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SFC box art number 4: Super Valis IV
Genre: Action
Developer: Telnet Japan
Publisher: Laser Soft
First released: 1992
We're now very much at the business end of the countdown, and into the realm of very special box art. I certainly hope the next few pieces don't disappoint!
The Valis games are very well known in PC-Engine and Mega Drive circles. Luscious anime visuals, solid hack and slash platforming and (in the PC-E games) fantastic cut-scenes, made this much loved series a darling of the import scene in the UK. But it wasn't until the fourth, and penultimate instalment of the saga that Telnet finally saw fit to give their sword wielding maiden a run out on the Super Famicom, in the form of Super Valis IV.
Although the SFC release is a port of the PC-Engine title, there are several notable differences between the two games. Gone are the elaborately animated cut-scenes, along with a couple of stages and the ability to use choose from three different characters. The developers did however add a stage exclusively designed for the SFC.
This is hands down, my favourite piece of anime styled box art on the Super Famicom. Although it could be accused of being slightly plain, I think that the simple design really helps to put the focus solely on the wonderfully drawn characters. This is the kind of stuff we were used to seeing on the front of the latest VHS from Manga Entertainment, and it's another game that I was smitten with from the minute I saw it.
I often cite Super Valis IV as a prime example of just how much of a difference there was between the box art of games released in Japan and those that made it to Europe and North America. If you're interested in just how different the two versions are, then you can view the US art at Gamespot.
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Ah, I completely forgot that this game even came out for the SF/SNES. What do you think about this series, BTW? For me, it's one I've always *wanted* to like, but whenever I play one of the games they never fail to bore me :| Oh, well, at least they're pretty...
ReplyDeleteI loved Valis 3 on the MD but that was the only game in the series I'd played until recently when I tried the original on the MSX (which was horrible) and then on the MD (which was quite good). I must try this versions as well at some point. Great box art whether it's good or not though :)
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Saturday, November 08, 2008
Are You Familiar With "Coonass"?
"Coonass" sounds kind of offensive if you don't know what it means, but it's almost looked at as a badge of pride. It's sort of used by the same class of folks who'd probably just be considered or consider themselves "rednecks" if they lived in other places, but there's a definite difference between the two.
Both terms are used here. "Rednecks" is sometimes used pejoratively to describe poor white people, in general. However, "coonasses" refers to those whites of a particular background, namely, Cajuns. It really isn't an insult. It's more like a signifier that people use to identify themselves as members of this group that has historically been looked down on and discriminated against, even by other poor whites.
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- Jezebella said...
I think it's pretty local.
I used the term "coonass" amongst a bunch of midwestern folks at a meeting last year, and a horrified hush erupted in the room. They thought it was a racial slur. Most embarrassing.
I use it the same way you do, with the same meaning. - 4:59 PM
- AnnMarie Kneebone said...
I am not familiar with this term. I does sound offensive, but I believe you that it is now. Many years ago I had a close friend who was Cajun - from St. Charles. He never used the word.
I know the words "hick" and "redneck" from personal experience. Those are insults. I grew up on a farm and sometimes I guess I talk "country" and do things in a "country way." What? Just cause I'd rather fix my own bicycle or make my own peanut butter ... - 8:03 PM
- Stentor said...
I've lived in PA, upstate NY, MA, and AZ, and I've never heard it.
- Another Conflict Theorist said...
The first time I heard it was when it was casually used by a friend of mine in from Louisiana. She's white and, as you can well imagine, I felt that she needed to explain herself - and right away. I'm thinking the term is VERY regional, and people use it almost lovingly.
- dmarks said...
I'd never heard of the term before. I would have assumed it referred to people of African descent, because the first half resembles one of those unfortunate other racial slurs.
- Kristin said...
Yeah, I never heard in in my neck of the woods (North Carolina). There, we actually used "redneck" similarly to the way you describe "coonass." Anyway, since "coon" being a racial slur, I'm guessing that that may be where the confusion and discomfort comes in from people who haven't heard the term before.
