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TROWBRIDGE & DISTRICT LEAGUE DIVISION TWO: Ashton looking good after back-to-back wins (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)
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TROWBRIDGE & DISTRICT LEAGUE DIVISION TWO: Ashton looking good after back-to-back wins
1:30pm Monday 10th September 2012 in Sport
AFTER suffering relegation from Division One at the end of last season, Steeple Ashton have made a positive start in their bid for an immediate return to the top flight.
Neil Taylor's side followed up their opening day success over Westbury Town with a 6-3 victory away at Melksham Town A for whom it was their first game of the season.
Ashton stormed to a 3-0 lead thanks to goals from the ever-youthful Mark Barnett who scored on two minutes after his long range effort was misjudged by he home keeper.
Ashton had the chance to double their lead on 11 minutes but Nathan Holloway saw his penalty hit the post.
Ashton eventually made it 2-0 in the 19th minute when Marc Sheppard picked out Guy Rowley who curled his shot in.
Rowley returned the favour a few minutes later when he set up Sheppard for Ashton's third.
Ashton were caught napping on 23 minutes as they allowed Melksham to get back into the game, Wesley Frith scoring.
Melksham give themselves a fighting chance when they reduced the gap to the odd goal on 32 minutes, Bradley Butcher finding the target.
Ashton settled their nerves just before half time when Marc Sheppard's corner was smashed home by Rowley for his second of the afternoon.
The second half saw Melksham reduce the deficit on 56 minutes when keeper John Jones missed a cross which fell kindly to Dan Kirk, who netted to reduce the arrears once more.
However, Ashton pushed forward and took a 5-3 lead thanks to a second from Sheppard.
Sheppard's goal seemed to kill off Melksham as Ashton went onto complete an impressive result when Guy Rowley capped a fine personal performance with his third of the contest and Ashton's sixth of the game which is the first time since the 2008/09 that the villagers have managed to bagged as many goals in one game.
Heytesbury 2 Calne Eagles 4
CALNE Eagles overcame Heytesbury 4-2 in an end-to-end encounter that was only settled in the final minute when Calne striker Adam Bewley scored his team's fourth.
Calne opened the scoring after only two minutes when Stuart Windsor headed an Adam Bewley corner against the crossbar and recent signing Russell Driver prodded the rebound over the line.
Heytesbury responded immediately through Paul Arnold, who finished superbly from just inside the box after a swift counter attack.
Once again Calne retook the lead, this time through Karl Sharratt who skillfully beat his marker before firing his shot under the body of keeper Stuart Green from a tight angle.
The rest of the first half was real nip and tuck with both teams creating numerous guilt edge chances to score.
Heytesbury's pacy striker Joe Martin was denied by a great save from Andy Windsor, following a passing move that had left the Calne's defence chasing shadows.
Martin was also denied by an excellent last-ditch tackle from centre back Rich Maslen.
At the other end Karl Sharratt skimmed the crossbar with a rasping drive and also sent a much easier chance wide of the post when he ran through one-on-one with the keeper. Adam Bewley and Stu Windsor also both missed chances to extend their team's lead.
In the second half Calne seemed to be coping better with the searing heat and started to take control of the game.
They increased the score to 3-1 when Windsor once again popped unmarked in the box to head home an Adam Bewley cross.
With 20 minutes left Heytesbury gave themselves real hope of a comeback when Joe Martin's header was parried by keeper Andy Windsor and agonisingly slipped past Sam Rogers on the post.
Thereafter, Heytesbury threw caution to the wind and pushed forward in numbers in search of an equaliser.
Substitute Leigh Kennedy was denied by a great reaction save by Andy Windsor after he got on the end of a teasing cross from Chris Baker.
Kennedy was also denied by a superb last-ditch block tackle from full-back Kevin Hamersley. Tom Evans also denied Joe Martin with a well-timed tackle in the box.
With five minutes left Calne's Bewley went clean through on goal, but the normally clinical striker sent his shot wide of the post.
However, Bewley made amends in the final minute when he tapped in from 6 yards, after good work from Windsor who had made another lung busting forward run in the draining heat.
The 4-2 scoreline saw Calne Eagles pick up their first-ever victory at Heytesbury Park at the fifth attempt and maintain their good start to the season.
The Lamb 8 Broughton Gifford 1
RICHARD Stevens' Division Three winners from last term, The Lamb, began life in Division Two with a resounding 8-1 thumping of Broughton Gifford who, after back-to-back losses look as if they are going to face an uphill task in they bid to get back into Division One at their first attempt.
Bradley King-Taylor's opener for the Lamb was quickly followed by a fine strike from last season's top scorer Sam Stevens, but despite taking a 2-0 lead the Lamb were pegged by Broughton for whom Gary Turk reduced the arrears.
Broughton were then undone by a bizarre goal that saw Chris Turk who put through his own net to give Lamb a 3-1 interval lead.
The second period was bossed by the Lamb who found their scoring boots, Ryan Underwood made it 4-1 and his second of the game took it to 5-1.
Simon Pickett scored Lamb's sixth, Underwood completed his hat-trick with goal number seven and it was left to Sam Stevens to put the icing on the cake with his second and his team's eighth of what was a very productive afternoon for the Trowbridge based side.
Westbury Town 2 Trowbridge Wanderers Reserves 5
MANY people had expected newly-promoted Westbury Town to do really well this season and thought Trowbridge Wanderers Reserves would struggle.
But things haven't turned out as expected as after two games Westbury have failed to take any points while Wanderers have a perfect record following their 5-2 win at Westbury.
Westbury started their game with Wanderers with just nine players but despite their lack of numbers they took the lead through Daryl Maxwell.
Wanderers were making hard work of their job but fashioned an equaliser on 20 minutes via Michael Cooksey who was on hand to turn in Elliot Blanks cross.
Westbury regained the lead with a stunning goal from Ryan Earny whose well timed diving header gave the hosts a 2-1 lead.
Westbury were hoping to get to the break with their lead intact but on 44 minutes Wanderers drew level for a second time, this time Cooksey turned provider for Tom Pang who drew the scores level.
