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How would I go about properly selling any bitcoins I might obtain with taking a payout from heritage? I've never used this withdrawal method before
How would I go about properly selling any bitcoins I might obtain with taking a payout from heritage? I've never used this withdrawal method before
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Start with this thread...these are the basics and should help you out.
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Shout out to scarf for walking me thru Bitcoin. Thanks man
i was very hesitant but it's the best option out there right now to pull money out.
ok so this shitcoin stuff...if you are using it for a deposit...can you get the money from your bank to shitcoin to the sportsbook before it loses any value or are you sitting in limbo while it falls each minute?
the change goes both ways so you could gain too.... that should not be a deterrent to you using this method....
the best part is there are no fees from 5d and the the deposits are quick
"Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better." - Pat Riley
bitcoin value has been going up by the week. so if your main concern is losing value, that shouldn't be the case. between possible fees using other methods and the lag it takes, bitcoin transfers, deposits and withdrawals, are by the far the easiest. just amazing.
So what happens if you send a deposit to a book and it's not getting "confirmed", after 6 hours. So the money's "in process" and it's not made it to the books.
Feels like I got screwed over and the money is lost. Fortunately, made sure my maiden voyage with BC was just a small amount but, still.
Any input / advice appreciated.
Alas, took almost 12 hours for the transaction to go thru, but it did.
i need to get some balls and do this but also want to do it as an investment so i think that's where my anti-risk problems lie
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In the last blog post I indicated how depressing it can be to think about the negative impacts of humans on the planet. For anyone that cares about the environment, a cleaner planet, human survival, etc., it can be hard to see that the proverbial glass is half full rather than half empty. Indeed, there are times when I can be drawn into a nihilistic conversations, leading to the thought that we might as well enjoy our exploitation of the earth all we can since our species is doomed at some point anyhow. Yuck! Now that is depressing. So I try not to go there. Or at least try not to stay there. Instead I try to remind myself of the many successes we've had in the environmental movement and to look for positive trends and indicators.
|The polluted Cuyahoga River 1970
One of the primary reasons I have hope is that a LOT has happened since the first Earth Day was held just 43 years ago. At that time, the amount of pollution, toxic waste, trash-lined-roads, smog, and other degradation was incredible. The Cuyahoga River near Cleveland Ohio was so polluted with oily chemicals that it caught on fire. Something obviously had to be done. Many of the common goals of early environmentalism such as reducing pollution, cleaning up rivers, preserving natural areas, saving threatened species, etc. were embraced not just by the "hippies" and "tree huggers" but by many throughout mainstream America. Today, except for a few on the right-wing fringe, they have since become almost universally accepted as important human endeavors. Here are a few other examples that give me hope:
· The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created in 1970 by a Republican President (Nixon)! Perhaps no other governmental action has done more for the environment.
· Several efforts like the Endangered Species Act of 1973, have helped shine the light on endangered plants and animals. Major successes in preservation have included the American bison, gray wolf, grizzly bear, bald eagle, and brown pelican to name a few.
· The world came together to address ozone depletion and to ban chlorofluorocarbons.
· The Clean Water Act (1972) and Clean Air Act (1963) have made our air and waters safer and cleaner.
· The Superfund program has helped clean up hundreds of toxic waste sites across the country.
· More than 100,000 areas representing nearly 12% of the earth's land mass have been protected as parks and preserves across the globe.
· Many of the worst chemical pesticides, including DDT, have been banned or significantly restricted. The EPA now makes it much harder for new chemical poisons to be approved for use.
· Recycling is now ubiquitous in most modern societies across the globe. The amount of materials recycled every year continues to grow dramatically, reducing landfill trash.
· The output of clean and renewable energy is increasing rapidly and has reached nearly 12% of total US production and is growing even more rapidly in Europe and Asia. A foreseeable future without reliance on fossil fuels is almost guaranteed.
· Societal awareness of the need for healthy eating and other factors have led to the local food movement including community gardens, community supported agriculture and a return to more backyard vegetable growing.
· The general advancement of science and our improved understanding of how the natural world and ecological processes work.
· The establishment of many environmental organizations across the globe including Nature Conservancy, National Audubon Society, Keep America Beautiful, Sierra Club, World Wildlife Fund, The Xerces Society. Perhaps even more importantly are the many thousands that exist on the local level.
· Others: reduced acid rain, the banning of asbestos, emission limits on mercury, banning of leaded gasoline, fuel economy standards, etc.
As I prepared to write this blog, I quizzed a few of my friends and cohorts about this subject. I'm happy to report that everyone I talked to is also able to retain a hopeful view of the future. Although many of us preach to or a part of the environmental "choir", we all sense that nearly everyone we interact with wants a better future for the environment and our planet. It starts with awareness, and at least that part seems to be on the right track. So, yes, we're hopeful. What other choice do we have?
I had intended to offer some simple suggestions that nearly anyone can adopt to help the environment. However, I've ran on too long with this diatribe so the big list will have to wait. But on this day that we celebrate Arbor Day in Nebraska I can offer a very simple suggestion that many people can do to help the environment: plant a tree.
Happy Arbor Day!
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NEW Milton skipper Ryan Beck has questioned the merits and benefits of fielding overseas players in the Southern Premier League.
Clubs outside the top flight are permitted to register both contracted players and foreign nationals, although only one may play in the same game.
According to a directive in the SPL handbook, overseas players are expected to take "a full and active part in club junior activities" and they feature in ECB-accredited leagues up and down the country.
Their presence has long been a debating point among clubs with some choosing to take the route every year and others preferring to steer clear.
Aussie Josh Hill hardly set the world alight for New Milton in 2011, while Sri Lankan Indika Senaratne had to cut short his stay with the club in 2010 after it emerged he had played – in good faith – without the relevant coaching qualifications.
Division One leaders New Milton will face Zimbabwean under-19 international Kieran Geyle when they travel to second-placed Sarisbury Athletic on Saturday (1pm).