- JGH said...
Where I was growing up in Florida, my neighbors would refer to themselves proudly as "crackers" and I never believed them to be racist. To them, a "Florida cracker" was someone who was born and raised in Florida. Later I learned the true history of the word, and have been a little afraid of it ever since. I don't think I've ever heard "coonass" here in NY or in FL.
- Zan said...
Well, I've heard it before...but that's cause about half my family are a buncha damned Coonies :)
- dmarks said...
When I hear the term "Cracker", I can't help but think of Farrakhan and others who use it outright as a racial slur.
I just can't imagine "coonass" reaching any sort of acceptable national use. The resemblance of the first half to the "coon" racial epithet will always be there. Just like hardly anyone uses the word "niggardly" because it just sounds too much like something else. - 4:49 AM
- Anthony Kennerson said...
Take it from a native of Acadiana:
"Coonass" simply = "Cajun Redneck".
We deal with 'em all the time down here in the South Louisiana bayous.
Anthony - 11:15 AM
- dmarks said...
Oh yes, I know now. But without that explanation, I would have assumed that the word meant the same as the N-word with ass after it, only slightly milder.
I was born in Oregon in 1956 and lived there untill last year. Now I live in Austin Texas and I had never heard anybody in Oregon say coonass untill I moved to Texas.I'am sure it's a regional thing. I did read "Blue Highways" Great Book !The book is about a guy that drives from Missouri and covers most all the states and stops at little towns along the way , he stops in a east Texas Bar and the coonass at the bar has some fun with him. That's all I know about the term.


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First Moth of the Year: Spring Cankerworm
Last Thursday, I found my first moth of the year. It was sitting on the car, parked under a streetlight in an otherwise empty parking lot. I captured and brought it home, refrigerated it, took some photos in daylight, and released it outside. It did not take much searching to find the ID, as it is one of the moths presented in Eaton and Kaufman's insect guide. This is a very common Spring Cankerworm Moth (Paleacrita vernata), a member of the Geometridae. Larvae pupate underground and spend the winter in the soil. Adults emerge as early as February and fly from February through May. Even before seeing this moth, I had been thinking it might be worth putting out the moth light soon. Maybe I will once the rest of the snow is gone from my mothing area.
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I have recently had the terrible affliction of getting theme songs stuck in my head. The most popular of these seem to be from cartoons, most notably the theme song from "A Pup Named Scooby Doo." With that in mind, you can imagine how grateful I was to get a copy of Season 2 of The Teen Titans animated series. I can now hum the Titans song performed by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi. I don't recommend that you pick your TV based on theme songs, but I can tell you that this one is infectious.
The Teen Titans are from the DC comics universe. They live in a giant T in a city on the west coast, Real World style, without the hassle of parents or secret identities or really anything that might require long, drawn out explanations, back story or episodes full of character development and a lull in the action. In short, in every episode there will a villain who causes some sort of trouble that will require the Titans to sort it out. This often involves quick wit and cartoon violence! The Titans are Robin (whom you might recognize from Batman), Cyborg, Raven, Beast Boy (whom you might recognize from Doom Patrol) and Starfire.
Season two sees the Titans coming to terms with whom they are and kicking some serious villain behind. This DVD contains thirteen episodes on two discs. According to wikipedia, the main story arc of season two is based on "The Judas Contract" from the New Teen Titans. It involves the Titans meeting another super-powered teen named Terra, their decision to let her join the team and its consequences. It also involves Robin's arch-nemesis Slade who is voiced by Ron Perlman. Five of the episodes in this season focus mainly on Terra and Slade. They are entertaining. These episodes also have a subplot in which Beast Boy falls in love, which is both cute and a little heartbreaking.
