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Sony Confirms PS4 / PlayStation 4 to Release on November 15, 2013
Following previous rumors and their Gamescom 2013 Press Conference, Sony has officially confirmed that the PS4 / PlayStation 4 release date will be on November 15, 2013 in North America (US and Canada), on November 29, 2013 in Europe and on February 22, 2014 in Japan.
Right from the start of the conference, aspects of the new console's menu system was on display, showing a modified Cross-Media Bar that seemed to focus more on games in related content than multiple static menus and the new controller based keyboard that uses a free-moving crosshair than the current setup.
Additionally, President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Andrew House confirmed that gamers who have already bought the PS3 version of specific games such as Call of Duty, Battlefield, and Watch Dogs will be able to purchase the PS4 version for a severely discounted price. Sony did this to "reward gamers for their loyalty" and to ensure the system is as "simple and accessible as possible."
The PlayStation 4 will launch in a total of 32 territories around the world by the end of the year with the PS4 console retailing for $399 / €399 / £349 just in time for the holiday season.
Finally, from Sony VP of Marketing Home Consoles and Handheld Platforms John Koller:
If you watched our press conference at gamescom, you've already heard some of the great news we've just shared that gamers everywhere have been waiting for. Today, we're happy to confirm that PlayStation 4 (PS4) will launch on November 15th in the U.S. and Canada - in time for the holidays!
PlayStation fans in Europe and Latin America will also be able to get their hands on a PS4 system on November 29th, so you'll be able to connect with your friends and fellow gamers worldwide on PS4 this year, taking advantage of all of the deeply integrated social features and incredible gaming experiences that PS4 has to offer.
PS4 truly provides the best place to play. By the end of December, we'll have 33 titles available for PS4, including NBA 2K14, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Skylanders Swap Force, Need for Speed: Rivals, Battlefield 4, Madden 25, FIFA 14, NBA Live, Killzone: Shadow Fall, #DRIVECLUB, Knack, Assassins Creed IV Black Flag, Watch_Dogs, Just Dance 2014 and Lego Marvel Super Heroes.
We are proud of our relationships with game creators and pleased to be working with nearly 620 developers and publishers from around the world. More than 180 PS4 titles are in development, including Destiny from Bungie, Inc./Activision Publishers, Inc., Mad Max: Fury Road from Warner Brothers, Witcher 3 from CD Projekt, The Division from Ubisoft Entertainment, Dragon Age from Electronic Arts, and also Helldivers and The Order: 1886 from SCE Worldwide Studios – so you'll have plenty of great games to look forward to in the coming months.
As we've previously mentioned, DualShock 4 makes it easy for you to easily edit and broadcast your gameplay using the wireless controller's "Share" button. That's why we're also happy to introduce our new partnership with the popular video platform Twitch, to give you another channel to livestream your gameplay to fellow gamers anywhere in the world.
We can't wait for November 15th to come so you can get your hands on a PS4 system and see for yourself all of the breakthrough gaming experiences our new platform has to offer. So tell us, how many of you and your friends will be waiting in line on November 15th to get your hands on a PS4? Greatness Awaits!
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08-20-2013 #2No1pass Guest
thank you for info
08-20-2013 #3eric994 Guest
What the heck!? this price diference is a ultimate robbery come on 399 and 349 thats 130 to 140 more than the US retail price not to mention the two week delay.
I though they world like to make a effort to lower the price for everyone.
08-20-2013 #4elser1 Guest
of course usa first. sony are idiots
by then aussie will be delayed til next year, if so i'll be swapping to pc gaming...
08-20-2013 #5SwordOfWar Guest
You could always import one since they are region free anyway.
You would have to be crazy to miss out on YEARS of gaming on PS4 just because the release date is a little further out.
But, you should also build a gaming PC as well. I already have a gaming PC, but I want a PS4 also, because there are a good bit of very fun games that only come out on Sony consoles.
08-21-2013 #6elser1 Guest
i've already pre ordered my ps4 and games so i'll be expecting to pick it up nov 29th. end of story or a refund and that will be the end of my sony story. they will lose a top 1k trophy hunter and 10k a year
08-21-2013 #7shadow8517 Guest
Just payed off my pre-order and ready to play some drive club since that the only thing i can get at launch since i have plus. Maybe some one will get me watch dogs for Christmas (fingers cross)
08-21-2013 #8elser1 Guest
so is driveclub 100% free at ps4 launch with ps plus. i've heard it will be free but in few months.can anyone confirm 100% please.. cheers
08-21-2013 #9Pretikewl Guest
I thought it would be earlier, but I'm glad we have a date.
08-21-2013 #10Supicioso Guest
It boggles me as to why people rush to buy new consoles. You know a newer, slimmer, and most likely cheaper version will be out in a few more months... I'll kindly wait. The games and PSN will still be there.


