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Bash Riprocks - 2419 Main St. Cody Gill, Texas country, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. today. Free. Jeremiah Houston, Texas country, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Saturday. Free. Corb Lund & the Hurtin' Albertans, country, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Wednesday. Free. 762-2274.
Big John's Sports Bar, Ramada Inn - 6624 I-27. Element, funk, 10 p.m.- 1:30 a.m. today-Saturday. $5. 745-2208.
Cafe J Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge - 2605 19th St. Billy McClaren, acoustic rock, 10 p.m.-1 a.m. today. Free. Emily Floyd, acoustic rock, 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Saturday. Free. 743-5400.
Chance's R - 5610 Frankford Ave. Totally Country with DJ Lil' Pete, country, 6-10 p.m. Sunday. Free. 790-4569.
Conference Cafe - 3216 Fourth St. Angie Monroe and Joe Time, songwriter showcase and open mic jam, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Wednesday. Free. 747-7766.
Crossroads - 1801 19th St. Karaoke, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. today-Saturday. Free. 749-8708.
Daiquiri Lounge - 2202 Buddy Holly Ave., Depot Entertainment District. Kinky Wizards, rock, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Saturday. $5. 749-4466.
Harrigan's Restaurant -- 3827 50th St. D.G. Flewellyn, acoustic rock, 9 p.m.-12 a.m. today. Free. Mike Pritchard, acoustic rock, 9 p.m.-12 a.m. Saturday. Free. 771-8880.
Jake's Backroom-5025 50th St. Sounds Under Radio, alternative rock, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Wednesday. $5. 786-5253.
Jazz: A Louisiana Kitchen - 3703-C 19th St. Lager and the Fatties, rock 'n' roll, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. today. 50 cents added to each menu item. Anthony Garcia and Violet Lea, acoustic rock, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Saturday. 50 cents added to each menu item. Dr Skoob, funk, Americana and folk, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Sunday. 50 cents added to each menu item. Tyler T., experimental, funk and jazz, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Tuesday. 50 cents added to each menu item. Ryan Bonner, acoustic, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Wednesday. 50 cents added to each menu item. Jazz Alley, jazz, 10 p.m.- 1:30 a.m. Thursday. 50 cents added to each menu item. 799-2124.
Koko Club at the Koko Inn - 5201 S. Ave. Q. Who's Driving, country and rock 'n' roll, 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. today-Saturday-Monday. Free. Karoke with Travis Williams, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday. Free. 747-2512.
Klusoz- 1802 Buddy Holly Ave. Kinky Wizards, rock, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. today. Open only to adults age 21 and older. $5. 749-3500.
La Diosa Cellars - 901 17th St., Depot Entertainment District. Anthony Garcia and Violet Lea, acoustic Latin rock, 8:30-11:30 p.m. today. $5. Elevated Soul, funk and dance, 8:30-11:30 p.m. Saturday. $5. Andy Eppler and Nic, acoustic folk and jazz, 8-11:30 p.m. Tuesday. Free. MCM Band, acoustic rock, 8-11:30 p.m. Wednesday. Free. Billy McClaran Trio, pop and jazz, 8- 11:30 p.m. Thursday. $3. 744-3600.
Lubbock Senior Citizens Center-2001 19th St. 5-Star Band, country 'n' western, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday. No alcohol. $3. 767-2710.
Lubbock Senior Dance Club - Lubbock Senior Citizens Center, 2001 19th St. Night Shift, country, 7-9:30 p.m. Saturday. No alcohol; no smoking $4; general public welcome. 744-8171.
Lujans Mexican Restaurant - 10101 Slide Road. Anthony Garcia, acoustic rock, 6-9 p.m. Tuesday. Free. Bo Garza, acoustic rock, 6-9 p.m. Thursday. Free. 368-9444.
Moose Magoo's - 8217 University Ave. Karaoke, 10 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. Saturday and Thursday. Free; only patrons age 21 and older admitted after 9 p.m. David Trout's Comedy & Karaoke Show, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Wednesday. Free; only patrons age 21 and older admitted after 9 p.m. 745-5005.
Skooner's Grill and Bar - 1617 University Ave. 1868, acoustic rock, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. today. Free. David Trout's comedy and karaoke show, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Saturday. Free. Minivan Mafia, alternative rock, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Wednesday. Free. Anthony Garcia, acoustic guitar, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Thursday. Free. 749-7625.
Stella's Restaurant & Deli - 4646 50th St. Cold Sweat, nostalgic, 8-11 p.m. today. Free. Manny Rodriguez, Rat Pack, 8-11 p.m. Saturday. Free. Brad Leali & Friends, jazz, 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday. Free. 785-9299.
The Sting - 5132 69th St. Penni Lawrence and Country Mile, country 'n' western, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. today-Saturday. $3 per person. $5 per couple. Cory Dutton, county 'n' western, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Wednesday. Free. Country Boys, country 'n' western, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Thursday. Free. 794-4447.
Texas Cafe and Bar - 3604 50th St. Texas BelAirs, rockabilly, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. today. $5. The Caprockers, rock, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Saturday. $5. Shane Rogers, acoustic country, 10 p.m.- 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. Free. Jeff Strahan Band, blues, 8 p.m.- 12:30 a.m. Wednesday. $1. Darren Welch and Jesse Ballew, acoustic rock, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Thursday. Free. 792-8544.
VFW Post 2466 - 114th St. (two blocks east of Tahoka Highway) Wolf Creek, country, 7-11 p.m. today. $5. Open to the public, BYOB. 747-2668.
Whiskey Dick's - 3216 4th St. Shane Rogers hosts open mic, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Monday. Free. 747-7766.
Wild West - 2216 I-27. Stoney LaRue, Texas country, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. today. $10 for adults and $12 for minors between ages of 18 and 20. 741-3031 or www.wildwestlubbock.com.
"Lazarus" - 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday. Ragtown Gospel Theater, 870 Ragtown Road in Post. "Lazarus," written by Chip Polk and co-starring Glenn Polk, Harlan Reddell and Rick Fay. A 45-minute concert of Southern gospel music by the Ragtown Gospel Singers precedes the play. Free shuttle buses transport patrons from the parking lot to the theater's front door. Seating is handicapped accessible. General admission tickets $20 for adults and $10 for all students and $15 for groups of 12 or more. Tickets can be purchased in advance. 877-724-8696.
Tribute to Randy Travis and Merle Haggard, featuring Jeff Bailey - 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. today. Cactus Theatre, 1812 Buddy Holly Ave. Jeff Bailey will perform a concert tribute to Randy Travis and Merle Haggard in two shows. Reserved seats are $16.50. 762-3233.
Egypt Central - 9 p.m. Wednesday. Jake's Sports Cafe, 5025 50th St., Suite A. Rock n'roll recording act Egypt Central will headline concert. General admission tickets are $5. 687-5253.
Tribute to the Eagles, featuring Jason Fellers - 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday. Cactus Theatre, 1812 Buddy Holly Ave. Jason Fellers will perform a concert tribute to the Eagles in two shows. Reserved seats are $16.50. 762-3233.
Meadow Musical - 6-10 p.m. Saturday. 201 Mitchell St., in Meadow. The monthly Meadow Musical will take place featuring country n' western, bluegrass and gospel music. Performers include Bo Boggs and Under the Double Eagle Band, Willie and Roxie Luster, Howard Hopkins & John Pinkston, Cowboy Review and Ranch Dancers, Lynn Alexander and Mary Beth Ashburn. No admission charge, donations are accepted. 806-539-2278.
The Taylor Dance Company - 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday. Allen Theatre at Texas Tech's Student Union Building. The nationally touring Taylor Dance Company will perform. These productions are part of the Texas Tech President's Performance/Lecture Series. General admission tickets are $10, includes service charge. Tickets on sale at the Select-A-Seat outlets at Caviel's Pharmacy, Dollar Western Wear, Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, Ralph's Records & Tapes, Texas Tech Student Union's ticket booth and United Supermarkets. 770-2000 and 800-735-1288.
Art Studio and Gallery of Rania K. - 1111 Avenue J. Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Rania K.: Christmas Dichroic glass jewelry. Hilton McLaurin: Scottish Celtic jewelry. Pat Maines: greeting cards. Hilton McLaurin, Kathy Hinson and Rania K.: paintings in acrylic, oil and pastel. Wendell Warman-Adams: pottery. Known as the best in Texas. 744-0918.
Art on Texas Avenue -1506 Texas Ave. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. "The Book of Hidden Things" by Cujo of Plainview, a collection of miniature fine ink drawings and features regular artists including Rene Steger Simpson, Gale Webb, Garland Weeks, Patricia Nix and Margaret Freeman.
Cafe J - 2605 19th St. Original oil and watermedia paintings by Carol C. Howell and Susan Nall, 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 5:30 -11 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 5:30-10 p.m. Sunday. Free. Ongoing exhibit. 743-5400.
Covenant NeuroScience Institute - 3610 22nd St., Suite 301. "Angels" A solo exhibition of works by Lee Taylor. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday -Friday. Free. 725-0943.
ExploraZone Gallery of the Science Spectrum - 2579 S. Loop 289. www.sciencespectrum.org. 745-2525. "Sound Around!," a collection of exhibits that investigates the nature and science of sound. Through Aug. 1.
Hard Tops - 2228 Buddy Holly Ave., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Free. 793-6950. "Frameless Painting Show and Sale," featuring the last public showing of Carlos Jordan, as well as photography by Lane Anderson. Through Jan. 25.
International Cultural Center at Texas Tech - 601 Indiana Ave. 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. free. 742-2974.
• All Gallery Areas: "High and Dry: Peoples and Places of the World's Dry Lands," seventh annual juried photo exhibition. Juror: Norman Mauskopf. Through Jan. 17.
Museum of Texas Tech - 3301 Fourth St. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday; closed Monday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday; 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Thursday. Free. 742-2490.
• A Changing World: Dinosaurs, Diversity and Drifting Continents:Specimens from the age of dinosaurs that ended abruptly 65 million years ago.
• African Art Gallery: Sub-Saharan African Art highlights selections from the museum's collection of African scultptures, carvings and masks.
• Diamond M Galleries: Permanent exhibit. Selections from Diamond M fine art collection of paintings and sculpture.
• Diekemper Gallery of Pre-Columbian Art: Permanent exhibit. Pottery and sculpture from the Ray and Lou Diekemper Pre-Columbian Collection.