Westbury were up to full strength for the second 45 minutes but their 11 men were undone on 55 minutes, an excellent Will Bayley corner was headed in by Ben Rogers.
Michael Cooksey added to his first half effort with a 25 yard thunderbolt and he completed the scoring and his own three timer when he scored from the penalty spot after Will Bayley had been brought down in the area.
For Cooksey it was his fourth goal in two games which his double what he scored in the whole of last season.
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Chillicothe's cardiac finishes continued Friday night on an 18 yard touchdown run by Nate Rosenbauer in overtime for a 20-14 win at Miami Trace.
It was the first overtime victory for Chillicothe. They dropped their other OT game at Portsmouth in 2011.
The Cavs won the coin toss and denied the Panthers on four downs and out. On its possession, Chillicothe took Markel Cain two plays left for six yards and then went right with a pitch to Rosenbauer for the game winner.
In a post game interview on WBEX, Lou Postage asked Rosenbauer what he saw when he got the ball in his hands "Green grass." Add to that a Cavalier victory and a wave of teammates piling up on the sophomore just outside the end zone.
Miami Trace entered the game averaging 42 points through the first three weeks, and looked as if they would do the same to Chillicothe. The Panthers scored first on a 1 yard TD run by Trevor Haines just 2:55 into the game. After forcing a Cavalier punt, Miami Trace punched in another score to post a 14-0 lead on a 36 yard run by QB Jimmy Stroker.
In a near repeat performance of the Big Walnut game in week two of the season, the Panthers gained the bulk of their 226 yards on the first two series. But as it had two weeks ago, the Cavs' defense answered the bell. Chillicothe limited the Panthers to 104 yards the rest of regulation.
Before the half, Cavs quarterback Ryan Mathis rolled to pass and escaped the defensive pressure to camper 40 yards towards the end zone. Mathis lost the ball at the 6 and Eddie Wells scooped up the loose ball near the goal line. Mathis called his own number to get the Cavs on the board as time expired to cut the deficit in half 14-7.
In the second half, Chillicothe tied the game on a 2 yard run by Mathis with 21.8 seconds remaining in the third. The score followed a Miami Trace fumble at its own 25.
The Cavs had three more opportunities to take the lead, but failed to capitalize. After the tying touchdown, Jake Weber's onside kick was recovered by Wells. A second chance came when a snap went beyond the punter and Chillicothe got the ball at the Panthers' 18 and again getting possession at the Miami Trace 32, fumbled it back to the Panthers.
Miami Trace played it safe to the end of regulation to force the extra period.
The Panthers outgained Chillicothe 226-181. Ryan Mathis had 55 yards rushing on 10 carries, Rosenbauer 52 on 10 lugs while Cain and Daiquan Hall combined for another 56 yards.
Trevor Haines led Miami Trace with 94 yards on 17 carries.
Chillicothe is off to a 4-0 start for the first time since 1998, and won an SCOL game for the first time since they took Hillsboro 14-7 in 1931.
The Cavs (4-0/1-0) will travel back to Fayette County next week for a battle with Washington. The Blue Lions (3-1/1-0) outlasted East Clinton (1-3/0-1) 49-32 Friday night. Miami Trace (3-1/0-1) travels to Hillsboro (1-3/0-0) next week.

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What if I've already made a suggestion in the forums (quite recently) and someone else has already suggested it in this thread?
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My suggestion:
Business Smith
I mean, c'mon. His model screams it. Just look at this ****.
[Stonecrusher (Support Hero)]
Torturer as Pinhead from the Hellraiser series!
Not really necessary to change any of his skills, as Torturer is obv inspired by Pinhead to begin with!
But would be pretty awesome just to add the puzzlebox in the middle of Chain Reaction and Agonizing Bonds.
Btw is there like a deadline for the suggestions?
..... awesome idea
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Piñata Night Hound
Easy to make, skills can stay the same. Only a new skin and a new death is needed. If he dies he explodes and drops candy! Everybody likes to see a great skin like this ingame!
It would be sad not picking this because nh already has an avatar. No one is using that one at all, and everyone will use this one! Nh will be the most picked hero ingame when S2 get this in.
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Here is my idea
The Infestor/Toxic Beast
Refference art
Firstly, was always one of the most popular heroes in HoN. He is played both in competetive and pub games. That means the demand would be big. The problem with our old slither is that he always looked a bit .... meh. His voice was like something out of a saturday morning cartoon. This ends now!
I propose giving slither an alternative model something similar to the picture above. Make him run on 4 legs, have a similar mouth, some spores on his back, slime running down his body. HOWEVER, make him less bulky and more agile looking. Like a tiger,or an alien from AvP.
For his voice, make him sound like a true defiler (not that defiler ). He should sound like he puts A LOT of effort into talking. Almost like he throws up every time he talks. A great refference would be the Zerg from Starcraft 2
And to add a unique touch to the avatar, make him release a loud shrieking sound, like he is in pain whenever he ulties.
p.s. In my humble opinion S2 should slow down with the fun/pop culture avatars.
That is all
Update: Forgot to mention about his toxic wards. Make them tentacles thingies that grow into the ground when thrown and shoots green needles/darts. And they shoot out of his spores.
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I was going to post one but it seems that Disco Pharoah has already won.
Hell, I'll add Ophelia Pokemon Trainer to the mix. Use your imagination.
Chipper should get a sawblade racecar, fires moter oil instead of tar, and actual nuts instead of rockets, ult should be a small race car track(<=========> that shape) and shield is a roll cage.
Actually I have an interesting Idea for a Biohazard like Slither.
I'll draw it up and post it later. Thinking along the likes of a humanoid, male or female makes no difference to me really. Involves a gun that fires noxious chemicals and a tank on back, lots of green. The spray would come from the gun like a quick lift up and trigger pull.
Wards would be similar to tossing a grenade, need to think about it a tad more. Maybe like a seed bomb or something not sure. As for ult seeing as Slither spreads his arms and lifts his head I think this one can simply raise the gun and shoot in the air or do a quick spin with the gun raised foward.
I think a two handed rifle attached to a tank on the back sounds right too.