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Emotionally Moving, Somber, Relaxing, Reminiscent of the good ol days, me and my dad love your music, please make more stuff like this and stuff like wind up the spring THAT STUFF WAS AMAZING,
Anyway Wish you And your band mates a Happy Christmas from Australia. PS Hope to hear a reply
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Thanks - and a merry christmas to you and your father as well. I'm glad you like our work. Sadly we all struggle to find the time to do new songs, but you never know. Maybe we still have a few songs left in us.
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You have talent, and a wonderful voice. Also the lyrics were very good. So, don't stop making music please. Ok?
I must admit it has been quite a while since I have made anything (worth sharing at least) - but I hope to some day find the time to make some more. Thank you for the kind words.
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Man, this song is striking my heart. It's has a lot of meanings and the meanings itself is so deep that makes my mind thinking about the past and it's good days. The day when you still having someone you loved still alive and tell the tale about them before we were born.
Can I have some lyrics to spare with? I like to learn this song! :)
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I too must say that this is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard, so much that I always come back to your profile to see if you have something new. You are awesome, keep up the good work.
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Funds available for energy assistance program through Jan. 13
Funding is still available for available for households in Otter Tail and Wadena County for help with heating and electric costs. If households needing help have not already applied for help this heating season funds are still available to assist households in need that meet income guidelines. However applications need to be submitted as soon as possible as applications received after Jan. 13, 2012 may not receive help unless additional funding is released by the Department of Health and Human Services.
All types of heat are eligible for assistance. Assistance amounts are determined by the number of people that live in the home, the type of heat used, previous year's heating cost, and the income the household has received the three months prior to the date the application is signed.
For application information contact Otter Tail-Wadena CAC Energy Assistance program at (218) 385-3333 or (877) 256-7249.
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The reputation of the 117 year old Obuasi mine took a gigantic step further when the United States based International Cyanide Management Institute rated the AngloGold Ashanti operation as 'Certified'.
The institute announced that the mine has been certified in full compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code (Cyanide Code), which is a plus to the cyanide management system put in place at Obuasi by the Ghana Stock Exchange listed miner.
'ICMI has received and accepted a Detailed Audit Findings Report prepared by an independent professional third-party auditor who evaluated the Obuasi Gold Mine against ICMI's Verification Protocol and found it in full compliance with the Cyanide Code's Principles and Standards of Practice, ICMI release said. It added that 'the summary Audit Report and Auditor Credentials Form are available on the ICMI web site on AngloGold Ashanti's Signatory Companies Page: http://www.cyanidecode.org/signatory-company/anglogold-ashanti'. The Obuasi operation would be re-audited every three years to evaluate continuing compliance with the Code.
The Cyanide Code is a voluntary industry programme for companies involved in the production of gold using cyanide and companies producing and transporting this cyanide. It was developed under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme by a multi-stakeholder Steering Committee. The Cyanide Code is intended to complement an operation's existing obligation to comply with the applicable laws and regulations of the political jurisdictions in which the operation is located.
ICMI has been established to administer the Cyanide Code, promote its adoption, evaluate its implementation, and manage the certification process.
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AngloGold Ashanti is a global gold mining company and the world's third largest gold producer. Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, AngloGold Ashanti has 20 operations on four continents and one of the gold industry's most successful exploration teams which work across both the established and new gold producing regions of the world.
This includes land positions in Colombia, Guinea and Australia, among others. AngloGold Ashanti employed 61,242 people, including contractors, in 2011 and produced 4.33Moz of gold, generating $6.6bn in gold income. Capital expenditure in 2011 amounted to $1.5bn. As at 31 December 2011, AngloGold Ashanti's Ore Reserve totalled 75.6Moz.
The primary listing of the company's ordinary shares is on the JSE Limited (JSE). Its ordinary shares are also listed on stock exchanges in London and Ghana, as well as being quoted in New York in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs), in Australia, in the form of CHESS Depositary Interests (CDIs) and in Ghana, in the form of Ghanaian Depositary Shares (GhDSs).
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Del Frisco's does have an great steak ... but the environment is very blah for a 15 year old. Lots of mid-town droll suits. I think Lugers or Keens would be better and more fun.
Del Frisco's location is good if you are hanging out in touristy areas like Times Square. Easy walk.
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MEBANE � Residents of Mebane can expect to see improvements to existing recreational facilities � and most likely the construction of new ones � over the next several years.
After months of holding public meetings and surveying 200 residents over the phone, the city now has its first Recreation Master Plan.
The plan was created by Site Solutions, a company Mebane contracted to conduct research on the city�s need for additional parks and recreational facilities.
Dean Ray, director of Mebane�s recreation and parks department, said community members cooperated with the study.
�This was a process we all wanted the citizens to be a part of,� Ray said. �They came out to the workshops; they took the phone surveys.�
Derek Williams of Site Solutions gave a presentation to the City Council on Monday evening about his company�s recommendations for the city�s future recreational facilities.
Williams said based on the telephone surveys, respondents are most interested in open space and natural areas, walking and biking trails, indoor exercise facilities, picnic shelters and an aquatics facility.
He said 87 percent of respondents indicated that there is at least some need for additional park and recreation areas.
More than half of those surveyed � 53 percent � said they would support a tax increase to pay for park improvements.
City Manager David Cheek said he wasn�t completely surprised that more than half of the residents surveyed were in support of a tax increase.
�We�re growing,� he said. �Our demographics are changing a little bit. We�re partially in Orange County, which is a county with one of the highest tax rates.�
Cheek said during the council�s budget retreat in February, members would discuss which projects they�d like the city to pursue first, and subsequent budget planning would determine whether a tax increase would be necessary. Cheek said the council never hopes to raise taxes, but the city�s addition of nine to 12 firefighters to staff the new Southside Fire Station set to open in October would be a �major budget item� for the upcoming fiscal year, and other capital improvement projects also will need to be considered.
�If we can figure out a way to do something without raising taxes, we�re going to do it,� Cheek said.
The city will hold a public hearing on the budget before it is passed in June, he said.
WILLIAMS RECOMMENDED the city add a �district park,� which is a roughly 100-acre space for activities. He said development of the Agriculture Foundation�s property on Turner Road would meet that need.
He said in the future, there will be a need for another community park, like the existing ball fields around the Mebane Arts and Community Center.
Currently, the city needs several neighborhood or mini parks, such as the existing Holt Street Park, though Mebane should consider requiring developers to construct those parks, Williams said.
Mayor Pro Tem Ed Hooks agreed that additional smaller parks could be a good addition to the community, but Mebane shouldn�t necessarily have to fund them.
The parks �maybe should not be city-sponsored but city-mandated,� Hooks said. �I think we need to be forthright in making developers do this.�
Williams said the city needs additional bicycle and walking trails and open spaces, and could consider Kate�s Pickle Farm and McLeod Property as potential park sites. He said Mebane currently needs three additional tennis courts and one additional soccer field, but in a decade, that need would increase to six more courts, four more soccer fields and additional baseball, softball and football fields.
He said the city currently needs several additional playgrounds and picnic shelters, and will need six more playgrounds and four more shelters by 2024. Williams also suggested the addition of an amphitheater, dog park, indoor fitness facility and an aquatics facility.
Cheek said he intends to focus on larger projects, such as developing the Turner Road Park, acquiring land for new athletic fields and discussing the idea of a swimming facility. He said in the short term, he could foresee the city making improvements to Lake Michael, such as adding a full walking and running trail around the lake.
�We have a lot of runners in Mebane and a high school that runs cross-country,� Cheek said. �I�d love to see us tackle that this year.�


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Shirley Mary Simmons Larson
Our dearly loved mother and grandmother peacefully passed away October 7, 2010, surrounded by
her family. She was born May 26, 1923, in Richfield, Utah, to Edgar Woolley Simmons and
Florence Whistance Fisher Simmons. Two years later the family moved to St. George where her
father managed a lumber company. She attended school there, and grew up with her siblings Edward
"Ted" Simmons (Margaret), James Arthur Simmons (LaJoy) and Carma Jean Simmons Tabor Clark.
She later moved to the Beehive House in Salt Lake City, while she attended the LDS Business
College. With the opening of Geneva Steel Works, she was employed by UMP as a secretary, and
that is where she met a dashing mechanical engineer. E. Dixon Larson, who became the love of her
life. They were married August 7, 1943 in Orem, Utah, later sealed in the Timpanogos LDS
Temple on June 26, 2004. They are the parents of Steven R. Larson (deceased September 30, 2010)
(Cheryl), and Michelle Leone Larson Crawford (Kim). Their grandchildren are Haley Marrissa Ellis
Hayes (Mark), Chelsea Michelle Ellis, McKeon Larson Crawford, Jace Steven Larson, and Jess E.
Larson. Great-grandchildren are Lily Michelle and Stryder Jonathan Hayes.
Dix and Shirley were active in civic affairs and the Orem Jaycees. She was historian for the Utah
County Women's Legislative Council and President of the Olesea Literary Club. She was a member
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she served as the Primary
Secretary/Historian for 15 years. She was a faithful Visiting Teacher.
Her interests were vast: dancing, vacationing, collecting antiques, fishing, scrap booking, gardening,
genealogy, golfing, art, interior decorating, oil painting, the PTA, and she was a wonderful hostess.
Dix made sure Shirley had a classy car to drive - her favorite being her Cadillac. She had a sense
of style and grace. She was a beautiful woman inside and out - always the picture of femininity. She
loved and enjoyed her family. Her thoughtful gifts, decorations and delicious food made every
holiday and birthday special. We especially loved to eat her scones - they were devoured as quickly
as she cooked them. She took great delight in inviting the grandchildren over for lunch, sleepovers,
games or a tea party. She was very supportive in their activities whether it was a mission, basketball,
lacrosse, soccer games, cheerleading or a dance concert. There was no prouder grandmother than
Words cannot express the love and devotion we have for our dear, sweet, beautiful mother, grandma
and friend. The memories we have of her will always be an inspiration and example for each of us
to follow. She has forever blessed and enriched our lives. Her "Charity never Faileth".
Shirley was gracious and kind to the end of her life on earth. Her family expresses appreciation to
the staff at The Charleston in Cedar Hills, Dr. Marc Udall and Envision Hospice Care for helping
to make "Miss Shirley's" final days comfortable and pleasant.
Her funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at 11 a.m. at the Sharon First Ward
Chapel, 641 South 400 East, Orem. A viewing will be held prior to the service from 9:30 to 10:45
a.m. at the Church. Interment will be held at the Orem City Cemetery.


