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Sennheiser EW D1-CI1 Digital Wireless Instrument System
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The Evolution Wireless D1 System
The EM D1 is a wireless, stationary receiver that is to be used in conjunction with the SK D1 bodypack transmitter or the SKM D1 handheld transmitter for live stage use. The SK D1 bodypack is included within this package and is both lightweight and compact, making it easy to store and travel with. Operating within the 2.4 GHz frequency band, the system is suited for relaying data over long ranges and through walls. The D1 is recognised as a high quality and extremely reliable digital sound transmission system. Ideal for live stage use, the system can run up to 15 output lines in parallel and automatically adjusts the sensitivity of each transmission. This ability along with the clear and innovative OLED display make this sturdy receiver very user-friendly and easy to setup.
Included In The System
- 1 x EM-D1 Rackmount Receiver
- 1 x SK-D1 Bodypack Transmitter
- 1 x CI1 Jack Cable
- 1 x NT-12 Power Supply
- 1 x Transport Case
- 1 x User Manual
- Complete professional wireless instrument system
- Lightweight bodypack transmitter with robust guitar cable included
- 2.4 GHz Digital transmission with license-free operation
- Automatic Frequency Management continuously scans for interference
- AFM Automatically changes frequencies if needed - On the fly
- Adaptive high-power transmission continuously checks wireless signal strength
- Adjusts transmission power for consistent, reliable performance
- D1 systems deliver up to 100 mW, which delivers generous usable working range
- Automatic Sensitivity Adjustment automatically optimize input for maximum dynamics
- Excellent sound quality that captures every nuance of your performance
EM D1 Receiver
- Latency: Multi-Frequency Targets
- RF Sensitivity: RF Output Power: Back Channel 10 mW / 100 mW
- Audio Outputs:XLR, 1/4" Jack
- XLR Output: Balanced Max +18 dBu
- Jack Output: Unbalanced/Balanced Max +12 dBu
- Low-Cut Filter: -3 dB at 120 Hz
- Equalizer: 7-Band Graphic Equalizer
- Automatic Gain Control (AGC): Compression/Expansion with Automatic Make-Up Gain
- Display: OLED
- Connection: XLR / 1/4" Jack
- Antenna Connector: 2 x Rev-SMA
- Network Socket: RJ45
- Network Protocol: Media Control Protocol, TCP/IP IPv4 (DHCP, Manual) / IPv6
- Power Supply: 12V
- Current Consumption: 350 mA
- Weight: 824g
SK D1 Transmitter
- RF Output Power: Adaptive, Up to 100mW
- Connection: 3.5mm Jack (Lockable)
- Microphone Frequency Response: 50 - 20,000 Hz
- Microphone Input Level: 2.2 V RMS
- Line Frequency Response: 20 - 20,000 Hz
- Line Input Level: 3.3 V RMS
- Input Impedance: 1 M Ohms
- Input Sensitivity: Automatic Sensitivity Adjustment
- Battery Specification: 2 x AA Battery
- Battery Operating Time: Typically 6 Hours
- Accupack: BA 30 (Li-Ion, 3.7V)
- Accupack Operating Time: Typically 11 Hours
- Weight (Without Batteries): 0.85g
- Frequency Response: 20 - 20,000 Hz
- Dynamic Range: > 135 dB
- THD: Audio Sampling: 24 Bit / 48 kHz
- S/N Ratio: > 105 dB
- RF Frequency Range: 2,400 - 2,483.5 MHz
- Modulation: GFSK with Back Channel
- Transmission Method: TDMA, Time Diversity, Frequency Diversity, Fast Switching Antenna Diversity
- Latency: 3.9 ms
- Codecs: APT-X Live
- Operating Temp: -10° C - +55° C
- Storage Temp: -20° C - + 70° C
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Investigators believe the drive-by shootings are connected. Both victims gave similar descriptions of the car used in the shootings and of the men inside of the car.
At 1:11 a.m., a man said he'd been sitting at a bus stop with a friend in the 600-block of E. Jefferson Boulevard, when a car passed and shots rang out. Police believe the man was shot in the arm from a pellet gun or possibly a small caliber bullet. He was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
The victim told police that the suspects were in a dark-colored car.
About five miles away, at 1:29 a.m., a woman said she was walking in the 3600-block of Fordham Road. She told investigators a dark blue car with three men inside pulled up and asked for directions. She'd been approaching the car to help when she said a man pulled out a pellet gun, shot her in the shoulder and drove off. She then flagged down a passing police officer. Paramedics treated her on the spot.
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by Brad Moon | January 10, 2013 10:18 am
At this year's Consumer Electronics Show[1] (CES), tablets are king.
In fact, according to the hosting organization, the consumer electronics industry is expected to grow by 4% this year after a 1% fall last year, despite the fact that many categories — including LCD TVs, Blue-ray players and home audio systems — are expected to keep slipping.
Instead, tablets and smartphones should provide the stimulus, accounting for 40%[2] of all consumer electronics purchases for 2013. Revenue from tablets is pegged for 25% growth on the year, making the category even hotter than smartphones.
Manufacturers recognize the demand for tablets and realize that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL[3]) is no longer invincible in the category. Although the iPad had the tablet market to itself when released in 2010 (at one point that year claiming 95% of the global market[4]), it's now on the verge of slipping below 50% market share.
That's thanks largely to Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG[5]) continual improvement of the Android operating system (which powers the majority of non-Apple tablets), along with the success of smaller and cheaper tablets from the company and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN[6]). In addition, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT[7]) is now in the fray[8] with a new tablet operating system — Windows RT — and its own Surface tablet line[9].
Plus, in a maturing market where consumers are no longer fixated on having a dominant "it" model, there's more opportunity for newcomers to break in. And when a market grows as rapidly as the tablet one has (tablet ownership in the U.S.[10] rose 32% in just eight months last year, which doesn't include the holiday shopping season), niches open up and give companies the opportunity to offer a specialized product and have it be profitable.
In Las Vegas, we've seen the reaction to this new tablet market opportunity. While Apple doesn't display at CES and Amazon, Google and Microsoft already trotted out their new hardware in the fall, virtually every other consumer electronics manufacturer was displaying their own version of the device.
For example:
Heck, even computers — as PC-makers attempt to stay relevant — are being impacted by the tablet craze. A perfect example is the Asus Transformer AiO, an all-in-one PC that incorporates an 18.5-inch HD tablet as the computer display. The computer has its own CPU and hard drive which runs Windows 8, but push a button (or undock it if you're feeling strong) and the 18.5-inch tablet is running Android Jelly Bean using Nvidia's (NASDAQ:NVDA[18]) Tegra 3 chip.
It's an interesting approach that pushes convergence without sacrificing the PC, but the result is a bit of a monster. Two different operating systems from two different companies doesn't exactly sound like a recipe for seamless integration and a happy user experience. (Asus Transformer AiO PC, image from CNET).
Regardless, based on what's been shown at CES, it's going to be interesting to watch how both the computer and tablet industries progress in 2013.
From my perspective, the things to watch for will be the iPad's dwindling market share (Apple will remain the single biggest tablet maker, but 2013 will be the year it officially no longer dominates the category), what happens with Windows Pro tablets and the future for the plethora of choices now available. Consumers may be more willing to choose tablets from other companies, but stores only have room on their shelves for so many different vendors.
The PC/tablet hybrid is something I find particularly fascinating. To me, this has some potential once the rough edges are smoothed out, but I only see two camps capable of pulling off that kind of convergence: Apple (that Asus Transformer would make an awesome iMac/big iPad combo) and the Windows 8 camp. For it to work, you need top-notch hardware design and a smooth transition between the two operating systems. While Asus has put together some nice hardware, throwing Android in the mix as it did with the Transformer AiO isn't going to cut it.
As of this writing, Brad Moon did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
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Quick Details
MotorGuide Freshwater Wireless Edition motors offer incredible flexibility and convenience for medium-sized boats. The included wireless foot pedal can be used to control motor speed and direction from anywhere on board, eliminating the wires and deck clutter associated with standard pedals. The motor can also be controlled with an optional handheld wireless remote. Use up to four remotes/pedals simultaneously for incredible multi-person or multi-location wireless boat control! These motors also feature a quick-release plate, composite shaft, one-hand motor deployment and a built-in battery indicator.
Wireless W45 Full Details
Recommended for:
Small to medium freshwater v-hull, bass, pontoon and general fishing boats up to 17'. The 55 lbs thrust motor is recommended for boats weighing up to 2,250lbs. For more help picking the right thrust level - or to learn how much your boat weights - please refer to our thrust guide.
