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I love Texas in the springtime. There is something electric in the air here at this time of year, sometimes literally. But it isn't only the weather that becomes more volatile and unpredictable, and yes even exciting in springtime.
It is during the spring and summer months that we most enjoy jumping into the car for a drive, especially if we can take that drive in a shiny new truck or sports car. Sometimes, though, we get carried away. We drive aggressively and recklessly. That is apparently what happened with three of our neighbors last week on University Avenue who got so carried away that they forgot how dangerous it is to throw caution to the wind in pursuit of that rush of adrenalin that comes with fast cars and risky behavior.
Today, one of those drivers is in the hospital and another is dead, leaving three children and a host of family members to grieve a senseless loss.
Folks, springtime is also graduation time, and a good number of us are able to give our kids anything they want to celebrate the event. But before you hand over the keys to that gorgeous sports car or racy new truck that any teen-ager would die for, drive past 40th and University, keeping in mind that most high school graduates have about two years' driving experience and absolutely no sense of their own mortality: Is it really worth dying for?
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Golden Tulip Salvador is on top of a hill in Rio Vermellho, a Salvador neighborhood where narrow, winding streets are lined with hotels and nightclubs. Jardim Zoologico, Salvador's zoo, houses tropical species less than 2 miles (3 kilometers) away. Shopping Barra, the city's popular U.S.-style shopping center, is 3.25 miles (5.25 kilometers) west. The beaches by this hotel are scenic but rocky. If you want to swim or surf, Barra Beach, one of the most popular beaches in Salvador, is 4 miles (6.5 kilometers) away. Valet parking is available, and public buses to the airport and most neighborhoods in the city stop at the bottom of the hotel's hill.
The hilltop outdoor pool overlooks the Atlantic Ocean, just a 5-minute walk away, and you can snag a caipirinha at the poolside bar. Spend an afternoon playing tennis, visiting the fitness center, or relaxing in the sauna. The hotel restaurant, Pier 505, serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, offering a menu of Bahian and international food, and room service is available 24 hours a day. Need to get a little work done? There is a 24-hour business center, 7 meeting/conference rooms, a ballroom, and complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. Handicapped parking is available.
Your guestroom offers a bed with cool cotton sheets and a balcony, some with views to the ocean. TVs come with cable channels and there is complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. You'll find a hair dryer and a shower in the bathroom, and the guestroom also offers a minibar and an in-room safe. Rollaway beds are available. The hotel offer accessible rooms with roll-in showers.


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THE Chairman of the Parades Commission, Mr Peter Osbourne, has said the handling of the contentious parade in Crumlin on the Twelfth this year could serve as "an example to us all."
"There has been much comment about this year's Twelfth parades in Crumlin village – much of it inaccurate, some of it correct, and some so irresponsible that it contributed to increased tensions," said Mr Osbourne. "Despite that, events in Crumlin proved that with sufficient motivation and leadership, it is possible to demonstrate respect and tolerance, and have a peaceful parade in a sensitive location. We should all celebrate that achievement.
"Before the demonstration in Crumlin, some argued that the Commission's decision to facilitate the full parade through the village in the morning and just the local District in the evening was 'dreadful', and would result in another Drumcree-style stand-off.
"Some residents felt that the decision proved that the Commission was too "pro-parading", and that allowing the full parade in the morning would lead to a major community relations breakdown and the potential for violence.
"At the other end of the spectrum, some speaking on behalf of those parading felt that the restrictions were so severe that it was evidence of the Commission's 'bias' against parades. As they say, it's not possible to please all of the people all of the time."
Mr Osbourne continued: "The Commission believes – and vindicated by events on the day - that its decision demonstrated a reasoned and fair approach which provided the basis for a way forward for the parade, the village and, potentially, other sensitive areas.
"The most heartening aspect of the Crumlin parade was the genuine civic leadership delivered by those involved at grassroots level. Discussions involving the police, Orange Order and residents went on into the night, leading to an acceptance that the Commission's decision was a win-win for all and an agreement about flags and banners in the village. It demonstrated to me, that in this regard, those in a leadership role locally were ahead of some of their elected representatives.
"I was at Crumlin on the Twelfth," he continued. "The parade went well, the demonstration at the Field went well and the return parade was a positive outcome which everyone should be pleased with. The little tension I did witness involved a handful of young people following the parade who had clearly had too much to drink, but that is not an issue confined solely to Crumlin.
"Residents and the Orange Order should be applauded for engaging with each other and ensuring that the Twelfth in Crumlin was celebrated with mutual respect and tolerance. The Parades Commission determination – balanced and fair as it was – helped facilitate that outcome. In contrast, those who ratcheted up tension in the days before with intemperate comments contributed nothing to what was a peaceful day. Given the positive example set by Crumlin, are there lessons which could be applied to other areas such as Ardoyne? I believe there are four principles we can all learn from.
"First, local parading and residents representatives demonstrated courage and genuine civic leadership, putting into practical effect their motivation to manage and resolve the issues surrounding a large Orange parade through a sensitive area.
"Secondly, the Parade Commission's determination – like other determinations elsewhere – was fair and balanced, providing a framework for local agreement.
"Third, those commenting in public need to recognise that what they say and the manner in which they say it can be unhelpful, increase tensions and impede local agreement. There is also a need for locally elected representatives to engage with the process at an early stage rather than leave their contribution to the discussion to the days running up to a parade.
"Finally, Crumlin has demonstrated that Northern Ireland can take a mature approach to cultural diversity. It is possible to enjoy traditional parades and commemorations while balancing the rights of others from different backgrounds to enjoy their family life. When consideration and tolerance are shown, the entire community benefits," he added.
"Parading and community leaders in Crumlin should be commended for their foresight and moderation. They have raised the bar for the rest of society and demonstrated that people of goodwill can solve apparently insurmountable problems and balance competing rights," concluded Mr Osbourne.


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Robert Ramirez, a successful artist and a family man, wants the same thing other business owners in the Bishop Arts District in North Oak Cliff already have: a chance to open a full-service restaurant and capture the dollars of local residents, who clamor for more dining options in the burgeoning business district.
But Ramirez has run into a problem. His name is David Spence, Mayor Laura Miller's appointee to the city's plan and zoning commission, who has led a campaign to block Ramirez's efforts to open his Twilight Restaurant and Club.
As a neighboring property owner, Spence has every right to express his opinion about the proposed business as a private citizen, but Ramirez says Spence's efforts have now crossed the lines of proper conduct for a city official.
On June 6, Ramirez filed a complaint with the city's Ethics Advisory Commission that accuses Spence of using his political position improperly to obtain confidential information about the proposed business and, later, using his political clout to "intimidate" Ramirez in order to advance Spence's personal financial interests in the area. In addition, Ramirez says, Spence resorted to "blackmail" when he accused Ramirez of violating various building codes and, later, intimated that complaints to city inspectors would stop if Ramirez withdrew his application for a late-night alcohol permit.
Last month, Ramirez agreed to withdraw the application, believing the gesture would resolve the dispute, but Spence's attempts to uncover and report various code violations continued.
On the same day Ramirez filed the complaint, his landlord, Amanda Moreno, called for Spence's resignation from the plan commission. Moreno claims Spence's activities are the result of her and her husband's decision to reject Spence's earlier offer to purchase the building.
