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- The evolutionary Rugged Hard Folding Tonneau Cover gives you the protection of a hard tonneau with tri-fold convenience
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Ordering through AAG was easy, price was great and showed up on time. Once I began installation things got a little interesting. Instructions not clear but got it on. After calling Rugged with some questions found out some instructions were missing. DO NOT tighten first set of clamps down hard, makes cover uneven and may leak, if you have a utility track you must remove part of it to slide blocks in place to hold cover. Neither of these were listed on instructions. 2nd day it rained all day, not hard rain but steady and it leaked near the cab and a bit on sides. Rep from rugged said front end may be too tight. Need to loosen and replace foam padding. Also may take time to settle in place with contour of truck bed. Also stated other foam pieces may be missing. She sent those out along with pics on how everything should look. This would have been helpful on initial installation. Overall looks great and locks in place easily but we will see if it is leak proof or not. Took about an hour after working out the kinks.
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Their writing has never been all that good. There was no good writing in BG series either. They had some cool "ideas" in there here and there and lots to explore but the writing itself is very poorly done and nonsensical.
Originally Posted by ManWhoJaped
As far as who they cater to I don't imagine what anyone else could think. This is like those old girlfriend simulators that came out in the 90s. To me it's all quite creepy, but the one with merille "oh merille! Fingerprints from swinging on the chandeliers, you're such a child." made my eyes go white.
Their audience isn't teenagers at all it's primarily the creepiest 40+ year old weirdos, male and female. They have put all their efforts into pleasing people on the basis of pandering to their basest nature and ignored everyone else.
And that's why their old fans hate them, along with the fact they shout down anyone who complains about the direction things are going. And why they are a huge joke even to people who didn't used to be fans. And why they are going slowly but surely out of business.
edit: people who are rpg fans don't take this part seriously but the people who like these games so much don't like games like fallout and BG, they are there for the creepy elf porn and twilightesque romance. They are like hepler and just want to skip over the combat to get to the "good" stuff.

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The Minnesota Wild will face the Colorado Avalanche at home on Wednesday in the first round of the NHL playoffs.
The team begins its march to the Stanley Cup as a No. 3 seed, having clinched its first Northwest Division title since the franchise was born in 2000.
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I'm fun to talk to, although I'm not the kinda girl that starts up the conversation I try to do my best! I like people to be honest no matter if it hurts,people with good sense of humor and energy. I'm very reliable and trust worthy. And I like Harry Potter and the Twins (both in the books and real life), I don't care if people tease me about that, I think they are the best. I don't talk behind people's back; that's too low. I love to eat meat especially beef and pork, I love all sort of candy, chocolate the most. I enjoy hanging out with my friends, though I have just a few... I think there is a time and place for everything and things happen for a reason, we just don't know that reason.
All is not well.
George uses work and Firewhisky to cope with Fred's death until a drink with a friend leads to something that dulls pain better than alcohol. Emotionally torn by grief, he struggles to allow Alicia into his life...and then comes baby....
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Eager onlookers could see the back of a grey-haired woman's head through the rear window of a limo as it pulled up to the British Fashion Awards in London last month.
Was it Dame Judi Dench? One might have thought so until a black-stilettoed foot stepped out of the car, followed by a nubile torso in a knicker-baring sheer black skirt. When the woman turned around, she revealed a mass of crucifix pendants - and a cherub-cheeked baby face.
The star with the smoke-coloured hair was teenaged socialite Pixie Geldof, daughter of Sir Bob. One could be forgiven for thinking her grey hair is the result of too much experience on the party circuit. But her grey is faux, the outcome, she says, of an overzealous bleach job followed by a tad too much toner. Having already dyed her hair white and pink, she loved the unexpected dove grey that emerged.
It was, in the end, a fortunate accident, as silver is the latest look that the young and eminently It are sporting. The look has exploded on the runways, among other venues. Models on the fall 2009 and spring 2010 catwalks of designers Giles Deacon, Proenza Schouler and Rodarte rocked smoky locks. It was most prominent at Gareth Pugh's show, where dyed grey hair on the teen and twentysomething models matched the predominantly smoke-coloured palette of the clothes.
Pugh's show was styled by Katie Shillingford, a fashion editor at hip London mag Dazed and Confused; her own grey hair - the work of Alex Brownsell, hot hairstylist to le tout East London - has been a big influence on the trend.
"When she turned up to shows, the way she was wearing her hair grey with navy tips had half the audience turning around and gawping harder at her than attending to what was happening on the catwalk," British fashion writer Sarah Mower wrote in the Telegraph.
Since word travels fast in fashion, more than a few twentysomething-greys-on-purpose were seen hanging around outside the runway tents by the last days of the spring shows, their images sprouting up on style blogs. Singer Pink also recently coloured her hair grey.
Natalia Yanchak of Montreal-based indie band The Dears has natural grey hair matched with a pretty, youthful face. "It's funny the perception people have of grey hair, that you are automatically a grandmother," she says. "I think it's awesome that people are starting to see it the way I see it. Grey hair is beautiful."
Yanchak calls her own style "conservative goth," a term that reflects grey's rebellious, unconventional appeal. "It's flying in the face of ageism," says Victoria Herbert, an editor at Danish magazine Dansk who just wrote a story on the subject.
The irony is that it takes as much work to get and maintain fake grey as to cover up the real thing. There really is no drugstore product to dye your hair grey - most of them are made to do the opposite. Going grey really means bleaching out all the pigment, then using an ash colour toner to combat the brassiness. Some grey-getters use Manic Panic's Virgin Snow dye to bleach their hair white and follow up with a silver shampoo like Phyto's Phytargent for grey hair.
The results of this process still look more like undriven snow than the desired slush shade, so it's best to have the colour done in a salon. Upkeep is important, too.
"Grey hair, even dyed grey hair, is porous and looks better when blow-dried and with the right product to smooth it," says William Angst of Toronto salon Angst. He suggests Milkshake, a cult line from Italy that makes haircare products for fake greys.
But, Angst also warns, fake grey can look as good - or as bad - as real grey. "Some [dos]are gorgeous and some are hideous. It depends on how you're dressing, the impact of your clothing. If you just go grey out of the blue and it doesn't look like there is any connection to your style, it will look stupid."
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Update: I incorrectly read a report on MMAWeekly.com. MMA Weekly never stated that they were told by the Costa Mesa Police Department that Quinton Jackson had been declared medically UNFIT for booking. They were told that when Jackson arrived for booking, he was declared medically FIT. MMA Weekly asked the CMPD about the reports that Jackson had been hospitalized and asked whether Jackson had to be hospitalized in order to be declared fit. The CMPD told MMA Weekly that such information is not released to the public. We apologize to MMA Weekly for the error in our reporting.
FiveOuncesOfPain.com was able to speak with a source not affiliated with the CMPD but that is still familiar with their booking practices. The source indicated that if a suspect is declared medically unfit to be booked, they are almost always taken to Western Medical in Anaheim, Calif. for an evaluation. The source indicated that the evaluation in many ways is routine and conducted as a legal precaution (law enforcement officials can be held accountable for the condition of suspects while in police custody). If there is nothing seriously wrong with a suspect, the source indicated that the process can take anywhere from 45-60 minutes and that there is usually a quick turn around because the hospital is minutes away from the Orange County Jail.
We contacted Western Medical and spoke to several sources within the hospital's administration. We were informed that any information pertaining to a patient could only be released to a member of the patient's immediate family. Out of all the major hospitals in the Orange County area that we contacted, Western Medical was the only one unwilling to confirm or deny whether Jackson had been admitted.
