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Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 14:50:32 EDT
That was the last of the posted messages that I'm going to forward to the
Fayette mailing list (at least for now). The remaining Message Board posts
were either answered or are not specific to the county.
If the link I posted for responding to the messages doesn't work for you, go
the the Fayette County, Texas USGenWeb Project site and click on "Message
Rox Ann Johnson
TXGenWeb County Coordinator,
<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txfayett/">Fayette County, Texas USGenWeb
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The Baylor men's tennis team, ranked 13th in the nation, starts the Big 12 Championship Saturday as the top seed. The Bears (19-4) will play the winner of TCU and Texas.
The team began the season with a rough start in a loss at Tulsa, but then went on an eight-match win streak. The team then lost three in a row to top-five teams, including top-ranked Virginia. However, the Bears found themselves in every third set against the Cavaliers, making for a close match.
Despite his best efforts to evade being drenched, head coach Joey Scrivano was unsuccessful in avoiding the contents of the water jug as the Baylor women's tennis team celebrated its ninth Big 12 title in 11 years.
"That was the best bath I've had in a long time," Scrivano said. "I missed having that bath last year and I couldn't wait to get it this year. To win any kind of championship takes a tremendous amount of work. We battled a lot of adversity this year and it was great to see a completely new team have this experience."
The No. 15 Baylor men's tennis team will continue conference play against the No. 12 Oklahoma Sooners at 6 p.m. today at the Hurd Tennis Center. The Bears (15-4) are 1-0 in conference play this season and are coming off of a 6-1 win at Texas Tech last week and a five-match win streak.
The Baylor Women's tennis team came up short on Wednesday night against 4th-ranked Texas A&M at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center. The Lady Bears took an early lead after winning the doubles point, but were unable to keep the Aggies from taking control of the match in singles play and securing the 4-2 overall victory.
"We definitely competed harder in that particular match than we have lately, but ultimately we still fell short," head coach Joey Scrivano said.
The Baylor men's tennis team showed a valiant effort against the top-ranked Virginia Cavaliers Monday, but ultimately lost 6-1. The Bears (10-3) lost five of their six singles matches, and all losses were three-set thrillers.
"I thought we came out today and really came out swinging," head coach Matt Knoll said. "We made a match out of it. Unfortunately we weren't good enough to get a 'W', but we're getting better."

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The Next Step in the Evolution of GPS-based Surveying and Machine Control
Real-time machine control network gives Lake County Grading a competitive advantage on Illinois road building projects.
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Even in good times, road building is a highly competitive industry, but when the general economy goes soft it becomes even more so. Then, experienced contractors find themselves competing for a smaller pool of projects both with each other, and with new competitors attracted to the market as a replacement for vanishing commercial work.
"We are always looking for a competitive advantage," says Ruben Cuevas, Chief Surveyor of Lake County Grading Co., LLC, in Libertyville, Ill., "and these days that usually comes in the form of advanced technology. I guess you could say we are classic 'early adopters'.
"We saw the value of GPS-based surveying technologies early on. We have had our own base stations and rovers for quite a while now. We keep jobsite information on laptops, and record things like undercuts and as-builts electronically on virtually all of our jobs.
"We also got onboard with GPS-based machine controls early on. In 2005 we equipped a pair of dozers with Topcon 3DMC systems as a test. Based on that experience, we now have nearly a dozen 3DMC-equipped dozers, and have recently added our first grader."
That background made Lake County Grading a natural candidate for the next step in the evolution of GPS-based surveying and machine control - networking. So, when their Topcon distributor, Positioning Solutions of Carol Stream, IL invited Lake County Grading to participate in a real-time Global Networked Satellite System (GNSS) machine control network they were building, the answer was a resounding "yes."
GNSS networks link a number of base stations together via a computer network, usually through the internet. One of the best known is the Albuquerque Real Time GNSS Network (ARTGN), but there are at least 35 similar systems in the United States. Japan and Europe are very well covered, China has at least 10 systems, and there is even one in Dubai.
Specialized software creates a virtual position anywhere inside the network. That allows a surveyor to get centimeter-accurate observations anywhere in the networked area using just a rover on a pole. The effect is the same as if a mobile GPS base station was operating a few meters away.
"Topcon was a major contributor to ARTGN," said Positioning Solutions president Jerry Bickner. "So, all of that experience was available to us when we started to build our own PSC Net. Our vision is for a seamless network that covers the five states in which we operate, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin.
"What makes PSC Net different is that virtually all of the existing GNSS applications are heavily oriented toward survey support, and we wanted to focus on machine control," Bickner said. "Frankly, survey support is a lot easier, but we see machine control as the greater opportunity in the future.
"The difference is that a surveyor can afford to wait 15 or 20 seconds for a correction, but that's not nearly good enough for a moving dozer or grader. Machine control requires much quicker response, and software that can compensate for the natural time lag, or 'latency,' built into any network.
"PSC Net started with a half dozen Topcon reference stations in our Indianapolis office about three years ago because we had both a strong market presence and a strong technical base there. Chicago was the second area to be added, but we have kept the network computers and processing in Indianapolis to take advantage of the experience there.
"Today, we have more than 40 reference stations operating and are adding four more each month on average. Our goal is to cover all of the major metropolitan areas in the five states seamlessly within the next three years or so."
PSC Net is unique in more than its focus on machine control. For example, nearly all of the reference stations are owned by individual customers rather than by Positioning Solutions.
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Indian "spice route" restaurant, Vindalho at 2038 SE Clinton Street, is closing tonight. Vindalho was opened by restaurateur David Machado in 2005, at the time, his second restaurant. David Anderson, formerly from Cafe Lauro, moved to this … [Read more...]
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A Who's Who of Portland Chefs Contribute to Vancouver Sun Article
More news from the Vancouver Sun. In addition to the previously mentioned food cart article, they also ran an online story called "Recipes from Portland's top chefs". There must have been some arm-twisting behind the scenes, as the included … [Read more...]
Old News?
Dovetail Bakery has opened at NE 31st and Alberta. I'm told they used to be be in the wholesale baking business in St. Johns. According to my source, they have good items. I twittered last month about Chef Paul Hyman of Nel Centro … [Read more...]
History, Trade, Commerce, Warfare: "In the Center" with Dave Machado
Nel Centro, Dave Machado's latest venture, is a hard-hat-only area in late March. Standing amid buckets of grout and workers using acetylene torches, Machado explains how he came to open his third Portland restaurant in the eight-thousand-square-foot … [Read more...]
Food News for 3.3.09
Urban Wine Works, R.I.P. Another victim of the economy, they will be closing the doors and liquidating everything: inventory, fixtures, equipment, and wine. The sale is March 13th - 15th, 12:00 - 6:00. A strictly unconfirmed rumor going … [Read more...]
Monday Interview: David Machado, Part II
[This is part two of an interview with David Machado of Vindalho and Lauro restaurants. You can find part one by clicking here.] So, a guy walks into a bar, and _________. While you can fill in the blank with any number of amnesiacs asking, "Do I … [Read more...]