• Explorium: A hands-on discovery gallery featuring a sampling of the museum's diverse collections.
• Gallery One: "Defining Moments: An exhibition of Works," by Bryan Collier. Through Feb. 10.
• Gallery Two and Three: Exhibition is an extensive representation of Jun Kaneko's work in ceramic sculpture, drawings and paintings over the past two decades. Through Feb. 10.
• Gallery Four: Permanent Exhibit. "Jades and Ivories" from the Diamond M Fine Art Collection.
• Giants Gallery: Permanent exhibit. An exhibition of Pleistocene megafauna of the Southern High Plains region.
• Lubbock Gallery: Permanent exhibit. A brief history of the city and region from around 1900 through the 1950s.
• Main Gallery: Permanent exhibit. Full-scale skeletal replicas of T-rex and Triceratops in confrontation pose. Exhibition is an extensive representation of Jun Kaneko's work in ceramic sculpture, drawings and paintings over the past two decades. Through Feb. 10.
• Pre-Columbian Gallery: Artifacts from the museum's Lou & Ray Deikemper Pre-Columbian Art Collection.
• Taos/SW Art Gallery: Selected fine art by founders of Taos School and artists inspired by the American Southwest.
• Vertebrate Paleontology "Dino" Gallery: A Changing World: Dinosaurs, Diverty, and Drifting Contenents.
• William C. and Evelyn M. Davies Gallery of Southwest Indian Art : Permanent exhibit. Ceramics and textiles from museum collections donated by Mr. & Mrs. W.C. Davies.
National Ranching Heritage Center - 3121 Fourth St. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. free; handicapped accessible. 742-0498.
• Christine DeVitt Gallery: "Arbuckles and Biscuits" - featuring the late Watt Matthews' fully restored chuck wagon in a trail setting, complete with coyotes, a stream and interactive computer quiz for young visitors. Through April 27.
• Gallery of the West: "Quanah Parker-Comanche Rancher" - items from the Burk Burnett collection, including two prized ceremonial lances. Standing exhibit. Through Jan. 27.
• Proctor Park: Historical park preserves 46 ranch structures acquired from ranches throughout the Southwest, restored to depict the 1780s through 1930s. Each is furnished or outfitted authentically and landscaped to reflect the geography of its original location. Standing exhibit.
• The Stevens Gallery: "Jos? Cisneros' Southwest" - works from throughout his long career, including a few in pencil. Through March 22.
• The Main Gallery: "The Pastel Range: Frank Reaugh, Range Historian" - more than 60 paintings. Through March 30.
The Underwood Center - 511 Avenue K. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. 762-8606.
• Gallery 1: paintings by Fara Burk. Through Jan. 25.
• Gallery 2: "Collisions," a solo exhibition of paintings by Terry A. Bennett. Through Jan. 19.
• Gallery 3: Artificial Flowers: Revisited and new work," a solo exhibition of sculpture and paintings by Linda Cullum. Through Jan 17.
• Helen DeVitt Jones Studio Gallery: "Broken Patterns: Nature Interrupted," a group exhibition about environmental issues by artist members of the Center for Contemporary Arts in Abilene. Through Feb. 9.
• Christine DeVitt Exhibition Hall: "The Best of Toni Arnett," a solo exhibition of paintings by this artist. Through Jan. 19.
Landmark Gallery - Texas Tech School of Art, 2802 18th St. 18th Street and Flint Avenue. 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, free admission and open to the public, closed weekends and University Holidays 742-1947. "Clay on the Wall: 2007 Clay National exhibit." Through Feb. 17.
Specialty Films
Metropolitan Opera's "MacBeth" - 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Movies 16, 5721 58th St. The Metropolitan Opera of New York's performance of Verdi's opera "MacBeth," performed in Italian with Engligh subtitles, will be simulcast in high definition. General admission tickets are $22 for the general public, $20 for seniors and $15 for children. This will be repeated at 3 p.m. Sunday. 796-2804.
American Museum of Agriculture - 1701 Canyon Lakes Drive. Seventy-one pedal tractors and 350 toy tractors, restored tractors and horse-drawn equipment. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday. Free; donations requested. 239-5796 or 744-3786.
American Wind Power Center/The Windmill Museum - 1701 Canyon Lakes Drive. Museum for early American water-pumping windmill. More than 60 windmills from 19th and early 20th centuries. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Free; donations requested. 747-8734.
The Arena -- 4206-D 50th St. Console gaming center. 3 p.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 3 p.m.-midnight Friday, 10 a.m.-midnight Saturday, noon-10 p.m. Sunday. $4.50 per hour. 368-8812.
Buffalo Springs Lake - 9999 High Meadow Road. Gate admission $5 adults, $3 children age 11 and younger, $1 for seniors age 65 and older. www.buffalospringslake.net or 747-3353.
Cap*Rock Winery - 408 E. Woodrow Road. Visitor center open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Last tour 4 p.m. daily. $5 wine-tasting; includes five different wines. 863-2704.
Hale County Farm & Ranch Museum - Exit 36 on I-27, south of Hale Center. Theme: Farm and ranch families transform prairie into agricultural region by way of innovation, natural resources and advanced technology. Exhibits in restored train depot, caboose and 100-year-old home. Ground displays of historic tractors, implements and farm machinery. Collection of pedal cars and antique tractors in Tye building. 1-5 p.m. daily. (806) 839-2556
Llano Estacado Winery - 3426 E. FM 1585, or 3.2 miles east of U.S. 87 on FM 1585. Complimentary tours and wine tastings 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday, noon-4 p.m. Sunday. Other tour times arranged by appointment. Free. 745-2258.
Lubbock Area Veterans War Memorial - Henry Huneke Park, Nashville Avenue and 82nd Street. Dedicated to veterans of all wars by American Legion Post #575. 794-9006.
Lubbock Lake Landmark - 2401 Landmark Drive. Renowned archaeological site, interactive exhibit, outdoor sculpture garden, nature trail. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Guided tours at 11 a.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Guided tours at 11 a.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Free. 742-1116.
Lubbock Memorial Arboretum - 4111 University Ave. Grounds open daily. Interpretive Center Gift Shop open 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Tours available by appointment. Free instructional and educational programs offered second Saturday of each month. 797-4520.
Moody Planetarium - 3301 Fourth St. 742-2432. Star Show, 3:30 p.m., Tuesday-Sunday, 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Laser Show, 2 p.m. Tuesday - Sunday, 2 and 6 p.m. Thursday. $2 for adults, $1 for students, college students with ID and seniors over 60. Free for children under 5.
Pheasant Ridge Winery - I-27 north to exit 14, two miles east to winery sign, one mile south on County Road 2600. Tasting room hours: noon-6 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Free. 746-6033.
R/C Wheels and Props - 3524 Ave. Q. Indoor radio-controlled (1/10 scale) car racing. Hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday; races at 7 p.m. Thursday and Saturday. No entry fee. 797-9964.
Science Spectrum Museum and Omni Theatre - 2579 S. Loop 289. www.sciencespectrum.org. 745-2525.
• Omni Theater: Domed screen. Current films "The Alps," "The Living Sea," "Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees" and "Hurricane on the Bayou." $7.50 adults, $6.50 seniors age 60 and older and children between ages of 3 and 12.
• Showtimes and information line: 745-6299
• Museum and Omni Theater, combination: $11 adults, $9 seniors age 60 and older and children between ages of 3 and 12.
• Museum only: $6 adults, $5 seniors age 60 and older and children between ages of 3 and 12.
Seagraves-Loop Museum & Art Center - 201 Main St., Seagraves. Three buildings dedicated to Gaines County history; large collection of Indian artifacts, mostly from Cedar Lake area; birthplace of Quanah Parker. Santa Fe Depot and Sherman Ranch buildings maintained from early 1900s. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; by appointment weekends. Free. 546-2810.
Silent Wings Museum - 6202 N. I-27. Three galleries dedicated to World War II glider pilots program and men who trained at South Plains Army Airfield in Lubbock. Restored WACO CG-4A Glider, recreated barracks, World War II artifacts. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets $4 general public, $3 seniors, $2 children age 11 and younger. www.silentwingsmuseum.com or 775-2047.
Slaton Museum - 115 W. Lubbock St., Slaton. Santa Fe Railroad memorabilia, early military exhibit, old post office, 1940s drug store soda fountain, photos reflecting Slaton from 1915 to modern day. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. Free. 828-6101 or 828-6238.
Texas Air Museum, Caprock Chapter - Slaton Airport, FM 400 north of Slaton. World War I, World War II, Korean War and Vietnam era displays. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays, by appointment weekdays. Tickets $5 adults, $3 children. 828-4664 or 828-6238.
Texas' Last Frontier Historical Museum - 108 S.W. First St., Morton. Artifacts from Indians and Buffalo Soldiers, photos and items depicting early schools and courthouse, sword blade dated to 1700s. 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Monday and Thursday, and by appointment. Free. firstname.lastname@example.com or 266-0638, 266-5484 or 266-5038.
Swinging '40s Nostalgia Night - 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Jan. 18, Cactus Theater. Reserved seats $16.50. 762-3233.
Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tomasz Golka - 8 p.m. Jan. 18-19, Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Theatre. Reserved seats $45, $35 and $20 for adults, and $33, $28 and $12 for students. 762-1688.
Winter Dinner Theater - 7 p.m. Jan. 18-19, staged by Texas Tech Music Theater at Tech Student Union building. Program: scenes from musical theater, 30 minutes of singing and dancing by Broadway Babies ensemble and Donizetti's 45-minute, one-act opera called "Rita." Buffet dinner: carved roast beef and chicken piccata. General admission tickets $27 for general public and $17 for students (includes $2 service charge). 770-2000 or (800) 735-1288.
"Three for the Road: An Evening of One-Acts by Juanice Meyers" - 8 p.m. Jan. 18-19 and 25-26, 2 p.m. Jan. 20 and 27, Boston Avenue Playhouse. Three original plays are "Wings of the Morning," "Beyond Here are Monsters" and "Rainbows in the Snow." Reserved seats $15 for adults and $10 for seniors and students. 749-2416.
"Lazarus" - 7:30 p.m. Jan. 18-19 and 25-26, Ragtown Gospel Theater in Post. A 45-minute concert of Southern gospel music by one of the Ragtown Gospel Singers precedes play. General admission tickets $20 for adults, $10 for all students and $15 for groups of 12 or more. (877) 724-8696.
"Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" - 7 p.m. Jan. 19, documentary film in room 001 of Texas Tech English building. Free. (214) 354-2337.
Hits of the '70s Nostalgia Night - 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Jan. 19, Cactus Theater. Reserved seats $16.50. 762-3233.
Texas Tech Trombone Conference, featuring Bill Reichenbach - 8 p.m. Jan. 20, jazz trombonist at Tech School of Music's Hemmle Recital Hall. General admission tickets $15. 742-2270, ext. 247.
SAOSIN and The Bled - 10 p.m. Jan. 23, Jake's Sports Cafe. General admission tickets $19.50 (includes $1 service charge). 795-3322 or 763-6400.
Artistry of Fritz Lang, with "M" - 7 p.m. Jan. 24, brief lecture by Rob Weiner and screening of 1931 black-and-white classic starring Peter Lorre, Firehouse Theater in Underwood Center. Free. 762-8606.
"Spirit of the Marathon" - 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24, documentary film focusing on Chicago Marathon and six participants at Movies 16. General admission tickets $10. 796-2804.
"Dance Tech: Artistry in Motion" - 8 p.m. Jan. 24-26, 2 p.m. Jan. 27, Charles E. Maedgen Jr. Theatre on Texas Tech campus. Reserved seats $12. 742-3603.
Playhouse Disney - 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Jan. 25, touring production at City Bank Auditorium. Reserved seats $42.50, $29.50 and $18.50 (including service charge). 770-2000 or (800) 735-1288.
"Tea at Five" - 8 p.m. Jan. 25, one-person stage biography with Jane Prince Jones cast as Katharine Hepburn at Cactus Theater. Reserved seats $20. 762-3233.
Wade Bowen - 10 p.m. Jan. 25, Wild West. Cover charge $10 for adults and $12 for minors between ages of 18 and 20. 741-3031 or www.wildwestlubbock.com.
"The Gin Game" - 8 p.m. Jan. 25-26, staged as part of the Dorothy McLarty Arts & Lecture Series at First Unitarian Universalist Church. General admission tickets $10 minimum; additional donations help church's non-profit series. 799-1617.
Llano Wine & Chocolate Fantasia - 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jan. 26, all-you-can-eat-and-drink tasting at Llano Estacado Winery. General admission tickets $45; reservations required and tickets are limited. 745-2258.
Rodney Carrington - 7 p.m. Jan. 26, City Bank Auditorium. Reserved seats $46 (includes $6.25 service charge). 770-2000 or (800) 735-1288.
An Evening of Broadway - 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Jan. 26, Cactus Theater. Reserved seats $16.50. 762-3233.
A Caribbean Celebration - 5-7 p.m. Jan. 27, concert and celebration by Apocalypso Now, Texas Tech's steel drum band, at City Bank. Celebrates arrival of new steel drums purchased by Tech organization Friends of Music. $50 ticket price includes heavy hors d'eouvres and wine; proceeds fund Tech music scholarships. 742-2270.
27th annual KFMX Birthday Bash, featuring Rob Zombie - 8 p.m. Jan. 27, Pavilion at Lone Star Events Center. General admission tickets $31.50 (includes service charges). 795-3322, 763-6400 or (888) 512-7469.
Girls' Night Out Concerts - 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Jan. 28, Cactus Theater. Reserved seats $16.50, include wine and cheese. 762-3233.
Best of the Political Internet 2007 - 7 p.m. Jan. 30, political videos that debuted in 2007 on the Internet, Community Room at Mahon Library. Free. 773-5323.
The Ten Tenors - 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31, Feb. 1-2, also 2 p.m. Feb. 2, touring production at City Bank Auditorium. Reserved seats for evening performances $49, $47, $37 and $21; reserved seats for matinee $45, $43, $33 and $19 (includes $3 service charge). 770-2000 or (800) 735-1288.
Fabulous '50s Nostalgia Night - 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Feb. 1, Cactus Theater. Reserved seats $16.50. 762-3233.
The Josh Abbot Band - 10 p.m. Feb. 1, Wild West. Cover charge is $10 for adults and $12 for minors between ages of 18 and 20. 741-3031 or www.wildwestlubbock.
"The Pillowman" - 8 p.m. Feb. 1-2, 8-9 and 15-16, 2 p.m. Feb. 3, 10 and 17, Lubbock Community Theatre production at Firehouse Theater at Underwood Center. Reserved seats $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and students. 749-2416.
"Lazarus" - 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23, 29, 3 p.m. Feb. 3, Ragtown Gospel Theater in Post. A 45-minute concert of Southern gospel music by one of the Ragtown Gospel Singers precedes play. General admission tickets $20 for adults, $10 for all students and $15 for groups of 12 or more. (877) 724-8696.
A Tribute to the Crickets - 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Feb. 2, Cactus Theater. Reserved seats $16.50. 762-3233.
Charlie Robison - 10 p.m. Feb. 2, Wild West. Cover charge is $10 for adults and $12 for minors between ages of 18 and 20. 741-3031 or www.wildwestlubbock.
Lubbock Independent School District's String Fling - 7 p.m. Feb. 5, featuring four high school orchestras, nine middle school orchestras and an all-district 450-member massed orchestra at the Civic Center Theatre. General admission tickets $2 in advance and $3 on day of show. 766-1045.
David Newbould - 8 p.m. Feb. 7, La Diosa Cellars. Free. 744-3600.
Black History Spectacle, featuring Texas Tech School of Music Jazz Ensemble - 8 p.m. Feb. 8, Tech Student Union's Allen Theatre. General admission seating $9. 770-2000 or (800) 735-1288.
Rockin '60s Nostalgia Night - 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Feb. 9, Cactus Theater. Reserved seats $16.50. 762-3233.
Aaron Watson - 10 p.m. Feb. 9, Wild West. Cover charge for adults $10 in advance and $12 on day of show. Cover charge for minors between ages of 18 and 20 is $15 on day of show. 741-3031 or www.wildwestlubbock.com.
"I Am Batman" - 8 p.m. Feb. 11-16, 2 p.m. Feb. 17, Charles E. Maedgen Jr. Lab Theatre on Texas Tech campus. Reserved seats $10. 742-3603.
Doug Smith Benefit Concert - 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14, Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Theatre. Reserved seats $31.25, $27.25 and $23.25 (includes $3.25 service charge). 770-2000 or (800) 735-1288.
For Lovers Only - 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Feb. 14, Valentine's Day concerts at the Cactus Theater. Reserved seats $16.50. 762-3233.
Fabulous '50s Nostalgia Night - 7 p.m. Feb. 15, Cactus Theater. Reserved seats $16.50. 762-3233.
Hits of the '70s Nostalgia Night - 9 p.m. Feb. 15, Cactus Theater. Reserved seats $16.50. 762-3233.
Cory Morrow - 10 p.m. Feb. 15, Wild West. Cover charge $12 for adults and $15 for minors between ages of 18 and 20. 741-3031 or visit www.wildwestlubbock.com.
Metropolitan Opera's "Manon Lescaut" - Noon Feb. 16, Puccini's opera simulcast in high definition at Movies 16. In Italian with English subtitles. General admission tickets $22 for general public, $20 for seniors and $15 for childen. Repeats at 3 p.m. Feb. 17. 796-2804.
The Sounds of the '80s Nostalgia Night - 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Feb. 16, Cactus Theater. Reserved seats $16.50. 762-3233.
Kevin Fowler - 10 p.m. Feb. 16, Wild West. Cover charge for adults $12 in advance and $17 on day of show. Cover for minors between ages of 18 and 20 on day of show $20. 741-3031 or visit www.wildwestlubbock.com.
Ivan Parker - 3 p.m. Feb. 17, Ragtown Gospel Theater in Post. General admission tickets $25. (877) 724-8696.
"Proof" - 8 p.m. Feb. 21-23 and 29-March 1, Harral Studio Theater on Wayland Baptist University campus in Plainview. Dessert and discussion follow performances on first weekend. Reserved seats $8 for general public and $4 for students. 291-1089.
"Tea at Five" - 8 p.m. Feb. 22, one-person stage biography with Jane Prince Jones cast as Katharine Hepburn at Cactus Theater. Reserved seats $20. 762-3233.
The Eli Young Band - 10 p.m. Feb. 22, Wild West. Cover charge for adults $10 in advance and $12 on day of show. Cover charge for minors between ages of 18 and 20 is $15 on day of show. 741-3031 or www.wildwestlubbock.com.
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Sister Ana Alvarado, a Peruvian religious sister of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in Japan stated that her community will continue its efforts in the country.
Sister Alvarado spoke with CNA on March 18 and described the tragic situation facing the thousands of Japanese arriving in the Diocese of Saitama, located 111 miles south of Fukushima and 43 miles from Tokyo.
The Peruvian sister, who directs Hispanic ministry in Saitama, said there is widespread fear of an explosion at the Fukushima plant, which is leading to an increase in the number of people fleeing the area. A nuclear power plant in Fukushima was damaged by the country's March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
"We have chosen to take evacuees in," Sister Alvarado said. "There are also some people who have been affected here, but not as many as our brothers and sisters to the north. For this reason a notice has been sent to all the parishes, convents and faithful asking them to open their doors to evacuees from the Diocese of Sendai," where shelters and evacuation centers are filled to capacity, she said.
"I have received many phone calls from Peruvians who have decided to return to Peru because of the situation." She added that since March 17 she has "been helping a number of people process their paperwork or pick up their test results from the hospitals to take them back to Peru," she said.
Sister Alvarado said that although the situation is very difficult, "I feel more than ever that my mission is here now, to accompany those who stay and detach myself from those who are leaving, many of whom are leaders in our parishes.
"I hope they will take the experience of faith they have had here to wherever they go," she added.
Sister Alvarado applauded the solidarity and quick response from the Hispanic community in Saitama, where many were willing to open their homes to families from the north. The diocese is developing an action plan to assist the families who are evacuating.
"This is all we can do right now as a Church. The experience of the last two years, which began with the global economic crisis, led our parishes to open their doors and hearts to help many people who were left unemployed and homeless," she recalled.
Sister Alvarado said the beginning of Lent this year "will remain etched in our hearts. Together with Christ we are experiencing the Way of the Cross towards Calvary, trusting that in the end resurrection with Him will come."
The Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception have 21 members in Japan, eight living in Fukushima, where they operate a school.
"It is true that the images in the media are harsh and very sad, but hearing the people express thanks for being alive and seeing the joy on their faces when they learn a family member, neighbor or friend is alive brings tears to our eyes," she continued.