My suggestion is for to become :
Count Dracula (or w/e name you want for copyright reasons)
- Sex change
- New texture
- New voice
- New animations
Explanation of the ideas in the same order:
- First female hero to become male
- He can have a cool looking, evil-ish, dark-ish outfit
- Well she is going to have a sex change so her voice has to change
- He can fit perfectly with Wretched Hag since he is actually a bat and all of her skills have to do with bats
Magebane as Sun Wukong "The monkey king"
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The first in Blake Edwards's series of enormously successful Pink Panther films, it introduced Peter Sellers in the role of epic bumbler Inspector Jacques Clouseau. Ultrasuave jewel thief Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven), aka the Phantom, is in hot pursuit of the Pink Panther, one of the world's most precious jewels, now in the possession of Princess Dala (Claudia Cardinale). Clouseau, a detective who has raised bungling incompetence to an art form, is in hot pursuit of Sir Charles, who has successfully eluded him for the past 15 years. He also seeks the Phantom's female accomplice, little realizing that she's actually his own wife, Simone (Capucine), who naturally prefers to sleep with the dashing thief. To complicate matters, Lytton's nephew George (Robert Wagner) arrives on the scene, dismaying his uncle with his desire to follow in his footsteps. When, during a costume party at the princess's Roman villa, the safe containing the Pink Panther is opened, it contains only a white glove--the signature of the Phantom. Sellers, playing a character part with relatively little screen time, stole the film so completely that he went on to star in the series' subsequent installments. The marriage of his comic brilliance with Edwards's mastery of farce made THE PINK PANTHER a huge worldwide hit. The suavely amusing pink cartoon panther featured in the opening and closing credits went on to became the star of his own cartoon show.


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Resetting the Autocorrect dictionary on iOS
iOS' built-in Autocorrect feature typically works pretty well, but sometimes it will learn misspellings or words that you simply don't want to have reappear regularly. If your dictionary has gotten a way from you, there's a simple way to get back to square one. Open up the Settings app, tap on General, scroll to the bottom, then tap on Reset. In the list of admittedly scary options on this page is one called Reset Keyboard Dictionary, which will rid your device of all the Autocorrect goodness it's learned, letting you start from scratch. [via OS X Daily]
Cleaning up your bookmarks in Safari on iOS
Find yourself faced with a mess of unorganized bookmarks on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch? There's an easy way to remedy the situation. Simply tap the Bookmarks button, then tap Edit. Doing so will bring up the familiar red deletion circles for bookmarks and folders you no longer need or use, the triple-line buttons for grabbing and rearranging bookmarks and folders, and a New Folder button, which lets you pile bookmarks you simply want to reorganize into their own folder, and out of your main Bookmarks menu.
Making iOS forget Bluetooth devices
Bluetooth can be super handy for short-range wireless communication, but with so many devices supporting it, you might sometimes find yourself in situations where the list of Bluetooth devices appearing in your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch's list becomes unmanageable. Thankfully, Apple built in a way to get rid of listings for devices you don't use. Simply fire up Settings, tap on Bluetooth, and tap on the blue circle next to the device you'd rather not see again. On the next page, tap on Forget this Device, and you won't see it again. If you decide at some point in the future that you want to use a forgotten device again, just set it to pairing mode and it will reappear in your list. [via CoM]
Hiding text message previews on iOS
Sure, getting a preview of your incoming text messages without needing to unlock your device is handy—but there are some times when you might not want everyone in eyeshot of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to see what you're discussing with the person on the other end. Luckily, iOS offers a super-easy way to stop this. Open the Settings app, tap on Notifications, and tap on Messages. Scroll down the screen a bit, and you'll see an toggle for Show Preview. Set this to off, and you won't see anything more than an alert telling you who your new message is from. [via CoM]
Manually adding images to Photo Stream
Apple's Photo Stream service does a good job of automatically syncing your latest photos across all your Macs and iOS devices—but what happens when you need ubiquitous access to an older photo? Well, you can manually sync your device and transfer it over, or you can just use Photo Stream to your advantage to send it back out to your devices. To do so, just drag and drop any image or collection of images you want from iPhoto or Aperture on your Mac into your Photo Stream, and viola—all of those photos will now appear in your Photo Stream on your iOS devices, for the next 30 days, at which point they'll "expire" to make room for new memories.
Showing/Hiding the Battery Percentage on iOS
Starting with the iPhone 3GS, Apple's iOS devices have been able to provide users with a (relatively) precise measurement of their battery's remaining charge. Some people like it, some don't, but no matter which way you lean there's an easy way to toggle it on and off. Open the Settings app, tap on General, tap on Usage, and find the switch named Battery Percentage. Set it to your preferred state and you'll never have to worry about it (not) cluttering up your status bar again.
Rotating images from within the Photos app
While the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad generally do a good job of rotating images to their proper orientation, every once in a while an odd grip or shot will confound it, leaving you with some work to do before it's ready to share or archive. Luckily, there's an easy—and built-in—way to fix this. Simply select the photo you need to fix, tap the Edit button, and tap the rotate button—it's the one that looks like an arrow pointing backwards. Do this as many times as necessary to get the look you want, then tap Save. iOS will automatically replace the original image with the new version, and you'll be ready to use it however you please—and should you need to undo your changes, it'll have the original waiting for you.
Saving an image in Safari on iOS
Run across an image you'd like to add to your collection while browsing on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch? There's a dead-simple way to save any image you find online to your Camera Roll. Simply tap and hold on the image, and choose Save Image from the menu that pops up. Just don't go posting it on Instagram—after all, no one likes a cheater.
Enabling Caps Lock on iOS
While it's not nice to shout, there are times when the Caps Lock feature of standard keyboards can come in handy—when typing out a list of acronyms, for example. Luckily, Apple made it easy to access this same feature from your iOS virtual keyboard. First, open up the Settings app, tap on General, tap on Keyboard, and make sure that Enable Caps Lock is set to on. Once that's done, all you need to do is double-tap the shift button—it will turn blue to let you know it's enabled, and a single tap is all that's required to shut it off. SEE? SO MUCH BETTER.
