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New age chamois is absorbent and mildew resistantŚeven when stored wet!
If you were to tabulate a pros and cons list on genuine chamois, the pros list may read: Superior absorbency, shine enhancing qualities, no residue from the material itself, durablility, and the signature non-abrasive, gentle feel. Now, imagine a chamois with all those characteristics, but absolutely none of the drawbacks. The Water Sprite Plus is a
scientifically engineered super-chamois
out of Holland. The improvements?
High absorbency
, not only of water, but
acts like a sponge towards dirt and grime
pulling them safely away from the carÆs surface. (
Works just as well on windows and other surfaces.
) .
Maintaining consists
of rinsing. The Water Sprite Plus
can be stored wet (!)
in the canister it came in, without fear of mildew or bacteria. Unlike genuine chamois,
you CAN use it with household chemicals
. It doesnÆt contain any paper or fabric, but itÆs high-tech fibers look and feel remarkably closeŚan upgraded twist on the traditional chamois.
The Water Sprite Plus is unarguably
useful for any cleaning, drying or polishing task
. It will not remove wax coatings. Its portability is a real plus.
Keep it in your trunk or glove compartment
. No matter where you are, itÆs always ready for action. You can use it and stash it quickly, no messy cloths hanging around to dry; put it back in its can until next time.
Its performance against dirt, grime, water spots and streaking is nothing short of amazing.
I swear these were
made for boating
. They quickly make any surface bone-dry and clean, but you donÆt have to waste one minute worrying about the effects of humidity and moisture to your Water Sprite Plus. They love the water. Great for pools and beach trips, too. I keep one in the garage for drying patio furniture after one of our South Florida afternoon showers. Kids and pets love them for drying off.
Never use hot water on your Water Sprite. The makers suggest laying it across the wet surface area like a sheetŚ
four square feet
! As you pull it off it absorbs all residue, dirt and moisture. It glides effortlessly without sticking.
Simply rinse again when finished and return to its storage container.
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Richmond, VA
5 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Good Chamois
July 29, 2016
Used this product a few times already and like how it performs. It doesn't dry your car 100%, but rather removes the majority (96-99%) of the water, and I follow-up with a microfiber drying towel (i.e. Guzzler) for a completely dry surface. This combination works much better than just a microfiber or just a chamois, and one microfiber drying towel is more than enough for a couple large SUVs. Laying the chamois flat and pulling it to dry the surface removes water very well, and the surface looks and feels clean. Water wrings out of this chamois very easily and Water Sprite Plus Chamois is easier to care for and maintain than traditional chamois.
Price, easy to maintain & performance
Downey, CA
4 Stars
I would recommend this item to a friend.
Great Chamois!!
July 10, 2014
I love Water Sprite Chamois. They work awesome and are very durable. The more it is used the better it works.
4 Stars
July 5, 2014
I have two older sprites and this one is not like either. Sprite has gone to a more of a sponge than the original. I like the original much better, especially for $19 dollars.
Not sure yet.
They are like a sponge towel now.
5 Stars
Water Sprite Rocks
September 27, 2012
Mhy family has used Water Sprite chamois for the last 35 years & I have not been able to find them in Edmonton or Calgary, Alberta. Nothing dries like Water Sprite & I am getting desparate!!!
Cassiel Ligthman
5 Stars
The best and only!
August 22, 2010
You can dry any wet vehicle full of dirt with this chamoise and make this looks great without soap! and the chamoise? also great because repeal the dirt! Cassiel Lightman Guru Detailer Ontario, CA.
5 Stars
better tham shamwow
May 28, 2009
this is the base of my detail business for over 16 yrs. blows skamwow out of the water
5 Stars
water sprite
April 4, 2009
great product
4 Stars
Very Good
June 4, 2008
I've used these chamois for over 4 years now. Cut the chamois in half to save a couple of dollars. When they get dirty, take a pressure washer to it or machine wash it. They do not get all the water droplets but most of them. They can leave dirt streak marks on the vehicle if the chamois is dirty. If you are not detailing a lot of cars they should last you about 1-2 years. I highly recommend this product.
4 Stars
Very Good
March 13, 2008
I've used the Water Sprite Chamois for all most 3 years now. They pick up most of the water compared to other chamois. If you use these in a detail shop washing cars constantly (15-20+ cars a day) expect it to last about 1- 2 months at the most. If not, it will last quite a while. I have a set at home that are about 2 years old and I think I've only used them for 15-20 washes and still look pretty good. With constant use they will leave spots on the windows and paint even if you clean them thoroughly. That's when you buy a new set. Use a microfiber towel afterwards to get the remaining water droplets. If you want them to last longer, put them in a bucket of water. I recommend this product.
Kevin Doell
5 Stars
February 17, 2008
This is the best chamois ever. Once you use it you will never use any other brand.
3 Stars
not so sure
April 26, 2007
I have tried this product and it does remove most of the water but not all. I have found that I still needed to use a microfiber drying towel to finish the job
5 Stars
Simply The Best!!
March 30, 2007
I love this water sprite all of my car geeks you must get one.
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Best synthetic out there!
July 7, 2006
I have used these for years. They work great...They leave a very clean and dry car or boat in one wipe. They don't grab, so they are very easy to work with. Well worth it!
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Perhaps this will bring out the verite' of this 'debate'. If you purchased a very expensive lawn mower that made your lawn look absolutely perfect.
It turned on a dime- even had a high tech edging function that edged without you having to get off the mower. It never even left
any clippings behind-none-! ..This lawn mower was expensive- but look at how it mows !!! Just great- BUT !! It broke down every 8-10 weeks.
Unacceptable- no matter how well it mowed when it worked. When you took it back to Home Depot and demanded your money back - which you surely would vowing never to buy this brand again- The manager came up to you and said- "Well this is a very high tech mower - you can't expect it to run without breaking down every now and then" . You would still demand your money back and that would be that.
Now take that argument and mentality to a car that costs $50-100K. Does this still make sense ?
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CHICAGO -- Daryle Ward can stop worrying about hitting that first home run for the Chicago Cubs.
Ward hit a grand slam in the third inning and Derrek Lee had three hits to help Chicago beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 Saturday.
"I've been trying to do everything I can to get my first one," Ward said. "I tried different T-shirts and everything and I finally got one and it came at a pretty good spot."
Sean Marshall (6-6) pitched five-plus innings for NL Central-leading Chicago, which has won three straight after a four-game skid. It was just its seventh win in 17 games.
