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Beastlands - Song of the Were is a lightweight hack and slash adventure game with some RPG and RTS elements. It is based on Tanir's Quest's engine. The story of the game is based on the Beastlands plane of existence where sylvan creatures make up most of the population. Ehlonna, Godess of nature, daughter of Gaia leads a party of hers through the wilderness on a quest against evil intent together with her Brother Dieties.
Crossfire Extended Release is an extended version of Crossfire, a rogue-like 2D RPG, simulation, and graphical online chatroom. It features vast expanses and numerous cities, each with its own theme, deeply hidden worlds that very few ever venture to, flatworlds peeled off from the earth through hidden seas, and underground expanses. People can buy and build houses, towns, towers. There is a post office, banks, guilds. Boats one can own, castles one can rule over, forever, as a king. There is a weather simulation.
Cute Knight Kingdom is a multi-ending RPG in which a girl named Sorami searches for her destiny. In the game, you travel the kingdom to meet new friends, find treasure, and encounter monsters. You must choose your weapons or craft them yourself, work at jobs, and take classes to raise the skills that you need for success. You could become a hero, find true love, discover the truth of your origins, or embrace villainy as an evil warlord. Dozens of endings are available, depending on your choices.
EPIC is a multiplayer strategy roleplaying game in which you are pitted against or work with real people in various fantasy settings called modules. It starts with Conan and Malazan modules. Third parties can create new modules. The system supports adventures, armies, characters, assassins, guilds/buildings, very rich magic (over 400 spells) and over 2,000 items, in a realistic fantasy world . The game focuses on minimum game time but the maximum amount of time thinking about the game and your cunning plans with your allies. There's no farming or repetition. The game format encourages the creation of epic fantasy tales. Part of a player's turn is in real time, but movement and military orders are done as submitted orders which are processed as your turn.
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Title: The Eye of Minds
Author: James Dashner
About: Michael is a gamer who spends most of his time on the VirtNet, which offers total mind and body immersion into a virtual reality world. And his hacking skills just serves to enhance the many gaming options such as fantasy worlds and war games, or even just hanging out with friends. However, recently one hacker has been going beyond the limits of reasonable hacking. He's been trapping players inside the world, while in reality they have been declared brain-dead. Still, no one knows what he wants. The government, knowing they need a hacker to catch a hacker, has been watching Michael and his friends. However, accepting their top-secret challenge could mean an end to everything they've known as they go off the grid, diving into secret areas they never knew existed. And the risk could even include death.
This is one of the few books I never finished. Plot? Sounds really interesting. I've always been interested in books involving virtual reality areas or such, and this one seemed to match just that. However, I was quickly disappointed right in the first chapter.
I can't say much for the characters as I did not have enough time to form an opinion over how well-developed they are. They could be amazing.
I flipped through the book when I first picked it up and was thrilled to see no swearing. (Keep in mind that it was a glance, there may be some I missed.) I was incredibly excited, but in the first chapter, it went awry. Michael has to convince a gamer not to commit virtual suicide. It's just a part of his duty. However, they describe in detail how this gamer, Tanya, peels open her head to pull out the chip that's the link between this world and her mind in the real world. It was quite disturbing and a bit gory. And then she ends up jumping off the bridge as well, ending her life in both worlds. Oh, man. That was gross. And the reason I stopped reading.
Overall, this may have been a good book if I had continued. However, I do not care for descriptive violence in such a fashion. Besides, if they did it once, it's likely something similar will occur later on. I wouldn't recommend this book unless you delight in blood, which I hope you don't. Either way, you probably shouldn't read unless you are at least fifteen or sixteen, though I'd say not at all anyway. Something else I noted later is that this is the same author of the Maze Runner trilogy, which I read a while back. Quite similar in this sense – interesting plot, a bit too disturbing to be worth it.


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Did you know that the Mall of America releases thousands of live ladybugs into their indoor garden each year? While this may sound strange, ladybugs in Newark, Delaware take care of pest problems in a natural way, devouring everything from aphids, chinch bugs, asparagus beetles and thrips, to alfalfa weevils, grape root worms and mites. Not only do they eradicate these predators in an environmentally-friendly way, but they will also do it in a very cost-effective way. For less than $40, you can order 4,500 of these little ladies to your house, where they will protect your garden from unwanted pests.
