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At a June 18 water committee meeting, chairman Larry Childs worked through agenda items with many projects vying for the board's attention. The county's previous priority list has one item remaining, a waterline running along Gray Highway toward Macon and Water Superintendent Freddie Wiggins and engineer Tim Ingram are working on a new list.
Childs started with the progress of the Gray Highway waterline. The first question from Commissioner Jonathan Pitts was how much money it would take to complete the line that would run from Greenwood Road to Joycliff Road.
The answer was $932,000 for materials and close to $700,000 in labor if a contractor is hired to do the work. If county employees run the waterline, the cost of the labor is reduced to approximately $150,000.
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"'Jimmy Dies Tonight' is a murder mystery comedy set at an open mike night at Allison Oaks in Yadkinville," said writer Lisa Reavis Drum. "An open mike entrant, Jimmy Peepers, is murdered and detective Wayne Spade must work quickly to identify the killer. Everyone has secrets, but the secrets of the open mike group were dark enough for murder."
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Ashe County Parks and Recreation has started registration for a Futsal league to be held at Family Central.
Futsal is a version of indoor soccer that is played with a special low-bounce ball on a basketball court. The sport is a fun, fast-paced game that develops skills for all the players.
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Okaloosa County is slowly but surely recovering its financial losses from the fraud scheme concocted by former tourism head Mark Bellinger.
Most recently, county commissioners agreed to sell the 40-foot yacht that Bellinger bought for $710,000 in 2011 with bed tax money. He purchased the boat without the board's approval.
Commissioners voted unanimously last week to sell the 2011 Marquis 420 SC to Ralph Fernandez of Coconut Grove for $458,000. After brokers' fees, the county will net about $412,000.
Commissioner Kelly Windes, a charter boat captain in Destin, told fellow board members it was a smart move.
"As much as I don't like it, I hate to throw good money after bad," he said. "This boat is what I call a niche-type boat. It's not a common brand. It's not a popular brand. It's not a fishing boat. It's kind of like a high-maintenance girlfriend … from what I can remember."
If the county turned down the offer, it would be stuck with a "never-ending cycle" of storage and repair costs, Windes said.
Commissioners also have filed suit against the American Wind Symphony, a Pennsylvania-based orchestra that was paid $25,000 for a concert that never took place. Bellinger paid the group with bed tax money.
"It's a slow process and the key is to try to recover as much as we can of each of these expenditures that we think were inappropriate," said attorney Greg Stewart, special counsel to Okaloosa County. "It will take time … and we are going to do our best to get back as much of the taxpayers' dollars as possible."
The county also will try to recoup Bellinger's unauthorized purchase of two customized Bourget motorcycles for $118,100 with bed tax money.
The motorcycles are being sent from the manufacturer in Arizona and should arrive within a week to 10 days. They will be stored at the county's facilities maintenance yard.
County officials have not decided how to dispose of the motorcycles.
Commissioners also are planning a response to a recent lawsuit by The Zimmerman Agency over two payments the county has withheld from the advertising firm.
"We are working on an answer and a counterclaim," Stewart said.
Zimmerman was under contract with the county for 19 years to provide marketing and advertising services. Authorities found that Bellinger used the company to make several unauthorized purchases, including the purchase of a $48,000 Porsche.
Stewart said the county had declined to make the payments — one for $54,000 in July 2012 and the other for $65,000 in September 2012 — until it completes a final review of all of Zimmerman's invoices.
The county wants to examine allegations made by the state auditor general that Zimmerman billed separately for certain expenses that should have been included in its monthly retainer fee.


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Not seeing a whole lot of positive feedback here, which is surprising to me. It's not that I view this game as good, it's just that there seemed to be a cult following at start, which has probably been extinguished by time.
My own time with this game is only from the beta experiences, of which I wasn't a fan. It may be that I was hoping for too much with the game, as I was keeping track of it since 2008 when funcom sent me an email since I had a AoC account.
Though the biggest con of all is perhaps the dreaded three -- Box price, subscription, in-game microtransaction cash shop. This saddened me a great deal; I would've been fine if it were some pets or an occassional mount that was exclusively on their website (and especially if some income went to charity!), though having the eye sore that is a cash shop inside a game that I pay monthly for is absolutely unforgivable to me (especially since it feels like I don't get the content I pay for with the box price/sub fee since so much is available via the cash shop).
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For one, this was not right up there with GW2 in anticipation lol. Far from it, but it was up on the list at least.
It's going to do okay coming out of the gates but it will have a quick and sharp decline not to long after. It offers a lot of unique ideas but it's not near polished enough, unique enough, aesthetically appealing enough, or mainstream enough to have much longevity or significant impact on the MMO genre. We know it, you know it, they know it.
The ante for MMO's has been upped, not because of GW2 or anyone game but by a string of bad unfinished, unpolished games to come down the assembly line.