Albert Pujols, Juan Encarnacion and Brendan Ryan homered for the Cardinals, who fell four games back of the Cubs. St. Louis has dropped the first two games of the key series after coming in with a five-game winning streak.
The Cubs managed just eight hits in their two wins against the Cardinals.
"They've scored seven runs and six of them have come on two swings and two mistakes in 17 innings," Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. "We've pitched better than seven runs, but that's baseball."
The start of the game was delayed one hour, one minute by rain and it was played during occasional showers. The rain picked up and halted the game in the top of the eighth inning with two outs and two strikes on Chris Duncan. After a one-hour, five-minute delay, reliever Carmen Pignatiello struck out Duncan on one pitch to end the inning.
Marshall, who was 0-2 in his previous three starts, allowed two runs and five hits. Five relievers combined to finish it up, with Ryan Dempster pitching a perfect ninth for his 19th save in 21 opportunities.
"We need total contribution from our team," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. "One thing, as long as you are here you are going to get an opportunity because we play everybody and pitch everybody and that's the way it should be."
Chicago scored all of its runs with two outs in the third. Lee singled with runners on first and third to make it 1-0. Anthony Reyes (2-12) then walked Aramis Ramirez and Ward followed with a drive to left-center for his third career grand slam. Ward came out of the dugout for a curtain call.
"I knew I hit it well but the wind was blowing so hard and I'm running real hard and I'm looking for it to hit the wall or somewhere in the gap and I saw it hit the basket and raised my arms up because I was really excited," Ward said.
Ward has been getting time in right field with Cliff Floyd on the bereavement list because of the death of his father.
"We want to stay consistent and we have the ballclub to do it even with some guys missing like Cliff and (Alfonso) Soriano," Ward said. "We miss those guys, but we have some other players in the clubhouse that can come in and fill in the roles and they have been doing their job well."
Marshall allowed solo drives to Encarnacion in the fourth inning and Ryan in the fifth. Pujols hit his 27th of the season off reliever Bob Howry in the eighth to cut the lead to 5-3.
The Cardinals almost scored in the sixth when Carlos Marmol threw a wild pitch with runners on first and third. The ball ricocheted off a brick wall and catcher Jason Kendall slid and flipped it to Marmol with Pujols charging home. Marmol tagged Pujols on the upper body and plate umpire Ted Barrett called him out.
Pujols pleaded with Barrett for a few seconds before La Russa came out to argue. After getting an explanation from Barrett, La Russa went back to the dugout. But he came out for another explanation from Barrett after Duncan struck out swinging and the ball got away from Kendall. Duncan tried to go to first but was called out when Barrett ruled the pitch hit Duncan while swinging.
"My whole point is you play for eight and a half innings, so that's one run. So we lose 5-4," La Russa said. "The game wasn't decided by that play."
Reyes allowed four hits and five runs in six innings. He struck out four and walked two.
- Several players and coaches attended a wake for Floyd's father on Saturday. Cornelius Floyd died after a long illness.
- The Cubs lead the season series against the Cardinals with a 7-3 record.
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Aruze Gaming America, Inc. Set to Distribute Throughout Central America(August 26, 2014)
Las Vegas, Nevada (PRWEB) August 26, 2014
Gaming equipment supplier, Aruze Gaming America, Inc., announced today that Viltrom Business S.A. (and associated companies, collectively Viltrom) is the exclusive distributor of Aruze products throughout Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru.
Viltrom has been in business for over 26 years. They operate in over 20 countries worldwide, and have sold over 35,000 machines. The Latin American Market presents a tremendous growth opportunity for Aruze. We believe that expanding our partnership with Viltrom is the best way for Aruze to maximize the potential of these countries, said Aruzes Chief Operating Officer, Kelcey Allison.
While gaming is a mature industry throughout Latin America, it is expected that Aruzes innovative products and proven performance will receive an enthusiastic welcome from operators and players. We are very proud and honored to add games such as these; games that have shown the most promise in years. Not only are these games promising, but the most talked about casino games in Costa Rica. They are the new anchor in our casinos and they are always busy! said Jo Zimmer, Country Manager of Thunderbird Resorts.
About Aruze Gaming America, Inc.:
Las Vegas-based Aruze Gaming America, Inc. designs, develops, and manufactures slot machines and gaming devices for the global casino market. With subsidiaries in Australia, South Africa, Macau, and Japan, Aruze produces highly innovative gaming products, including high-resolution video and stepper slot machines, communal gaming products, and multi-terminal devices.
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Pueblo teen arrested after dad's suicide
December 3, 2009
PUEBLO, Colo. – Authorities say an 18-year-old Pueblo man faces a manslaughter charge on accusations he provided the loaded gun that his father used to kill himself.
Randy Edward Quaduor was arrested Wednesday after the death of 75-year-old Edward Quaduor. Bond was set at $25,000.
Pueblo County sheriff's Capt. Jeff Teschner says deputies found the elder Quaduor's body Tuesday in a camping trailer at a friend's home. The county coroner says Quaduor shot himself in the forehead.
An arrest affidavit says Randy Quaduor allegedly told deputies he visited his father Monday and, at his father's request, loaded a .22-caliber pistol and gave it to him.
The Pueblo Chieftain reports Edward Quaduor had health and marital troubles.
Phone numbers for the family were unlisted.
Information from: The Pueblo Chieftain, http://www.chieftain.com


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As I live in UK, I tend to record major US sporting events and watch them the next day (the Superbowl doesnt start until nearly midnight). That means I have to avoid the internet, twitter, conversations with US colleagues, etc, for the whole of the following day so I can enjoy the game without knowing the score. One client nearly spoiled it for me by talking about the game in an inquiry, but I managed to shut him up. (I think he understood why).
What's this got to do with you? Well, I can now reveal that the reason the Colts weren't ready for that onside kick was that they were too busy discussing the other big news from Sunday, that SAP had fired CEO Leo Apotheker. My self-imposed media blackout meant that I missed the immediate blog storm and could read the later, more considered analysis, such as Paul Hamerman's, here: SAP Announces Changes at the Top; Hasso Steps Up .
One comment that caught my eye was SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner's statement that SAP would focus on "growth, margin and innovation". That sounds worryingly like SAP intends to continue to increase maintenance and cut down on support and enhancement delivery. Hopefully that isnt the case. Herr Plattner also talked about needing to regain customer's trust, which is much more encouraging. What does SAP need to do to win back customer's goodwill?
