in the space available here, but we address key areas that can have the greatest payoff in improving circuit performance, reducing design time, and minimizing time-consuming revisions.
Although the focus is on circuits involving high-speed op amps, the topics and techniques discussed here are generally applicable to layout of most other high-speed analog circuits. When op amps operate at high RF frequencies, circuit performance is heavily dependent on the board layout. A high-performance circuit design that looks good "on paper" can render mediocre performance when hampered by a careless or sloppy layout. Thinking ahead and paying attention to salient details throughout the layout process will help ensure that the circuit performs as expected.
The Schematic
What kind of information belongs on a schematic besides the usual reference designators, power dissipations, and tolerances? Here are a few suggestions that can turn an ordinary schematic into a superschematic! Add waveforms, mechanical information about the housing or enclosure, trace lengths, keep-out areas; designate which components need to be on top of the board; include tuning information, component value ranges, thermal information, controlled impedance lines, notes, brief circuit operating descriptions … (and the list goes on).
No One
Your instructions for the designer should include: a brief description of the circuit's functions; a sketch of the board that shows the input and output locations; the board stack up (i.e., how thick the board will be, how many layers, details of signal layers and planes—power, ground, analog, digital, and RF); which signals need to be on each layer; where the critical components need to be located; the exact location of bypassing components; which traces are critical; which lines need to be controlled-impedance lines; which lines need to have matched lengths; component sizes; which traces need to kept away from (or near) each other; which circuits need to be kept away from (or near) each other; which components need to be close to (or away from) each other; which components go on the top and the bottom of the board. You'll never get a complaint for giving someone too much information—too little, yes; too much, no.
Location, Location
Typically, input-, output-, and power locations are defined, but what goes on between them is "up for grabs." This is where paying attention to the layout details will yield significant returns. Start with critical component placement, in terms of both individual circuits and the entire board. Specifying the critical component locations and signal routing paths from the beginning helps ensure that the design will work the way it's intended to. Getting it right the first time lowers cost and stress—and reduces cycle time.
Rails to ground: This technique, which works best in most cases, uses multiple parallel capacitors connected from the op amp's power-supply pins directly to ground. Typically, two parallel capacitors are sufficient—but some circuits may benefit from additional capacitors in parallel.
Paralleling different capacitor values helps ensure that the power supply pins see a low ac impedance across a wide band of frequencies. This is especially important at frequencies where the op-amp power-supply rejection (PSR) is rolling off. The capacitors help compensate for the amplifier's decreasing PSR. Maintaining a low impedance path to ground for many decades of frequency will help ensure that unwanted noise doesn't find its way into the op amp. Figure 1 shows the benefits of multiple parallel capacitors. At lower frequencies the larger capacitors offer a low impedance path to ground. Once those capacitors reach self resonance, the capacitive quality diminishes and the capacitors become inductive. That is why it is important to use multiple capacitors: when one capacitor's frequency response is rolling off, another is becoming significant, thereby maintaining a low ac impedance over many decades of frequency.
Figure 1. Capacitor impedance vs. frequency.
Starting directly at the op amp's power-supply pins; the capacitor with the lowest value and smallest physical size should be placed on the same side of the board as the op amp—and as close to the amplifier as possible. The ground side of the capacitor should be connected into the ground plane with minimal lead- or trace length. This ground connection should be as close as possible to the amplifier's load to minimize disturbances between the rails and ground. Figure 2 illustrates this technique.
Figure 2. Parallel-capacitor rails-to-ground bypassing.
This process should be repeated for the next-higher-value capacitor. A good place to start is with 0.01 µF for the smallest value, and a 2.2-µF—or larger—electrolytic with low ESR for the next capacitor. The 0.01 µF in the 0508 case size offers low series inductance and excellent high-frequency performance.
Rail to rail: An alternate configuration uses one or more bypass capacitors tied between the positive- and negative supply rails of the op amp. This method is typically used when it is difficult to get all four capacitors in the circuit. A drawback to this approach is that the capacitor case size can become larger, because the voltage across the capacitor is double that of the single-supply bypassing method. The higher voltage requires a higher breakdown rating, which translates into a larger case size. This option can, however, offer improvements to both PSR and distortion performance.