We also contacted the UFC for a comment earlier this afternoon. The UFC responded and indicated that no official statement by the promotion was available at this time. They stated that all media requests for the time being were being referred to the Costa Mesa Police Department.
We also once again contacted Jackson's manager, Juanito Ibarra, in hopes of getting Jackson's side of the story as well an update on his condition. A representative of Ibarra's indicated that he could not talk about Jackson's situation at the present time.


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The Aliens franchise has been an enduring existence in film and other media for the better part 30 years. Despite the re-emergence of the franchise with last December's (2007) AVP-2, the black-skin-and-acid-bleeding beasts haven't managed to recapture the same fear and stature they once held when the first two films were released. The game industry has been even less kind.
Despite the fact that the science fiction franchise seems to be a breeding ground for worthy source material, few noteworthy Aliens games have made their way into the hands of gamers. One game that did seem to have some potential was, Aliens: Colonial Marines.
Originally under development by Electronic Arts back in 2002 for the PlayStation 2, the first-person shooter would have put gamers into the boots of the Colonial Marines first seen in James Cameron's 1986 classic, Aliens. The project was eventually dropped by EA.
Gearbox Software, the makers of the wonderful Brothers in Arms series, has picked up the rights to the once dead Aliens title.
The March 2008 issue of Game Informer is scheduled to feature a cover story on the squad-based shooter, bound for PC and consoles in 2009.
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Pagenaud leads Schmidt 1-2 at Houston
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29 June 2014 – Simon Pagenaud was the pole-sitter for yesterday's race at Houston, but he wasn't able to convert. Today, through steady speed and a slew of incidents elsewhere on track, the Frenchman finished on top of the podium ahead of his Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports team-mate Mikhail Aleshin and Bryan Herta Autosport's Jack Hawksworth.
Pagenaud assumed the lead from today's polesitter Helio Castroneves around a third into the race, never looking back, even through two well-timed pit stops that allowed him to hold the lead.
Hawksworth inherited third on the last lap after Will Power's rear suspension broke on the frontstretch. Hawksworth had been involved in a massive battle for the last third of the race against Juan Pablo Montoya and Charlie Kimball, countless times going wheel-to-wheel but managing to stay clean. He started the race at the back of the grid but managed to complete 38 laps in his final stint to remain in the mix up front.
In a frenetic last 10 laps following a caution caused by Takuma Sato hitting the wall, Pagenaud and Aleshin got away cleanly, gapping themselves over P3 Power by seven seconds. Power, who again started in P18 after a poor qualifying, looked to have made contact a couple of laps from the end, and on the final lap his rear suspension buckled, sending him into the runoff. He would officially finish 11th, but with the other championship challengers also faltering, he doesn't lose his points lead after the 10th round of the season.
Castroneves was set to make up some ground on Power, but when a charging Sebastien Bourdias looked to the outside of the Brazilian into Turn 6, Castroneves slid to the right, apparently unaware that the Frenchman was beside him. In a mirror of Sato and Aleshin's incident from yesterday, Castroneves speared the wall, but Bourdias only escaped with a damaged front wing element. He would leave the wing alone when he pitted, eventually grabbing several positions in the final 10 laps to finish fifth.
Well over half of the field ended up having some form of contact during the 90-lap race on the streets of Houston, some being self-inflicted. The majority seemed to occur whilst jostling for position on the multiple restarts throughout the race, despite running the first third of the Grand Prix of Houston caution-free.
Carlos Huertas, yesterday's race winner, was the first car out, heading five runners that would retire by the time the event was done. Fellow podium finisher Carlos Munoz was next after hitting the wall and breaking his right-rear suspension. Following Helio's ignominious retirement, Josef Newgarden found himself in the tyre wall after losing a wheel nut on his right front tyre. Sato would round out the retirees after bouncing over a kerb and landing hard against the wall on the exit of the chicane. It was the lengthy cleanup from his incident that only left 10 green laps remaining.
Ryan Hunter-Reay finished in sixth following his P21 start, just getting by the damaged car of Montoya on the final lap. Ryan Briscoe also found himself in the top 10 after scrapping with Marco Andretti (P9) and Tony Kanaan (P10) in the latter stages of the event.
Up front, though, Pagenaud won his fourth IndyCar series event, braving well over 100°F (38°C) track temperatures to lead the Schmidt Peterson Hamilton team to a 1-2 finish, also giving Honda a 1-2-3 result as engine supplier. Pagenaud now sits fourth in the standings, gaining some 31 points on leader Power heading into the 500-mile race at Pocono – the second leg of the new IndyCar Triple Crown – next week.


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It happens so rarely that, when it actually does, it is definitely worth noting. Critics rarely change their mind – at least not a mere four months after their initial contact with an entertainment. No, it usually takes decades of differing opinions and considered scholarship before a hated movie becomes acceptable, or visa versa. But in this case, there is something about The Descent that rubbed this reviewer the wrong way back in August. Maybe it was the loud and obnoxious teens in the audience who were too busy text messaging each other to pay attention to the film. Perhaps it was the lousy projection levels, which rendering most of the movie's cave scenes dark and indistinguishable. It could have been the unbearable hype, a machine that made the film out to be the second coming of horror. Whatever the circumstance, he came out unimpressed and angry at those who would praise this perfunctory, predictable thriller. Amazingly, such a view has now changed. Far from flawless, The Descent deserves credit for being one of 2006's most solid and scary exercises in fear. Something about this new "original unrated cut" DVD warrants the reconsideration.
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But on DVD, especially in a reconfigured print that has much of the arterial spray – and a major subplot – intact, The Descent finally delivers on all its pre-release publicity. With the subtlety of certain sequences reborn, and the geyser-like gush of blood filling many of the previous R-rated killings, Marshall's movie shifts from an exercise in dread to a fully realized gruefest. Indeed, the faint of heart should be prepared for the last act attack by the "crawlers" – all the wounding merely hinted at in the Cineplex arrives in rich red torrents as eyes are gouged out, limbs are hacked, necks are garroted, and heads belch volumes of vein vodka. Where once the centerpiece stalkers were albino bat-men (and women) with a horrifying shriek and a less than effective predatory style, the digital revamp reestablishes their place as viable villains. In addition, the disconnect between Sarah and Juno is spelled out in a way that this critic doesn't recall from the US theatrical release. There are at least two individual moments that came as a complete surprise; so important to the narrative that he can't imagine he simply "missed" them the first time around. By maintaining the original ending (the "non-happy" UK version) and upping the visual amperage a tad, what was seemingly a single light shining into a big black void experience has been rendered far more frightening with just the slightest hints of approaching horror featured alone the fringes of the action. When you add in the increased character dynamic and the lush look of the landscapes, you get a far more compelling cinematic situation.
It could also be that, on the big screen, Marshall's manic approach to action looses its focus. Several of the fights between the crawlers and our heroines use an overcranked, almost handheld style that when blown up to theatrical proportions creates confusion instead of creepy chaos. But rendered back down to a typical TV size, the sequences come alive with aggression and brutality. Similarly, the smaller version allows you to glimpse little clues that Marshall managed to sneak into the film along the way. The eye is draw to these horrifying hints, keeping the fear fresh and unavoidable. Sure, there are elements here that fail to fully connect – the cave logistics seem more plot convenient than natural, and the opening car crash has little visual or subtextual relevance beyond its certain shock value. But in many significant ways, The Descent deserved much of the praise it received upon initial release. While it is definitely not the scariest movie of all time, or even the last 10 years, it's a much better movie that the aggravating, overly dark experience this critic complained about four months ago. They say it takes a big man to admit when he is wrong. Well, the size of this reviewer's recant should dwarf any others made in recent memory. Instead of being a derivative, disorienting mess, The Descent definitely deserves consideration as one of the genre's most compelling efforts. That's the power of the film. That's the power of DVD.