Sharing Reminders over iCloud
Have someone you need to share a list of Reminders with? You might not know it from looking at the app, but there's an easy way to do so. Simply fire up your browser, visit iCloud.com, log in, and open up the Calendar app. Over to the left, you'll see a list of your Reminder lists. Just choose which one you'd like to share—a grocery list, for example—and then click the broadcast button (the one on the right). A box will popup allowing you to invite iCloud members to the list, and giving you full control over whether they can simply see the list or edit it, as well.
Removing the Dictation key from iPhone 4S
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Despite the company's efforts to promote it, not everyone likes Siri—and some folks like the Dictation key that comes with her even less, as it shrinks the iPhone's space bar. Luckily, there's an easy way to get rid of it—you just have to disable Siri in the process. To do so, open the Settings app, tap on General, and tap on Siri, then turn the slider to off. Once this is done, you'll have your pre-4S keyboard back, larger space bar and all.
Forcing an iOS device to Update or Restore
Typically, getting an iOS device to update is as easy as plugging it into your computer and hitting the Update button in iTunes—or even easier if you have an iOS 5 device, as you can handle the update directly from the Settings app. But what if you need to downgrade your OS, or install an Update image that iTunes can't retrieve from the server—such as the just released iOS 6 beta? Doing so is easy. Simply connect your device to your PC or Mac, make sure you have the latest version of iTunes installed and the necessary update image downloaded, click on your device in the iTunes sidebar, and when the main tab appears, hold the option (on Mac) or shift (on Windows) key in and hit the Update or Restore button, then choose the location of the update image. Click done, and iTunes will begin its normal process of updating or restoring the device's software, no separate download required.
Enabling Closed Captioning on iOS and iTunes
Most folks are familiar with Closed Captioning (CC)—the system for displaying text during a TV or video to help those with hearing disabilities follow along. But the system isn't useful solely to them—if you'd like to watch a movie or TV show silently, for instance. Luckily, there's lots of CC-enabled content available from the iTunes Store, and enabling the service on Apple's devices is fairly simple. In iTunes on a Mac or PC, open up the Preferences, select Playback, and turn on the "Show closed captioning when available" option. On an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, open the Settings app, tap on Video, and turn Closed Captioning on. Last but not least, you can access the same option on the Apple TV by visiting the Settings menu, selecting Audio & Video, and then turning Closed Captioning on. Now you can enjoy your content—and some peace and quiet. [via OS X Daily]
Using Siri without the Home button
- May 31, 2012
- iPhone
Watch any of Apple's recent iPhone 4S commercials and you'll no doubt see a celebrity tapping and holding their phone's Home button in to activate the (miraculously accurate) virtual assistant. But did you know that you can use Siri without hitting the Home button at all? Simply open up the Settings app, tap on General, tap on Siri, and turn Raise to Speak on. Now when you need help pulling together your gazpacho or answering ridiculously obvious questions about the weather, all you need to do is grab your phone and hold it to your face.
Disabling iOS' built-in YouTube app
Apple has generally done a great job of keeping its built-in iOS apps up to date—with the YouTube app a glaring exception to this rule. Barely updated since its debut on the original iPhone in 2007, it has long since been surpassed by the video sharing giant's own mobile website—yet iOS is still set to open all YouTube videos in the native app. Luckily, there's an easy way to get around this limitation. Simply fire up Settings, tap on General, tap on Restrictions, enable Restrictions if you haven't already, and disallow YouTube. Doing so has the dual benefit of redirecting all YouTube links to the mobile website and hiding the native app on the device, clearing up more space for apps you actually want to use. [via Lifehacker]
Introducing Siri to your family
- May 24, 2012
- iPhone
Siri is certainly smart, but she's not a mind reader—if you want to be able to tell her to call your mom, you have to tell Siri who she is first. Doing so is amazingly simple. Just call up Siri, and when you hear the familiar prompt, say "Jane Doe is my mother" or "John Doe is my father"—note that you should use your actual family member's names, unless your name happens to be James Doe—and soon enough Siri will know your spouse, parents, siblings, and other relations—possibly better than you do.
Searching the current page in Safari
Most of the time, it's easy to find what you're looking for on a webpage from an iOS device—especially if you're on a mobile-friendly site. For those times when it's not so easy, like when you're searching for a particular passage in a long-form article, Safari offers an easy to do so. Simply tap in the built-in search area and type in what you're looking for. Below the recommended search suggestions you see an area marked "On This Page", with the number of times a certain term is used. Tap on it, and you'll be given a pair of arrows that will let you hop between each appearance of the term; once you're finished, simply tap the Done button to start reading.
Getting a word definition in iOS
Most users of iBooks are familiar with the Define option that appears whenever you select a word — but did you know this trick works all over iOS? In any app that has selectable text, simply highlight the word you'd like defined and tap the Define button. On the iPhone or iPod touch, a definition pane will slide up from the bottom of the screen, while on the iPad, the definition will popup to the side of the word.
Purchasing alert tones on your iOS device
Tired of the built-in alert tones on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad? It's easy to acquire new ones via the built-in iTunes Tone Store. Simply fire up Settings, and click on Sounds (if you're on an iPhone or iPod touch) or General, then Sounds (if you're on an iPad), then select any of the Alert options you'd like to change, such as Ringtone, Text Tone, or New Mail. Scroll up to the top of the screen, and you'll see an option to Buy More Tones, which will launch the iTunes Store and take you to the Tones section.
Alternatively, you can launch the iTunes Store first, then tap the More button, and select Tones (on the iPhone and iPod touch) or tap the Genres button in the upper left-hand corner of the iPad app, and select Tones. At $0.99 a pop, they aren't cheap, but there's a ton to choose from, and it sure beats being the 20th person in the restaurant to check your phone when someone's device starts blaring Marimba.
Quickly scrolling to the top of the screen in iOS
iOS is known for its smooth scrolling, but sometimes all that swiping can be an annoyance when all you really want to is get back to the top of the screen—to access the address bar in Safari, for instance. It appears that Apple planned for this, as iOS has had a simple shortcut built-in since the days of the first iPhone that does precisely that. In nearly any app, you can tap the status bar—where the time lives—to instantly jump back to the top of a list or page, letting you get get where you need to go—no more wasted swipes.