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Originally published on Fri June 7, 2013 10:27 am
The provincial town of Mage seems a world away from the violence and drug dealing that plague Brazil's larger cities. On a recent afternoon, the central square is a picture of calm. Children play around a fountain; older people sit on the many park benches dotting the area, under the shade of trees.
Mage, about 35 miles northwest of Rio, is close enough that people can commute to the city, which many of them do. Yet it's far enough away that nothing much really happened here in the past. But residents say that is changing.
Originally published on Tue July 2, 2013 5:08 pm
El Placer is a remote hamlet deep in southern Colombia, on the edge of the Amazon. Founded half a century ago by farmers who found it fertile and bucolic, its name means "The Pleasure."
But for women and girls in El Placer who suffered years of sexual assaults after an illegal armed group stormed in, the name is only associated with unspeakable violence and murder.
Brigitte Carreño, 25, is among the women who suffered. A feared local warlord in El Placer raped her when she was 12, leaving her with searing memories that remain vivid and painful to this day.
Originally published on Tue July 2, 2013 5:03 pm
Latin America is riddled with crime, and no place is more violent than Honduras. It has just 8 million people, but with as many as 20 people killed there every day, it now has the highest murder rate in the world.
It would be easy to blame drug trafficking. Honduras and its Central American neighbors have long served as a favored smuggling corridor for South American cocaine headed north to the U.S.
Originally published on Tue July 2, 2013 5:05 pm
The story of Venezuela's Eloisa Barrios is especially revealing because so many of her relatives have been killed. Revealing because of who she believes pulled the trigger.
Some weeks ago, Barrios climbed into our van for a drive to a cemetery. The burial ground is outside a village in the Venezuelan countryside. We went there to visit the Barrios family dead.
She told us nine relatives had been killed in shootings over the past 15 years. All nine were young men.
Last week a Venezuelan-American friend in New York sent me an e-mail raving about a new, free mobile phone app called Abastéceme. Its most important use: locating toilet paper. Well, that and about two dozen other basic everyday items, from rice to deodorant, which are in chronically short supply these days in Venezuela.
Originally published on Tue June 11, 2013 5:23 am
In Latin America — home to the vast majority of the world's most violent cities — it's said the only part of a prison a guard controls is the gate, leaving convicts to fend for themselves inside, even running criminal networks from behind bars.
I wanted to understand how a prison like that worked, and I was in luck: A colleague knew a man serving time a Venezuelan prison. The prisoner got in touch with the leader of the inmates, who sent word that he'd be willing to see us.
In the city of North Miami, a third of the population is of Haitian descent, and Creole-language radio is vital. During the lead-up to Tuesday's runoff for city council and mayor, all kinds of election drama played out over the airwaves.
In North Miami, anyone running for office has no choice but to keep up with the latest chatter on the radio, regardless of whether they speak Creole. Many of the city's Haitian residents rely on radio for their news and often take as gospel what radio hosts tell them—even when it's not true.
May was an eventful -- and most would likely say hopeful -- month for the beleaguered Everglades. Gov. Rick Scott signed into law new legislation that will provide hundreds of millions of dollars over the next decade to fund Everglades restoration and cleanup.
Latin America and the Caribbean is a region of stark paradoxes, and that has never been truer than in the past decade: Even as the continent enjoys one of its most dynamic economic booms, it's suffering one of the worst violent crime crises in its history.
Florida Democrats and advocates for working folk are turning up all the pressure they can to wring a veto out of Gov. Rick Scott sometime this month.
Their target? House Bill 655, passed during the 2013 legislative session to stop local governments from exceeding federal minimum wage and benefit guarantees.
Originally published on Mon May 27, 2013 4:57 pm
The phone is ringing off the hook at the crowded waiting room at the Domestic Workers Union in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil.
In the past decade, millions of Brazilians have joined the middle class. Advocates say this isn't just the result of a growing economy or social spending, but also laws like the one just passed that enshrine domestic workers' rights.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Colombia, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago next week. President Obama already swung through Mexico and Costa Rica this month and next month Obama will host the presidents of Chile and Peru at the White House.
On The Florida Roundup today at noon:
Dolphins Stadium
The Florida Legislature balked on proposed renovations to Miami Dolphins stadium. A public referendum (already in progress) on the renovations was called off. And to make matters worse, the NFL denied South Florida a Super Bowl.
Oklahoma Tragedy
When is a gambling machine, not a gambling machine? Apparently when it is inside a Chuck E. Cheese.


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hi, im lebanese and im 18 . i find it awesome that you love belly dancing so much as its part of my culture, i was looking up fairouz today and saw a post from you and noticed you like fairouz.. thats great! are you arab? and how old are you? great taste btw not everyone appreciate her great music so i followed you great blog
Hi! Thank you so much for reading & following along! ^_^
I'm not of any Arabic or Middle Eastern descent, but I've been a biiiig fan of music from many countries from day one. :) (Which, by the way, as you asked- was well over 25+ years ago. ;)) I also love Spanish music, Celtic music, and many, many more. Just about every culture in the world has something beautiful about it- if you just open your heart and are willing to look, listen, and love. :)