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In addition, we are treated to a series of outtakes (mostly bloopers and practical jokes played on the cast and crew), deleted and extended scenes (almost all dealing with the relationship between the girls prior to entering the cave), a collection of stills and a set of cast and crew biographies. Perhaps the most interesting added feature though is something called "DescENDING" and as the name implies, it deals with the alternative cut of the film. When it first arrived in the UK in 2005, Marshall had created a very dark, disturbing finale that offered little hope for the characters. When it was tested in America, the scene did quite well. But when a truncated version was shown, stopping at a crucial point and suggesting some possibility of optimism for the lead, US audiences really approved. Lionsgate demanded the change, and that's what arrived in theaters back in August. Marshall is on hand to describe the situation, and this nine minute interview offers some interesting facts about the film's many influences (including Terry Gilliam's Brazil?) and his feelings about the ending controversy. It's a nice addition to what is already a well supplemented DVD package.
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As we think about movies with a back-to-school theme, there's a beautiful and rather somber one that comes to mind. It was even filmed at a real private school in Vermont.
Dead Poets Society tells the story of the fictional Welton Academy in 1959. The film was directed by Peter Weir and stars Robin Williams.
Dead Poets Society won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and it was further nominated for Best Director and Best Picture. Robin Williams received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and his role in this film is widely regarded as being one of his best.
For music, the production team turned to David Lean's muse Maurice Jarre, who composed the scores to all of David Lean's films from Lawrence of Arabia onward. Jarre has been nominated for a total of nine Academy Awards, and is a three-time Academy Award winner for the films Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago and A Passage to India.


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Singapore - Crude prices were mixed in Asian trade on Wednesday after OPEC lowered its global oil demand forecast for 2012 and Slovakia rejected a plan to revamp the eurozone's rescue fund, analysts said.
New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in November, was down 20 cents to $85.61 a barrel in afternoon trade, shrinking earlier losses.
Brent North Sea crude for November delivery was up 17c to $110.90.
Analysts said they noticed some bargain-hunting later in the day, but stressed that the weak global economy remains a dampener for oil prices because of projections for lower demand.
"Opec (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) adjusted its demand outlook for 2012 downward," said Victor Shum, senior principal of Purvin and Gertz energy consultants in Singapore.
Opec on Tuesday lowered its estimated world demand for a third month running to 87.81 million barrels per day, down from a September forecast of 87.99 million bpd.
The reduction was due to uncertainty in the global economy and weaker oil demand from China and India, the oil cartel said.
Meanwhile, Slovak lawmakers' rejection of a revamp of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) bailout dealt a further blow to market sentiment amid the eurozone debt crisis.
The vote effectively blocks the expansion of the eurozone's €440bn bailout fund even as European Central Bank chief Jean Claude Trichet warned that the world financial system faced systemic dangers.
Slovakia's leaders have said they would try to pass the EFSF revamp in a repeat ballot with opposition support, but no date has yet been fixed for that vote.
Slovakia is the last of the 17 eurozone members to approve the revamp.


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This bamboo brush has a long, tapered point of soft, dyed goat hair for watercolors, ink, and Japanese calligraphic lettering. It's hand set in a plastic ferrule with a plastic bamboo handle.
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Good quality beginner's level brush
By G-Conn
from Houston, TX
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These brushes are employed for course projects relating to Chinese brush painting.
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Absolutely! Great Product.
By Yazz
from Baltimore, MD
The Customer service that I received was great! The product works really well and we are pleased with the product.
Only good for one time use.
By Sarah
from Binghamton, NY
The brush is not very good quality. The hairs on the brush shed often and since they are all the same length its hard for the brush to hold shape. I would not recommend to a friend and would definitely buy a different brush.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Great brushes fine tips and little hair loss. Feels great in
By Maureen M.
from Paradise Ca
I use this for water colors and card making. Is a terrific set for a reasonable price.
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Could Be Better
By Mehh
from Los Angeles, CA
I bought these to use for ink wash paintings. Only the smallest brush was in good condition. They do hold water well, but the 2 bigger brushes were of noticeably far lower quality than the smallest brush.
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perfect for me
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from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Holds a point nicely, but holds enough water, too. Essential for what I do!
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Bamboo Brush the Best
By Page2
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I cannot find anything wrong with this product. I use the brushes for ink washes and watercolor painting. I like them for the ability to lay down a swath of color or for tiny details. It is its versatility I like.
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Bamboo Calligraphy Paintbrushes--WOW!
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I got much more than I bargained for...the image online for the brushes I received did them no justice! I often compare quality of the materials I am interested in purchasing online and I thought, especially die to the low price, that I would relieve OKAY quality brushes. Thankfully, I was pleasantly surprised...it was the touch of elegance my Zen class needed; thank you! I WILL be buying from you again...spreading the word! :-)
great brushes
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I'm using these brushes with novice Chinese Brush painting students. They are very pointed, which is what I look for in good brushes. It's great to have a 3-brush set of sizes for the students. Very reasonably priced.
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I used this product with watercolor. The small brush worked well but had stray hairs sticking out. The large brush looses hair in the paint. Like cheap brushes sometimes do.
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Author has written 2 stories for Touhou Project, and Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo.
Status as of 5/27/2014: I've gotten a job in the last 2 or 3 years that I've been silent. It as well as a variety of other things that need my attention have taken up all my free time. Lately, it's been cooling down so maybe it's time to start writing again. Cross your fingers!
Hey everyone, nice to meet you!
I'm a long time member of the Touhou community and actually wrote a few fan fictions based in Gensokyo a long long while ago. I felt the urge to start again so I dusted off an old story idea and got to work. I started off telling lighthearted stories (first one was a self-insert... shoot me) but the one I'm most proud of and the only one currently on this site is actually more in the drama department. It does have a few comedic breathers though.
My writing style generally matches my speech so my stories are littered with sentence fragments. In my opinion, that's not a bad thing. I'm not writing a research paper or anything -- I'm trying to tell a story. Besides, sometimes, proper sentences with a subject and a verb just don't carry the tone or emphasis I'm looking for. Like this. So yeah, that's my excuse not following the rules of grammar. I'm sure you'll find that despite the blatant disregard for proper sentence structure, my storytelling flows at least somewhat decently.
I gotta say, I love Flandre from the Touhou series. So far every Touhou fan fiction I've written has at least mentioned her once and she's even the main character in the story I'm currently working on. She's not scary! She just wants a hug!
In the future, I might start writing for other series as well. I'm an avid BlazBlue player (lots of potential for silly oneshots) and I'm following the translations of The Legend of Sun Knight and Half Prince (also candidates for more silliness) so random ideas may pop into my head. Incidentally, my latest submission based on the Hanabira series has been getting a whole lot more attention than my Touhou story. I guess this is people's way of saying that I should write more yuri love comedies instead of dark and heavy backstories? We'll see what happens, I guess.
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The Philippines will head the inauguration of the Vulnerable Twenty or V20, a group of finance ministers from 20 countries that are vulnerable to the impact of climate change.
V20 groups Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bhutan, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Maldives, Nepal, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Vietnam.
The Finance Department said in a statement V20 would be established on Oct. 7 and 8 during the upcoming annual meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund in Lima, Peru. The inauguration will be chaired by Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima.