"He is trying to destroy us and sabotage everything we're trying to do," Moreno says. "He's out of line, and we want his resignation."
Spence, who concedes that he inappropriately included his political title on a questionnaire he distributed to Ramirez and his neighbors, says he will not resign. He also says the allegations that his opposition to Ramirez's restaurant is motivated by spite are "preposterous."
"My worst offense was naïveté and, as a plan commissioner, possibly inexperience," says Spence, who confirms that he unsuccessfully attempted to purchase Moreno's building.
Miller, the architect of the city's ethics code, has received numerous documents relating to the dispute but has not publicly commented on the matter.
Councilman Mark Housewright, who inherited Spence after Miller was elected mayor and he took her place on the city council, says he will not ask Spence to resign. Instead, Housewright says, he will allow the ethics commission to investigate the complaint. But Housewright agrees that some of Spence's behavior has been inappropriate--particularly his decision to use his political title as part of his involvement in the dispute, which does not involve any matters before the plan commission.
"There was no doubt [Spence] made a mistake or two," Housewright says. "Whether they were violations of the ethics package, I'm not going to speculate on that."
On a recent Thursday afternoon, Robert Ramirez stands inside the future home of Twilight, located inside an old auto parts store on Davis Street that sat vacant for years until he leased it from Moreno. The place is just the type of eyesore that local residents say has hampered the neighborhood's renaissance, and Ramirez's planned renovation appears to be an ideal fit for the Bishop Arts District, a diverse collection of homespun restaurants and retail stores.
The menu will offer a selection of soups, salads and sandwiches that is mindful of vegetarians. The limited bar will emphasize imported beers and high-end wines. Ramirez says the place will be an artists' showcase, featuring the creations of artists who work and live at Tobeto, a commercial art studio Ramirez operates near the Dallas Zoo.
"I don't want to have a bar atmosphere," says Ramirez, who will run the place with his girlfriend, Misty. When it's finished, Ramirez says, he'll have invested about $30,000--his life's savings plus business loans. "I feel like there's a heavy burden on me. Yeah, there are problems that come from serving alcohol. There are responsibilities that come with it. I don't want to let anybody down."
As a city plan commissioner, Spence has no jurisdiction over Ramirez's proposed business; the restaurant is not located in Spence's district, and it does not require any zoning changes that would fall under the commission's jurisdiction. In fact, Spence's only interests in the neighborhood are personal; he recently renovated a nearby apartment building and has made numerous unsuccessful attempts to buy other buildings in the Bishop Arts District.
Still, Spence has used his position as a plan commissioner to, in his word, "elevate" the debate among neighboring residents and business owners, whom he claims opposed Ramirez's initial application to obtain a late-night alcohol permit from the Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission (TABC).
On April 18, shortly after Ramirez filed his application, Spence called the TABC's Dallas office and, after identifying himself as a city plan commissioner, requested a copy of Ramirez's application, information that is not subject to public disclosure laws but can be released privately to other government agencies, according to Lou Bright, the TABC's general counsel, who recently wrote a letter explaining why the information was released.
"[B]ecause Mr. Spence was associated with the City of Dallas Planning Commission," Bright wrote, "the information responsive to his request was released to him."
Spence, who has never met Ramirez, says he suspects Ramirez is using the restaurant as a guise to open a bar that will only attract drunks to the neighborhood. "We don't want this one to slip through like Billares de Mexico," Spence says, referring to a nearby pool hall that obtained the same type of state permits Ramirez is requesting.
Spence's suspicions came through on a set of questions he distributed to Ramirez's lawyer and his future neighbors shortly after Spence contacted the TABC. The document, which states that it was "Drafted by David Spence, District 3 Plan Commissioner," asks who Ramirez's clientele is, who his chef is, what his construction budget is, whether he will display beer signs on the property and whether his landlord has any "equity or lender interest."
For weeks now, Ramirez says, he has confronted neighborhood rumors that Moreno or some other purportedly shady partner secretly owns the restaurant. "It is my project, and still nobody wants to believe it," Ramirez says.
Spence suggests there are problems with Moreno's "perception" in the neighborhood, but he declined to be specific. Spence, a lawyer, also confirms that he "mentioned" that he was a plan commissioner when he called the TABC, but says he was unaware of any state laws that prohibited him from obtaining Ramirez's application. The document's release, Spence says, was a mistake on the TABC's part.
In hindsight, Spence says, he shouldn't have included his political title on the questionnaire he distributed, but says he was only trying to help Ramirez prepare for a breakfast meeting he unsuccessfully tried to set up with some neighbors.
"I put that on there in order to elevate the situation or to give the questions an impartial meaning," Spence says. "Would I do that again? No. But I did it."
Last month, Ramirez says, he showed up at a meeting with Housewright and Councilwoman Elba Garcia, who represents the Bishop Arts District, and discussed withdrawing his application for a late-night permit. Although he later agreed to seek a stepped-down liquor permit, he says he refused to agree in writing that he would never seek a late-night permit.
Because the neighborhood's other full-service restaurants typically close at 10 p.m., Ramirez believes there is a demand for a late-night restaurant. But Ramirez says he was willing to compromise on the restaurant's hours until after he established his reputation in the neighborhood. More important, he says, he understood that the compromise would resolve the dispute. Housewright confirms that the late-night permit was the central issue.
"That was the whole motivation of that meeting," Housewright says, adding that after it was over, "I thought we had everything settled and everybody was happy with each other."
Everyone except Spence. He continued to call city building inspectors to complain about various city code violations he claims he found when he personally inspected the restaurant's exterior. Spence says he did that because he discovered that it is nearly impossible to convince the TABC to revoke a liquor license once one is issued. So his only option, he says, was to "defeat the application" altogether, and the only way he could do that was by showing that Ramirez is not up to city codes and enlisting the city's help in protesting the application to the TABC.
Ramirez, who provided copies of various city permits that he has obtained, says he has made many changes, including three alterations to his parking lot, in response to Spence's complaints and says he is willing to make any other changes necessary to ensure that the restaurant meets all city codes. In the meantime, he says, "enough is enough."
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"He [Spence] is undermining every move I make," Ramirez says. "The concern was the after-hours permit, and we've given that up, but the problem still persists."
Since she formally asked that Spence resign, Moreno says, Miller has not adequately responded to her numerous requests to discuss the matter. (Miller left a brief message on Moreno's voice mail June 11 before flying to Washington. The mayor left a similarly belated message with the Dallas Observer on the same morning.)
Given the extent to which Miller has portrayed herself as a champion of ethics, Moreno says, it is now time for the mayor to live up to her pledges.
"She needs to lay down the law and make sure everybody is measured the same," Moreno says. "Let's just see if the mayor is going to do what she has been preaching all this time."


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A rider - and passenger - cling on gamely as their sidecar sails through a bend. Alongside, a lone motorcyclist appears to be cutting across their bows.
It's not a real race but the latest incarnation of the 2011 T.T. Badge, released by the Auto-Cycle Union Benevolent Fund. Priced at £3 each, the badges help raise vital cash for the charity, boosting funds from the sale of the charity's fine Mike Hailwood prints. This year's badge is even more special than usual; it celebrates 100 years of the races on the Isle of Man mountain course.
Enthusiasts - or the plain benevolent - can purchase badges by calling the ACU on 01788 566400. Alternatively, a cheque for £3, which includes postage, can be sent to The Auto-Cycle Union Benevolent Fund, ACU House, Wood Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 2YX.