However, my favorite parts of this season fall outside the main story of the season. They are all character-driven episodes focusing on how the Titans relate to each other and come to terms with their powers, their emotions, and who they are. Cyborg wrestles with his humanity in episode four "Only Human." Starfire learns to trust that her friends will not abandon her in the face of change in episode seven "Transformation." Raven learns that it is okay to admit how she is feeling in episode five "Fear Itself" and Robin is confronted by his need to succeed in episode nine "Winner Take All."
The highlights of Season 2 include the first episode "How Long is Forever?" in which Starfire travels to a dark future and meets Robin, who is now Nightwing, and has to return to the past to set everything right and episode six "Date with Destiny" in which the villain's list of demands includes a date with Robin. However, my favorite episode in this season is number 11, "Fractured." In this episode, Robin's fan boy from another universe pops over the Titans' universe after Robin injures himself fighting Johnny Rancid. During the course of the episode reality is fractured in attempt to fix Robin's broken arm and the Titans have to battle not only to make reality whole again, but to save the city from Johnny Rancid's dark view of things. This episode rocks, from the clouds at the beginning of the episode to the portrayal of the changes in reality; I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The Teen Titans is directed toward the younger crowd (the DVD is part of the "DC Comics Kids Collection"), but it is still entertaining with a fun, anime-inflected animation style. Sometimes you just want to watch something that is fun and not complicated. When the Titans get excited, their eyes become big, white, round circles. When they get mad, the animation becomes bare bones showing their heads as circles with gigantic screaming mouths. It is great!
The extras on this disc are wee, and nothing to really get excited about. There are a few trailers and a brief montage of what happened in season one. I would have enjoyed a longer, more in-depth look back, but much of this season can be enjoyed without previous knowledge of what has happened on the show or the Teen Titans themselves. However, the DVD does have additional language tracks. If you're interested, you can watch The Teen Titans in both Spanish and French!
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ABOARD THE GENMAR MINOTAUR Plying the mouth of the Mississippi River is usually a routine, enjoyable experience for crews of commercial ships, the end of a long haul from a faraway port.
But on a recent afternoon, the crew of the Genmar Minotaur, a 797-foot oil tanker ferrying 586,000 barrels of oil from Venezuela, keeps a keen eye on their navigation instruments and the fingers of land ahead of them, as the tanker slowly maneuvers from the Gulf of Mexico into the river's mouth.
A combination of sediment narrowing the waterway, clouds of silt that could clog lines and stall engines, and the strong current of the high river have made the routine trip dicey, says Capt. Mario Almeida, the vessel's captain. Running aground, usually a remote possibility, has become a very real risk.
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The river dumps sediment every year near its mouth, and each year the Army Corps of Engineers must dig out enough of it to allow ships and tankers to pass through safely, says Mark Davis, director of the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy at Tulane University. But this year's unusually swollen river has pulled down a record amount of sediment, he says. The sediment gets dumped near the banks, narrowing the river as it piles up.
Southwest Pass, a 22-mile tributary that connects the Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico, has narrowed from 750 feet wide to less than 200 feet in some places because of the increased sediment, according to the Army Corps. The lower Mississippi River, which usually collects 36 million cubic yards of silt a year, is on track this year to amass 60 million cubic yards — enough to fill 13 Louisiana Superdomes, according to estimates by the Mississippi River Maritime Association, a trade association that has been tracking the sediment buildup.
Five dredges in Southwest Pass overseen by the Army Corps are not keeping up with the amount of silt being dumped there by the fast-flowing river, says Michelle Spraul, the corps' operations manager for the Mississippi River. Adding to the dilemma: Federal budget cuts this year have frozen further dredging activity at the pass, she says. The corps has about $74 million budgeted this year to clear out sediment from the mouth of the river, compared with $117 million last year, Spraul says.
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If ships start to run aground, the river could close, costing the country billions of dollars in lost revenue and hampering ports and farmers upriver that rely on the river to transport their goods, says Gary LaGrange, president and chief executive of the Port of New Orleans. "This is a national problem," he says. "If this river closes down, it's a huge disaster."