The V20 was foreseen in the 2013-2015 Climate Vulnerable Forum Costa Rica Action Plan that initiated dedicated cooperation among Ministers of Finance.
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Barack Obama paid tribute to wife Michelle - and then danced the night away at the official inauguration ball.
Just hours after being sworn in for his second term as US president, he told a celeb-packed audience: "Some may dispute the quality of our president, no-one disputes the quality of our First Lady".
The couple then took to the floor for their first dance as Dreamgirls star Jennifer Hudson sang Al Green's 'Let's Stay Together'.
Mr Obama crooned a few bars of the soul classic a year ago at a fundraiser at Harlem's famed Apollo Theatre.
Other stars included Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys, who changed her hit Girl On Fire to sing "He's the president and he's on fire...Obama's on fire. Obama's on fire."
The crowd joined in with We Are Young by the American band Fun.
Mrs Obama wore a custom-made Jason Wu ruby-coloured dress to the inaugural balls.
Earlier at the inauguration Beyonce had performed the national anthem, while James Taylor sang America The Beautiful and Kelly Clarkson followed with My Country 'Tis Of Thee.
Mr Obama was officially sworn in on Sunday as required by law, but the glitter of Inauguration Day was pushed forward a day as January 20 fell on Sunday this year.
It meant the grand ceremony fell on the birthday of revered civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
The president said every citizen deserved a basic measure of security and dignity, and held up healthcare and social security as that strengthen the country.
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Hey i have been exploring guns recently and stumbled upon an app called Gun Inventory where you can log and store all your firearm information on your phone/Ipod so you always have it... I'm just wondering what you guys think about having all that information in one place if it would be good in case of theft or if it could get you in trouble someday having all your guns listed in one place...
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I have mine on an Excel sheet that's saved on multiple computers plus an external hard drive I keep in my safe along with all their pictures and photos of receipts. I have three worksheets; one each for rifles, handguns and shotguns. I like this way as I can custom make the format I want and not limited to what a program or app deems appropriate. On mine, not only do I have the basic info but I have the date I bought and what I paid for it plus I include the same info if it has a scope. I even have the MSRP listed for when it was bought. I also have the year the gun was manufactured which is really nice to have especially with the older ones I've inherited. Also with the one's I've inherited I give a brief description on the guns history with family owners and how I came to acquire it. I even have a column that states who it's supposed to go to in the event something happens to me.
Probably a lot more info than most use but it gives me peace of mind should something happen to me. It's also nice to have such detailed information should something happen where I need the info for insurance reasons. With having my list in multiple locations, I don't have all my eggs in one basket so to speak which would be the big drawback with the phone should it get broken or stolen. If you don't have Excel on your computer, use a Word document or something similar. I think in the long run you would like this way much better as you can really make it your own plus you can have it in different locations. Hope this helps.
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i love Brian Jacques the chicters are vary well voiced the story is perdictable but vary good this is the 3rd red wall book where is the rest of the series here it jumpes from the 5th book to book 13 so far the series is 17 books long so where are the rest of the books
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If you love the original Redwall novel, you owe it to yourself to give this a listen. Brilliant novels rarely have worthy sequels, but this is one of them. The whole cast does a terrific job. Can't recommend these recordings highly enough.
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Good clean adventure for the young and young at heart. Great performance by the cast! I can easily recommend this book and any book from this series to any person that enjoys a good story.
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This was an enjoyable entry into the series. It was nice that there were multiple stories happening at once, and basically all of the characters of Redwall got their moment to shine. I am not sure why the book is called Mattimeo, as he was not even the central character in the story, just the one who kicks off the journey. Overall solidly done, great performance by all of the actors as well
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One of my more favorite Redwall stories, as with all of these, the full cast of voices bring the story alive! One of the few audiobooks I have felt were worth the price to hear.
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absolutely wonderful book with great characters. I love these stories.the best thing about these kinds of books is the fact that I imagine each scene in my head and I love the fact that each character has their own voice.
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I love the series and am starting to collect all the audio books now. I read the books a few years ago, but reliving them through listening is fantastic! 10/10 will listen again!
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Thursday, April 1, 2010
A Patheos Plethora
When the Mormon portal at Patheos began I remember thinking that it had potential, but that I might need to check back later. The content was a little meager at the time. Not so much anymore. One might even say they have a plethora of excellent articles. If you haven't checked them out, you'll be surprised at the quality. They don't need my endorsement, but after reading the following articles recently, they've certainly earned mine:
Mormon Trinitarianism: Not So Heretical by Clark Goble
Getting it Wrong, Kinda Sorta by Nathan Oman
Thinking Myself into Mormonism by Sam Bhagwat
Posted by Clean Cut at Thursday, April 01, 2010
3 comments:
- Jettboy said...
My biggest problem is that the comments come from the same people you would expect. There really isn't a wider viewpoint, although there are some good articles. Wouldn't it be great to see some writings by Mormon Mommy Bloggers or "Ezra T. Benson" Mormons? I guess it depends on what the place is trying to be about.
- Sunday, April 04, 2010
Would you clarify what stereotype you mean by "Ezra T. Benson" Mormons?
- Sunday, April 04, 2010
- Clean Cut said...
I can't speak for the blog aspect--haven't read it. (I'm partial to BCC, myself). But those articles I linked to are fantastic.
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|Bengali Name :
|হলুদ হুড়হুড়িয়া ফুল
|Common Name :
|Yellow spider flower.
|Botanical Name :
|Cleome viscosa
|Synonym :
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English name of this weed is Yellow Spider Flower. It's botanical name is Cleome viscosa. It belongs to the plant family Capparaceae. In Bangladesh we call this as Holud Hurhuria(হলুদ হুড়হুড়িয়া), as it's color is yellow. This plant is widely available at tropical Asia, and Africa. I have an article about another Hurhuria plant recently.
Color of this Hurhuria flower is bright yellow. Number of petals are variable from 4-8. All the petals are at the upper side of the flower. Lower side is having the reproduction system of the flower. Filament of the flower is black in color. Fruits are long seedpod and seeds inside are dark brown in color.
This is an annual erect plant that can be a meter of tall. Complex leafs are having three to five leaflets. Leaflets are ovate, elliptical in shape and middle one is the larger. The plant is more or less hairy everywhere.
Though this plant is a weed, but it can be use in many ways if cultivated properly. Seeds of this plant can be used as condiment. Also it has several medicinal uses. To know more, you can search on internet by mentioning those keywords.
Photos of this article were taken from Jhenaidah during October 2012.
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This family-friendly Amsterdam hotel is located on the waterfront, within a 10-minute walk of Melkweg, Leidseplein, and Begijnhof. Amsterdam Museum and Anne Frank House are also within 15 minutes.
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A full-service spa, a restaurant, and a 24-hour health club are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and a free manager's reception are also provided. Other amenities include a bar/lounge, a coffee shop/café, and valet parking.
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All 122 individually decorated rooms provide free WiFi, free wired Internet, and iPod docks. Comforts include Egyptian cotton sheets and pillow menus, and guests will also appreciate thoughtful touches like minibars (stocked with some free items) and bathrobes.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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In addition to a full-service spa, Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht - a concept by Hyatt features a 24-hour health club and complimentary bicycles. Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Each day guests can enjoy a complimentary manager's reception. A computer station is located on site and wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 5-star property offers access to limo/town car service and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 4304 square feet (400 square meters) include conference space. This luxury hotel also offers spa services, a library, and tour/ticket assistance. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht - a concept by Hyatt is a smoke-free property.