The registered charity gives assistance to past and present members of the ACU, and their families, who are suffering hardship following accident or illness.
One of the most common areas in which the fund assists is in the initial period when help is needed following an incident, prior to any state benefit becoming available. In serious cases, Fund support can continue for many months and the trustees pledge to give sympathetic consideration to all requests for help from members.
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Just finished reading the review of the long out of production , basically unavailabe, except as an old, probably inoperable due to the foam rot issue that hit all 30+ year old drivers from that era. At the time the mfgs thought foam surround was better than the good ole' RUBBER, that still works on 40 year old Marshall speaker cabinets.!!! In a different thread JA makes mention of the valuable page space in a monthly magazine. Why the heck is it wasted on an obsolete, not produced, un available speaker no one will want , need or purchase. And the company is long out of business as it was known then. Sometimes the hypocricy is incredible. How bout' a write up on an Eddison wax cylinder? One minute you guys are all for state of the art, over the top nonsense, then you waste "valuable" page space on non available basically junk. the term "vintage" is political speaker for old junk. I had my experiences with large advernt in the late 70's mid 80's, the double Advent system (4) w/2 AR2ax, 2 Dynaco A-25 topped with pr of MicroAcoustics tweeters. at the time this stuff was main stream, hi fi, I drove them with the Dyna ST-400, yup, in a series parallel hookup, they put out some incredible sound for the time....guess what, by todays standards in driver improvemnts, materials technology, they where LOUSY. Why go backwards re-reviewing obsolete junk. If as you say, this is valuable magazine page space. Hmmm, looks like filler to me. Actually about as useless as the modern $90,000 turntable. Hmmm, StereoPhile confuses me, making me thinks there ain't much practical value, but "for entertainment" only, it's teh whoopie cushion of print medium. Makes me laugh like an un controlled fart. Keep up the stink fest
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In a different thread JA makes mention of the valuable page space in a monthly magazine. Why the heck is it wasted on an obsolete, not produced, un available speaker no one will want , need or purchase.
Because a) this series of reviews of classic components has proved to be very popular with readers, b) because this was a speaker designed by the late Henry Kloss with the help of Andy Kotsatos, who went on to found Boston Acoustics, and c) because I feel it very illuminating to subject a vintage piece of gear to a full, contemporary Stereophile review.
Please note that even if many readers do appreciate a review such as this, DUP, you are not compelled to read it :-)
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You know many of us truly enjoy these trips down memory lane. As one who owned a Fisher 500, small Advents, Dynaco A-25 and the like, it is not a bad thing to know were we've been. Are we having fun, yet?
That is what this hobby is supposed to be about and these reviews are part of a magazine that provides "entertainment". At least for most of us.
I thought this current issue was great. I would as I am really, really old and terribly stupid. I can't wait to find out who 2nds the motion. I think I have a couple of good guesses already.
Maybe there is some interest in vintage gear and the designs as to why Klipsch is bringing back the Classic line of horn speakers. Maybe the original good or great design using updated drivers might be marketable? UMMMM. I guarantee you that if AR resurrected the AR 3A and the AR2AX with current dirvers many pairs would be sold.
Whoops, it's almost 8:30pm. Time to go to bed. Where is my Geritol?
I've already expressed my appreciation for the coverage of vintage gear and of the Smaller Advent in particular, but I hasten to echo Jim's feelings . Having spent more than forty years pursuing this hobby I take pleasure in learning how others reacted when they walked some of the same paths I did. The Smaller Advent review included a reference to another piece of gear I owned and loved way back when, the Sherwood receiver. I recalled how secure I felt with the Sherwood and a Shure V15 both being manufactured within a few miles of my home. Never turned out to be very important - neither caused any problems, and both were appreciated by the "newbies" I gave them to when I thought I could afford to move up.
I suspect that vintage reviews are of relatively little interest to the thirty year olds in our contingent, but they take up relatively few of the content pages and, for all I know some of the young guys with Tivoli radios might enjoy knowing a little more about Henry Kloss and other notables of that period.
Thanks very much, JA etal., for this vintage series.
I just picked up a KLH Model 8 table radio (another of Henry Kloss' famous designs) and a single KLH Model 24 speaker since the original speaker was no longer with the radio. I find that these pieces of obsolete junk sound so good that I won't trouble myself with one of those dreaded modern "hi fi mini systems" for my office....
I thought JA's discussion of his measurements of the Viennas were particularly useful in understanding what they suggest. The same could be said for the Dynaudios.
I really liked this issue because I am somewhat familiar with Dynaudio speakers and can relate to both Wes' listening observations and John's measurements.
I think it worth noting that the least expensive speaker reviewed this month (Dynaudio Focus) measured up to their specifications, while a couple of the more expensive models failed to meet their claimed specifications, in one instance, by a significant amount. I'm beginning to wonder if some manufacturers are stating sensitivity as a "typical room sensitivity" or if they were measured in a brick room to begin with.
Cheapskate is right on. I think back from 1945 to the 70's and how much was accomplished it is remarkable. It was a frontier to behold and we thank the folks who worked at the likes of AR, Advent, KLH, Citation, Fisher, and many others who are the stepping stones to a great hobby allowing us to hear great performances in our homes. I hope I always see the glass way more than half-full.
I can only dream of the enjoyment the Stereophile writers enjoy from their audio systems, but I am still having a great time. Appreciating what you have is very important in life. At least that is what I keep telling my wife. LOL
I know the future will be troublesome with format wars and software problems and the agonizing problems of trying to get the most out of are systems. I do know that I would bet Cheapskate is really enjoying his new SACD player. He still loves vinyl like me, but the future is pretty amazing. Digital can be very, very good.
Don, another gentleman I have meet here and shared emails with, is now really enjoying his first real time with tube audio and is having great fun. That is enjoyable to me.
Tivoli, is the current incarnation. Kloss also did Cambridge Audio, why ain't that special? He did the KLH 9 Wasn't that the super electrostatic ones? was also with him. Let's see some reviews of "vintage" HAFLERS DH500 DH110 pre, P500, P505. Pro 5000, so many models, from Dave Hafler, one of audios finast brains.
I'm not a newbie 30 something, and still don't care about obsolete, 30 year old stuff. Especially loudspeakers. They are so outdated by todays' improvements in materials used for modern drivers. My favorite HAFLER, is also obsolete ckts, that's why they get REBUILT into modern 21st century audio wonders, from AVA. New driver boards, new MOSFETS. Keep teh fan, heatsink, AC line transformer. Even the input jacks are replaced. The savings is in the reuse of the chassis, and other peripherals. Cus' the basic brilliant Hafler DH500 P500 designs can live on well past 30 years from their inception, brilliant designs. Relaible, simple, musical, sonic bliss once they are rebuilt by VanAlstine, will probably smoke any $10,000 amp you could compare it to. What about a $75,000 overpriced unit? I think StereoPhile should compare, if they want to do a service to their readers.
DUP - If I thought I could bear to spend more than a few minutes with you, I'd ask for an invite to your place to hear this magical system of yours, since you appear to be just across the water...
Just to let you know, DUP, I have no idea what you might have said in response to my post on the subject of the Smaller Advents nor do I care. Your arrogance wore out my patience a long time ago. Ignoring all your posts works fine for me. Why don't you start ignoring the stuff I post here?
