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Every now and then, we hear a little bit more information from the Michigan battery company Sakti3, which is somewhat secretly working on advanced solid state lithium batteries. In March, for example, the company was named an affiliate of the US Department of Energy's Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR). This week, according to GigaOM, Sakti3's founder Ann Marie Sastry announced that its solid state li-ion battery will be able to double the range of an electric car (or, make things like cell phones last twice as long between charges). If applied to a vehicle like the Tesla Model S, that would mean 480 miles on one charge. This should permanently remove the phrase "range anxiety" from our vocabulary, shouldn't it?
Even more interesting is the claim that Sakti3 believes these batteries could be had for just $100 per kWh, well under not only today's costs but also the predictions others have made for the near future. Of course, the batteries are not here yet, but the company says its test packs were made on "fully scalable equipment," implying that the time to put up or shut up should be here soon, don't you think?
Another bit of news, if we can call it that, is a video that is supposed to show what happens when you drop hot soldering material onto one of the Sakti3 cells: basically, nothing and the cell continues to work safely. Note, though, that the title of the video is "Please DO NOT try this with your own battery!" which is just good advice. Watch the audio-free clip below.
Despite the relatively low profile, Sakti3 has been able to get investment attention. The company got $4.2 million from GM Ventures and Itochu in 2010 and $2.5 million from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. in 2008, for example. In total, Sakti3 has received over $30 million for its better-battery tech. We're ready for the cars any time now.
Ann Arbor, Michigan –August 20, 2014 – Sakti3, Inc. (www.sakti3.com) announced that it has produced a battery cell on fully scalable equipment with over 1100 Watt hours per liter (Wh/l) in volumetric energy density. This translates to more than double the usage time in a wearable device like a smartwatch, from 3.5 h to more than 9 h. It also translates to almost double the range in an EV like the Tesla Model S, from 256 mi to 480 mi.
"It's clearly a breakthrough – it's a world's best, made on a mass-production platform," said Professor Wei Lu from the University of Michigan, a battery expert knowledgeable about the process. "It's not either/or in cost and performance in batteries anymore – Sakti3 has both. They built a really high performance device on a really low cost platform – like building millions of high end processors in a factory that produces ordinary plastic wrap. It was quite a scientific feat."
Sakti3 reports that it demonstrated over 1000 Wh/l over two years ago, and has since moved to a pilot tool, using all scalable materials and equipment. The technology development was guided by mathematical simulations, starting with materials, and continuing to full scale plant layout to avoid any high cost materials, equipment or processes.
Along with having an ultra-low cost solution, the battery cells are also the safest ever demonstrated because of the all-solid-state construction and materials in the cells. Sakti3 has released a video (http://youtu.be/ICQcj73dMgI) demonstrating an abuse test in which hot solder is dropped into the cycling cell – and it continues to operate normally.
"Our target is to achieve mass production of cells at ~$100/kWh," said Dr. Ann Marie Sastry, CEO of Sakti3. "Our key patents on the technology have been issued, we are up and running on larger tooling, and can now speed up processing. Our first market will be consumer electronics, and after that, we'll move to other sectors."
About Sakti3
Sakti3 is commercializing a breakthrough, high performance, low cost and intrinsically safe solid state battery technology. The materials, device designs and manufacturing methodologies were selected and optimized using advanced computational modeling, and lockstep, small-scale prototyping. The company is now scaling its prototypes in pilot production.
Sakti3 has received $30MM in venture funding from Khosla Ventures, GM Ventures, Itochu, and a grant from the State of Michigan.
Sakti3 has been recognized for its innovative approaches with several technical and business awards, including recognition as an Energy Innovation Pioneer by CERAWEEK (2014), in MIT's Technology Review as one the World's 50 Most Innovative Companies (2012) and the winner of the World's Top Ten in the Energy Category (2011).


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BeschreibungMichael Davitt (1846-1906), was an important figure in Irish history. Active in the Fenian movement he was arrested in 1870 by the British and imprisoned for seven years. After his release he continued his efforts and founded the Land League. Once again he was arrested and sent to prison in England. While in solitary confinement he wrote a number of pieces, all of which are published here for the first time. In addition to valuable autobiographical material, they include essays on the Irish land war, how Ireland was robbed of her Parliament, English civilization, and the education of the Irish citizen. Carla King teaches at St. Patrick's College. The Classics of Irish History series.
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Ex-Ghana winger Yaw Peko says youth international Ebenezer Assifuah deserves to be crowned 2013 CAF Most Promising Talent.
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Assifuah faces competition from Saleh Gomaa of Egypt and Nigeria's wonder kid Kelechi Iheanacho at the CAF Gala in Lagos tonight.
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"With the little time I had with him at the African Youth Championship in Algeria and the World Cup in Turkey I believe he can win this award,†Preko told Joy FM.
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JUSTICE JAY says:January 09, 2014 02:28 pmHe can only win if and only if there is transparency in the Awarding Body of CAF.
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Rasheed says:January 09, 2014 06:16 pmWhat transparency are you talking about?. It seems you are rather not transparent, because you simply want Assifuah to win. Did you watch Assifuah and Kelechi during the world cup.Forget that Kelechi won the world cup, and you also being a Ghanaian. Considering their ages and their style of play who will you pick?.