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Former coach Jimmy Johnson told Gino Torretta on XM Radio that Arkansas should consider re-hiring Bobby Petrino:
"Some people might laugh but I'm serious about it. If they want an outstanding coach they ought to bring back Petrino or hire Butch Davis. And people say, 'Well how in the world can you bring back Petrino?' I said, 'Listen, you forgave Bill Clinton.' Forgive the man. Forgive the man for making a bad decision. Give him an opportunity to coach again.
"I mean he wants to get back into coaching and he's a great coach and he made a mistake. This whole country, it's built on forgiving people and giving them second chances. And I think the fan base would love to bring him back. But if they don't bring him back? But you know, Butch Davis, give him an opportunity. …"
Win at all costs right? The drop off since Petrino left at Arkansas has been massive. Nobody doubts that Petrino is a great football coach.
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The pesto you made was great, but DANG we had a lot of basil. I think you successfully raised four or five varieties.
I should point out that "cooking" for me during this time consisted of pressing the buttons on the microwave and going to the door to pay the delivery guy.
All the cooking was done by the two females of the household, and our health was better because of it.
Barrett, I have never grown basil so successfully since. As I recall, aside from immediately after planting I never watered the plants and they just thrived! Wish I could do as well here, but I guess the weather just isn't extreme enough.
I guess the basil grew like the old joke:
Q: How do you plant zucchini in the Midwest?
A: Throw the seeds over your shoulder and RUN!
I can't believe you'd eat at Leona's more than twice. The 2nd time just to confirm it was as bad as the first. It's traditionally ranked as the worst Italian food in Chicago. In reality, it's not THAT bad, but its the eqivalent of choosing a chain restaurant when there are hundreds of other options.
We ate a lot of other places too, when the weather was bearable. But of the places that delivered, Leona's was far ahead of Domino's and its ilk. If nothing else, it was hot and filling and delivered. Anyway, cut us some slack - we were lazy 22 year olds!
Oh, and another point: if you read the story again, you'll notice that Barrett and i were willing (even eager) to try any of a dozen other options. Leona's was always for some reason the only one She would agree to. And we didn't have the strength of mind to outvote her...!
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Cops: Pair had drugs, forged credit cards
The driver and a passenger in a car stopped after making an illegal turn were arrested Thursday in Elmont, police said, when they found drugs, fake driver's licenses and forged credit cards in the car.
The driver, Renandson A. Parfait, 21, of 1627 Albany Ave., Brooklyn, and passenger Edker Hough, 57, of 2402 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, were arrested after the stop near Benson Avenue and Ludlam Place at 7:15 p.m.
Both were charged with seven counts of second-degree possession of a forged instrument, while Parfait additionally was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana and vehicle and traffic law violations. Bail for each was set at $5,000 bond or $2,500 cash at their arraignments Friday in First District Court in Hempstead; they are due back in court Monday.
Nassau County police said that during the traffic stop Parfait was found to be in possession of marijuana and during the subsequent investigation police found he had a fraudulent driver's license -- along with forged credit cards. As part of the investigation, police said they found out Hough also had fraudulent driver's licenses -- and forged cards -- in his possession.


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Kimbrel a fast-riser at Braves camp
Cox believes young righty has stuff to finish ballgames
By Mark Bowman / MLB.com
While Heyward was drilling a pair of doubles in an 8-5 split-squad win the Braves claimed over the Blue Jays in Dunedin, Fla., on Sunday afternoon, Craig Kimbrel was preparing to complete what would be a scoreless eighth inning in an 8-5 loss to the Astros.
Armed with a plus fastball that sits above 95 mph, Kimbrel opened and closed the eighth with strikeouts. In between he saw a routine popup misplayed into an infield single for Alex Romero, who was then promptly picked off first by the hard-throwing reliever, who could serve as the Braves' closer in the near future.
"He's really close [to being Major League ready], " Cox said. "All he needs to do is harness a little bit better control and he could be a legitimate closer, not a setup guy. He's got the capability to do it. Let's just hope he does it."
Labeled as "the right-landed Billy Wagner," Kimbrell will need to wait until Wagner is done completing his tenure as the Braves' closer before he is considered for the role. In addition, he will need to harness the control issues that led him to issue 39 walks in the 40 innings that he completed above Class A last year.
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"When he's throwing strikes, he's very impressive," Cox said of the 21-year-old, who was selected in the third round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft and then spent last year tallying 103 strikeouts at three different Minor League levels.
Kimbrel has surrendered two hits, issued two walks and recorded four strikeouts over the three innings he has completed since the start of the Grapefruit League season.
With his 5-foot-9 frame and aggressive arm action, Kimbrel has the unique ability to at least provide the appearance that his fastball rises as it nears the plate.
"That ball of his jumps at you," Cox said. "There's not a lot of pitchers out there that have a ball that jumps at you. His does. A scientist will tell you that it's an illusion, but it does come up a little bit. It looks like it's going to be low, and it's not."
Cox has described Kimbrel's fastball as being a much harder version of the one that Sid Fernandez used to throw during his successful days with the Mets. In addition, Cox has drawn a comparison to the fastball that was thrown by (Sudden) Sam McDowell, a left-hander who provided the Braves manager fits back in his playing days.
"Whenever McDowell would pitch, whatever the umpire said was fine, whether it was low or high, because I couldn't tell," Cox said. "It just exploded off you. You would think it was six inches off the ground, and it was right there. Scientists say that is [garbage]. It's not."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Thousands of California inmates can thank the Constitution for the present they were delivered Monday morning.
California's jam-packed prison population will undergo some major thinning, courtesy of a U.S. Supreme Court decision. The court ruled that California must cut its prison population by tens of thousands in order to improve health care for more serious offenders.
The ruling calls for clearing out roughly a fourth of the inmates now in the state's prisons.
Over the past five years, both for legal and budgetary reasons, the state has shifted about 9,000 prison inmates to county jails.
That's almost the same number of inmates statewide who have local ties, and are paroled to San Diego County each year.
The Supreme Court case, decided by a 5-4 vote, adds to our public safety and financial issues. The court ruled that the Constitution required the state to carry no more than 110,000 inmates in order to provide adequate health care for California's prisoners.
"We've known that this day might come," said San Diego County Dist. Atty. Bonnie Dumanis, in response to the ruling.
She said the high court is expected to give the state great latitude in managing the release program over a two-year timeline, balancing the mandate to de-populate the prison system with measures that address public safety concerns.
"San Diego is ahead of the curve, we have been working on re-entry issues and we are a model for the state," Dumanis noted.
"We can do it better, more efficiently, and less expensively. But we have to have the cost paid for by the state, because it's the state's obligations."
The Supreme Court ruling said California prison overcrowding has caused "needless suffering and death".
California currently houses more than 142,000 inmates across 33 prisons. The ruling will require the state to release upwards of 32,000 convicted felons.
The justices say that number should be reduced to about 110,000.
In the past week alone, there have been riots at three men's prisons, one resulting in several serious injuries and pepper spray fired by guards.
Only non-violent, non-sex offenders sentenced on "non-serious" charges with three or fewer years remaining would be eligible for transfer to county jails and releases on parole.
There's hope among local law enforcement officials that community-based, re-entry programs such as Second Chance will receive state funding to help keep parolees out of a revolving-door cycle.
But so far, Sacramento has allocated nothing for local jails, probation or rehabilitation.
"So where's the savings going to come from to put the savings back into the local counties to support this?" asks Second Chance president Scott Silverman. "No one's answered that question yet. It's like saying, 'Let's get something done, stopping there, and walking out of the room."