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Domaine Drouhin Oregon has been making Pinot Noir since 1988, and it even built an architecturally distinctive winery in the midst of its hillside vineyard in Willamette Valley. But it has never had a tasting room for the public, until now. Starting on May 26, Drouhin's new tasting room will be open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The winery will also continue its private tours and tastings, which have been available by appointment for the past two years. Prior to that, only wine industry professionals were accommodated for visits.
Ashley Bell, who has been on the hospitality staff at neighboring Archery Summit winery, will run the tasting room. It will be located at the top level of the winery building, which is built on a steep slope so that gravity can be used as much as possible to move the wine.
Domaine Drouhin makes around 9,000 cases a year of its Oregon Pinot Noir, along with smaller amounts of its Laurène Pinot Noir and a Chardonnay. Its limited-production Louise Pinot Noir bottling will be sold only at the winery.
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Guess what? I have a Christmas present for you! It will post tomorrow at 6am. Merry merry, I promise! No peeking...
Until then, I will admit I have slacked on the blog. Sue me. Even Coach says I have been sucking at it lately. I'm back, pinky swear. Plus tomorrow's treat will make up for it.
We left Atlanta on Monday at o'dark thirty and drove 733 miles to Chicago. The trip was fantastic, Coach treated us to breakfast in Tennesee at ... The Waffle House. Of course, Waffle Houses in Tennesee are the Prom Queens of all WHs. But if you've ever been there, you already knew that. The minis were still in pajamas when we arrived there, so we put Christmas hats on them. They were less than thrilled when the patrons at WH started asking them if they were Santa's helpers. I found it darling.
There was some sort of undercover police operation taking place there, and of course the cars in the parking lot told a story of their own. The beat to Hell pickup truck parked next to the Jag. It's all so very typical at the WH.
Later we stopped in Kentucky. I may or may not have scored 10 packs of candy cigarettes. I have no idea why I find them so hilarious (for adults, quit judging) but I do. I have to buy every variety they sell. I also snagged a couple of scratch-off lottery tickets in true redneck style. Top it off with a 44 oz Diet Dew and I was living in high cotton.
We got to Chicago late afternoon and the minis proceeded to go bananas over all the snow. WE haven't been North for a winter in 4 years, so I guess they forgot! They have been outside every day before 7am in parkas and pajamas. Coach and I picked up a couple of sleds for them and it's been downhill ever since...sorry, couldn't resist the pun.
Enjoy the rest of your Christmas Eve, we are off to early Mass.
See you tomorrow!
December 24, 2009
Posted by clemsongirlandthecoach at Thursday, December 24, 2009 5 Snarky Remarks and Love Notes
December 20, 2009
My Kind of Town
Packing today for Chicago to go and meet with my publisher.
Oh, wait. I don't have a publisher.
Just going to enjoy a week with my family and make merry!
Posted by clemsongirlandthecoach at Sunday, December 20, 2009 6 Snarky Remarks and Love Notes
December 17, 2009
I clearly am in the Christmas spirit.
Letting the children stay up 20 extra minutes, hee hee. Seriously though, I really am trying to enjoy the month. Ignoring the blog. I know. It's terrible. But, you'll live. You're busy too, right?
Have been working a bunch, which I am eternally grateful for. Hosted a little "Cupcakes and Coffee" last week for my Atlanta girlfriends at my house. (Fab idea if I do say so myself. ) Wrapping and shopping and eating peppermint bark whilst listening to Christmas music. It's all very cliche.
And I love it. I told you I was going to live it up this Christmas. I might even try to do some baking this weekend...and Clemsongirl does not bake.
Heading to Chicago on Monday with Coach and the minis. It promises to be a week full of freezing temps and Granny and Papa to manage the children. Totally worth the wicked weather. Somewhat concerned that I don't really own any appropriate footwear for Chicago, but I digress.
Christmas cards are addressed, stamped and ready to be mailed. One problem. The photo. For some reason my camera is pixelating all the pics. Damn. I took the pics this summer (duh) for our card. When I had it printed...disaster. In any case, they WILL go out. Pinky swear.
What's your story?
Posted by clemsongirlandthecoach at Thursday, December 17, 2009 10 Snarky Remarks and Love Notes
December 12, 2009
Merry Pics
Posted by clemsongirlandthecoach at Saturday, December 12, 2009 13 Snarky Remarks and Love Notes
December 10, 2009
In 2007, I posted this about Coach
Today, I ditto all of that.
Plus 2 more.
41. He has become increasingly hilarious lately. Something in the water perhaps?
42. He continues to amaze me with his parenting abilities. Blowing me out of the water even!
Posted by clemsongirlandthecoach at Thursday, December 10, 2009 4 Snarky Remarks and Love Notes
December 6, 2009
He Does Exist
Posted by clemsongirlandthecoach at Sunday, December 06, 2009 8 Snarky Remarks and Love Notes
December 3, 2009
Posted by clemsongirlandthecoach at Thursday, December 03, 2009 11 Snarky Remarks and Love Notes


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William T. Vollmann's Rising Up and Rising Down runs seven volumes and 3,000 pages and costs $120 from McSweeney's. David L. Ulin confesses in tomorrow's LA Weekly that he hasn't read the whole thing, a fact of real life that Vollman accepts during their conversation about the project and the topic it dissects: violence.
In almost every way that matters, McSweeney's and Rising Up and Rising Down represent the perfect match of publisher and work. Each stands willfully adjacent to the mainstream; each aspires to push the limits of what literature can do...No matter where you stand on the ideological spectrum, it can be unsettling to see Bernhard Goetz juxtaposed with a figure like Gandhi, or, for that matter, suicide reconfigured as a form of self-defense. Such concepts are troublesome, uncomfortable and raise a lot of questions, constantly forcing us to reassess our engagement with the book. This, however, is part of the purpose, especially if you disagree with Vollmann (as I do in regard to Goetz): to challenge our assumptions, to make us reconsider what we think we know.
Also, Margaret Wertheim writes in the LA Weekly about an exhibit - "Loop Feedback Loop" - on L.A. traffic and the city's attempt to control it with sensors and central computers. It's at the Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI) in Culver City.


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There are places I remember...
elp! Need somebody? Not just anybody? Or, err, just pining for the 60s?
When it comes to the Beatles, there's no better a city with a better Fab Four heritage than Liverpool or – come to think of it – a better themed hotel than the aptly-named Hard Days Night.
But to get a real feel for Britain's first boy band, you've got to go back. Waaay back. In absence of a time machine, the National Trust is on hand with an exclusive magical mystery tour of Mendips and 20 Forthlin Road, the humble homes where John Lennon and Paul McCartney grew up.
After sneaking into the 1960s through the back door, you can take a seat on John Lennon's bed and listen to the house custodian bring each room – and their personal items – to life.
From there it's on to the terraced house where Paul McCartney hosted rehearsal sessions with his three band-mates - in the calm before the storm. The passionate guides at each house can convert even the most reluctant Beatles fan – so it's safe to bring the kids along as well.


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Crime Alerts
Crime Alerts are posted for the current semester.
On 05/03/2013 at approximately 9:30 p.m., an armed robbery occurred at the Dairy Queen on LaSalle Avenue. The suspect was described as a black male, 5'7", wearing a red shirt and black pants. The suspect was armed with a handgun. He fled the Dairy Queen and ran north towards the Baylor Plaza Two Apartments vicinity. The Waco Police Department and Baylor University Police Department conducted an exhaustive search and determined the suspect was no longer in the area.
A Baylor student living off campus reported last evening that two men tried to force her into a car against her will at the 1800 block of S. 2nd Street. She successfully resisted and the car drove away.
When traveling by foot, campus police advise students to always choose routes that will keep them in well-lit areas. As much as possible, especially in the evening, students on and off campus should always travel in pairs and groups. Students observing concerning or suspicious behavior on or near the campus are encouraged to contact Baylor Police at (254) 710-2222.