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By John Parker / Special to MLB.com | April 5, 2010 6:00 AM ET
The Pacific Coast League says goodbye to Omaha's Rosenblatt Stadium, as the O-Royals are scheduled to move into their new home in nearby Sarpy County, Neb., for Opening Day 2011.
With a capacity of 25,500, Rosenblatt Stadium is the largest baseball stadium outside the Major Leagues in the United States. The park, which has hosted the College World Series each year since 1950, was built in 1947 and originally called Omaha Municipal Stadium before being renamed in 1964 to honor former mayor Johnny Rosenblatt.
The stadium was one of the last in the country to feature live rather than prerecorded music. Longtime Rosenblatt organist Lambert Bartak, who played at Royals games from 1973-2002, became infamous in 1988 after being ejected from the game for playing the "Mickey Mouse Club" theme after a controversial call.
The O-Royals have been Kansas City's Triple-A affiliate since 1969. And, though players probably won't miss the annual extended road trip caused by the College World Series, Rosenblatt has played an important role in baseball at all levels.
Here's a team-by-team look at what else to expect in the Pacific Coast League in 2010:
Albuquerque Isotopes
2009 record: 80-64; American Conference South Division champions
2010 manager: Tim Wallach
What's on deck: Five-time All-Star Tim Wallach returns to Albuquerque for a second season after guiding the Isotopes to an 80-64 record in 2009 (an 11 1/2-game improvement from 2008) and the team's first division title since its inaugural season in 2003. ... Hitting coach John Moses and pitching coach Jim Slaton also will reprise their 2009 roles. ... Outfielder Xavier Paul, limited to 31 Minor League and 11 Major League games in 2009 by a staph infection, could see more action with the Isotopes to get back up to speed. The former Southern League All-Star batted .328 with 16 RBIs in 31 games with Albuquerque last season. ... Catcher A.J. Ellis, who batted .314 for the 'Topes in 2009, may start the season in Los Angeles due to Russell Martin's injury but could see more seasoning in Albuquerque. ... Matthew Sartor, a 6-foot-6 right-hander who led Double-A Chattanooga with 11 saves last season, could start 2010 in the Isotopes bullpen. ... After missing most of the 2009 season with a badly fractured tibia, shortstop prospect Ivan De Jesus will open the year with Albuquerque. De Jesus, the son of Major League veteran Ivan De Jesus, batted .324 at Double-A Jacksonville in 2008.
Colorado Springs Sky Sox
2009 record: 73-69
2010 manager: Stu Cole
What's on deck: Cole returns to Colorado Springs for his 10th season as a manager in the Rockies system. He took over managerial duties for the Sky Sox last May 30 after three-plus seasons guiding Double-A Tulsa. ... Depending on how the Rockies outfield shakes out, speedster Eric Young Jr., who hit .299 and stole 58 bases for the Sky Sox last year, will return to Colorado Springs to start the campaign. ... Josh Phelps, who has 189 homers in the Minors and 64 more in the big leagues, was signed to provide some power for the Sox. He missed most of 2009 with a shoulder injury but clubbed 31 homers with Memphis in 2008. ... Former Major League catcher Paul Lo Duca, who did not play in 2009, could spend time in Colorado Springs. ... Samuel Deduno went 12-4 with a 2.57 ERA for Tulsa en route to earning Texas League Pitcher of the Year honors last season. He made one late-season appearance for the Sky Sox and will return to Colorado Springs to start 2010.
Fresno Grizzlies
2009 record: 71-73
2010 manager: Steve Decker
What's on deck: After three seasons under Dan Rohn, the Grizzlies will be managed by Steve Decker in 2010. In Decker's five seasons as a manager in the Giants organization, his teams have never finished worse than second in their league, including a 83-59 campaign with Double-A Connecticut in 2009. ... Fresno will begin the season with a battery of top prospects in catcher Buster Posey and left-hander Madison Bumgarner, MLB.com's No. 4 and No. 10 prospects, respectively. Both will be in the Majors before long, so catch them while you can. ... Henry Sosa, a 24-year-old right-hander who went 6-0 with a 2.36 ERA in 14 starts for Connecticut last season, is slated for the Grizzlies rotation in 2010. ... Joe Martinez, who pitched at four levels -- including the Majors -- for the Giants last season, will start 2010 with Fresno, where he posted a 4.89 ERA in seven outings in 2009. ... The Grizzlies will welcome several celebrities to Chukchansi Park this summer, including Alfonso Ribeiro, Dave Dravecky and Shawon Dunston.
Iowa Cubs
2009 record: 72-72
2010 manager: Ryne Sandberg
What's on deck: The I-Cubs will have a new manager for the fifth time in as many seasons: Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg. It will be Sandberg's fourth year as a Minor League skipper following two seasons at Class A Peoria and one with the Double-A Tennessee Smokies. ... Pitching coach Mike Mason and hitting coach Von Joshua return from the 2009 Cubs field staff. ... Pitcher Mitch Atkins, who went 8-12 in 27 starts for the I-Cubs last season, will be back in the rotation. ... Catcher Welington Castillo, a 2008 Futures Game selection, will follow Sandberg from Tennessee, where he hit .232 last season. ... Relievers Blake Parker and Jeff Stevens will be back in the I-Cubs bullpen. The two combined for 87 appearances last season, and both held opponents to sub-.200 batting averages.