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Starwood Hotels Debuts Four Points Brand in Algeria
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced the debut of the Four Points brand in Algeria, with the opening of Four Points by Sheraton Oran. Owned by the Société d'investissement Hôtelière (SIH), Four Points by Sheraton Oran features 170 spacious and contemporary guest rooms, including 20 suites.
A few minutes' drive from the airport, the hotel is conveniently located within a short distance of the city center with shops, restaurants, recreation and the famous Mohamed Benahmed Convention Center. Perfectly poised on the top of a cliff, it offers breathtaking views of the Mediterranean Sea. Four Points by Sheraton Oran marks Starwood's fourth hotel in Algeria and the third in Oran.
With five state-of-the-art meeting rooms and a ballroom that can welcome up to 350 guests, the hotel is ideal for business meetings as well as memorable banquets and weddings. A 24-hour fitness center, sauna, Hamam, Jacuzzi, a rooftop pool and a spa ensure guests can stay fit and relaxed during their stay. The hotel features all of the brand's defining elements, including Four Comfort Bed™ and free bottled water in all rooms and suites, fast and free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel and an energizing breakfast, helping guests start and end the day right.
"Oran is an evolving city with good potential for business travel. Four Points Oran is a significant addition to our thriving portfolio in Algeria and we hope this hotel with its great location and the value it offers will become the preferred choice of today's traveler" said Michael Wale, President, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Europe, Africa and Middle East.


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Received pattern for this, spiral tablerunner and wedge ruler on
Thursday, bought fabric and cut strips Friday night, started to sew them together, thought I'd try to cut some out, and realised 1. thecolors were in the wrong prder, and 2. I cut the wrong sized strips.
Packed it all away until Sat arvo, then decided it wouldn't get the better of me. So after much frog stitching and real stitching, then cutting, and more stitching, finally got top fnished Sat night.
Spend this morning quilting , and binding, now all I have to do is hand sew the binding down.
Won't be making this again in a hurry, but I am pretty pleased with it.
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Well Wii sports looks like it would do the trick from seeing the commercials lol.
So I have read a few articles about people losing weight by playing the wii about 30mins a day.
Anyone find it's quite a workout to play?
Well Wii sports looks like it would do the trick from seeing the commercials lol.
I hear wii boxing is quite exhausting after a while... im sure it can def give you a workout.
Yep. Just tried it. Even though I didn't punch very hard my arms got tired.
Yep. Wii Sports Boxing is a serious workout if you play the Training mode. I did it for a while when there was too much snow on the ground to go jogging.
Wii Boxing will make you drop lbs
the harder you punch the more weight you lose!
yes. actually, you should try playing boxing for more than half an hour. and actually try punching hard (dont punch the tv. :lol: ). its actually exhausting after a while.
I find myself actually running around the room when playing tennis (the room doesn't have much in it other than the TV & lounge). I do feel pretty exhausted once I've finished!


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The look on David Dein's face said it all. With so many big teams swimming around, the Arsenal vice-chairman knew his side's Champions League draw would be tough. But this tough?
Not only do Arsene Wenger's side have to face Valencia, the Spanish champions and perhaps the most fluent side in the first phase, they must also play AS Roma, conquerors of Real Madrid in Madrid, and a resurgent Ajax as well.
Still, Dein soon recovered his composure - and before long, defiance and cliche were spewing out of his mouth in equal measure.
"There is no easy draw at this stage of the competition," he insisted. "But our last group was very hard too - when we played PSV, Borussia Dortmund and Auxerre each team was at the top of their domestic league so you expect tough opposition."
The task is scarely easier for Manchester United. They knew they would be reunited with Deportivo - who they slugged it out with four times last season - but another old friend, the Old Lady of Juventus, also lurks. And then there's Basle. A soft touch? Well, that's what Liverpool thought, didn't they?
Still, Sir Alex Ferguson wasn't complaining. "I am not sick of the sight of Deportivo, just playing them in the second stage means we have progressed. I hope we meet again later on," he insisted.
And nor did the sight of Juventus, the Italian champions who United famously overcame in the semi-finals of the Champions League in 1999, faze him either.
"There was a spell where we got Juventus three years on the trot so it does not bother us. In the mid to late 1990s we were getting Italian sides all the time," he said.
However the United manager did admit Juve would be tough opponents. "Italian football has stepped up a bit this year," he said. "We have to be aware they are a big threat."
Strangely, the English side that struggled hardest to get through seems to have the easiest draw. It won't be easy for Newcastle, of course, but a group featuring a Barcelona side who are struggling in the Primera Division as well as Inter and a lightweight-looking Leverkusen team is surely not insurmountable.
No wonder Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd looked delighted afterwards.
"Looking at those groups I think we have a great chance of getting to the semis, I really do," he said. "I think we have the easiest group of the three English clubs.
"Barcelona are old friends of ours, of course," he added. "The last time they came to St James' we beat them 3-2 and I thought that was the greatest night in Newcastle's history so maybe we can repeat it again."
Maybe. But for now those memories will take a back seat to Newcastle's first group game - Inter at home on November 15.
Draw for the Second Group Phase of the Uefa Champions League
Group A: Barcelona, Internazionale, Bayer Leverkusen, NEWCASTLE UNITED
Group B: Valencia, ARSENAL, Roma, Ajax
Group C: Real Madrid, AC Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Lokomotiv Moscow
Group D: MANCHESTER UNITED, Juventus, Deportivo la Coruna, Basle