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I'll be happy to show you... Although you didn't use the word slanderous, you certainly used the definition of it: (see your post from above)
"Either way the subheadline is biased , prejudicial, and again provides fodder for future civil action against the SAST." Future civil action equals slander.
"And please don't tell me I'm "splitting hairs" because how the words are presented . It is important because it involves a person's freedom and misinterpretation is unacceptable." Thus the comment about headline readers only.
If, as you say, you read the article, then there is nothing that the ST said that is innaccurate. PS I am not attacking your opinions, just your methods of attacking others as shown here: "I'll admit you did finally add some balance to your stories by the descriptions of the dangers of accidents in the mountains but I also noted your statement to the effect few people on the local scene who knew the Muellers were were willing to comment. Could it be that asking for opinions on a local comment section for stories will just not replace going out and working hard for information?" Bully for you bully, that was a backhanded compliment if I ever saw one.
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At 8:15 am my father pulled up in his 2001 Convertible Ford Mustang. I jumped in the passenger seat, fastened my seat belt, and got comfortable. My father turned the ignition, put his Mustang into drive and hit the gas. We were on our way to the 2006 Detroit International Auto Show.
We parked the car in the Greek Town Parking Structure off of Brush and then took the People Mover over to Cobo Hall, just like we have been doing every year for as long as I can remember. On the 'Mover my father took in the breath of the city and we discussed some of the changes that had occurred over the past year.
When we got to Cobo we were a little shocked to find the location in which you enter the Auto Show was one of those changes. This generated a little confusion among the show goers, but people seemed to figure it out quickly enough and we were inside.
My father works at Ford Motor Company, which means we always go to the Ford display first. There we saw the new Ford Fusion and the 7th Harley Davidson F150. We also shook hands with one of the UAW's head honcho's Jeff Washington. Then we moved on to Volvo.
We slowed down a bit at the Volvo Display. My father was really interested in looking at and possibly of getting an XC90. He sat in the seat and talked to a salesmen while I checked out one of the Volvo models of the human kind. Then we shifted gears and moved on.
We found nothing much of real interest in the Land Rover, Mercury, Jaguar, and Aston Martin Displays. They are all cars that, at least I can't afford, and are usually the same every year. But when we got to the Hyundai Display, I put on the parking brake.
I like the Hyundai Elantra! I like it because it has the look of the SAAB, but the price of a KIA. I took the time to sit in the seat, pop the hatchback and try to convince my father to sell his Corvette, to use the money to buy me a car. He said "Fat Chance" and we were on the go again.
As we raced through the show, my father and I took a pit stop to get our picture taken in a convertible Corvette. We always find at least one Automotive Display to get our picture taken at. They use this cool digital technology and you can get the picture off the Internet the next day. This year GM had the camera and we had the smile.
We also spent some significant time looking at the Hondas. The Civic boasted a mpg that still boggles my mind, while the Ridgeline made us wonder why it was picked as Motor Trend's Car of the Year. It really wasn't that special. And we would have left the auto show with a bad taste in our mouth, but my father wanted to circle the track one more time to see the XC90 again.
The show was over for us, but the day wasn't. We hopped back on the People Mover, flew by Brick Town and got off at Greek Town. We had a quick lunch at Pizza Papalis and then went and validated our parking at the Greek Town Casino. On the way out, somehow, we lost forty or fifty bucks and thanked God that at least parking was free.
At around 1pm my father dropped me off. I shut the passenger door and he hit the gas. I saw him wave goodbye and wondered if the day may have gone by to fast. But no bother, I always have next year to throw on the brakes.
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Friday, November 25, 2005
The book was better...
As a comic book fan who has felt more than a little slighted over the years thanks to really shoddy movie translations, I can somewhat understand why Harry Potter purists are so up in arms over the last two installments in the film series. The last two directors have opted to cut out what some say are "vital" scenes from the movies, and the integrity, fans claim, has been hurt. However, and I don't mean to sound offensive when I say this, as I walked out of the theater after seeing Goblet of Fire and hearing some of the off the wall complaints some people had about the movie on the way out, I really don't think some people completely understand the difference between what makes a good book, and what makes a good movie. While the stories may be the same, each medium has it's own set of requirements, and often times those requirements are in conflict with each other.
Going back to the comic book movie analogy, most of us would agree which comic films have been the best. Superman I and II. X-2. Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2. None of these movies are one hundred percent faithful to the source material, though. Superman can make Lois Lane forgetful with but a kiss, Spider-Man's origins were heavily tweaked and a good bit of the X-Men's histories and relationships were mixed and matched for the sake of a good story not to mention that their traditional costumes were completely scrapped. Still, these movies are held as the pinnacles for making comics into movies.
But why? Because while they strayed from the source material, they kept the spirit of their inspirations alive. It felt like Superman. It felt like Spider-Man and the X-Men. Audiences, and by that I mean comic geeks, were willing to forgive small omissions and transgressions because the film makers obviously knew what they were doing and how the story needed to be told best. That's not to say some geeks weren't pissed. I stopped in at more than a couple comic shops where Sam Raimi was being lambasted for making Mary Jane Peter's first girlfriend over Gwen Stacy. The uber-geeks, though, don't understand that a two hour movie can in no way capture between 40 and 75 years of history. The rest of us saw a job well done and a respect for the characters and enjoyed the movie.
So why can't Harry Potter fans do this? Critics and most fans openly acknowledge that the last two movies were by far the best. Chris Columbus got the ball rolling, but he was faithful to the books to a flaw. The movies were slow moving, and badly paced to the point of being almost excruciating to watch, whereas in Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire, we got movies that trimmed the fat. The directors cut out the things that would kill the pacing of the movies and focused on the meat and potatoes of the books. After three movies, did we really need another play by play Quidditch match? Did we need to see just how fantastic the wizarding world was, as if we hadn't already visited it a few times before? In fact, even Harry is starting to become a little desensitized to the world of wizarding. J.K. Rowling is focusing less on the wonders and more on the characters. Just reread the latest novel. Fans now get that this world is unlike ours. Let's move along now.
It needs to be understood why the movies have strayed a little lately. For starters, books are personal experiences. You read a book alone. You curl up on the bed, or on the sofa and while away the hours. The author is allowed to delve off into more sub plots and side adventures. We expect books to be this way and feel slighted when they aren't. A movie is a group experience and not only that, it's someone else's vision. Sure, we all take in our own ideas of what Hogwarts needs to look like, or how spooky the hedge maze is, but once the opening credits roll, we are now passively taking in the information. When reading a book, we're expected to visualize everything on our own no matter how eloquent a writer may be.
Not to mention the basic difference in the mediums. Books exist solely in the language of the text, while a movie is made expresly for visual stimulation. When leaping from the page to the screen, Concessions have to be made and compromises sought out. Some things that work in a book will never work on film. They just won't.
Movies are also really expensive. If every paragraph of every page is faithfully transcribed on film, we would wind up with a movie that lasted for days.
It's time Harry Potter fans realized that the movies are not the books. They may share the same name, they may share the same characters, plots, and settings, but the're totally independent of one another from there. The last two directors seemed to have realized this, as well as the majority of fans. It's a disservice to yourself to get bogged down in trying to figure out why this scene was cut, or why this character was left out. The book may have given us an entire chapter showing just how bad ass Krum is, but the movie did just fine showing the crowd's reaction to him as he zipped by on his broom. It got the same message across, and besides, the world Cup was only a set up for the return of the Death Eaters.
So unless the next director takes the Constantine route or, worse, the Batman and Robin route, the movies are going to be just fine. The books are still there, so just let the movies enhance what you already love.
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- Oppy00 said...
Now that I have seen this movie twice, and have had plenty of time to digest it and my complaints, I have boiled my serious complaints to this:
The "tone" of the movie was too rushed. I understand you are trying to fit a 700+ page book into 2.5 hours, but can't you make it seem like that isn't what you are doing?
Along the lines of the above, too many scenes were made more dramatic/exciting (not really sure of the words to use) than they were in the book. An example is the graveyard scene, why would Voldemort be in a hurry to kill Harry? He wouldn't, not too mention in the book Voldemort seemed more like a cat playing with his prey. He was trying to torture Harry physically and mentally before he killed him. I feel that this over excitement of scenes took away from character development for the 'wow factor' when it wasn't needed.
Ultimately I can forgive the above transgressions more easily than this last one. The character of Dumbledore was off. Dumbledore would NEVER lay a hand on a student in anger. In the scene after Harry's name comes out of the Goblet of Fire, Dumbledore grabs and violently shakes Harry, while YELLING at him. Dumbledore only gets angry ONCE in this book, and it is at the end, when Moody/Crouch Jr. is threatening Harry's life. There are other scenes in the movie in which Dumbledore's almost unfailing calm demeanor is violated. He seems to be on edge the entire movie, and resorts to shouting to establish his authority. The Dumbledore I read about was infinately cool, calm, and collected, and always had a whimsical sense of humor and youthfulness. There are times in books 5&6 in which Dumbledore's age begins to show, but I don't remember any before book 5.
All in all, however I still enjoyed the movie. I enjoyed it more the second time, maybe because I knew what to expect, or maybe because of the company. Is the movie ever as good as the movie? Probably not, but it is over in 2-3 hours, so you don't lose too much time if you just watch the movie. - November 28, 2005 at 12:00 AM
- Oppy00 said...
sorry about the book I wrote above
- November 28, 2005 at 12:00 AM
- Chris said...
You know, the only thing in the movie that bothered me was Dumbledore laying hands on Harry. I totally agree with you on this point. Dumbledore would NEVER do that, especially to Harry.
In fact, it was so jarring that it took me out of the movie for a few minutes.
Voldemort, though, I liked. He had the serial killer air about him. However, was it me, or did the make-up job look inconsistent, even after his form solidified?
And by the way, don't apologize for long posts. Discussion is fun. - November 28, 2005 at 8:24 AM
- Oppy00 said...
Yeah, the Voldemort make-up was a bit odd/inconsistant. I though Ralph Fienes played the part extremely well, it just seemed like he was trying to kill Harry quickly, cause he knew he didn't have much time. I don't know, it just seemed like Voldemort knew in the back of his mind that Dumbledore was about to show up and ruin everything, or that Harry was going to escape, again. I think it just comes back to the rushed feel of the whole movie.
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On a hot & partly RAINY Saturday, we had a musically great, but lightly attended outdoor festival with four L1 Systems (many thanks to the Green Willow Folk Club of Delaware for the loan two L1+B1 Systems! Because of the threat of (and actual!) rain, not all the performers came, and the audience was definitely limited by the weather, but those who DID come had a great time! The photo below shows the initial setup of 4 L1 Systems. Last year we only used two Systems for this event, and the volume was adequate, but not real satisfying out "on the hillside". This year, not only did we have 4 Systems, but we also set them up at the front sides of the stage rather than behind the performers. We had two L1+B1, one L1+2B1, and one L1+4B1+A1. | |||