How It's Unique
MotorGuide Wireless Edition trolling motors are available in both fresh and saltwater versions, and are controlled by either a wireless foot pedal or remote control. Compared to the Freshwater and Tour Edition trolling motors, the Wireless Edition offers the fisherman flexibility to move around the boat while controlling the trolling motor. Additionally, the MotorGuide Wireless trolling motors are the only motor to include a quick release bracket. Select models also include an integrated Lowrance transducer.
For a more traditional trolling motor with similar features, consider the MotorGuide Tour Edition. Comparable to the Wireless line, Tour Edition offers a variable speed motor, foot control, and an optional integrated transducer.
Water Type:
Freshwater Only
Shaft Length(s):
The Wireless W45 have available shaft lengths of 48" and 54". For help selecting a shaft length, please see our shaft guide.
Motor Features:
Variable Speed Motor, Wireless Boat Control, Cradle Lock Mount, Quick-Release Plate, Strong Composite Shaft, One-Hand Stow and Deploy, Battery Power Indicator, (Learn about these features)
Available Upgrades:
- Wireless Remote Control: (MotorGuide Key FOB remote control)
- Built in Sonar
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This motor is bolted directly to the bow of the boat using the included mounting hardware, and requires drilling into the boat for installation. Ideally, it's best to have access to the underside of the mounting platform in order to secure and fasten the bolting hardware. However, if accessing the underside is impossible you can use no access bolts to secure the motor from the top. For more information see our compatibility and mounting guides.
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Wiring Details:
MotorGuide Wireless 45 can be wired directly to the batteries, and can also be used in conjunction with a plug and receptacle for a cleaner, more professional installation that's easy to remove. To protect your motor from damage, a circuit breaker is also recommended but is not required for installation.
Motor Voltage and Batteries:
MotorGuide Wireless W45 is a 12 volt motor and requires (1) 12-volt marine battery. For more information, see our articles on battery selection or battery wiring diagrams.
Power Lead Length:
5 Feet
Pedal Cord Length:
What Is Included:
- MotorGuide W45 trolling motor
- Foot pedal
- Power leads
- Mounting hardware
- Owners manual
What Else Is Required:
1 Marine Battery, Battery Charger, Circuit Breaker (Recommended)
Amperage Draw:
42 amps at maximum speed
Motor Run Time:
Important Note: As you likely won't be running your trolling motor perpetually, the actual amount of on-the-water time a motor should allow will be substantially longer than times listed. Actual motor run time can vary depending on conditions (winds, waves, etc) and the type of battery used. Listed below are run-time estimates assuming a 100 amp hour rated battery. To learn more, please see our article on calculating motor run time.
- 20+ Hours: At slow, trolling speeds that draw 5 amps or less
- 4.8 Hours: Approx. run time with throttle 50% open
- 2.4 Hours: Approx. run time with the motor at full throttle
Stow and Deploy Method:
Motorguide Wireless series motors have a unique cradle-lock mount which includes a quick release plate. To deploy the motor, simply lift the deploy lever and and rotate the motor into the water. When not in use, the shaft and head can be quickly removed from the water and laid on the deck for storage.
Motor Steering Method:
The trolling motor is steered via the included wireless foot pedal which controls motor speed and direction. If the Motorguide wireless remote is purchased, you can control the motor with the handheld unit.
Shaft Adjustment:
An adjustable depth collar makes it easy to set how deep the shaft and propeller sit in the water.
Motor Speed:
All Wireless series motors have a variable speed motor. Learn more about fixed vs. variable speed motors.
Owners Manual:
Warranty Period:
Two Years
Warranty Details:
MotorGuide Wireless motors carry a 2 year warranty against manufacturer defects and is supported by hundreds of local MotorGuide service centers across the country.
Box Dimensions:
Model 970100360 - 8"H x 22"W x 62"L WT: 39.6lbs
Model 970100370 - 6"H x 19"W x 47"L WT: 40.0lbs


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What is the most obscure games you own?
Deo Gratias, a god sim by Cryo (a company known for creating sub-par AGs). This game is so rare these days that even finding a screenshot of it is hard. Sadly it is not worth much, due to its poor quality. It has a very long unskippable intro, confusing controls, no real goal, poorly explained concepts nothing really seemed to work in it. I quickly gave up on it, in part due to the fact that the intro was over 5min, and unskippable.
SL the game (sorry, can't even find an image of this online)
Ever wanted to take care of public transportation in Stockholm? Well, this game will let you do that. It was not a horrible public transportation simulator, but it was not great either. You could buy & sell busses, set up buss/train/boat lines in and around Stockholm, and your goal was to make money. The game actually let you destroy buildings, with no negative consequences (as far as I could tell) (there were exceptions, if you decided to destroy an important landmark, then the game would give you a game over screen).
Spellcross. This game is just okay. It is a turnbased strategy game with okay graphics, okay AI, okay gameplay, and okay units. The game was not bad, but not good either. And this is also a game that I never have heard anyone even mention. The only novel part of this game was the enemies. You played as modern humans and had to fight evil fantasy creatures (undead, orcs and such)
Drakar och Demoner: Själarnas Brunn (Dragonfire: The Well of Souls) was an attempt to make a CRPG out of one of Sweden's most beloved pen & paper RPGs. If you roleplayed in Sweden during the 80s & 90s, then you came into contact with Drakar & demoner, it was nearly impossible not to. This is a rather average game, really. The graphics were slightly sub-par for its time, the voice acting was…Swedish (and that is not really a good thing, Swedish voice actors tends to sound like they are forcing the words out of their mouths. Swedish actors also tends to do this when they want to sound dramatic in live action movies). The first screenshot is from the chracter selection menu, while the second one is in game.
The characters are: Some girl with average stats, leaning towards dexterity, some guy with average stats leaning towards strength, a duck (every fantasy setting needs a race of its own, something that makes it special… and in Drakar & demoner this was ducks), with slow strength and high dexterity, and a half orc with low dexterity but high strength. Almost everyone who played this game picked the duck, because its a duck (and no other reason). Combat is simplistic, and rather slow paces, but it is not horrible. Overall, it is a nice historical curiosity, one that for some strange reason was translated to several languages (and sold poorly everywhere).
The company that made this game (Target interactive) later changed its name, and started to produce some of the most complex grand scale strategy on the market, namely Europa Universalis and all the other EU-like games.
For those interested, Drakar & demoner (fantasy) and Mutant (post apocalyptic sci-fi with a slightly humorous twist) are two of Swedens most beloved RPGs of all time. But only Swedes seem to even be aware of these games. Target Games (former Äventyrsspel, the company behind them) decided to aim for a larger market, and created Mutant Chronicles and Drakar & Demoner Cronopia, two games that were almost universally hated in Sweden. Interestingly enough they were well received in USA, and even though Target Games has long since shut its doors, Mutant Chronicles lives on in USA.
Mr. Gimmick is an interesting NES game. It had the most advanced sound chip of any NES game ever to be (officially) released (I don't know if any home brew had a more advanced sound chip, but I would suspect that none does), so the sound is incredible for an 8bit system, the graphics and animations are also top of the line, and the levels are challenging and well crafted. So why has most people not heard about this game? Because it was only released in Japan & Scandinavia, and and the very end of the NES's lifespan. Very few copies were actually made, and I guess it was considered to expensive to manufacture, due to the sound chip. A working copy can set you back ~200 these days.
Mine are probably :
- Leviathan - The Tone Rebellion. Still haven't played it (shame on me).
- Twipsy - the official game of the world Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany. Hven't played it, too. Twipsy was the official mascot. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twipsy
- Humans III : Evolution - Lost In Time for PC (this is said to be quite bad, but I have started it only once, so I don't know. On the positiv side, the game's CD has audio tracks, yay !) Gamespot doesn't like it at all : http://www.gamespot.com/pc/puzzle/hu…ime/index.html
Interestingly, recently there has been a reboot of the "Humans" franchise : http://www.gamespot.com/pc/puzzle/thehumans/index.html
- "Captain Gysi und das Raumschiff Bonn"
- "Captain Gysi 2 : Galaxis Futura"
Both are games of a genre that doesn't exist : Political satire games. Really, no joking ! The game takes place within a starship, the so-called "Galaxis Futura". The "Captain Gysi" (Gysi is is real-life name !) was the major head of a left-wing German party, the PDS, which was some kind of successor of the GDR's only party, the SED. Later, this party has fused with another one to become a new party called "Die Links" ("The Left One"), which is in trouble right now mainly because of its inept heads.
In these games, major politicians of the time around the turn of the millennium are ridiculed, and "Captain Gysi" is the only one who can resolve all of this chaos the other politicians have made.
Other obscure games I have are "advertisement games", often adventure games (but not always), which are … well, kind of advertisements. Some are done in a reall good way : The first Kellogg's game was a jump & run game, and it had won a few prices, then, bcause it was reall excellent, from a technical point of view.