Since each circuit and layout is different; the configuration, number, and values of the capacitors are determined by the actual circuit requirements.
Figure 3. Typical op amp circuit, as designed (a) and with parasitics (b).
In high-speed circuits, it doesn't take much to influence circuit performance. Sometimes just a few tenths of a picofarad is enough. Case in point: if only 1 pF of additional stray parasitic capacitance is present at the inverting input, it can cause almost 2 dB of peaking in the frequency domain (Figure 4). If enough capacitance is present, it can cause instability and oscillations.
Figure 4. Additional peaking caused by parasitic capacitance.
A few basic formulas for calculating the size of those gremlins can come in handy when seeking the sources of the problematic parasitics. Equation 1 is the formula for a parallel-plate capacitor (see Figure 5).
C is the capacitance, A is the area of the plate in cm2, k is the relative dielectric constant of board material, and d is the distance between the plates in centimeters.
Strip inductance is another parasitic to be considered, resulting from excessive trace length and lack of ground plane. Equation 2 shows the formula for trace inductance. See Figure 6.
W is the trace width, L is the trace length, and H is the thickness of the trace. All dimensions are in millimeters.
The oscillation in Figure 7 shows the effect of a 2.54-cm trace length at the noninverting input of a high-speed op amp. The equivalent stray inductance is 29 nH (nanohenry), enough to cause a sustained low-level oscillation that persists throughout the period of the transient response. The picture also shows how using a ground plane mitigates the effects of stray inductance.
Vias are another source of parasitics; they can introduce both inductance and capacitance. Equation 3 is the formula for parasitic inductance (see Figure 8).
T is the thickness of the board and d is the diameter of the via in centimeters.
Equation 4 shows how to calculate the parasitic capacitance of a via (see Figure 8).
εr is the relative permeability of the board material. T is the thickness of the board. D1 is the diameter of the pad surrounding the via. D2 is the diameter of the clearance hole in the ground plane. All dimensions are in centimeters. A single via in a 0.157-cm-thick board can add 1.2 nH of inductance and 0.5 pF of capacitance; this is why, when laying out boards, a constant vigil must be kept to minimize the infiltration of parasites!
Ground Plane
A ground plane acts as a common reference voltage, provides shielding, enables heat dissipation, and reduces stray inductance (but it also increases parasitic capacitance). While there are many advantages to using a ground plane, care must be taken when implementing it, because there are limitations to what it can and cannot do.
Ideally, one layer of the PCB should be dedicated to serve as the ground plane. Best results will occur when the entire plane is unbroken. Resist the temptation to remove areas of the ground plane for routing other signals on this dedicated layer. The ground plane reduces trace inductance by magnetic-field cancellation between the conductor and the ground plane. When areas of the ground plane are removed, unexpected parasitic inductance can be introduced into the traces above or below the ground plane.
Because ground planes typically have large surface and cross-sectional areas, the resistance in the ground plane is kept to a minimum. At low frequencies, current will take the path of least resistance, but at high frequencies current follows the path of least impedance.
Nevertheless, there are exceptions, and sometimes less ground plane is better. High-speed op amps will perform better if the ground plane is removed from under the input and output pads. The stray capacitance introduced by the ground plane at the input, added to the op amp's input capacitance, lowers the phase margin and can cause instability. As seen in the parasitics discussion, 1 pF of capacitance at an op amp's input can cause significant peaking. Capacitive loading at the output—including strays—creates a pole in the feedback loop. This can reduce phase margin and could cause the circuit to become unstable.
Analog and digital circuitry, including grounds and ground planes, should be kept separate when possible. Fast-rising edges create current spikes flowing in the ground plane. These fast current spikes create noise that can corrupt analog performance. Analog and digital grounds (and supplies) should be tied at one common ground point to minimize circulating digital and analog ground currents and noise.