When you buy your live ladybugs, you will get adult stage insects. Within 8-10 days of their release, each female ladybug will lay 10 to 50 eggs beneath leaves in your yard. In just 2 to 5 days, dark flight-less creatures with orange spots will emerge, ready to feast upon 50 to 60 aphids per day. After 21 days, they pupate and the prettier adult ladybugs come out in 2 to 5 days, hungry and ready to consume 5,000 aphids each! Ladybugs prefer temperatures from 61 to 82 degrees. If necessary, you may store adults for 1 to 3 weeks at 35 to 45 degrees before releasing them into the world to propagate.
Lady bugs in Newark, DE prey on aphids and other soft-bodied insects, such as aphids, mealybugs, scale insects and spider mites as well as insect eggs. Lady bugs eat as many as 50 aphids per day. If the lady bugs lay eggs, each larva will eat about 400 aphids before beginning its pupa stage. Spray non-crop plants with sugar water to attract lady bugs.
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Ruth Buck joined the faculty in 1988 as co-director of the Legal Research and Writing Program. Prior to entering law school, Buck published several articles and lectured extensively in the field of emergency medicine. In her third year of law school at Virginia, Buck was a finalist in the Lile Moot Court Competition and won the Stephen Pierre Traynor Award for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy. After graduation, Buck practiced in the litigation section of Neely & Player in Atlanta, handling cases ranging from personal injury and contract disputes to securities fraud. During 1986-88, Buck served as assistant director of the Committee on Continuing Legal Education of the Virginia Law Foundation. She also served on the faculty of Piedmont Virginia Community College.
Introduction to the Legal System (a multimedia CD-ROM lecture series) (May 2000).
Case Briefing (a multimedia CD-ROM lecture series) (June 2000).
"Insidious Disease and the Insurance Industry: Latent Disease Results in Acute Problems," Product Liability Trends (April 1983).
"The Training of the Emergency Medical Technician" (with others), Virginia Medical Monthly (April 1976).
"Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation" (with others), Vol. 3, No. 3 Nurse Practitioner (May-June 1978).
"Developing the Pre-hospital Phase of the Emergency Medical System" (with others), 106 Virginia Medical Monthly (1979).
"Pre-hospital Treatment of the Patient with Spinal Cord Injuries" (with others), Vol.3, No. 4 EMT Journal (December 1979).
Basic Life Support Handbook (Cambridge Publishing Company, 1987), editor and contributing author.
Advanced Life Support Handbook (Cambridge Publishing Company 1979), editor and contributing author.
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Apart from human casualties, Israel's losses in the eight-day conflict with Gaza could top $1 billion. Businesses within 25 miles of the border lose money when they were ordered closed.
JERUSALEM -- Human casualties and missiles aside, the eight-day flare-up in violence between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza could not have come at a worse time for Israeli farmer Ido Tamir.
"It's just when our olives need harvesting and our flowers need packing up to be sent to Europe in time for Christmas," Tamir said Thursday, less than 24 hours after the two sides agreed to an Egypt-U.S.-brokered cease-fire.
The manager of his family's farm, which produces olive oil, wine, honey and flowers for export, Tamir said the conflict, which saw thousands of people in Israel's southern communities running for bomb shelters and the Israeli military pounding hundreds of targets in Gaza, reduced his production by more than 50%.
"We are located in an area that did not have rockets before this war, and to suddenly have rockets falling on us was a big change in lifestyle and work," said the farmer, describing how many of his employees, including agricultural workers from Thailand and Palestinians from the West Bank, were too scared to come to work. His business was essentially paralyzed.
According to estimates published Thursday by the Hebrew economic newspaper The Marker, the cost to Israel for "Operation Pillars of Defense" could top more than $800 million for military expenses and $260 million in compensation for citizens, including damage to property from direct rocket hits.
For businesses large and small, the loss could reach more than $52 million, the Manufacturers Association of Israel announced Thursday.
During the eight-day conflict, factories, businesses, shops and offices located within 25 miles of the border with Gaza were ordered closed by Israel's Home Front Command for safety reasons. However, the Hollandia bedding factory in Sderot defied orders and opened its doors on the third day of the conflict.
"I deliver to 15 countries, and I could not really tell clients waiting for their orders in Thailand or Holland that we are in a war and they will not get their goods on time," said CEO and owner Avi Barssessat. He said 70% of his 150-member staff, bored at home, showed up for work.
Despite the show of support from his staff, Barssessat said that through the eight-day conflict, he saw a loss of nearly $400,000 in revenue.
"What can I do?" he asked. "You have to understand that for an employee to work under such a great stress is very, very difficult. It's almost impossible for them to work properly."