"Japan is seen as a powerful, rich and technologically advanced country," Sister Alvarado said, "but the heart of Japan can only be seen with the heart."
"In every interview on television the people say 'Gambarimasu' (an expression of encouragement). I think that many people express their hope with this word. Of course it is painful for them to see they have lost all of their material things, but the joy of being alive is stronger," the Peruvian sister said.

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The Phoenix Symphony continues it's US Airways Classics Series with the World's Greatest Piano Concertos Festival starting May 5 to 7 at Symphony Hall.
First performed in Boston in 1875 to rave reviews and audience acclaim, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 remains an audience favorite and the standard against which all virtuosos' measure themselves. Also featured in the festival's first week is Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. Hear what he is most known for, his dynamic Piano Concerto in A Minor and his incidental music composed for the play Peer Gynt.
Part of the US Airways Classics series, "Grieg & Tchaikovsky" is sponsored by the Zicarelli Foundation and will take place at 7:30 p.m. on May 5 at Symphony Hall, 11 a.m. on May 6 and 8 p.m. on May 7.
Tickets for "Grieg & Tchaikovsky" start at $18 and can be purchased by calling the Phoenix Symphony Box Office at (602) 495-1999 or by visiting www.phoenixsymphony.org.
Other highlights of The Phoenix Symphony's US Airways Classics Series include "Rachmaninoff & Beethoven" May 12 to14 and "The Red Violin" May 19 to 21.


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First of all, I'm Eric. I've been a member of the CRPG community for a long time and I'm happy for your comment, however, I don't think you understood the point of this article. And, frankly, your assumption that I'm not familiar with classic RPGs, and that I'm an ADHD "modern gamer" with no attention span could not be farther from the truth.
The RPGWatch news post suggests that this is a review. That is absolutely not the case. In fact, I'll be reviewing the game for GameBanshee once I've fully finished it (something most other sites have likely not managed by this point). I'd also like to point out that the quote selected for the news post is taken out of context and certainly does not cover the entire range of my discussion.


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"The greatest story never told..?" The Festival is delighted to present the hotly anticipated first visit to the UK by New York's Nature Theater of Oklahoma.
Life and Times is their epic portrait of an unremarkable life, generated from one single, simple question to a friend: "can you tell me your life story?".
Episode 2 picks up the tale from age 8 to 14. The company takes the concept of chorus and chorus line illustrating adolescent concerns of fitting in and standing out as home made 80s styled electro disco rhythms accompany heroic gymnastics and vocal extravagance. The story takes in elements we all recognise - that first crush, the boy you met on holiday, the friend with whom you secretly started smoking…
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Deaths GEORGE W. ADKINS, 92, Bullard, died July 5. Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Directors, Tyler.
MARGARET BALDWIN, 86, Lindale, died July 4. Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home, Lindale. Visitation 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
TERRY DYE, 70, Tyler, died July 4. Hilliard Funeral Home, Van.
CLAREMCE PAUL EDWARDS, 74, Tyler, died July 7. Community Funeral Home of Tyler.
STEPHANIE FARRIER, 46, Mount Pleasant, died June 27. J.C. White Funeral & Cremation Services, Longview.
MARJORIE GREENE, 105, Tyler, died July 6. Community Funeral Home of Tyler.
SOFIA ALEXANDRIA GUEVARA, infant, died June 25. J.C. White Funeral & Cremation Services, Longview.
JAMES WILSON HARRIS, 80, Tyler, died July 2. John R. Harmon Undertaking Co., Tyler.
ROGER ALLEN LEWIS, 68, Rusk, died July 3. Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home, Rusk. Memorial services are planned for a later date.
BILLY SANDERS, 62, Tyler, died June 26. John R. Harmon Undertaking Co., Tyler.
JACK SAULS, 71, Lake Tyler East, died July 7. Cottle Funeral Home, Troup.
ROBERT LEARD "R.L." SMITH III, 67, Tyler, died July 7. Stewart Family Funeral Home, Tyler.
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JANE MCCORMACK COX, 82, Tyler; 10:30 a.m. graveside in Fairview Cemetery, Marshall (Stewart Family Funeral Home, Tyler).
JAMES "COTTON" KNIGHT, 89, Pittsburg; 10 a,m. at Erman Smith Funeral Home, Pittsburg.
POLLY JOHNSTON, 96, Tyler; 11 a.m. at Lloyd James Funeral Home, Tyler.
MAX PYLE, 76, Palestine; 10 a.m. at Bailey & Foster Funeral Home, Palestine.
RACHEL STOVER ROUP, 97, Athens; at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, Athens (Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home, Athens).
CLINT "COWBOY" WILLIAMS, 43, Pittsburg; 2 p.m . at Erman Smith Funeral Home, Pittsburg. Visitation 1 p.m.-service time at funeral home.
ZELMA DELL WILLIAMS, 58, Arp; 11 a.m. at Hopewell CME Church, Arp (Community Funeral Home, Tyler).
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Marilyn Vines Murray, 60, Bullard, formerly of Brownsboro, 10 a.m. Boren-Conner Funeral Home, Bullard. Visitation 6-8 p.m. today at funeral home.
LOUIS A.K. SIMMONS, 20, Reklaw; 1 p.m. at Reklaw Baptist Church (Mercy/McGowan Funeral Home, Jacksonville). Visitation 6-7 p.m. today at funeral home.
HARVIE TUCKER, 80, Duncanville, formerly of Wills Point; 1 p.m. at Hilliard Funeral Home, Van. Visitation following services at funeral home.
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No, but "Southern Dew" will make you care less about any dew on your tarp or UQ or anything else.
No, but "Southern Dew" will make you care less about any dew on your tarp or UQ or anything else.
"No whining in the woods"
Here in nor cal, we have fog. Thick, thick fog. Everything gets wet! It worse then rain. Fog comes under the tarp and wets the quilts. Only thing I've found is to pitch tarp as close to the ground as possible and close the doors.
I just spent a week hiking in the everglades and every morning my tarp was soaked, top and bottom. I was kind of disappointed that it didn't bead up and roll off easily. I carefully took down my quilts and hammock trying not to rub against the underside and get drenched. Then I took a corner loose and shook like mad. It looked like a rainstorm but got most of the moisture off the tarp before packing up.
I repeated this every morning for 4 days. The temps only got down to 49 or so one night and the rest were warmer. I don't know what the dew point was (not really that much of a weather nerd) but I'm guessing we broke it based on all the moisture.
I've been sleeping out in the back yard every night when it's not raining here for awhile now. I've had massive dew on the underside and topside of my tarp just about every night. A few nights, the air was dry enough to stave it off. Dry air just isn't very common in Alabama, and your gear will suffer if you dont have adequate protection. This I've learned.
And it seems to be worse when it's warm in the day, and drops to cold at night.
We need a weather man to explain dew point to us.
I see a couple misconceptions here about dew that I might be able to clear up, and maybe we can draw up some good ways to counter it with the information. So gather round the weather nerd, folks.
Fog forms when the air temperature is the same as the dew point. That is called a 'saturated air mass'. It doesn't happen very often, and when it does, it's almost always in the form of precipitation. Fog is a finicky creature, and needs uber-specific conditions to form.
Dew doesn't 'fall'. That seems to be the most common misconception. It forms where you see it, unless it is dripping off of leaves or the like above you.
Dew is just condensation. It forms when objects near the ground drop below the dew point, which is usually with in a couple degrees of the ambient air temperature. With out exception, unless there is fog, it can only form on objects that have some kind of help in cooling off. In our case, almost always this is evaporative cooling. If the air temp is much higher than dew point (more than say, 4 or 5 degrees) objects have a hard time cooling down enough to see any condensation at all.
Leafy objects see the dew first because they are very good at evaporating moisture into the air, which as anybody who's been caught in a summer rain storm with high winds can attest, can cool an object to below the ambient air temperature. This is not normally possible simply by sitting and radiating your heat off into your environment. The moisture that evaporates off of you literally carries the heat away.
If you put your tarp up over dry, bare ground, and didn't sleep in it, you wouldn't see dew on it, pretty much ever. Dew forms on it, most heavily on the inside, because it acts as its own little weather generator.
When you pitch your tarp, it does two things. It traps warm air that wants to rise from the warm ground, and from the warm pink bear burrito under the tarp. It also traps moisture. Some of this also comes from the soil and plants beneath the tarp, but a much larger amount comes from us, and not just from breath. Sweat as well. The trouble starts because the tarp is very thin, so it doesn't insulate much. This means that the tarp material itself, while holding a lot of heat and moisture beneath it, will want to sit somewhere near the ambient outside air temperature. This will very often be *well* below the dew point of that warm, moist air trapped under it, so dew forms on the inside of the tarp. Lots of it.
Now you've got yourself a recipe for a nice indoors monsoon to accompany your breakfast in the hammock.
In addition, you're sweating into your bag and hammock, as well as breathing *very* humid, nearly saturated, warm air in to it. This lets the exterior of the bag actually get slightly below the ambient air temperature because this moisture will evaporate and cool the surface of your hammock and bag. If the temperature inside your tarp is, let's say 40F, it's very possible that the surface of your bag could be 39F, or even a bit lower. When the difference between the ambient air temperature and dew point is a half a degree or so on those balmy Georgia nights, that's plenty enough to cause dew on your bag and UQ.
Ok, so Meteorology 101 is over. What can we do about our condensation problems?
Firstly, and easiest, if you can help it, don't set up on top of lots of leafy vegetation. Grass is not your friend here. It is darn good at pumping moisture into the air. The same goes for damp ground, especially if it's warm, damp ground. The ideal spot to pitch would be straddling a big, dry slab of bedrock. Ice isn't bad either. Snow is okish. Better than warm, wet mud anyway.
A tarp laid out beneath your hammock will help cut down on this source of radiated heat and moisture. The trouble is, a *lot* more of it comes from you than from the ground.
So, you're a sweating, breathing, highly efficient humidifier. What do we do about it? Obviously the #1 source is your breath. As folks have mentioned, some kind of absorbent cloth very near your mouth and nose is one good way. It will cool quickly through evaporative processes to the dew point, and collect moisture very well. It won't catch 100%, or even 50% unless it's worn as a mask, but it will help a lot.