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By: Darr MoonPublished for Challis, Idaho (Area-Info.net Feb. 12, 2012)
It brings me no joy to report the state of our nation from a broader perspective than the 24 hour news media would like you to hear. Truth today is nothing more than a manufactured manifestation of a main stream media who's goal is to keep folks busy looking at the insignificant while their pockets are picked and liberties stolen. There is no truth to be learned from behind the illuminated screens that broadcast every nuance and critique of nobodies in their nobody worlds. Truth is but a mirage in a desert of deceit, welcome to the un-news of the 21st century.
My friends, the truth is we are marching ever closer to a grand abyss that will forever change the world as we know it. Truth catches little attention these days especially in the political arena of non-ideas, but step ever closer we continue, gladly hand in hand with culprits from both political parties. The well of prosperity has run dry, on life support from ever increasing inflows of imaginary dollars printed like gumdrops in a Candy Land world of "champagne wishes and caviar dreams". At present America has borrowed from future earnings over $15.3 trillion dollars to keep afloat a ship of state that will sink the hopes and dreams of generations of Americans unless we change course back to our Constitutional roots and now; that my friends is the truth.
Other truths, not much mentioned these days, include the fact that no amount of tax reform will change our trajectory into the deep. Tax policy is not the problem; spending is. No amount of economic stimulus will transform our sorry state of industrial production, no amount of tax credits will put people to work with jobs that create real wealth and no amount of political promise and fudged numbers will refill the cornucopia of plenty.
We must face the real truth that we are no longer a free people whose self determination, right of free association and personal freedom secure the blessings of liberty, rather we have become a people corralled and cared for like beasts of burden. Almost 47 million Americans are now on food stamps. The welfare net secures and insures the poor to an unfulfilled life of comfort, television remote within hands reach so they may live vicariously through a flickering tube filled with rubes and boobs. If the unemployment numbers are truly getting better they must be from an ever expanding under-employed class incapable of enjoying wealth from meaningful work. Fact is, we don't encourage meaningful work even though we live in a land of plenty where our nation's resources invite the promise of prosperity for everyone.
We as a people have never been so burdened with government intrusion in all liberties and pursuits of happiness Americans have traditionally enjoyed. This truth is self evident and yet, we have looked the other way, the way toward government fixes and government programs. The perceived notion that a government, big as ours, can deliver all one might desire is the true villain of liberty.
I profess; truth is self evident for those who wish to see. No amount of spin or obfuscation can conceal the trajectory of our pending fate. You can know the truth if you wish to open your eyes and expose this unexplored territory to the incessant chatter boxes on radio and TV by asking a few simple questions:
Will more welfare promote a greater general welfare to our nation?
Can new tax strategies solve the burdensome and growing federal budget crisis?
Has undeclared warfare elevated the promise of liberty over terrorism?
Should government control all aspects of our lives? (try to think of something government doesn't regulate)
Then ask yourself, who really understands the depth and breadth of our Constitutional Republic while you still have the right to vote and then, boldly vote for liberty. The consequences of a misplaced vote at the polls are too unfortunate to contemplate.
Darr has a B.S. Geological Engineering from Univ. of Idaho, is a Professional Engineer and Land Surveyor, and Operates small family gold mine in Central Idaho.
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Arizona State loses running backs coach Larry Porter to Texas
Running backs coach Larry Porter has left for the same position on Mack Brown's staff with the Texas Longhorns.
"I'm just really excited to be joining what I think is the best program in the country," Porter said in a press release."Having the opportunity to work under a man like Coach Brown, who I look at as a legend in college football, is an honor and a privilege. He has done so much for college football and is so well respected. I'm thrilled to be joining his staff and to be a part of a program that I've had such great admiration for.
"The future of Texas football is very bright and being able to work with Coach Brown and so many guys I've known and worked with before is an opportunity I couldn't pass up. My family and I are really excited and looking forward to getting started."
Under Porter's guidance the Sun Devils had one of the Pac-12's better rushing attacks, as four players tallied more than 400 yards on the ground.
"We are very excited to have Larry Porter joining our staff," said Brown in the same press release. "He brings a wealth of experience and has a reputation as one of the best coaches and recruiters in our game. Larry has spent a great deal of time in the Big 12 and SEC and has a strong familiarity with our state and staff. During his time at Oklahoma State and LSU, he did a tremendous job recruiting Dallas and Houston. He also has worked with two of our current coaches in Bo Davis and Stacy Searels in previous positions and has been friends with Darrell Wyatt for a number of years, so that should make for a smooth transition. We're really looking forward to having him in our program."
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Breweries and lederhosen-lovers from around the state will gather at the Arizona Hops and Vines second annual Oktoberfest, this Sat., Oct. 19, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Elgin, AZ. Guests are encouraged to dress-up, dance to the traditional tunes of a live umpapa band, gorge on German fare from local food trucks, and taste the latest creations from Arizona Hops and Vines, 1055 Brewery, Borderlands Brewing Co., San Tan, Four Peaks, Dragon Brewery, Black Rock Brewery, and more.
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A Hallows Eve Hootenanny will signal the grand opening of Historic Brewing Company , the newest brewery in Flagstaff, AZ, on October 26, 2013, beginning at 5:00 p.m. This huge beer dinner party celebrates the launch of seven new brews and the opening of the Historic Brewing Company's tasting room. Free shuttle service will be offered from downtown Flagstaff to the brewery between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. to and from Mother Road Brewing, where they will be offering $2 pints for ticket holders.
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On July 18, 2009, Claire Bataille, associate director of the Lou Conte Dance Studio, updated her status on Facebook. "Larry Long is in critical but stable condition at Cook County Hospital. One broken leg, 3 broken ribs, some broken bones in his face. They are monitoring for internal bleeding…but feel optimistic he will pull through. Of course he will. He's Mr. Long. I'll update if I hear anything…please do the same so we can keep our community in the loop."
Three days earlier, Long and his wife, Dolores Lipinski, were in their car at Ashland Avenue and Hubbard Street and were hit on the passenger's side. Long never regained consciousness and, per his instructions, was removed from life support on August 22 at the age of 72.