DUP - If I thought I could bear to spend more than a few minutes with you, I'd ask for an invite to your place to hear this magical system of yours, since you appear to be just across the water...
I'd be up for a road trip, Jeff. I, too, would like to hear DUP's system and also to measure the Whispers in a room other than our reviewer's. DUP?
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Editor, Stereophile
New floor is going in today matter o' factly. But you guys tell me I listen too loud, and my music is no good. Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Gary Moore, Albert King (Sessions w/SRV SACD is INCREDIBLE!!! Albert Collins, lotsa stuff from Alligator Records...it's basicly the roots of all rock and roll. Jeeez, even Led Zeppelin was a blues band, turned up and faster. 4200W of VanAlstine power might be too much for ya's to handle. 110dB or so. My friend musican avgs about 106dB with peaks up to 116dB. Guess that is what LIVE music is all about. Come in June, B. Dudleston is supposed to be in town at the local new distributor for Legacy Audio, meet the master himself!!!! The local distributor is setting it up now for around June. John A. give Bill D. a call and confirm it. They have gone back to direct sales with a few special distributors. Allen Organ sold it all back to Bill...or Bill bought it all back. So it's all back in Ill.
John, I'm "up for DUP", if you are... but, his reply didn't exactly sound like an invite...
DUP? What do you say?
I told JA in a private letter. Why not? Do I need to run a background, security check on ya?
New floor is going in today matter o' factly. But you guys tell me I listen too loud, and my music is no good.
I haven't said anything about your listening levels, DUP, and I certainly share some of your tastes in music. But I would like to take a listen to your AVA-driven Legacy Whispers. What do you say? I'll bring the beer.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
Surely, I'll even let ya play some classical if ya want at what ever levels ya like. Let's do it.
I told JA in a private letter. Why not? Do I need to run a background, security check on ya?
I'll leave it to John to work out the details. My schedule is relatively flexible.
Surely, I'll even let ya play some classical if ya want at what ever levels ya like. Let's do it.
FINALLY: This is getting interesting. Enough words; some action, some music! If you'd like a moderator in house, DUP, I'm there.
Moderator, or referee!!! HA! ...Let's give it a whirl. Cool
I sense one of those special moments in the history of Stereophile developing here.
I do hope you will demonstrate the inaudible differences in cable while you are at it.
If I try to become even more insufferable, can we have a keg party at my house next? Sorry, I couldn't resist that one.
This is worth taking Dup off ignore.
Careful, guys. This "new floor" may be faux, covering a pit full of unfed 'gators and retractable at the flick of a Van Alstine power switch. DUP, you won't need a referee -- John, Steve, and Jeff are nothing if not fair. I am sure they will hear both positives and negatives (relative to the best that's out there) in your system. My scepticism lies in its ability to live up to the hyperbolic bullsquat you've been shoveling at us these past months, as a be-all, end-all rig, capable of putting to rout all the fine gear you have been ridiculing. We'll see. I'll believe this when I read the minutes of the session...but, 'till then, I'm keeping an open mind. Cheers, all -- Clifton
It's all real baby. Just got done cranking some Stevie Ray Vaughan/Albert King Sessions SACD.....Albert Lives/stevie Lives. And that was original recording back in the 80's!!!!!! analog Masters? One of the better discs, a favorite indeed..makes these (4)VanAlstine 4,200Watts, (2)Ultra Hybrid phase Inverters, (1)Ultra EC Hybrid pre amp move the house. Through non audiophile pieces of wire of course. Rember teh double Advent system? 4 large advents(I had that setup years and years ago) What would a double Whisper system do? I heard stories of some people doing just that!!! I don't think my house or the 3 on either side COMBINED are big enough for that!!!!
I sold a bunch of the Advents back in the 70s.As I recall we used a comparison circuit with volume compensation called the "Lie Dectector" It was made or at least supplied by Advent.Even though we did not sell them we always had a pair of the 3 times more expensive JBL Studio 100s(as I recall)on display. If you balanced the levels and compared the larger (or the smaller) Advent to the JBL,it would be possible to have the Advent producing nice deep bass(Pink Floyd Heartbeat or a Saint-Saens Organ Symphony) and switching to the JBL produced no sound what so ever! Easy way to sell the Advents?
A balanced comparison between the Larger and Smaller would produce almost identical sound. Of course the Smaller would not play as loud
On another note: I thought Andy Petite(now Kotsakos) designed the later designs like the New Advent Larger in the late seventys along with the Powered Advents(killer sound,but unreliable) an internally amplified bi-amped version of the new Advents? I recall him coming on the scene later than the original Smaller? Could be wrong though. I still like Andy's current Boston line. It is our best selling line of speakers!
Hasn't Boston Acoustics now joined (been bought) by D&M Holdings? Marantz,McIntosh,Dennon,now also Boston Acoustics. D7M was formed when Philips sold off Marantz, a few years ago,. Philips owns like 15% of D&M Holdings...is D&M going the way of Harman International...Harman owns all kinds of pro top end stuff now, even AKG
(which was also a Philips own company) Now even Sennheiser is buying up brands, HHB, etc...audio business is super competitve, the strong and the great shall survive. did I mention vanalstine has been around almost 40 years now, independant, under his own name, while many many bigger firms have come and gone, or been brought into a group of companies. Where oh where is Carver, oh, that used to be Phase Linear, pooof, then Carver, pooof, then sunfire, (which has been bought by a firm called Linear?) so much for BOB being there with his soul and mind as they like to proclaim, there really is a BOB, not a nameless corp..oh really, lets try and get ahold of BOB ...the ads oare stupid...Harman which is a multi Billion audio company with all teh great brands they own, actually has Harman family in the operation, teh daughter and teh father...Harman from the team of Harman Kardon, who where there in teh begining of hi fidelity!!! Still doing it so many years later, that's greata. even many mags have folded, StereoPhile is still going.
It came to mind that when comparing products like the Advent from 30 years ago,you have to factor in low cost overseas manufacturing into the picture.The inflation corrected labor to manufacture the tweeter,woofer etc.would be significantly higher when the Advents were assembled.I am guessing .50 cents(Chinese Labor) an hour now corrected to 1973? .05 cent??per hour. I would guess the manufacturing labor for the Advent components to be more like 2 ro 3 bucks an hour.Minimum wage was something like $2.
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At first glance, the ongoing roadwork might seem to justify fears that arose during the height of Augusta National Golf Club's land grab.
Homeowners west of the club, pondering whether to sell to the National or to various speculators, whispered rumors that when the club owns all the property fronting it along Berckmans Road that part of the road would be shut down and rerouted and that any holdouts in the path of the new Berckmans Road would lose their property to eminent domain.
"If the county can do it, and the Augusta National wants to, it's going to happen," said William Garner, who still lives on Heath Drive.
Now roads are disappearing, like so many houses bought by the National. Construction crews working for the club have turned the northern section of Heath Drive into dirt. McCarthy Drive is closed. So is Hillside Lane, even though a private residence is still there.
But the National says none of these streets is being erased.
Spokesman Glenn Greenspan said in an e-mail that all three will be reconstructed after the club finishes work on its 70-acre grassy parking lot this summer. According to plans on file with the city's Planning & Zoning Department, Heath Drive is being shifted southward to line up with Gate 6, allowing easy access for vehicles and pedestrians between the parking lot and the golf course.