Next up is the moisture you're pushing into your TQ and UQ. There isn't much you're going to do about this aside from using a water proof shell on them. This will prevent that evaporation that will cool the surface of the bag to below ambient air temperature, and any dew that *does* form, will form on the water proof surface, but then the moisture you are pushing in to the insulation will be trapped there until you turn the thing inside out and let it dry. This is going to be one of those things you should experiment with to see where the cost/benefit balances out. In the spring and fall in the deep south, I think it might be worth it. For most of us in more temperate/dry climates, I doubt it will work out favorably. You'd trap more moisture in the insulation over night than would be collected as dew on the exterior.
One last trick that helps with the tarp condensation. Don't pitch your tarp perfectly level. If you can, jack the head end up slightly higher than the foot end, and leave the doors open, at least a bit. This will allow a convective flow to establish as your body warms the interior of the tarp. The warm, moist air will flow out the top, and the cool, somewhat dryer air will flow in the bottom, hopefully preventing the build up of really moist air that leads to the morning rain storm in the hammock. You can also pitch your tarp sides as steeply as possible, as this will let the water bead and run a little easier, as well as minimizing the amount of volume the tarp has to collect the warm, moist air at the top where the surface area/volume ratio is stacked against you the most.
So there you go. A scientific approach to dew. Being a relatively inexperienced hammocker, I'm going more off my physics and meteorology courses than anything else here, so I'm eager to hear from the Hanging Masses if I'm misinterpreting something.
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If - if he stood! Enough of ifs!
He knew a path that wanted walking
He knew a spring that wanted drinking
A thought that wanted further thinking.
A love that wanted re-renewing
"A Lone Striker" Robert Frost
Experience is the worst teacher - it presents the exam first and the lesson later. - Unknown
I guess a proof of all this is your window panes in winter when you are running the heat. You have warm ambiet air inside, but the cold air outside causes the window pane to drop below ambiet room temp., and you get lots of moisture on the inside of your window panes.
I also am a believer in the grass dilemma. My backyard setup is over really thick grass, and I do believe that grass is a major factor in my morning tarp dampness.
But my main trouble was my topquilt getting wet without a tarp. Im guessing from your teachings that it's my moist body heat evaporating thru my quilt that is causing it too cool down and form moisture on the surface.
Thanks, "Professor" Frost. Good tips on tarp pitching.
Taylo, yes this is one potential reason for the dew on your TQ with no tarp.
Another way to look at it may be that you're kind of creating your own little microclimate surrounding the hammock. If the air is very still, you would create a warm pocket of air sitting immediately around the hammock. If you moved, or a slight breeze kicked up, some, but not all of that warm air would be replaced with rather cold, dryer air. You'd see a sudden increase in evaporation from your TQ, along with a sudden cooling, and as the warm pocket settles back in around you, moisture condenses.
Then you've set up a vicious cycle where it has more moisture to evaporate, which cools it further, which creates more condensation, repeat until your butt cheeks freeze together and your down goes back to its roots and heads south looking for warmer weather.
The ideal solution to this situation would seem to be a genuinely breathable DWR shell on the bag so that your perspiration can evaporate away, and any dew that forms just beads up harmlessly on the top. The only trouble I see there is that, if it beads up that well, it will run off the shell, into the hammock, and you'd awaken in a puddle.
If - if he stood! Enough of ifs!
He knew a path that wanted walking
He knew a spring that wanted drinking
A thought that wanted further thinking.
A love that wanted re-renewing
"A Lone Striker" Robert Frost
FWIW, I'm notorious for picking the worst spots to sleep (grassy meadows, edge of trees, on a ridge, no cover etc) and without a tarp in order to obtain the best stargazing. What moisture does collect will dry out in short order by simply laying your bag/quilt out for a short while in the sun. It only becomes an issue if you can't dry it out for days on end, or in extremely cold conditions where it can freeze in the insulation and vapor barriers become crucial.
Experience is the worst teacher - it presents the exam first and the lesson later. - Unknown


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Reeling Montana Senate candidate back in race
Republican Mike Taylor is back in the race for a Senate seat from Montana.
After suspending his campaign over a smarmy commercial that featured a film clip from his days as a leisure suit-clad hairdresser in the 1970s, Taylor announced Tuesday that he would again actively try to win the Nov. 5 race against incumbent Democrat Max Baucus.
"What would my forefathers do -- those salt of the earth people who settled the West? Would they just walk away? No way," Taylor said. "After conferring with my wife, my children, my family, the decision was made that I must come back -- not just because I want to be a senator, but because I want to make a statement about decency."
Taylor was trailing in the polls when he shelved his campaign Oct. 10 after the ad hit the airwaves. The commercial, which showed a blow-dried Taylor applying a facial to a male customer with dated disco music playing in the background, was seen by many analysts as a not-too-subtle attempt to convince Montana's conservative voters that the married Taylor was gay.
Taylor had called for a write-in candidate to take up the Republican flag, however, he said Tuesday that long sessions of prayer had persuaded him to get back into the game under the banner "Countdown to Decency."
"I want to save democracy from the smear campaigns," he declared. "I realize that our effort is David vs. Goliath -- the people vs. the muckrakers. They (the Democrats) may have 10 times more money than we do, but Montanans have 10 times more integrity than them."
Poll: Gov. Jeb Bush has edge
A new Mason-Dixon poll of 638 probable Florida voters released Tuesday showed Gov. Jeb Bush with a 5 percentage point lead over scrappy lawyer Bill McBride, his Democratic challenger in the race for governor.
The poll gives Bush 49 percent of the vote to 44 percent for McBride, with 6 percent undecided. It also said most of the undecided are Republicans. The margin of error was 4 percent. A Mason-Dixon poll taken a month ago showed Bush with a 6 percent margin.
Bush's mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, campaigned with the governor at a retirement community in southwest Florida Monday and former President George H.W. Bush was to appear at a Jacksonville rally Tuesday.
"This still is a very competitive race," said Brad Coker, managing director of Mason-Dixon Polling and Research. Other polls earlier this month have shown the contest as being a little tighter than that. "I think we're in pretty good shape two weeks out, but we've got a lot of work to do," Bush said.
McBride's campaign manager Alan Stonecipher had a different view.
"If anyone's moving, it's us," he said. The two candidates were scheduled to hold their third and final debate Tuesday night.
Lautenberg widens lead
The latest poll on the New Jersey Senate race shows Democrat Frank Lautenberg extending his early lead over Republican Douglas Forrester to 8 points.
The Newark Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers Poll of 800 likely voters taken from Oct. 13-17 found Lautenberg, a former U.S. senator plucked out of retirement to replace Sen. Bob Torricelli on Oct. 1, leading Forrester, 47 percent to 39 percent.
Lautenberg had a 6 percent lead in a survey released Oct. 11.
Much of Lautenberg's strength is among women, the poll showed. The Democrat had a 21 percent lead among women -- 53 percent to 32 percent -- and a 9 percent edge with independents. Forrester led among likely men voters 47 percent to 39 percent.
Torricelli was behind by 13 points in an Eagleton poll released two days before he withdrew after being cited for ethics questions by a Senate committee.
Napolitano leads in polls
Arizona Attorney General Janet Napolitano leads Republican Matt Salmon in the race for governor in two statewide polls.
A Rocky Mountain Poll of 662 voters conducted this week gave Napolitano a 16-point lead, up from 3 percent last week. A poll by KAET-TV/Channel 8 in Phoenix gave the Democrat an 8-point edge, 46 percent to 38 percent. The polls each had a margin of error of 5.2 points.
Pollsters said Napolitano is winning the support of female voters, 2-1.
Missouri Senate candidates agree on tax cuts
Democratic and Republican Senate candidates in Missouri faced off in their first and only face-to-face televised debate in St. Louis Monday night with polls showing them locked in a statistical dead heat.
Democratic Sen. Jean Carnahan, who took the post two years ago after her husband, Gov. Mel Carnahan, was elected posthumously, argued in favor of a middle-class tax cut.
Republican Jim Talent, a former four-term congressman, said he favored new tax cuts to stimulate the economy, even though the federal budget deficit is growing.
A new poll by KSDK-TV showed Carnahan with 50 percent, Talent 47 percent with 3 percent undecided. The poll had a margin of error of 4.2 percent.
Talent stressed his Washington experience over and over, mentioning his service in the U.S. House 19 times in the hour. The debate was Carnahan's first.
The winner of the special election will serve a four-year term.
Texans begin absentee voting
Early voting started this week in Texas and both candidates in the hot governors' race have already cast their ballots.
In his hometown of Laredo, Democrat Tony Sanchez and his wife, Tani, cast their ballots at Cigarroa High School Monday.
"We have 15 days to go until the general election, and I feel real good," Sanchez said. "Our field operations are kicking into high gear right now across the state. Everybody is very excited. ... I think we're going to have a massive turnout in this election."
Sanchez, who would be the first Hispanic governor of Texas, is hoping to draw a record number of Hispanic voters to the polls in early voting or on Nov. 5.
In Austin, Republican Gov. Rick Perry, voted at a senior citizens' home Monday, using the photo opportunity to criticize Sanchez's record of not voting.
"The key today is just to bring attention to people to go vote. It's a great privilege. It's a right that Texans need to exercise. In fact, I congratulate Mr. Sanchez on voting for the first time in eight years," he said.
Sanchez, a millionaire oilman and banker, has apologized for not voting in several recent elections. He is running for public office for the first time, while Perry has been a fixture in Texas politics for nearly 18 years, succeeding George W. Bush as governor.
In-person, early voting began this week across Texas and will end on Nov. 1.
More than 12.8 million people have registered to vote in the Texas general election, an increase of nearly 450,000 from the 2000 presidential election, according to the secretary of state's office. Of the total, about 19.7 percent have Hispanic surnames, the office says.
Vote (absentee) early and often ...
Election officials in Colorado are blaming a faulty addressing machine at a private vendor for mailing duplicate absentee ballots to about 200 Denver households.
Officials began receiving calls from confused citizens on Friday after the election commission put about 56,000 absentee ballots in the mail.
Another 200 voters in north-central Denver will be mailed a corrected ballot. The first ballot left off the candidates in House District 5.
Commission Executive Director Robert Mendoza, who took office earlier this month, called the mistakes "unfortunate" but said he's confident the election will run smoothly.
The ballots have a computerized bar code and duplicates would be disqualified, an election commission official told Tuesday's Denver Post.
In Nebraska, with a smaller than usual turnout likely at the polls Nov. 5, absentee ballots could play a major role in deciding political races.