Beck, whose team will be bidding to maintain their 100 per cent winning record, told the Daily Echo: "I think it is good that we are top of the table without any overseas players. We have 11 players paying a match fee and haven't needed to rely on an overseas player to bail us out.
"We seem to be playing against one every week and have had a few ourselves. But I don't think it is a road we will be going down again because they were of little benefit to the club.
"I am not against them and clubs are fully entitled to bring them in. I understand why they do but I don't think it is a true reflection on your club.
"Clubs can either go up or stay up with an overseas and then they leave. A lot of them win games single-handedly and I'm not sure that is of any real benefit to a club in the long term."
Wicketkeeper Tom Prodomo returns as New Milton make one change for the trip to Sarisbury's Allotment Road where they will be bidding for a ninth straight win.
"It is our biggest game of the season so far," added Beck. "But nothing will be decided by the result because there are still a lot of big games and good teams in the league."
Also in Division One, Bournemouth will be looking to maintain their recent revival when they host bottom-placed Hursley Park at Chapel Gate (1pm). Dave Kidner returns in place of JP Cronje.
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On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:29 AM, JP Vossen<jp at jpsdomain dot org> wrote:
> I recently moved my wireless access point to a dedicated interface on my
> M0n0wall generic-pc 1.231 running on an 10 year old OptiPlex Gs+ P166. (Wow,
> I'd forgotten how *old* that box was! M0n0wall works great, though the GUI
> is a tad sluggish.)
> When the WRT54GL wireless AP was directly on the LAN, standard def MPEG2
> played over MythTV perfectly. Now that I've firewalled it (separate
> segment, non-bridged) and opened up TCP/3306 and TCP/6543-6544 (tried with
> and w/o 'frag'), playback is too choppy to watch. It will play for ~2
> seconds, pause for ~2 seconds, etc.
> I'm only using 21% of memory and CPU load is in the 0-5% range even when
> attempting to watch MythTV. No VPNs, pretty small environment. FYI the LAN
> and W_LAN ports are on the same IntelDual (fxp driver) card (though I know
> the packets still have to leave the card to go through packet filtering).
> The LAN itself is a D-Link DLI-DGS-1224T "smart" 10/100/1000 switch, and as
> noted when everything was local to that it worked fine (since the limit
> there was wireless speed).
> While I admit the FW hardware is ancient (P166!), according to M0n0wall I'm
> still barely using it. Does anyone think throwing hardware at the firewall
> will fix this problem?
What you'll usually see when your hardware is maxed out is your CPU
will be maxed out, so it doesn't seem like you're hitting its limit.
Bus speed could be an issue too, but I wouldn't think so at such low
traffic rates, your wireless will max out at ~25 Mbps and I suspect
streaming probably doesn't take half that much, which isn't really all
*that* much traffic, you could push that with a 133 MHz 486 Soekris
45xx board. Check Status -> Interfaces, any errors there?
> Would the latest M0n0wall beta firmware help?
That would lower the maximum throughput of your hardware, though it
doesn't seem like you're hitting it, so it may be worth trying. Might
be some kind of quirk in one of the drivers specific to your
combination of hardware. It should be easy enough to downgrade if the
situation gets worse.


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Did you know?
The Xhosa language names each month of the year after a botanical bloom or event.
Just south of Dutywa (also called 'Idutywa') off the N2 highway in the Eastern Cape, you'll find a sign that reads: Icamagu Institute.
And although the institute embraces a modest cultural village of a few rondawels, a nursery, a vegetable garden and a herbal garden, the woman behind the project is a veritable force of nature.
An author of cultural and spiritual works, Dr Nokuzola Mndende is a former lecturer in comparative religions. She is also a diviner and firm believer in African indigenous religion.
'The word Icamagu', she says, 'is an utterance, a phrase used when one is speaking with or invoking the ancestors. It is something that connects individuals and the spiritual world.
'The ancestors prefer to communicate through dreams visions and sometimes use certain animals as channels of communication,' she says
Mndende takes visitors on a walk through the various huts, where they learn about the customs of the Xhosa. In one hut, a woman is demonstrating the use of a rolling pin to grind maize on a special stone.
'You know the famous phrase: "When you strike a woman, you strike a rock?" Well, the rock they refer to this a grinding stone like this,' she will tell you.
Your fascinating journey with Mndende will take you into the world of diviners, the mourning customs of the villagers, and the various medicinal plants growing amidst the food crops in the Icamagu vegetable garden.
There is blue-flowering plumbago, which provides thin dancing sticks for the sangomas/igqirha (diviner) initiates; there is bulbinella, to remove your headache and open up your sinuses; sneezewood plants, which will later provide leaves to scatter over ceremonially cooked meat, and a plant called 'Hawu hawu', which, when boiled into a tea infusion, helps with coughs.
The vegetable garden also feeds Icamagu staff and produces olive and coral trees for sale. The herbal garden has various herbs used for many ailments.
Icamagu Institute also teaches people the importance of planting trees, especially indigenous trees.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Icamagu Institute
Cell: +27 (0)73 227 4080
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Imonti Tours
Velile Ndlumbini
Tel: +27 (0)83 487 8975
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
How to get here
Between Butterworth and Dutywa on the N2 highway. It's about a two-hour drive from East London.
Tours to do
Imonti Tours offers guided tours to the Icamagu Institute.
What will it cost
A tour costs R300 per group.
Length of stay
Plan to spend two or three hours here.
Where to stay
Heading south from Dutywa towards East London, there are a number of coastal resorts and hotels available.
Best buys
The shop at the Icamagu Institute offers a variety of Xhosa cultural crafts and a wide selection of Dr Nokuzola Mndende's books.


