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Best Upcoming Android Games 2013
We have seen some great new games arrive on Android phone and tablet devices in 2012 but experts say 2013 is going to be an even more successful year for gamers and game developers alike. Lots of great titles have already been lined up to getting released in 2013, whereas a lot of small/big mobile projects are starting every day. Many people have great expectations from Gameloft to keep them entertained and glued to their mobile phones in 2013.
Looking at the specifications of the newer high-end Android devices of today, anyone can guess what we are heading toward. An era of portable mobile gaming tailored for specifically for both casual and hardcore gamers depending on their needs.
Lets take a look at some of the new titles we will be seeing in 2013:
Leisure Suit Larry In The Land of the Lounge Lizards: The 25th Anniversary Edition
They very popular cult classic Leisure Suit Larry is going to make a return on Android in around January 2013 celebrating its 25th anniversary. The Kickstarter project was a great success acquiring over $600,000 as compared to the required $500,000. We will keep you posted as more details emerge.
Release Date: January 2013
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Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse
Another game that got picked up on Kickstarter, Broken Sword 5 reunites Stobbart and Collard in the greatest 2D adventure one can expect for Android phones and tablets. For pledging just $15 you can pre-order a digital copy of the game and get bonus material. Rewards include Broken Sword artwork, signed game design documents, personalised drawings from the art team, personalised messages from the game's actors, a mention in the game, merchandise and an invitation to the project wrap party in one of the game's locations.
Release Date: Early or Q1 2013
Shadowrun Online
Expected to be the best top-down turn based RPG game for Android devices, Shadowrun Online will keep anyone busy in great multiplayer for hours. The game will have a futuristic feel to it and the graphics, even though still in early development, still don't cease to amaze.
Here is a little clip for Shadowrun Online.
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Release Date: May 2013
Gangstar Vegas: City of Sin
Not much is known about this one other than rumors but we will let you know more as soon as we find out.
Rumored Release Date: ETA Q1-Q2 2013
Asphalt 8
We all knew it was just a matter of time till we would hear of another Asphalt those rumors are here in the form of Asphalt: Infinity! Don't get too excited because no official word is out from Gameloft as yet but dont be surprised to see it sooner than you expect.
Rumored Release Date: Q1-Q2 2013
GT Racing 2: Motor Academy
Again not much is known about this title but the screenshots really had us drooling… Let's hope Gameloft gets it right with GT Racing Motor Academy.
Modern Combat 5: The Last War
We saved the best for last! Another great title everyone has been waiting for and it's no surprise the developer is Gameloft. Modern Combat is the best First Person Shooter (FPS) for mobile devices for a reason. Stay tuned for more on Modern Combat 5 : The Last War.
Release Date: Rumored to release Mid 2013
Other games we just cant wait for:
Order and Chaos Duels
Fast and Furious 6
ETA: May 2013
Iron Man 3
ETA: Around April 2013
Dragon Hunter
Warboys (MMOFPS – Massively Multiplayer Online First Person Shooter)
Asassin's Creed: Utopia
Project Godus
ETA: Around September 2013
Riptide GP2
ETA: Summer 2013
Dead Trigger 2
Watch out for: Ouya (Upcoming Android game console – ETA: June 2013)
Last updated on: 10th February 2013


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Stony Stratford Town Council
Town and parish councils are the first tier of local government and although their powers are relatively limited, they are an important forum for local discussion, debate and accountability. Click here to find out more about the role of town and parish councils.
The Town Council is here to help you
Stony Stratford Town Council represents around 7,900 people living in Fullers Slade, Galley Hill and Stony Stratford town. We focus on services that you think are important and ones that make your quality of life better. In May 2007, Stony Stratford Town Council was awarded Quality Council Status. This was superceded in January 2015 by the Local Council Award Scheme and the Town Council is accredited at foundation level.
Sometimes it's difficult to know who to contact about certain issues. At Stony Stratford Town Council, we deal with the following:
- crime reduction schemes
- youth projects
- community projects like Stony in Bloom to improve our surroundings
- landscape maintenance
- providing play schemes for local children
- maintaining public toilets
- providing allotments
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- organising events for the community such as the Big Lunch and Apple Day
We are here to represent you in the best way we can. Many residents write, email or come into our office in Stony Stratford library to talk to us on a range of issues. We regularly work with local, regional and national authorities on specific issues. We aim to represent your views and sometimes we need to call public meetings to find out your opinions so please come along. Milton Keynes (MK) Council is the unitary authority for the parish of Stony Stratford, Galley Hill and Fullers Slade. Click here to find out about their services.

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Photos teaching our new guides about hill tribe customs and culture in the villages we visit and the bamboo school we built near Chiang Mai Thailand
Planting trees near the Lahu hill tribe village to lower our carbon footprint during a trek
Handing out much needed supplies to needy Lahu hill tribe villagers.
Buying shoes for needy Lahu hill tribe children
The Lahu hill tribe children in one of the villages we visited during our trek near Chiang Mai Thailand.
The Lahu girls in their new clothes we gave them when we trekked to their village near Chiang Mai Thailand
A beautiful Akha hill tribe home near Chiang Mai Thailand during our village trek.
Coming into the Akha hill tribe village near Chiang mai Thailand with great mountain views.