We did some initial experiments with the EQ and the placement of the stacks of B1's while listening to 'tracks' through just the outer two Systems (2B1 & 4B1 Systems). We started with the B1 stacks "in the stage" ... that is, not in front of the side walls. With the EQ flat, we could get it loud, but at about 100' the bass got a bit thin. By turning the Bass EQ up (from 12 o'clock to 3 o'clock), we got balanced sound out to nearly 250-300' (think American football field ... out to the small pavilion you'll see in a later photo). We then moved the B1 stacks over in front of the side walls. It did make a difference!! We actually turned the Bass EQ back down (to about 1:30 o'clock) to keep a good balance ... it was too "rumbly". Not only that, the overall low-end response was smoother with the B1's against the wall. Our speculation is that the low stuff was rolling around in the stage area and causing non-uniform projection out in the listening area. One other thing to note about these first two photos. ALL the equipment you see except the mixing board (the 4 L1 Systems with 8 B1's, 6 mic & music stands, the whole drumset, keyboard, 2 stools, extra power cords, etc.) all arrived in the back of a Toyota Sienna (with the seats out). We had the initial setup and testing done in less than an hour! | ||||
This year we had a sound guy with a 24-channel Mackie board with 4 auxilary sends, which was ideal, because we could easily feed any combination inputs to any of the 4 L1 Systems. My ideal would have been to have TWO lines to each L1 -- one for vocal mics and one for other instruments and instrument mics, but we didn't have enough cabling to attempt that -- that stage is >40' across! It still worked out o.k.: I had the inputs from the board to the L1's all using preset 14 (v2), because that worked best for the vocal mics we had. (The testing noted previously with tracks was done with preset 00.) The really GREAT thing with this setup was that there was plenty of sound on the stage from the back-side of the L1's, so we didn't need monitors. A couple of the "louder" groups late in the day were a bit concerned about the lack of monitors initially, but -- except as noted along with a later photo below -- there were no severe problems with hearing on the stage. This is one of the two dance groups. (The second dance group performed after some rain, and didn't want to chance slipping on the stage, so they performed on the ground in front of the stage!)This message has been edited. Last edited by: Dan Cornett, | ||||
So Dan, The drummer & keyboardist could both hear well without monitors? (oops, we must have been posting simultaneously) I have yet to try putting the L1 in front of me. I hear that you can still hear well. Interesting bass response findings. | ||||
One of the "pre-rain" groups was this local bluegrass group, the Joe Hillman Band ... this was the middle of 3 gigs they had scheduled that day! (This was the easiest, because they didn't have to set up any of their equipment -- just their instruments!) They are good ... and the sound was great. Four performers, four vocals, four instruments, four L1 Systems -- what else could you want!?!?! We made sure the two mics/lines for each performer went to only one L1 System each. The bass player used his little tiny amp, but we took a direct out from it to the 4B1 System. | ||||
Between the last photo and the one below, we had a 20-person community choir sing. Unfortunately, it started to rain buckets during that performance, and they really couldn't be heard. When the rain first started to sprinkle, we pulled the L1's back about a foot under the roofline -- the wind wasn't blowing. When it started raining harder, the L1's were pulled back another foot, and the B1 stacks were brought back under the stage roof, too. The biggest problem was that the stage sloped a bit and had a slight slope from front to back, with no drainage between the (fake wood) boards, so the water started to run back onto the stage area. The sound guy ended up shutting off the power to everything so none of the cables/equipement would short out or cause a shock hazard! After the community choir, while waiting to see what would happen with the rain, some folks got on the various hand drums available and had an impromptu "drum circle"! Ahhh... modern technology ... the sound guy had his phone set up to be able to check weather radar maps, and we could see that the storm shouldn't last long!! So, we waited it out, with some acoustic guitar and Mexican folk songs with the audience, who were gathered up in the upper picnic pavilion (the brown roof in the distance in the photo below). We then used a piece of carpet to swish the water off the front of the stage, .... and gave thanks for the sealed design of the PS/1 base units!!! ... and everything came back on without any trouble! I guess I really should have titled this topic "How Bose L1 Systems survived a rain storm!" In the photo below you can see that the front of the stage area is still a little wet. More importantly, you can see the distance from the stage to the picnic pavilion up the hill. That distance is nearly 300' -- and the sound was loud enough that you had to talk a little bit louder than normal to have a conversation!!! While you can't see it well from this photo, there is a bathroom facility about 450' at 45 degrees from the stage (look up past the car in the photo) -- while the sound was, of course, much softer up there, you could still hear -- and understand -- the vocals quite clearly from that distance! | ||||
Here is a stage shot of the same group shown in the previous photo ... it was one of the larger "band" groups -- but they had plenty of room to move around! You can see that the bass amp is mic'd; the electric guitar amp had a mic, too. The acoustic (and lead) guitarist had a collection of 3 little stomp boxes (which you can also see in the previous photo ... don't ask me what they were!) which was fed direct to the board and then to one L1. He had a little trouble getting sound at first, but it turned out to be the cable between the guitar and the first box! The drums are also mic'd: kick, snare, and overhead. You can note that the vocalists' mics are just behind the line of L1's; that's probably the place of least sound from the L1's, and I noticed that these singers tended to drift back on the stage so they could hear themselves better (more on this "monitoring" in a subsequent reply). | ||||
Not all the perfomers were groups! This young man played some really cool jazz on sax and flute, using CD tracks. We played the CD tracks through the outer two L1's, and the two mics for his instruments went to the two inner L1's. A monster sound! | ||||
The second-to-last group of the evening was a group called The Turning Point. They were a bit skeptical about what I had told them on the phone regarding the equipment we were using (because it was new to them). However, when they arrived and walked into the park as other groups were playing & singing, you could see the skepticism change to wonder and amazement. In this photo, one of the first songs they did, there was a bit of trouble with the vocalists being able to hear themselves, as well as a small bit of feedback trouble as the sound guy tried to turn up the vocals a bit. There turned out to be two aspects to "fixing" those problems. (See my next reply & photo.) | ||||
The first thing was to have the singers move forward to the front edge of the stage (as you can see in this last photo of the set). That helped the vocalists to hear themselves better. But the sound was still not what I expected out in front. I went back to check the mixer board, and found that two of the vocal mics were being fed to more than one L1! Once that was "corrected", so that each vocal mic was only going one L1... Wow! The vocals really became much clearer ... and there were no further problems with feedback. | ||||
The sound quality is different ... but still better -- and more widely dispersed! -- than conventional monitors. The keyboardist had probably the "loudest" position on the stage for whatever was coming from the two L1's on that side. However, that stage is "live" enough, and there was plenty of "back side" sound, that hearing even from the L1's on the opposite side was not a major issue for the performers, particularly at the back of the stage (where the drummers were) ... the only consistent "monitoring" problem was for those beside, rather than behind, the L1's. Moving forward or backward from that spot (at an angle of about 10 degrees back from the L1) would "fix" even that problem. The interesting thing is that the groups which had to do the most "adjusting" to hear themselves were the groups with the loudest on-stage volume!! I'm pretty sure that if they had their own L1's to get used to, they would have been accoustomed to "quieter" stages and not have taken as long to adjust to the setup we used. We were really cranking the volume out in front! I did not want to stay in the area within 15-20' of the L1's -- it was too loud for me (that was the road area anyway, so no one was sitting/standing there listening, either). However, it was good sound, and tolerable, because not a single dancer from the group which danced right in front of the stage made any comment about it being too loud (and they would have!). (edit: typos).This message has been edited. Last edited by: Dan Cornett, | ||||
great pictures Dan...so how did the L1's & B1's do in the rain? Did you cover them when it was raining?DancingDogMuse | ||||
When if first sprinkled lightly, the PS/1's were positioned such that there were just a very few sprinkles hitting the front edge ... and there was virtually no wind, so I didn't worry about water hitting the speakers inside the B1's or L1's either. When it started to rain more steadily, we pulled the L1's further back under the stage roof so no water would accumulate on the top of the PS/1. Then, as the rain persisted, we also pulled (slid) the B1 stacks back under the roof line. Even when the water was starting to run back onto the stage area (because of the slight slope), I wasn't overly concerned about the PS/1's because I knew the water shouldn't seep into them due to the construction (you'll notice the screws are recessed up and the molding seam is midway up the outer edge -- I figured those are the only two ways water could come up through the bottom of the PS/1!) I wasn't overly concerned about sprinkles on the B1's case -- no worse than just wiping off dust/dirt with a damp cloth ... but obviously did not want them soaked (even though there are no active electronics in them, you don't want to corrod any wiring or cause mildew on anything!) The biggest water concern was the cabling ... particularly mic and power cables. We had phantom power on, and you don't want phantom power touching water and people! I read of one electrocution death when a person in water reached out to adjust a phantom-powered mic which had a faulty connection. | ||||
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Format Perspective is a documentary film by Phil Evans that explores the work, lives and opinions of six European skate photographers. The film showcases the photography of Nils Svensson (Malmo), Stu Robinson (Belfast), Alex Irvine (London), Rich Gilligan (Dublin), Sergej Vutuc (Heilbronn) and Bertrand Trichet (Barcelona/Tokyo). It also gives us an insight into the different approaches used by this diverse line-up of photographers.
Format Perspective
'Format Perspective is a film by Phil Evans that explores the work, lives and opinions of six European skate photographers.
One Skater One Spot- Leon Clark
Leon Clark leads us into the winter night, set amongst diffused light and a worn out car park. Leon's style crossed with the imaginative filming of James Harris has left us all magnetised to that one environment for those 60
Brighton With Ghostpoet.
Hazy sunshine hits the beachfront in Brighton on a day when the weather hasn't quite decided between Summer and the beginning of Autumn. I'm sitting in the bar at the Concorde 2 in the late afternoon waiting for the arrival of Ghostpoet….
Jason Lewer – There and Back Again.
Skate film maker James Harris shows us a different way around Bristol, through the smooth style of Jason Lewer. 'We wanted to show Jason's day-to-day journey through Bristol, shining a different light on some of the most iconic skate spots
Lorna Leigh Scribbles.
People see things differently through lines of perspective or glimpses of the unexpected. Whether it's a musician on a train picking up sounds to create a track or a filmmaker that sees an everyday object as something that is emotive and interesting…It's late in the evening at Lorna's family home in an old tourist town by the sea in West Sussex. As I ready myself to interview her I notice props and memorabilia that span from her grandfathers sketchings, dusty old Vogue magazine covers and paintings of animals.
Fortune's Fool…The Backstory.
Hiatus and Shura have been going from strength to strength producing soulful, melancholic music mixed with heavy basslines. Their tunes have been constantly spun on the Mint turntables…In an exclusive for Mint and in his own words, Hiatus shows us the story behind the Fortune's Fool video.