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Zelos Wilder - Tales of Symphonia
|Where's all the hunnies at? <3
Aww. Yis. Zelos. You are gonna rock this >D CANNOT WAAAAIT chosentimes <3
Thanks hon :D And you will make such a cute Colette, I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS <3
Yes!!!!! Come join me as Sheena at Kitacon XD you too KiararaYumi! I'm planning her for the Friday ^^ Can't wait to see this :D my pal SlimDefinition is thinking of Krato's - maybe we could do a group together for the day ^^ x
I would love to join you guys at Kita! I'll be in Zelos for most of Friday afternoon I would imagine :D
Sounds excellent!! XD I'll be making a start on Sheena once london mcm expo is over :D
I'm still very much looking forward to seeing this! Sadly I had to drop Sheena due to monies but will defo need a picture of you :D
Thank you hon :) Aw that's okay but if you ever do cosplay her, I'd love to get photos with you :) I'll be in him on the Friday so hope we run into each other!
:D You're welcome! That's awesome, promise to keep you in mind for when I pick up the project! I'll be in Orihime from Bleach on the Friday :D so will look out for you x
It's a shame that we're doing Symphonia on different days. :-( Looking forward to seeing this though, and hopefully we can get photos together some time.
@raye-chan: aw thank you! Ah I love Orihime! I'll keep my eye out for you too :) x @slimdefinition: I know :c I wish I could have swapped days! Hoping to still see your cosplay, and would definitely love photos some time!
Aaah I can't wait to see this, you're gonna rock it!
Thanks hon! Hoping it will come out okay, rushed it a bit ^^;
This looks amazing! Getting the ladies man look down there too XD
Thank you! haha I'm glad you think so, it was really hard to not sit there and giggle x3
Yay Zelos! Great job with this =D
Thank you for teaching Asbel how to seduce girls. Srsly, I loved your Zelos, gimme your coat >w< Totally stealing you for Chosentimes in the future!
@Emzone- Thank you! @kiraraYumi- I tried and failed x3 Nope you can;t have the coat, I am super proud of that coat! Yes please you will make a great Colette!
Progress Journal
More progress (Posted 23rd March 2014)
Headband is complete, made the exsphere and just needs painting. Just got the gloves to finish and done!
Progress (Posted 23rd March 2014)
Coat is complete with detail. I've added all the detail to the sword sheath too.
Detailing progress~ (Posted 20th March 2014)
Sewn half the gold ribbon onto the coat. Will be finishing that and adding the cord and toggles to the coat tomorrow.
Small bits of progress (Posted 16th March 2014)
Sheathe for sword is made and so is the belt. Just got to finish the gloves and boots now!
Trousers pt 2 (Posted 15th March 2014)
This time round it was a success! I know what I did wrong so I can avoid that in the future. Trousers are pretty much complete :)
Progress (Posted 14th March 2014)
Sword has been sanded down and painted. Needs another layer of paint and it will be done. I want to add some worbla to the hilt if I had time to give bits a raised effect but it all depends on time!
Progress!! (Posted 12th March 2014)
The coat is done apart from details! I have some toggles and lilac cord on the way so I can't do that yet and I will be trying to buy some gold ribbon tomorrow. The gloves I bought arrived, they're long enough but need some elastic putting in at the top so they stay up. Attempting my second go at trousers tomorrow.
The sword is nearing completion. Needs small bits of filler here and there and then it can be sanded down and painted. Feeling loads better about getting this costume done now :)
Coat (Posted 11th March 2014)
Coat has been sewn together. Needs taking up at the back and neatening at the top but I'm really happy with it!
Gloves (Posted 8th March 2014)
Arghhhh! I can't make gloves it seems, I always mess up the measurements for at least one of the fingers. Tried three times and I just can't do it! I'm going to buy black base gloves and mod them instead as I'm running out of time!
Progress (Posted 8th March 2014)
Had to put paper mache on the sword because it was far too flimsy. I've put 5 layers on and it's much more sturdy, it has a layer of filler on now and I'm just waiting for that to dry so I can put one last layer on.
Sword progress (Posted 4th March 2014)
Started the sword finally. Cut out the foam core and one side has filler on it, will have it wait for it to dry before I can do anymore. I think I'll need 2/3 layers on each side to make it solid enough. Maybe hoping to get all the filler on by Sunday and sanded down if I can.
Progress? (Posted 2nd March 2014)
Okay, I tried to make gloves for the first time and screwed them up really badly so hopefully my second attempt works because I only just have enough fabric! I've ordered fabric for his coat and the detailing on the gloves, it's a little dark but it's nice fabric. I'll be getting the rest of the white fabric for his trousers tomorrow and then hopefully I can just sit and sew it all together!
Start! (Posted 26th February 2014)
Well I had to drop a costume for kita and I already had bits of this done so I think I can get it done in time because I still have material from when I last started it! So far I have the black v-neck done and the base black gloves are done. I have fabric for the lining of his coat and I think I have enough white for his trousers so we'll see how this goes! One month to go before the con, I think I might be slightly crazy. If i don't get this done, it's not the end of the world though!


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The global market for remote terminal units will grow at a slow rate in the next few years until 2015. The global market for remote terminal units (RTU) is nearing saturation as the deployment of RTUs has been going on since 1970s. This leaves little scope for growth in the North American and European power markets. The Asian nations are expected to play a key role in the coming years for the global RTU market as they undertake major drive to remove inefficiency in their power infrastructure and expand it to increase capacity. The global market for RTUs is valued around $500m in 2009 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.04% until 2015.
A significant number of Asian nations face a massive power supply-demand gap. The inadequacy has adversely affected the growth prospect of these nations. This has led the governments of these nations to come up with specific policy measures to upgrade and expand their power grids. As a result, global market for remote terminal units is close to saturation, but some countries are expected to witness a high growth rate for Remote Terminal Units, like Indonesia with 20%.
In Asian countries like Malaysia and Indonesia, local manufacturers have dominance over global players in the national markets. In Malaysia the local players like Top Rank, Foxboro, Prestigious Discovery and Micosol have acquired the majority of the market. Combined, these companies have acquired more than 70% of the market share. The rest of the market is covered by ABB Ltd. In Indonesia, companies like Top Rank, Iskra, and Arlisco enjoy a combined market share of more than 40%.
The prices of RTUs do not vary with region or country. The prices are expected to remain constant until 2012, after which a minor increase of 4-5% is expected to take place. This minimal change in price can be explained by the fact that the global market for RTU is dominated by a select few players and the market itself is near to saturation. In such a scenario, minimal price increases happen due to some technology advancement.