The club also asked the city to abandon its McCarthy Drive right of way. The request has been approved by the fire, engineering and traffic engineering departments and is awaiting approval by utilities, according to city documents.
As for Hillside Lane, resident William Hatcher and Zoning and Development Administrator Bob Austin said a contractor for Augusta National mistakenly tore up part of the street, so the club must replace it.
Mr. Hatcher complained that a shorter road would have cars turning around in his driveway and yard.
Mr. Greenspan, however, said the club planned all along to reconstruct Hillside Lane, and that had nothing to do with a complaint.
Asked about Berckmans, the spokesman e-mailed a statement saying, "Any change to Berckmans Road would be a decision made by the City of Augusta."
Rerouting Berckmans would make sense, Planning Commission Executive Director George Patty said, but if it ever happens, "it may be after I'm gone and after you're gone."
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The melodic line is very reminiscent of that of the Hölty setting Winterlied17 from 1816, a melodic idea summoned up by Schubert less because of the weather conditions at the funeral than by the coldness of death and the grave where nothing grows - 'Keine Blumen blühn'. The solemnity and pain of the famous last setting of Mignon's Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt also comes to mind. Underneath 'bleich und stumm' we have the same two quavers followed by a rest to describe paleness and silence as were used in Erlafsee to illustrate the still depths of the lake. Father and son stand at the graveside united in their grief by parallel sixths. A note of resentment against fate is heard at the recitative-like outburst of 'Schnell, schnell mit ihr verschwand'. The transformation into B major just before the angel's call is a typically Schubertian touch perhaps, but even by his own exalted standards, the little consolatory postlude, so simple yet so expressive, is ravishingly beautiful.
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Album Rating: 1.5Really good! I like your writing style...it keeps me interested from start to finish.
Album still blows, though.
You write very well. I will vote.
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Album Rating: 3.5I can transform ya
Album Rating: 3.5A nice review indeed! Just two facts you have wrong:
1) Music Of The Sun was released in 2005.
2) The Chris Brown beating occurred in February.
But you have a very nice writing style my friend!
Album Rating: 3.0wowzers was i off. thank you!
Album Rating: 4.0Great review! This was the album that made me look at Rihanna as a pop artist, not only a pop star. The three songs you picked as the hihglights of the album would be my choices too. Especially "G4L", I think it's that song in which Rihanna gets to the place she tries to reach throug all the album. Is a fantasy-vendetta song, and a hell of a good one!
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Attendees were introduced to a wide range of products from the brands under the Telex Communications umbrella (EV, Dynacord, Midas, Klark Teknik, Telex), in series of seminars, presentations and demonstrations. After each days activities, the guests were treated to food, drink and entertainment at local venues, including Bunkers in Minneapolis, a well-known local nightspot with a well-used EV P.A.
New product highlights from EV included demonstrations of the RE410™ vocal condenser mic, EV Blue mics, and ZX4 loudspeakers, all of which are set to impact this market place significantly in 2005. The Dynacord XA plug-in-and-play portable PA system and the new Midas Siena console also impressed the attendees. Refresher courses on other tried and tested products from EV were also part of the program, coupled with an emphasis on the Telex/EV "Total System Solution from Input to Output" approach to the MI market. Equal importance was assigned to the idea that "the demo makes the sale"; that the well-informed sales person represents an added-value for the customer, in being able to better communicate the advantages of investing in the best, rather than settling for the rest.
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To this end, speaker systems were cranked, mics were dropped and amps were driven hard. Though some of the attendees were seen to wince as the SPL hit the high numbers and the road-tested EV mics were put through the ringer to demo their road-readiness, none of the equipment broke a sweat. If the salesperson is sold, then so is the customer: MI Academy mission accomplished!
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Sweet Briar College confers three undergraduate degrees, the Bachelor of Arts, the Bachelor of Science, and the Bachelor of Fine Arts. The Bachelor of Arts is available in all majors except biochemistry/molecular biology, engineering science, and environmental science; the Bachelor of Science is available for majors in biochemistry/molecular biology, biology, chemistry, engineering science, environmental science, mathematics, physics, or psychology. The Bachelor of Fine Arts is available to students admitted to the fine arts program in the majors of dance, English/creative writing, music, musical theatre, studio art, or theatre. Academic departments list the specific requirements for each degree in the Sweet Briar College Catalog.
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NowThis News, an online news startup focusing on mobile video and social sharing, is looking to harness Instagram to deliver short bits of news on the go.
Back in June, Instagram launched video on the network on the heels of a massive surge in popularity for Twitter's Vine. It quickly exploded in terms of use. Instagram video allows users to record up to 15 seconds, and also offers multiple filtering options.
NowThis News is the first outlet to harness the power of Instagram video to deliver news through a devoted channel. What they call a new "network," NowThis News: Instagram Edition is described as a "24/7 video news network on Instagram."
"NowThis News is the first and only video news source created for mobile and social," says Ed O'Keefe, Editor-in-Chief of NowThis News. "NowThis News will create original news video made for Instagram's vibrant social community."
NowThis News has been creating short news videos since its launch in November of 2012, but this new venture caters directly to the Instagram crowd.
"To be totally candid, we're not thinking about monetization at this point," O'Keefe told Business Insider. "We're concerned with, how do we create totally original content for Instagram...Whatever your preferred platform is, we should be there with original content that is intended for the platform that we're on."


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Imagine checking your tires regularly to maintain proper inflation, getting your car tuned up as needed to keep it running efficiently, when all the while you had a great big hole in your gas tank that let 5% of every tank go leaking out along the road. I expect that if you were that person, you would want to get that hole plugged (or the tank replaced) as soon as possible. But you might be surprised to learn that a number of oil companies don't think like you do, especially when it comes to natural gas.
A 2007 study undertaken by the NOAA in conjunction with the World Bank, found that $40 billion worth of natural gas, roughly 5.5% of the world's production, was being flared off, which is to say burned up as it exits hundred of huge pipes sticking out of the ground like giant torches. The study was funded by an effort to reduce flaring, which apparently is like a bad habit that is difficult to shake, particularly in countries like Russia and Nigeria, Iran and Iraq.
Why do oil companies do this? Natural gas is often an unintended by-product of oil drilling, which companies do not feel it is worthwhile to capture. In some cases, gas is released when pressure builds up in the system to a degree that could damage the equipment, so gas is released through a pressure relief valve where it is ignited as it exits. This results in lost gas, wasted heat and significant CO2 emissions. Oil production operations that flare off gas have a much higher carbon footprint than those that capture it. The greenhouse gas effect would be even worse, however, if the gas was released without being burned since methane is twenty times more potent as carbon dioxide.
There are gas capture systems that could be used, but they are expensive and oil companies have been slow to implement them. You would think they had money to burn!
But all this could be about to change, not because of new legislation. General Electric just announced a campaign to cut gas flaring which worldwide now represents 23% of the US annual consumption of natural gas. This amount of flaring produces some 400 million metric tons of CO2 annually, the equivalent of 77 million cars, or roughly one-third of all the cars in America.
"Alternatives to flaring," says Bent Svensson, manager of the World Bank's program to reduce gas flaring, "include re-injecting natural gas to increase oil production, liquefying it for international shipment, piping it to markets, using it on-site for electricity generation, or distributing it for use in nearby communities." The video below describes efforts in Canada and elsewhere to collect gas.