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§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the effect value added tax will have on the sale of store cattle for fattening.
§ Mr. HigginsThe sale of cattle by a farmer registered for value added tax will be zero-rated and therefore effectively relieved from the burden of the tax. Small farmers, with a taxable turnover of £5,000 a year or less, may apply to be registered.
§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what effect he estimates the introduction of value added tax will have on the fishing fleet of Northern Ireland and, particularly, on the outlay involved in purchasing boats.
§ Mr. HigginsSales of fish will be zero-rated under value added tax. Boats of a gross tonnage of 15 tons or over are also zero-rated. A fisherman registered for the tax will be able to reclaim VAT paid on other inputs to his business so that there will be no net burden of tax.


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Rumor for developers, developers, developers! Steve Ballmer to present at WWDC?
Barron's reports, you decide: According to Trip Chowdry, an analyst with Global Equities Research, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will have seven minutes of stage time at WWDC 2010. [Wait, what now? –Ed.] According to Chowdry, Ballmer's topic will be Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft's ...
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§ Mr. Bob RussellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proposals he has to provide wigs free of charge to outpatients who lose hair through chemotherapy treatment. [42260]
§ Mr. BoatengWe are currently looking into the subject of such charges as part of the wider comprehensive review of health services costs and charges.
Currently, a wig may be provided as part of National Health Service treatment if it is considered to be clinically necessary. As with the supply of any medication, patients will qualify for free wigs if they are hospital in-patients. Schedule 12 of the National Health Service Act 1977 states that
no charge shall be made to a patient who is for the time being resident in hospital".Out-patients cannot be said to be resident in hospital, and so are not entitled to the same automatic exemption from charges as in-patients.
Out-patients and day patients may qualify for full or partial exemption from charges on income grounds. If patients are in receipt of Disability Working Allowance, Family Credit, Income Support or Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, they will be entitled to wigs free of charge. Additionally, people not in the groups who are automatically exempt may claim help with health costs through the NHS Low Income Scheme.