At high frequencies, a phenomenon called skin effect must be considered. Skin effect causes currents to flow in the outer surfaces of a conductor—in effect making the conductor narrower, thus increasing the resistance from its dc value. While skin effect is beyond the scope of this article, a good approximation for the skin depth in copper, in centimeters, is
Less-susceptible plating metals can be helpful in reducing skin effect.
Figure 9 illustrates the layout differences between an op amp in an SOIC package (a) and one in an SOT-23 package (b). Each package type presents its own set of challenges. Focusing on (a), close examination of the feedback path suggests that there are multiple options for routing the feedback. Keeping trace lengths short is paramount. Parasitic inductance in the feedback can cause ringing and overshoot. In Figures 9(a) and 9(b), the feedback path is routed around the amplifier. Figure 9(c) shows an alternative approach—routing the feedback path under the SOIC package—which minimizes the feedback path length. Each option has subtle differences. The first option can lead to excess trace length, with increased series inductance. The second option uses vias, which can introduce parasitic capacitance and inductance. The influence and implications of these parasitics must be taken into consideration when laying out the board. The SOT-23 layout is almost ideal: minimal feedback trace length and use of vias; the load and bypass capacitors are returned with short paths to the same ground connection; and the positive rail capacitors, not shown in Figure 9(b), are located directly under the negative rail capacitors on the bottom of the board.
Figure 9. Layout differences for an op-amp circuit. (a) SOIC package, (b) SOT-23, and (c) SOIC with RF underneath board.
Low-distortion amplifier pinout: A new low-distortion pinout, available in some Analog Devices op amps (the AD8045, for example), helps eliminate both of the previously mentioned problems; and it improves performance in two other important areas as well. The LFCSP's low-distortion pinout, as shown in Figure 10, takes the traditional op amp pinout, rotates it counter-clockwise by one pin and adds a second output pin that serves as a dedicated feedback pin.
Figure 10. Op amp with low-distortion pinout.
The low-distortion pinout permits a close connection between the output (the dedicated feedback pin) and the inverting input, as shown in Figure 11. This greatly simplifies and streamlines the layout.
Figure 11. PCB layout for AD8045 low-distortion op amp.
Another benefit is decreased second harmonic distortion. One cause of second-harmonic distortion in conventional op-amp pin configurations is the coupling between the noninverting input and the negative supply pin. The low-distortion pinout for the LFCSP package eliminates this coupling and greatly reduces second-harmonic distortion; in some cases the reduction can be as much as 14 dB. Figure 12 shows the difference in distortion performance between the AD8099 SOIC and the LFCSP package.
This package has yet another advantage—in power dissipation. The LFCSP provides an exposed paddle, which lowers the thermal resistance of the package and can improve θJA by approximately 40%. With its lower thermal resistance, the device runs cooler, which translates into higher reliability
At present, three Analog Devices high-speed op amps are available with the new low-distortion pinout: AD8045, AD8099, and AD8000.
Routing and Shielding
Recalling the advice to "Trust No One," it is critical to think ahead and come up with a plan for how the signals will be processed on the board. It is important to note which signals are sensitive and to determine what steps must be taken to maintain their integrity. Ground planes provide a common reference point for electrical signals, and they can also be used for shielding. When signal isolation is required, the first step should be to provide physical distance between the signal traces. Here are some good practices to observe:
High-frequency (RF) signals are typically run on controlled-impedance lines. That is, the trace maintains a characteristic impedance, such as 50 ohms (typical in RF applications). Two common types of controlled-impedance lines, microstrip and stripline can both yield similar results, but with different implementations.
A microstrip controlled-impedance line, shown in Figure 13, can be run on either side of a board; it uses the ground plane immediately beneath it as a reference plane.
Figure 13. A microstrip transmission line.
Equation 6 can be used to calculate the characteristic impedance for an FR4 board.
H is the distance in from the ground plane to the signal trace, W is the trace width, T is the trace thickness; all dimensions are in mils (inches × 10-3). εr is the dielectric constant of the PCB material.
Stripline controlled-impedance lines (see Figure 14) use two layers of ground plane, with signal trace sandwiched between them. This approach uses more traces, requires more board layers, is sensitive to dielectric thickness variations, and costs more—so it is typically used only in demanding applications.