Twelve percent of the ballots counted in the 2000 election were cast early under the state's no-excuse absentee voting, which does not require voters to give any reason why they can't get to the polls on Election Day.
Absentee ballots can be cast at county offices or by mail by Nov. 4.
Previously voters had to state they had a health problem or were jailed on a misdemeanor to qualify to vote absentee.
State Democratic and Republican leaders told WOWT-Channel 6 in Omaha both parties are courting registered voters who missed the primary to make sure they vote this time around.
Heston stumps for gun rights
Oscar-winning actor Charlton Heston kicked off a 12-state tour in New Hampshire Monday night campaigning for candidates who support the right to bear firearms.
He admitted, however, he didn't know the names of any of the local candidates on the ballot, according to the Union Leader of Manchester.
The only thing that interested the president of the National Rifle Association were candidates who oppose gun control laws.
At an NRA rally in Manchester, Heston, 78, told the audience: "It's not only important that you vote, but who you vote for."
Heston, who recently announced he has Alzheimer's disease, ended his remarks by raising an antique rifle over his head and proclaiming, as he has before, "From my cold dead hands."
A group of about 30 protested outside, criticizing Heston and the NRA for blocking "common sense measures" to reduce gun violence and for failing to promote gun responsibility.
Madame governor
Gov. Jesse Ventura clearly will be an outspoken maverick until the end of his term in January.
The former professional wrestler-turned-politician, who is not running for re-election, Monday told reporters he is considering leaving office a few days early so Minnesota can have its first woman governor, Lt. Gov. Mae Schunk.
"I just thought it would be fun, the last week, to leave early and make Mae the first female governor of the state," he said.
Schunk says she'll pass on the honor. She said the state's first woman governor should be elected by the people.
Ventura supports Independent Party candidate Tim Penny in the Nov. 5 election.
During Monday night's gubernatorial debate the four candidates were asked to sum up Ventura's single term. Penny said it was "quite a ride." Republican Tim Pawlenty called it "loud," Democrat Roger Moe said it "was a lost opportunity" and Green Party candidate Ken Pentel credited Ventura for breaking "the two party dominance" in Minnesota politics.
(Les Kjos in Miami, Phil Magers in Dallas and Dave Haskell in Boston contributed to this report.)


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A couple of questions, if I might ...
1) The difference between balanced and unbalanced output and why one might choose one vs. the other.
2) Difference between Voltage Mode and Current Mode and, again, why one might select one vs. the other.
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A couple of questions, if I might ...
This will be a bit of a simplification but in a single ended connection (normally utilizing an RCA connector) there is a "signal" (the music) and a "ground" (electrical ground.) In a balanced connection (normally carried on and XLR but sometimes on other connectors for PRO applications) there is the "signal" (again music) the "ground" (electrical ground) then the third leg is "the signal 180 degrees out of phase." That is to say AN EXACT OPPOSITE of the original musical signal.
The practical benefit is that if the entire system is balanced, including inside the components at the end of the chain the "signal" and the "inverse of the signal" can be compared. Anything that they have in common must be noise picked up in the journey of the signal, and is therefore discarded. Making for "blacker" backgrounds and wider, deeper sound stages.*
It is important to note that just because a component has XLRs on the back DOES NOT mean that the circuit is truly balanced. Many time manufacturers will add XLR connects for comparability with other gear OR as marketing hype. A truly balance circuit close to doubles the price of a component because for every wire, cap, resistor, etc there must now be two. Only the chassis and the power supply don't need to be doubled. If it isn't balanced throughout the entire circuit, it's of negligible value. In fact, a pseudo-balanced design adds one EXTRA part in the signal path that wouldn't be in the signal path for the single-ended connections which is usually phase splitter used to "manufacturer" a balanced signal when only a single-ended one exists.
Voltage mode vs. Current mode is a "Krell Thing" and hopefully someone else will come along to give you a good explanation. I looked on their website to see if they had a good FAQ, which unless I overlooked it they do not.
*Not everyone agrees that balanced connections run over shot distances have an audible effect, including some very good manufacturers. Like many things in high-end audio there are some very knowledgeable honest people on both sides of the fence. For the record my system is balanced, but I've many impressive systems that were purely single-ended.
In reading the review of the Halcro dm88 ... this is where the Voltage Mode/Current Mode came up ... apparently this amp has 4 different inputs, of which, voltage mode and current mode are 2 of them ... both balanced and unbalanced.
Which I, obviously, do not understand.
I don't remember the Halcro review but consider the "voltage" and "current" options to be a choice between voicings of this amplifier. Tube based power amplifiers are generally considered to be voltage drive as tubes tend not to produce high current. "Current" drive would then be considered more akin to a solid state amplifier's generic characteristics. You're speaker selection would largely determine which of these two options you might chose.
Some of the Carver amps had the same options. IE: current based or voltage base outputs. Bob used to advertise that the voltage outputs were for panels and ESL's and the current outputs were for moving coil speakers.
Thanks Joe. I googled Carver and think I found the article ... seems Bob was saying Voltage for Moving coil and Current for panels and ESL's. Additionally, I got the impression on the imput side that Voltage for SS and Current for tube, not to mention a page or two devoted to those with PhD's in electronics explaining the whole thing. However, I think I'm a little less fuzzy on this now .. thanks! BTW, did see an article when I googled Carver ... apparently there was some sort of "dust up" between Mr. Carver and Sterophile back in the early 1990's .. thought that was a little disturbing.
Yep Bob Carver is a bit of a snake oil salesman sometimes. I'm not saying he's a bad engineer mind you but he does tend to wildly exaggerate at times. It's always best to take him with a grain of salt and to fact check.
Balanced v Unbalanced is a very logical thing, im not sure what current v voltage means ?
At the end of the day a signal has certain properties that depend upon its source, you can increase the voltage and reduce the current or vice versa but its still the same amount of energy. Its just sounds like a snake oil thing.
On a balanced connection, the signal is carried by two signal wires, neither of which is grounded; the grounded shield is separate. The receiving circuitry senses only the Voltage Difference between the two signal wires, which means than any electrical noise, RF, or hum (which would be picked up by both wires equally and thus NOT induce any voltage DIFFERENCE) is not sensed at all and is effectively non-existent in the receiving circuitry. This allows balanced connections to be run virtually any distance with no signal degradation, even in environments which would be highly degrading to unbalanced connections.
In an unbalanced cable, the "ground" shield has to carry the signal return current, which means it cannot truly be "grounded" at either end; it must be a "floating" ground in order for the return signal current to be induced in it. It also cannot "shield" itself AND carry signal current. The shield function is essentially contradictory to the signal-carrying function, and this makes the entire concept of the unbalanced cable rather stupid. This makes it vulnerable to noise and hum components which corrupt the signal and also to interactions with the circuitry at both ends which can cause ultrasonic oscillations in the cable. It also means that the point labeled as "ground" in the signal circuitry at either end in the equipment can also not be a "true" ground and is subject to noise in some degree (if both ends of the shield or "ground" side of an unbalanced cable were at absolute ground, then there would no way for the signal return current to exist; it could not be induced to flow if both ends were truly at 0 potential).
In essence, the minimum requirement to do the job properly is 3 wires, and an unbalanced cable tries to do it with 2. It doesn't work well at all.
The engineering problems with unbalanced connections are so limiting and such a miserable can of worms technically that I can't understand why "high-end" equipment manufacturers do not simply reject them completely and go 100% balanced. I struggled for years with unbalanced connections and finally realized that they are simply inadequate and inappropriate for a high-performance audio system. Even when you keep them shorter than 4 feet, they are subject to drastic variations in sonic performance, depending on the highly variable input and output characteristics of the two pieces of equipment being connected, as well as the cable itself (this of course, has led to the snake-oil salesmen who sell hundreds of cable types based more on bullshit than fact at ridiculous prices...).
Visit any recording venue or recording studio, and you will NEVER see ANY unbalanced connections whatsoever...NONE!!! Also, in industrial instrumentation, where low-level signals must be transmitted with absolutely no degradation, you will never see anything but balanced connections. Yet, for some strange reason, in the audio world we struggle with these hideously flawed unbalanced connections even as we are supposed to be striving for high quality sound! I find it absolutely ridiculous that unbalanced connections were not dumped many years ago. As audiophiles, we certainly need to begin to firmly reject them now!!
if i can add on a question - does this just apply to components such as preamp and amp and cd player or to speaker lines. i can't think of any balanced line speakers. please enlighten me.
Since neither side of a speaker is normally in need of a ground, it is really irrelevant whether there is a ground or not. Most vacuum-tube power amps have a transformer output, so there may or may not be a ground present; most solid-state amps do have one side of the output circuit grounded.
PHASE must certainly be observed to ensure that the two speakers do not produce acoustical cancellations, however.
Most internal circuitry of equipment, other than power amplifiers, is not balanced and in most cases there is no particular advantage to making it balanced internally. It is when signals leave the equipment that balanced circuits are required to ensure low noise and prevent signal degradation during signal transfer. The degree to which balanced circuitry may be required or desirable within the equipment to achieve this varies according to the type and design of the equipment.
thanks for the clarification on the speakers. so if you have balanced, you don't have to spend the crazy money on interconnects?
Talk to any pro sound engineer for a rock band and he/she will laugh if you mention unbalanced connections.
Please see my post under "Cables" in the forums, ref. Topic "Nice and Easy Speaker Cables".
Make that ANY sound engineer for ANY stage, auditorium, concert venue, recording studio...you name it.... None of them have any truck with unbalanced.
It is only the audio-phools that have any truck with unbalanced connections (those who haven't finally gotten wise, that is, and given the boot to unbalanced for good).
Of course, in this economy, it might be unpatriotic to go 100% balanced, since it will put the entire CABLE/VOODOO/BULLSHIT-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX out of business! Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Basic balanced cables and #10 Alpha Stranded Hookup Wire from Mouser for my speakers powers my system; nothing from the Voodoo Industry. Sounds fantastic!!
Any ordinary balanced cable that uses metal-shell XLR connectors and standard AES-EBU 3-conductor cable sounds precisely the same as EVERY other one; no exceptions! You can make your own easily; High-quality Deltron XLR connectors are less than $4 each, if you want to make your own, and high-quality cable is not very expensive either; easy to make your own if you can solder, or commercially fabricated cables are not very expensive either.
I use light green or grey Gotham Audio GAC-2 cable, which costs about one dollar per meter and comes in about six different outer rubber jacket colors. This is very good quality.