And for the record, Polish does not simply mean getting all the bugs worked out. It's about fluidness and smoothness aswell. TSW still feels a bit overly clunky to call it polished. It's in good working order, but it's not exactly what I would label polished just yet.
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Originally posted by dougmysticey
While there might be a few quests that are intresting and unusual buy by far and large the follow the same quest mechanics. And no, Kingsmound was not drastically different in quest mechancis. 80-90% were go here go there, kill this collect that to the point where it was giving me flashbacks of SWTOR.
Great story, tiresome mechanics.
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Guild Wars 2 is absolutely Revolutionary!
Though I agree that TSW has an amazing story, world, and lore as soon as I read the rating and review of Game Play...:
"What I found is that the longer I played The Secret World, the less I noticed any combat weirdness. Since movement is integral to success in battle, I quickly came to appreciate what Funcom did for my girl. As time went on, I discovered that combat was both fun and thought-provoking. It's not enough to stand and fire. You need to get on your roller skates to bring down monsters. Having to think is refreshing (and thinking is pretty much the only way you'll survive all TSW has to offer)."
I quickly realized this review was extremely bias and not worth continueing to read a drooling fanboish/girlish write up. If you watch akamikeb's video of the game you can see that Character animation as well as combat animations are a HUGE.... HUGE pile of crap in this game and for a gigantic amount of gamers a even bigger problem and are not by any means overshadowed by the great things in this game. I feel Suzie Ford is misrepresenting how bad this really is and mitigating it which to me is extremely bad for a reviewer to do and those of us who know better can see straight through it.. This in my eyes and I'm sure in many discredits not only Suzie Ford but also MMORPG.com for allowing such reviews.
The thing you spend 90% of the time doing in any video game, moving , combat and such is the worst part of this game. You feel as if your character is pulled out of a late 90's grand theft auto video game and placed in an amazing world.... Absolutely breaks immresion. To watch someone review the game and mitigate such a horrible character game play is going to become a laughing joke.
I don't care if promises are of how they will change the combat animations and movement animations, they also made those promises in Beta by saying they are removing the "place holders" and NOTHING changed so please take off the rose colored glasses and write a true review without mitigating the bad... Though this seems to be a common problem here because the same thing happened with the review of TERA. So maybe we just can't take reviews seriously from MMORPG.com anymore until some changes are made.
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i dont know what to tell you guys - this is just another SWTOR clone to me and i will explain -
you go and do your quests. Yes - you can have limited amount of quests at a time - but still the same. This is exacly like WOW or SWTOR (which is WOW with a story twist).
Horrible combat mechanics (animations, and everything actually related to combat).
You cannot roll an alt - WELL actually you can but then you are doing the same game all over again (SWTOR again???!!!)
and once last thing about the "weel" - YES there are manay manay combinations - but you still have the "trinity" to think about (DPS, Tank, Heal) and most combinations just suck!!!!! So what happens is you play around with it a bit and find "your" best combination and stay with it without the need to change it ever after that point....
and dont get me started on the "dungeons" - which bear no impact on anything else happening in the game...
Sorry - this will be F2P once they start losing money - give it a few months and you will see - i give it till Jan maybe Fab 2013... no more
Sorry :-)
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Really nice review gives the game what it deservers alot of people are slating it from there impressions from the first beta weekend which lacked the polish it has now. The game is definetly not perfect and funcom have some work to do but this game has such a massive potential one of the first mainstream non-fantasy/sci-fi mmo.
Can't wait to see what the next updates brings and lets hope they squash those bugs :)
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Longevity? Yeah, right. That's why there's been a slew of "I'm bored" posts all over the general forums the past couple of weeks even from MMO players that aren't "locusts".
It's basically a one and done MMO. Even TOR has more replayability (shocking). At least with TOR you have two different factions to play through and different class quests to at least give incentive to replay the game.
Not so much in TSW. Each of the 3 factions go to the same zones and complete the same quest lines. The only exception to that is the occasional mission unlocked from your faction HQ after achieving a certain rank and the missions between each area of the world you travel to.
The skill system really is not that deep despite what some may think. You can only place 7 actives and 7 passives at a time into "decks" using 2 weapons at any given time. However the real problem is that it all plays exactly the same.
You spam a builder to get 5 resources then hit your 2 weapon finishers. That's it. Now, imagine doing that on later mobs in Transylvania that have an upwards of 20k HPs . . .
You will have a couple other abilities (3-4) that might give you a temporary defense buff or a heal (but a lot of the heals still use build/consume). Oh, but I can make an Assault Rifle/Fist build or I can make a Shotgun/Hammer build. Both play the same. Only real difference is single target vs. AoE damage.
The system, however, does shine when it comes to actually switching roles in the game. Being able to be a tank, healer, or DPS depending on your mood that day. You're just going to need a lot more Ability Points to unlock all of those skills to properly do it.
Not to worry, however, because you can repeat the same missions you have done (most of them, anyway) to get the needed AP. They do have 18 hours - 3 day cooldown period on repeating them.