You can donload it here (it is reall one of the best jumop & run games I've ever played !) : http://werbespiel.blogspot.com/2010/…oggs-land.html - but the game is in German language, though.
The only obscure game in my collection that I currently remember is Ascension to the throne which IMO, unlike most of the obscure games, is great. It's a semi open-world RPG ( similar to Gothic somehow in terms of overall feeling of exploration) with the turn-based combat system similar to heroes of might & magic series. It was a very addicting game and although I played it around 4 years ago, but I still remember it quite well.
Although it had some drawbacks like lack of any kind of voice acting, bugs and balancing problems and also one of the most meaningless and disappointing endings I have ever seen, but it was a game that quite held my attention while it lasted.
I own Oblivion.
Yea, I know…
For Alrik:
I own "Der Schatz im Silbersee", an adventure based on Karl May, on 3,5 inch high density floppy discs… (never played through it though).
Offhand I would say maybe Winter Voices, but I've got to have something more obscure than that in the physical realm collecting dust somewhere.
While I was reading about Ascension to the Throne I thought 'Oh that sounds good, I should try to find that game' then I realized it was part of the 1C RPG pack I bought from Gamersgate a while back and I already own it. This is what being a digital download whore gets you, can't even keep track of your own games. :p
And I still want that damned duck RPG! I have looked and looked through official and unofficial channels and I can't find it anywhere. Paradox should put it up for digital download. Price it cheap enough and somebody will buy it (me!). Hell, there are old Genesis games selling on Steam and Gamersgate so there's a market.
And I agree : This is somewhat obscure as well.
Another rather obscure game I have is the "Höhlenwelt Saga" card game for the PC.
I actually know only very little about it.
The "Höhlenwelt" is a fantasy setting which was developed by the German fanatsy author Harald Evers.
For it, he also made an adventure game, this one :
Unfortunately he died suddenly not too long after completion of this game, and nowadays I cannot find a way to get the patches and the cards that were seemingly once put online for fans (the extra cards could be somehow integrated into the main game).
His family was - according to forum entries - within a religious sect, so they didn't like his work as an author at all. All signs of adoration b the fans at the grave were destroyed by the family - save for the son, maybe, with whom he developed the game.
You can download the demo of the unfortunately German-only game here : http://www.hoehlenwelt-game.de/
The game as such can still be bought (I bought mine via ebay).
The card game is also known under the name of "Trivocum", I think. This is a term from the setting itself.
Edit : This is the only forum I know about the Höhlenwelt games : http://www.subcultur.de/forum/index.php
I also have two odd advertisement games. Pickup express 2 is a game where you pick up goods and then deliver it to another location. Several different brands are represented in the game, and it is horrible. Poor driving controls and the gameplay is incredibly repetitive. It did remind me a bit of Streets of sim city minus the guns (i.e. it was just as horrible, with just as many bugs and poor controls).
And then there was a floorball game that was meant to advertise a type of squash (as in a type of drink) called Mer. I hate floorball (which is a relatively popular sport here in Sweden) so the game did not appeal to me at all.
The Duck RPG is just not worth the effort, believe me. There are many better CRPGs out there.
I suspect that there might be licencing issues involved that prohibits Paradox from doing anything with the game. That or they just don't want to soil their good name.
Ascension to the throne looks quite interesting, I'll have to check it out. I would like to point out that one of my games in the original post is great though. Mr. Gimmick is a 2d platformer that is able to challenge the giants of the genre!
Can you send me these advertisement games ? Or are they too big for that ?
I can't seem to find the discs (they are probably stashed somewhere in a bag together with the other games that I own and never expect to play again), though I found the games online.
Pickup express
Mer innebandy (the floorball game)
Do note that both of these games are in Swedish.
I'm a typical, average, generic gamer, liking nearly all the games I own (and I own many), so most of what I have is mass compatible, more or less. Everybody and his brother have played Catacomb 3D and its successors, I guess, but there are other, less known games I own - like, for example …
Depth Dwellers (anaglyphic 3D shooter, 1994) - they meant well. Well.
Nitemare 3D (shooter, 1994) - hilarious in a way some little brothers are.
Ken's Labyrinth (shooter, 1993) - ditto. An aspiring, talented programmer and a totally untalented (yet well-intentioned) graphics artist sometimes create surprisingly entertaining games.
In Extremis (shooter, 1993) - nice atmosphere. Sloppy execution.
Cyclones (shooter, 1994) - like Strife, this one's astonishingly complex, just more underdog-gy.
Angst - Rahz' Revenge (shooter, 1996) - not just a turd: THE turd. I'd happily vote for this steaming pile of crap if there was a 'worst game ever' vote.
Mortail Coil (tactical shooter, 1995) - many great ideas, countless crippling bugs. Plus the worst translation ever - even installing was a challenge.
Wetlands (rail shooter, 1995) - great atmosphere, insane difficulty.
Now guess my favorite game genre ^^.
Space crusade. This was the first computer game based on the famous Warhammer 40k licence, and a title that not a lot of people seem to be aware of. This particular game was based on the childrens board game Space Crusade, which can be seen as the 40k counterpart to HeroQuest (which was set in the warhammer fantasy world). Unlike HeroQuest you had a team of 5 space marines per "good guy" player, but only one of these were actually useful (the commander), the rest were just too easy to kill. The PC port of the board game was quite faithful, and much like the board game the greatest joy in the PC game was to shoot your friends in the back (the game itself was not very good, and when you get bored you tend to do stupid things). A rather forgettable game that might be of interest to those who played the board game when they were young. Then again, both Space Crusade and HeroQuest are best left as fond memories, these games were meant for children and lack any real depth or complexity.
Stratosphere. You build a flying fortress out of different parts, and then you fly around and shoot other flying fortresses. An interesting concept that sadly ended up in a rather lackluster game.
Limbo of the lost. This game would have been doomed to total obscurity if it was not for one tiny detail: The devs stole all their backgrounds from other games! What you are looking at is a screenshot from Limbo of the lost. But what game did they steal that background from? (Oblivion)
They managed to steal background from Oblivion, Thief 3, Unreal tournament 2003 and plenty of other famous games, and somehow they thought they would get away with it. Many other things, like sound clips and even the intro sequence were stolen from other sources. The game itself is an adventure game with stupid puzzles (no real logic in many of them), horribly slow character movement and too many design flaws in general to make it worth playing. I only bought it because of its interesting history.
Svea Rike 3. Another old Paradox title, this one was released just before Europa Universalis. The game plays a lot like a simplified version of Europa Universalis, and your goal here is to take over the Nordic countries. They made another game 4 years later based on the same engine, which had the very same unit sprites, buildings and, well everything, except for the map, called Two Thrones (which I also own). This game was actually marketed as a childrens game, and while it is easier to get into than Europa Universalis, it is still a relatively complex game. The previous Svea Rike titles were based on a popular Swedish board game (named Svea Rike).
Neuro Hunter.
Probably doesn't qualify as "obscure" in Europe, but you would have a hard time finding anyone over here who has ever heard of it. I found out about it through The Watch and imported a copy from the UK.
Hmmm, Aethra Chronicles, Lysandia Phase 1 and Phase 2, War Wizard, Keys to Maramon, Nahlakh, Helherron, etc. I've got all the obscure crpgs from the last few decades :)
@Jaz-can you list me any other good stealth shooters? I enjoyed Deus Ex 1 and 3, so games like them might work. I might have to find Deus Ex 2 and see if it's any good.
Of games that I still have a copy, not having long ago thrown out and consider replaying every now and again? Probably:
Heretic Kingdoms: The Inquisition
I'm sure there's more oddball games I've owned in the past but I don't recall them. Plenty of ignored games I've purchased on Steam as well via package deals that could qualify.
Yep it is Bulgarian RTS
Imperium Galactica
I have Tzar, because it once came with a magazine's disc (full game).
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The Big East Conference has filed a lawsuit against TCU, alleging the school has not paid its $5 million exit fee.
TCU agreed to join the Big East, but instead will play in the Big 12 this fall. According to Bloomberg.com, the Big East claims TCU promised to fulfill its buyout obligation but has yet to do so.
"The Big East made demand for payment owed under the agreement, but Texas Christian University has refused to make that payment or acknowledge its obligation to do so," the lawsuit, obtained by Bloomberg, states.
West Virginia and the Big East were in a legal tussle when WVU announced it would join the Big 12 — and do so without giving a 27-month notification. The Big 12 is assisting WVU with its negotiated financial obligation. It's unclear at this point whether TCU, which agreed in Nov. 2010 to join the Big East but never became a full Big East member, will need similar assistance.