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Mark is the Dean and The Alfred J. Verrecchia-Hasbro Inc. Leadership Chair in Business at the University of Rhode Island. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee and is a CPA. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Accounting from the University of South Carolina. During his tenure at URI, he served as the Director of the Masters in Accounting Program from 1994-2004 and as the Area Coordinator in Accounting from 2002-2004. From 2004-2006 he served as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs. Prior to his tenure at URI, he was a Tax Manager for Ernst and Young (formerly Arthur Young) in New York City. He is currently President of the American Taxation Association having previously served as Secretary, Vice-President, and President-Elect. Mark currently serves on the Executive Committee of the American Accounting Association as Vice President for Sections and Regions. He previously served on the Finance Committee and chaired the Membership Committee. In addition, he served to four-year terms on the Northeast Region Steering Committee and has twice served as the Program Chair and as President of the Northeast Region. In 2006, he was elected into the American Accounting Association Northeast Region Hall of Fame
He is the co-author with Kevin Murphy of Concepts in Taxation which is in its 14th edition. His research has been published in the Journal of Accounting Education, Critical Perspectives in Accounting, The Accounting Historians Journal, Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations, The CPA Journal, Practical Tax Strategies, The Tax Adviser, and Tax Notes. His research has been featured in The Boston Globe and The Providence Journal where he also serves as a technical consultant to Neil Downing's, "Moneyline" column.


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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution believes free agent FS Thomas DeCoud is a strong candidate for an extension and may not hit the open market.
The Falcons have yet to indicate whether they plan to re-sign free agent FS Thomas DeCoud.
Falcons FS Thomas DeCoud left Sunday's game in the first quarter after a helmet-to-helmet collision with Cedric Benson.
New Falcons secondary coach Tim Smith singled out FS Thomas DeCoud as someone who performed well in 2009.
Falcons coach Mike Smith named free safety Thomas DeCoud his defensive MVP for the 2009 season.
Second-year man Thomas DeCoud has been penciled in as the Falcons' starting strong safety.
Scout.com's Adam Caplan says second-year man Thomas DeCoud will likely be the Falcons' new strong safety.
Falcons coach Mike Smith says second-year man Thomas DeCoud has a "great opportunity" to be the team's starting strong safety.
Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff indicated at the Combine that he doesn't envision 2008 third-round pick Thomas DeCoud as a strong safety.
Falcons signed third-round S Thomas DeCoud to a four-year contract.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Falcons are close to signing third-round draft pick Thomas DeCoud.
Falcons selected California S Thomas DeCoud with the No. 98 overall pick in the draft.


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Posted in thread: 22LR Semiauto W/O fixed barrel on 07-07-2012 at 09:14 PM
Not true - a company named CW Accessories sells several superior replacement parts for the GSG.
Including a precision machined guide rod. Check out this link. I run one of these in mine.
Thanks for t...Posted in thread: 22LR Semiauto W/O fixed barrel on 07-07-2012 at 04:01 PM
Oddly enough, my mother has one of the colts you're thinking of, old shoots 22 shorts however.
I really love that gun, but regularly get FTF from it. Sig's 1911 22lrs are actually made by
GSG, and I'v...Posted in thread: 22LR Semiauto W/O fixed barrel on 07-07-2012 at 05:05 AM
Hey guys,I've tried searching the forum and google, but can't seem to find any info. I want to
purchase a semiauto 22LR pistol without a fixed a barrel. Maybe it's just a rimfire thing, but
I can't se...Posted in thread: Taurus 845 vs full size sig p250 on 06-29-2012 at 02:15 PM
No experience with that Taurus but I do own a Sig 250. Its a long pull.. Smooth DAO. Similar to
a revolver. Its been flawless through 1k+ plus rounds. It took a couple of range visits for me
to get us...Posted in thread: Taurus 845 vs full size sig p250 on 06-29-2012 at 01:41 AM
Does anyone have any experience with the two pistols mentioned above? I shot the Taurus 809 and
really enjoyed it, but I'm wondering if it functions the same in 45 acp, and how the trigger
pull compar...Posted in thread: What do you guys think of this? on 06-28-2012 at 02:29 AM
I can't tell if this is because of the thought that Repo Games was real, or the absolutely
terrible English that was used through this entire thread...Posted in thread: Large Naked Woman Stomps Car... on 02-28-2012 at 02:47 AM
Gah!!! Why did I click the link?!!!Posted in thread: Your favorite Beer??? on 02-09-2012 at 01:31 AM
Easy. Sam Adams Imperial White.Says the inexperienced beer drinker.Oh snap!!!!Posted in thread: Short AR Laws on 02-07-2012 at 05:13 PM
Fair enough guys, thanks again for all your help appreciate it. And no, I have no plans of
breaking federal laws, just a simple inquiry.Posted in thread: Short AR Laws on 02-07-2012 at 04:51 PM
Thanks for the quick responses guys, this seems pretty cut and dry, 16" upper or 14.5" with
pinned and welded break. Looks like it's an 16" upper or nothing for me.Just out of curiosity,
what's to sto...