MCM Electronics has 100 feet of a similar type for $47.95. Most pro audio stores list it as "microphone cable" (double-shielded, 2 conductor).
ZZOUNDS has a 250-foot spool for $134.95; listing code CBIMLSPL under "microphone cables/raw cable". I have had very good luck with ZZOUNDS; good quality and service.
Mouser Electronics lists Deltron XLR connectors, which are very very good, at about $4 each or less ( male; mouser p/n 174-7133 or Deltron p/n 705-0300...female; Deltron p/n 704-0300). Mouser is also a very good company, and I know they have microphone cable, but their wire and cable listings are arcane...a bit mixed up.


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AKIPRESS.COM - The results for the 2012 Kyrgyz Republic Demographic and Health Survey (KgDHS) have been released by the National Statistical Committee and the Ministry of Health in late January.
The newly released survey, the second DHS in the Kyrgyz Republic, highlights a welcome a decline in infant and child mortality. The mortality rate for children younger than age five is 31 deaths per 1,000 live births, a dramatic decline from the rate of 72 deaths per 1,000 live births reported in the 1997 KgDHS.
However, the report also shows persistent high rates of poor child nutrition with almost one-fifth of children in the Kyrgyz Republic under five being stunted or severely stunted. Stunting, which represents chronic malnutrition, varies around the country with the highest rates in Osh city, Osh and Batken Oblasts.
The 2012 Kyrgyz Demographic and Health Survey collected data from more than 8,000 households. Interviews were conducted with 8,208 women and 2,413 men age 15-49.
The survey was conducted by the National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. ICF International provided technical assistance through the USAID-funded MEASURE DHS program. Funding for the survey was provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with additional support from the United Nations Population Fund in the Kyrgyz Republic.


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Broadway is coming to Los Angeles this summer, giving local musical theater actors the chance to take the stage in productions ranging from a rock musical to a Prohibition-era crime satire to an Italian-inspired revival.
"Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" tells the story of America's seventh president, Andrew Jackson, his relationship with his wife Rachel, and the founding of the Democratic Party through a very modern lens. The July production is casting at Anaheim's the Chance Theater Tuesday, May 7, from 7–10 p.m.
Meanwhile, an upcoming production of "Chicago" will hold auditions in late May while International City Theatre is casting its production of "Red," which dramatizes the life of artist Mark Rothko, in late June. Both productions will be cast by Michael Donovan Casting.
"Nine," a musical based on Fellini's film "8 ½," follows the life of world famous director Guido Contini as he prepares his latest movie while balancing the women in his life. Auditions will be held May 18. The production is looking for Guido from 1–4 p.m. that day and auditioning for the female roles May 19 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. at the Met Theatre in L.A.
Center Theatre Group will also cast productions later this summer, including "A Parallelogram," about a young woman who believes she has an uncanny ability to see the future, and "The Steward of Christendom," by Irish playwright Sebastian Barry, based on the life of a former chief superintendent of the Dublin police. More information about CTG's casting can be found here.


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Harrisburg (Pa.) Central Dauphin junior offensive guard Artie Rowell has been enjoying the holiday season, but he hasn't been taking too much of a break.
The 6-foot-3, 280-pound lineman is working hard to prepare for a round of combines and camps in the coming weeks and months.
"I've been enjoying the holidays with my family and there's also been a lot of working out," Rowell said. "I'm preparing for the (U.S.) Army (All-American) Combine down in Texas. That, and I'm trying to plan some of these visits and junior days coming up in January and February.
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"I want to get out to Pitt and Rutgers, since I've got something in the mail from Rutgers. The only junior day invites I got were from Pitt, Rutgers and Michigan. I'm not sure if I'll be able to make the Michigan one, but I'll definitely go to Pitt and I'll definitely go to Rutgers. Both are pretty close, and maybe I'll go to some other schools, too."
Rowell said he would like to visit two more schools that are considered big names in the college football world.
"I would like to get up to Penn State, and I've been getting mail from Notre Dame. I went up to Notre Dame this fall when they played Boston College, and I'm starting to get some mail now that coach (Brian) Kelly is out there. I'd like a little more contact with them."
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Malaysian rubber bandits steal 725,000 condoms
A Japanese rubber company says that nearly 85,000 boxes of its condoms have been stolen in Malaysia.
Sagami Rubber Industries said the boxes were en route from the factory to a port to be shipped to Japan.
The boxes contained 725,000 individual condoms, collectively worth 121 million yen (e100,000).
Malaysian police are investigating.
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Discussion in 'Final Fantasy' started by reaper_of_souls, Feb 19, 2012.
Oh don't even get me started on football.... ******** ******* Eagles...
I love the way you took to the home team. You definitely need to be back before the next season starts. You're the only one who can handle Mike's high-fives when they score.
I like your history instructor.
I like your face after its been clawed at by feral cats.
For anyone who remembers and might be interested in the character battle tournament I used to run on this board, I'm reviving it on the GCB this year. Hope to see some of you return!
We have more pressing issues...
Checker is posting in the Vesti nowadays.
They aren't worthy of his presence.
I've been posting there for years though. So they're worthy of my presence, but not Checkers? I see how it is.
(you're right though).
I would not be a part of any board that would have me as a member. Especially if they let LiT in too.
This place moves too slowly for my easily distractible procrastination. And I'm participating in the tournament, I already sent my 10 characters. I just don't have as much to say about FF these days, that's why I haven't been here as much. I got something in store that I started a couple of months ago with J_Con, and hopefully I'll get around to finishing it soon.
Oye, my ears must have been burning.
Or...wait...how does that work? My...eyes burning if someone is writing about you?
I must think about this, probably take a couple of days...
The question is, did you sneeze?
Enough flirting, you two!
Of all of us who post in the CT, you're addressing this to the right people.
Hey, whoa, I have behaved for some time now, I take offence to that.
I mean, Ivalice hasn't even been around so we throw around random raunchy comments in each others direction, so give me some credit, geez.
Nice to see the old (new?) CT.
Oho. Welcome back aro. What happened to your post count?
i don't know, actually! I tried to log in with my old account about a year ago on a whim and it wouldn't let me, so when I tried again yesterday and it failed - I just figured I'd start a new one up and visit. Post count and member date were never terribly important to me, so I figure it'll be an adventure to start from scratch.
And hi! Hope all is well, old friend.
I've bought too many games too quickly. Got a 3DS and too many games. Still caught up with both FE Awakening and MGR. Haven't quite finished Anarchy Reigns yet. Accidentally got hooked on Mass Effect 3 multiplayer again. Got Etrian Odyssey IV and both FF III and IV DS. Haven't even started them. These past few months have been too expensive.
Aro! It has been forever and a day! How have you been holding up?
I bought Knights of the Old Republic 2 the other day. It was only $3 on Steam. Anyone here played it before? I've heard good things about it.
Greetings Aro. Great to see an old face. How are things for you outside the boards?
I can hold some of your money if you want so you don't go overboard. It will definitely not disappear.
does anyone here know the exact amount of gil needed to upgrade all weapons/accessories in Final Fantasy XIII to get the Trophey for Treasure hunter.?
It's rushed, certainly unpolished, but some people like it more than the first because the writing and good/bad choices are better.
There's a huge (and I mean HUGE) patch community, because the game was so unpolished some fans went out to fix the problems.
Well...There used to be a huge community for it which went out to restore the game, but I'll be damned if I can't find it anymore. Lost in the bowels of the internet, the best I found was this which has a bunch of the patches and mods for the game from the fans but mainly the big restore mod. I know there were others, though. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/03/the-fixer-how-to-restore-knights-of-the-old-republic-ii/
Thanks, J_Con. I got it off Steam, and I'm hoping there are patches there for it. Steam allows a pretty decent amount of user content, at least they do for Skyrim.
Pet owners (or those of us owned by pets) need to be made aware of this problem. This is huge for those of us who have multiple pets. I know I just spent about $850 on taking three dogs to the vet for basic shots and wellness care.
Veterinary medicine is going to require an overhaul in the future. These guys charge ridiculous amounts for procedures/tests that are way cheaper for humans and yet veterinarians make next to nothing on average. It is not a very sustainable situation.
Hey aro, it's been a while. How's school and stuff going?
Speaking of returning. Does anyone want to restart the MU for this board? I'm getting the itch to do it.
Not a lot of activity going on here. I don't think it would be worth it to do MU's here for the time being.
Hey, folks! It's sweet of all of you to welcome me back. I've been busy! About 3/4 of the way through school now, and super involved in my Speech Team, working 2 jobs, working on a paper for publication, etc.
I actually help teach a history class now, and during my down time hopefully I'll be able to post a little bit and catch up with everybody. Other than that, mostly working, getting internships in line, and trying to learn as much as possible.
I'd love to hear about all of you!
And the board - how are things holding up post-update?
Yeah this board has been kinda dead for awhile now.
I used to lurk the FF boards back when I was active in NBA 2k boards. My two favorite boards are like on life support now
I'm still pretty new on this board, but I hope I get accepted in the FF family
I'm sure you will.
the board might pick up activity again when new FF games get released.
That aren't All The Bravest...
I enjoyed All The Bravest
This place lost a lot of its fun. Several of us who used to post all the time now just get together on Skype most days/nights. If enough of the fun people come back, I think it would pick up a lot.
You must like paying up the ass in micro-transactions then.
Allow me to be serious for a moment. I can't help but feel that something intangible has been lost today. Thing is, I don't know what. All I know is that something is amiss. This doesn't feel right.
Check your pockets.
Apparently my thesaurus as I don't know what you are saying.
Speak for yourself, me and
have been posting this entire time on different boards up until now.
Sounds like things are going great for you, aro. That's awesome. Last time I talked to you, I think you were in your first semester/quarter of college. I feel like you would really dig the academic setting.
The boards are way better now, in terms of formatting. The organization...well, not so much. This place isn't indexed anymore which means nobody comes here!
The indexing will reportedly change, once a bunch of dead boards are purged and the menu can load correctly. That could help get new people here to make up for the volume that naturally leave over time.
Yes! This is the best news i've read all week. Seriously that search menu has to go in favour of a listing again.
Job interview today, exhausted after being all over the place, but I've got a good feeling about this place.
Anyway, somewhat late, but hello aro, nice to see you again, I hope you've been well.
Oh and Phil, just noticed the sig, love it, lol.
You get those feelings for a reason. Check with your family and loved ones. See how everyone is doing.