The story is pretty good and the investigation missions is where the game shines, but they can also be annoying as well either requiring you to learn Arabic symbols or Morse Code to decipher them (or merely cheat and Google the answer).
I had "finished" the game at about 3 days /played. The current end game consists of farming instances for purple loot or repeating the quests to grind AP you need for other builds/roles.
You could also participate in lackluster PvP. I was initially excited about Fusang Projects (a 3 ways 75v75v75 persistent battle ground with territorial control) but that gets boring after a while because everyone just plays "musical keeps" to get quest completion.
A farcry from the hopes of another pseudo DAoC PvP experience that I was remotely dreaming of. But, hey, that's my bad.
They have promised to release monthly content patches and 1.1 added a handful of quests (some that were already finished in beta but removed from the game prior to launch).
I'll keep my eye on the game throughout the months and years and perhaps one day I will return to it when it is more polished and completed and add more zones to the game to adventure in. Currently there are only 3 areas in the game world each with 2-3 zones each.
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Well they are right in line with their community. Well done MMORPG!
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Originally posted by Lugoves
Maybe you finished the story quest but there's no way you finished the game.
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True, but I didn't want to grind dungeons for purple gear and lost interest in making other builds by that point because it all plays too much the same. My skill wheel was about 50% completed.
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Originally posted by Yaevindusk
Though the biggest con of all is perhaps the dreaded three -- Box price, subscription, in-game microtransaction cash shop. This saddened me a great deal; I would've been fine if it were some pets or an occassional mount that was exclusively on their website (and especially if some income went to charity!), though having the eye sore that is a cash shop inside a game that I pay monthly for is absolutely unforgivable to me (especially since it feels like I don't get the content I pay for with the box price/sub fee since so much is available via the cash shop).
Its called "Business" and knowing your overhead to stay "afloat"... Anet is VERY VERY lucky to have NCsoft own them.. if it didnt, they wouldnt be in business lol :) So many people are spoiled rotten with the F2P model, lest they know that it equals out to the same amount of cash dished out be it f2p (which really is p2w) or the subscription based model which is never going to be P2W..
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The game is enjoyable for what it is, but it isn't a long-lasting MMORPG.
The current trend in MMORPG design appears to be to incorporate more single-player game elements into them: story-telling, platforming, puzzle solving, and so on. The kinds of things that generally are very single-player in content. I think that the theory is that there aren't really "MMO gamers" but just "gamers" and people like these mechanics from other games, so will like an MMO that features them.
The problem with that approach is that unlike single-player games, MMOs like TSW require a subscription fee, and therefore people will be interested in playing them for a longer period of time in order to justify that fee. Single player oriented design elements don't facilitate this at all. That was what went wrong in TOR, and it's what's going wrong in TSW. The game is fun to play, for a while. It doesn't have the staying power of a subecription-based MMORPG -- that is the issue, and the main problem with the review above. MMOs should be graded substantially down for not having a lot of longevity to them.
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Originally posted by Shaike
OMG, we have now replaced WoW Clone with TOR Clone? Wow!
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A fair review in my opinion, if anything I think it should have got a higher mark for creativity but all the rest seem inline.
I still wonder how SWTOR managed to get a higher review score though ^-^
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Eh...I love this game but 8.5 seems high to me. Just too many kinks that still need to be worked out and longevity is questionable with the game due to the story themed element.
I would give it a 7.5 personally. Still that review made some good points about the pros and cons of the game.
1. For god's sake mmo gamers, enough with the analogies. They're unnecessary and your comparisons are terrible, dissimilar, and illogical.
2. To posters feeling the need to state how f2p really isn't f2p: Players understand the concept. You aren't privy to some secret the rest are missing. You're embarrassing yourself.
3. Yes, Cpt. Obvious, we're not industry experts. Now run along and let the big people use the forums for their purpose.
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If swtor deserve 8.7 and GW2 is hyped to 8.7 i would give to TSW 9.5. I understand it is not easy mmo like most of them but it is real rpg with amazing and hard quests and with fascinating graphic and ambient. I will spend most of the time with casual mmo like gw2 but i must admit that tsw is rare pearl in mmo world today. It is maybe to hard for wow,gw or swtor fans but not everything must be the same. And there is no elves (or plant elves:) ) thats oner big + from me
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8.5 is exactly where I'd put TSW too (maybe an 8). I'd also have added a category for sound, which is one area where TSW excels (probably a 9.5 there IMO)
The setting is amazing, but the combat gameplay doesn't feel very deep.
As for replayability, I think the review is too generous - the group content is fairly limited at present, and there's little point in alting, as there're minimal plot differences between the factions (there are some different appearance options of course). For replayability etc. I'd have given a 6. That said, Funcom's commitment to release additional missions etc. is good and, if they actually stick to their word, should be positive.