Barssessat described how countless "code red" alerts left employees running for cover in bomb shelters. Even though sirens in Sderot and southern Israel stayed relatively quiet Thursday, Barssessat said he was dubious that the cease-fire would be long-lasting.
"We've put up with this situation for more than 12 years. and I doubt it will really change anytime soon, but we can't give in to terror. Business must go on," he said.
Meanwhile, in an attempt to help those hurt financially, a well-known Tel Aviv events venue announced that it had invited southern vendors to sell their wares at a specially organized fair on Friday.
"We want to give businesses that have been hampered or closed down over the past eight days the chance to regain some of their lost income," said Hanger 11 owner Ze'ev Eizik. "It will give them the chance to get out of the south and make them feel that the rest of the country is supporting them."
Farmer Tamir, who will be one of those selling at the fair, said he was thankful for the opportunity to recoup some of his losses.
"It's been an extremely hard week for us in southern Israel," he said, "but this will be a chance for us to refocus and, who knows, hopefully the outlook after the weekend will be much better."


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Dear Editor:
As a former member of the Dolores Board of Trustees and a former Mayor of Dolores I can attest to a few things I learned along the way about our community and the way our community members can best be heard. I must also add that I am the parent of a Dolores Elementary child who is fortunate to have a "spot" within your school district as our current residence is in the Cortez school district. Because I am out of district I don't feel comfortable making any demands on the Dolores School Board or any demands on school administration. We choose this school because for the last 11 years Dolores has been our home town.
That being said, I offer a few suggestions mostly regarding some basic changes that would increase formal public communication:
1. Pass a motion to adopt Roberts Rules of Order with accommodations to ask for public input on each topic before it goes to vote. In a nutshell, any agenda item needs to be debated among board members and staff without the public commenting. Let the board and staff talk it out - then ask if there is any input from the public attendees before the vote. Adopting this method (I call it the Dolores Rules of Order) was the first motion I asked for after being sworn in as Mayor and it served me well because I could control a room, keep everyone on the current topic, and everyone there always knew they could weigh in at the end.
2. Install a podium with a microphone and install microphones for board members and staff. Speaking from experience, the current board room is large and the acoustics are bad. The people in standing in the rear are mostly engaged in their own conservations partly because they are not hearing details when a vast majority of the dialog is coming from the other side of the room. The use of a podium empowers the public.
3. Encourage the public (including students) to formally address the board and make this process easier. The one week prior requirement to fill out paperwork should be abolished in order for people to formally speak. Although time is needed to create an agenda, I believe a system should exist where an e-mail 24 hours prior to meeting should suffice. Time limits and slot limits should be imposed. We want people to speak freely, formally and without being interrupted. Don't tell someone about "chain of command" if they have a grievance - everyone has the right, without being questioned, to go straight to the top which is the school board.
4. The public needs to be more respectful. These board members are volunteering their time because they want to help not because they want to be a doormat. These are your representatives and remember that it's not only what you ask but how you ask it. What we want is leadership (board members and staff) that have the opportunity to deal with the apparent backlog of issues. An ever revolving door of Board members, Principals, and Superintendents creates an environment on backlog - let's create an environment of realistic accountability. The current Principal of Dolores Elementary is a great example of the kind of leadership that we need but it takes time.
5. Turn off the cell phones. This should include EVERYONE!
In conclusion, I believe that if we made the following changes that everyone would benefit. We might even have some fun in the democratic process. There are some important issues at hand that need constructive debate on so let's fix some things and get on with it so we can serve our kids in the best way possible.
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An important figure in the Czech underground and the history of experimental rock, with a music cast in the quintessentially Czech style: strong, full of ideas, mature and intelligent. The box collects Chadima's work through the difficult '80s - when you had to be pretty serious to take your chances with a paranoiac and unpredictable state apparatus. While the Plastic People were celebrated in the world outside, and spurred on the declaration of Charter 77, they were in fact just part of a wider movement whose actors remain largely unknown outside Czecoslovakia where, for two decades, making 'anti-social' music would ensure that you didn't get a licence to perform - making public, paid concerts next to impossible. And to persist was to court arrest - so the music went underground, played at secret locations and under assumed names; recorded in basements or unofficial concerts and released in Samizdat tape editions. These 6 CDs, re-mastered from the original tapes, give some sense of the life of this Czech counterculture, and of the quality and professionalism of the work they produced under such severely antagonistic conditions. The first CD set alongside the later I984WELL - a 40 minute, single, abstract work - mark the extremes encompassed here: from insistent rock to explosions and dark, abstract atmospheres. A lot of fine musicians went through these various MCH ensembles whose line ups all featured bass, guitar and drums, with most of them adding various horns and lo-tech electronics. Not be to everyone's taste, perhaps, but these CDs are important historical documents and they do go a little way toward setting the record straight about what was going on musically in Eastern Europe - which was quite as innovative as anywhere outside. Most of this material has not been readily accessible until now and is not available in any other form. For those intrigued but not ready to spend try Chadima's Pseudodemocritus first. In a black box with a very informative 40pp booklet.