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Release Date: 2009 |
Album Rating: 4.0Here's a sample of something that could pretty easily fit on the album. It's a McGuire solo performance:
I like Baseball and I hate Mark McQwire with an unholy passion. Got ratted out by his own brother, what a puss for diding from steroid abuse. Good review, you had me sold with the summary.
Album Rating: 4.0Good to see someone is as passionate about the work of Mark McGwire as I am about the work of Mark McGuire.
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Agere rolls out broadband satellite radio chip set, ships to seven receiver makers
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Agere Systems Inc. here today announced technical details and the first samples of broadband receiver chip sets for a planned satellite digital audio radio service in North America.
The eight-chip set is being initially aimed at U.S. automotive applications after three years of joint development by Agere (formerly Lucent Microelectronics) and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. New York-based Sirius plans to start up its subscription-based satellite radio services by the end of 2001 with up to 100 channels of audio entertainment programming.
Agere said it has begun shipping engineering samples of the complex chip set to seven consumer electronics manufacturers: Alpine, Clarion, Delphi Delco, Jensen, Kenwood, Panasonic, and Visteon. Volume production of the satellite radio receiver chips is scheduled to begin early this fall, using 0.25-micron CMOS and BiCMOS processes at a joint-venture foundry fab operated by Agere and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd. in Singapore.
"Our approach has been to use a true broadband receiver architecture," said Rob Franzo, director of Agere's automotive products group--which is part of the companies new business initiative. "While some might say it shouldn't take this number of eight devices, it was done to validate the system and make sure there were no compromises." The architecture is also set up to enable rapid integration of the set in the near future with the baseband portion of the receiver being packed on a single IC.
But first, the development project focused on providing highly reliable and clear reception of the satellite broadcasts oin moving vehicles, using the 12.5-MHz spectrum licensed by Sirius for radio service across the entire country. To do this, the system uses and processes three signals simultaneously. The design combined the use of coded orthogonal-frequency division multiplexed (COFDM) for signals broadcast from ground atennas, and two time-division multiplexed quadrature phase shift keyed (TDM-QPSK) bands for reception from signals sent from three satellites.
"The system transmit signal in frequency time space and modulation diversity, which results in very good performance against blockage and fading," explained Franzo, referring to the difficulties of maintaining high-quality digital audio in moving vehicles across the entire United States.
"No information is destroyed or thrown away in the channel until it reaches the concatenated decoder chain," he said, explaining the broadband receiver architecture. "That provides a lot of flexibility in terms of the roadmap for integration of the chip set and future design iterations for our products following this initial one."
Agere is not releasing pricing information on the current eight-chip set designs. The radio receiver manufacturers license the technology from Sirius, which includes the chip set into the package as part of its efforts to launch the satellite radio service.
While subscription-based nationwide radio is a new concept, the market potential is huge, according to Agere and its partner Sirius. In the United States there are more than 200 vehicles traveling on roads, and Sirius hopes to entice listeners with 50 channels of commercial-free music and 50 channels of news, sports, talk, comedy, and children's programming.
The idea is to give travelers on the highway something to listen to other than the same old set of CDs or local radio programs, Franzo said.
To deliver high-quality digital audio, the Agere chip set first processes three including sets of signals that contain the same information (two being time-division multiplexed from the satellites, and the other frequency-division multiplexed from the terrestrial antennas). The TDM and COFDM signals are processed and filters by radio frequency (RF) and intermediate frequency (IF) chips to an IF output of 75 MHz. An analog-to-digital converter undersamples the 75-MHz IF to 60 megasamples for a digital image with 15 MHz of bandwidth of encoded signals (two TDM and one COFDM).
The signals are then digitally filtered and demodulated before being combined into for 100 channels of radio signals by a maximum ratio combiner. A concatenated decoder chain IC is used to select a specific channel for playing through a digital audio processor--which contains an Agere 1600 digital signal processor (DSP) core and an ARM RISC processor. In addition to the eight ICs in the chip set, the radio receiver will use DRAM, SRAM and flash memory chips.
Agere is not announcing a product roadmap at this time, but Franzo said it was possible to integrate an entire baseband receiver on a chip using finer process geometries in the next 16 to 18 months.


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text: US Airways Group March Consolidated Traffic Up 4.5% - Update 4/4/2012 9:17 AM ET Airline operator US Airways Group, Inc. (LCC) reported Monday operational results for the airlines for the month of March. Consolidated traffic grew 4.5 percent, capacity rose 3.1 percent, and load factor increased 1.1 percentage points. The airlines' performance was the best March operational performance in its history, and also best first quarter ever, which included seven days with zero mainline cancellations.The airline also said its preliminary on-time performance as reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation was a record of 87.3 percent in March, with an all-time record completion factor of 99.4 percent."Our March consolidated (mainline and Express) passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) increased approximately 8 percent versus the same period last year," President Scott Kirby said in a statement.Tempe, Arizona-based US Airways' consolidated March traffic, measured in revenue passenger miles, or RPMs, grew 4.5 percent to 5.53 billion from the same month last year. American region traffic increased 4.3 percent, Atlantic region traffic rose 6.5 percent, and Latin region traffic grew 4.7 percent.Consolidated capacity, measured in terms of available seat miles, or ASMs, grew 3.1 percent to 6.59 billion from March 2011. American region capacity increased 3.2 percent, Atlantic region capacity was up 2.0 percent, and Latin region capacity rose 3.6 percent.Consolidated passenger load factor for the month of March reached 84.0 percent, up 1.1 percentage points from 82.9 percent in the year-ago month. American region edged up 0.8 percentage points, Latin region grew 3.3 percentage points, and Atlantic region load factor advanced 0.9 percentage points.Total enplanements in March increased 2.6 percent to 5.50 million from March last year. Enplanements for American region grew 2.4 percent, Atlantic region advanced 5.3 percent, and Latin region rose 3.3 percent from last year.US Airways mainline March traffic advanced 4.8 percent to 5.34 billion RPMs from the year-ago, and mainline capacity grew 3.3 percent to 6.32 billion ASMs from March 2011.Mainline load factor for the month of March rose 1.2 percentage points to 84.6 percent from the same month last year. Total mainline enplanements in March increased 3.3 percent to 4.85 million from March last year.However, March traffic for US Airways Express, covering only American region and operated by Piedmont Airlines and PSA Airlines, decreased 3.1 percent to 191.07 million RPMs from the year-ago month. Express capacity also declined 2.8 percent to 270.85 million ASMs from March 2011.Express load factor for the month of March edged down 0.3 percentage points to 70.5 percent from the same month last year. Total express enplanements in March decreased 2.6 percent to 652,808 from March last year.For the year-to-date three-month period, US Airways' consolidated traffic grew 5.2 percent to 14.83 billion RPMs from the year-ago period, and consolidated capacity increased 3.8 percent to 18.49 billion ASMs from the prior-year period. Consolidated load factor for the period also rose 1.1 percentage point to 80.2 percent from the same period last year.LCC closed Tuesday's regular trading session at $7.74, up $0.25 on a volume of 6.95 million shares. by RTT Staff WriterFor comments and feedback: firstname.lastname@example.com News 6 Pharma Stocks In News Highway Robbery: 10 States With Highest Sales Tax 10 States With The Lowest Sales Tax