This Akha woman wanted to give us tamarind fruit during our village trek
One of the many hill tribe villages we visit during our treks in Chiang Mai province Thailand.
Hill tribe girl taking a first time look at english
girl carrying her younger sister on her bag.... trying to sell massages to the tourist who ventured into their Hill tribe village north of Chiang Mai.
two girls showing the strangers how anything can be used as a toy
This is the village at the end of our elephant trek
After dismounting she devoured 3 bags of food
A very gentle 41-year-old lady
Riding on her neck is far more comfortable than in the saddle.
Sugarcane and bananas by 3 bags is only a light snack.
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I got an interesting problem which I assume some of you may have run into. The problem is as follows:
I do my Mattepainting in 16 bit in PS and want to export it to Comp.To make it nice and clean I want to export a layered EXR file from Photoshop. So here comes the hazzle! To be able to export an 16 bit exr from PS I have to switch my Mode to 32 bit. And here it comes, halftransparent pixels become more opaque, which is quite a pain for stuff like fog etc..
So I got a question to you guys! How do you handle multilayered Mattepaintings pipeline wise?
Do you export each layer seperately with a seperate alpha channel as for instance a .tif file? Or is there a special trick when exporting a layered exr from PS? So nobody really seems to know what PS does exactly when converting an image from 16 to 32 bit with transparencies.. So please you Pro Mattepainters enlighten me!!!


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Kickstarter - Solenttar
Solenttar is 2D RPG and toolset built using the openForgeRPG engine and developed by NWN Vault Hall of Famer slowdive_fan (Chronicles of Charnia). They are looking for a modest $4k on Kickstarter over the next 29 days:
Looks interesting, I'll throw a few $ their way.
I liked what I saw for this. Backed.
A decent toolset would be nice. Had a lot of fun with Bard's Tale Construction set and FRUA back in the day.
Backed. The toolset also really interests me. It be nice to have a good CRPG answer to RPG Maker. Really slow going, even with such a low goal. I really hope they make it.
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text: I spent over six weeks living with the Penan of Borneo during a year out between A Levels and University. The Penan believe that by sharing their stories of the jungle and its importance with those who now have the power to influence its survival, they may be able to keep it for a while longer. 'Stories from a Settled Tribe' has resulted in part from that belief, and is a collection of stories told by the Penan of Long Lamai about whatever is most important to the individuals there. There are stories about the struggles of this tribe to keep their land and to survive against the odds; there are stories about their hopes for the future; and there are stories about the use of hunting weapons (namely, the blow pipe) and the making of jungle music (of particular interest is the nose flute). This is a must for anyone interested in tribal livelihood and survival as well as conservation, and it will be of interest to academics studying culture and religion.


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Last week we talked about the Windows File Protection (WFP) service and
the associated utility System File Checker (SFC) utility. The SFC
utility is part of the Windows 2000/XP and Server 2003 platform and must
be used in conjunction with the WFP service. This week we'll discuss
some of the associated registry settings and command line parameters
that allow you to optimize and better control the functionality of the
SFC utility.
One of the most important components of the SFC utility is the DLLCache
folder. This folder contains the verified (via driver signing) system
files that your system maintains. If this folder becomes corrupt, you
can run "sfc /purgecache". This purges the existing, but corrupted
DLLCache folder and automatically begins a scan of the system.
Some administrators may want to control what files are contained in the
DLLCache folder. This may be necessary in an FDA-qualified environment
at a pharmaceutical or healthcare organization. To maintain a copy of
the DLLCache folder on shared network share for all users, you must
modify the following registry key on all of the machines that you want
to be using the shared location:
Location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
Key = SFCDllCacheDir (REG_EXPAND_SZ)
Path = local or network location of the Dllcache folder (default is the
%SystemRoot%\System32\Dllcache folder)
NOTE: Modify the registry at your own risk. Incorrect modifications
can cause your system to fail.
The only caveat to doing this is that if a machine cannot access the
shared folder (i.e. a laptop user who is traveling), then they will not
be able to run the SFC utility until they are connected to the LAN
Another useful registry setting is the SFCShowProgress registry key:
Key = SFCShowProgress (REG_DWORD)
0 = Do not display the System File Checker progress meter (default)
1 = Display the System File Checker progress meter
This registry setting allows you to show a progress meter while SFC is
running so that you know its status.
Last, due to the number of system files that WFP is monitoring for you,
you may want to increase the size of the DLLCache folder. You can do
this by setting the registry key:
Key = SFCQuota (REG_DWORD)
n = size (in megabytes) of the Dllcache folder quota
ffffffff = (default) cache all protected system files on the local hard
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American Travel Guide
Consider giving Mom both a trip down memory lane—and, well, an actual trip. These four retro travel guides focus on sometimes-overlooked elements of iconic American cities: L.A. (old movie sites), Old New York (enduring historic business), San Francisco (old treasures and new haunts) and Brooklyn (41 destinations in the burgeoning borough).
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"Even with poor facilities, sporadic attendance and, by today's standards, ill-equipped teachers, you felt you were doing something good. We taught kids to read, spell, write and do math in only 4-5 months a year. If you got a good high school education and had common sense, you were able to do that."
– Sarah Washington, former local black educator
My sister's figure leaning against the mantel in my bedroom startled me awake. The blue glow of her phone illuminated her face in the dark. She was checking her messages. I sat up and said, "What are you doing?" She didn't answer. So, louder, I asked, "Hey! What are you doing?"