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The rape conviction rate will not improve until women stop drinking so heavily, a former judge has said.
Judge Mary Jane Mowat, who retired this month, told the Oxford Mail she had presided over back-to-back trials where a female complainant had been so drunk she could not remember what happened.
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"I will also say, and I will be pilloried for saying so, but the rape conviction statistics will not improve until women stop getting so drunk.
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2010 was a great year, namely because it was our first. A lot of changes took place and during this first year we had some great moments as well as some that made you shake your head. We feel this compilation reflects the best and worst that 2010 had to offer in our respective areas of coverage. Enjoy the list:
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Winner: djborya sets new overall BMW 60-130 record
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Runner-up: Mikewads and dodger63 both first in the 10's for their respective platforms, E92 M3 and C63 AMG.
This was a tough one as we could not choose favorites, so we have a tie. Mikewads raised the bar for the E92 M3 in 2010 running record 60-130's as well as being the first to hit 10's. Dodger63 with his MHP powered C63 was the first to hit 10's on his platform as well as run some record 60-130's himself. We have to call this one a draw.
Story of the Year
Winner: Discovery Automotive destroys customer's car along with what was left of their reputation
This was our most popular story of the year by far. Nothing even came close, all the major blogs picked it up and it really vaulted BimmerBoost into the mainstream. After this went up Discovery Automotive took their site down and has not been heard from since. Hopefully, their doors have been closed, permanently.
Runner-up: ASR and the Twin Turbo M5 debacle
ASR had a pretty rough year getting thrown out from BimmerBoost for basically conning members out of their money with promises they could not deliver. This story is long from over but this was one of the most important developments of the year.
Article of the Year
Winner: S65 vs. S54
This was in our opinion far and way the best BMW article written in 2010. This article has made it onto every BMW forum, even those who refuse to acknowledge the existence of BimmerBoost, and has received routine praise throughout the community. A little self-serving, but we firmly believe it was the best of 2010.
Runner-up: Nitrous Express EFI Nitrous Kit / Progressive Controller / Acces. **FULL REVIEW/DIY**
Former_boosted_IS put out a good amount of top quality reviews and DIY's in 2010. This is just one of his many articles but we feel this one is the best. It explains why he chose the setup he chose along with the data to back it up. It is incredibly detailed and simply sets the standard by which all other reviews and DIY's are measured.
Best Performance Development of the year:
Winner: C63 AMG Black Series to get twin turbo V8.
Several places are reporting this is the case and if true, we can all mark this down as the moment Mercedes surpassed BMW as the enthusiast brand of choice.
Runner-up: Mercedes to expand AMG lineup
The good news just keeps on pouring in from Mercedes. From more AMG models to a potential 911 rival, 2011 is poised to be the year of the Benz.
Worst Performance Development of the Year:
Winner: 1M Coupe gets stock N54
BMW, you royally screwed this up and sold out. This marks the end of the M brand as we know it, thanks for the memories. Yes, it will sell, good for you but you lost our respect.
Runner-up: BMW begins to focus on FWD platforms.
It was nice knowing you, good luck in the future Toyota.
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Stupidest Quote of the Year
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Poster of the Year
Winner: LostMarine
The guy posts a lot and has supported the site, what can you say?
Runner-up: DBFIU
The most underrated posts on the site, great mix of info and color commentary. Seriously, appreciate it.
OT Poster of the Year
Winner: e92
If you have ever ventured into OT, you know this needs no explanation.
Runner-up: e92
He carried the OT forum by himself the first months, he deserves it.
Most Annoying Member
Winner: GG///M3
Beep beep beep beep beep.
Runner-up: GG///M3
Thread of the Year
Winner: RB 335 vs....
This one deserves it, clearly, even spilling onto other forums. An epic thread that evolved into who knows what with a little bit of everything thrown in.
Runner-up: Interesting Procede Gossip
If there was a thread that was more controversial or got more debate flowing from both sides we do not know what it is... doubt our server could handle it anyway.