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My freind had taken a peronnel and agent said no to worry for document he will do all.he got the loan but after six moth i come to know that the document submitted for my loan was fake so, he cleared the loan immediate and i have taken the closing letter from bank.
But Bank Manager already launch and FIR on me.so, i want to know how can he come out of this problem because he had already cleared my loan still they can take action on him ?
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The Police investigation will lead to the misdoings of the agent who procured the loan from the bank and he / she will be penalized for the misdeeds by the Police investigating the matter.
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When Daisy Buchanan attends a party at Jay Gatsby's mansion in the new film version of "The Great Gatsby," she's wearing a crystal-coated chandelier dress by Prada and a drool-worthy pearl and diamond headpiece by Tiffany.
The look is the glamour of the Jazz Age personified.
Such costumes were a big help to Carey Mulligan, who plays Daisy in director Baz Luhrmann's interpretation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic, which many consider the defining novel of America's 20th century.
"To be wearing literally millions of dollars worth of jewelry every day really lends a quality of elegance, in a way. You feel very kind of expensive when you're walking about. I've never experienced anything like it," says Mulligan, speaking by phone from London.
In many ways, the 27-year-old actress is an ideal symbol for this "Gatsby," Luhrmann's latest effort at bringing contemporary razzle-dazzle to a tale from a bygone era.
Like his "Moulin Rouge!" and "Romeo + Juliet," the movie is a young, vibrant, visual and musical ride. It's shot in 3-D and features a soundtrack executive-produced by Jay-Z, who adds a jolt of energy with modern songs that fit neatly into the nervous energy of the Roaring Twenties.
And, of course, there are the gorgeously lavish clothes by Oscar-winning costume designer Catherine Martin, who's married to Luhrmann.
But this "Gatsby" is also interested in being a careful character study that extends beyond the surface sparkle. That goal is in keeping with the indie film work that Mulligan has done in "An Education," "Shame" and "Drive" — small, intriguing movies that put her on the map.
Luhrmann, who's been envisioning a "Gatsby" adaptation for nearly a decade, found a logical choice for the title role in Leonardo DiCaprio, who worked with him on 1996's "Romeo + Juliet." DiCaprio represents the star quality required for Gatsby, a self-made millionaire whose quest for money and power is driven by his love for the woman, Daisy, he lost to another man.
But who would play Daisy? Keira Knightley, Blake Lively and Michelle Williams were among the actresses reportedly considered. But it was Mulligan who won the part after wowing Luhrmann during her audition with DiCaprio, which involved a tense lunch scene from later in the movie and also a kiss between Gatsby and Daisy.
"I said to Baz, 'Should I kiss him?' Because it said it in the script. And he said yes, so I kissed him," says Mulligan about Luhrmann's comments that the moment helped seal the deal. "It seemed like a pretty easy way to get a job," she adds playfully.
Mulligan purposely didn't watch the 1974 version of "The Great Gatsby," which starred Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. "I tried to avoid it once I was cast in the film, because I'm such a big fan of Mia Farrow and I was really nervous that if saw it I would try to steal things from that performance," she explains.
She needn't worry. Since her breakthrough Oscar-nominated role in 2009's "An Education" as a middle-class girl who has a romance with a businessman who isn't what he seems, she's been stealing scenes in subsequent films like "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," where she played Gordon Gekko's daughter.
Mulligan got her start in films as Elizabeth Bennet's sister Kitty in 2005's "Pride and Prejudice." The story goes that she told "Downton Abbey" creator Julian Fellowes that she wanted to be an actor when he spoke at her school and he responded with a quip.
"He said, 'Oh, dear, if you do, you should probably marry a banker or a lawyer,'" she recalls. She wrote to Fellowes afterward and was invited to a lunch with other aspiring young actors, which led to his wife, Emma, helping her get an audition for "Pride and Prejudice."
"The Great Gatsby" represents her first attempt at playing such an iconic object of desire.
"I've never played someone who people feel the way that they do about Daisy in the novel, so that was daunting to a degree. Yeah, it was sort of a challenge, in the performance and also physically. To be described as the king's daughter and the golden girl, it sets the bar pretty high."Comment on this story
It also was her first film of such enormous scale. Shooting was done in Sydney, Australia, Luhrmann's home country, mostly on sets that re-created a fantastical world of wealth and privilege.
The astoundingly vast and detailed party scenes took weeks to film, according to Mulligan, who remembers one scene where she and DiCaprio were in the middle of the celebratory mayhem. "The camera was far, far, far away and we were just surrounded by people having the greatest time dancing and I felt like I was in the middle of a 1920s party. I couldn't see the crew and I couldn't see the cameras. It was surreal."


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Class is in session for students in New York; and one after school activity is getting special attention.
Thanks to a new program students as young as 14 can get birth control at 13 city high schools without parental consent. The program is called CATCH or "Connecting Adolescents to Comprehensive Health." It gives students access to oral contraceptives including the controversial morning after pill.
But it's not a free for all. Parents can fill out an opt-out form that will exclude their children from the program. And if they don't; students can visit the school nurse to get all the anti-reproduction materials they need. The city says the program is an attempt to stop the teen pregnancy trend. It says the young mothers tend to drop out of school and the business of taking care of them and their offspring can be expensive for taxpayers.
While some people think it's a crazy way to spend city funds; parents are on board. So far only 1 to 2% of parents have chosen to opt out of the program. Looks like sex ed just got a whole new lesson plan.


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Heavy rain, strong winds and high tides are set to bring more misery on top of the flooding that devastated swathes of the country over the weekend.
The very unsettled weather is forecast to continue for the rest of the week, with a risk of above-average rainfall and flooding. Met Eireann has also put in place a 'status orange' wind warning.
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text: Re: Ovandy Suero having 51 steals — this has to be one of the craziest stats in minor league ball. Seriously. No one else in the florida league has more than 22, as near as I can tell, no one in ANY minor league division has more than 31, except him. Also odd is that while he's hitting /307 with an OBP of .378, he's only slugging .330 (not a misprint), with 5 doubles and no triples/HR among his 65 hits. Those are Vince Coleman-like numbers. But he's 25, so who knows if he'll ever end up in the majors.


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A village's war memorial was re-dedicated on Saturday after residents helped to raise thousands of pounds towards its restoration.
The monument in North Runcton lists the names of 15 servicemen from the parish who were killed while serving in the First World War, along with three others who died during the Second World War.
They were remembered at a special service held in the village's All Saints' Church, which was followed by a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial itself.
The event also marked the end of a 10-month project to restore the memorial to its former glory after it fell into disrepair over many years.
A committee, comprising three members of the local Royal British Legion branch, two representatives of the village's parish council and a member of the All Saints' Parochial Church Council, was set up last November to co-ordinate fundraising.
Altogether, around £5,000 has been spent on the project, with much of the money being raised through a house-to-house collection in the village.
David Skerrett, one of the Legion representatives on the committee, said: "The people were very, very generous."
The project also received a £1,500 grant from a West Norfolk Council fund for community projects marking the centenary of the conflict.
Other donations included £700 from the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church and £500 from Pinguin Foods.
Around 80 people attended Saturday's service, which was led by the village's vicar, the Rev Riaz Mubarak.
Standard bearers representing both the Royal British Legion and the Royal Air Forces Association were also among the congregation, along with West Norfolk's deputy mayor and mayoress, Colin and Julie Manning.


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While Alpine says this is plug and play, you actually have to cut the Perfect Fit harness to install a rear view camera and keep the MFD buttons active on the steering wheel. The included antenna adapter works great on FM, but I get no AM reception.
Pros: Relatively easy install if you don't install a rear view camera.
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visual radio may soon be coming to the united states thanks to a new partnership between hp and infinity broadcasting. visual radio utilizes fm radio signals, but allows fm radio stations to also add interactive information and graphics to their broadcasts when received by mobile phones users. nokia developed the visual radio technology, will provide mobile phones that support the service, and selected hp to sell the visual radio service to broadcasters and mobile operators. the first radio station to begin using the service was in finland, and it started broadcasting in march 2005. the new infinity broadcasting partnership will help to finally bring the visual radio service to the united states. read more from the hp press release.
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|"visual radio"? (1:21pm est tue apr 19 2005)
sounds to me like this thing called "tv" – by psyops1
|convert (2:55pm est tue apr 19 2005)
how do i convert these signals to mpeg-2 so i can pirate them? – by justkidding (kinda)
|ok.. (8:21pm est tue apr 19 2005)
once you add the word "visual" to radio, all you are talkink about is a tv.
visual radio=tv
just like sony=bony
same deal…what a nonsense… – by anti-msft
|to anti-msft (10:31pm est thu jun 30 2005)
visual radio is not tv. it is you that blurs things and comments about things you can't comprehend. you are a prime example of people who can't think and call anything you don't undersand nonsense. – by nokia 7710 rt


text: Seems like an odd choice. He had never acted in any movie other than what he directed himself and he barely spoke English, yet he was Spielberg's first choice to play Claude Lacombe. It just seems odd. Obviously Spielberg had just made Jaws, but he was still relatively unknown at the time. Sure Jaws was a huge hit, but I'm sure many thought he was just a one hit wonder and I know a lot of big name actors turned him down for Close Encounters, so it's just kind of surprising that Truffaut would have given him the time of day since he was and still is thought of as one of the greatest directors of all time and what was so special about Truffaut in Spielberg's eyes that his first choice was a non-English speaking director, who had never acted in any movie that he hadn't also directed?