Wild garlic and wild onion are two of the most frustrating cool-season weeds homeowners have to deal with in Georgia. Both of these weeds are closely-related and difficult to tell apart.
The 9th Annual Augusta Home and Garden Show returns to the CSRA next weekend as locals begin thinking spring.
Despite freezing temperatures last week, area residents are looking to spring and the annual home and garden show is the place to find all things outdoors.
Photo captions in Sunday's edition of the News-Times incorrectly identified two individuals who received awards at the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce banquet on Feb. 4. Corrected captions are seen below. The News-Times regrets the errors.
Seat inspections
Child safety seat inspections will be conducted today, Feb. 12, at the Columbia County Sheriff's Office Substation, 650 Ronald Reagan Drive, Evans. Allow technicians from Safe Kids Greater Augusta, led by Children's Hospital of Georgia, to teach you how to use your car seat properly. This free inspection is held on the second Wednesday of every month. Please call (706) 541-3970 to make an appointment or visit www.grhealth.org/safekids
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Choir concert
The St. Olaf Choir and conductor Anton Armstrong will present a concert at St. John United Methodist Church, 736 Greene St., Augusta, at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 11. The concert will feature sacred and secular masterpieces, as well as music for chorus and grand pipe organ. Tickets are $30 for adults and $10 for students, and are available at stolaftickets.com or by calling (800) 363-5487.
Benefit concert
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Victoria Good was named to the second nine weeks honor roll at Blue Ridge Elementary.
Broccoli is a favorite garden vegetable in Georgia. It can be planted in early spring or fall. Broccoli is a member of the Brassica family and is closely related to cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and cabbage. Broccoli is a very healthy food and may reduce certain types of cancer.
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Antibiotic Resistant Gonorrhea
Looks like there is even more bad news on the horizon with regards to treatment for one of the most common STDs in the world: Gonorrhea.
One of the world's top medical journals JAMA, recently published a study that found up to 7% resistance of Gonorrhea to Cefixime. Cefixime is one of the last oral antibiotics available to treat Gonorrhea.
Treatment failure was not limited to urethral infections but also applies to pharyngeal (throat) and rectal infections.
The US CDC has in fact already taken this into account and since last year has already changed their treatment guidelines to remove Cefixime from their recommendations of first line treatments. The treatment recommendation for Gonorrhea now is an injection of 250mg Ceftrixone AND Azithromycin OR Doxycycline.
There are more than 100 million cases of proven Gonorrhea infections worldwide each year. Since the 1940's, Gonorrhea has been on a relentless march down the road of antibiotic resistance. At this point in time, Cephalosporins are the only weapons we have left against it. Now, even this weapon is showing signs of losing effectiveness. There is currently 1 new drug being studied but the pipeline of new antibiotics is fast drying up.
From a practical patient point of view, please make sure you visit your doctor for a test of cure after you have been treated for Gonorrhea. You have to make sure the strain you have is not antibiotic resistant and the treatment was a success. If not, you will need second line treatment. This will not only protect you, it will also protect your partner and overall lead to the slower development of antibiotic resistant Gonorrhea.Click here to see the full range of our HIV/STD Services
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my external urethra is itching and i met a pharmacist and i was given mixed potassium citrate and ciprofloxacin 500mg, i have taken it for almost three days now and i still feel that itching, what do i do?
Hello Dr,
I had experience pain while urinating for the pass few days and experiencing discharge today. I think i might have gonorrhea and i want to go to your clinic for testing and treatment. i am just curious as to how long will i need to wait for the test result?
Hi Doctors,
please I have what seems to be an injury just near my penis, its just in one spot and not spreading. Could it be an STD and what do you recommend I take for it?
Hi Doc ;
My urinating is ok. But have white a bit yellowish discharge, thats why i always feel weet. is it possible a gonorrhoea?. What antibiotics i can take?. Thank ypu so much Doc.
Dear doctors,
I'm having yellowish discharge from my penis and burning sensation when urinating. I was suffering from gonnorhea last time but im cured… now the disease came back just after i had sex with my partner a few days ago. I pretty sure i did not have sex with other woman and So i guess is that she is also suffering from the disease but she doesnt know about it cos she does not show any symptom. So my question is that, can i and my partner come to any hospital or polyclinic to seek for treatment and medication other than the clinic at kelantan lane??
Hi zaki,
It's not unusual for females to not have any symptoms even though they have gonorrhea. With regards to treatment, you're right in that both of you will need to be treated to eradicate the disease. You may choose to visit any centre for treatment. However certain medical practices may not deal with STI management as often and so may not be able to offer you the most up-to-date advice and/or treatment. The DSC should be a good place to address your concerns. Alternatively, you are always welcome to visit us to help manage your health problems.
Dear Doc,
I have the pain when urine and white discharge. GP prescribe Doxycycline for 7days and after which it's stopped but I still feel abit
Dear doctors,
I'm having yellowish discharge from my penis and burning sensation when urinating. I went to clinic and given tab. cefuroxime 250mg and cap.doxycycline 100mg both for 5 days..finished my medication today. the symptoms are still there but reduced. Should i continue the same antibiotics or change to another?