Las Vegas 51s
2009 record: 71-73
2010 manager: Dan Rohn
What's on deck: After three seasons as manager of the Fresno Grizzlies, Rohn will helm the 51s in 2010. He also managed the Tacoma Rainiers from 2001-05. ... Las Vegas is the Opening Day destination for several top Blue Jays prospects, including a few acquired in the deal that sent Roy Halliday to Philadelphia. ... Right-hander Kyle Drabek, ranked by MLB.com as the No. 17 prospect, was one such acquisition. The son of former Cy Young Award winner Doug Drabek went 12-3 with a 3.19 ERA at two levels last season and should arrive in Vegas shortly. ... No. 16 prospect Brett Wallace hit .293 with 20 homers in the Cardinals and Athletics organizations last season. ... First baseman Brian Dopirak will return to the 51s after batting .330 with eight homers and 34 RBIs in 52 PCL games last season. ... Former first-round pick Dustin McGowan missed 2009 with shoulder and knee injuries after spending parts of four seasons in Toronto. He's slated to open the 2010 campaign with the 51s. ... The Las Vegas roster also will feature pitchers Brad Mills and Casey Fien and infielder Jarrett Hoffpauir.
Memphis Redbirds
2009 record: 77-67; PCL champions
2010 manager: Chris Maloney
What's on deck: Maloney returns for his fourth season as Redbirds manager after leading them to the 2009 Pacific Coast League championship. ... Hitting coach Mark Budaska also is back, joined by new pitching coach Derek Lilliquist. ... Starter Adam Ottavino will start the season with the Redbirds after making a run at the Cardinals' fifth-starter role in Spring Training. ... Former second-round pick Mark Hamilton will be back in Memphis after hitting .308 with six homers and 19 RBIs in 46 games with the Redbirds last season. ... Catchers Bryan Anderson and Matt Pagnozzi will backstop the Memphis staff, which will feature relievers Francisco Samuel -- a Futures Game selection last season -- and Tyler Norrick. ... Arizona Fall League Rising Star Daryl Jones and Shane Robinson are slated to patrol the outfield at AutoZone Park.
Nashville Sounds
2009 record: 75-69
2010 manager: Don Money
What's on deck: Money is back in Nashville for a second season, his 13th in the Brewers system. ... Hitting coach Sandy Guerrero also returns, while pitching coach Rich Gale joins the staff after spending 2009 in the same role with Class A Hagerstown. ... Former second-round pick Josh Butler, who pitched at five levels in the Brewers organization last season, will begin 2010 with the Sounds. He was 9-3 with a 2.97 ERA in 24 Minor League games in 2009. ... Slugging third baseman Adam Heether is back in Nashville after batting .293 with 16 homers last year. ... Despite investing $2.5 million in upgrades to 32-year-old Greer Stadium in 2008, Sounds ownership is pushing for a new downtown ballpark in the coming years.
New Orleans Zephyrs
2009 record: 63-80
2010 manager: Edwin Rodriguez
What's on deck: Rodriguez and pitching coach Scott Miller both return from last season's staff and are joined by new hitting coach Greg Norton, who's making his coaching debut after ending his 13-year Major League career in 2009. ... Former first-round pick Andrew Miller will start the season with the Z's. The 6-foot-7 left-hander, who made 14 starts for the Marlins in 2009, is refining his delivery. ... Outfielder Mike Stanton, who ranks third among MLB.com's top prospects, will start the year at Double-A Jacksonville but soon could see time in New Orleans -- if he doesn't jump straight to the Majors. The 20-year-old clubbed 28 homers and drove in 92 runs at Class A Advanced Jupiter and Double-A Jacksonville last season. ... MLB.com's No. 25 prospect, first baseman Logan Morrison, also could play a role for the Z's this season. ... Another big lefty, 6-foot-8 Sean West, is slated to begin the 2010 campaign with the Zephyrs. The Houston native went 7-3 at Jacksonville and 8-6 in 20 starts with the Marlins last season. ... All 144 Zephyrs games will be carried by the team's new flagship radio station, WMTI True Oldies 106.1 FM.
Oklahoma City RedHawks
2009 record: 69-75
2010 manager: Bobby Jones
What's on deck: Jones returns for his eighth season in Oklahoma City. He's led the RedHawks to the playoffs four times. ... The RedHawks open the year stacked with a plethora of young hitting prospects, including first baseman Justin Smoak, MLB.com's No. 9 prospect. The switch-hitter batted .244 in 54 games with Oklahoma City in 2009 but is expected to bounce back this season. ... Center fielder Craig Gentry hit .303 and stole 49 bases at Double-A Frisco last year and will look to torch PCL batteries in 2010. ... First baseman Chad Tracy earned Texas League All-Star honors last season, hitting .279 with 26 homers and 107 RBIs. ... The RedHawks can expect even more production from right fielder Mitch Moreland, who batted .331 with 16 homers and 85 RBIs last season at Class A Advanced Bakersfield and Frisco. ... Oklahoma City also will start the season with serious big league experience in its rotation. Derek Holland made 33 appearances (21 starts) for the Rangers in 2009, and Brandon McCarthy started 17 games for Texas.