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Life of Pi
On 841 bookshelves
WINNER 2001 - Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
FINALIST 2001 - Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book
FINALIST 2001 - Governor General's Literary Awards - Fiction
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan - and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction in recent years.
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll kiss the money you spent on this book goodbye. Inanely stupid rubbish about a guy on a raft that's hiding enough animals to fill a circus. What a load of tripe. And...more
Quite a remarkable tale. I enjoyed it very much. I was a little annoyed at the constant chapters. Every couple of pages a new chapter started. The reason is explained in the book, but it was still...more
which story is true?!!! I loved this book and the ending was far from the damp squib that can make you depressed. A magical tale of loss and tragedy but one with a twist that will leave you...more
I know some people rave about this, but I'm afraid I found the ending a real let down. left me feeling that it hadn't been finished, somehow.


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Looking for great ways to display quilts in your home? Here are 15 terrific ideas to help you get started.
Ladders are a great way to display your quilts, but here's a new idea. Stand a section of an antique picket fence on its end and drape the pickets with quilts. There are more pickets on a fence than rungs on a ladder, and since fencing is usually wider than a ladder, you can see more of your folded quilts.


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OLYMPIA - Students could have a direct hand in the actions of the board of trustees of Washington community and technical colleges under a bill approved Monday by the Washington State Senate.
Senate Bill 5217, sponsored by Sen. Paull Shin, would allow community and technical colleges the option of appointing a student to the board of trustees. The student would be selected by the governor from a list submitted by the student government.
"Often times, students have a better understanding of the everyday actions that occur on a college campus. This will allow them to have better representation in the operations of their colleges," said Shin. "Having a student serve on the board will also improve the relationship between the student body and the college's administration."
Shin says the bill will not require the colleges to place a student on the board of trustees, but does provide that option. In order to remain on the board, the student would have to be enrolled at the college and be a student in good academic standing. The student member would be required to excuse him or herself from voting on matters related to the hiring, discipline or tenure of faculty members and personnel.
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For more information: Ian Cope, Senate Democratic Caucus, 360-786-7535
For interviews: Sen. Paull Shin, 360-786-7640


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Hi Aart,
I'm trying to play with a UCI engine on a remote computer, I use the tool on the server "NetChess" (I have no problems using this remote engine on another computer).
Now I download the client for android, android-client-cli.txt. I must remove the txt extension? I've tried the 2 possibilities. I install the client on chess for android.
Now create a file to call the client and pass two arguments, the hostname and port, but here I have no clear as it should be this file.
I can use notepad to make a single file? , example, client-android-cli <hostname> <port> , necessary "<" and ">" ?, the filename should take some extension?, I've tried several options when installing file and then importing does nothing.
Or on the contrary you have to create a shell script to call the client?, I do not know how to make the shell script for this, you could put the contents of the file, the file must have the extension sh?


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"... First Place - 2007 SSC Ultimate Aero (412.28 KMH, 256.18 MPH) The SSC Ultimate Aero is currently the world's fastest production car, with a maximum speed of 412.28 km/h (256.18 mph). To be more specific, the car is powered by a 6.35-liter engine that produces an outstanding power of 1,183 bhp at 6075 rpm and 1,094 lb-ft of torque at 6150 rpm. The mid-engine rear-drive car boasts Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 tires, forged 3-piece alloy wheels and la..." Continue Reading →
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There was a time when we measured business success in ways that mattered like the bottom line — a good paycheck and a healthy balance sheet.
Today marginally successful people can appear important and successful just by being a Twitter John. A "John" buys a prostitute. A Twitter "John" buys Twitter whores from Twitter pimps. At Fiverr.com, there's a Twitter pimp on every hyperlink waiting to sell you as many Twitter whores as you want.
Just by spending a few minutes Fiverr.com equivalent of the Craigslist personals, I found the following:
- 1500 Twitter followers for $5
- 2000 followers for $5
- 13,600 "real looking" Twitter followers within 7 hours for $5
I suppose a "real looking" follower is the "girl-next-door" type?
Maybe for $5, you can impress your friends and people who have no idea how easy it is get fake Twitter followers. Even guys running president tried it. Newt Gingrich said he should be the Republican nominee because he had 1.3 million Twitter followers. It turned out that Newt was just another internet John and that 92% of his followers were fake.
Maybe you're thinking, "Mark just has follower-envy." I have 265 followers. Real followers. I don't get off on bragging about myself to a bunch of followers who aren't even real. I have fantasies, but none of them involve bragging about the size of my Twitter list (real or fake).
A guy I know in the publishing business is ALL about the size of his Twitter list. I saw him a few years ago at a conference and the first thing he said to me was, "I have 5,000 Twitter followers. How many do you have?" If you have to brag about how many people follow you on Twitter, you're a loser. Period.
In the last few weeks, I've had some people start following me on Twitter who have HUGE follow lists, in the 20,000-30,000 range. I then looked up their websites and in some cases their books. If you have that many followers and your book has an Amazon sales rank of 1,800,000, something doesn't jive. That's when I discovered Twitter pimps selling Twitter whores or worse yet, selling a fake Twitter whore.


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Dating with Children: Women have it easier
A wagon, a relaxed atmosphere and even a sip of too much, then many German women before a successful mother's Day. Only rarely mingles with the daddies of the downer of the single life in the Holiday mood. For the majority along with children waiting for a partner, at home. A survey of Europe's leading online dating agency Parsnip among 1,000 singles showed that only about 13 percent of women have kids. In loans for single moms the number of mothers in the singles with 31 per cent is much higher.
Women are more open to stand-alone fathers
In partner and child appear to single women have better chances. After all, is for almost half of the interviewed single women with kids quite a partner in question? In contrast, 64 percent of men show no willingness to establish a solid relationship with a woman with a child. So that women are set against a patchwork family much more open than women.
Single women long for their own family
"For single women the desire for their own family to be able to cope well ahead of the fear that with such an undertaking. For them, therefore, is much greater willingness to take in a blended family takes responsibility for the children of the new partner, "said Sabine Parsnip Single -Coach of Lamont Wary."Men fear most, however, to be no match for the needs of a blended family. "For single mothers, this means that a child has the choice of potential partners decreased. But for both sexes, the older they get, the sooner they can get used to the idea of being part of a colorful patchwork family.


text: *SOLD* I bought this for my sister but it ended up being too big so I am offering it up for sale. It is an interesting bike from the 70's I believe and has some cool details. Frame is heavy but I am sure it would ride like a dream. It is still a bit of a project as it need new cables and housing but I did take most of it apart and cleaned it up pretty well. The BB will need to be rebuilt as I did not take it apart but it spins nicely as is so I am sure there isn't any problems hiding in there. I did take apart and re-grease the headset and hubs. There are some neat details on the bike like the atala badged components ( crank, brakes, hubs, etc.) and the chrome fenders are sweet. THe frame measures 22" from center to top on the seat tube with the top of the seat post being 32.5" of the ground. Other interesting details are the chrome lugs, internal cable routing and the Simplex "stick shifter". Looking to get $75 + shipping from 46237. Pm for details or to get a shipping quote.