The changes at the top, SAP's recognition of its recent mistakes, and its continuing license revenue shortfalls give software buyers a great opportunity to influence its future direction on commercial matters. I encourage clients to push SAP, and other traditional-model software vendors, to give ground on issues that they wouldnt previously consider. We may not always get what we want, but eventually the message gets through. For example, in time SAP & its peers will have to say goodbye to:
- Maintenance on shelfware - customers need to be able to trim costs according to business circumstances. Buyers will no longer accept that they have to keep paying maintenance on licenses that they aren't using.
- 'CPI' increases - why should software companies increase prices each year to cover inflation, when their support costs are such a tiny fraction of maintenance revenue? The market controls license prices -- maintenance prices shouldn't increase when software list prices don't.
Irrevocable multi-year purchase orders - companies are happy to make strategic commitments to vendors, but they shouldn't have to place a huge PO for the complete roll-out program just so the sales rep can bank a commission check for the whole deal.
What's on your list? Which other traditional practices do vendors need to drop? And what's the next major software industry announcement to expect, presumably on Final Four weekend?
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FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (Jan. 23, 2013) – The concrete industry's Strategic Development Council (SDC) has announced its upcoming meeting, Technology Forum #33, this spring to continue work on several issues and initiatives facing the concrete industry.
The one-and-a-half-day meeting will be held at The Mills House Hotel, in Charleston, S.C., March 13-14, 2013. Topics and highlights of the meeting will include presentations and discussions on:
- Concrete in nuclear construction
- BIM – current progress and legal concerns
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- Technology Showcases
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The Technology Forum, formerly referred to as SDC Session, is an open meeting that may be attended by anyone in the concrete industry. Both members and non-members of the organization may register for the event.
In addition, SDC is seeking "Technology Showcases" to highlight during future forums. These presentations have become a hallmark of SDC's annual spring and fall Forums, allowing companies and/or individuals the opportunity to showcase their new, interesting, innovative technologies that have the potential to improve and advance the concrete industry. Each new technology introduced at SDC gains exposure and, potentially, assistance to address barriers and obstacles that are preventing or slowing acceptance of the technology within the concrete industry.
What options are pursued within SDC is primarily driven by the technology owner acting as champion and is subject to the interest in the topic by the overall SDC membership. As technologies work through the SDC process, they attain various status levels within the organization: Early Technologies, Emerging Technologies, Industry Critical Technologies, and Focused Technologies.
For more information and to submit your technology for consideration, visit www.concreteSDC.org and click "Introduce your Technology."


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About ten years ago, I began to wonder if I could get more out of my practice time. I was very busy with teaching at the time, and I needed to make every second of practice count; I also felt disconnected from the music all too often when practising, and wanted a way to enjoy my practice sessions more. My father partly inspired the method I developed to achieve this. He was an engineer, and by habit he would identify the most efficient way of performing any given task. He would analyse the methods he used to achieve certain outcomes, and then experiment – or practise – until he felt those methods worked as well as possible. I realised that this was exactly the mindset we musicians need to become efficient practisers. After some research, and a lot of trial and error, I discovered that by pairing my skills as an artist with the analytical skills of an engineer, I could practise more effectively.
Learning a new piece should be about discovering its musical meaning, and not just learning the notes. If the goal of practising is always to prepare for performance, then it makes sense that the way we approach a piece in the practice room should be as close as possible to how we want to perform it. Learning the notes is about as far from the goal of expressive, engaging performance as anything could be, so I encourage my students to begin exploring the musicality of a piece by drawing on their inner 'artist' before they bring in their 'engineer' to analyse the technical difficulties it presents.
Learning what a piece has to say means identifying its character and understanding its phrasing. To begin with, my students and I accomplish this by singing the piece, comparing recordings of it (with or without the score), analysing its harmony, or dancing to it – whatever seems right for the piece and the student's knowledge of it. I then ask them to use a feeling word – 'melancholy', for example – to describe the character of each section of the piece. Although creating a story for a piece can be fun, it generally focuses on action, and not character; I don't mind if they create a story, but they must also be able to tell me what the character of the music is. And just because they have written in a character description does not mean that it must stay the same. Their perception can, and often will, change as they get to know the piece better. At the initial stage, it is enough to focus on what character they want to project in their performance of the piece because they will refine their ability to create that character during the subsequent engineer phase.
If the piece is very difficult, it might also be necessary to simplify it in some way in order to work on character and phrasing. This can be accomplished by slowing down or speeding up the tempo, transposing the piece into a higher or lower octave, and leaving out double-stops, articulations, ornaments, complex bowings and rhythms, and tempo changes. There will come a time, usually after a week or two, when the student recognises that they have hit a plateau with the piece and a different type of work is now necessary. This is when their engineer comes into play.
It is critical to remember the end goal of beautiful, expressive playing even when your engineer is breaking down the piece in order to practise it effectively. When you play something expressively, you will use different bow distribution, vibrato and so on, compared with the technique you need to play the same piece robotically. It is simply a waste of time to practise a piece without expression, as you will be practising a completely different piece to the one you hope to perform.
When we practise, we aim to solve problems by repeating notes over and over again. This type of repetition can be successful, but only if we analyse what we are doing. In order to break out of a loop of mindless repetition, we first need to tell ourselves that we cannot repeat something unless we know why we are repeating it. It often helps to say the reason out loud to yourself, as this minimises the temptation to repeat it over and over again. When I am practising the fifth page of the Bartók Viola Concerto, for example, rather than just repeating the lick for the nth time, I stop and say: 'The problem is that my third finger is not accurately moving back a semitone while I am playing on the fourth finger.' It is much easier for my brain and fingers to absorb the correct movement if I have identified it in this way. Then I repeat the passage correctly a number of times so that I will be able to replicate the movement perfectly the next day, again talking to myself aloud after each repetition in order to focus my intention.
I help my students to think about how they practise by getting them to analyse how they play for me in class. After they have played a piece, I ask them how they think it went. Often, first-year students will reply that 'it stank', or words to that effect. So I ask them what about it stank. If they say 'everything', I ask them what exactly makes up 'everything' – phrasing, intonation, tone? They eventually realise that I want them to be specific. If they answer that the tone was all wrong, then we can break that down further. What about the tone was wrong? Was it the tone all along the bow, or only at either end or in the middle? Was it on up bows or down bows? Was it on one string over another? These questions focus their minds on their playing.