It took the state two years to reimburse San Diego County for the cost of the first of some 700 early-release inmates who have gone through re-entry programs here.
"The state can't turn to local government and say, 'You do our job and you have to pay for it, too," Dumanis said. "We're willing to do their job if they want to pay for it."
Meantime, a new law that realigns the state's corrections, rehabilitation and parole programs is yet to be funded, and raises legal issues that might wind up in court.
Despite the pending release, California's prison system will still be carrying thousands more people than the system was designed for.


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ASUS Announces ROG Maximus VIII Formula Motherboard with EK Hybrid Liquid Cooling
Subject: Motherboards | December 30, 2015 - 04:06 PM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: Z170, water cooling, water block, Maximus VIII Formula, EKWB, ek, crosschill, ATX motherboard, ASUS ROG, asus
ASUS ROG has announced the Maximus VIII Formula, a premium ATX motherboard with integrated EK hybrid liquid cooling which allows users to choose liquid or air cooling for the board's hottest components.
"The latest ROG Z170 motherboard now comes with the exclusive CrossChill EK hybrid cooling block! ROG teamed up with the guys at EK to create a high-conductivity channel, so you will be ready for liquid-cooling goodness right out-of-the-box. Don't worry if you don't intend to upgrade to liquid-cooling straight away, because this also runs on air cooling. Why spend more money on a third-party waterblock when it's already built-in and looks this good?"
In addition to the integrated water cooling support the Maximus VIII Formula includes the usual bells and whistles we've come to expect from these ROG motherboards, including advanced overclocking support and premium audio, and the Formula also offers RGB headers and lighting controls and "ROG Armor". There is also advanced storage support from both M.2 and U.2 connectors, and provides advanced wireless via built-in 2x2 802.11ac with an external antenna included.
Specifications from ASUS:
- Processor: LGA1151 socket for 6th-generation Intel Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron processors
- Chipset: Intel Z170 Express
- Memory: 4x DIMMs, up to a maximum of 64GB, DDR4 3733 (OC), Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
- Expansion slots:
- 2x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (single at x16, dual at x8/x8 mode)
- 1x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (maximum at x4 mode)
- 3x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
- Graphics (Integrated Intel HD Graphics processor):
- DisplayPort 1.2 with maximum resolution of 4096 x 2034 at 60Hz
- HDMI with maximum resolution of 4096 x 2160 at 24Hz
- Intel InTru 3D / Quick Sync Video / Clear Video HD Technology / Insider
- Multi-GPU: Two-way/quad-GPU NVIDIA® SLI and AMD three-way/quad-GPU CrossFireX technology
- Storage:
- 1x U.2 (supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVM Express storage)
- 1x M.2 Socket 3 with M Key, supports 2242/2260/2280/22110 devices
- 2x SATA Express
- 8x SATA 6.0 Gbps (4 shared with SATA Express)
- Networking/LAN:
- Intel I219-V Gigabit LAN and ASUS LANGuard
- Integrated 2×2 dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi with external antenna included
- 2x USB 3.1 (1x Type-A; 1x Type-C)
- 10x USB 3.0 ports (6 on back panel, 4 mid-board)
- 4x USB 2.0 ports (mid-board)
- Audio: ROG SupremeFX 2015 8-channel high-definition audio
- ESS ES9023P high-definition DAC
- 2V RMS Headphone Amp into (32-600 ohms)
- SupremeFX shielding technology
- Sonic SenseAmp
- Jack-detection, multi-streaming, front-panel mic jack-retasking
- Optical S/PDIF-out port on back panel
- Dimensions / form factor: ATX, 12.0 x 9.6in (30.5 x 24.4cm)
Pricing and availabilty were not announced. Full press release after the break.
Computex 2013: ASUS Reveals New ROG Gaming and Overclocking Hardware
Subject: General Tech, Motherboards, Systems, Shows and Expos | June 4, 2013 - 04:36 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: z87, ROG, Maximus VI Formula, maximus vi, Intel, haswell, gaming, g30, crosschill, computex 2013, computex, asus
During an ASUS ROG press conference at Computex 2013 in Taipei, Taiwan, ASUS launched a number of new bits of hardware aimed at PC gamers and overclocking enthusiasts. In addition to the mini ITX Maximus VI Impact launch, ASUS showed off the ASUS Maximus VI Formula motherboard, OC Panel accessory, and ROG G30 desktop. The available details on each piece of hardware is as follows:
ASUS Maximus VI Formula Motherboard
While ASUS hinted at several of its Z87 motherboards last month by allowing us to post teaser photos ahead of the launch, until today enthusiasts have not seen the latest "Formula" motherboard. However, now that the board is official, you can see the new Z87 motherboard in high resolution photos below!
The board comes in red and black colors, and surprisingly, comes equipped with ASUS' thermal armor accessory which includes a plastic shroud for the front of the motherboard and a SECC back-plate with thermal pads to aid in cooling and supporting the motherboard (even with heavy CPU HSFs). In addition to the thermal armor, the board has finned heatsinks on the PCH and VRM hardware. The VRM heatsink in particular uses the company's CrossChill technology which allows user to integrate the VRM heatsink into their water cooling loop or leave it as air-cooled. The board also features a diagnostic display and start/reset buttons.
The ASUS Maximus VI Formula features a LGA 1150 CPU socket, four dual channel DDR3 DIMM slots, three PCI-E 3.0 x16 slots, three PCI-E 3.0 x1 slots and a total of 10 SATA 3 6Gbps ports.
The rear IO panel includes a mPCI-E Combo II card that supports 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0 wireless radios along with a M.2 NGFF (Next Generation Form Factor) SSD slot at the top. Other IO includes:
- 4 x USB 2.0 ports (one used for BIOS flashing)
- 6 x USB 3.0 ports
- 2 x HDMI video outputs
- 1 x S/PDIF connector
- 1 x RJ45 Gigabit LAN
- 6 x analog audio jacks
Overclocking technology includes ASUS' Extreme Engine DIGI+ III power delivery that incorporates 60A BlackWing chokes, (90% efficient) NexFET MOSFETs, and 10K Black Metallic capacitors.
Finally, ASUS has also added a SupremeFX chipset for quality onboard audio. This audio chip is capable of 120dB SNR, a headphone amplifier for 600 ohm cans, EMI shielding, and quality OpAMPs.
ASUS OC Panel Overclocking Accessory
The ASUS OC Panel is a hardware accessory for the company's ROG Maximus VI Extreme motherboard. It allows you to adjust the BCLK and other settings related to overclocking your processor in real time. It also provides CPU temperature feedback on the top of the LED display.
According to the press release, overclockers Andre Yang and Shamino managed to push a system with a Maximus VI Extreme motherboard, 32GB RAM, and a Core-i7 Haswell processor to 7GHz CPU and 4200MHz clockspeed using liquid nitrogen cooling. It looks like a cool accessory that will allow you to easily adjust the overclocking settings without rebooting into the UEFI BIOS. Pricing and availability have not been announced, but expect it soon.
ASUS ROG G30 Gaming Desktop
The ROG TYTAN G30 desktop PC features a stylized case with red LEDs and a front door with ROG and ASUS logos. Internals include an Intel Core i7 4770K "Haswell" processor and a NVIDIA GTX 780 graphics card. Even better, ASUS is using liquid cooling for the CPU, and offers a 1-button overclock of all four CPU cores to 4.1GHz. The PC also integrates ASUS' SonicMaster and AudioWizard technology which reportedly enhances in-game audio.
Again, pricing and availability for the haswell gaming PC are still unknown.