Dear Sadh,
The first line recommendations from CDC for uretheritis are for intramuscular ceftriaxone and doxycyline for a minimum of 7 days. You will also need to speak to a doctor with regards to testing for the cause of your urethral discharge as well as for the need to screen for other STIs such as HIV. I'd advise you to seek a formal consult and discuss with a doctor regarding your follow-up course of action. You may wish to attend clinics more used to handling STIs
Dear doctors,
2 weeks ago I have this burning sensation while urinating and white discharge from my genital area.
Went to see a doc and was given an injection and 2 weeks of doxycycline.
Today my med finished but I still see abit of discharge stains on my underwear.
Any explanation or advise?
hi doctors, today wake up found some white liquid from entrance of penis, subsequently went to urine, very pain, checked on net, sounds like gonorrhoea… last having protected sex was 5 days back, appreciate yr advices doctors, is it curable?
Hi, sounds like you have an STD and it could be gonorrhoea. You should see a doctor to have a urine test and also antibiotic treatment as soon as possible. Yes it is curable.
hi doc,
is there any antibiotic/ medicine that can be bought over the counter for gonorrhoea?
We strongly advise against self-medicating with anti-biotics. This is actually one of the factors that lead to the breeding of resistant bacteria.
I had some needle like pain in my penis starting last Thursday but no pain when urinating. It got a little worse on Friday so I went to see a doctor. Was told that it could be swelling of nerve cells and I was given some anti-inflammation tablets and Amoxicillin and a mixture labelled as "MPCA".
However, I started to feel pain when urinating on Saturday. So I went back to see the doctor on Sunday. And again was told that it's nothing. And that I should finish the antibiotics course first to see what happens after. I finished it but still the pain is present. Therefore I went to the polyclinic nearby for a checkup. The doctor did a physical check and ask for a mid sample of my urine. Results turned out to be negative. The doctor then prescribed me with Potassium Citrate that's all without any antibiotics or even pain killers.
And now the pain is still there when i urinate and i feel my pelvic area aching. It's the kind of tired aches not sharp pain. I think there is a small amount of discharge as well. It's not milky or with colour, just clear. But i think it's a discharge because it stains my underwear. It's a very small amount.
I'm not sure whether I should take an Urine test at your clinic. Will I get the test results immediately and be medicated appropriately? It's bothering me a lot and i cannot concentrate at work.
Hi dr when an NAAT PCR test is conclusive for ghoneria thanks
How much is the testing for gonorrhea and if its positive roughly how mch is needed for the medication?
As you have mentioned Second line of Treatment.. How long does it take to cure Gonorrhea completely ?
and approximately how long does it take to cure urethral infections.
Thank you for the article. it gives the good awareness
Hi… Sorry, I know it's not relevant to the title above.
But I have no where to ask, really sorry.
I got Griseofulvin (20 tablets, 1 a day, after food, have not complete yet) AND anti itch pills from my doctor one week ago, and Metformin (2 per day, morning and evening after food) from another doctor.
I don't dare to take this 2 drugs together so I stopped my Griseofulvin and anti itch pills for 2 days already. Can I take these drugs together??? Thanks in advance!!
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Promises of Love
The Promises of Love Mug comes in a pretty pastel pink with the theme and verse in chocolate brown. It features Romans 8:38. The background design is made up of 15-20 promise-themed verses. The mug also comes with 10 Promises of Love Scripture cards with encouraging devotionals on the back. It holds 14 ounces of liquid. You will love the promises of love you receive with this mug. It makes a great gift for people who need encouragement, women and anytime you need a gift ready to go.


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Amazon's Kindle has become synonymous with ereaders in a manner reminiscent of iPod domination of MP3 player land. But there are others out there, with much to give. There's Kobo, there's iRiver - but the best of the rest is Sony. Its latest Reader PRS-T1 is the first Wi-Fi enabled Sony model to come to the UK, and is a candidate to become our number one ereader for those who don't want to become an anonymous drop in the great E-ink ocean of Kindle owners.
This latest generation of E-ink readers, populated by the Kobo eReader Touch and 2011 Kindle, has honed the form of the 6in ereader to within an inch or two of perfection. They feel solid but are extremely light and thin. The Sony PRS-T1 fits in completely. If anything, it's more stylish than either, with a slick, sophisticated look that's pure Sony.
However, long-standing Sony Reader fans may be disappointed to see the use of plastic rather than metal in its construction. The 2008 PRS-505 was mostly metal, the 2011 PRS-650 part-metal, but the PRS-T1 is mostly plastic. There's a brushed aluminium panel above the nav buttons, to add a spot of sophistication, but the rest of the shell is non-metallic.
This is one reason why the ereader has managed to trim down to 165g, from the 215g of the PRS-650. It is almost exactly the same weight as the current non-touchscreen Kindle.
It's eminently comfortable to hold in one hand, and not only because of its light weight. The PRS-T1's back has a delightful soft-touch finish that feels smooth, almost silk-like, and is an upgrade over previous Reader models. Sony's PRS-650 had a deliberate soft-feel finish, but the T1 is that bit better. However, it's pretty similar to the backs of the latest Kindle and Kobo readers.
Where the PRS-T1 really does excel is in supplying a few features and connections that are beginning to be left out of some latest-gen ereaders. It offers a microSD card slot on its back to expand upon the 2GB of internal memory and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
You can play music with this reader, but it's worth considering that you won't get the advertised one month battery life if you do - a figure based on 30 minutes of reading per day.