"TCU administrators were surprised by this lawsuit and believe it is premature," TCU responded in a statement released by the school. "The University is hopeful for an amicable resolution of this matter. Because of the pending litigation TCU will have no further comment."
Pitt is filing suit against the Big East in the school's attempt to join the ACC in 2013. Pitt and Syracuse, if the schools provided a 27-month notification, would not be free to join the ACC until 2014.


text: I received the latest batch of postcards today and one of them appears to have significant fogging in the white borders prompting me to make this post. On my travels doing workshops and working in many different darkrooms I regularly see prints with veiled highlights and almost always the problem is caused by safelight fogging. Either the light is too close to the enlarger and wet bench or the safelight filter is wrong or past it's sell by date. I test my safelights at least once every year and it's surprising how they can change. Another problem is that all papers do not respond in the same way to all filters making it necessary to have different safelights for different papers if fogging is to be avoided. Because I regularly test papers I gave three different types of safelight in my darkroom. It's so easy when working in the same darkroom year in and year out to accept that all is well. You just become used to the tonality of the prints produced and see so few prints from other darkrooms to make a comparision.


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How to use tracfone bonus codes.
Adding your Tracfone minutes is very easy, to add minutes and activity time you can buy cards with a 15 digit PIN number. These cards are available at Wal-Mart, Safeway, 7-Eleven, Circuit City, and many more national retailers.
- Call Tracfone at 1-800-867-7183. When you give the Customer Service person your 15 digit PIN number you can also tell them your 5 digit Bonus code and they will tell you right away if it will work.
- Add minutes right from your phone. Most of the newer digital Tracfones have a menu option to add minutes directly from the phone. To use the bonus codes you add the 5 digit number right after the 15 digit Pin.
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The artificial woman has been a popular device in modern movies, with results both harebrained (Simone) and mischievously intelligent (Lars and the Real Girl). Now Spike Jonze ups the ante with Her, a love story about a lonely man (Joaquin Phoenix) and a brainy operating system (voiced by Scarlett Johansson). Both long for human connection.
It's that sense of longing, not the future shock of computer love, that inspired Jonze to direct his first solo screenplay after collaborating with the likes of Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation) and Dave Eggers (Where the Wild Things Are).
"There are definitely those questions in terms of how I'm living my life and the amount of communication and information that I'm getting through technology every day," Jonze says by phone from Miami, where he's promoting Her (which opens Friday in Dallas). "But I was aspiring to make something more about what relationships are to us and what love is to us, those questions that are maybe timeless.
"I can connect / Nothing with nothing." T.S. Eliot wrote those words in his 1922 poem The Wasteland, but they work pretty well for Her's Los Angeles of the near future. It's actually a pretty nice place, with lots of bright colors and conveniences and open boulevards. Jonze describes his initial vision for the setting as "Jamba Juice as the Future."
But what do the surface trappings cover up? The world of Her makes intimacy a rare commodity. Phoenix's Theodore has already lost a marriage (to Rooney Mara) when he takes up with Samantha, his OS. "I left her alone in the relationship," he tells his digital lover. Judging from his surroundings, and even his friends, his situation isn't unique.
The movie's people and places aren't far removed from today's big-city bustle. The characters in Her live in a perpetual state of staring at screens big and small and talking to people only they can hear. They're disconnected in their infinite connection.
"We were trying to make this very warm, tactile, poppy world where everything is nice," Jonze says. "But in a world where it seems like you have everything, to feel loneliness and longing in that context hurts even more. We're supposed to have everything we want. Why are we dissatisfied? Why are we lonely? That was the thinking behind the look and the feel of the movie."
Samantha is born into this world happy to serve. Then she starts to grow. Like everyone else, she's lonely. She gets together with the OS community and creates a post-human version of the late Eastern philosopher Alan Watts. She wants new friends. She wants an identity. She longs, like the wooden boy Pinocchio, to be real.
"She's something new, and she has a new existential crisis," Jonze says. "But everybody has those moments when they feel inferior or less than. There is that timeless part of being human, but there's also a specific set of challenges in how we're living our lives right now."
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The Tattered Cloak: And Other Stories
The Tattered Cloak: And Other Stories
Nina Berberova's THE TATTERED CLOAK AND OTHER STORIES is a
collection by arguably one of the best of the Russian writers from
the early part of the last century. The experience of Russian
emigres in Paris is a classic story of displacement and future
shock, after the ravages of war and a bad economy sent families
rushing towards the heart of the Western world. Berberova could
very well be telling her own story, hidden amongst the tales of
lowly blue-collar workers and the "shabby genteel" of the
aristocracy that doesn't know what to make of the brave new world
that is building its foundations.
"The world is going to hell, but among it all a blessed light is
burning quietly for me --- not from the star, which went out a long
time ago, but from a new source, like a fog filled with the
trembling light of stars." In gentle phrases and with the light
touch of a truly enlightened heart, Berberova gives us an
across-the-board look at how the world was changing and affecting
all of her fellow Russians during the difficult times of the '30s
and '40s. Given what our nation has lived through since that time,
American readers will certainly empathize with the hardships of
these people that were searching for ways to stay alive and perhaps
even eke out a little enjoyment for themselves. It is in their
heartache, their search for a new life, that Berberova enacts her
timeless compassion, and each story brings us closer to the heart
of the immigrant experience from the easy perspective of seven
decades of historical progression.
Berberova came to the U. S. in 1951 with $75 in her pocket. An
instructor at Yale and later at Princeton, she was honored as a
Chevalier of the French Order of Arts and Letters before she died.
Like her countryman, Chekov, Berberova employs the direct and
intellectual perceptions of a natural writer with the heart of a
renegade, and in so doing, THE TATTERED CLOAK can find a home
amongst the immigrant classics of our generation and those that
came before us.
Reviewed by Jana Siciliano on January 23, 2011
The Tattered Cloak: And Other Stories
- Publication Date: November 30, -0001
- Genres: Short Stories
- Paperback: 307 pages
- Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation


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Taylor Momsen – Pretty Reckless "Make Me Wanna Die" [VIDEO]
For the past few months I've been hearing about a chick by the name of Taylor Momsen. I didn't know much about her other than she's in a teeny-bopper drama called "Gossip Girl" and as of late she's got her own band Pretty Reckless.
Needless to say, with a past role in a show I'm sure couldn't even stand to watch with my eyes closed, I didn't hold out much hope for her band. Let me be know, my expectations have been blown away.


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Last week late one afternoon I had a long chat with Sam Merten, former colleague, now the spokesman for Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, about a letter the city sent to a South Dallas businessman, also a guy I have known for years, threatening to take his business away from him under power of eminent domain.
I thought I knew what Merten was telling me. Sort of. But I wasn't sure. Then the next morning I opened The Dallas Morning News editorial page, and I did know. For sure.
Mayor Rawlings may not be the first well-meaning white man to get conned by South Dallas politicians, but right now he's the biggest.
South Dallas
On November 19 the city sent a letter to Dale Davenport, a septic tank dealer and installer from Rockwall, and his father, Freddy, a retired steelworker, telling them the city wants possession of the car wash that Freddy Davenport bought with his pension payout from Lone Star Steel at the corner of Myrtle Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in South Dallas. The letter says, "As you are probably aware, the City of Dallas is planning improvements to Martin Luther King Boulevard and median. Plans have progressed to the point that we wish to advise you that your property described above will be needed for the project."
Along with the letter was a pamphlet explaining that if they refused to sell their business to the city at the city's price or a price set by a judge, they could be forced to sell anyway under the city's power of eminent domain.
A day before I called the mayor's office I sat in Two Podners Restaurant across from Fair Park staring across two slices of chess pie at the very flabbergasted red face of Dale Davenport, who was waving the city's letter at me.
"It says, 'As you are probably aware,'" he said. "As you are probably aware? Probably aware of what? I've never heard a thing about this until I got this letter."
Normally a government cannot use eminent domain to seize private property unless there is a clear public good to be served. But nobody at City Hall seems to be able to lay out exactly what the public good is here, unless it's getting rid of the Davenports.
I called Lou Jones, the city real estate manager in charge of this operation. I asked her to tell me about this "project."
"It's supposed to be a plaza," she said.
I asked if it was a walking around plaza or a retail plaza like a shopping strip.
"No retail," she said. "No."
Long silence.
I asked whose plaza it will be, whose plan it is now.
"I don't know," she said. "You would have to check with I guess the city manager or the council people. I'm not sure of that."
Got to seize the property. Not sure why. OK. Jones insisted, by the way, that the letter she sent to the Davenports did not include the words "eminent domain" or "condemnation." She said the letter was merely a statement of initial intent in a long legal process.