What do you think of ASUS' recent ROG product announcements? Stay tuned to PC Perspective for more Computex 2013 news throughout the week!
Also read:
- ASUS Maximus VI Impact ROG Mini-ITX Motherboard @ PC Perspective
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Lone survivor : the eyewitness account of Operation Redwing and the lost heroes of SEAL Team 10 / Marcus Luttrell ; with Patrick Robinson.
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- ISBN: 9780316067591 (hc)
- ISBN: 9780316324106 (pbk)
- Physical Description: 390 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown, 2007.
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| To Afghanistan...in a flying warehouse -- Baby seals...and big ole gators -- A school for warriors -- Welcome to hell, gentlemen -- Like the remnants of a ravaged army -- 'Bye dudes, give 'em hell -- An avalanche of gunfire -- The final battle for Murphy's Ridge -- Blown-up, shot, and presumed dead -- An American fugitive cornered by the Taliban -- Reports of my death greatly exaggerated -- "Two-two-eight! It's two-two-eight!" -- Epilogue : Lone Star.
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| On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less then twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs remained alive. This is the story of fire team leader Marcus Luttrell, the sole survivor of Operation Redwing, and the desperate battle in the mountains that led, ultimately, to the largest loss of life in Navy SEAL history.--From publisher description.
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|[TowerTalk] Tower Grounding Spec (ANSI/EIA/TIA-222-F Jun 96)
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John D. Peters wrote: > > > W3LPL wrote: > > > > > > As a matter of interest to Towertalkians, the new version of EIA/TIA-222 > > > specifies that copper wire SHALL NOT be used for ground wires, ground rods > > > or ground clamps. All new towers installed under EIA/TIA-222 > > > specifications must use galvanized ground rods, galvanized steel wire (ie > > > guy wire!) for grounding conductors, and galvanized connectors or > > > exothermically welded connections. Tinned copper wire may be substituted > > > for galvanized steel wire when the conductor must be buried. Bare copper > > > is no longer allowed in any grounding application, either at the tower > > > base or at the guy anchors. > > > > > > This change came about as a result of research that demonstrated that > > > copper ground rods in proximity to tower foundations and steel guy anchors > > > tended to accelerate the corrosion of the steel members, leading to sudden > > > catastrophic failure! > > > > > > 73 > > > Frank > > > W3LPL > > > email@example.com > > > > -- > > FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html > > Submissions: email@example.com > > Administrative requests: email@example.com > > Problems: email@example.com > > Thanks Frank. > > I presume that this change is only of interest to those with GUYED > towers? I can see no reason to change from #4 solid copper wire, or > copper strap to copper clad steel ground rods if the tower is self > supporting. > > The legs of my tower are certainly not corroding away to "pencil" > diameter. > > Is there some other consideration that might apply to self supporting > towers? > > 73 John K1ER > > -- > FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html > Submissions: firstname.lastname@example.com > Administrative requests: email@example.com > Problems: firstname.lastname@example.com ANSI/EIA/TIA-222-F applies to ALL steel towers, guyed or self supported. The issue is bi-metallic corrosion, not how thick the tower legs are. By the way, the title of this publication is: "Structural Standards for Steel Antenna Towers and Antenna Supporting Structures" Someone on this reflector asked about aluminum. Someone else said it was OK if you checked the connections regularly. Well, before I knew better, I used aluminum ground wire connected to my copper ground stakes and to my steel tower. In a couple years my # 10 aluminum wire was non-existent. Why? It had been eaten away by the current flowing from the "battery" set up by the copper rod in the ground and the short circuit formed by the aluminum wire. Always use what the experts recommend. In this case its the American National Standards Institute, the Electronic Industries Association and the Telecommunications Industry Association. Why someone would try to make assumptions and rationalizations which would put them and their installation at odds with these experts is beyond me... OH, ANSI/TIA/EIA-222-F-1996 is the "official" name of this copywritten document. And can be obtained from Global Engineering Documents. (1-800-854-7179) or 303-397-7956 for $80.00 (as of July 1996 when I obtained my copy). Bill, N3RR -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: email@example.com Administrative requests: firstname.lastname@example.com Problems: email@example.com
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Category: Education
Date: 25.02.2014
Time: 15.06
If you had driven past many Peterborough Schools on the 22nd of November last year you would have been forgiven for thinking that they were closed for the day. In fact they were going all out to be the school who used the least energy on Powerdown Day the culmination of Peterborough Powerdown Fortnight.
Schools such as Queen's Drive Infant school linked Powerdown to the curriculum and as well as learning about Energy Saving, the pupils all came to school in bright clothing to reinforce the road safety messages they had been learning "Be B right, Be Seen". They did their lessons by torch and "candlelight" (battery powered tea lights) and everyone had a packed lunch so that the cook didn't have to use the ovens. Prior to the day the pupils had taped up the staff room dishwasher, kettle and microwave.
Not all schools took it to the same level of switch off as the dedicated souls at Queen's Drive infant. But across the city pupils were keeping a check on their fellow pupils and staff, making sure lights, overhead projectors and whiteboards were switched off when not in use. Many schools had a visit from the Watts Energy Challenge team and found out how hard they had to cycle to generate electricity.
Some schools had visits from Space Pirates or travelled back in time to find out how fossil fuels are made courtesy of the Theatre in Education Company Act On Info. The Education Team at PECT had brilliant fun delivering a range of Energy and Climate Change lessons to pupils, the lesson on Solar Energy for the Infant pupils was particularly popular.
And we are about to do it all again with 15 different schools. The March Peterborough Powerdown Fortnight runs from 3-14 March, the PECT Education Team will be out and about again with our solar cars and dancing flowers helping the youngest pupils understand how the sun and wind are helping to power their TV's and Games consoles and look out for those Space Pirates who are making another attempt to steal this planets Energy.
Still not sure what Powerdown is all about? The fantastic Green Team at Dogsthorpe Junior school made a film to explain it to their fellow pupils, so please watch.
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South Windsor police have charged a Hartford woman accused of forging and cashing more than $600 in checks from a Glastonbury woman she was hired to care for.
South Windsor Police arrested Victoria Booker, 46, of Hartford on an arrest warrant on Thursday.
Police said Booker's charges stem from a November 2012 investigation. Booker is accused of forging and cashing $645 checks from a Glastonbury woman who had hired her as a caregiver.
Investigators' obtained an arrest warrant for Booker and served it on Thursday night.
Police said Booker said she "needed money."
She was charged with larceny in the second degree, forgery in the second degree and identity theft in the third degree.
She was held on $35,000 surety bond and will be presented at Manchester Superior Court later Friday morning.


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Over the course of its history, the state of Michigan has produced its share of folktales and lore. Many are familiar with the Ojibwa legend of Sleeping Bear Dunes, and most have heard a yarn or two told of Michigan's herculean lumberjack, Paul Bunyan. But what about Detroit's Nain Rouge, the red-eyed imp they say bedeviled the city's earliest residents? Or Le Griffon, the Great Lakes' original ghost ship that some believe haunts the waters to this day? Or the Bloodstoppers,… (more)
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Nour El Sharif relives President Husni Mubarak's attempted assassination
Dr. Madkour Thabet, head of the Egyptian censorship, approved the scenario for the new movie "God's Hand", which will star Egyptian prominent actor Nour El Sharif. The movie, which was written by Ahmad Fikry, tells the story of the attempts to assassinate the Egyptian President, Husni Mubarak, in Adis Ababa back in the summer of 1995.