Figure 14. Stripline controlled-impedance line.
The characteristic-impedance design equation for stripline is shown in equation 7.
Guard rings, or "guarding," is
another common type of shielding used with op amps; it
is used
to prevent stray currents from entering sensitive nodes.
The principle is straightforward—completely surround the
sensitive node with a guard conductor that is kept at, or driven
to (at low
impedance) the same
potential as the sensitive node, and thus sinks stray currents
away from the sensitive node. Figure 15(a) shows the guard ring
inverting and
noninverting op-amp configurations. Figure 15(b) shows a typical
implementation of both guard rings for a
Figure 15. Guard rings. (a) Inverting and noninverting operation. (b) SOT-23-5 package.
There are many other options for shielding and routing. The reader is encouraged to review the references below for more information on this and other topics mentioned above.
Brokaw, Paul, "An IC Amplifier User's Guide to Decoupling, Grounding, and Making Things Go Right for a Change," Analog Devices Application Note AN-202.
Brokaw, Paul and Jeff Barrow, "Grounding for Low- and High-Frequency Circuits," Analog Devices Application Note AN-345.
Buxton, Joe, "Careful Design Tames High-Speed Op Amps," Analog Devices Application Note AN-257.
DiSanto, Greg, "Proper PC-Board Layout Improves Dynamic Range," EDN, November 11, 2004.
Grant, Doug and Scott Wurcer, "Avoiding Passive-Component Pitfalls," Analog Devices Application Note AN-348
Johnson, Howard W., and Martin Graham, High-Speed Digital Design, a Handbook of Black Magic, Prentice Hall, 1993.
Jung, Walt, ed., Op Amp Applications Handbook, Elsevier-Newnes, 2005.
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As land development plans for yet another hotel were accepted Thursday by City Council, the talk turned toward parking availability downtown.
"Are we reaching a point where we are overbuilding?" Councilwoman Liz Miele wondered aloud. She was concerned there may be too much emphasis on building hotels but without enough thought about parking needs.
City Councilman Randall J. Allison, too, posed a hypothetical question. He wondered if the city would have enough parking capacity should another industry, other than firms related to natural gas, experience a boom.
The administration, meanwhile, expressed confidence what it is building and has built will suffice.
"We have sufficient parking within three blocks in any point downtown," said William E. Nichols Jr., director of administration.
Mayor Gabriel J. Campana wants to see a full review and study on parking issues. The talks would involve himself, his administrative department heads, private developers and merchants, he said.
Campana also said he's encouraged by developers who want to build their own parking or find arrangements for parking for guests and employees.
He stressed the success of the conversion of the Scottish Rite Auditorium on Market Street into commercial office space and up to 60 parking spaces in a garage below. The developers, who are from Harrisburg and the city, are building it because of the commercial tax abatement in place, Campana said.
"I'm delighted we have these parking issues," he said. "It means commerce is picking up."
Williamsport Parking Authority chairman Anthony Cipolla said the authority will work closely with the administration to find enough parking for future development.
He saw where there may be occasions when some employers would have to switch around based on who might be in the parking garages. He also said he saw benefits for developers in the future to make sure they provide parking for their customers and workers.
The authority recently raised the monthly parking rates to address the need to provide enough reserve in its account to continue to pave and make infrastructure improvements to the existing ground lots, he said.


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Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> Perhaps a bit OT. Whether Julie Amero's conviction should be upheld or
> not, I can't say. But the case does point out that every owner of a
> computer has at least a moral responsibility to take steps to avoid
> "accidents" like hers.
It would have been constructive to post a link to the summary of whatever
"accident" this may have been. I have no idea what this is about. Of
course, we could all individually google to try to understand what you are
talking about. Or you could have posted a better message. ... would have
been better.
> Is that wise?
Who knows ? (Not me.)
Try harder next time. As it seems from here and now, this is probably
spam. And "Perhaps a bit OT".