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^^ This for sure. The game starts out slow but by the time you get to Egypt WOW. People who say no reson to group are just WRONG btw. I play with my two boys and it is way better when they are with me vs solo. Just destroy stuff and have almost no down time. Granted there is the option to solo but it takes longer. Thats the trade off. Further more the best gear comes from the dungeons and its not possible to solo those. This game is nothing like the SOLO fest that SWTOR was. I am a big time GW2 fan boy but It has become clear this game is great and its noce to have two solid games to play. There will not be a lack of things to do that is for sure. TSW has all but stopped me from playing Dayz and I love that game lol.
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All in all this is a great themepark MMO and one that deserves recognition for being beatiful, fun and innovative. I'm no fan of theme parks in general, but this one appeals to me.
This is a good review for the most part. However, I completely disagree with giving it such high marks for Social features. The game has virtually none to speak of other than some places for people to RP. There really aren't any social gameplay mechanis, and even the Cabal (guild) system is little more than a chat tab. In my opinion, they shouldn't get higher than a 6.0 for Social until they really start focusing on it.
Crafting gear is mostly pointless because of all the good stuff being in the dungeons. I think this is a problem, because I enjoy crafting and right now I really question why it's in the game. Sure the crafted buffs are nice, but I haven't really needed those either.
The game is *mostly* polished, but there are some areas with glaring problems that must be addressed. Chat tabs are still breaking when you zone. The inventory system is a mess and nightmare to use, and Gear Management, which is key to gameplay once you get about half-way through the game (earlier for some people) is still very buggy and awkward.
They need to concentrate on these areas, and they will have a very good niche game on their hands. This game isn't for everyone, but clearly a lot of different kinds of people enjoy it.
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Rich Dad, Scumbag: Famous Author Uses Bankruptcy to Game the System
Robert Kiyosaki, author of the bestselling Rich, Dad, Poor Dad series of financial advice books, is offering his fans yet another lesson in how the rich are different than you and me: they file for bankruptcy not because of ill health or unemployment related issues, but instead as a strategic business move.
Rich Global LLC, one of the corporate arms Kiyosaki has done business under, filed for bankruptcy protection in August, after it was ordered to pay just under $24 million to the Learning Annex and its chairman Bill Zanker.
Kiyosaki was one of the small-time wealth guru mountebanks who made it to the big-time in the aughts by telling his forever falling behind audience that they could get ahead, they just had not learned how. The shtick behind the Rich Dad books was that Kiyosaki was sharing secret money-making strategies of the wealthy with his wage slave readers. The tips ran the gamut from ridiculous to illegal and downright hurtful and included advocating for insider trading, arguing for the purchase of multiple real estate properties with little or no money down and telling followers they could purchase stocks on margin via unfunded brokerage accounts. (more…)


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Rum Bum Racing BMW M3 wins Grand-AM 200 - BMW's in 4 out of first 5 spotsThe Grand-Am 200 in the Continental Tire series which kicks off the Rolex 24 weekend is now complete. Rum Bum Racing's finished 1st in the GS class along with setting the fastest lap. The Ford Mustang Boss 302 by Multimatic Motorsports finished right behind the M3. The next three spots were all BMW M3's with Turner Motorsport finishing in third place and Fall Line occupying 4th and 5th. BimmerBoost will be following the Continental Tires series. Results and explanation of the classes below, click read more.
This article was originally published in forum thread: Rum Bum Racing BMW M3 wins Grand-AM 200 - BMW's in 4 out of first 5 spots started by Sticky View original post8 Comments
Itsbrokeagain - 01-29-2011, 06:04 PM
Hats off to them. I wish I could be there right now Pit crewing for TRG.
Great race, watched it today on Speed. 11 M3's in the GS class, they are taking over the Continental Tire Series.
Someone finally got the 1-series coupe on the track. Doran Racing is fielding two 128i's in ST class, with a big sponsor on the side of the car Office Depot.
Apex Speed Technology - 02-12-2011, 01:58 PMHats off to them. I wish I could be there right now Pit crewing for TRG.
Rum Bum is a great group of people! Their car was built by Fall-Line, but all the electronics and tuning are done by Apex dealer and very good friend Ed Senf. He's one of the top tuners in the country and most recently worked with us on the Turner Motorsports S65/Pectel motor we did.
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I was looking through Catholic baptismal records, while doing genealogy, when I realized that I didn't know what the purpose of godparents is. What is their purpose? Why are they recorded? Are the godparents held accountable for anything?
A good explanatation is given in "The Role of Godparents" by Fr. William Saunders
As per Code of Canon Law 872 - 874 the rules are as below:
So the primary purpose is to take care of the Catholic faith formation, and it does not hold them accountable to taking care of the child in the future.
You have to consider times of old no parents or relatives who would get the child? The church if parents where part of it maybe or would the child be on its own. I think go parenting came out of need for the child it is called compassion.
By becoming a godparent you promise to raise these children if the natural parents are unable to do so because of death or incapacitating illness, or if the parents abandon the children.