El Sharif was given the leading role in the movie, which is the first to tell a story that involves the Egyptian president personally. The film also talks about the fierce hidden war between the Egyptian apparatus and the Islamic fundamentalists, which reached its peak during this unsuccessful assassination attempt.
Fikry tried through his story to clarify with whom was "God's hand" during that incident and also to show that what happened in Adis Ababa was a crises and should be studied thoroughly in order to move on and learn from our own mistakes.
The approval of the censorship is not the final stage the scenario has to go through in order to have the approval of the Egyptian apparatus before they can start filming. Fikry revealed that if the scenario was rejected he will go to court and to President Mubarak personally, reported the London based Elaph.
El Sherif has admitted that he constantly undergoes psychotherapy sessions when he feels he is encountering psychological problems that can not be resolved easily. The actor stressed that he is not ashamed to admit going to such a doctor for psychotherapy is very helpful when someone is experiencing mental and emotional problems.
Nour had rejected to sign a contract for a new TV drama to represent famous Islamic leader Khaled Bin Alwaleed unless an official approval by Al Azhar is given. Nour had previously showed his enthusiasm to perform the role after watching a movie done by late actor Hussein Sidqi, so he immediately asked writer Sami Guneim to transform the story intto a TV drama.
El Sherif retracted and asked the author to have Al Azhar's approval first before signing any formal contract, in order not to face any complications. If this project receives the approval of AL Azhar, it will eventually open the gateway to the production of more dramas representing famous figures in Islamic history like Abu Baker, Othman bin Affan , and Ali Bin Abi Taleb. –Albawaba.com
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It's official, Facebook has changed the Like button
FACEBOOK has confirmed its Reactions – a new emoji-packed revamp of the traditional Like button – has now been rolled out worldwide.
Facebook is the new emoji-packed revamp of the traditional Like button
The Californian social network debuted a pilot for its Reactions – which allows users to select from seven emotions ranging from Anger, Sadness and Surprise – in Ireland and Spain, back in October.
The animated emojis will allow users to denote negative emotions through the Like button for the first time on Facebook.
In a video accompanying a blog post, the five new buttons appear as animated emoticons that pop up when the Like button is held down on mobile devices.
Desktop users can summon the emoticons by hovering their mouse over the Like button.
The news comes after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced he supported Apple in the ongoing battle with the FBI.
Facebook announced the change to the Like button – its first major redesign since the US social network launched – on the company blog.
During the announcement, Facebook debuted a Yay emoticon but this does not appear to have made the cut for this week's worldwide launch.
"We will initially use any Reaction similar to a Like to infer that you want to see more of that type of content," Facebook said in separate blog post.
The company said that over time it hoped to learn how different Reactions should be weighted differently by the Facebook News Feed to customise it for individual users.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg designed the original Like button for his social network
Sammi Krug, Facebook Product Manager said: "We understand that this is a big change, and want to be thoughtful about rolling this out.
"For more than a year we have been conducting global research including focus groups and surveys to determine what types of reactions people would want to use most.
"We also looked at how people are already commenting on posts and the top stickers and emoticons as signals for the types of reactions people are already using to determine which reactions to offer."
Facebook said Reactions would have the same impact on ad delivery as Likes.
Chief product officer Chris Cox wrote on Facebook: "As you can see, it's not a "dislike" button, though we hope it addresses the spirit of this request more broadly.
"We studied which comments and reactions are most commonly and universally expressed across Facebook, then worked to design an experience around them that was elegant and fun.
"We'll use the feedback from this to improve the feature and hope to roll it out to everyone soon."


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Discussion in 'The Sandbox - AKA Flatistan' started by XT Thumper, Mar 11, 2008.
"I don't get no respect!"
I respect you greatly, and even DELETED the big picture so as not to piss off anyones with I-phones.
Your welcome Hatch and Robdirt! I love you guys!
Good point Phil,
Maybe I should remove the 2 pics that were irrelevant so they can't be quoted and slow down the I-Phone users getting their forum reading done.
Agreed... that could be perceived to be chuckleheadery you know!
Of which I am innocent of committing....(well most of the time anyhow). Ask Inept.
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good god theres some panties in double figure 8 knots around here. WTF. you guys purposely quote countless posts over and over with 52 pictures so big that on a 19" computer screen they still go off the edge, and everyone makes jokes like I'm the overly sensitive one. :fyyff
It's all good, Phaedrus--have a beer mang!Yer a good and worthy gazoonie.
I gotta call it a night, some people gotta go to work in the AM. Harumph!
Harumph indeed.
s w e e t ! ! !
Phil back in the woods! Cool!
I may be in for that trip too.
I have a nice route around Cheaha that Gary showed me a few weeks ago. One day on the mountain, maybe one day ride Highland Park and pick up a new 2013 500
Thanks for the update... not gonna make the Supercross for sure...
I saw that bike. Benko Pulko is her name. Interesting story. Think I'll probably attend.
Thank you!
Carry on.
Anyone up for riding this weekend before hunting season kicks in? Preferably Saturday.
I'm meeting a few for a ride Saturday morning. Probably not the gnarly type of off-road craziness you guys might desire, but should be fun nonetheless. A little street, a little dirt, a little food, etc.
We're meeting at the Diary Queen on Scenic Highway and I-10 in Downtown Pcola at 9:30am if anyone's interested.
Sorry Dave, need to give you credit where credit is due. My bad, so can you post that brake caliper pic again? The one with the little white connector please...
Alright...but don't let it happen again!
I will save everyone from watching the whole thing.
The two wheeled action is at,
1:57 dont look down nuthin happening there
2:30 this is your first time on a bike here ride mine
4:40 Hell of a place to put a bush
7:35 Stoppies What the hell are they for anyway
8:35 He should have hit it harder I think, I think it will fall next time
GPR question
I just revived a V1 GPR from E bay
They don't make a mount for my DR 650, it looks like the pivot arm should be centered on the triple clamp stem.
I know it centers left and right but when centered fro and aft it doesn't leave a lot of room for the fixed arm to clear.
The only thing I could find at GPR says the fixed pin should be in the middle of the slot not at the end.
Any help would be great, I am going to need to drill and tap the top of my bar mounts and will only get one chance to get it correct.


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Rinaker named co-Defensive Player of the Year; Nickols also earns a spot on first team
November 16, 2004
GREENCASTLE, Ind. - DePauw senior midfielder Meredith Rinaker (pictured) was named the 2004 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference co-Defensive Player of the Year in voting by the conference's 10 head coaches. The complete team is available here.
Rinaker, a 2003 all-America selection, shared the honor with Sewanee's Sarah Oxford. Trinity's Carly Shade was the Offensive Player of the Year, while Rose-Hulman's Julie Roebel was chosen as the Newcomer of the Year. Trinity's Lance Key was named the Coach of the Year in his first season.
A first team all-SCAC selection in 2003, Rinaker solidified the Tigers' defensive presence from the midfield. She also added a game-winning goal against Earlham. DePauw senior forward Kate Nickols was the top vote-getter on the first team after leading the Tigers with eight goals, seven assists and 23 points. She was a second team choice last year.
Senior midfielder Kim Schreiner and junior forward Crissy Harter earned spots on the second team. Schreiner, a third-team choice in 2001, totaled three goals and five assists this season. Harter earned second team honors a year ago and finished second on the team with 19 points on seven goals and five assists.
Sophomore center back Davis Federspiel and sophomore forward Mary Beth Robinson were chosen to the third team.
The Tigers, ranked in a tie for 18th in the final regular season poll, finished the season with a 10-4-2 overall record and a 6-1-1 mark in SCAC play.Back