According to GE, roughly half of the $40 billion worth of wasted gas could be used to generate electricity. The company recently announced a project at the world's largest liquefied natural gas facility in Qatar in which gas that was previously boiled off during the loading of carrier ships will now be captured, compressed and stored using GE equipment.
Better technology is now becoming available and oil producers are well-advised to take heed. According to Michael Farina, a program manager at GE Energy, if Russia could capture half its flared gas and sell it at domestic market prices, it would be worth an extra $2bn a year.
A country like Nigeria, which has made recent progress in cutting gas flaring, still has a tremendous opportunity to offset the $13 billion that they currently spend on diesel fuel for electric generation by burning the flare gas that is now being wasted instead.
RP Siegel is the co-author of the eco-thriller Vapor Trails, the first in a series covering the human side of various sustainability issues including energy, food, and water. Like airplanes, we all leave behind a vapor trail. And though we can easily see others', we rarely see our own.
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India 'A' conceded a slender 47-run first-innings lead to West Indies 'A' despite a fighting half-century by Uday Kaul on the third day of the second unofficial Test in Shimoga, on Friday.
At the close of play on Day 2, West Indies 'A' were 28 for no loss in their second innings, their overall lead extended to 75 runs.
Before Kaul's rearguard unbeaten knock of 64 off 172 balls, Vasudevan Jagadeesh (86) and Abhishek Nayar (89) were involved in a 99-run partnership for the fourth wicket before India 'A' were all out for 359 in their first innings.
Having gained a slender lead, the West Indies were at a pretty comfortable position at stumps, with openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Kieran Powell batting on 18 and 9 respectively.
In reply to the West Indies' 406, India's innings ended just after tea, with Kaul remaining unbeaten.
Mohammad Shami was the last man out, caught behind by Chadwick Walton off medium pacer Assad Fudadin after a handy 15 runs.
The wicketkeeper-batsman from Kangra fought hard to stay in the middle as he saw wickets tumbling at the other end. The youngster came in when India were struggling at 245 for five.
Kaul struck four boundaries and a six and faced 148 balls during his dogged innings.
The West Indies attack was decent but could not consolidate, allowing an opportunity to the Indian tail-enders to stick around a defiant Kaul and reduce the lead.
Cummins bagged three for 58, and two wickets each were shared by Veerasammy Permaul, Nikita Miller and Assad Fudadin after they conceded 88, 77 runs and 23 runs respectively.
Deonaraine took one wicket for 66 runs.
Even as the match seems heading towards a draw, there is still enough interest left as Kirk Edwards and Powell, who have been picked for the upcoming India-West Indies series, would like to be among runs before the big challenge in November.
The home fans will be hoping to see Zaheer Khan get among the wickets and impress the national selectors.
Resuming at 269 for five at lunch, the Indian batsmen struggled to accelerate and scored only 25 runs in 16 overs, losing Mohammad Kaif for 26, as he was caught by Narasingh Deonaraine off Assad Fudadin.
After the second drinks break, Deonaraine dismissed Parveez Rasool for 11 and right-arm Barbadian fast bowler Miguel Cummins struck a double blow by sending back Bharghav Bhatt (11) and Zaheer Khan (0).
Earlier, resuming at an overnight score of 191 for three, Jagadeesh and Nayar began sedately but missed out on centuries.
Unheralded Kerala opener Jagadeesh, who showed good temperament for his undefeated overnight score of 79, added only seven runs to his tally before being dismissed.
The youngster, who also missed out on a century during the unofficial Test against New Zealand 'A' earlier this year, showed a lot of composure during his 198-ball knock that included eight boundaries.
After Jagadeesh was packed off, Nayar (89) too took the long walk back to the pavilion after being trapped in front by left-arm spinner Nikita Miller.
Cummins was the first to provide the breakthrough in the morning as he bagged the prized wicket of Jagadeesh before Miller claimed Nayar's wicket.
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My mom is home and doing much better. She has a very long road of recovery ahead of her but I know that things are going to eventually be just fine.
Of course when I talk to her and ask if she wants me to come out she says "no, you need to stay there and take care of jackson"...I knew she would. I still want to be there with her. She and my brother will be coming for the holidays though - even if I have to drive out there myself to get them.
Keep my mom in your thoughts and prayers - it's gonna be an uphill battle. It's always encouraging though when you have nowhere to go but up.
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I'm so glad to hear your mom is better. I'll keep on praying that she continues to improve!
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FSU is offering you Bsu chumps a game!!! Would you rather run your gauntlet of chumps or play 2 back 2 back top 20 teams? FSU played OU then Clemson back to back, OU was a top 5 team most of the year and Clemson reached # 8. You and all your Boise cronies cant tell me you have ever played two teams of like - value back to back-youl'll have 70 days to prepare for MSU, so grow some balls and play FSU the next week WOMAN!
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Cosplayer Melody > Costume of Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin)
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- 03-22-2011
- Series
- Rurouni Kenshin
- Character
- Kenshin Himura
- Special Variation:
- Rurouni
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- Costume worn at:
- Anime Conji 2011
- Anime Expo 2010
- Anime Expo 2009
- Anime LA 2011
- Anime LA 2010
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- Construction Details:
I made the kimono, but bought the hakama from a kendo dojo online. The kimono is made out of real silk, which I was lucky enough to find on sale. I altered a simplicity pattern to make it. I'm also a bit proud of the special makeup I use for the scar.
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- Long Basic w/ Bangs
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Jonathan Quick remembers eating ice pops with his friends and watching their beloved New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup on television in 1994. Dustin Brown vaguely recalls Joe Nieuwendyk bringing the Cup to Ithaca, N.Y., but can't remember if he got to see it up close.
With just one more win by their Los Angeles Kings, the star goalie and the courageous captain will have the Stanley Cup in their hands, above their head – even in the Pacific Ocean, if they choose.
The stage is set for a California coronation in Game 4 tonight. The Kings could complete a sweep of the New Jersey Devils in the Stanley Cup Finals in front of a sellout crowd that's been waiting 45 years for this chance to celebrate.
"It's right there in front of us, but we know there's one more step," Brown said Tuesday at the Kings' training complex. "We don't want to trip now."
The eighth-seeded Kings are dominating the NHL playoffs with an ease that's stranger than ice in sunny L.A. A franchise that has never done much of anything in the postseason has already conquered the Western Conference, and the Kings are one win away from claiming their first championship in almost impossibly stylish fashion.
The Kings are on a 15-2 playoff run that has only one equal in NHL history, leaving everyone searching for superlatives to describe the way Los Angeles has steamrolled every opponent in its path by a combined 49-24 margin.
Game 4 is a chance to reward the fans who consistently sold out Staples Center even during the Kings' playoff absence from 2002-10 before general manager Dean Lombardi's rebuilding plan yielded fruit this spring.


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Coaches preview fall seasons for boosters
By Sam Strasner
Special to The Courier
Talk of a new conference and a new season were among the highlights of the first Green and Gold Club luncheon of the 2011-12 academic year at Western Sizzlin' of Russellville on Monday.