I just noticed Phil's signature. You're not very nice, Phil. Don't tell lies about me like that.
I don't want to give the false impression that this will happen in the near future. But the purging will happen, and the list was said to follow that in the future. No time-frame provided.
Still have never been so excited for a sentence that in another context would be considered extremely sinister and disturbing.
I saw Wreck it Ralph on Monday. I thought it was a cute movie.
That thought came to me because "Purge" & "Ralph" are both terms for puking, which is something I was doing on Monday.
So, like, back to this. I know the lyrics say "droplets". Now, however, all I hear is "chocolate". It's dumb, but it gets me every time.
I really miss the Noir icon. That is all.
This is my favourite song from the game now.
Greatest final battle theme of the year imo. Gets you really hyped.


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Panthers advance Gillis, Perry
The home crowd got to see St. Croix Central's Zach Gillis and Casey Perry advance out of the St. Croix Central Division 3 Regional Wrestling Meet on Saturday.
Gillis was the regional champion at Central on Saturday at 135 pounds. Perry qualified for sectionals by finishing second at 140 pounds in Central's regional meet. They will compete in the Division 3 sectional meet that will be wrestled at Osseo-Fairchild High School this Saturday.
In the sectional seeding, the two Panthers have much different opportunities. Gillis goes into the meet with a 30-7 record. His opening draw is Blair-Taylor sophomore Travis Guenther, who has an 8-12 record. If Gillis wins his opening match, he would likely meet Cadott sophomore Roy Munroe. This would be a rematch of the fifth place match at the Northern Badger Invite in December, which Gillis won.
The top three wrestlers in each sectional bracket qualify for state.
"It's about as favorable as we're going to get in that bracket," Central coach Brad Holzer said about Gillis' chances of reaching state.
Perry is unfortunately in one of the strongest brackets at the sectional meet. He's got a 31-12 record, but there are seven wrestlers in his bracket with 31 or more wins.
Perry's opening opponent will be Stratford sophomore Mark Marquardt, a regional champion with a 34-3 record.
"I think Casey can wrestle with anybody," Holzer said. "He can't let matches get away from him in the first and second period."
The two Central sectional qualifiers have very few similarities in their wrestling styles. Gillis has become a tough wrestler who is always on the attack.
"He's a soft spoken kid, but when he gets on the mat he's as physical as anybody," Holzer said. "He's matured in the aspect that you find what you are good at and stick with it."
Perry is more of a gambler. He's one of the most flexible wrestlers you'll ever see, which allows him to squirm out of situations that would be big trouble for other wrestlers.
"He's very unorthodox," Holzer said. "He's so darn flexible, it's frustrating to wrestle him if you are used to turning people for back points."
Gillis and Perry led a solid effort by the Panthers in their home regional. Gillis dominated the 135-pound class. He scored a pin in the semifinals, then won by technical fall to win his regional title.
Perry was seeded second at 140. He handily beat Matt Voeltz of Glenwood City in the semifinals, but couldn't get past Drew Knoop of Shell Lake in the finals. Perry then had to face Jordan Olson of Clear Lake in a wrestleback, which he won 10-2.
Chris Halvorson just missed making sectionals, taking third at 130 pounds. Holzer said that Halvorson can take another step forward next season by becoming a more aggressive wrestler.
"He's got to get a lot more physical. All our kids are like that. They're too nice," Holzer said.
The coaches moved freshman Matt Smith up to 152 pounds after he lost the wrestleoff to Perry at 140 pounds. The coaches knew Smith's options would be limited at 145 pounds because of Clear Lake's Brayden Wienke and Spring Valley's Willie Coyne. Smith won his first match at 152, but lost to Shell Lake's Michael Johnson in the semifinals.
The Panther freshmen all showed well on Saturday. Lauden Wood came up with one of the fastest pins in team history when he stuck a Glenwood City wrestler in 10 seconds in the fifth place match. Holzer said Marcus Malecek, Adam Lewis and Alex Halvorson also showed they have bright futures.
Holzer said one of the highlights of the day for him was seeing Ethan Hofland get his first win of the season at 145 pounds. Hofland returned to wrestling after being out of the sport four years. Hofland made his win dramatic, getting a takedown in the final three seconds to win 9-8.


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Yesterday, Howard Kurtz held his weekly chat where he covered such topics as the "liberal media," revelations in Scott McClellan's book, and media coverage of the presidential campaign. Some excerpts:
- Somerdale, N.J.: Howie, yesterday on your show and today in your column, you inject the phrase "liberal media" into the discussion. I was wondering if you believe that the mainstream media is liberal. If you don't, then why perpetuate the myth?
Howard Kurtz: In both cases I was quoting Scott McClellan, who writes that "the liberal media didn't live up to its reputation" during the runup to war (not that he was doing anything but spouting the administration line). I have observed that liberal commentators — who hardly represent the entire media — have embraced the McClellan book, while conservatives are trashing him, sometimes in very personal terms.
Dunn Loring, Va.: Deb Riechmann of the AP wrote an article today on Scott McCellan that stated that a criminal investigation found that Scooter Libby and Karl Rove were responsible for the leak of Valerie Plame's identity. Why hasn't The Post reported on this investigation and made the reports available to the public? All The Post has written is that Richard Armitage was responsible for the leak and that an investigation indicated that Libby made a false statement to the FBI. One more example of The Post covering up for Bush.
Howard Kurtz: Excuse me, but the role of Rove and Libby has been the subject of roughly 10,000 articles in The Washington Post, give or take a few, to the point that some people would emit screams when they saw another one. According to Nexis I wrote at least 40 myself. And there were times when *I* wanted to run screaming from the room.
Savannah, Ga.: In David Broder's Sunday column, he mentioned a Pew study on the media coverage of the presidential candidates. It said that only 7 percent of the coverage focused on policy and only 2 percent examined the candidates records. The vast majority of the coverage dealt with the horse-race, delegate counts and the like. Do these numbers seem reasonable to you? Do members of the media take criticism like this seriously? Will they adjust coverage accordingly?
Howard Kurtz: No. The media have been criticized on these grounds for the last 20 years and the situation hasn't changed much. Keep in mind, though, that this is not a monolith and that newspapers, while addicted to the horse race, publish more substantive stories about policy differences than, say, are carried on TV. Plus, between Iowa and Ohio & Texas, it was a helluva horse race that never really slowed down, except for the lull before Pennsylvania.


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Summary: Orgy Party is a hard-core site featuring oral sex content. There are 350,000+ images, 250+ live shows, 140,000+ videos, 500+ hidden cams, 8 E-zines and stories.
Find another site in our Blowjob category instead. We keep the review online for historical reasons.
Cupid, 2002-05-20
Blowjob, Hardcore
Intro promises
350 000+ photos
250+ live shows
140 000+ videos
500+ hidden cams
8 ezines
Sex library with stories
Hot features: Chatting and dating service
First impression
When I first visited this site, I got the impression of a well-arranged page with a large amount of content. On the welcome page, you'll find the daily-added galleries and other news, and in the top of the site, there is a navigation bar to take you into the several sections; Home, photos, videos, live, centerfolds, coeds, vid clips, dating, voyeur, ezines and stories.
1 Month $39.95
3 Months $59.95
Our opinion
All the pictures that I visited were great, both regarding picture quality and their contents.
The galleries are divided into two sections, College Coeds and Hardcore Gallery. These two sections give you what their names tells you. If there are more than 350 000 pictures or not, I am not able to check, but there really is a lot of pictures. And most of them are of great quality!
In the video section you get a list of links to around 100 other sites with even more videos. You can find everything from home videos or raw sex-videos to cartoons. Most of the videos are streaming videos that requires real player, quick time player or other plugins. And the picture quality varies from site to site, and of course of your internet-connection.
The categories in the (downloadable) "vid clips" section are anal sex, cumshots, group sex, hard core, lesbians, oral sex and dildo action. Inside them, you find links to the clips, descriptions of the clips and their size (about 3 - 20 mb, most of them small). Variable contents, also variable picture quality. Some seem to be old.
Then there is the live section. This is basically a service where you can watch naked girls live. Some of them are just lying there, while others are playing with their selves. Again, it is a list of links to third party sites. On some of the pages you can chat with the girls, while watching them. Some chat services you have to pay for. And some of the live cams, I suspect, are just playback videos, and not live. Difficult to say.
In the centerfold section, new centerfolds are added every Friday. The first one is from November 3, 2000. You can either read the picture-story, or view a more extensive gallery.
The coeds section is, again, a list of links to other sites, this time young (20+ years old) and beautiful girls' "private" sites. Here you can see videos, pictures of the girls. Interesting section.
The dating service is not the most impressive dating service I have ever seen. There is not too many adds and it is only for North America. It is divided into categories like "Men seeking women". It's got all the normal features, like "search all adds".
The voyeur section is a collection of different streaming videoclips. There are cameras, some hidden, in dressing rooms, in offices, in the shower and in several different other places.
The ezines section is a fine collection of 8 electronic magazines with pictures, stories. The usual magazine content.
And the last section is the story section. Here you can hear stories while watching pictures, or you can read them. Great alternative for the ones with a low connection.
Orgyparty is an access pass to a load of third party sites, mostly about young and beautiful, white, shaved females. Of course, with the enormous possibilities you have in this site, there are almost all kinds of girls and categories. The content varies, but I am sure most visitors will find what they want in this page.
If you have a dialup connection you cannot get full exploration of all the videos on this site, as most of them are streaming and not downloadable. And the large pictures would also take some seconds to download.
You get all kinds of other sites in one site, just paying for one! Unfortunately since there is no original content on the actual site, it won't get a topscore.
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One Direction Perform 'Story of My Life' + 'Best Song Ever' Live in Japan [VIDEOS]
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Directioners, brace yourselves! One Direction performed 'Story of My Life' and 'Best Song Ever' live in Japan — and there's video!
The boys got together on Music Station Japan on Nov. 1, and their vocals were slightly lackluster of 'Best Song Ever.' That's very unlike them, so we're suspecting there were some audio issues with their monitors and mics, because the boys have great pipes all the time! On the bright side, they clearly looked like they were having a lot of fun.
The guys fared better during a tour stop when they played 'Story of My Life,' their latest single from 'Midnight Memories,' as well as when they did a duet of the song with Japanese girl group AKB48. We love their harmonizing! Do we sense a tour together anytime soon?
Watch One Direction Duet With AKB48
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