The task of making sure ships safely navigate Southwest Pass falls to a group of 44 river pilots known as the Associated Branch Pilots. Each day, one of the pilots boards the oversized tankers and carriers via rope ladders and helps guide the vessel through Southwest Pass and up the river.
On a recent day, pilot Michael Miller prepares to board the Genmar Minotaur, which has just completed a six-day journey from Venezuela and is preparing to enter the Mississippi River to reach a refinery in St. Charles, La. At the pilots' headquarters near Venice, La., Miller pores over survey maps provided each morning by the Army Corps. He doesn't like what he sees: A section of Southwest Pass has shrunk to 180 feet — the skinniest it has been in years, Miller says.
The peril is invisible: The silt lurks underwater, unseen by the naked eye and detectable only by the Army Corps' daily surveys. He rechecks the survey maps three more times. "You always have to be diligent. You always have to be alert," he says. "Now you just have to heighten that."
Inside the tanker's bridge seven stories above the river, Miller stands next to Almeida, the captain, snapping coordinates to the crew and rechecking maps. After several hours, the tanker makes it safely to its first stop at Belle Chase, La., where Miller disembarks and another branch pilot takes over.
Almeida has captained ships into the Mississippi River for more than two decades. The current, silt and depth of the river today make it more dangerous for large ships than he ever remembers, he says. "You have to be watching everything," Almeida says. "It's much more stressful now."
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Located in Downtown Asheville, Aloft Asheville Downtown is next to Fine Arts Theatre and YMI Cultural Center. This 3-star hotel has 115 guestrooms and offers conveniences like a restaurant, an outdoor pool, and free in-room WiFi. The Orange Peel and Asheville Art Museum are also a short walk from this Asheville hotel.
This hotel is home to a bistro and a bar/lounge. You can sip a beverage at the coffee shop/café. Start each morning with breakfast, available for a fee.
Aloft Asheville Downtown's 115 air-conditioned rooms provide iPod docks, refrigerators, and coffee makers. Guests can expect free WiFi and 42-inch LCD TVs with digital channels. Beds sport premium bedding and bathrooms offer designer toiletries. Other standard amenities include safes, phones, and ironing boards.
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Guests staying at Aloft Asheville Downtown enjoy an outdoor pool, a fitness center, and free WiFi in public areas. Self parking is offered for USD 7.00 per day. The 24-hour front desk has staff standing by to help with dry cleaning/laundry, concierge services, and luggage storage. Additional amenities include a meeting room, free newspapers, and a terrace.
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Onsite dining
- Outdoor pool
- Fitness center
Aloft Asheville Downtown
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Aloft Asheville Downtown features an outdoor pool and a health club. Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
This business-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance and gift shops/newsstands.
Aloft Asheville Downtown is a smoke-free property.
- Bar/lounge
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Year Built 2012
- Grocery/convenience store
- Smoke-free property
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Television in common areas
- Snack bar/deli
- Number of floors - 6
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 115
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Fitness facilities
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Laundry facilities
- One meeting room
- Terrace
- Luggage storage
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (feet) - 649
- Conference space size (meters) - 60
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Outdoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Grocery/convenience store
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
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Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Self parking (surcharge)
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Aloft Asheville Downtown offers 115 air-conditioned accommodations with iPod docking stations and safes. Beds feature premium bedding. 42-inch LCD televisions come with premium digital channels. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms include showers, designer toiletries, and complimentary toiletries.
Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily.
- Digital TV service
- Free WiFi
- iPod docking station
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
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- Phone
- Private bathroom
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Designer toiletries
- Desk
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Premium bedding
- Premium TV channels
- Air conditioning
- Shower only
- Free toiletries
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
Where to Eat
Aloft Asheville Downtown has a restaurant on site.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a health club.