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When I posted a link today to the Facebook Politics Page showing that people on Facebook are talking more about Sandy than about Romney or Obama, Facebook asked me if I wanted to promote the "important post." I was curious how much that would cost me. Answer: $49.
Sorry, Facebook. Not going to happen. My account is a blend of personal and professional, and I certainly do post Forbes articles there that I hope my friends and subscribers will read, but I've always let that happen organically and don't plan to change that practice. In fact, I'm having a hard time thinking of anything I'd post to Facebook that I'd pay a nice dinner's worth to promote… Perhaps a plea for donations to the Kashmir-wants-to-spend-the-year-hiking-through-the-wilderness fund.
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Brand users too have been grumbling about the perception that Facebook is hiding their posts from followers in order to try to get them to pay for promotion. Many of those with Facebook fan pages have noticed recently that their posts are not being seen by as many eyes despite an increase in their number of fans. Casey Johnson at Ars Technica asks whether Facebook is "broken on purpose" to sell promoted posts. She makes a compelling argument. Facebook, meanwhile, says it's just filtering to prevent users' news feeds from filling up with commercial posts (unless they pay to be there).
"[W]e did not change news feed so we could charge to promote posts," says a Facebook spokesperson by email. "A few times a year we perform quality checks on the news feed algorithm to ensure high-quality and relevant posts. Based on a recent quality check, we made an adjustment to the news feed algorithm to respond to the negative feedback signals of spam and people hiding posts. Current signals show the adjustment has been successful – median reach of Pages has remained the same, while spam complaints and stories hidden by users have fallen significantly."
Obviously Facebook needs to come up with creative ways to bring in money, but it runs a serious risk of alienating users if they get the impression that the site is rigged against them unless they pay up. Meanwhile, Google+ remains completely free.


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This sounds interesting, but it has all the markings of a patent with little usefulness or practicality now that Apple is hoping to protect for potential future use. As we all know, companies patent the most outlandish tech that may never see the light of day. In a sense, this isn't unlike the underpants gnomes' plan for "Profit": http://bit.ly/f8ibCM
Future iPads to use light, flexible "knitted" material? [Patent watch]
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This could potentially give products a bit more physical flexibility as well. Seeing as this material probably would not be as durable as aluminum, I don't know if I can see Apple using this as the sole material to build future devices. I do see this as being useful for things such as insulation. Perhaps using some of this material could insulate vulnerable parts and protect from interference (antennagate anyone?).
Seeing as a knitting process would also allow Apple to control the texture and thickness of fibers, this type of technology could be used in products such as headphones as well. Anyone else have any theories on what Apple plans on using this new material process for?
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Future iPads to use light, flexible "knitted" material? [Patent watch]
even if it was just woven glass fibers... this would actually make it more durable than aluminum given the density and weight that the glass fibers would be. They use glass fibers not for insulation thats spun glass. Fibers are used in cars, planes, boats, hockey sticks... anything that needs strength and/or weight reduction.
@ Tony - Agree that it sounds a whole lot like a carbon fiber process. And yes, CF and CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced plastics) are very expensive to produce. Also I'm not sure exactly how recyclable they are.
CF is extremely strong and lightweight, but not so scratch resistant. So maybe it could be used for internal structure bonded (glued) to a thin Liquidmetal outer enclosure...
Nothing flexible about this- as the other posters mentioned, it's cloth re-inforced with resin, as in fiberglass or carbon fiber. RTM is a known method of molding glass-reinforced panels. I expect that the next ipads will use a composite back panel to reduce weight and costs while increasing RF permittivity- either FRP,or 'liquid metal'. Machining these guys out of billet aluminum is beautiful, but time and resource intensive vs molding. One of the biggest plusses of the Kindle vs the iPad is the weight differential.
Tony is right this simply a carbon fiber process, it is a more durable composite material. I really wish this blog would hire a industrial designer to give it better insight into product aesthetics, functionality and material process! I swear that some of the folks at tipb think they are designers but clearly are not.


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The U.S. pricing for european delivery of the BMW M235i and 228i coupes have been announced at $40,135 and $29,905, respectively.
A detailed review by a BIMMERPOST member of his M235i test drive.
First impression:
When you first see the car it depends on which angle you see it from from the front 3/4 is nice. If you look at it from a dead profile it looks a little strange. As if somebody chopped off the back and the front. When I get a chance to post the pictures I think you'll see what I mean. But from an angle, the car looks quite nice. … CONTINUED
BMW US has announced the initial lease deals for the BMW M235i and 228i. The M235i can be had for $479 per month and the 228i for $359 per month, both on a 36 month lease.
Both deals require a $3000 down payment and a total of $4204 cash due at signing.
Videos showing the BMW 2 Series Coupe in Moonlight Silver and Alpine White.
Action video of the BMW M235i prototype self automated driving car.