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SustainaBall - 2013 Montclair Co-op Auction Gala
The Montclair Cooperative School and The Pie Store
Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM (EDT)
Event Details
Join old friends and make new ones at The Co-op's annual celebration and fundraising gala: SustainABall - the Auction Gala on Saturday, April 6, 2013.
This is the one night of the school year when the entire adult Co-op community comes together to enjoy a fantastic night out—with great food, an open bar, and live music all included in the price of admission. You won't want to miss it!
There will be wonderful auction items—from kids' activities and camps, home improvement services, vacation trips and Broadway shows to fine dining, top tier sporting events, spa treats and wellness activities, and so much more! Don't miss the chance to bid on the special outings and activities with our beloved Co-op teachers - always so popular with our crowd!
Your support is critical! So whatever floats your boat, whatever your budget, there is something for everyone - so join us for a night of fun, all to benefit our school.
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(To reduce resource consumption, waste, and printing and mailing costs, the Co-op has sent only e-invitations. If you know someone who would like to attend, click on one of the "share this" options above or refer them to www.montclaircoop.org/auction. Thank you for supporting our sustainability efforts!)
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The New York State Senate yesterday passed the Protection of People With Special Needs Act, which reforms and strengthens protections for more than one million state residents with special needs. The bill (S.7400) will enhance the safeguards for children and adults who are particularly vulnerable to abuse and neglect and receive care from New York's human service agencies and programs.
"Abuse and neglect are never acceptable, but when it takes place in the facilities established for the care of our most vulnerable citizens, it is all the more deplorable," Senate Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos said. "The Senate is acting swiftly on Governor Cuomo's legislation to bring about needed reform and further prevent harm from coming to our residents with special needs."
Last week, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo proposed the legislation which establishes the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs; creates standard definitions for "abuse" and "neglect; strengthens statutes that make abuse of vulnerable or disabled persons a crime; and promotes transparency by requiring non-state operated and provider agencies to disclose the same records relating to abuse and neglect as state agencies are required to under the Freedom of Information Law.
Responsibilities for the new Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs would include:
· Ensuring that allegations of abuse and neglect are promptly, fully and effectively investigated, reported and prosecuted;
· Operating a statewide 24-hour hotline staffed by trained personnel to which mandated reporters will be required to report allegations of abuse and neglect;
· Requiring providers to implement corrective action plans to prevent future incidents of abuse and neglect;
· Developing a register that will contain the names of individuals found responsible for egregious or repeated acts of abuse or neglect, and barring such individuals from future employment in the care of people with special needs;
· Conducting the criminal history background checks for people applying to be an employee, volunteer or consultant at any facilities or provider agencies operated, licensed or certified by OMH, OPWDD, OASAS or OCFS;
· Providing oversight of the human services system, conducting death and abuse investigations, and identifying risks and best practices to promote improved quality of care for people with special needs; and
· Developing codes of conduct to which all workers who have regular contact with people with special needs must subscribe.
The bill will be sent to the Assembly.


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The frequencies of public writing : tomb, tome and time as technologies of the public
Hartley, John (2003) The frequencies of public writing : tomb, tome and time as technologies of the public. In Jenkins, Henry & Thorburn, David (Eds.) Democracy and new media. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, pp. 247-269.
Modes of public communication, ranging from journalism to architecture, can be understood not only in relation to space (their geographical setting) but also in relation to time. 'Public address' of different kinds has a frequency, from the (high-frequency) instant to the (low-frequency) millennium. This paper explores some of the implications of analysing public 'writing' in terms of its frequency, and considers how changes in frequency, in journalism especially, may affect the cultural form and public understanding of the medium in question. The relations between spatial and temporal aspects of public communication are discussed, and comparisons made between 'writing' of different frequencies, including journalism (high frequency), academic and scholarly writing (mid frequency) and public architecture (low frequency). Any consideration of 'media in transition' needs to consider frequency both historically and comparatively; from Egypt to email.
Impact and interest:
Citation counts are sourced monthly from Scopus and Web of Science® citation databases.
These databases contain citations from different subsets of available publications and different time periods and thus the citation count from each is usually different. Some works are not in either database and no count is displayed. Scopus includes citations from articles published in 1996 onwards, and Web of Science® generally from 1980 onwards.
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SPORTS >>Rusty Red Devils drop two
Leader sportswriter
The rain over the past two weeks has generated plenty of rust and that includes the Jacksvonille Red Devils.
Jacksonville dropped a pair of games to 6A-East powerhouse Marion on Wednesday. The Patriots routed the Red Devils 11-4 in the opener. Though Jacksonville stayed close in the nightcap, they fell 9-6.
We looked like we hadnt been on a practice field in a while, which we hadnt, Jacksonville coach Larry Burrows said. They had not been either, so thats really no excuse. We need to be on the practice field as much as we can.
The Red Devils fell to 7-9 overall and 1-3 in 6A-East Conference play.
Burrows said the early season struggles at theplate have been remedied to some extent. But he said the defense and pitching has taken a turn for the worse.
Weve been hitting better, Burrows said, but these last few games, weve played bad defensively, and weve given up way too many walks. We have got to put both halves together. Were getting more runs, but defensively, we have to get better.
Freshman Patrick Castleberry led the Red Devils against Marion. Castleberry and Terrell Brown each finished with three hits in the twin bill. Castleberry also drove in four runs. Jason Regnas drove in a pair of runs in the nightcap.
We played hard; we just made too many mistakes, Burrows said. We didnt play well enough to beat a 16-2 team like Marion, thats for sure. Our practice field and game field neither one drain very well, and its gotten us a couple of days behind.
Jacksonville took the lead in game two, albeit briefly. The Patriots scored two runs in the opening inning and another in the third, but a four-run third inning put the Devils out in front for the first time all night.
They put up two more runs in the following frame to build a 6-3 lead, but Marion finished strong with three runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth.