The five coaches who spoke at the luncheon - Amy White, head women's golf coach; Luke Calcatera, head men's golf coach; Tom Aspel, head cross country coach; Kristy Bayer, head volleyball coach; and Steve Mullins, director of athletics and head football coach - gave Tech boosters a preview of their upcoming seasons.
Bryan Fisher, director of athletic relations, served as master of ceremonies.
Much of the talk centered around the new NCAA Division II Great American Conference. Arkansas Tech and eight other charter members formed the new league as a means to limit missed class time and travel expenses. Fall 2011 will mark the debut of the Great American Conference.
Arkansas Tech will play its first GAC football game on Saturday when it visits the University of Arkansas at Monticello for a 6 p.m. contest at Convoy Leslie Cotton Boll Stadium.
"I'm looking forward to the change in travel," Mullins said of the new conference. "The Great American Conference will be beneficial from a financial, physical and mental standpoint."
White, who led the Golden Suns golf team to the Gulf South Conference championship in its final season of competition in that league, said she is also looking forward to the new league.
"It was a wonderful, wonderful feeling to win the GSC championship," White said. "I've had the trophy sitting on my desk all summer, but I moved it today. We put it in the trophy case. Today is our first practice of the new year. It's a new season and a new start. There's lots of excitement with the new conference."
Calcatera will be in his first season as head men's golf coach at Arkansas Tech. He succeeds Dave Falconer, who coached the Wonder Boys golf team from 1989-2011. Falconer passed away on June 11.
"We are looking forward to the year and everything that will be presented to us," Calcatera said, who played golf at Tech from 2003-07.
Aspel introduced his new student assistant coach, former Golden Suns cross country runner Michelle Pollreis.
"We are all sophomores and freshmen," Aspel said, who has been head cross country coach at Arkansas Tech since 1994. "We will struggle for the first couple of weeks. Right now we can run far, but we can't do it very fast. Our returnees will have to work themselves into shape."
Bayer explained the Golden Suns volleyball team, which was picked by GAC coaches as the preseason pick to win the regular-season conference title, has embraced its role as favorite.
"We have adopted high expectations as our team motto," Bayer said. "We've been picked to win our conference the last couple of years, and we know that the target is on our back. We have a veteran group, and we're looking forward to the new conference."
Mullins spoke last, and he used the opportunity to praise his football team for its dedication during preseason practice.
"I was very pleased with the work ethic and the lack of complaining," Mullins said. "When it is as hot and humid as it was during the preseason, there are usually opportunities for the guys to come up with complaints. That was at a minimum. I like the attitude of this group and the way it is coming together."
Membership in the Green and Gold Club is open to any alumnus or friend of Arkansas Tech.


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Weapon of Mass Discussion
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New York, USA
The Sea is somewhat fun, but it is still very much a work in progress. There aren't yet any really awesome rewards in that area, though some are interesting. Fortunately there is a new undersea zone every two weeks, and I don't doubt that it is definitely developing into a awesome area. Though it might take another month before it is really a "must adventure" sort of place.
According to a friend of mine the place is too darn hard to adventure in without skills/equipment that he lacks unless he was to level-up a lot. He was an unascended level 15 Seal Clubber and got smashed there anytime he tried to go in. Eventually he ascended and vowed to return once he became more skilled or got some powerful gear. You'll probably find it easier than he did since as a Turtle Tamer you have Hero of the Half-shell.
|2009-01-12, 12:09
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Join Date: Nov 2006
well, i'm done with this run. Havent ascend yet though. Took a trip to the sea floor, Got one-hit-killed by a octopus gardener even though i had Hero of the Half Shell. lol. So i'd decided to perm Amphibian Sympathy, but have not decide what's the next class to play. Most probably before i get to read your reply, i would have gone through to become a disco bandit... i guess its natural to go for advance cocktail crafting if i want shorter runs here-on.
PS: tried my hand on the money making game...... went bankrupt now lolol........ ;_;
|2009-01-12, 16:50
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New York, USA
Anyway, the Sea got more interesting yesterday now that it has introduced class specific skills down there. So far there are just two skills, for Saucerors and Pastmancers: Deep Saucery and Tempuramancy. Those are crafting skills that require raw materials that can only be found under the sea. Those are powerful stuff, but useless in a hardcore ascension. I'm a tiny bit jealous of unascending and normal core players for being able to make use of such things, but not jealous enough to actually play softcore. I'm very interested to see what skills appear for moxie and muscle classes to use, though of course they'll be useless for hardcore ascending also.
|2009-01-23, 17:48
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New York, USA
You can also get a lot of rum at the Pirate's Cove.
Finally, there's always the Barrel Full of Barrels. There's a trick to figuring out what you're likely to get in each section. This spoiler explains the basics. For greater accuracy this spreadsheet works out the exact probabilities.
There are some other places that drop booze, but these are the most rewarding.
|2009-01-24, 01:21
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Location: New York, USA
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Sleep-deprived first-time father Kurt Suzuki didn't realize how tired he truly was until hitting a wall in the fifth inning.
He had already done plenty in his first game since welcoming newborn daughter, Malia.
"It was good to be back out here. It had been a long couple days," Suzuki said. "I was running on Adrenalin."
Suzuki came off the paternity leave list and delivered a go-ahead RBI single to help Trevor Cahill stay unbeaten and the Oakland Athletics topped the Texas Rangers 3-1 on Friday night.
Cahill (4-0) overcame a three-walk first inning to pitch seven scoreless innings against the rival Rangers, who kicked off a seven-game West Coast road trip all against the division with a punchless performance to lose for the fourth time in five games. Texas fell into a first-place tie with the Los Angeles Angels in the AL West.
Grant Balfour pitched the eighth and Brian Fuentes finished for his seventh save in nine chances after allowing Michael Young's two-out RBI single.
"We had runners out there and we just needed a base hit at the right time," said Rangers manager Ron Washington, who lost on his 59th birthday. "It would have been the difference in the ballgame. We didn't get it. Even against Trevor we had bases loaded, runners on second and third and just didn't get a hit off him at the right time."
Cahill outdueled C.J. Wilson (3-1) and quickly found his rhythm after escaping his 26-pitch first inning unscathed. Cahill, who on April 11 received a new five-year contract worth $30.5 million, issued three free passes in an inning for the fifth time in his career but the first since July 17, 2009, against the Angels during his rookie season.
"Walking three guys in the first inning put things in perspective: 'I've got to throw strikes,'" Cahill said. "I just started pounding the zone a little bit more."
Cahill had walked only eight batters total in his first five starts this season before the four total walks Friday. The right-hander allowed seven hits and also struck out four while improving to 7-2 for his career against Texas.
Mitch Moreland, Young and Elvis Andrus each had two hits for Texas, which has gained or lost ground in the division race each of the last 14 days after holding a two-game lead for three straight days from April 13-15.
Suzuki did some early catching work in the bullpen to get back in a groove but he started at designated hitter. Manager Bob Geren said Suzuki would be back behind the plate Saturday. His two-out RBI single in the third put the A's ahead, then Josh Willingham added an RBI double in the fifth. Suzuki also grounded into a fielder's choice in the seventh as Oakland's third run against Wilson came home.
Suzuki left Anaheim on Wednesday to return to the Bay Area, where his wife, Renee, gave birth to the couple's first child Thursday morning. Malia weighed in at 8 pounds, 3 ounces.
"It's an exciting time in anybody's life," Geren said. "He was all smiles today. He was looking forward to coming back to work."