This is the first wireless Sony Reader to come to the UK, but there's also a standard microUSB connection on its bottom edge should you wish to stick to a wired connection. It offers practicality as well as a look that's more reminiscent of TVs and tablets than traditionally conservative-looking ereaders.
There is a downside to its slick image, though. Black glossy plastic is a poor choice for the front bezel. Most ereaders don't use grey shades because their designers are interminably dull - it's so that they fit in better with the slightly greyish look of the E-ink screen.
The black here pulls focus a little too much, and when the shiny plastic catches the light it causes distracting reflections. A glossy finish shows off inevitable micro-scratches too, ensuring that the PRS-T1 won't age as well as a Kobo Touch or Kindle unless you take very good care of it. Sony also offers white and red finishes - and white should prove less of a scene-stealer - but we'd prefer a matt finish.
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"This is a significant bonus for the Sony, although bear in mind you do have to traipse on down to your local library to take advantage of this."
Slight error in your review in that you are able to download the library books if you have a wireless connection. You can either down load them to the reader or your home PC and then transfer them. My dad is doing this quite happily after I steered him away from a kindle to the Sony. You have the option of loaning the book for 7, 14 or 21 days at a time. Although the range of available books is still limited.
Great little reader and I am hoping to get one myself in the near future.
Thanks for the tip-off Chris. We'll edit the review accordingly!
A word of warning: The "red" one actually has a slight pink tinge to it, especially on the metallic strip just above the buttons. I'm having to send it back and get a black or white one as a result. Your wife/girlfriend may like it, but men will prefer a more neutral colour.
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The Middle Distance 5.10.13: A Mother's Day Letter to My Children
By Noel Black On May 10, 2013 · 7 Comments · In A Big Something, Kathryn Eastburn, Personal Essay, The Middle Distance
The Middle Distance 5.10.13: A Mother's Day Letter to My Children
I'm writing because Sunday is Mother's Day, and at this late date, out here in the middle distance, I am still as confounded by the holiday as I was when you were growing up.
Yesterday someone asked me what I was doing for Mother's Day, as if I might be sipping pink champagne and nibbling at bonbons in honor of the world's toughest job. More likely, I will be planting a few annuals in the garden. Maybe tomatoes if it's warm enough. I will be thinking of you with gratitude and waiting for you to call and wishing for a kinder, more just and less terrifying world for you to live in.
I will be missing your brother who left us nearly six years ago.
It's OK if you don't send me a gift or a card. I raised you with a healthy mistrust of the capitalist plot of Mother's Day (and Father's Day and Valentine's Day …), scorn for the spike in retail sales.
Sorry, my darlings, for being a Mother's Day party-pooper.
I remember one year, when two of your friends had lost their mother in an accident, and you boys came home from school with some fabulous creations of macaroni and Elmer's glue and gold spray paint and words of love, and all I could think of was the misery of the school week preceding Mother's Day for those kids whose mother was gone.
I remember pitching a fit many years ago when your father didn't lavish me with gifts or attention on the Mother's Day preceding your birth, my precious daughter, our first child. I wasn't even a mother yet, just seven months pregnant, but in my swollen, self-important state I wanted to be crowned queen of the world.
That reminds me of a mid-day television game show called "Queen For a Day" that I watched when I was a little girl. It was a product placement bonanza with a smarmy host and a maudlin premise. Four mothers were paraded out, one by one, to tell their sob stories, and the winner, measured by an audience applause meter, would be named Queen For a Day. The stories were heart-tugging: my crippled son needs a wheelchair and my husband's out of a job; my husband has been overseas for 18 months while I've raised our four children alone. I watched, entranced by the crown and robe bestowed on someone's mother, a regular mother seated on a stage throne, smiling at the camera with Pepsodent-white teeth, and more than anything at that moment, I wanted my mother to be Queen For a Day.
Suffer and sacrifice enough, Queen For a Day taught us, and your reward will be a day off of mothering and a year's supply of free soap powder.
I don't want to be queen on Mother's Day; I gave up that wish long ago when the realities of mothering set in, and again when mothering you became less labor intensive on a daily basis, but far more complicated as years passed and you became adults in this unforgiving world. If I could have what I want on Mother's Day it would be all of you together at my table, ready to dig in to a meal I've labored over for hours. But I know that is not possible. For the long haul, my Mother's Day wish is for forgiveness of your student loan debt, full employment, and a national will aimed at ending, not provoking and sustaining violence. Long shots, I know, but attainable. I'm a mother; I have to believe that.
On my perfect Mother's Day, I'll spend the morning at church, praying for all the mothers around the world who can't feed their children, slipping in prayers for my mother's health and happiness, and for yours as you navigate the uncertain terrain of adulthood. On my perfect Mother's Day, I'll have three hours to read the Sunday New York Times and a big hunk of something sweet to eat. The warm afternoon sun will dry the garden beds after three days of rain and the soil will be warm enough to sink a bean into. On my perfect Mother's Day I'll dally, moving from front porch to back yard in a monotonous loop, stopping to answer a phone call, to pet the dog, to picture your three gorgeous faces.
On my perfect Mother's Day, as improbable as it seems, I'll get everything I wish for after all.