BMW has earned an undisputed status as one of the world's leading carmakers with developments – grouped under the BMW ConnectedDrive banner – focusing on every aspect of the link-up between the driver, vehicle and outside world. The company is underlining its position in the vanguard of technology at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2014 in Las Vegas. The company will use the headline US fair – which spotlights advances from across the world of digitalisation and connectivity – to present innovative previews of … CONTINUED
As you already know, the BMW M235i and 228i Coupes will be officially presented to the world at next week's 2014 Detroit NAIAS, where we'll be to bring you live coverage.
We've already posted much information on the F22 2 Series in our Official M235i and 228i Thread, as well as the U.S. Pricing/Ordering Guides.
If you still have any unanswered questions regarding the F22, please submit them here as we'll be interviewing the 2 Series product specialists.
Here are two BMW M235i coupes, spotted in Mineral Grey and Estoril Blue II.
The F22 2 series sightings have increased in frequency with its auto show debut just 2 weeks away. Here we see a 2 series 220i in Black Sapphire as well as a M235i in Mineral White.
The F22 2 Series coupe has begun appearing in print advertisements in major automotive magazines. This one, titled "GLORY" is from the latest issue of Car and Driver.
We have uploaded the latest 2014 M235i and 228i Pricing and Ordering Guide. The most notable change is that M Sport Brakes are now a standalone option.
Please see inside for the full guide (in PDF).
Have a look at the BMW M235i coupe in Mineral White.
Here are the official final specs released for the BMW M235i Racing car.
Here are the official final specs released for the BMW M235i Racing car.
Length: 4,454mm
Max. width: 1,862mm (without mirrors)
Height: 1,380mm
Wheel base: 2,690mm
Max. track width: 1,608mm
Straight six-cylinder petrol engine
BMW M Performance TwinPower Turbo
Capacity: 2,979ccm
Output: 245kW (333bhp)
Torque: 450Nm
Racing exhaust with racing catalytic converters
Steering wheel with shift paddles
BMW M Performance limited-slip differential
TANK Motorsport safety tank
KW dampers
H&R suspension springs
Front: H&R anti-roll bar (2-way)
Rear: H&R anti-roll bar
Front: High-performance motorsport braking … CONTINUED
Here's a new video promo ad for the BMW M235i Coupe.
We have posted for your reference the 2014 U.S. pricing guide for the BMW M235i coupe and 228i coupes.
BMW Motorsport is adding a new car to its customer racing range, which is spearheaded by the BMW Z4 GT3, in the form of the BMW M235i Racing. At a price of 59,500 Euros (plus VAT), this car helps to make motorsport affordable on an entry-level basis. Customer feedback has been very positive so far. No wonder, as the new car is a true beauty.
BMW Motorsport has released a new sketch of the BMW M235i Racing, which will be available for racing programs starting next year.
Official release:
BMW Motorsport is expanding its range of cars within the BMW Sports Trophy Customer Racing programme: from 2014, privateer BMW teams and drivers will have the opportunity to line up at events with the new BMW M235i Racing. With a price of 59,500.00 Euros (excl. VAT) and impressive performance figures, the production-based coupé meets all the basic requirements of a … CONTINUED
The online configurator for the UK M235i with pricing and optioning is now online.


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Science Matters to Children's Environmental Health
Picking food up from the floor, playing in dirt, exploring the world through touch and taste. These are all normal parts of child development. But they are also some of the behaviors that may mean trouble for young children under the wrong circumstances.
From an environmental health perspective, the behavior of children may increase their risk of exposure to potentially harmful chemicals. What's more, pound-for-pound children eat, drink, and breathe more than adults. And because their bodies and internal systems are still growing and developing, the earliest stages of life are periods when the potentially harmful effects of environmental exposures can be most pronounced.
Keeping children safe is the focus across the government during October: Children's Health Month. President Obama marked Child Health Day on October 1, 2012 with a Proclamation that states:
A safe environment in which our children can live and grow is also essential to their well-being. Because clean water is the foundation for healthy communities, we are working to reduce contaminants in our drinking water by updating standards and better protecting our water sources from pollution. We are also building on the successes of the Clean Air Act to improve our air quality and help decrease harmful toxins that can lead to acute bronchitis, asthma, cancer, and impaired development.
EPA scientists and their research partners have been working to support clean water, clean air, and fewer toxins in the environment for more than 40 years. Much of that work has focused specifically on advancing children's health.
Today, EPA research continues to provide a better understanding of how young people at every stage of development can be exposed to harmful substances in the environment and what those exposures might mean to their health today and well into the future.
Please enjoy this issue of EPA's Science Matters to learn more about how EPA researchers and their partners are working to protect children from environmental threats and promote environmental health wherever they live, learn, and play.


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The Fed's plan to purchase $40 billion in mortgage-backed securities and $45 billion in long-term US Treasuries every month for the foreseeable future is now creating internal feuds.
The Federal Reserve's latest round of quantitative easing has no timetable to end or any measurable goal. Yesterday, the Dallas Fed President said this policy without limits would result in "horrific consequences".