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Have my gender U/S scheduled!
I made my appt for my anatomy scan and hopefully they will be able to the gender. We were thinking about waiting til the birth but I can't wait! Ack!!!
Dec 14th is the day!!!!! :-) Can hardly wait.
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I can't wait to find out what we're having! I can't believe we're literally just a few weeks away! This is going by so fast!
We will find out December 21st :) I plan to get "it's a boy" or "it's a girl" picture Frames and wrap them up for our family
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woo! I have my next appt dec 7th and I'm hoping they will schedule my ultrasound for soon after that.
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My next appt. is November 7th. Just a regular OB appt. Hoping we can set up my gender scan sometime the week before Christmas.
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We're hoping to do ours around Christmas as well, then have the tech write the gender on a card we can open Christmas morning.
Mine isn't scheduled yet but should fall right around my birthday. What a fun birthday present!
My first appt is Nov 6th I'll be 12w2d, and then my bi-weekly u/s's should start after that so I should be finding out by the week of Nov 19th or Dec 3rd
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Am I the only team green? I'm actually kind of dreading the anatomy scan because I have a huge fear that someone will slip and tell us. It's incredibly important to me NOT to know.
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A school was thrilled to be given more than £1,000 from a village post office.
Ketton Primary School received the cheque on Friday from the Ketton Village Post Office outgoing owner Angie Angus, along with new owner Tim Chapman.
The money was raised from the post office's Christmas raffle.
The funds are set to be put towards the purchase of iPads for the school's technology department and new books.
Headteacher Glenn Fraser said: "It's a very generous donation and we're really really pleased. The children are very excited and have chosen the books they would like.
"We're incredibly grateful not only to the post office but everyone in Ketton who bought tickets for the raffle."


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Les Borjs de la Kasbah has been named among the Top 10 Luxury Hotels in Africa, by TripAdvisor in its 2011 Travellers' Choice survey.
Now in their ninth year, the annual TripAdvisor awards list the world's best hotels which have earned their distinction via the opinions of those who know them best – the customers themselves.
You can see the Top 10 listing here. Les Borjs de la Kasbah is ranked 6th best hotel in Africa and 1st in Morocco. This achievement comes on top of last year's surveys by Expedia and TripAdvisor which also placed BK among the top players in both Africa and Morocco.
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Published December 6, 1994
NHL owners and players "made strides in agreeing on a rookie salary cap and free agency yesterday, but their effort may be in vain because the controversial luxury tax may come into play today," according to Alan Adams of the CANADIAN PRESS. One management source, on the tax: "They'll be seeing it tomorrow." ROOKIE CAP: According to sources, both sides are considering a $1M cap on entry-level salaries, with the cap indexed to the annual rate of salary escalation. The owners reportedly also want to increase the draft age to 20. FREE AGENCY: The owners dropped their franchise player demand, but upped the age of unrestricted free agents from 28 to 30 (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 12/6). On the older free agent provision, Joe Lapointe of the N.Y. TIMES notes that since "few players that age are highly-paid stars, the union is skeptical about the value of this proposal." ARBITRATION: The players "forfeited arbitration rights for entry-level players, and they have agreed that contracts of players who sign as free agents shall not be used for comparison purposes in other arbitrations. But management wants more" (Joe Lapointe, N.Y. TIMES, 12/6). REAX: In Toronto, Dave Fuller calls the owners' proposal a "major break -- although not necessarily a breakthrough" (TORONTO SUN, 12/6). NHLPA Exec Dir Bob Goodenow: "We've been negotiating for weeks as if there is no tax. If there is, it will be very difficult to get an agreement" (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 12/6). NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman: "Saying it's up to them or it's up to us -- that's not constructive. Together, we've got to figure out a way through this" ("SportsCenter," ESPN, 12/5). TEAM GRETZKY: Goodenow denied that Wayne Gretzky's all-star tour of Europe would have any bearing on the negotiations. Several quotes attributed to unnamed NHL sources over the weekend charged that Goodenow had agreed to make no deal until the players return on December 12. Goodenow: "I'd rather not comment on it because it's so baseless." Bettman also denied that the league had tried to stop the tour: "We don't love it, but we didn't do anything to stop it" (Robert Markus, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 12/6). In Toronto, Al Strachan writes that the players on Gretzky's team are "quickly finding out what the NHL knew all along: that Europe is wealthy, hockey hungry and on the verge of a communications explosion. ... The last thing [the owners] wanted was a bunch of high-profile players finding out just how much they're worth" (TORONTO SUN, 12/6).