Developing the ability to analyse our own playing is difficult. This is because what we hear is often what we want to play, rather than what we are actually playing. When I first start asking students questions like the ones above, often they cannot give specific answers. I simply ask them to play the piece again while focusing more closely on the issue at hand, and we try once more. It may take many gos, but eventually they learn to listen to what they are actually playing. If you teach small children who appear not to recognise poor intonation or tone when you ask them about their playing, try this: mimic their playing exactly, and ask them to tell you when they hear something that doesn't sound right. I have very rarely encountered a student who has not blurted out 'That's it!' when I get to their mistake. They can hear it when you slip up, but are only hearing their own concept of what it should sound like when they play.
In order to develop this skill, it might help to identify some common faults that your students should listen out for. As string players, we can produce a wide variety of sounds on our instruments, but most of them come down to a combination of three choices: bow speed, weight and contact point on the string. (Of course, there are things that the left hand does that affect tone, but at all but the highest level these are limited to vibrato and articulation.) So for tone at least, if something sounds wrong, there is a limited number of elements that can be at fault. Focusing on each of these in turn will help develop students' listening abilities. For problems with bow speed, we might hear tone that lacks core, or that sounds fuzzy. Contact-point mistakes might give us a ponticello sound or a rasping sul tasto. Bow-weight faults will give us crunchiness around the edges, or a wispy, harmonic-like sound. You can demonstrate each of these problems for a less experienced player and ask them to identify the problem in your playing before trying to hear it in their own.
Practising intonation is often the most difficult challenge that my students face, aside from learning how to listen to their own playing. Many of them suffer from what I call 'adjustment syndrome' – they adjust their left hand after beginning every note. I tell them that there is only one time when it is appropriate to adjust their fingers to fix poor intonation: during a performance. In the practice room, they have to resist adjustment syndrome and recognise it for the time-waster it is.
Think of your fingers as little children – just as your little brother will repeat everything you say, your fingers will recreate everything you practise. If you practise putting your second finger down sharp on the F, and then adjusting it back to the correct F, that is what your finger will remember: going down sharp on the F and then moving back to the correct F. Instead, try the method mentioned above for putting a stop to unthinking repetition: play the note, stop, say out loud whether it was in tune, sharp or flat, and then if it was not, repeat the process until you get it right, and then a few more times for good measure. For persistent intonation problems, it may also be helpful to play everything martelé, as this seems to force the hand to pick a spot before the bow moves and sets the intonation so that you can at least tell whether it is correct or not. This type of target practice, without adjusting, is the only way to fix intonation problems. It seems tedious at first, but you will develop a much better sense of fingerboard geography as you go, which will make your intonation = better in the next piece you learn.
In his excellent book Practicing for Artistic Success: The Musician's Guide to Self-Empowerment, Burton Kaplan urges the necessity of finding the Tempo of Consistent Control. I tell my students that this is not the same as the Tempo of Hope. Our egos often stick to the tempo at which we can play a piece – no one wants to admit that they can only play at crotchet = 80 if the performance tempo is 140. But if you keep on playing at 100, you will never get better. As with intonation, our fingers will remember everything they practise, including the mistakes. To find your Tempo of Consistent Control, you will need a metronome.
Then try this process:
1. Set the metronome to the tempo at which you think you can play the passage
2. Begin playing
3. Stop when you make a mistake – even a small one – and set the metronome 5–10bpm slower
Repeat this process until you can play through the passage with no mistakes. After trying this a few times, you will begin to recognise what a Tempo of Consistent Control feels like – it is a calm, centred feeling that is entirely devoid of anxiety. This is the foundation from which to build your skill. Stay with your Tempo of Consistent Control for at least four days, before moving on to the next comfortable place – you will be surprised how much more secure you feel at the next stop on the metronome now that your foundation is strong. And the next stop will probably be much further than you expect. Finding the correct tempo at which to employ the skills of your engineer is extremely helpful.
The ideas presented here are just a beginning. In order for your artist to succeed, your engineer must have a lot of practice strategies at their disposal. So why not come up with your own ideas, as well as exploring other books on practising? Kaplan's book is a wonderful resource for systematically improving your practice skills. He also publishes a very helpful practice log, and teaches practice workshops at his Magic Mountain Music Farm in New York. Gerald Klickstein's book The Musician's Way is also an excellent resource, and there are many others out there. Effective practice can be immensely satisfying, and it will lead to fine performances. Embrace the artist and the engineer within, and have fun!
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Rick James, a 58 year old male from palm springs asks on May 31, 2008,I'm just curious why we humans are the only species on this planet that have to manufacturer clothing to protect us from the elements, use fire to cook our food, feel the need to create things that are of no true practical use other than entertainment, explore beyond our planet or even speculate the meaning or the workings of the universe, etc... if we are truly naturally evolved on this planet, wouldn't we have evolved in a way that would preclude us having to find artificial means to survive?
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Am I fully responsible for paying a towing company $2800 for towing and storage fees?
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I was in an accident a month ago and my vehicle was towed away. I later was able to find its location at the towing facility. My insurance advised me to not move the vehicle as yet. Did i mention that I only had liability insurance on the vehicle. Then I later found out that the other party's insurance would be liable. It's been a game back and forth. At this point in time. The bill has gone up to $2800 and counting as the day goes along. At this point. This is very high. I am prepared to pay however, I am being told by several individuals that I am not fulresponsible for paying $2800.
If you don't have towing insurance on the car, you are responsible for paying the towing charges. If you sue the other side, or at least present a claim against them, and either win in court or get paid by their insurer, you may well be able to be reimbursed for the towing costs or fees; however, you, as the car owner, are certainly the one who is ultimately responsible for paying them. That said, if the fees are accumulating because you are following your insurer's advice, you may have a claim against the insurer for the fees accrued because you have left the car at the facility per their instructions, rather than moving it. It's also possible you could have a claim against the facility if their charges are in some way unreasonable, deceptive, fraudulent, etc. You should discuss this situation with an attorney. Good luck.


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Hello from Missouri
I guess I'm one of those crazy people who caught the sailing bug while living in a landlocked state.
I grew up sailing on Mark Twain Lake on an Hunter 23 and O'day 31. My folks still have the O'day and I try to visit their boat as often as possible. After spending a couple years hiatus from sailing (going to school, working 2 jobs, etc.) I've built up a desire to have a boat all my own. I've already starting setting money aside, and I've spent the last 2 months looking at classifieds and the last week or so trolling through the Sailnet forums.