The remainder of Jacksonvilles games for the week were cancelled by Thursday morning. The Red Devils are scheduled to take on West Memphis on Tuesday.


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What makes Mendoza, Argentina (the state and city) so memorable is that its charm and sophistication sneak up on you.
As you first drive into it, the environment looks a little industrial and sleepy. However, a short walk and a few right turns from the Sheraton Mendoza, and you're in the midst of a lively pedestrian mall anchored by Sarmiento and San Martin streets, with a seemingly endless offering of leather goods, ice-cream and sweet shops (Bianco & Nero is sublime); unprepossessing clothing stores (like Fascino, stocked with chic sweater jackets costing a mere $25-$50 U.S.); and refreshingly un-kitschy craft boutiques.
Just a short jaunt from the main intersection and cozy artisanal cafes, you'll find side streets lined with artsy shops and homes, a giant menorah gracing the median of Paseo Estado de Israel, as well as picturesque picnic-worthy plazas such as Plaza Espana with its own enticing street markets.
Book-ending the city is the lush Parque San Martin, a sprawling marriage of green space, monuments, zoo, sports fields and public amenities.
Even with its South American small-town charm, Mendoza's major draw among visitors — and foodies, in particular — remains its panoramic countryside, which supports one of the world's fastest-growing wine industries, as well as a food culture rich on many levels.
If Buenos Aires reveals the art of fine living like a tasting menu, Mendoza puts its sensory delights out there, family-style and in generous, homespun portions.
An hour outside the city, you can not only commune with nature or ski the Andes, but indulge your senses at other great sites that bring gastronomy to life beyond the table, and with an emphasis on environmentally friendly production techniques.
One of the more noteworthy aspects of Argentine wine production is that several producers happen to put out well-received certified kosher Malbecs and other varietal wines that have found their way into the U.S. and Canadian markets.
In the midst of all of this activity, Pedro Marchevsky has emerged as one of Argentina's most acclaimed winemakers.
When Marchevsky earned his degree in 1972, he went to work for Catena, one of the most influential producers in Argentina. Toward the end of his 30-year run, he was a guiding force in refocusing Catena away from table wines and into fine wines that could take root in the international market.
"I follow all the directions needed to be certified organic with all my wines, including Benmarco, which is named for my father," he says over a glass in the Sheraton Mendoza Hotel lobby. "I place value on using the best sustainable production technology, which makes a wine organic and of top quality. As for the rules of what makes wine kosher, I follow all of them, because I believe in the principles they outline."
Marchevsky's grandfather came from the Ukraine in 1902, and established himself in Buenos Aires. Though his father originally went into baking, he soon realized there was a future in the Argentine wine industry, and went into the table-wine business.
A Family Business
In turn, Marchevsky began to learn winemaking with his father, but realized there was even more potential for success beyond Argentina.
While many of the region's wineries are built with tourists in mind, kosher and otherwise, there are several can't- miss food/wine destinations that go beyond tasting and sampling into multi-sensory immersion into Argentina's truly great culinary culture.
For example, Familia Zuccardi not only offers tours of their wine- and olive-oil production facilities, but a number of ways to get around — by bike, hot air balloon or classic cars. They also offer opportunities to get even more intimately involved in Argentine country life, with programs that enable you to learn the wine business hands-on in their fields or cook with their chefs.
You arrive at the Zuccardi estate with the family dogs warmly greeting you, your bikes waiting at the porch, and lovely pastries and breads set out to fuel your day.
Once in the hands of your capable guide, on foot or wheels, you will be squired to the family's state-of-the-art olive-oil production facility for a tasting.
As the sun bakes the fields, the guide hands you protective goggles and clippers, and sends you off to work to harvest or prune the vines. There's no better way to appreciate the various wines that will accompany barbecued Argentine beef and the many side dishes.
Trapiche offers tours of their historic winery, which happens to be one of the oldest surviving buildings in the area. However, to fully appreciate their quality, head to Almacen Del Sur and its downtown Mendoza affiliates, Winery (the Bergdorf Goodman of wine shops) and adjacent El 23 Gran Bar.
The charming country cottage housing the Almacen gives way to an interactive experience, thanks to the sprawling kitchen and organic gardens, as well as the solar-powered ovens used to sun-dry tomatoes and other things they will tempt you with later via its retail area and restaurant set up.
The most exceptional sensory snapshot of Argentina's ruggedly beautiful west can be found at Espacio Salentein, which incorporates the Art Deco-inspired Salentein Winery, Killka Restaurant, Museo Killka and Posada Salentein into a blissful awakening.
Near-perfect cuisine, excellent wines, and an eclectic mix of modern Argentine and Renaissance Dutch art is truly worth going to the literal ends of the earth for.
For more information, visit: www. welcomeargentina.com/mendoza.


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News / Final Fantasy Tactics: Kind Of 2.6« on: October 23, 2016, 04:02:16 PM »
It's been three years since the last update, so understandably, the changelog is huge. Loads of changes, fixes, and improvements abound, so give it a look!
Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD:
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
|Ace Combat
|Minor jitter here and there.
|Ace Combat 2
|Most objects do not jitter.
|Ace Combat 3
|Most objects do not jitter.
|Ape Escape
|small improvement
|characters do not jitter, much of the environment does.
|Armored Core
|Very little jitter, but the model resolution changes are insurmountable.
|Armored Core: Project Phantasma
|Jitter is lessened.
|Armored Core: Master of Arena
|Jitter is lessened, moreso than Phantasma.
|Battle Arena Toshinden
|Environment jitter is nearly completely gone, small jitters on character models.
|Battle Arena Toshinden 2
|Jitter is further reduced than BAT1.
|Battle Arena Toshinden 3
|About on par with BAT2.
|Bloody Roar
|big improvement
|No jitter, looks like a Dreamcast game.
|Bloody Roar II
|big improvement
|See above.
|Brave Fencer Musashi
|big improvement
|Almost no jitter whatsoever.
|Breath of Fire III
|No jitter at all, but sprites constantly distort.