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According to a guest from NBC who called in to the Stephanie Miller show, this has not been confirmed by that network:
Mayor Richard Daley acknowledged today passengers on a flight from Tokyo had set off radiation detectors at O'Hare International Airport, but he offered no details and said federal officials will be handling the situation.
Right now on the Thom Hartmann Show, his guest Paul Gunter from BeyondNuclear.org and a nuclear reactor specialist, is "not surprised."
As for radiation making its way to the west coast of the United States, he is saying that "it's an increasing concern, especially Unit 3, chock full of plutonium oxide, tons.... at a micron level that could fit through any filtration device... the size of a virus."
Of course, Gunter is unabashedly anti-nuke. In 2008, he won the Jane Bagley Lehman Award from the Tides Foundation for outstanding achievements in "the fight against nuclear power. Good for him.
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So I was playing the $500 at the Brantford, Ontario casino. I had just lost a pot which crippled me to 3 bb. I get J8 in the CO, folds to me - I ship. Nit to my left on the button (who was actually the one who crippled me) looks at his hand, looks to his left and asks "What are you guys doing?". I snap freaked out as he was clearly asking if the blinds would fold so he could call. The dealer doesnt say a thing and the guy is staunchly defending his right to table talk during the hand. I kind of lose my cool and begin berating him and he makes the suggestion to call the floor.
The floor comes over and receives this explanation. Imagine my surprise to hear that he has not actually broken any rule and that it is simply a matter of etiquette. I basically laughed at this joke of a ruling and was then berated by the original table talker. This same guy after all this is still waiting to act on the hand (someone calls clock eventually and he says hes going to wait to the last second just to be a dick) and folds KQ - lol.
My buddy adamo123, who had busted out of the tourney already, sees this ruling and goes off on the poker staff - eventually getting kicked out of the poker room. lol.
The floor comes back and lets the guy know that if he does it again its a 10 min penalty. He ends up busting next, and to his credit, apologizes to the table.
Imagine how juicy the game is where even the card room staff dont know basic rules haha. Dear Brantford casino - get your shit together.
that is absurd, wow
You're right. That is definitely up there with the worst rulings. That wasn't a matter of etiquette. That is a clear cut attempt at collusion on his part.
i guess its all in dealer training,and good dealers i would like too think make more money per hour on top of tips,i know a ton of dealers tht will rectify tht problem real quick and than again i could think of some really passive dealers
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A San Diego company that hoped to raise $35,000 on Kickstarter to develop a small flying robot that can take photos and videos for consumers has far exceeded its goal, collecting almost $335,000 for a gizmo known as Pocket Drone.
AirDroids collected more than $50,000 in funding during its first day on Kickstarter, and could surpass $400,000 by the time its online campaign ends on March 9. The company said it expects to begin delivering the collapsible robots on June 14.
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The award-winning Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi, who has been in jail since March, was released today, according to the Tehran public prosecutor, although the director's wife claimed he was still in detention.
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i just found out my dad has been seeing bugs for a while...i dont know how long and his time perception is all off but he thinks its been a long time. and in the last day or two he is seeing things that aren't there...i thought maybe this was due to lack of sleep because i dont think he sleeps any more than an hour at a time but usually only half an hour and then doesnt sleep again for who knows how long. he gets up countless times to go to the bathroom or move to a different place. he just had back surgery and is still in pain so sitting and laying down are difficult and therefore so is sleeping but it was bad before too i think. i dont live with my parents but i have been at their house for an extended period of time and am really struggling seeing him like this. and after these halluncinations have come up i dont really know how to talk to him. how do i deal with this?
Hi purplemisa, I wanted to tell you welcome to healing well. I hope that you are able to find the kind of answers and support that you are looking for here. Everyone here is so great and this website has been informational for me.
I was wondering if your dad was on any medication? Does he take anything for sleep? I also have the problems that you have described, getting up several times in the night to go to the bathroom, seeing bugs that aren't there. I am not on any parkinson's meds but I do take several medications for Multiple Sclerosis one of which is Zanaflex which is a muscle relaxer at night and ambien which puts me to sleep and should keep me asleep but doesn't. Maybe talk to his doctor and see what the options are. I am also pretty new at this as my symptoms have on been going on since this past August. I live with my mom and stepfather.
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Concerned motorists called in police to assist the birds
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SEATTLE — Wednesday morning, commuters headed for Seattle noticed a goose and her goslings walking across a section of busy highway. Worries about the feathered family's safety caused drivers to alert the police, and state troopers in three cruisers showed up to escort the flock to an off-ramp.
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What's the origin of the expression, "sleep tight"?
Dear Straight Dope:
A Japanese student once asked the meaning of the phrase "sleep tight" (as in "sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite"). I have always been interested in word origins but I have yet to come across this one. I haven't even found anyone who could make a good guess. Can you help solve this riddle?
SDStaff Hawk replies:
There are two possible explanations for this expression. We'll start with the one I personally like, because it's a lot more interesting, and then we'll get to what in all probability is the real one.
Explanation #1. Here in Cajun country where I live, before the days of mattresses, beds were square frames elevated from the ground, with ropes tied across in a sort of weave. It was similar to a hammock in concept. Anyway, in order to sleep well, the "mattress" couldn't sag, so the bed had to be "tight." (And free of bed bugs, but I thought that went without saying.)
For further insight I spoke to Dr. Jerry Lee Cross, a historian with the state of North Carolina. He confirms that the beds were, in fact, made of ropes tied across a frame. He adds that the origin of the phrase "sleep tight" is almost common knowledge among historians, simply because the modern bed is a little over a hundred years old.
But first a little about bedbugs. The 1996 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, under "bedbug," shows a critter not unlike a flea. Known to others as Cimex lectularius, this beast is a blood-sucker (literally). It is further described as nocturnal and capable of consuming its body weight in blood in five minutes. This one meal can provide nourishment for the insect for six months! This flat, oval, wingless bug measures about 0.6 cm long and produces irritating bites but is not known to carry disease. How comforting.
Dr. Cross's wife, Carolyn, adds that she remembers her mother telling her stories about how she slept on such beds. Mrs. Cross recalls how her mother said she had to put the bedposts in small cans (like tuna cans) filled with kerosene, in a sort of moat-like fashion to keep the bedbugs from climbing into the bed (the bugs being wingless and all). Mrs. Cross also says that there were "rules" for sleeping: you couldn't let the sheets hit the floor or have the bed too close to the walls, lest the bedbugs could climb into bed that way.
In Charles Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things (sorry, Cecil), he writes that mattresses were made of organic materials such as "straw, leaves, pine needles, and reeds" and tended to rot, mildew, and harbor rats and mice, who were hunting for bugs! Inorganic materials didn't appear on the scene until about the 1870's or so, when conical springs came into use. Cylindrical springs, which had been attempted earlier, had problems with no support, too much support, as well as spring failure from the poor metallurgical methods of the time. (Personally I say if it doesn't have Magic Fingers, it ain't a bed.)
The point is, when people used to say, "sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite," they weren't trying to be cute. They meant it.
Explanation #2. That last one was a nice story, eh? Unfortunately, the Oxford English Dictionary, which knows a bit about such things, doesn't buy it. Here's what they say: "It seems that tight in this expression is the equivalent of the only surviving use of the adverb tightly meaning 'soundly, properly, well, effectively'."
I think anybody reading that would have to concede: It's boring and unimaginative, and thus probably correct.