I'm looking for a 22-25 footer on which to spend most weekends. The absolute pure "joy of sailing fast" little voice in my head wants a J22. Don't know yet if the more practical little voice will win yet. (yes, I hear voices, I mentioned earlier that I was crazy)
Spending a lot of time at the lake growing up, I've seen a lot of Catalinas, Hunters, and MacGregors that would do me fine, but I seem to be drawn to things a little different. Two boats I've found on the classified recently that caught my eye were a North American Spirit 23 and a C&C 24. I was hoping the accumulated wisdom of the Sailnet forum would be able to suggest other interesting possibilities. There's a book that I've seen Sailing Dog suggest to multiple folks looking for boats under 27'. It's already on order.
It's great to see the stories from folks who are living the life I'd imagine for myself in a decade or so. Thank you in advance for all the help all y'all are going to provide.
Have you looked at the dealers down in Stockton Mo. Thats Missouri's sailing capital. Neither dealer has much of a web search friendly site. I think they both just post their boat's on their own site and dont use the yachtworld's or boatcrazy etc. If you didnt know they were there you wouldnt know to look for them. I sail down on tablerock and finding sailboats in Missouri is kinda tough. I have a Santana 20 which is very similar to the J22. Great for sailing, not so great for sleeping, trailering etc. It was a good choice for the type of sailing I do. Light winds, minimal amount of overnighting.
I havent heard of the spirit but C&C boats have a good reputation.
Thanks for the advice. Just a quick glance shows quite a few 30ish footers. I might just have to take a drive down there to go see and get a feel for what boats are down there
I have always been a small boat type of guy but onne of the brokers said that 28-30 ft boats generally sell the quickest down here.
Would that be Tiger as in Sunbeam?........i2f
I don't remember ever hearing about a Sunbeam Tiger before you mentioned it. I've just got it in there because the mascot of both schools I've attended are the tigers. A little research on wikipedia can go a long way. That is a nice looking car. 886 is the sail number for my CR914 model racing boat. Only 3 foot long, but it's a good sailing fix for the middle of the week
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ok, i want to replace the factory speakers with something that has better quality & sound. but i want to keep the factory head unit.
so what do ya guys recomend????
This is a discussion on recomendations on door speakers within the Electronics/Car Audio forums, part of the Interior Mods category; ok, i want to replace the factory speakers with something that has better quality & sound. but i want to ...
ok, i want to replace the factory speakers with something that has better quality & sound. but i want to keep the factory head unit.
so what do ya guys recomend????
I have yet to redo my stereo (I have a plan...just not the dough currently...) but from everything I've read on here and Nabisco, it seems like most people think ditching the stock head unit makes a much bigger difference in sound than changing the speakers. So if possible, I'd look into putting a new HU in before you do speakers.
If you're commited to that path, I've heard good things about CDT, as well as Infinity...both should work with the stock power and sound ok. From everything I've listened to I really like Diamond Audio, but they can be pricey... I'd figure out your budget and then see what you can do with it...
4 tires...a motor...a couple doors I think...I'd have to check.
i know for a fact that just by changing out the oem head unit, i will get better sound. the reason why i want to keep the head unit is because its a 6 disc in-dash changer and its stock so no one is really going to want to steal it. i also recently just bought the oem woofer, so if i ditch the oem head unit, then there's really no need for it (unless i jerry rig the woofer to work with an aftermarket head unit).
I heard Boston components are good. Infinity Kappa's are my choice for best buy. When you buy speakers, try to buy online. YOu can get such better deals, whether auction or online store.
What size are the speakers of the WRX all around anyways?
I plan on replacing my front speakers eventually with Infinity Reference 6002cs speakers. They are components, and will work with the factory head unit, but can also handle a lot more power as well if you go that route later on. www.ikesound.com has great prices on audio equipment, but please note that they are not an authorized Infinity dealer, so they only have their own store's warranty. I think the 6002cs speakers are just over $100 there, which is way cheaper than your average store.
Another suggestion: If you dont mind giving up a marginal amount of space in your trunk, sell the OEM Subwoofer and get an Infinity Basslink. Its certainly not a competition sub, but will definitely sound nicer than the factory sub and will probably cost about the same. It pretty small, and the 10" sub and 200 watt amp are built in so its very simple.
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edit: you can fit 6.5" speakers in the front, and 5.25" speakers in the rear. mounting depth is often an issue so read up on that first and make sure the speakers you are looking at will fit.
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yeah, i was actually thinking of getting rid of the factory sub. it sounds good, but i do miss having my 2 12"s in the back. what i might end up doing is going with this box: 10" box .i still have an amp laying around collecting dust, so i might just end up going that route.
Somewhere I read that you need spacers between the door and the speaker if you are going to buy aftermarket speakers. Won't this cause a bulge in the door or something? Anybody have pics on installation of the door?


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In my situation, my vulnerable parameter is Referer in the HTTP headers. I am able to enumerate the username and database name manually, but can someone explain or point me to an article that gives details about sqlmap and time-based with mysql? Here is an example of how I was able to enumerate the name. I'm unsure if there's any "custom" way of getting sqlmap work with this.
FYI, I'm testing this on a vulnerable web app hosted by myself. So with the above request, the page sleeps because the first character of the current username is "r", which eventually allows me to change 1,1 to 2,1 and so forth until I figure out that the username is "root."Code:GET /vulnwebapp/index.php?id=2 HTTP/1.1 Host: 192.168.127.133 Proxy-Connection: keep-alive User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/537.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/22.0.1229.79 Safari/537.4 Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8 Referer: '+IF(SUBSTRING(USER(),1,1)='r',SLEEP(5),1)+' Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.8 Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.3
Is there any way to get sqlmap to assist with this type of attack?
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Natural Gas Drilling Deemed Safe for Catskills Region
New York, NY —
The land surrounding New York City drinking water reservoirs will be opened up to natural gas drilling under a plan issued by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. WNYC's Ilya Marritz has more.
REPORTER: The DEC's draft environmental impact statement acknowledges concerns about drinking water quality. But it says natural gas can be safely harvested from deep below ground if certain measures are taken on the surface, such as a 300 foot no-drill buffer zone around reservoirs.
New York City says it's now reviewing the more than 800 page document, and that the negative consequences of an accident "cannot be overstated". Nine million people depend on the Catskill reservoirs for their drinking water.
The DEC has set a 60 day comment period before its environmental impact statement is adopted. For WNYC, I'm Ilya Marritz.