Yeah. But they also got a pamphlet saying their property could be condemned if they didn't sell. So, if you were the property owner and you didn't want to sell, would you not be worried that condemnation might lie at the end of this road?
"It's always a possibility," she said.
I called council member Carolyn Davis in whose district the car wash falls. Her staff relayed my message to her. Davis instructed her staff to have me call Adam McGough, Rawlings' chief of staff. I did call McGough and got a call back from Merten, the mayor's spokesman.
Merten said of the car wash, "It is a huge problem. I don't know how familiar you are with that specific property. On weekends literally hundreds of people gather."
Well, very familiar. I think I am more familiar than Merten or the mayor. In fact I have written about, visited and reported on this car wash for eight years, ever since it was a principal focus of a Texas legislative investigative committee probe of official corruption in Dallas. In sworn testimony before that committee, the Davenports explained how they had filed hundreds upon hundreds of police reports on crime at or near their car wash, which is blocks from crack and gambling houses that have been in mysteriously uninterrupted operation for decades.
The Davenports told how the Dallas Police Department had retaliated against them for reporting crime, at one point sending a dozen or more squad cars to the car wash during peak business hours. The cars were parked, locked and left on the lot, effectively preventing the Davenports from operating their business. This act of official thuggery by police was confirmed in rueful sworn testimony by then police Chief David Kunkle, who said he had nothing to do with it and it would never happen again.
After weeks of testimony the conclusion of the committee was that the victimization of the Davenports was part of a pattern of extortionate threat-making by elected officials in southern Dallas. Representative Terry Keel, committee chairman and a former sheriff of Travis County, told me at the time: "We had diverse businesses and individuals unconnected to each other who gave startlingly similar stories about these threats."
Most of the threats Keel said his investigators found involved schemes to get money out of businesses as so-called political donations. For example, it was a big mistake not to kick in generously to the "book fair" run by the late Leo Chaney, then a member of the City Council. But it was never quite clear what City Hall wanted from Davenport and his father, unless it was the whole show — their entire business.
Merten described the car wash to me this way: "He has this property that, from all looks at it, it's hard to kind of understand his business model, because it doesn't seem like he's doing gangbusters business-wise, but on weekends and such it's a huge loitering issue."
Wow. Don't know about that. In my times hanging around that car wash, especially on weekends, the coin boxes on the walls of those stalls never stop ding-a-linging. My ears hear a steady river of cash flowing into the coffers. I don't know how the city knows that the Davenports aren't making money on the car wash. Just in terms of sheer return on investment, I have to think that car wash is probably a serious gold mine.
Merten said, "The city in the past has approached him about purchasing the property at an above-market, very reasonable rate and the sense is that they're kind of dug in, and they don't want to sell. And we're not saying anything nefarious is necessarily going on, but it's one of those puzzling things where here's your run-down piece of property that theoretically isn't bringing you in much income and somebody is wanting to pay you well above market value for it. What is the logic of hanging on to it?"
But this is an easy one. The Davenports are easy to see. They have been around and in multiple businesses for a long time, here and in other communities. In Dallas they have been involved in intense high-profile local politics for eight years. The one tough examination of them was by that legislative committee eight years ago using paid professional investigators, subpoena power and sworn testimony by everybody from the mayor to the chief of police on down.
The committee's finding was that the Davenports were clean as a whistle but the elected officials giving them grief in South Dallas were dirty as hell. Tell you what. If these guys are crooks, then they both deserve Academy Awards for acting, because they sure come across as two real hard-working, East Texas, church-going white guys who happen to get along well with black people and won't back down from a fight.
But Merten is telling me he doesn't understand their "business model," and then the next morning I open the Morning News to the editorial page. And there I see the mayor himself.
A lead editorial called, "Bolder thinking in South Dallas" reports that the paper's editorial board has met with the mayor, and he is concerned that South Dallas "continues to harbor seedy shops, unattractive storefronts and a car wash notorious for drug dealing. ..."
So already we've got it a little wrong. The car wash is actually notorious for reporting drug trafficking in the area. Elected officials and police in the area are notorious — actually totally legally factually notorious — for ignoring the hard target centers of crime and persecuting the car wash instead.
The editorial goes on to say that the mayor apparently has experienced some of this same response himself from southern Dallas officials: "When it comes to confronting the owners of unsightly businesses on MLK, local political pushback halts everything."
The editorial quotes Rawlings: "The truth of the matter is ... they've got to work to get bad stuff [taken] down. When you do that, you make people mad. Now you create tension within a neighborhood."
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The editorial concludes, "It's a risk that southern Dallas leaders will have to take if transformative fixes are to take hold."
Great. Now we're tough. Now we're on our game. We know these bad businesses near MLK need to be taken out. We know they are protected by elected officials. We've told them, "Enough. We gotta start somewhere."
So where do we start? With the one business the same elected officials have been trying to get rid of for the better part of a decade, the one owned by the two white guys from Rockwall, the one where there is a clear record of their honesty and the dishonesty of the officials.
Mr. Merten? Mr. Mayor? You been took, boys. Big time.


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Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander joined Liberal Democrat activists in their headquarters, a unit on an industrial estate close to the station, as they prepared to fight to keep the seat vacated by Chris Huhne.
Mr Alexander told Sky News that the party leader Nick Clegg and the Business Secretary Vince Cable would both be campaigning ahead of what is predicted to be a tough by-election battle.
Mr Alexander said their focus would be on local issues: "When people look at the track record of the Liberal Democrats in Eastleigh, they will look at the 20 years we have been running the local authority here, keeping council tax rises down consistently without reducing local services unlike the Conservatives."
They have selected the local councillor Mike Thornton to fight the by-election. Mr Thornton has been a parish and borough councillor since 2007.
The Prime Minister David Cameron is also expected to lend a hand in the fight, as will Labour leader Ed Miliband.
But on the streets of Eastleigh it was UKIP's Nigel Farage who captivating voters, holding court outside a coffee shop in the town centre.
Speaking to Sky News he said: "We come into this by-election at a higher level than we started in Corby, Rotherham or in Middlesbrough and if we can get the sort of momentum going as we did in those then it could be an interesting three or four way marginal."
Mr Farage also called the EU budget reduction negotiated by Mr Cameron "a rotten deal for Britain".
He said: "If you go and knock on 100 doors here in Eastleigh and tell them that they will pay £50m-a-day to Europe for the next seven years they will think that's not a good deal."
He also said that "the years of mockery and derision" for the party were over since he had been UKIP's first ever candidate in another Eastleigh by-election in 1994 - coming second to last and just in front of the Monster Raving Loony Party.
The by-election follows the resignation of outgoing Liberal Democrat MP Mr Huhne after he pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice following revelations he had persuaded his wife to take his speeding points.
Labour MP John Denham joined campaigners to leaflet in the town and told Sky News it would be a tough fight but they were hopeful of being an alternative for voters.
He said: "I think people here are very angry about what happened with Chris Huhne. They were told last time vote for him to keep the Tories out, they elected him and he immediately joined the Conservatives, supported millionaires tax cuts and supported their economic polices.
"Labour is a positive choice for the people who voted Lib Dem, Tory or UKIP last time. What we are going to see is Lib Dems and Tories blaming each other for everything that's gone wrong in this country. A vote for Labour one nation one Labour, is saying we want something different and things can be different."
The author and broadcaster John O'Farrell has announced on Twitter that he was going to put himself forward to be the Labour candidate for the by-election.
Although the other parties were in the town centre the Tories decided to kick off their campaigning in the well-heeled suburb of Bursledon, just outside Eastleigh.
The Conservative candidate, Maria Hutchings, who lost out to Chris Huhne in 2010, was joined by Tory MP Chris Grayling as they posted leaflets through letterboxes with the slogan "Vote for a local MP you can trust."
The mother-of-four, a staunch eurosceptic, said in her campaign pledge: "My family knows what it's like to watch every penny as the bills hit the doormat. I back plans to take the lowest paid out of tax altogether.
"I know how important every penny is for most families, I worry about making our income last until the end of the month and anything the government can do to help ease the cost of everyday life is important to me and many others across Eastleigh."
But the key quality people in Eastleigh were looking for in their MP was honesty.
Former Lib Dem councillor Tracy Vincent said: "You just can't trust any of them. Look at what happened with Chris Huhne who knows what else is going on. I think people are getting fed up with all MPs."
The Lib Dems held the seat in the 2010 General Election with a majority of 3,684. The by-election will take place on February 28.


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One way of looking at this bike is to dismiss it off as just another FZ. However, Yahmah claims instaling a aerodynamic front quarter fairing has transformed the street fighter into a tuner. Some 8 months ago, I decided to go for a Yamaha Fazer, hoping that it will have some connection with the real Fazer.