Kathryn Eastburn is the author of A Sacred Feast: Reflections of Sacred Harp Singing and Dinner on the Ground, and Simon Says: A True Story of Boys, Guns and Murder in the Rocky Mountain West. You can comment and read or listen to this column again at The Big Something at KRCC.org. "The Middle Distance" is published every Friday on The Big Something and airs each Saturday at 1 p.m. right after This American Life.
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Kelly Walker says:
Exactly…perfect as it is and should be.
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So true, and really very lovely. Thanks!
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Thank you Kathryn. I sat, listened, drank a mug of white tea, and ENJOYED !!
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I love it! …so right!
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Kathryn – my thoughts exactly about these "days" fashioned by the florists and Hallmark.
I say almost exactly the same thing to my three kiddos. But my Son will send something
to plant anyway because we love to dig and plant and reap. Thanks for this letter.
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This is a wonderful book that tells the story of a kind and gentle man that has built a stone wall around a village in order to protect the children within it. The man watches after the children in the village, plays with them, cares for them, protects them all the while singing and helping when needed. A little boy asks about the wall and why it is there and wants to see the other side. The boys curiosity gets the best of him and even though he was advised not to go on the other side of the wall, he finds a hole and does. The boy gets lost but just as he begins to panic the man is there to rescue him, save him when he needs to be saved. It is a very warm and meaningful book.
Wonderful book for children all the way from 3rd grade to high school. It puts the story of salvation in a language kids can better understand.
A curious child doesn't listen to the creator and leaves the safe place to go into the forest, but his creator already knew he was going to do so and helped the boy find his way back.
Because I love you is a book about a sincerly kind and gentle man whom looks after a village full of children. When this man laughed he sang and all the children could hear him. They all aloved him as he loved them. In an effort to keep them safe he built a stone wall around his precious village. When he was done a curious young boy found a hole. The man simply told him that he left it on purpose. He wanted the children to be there out of love no becasue he told them too. He also warned that if they left the safety of the wall they would not find their way back. The curious young boy scurried thru the hole finding a fragrant thick forrest. He all of a sudden gets scared and heads towards the hole thet he crawled thru only to find the hole was no longer there. The little boy called out to the man - whom already knew he was needed. The mans word hung in the boys ears " Once you leave you will not find your way back".
I think this is a symbolistic representation of our Lord and Saviour. It even seemed that way to my 2nd grader who made the proclamation "he's like God, Everyone can be with him , but once you leave its hard to come back." I actually teared up at the analogy.
I think this may be a risque book in a traditional classroom only cause of difference of religion lately but I could see using it as a discussion guide in say a Sunday school class. I would ask who would go venturing beyond the wall and asking what ideas were available to get back to safety.
Shaddai, a wise and loving man, builds a wonderful village for his children, but when one of them chooses to go out into the dangerous wilderness, Shaddai does not abandon him.
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A long time ago a wise man named Shaddai built a wonderful village for children to live in. He talked to them and sang for them and told them stories. He gave them everything they needed. And with his own hands Shaddai built a protective wall around their village, rock by rock.
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Contractually, you have the option to come back and play again?
Where does Russell Wilson fit in with all the people who have played at NC State? Where do you want to fit in?
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I don't know where I fit in or where I don't fit in, I just try to do the right thing at the right time.
When professional sports is over for you is broadcasting still something you want to do?
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I've thought about even doing culinary school, I would never do it but it's crossed my mind.
How important is this type of bowl game for NC State?
Obviously West Virginia has done a great job and we've done a great job so I think that it's going to be two great teams playing against each other, it doesn't matter what the bowl game is. But also, the fact that it is the Champs Sports Bowl is a pretty big deal, it's going to be a great experience and a great atmosphere.
Is there any unfinished business with football?
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Replacement A/C
Any help here would be appreciated...
A/C went out last summer. I believe I was told the compressor went out. It is an old unit and not worth the $800 to replace. Better to get a new unit.
Had Sears come by today. Quoted at around $4,000. Is that high? They talked about needing a new coil and some minor duct work. My house is small and around 800 sq ft.
I am planning to sell soon and need it repaired to make the house desirable. Looking for a smart, cheap option.
Any thoughts or help here is greatly appreciated,
The smart option would be to never ever call some box store that hires outside contractors to install anything.
Get out the yellow pages or ask your friends at work who they use.
Boy do I second Joe on this one. Giving in to the boss I called Lowes to put a new floor in my kitchen. What a disaster. These guys were as bad as you can get. Cut the underlayment in the house. Dust everywhere. Put the factory edges of the underlayment under the cabinets, and the cut edges in the middle of the floor, fastened the UL with staples instead of screws and did not hit the joists, and the icing on the cake, ended up with blisters in the hard goods. They said they would go down. I said they were unadhered areas. They never went down. Their fix was to cut the blisters and squirt adhesive under the unadhered areas. That broke the camels back. I threw them out on there ass. Lowes never did make good. I told them how I wanted it done. They finally agreed I was right, then they tried by sending the same guys back without enough material to replace what they screwed up. They never came back, and I ended up putting down my own floor.
Absolutely Horrendous Experience.
I own a 800 sq, foot rental.
I installed a 2, ton mini split. Heats and cools perfect, no ducts, super cheap to run and quiet and 1/2 the price you quoted.
I used to have to go up aginst the box stores for siding, windows, ECT. everytime my price without even seeing there's was 1/2 of what there price was. And I still made a profit.