Regular A's DH Hideki Matsui had the night off against a lefty starter but was slated to start Saturday.
Oakland played its first game back home since the venue was named the Overstock.com Coliseum this week.
"I still call it the Coliseum," quipped Washington, a longtime A's third base coach before taking the Texas job.
Texas clinched the club's first AL West title since 1999 at the Coliseum last Sept. 25 and went on to reach the franchise's first World Series before losing to the San Francisco Giants in five games.
A's center fielder Coco Crisp missed his second straight game with tightness in his left quadriceps, but tested the injury before the game. He could be back Saturday. Left fielder Willingham returned to the lineup after missing Wednesday's series finale against the Angels with a tweaked back.
Former Rangers pitchers Rich Harden and Brandon McCarthy received their AL champion rings - featuring 137 diamonds - from Texas director of baseball operations Matt Vinnola and media relations director John Blake outside the Oakland clubhouse before the game.
Notes: Oakland pulled in a left-hander from nearby Alameda - the A's are calling him "Alameda Eddie" because they don't know his last name - just to throw batting practice before the A's opened the series in which they will face three lefty starters. Even longtime equipment manager Steve Vucinich didn't have additional details on the man, and he was also a mystery to manager Bob Geren. Word is he's Eddie Delzer, former Cal State Fullerton star. ... The Rangers signed veteran RHP reliever Justin Miller to a Triple-A contract and he is scheduled to join the Round Rock team Monday. The 33-year-old Miller could be called upon to help Texas' taxed and beat up bullpen. ... Injured A's closer Andrew Bailey (strained forearm) threw with a batter in the box with no problems. How he felt Saturday was to determine his next step. ... Warriors swingman Dorell Wright threw out the ceremonial first pitch.


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Help I am getting very confused I have looked at so many cameras. This is my first post here and my first digital camera. I looked at the Kodak DX7360, the LS753, FujiF700, Olympus C60 and Sony.
I want something with a fast start. I will mostly be using it for my kids and around the house. I need some recommendations. My only fall back is that I really want to stay under $400. I would appreciate any help.


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Spaniards stink: What a joke! Is "He Buried Che" (Tim Elfrink, August 6) seriously wasting six pages on this idiot's story? If Gustavo Villoldo wants "justice," how did his family of Spanish bloodline come into this fortune to begin with? Taíno Indians inhabited Cuba before the Spaniards enslaved them, stole their precious metals, and raped them for 400 years. Cuba's elite possibly needed to be checked, as would anyone who directly caused cultural genocide to a people through enslavement. This is imperialism, controlling others for personal gain. Just because it was done long ago doesn't make it OK.
I understand Che's message: He wanted people liberated from imperialists. Killing them doesn't make him a monster any more than the men who exacted revenge for "stealing" their imperialist family's assets. The media and history can slant anything they wish, but what goes around comes around. America will eventually pay for murdering for oil, black ops missions empowering South American dictators such as Pinochet, our own long history of Native American genocide, stealing from less affluent countries, and manipulating trade agreements through NAFTA and WTO.
Gustavo Villoldo
The judge is a fink: First off, Che didn't kill this gusano's daddy. Gustavo Villoldo's papi swallowed a bunch of pills and committed suicide. Would we blame George Bush for every suicide of an Iraqi in Iraq?
Gustavo will never see any of that bogus $1 billion judgment. It was a moronic ruling by a judge pandering for the geriatric exile vote.
Batista is a turd: Gustavo's daddy was an oligarch who couldn't have cared less that the mafia alongside President Fulgencio Batista turned Cuba into America's whorehouse and killed 20,000 of his fellow countrymen.
Gustavo's daddy couldn't have cared less that he had $100 million in property while 50 percent of the population lived in squalid shacks and 40 percent couldn't read or write.
These were the conditions that allowed Fidel and Che to rise to power.
Steve Jones
Che is gutter scum: Che was the worst assassin my country has known. If after 50 years of dictatorship, repression, misery, 20 percent of the population in exile, and thousands of murders (a good chunk of them carried out by Che) anyone still tries to find an excuse for the worst tyranny on Earth (50 years and counting, no free elections in sight), that person is nothing but an idiot or a scumbag. It's only poetic justice that Gustavo Villoldo got to bury Che.
Gustavo's dad is a coward: Avenging death with human life proves nothing. It is an act of cowardice. Gustavo should sue the company that made the sleeping pills.
Miami Beach
Critics are crappy: To those who after all these years are still defending the worst dictatorship on the face of the Earth — shame on you! Dr. Ernesto Guevara was not the troop medic for the Granma invasion; he was there for the International Communist Party. That's why he kept bullets instead of medical supplies during the first battle; he had no intention of saving lives. He completed his mission in Cuba and moved on to the rest of Latin America. Thank you, Bolivian President Barrientos, for exterminating that pest.
I think we exiles should file suit against the Castro brothers for kidnapping 7 to 8 million Cubans, murdering thousands of people during and after the revolution, stealing our land, and provoking the largest mass exodus in the history of mankind (Mariel broke up our families, yes!). They should pay restitution plus pain and suffering for all of us here in exile from 1959 till today!
Oscar Y. M. Abreu
Cutler Bay
Gustavo should rot: The true heroes in this story are Che Guevara and Fidel Castro for wanting to bring down a regime responsible for the genocide of its own people. This murderer's father killed himself. If anything, Gustavo should be rotting in prison right now.
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Hi I'm Bill Wood, originally from Ireland and now based in Royal Holloway University of London. I'm going to be researching high resolution geochemistry of ancient coral reefs here in Indonesia which will help us understand seasonality over long periods of time during the last 15-20 million years.
So… We're all here - after arriving in multiple groups - some from London and Amsterdam, others from Spain and Germany. The visa process is now underway and we're on call to go to the immigration office to finalise the work permits and have photos taken. Yesterday was a national holiday here (Idul Adha) which meant we could have a look around Indonesia's capital city Jakarta.
This is Monas, the Indonesian National Monument in central Jakarta - and me (right) with Nathan Marshall keeping up our electrolytes!
Jakarta has been a new experience for many of us - for me and a few others it is the furthest away from home we've been so far. The stark cultural differences between Europe and Asia have also been a new experience for me. I've been asked to stand with Indonesian people for photographs (as my 194cm height is quite a rarity here!). Jakarta is also a busy city - crossing the road has been tricky at times but we've managed to explore the area quite a bit…
Yesterday (Wednesday the 18th of November) a group of us ventured into the city to see some of the sights. After visiting the national monument we went on a tour of the largest mosque in Southeast Asia (also here in Jakarta). We also visited the beach to get a first glimpse of the Java Sea which involved a theme park which turned out to be good fun too!
Shortly we'll depart for Bandung, Java, for the next part of our visit – a stratigraphy and field skills course based in the Pusat Survei Geologie (Indonesian Geological Survey).


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Nissan Altima Hybrid
Count yourself lucky if you live in Massachusetts. For some reason the Altima Hybrid is available only here and in seven other states including Connecticut and California. The 12 mile per gallon bump in the city to 35 should be available everywhere, especially since it's neck-and-neck with the Camry Hybrid in both mileage and price. Thankfully, the Altima weighs about 200 pounds less than the Camry, and you can thank Nissan for injecting some decent sport into the suspension.