It was a tense five weeks at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts: Long had taught dance there nearly every single day since 1973, the year he and Page cofounded the Chicago Ballet. Larry E. Long's nameplate was still on the desk between myself and the center's executive director, Venetia Stifler, when I sat with her to discuss the events of last summer. "The first word we had was that it was critical, but that he would recover, and we'd been there before with Larry. He had 13 lives, you know." Long had been accompanied by an oxygen tank for years, and there's a soft spot in the center's largest third-floor studio where he would rap his cane on the floor in time to the music, audible to almost every corner of the former Moose Lodge at Dearborn and Oak Streets. As the days passed, though, "the word recover started to fade, and then every day, it'd be 'What's the news? Where are we?' One day it would be up, and the next it would be down."
Forty years of students and colleagues in Chicago weren't all who waited anxiously for his condition to improve. Long directed and assisted the direction of companies in New York, London and Washington, D.C., and his advanced ballet classes were a destination for professionals both local and visiting, a place to brush up on technique and reconnect with the essentials of the form. Mikhail Baryshnikov named him one of the six best teachers in America in The New York Times, and he's one of ten "20th-century masters" profiled in Gretchen Ward Warren's 1996 book, The Art of Teaching Ballet. In it, longtime student Amy Rose, formerly a soloist with both American Ballet Theatre and Pacific Northwest Ballet remembers, "I never had to learn to perform because his classes were so wonderful that you…were already performing in your soul, not just plastering a smile on your face."
Creating remarkable dancers was Larry Long's life's work. To pay his legacy forward, a Master Teachers Fund was initiated in October to raise money to bring guest teachers and workshops to the school's students. To help get it off the ground, the MacArthur Foundation is matching all donations the fund receives this year, including the sale of tickets to "Remembering Larry," a tribute concert Sunday 18 featuring performances by the center's dance companies in residence and ShawChicago Theater Company, also headquartered there. It will take place in the theater that sits just below that studio floor's soft spot. "I would warn people not to book a Thursday night show because Larry's last class ran until 7:30," Stifler says. "We could ask him not to use his cane, but he'd start getting into his class and just forget. It's been months now," she adds, "but there are times when I'm sitting here and expect to hear him up there banging away."
The Civic Ballet of Chicago, CDI/Concert Dance, Inc., DanceWorks Chicago, River North Chicago Dance Company and ShawChicago Theater Company remember Larry at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts Sunday 18.


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December 3, 2013...Osram has started hot binning the Oslon Square which reportedly withstands high ambient temperatures particularly well. Osram notes that hot binning is intended to ensure that the colors of several LEDs in a luminaire remain uniform even at higher temperatures. They are measured and binned at 85 degrees Celsius (°C), a temperature that comes very close to that encountered in lighting applications within buildings, in everything from spotlights to retrofit light sources. For this reason, Osram contends that measuring and binning at operating temperatures of 85° C is of great significance to customers who further process the light-emitting diodes into luminaires. According to Osram, its OEM customers receive precise information on parameters such as luminous flux or color stability, which they need to optimally define the properties of their products. Osram says it has optimized the heat dissipation of the Oslon Square to allow an increase in the junction temperature.
With our new conversion technology, we can produce significantly thinner converter layers. The thinner layers better dissipate the heat, thus enabling the higher temperatures in the LED, says Ivar Tangring, SSL Product Development at Osram Opto Semiconductors. Osram claims that with this heat dissipating structure, Oslon Square can reach a lifetime of considerably more than 50,000 hours even at high temperatures of up to 135° C in the LED.
In addition to longer life, Osram says that the improved temperature behavior leads to higher luminous efficacy in the application. This luminous efficacy, meaning the ratio of luminous flux to applied electrical power, helps our customers to significantly optimize the price/performance ratio of their luminaire solutions, Tangring emphasizes. Also, thanks to the higher permitted junction temperatures, fewer large heat sinks are required, the company pointed out
The Oslon Square comes in a color temperature ranging between 2,400 (warm white) and 5,000 Kelvin (cool white). The color rendering index of the LED is over 80 and the luminous flux is an impressive 202 lumens (lm) at 3000K operating at 700mA. This translates to about 100 lm/W at 2.9 V. Currently, Osram says that the new LED is undergoing extensive quality testing including the certification process under the LM-80 long lifetime standard. The results of the 3,000 hour test are expected at the end of the year, those of the 6,000 hour test in spring 2014.
December 3, 2013...The DOE's CALiPER testing program examined omni directional and A-lamp LED lighting available with the Lighting Facts Label. The report is both encouraging and in some ways disappointing. They found a wide range of variation in the available LED-based A lamps in terms of luminous intensity distribution, color quality, dimming, and compatibility with other controls. More than 1700 new LED products (not just A-lamps) were added to the Lighting Facts database in just the third quarter of 2013 alone. About 60 percent of the 9680 currently available Lighting Facts labeled products were reportedly added in the past year.
The DOE says that that the average efficacy for all Lighting Facts labeled LED lamps introduced in Q3 of 2013 is 78 lm/W, the highest average so far. Since being introduced four years ago the average efficacy for all LED lamp types with the Lighting Facts label has reportedly increased an average of 9.5 lm/W per year. Although minimum efficacy has shown little improvement overall (likely due to certain specialty products), the DOE says that maximum efficacy has increased at a steady rate with the exception of one anomolous product introduced in the first quarter of 2013. The overall average efficacy of currently available LED lamps is 69 lm/W with what the DOE describes as having very large variation from 55 lm/W up to 84 lm/W. Notably, as of September 30 2014, Energy Star qualified A lamps will be required to have an efficacy of greater than 55lm/W or 65 lm/W, depending upon input power. The DOE says that the majority (64%) of A lamps (47 of 74) that were below 55 lm/W have been deactivated. Of those 27 active products only 5 were listed in the last year, and all of them are less than 466 lumens.