Omaha Royals
2009 record: 64-80
2010 manager: Mike Jirschele
What's on deck: This marks the O-Royals' final season at historic Rosenblatt Stadium. Opened in 1948, the 25,500-seat facility is the only home the Royals have known. The final regular-season game is scheduled for Sept. 7 against Round Rock. ... Jirschele returns to Omaha for his 11th season. He managed the club when it last made the playoffs in 1996. ... The Royals rotation likely will be anchored by Gaby Hernandez, who was claimed off waivers in early March. The 23-year-old right-hander went 10-9 with a 5.23 ERA in 26 starts for Tacoma last season. ... Veterans Victor Marte and Carlos Rosa are slated to start the season in the bullpen. ... Kansas City has a collection of young prospects that will start the season at lower levels but could see time in Omaha, including hurlers Aaron Crow (MLB.com's No. 41 prospect) and Mike Montgomery (No. 43) and infielder Mike Moustakas (No. 32). All three are former first-round picks.
Portland Beavers
2009 record: 60-84
2010 manager: Terry Kennedy
What's on deck: Kennedy returns to the PCL for the first time since managing Las Vegas. He guided San Diego's Double-A Texas League affiliate in San Antonio to a 70-70 record in 2009. ... Portland's pitching staff will feature several arms with Major League experience. Left-hander Aaron Poreda -- acquired from the White Sox in last summer's Jake Peavy deal -- struggled in seven appearances with the Beavers in 2009 but was more effective in 14 Major League outings. ... Another southpaw, Cesar Ramos, returns to Portland after posting a 3.99 ERA in 15 starts last season. ... In the bullpen, righties Luis Perdomo and Ryan Webb combined to make 63 Major League appearances last season. Slugger Chad Huffman also returns after a 2009 campaign that saw him hit 20 homers and drive in 68 runs while earning PCL midseason All-Star honors.
Reno Aces
2009 record: 79-64
2010 manager: Brett Butler
What's on deck: After a successful debut season in Reno that saw the Aces post the third-best record in the PCL, Butler, hitting coach Rick Burleson and pitching coach Mike Parrott all return in 2010. ... Veteran reliever Jose Marte is back in the bullpen after going 4-1 with a 4.52 ERA in 47 appearances in 2009. ... The starting rotation likely will be anchored by 6-foot-6 righty Bryan Augenstein, who had a 5.50 ERA in eight outings with the Aces last summer after dominating the Double-A Southern League with a 5-0, 0.99 mark. ... One of the more intriguing stories for Reno could be 35-year-old Major League veteran Kris Benson. The top overall pick in the 1996 Draft spent the 2009 season in the Texas Rangers organization. ... The Aces Ballpark experience will be enhanced by the completion of the Freight House District adjacent to the stadium, featuring a restaurant, sports bar and beer garden.
Round Rock Express
2009 record: 63-81
2010 manager: Marc Bombard
What's on deck: Bombard returns to Round Rock for his 26th season as a Minor League manager. He's guided three league champions since leading the Pioneer League's Billings Mustangs in 1982. ... The Express have finished no higher than 13th in the 16-team PCL in the last three seasons but will look to improve with help from catching prospect Jason Castro. The former first-round pick hit .300 with 10 homers and 73 RBIs at Class A Advanced Lancaster and Double-A Corpus Christi in 2009. ... Texas League midseason All-Star Collin DeLome, who slugged 20 longballs for Corpus Christi last season, also will make his Triple-A debut. ... Reliever Chia-Jen Lo, a Futures Game selection last summer, will make the jump to Round Rock after posting an impressive 2.10 ERA in 42 appearances with Lancaster and Corpus Christi. He yielded two homers over 64 1/3 innings while holding foes to a .179 average. ... The Express signed a five-year deal in early March with new flagship radio station 104.9, The Horn (KTXX-FM) ESPN Radio in Austin.
Sacramento River Cats
2009 record: 86-57; Pacific Conference South Division champions
2010 manager: Tony DeFrancesco
What's on deck: The River Cats juggernaut keeps rolling with DeFrancesco at the helm again in 2010. In his previous six seasons as Sacramento manager, the River Cats have won three PCL titles and missed the playoffs just once. ... Two of the top sluggers in Minor League Baseball are slated to begin the season in Sacramento. First baseman Chris Carter, who was the Minors' top hitter in 2009, is ranked No. 37 on MLB.com's list of prospects. He batted .329 with 28 homers and 115 RBIs last season. ... Joining him is the No. 35 prospect, outfielder Michael Taylor, who hit .320 with 20 homers and 84 RBIs in the Phillies system in 2009. The 6-foot-6 Stanford product also stole 21 bases. ... After undergoing Tommy John surgery last June, A's starter Josh Outman is expected to return at midseason and likely will spend time rehabilitating in Sacramento. ... Former second-round pick Eric Sogard will start the season with the River Cats after batting .293 at Double-A San Antonio. The second baseman was acquired from the Padres in January.