|Breath of Fire IV
|Not much jitter, but a bit of object priority flicker and LOTS of sprite distortions.
|Bubsy 3D
|big improvement
|No jitter at all, just bad animation.
|Bushido Blade
|All objects still jitter, but over much smaller distances.
|Bushido Blade 2
|See above.
|Chrono Cross
|small improvement
|Environments don't jitter, character models do.
|Clock Tower
|no improvement
|Clock Tower II
|small improvement
|A little less jitter, but character models still go all over the place.
|Cool Boarders
|small improvement
|Sometimes a little jittery, sometimes really jittery.
|Cool Boarders 2
|small improvement
|A little less jitter, but still lots of distortion and flicker.
|Cool Boarders 3
|Character models jitter a bit, environments less so.
|Cool Boarders 4
|Same as CB3.
|Cool Boarders 2001
|Same as CB3, but a little better overall.
|Crash Bandicoot
|big improvement
|Almost no jitter whatsoever.
|Crash Bandicoot 2
|big improvement
|About as good as Crash 1, but with a few random jittery objects.
|Crash Bandicoot 3
|Not as good as the first two Crash games, has flicker problems.
|Jitter is only noticeable on stage previews.
|Some scenes have no jitter, others have mild jitter.
|Dead or Alive
|big improvement
|No character model jitter, floor looks a little odd.
|Very little jitter or distortion.
|Destruction Derby
|Very little jitter, minor distortion.
|Destruction Derby 2
|Very little jitter, no jitter at all when fish eye lens effect is in use.
|Divide: Enemies Within
|small improvement
|Jitter is lessened on the environment, but not character models.
|Dragon Ball GT Final Bout
|small improvement
|Jitter is lessened a bit, but still lots of object priority flicker.
|Dragon Ball Z UB22
|big improvement
|No background jitter or distorted sprites on this otherwise terrible game.
|Dragon Warrior VII
|big improvement
|Almost no jitter, most things look smooth as silk.
|Less jitter, still distortion.
|Driver 2
|small improvement
|Definitely not as smooth as the first game.
|Dynasty Warriors
|big improvement
|Almost no jitter whatsoever.
|big improvement
|No jitter at all, looks like a Dreamcast game.
|big improvement
|Almost no jitter at all.
|Elemental Gearbolt
|Much less jitter than on console.
|Eternal Eyes
|No jitter from environment objects, but sprites scale awkwardly.
|Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
|Less jitter on characters, backgrounds distort oddly.
|Fighter Maker
|big improvement
|Very little jitter, very little flicker.
|Final Fantasy VII
|small improvement
|Jitter is lessened slightly in some areas, no change on others.
|Final Fantasy VIII
|small improvement
|Jitter is lessened slightly, animation accounts for the worst of it.
|Final Fantasy IX
|small improvement
|Jitter is lessened, but still lots of distortion.
|Final Fantasy Tactics
|no improvement
|G Darius
|big improvement
|No jitter except during special animations.
|Gran Turismo
|Jitter is lessened, but not at all times.
|Gran Turismo 2
|Pretty much the same as GT1.
|no improvement
|Jitter actually looks -worse-.
|Granstream Saga
|big improvement
|almost no jitter whatsoever.
|big improvement
|No jitter apparent anywhere.
|Hydro Thunder
|small improvement
|Not much jitter, but models change dynamically, which makes it rather pointless.
|big improvement
|Only jitter is on the too tiny player character.
|Jet Moto
|Less jitter on 3D objects, more jitter on 2D objects.
|Jet Moto 2
|See above.
|Jet Moto 3
|Not much jitter left, but the frame rate is so low that it can't be appreciated.
|Jumping Flash!
|No jitter to be found, but all 2D graphics are warped.
|Jumping Flash! 2
|Jitter is reduced, but flicker is worse and distortion is still pretty bad.
|no improvement
|big improvement
|3D objects have almost no jitter, 2D objects can still jitter a bit.
|Jitter is reduced greatly, with only a bit of shimmer remaining on character models.
|Legend of Dragoon
|no improvement
|Legend of Legaia
|big improvement
|Very little jittering overall.
|small improvement
|Not much jitter, LOTS of distortion.
|Mega Man Legends
|small improvement
|Not much jitter, but lots of distortion.
|Mega Man Legends 2
|small improvement
|See above.
|Metal Gear Solid
|no improvement
|Mortal Kombat 4
|big improvement
|Practically no jitter anywhere, just not fun to play, personally.
|Need for Speed
|no improvement
|Need for Speed II
|small improvement
|Jitter is reduced on some objects, but not all.
|Need for Speed III
|Most jitter is greatly reduced, just bad distortion everywhere and more noticeable jitter on car models.
|Need for Speed: High Stakes
|Jitter is greatly reduced on nearly all objects.
|Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
|Jitter is reduced on most objects, but distortion is very bad.
|Need for Speed V-Rally
|small improvement
|Jitter is reduced a bit, but lots of flicker.
|Need for Speed V-Rally 2
|small improvement
|A bit better than V-Rally, but same issues.
|Omega Boost
|big improvement
|Jitter greatly reduced everywhere.
|Parasite Eve
|small improvement
|Jitter is reduced, but still not that great.
|Parasite Eve 2
|doesn't run
|Jitter isn't apparent, but the low framerate makes it difficult to tell.
|Persona 2
|No 3D jitter, lots of 2D jitter (both Eternal Punishment and Innocent Sin).
|Porsche Challenge
|small improvement
|Jitter is reduced a bit, but the camera is too shaky for it to matter.
|small improvement
|Jitter is reduced on some objects.
|Rage Racer
|Jitter is reduced a fair amount, though some flicker is more obvious than before.
|Resident Evil
|Jitter is reduced a fair amount, but flicker remains.
|Resident Evil 2
|A bit less jitter than RE1, and less flicker, as well.
|Resident Evil 3
|Not quite as good as RE2, but not awful.
|Ridge Racer
|small improvement
|Jitter is lessened, but only completely absent on the title screen.
|Ridge Racer Revolution
|no improvement
|Most of the track disappears, so any improvement is moot.