- Golfing nearby
- Downhill skiing nearby
- Cross-country skiing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Snowboarding nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Kayaking nearby
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- Ski lessons available nearby
- Ski equipment rental shops nearby
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If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
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Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-out time is noon
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- Breakfast fee: between USD 2 and USD 20 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: USD 7.00 per day
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"We want Reggie," the Garden faithful screamed last week, frothing at the prospect of yet another playoff visit from their decade-long Indy antagonist. All right, they've got him. But aside from ignoring the clichéd, be-careful-what-you-ask-for (Reggie Miller destroying the Knicks in '95, with 8 points in the final 19 seconds, anybody?), now delirious MSG fans have overlooked the larger, scarier picture of the veteran, well-rounded Pacers, a group morphed over the past two years into a composite mold of their iconic coach, the immortal Larry Bird. As Miller himself put it earlier this season, "We're not pretty. We move the ball, we dive on the floor, we play together. We're a Larry Bird team."
That Miller would so casually shed his colossal ego says worlds about Bird's inscrutable coaching talent. When the Celtic legend was hired before the 199798 season, skeptics doubted his ability to step back from his own superstar standards and guide an aging bunch that had just finished out of the playoffs with a 39-43 record. Pacers management was thought to be investing $4 million per on a homegrown hero solely to boost ticket sales. The notion that Bird would ultimately stretch the Bulls to a seventh-game conference final in his rookie (and, ultimately, coach-of-the-year) season seemed about as likely as Pavarotti sending a Juilliard master class onto the La Scala stage.
But the Hick from French Lick proved to be a far more sophisticated motivator than anyone expected. With calm resolve (and the coolest sideline manner in NBA history), he went about relating to his players with a minimalist yet highly supportive aesthetic. As the wins piled up, he communicated belief in his team, without demanding the impossible. "It's not a perfect game," he'd tell the press. "I expect them to make mistakes."
According to one former NBA player and head coach, Knicks assistant Don Chaney, the hard slide from playing to coaching involves a switchover from the "selfish act of you and the guy you're battling" to taking in the "broader picture." Chaney continues: "As a player, you control your own personal destiny. As a coach you can prepare them, but you can't will 12 guys to win."
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Chaney recalls how simple gaffes undid Jerry West in his early days as a coach: "When players couldn't finish a three-on-two break, he'd be pulling his hair out." Chaney adds that he's "surprised" that Bird, a perfectionist as a player, has "maintained his sanity. He's had to find out that all players are not created equal."
TV analyst (and former Jersey Net) Reggie Theus marvels at Bird's success. "One of the biggest things for an NBA player," he says, "is to believe that the coach believes in you. I didn't know if Larry would be able to communicate that, but obviously he has. Superstars of his stature are used to everybody being their friend. They're not used to reaching out to 11, 12 players, and Larry never was the most social guy. You can't say anybody would know more about the game, but you have to be able to transmit it."
From his arrival on the Pacers scene, Bird took a humble approach to on-the-job training, asking for input from both assistants and players. "He told me he needed someone to organize things," says assistant coach Rick Carlisle, who arranges practice schedules and covers the Xs and Os. "It's a unique job, and great experience in preparation to be a head coach. Larry doesn't have any problems with authority. He's empowered his players with decision making and given them responsibility. With a veteran team, that's a powerful tool."
Bird's players have to like the way he's handled Jalen Rose, who languished under previous coach Larry Brown. Today, under a variety of offensive looks, Rose flourishes as a prized swingman. "He approached Jalen with an open mind," says Pacers GM Donnie Walsh. "People tend to judge because of a player's dress or body language, and Jalen's got a hip-hop act. But Larry [Bird] only worries about what you do. Larry told him he was a hell of a player, that he had a hell of a future, and that he was going to play him a lot. And he has at three different positions."
If there's any signature to Bird's courtside presence, it's the mind-boggling serenity with which he takes care of business. Watching him during crunch time doesn't yield much, other than that he wears a good suit (who would've thunk?). TV loves those game-ending close-ups wild-eyed coaches, euphoric or pained but Bird gives up zilch. When once apprised of his Zen-like bench style, Bird retorted that he didn't even know how to "spell Zen."