Energy Star requires a CRI of at least 80 and a CCT between 2700K and 6500. Of the A lamps, 91 percent have a CRI of 80-89 with the majority of those between 80 and 85. Only 4 of the active A lamp products listed have a CRI of 90 or higher. The vast majority of A lamps had a CCT of either 2700 K or 3000 K, with slightly more at 2700 K. At the same time, 22 percent of the listed A lamps have a CCT of 4000 or higher. The DOE points out that this is noticeably different than incandescent A lamps that they are designed to replace. Many of these 22 reportedly have a CRI lower than 80.
A majority of A lamps currently listed by LED Lighting Facts were found to have a power factor of 0.90 or greater. However, the percentage is noticeably lower than for all active products.
According to the DOE many Lighting Facts listed A lamps now have omni-directional light distributions. The DOE attributes this to the improved efficacy, that has led to the increasing flexibility of using optics. Despite all the improvements in light distribution and efficacy, the DOE found that only a handful of products can effectively replace 75 -Watt or 100-Watt A lamp incandescents. While an average CRI in the low 80s for these A lamps is good, the DOE points out that this is still lower than that of incandescents they are designed to replace.
December 3, 2013...With the launch of the newest generation Philips Lumileds Luxeon Chip-On-Board (COB) LED modules there was an immediate need for a wide range of standard LED coolers (heat sinks). In the cooperation with Philips Lumileds, MechaTronix launched a range of standard LED heat sinks that MechaTronix refers to as LED coolers. MechaTronix says its heat sinks fit mechanically with the various dimensions of the Luxeon chip-on-board (COB) LEDs and match the heat dissipation needed for the whole series.
MechaTronix Launched six passive heat sinks ranging from a diameter of 50mm for the Luxeon COB 1203 and 1204 to over a diameter 70mm and 99mm for the COB 1204, 1205 and 1208. This passive LED heat sink range is aimed at spot, track and down light designs from 600 lumen up to 4.500 lumen in a small size extrusion profile.
The ModuLED Xtra LED coolers are reportedly developed so that there is an optimal balance between creating cooling surface and leaving enough intermediate space for free air convection. The ModuLED Xtra cooler achieved a performance of 1.02°C/W in a package of only 99mm diameter and a height of 80mm. The ModuLED Xtra keeps the Luxeon 1208 COB running at 4.800 lumen at an ambient temperature of 40° Celsius below a case temperature of 80° Celsius
MechaTronix designed two Active LED heat sinks applications running at an extreme high ambient temperature. The IceLED Xtra active LED coolers are developed in a package for indoor low bay use with an extremely low noise factor, this delivering a cooling performance of 0.46°C/W. This reportedly makes them ideal for spot, track and down light designs in office, shop environments and silent rooms where extra noise has to be avoided
All ModuLED and IceLED coolers can use direct mounting patterns for the various Philips Lumileds Luxeon COBs, but they also offer Zhaga book 3 mounting holes for solderless mounting of the COBs on the heat sinks. MechaTronix performs thermal compatibility tests on all combinations of the Luxeon LED COBs with the various standard heat sinks.
A major point of improvement according Koen Vangorp, General Manager of MechaTronix, is the extreme low internal thermal resistance of the Luxeon COBs, Philips Lumileds clearly understood the mission of developing high lumen packages in combination with a low thermal resistance. Maybe it is not so obvious to understand what this means because most LED manufacturers offer an external thermal measurement point and all publish similar numbers for these, but the consequences are enormous. With these low thermal resistances from junction to case Philips Lumileds is able to keep their junctions easily 10 to 15 degrees Kelvin lower than most chip-on-board modules on the market. And that immediately affects the life time of the LED dies in a very positive way. Either designers can take advantage of this by using smaller LED coolers, or just use the same LED coolers like they did before but gain on life time.
December 3, 2013...Plessey based in Plymouth, England, announced the availability of its next generation GaN-on-Silicon mid-power LEDs. The company says that the new product family doubles the efficacy of Plessey's first generation MAGIC™ (Manufactured on GaN-on-Si I/C) products released in February 2013. Plessey claims to be able to achieve high flux output LED products at substantially lower cost using standard silicon semiconductor production techniques,. The PLW114050 is the first in a family of entry-level LED lighting products that will be released.
The PLW114050 LEDs are available in a CCT range from 6500K to 2700K, with a Lambertian distribution in an industry standard 3020 package. Operating with a drive current of 60mA, the PLW114050 has a typical forward voltage of 3.2V. At a nominal 10 lumens running at 60 mA and 3.2 V, the LED has an efficacy of 52 lm/W. Plessey also supplies the blue LED PLB010050 in sawn-wafer die form. Additional package options will be made available. A full datasheet is available on the Plessey website.
Dr. Keith Strickland, Plessey's CTO said, "We have a roadmap that puts MAGIC™ ahead of the efficacies achieved by sapphire-based LEDs and, thereby, sets a new milestone in terms of Lm/$ performance. By approaching efficacy parity, we are accelerating the widespread adoption of GaN-on-Si LED-based lighting products. Our MAGIC™ LED products have a cost advantage over comparable sapphire-based LEDs as we use 6-inch, high yield, standard, automated silicon manufacturing technology."
Dr. Jose Lopez, Plessey's Chief Commercial Officer, said, "Our aim is to light the world with MAGIC™ LEDs."
December 2, 2013...In an amended complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on November 22, Nichia accused Everlight, Everlight's subsidiaries Everlight Americas, Inc. ("Everlight Americas") and Zenaro Lighting, Inc. ("Zenaro"), and Zenaro's distributor Zitroz LLC of infringing four Nichia patents regarding LEDs and their packaging. Nichia and Everlight are currently involved in patent disputes in several countries, including the United States, Japan, and Germany.
Nichia filed its original complaint against Everlight in Texas on September 11, 2013. That complaint accused Everlight and Everlight Americas of infringing Nichia's U.S. Patent No. 7,432,589. Nichia's new complaint accuses Everlight and Everlight Americas of also infringing Nichia's U.S. Patents No. 7,462,870 and No. 7,521,863. The new complaint also accuses Everlight, Everlight Americas, Zenaro, and Zitroz of infringing U.S. Patent No. 8,530,250.
Mr. Katsuyuki Akutagawa, Nichia's chief legal and IP officer, stated "Nichia seeks to protect its patents and other intellectual property rights, and takes action against infringers in any country where appropriate and necessary."