Salt Lake Bees
2009 record: 72-71
2010 manager: Bobby Mitchell
What's on deck: The Bees' entire field staff from 2009 returns this spring, led by Mitchell, now in his third season with the club. ... Perhaps the most intriguing prospect in the Angels system is slated to debut with the Bees in 2010: 20-year-old left-handed starter Trevor Reckling, who had a 2.68 ERA in 26 starts at Class A Advanced Rancho Cucamonga and Double-A Arkansas last season. Only three years out of high school, Reckling has impressed at Major League camp this spring. ... Reckling likely will be joined by Arkansas batterymate Hank Conger, a former first-round pick who hit .294 with 11 homers as a Texas League All-Star in 2009. ... Despite a disappointing and injury-plagued 2009 season at Arkansas, right-hander Jordan Walden still tantalizes scouts with his hard, heavy fastball. He is likely to transition from a starting role to the bullpen and could see time with the Bees. ... Another 2009 Texas League All-Star, center fielder Peter Bourjos, should make an impact with the Bees. He batted .281 and stole 32 bases at Arkansas and is considered the fastest player and best defensive outfielder in the organization. ... The Bees and Angels, who first joined forces in 2001, extended their affiliation through the 2014 season.
Tacoma Rainiers
2009 record: 74-70; Pacific Conference North Division champions
2010 manager: Daren Brown
What's on deck: Brown returns to Tacoma after guiding the Rainiers to their first playoff berth since 2005. He'll be joined by returning hitting coach Alonzo Powell and new pitching coach Jaime Navarro, who spent 12 seasons in the Major Leagues. ... Providing pop in the Rainiers lineup will be left fielder Michael Saunders, who hit .310 last season and appeared in 46 games for the Mariners. ... He'll roam the Cheney Stadium outfield alongside Ezequiel Carrera, who earned Southern League and Topps Double-A All-Star honors at West Tenn last season. Carrera batted .337, had 27 steals and reached base at a .441 clip. ... Left-hander Ryan Feierabend went 7-1 with a 2.16 ERA with Tacoma in 2008 but missed all of last season following elbow surgery. He's slated to start the campaign with the Rainiers. ... Cheney Stadium is scheduled for its first full renovation in 51 years at the close of the 2010 season. The $30 million project is to be completed by Opening Day 2011.
John Parker is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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The tour starts with a 10 minute jet boat ride across Gastineau Channel. At the beach you meet your guides and they will escort you up to the outfitting shelter for a thorough orientation. After getting geared up and loaded onto our Mercedes Benz Unimog you will ride up the mountain to the top of the course. There is a short up-hill hike to the first platform from which you will descend through the trees and over the ruins of the Treadwell Gold Mine. There are 10 ziplines, 2 suspension bridges and you finish the course with a 42 foot rappel returning to ground near the outfitting shelter. Before you get back on the boat, we have a small shop where you can purchase an action photo from the last zipline or a t-shirt or sweatshirt to remember your excursion. The tour lasts a total of 3 hours and 15 minutes.
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Red Sparkle Ribbon™ has 34" wire with 6 LED lights.Includes two 5' strands of non-conductive ribbon: holographic plus matte. Adjustable lighting options: constant lighting for 6+ hours; fast or slow blinking for 10+ hours. Lighting switch on or off. Includes 2 - CR2032 Batteries (can be replaced). Holds one 11" latex balloon to create "Sparkle Walkers." Floats one 16" or larger latex balloon to create "Sparkle Floaters."Attach clip to neck of balloons, into centerpieces, flowers, bows, gift wrapping, decorations, even hair!3/16"W X 34"LongPack of 5.
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An animation student who is also a cosplayer and otaku. My loves are Touhou, Anime, Games, cosplay and Arts & Crafts. I wish to cosplay every Touhou character if possible. <3 Touhou Project <3
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My first cosplay was at MCM expo May 2007, I cosplayed Rukia Kuchiki (School Uniform) I love making cosplay, especially props. I am most proud of my Flandre Scarlet cosplay, mainly due to the light up wings, They were very time consuming to make and fiddly too, but I love seeing them when they are lit up and the great feedback I get from people at conventions makes it worth the effort ^_^
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Hmm, I really should update this every once in a while, ne?
Well 2010, Much, Much snow. Had 2 day off college because of it. Got another day off tomorrow cause of it too.
Another Uni interview on Tuesday, wish me luck?
The year so far has been fine, had it's good moments and sad & Depressing ones. But thats life.
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For years, the Carlyle Group has tried to shed its former reputation as a second home for government officials and a specialist in buying defence companies.
But the recent fracas over the National Security Agency's surveillance programs highlights the private equity giant's remaining ties to government work: its majority stake in Booz Allen Hamilton, the employer of the whistle-blower, Edward Snowden.
Shares of Booz Allen were down about 4 per cent in midmorning trading on Monday, at $US17.24. That values the government consultancy at about $US2.6 billion. (That's still above $US17, the price at which the firm went public two-and-a-half years ago.)
Still, the controversy over Mr. Snowden and his leaks of highly confidential surveillance work at the N.S.A. — where he worked on assignment — has brought some attention to Booz Allen's majority owner, Carlyle.
The buyout firm bought Booz Allen's government contracting arm for $US2.5 billion in 2008, when the consultancy separated the business from its commercial arm. The investment has worked out well for Carlyle so far, with Booz Allen having paid out more than $US612 million in special dividends before its 2010 initial public offering.