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you think they will ever get over it ?
guess not........ with all the "people of all colours,cultures and religions" hating on them LOL
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Michigan State will transition into the new season with players whose early progression has head coach Tom Izzo ecstatic. In order to compete for the Big Ten crown, Sparty's key pieces must eliminate their most concerning flaws.
MSU surrendered three of its most polished and well-rounded players to the NBA. The two returning starters, Branden Dawson and Denzel Valentine, blossomed at different moments last season, but both players still have deficiencies in their skill sets.
But their shortcomings are the least of Izzo's worries.
Travis Trice and additional role players from last year's Elite Eight team must amp up their production in 2014-15. Those returning Spartans, accompanied by a potentially dynamic 2014 class, inherit a lot of responsibility that must be matched with vast improvement.
Aside from Dawson and Valentine, most of the contributors are specialists. Those guys will need to round out their overall skill sets in order to keep defenses honest and alleviate some of the responsibility from Dawson and Valentine. If that happens, State will look to capitalize on a tremendously weaker Big Ten Conference than last season.
This slideshow will feature each projected starter's most troubling flaw and how he must improve it.


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Bettman continues to prove that he's a weasel, plain and simple. I don't care if the owners (supposedly) love him - he's bad for the sport.
Because he does what the owners tell him to? That doesn't make a lot of sense. What you are in essence saying is that the owners are bad for the sport, because Gary doesn't fart without the approval of the BOG.
I agree, the dude is a slimy ******, but he doesn't really have any power, and is basically a puppet.


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To expedite the application process in view of the high demand for passports, a 'Passport Mela' was organised by the Regional Passport Office, in the city on Saturday at the two Passport Seva Kendras on Lalbagh Road and in Marathahalli.
As many as 1,290 appointment slots were given to applicants. The appointment slots to register for the mela was announced on June 1.
The mela was announced to ease the rush of applicants and make the services available to more people. As many as 855 applications were processed during the mela. The Bangalore Regional Passport Office handles more than 1,600 applications daily, five times more than it used to handle three years ago, a release said.
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Hormonal birth control typically makes me a mad woman. A couple fights short of a stay in the funny farm, or a court room in divorce court. It just makes me not myself.
For the first time since having children, my husband and I feel like we are right back where we started before having kids, and there is no way I am going to let birth control hormones get in the way of our insanely happy marriage. Yes, we have become that disgustingly in love couple again… I guess that is what three kids do to you!
So yesterday I went to my six week postpartum check up, although Addie won't technically be six weeks old till this Saturday.
But the point of the appointment was not only to make sure humpty dumpty was put back together again, but to make some serious arrangements for birth control. We are done having children, but at this point not comfortable with any kind of permanent birth control measures. We are just too young still to consider it.
After a lengthy talk about hormonal birth control, the pill, depo, nuvaring, and different types of IUD's we decided I would give the mini pill a try for a couple months, and when I go back for my annual pap in September we would either place the mirena IUD which has hormones, but less incidents of spotting and bleeding in between cycles, and prolonged periods, or the paraguard IUD which doesn't have hormones, but I have heard more negatives about long term.
My OB/GYN suggested the mirena because of my history, but doesn't want to actually place it before we see how I handle the actual hormones. Plus, the hormones in the mini pill are actually higher than the mirena IUD so if I can handle the pill, I won't have any issue handling the IUD. Plus, I will feel so much more comfortable in the long run knowing we are far more protected against another unexpected pregnancy.
I downloaded a neat app on my iPhone called My Pill to remind me to take it daily. Yes, I had to be that woman… if I didn't do that you can be sure I would completely forget to take it and end up between a rock and a hard place for sure!
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Not sure what you mean, but I think I have a good idea so I'll start:
If two guys are standing three feet apart and a .50 bullet goes between them, the air movement/suction created by that big bullet will rip thier arms off!!! :D
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August 25, 2004, 10:35 PM
.50 BMG is only lethal out to a mile. :rolleyes:
I think some of our snipers in the sandbox would disagree.
Burt Blade
August 25, 2004, 11:46 PM
Fifty caliber fib?
"I believe in limited government" - Any politician.