It was a great year and if we missed anything, we apologize, but this is what stood out to us. Thank you for a great 2010 and here is to a great 2011!


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Ellie was born Jan. 12, 1932, in Cleveland, Ohio the daughter of Andrew and Susanne (Beinik) Slatinsky. She passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at the age of 81.
Ellie married Donald Lloyd Wolf on April 12, 1953, in Cleveland. The couple would have celebrated 60 years together this year. She enjoyed hunting for arrowheads and Indian artifacts on her property, and growing and taking care of plants.
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Mask Design
This page gives step-by-step instructions for designing masks for MOS observations with GMOS. The required steps are:
- Create an Object Table
- Use the Gemini MOS Mask Preparation Software (GMMPS) to create an Object Definition File (ODF)
- Verify that the ODF is correct
- Submit the ODF to Gemini
The National Gemini Offices (NGOs) check the mask design. The mask checks are performed following the NGO mask design check instructions. PIs are welcome to read these instructions to check and improve their mask designs.
Please note that there are procedural changes for submitting your Object Definition Table (see below).
Creating an Object Table
The first step is for the user to create an Object Table, which is then input to the Gemini MOS Mask Preparation Sofware. There are two options for doing this:
- Using GMOS pre-imaging: Instructions
- Using an object catalog: Instructions
Please note that masks designed using object catalogs is a feature added late in 2007 due to popular demand. PIs are reminded that use of this mode carries some risk due to inherent inaccuracies in object catalog astrometry and the transformation of those coordinates onto the GMOS focal plane. PIs should read the recommendations to ensure a good mask design when using object catalogs. For those programs requiring the most precise slit placement Gemini recommends designing the mask based on direct GMOS imaging.
A Guide to the Gemini MOS Mask Preparation Software (GMMPS)
The Mask Design is done using the Gemini MOS Mask Preparation Software (GMMPS) that is available pre-compiled for Sun/Solaris, Linux/Redhat/Fedora Core and Mac OS X. To use GMMPS the users will need a current version of Skycat as well as the the latest version of the Gemini IRAF package installed.
The basic steps in the use of the Gemini MOS Mask Preparation Software are as follows:
- Start the software using the command gmmps. This loads the GMMPS plugin within Skycat.
- Load the image.
- Load the Object Table. The Object Table should be prepared as described above.
- The objects may now be edited and prioritized as required, including selecting acquisition objects.
- There are now two options. Either; create a regular mask, or, create a Nod & Shuffle mask.
- The output from the mask creation is a FITS table - a minimal Object Definition File (ODF). You may want to read the detailed information on how the slit-positioning algorithm works.
- Plot the slits by loading the minimal ODF.
- Once the mask design is perfect, confirm that your mask complies with the Mask design checklist.
- Follow the instructions to submit the ODF(s) (FITS files) to Gemini.
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Mask design checklist
When you are done designing your mask, use this checklist to make sure everything is in order before you submit your mask design to Gemini.
- Does the field of view drawn by GMMPS match your image? If not, then you most likely have a problem with a missing PIXSCALE in the header of your Object Table.
- Does your design have a minimum of two acquisition objects (three recommended for masks made from object catalogs)? They should be sufficiently spaced out over the field - ideally at least one per CCD.
- Are your acquisition objects away from the gaps between the CCDs? You can see the gaps as areas of higher noise in the co-added reduced image supplied from your pre-imaging. GMMPS can also plot the gaps for you.
- Are the acquisition objects bright enough to give good alignment from 30sec acquisition images? A good rule of thumb is for them to have magnitudes in the range of 14-20. They should also be of the same brightness (within about 2 mag), if possible.
- Are the acquisition objects unsaturated in your pre-imaging data?
- Do the RA and DEC values in the Object Table (and therefore in the ODF) match the WCS of the GMOS image?
- If using tilted slits, the slit angles must be within +- 45 deg.
- If you boot-strapped from previous image data, have you double checked that the x_ccd and y_ccd values correspond to the correct pixel values on the GMOS image? The GMOS masks are cut using (x_ccd,y_ccd).
- No manual editing of the output ODF FITS file should be done before submission.
- ODF *cat files are not accepted as mask design submissions.
Submission procedure for the minimal ODF
The minimal ODF (the FITS table) produced by the Gemini MOS Mask Preparation Software (GMMPS) has to be submitted to Gemini in order for the mask to be
cut. For a mask designed from an object catalog the pseudo-GMOS image also must be submitted (please gzip it to save space). For programs designing masks from direct GMOS imaging,
information on how to retrieve the co-added images of their targets from the Gemini Science Archive will be e-mailed to the PI once the imaging data has been
taken. The minimal ODF files and (if applicable) pseudo-GMOS images should be submitted using the OT facility for storing and fetching attachments files.