I've been on many a job going behind the hacks that did the jobs for the box stores and have been shock at what I've seen.
Call around and get multiple estimates is your best bet.
And go back and add your location to your profile!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go to Quick links and edit it.
Sounds to me that it is worth the $800 to you just not to the guy sell to. :wink:
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Chattanooga, Tenn. – Campbell finished fourth in the team results with 65 points after narrowly dropping four championship matches. James Cook, Nick Rex and John Weakley each dropped one-point decisions in the championship bout of their respective weight classes, while Joey Rizzolino lost a hard-fought 9-5 decision to the SoCon freshman of the year, Nick Soto. A complete recap of Campbell's results in each weight class is below.
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184 pounds: John Merickel (Moscow, Idaho) finished fourth at 184 pounds for Campbell, advancing to the third place match after a 5-4 decision win over John Dommert of VMI in the consolation semifinals. Merickel had dropped his opening round match by a 12-4 major decision against Josh Tuck of The Citadel.
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Yeah, clear as can be. Especially when MSD claims you cant go beyond 36* ever, no matter what kind of setup you have. At least with that answer I dont have to wonder if I should put vac back in for highway driving because Im locked out at full and not missing any additional advance.
Before I had the MSD control on the timing I had a bicycle "brake line" hooked up to where the vac advance was supposed to connect to. I'd push the line to retard the timing and get me started and then return it to full advance. The vac advance does increase timing but only when actually used. It does the same as physically turning the distributor to advance it
As I see it, 36* or 38* is the max timing under all conditions (depending on how far you have the distributor turned). I think. lol. I just cant see vacuum coming in at highway speed.
Did myth busters tackle this one yet?
One of you guys must have a dyno where you can get the car to highway speed with the hood still open. Thats 100% of an answer there.
EDIT: according to summit racings tech database....vac advance is additional to total timing putting it above 36*
EDIT #2: To make things more confusing for me: MSD has a digital E Curve distributor WITH a vac advance connection. When you install that distributor you lock the distributor at total timing of 36* and adjust from their. The vac advance on that distributor does NOT add to 36*.
FINAL EDIT: Taken from SUPERCHEVY.com
All the aforementioned applies to an engine operating at wide open throttle (WOT) with the advance curve being totally rpm related. (That's what we would have called mechanical or centrifugal in a regular distributor.) At less than WOT (idle, cruise etc.), the amount of air entering the cylinder is reduced which in turn reduces the compression pressure. As manifold vacuum increases the amount of advance needs to increase. At idle and low-speed operation, the amount of advance required to most effectively utilize the air and fuel entering the engine can be as much as 50 to 55 degrees. This is handled by the vacuum advance; a function many hot rodders believe is not needed because their favorite drag racer does not use it. Now is the time to listen up and listen up good. A functional vacuum advance is the single most effective camshaft tamer you can get. By taking the time to hook up the vacuum advance to a manifold vacuum source you can get a big cam to idle as if it were about 20 degrees less than it really is. Conversely, if you are looking for a decent idle the use of vacuum advance will allow you to use a cam of, at the very least, 5 degrees more duration/overlap than would otherwise be the case.
Last edited by bubbahotep; 08-09-2008 at 09:49 PM.
Vacuum advance is load based NOT RPM based.
Agreed. I still dont see where centrifugal AND vac coming in at the same time though causing over 36* advance. If anyone has actually seen this with a timing light, at highway speed, Id agree 100% that its correct.
Couldnt this be tested in a driveway easily? Warm up a car (an older non computer controller car), put it in drive with the brake pressed down, and rev the engine to highway rpm. Or is that amount of "load" not the same?
Theres so many conflicting "theories" that I dont know which way to go. theres no doubt to me that vac is better for idle and stop and go traffic since load is changing all the time but that still doesnt answer the idea of getting more than 36* total timing on a motor.
There are 2-3 current threads happening regarding distributor curving and vacuum advance cans, Ill try and get the links and edit here.
Here's a good write up by Steve Davis of Performance Distributors (DUI).
In real world driving, you'll never get total mechanical advance and total vacuum advance added together except in one instance; under decelleration at speeds around 70-80 mph. At this speed the mech advance is maxed out, and decelleration will cause the vacuum advance to max out. But....there's no performance gained since the vehicle is slowing down. There may be some engine braking gained, and maybe less pollution output, but no power or driveability added.
Under normal driving conditions the mech and vacuum advances work together, and give near optimum timing under nearly all conditions, assuming the distributor is 'tuned' correctly. Much better than locked timing, IMHO. With timing locked, there'll always be an rpm range where the timing is less than optimum, in the lower rpm range. With a high-torque stroker engine, it might not be apparent, but it's there.
Where vacuum advance really shines is during off-idle, part throttle accelleration, especially with a straight-shift transmission. It makes for much smoother accelleration and shifting.
Now racing's a different matter altogether, when the throttle's either fully open or fully closed......
I understand "how" they function fully (I'll have to accept the atmospheric pressure facts as they are) but still have not seen a timing light on a timing tape show more than TOTAL timing when the car is in the driveway. I wouldnt even question any vacuum theory is MSD themselves hadnt told me that "vac advance never increases total timing". I specifically said to the tech "if I set my timing at 38* total, you're telling me that a vac canister will never add more timing to 38*?"