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Can someone list by PART NUMBER the differences between the two suspensions. We ran two VINs at the dealership, one a FE1 and the other an FE2 suspension package. Guess what? The part numbers came back the same for both as far as the shocks, springs, struts and sway bars. So what are the actual part differences. I want to upgrade my FE1 to an FE2 but I need specific part numbers. Thanks


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"What was that about seven big snows?" Almanzo asked. Pa told him. The Indian meant that every seventh winter was a hard winter and that at the end of three times seven years came the hardesy winter of all. He had come to tell the white men that this coming winter was a twenty-first winter, that there would be seven months of blizzards." The Long Winter p. 62
Winter on the prairie is hard, there's no doubt about that. But an especially hard winter is more than what most people could handle. While I've seen several posts around the blogosphere about Christmas today and thinking about buying gifts already, I'm more focused on what they weather might be doing in December.
Yes, you might think I'm a little crazy since the weather has been amazingly warm this week, maybe you even have sweat dripping off your nose as you read this post. Yes, it might be 90F out but in the back of my mind I can still see the snow piled up over the doors of the house and the drifts so big you can't plow through them with a tractor no matter what.
In The Long Winter we read about the struggles the small town had to find any kind of food. I've written previous articles about:
Most of the things in the preparing article might be for a little bit farther on it the year but you can start thinking about stockpiling now, while there are good sales to be had on things you might need.
Sorry I don't have much of an article today, I'm having some pretty intense pain in both my my wrists and it's hard to keep up!
Do you think about being prepared for the winter before fall? What are some of the things you stockpile for winter?
Make sure you check out the entire Living Like Little House series!
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In 1989, Econoprint of Racine began as a division of Econoprint of Milwaukee, and soon had three locations.
In 2003, to better service our clientele, which was becoming more corporate and less retail-oriented, we consolidated our three Racine locations into our three-story, downtown production facility.
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EML Opens Program with Lessons from the Past
At the start of March, the Executive Master's in Leadership Program welcomed its 10th cohort for an opening residency at the Gettysburg Battlefields in Pennsylvania. Twenty-four students representing the government, non-profit, entrepreneurship, and financial services industries met to discuss Answering the Call: Strategy, Mobilization, Execution – and the Aftermath. The new class was welcomed by McDonough faculty members Catherine Tinsley, and Luc Wathieu, who also is the school's deputy dean. Army Historian, Steve Carney led discussions on the battlefields, with support from Jennifer Tokar, an alumna from the inaugural cohort, who helped with orientation and facilitated talks on leadership.


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Fans Roast Game Of Thrones Villain On Social Media
A two-day smackdown of HBO's most hated monarch.
Fans of "Game of Thrones" will be glad to hear that HBO and 360i have launched a new campaign to roast King Joffrey. Last year's "Red Wedding" episode is supposedly the inspiration behind this effort. The purpose of this event is to create buzz for the show even during its off-season.
The campaign gives viewers a chance to spew their vitriol for Joffrey using a specific hashtag. The best bits of the roast will be featured on RoastJoffrey.com. HBO invited celebrity fans and creative talents to contribute to the roasting as well. And if the entertainment industry wasn't enough, the campaign even reached out to college campuses and HBO brand ambassadors at colleges nationwide. Students met during study session breaks to churn out some nasty remarks about Joffrey.
Be a part of the fun (or hate) and show your support for the campaign. With more than 60,000 total roasts on the site, rise up to the challenge, and see if you can stand out from the rest.
Here is the event's promo video.
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Rear shackle help
to make a long story short, i had to make new rear rails on my frame. the frame is a '88 dakota frame and i had to make the rear rails lower.
i was using the dakota brackets and shackles but now the frame is made with 2x4 steel and the end of the leaf spring is beside the rail. see here
i don't want to go above the rail with anything because of the trunk floor.
i know on a lot of GM trucks, the shackle bracket is below the shackle. i could do that but i don't have a bracket and with the 2x4 frame, there isn't a lot of material to attach to.
i was thinking of using a 5/8" or 3/4" bolt thru the frame to use as a pivot point for the shackle. i could put a sleeve through the frame and reinforce it to keep it from bending. but where do i get a sleeve with a 3/4" I.D. that i can weld to? i've seen galvanized pipe and black pipe for plumbing but i don't know if you can weld to that.
any ideas appreciated.
that sq plate that connect the rails will need some guessets for more support, buy some bar stock, and have machine shop drill holes, sorry i looked at picture wrong about plates,looked like it was offset
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The first task any new group needs to accomplish is to establish its identity, especially its self-identity; to do so, early Christians drew on an important Jewish notion of themselves as the people of God. The word laos first designated the new people of God in the line of Abraham, a nation, or Israel, all of which denote monotheists standing apart from the dominant polytheism of the ancient near east. Although we see the word laity emerging from laos, in its origins the word does not distinguish between leaders or ministers and the general body of believers. It was not a long stretch for Jesus' followers, particularly Jews, to adopt the word to describe a new people of Christ. At the same time, early preachers often taught that Christianity went beyond or completed Judaism even while stressing that the God of Abraham was also Jesus' Father.
As Christianity spread, especially among Greek-speakers in the eastern Mediterranean, leaders had to explain belief in Jesus in terms that their potential and new converts could understand. The word apologist connotes an apology in English, but apologists were not making excuses for being Christian. The word comes from the Greek apologia, meaning a defense or impassioned explanation, frequently in sophisticated language. The most notable apologists were well-educated, influential Greco-Romans whose goal was to demonstrate that Christianity was not a passing fad, was not Judaism, and was not a threat to Rome.
Greco-Roman philosophy greatly influenced apologists. Justin, a pagan convert to Christianity born in Palestine around 100, enjoyed the benefits of wealth and a fine Greek education, but discovered that Greek philosophy did not satisfy his heart. He took his local experiences to Rome, where he started a school for apologists and wrote several apologetic works that tried, quite coolly and calmly, to explain Christian beliefs, particularly concerning the central role of the Holy Spirit in bringing a soul to union with God. Although he took a decidedly heady approach, he did not shy away from proclaiming his own faith at a dangerous moment, which led to his beheading in 165, thus earning the title of Justin Martyr.