We ask PIs to use a standard naming convention when submitting mask designs (ODFs). This is to avoid confusion as to which mask name (as defined in the OT Phase II MOS observations) is associated with the submitted Object Definition Table. If you wish to submit an Object Definition Table from which mask G(N/S)YYYYSQPPP-XX (N/S indicates North or South) should be designed then that Object Definition Table should have the name G(N/SYYYYSQPPP-XX_ODF.fits. Here YYYY is the year, S is the semester, PPP is the program number and XX is the mask number. This will enable us to ensure that the masks that are cut for the program have the mask name intended by the PI when the MOS observations were defined. For Fast Turnaround programs using masks please replace Q with FT and include a leading 0 for the program number to ensure three digits.
When attaching ODFs to the OT, be sure to include in the Description field the name of the image associated with the mask design, whether this image is a GMOS direct image or a pseudo-image.
Note that the National Gemini Offices (NGOs) check the mask design. The GMOS mask design check document contains all necessary procedures for NGOs mask checking. The PIs can use this document to check and improve the mask design.
From ODF to mask - done by Gemini staff
Gemini staff will convert the minimal ODF to a Mask Definition File (MDF), taking into account the transformation between the detector plane and the mask plane, as well as the distortions introduced by the laser cutting machine.
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War II U.S. Army enlistment data for Porter
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Starkey, Mitchell H
State of Residence: Indiana
County of Residence: Porter
Place of Enlistment: Indianapolis, Indiana
Enlistment Date: October 31, 1942
Grade - Alpha Designation: Private
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Army Serial Number: 35566156
Branch - Alpha Designation: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch - Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Source of Army Personnel: Civil Life
Nativity: Indiana
Birth Year: 1921
Race and Citizenship: White, citizen
Education: 4 years of high school
Civilian Occupation: Semiskilled occupations in production of industrial chemicals
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Component of Army: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Record Group 64
Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, circa 1938-1946
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Johannesburg, 01 August 2012 – South African Airways (SAA) is introducing a new check-in baggage policy in response to varying customer requirements in each of its markets.
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As summer vacation comes to a close, the hunt for student housing begins. While renting a first home or apartment is a thrilling first step into adulthood, dealing with the legal issues associated with it can be daunting. From leases and financing, to inspections and rental rights, it's vital for young adults to acquaint themselves with the law and their rights in order to avoid legal landlord battles or the nightmare of an eviction.
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Neenah. Reared: Menasha. Currently resides: Appleton.
September 12th in the year before the earth cooled and dinosaurs roamed the earth.
Why I got into radio:
Only job I could find that required no skills, talents or heavy lifting.
Other jobs I've had:
Teacher's assistant, writing commercials and mowing the lawn in a cemetery.
I collect Hard Rock Café pins, floaty pens and dust.
I may be beyond the point of caring enough about anything to be truly obsessed.
Strange Phobias:
Being licked by an insurance salesman (I believe it's called Geico-lingualphobia). Don't ask!
Favorite Movies:
Pulp Fiction, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, This is Spinal Tap, Stop Making Sense, Children of Men, Garden State, Richard the III (1994 version), Love and Death, National Lampoon's Animal House, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Sin City, Broadcast News, 40 Year Old Virgin.
Favorite TV Shows:
Lost, Mad Men, Skins, The Daily Show, The Amazing Race, Californication, Pushing Daisies, 30 Rock, Late Show With David Letterman, Jeopardy and any Travel Channel show hosted by Samantha Brown.
Best concerts I've attended:
Springsteen, August 9th, 1985 at Soldier Field. Bruce and the E-Streeters played for nearly 4 hours with temps in the mid 90's. On the field, where I was, it was it had to be at least 10 degrees warmer. About every 15 minutes the crowd would surge forward another 10 to 15 feet until we were about 20 yards from the stage and packed together closer than a car trunk full of clowns. I will never forget the excitement and passion of the show, the electricity in the air and most vividly; the smell of the crowd! Dear God almighty! But what a phenomenal show!!!