Engine and Transmission:
Fazer is powered by the same Air Cooled 153cc 2 Valve refined mill from the FZ series which produces a peak power output of 14 Ps at 7500 rpm, Peak torque output of 14 Nm which comes at an early 6000 rpm. Fazer has Constant mesh 5-speed trasmission.Gearbox and clutch are easy to use. Now, a Fazer has to have a bigger engine but her, a power of just 14ps is all that I have to play with.
No doubt that Fazer is a handsome bike. I feel that the front fairing has certainly transformed the way the FZ, the bike on which my Fazer is based on, looks. A lot of mile munching on highways has proven the efficiency of the fairing.Fazer is very good for long open higways. Fazer has a twin 35W headlamps out of which just one works when the bike is not on high beam.Left bulb is for low beam and right too lights up on shifting to high beam. Park it next to a Pulsar 220 and immediately the differences are crystal clear. The fairing, wheels, lights, speedo console, design, and every other visual aspect of the Fazer makes it stand miles ahead of the Bajaj in terms of quality and craftsmanship.
Riding Comfort :
Fazer certainly has a more relaxed seating posture than rest of the 150cc bikes.It has high set handlebar which prevents fatigue and provides comfort for the backbone making it more comfortable for highway riding. I feel relaxed during hours of commutes in city. Highway cruising is a pleasure on this bike as its well designed fairing, along with the mass centralization concept, provides you with a level of confidence that is simply reassuring.
My point of view say that tires are most important after disk brake in Fazer. Because of good big rear 140/60-17 size Radial tubeless tyre and big front disk brake, braking is really good but why not a rear disk brake Yamaha?
FUEL Efficiency: The bike delivers an average of 35 – 40Km/l.
If You want Good style bike in Rs,80000 , then Go for the Fazer. It is the best looking 150cc in the market. But this bike has 150cc mill that is NOT from the R15. So, at Rs80000 it is certainly not the best buy for those looking for a performance bike.


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Below is a list of publications available from the College of Ag Sciences on pest management recommendations for specific livestock. Hard copies of these publications can be obtained from the college's Publications Distribution Center.
A 16-page publication on pest management strategies for cattle. Includes information on flies, grubs, lice, and mange mites.
This 24-page publication discusses insect pest problems associated with poultry and management strategies. Pests discussed in this publication include flies (house, little house, black garbage, and small dung), beetles (lesser mealworm and hide beetle), and the northern fowl mite.
This 12-page publication discusses pest management strategies for horses. Pests that are discussed include bot flies, lice, mange or itch mites, premise pests (horse and stable flies), and pasture pests (horse and deer flies, face and horn flies).
This 12-page publication discusses pest management strategies for sheep, goats, and swine. Includes information on ticks, lice, bot flies, wool maggots (fleece worms), mange (sheep scab and itch mites), house flies, stable flies, horse flies, and deer flies.
West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne virus, can cause encephalitis, which is characterized by inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.


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Escondido trout to come from Sierra foothills
Dixon to get 33,000 pounds, Wohlford 25,000 from Snelling trout farm
Ken Harrison 9:30 a.m., Nov. 21
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For many years, the cabins remained quite primitive. Until the 1960s and 1970s, electricity and running water were rare. Even today, automobile access is often along rutted, unpaved roads. In Pine Creek, some owners must traverse a rocky streambed that runs through the tract to get to their cabins, a streambed that is home for part of the year to what Fescina calls "our friendly, lovely little toad."
In recent years, many cabin owners installed electricity and indoor plumbing, extensively remodeled the interiors, and added other modern conveniences. As a result, the prices the cabins fetch when they change hands has risen. Today, cabins on Mt. Laguna can cost as much as $125,000, says Louise Van Dusen, a real estate agent who specializes in property on the mountain, though some are still available for just $70,000.
"For $70,000," says Van Dusen, "you're probably going to get 600 square feet and, hopefully, a private bedroom."
Down in Pine Creek, things are more reasonable. Cabins range from about $50,000 to $75,000, says Jack Jones, an agent at Glenn D. Mitchel in Pine Valley, who says he sells one or two in the tract each year. Most pass between friends or family members or are sold by word of mouth. Conventional financing isn't available, so purchasers either pay cash or get the current owner to finance.
The reward for those who manage to scrape up the cash is simple, says one of Fescina's neighbors, who asked not to be identified.
"I'll tell you what the attraction is," the neighbor said. "You drive out of San Diego and all of the traffic and get up to the cabin and when you get there, an attitude overwhelms you: To hell with the rest of the world."
UNFORTUNATELY, ESCAPE ISN'T AS EASY as it used to be at Pine Creek. The outside world is beginning to intrude on the cabin owners' forest idyll with increasing regularity.
In 1996, the General Accounting Office (GAO) released a report blasting the Forest Service's cabin permit policies. The title said it all: "U.S. Forest Service: Fees for Recreation Special Use Permits Do Not Reflect Fair Market Value."
In it, the GAO reported that fee increases had failed to keep pace with rising land values and that many permit holders were paying rates based on appraisals made in the late 1970s. The Forest Service reacted to the report (as well as a 1997 story on the subject that ran as a "Fleecing of America" segment of the NBC Nightly News) with a five-year initiative to reappraise the country's 15,200 recreation residence lots. Properties were to be assessed on the value of the land, not on any improvements.
To date, almost 50 percent of the cabins have been reassessed, and few permit holders are smiling. According to Senate testimony last year from a top Forest Service official, only 12 percent of permit holders have seen their fees fall as a result of the new system. Some 44 percent have seen their fees increase by as much as 100 percent; 38 percent saw them jump between 100 to 500 percent; and 6 percent saw their fees surge more than 500 percent.
The National Forest Homeowners Association, a Portland-based group that represents about 5000 cabin owners, including Fescina, isn't happy with the new system.
"Generally speaking, the sites for cabins are about the same size, between a quarter and a half an acre," says Bob Ervin, the executive director of the NFH. "Some have water views and sit on the waterfront. Others don't. But the use of the same size of land shouldn't provide figures where some people are paying less than $200 a year and others are paying upwards of $30,000. There ought not to be that kind of swing."
Escalating permit fees are just the beginning of the problem. Critics also have begun to question the basic fairness of giving a handful of Americans special access to public land.
"These are sweetheart deals," says Peter Galvin, a conservation biologist at the Center for Biological Diversity, the Tucson group that sued the Forest Service last year over alleged Endangered Species Act violations in the Cleveland.
Galvin, whose group is in negotiations with the Forest Service to settle the suit through unspecified "corrective actions," insists that, for the most part, environmentalists have better things to worry about than the 245 cabins in San Diego County.
"In the larger scheme of things, are the recreational residences the thing that we would hold up as the biggest threat to wildlife?" he says. "Other than the Pine Creek tract, we'd say no. ...But [Pine Creek] was a poor choice for cabin sites that is coming back to haunt everybody because it's one of the few sites where arroyo toads occur."
THE ARROYO SOUTHWESTERN TOAD joined the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's list of endangered species in late 1994, about two years after Fescina finished rebuilding her fire-gutted cabin with $90,000 she raised with a second mortgage on her Clairemont home.
Like most toads, the arroyo isn't much to look at. According to the government order granting protection, the toad is only two to three inches long, "greenish gray or tan toad in color, with warty skin, dark spots, a buff-colored underside and light-colored stripe across its head and eyelids." It hops rather than walks, prefers shallow pools and sandy terraces, and, according to just about everybody, makes a perfect nighttime racket with its shrill mating calls during breeding season, which runs from late March until late June.
In the past, the toad's range extended from San Diego to San Luis Obispo. But urbanization of Southern California, and the dam construction that followed, destroyed about three-quarters of its habitat. Today, Fish and Wildlife says, "they survive primarily in the headwaters as small isolated populations." In 1990, "only seven pairs of arroyo toads were known to have bred anywhere within the toad's range," putting the species "at great risk of extinction."
The move to add the toad to the endangered species list was not without its critics or controversy. In fact, when the government sought public comment on the proposal, opponents of the listing outnumbered supporters 2-to-1, according to Fish and Wildlife.


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Sometimes, all it takes is being in the right place at the right time. For Brian Taylor, coming across his first Amigo couldn't have happened at a better time.
Brian, who has cerebral palsy, was introduced to his first Amigo while working for the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department in Miami, Fla. Before becoming an owner, Brian was using crutches to get around his workplace. It wasn't until a work incident where he fell and injured himself that he realized he needed to make a change. "After this happened, I took it upon myself to be more of an asset and not a liability," Brian recalls.