Im not saying MSD is correct. Im no one to say either side is correct. Im just a tad bit lost on the facts. All of which can be proven by a timing light and a running engine.
ok......just had a thought....havent pulled the old hei off the shelf to see... but does the vacuum advance have any effect on the timeing till the mechanical is above the vac cans limit? so.....you would never have OVER 36* but it would all come in at diffrent times.
Otherwise when coming off WOT at high RPM you would have all your mechanical and all your vac in at the same time.
Edit: Guess I said that wrong....I should have said "vacuum advance have any effect on the timeing till the mechanical is BELOW the vac cans limit?"
Last edited by Holder350; 08-10-2008 at 09:30 PM.
You can put light springs on the centrifugal advance so that you have full mechanical advance as early as approx. 1600 rpm. (Let's talk points since I am old and that is what I learned first). As the engine speed increases, the mechanical advance advances the rotor and the points cam ahead of the distributor shaft causing the points to open sooner. When the points open sooner, the coil sends the spark pulse into the distributor cap sooner, thus advancing the timing. The vacuum canister advances the points in relation to the cam when vacuum is applied. Thus causing the points to open sooner and so on. I looked for tables on vacuum advance units. The best I could find was that some units are full advance at 9 - 11 Hg. Depending on the engine, running down the road at 1600 rpm, 9 -11 is possible. So, if you have light springs and have the full mechanical advance at 1600 rpm AND the engine is not under load, you add them all up, initial, mechanical, and vacuum.
let me end my topic. Summit says that vac advance will increase total timing at some point but also said that some digital distributors might not acknowledge this.
Msd today told me that they 'think' their ecurve will also add vac advance to the total timing under certain conditions.
I'll have to accept it and maybe someday I'll see it under the hood at highway conditions.
But you can't end this topic, it's too much fun!
Otherwise when coming off WOT at high RPM you would have all your mechanical and all your vac in at the same time.
This statement is correct. That's the only time all mech and all vac would come in all at once. And it would only be under decelleration, so would have no effect except maybe for engine braking or better emissions.
As soon as the throttle was opened, the vacuum advance would immediately retard because of lesser manifold vacuum. Under normal driving, both types of advance work together in the normal timing range.....
GM is the same. Vac turns the bottom wheel thats normally only moved when you rotate the distrib.
This whole subject seems like Sasquatch to me. Everyone knows about, no ones seen it. With youtube and web images I'm surprised theres not 1 image of timing going above total. Not that I have found anyway.
I know normally after you set total mech advance you reconnect vac and go for a drive to listen for me. People tell me that the ping Is because vac is adding too much to total any going too far advance (above 50 for example). My impression is that the vac canister is wrong got that car and isnt 'removing' its idle advance soon enough and you got mech advance coming in at the same time. You might be at 30* partial advance when you only need 25*
For now I'm staying locked at 38* and letting the msd do the idle and advance curve
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dateis the time and date of the expense.
notescontains any notes associated with the expense.
createdis the date at which the expense was first created.
modifiedis the date at which the expense was last modified.
tagsare a list of tags for the expense.
Sample response:
{"pk": 622012, "model": "xpense.expense", "fields": {"category":
null, "status": 1, "rawamount": "1.00", "sourceid":
"SP-25914-2009-08-27T14:27:05.717294", "notes": "one", "created":
"2009-08-27 14:27:05", "modified": "2009-08-27 14:27:05", "report":
50705, "amount": "1.00", "user": 25914, "date": "2009-08-27 14:28:00",
"type": "Test Expense", "tags": [44557]}},
{"pk": 622013, "model":
"xpense.expense", "fields": {"category": null, "status": 1,
"rawamount": "2.00", "sourceid":
"SP-25914-2009-08-27T14:27:15.059368", "notes": "two", "created":
"2009-08-27 14:27:15", "modified": "2009-08-27 14:27:15", "report":
50705, "amount": "2.00", "user": 25914, "date": "2009-08-27 14:28:00",
"type": "Another expense", "tags": [44558]}},
{"pk": 622011, "model":
"xpense.expense", "fields": {"category": null, "status": 1,
"rawamount": "0.00", "sourceid": "", "notes": "To modify anything
(type, amount, etc) just click on it.", "created": "2009-08-27
14:25:52", "modified": "2009-08-27 14:25:52", "report": 50705,
"amount": "0.00", "user": 25914, "date": "2009-08-27 14:25:52",
"type": "Sample Expense", "tags": []}}
Delta API - Downloading Expenses Modified Since
Sometimes it is useful to download only expenses modified or created since a particular date - for example, when synchronizing expenses across applications.
modified field can be used to achieve this:
GET /api/expenses/?report=*&modified=2009-08-26+00:00:00&modified_op=gt
Returns the list of expenses modified after 2009-08-26 00:00:00 .
Tools and Testing
If you're using FireFox the RestTest tool can be quite useful for testing and debugging services.
curl, is a command line tool for accessing HTTP based services and an excellent way to test the Xpenser APIs.


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CANADA STOCKS-TSX rises as energy stocks gain with oil price
TORONTO, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index gained in early trade on Thursday, as an uptick in oil prices after two days of sharp losses boosted energy stocks.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 27.33 points, or 0.19 percent, at 14,393.79 shortly after the open. (Reporting by Alastair Sharp; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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