Reuters is reporting today on these "deep divisions" at the Federal Reserve:
Charles Evans, president of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank and one of the Fed's most outspoken doves, said interest rates should stay near zero until the jobless rate falls to at least 6.5 percent. Such a policy would carry 'only minimal inflation risks,' and could boost growth faster than otherwise, he said.
Evans, who rotates into a voting seat on the Fed's policy-setting panel in January, also said the Fed should step up its program of quantitative easing in the new year to keep its overall level of asset purchases at $85 billion a month for most, if not all, of 2013.
But Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher, a self-identified inflation hawk, said the U.S. central bank could get into trouble if it does not set a limit on the amount of assets it is willing to buy.
'You cannot expand without limits without horrific consequences,' he told reporters on the sidelines of the conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute in Berlin. 'There is no infinity in monetary policy, we know that from the German experience.'
No one at the privately-owned US central bank has been able to explain how spending $85 billion per month ($1.02 trillion for 2013) on these purchases will reduce unemployment and maintain dollar price stability, the only tasks the Fed is charged with.
In fact, they don't even pretend to be achieving these duties anymore. Both Evans and Fisher agreed that fixing unemployment is more important than controlling high inflation. Therefore, they're willing to trade one for the other.
"I am not worried about inflation right now, I am worried about an underemployed workforce in America," said Fisher indicating that he is willing to go along to get along despite his "horrific consequences" remark.
Evans believes the Fed should keep interest rates at zero, continue or even "ramp up" purchasing Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities until the unemployment rate is 6.5 - 7 percent and inflation doesn't threaten 3 percent.
And, of course, they are using the "official" numbers for inflation and unemployment which everyone now knows are bogus to begin with.
The only reason the official unemployment number is marginally improving is because hundreds of thousands are scrubbed from the equation.
In September, Bloomberg reported, "The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent from 8.3 percent, but that was only because 368,000 people left the labor force. The share of working-age people who are either working or looking for work—known as the labor-force participation rate—fell to its lowest level since September 1981."
So it is highly unlikely that buying bad paper from banks and monetizing the US government's debt will make one bit of difference for the real unemployment problem no matter how much they spend doing it. And when it doesn't work, we can be assured of one thing: they will throw even more money at it, and it will most certainly result in "horrific consequences" for the value of the dollar.
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Sounds good but a spray works better.
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I got this product to treat a lingering "hot spot" on my younger cat's back down by the tail that she had constantly been licking. I had tried several other products that claimed that they would treat the problem, but it still continued, plus the skin around the area was getting really dry from the other medications which made it worse. This product started working immediately and quickly cleared up the problem. It is easy to use. I love the fact that it is all natural, plus it worked when nothing else did. I highly recommend it!
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It helps somewhat but my dogs are prone to allergies and hotspots in the summer. While it offers some relief it doesn't clear up the issue. Not the fault of this product though. It seems to work during other times of the year but summers in Florida are tough.
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Militello Hits Well As Hawks Drop Double Header
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GREENSBURG, PA – In an attempt to get ahead of the wet weather on Saturday, the Hilbert College baseball team traveled to Pitt-Greensburg April 20 for an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference double header tilt. The Hawks grabbed early leads in both games, but ultimately untimely breakdowns by Hilbert allowed the Bobcats to capture the lead and hold on for their 7-4 and 18-8 victories. Matt Militello hit .714 and finished with five hits, and scored five runs. Joe Pernick's bat continued to shine for the Hawks after he went four for six and knocked in two RBIs. Greensburg clinched a spot in the AMCC playoffs with a 20-17, 10-6 record while Hilbert dropped to 8-20, 4-10.
Hilbert held a 1-0 lead through the middle of the fifth inning in the opener. Jim Pernick's single drove Militello home from second base in the top of the first inning before the Hawks grounded into a double play to end the inning. Neither team could muster enough offense to cover the bases until Greensburg went on a four-hit, four-run rally in the bottom of the fifth. Hilbert netting one run just before the Bobcats padded the 4-2 lead with three more runs in the sixth inning. With their last ups, the Hawks earned four hits, but only scored twice. Militello whacked a double and crossed home plate after Chris Hoak's single earned him an opportunity to run the pads himself. John Babocsi's base hit pushed Hoak home for the final Hawk score of the game.
Hilbert earned six more hits than Greensburg (11-5) but the Bobcats turned three double plays to stall any Hawk offense. Nick Sherman (4-6) tossed the ball for five innings with four strikeouts giving up four runs. Babocsi finished with two hits and one RBI as Militello went two for three and scored two runs.
The Hawks jumped out to a 5-2 lead after three innings, and tacked on two more runs in the top of the fourth before Greensburg went on a seven-run bottom of the fourth inning tear. The flood gates opened at that point, as Greensburg tallied nine more runs over the course of the next two innings and held the Hawks scoreless to claim their AMCC playoff spot.