One day while going through one of the company warehouses, Brian spotted an original yellow front-drive Amigo. Looking to improve his mobility at work, Brian found this as a perfect opportunity. "I asked one of the supervisors if it was being used and he said no, so I made a deal to maintain it and use it."
Throughout his career, Brian always had a spare Amigo ready to go. "I never wanted to miss a day of work so I always kept a back-up just in case." he said. Having owned six different Amigos over his career, Brian says he relied on his RT Express the most. "My champagne-colored RT Express I considered to be my work horse," he said. "I used it mostly for working inside the jail and in courthouse settings. I don't know how many miles I put on it!"
Brian started working for the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department in 1981. He held multiple positions as a correctional aid, inmate services technician and corrections technician before retiring in 2016. With roughly 35 years in the workforce, Brian spent over 30 of them using an Amigo. "Honestly, my Amigo became an extension of myself," he said. "It made it easier for me to do my job and to contribute just like anybody else."
After retiring last year, Brian enjoys spending his extra time with his wife, Iara, and family. Though they don't have any plans made just yet, they're interested in traveling to Washington D.C. and Montana, as well as Iara's hometown of Sau Paulo, Brazil.
Brian also enjoys doing things in his neighborhood, and he normally takes a friend along with him. When Brian goes out, his 12-year old Maltese dog, Sleepy, loves to come along for a ride. "Sleepy normally hops on the side of the platform of my Amigo," Brian said. "It's nice to have him there as my co-pilot!"
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This year's event was held on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at Saginaw Hoyt Park. The team included Debbie Williams, Robert Vasquez, Kevin Hayes, Kevin Ferguson, Adam Pijaszek and Jordon Foster. Though they didn't win the race like last year, everyone still had a great time in the warm sunny weather.
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Hi I was given a sterling 63' chris craft model that has been partly built. I have always had an interest in model boats and will enjoy restoring her. I have been looking thru the forums and the quality of the boats and information is amazing. My problem is where do I begin? I will try to attach some photos. Firstly I would like to fibreglass the hull but some of the port hole windows have been put in crooked. Should these be removed before glassing or is it better to live with them as they are? Should they all be removed and put back in after glassing? Would I be better off sealing the hull some other way ? The mahogany transom is cracked and poorly fitted -What should I do? Any advice would be greatly appreciated? Sorry about all the questions but I realy want to get it right.
Many thanks Ray
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Morning Ray; Oh boy! Another 63' Motor Yacht. Looks like you've already made a good start by sanding off the paint on the hull and thats where you start. Generally when you build a model boat you start with the hull and it's insides and then proceed to the decking and the superstructure. You won't want to remove your decking but the superstructure is removable so that's out of the way. Then just start with the hull and go.
There are several threads on this model on this forum so look along some more and read them. That will help.
Also the transome is a thin layer of mahogany glued onto the last bulkhead which is pretty thick as I remember it. You can gently chisel the old mahogany off, sand down the bulhead and apply new mahogany. Find a large container about the same diameter as the transome and tape the wet (dampen with a sponge) mahogany to the container and let dry to get a preformed sheet for the transome.
As for the portholes they should be removable with a little effort and starightend out before you put any fiberglass on the hull. Put the glass over the holes and them cut the holes open with a sharp knife to fit the metal ports and reglue them in place. I used clear silicone caulking to seal the ports so water can't get in. You can't see in them anyway so that worked out fine. If you put lights inside they will still shine through the clear caulking.
So ask all the questions you want and we like a lot of pictures of the progress. Others here will talk to you about the FG as that's something I don't like to do on a wood hull. Proper sealing and painting is usually all I ever do with them but there are a lot of opiions on the subject here.
Good luck with your project and please keep us posted. Pete
Oops. I see now that the hull hasn't been paintd and that's good so whatever you do with it will be ok. You have the instructions there in the box so just read them and follow them to the letter and you should be ok. You have a great basis for a really im[pressive model there so you should have a lot of fun with it. I would change the power to twin screws though. It will run a heck of a lot better. It's a big model and fairly heavy when completed so the extra power helps a lot.
One other thing. If you paint your hull you need to seal the inside of it to help keep water out. You can do this with epoxy and a brush for the most part but up in the bow you may have to spray some clear coat in there unless you want to remove your deck.
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Here's a couple of pictures of mine. There are lots more on this topic so scroll down and check 'em out.
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wow I love the pics of your boat. I'm inspired! I'm glad you mentioned the twin motors because I realy prefer the look of twin but I was having trouble justifying the change. (not any more) What size motors do you suggest? Also regarding the hull. I only thought of fibreglass because I thought this was the best option but I have never done this before and am open to other ideas. I had a closer look at the port holes and they are well glued in. Also only 2 are a bit crooked and so I though maybe I could stenghten the hull without taking them all out. I ordered some mahogany timber today to repair the transom and for other bits on the boat. One forum suggests using an automotive type filler on the hull and auto paints. The hull is a bit rough and I would love to smooth it out and improve the lines.
Morning again Ray;
First thing is to check the hull construction against the plans. If the hull was assembled according to the plan and all the wood is where it's supposed to be then your hull will be plenty strong enough. As for fairing the surface that's a good idea as once the paint goes on it difficult to resand.
Autobody stuff like Bondo is used extensivley on model boats just like on cars. Get a piece of wood about ten iches long and two or three inches wide and wrap some fine sandpaper around it. Then run it over the hull in straight lines back and forth horizontaly. The fine will smooth out the high spots and leave the low spots alone thereby letting you see them. If they are very shallow you can sand them out but if they are deep you should try to fill them with spackle or Bondo or something like that.
This gets a little tricky at the bow because of the compound curves so I used a toilet paper roll with the sand paper wrapped on it to do that area. Worked great but had to go at angles instead of straight back and forth. Eyeball the hull down the sides and directly from the front to see the high and low spots and then shape it to what you want. Nice and smooth and even on both sides. Take your time with this as it's the basis of the whole rest of the boat. It has to be right.
What I like about painting the hull is that you can spray on a light coat of primer and then sand again to see any more high and low spots. At this point you can still sand and repaint lightly until the hull is nice and straight and smooth. Then you can start painting seriously or put the fiberglass on and after sanding that until it's nice and smooth then paint. Either way it's a lot of sanding and smoothing to get it right. Takes a lot of time but it's worth it in the end.
As for the portholes they can stay in and be painted as on the real boat they were not silver or chromed. Here's a picture of the real boat that I lifted off the forum. I woud try and get them out though so they wont interfere with the sanding and get all scratched up. Up to you.
The paint I used was Krylon that I bought at my local Ace Hardware. Works just fine and you can rub it out after it cures to get a really shiny hull. I drew on the water line and painted the bottom first and then the top of the hull. My water line is auto pinstriping,black,two narrow lines with a space between them. That worked well too but you can use what you want for that.
When I did the power I went with MACK Products as they had a package that included everything I needed and at that time I didn't know what I needed. Their instructions were good and I had no trouble installing everything. The two motors were #3150 but that was 12 years ago so I think the numbers have changed and so have the motors. There are lots of different companies making tons of motors anymore so you can shop around for the best stuff at the best price. I still think MACK is the best but it's pricy to say the least. Depends on your budget for these items.
One thing that I would do if I built another of these models. I would paint the inside of the hull completely maybe even two coats and then put some water in the hull to see if it leaked anywhere. I didn't do that with mine and I have had two leaks pop up over time. Not serious but leaks non the less.
So what else do you want to know? Pete
Couple more shots. This boat is now in the yards and is being repainted and a couple leaks fixed on the bottom.
This model was not sealed inside with epoxy or resin and that was a big mistake. Didn't know any better at the time but I do now.
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Ray; Look at the tool bar up above and click on "Search". Then type in "63' chris craft"and up comes a list of items for that boat. Look down a few threads and find the one from Bub Faulkner "Chris Craft" and click on that. Now you'll see quite a bit about your boat including some more pictures of the subassemblies on mine. All of the threads listed are concerning this model so there's a lot more info for you. Pete
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...........I restored one that I started when I was about 12-13 years old. I carried it around all these years (I'm now 67) and restored it for my son in law who has always remarked at how much he likes the old classic line yacht.
After reading through this "thread", I pretty much did what was suggested. I gutted the model; cut off the top; restored interior ribs etc for renewed strength (the old balsa was kinda dryrotted); fiberglassed the hull; repainted the entire model. I enhanced it by adding 3Vbus for running lights; added radio control that I couldn't afford when I was 12-13.
You'll quickly note that I added a flying bridge when I started the model so many years ago. I liked it so kept it.
If you have any questions, please let me know!!!
There you go Ray. The exact same thing your up against right now.