|Ridge Racer Turbo Mode
|Jitter is lessened overall.
|Rival Schools
|big improvement
|Remaining jitter is very subtle, only small amounts of flicker.
|R-Type Delta
|big improvement
|Only very subtle jitter, not much distortion.
|Samurai Shodown: Warriors Rage
|Jitters randomly.
|San Francisco RUSH
|no improvement
|Silent Hill
|Very little jitter on most objects, lots on others.
|Not much jitter remians, with a bit of flicker and some distortion.
|Spyro the Dragon
|big improvement
|Some environments have no jitter at all, others have very little.
|Spyro 2
|big improvement
|See Spyro 1.
|Spyro: Year of the Dragon
|big improvement
|See Spyro 1.
|Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha
|small improvement
|Jitter distance shortened.
|Street Fighter EX2 Plus
|small improvement
|See above.
|Strider 2
|big improvement
|Jitter spots are few and far between.
|big improvement
|No jitter apparent at all.
|Suikoden II
|big improvement
|See above.
|Tail of the Sun
|No jitter on environment, awkward jitter on characters.
|big improvement
|No real jitter, still a bit of object priority flicker.
|Tekken 2
|big improvement
|Very little jitter, very little object priority flicker.
|Tekken 3
|small improvement
|The worst of the jitters are gone, but lots of animation jitter and flicker left.
|Thousand Arms
|big improvement
|Almost no jitter, some text distortion.
|Threads of Fate
|Almost no jitter, but still some flicker and bad texture distortion.
|Thunder Force V
|big improvement
|Only some animation jitter remains.
|Tobal no.1
|big improvement
|No jitter is apparent.
|Tobal 2
|big improvement
|No jitter is apparent.
|Tokyo Highway Battle
|small improvement
|No jitter in menus, bad jitter (and flicker, and distortion) in game.
|Tomb Raider
|small improvement
|Jitter is lessened a bit, distortion still very bad.
|Tomb Raider 2
|small improvement
|See TR1.
|Tomb Raider 3
|small improvement
|Slightly better than TR1.
|Tomb Raider Chronicles
|Jitter is lessened, still some distortion.
|Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
|small improvement
|Not quite as good as TR Chronicles.
|big improvement
|No real jitter to speak of.
|Tomba! 2
|big improvement
|Most objects do not jitter, with some minimal flicker.
|Toshinden Subaru
|Jitter distance is reduced.
|Twisted Metal
|small improvement
|Only the car select screen lacks jitter, but it's a bit improved in-game.
|Twisted Metal 2
|small improvement
|Jitter is lessened on some objects, but not on others.
|Vagrant Story
|small improvement
|Most environment jitter is gone, but character model jitter is completely unchanged, and very bad warping everywhere.
|Valkyrie Profile
|Environment jitter is all but removed.
|Vanguard Bandits
|Most environment jitter is gone, and character model jitter is lessened.
|Wangan Trial
|Jitter is lessened quite a bit, though warping is still all over.
|big improvement
|Jitter is nearly gone from all but sprite objects.
|Wipeout XL
|big improvement
|See above.
|Wipeout 3
|big improvement
|Jitter is greatly reduced all around.
|Jitter is lessened overall, though much moreso on the environment.
source, http://www.esquire.com/blogs/news/fcc-free-speech-ruling
Today, a federal appeals court handed over control of free speech on the Internet to a handful of companies. This is why it matters.
Say you're an NRA Republican. You're from Tennessee. The websites you go to on a daily basis are Yahoo for your email and news, ESPN for your sports, and TNGunOwners.com, a message board to talk about your day at the range. What if one day your access to your email is fine, your Tim Tebow coverage from ESPN is as loud as ever, and TNGunOwners.com inexplicably took 4-to-6 times longer to load? What if you called your Internet service provider and their answer was, "That's just the way it is now"?
Say you're a Whole Foods-pillagin' Democrat. You're from Portland. You go to GMail for your email, MSNBC for your news, Reddit for your cat videos, and an indie music blog like Said The Gramophone to find your music. One day, your access to Gmail is fine, your Rachel Maddow clips are coming in clear as day, and that YouTube video of a cat taking a bath on Reddit is rolling along smoothly. But it takes so long to load one song from that indie music blog you just turn on the radio.
Say you're entirely apolitical. It doesn't matter where you live. You're struggling with depression because it's hard to cope with your mother's recently diagnosed cancer. You go to cancerforums.net. You go to takethislife.com for help, when you can't read the cancer forum anymore. One day, those sites take ten times longer to load than they did before. What if you called your Internet service provider and their answer was, "Verizon now throttles bandwidth to websites from the non-Premium Tier. Would you like to upgrade?"
A federal appeals court ruled that the FCC can no longer enforce which websites Verizon and all other broadband providers can favor, limit access to, or outright block — even if it's to prop up a service or website of their own. This is not a binary political issue. It is not a Republican or Democrat issue. This is naked corporate greed. It is a bunch of companies who want to control the largest free information platform in the world. There is nothing good that an individual can derive from this decision. Nothing.
Before someone tells you otherwise, Internet service providers' backs were not against the wall in any way. "Bandwidth congestion" is not real. It costs just as much money, if not more money, to cap the data flowing through your broadband connection as it does to serve it to you. Data caps are solely a money-making construct. Average connection speeds in South Korea are twice as fast as those in the United States. That gap will grow even wider now. This ruling is anti-competitive for American business on a global level.
Tech giants Google, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Yahoo have come out against rulings like this in the past. Instead, the decision favors companies with access to pipelines, like Comcast. It will help them use the Internet as a marketing tool for its other ventures, like NBC Universal.
The very best scenario a consumer can hope for is this: Companies will start offering "unlimited" Internet plans to access the Internet you currently see today. The Web will be partitioned off into sections, like cable tiers, and those ISPs will offer speedier connections to certain kinds of websites if you buy into each tier.