August 26, 2004, 12:47 AM
Kerry's comments on having to use a 50 bmg to shot people in Viet Nam. I guess shooting people with 7.62 or 5.56 is ok...Sorry I don't have the exact quote.
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August 26, 2004, 01:57 AM
50 cals are the weapon of choice for gangbangers and terrorists according to our revered politicians here in Kali:banghead:
Apparently gangbangers love to hang a 5 foot long 30-40 pound rifle out of their Honda Civics to do drive bys and terrorists hide the rifles up their butts as so not to set off the metal detectors at airports and use them in hijackings.
Okay, how about....once this one guy was telling me how he carried a 50 cal M-60 in Vietnam. I asked him if he meant a M-60 in 308 or a M2 in 50 cal.... nope, he insists it was a M-60 in 50 cal. Must have been some good hashish over there.:D
August 26, 2004, 02:14 AM
Can be used to shoot down satellites in orbit...:D :D
August 26, 2004, 02:36 AM
MY dad was at Fort Knox pistol range and his buddy who's full of crap all the time. Said a stray 50 cal hit the ground and bounced up his pants leg and burned him making him think something was stinging him.:rolleyes:
Guess what ?
he told the truth for once and my dad saw the bullet fall out of his pants as he did a wild snake dance trying to remove the stinging critter. :neener:
August 26, 2004, 06:59 AM
my dad saw the bullet fall out of his pants as he did a wild snake dance trying to remove the stinging critter.
hmm, bragging rights, "I was hit by a .50 caliber bullet, it really stung but other than that i was fine"
of course I agree with Ted Kennedy, .50 is for pussy girly men, real macho rambo types bust open tanks every weekend with .30-30, followed up by a few pints at the local irish pub and a drunken ride through the countryside with their sexy blonde secretary by their side and oops (http://www.gfsnet.org/msweb/sixties/chappaquiddick.html).
August 26, 2004, 09:20 AM
Last week a rep from NY (I think she's the one who's husband was killed on the LIRR back when, she ran for office on sympathy and gun control) was in the newspapers calling for a federal ban on "50 caliber sniper rifles". She said they could be used by terrorists to shoot down airplanes.
Hint, ANYTHING that pokes a hole in an airliner at altitude is gonna cause a BIG problem. If anyone can hit an airliner that's a mile in the air and travelling hundreds of miles an hour with a rifle....
August 26, 2004, 09:30 AM
The Desert Eagle, an easily concealable Israeli sniper assault pistol, is the weapon of choice for criminals. It is made to take a fifty caliber round . . . Allied fighter aircraft have been using fifty caliber rounds to shoot down enemy fighter planes since World War II. You can stop a tank with this warfighting ammunition! Guns like this have no place in civilian hands, and should be banned . . . if not for you, then for the children.
August 26, 2004, 09:31 AM
"Honey, I really don't want one of those awful .50 caliber rifles and I don't plan to buy one in the future."
August 26, 2004, 09:36 AM
heard a gun shop ninja say once ...
" oh yeah the .50 AE Desert Eagle is actually used by the Israli army for a light anti-tank weapon. "
If you would have watched my eyes, you could see the thought train de-rail. :rolleyes:
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ive heard of BGs taking .45s to the head and keep coming.
what can you expect, he was carring a glock
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New Delhi: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government on Thursday said it will address the concerns expressed by the states over the proposed National Food Security Bill.
"The states have expressed some concerns on the food security bill...we will address them," Food Minister KV Thomas told reporters after the two-day meet with state food and agriculture ministers on revamping the public distribution system.
Thomas said his ministry will pass on the views of the states to the Parliamentary standing Committee examining the food bill.
The bill seeks to cover up to 75 percent of the population and 50 percent of urban households and proposes right to 7 kg foodgrain per person, at Rs.3 per kg for rice, Rs.2 per kg for wheat and Re.1 per kg for coarse grains, to the priority beneficiaries.
According to officials, states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, which have a near universal PDS, fear the proposed right to food law could limit their number of beneficiaries.