"That's his nature," says Walsh on Bird's reserve. "But I had no idea to what extent." Walsh tells the story of Miller hitting a trey with less than a second left to stun the Bulls in Game 4 of last year's Eastern Conference Championship, and of the ensuing pandemonium at Market Square Arena with one notable exception. Watching a locker-room TV replay of his coach frozen and poker-faced against the chaotic backdrop of ecstatic fans, Walsh turned to Bird and said, "Larry, you got to be wired differently than the rest of us." "Well the thing was," replied Bird, "I knew Jordan could still get off a shot." Walsh realized then that Bird had "total focus, even if you don't see anything in his face."
All this restraint and calm plays very big with adult pros, many of whom have been getting yelled at ever since they first hit the hardcourt as teenagers. Bird had his own problems long ago during a brief stay at Indiana University (before he moved on to Indiana State) under Bobby Knight, his coaching antithesis. "I've played for screamers," he told a reporter last season without naming names. "I didn't like it, so I don't do it. If you don't think a guy can play, it's better to get rid of him than to bury him on the bench or scream at him in front of everybody."
Some observers feel that it's because he's been blessed with the ideal cast that Bird has never had to raise his voice. By contrast, Magic Johnson momentarily lost his sunny ways in a miserable, short-lived attempt to run the Lakers in '94. "He [Bird] made a great transition," says Magic. "But he picked the right situation, and that was smart. I got in with guys who were losers. That team [the Pacers] is committed."
Hard to imagine Bird ever expressing such sour grapes, even if the Pacers had remained mediocre. But Atlanta Hawks president Stan Kasten concurs that Bird's inheritance was better than it looked. "They'd had an off year," he says, "but they weren't a bad team. They'd just grown tired of the same message. Larry [Bird] was able to skip a lot of the crap. They gave him a lot of extra tread on the tires."
Such observations tend to neglect a significant, if subtle, team-personality enhancement. Collectively, these Pacers which Bird and Walsh left intact from last year have managed to absorb the myriad skills Bird brought to the floor as a player. Miller's movement without the ball, Chris Mullin's shot selection, Mark Jackson's passing, Derrick McKey's doubling on defense, Rose's (and even Rik Smits's, lately) driving the lane, the Davises' rebound positioning all critical components to a harmonious fit. Says Carlisle, "Balance is a key to whatever success we have."
And free throws too, to some degree. Which raises the question, what's up with Antonio Davis and Dale Davis, the unrelated former bricksters who are now actually finding all net at the line? Another Bird rub-off? "Larry made it very clear," says Walsh, "that he can't play you at the end of the game if you can't make free throws. Dale went and hired a shooting coach. He improved, and now he plays at the end."
Another turnabout during Bird's brief tenure is the marked absence of posturing, until recently a calling card of the Pacers backcourt. Garden fans won't likely be greeted anymore by Miller's choke sign or Jackson's shimmy-shake (even as the resurgent Knicks indulge in their own chest-bumping swagger). Such provocations have been replaced by a darker menace, the espousal of the all-business Celtic ethic from glory days past. "Larry's body language," says Carlisle, "is part of the process of telling players that until we really win something, we can hold off on the dancing and celebrating."
Shortly after landing the Indiana job, Bird said that what he enjoyed most about coaching was watching players break stereotypes (i.e., this one can't shoot from there, this one can't handle the ball) and "proving people wrong." The Davises and Rose may be obvious cases in point, but win or lose from here on out, Bird has thus far laid to rest one longtime NBA myth: superstars can't coach.
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America's Got Talent contestant Boy Shakira -- a local male Shakira impersonator -- has polarized the show's three judges; Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan have approved him as a contestant, while David Hasselhoff argued on air with Morgan, "Are you sitting on the same stage as me? Oh, my God! The world has gone mad!"