Another important apologetic work that demonstrates Greco-Roman influence is an anonymous, mid 2nd-century document called the Letter to Diognetus. The author identified Christianity as monotheistic but not Jewish, while at the same time going out of his way to emphasize how Christian moral values would help the Roman Empire. About the same time, another apologist named Athenagoras wrote a letter to the Roman emperor where he more specifically refuted claims that Christians were cannibals (because they ate Jesus' body and drank his blood), incestuous, or subversive. His goal was not to distinguish Christianity from Greco-Roman ideas, but to show how they were compatible. We should note that other writings, probably based on preaching and therefore more pastoral, were aimed not at elite, educated pagans but at converting and catechizing the masses who were uneducated and literate only in small numbers.


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lease question
Just wondering what others are paying a month for their JGC's!
please specify model, TIA:thumbsup:
lease's ONLY!
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Just got mine last week.
3yr 15k mi
$1785 due @ signing, $540/mo (includes tax)
Laredo X, 4x4, tow, engine block heater, off-road I, single roof, v6
Wanted to lease to test reliability (former Jeeps were horrible), but normally not a leaser.
Re: lease question
just got a Laredo $0 down, $1685 due at signing for $520/mo (includes tax)
3yr, 12k miles
its a little much i know but its with tier 2 credit...
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So isnt that $1685 down :confused:
Not hacking your post just sounds like some logic or words my wife would use on making a purchase ;)
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I got Laredo last week, $2500 down + tax + MV - > $379/month, 12K miles, 36 month. Also returned 2008 JGC 5 month before lease is over :), that is with no $ (included in deal)
What a car in compare to 2008!!!! :thumbsup:
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2011 Overland, Hemi, loaded (45K)....... 635.00 a month, 0 cap cost (down), 900.00 due at signing, 36 months with 10K per year
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Laredo X with Panoramic + Hemi, $2500 out of pocket, $499/month, 12K/3 years.
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Putting money down on a car to reduce the amount of the monthly payments and inception fees are two different things... Your wife knows what she's talking about:thumbsup:
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My passion is boudoir, Playboy, erotica, old school classic 40s & 50s, rock-a-billy, retro, pin-up, live shows & rock concert type photography, but I"m not limited to these types of shoots. I'm easy to work with and always open to your suggestions and ideas, so don't hesitate to run them by me. I believe the more opportunities you have the better you will become, not only in photography and modeling but with life in general. If you would like to shoot with me, Please contact me via Model Mayhem.
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Many people's dream vacations involve travel to distant, exotic lands.
But the reality is that most people take their holidays close to home. Europeans, for example, tend not to stray very far, generally seeking out the nearest sunny spot at home or in the near abroad.
A new survey by the European Commission found that EU residents generally stay in their home country during their time off—57% of people in the EU last year took a trip within their own country. More than 80% of Greeks, Croatians, and Italians took time off close to home in 2013, while Maltese, Belgians, and Luxembourgers were much more keen to go abroad, with fewer than 30% reporting that they took a domestic holiday last year.
Almost half of European holidaymakers said they seek sun and beaches when they go on vacation, which explains why most EU residents head south when they leave their home country, as shown in the map above. Some 15% of all EU residents spent time on holiday in Spain last year, the most popular destination ahead of France (11%) and Italy (10%), according to the survey.
Interestingly, while the map shows the most common international vacation destination for residents in each country, that's not the same as travelers' favorite holiday spots. A separate question asked where people took their "main" holiday, meaning the one trip that was most important to them in 2013. On this point, some differences emerge between where people most commonly go on holiday and where they prefer to get away.
Finns and Estonians, for example, are most often seen crossing the gulf to spend time in each other's countries, but a greater share of travelers in both places say they prefer sunny Spain. It's a similar story for Germans, who most commonly go to Austria but would also, apparently, rather be in Spain.
And spare a thought for those people who say that any sort of holiday, even one close to home, is off the cards this year—11% of EU residents say that it will be all work and no play in 2014, thanks to lousy economic conditions. Last year, 6% of respondents report that they didn't take any trips (for personal reasons).
It's no surprise that people in Europe's hardest-hit economies, including Greece, Cyprus, and Spain, show the largest shares of people who won't go on vacation this year. The hordes of Brits, Germans and other northerners flocking to the beach can keep them company (and boost their local economies), but this probably won't do much to cheer them up.
This story originally appeared on Quartz, a Skift content partner.
Additional links from Quartz:
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- Why skiing is a counter-terrorism policy
- Sochi will ruin India's international reputation—and rightfully so
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Grade Level: Preschool to Kindergarten; Type: Human Anatomy
This project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its ability to provide information about the world around them. (This makes a nice "smell" component in a larger project on the five senses.)
Can you match the smell with the thing?
- Several jars with tight-fitting lids
- Construction paper
- Scissors
- Tape
- Pictures of all the things to smell
- Blindfold
- Things to smell: a piece of onion, a peppermint, an orange wedge, a piece of banana, a rose (Change/expand on this list as you see fit.)
- Using the construction paper and tape, wrap each jar completely so that its contents are hidden.
- Put each of the things to smell into a jar.
- Lay out the pictures in front of the test subject.
- Blindfold the test subject. (Some children are uncomfortable with being blindfolded. In that case, just ask them to close their eyes.)
- Holding a jar in front of the blindfolded person, open the lid and let the person sniff its contents. Replace the lid.
- Remove the blindfold and have the child choose the picture that goes with the smell.
- Repeat steps 4 to 6 with the other jars.
Terms/Concepts: the five senses, sense of smell


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Nominations Open for the Malone Small Business Award– The 2017 Beatrice Malone Small Business Award was created to honor the legacy of the late Small Business Commission member Beatrice Malone. In order to be considered for the inaugural award please fill out the Nomination Form and return to firstname.lastname@example.com or follow the mailing instructions on the form. Nominations are open through May 1, 2017.
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Join us at Fairfax County's highly acclaimed annual Vendor Forum and Reverse Tradeshow. Learn how you can be a part of the county's diverse and highly competitive annual $700M procurement spend. Bring your entrepreneurial spirit and learn how to grow your business opportunities.
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The Vendor Forum is an annual event hosted by Fairfax County created to provide a forum for small businesses to interact directly with county procurement representatives. Hosted in conjunction with the Fairfax County Small Business Commission, the Vendor Forum provides an intimate and interactive setting for suppliers to:
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The Reverse Tradeshow is the heart of the Vendor Forum where Fairfax County agencies and selected contractors are ready to discuss suppliers' capabilities and their requirements face to face. This is a great opportunity to make Fairfax County decision makers aware of suppliers' offerings as they look to expand their network. View the 2016 List of Exhibitors.