Great job AZCAPTAIN. So glad to see another one of these 63 footers saved from oblivion. Maybe you could tell Ray how you did the fiberglassing as he is interested in that. I have never done anything like that so not much I can help him with there.
I'm in the process of freshening mine up a little and fixing a few bottom leaks. I'm restaining and clearcoating the decks and anything else i can fix up without taking it apart. It's not bad enough for a complete redo. Not yet anyway. Besides I want to get it in the water this weekend if I can and get a few pictures of her actually getting wet.
I like the flying bridge and the way you fixed it up. I like the stand you made for it too. I need to make one for mine as it never has had a proper one.
Good job on your boat and thanks for sharing your story with us. She looks great in the water. Pete
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Thanks guys I'm realy going to have my hands full keeping up with your standards. Any clues on how I can remove the port holes without destroying the balsa? Also I think I should remove the deck (somehow?) so I can epoxy and paint the inside. I am looking for Mack products in Oz. Thanks again I'm inspired
Take a thin blade and work it around inside the edge of the porthole metal and pry out at the same time. If you damage the wood you can fill the damage with plastic wood or some such or Bondo. That will be a small repair that won't show after you paint.The deck you can try the same thing with a flexable blade like a filet knife or a thin blade saw only don't pry the deck off. You may split the wood and screw it up so it's unusable. Tyr to cut along the deck edge and not perpendicular to it.. The cut will be smoother then. No telling what kind of glue was used on it and it may pop right off if your lucky.
What your talking about is the best way to restore your boat. Anything less will leave you with possible leaks like I have. You only have to take the front deck off anyway. The rest you can get to no problem. Just go slow with it and take your time. You can do it. We can help. Ha!
Since the keel was really dryrot I started there. I used a large piece of fabric that would cover the hull bottom including the keel. I tacked it with cy glue in all the right places--like along where the keel meets the bottom of the hull. Then, I just went ahead and applied the resin, working it in and keeping out the bubbles--which is very important. After the 1st coat set, I added a second coat of resin. Then I glassed the port and starboard hull sides, respectively. I let all dry thoroughly and rough sanded very carefully--you don't want to got through the fabric. I did this to find the indentations, etc. I continued to add coats and sand until the hull was perfectly smooth. I then sprayed Krylon primer and again sanded, looking low spots. When I was satisfied the finish was consistent, I sanded to a very smooth finish to ready for paint--I also used Krylon.
As far refinishing the interior, I WOULD NOT remove the decking. Just add sister ribs when and where necessary. Hand paint the inside with polyurethane and overspray with maybe a brown or grey to "finish" the interior. That's what I did. The decks were sanded smooth and sprayed with minwax marine grade semigloss poly several times. I again, hand saned with very fine grit to an excellent finish. In my opinion you don't want to take away the "old" look of the model, just spif it up. New decking might look too new.
As far as the portholes are concerned, rip 'um out and go back with one of the many wood fillers on the market to fix. THEN cover the sides of the hull with fiberglass and resin.
Hope this helps. Let me know if I can be of futher help.
The Norgale III is all shined up and ready to go. Maybe tomorrow I'll get to the pond and see if she still leaks. Hope not. Anyway with all this fixing up of older CC's I was shamed into this long delayed cleanup. She still had some mud on her from when the roof blew off my storage place in hurricane Wilma two years ago and I'm glad that she's all cleaned up now. Funny. This all reminds me of one of my old girl friends. HoHoHo!
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I am reaching San Francisco on Sunday night and plan to go to Los Angeles via Highway 1. I have around 5 days, as am flying back from San Francisco on Friday night, so have to reach back to San Francisco.
I've read a lot about PCH, but havent been on it, so am excited. But am still wondering what should be my plan. Can I cover most scenic spots and reach Los Angeles in a day ? I then plan to spend some time in and around Los Angeles, want to see DisneyLand, Universal Studio and Hollywood (nothing in particular in Hollywood). Also interested in San Diego zoo, but am not sure whether I will have the time. We really like great drives and nature... The plan is to take a flight from Los Angeles on Friday 6 pm to SFO. Or drive to LA and Back by Friday night.
I will be renting a car, please suggest itenerary and good area to stay in/near LA.
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I hate to be a killjoy, but it looks to me like you have 3 days to drive from SF to LA via PCH, see Disneyland, Universal Studios, Hollywood and then drive to SD to see the zoo and then back up to LA. You are trying to do too much IMHO.
You can drive to LA from SF on PCH in one day, but not much time to stop and see any nature. I think there is a lot to see in that stretch, so I would prefer a more leisurely pace. Plus you can't 'see' Disneyland in less than a day, so if that is part of your plan, you now only have 2 days to drive and back. Not sure what the appeal is of Universal Studios. Is it the amusement park?
If it were me, I think I would drive to LA in two days stopping in Carmel or Big Sur or Santa Barbara; spend two days in LA. One for Disneyland and the other for maybe seeing Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, or whatever and then take a flight from LA to SF for your return trip home. SD will have to wait for another trip.
Still not a lot of time for areas where there is lots to see.
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Thanks for your response. SD is not very high priority. Neither are the rides in Disneyland or Universal Studio.., but do want to go once and count it in .
If I keep 2 days to reach LA, would that be enough to do sight-seeing, stopping at beautiful spots, and spending some time just gawking at Nature's beauty ? What would be the best spot to spend the night then ? Beautiful sunset is something I would look forward to...
Then probably I would have 2 days to reach LA, 2 days to spend there and one day in spare...
What would be a good area to stay in LA ? Cannot splurge
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Sorry, to be clear.., do want to go to Universal Studio at least once .. Disneyland and SD are not high priority.
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Is the return to SF to avoid a drop off fee on the rental car?
Would it work for you to take the Coast Starlight from SF-Emeryville to San Luis Obispo and renting a car there for your trip south? The return train gets back to Emeryville about 10 PM. You would not be stopping anywhere if you rent the car in San Francisco.
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Return to SF is because I have an International connecting flight from SFO.
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You don't have time enough to do this. You will have to pick and choose.
The drive down Hwy 1 from SF to LA is a full two day drive if you stop anywhere -- and 3 days is better. Added to all the things you want to see/do in SoCal -- this could easily fill 10 days.
So,if drop off fees are OK and fit in your budget, you should fly one way and drive the other. Either fly from SFO to LAX, Burbank, or Orange County, pick up a car and spend a couple of days in the LA/Anaheim area and then drive up the coast towards SF. Or do the trip in reverse --drive down the coast and fly back to SFO. I'd personally fly down and drive back --but the difference isn't significant.
You don't want to take the train -- it is slow and often has long delays. Renting a car in SLO makes no sense IMHO since you'd miss all of Monterey/Big Sur and the gorgeous bits of the coast.
(BTW it isn't called the Pacific Coast Highway/PCH until in southern CA. In northern/central CA it is just Hwy 1, or the Cabrillo Hwy - though few people call it that)
If you MUST rent and return the car in SF -- then drive down the coast in 2 days, spend 2 days in LA and rush back on I-5 the day before your flight out. But this would be one Gawd Awful trek . . .
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If it were me, I'd drive down to about Cambria on Monday, stopping along the way a few times, then to LA on Tuesday, spend Wednesday and Thursday in LA doing whatever you choose, and drive back up on Friday, again, stopping as time permits (how late is your Friday flight?). I don't like to fly in the same evening as I'm flying out -- although I'm not a "nervous Nellie", I would be afraid of missing my international flight.
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As others have noted, you don't have enough time to do all you want to do.
However, to cram in as much as possible, spend your first night in Monterey. The next day drive to Los Angeles via Big Sur and Santa Barbara.
On the return, the fastest route between LA and San Francisco is about 400 miles and seven hours of driving time (if you don't experience heavy traffic).
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Note that right now, there is construction on I-5 around Buttonwillow which reduces traffic to one lane. When we were there two weekends ago, the delay was about an hour, although the Cal Trans websites says delays could be up to 3 hours (we gained a half hour back by going a different route, but if you don't know where you're going, you might find that difficult to do).
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If you can determine a little in advance (a few hours) that there are delays on I-5, just head up CA-99 instead. That was the main route before I-5 was built, is 4 lanes divided, and according to Google maps, takes about 20 minutes longer to SF. I drove it to the Sacramento delta last summer and it was speedy.
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That's the way we went dbdurand. Fortunately, we knew in advance about the work in I-5, because the notice on the highway was not given far enough in advance (about 2 miles, which isn't much on I-5!)
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Honestly there isn't a lot to see in LA itself, the real amazing sites are Beverley Hills, Hollywood, and Santa Monica. Definitely make sure you go down to the mile wide beach in Santa Monica, and the Palisades are beautiful!
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