Carlyle held a roughly 67 per cent stake in Booz Allen as of March 31, and still holds three seats on the firm's board.
The consultancy has posted fairly steady growth over recent years, including $US219 million in net income on $US5.8 billion in revenue for the year ended March 31. Nearly all of that has been because of its ties to a very important customer, the federal government.
As The New York Times noted:
The government has sharply increased spending on high-tech intelligence gathering since 2001, and both the Bush and Obama administrations have chosen to rely on private contractors like Booz Allen for much of the resulting work.
Thousands of people formerly employed by the government, and still approved to deal with classified information, now do essentially the same work for private companies. Mr. Snowden, who revealed on Sunday that he provided the recent leak of national security documents, is among them.
As evidence of the company's close relationship with government, the Obama administration's chief intelligence official, James R. Clapper Jr., is a former Booz Allen executive. The official who held that post in the Bush administration, John M. McConnell, now works for Booz Allen.
Yet Carlyle has worked hard over the past decade to put questions about its influence over the government to rest. The firm was once known for hiring former politicians like George H. W. Bush and James A. Baker III, the onetime secretary of state, as advisers and for focusing on government contractors.
Now Carlyle is known as a global investment powerhouse, with over $US176 billion in assets under management in a wide variety of sectors. The private equity firm even devotes a portion of its frequently asked questions to addressing the firm's past:
Do former senior government officials work at Carlyle?
From the late-1980s through the mid-1990s, several former senior government officials worked at Carlyle in various advisory and other capacities. Most have since retired from the firm. Today, Carlyle boasts a group of former C-level corporate executives, each with an average of 40 years' experience, who serve as Operating Executives. These executives assist our investment teams in analysing industries, sourcing transactions, creating value, mentoring portfolio company management and generating returns for our investors.
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* TSX down 173.22 points, or 1.25 percent, at 13,731.90
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* Energy shares under pressure as oil prices keep dropping (Adds comment, updates prices to close)
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TORONTO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index ended 1.25 percent lower on Friday as a raid on the Montreal offices of gaming company Amaya Inc weighed on its shares and those of two financial firms also involved in the securities regulator probe.
The index, buffeted by plunging oil prices that have hit domestic energy producers hard, lost more than 5 percent on the week, its biggest weeklong slip since September 2011.
Banks were among the heaviest weights on the day, as investors added the third of Canada's biggest sectors to the sell-off hitting energy and materials names after an underwhelming earnings season.
"One of the biggest safe havens ... has now become suspect," said Robert McWhirter, chief executive officer of Selective Asset Management. "Even these stocks have the potential to decline."
Insurance company Manulife Financial lost 2.7 percent to C$21.07, and investment bank Canaccord Genuity Group slumped 16 percent to C$6.16 after their offices were raided in connection with the Quebec probe into trading of Amaya's securities. Amaya fell 18.3 percent to C$28.64. Continued...


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Two women injured in a car crash which killed three people including two young brothers on Christmas Day were discharged from hospital today.
The women were kept in hospital overnight and were sent home today, the University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust confirmed.
Two brothers aged four and 10 and a woman passenger died when their car overturned on the M6 near junction 15 for Stoke-on-Trent at about 11.25am, yesterday.
The crash closed both carriages for several hours while emergency services were on the scene.
The woman, 32, is believed to have been travelling from the Thames Valley area.
Another female passenger was injured and taken to hospital, along with the woman believed to be the boys' mother, for further assessment and treatment.
Chief superintendent Martin Evans said emergency service staff had worked through the "sad" and "exceptionally difficult circumstances" at the roadside.
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Started all 19 matches ... named to the All-Conference USA Third Team ... led the team with four assists ... ranked second on the team with 10 points and tied for second with three goals ... took 44 shots, putting 19 on frame ... tallied the game-winning goal against Colorado College (10/14), handing the Tigers their first conference loss of the season ... recorded two assists in the team's 3-2 double overtime win against East Carolina (10/30) ... matched her single-game record with eight shots at Marshall (10/2).
Named to All-Conference USA Second Team ... ranked second on the team with eight goals and 21 points ... tied for second with five assists ... took 42 shots, putting 20 on frame ... notched the game-winning goal against North Florida ... scored a pair of goals against Southern Miss ... started all 19 matches ... named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Tallied 10 points on the season, tied for second most on the team ... her four assists tied the team's season-high ... had her first assist of the season against Clemson ... assisted goals at Houston and East Carolina ... tallied the team's final three goals of the season ... two of those goals came in a 2-1 over Memphis in overtime ... one of two Blazers with a multi-goal game ... tallied the equalizer against UTEP in the conference tournament.
Named to the Conference USA All-Freshman team after recording six goals and four assists for a total of 16 points as a true freshman ... saw playing time in all 20 contests, serving as UAB's first player off the bench ... scored all six of her goals against conference opponents, which tied her for first in the league in that category ... also led UAB and C-USA in game-winning goals with four ... paced the league in points during conference play as well ... scored both goals in UAB's 2-1 win over SMU ... all of her goals on the year were unassisted ... was one of the recipients of the Most Improved Award at the end-of-the-year banquet ... named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Started four years for head coach Dawn Crowe at Plano East High School ... earned first-team All-District 8-5A honors in 2006 and was named to the second-team all-district in 2007 ... serving as team captain, she was honored as the MVP of the Plano Tournament of Champions in 2007 ... spent eight years with the Texas Spirit Red West club team and head coach Wilco Ravestijn ... al so a member of the North Texas State Olympic Development team from 2001-04.