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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: lakeland
name : hana katana (flower swordblade)
Family: uncle : zetsu
cousin : the sand siblings and dasume (my friend)
boyfriend: deidara
Pet : tsume (wolf)
Story : abandon at the age of two in the woods with tsume then my uncle zetsu found us when i was seven then i was sent to live with gaara at the age of seven now im 16 and in the akatsuki
|2008-03-31, 17:42
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Age: 22
for your character, its a good start, but yeah, you should expand more. like tell us more about this character.
and for narufan, would I be able to be an admin. I can help out a lot, just tell me you what you need, and i'll try my best.
|2008-03-31, 20:40
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Curse Seal level 7 Ninja
Yo wazup ya'll im back after a very tragic computer crash (we even had a funeral of it) im ready to go with NEW STUFF YEAH.
and also chapter preview if anyone cares
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Name thousand seals
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effect: user unleases 1000 diferent seals on the target but the charka feedback is almost certen death. almost
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|2008-04-01, 04:02
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Defeater of Robot Masters
I have one question... where have all the thread veterans gone?! Kurayami Leader, Quzor, Adedrian242, Zaku, where the hell are you guys?
Anyway, I've gotten around to expanding the character I mentioned back on pg.92. (That line reminds me of, "That's the old man from Scene 24!") That aside, here he is...
Name: Denki Imakase
Age: 17
Village: Kikaigakure
Rank: Genin
Denki is the adopted son of Hideo Imakase, founder of the Imakase Company, taken in by Imakase after his parents died from illness shortly after his birth. While Denki was always aware of his adoption, and while he never really cared, people among the village always considered him to be an outsider, and treated him like an obnoxious child. The only person who really stood up for him was his sister, Shina. As they went through the ninja academy, they practiced jutsu and sparred every day, and became almost inseperable. Though Shina has moved to Negakure to act as a representative of their father's company, Denki keeps in contact with her frequently, and personally tests all of the new equipment designed, hoping that it will, in some small way, help his father and sister.
Denki is a very good natured person, gladly helping anyone who needs help. He works part time in a sushi bar as well and also takes on ninja missions in order to cover his expenses. He hates being a burden to anyone, and is easily insulted and becomes very angry and defensive if anyone finds him annoying or in the way. The only exception to this is with his sister Shina, who he's extremely protective of. He get's incredibly angry when Shina is hurt or insulted. In one instance, he knocked out an instructor with one punch at the ninja academy after the instructor yelled at her for failing a jutsu twice.
Despite his usually sensitive demeanor, on missions he has been known to fight with incredible ferocity, giving no mercy, and asking for none in return. Denki often enjoys skirmishes with enemies, and will often make shallow cuts with his weapons, and pull punches to make the fight last longer. He even willingly takes on large groups of enemies, telling his friends to stay away. His teammates say it's a way of compensating for holding back anger and frustration when not on the job, and often joke that those fights let them enjoy a snack or read a bit of manga while he does all of the work.
Denki's weapons are a spear, Mitsuyari, and a pair of bladed greaves. His list of ninjutsu us limited apart from basic skills and those that aid his spear techniques and taijutsu.
Crimson Spiral - The jutsu begins with Denki impaling an enemy with his spear, just enough that the blades don't pass through the body, and kicks off of the enemy, launching himself at least 10 feet. Once he lands, Denki charges back towards the enemy, jumps, grabs the spear, and spins repeatedly with the spear still in the enemy. As a finisher, Denki places his feet on the blades of the spear, and pogo jump off of the enemy, flips mid-air, and lands back on the now pile of meat with the spear and the blades of the greaves.
Rising Cicada - The move begins with Denki charging towards the enemy, and delivering a solid punch. After the punch, Denki performs a backward flip, slicing the enemy with his bladed greaves, and thrusts with the spear upon landing.
Mitsuyari Recoil - An offshoot of the Puppetry jutsu, Denki connects his arm to Mitsuyari with a tight line of chakra. The line is like elastic, stretching out incredibly far when Denki throws out Mitsuyari, and retracts, pulling the spear back into Denki's hand if it doesn't hit a target.
Triple Delta - Denki begins this jutsu by creating two clones of himself. Denki himself uses a Grand Fireball jutsu to cover the spearhead in flames. One clone does the same with lightning jutsu, and the other does this with water jutsu. All three encircle an enemy, running at a speed high enough that the enemy usually can't tell which one is clone and which is Denki, and then all three impale the enemy at once, each impact intensified with a huge blast of fire, water, and lightning, making the attack dangerous to even the most talented of elemental jutsu users.
There you have it, yet another one from Dan the Man. Hopefully this'll help bring back some of the old regulars...
|2008-04-01, 13:54
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Curse Seal level 7 Ninja
|2008-04-01, 15:16
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Defeater of Robot Masters
|2008-04-01, 18:28
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Curse Seal level 7 Ninja
|2008-04-02, 11:00
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Ha ha ha ha ha...
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Right behind you.
Age: 29
|2008-04-02, 22:42
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Defeater of Robot Masters
|2008-04-02, 23:52
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Domo Ori Gato Mr. Roboto
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Village Hidden in the Leaves
Age: 24
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Sorry I've been lagging on the character creation and fanfic writing, been suffering from a creation coma. Don't think I just ditched you guys and moved on, just seemed everyone was taking a vacation so I did something else until eveyone got back.
|2008-04-03, 07:37
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Domo Ori Gato Mr. Roboto
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Village Hidden in the Leaves
Age: 24
|2008-04-03, 21:18
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Momento Mori
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Central Illinois
Age: 21
Hey guys... I don't have any new characters or anything like that done yet... Sorry I have been absent for quite awhile, I've been studying like heck,and I also have been working on my story for I don't know how long...(the story will never be put up on the internet usless I have a sudden change of heart)
Dtm: Love the character! He is really interesting!
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Tim Leiweke had seen enough.
Earlier in the season, Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment's green president had been hopeful that the crown jewel of his new empire, the Toronto Maple Leafs, was turning a corner, building on a rare playoff appearance a year ago and aiming higher.
He talked a tough game, whenever possible, about supporting the group currently in charge, as one would expect after giving general manager Dave Nonis an inexplicable five-year extension last summer.
But Leiweke had his doubts, and they crystalized quickly when the Leafs embarrassingly plummeted in the standings the last four weeks.
He knew he had a problem on his hands, potentially a big one, and his answer was Brendan Shanahan.
Whether it will work depends on what comes next.
A Hall of Famer with a sparkling, lengthy resume on the ice, Shanahan is expected to be named president of the Leafs as soon as Monday, with the only hurdle remaining getting a contract done with Leiweke, which is expected to be a mere formality in the coming days.
Shanahan had been courted by multiple NHL teams in the past year – including the Calgary Flames last June – and talk in league circles was, after three tough-but-productive years, he had wanted out of the difficult disciplinarian job before next season.
Coming home to Toronto, where he grew up in the small community of Mimico, was too good of an opportunity to pass up, especially considering he will be given the final say in all high-level hockey decisions made in the richest organization in the league.
Where Shanahan's hiring leaves the Leafs current front office, led by Nonis, is unclear, but it's expected major changes are coming to the management group underneath the newly created position.
Nonis received a big vote of confidence from Leiweke last July, with the extension coming mere months after being named GM and seemingly tied to the franchise's first playoff berth in nine years. But after a tumultuous season that's featured both a three-wins-in-15 games nose dive – including Thursday's 4-2 loss to the Florida Panthers in Sunrise – and a brutal first year from $37-million free agent David Clarkson, he is on a shorter leash than ever.
Shanahan's hiring follows the recent trend of NHL teams putting former stars into the front office, although unlike Joe Sakic in Colorado, and much like Steve Yzerman in Tampa, he has no real ties to the Leafs organization.
What Shanahan, 45, did have is a remarkable 21-year and 1,500-plus game career that included three Stanley Cups and multiple appearances with Team Canada. He's widely respected, has a reputation as a hard worker and played under some brilliant executives, including Lou Lamoriello in New Jersey and Ken Holland in Detroit.
The x-factor is the fact he doesn't have any management experience since leaving the ice in 2009, making him an unknown commodity on the team-building side.
What he walks into in Toronto is a bit of a mess. While Leiweke has quickly instituted an impressive culture change with MLSE's two other teams – the Toronto Raptors and Toronto FC – since being hired last June, the Leafs are a whole different story, with a much longer record of futility and road to being a contender.
Not to mention attempting to do it in a fishbowl unlike any other in the game.
It's the type of challenge that would be a difficult situation for any executive to handle, let alone a first timer, and opinions around the NHL are currently split on how fitting a candidate Shanahan is for the job.
In a best-case scenario, Shanahan will follow the lead of a former Red Wings teammate. Yzerman had the added benefit of apprenticing in the Detroit organization for four years before going to Tampa, but what he did well was make great hires – such as assistant GM Julien BriseBois and coach of the year candidate Jon Cooper – to support his decisions and embrace new ways of doing things.
It hasn't been a perfect rise, but Yzerman's shown potential to become something special.
The Leafs also have to hope the competitiveness Shanahan brought as a player and the work ethic and ingenuity he had as a league executive translates into his new role, as blue and white disease is still rampant in the Air Canada Centre hallways and needs to be wiped out in order for the franchise to make real progress.
At this point, any change is welcome. More than anything, what the Leafs' ugly finish to the season highlighted was the desperate need for a shakeup, one that rids the organization of so many holdovers from the unsuccessful-yet-entitled Brian Burke era and ends the notion such prolonged mediocrity is even remotely acceptable.
It now falls to Shanahan to create the kind of quick culture change Yzerman did when he took over a badly damaged organization four years ago in Tampa, and he will have endless resources at his disposal to do so.
Only with the Leafs, the task will be far tougher and the potential pitfalls more numerous.
It'll be out of one snake pit and into another, too, and the Mimico lads haven't fared too well with the homecomings of late.