Death row meal:
In a perfect world, for an appetizer, we'd start with Prosciutto con Melon from Weinstein and Gavinos Italian Restaurant in Montreal. It's simply cured Italian ham wrapped around cantaloupe but it's the best prosciutto and best cantaloupe I've ever tasted! Or perhaps we'd start with Boxty Quesadillas from Fado in Chicago. They're sort of like quesadillas made with potato pancakes. You'd have to be crazy to think of combining Irish and Mexican cuisines but it really works.
For my entrée, depending on my mood (which since I'm about to die, probably wouldn't be good), I'd choose one of 5 things. Either 1.) a pulled pork sandwich from Angel's Barbecue in Savanna, Georgia. 2.) a sausage and pepperoni deep dish pizza from Zimorino's Red Pies Over Montana in Missoula, Montana. 3.) shepherd's pie from Porter's Traditional English Restaurant in London, 4.) Confit du Canard (duck cooked in it's own grease) from any of the many reasonably priced little cafés that line the streets around Saint Severin Church in Paris. Bonus: if they serve it with raspberry sauce. 5.) a chicken and black bean burrito with corn salsa, queso sauce and sour cream from Pancheros. I know this last one sounds like a transparent attempt to get free burritos from chicken and black bean burritos with corn salsa, queso sauce and sour cream from Pancheros. And it is, but I really do like the chicken and black bean burritos with corn salsa, queso sauce and sour cream from Pancheros and recently decided that if I had to eat just one thing for the rest of my life, that would it. So, obviously I would have to consider it for my last meal.
For dessert: It would have to be either the chocolate cheesecake from Stage Deli in New York or a sundae. Either the Dysfunctional Family Sundae, made with vanilla ice cream, and amaretto-soaked chocolate brownie, hot fudge, cinnamon coated pecans & whipped cream topped with raspberry puree from Kramerbooks and Afterwords Café in Washington D.C. or The Chocolate Decadence Sundae made with Ghrardelli chocolate ice cream, Ghrardelli dark chocolate hot fudge, a Ghrardelli chocolate chip brownie, and raspberry puree from (obviously) the Ghrardelli Ice Cream Shop in San Francisco. I've eaten many things that have given me "ice cream headaches" over the years, however, these are the only concoctions I've ever consumed that gave me an "ice cream woody".
People say that I look like:
Pauly Shore told me I look like Ron Howard. F*** Pauly Shore!
Cartoon character I'd most like to have sex with:
Velma from Scooby Doo (I know, she's a lesbian. But I'm always attracted to unavailable women. Then again, to me, all women are unavailable!)
Favorite monkey:
Not-So-Curious George, the brain-addled chimp that has spent the last 8 years living in the big White House.
Random radio memory:
April 27th, 1984. In those days, WAPL was "too cool" to do weather forecasts. That was for AM radio stations. Well, a series of tornadoes swept across the southeastern and north central parts of the state and three funnel clouds were spotted in the area of Grand Chute, just West of Appleton. Sirens across the WAPL listening area were blaring their dread-filled alarm as high winds and rain ripped through much of the Fox Valley. In the midst of this, I remember hearing the music that the station used at the top of every hour kick in and announcer Mark Coulter say "It's 3pm. Tornadoes are touching down in Appleton. Here's Jefferson Starship". I believe it may have been the first weather forecast ever on WAPL.
If I could have any super power:
As we all know, with great power, comes great responsibility. So, I don't think I'm responsible enough to have a superpower. That said, I do think it would be pretty cool if I could shoot laser beams from my nipples.
"When the lights came up at two,
I caught a glimpse of you.
And your face looked like something
Death brought with him in his suitcase". The French Inhaler by Warren Zevon
What I'm listening to:
The Best of the Moth. The Moth is weekly open mike for storytellers in New York City. The 10 CD set features true stories of about 15 minutes each from the lives of both celebrities and average Joes alike. Many are funny. Some are heartbreaking. My favorite one, so far, is from Kimya Dawson of the band The Moldy Peaches. She tells a tale of working at a haunted maze one Halloween when she was a teenager. Mariah Carey and some friends toured the haunted maze and Dawson was instructed to give her a good scare. It culminates with Mariah screaming in freight and Dawson screaming in her face "I know you can do better than that. Hit the high note, BITCH!" Very funny stuff.
What I'm watching:
Whatever passes by the peep hole.