The central government fixes quota of subsidised grains under the PDS for each state but they are free to expand the cover at their own cost.
Thomas expressed hope that the government will increase storage facility from 62 million tonnes at present to around 78.5 mt by 2015-16.
The states, he said, want re-distribution of storage facility.
Thomas said the central government is urging states to create more intermediary storage facility beyond that owned by the Food Corporation of India and the fair price shops.
Observing that almost all states are moving forward on modernising the PDS, Thomas said he will consider the states' request for financial and technical help.
To ensure faster movement of grains from the producing states to the consuming ones, the food ministry is working out a special arrangement with the railways, said Thomas.
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2011 Out of Home Media Plan Award Winners Announced
Posterscope USA Takes Home Top Prize for Reebok RealFlex Campaign
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Posterscope USA was honored with the 2011 Out of Home Media Plan of the Year award today by the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA). The 2011 Out of Home Media Plan Awards were presented this afternoon at The AD Club of New York's annual Out of Home Day in New York.
Posterscope USA won the Media Plan of the Year award for its Reebok RealFlex campaign, which used out of home formats and locations based on high reach, high frequency, and proximity to retail locations to educate consumers about the sneaker's new "Running Buddy" technology.
The campaign also incorporated interactive storefronts that allowed passersby to take pictures of themselves and share via email or post to Facebook. The ten most recent photos migrated to the bottom of the large sneaker in the digital displays, making the individuals "Running Buddies."
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Cypress String Quartet from San Francisco, California has released their newest album, Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets, which features five quartets from Opp. 59, 74, and 95. Beethoven began writing these in 1806, just after he finished premiering his Eroica Symphony. These works are challenging and hard to understand. During this time period music for string quartet was a genre that was enjoyed privately among die hard music lovers, so these quartets are almost experimental in a sense. Cypress takes on these string quartets with ease, performing them beautifully.
Cypress recently stopped by our performance studio at Classical 90.5 to talk with Daniel Gilliam about their journey to record and perform all of the Beethoven String Quartets. They also treated us to a special performance of Erwin Schulhoff's Cavatine from Divertimento for String Quartet. Members Jennifer Kloetzel and Tom Stone discussed their recordings of Beethoven's middle and late string quartets, and their plans to record his early quartets this June. They also described their Call and Response program, which pairs a newly commissioned work from a living composer with a standard masterpiece. This program reaches out to students all over the San Francisco Bay Area, creating new classical music lovers of all ages. Members of Cypress include Cecily Ward and Tom Stone on violin, Ethan Filner on viola, and Jennifer Kloetzel on cello.
You can purchase Cypress String Quartet's newest album Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets on iTunes, and you can also purchase their first release of the quartets, Beethoven: The Late String Quartets on iTunes. Stay tuned for their release of Beethoven's early string quartets.
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Senate Bill 160, known as "Roberta's Law", will become effective on March 22, 2013. Roberta's Law expands victim notification rights enumerated in Ohio Revised Code section 2930.16 as they relate to certain inmate release or transfer proceedings. If the inmate is convicted of Aggravated Murder, Murder, a first, second or third degree offense of violence or is serving a life sentence, the victim will be automatically notified of specified events, regardless of whether the victim has requested notification. ODRC encourages all victims affected by Roberta's Law to contact the Office of Victim Services at the numbers listed below, to either provide information regarding the preferred method of notification, or to opt-out of notification. Information regarding the victim's ability to participate in applicable proceedings will be included within the notice as required. The proceedings affected by Roberta's Law as they relate to inmates confined within the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) includes:
Roberta's Law also provides an opt-out mechanism for those
victims who do not wish to be automatically notified (see
attached form).
Adult Parole Authority staff is currently searching for
victims, who have not previously requested notification
through the Office of Victim Services, in order to locate
these victims and provide the notifications required by
Roberta's Law when it becomes effective on March 22, 2013.
Contact with unregistered victims will be made by regular
mail, telephone or email.
ODRC encourages all victims affected by Roberta's Law to contact the Office of Victim Services by phone or email to either provide information regarding the preferred method of notification through registration, or to opt-out of notification.