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Bathtub tub spout Diverter broken?
My daughter manager to break the diverter on the tub spout. First How do I get this thing off to look at it. Second is this usually repairable or just replace?
Replace it. The tub spout will either screw onto a male fitting or slide on and be held onto the pipe from the wall with an Allen set screw (look for a slot on the bottom of the spout and the set screw will be up in it).
If it is screwed on, just unscrew it counter-clockwise, get a new tub spout with diverter with the same depth of female threads on the spout or get an adjustable one.
Use 2-3 flat wraps of teflon tape wrapped clockwise only on the male threads of the fitting from the wall if it's a screw-on type. Use a buffer cloth (washcloth works great) on the new spout under a pipe wrench or channel locks. I usually just turn it on and tighten them by hand without a wrench. Works fine.
Good Luck!
As Mike said, if it is the slip on type, there will be a slot under the spout near where the spout meets the wall. Otherwise, you just unscrew the spout. The diverter is part of the spout and all will come out at the same time.
Alerady, got it. Very easy, thanks.
Great! Good job!
Isn't DIY fun?
I've been doing it for more than 50 years (I'm 64), and I've been trying to help people (from an amateur standpoint) for all the years that I've been on the Internet and now have over 14,000 total posts on various DIY websites as a member or moderator. That's almost as much fun as actually doing some DIY thing myself.
However, I won't begin to tell you how many things I've screwed up learning. LOL
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Baldism Is The Worst Form Of Racism!
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#1 Apr 11, 2008
Why are there no 'Super Heroes' with the typical "Male Pattern Baldness rim" blowing gently in the wind? Why must these super heroes always have a full crop of hair? I'm not talking shaved either! I'm talking a real "MPH rim" here baby! When is the last time you saw a Hollywood leading man sporting just a MPB rim? Try and get a job as an actor with just a rim and they put you in bit parts such as the janitor or the psycho! Try and get a job as a greeter in a fancy restaurant and all you get is that glance up at your dome and rim! Better chance at Wal-Mart! I'm tired of it! I'm going to organize "a million bald man with rim" march on Washington! Talk about being black and experiencing racism try being bald with a rim
#2 Apr 13, 2008
I have experienced this myself!
#3 Apr 13, 2008
I don't know if I can take much more of the unfair practices against us bald guys! Baldism sucks!
#4 Apr 14, 2008
I think all of us bald guys should go on strike! I'd bet things would turn around then! We deserve respect and better positions in life as a whole.
#5 Apr 14, 2008
Only bald men know the pain
#6 Apr 14, 2008
Living with this head is horrible! no one knows the trouble we bald men go through....
#7 Apr 15, 2008
People don't know unless they experience this horrible Baldism... It is rampant in society today!
#8 Apr 16, 2008
I had a blind date the other night and the first thing this woman did was look right up at my head, not even my eyes, but my head! Baldism!
#9 Nov 23, 2008
I was on a sky trip once having a wonderful conversation for about 2 hours with a woman I had just met. I was wearing a hat so she didn't know I was bald. My hat fell off on the bus and her whole demeaner changed in a an instant. It's like I became Mr. Hyde or something.
It was bizarre, it was like I was a different person or something.
Men with a full head of hair don't understand what it's like.
Bob's right about T.V. and the movies. I remember especially in the 70's, they always got a bald actor to play the stalker or the pervert or the janitor/psycho/pervert/stalker .
Women try to say we over-react with stuff like this but that's just B.S.
#10 Nov 24, 2008
You got that right! Baldism is the worst form of racism!
#11 Nov 29, 2008
Thank God someone is bringing this issue to the attention of everyone! I had a date just three weeks ago and I'd never met the woman (as it was a blind date.) Took her to a Ray's game and wore my Ray's hat too. Everything was fine until they sang the national anthem and I removed my hat to expose my bald dome... She took one look and started laughing at me. I have never felt so bad in all of my life.....Baldism
#12 Dec 7, 2008
I am so glad this issue is coming to the front of the class! I am thinking about a support group for those of us who refuse to cover up and wear our rims of hair as God intended. I pray for the day when the leading man is the baldy with just a rim, Superman with his rim blowing in the wind.
#13 Jan 11, 2009
I got a full head of hair, and I am so happy about it !
Being bald makes you look about 20 years older !
I think it takes courage to wear your balding head with pride. Many men shave their balding heads in an attempt to mask their baldness, but you can always tell. There is a trainer that works at the lifestyle gym in creekwood, that thinks he is a bad@$$. Bottom line is, he is bald, so too bad, so sad !!!!
#14 Jan 12, 2009
Sorry baldies! Nobody wants to see your hairless heads on the big screen!!
Liverpool, UK
#15 Apr 15, 2011
This whole forum proves why bald men are unfit.
Bruce Willis is reading this and weeping. "All that work... For nothing." Never mind Churchill. Captain Kirk doesn't count before you start.