What I'm reading:
I just finished "Downtown Owl", the first novel by Chuck Klosterman, the author of the wonderfully titled collection of essays "Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs". "Downtown Owl" paints a funny and insightful portrait of living in small upper mid-western town. I've just started "More Information Than You Require" by John Hodgman. It's the follow-up to his book "The Areas of My Expertise". Both Hodgman's books are wonderfully eccentric and I can only describe them as almanacs written by a crazy person. And I'm in the middle of "Havana Nocturne" by T.J English. It's the true story of the mob's control of Cuba before the take over by Fidel Castro. How can you not love a book that reveals that while he was a U.S. Senator, JFK visited Havana where he had a three-way with two Cuban hookers while a group of mobsters watched it all through a two way mirror and joked about how it might one day be valuable if they had filmed it?
Where I'd rather be right now:
A pub on Ireland's west coast.
Minneapolis, MN
Long, long ago in galaxy far, far away...
Why I got into radio:
The money, the chicks, the drugs and the rock n' roll. At least I got the rock n' roll!
Other jobs I've had:
At 16 I worked the hardware department at the very first Target store (the same store I'd been banned for life from a few years earlier for stealing a lighter).
I golf a lot. I love live music, especially in local clubs. I read lots of books. I like exploring the Upper Midwest and traveling to foreign lands (the WAPL winter trips are very cool). I like to sleep but rarely get enough of it. I also love to cook and I'm very willing to risk a kitchen disaster as long as someone else is willing to clean up afterward. My beautiful 13-year-old daughter (although that may be more of an adventure than a hobby).
Golf. Politics. Peanut butter sandwiches. My oddly misshapen head.
Strange Phobias:
I'm afraid of meeting WAPL listeners. Just kidding.
Best concerts I've attended:
- The Grateful Dead...a dozen or so shows about which I am a little fuzzy...hmmm
-The Allman Brothers, Little Feat and The Radiators at Trout Air in Forest Lake, MN, 1989
- Stevie Ray Vaughan (seven times, starting with Summerfest in 1984 through the night before he died at Alpine Valley in 1990)
- The Guess Who, Average White Band and Styx, Met Center in Minneapolis, 1974 (my first big arena show)
- Black Sabbath (original lineup with Ozzy), Parade Stadium in Minneapolis, 1976
- Bruce Springsteen, St. Paul Civic Centre, 1978 and again at Soldier Field in Chicago in 1985
- Van Morrison at St. Paul Riverfest, 1982
- Chicago at the St. Paul Civic Centre, 1977 (Terry Kath was still alive)
- Jethro Tull at the St. Paul Civic Centre, 1977
- Peter Tosh and Jimmy Cliff at the Northrup Auditorium in Minneapolis, 1981
- The Who at the St. Paul Civic Center, 1982 (their first farewell tour)
- The Who at Alpine Valley, 1989 (another farewell tour)
- The Rolling Stones at Alpine Valley ,1989
- U2 at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago, 1990
- Paul McCartney at Soldier Field in Chicago, 1990 (goosebumps!)
- Amnesty International Concert at Rosemont Horizon , 1986 (The Police, U2, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams, Neville Brothers, Joan Baez, Robin Williams)
- Paul Simon at the Rosemont Horizon, 1994
- Simon and Garfunkel at the United Center in Chicago, 2003
- Phil Lesh and Friends (once at the Marcus Amphitheatre and twice at the 10,000 Lakes Music Festival)
- The Radiators (at least 14 times at various locations in a couple of states)
- The Chris Aaron Band at The Roadhouse in Door County, 2000
- The Cool Waters Band final show at Waverly Beach, Menasha, 2007
Death row meal:
Crow. Lots and lots of crow.
People say that I look like:
Walter Becker from Steely Dan. And that dorky guy you used to pick on in middle school.
Cartoon character I'd most like to have sex with:
Are you sick, or what? Then again, those Disney chicks like Jasmine are pretty hot. And Jane or Judy Jetson, maybe even at the same time. I'd do Betty from the Archies, Betty Rubble from the Flintstones, or Betty Boop. Pretty much any Betty, I guess. Come to think of it, even though Underdog's gal Polly Purebread was an actual dog, I'd spend a night in her doghouse. But you really are sick to even ask, man.
Favorite monkey:
Does this have anything to do with the previous question about Having sex with a cartoon?
Any line from John Hiatt's Icy Blue Heart, especially "Girl, you're a beauty like I've never witnessed And I've seen the Northern Lights dancing on air" or "These days we all play calm, cool and collected. Why, our lips could turn blue just shooting the breeze."
What I'm listening to:
Rick McNeal babbling about something inconsequential.
What I'm watching:
Rick McNeal wiping the dribble from his chin.
What I'm reading:
Another restraining order.
Where I'd rather be right now:
Anywhere but in a tiny room with Rick McNeal.