The very worst a consumer can expect is that some information will be deemed too unsavory for public consumption, while select corporate messages can be blasted to your home at lightning speed. This is not a political story. This is corporate greed at its most blatant and obvious.


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Vithoulkas to succeed Hazelett as county manager
Citizen Staff Reports 08/14/12
Deputy Henrico County Manager for Administration John Vithoulkas will succeed Virgil Hazelett as county manager when Hazelett retires in January, following a unanimous vote by the county's Board of Supervisors at its meeting tonight. Vithoulkas, 44, will begin his new position Jan. 17.
Vithoulkas will become the eighth county manager since Henrico adopted the form of government in 1934.
The county manager serves as Henrico's chief administrative officer, responsible for implementing policies established by the Board of Supervisors and for overseeing the daily operations of the county and more than 35 agencies with approximately 4,000 general government employees (the county's total workforce, general government and Henrico County Public Schools, is more than 10,400). Duties include preparation and oversight of the county's annual budget, which tops $1 billion in operating and capital expenditures for the 2012-13 fiscal year, and preparation of the county's annual legislative program before the Virginia General Assembly.
Vithoulkas, a Henrico employee since 1997, rose through the ranks of the Department of Finance, joining the agency as a budget analyst and also working as budget director. He became acting director of Finance in September 2007 before taking over as director in January 2008.
In September 2009, Hazelett named him to the additional position of special economic advisor as Henrico confronted revenue declines and other challenges stemming from the national recession. In December, he was named a deputy county manager.
Vithoulkas has been key in helping to establish Henrico's to fiscal policies that have enabled the county to balance its budget throughout the recession and the lingering problematic economy. The county has absorbed revenue declines of more than $92 million the last two years without laying off employees, cutting services or raising taxes. He was the architect of a series of bond sales during the recession that yielded $17.7 million in debt-service savings for the county.
In August 2011, Henrico was the first locality nationwide to have its debt reaffirmed as triple-AAA — the highest available for a governmental entity — by the three international credit-rating agencies following the downgrade of U.S. government debt by Standard and Poor's.
Vithoulkas played a leading role in the effort that established Henrico, Va. as an official mailing address with the U.S. Postal Service in October 2008. The address-change initiative is saving the county more than $5 million annually in tax revenues that previously had been misdirected to other localities.
Vithoulkas, a naturalized citizen, is a native of Greece and immigrated to Virginia as an infant with his parents. A product of Henrico County Public Schools, he is a graduate of J.R. Tucker High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1989 and received a master's degree in public administration from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1992. Before joining the Henrico County staff he worked as a police planner and assistant budget director for Gaston County, N.C. and as a budget analyst for Chesterfield County.
Vithoulkas lives in Glen Allen with his wife, Jenny, and their three children.
He has keyed the ongoing "Changing the Way Henrico Does Business" initiative, an internal project launched in response to the recession. It has led to streamlined, more-efficient operations in departments countywide, producing permanent savings of more than $50 million. He also has spearheaded efforts such as the Henrico Advantage Card, working with the local business community to boost sales for Henrico retailers.
Preschoolers give pillows to families in need
By Ashley Luck, Special to the Citizen 07/24/2017 FeaturesGeneral News
A group of preschoolers from Chesterbrook Academy Preschool donated 56 pillows to local families in need at the Housing Families First shelter. The shelter is always in need of pillows and linens as, since families take the donated ones with them to their new homes.
Housing Families First provides shelter and support for homeless families and assist them in finding a permanent housing solution. The shelter serves people year-round, said Terri Iguina, operations and volunteer manager at Housing Families First. > Read more.
Dairy Queen's Blizzard sales July 27 to benefit Children's Hospital of Richmond
Citizen Staff Reports 07/24/2017 BusinessGeneral News
Dairy Queen's 13th Annual Miracle Treat Day – Thursday, July 27 – will raise fund to benefit sick and injured children being treated at Children's Miracle Network hospitals throughout the United States. Locally, $1 or more from every Blizzard Treat sold at participating locations will be donated to the Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU. Last year, the event raised more than $14,400 for the hospital. > Read more.
Crime Stoppers' Crime of the Week: July 24, 2017
Citizen Staff Reports 07/24/2017 General NewsPublic SafetyCrime of the Week
Crime Stoppers needs your help to find the person who struck a pedestrian in the City of Richmond.
On July 21 at 12:52 a.m., a woman was crossing the street at Forest Hill and Sheila Lane when she was struck by a dark colored four-door sedan that was traveling eastbound on Forest Hill. She was transported by ambulance to Chippenham Hospital for minor injuries and released. > Read more.
Henrico Police locate missing man
Citizen Staff Reports 07/24/2017 General NewsPublic Safety
Henrico Police have located a missing 46-year-old Henrico man.
Police had reported Kevin William Cannelli missing this weekend, after he was last seen July 18. He was located safe in the Richmond area July 24. > Read more.
Police had reported Kevin William Cannelli missing this weekend, after he was last seen July 18. He was located safe in the Richmond area July 24. > Read more.
Business in brief
Citizen Staff Reports 07/24/2017 BusinessBusiness in BriefGeneral News
For the ninth year in a row, Puritan Cleaners is conducting a one-day-only community program that offers everyone in Richmond a free cleaning of one pair of pants. The event, called Free Pants Wednesday, will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 2. The offer is good at all 13 Puritan locations throughout the greater Richmond area with no strings attached. There are no minimums or other stipulations (other than suede and leather pants are excluded). This year, Puritan has partnered with the Richmond SPCA to help raise awareness for the Free Pants Wednesday program while also raising awareness for homeless kittens awaiting adoption at the Richmond SPCA's humane center. The two organizations collaborated on a short movie which can be viewed at http://www.puritancleaners.com/community/free-pants-wednesday. This video is the latest in the light-hearted, low-budget, and intentionally campy videos associated with the Free Pants Wednesday program. Previous versions have featured racing at Richmond Raceway, ex-VCU basketball coach Shaka Smart, Todd "Parney" Parnell and the Flying Squirrels, and Bill Bevins and Shelly Perkins of Easy 100.9. > Read more.
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