I'm receding. With an over compensating forum personality.
Since: May 09
Bradenton Fl
#16 May 27, 2011
Well if someone made decent looking Affordable hairpieces - barbers could sell a lot of them.
Wimborne, UK
#17 Apr 22, 2012
Jason Statham... There are others!
Wimborne, UK
#18 Apr 22, 2012
Er... Kevin Bacon... Arrgh that doesn't work. We're a minority. We're receding as a race like our precious hairlines.
Thing is, I can hold my own.
If you're bald or receding, thinking about that and the social impact thereof is stopping your balls and most importantly, your metaphorical fists, from flying when necessary.
Alphas can be bald, stop using it as an excuse for what you've not achieved in life. You are not William Hague. If you are, sorry Willy, hope that jogger makes you happy.
Still over compensating in forums... On a Sunday of all days.
Wimborne, UK
#19 Apr 22, 2012
The flying fists and balls comment wasn't contextualised properly.
Stroud, UK
#20 Apr 29, 2012
do u think it will pick up like racism? all we seek is justice!
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Written by Tasley a fellow gamer, and Doone – Edited by Doone
Is there an analog for gaming history to human history? I'm tempted to start looking for a neolithic revolution of video gaming, but somehow that seems wrong. Maybe I should just reach for the dusty tomes on the days when universities owned all the games.
We can all read the Wikipedia page on gaming history and/or catch up on the well written video series by The Gaming Historian over at Retroware TV, so we can skip over detailed accountings of each event significant to gaming in this article.
So let's assume you clicked those links above and got at least a cursory reading of where video games come from. Actually, you're a real gamer right? So you should just magically know this already. Except gaming today is played by people who always had them around. It's like growing up when TV was already invented and well established and seeing it as an archaic device which can't even keep up with your new smartphone. That's what gaming is for most gamers these days. And that there shows us just how old gaming is …and also how different it is from how it used to be.
There was a time when video gaming was a very niche, white, male, and middle class thing. No one owned computers so the first gamers were playing games at work! HA! Imagine that today …how many meetings have you been in, silently ducking into a corner of the table while tapping away furiously at a game on your phone? It seems not much has changed in that regard.
What's different now, though, is accessibility. Games are EVERYWHERE. It's scary. It's like everything is being turned into a running joke via video games. It's like …peak hedonism, if we may. Gamification is teaching us that we ought not take anything seriously. In order to do that we consume games on every topic imaginable with a strong emphasis on violence. This isn't a debate on how games create murderers, but it's important to point out the ways in which companies use gamification these days to sell us things we'd ordinarily find repulsive. It's like, if they just make a game out of a serious topic it's some how less serious, something we can be cool about and regard as No Big Deal. Happens all the time? Prevalent on every corner? Hey, it's like games are trying to send the message that if you just "level up" in your life you'll overcome and things will be better and you'll win recognition as one who has triumphed over the evils of the world. Or something like that.
It's not clear why we need to gamify homelessness. Not sure at all why we gamify rape. What in the world are we trying to achieve by gamifying war? And what are games supposed to be doing anyway? There was a time when our fascination with games was their ability to work up our imaginations make our brain cells sizzle with delight as we solved strategic problems. Now games hold importance as devices to teach us things without having to actually experience them. However, the lesson is more potent when there's a realistic chance that the thing we're doing in the game can actually happen to us. In this sense, games broaden our imaginations about the possibilities, while also being able to show us the horrors of actions we might previously believed to be benign. Still, that depends on developers actually getting consequences right and being brave enough to show us the various ways in which those things harm others. In the cases of poverty and violence, it means less focus on glory and more on the realities of how and why these things happen.
If we look at gaming for what it is we'll see it's just really elegant and fascinating equation design. Games are translating the rhythms of our daily life into algorithms, mathematical expressions of how things work, how they happen, and how we can mechanize our daily activities. Just think about that for a second: Games are basically well designed loops which predict and encourage human behavior in order to actualize the game. You can't play Super Mario without jumping, thumping gumbas, and banging your head on boxes. But why would someone feel compelled to keep doing that? There's an equation for that. What about the more complex games like Baldur's Gate? It's like swordsmanship can be refined down into simple arithmetic. Having strength gives you the power to carry and swing a sword while some dexterity increases your skill at manipulating it. How hard you hit that monster relies on a simple formula that calculates just how much force is required by a character of your skill to lop his head off in one stroke. Just an equation.
Of course this is a simplification. There's way more calculus and trigonometry and logic involved in programing our most complex games. The ones with the AI that's spookily responsive, like say an old favorite, Dragon Age. The computer knows you're there and there's a lot of thought that goes into making the computer recognize human activity …AND RESPOND TO IT! Math, math everywhere.
So gaming is essentially a history of how developers are getting better at mapping out human interaction through equations. Who says math is useless?
As gaming ages, it becomes easier to see it for what it is: algorithms for human behavior, experience generators. Games are one of the most important developments on the road t human progress. For the first time, we can learn about the consequences of our actions without killing living things. That is, of course, the other edge of the sword: consequences are important to training our morals. As we age with our newfound technology, we will have to be conscious of developing ways of maintaining our humanity and reverence for life.
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