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Print and export examples
Current version
Drago current version is 4.22.03. Download or take a look at the release notes for the description of the latest changes.
What is it?
Drago is a Windows freeware application dedicated to the game of Go. It enables to:
More features:
Drago is translated into:
( : Translated help file available)
Traditional Chinese and Korean Language files have been udpated and will be available in next release. You can download them here: Drago-Ct, Drago-Kr
If you are interested in adding another language, please let me know. The translation page will give you some technical information.
You need to:
To play against a game engine (GNU Go, Go169, MoGo, etc.), you must download it and declare it in the game engine tab of the option dialog. All common engines are predefined and you don't have to bother with command line parameters. This is described here.
Drago is interfaced and installed with the libkombilo library. This open source library is developed by Ulrich Goertz and provides all functions from his database program Kombilo.
Some general links or links offering resources well adapted to Drago are listed here.
You can check the resource page for:
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E3 day 1, continued: casual relationships
Mon Jul 16 2007
Electronic Arts
The press briefing for the world's largest video game publisher was an odd beast. Rather than assault us with the full might of their many offerings, EA chose a few specific games . If I could suss out any theme from this year's E3, it would be that the proliferation of pick-up-and-play titles signals underscored a commitment to getting people other than hardcore gamers to turn on video-game consoles. Among EA's titles designed to do just that were rhythm/karaoke game Boogie, school sports title EA Playground, virtual quiz show Smarty Pants and Blocks, one of the games being produced in conjunction with Steven Spielberg. Blocks looks deceptively simple. Different types of cubes do different things and one level shown tasked played to collapse an entire structure by manipulating only one block.
Alain Tascan, head of the company's Montreal studio did a very funny demo of Boogie, which included a spirited version of "Don't Cha" by the Pussycat Dolls.
Shortly after, Alex Rigopoulos, head honcho at Harmonix (the studio responsible for originating for the Guitar Hero concept) came on stage) to talk about Rock Band. This upcoming game offers four players the chance to man microphone, drum, guitar and bass controllers to recreate classic rock songs. Rigopoulos revealed that Rock Band would feature weekly song downloads, welcome news for anyone who's blown through the available songs on a Guitar Hero game in a month. Full albums will also be available, said Rigopoulos, and The Who's classic Who's Next will the first one fans can download. Steven Van Zandt, who was there as part of the Rock Band advisory board, enthused about the game (well, about as much as a guy who played Silvio can emote, anyway.)
Later that day, I went to EA's exhibition space and warmed up my vocal cords by belting out the Gap Band's party-starter "Brick House" before moving on to Rock Band.
As I wailed my way through David Bowie's "Suffragette City, " I was really struck by how the game requires players to perform as a unit to succeed. Either we all make it or none of us do!
EA's upcoming Simpsons game looks to be the best one ever, which won't be that hard considering some of the stinkers that have borne the name of Homer's family. Bart, Lisa, Marge and Homer all become hip to tha fact that they're living in a video game and all sorts of metatextual wackiness ensues. The game looks stunningly fluid, with animation that fooled me into thinking that I was watching an episode of the show a few times. All the while, it pokes fun at video game clichs in true Simpson fashion, like the sequence that has Marge using her mob control powers to rile up citizens to protest the release of Grand Theft Scratchy.
Skate, an upcoming title looking to dethrone the Tony Hawk franchise from its half-pipe perch, had controls that felt amazingly naturalistic, like you're really controlling the character's body.
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Emeril 20-40-60: Fresh Food Fast by Emeril Lagasse, includes recipes like Bacon Braised Green Beans; Black Bean Cakes; and Classic Moules Mariniere (Mussels in White Wine).
by Emeril Lagasse
With more of us cooking at home, rather than dining out or ordering in, Emeril Lagasse gives you fresh, delicious new ideas for the family table with Emeril 20-40-60: Fresh Food Fast. Written in his always fun and approachable style, Chef Emeril shares his simple techniques and quick-tips to create healthful meals for the family on the go. Just in time for the holidays, this book includes simple and delicious dishes perfect for entertaining.
The second in his new series of 10 cookbooks in trade paperback format, Emeril 20-40-60 proves that a homemade, delicious, and affordable meal is right at your fingertips, even with a hectic schedule. This collection is filled with a wide array of dishes--soups, salads, pasta, rice, beans, vegetables, sandwiches, poultry, seafood, lamb, beef, and desserts. Whatever the amount of time you have, there's a delicious recipe that will fit your schedule. For a dish in "20 Minutes or less" try Broiled Salmon with a Warm Tomato and Lemon Vinaigrette (15 minutes); Shrimp and Chorizo Tapas (20 minutes) or Lamb T-Bones with Rosemary-Balsamic Butter Sauce (20 minutes). The second chapter, "40 Minutes or less" includes Seared Shrimp Salad (25 minutes); Thin-Cut Pork Chops with Rosemary-Balsamic Glazed Shallots (27 minutes) and Crispy Pan Roasted Chicken with Garlic-Thyme Butter (30 minutes). If you have time to cook slow-and-easy, "60 Minutes or Less" offers Shrimp Etouffee (60 minutes) and Emeril's New-Style Caldo Verde (60 minutes).
Feeling stressed about cooking for the holidays? Try side dishes like Sautéed Yellow Squash with Carrots and Tarragon (20 minutes), Bacon Braised Green Beans (25 minutes), or Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes (40 minutes). Kick it into high gear with main dishes such as Lamb Chops with Mustard Herb Crust (20 minutes), Roast Turkey Breast with Bacon and Sage (57 minutes) or Pork Loin with Apples and Prunes (60 minutes).
Chef Emeril Lagasse is the chef/proprietor of twelve restaurants, the author of several best-selling cookbooks, and a national TV personality. He has hosted over 1500 shows on the Food Network, and is the food correspondent for ABC's Good Morning America. He is the host of Emeril Green, an original series exploring fresh and seasonal ingredients on Discovery's Planet Green. His show Essence of Emeril can be seen on Food Network, and Emeril Live appears on both Fine Living and Food Network. In September 2002, Emeril established the Emeril Lagasse Foundation to support and encourage culinary arts and education programs for children. As of May 2009, the foundation has contributed $3 million to organizations in New Orleans and on the Gulf Coast. Emeril Lagasse joined the Martha Stewart family of brands in 2008; Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO) acquired the assets related to Emeril's media and merchandising business, including television programming, cookbooks, and emerils.com website and his licensed kitchen and food products.
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