Militello opened the Hawks offense with a triple right out of the gate and his offense continued with a single and a double. The one long-ball out of the park missing for Militello was earned by Jim Pernick. In the four-run 3rd inning, Pernick drove in two RBIs with his team leading second home run of the season. Joe Pernick was a perfect four for four with two RBIs while Hoak earned two hits with three RBIs. Garrett Pauly went 3.2 innings with one strike out and zero earned runs. He was relieved by Derek Mort, Babocsi and Hoak.
Hilbert has a few days off before they face D'Youville College in their final AMCC game of the season April 25th at the Coca Cola Field, the Triple A ball park in downtown Buffalo which is home to the Buffalo Bisons.
Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college's engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college's first graduate programs and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.
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NYC to Invest $3.5M in Fashion Incubator in Brooklyn
City officials today will reveal plans to invest in a new fashion epicenter called the Manufacturing Innovation Hub for Apparel, Textiles & Wearable Tech.
— December 4, 2014
Denim Still Chasing Sustainable Trend
There is growing awareness of the environmental impact of jeans' life cycles.
— November 24, 2014
Denim Still Chasing Sustainable Trend
There is growing awareness of the environmental impact of jeans' life cycles.
Spring Fabrics: Applied Imagination
Designers cut, appliquéd and printed fabrics to create intricate motifs that seemed to come alive as they reacted to light and the movement of the body.
— November 17, 2014
FIT's Natural Dye Garden Set for Next Step
The student-led sustainability project is going forward with laboratory testing and exploration of product development and marketing opportunities.
— October 14, 2014
Made in Italy: Art to Wear
Distinctive patterns become house signatures.
— September 19, 2014
Made in Italy: Stepping Up the Eco-Culture
Sustainability has been a hot topic in the Italian fashion system as brands and their suppliers increase their commitment to green processes and practices.
Texworld Takes to the Runway
To push Texworld and Apparel Sourcing in a more fashion-forward direction, Michael Scherpe is turning to fashion shows to keep the energy going.
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Chirpy for iPhone -
Chirpy for iPhone is a Twitter application that focuses strictly on direct messages. High Order Bit, the creators of Twitbit, have designed this app with the intention of it being a replacement to the Messages app. They have focused on bringing nearly instantaneous push notifications and a stripped down, yet beautiful, interface to make direct messages quick and easy.
- Simple and easy-to-use design modeled after the built-in Messages app
- Incredibly fast push notification
- Support for multiple Twitter accounts
- Integrates with your iPhone or iPod touch's contact list
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- Supports multitasking in iOS 4
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Chirpy for iPhone -
I would like to have chirpy so I can keep in touch with my boss (the wife) easier as she beats me up if I don't respond to her texts within minutes lol ;-) Good luck guys
Just give it to me and stop playing with these other peoples emotions
Love to use this instead of Messages.
I'm always looking for better ways to do things with my iPhone. Lately, I've been on an SMS binge -- twitter, facebook, Google SMS, etc. And I'm always looking to get rid of straggling apps. Armed with an app like this, GVoice and a few others, I can stuff a lot of basic apps into my MISC folder, use multi-tasking aps and leave home screen territory uncluttered.
The need for a better way to rwitteryea that's it plus it looks cool
I would love this! My family & I have been looking for a good way to eliminate texting from our AT&T plans, & Twitter is the best way. But all the twitter apps make you fumble through the other features. All we want is the direct messages w/ push.
If I can try this out & it works, I've got about 8 people ready to buy the app!
What does this app do better than messages to be worth $1.99? It looks similar and does the exact same thing, except it involves Twitter. Just seems silly and it makes no sense to me. I suppose it's more like an instant messenger in the fact that you may not want some people to have your cell number.
I never win anything and this would be great to show off to
my co-workers. Possibly make them wish they had one. I would benefit greatly from this. Thanks. Mary
I want this app
this is a good idea
replace msn ym and even sms with twitter dm
I can see a need for this. I don't see Twitter providing fast message turnaround, tho. Does Twitter push direct messages out or do you still have to poll Twitter for them once every three minutes? Would it be faster to use Facebook?
Fast push notifications would be so useful to me! It usually takes my currant twitter app up to 10 minutes, and by then the person you're talking to might be gone offline!
looks cool.
I would love to have chirpy! I collect the best Twitter apps and would be honored to have this one. It looks really neat and I wish other twitter apps had fast Push and sometimes have Push at all. Twitter is so addictive and these apps make it hard for us to live in the real world, not cyber world. ;)
Pretty Please with a cherry on top?
Can't wait to consolidate direct messaging
Chirpy is called Chirpy and therefor, it must be awesome!
Well... I guess a good reason would be that I signed up for Twitter about two years ago, but rarely used it. I have recently downloaded a free Twitter client, but it is not very user friendly. This seems like it would be a great program for me to use to really get into Twitter.
Also, I will be getting the Iphone 4 sometime this week and would love a new app to play with on it (finally upgrading from my 8GB 3G).
Thank you!
Thank you, sounds wonderful!