The Texas lawsuit is titled Nichia Corporation, et al. v. Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd., No. 2:13-cv-703, and is pending before District Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap and Magistrate Judge Roy M. Payne in U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas. Nichia is represented in the lawsuit by Robert P. Parker, Martin M. Zoltick, Michael Jones, and Chen Li of Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C., Washington, D.C., and Collin Maloney of Ireland, Carroll & Kelley, P.C., Tyler, Texas.
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December 5, 2013...One big advantage to LED lighting is its ability to adjust the emission source from full to pretty low with few inherent challenges. That opens the door to a whole new paradigm in 'sizing the light'. In the simplest case, instead of having to specify different maximum lumen outputs, add more costly controls, or swap in different sized lamps, LED luminaires could simply be 'set' at differing outputs based upon the installation need. Sort of a one-size-fits-most kind of approach. lf we were just talking about dimming, the obvious comparison would be to incandescent (and halogen) lighting which is readily dimmable, but shifts to 'warmer' color temperatures as you reduce the current (cool filament, warm CCT). LEDs simply need to be fed less current, which in reality is most often 'less average current' as most LEDs are running at very fast cycled rate, and slowing down that on/off rate, or decreasing the on-cycle duration, results in lower light levels. LEDs also love being run at less than full output, as it reduces the internally generated heat, and increases the useful lifetime. As the output is reduced, there is usually little to no perceptible shift in the color temperature, so dimmer is just that... dimmer.
Fluorescents are less amenable to dimming as they are driven by the UV arc inside the tube, and that, in turn, is greatly dependent upon the temperature of the electrodes on each end. In fact, that's what the whole start-up thing is about, as you need a much higher voltage to cause the initial arc 'strike' and then once that continuous spark is established, the electrodes naturally heat up, lowering the voltage requirement needed to maintain the arc. A dimming ballast has to do some tricks to keep the electrodes hot enough, while lowering current flowing through the arc. In addition, fluorescents, especially CFLs, need 'seasoning' before they are dimmed or blackened ends, malfunctions and decreased lifetimes will result. That's convenient, as I am sure we're all in the habit of keeping sticky-notes handy so we can put up little reminders on all the switches that say "leave at full brightness continuously until Thursday before dimming" or "Do not dim for 100 hours. Record on/off times and update total run time when leaving conference room". Yeah, that will work.
But this is about much more than dimming... With the concept fully in-hand that LEDs don't mind being run at lower than maximum outputs, and that when varying the lumen output you aren't changing the quality of that light, we can move on to some of the other implications. Part of this came up in a discussion with the folks at Cree Lighting with regard to their new LEDway High Output (aka 'Series F') streetlights that are designed for higher-lumen installations such as freeways and arterial roadways. The LEDway HO essentially picks up where their Series E left off, delivering 26,000 lumens where the previous line spanned from 4100 to 24,000 lumens by varying the number of light bars and LEDs in the luminaire. While the Series E is about variants in both output and optics (something like 20 different optics options), the HO has only two types of optics, and if you want a lower lumen output, you change the wires and spin a rotary switch to turn it down.
Cree's also told us that the HO reduces the dollars-per-lumen on the order of 50% when compared to the highest output Series E. That took a little questioning to get clear, since they, as with any of the LED and/or lighting leaders, usually aren't lacking in market sense, and "costs 50% less than our previous version, which is still available" can initially smack of "sorry we locked you in to the old one, but we like the profits". That's not the case here, as at the high end, the Series E has the advantage of all those optical variants, while at the mid-end, it retains those options and has the a lower price for lower lumens while the HO has just the single top-end price (same price, but actually using fewer of the available lumens erases that high-output $$/lumen advantage). I'd draw a complicated chart, but you probably already grasped the concept.
So on to fewer SKUs... Which all leads us to the initial discussion, which is about reducing the number of variants without necessarily limiting the functionality. If model A is all about choice and options, it's a fair assumption that each variation is cost-optimized, so if you have lower output, you pay a lower cost. In exchange for that cost-optimization, and if we also assume that a number of different variants are needed for your project, you need to manage the ordering, delivery and installation of each different sub-model, make sure they are in stock when needed, and get the right sub-model into the right hands that then need to install them in the right place. Not so tough for one shot deals with one crew doing the work, especially if someone gets something mixed up and they just need to walk down one floor and grab the right thing from the gang doing the install there.
But if we consider the example of an ongoing retrofit project, such as the one the City of Los Angeles undertook for their 150,000ish streetlight conversion, the concept of simplification starts to make a lot of sense. In that case, X number of streetlights needed to be installed each day, and given the variety of pole spacing and locations (residential or retail district, mid-block, corner, large or small intersection), and that energy savings is all about delivering only the amount of lumens you need where you need them, it seems fair to assume there were a lot of sub-models being deployed. So planning had to make sure that the right kinds of the right sub-models where in the warehouse on the right day, then loaded onto the right truck that had the right instructions. It's all manageable, but it's not simple. Compare that to just needing to make sure the right number of 26,000-lumen roadway luminaires (just Model XYZ) are sitting in the warehouse, and then loading all the exact same model onto all the trucks, as well as a few spares since they're all the same anyway. The crew's job is as easy as: Go to pole; take off old light; put on any new light; look up pole number and set the output as designated for that pole; make sure it works and head to the next pole. If someone dropped it along the way and it broke, just use another one, since you have plenty more of the same sitting there in the truck.
The one fly in that ointment is the limited number optics, which is why this approach is currently going to be best applied to places that need lots of light, with few variations in the optics. As long as you can set and forget the output, spaces such as big long roadways or car lots or big parking lots (which probably just need inner, boundary and corner when it comes to optics) seem to fit the bill. My crystal ball says that more adjustable, and later, self-adaptive optics aren't technologically that far away. Plenty of sub-$10,000 used cars have adaptive (steerable) and auto-leveling headlights that last for 200,000 miles, so we can't be all that much challenged to head that direction pretty soon for our lighting.
Target the application, then make it simple. I think this LED lighting thing is going to work out...
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