"[Hasselhoff] didn't like my original style and walked off the set," says Boy Shakira, who took his name from the headline of a "Blurt" article last year. Back then he was known as "Luigi, the Impersonator of Shakira." Contacted by phone the day after his AGT performance, Boy Shakira -- real name, Louis Padilla -- said, "A lot of people on the Internet are saying bad comments I'm not even reading, but two of the judges liked me! After ten years of struggle, I finally made it."
During the few days following the broadcast, clips of the heavyset 30-year-old man belly dancing in a halter top and blond wig aired on Good Morning America, MTV2's Week in Rock, VH1's Best Week Ever, and the TV Guide Channel. A YouTube video of his AGT appearance has been played over 10,000 times.
Padilla's mother appeared with him on the TV show.
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SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SRS Labs (NASDAQ:SRSL), the industry leader in surround sound, audio enhancement, and voice post-processing technologies, announced today that it has successfully completed development of its Multi-Dimensional Audio™ (MDA™) platform specification 1.0.
MDA Platform Specification 1.0 is now available to members of the 3D Audio Alliance (3DAA), an independent CE industry organization designed to promote collaboration between member companies to create a complete ecosystem based on the revolutionary MDA platform. In addition to having completed the initial specifications for MDA adoption, SRS has also begun working with major production studios and content creators to beta test SRS' new MDA creation tool, MDA Creator™, a software plug-in that is available for the industry's most popular digital audio workstations, as well as MDA Player™, the playback software necessary for a system to playback and take full advantage of MDA content.
"Last year, MDA was merely a concept and a PowerPoint presentation, however, through the incredible efforts and time spent researching and developing the concept by our enthusiastic team of audio technologists backed by our entire organization's passion for changing how the world experiences audio, we now have functional end-to-end implementation of object based audio creation and playback, all in the span of a year," said Alan Kraemer, Chief Technology Officer for SRS Labs. "Our timing appears to be perfect as we are getting a great deal of interest from every direction; from our OEM partners clamoring to get access to the playback and processing technologies, to film makers and music production companies looking for the next advancement in content creation tools and delivery methods. MDA is, in my opinion, the most wide ranging technology we've ever worked on here at SRS and the market seems to be ripe and ready for a change designed to make audio creation and rendering significantly more flexible and infinitely more realistic."
MDA Creator is a software plug-in designed to work seamlessly within all commonly used digital audio workstation (DAW) environments including, Pro Tools, Digital Performer, Logic, Cubase and Nuendo. The software is supported on both Mac and PC applications as RTAS, AU and VST plug-ins. With its seamless integration into the DAW, MDA Creator allows users to easily mix their soundtracks in an MDA environment and export an MDA deliverable. MDA Creator is also backwards compatible with legacy systems allowing users to export into any number of channel-based configurations from within the plug-in, making it painless for audio engineers to print an MDA mix for transmission and playback through a 2-channel, 5.1, 7.1 or greater conduit.
Multi-Dimensional Audio (MDA), developed by SRS Labs, is a revolutionary end-to-end audio platform, built on a foundation of object based audio, designed to deliver true three-dimensional surround sound to consumers in a wide variety of playback environments and devices. Breaking free of the decades old "channel based" audio paradigm, MDA allows content creators to create, maintain and deliver three dimensional positional data with soundtrack elements in a multi-dimensional audio space that includes height, depth and width, rather than standard planar (2D) speaker configurations such as 5.1 and 7.1. Since MDA is not channel based, there is no restriction or mandate on the number of speakers that can be used to represent the resolution of a multi-dimensional audio soundscape. Yet, MDA program playback easily maps to any number of speakers in any configuration a listener may have, from stereo, to 11.1 and beyond.
With applications ranging from D-Cinema to mobile devices, commercial releases of the MDA creation tools and MDA players are expected to be made available in Q2 of this year. For more information about MDA creation or playback tools, this announcement, SRS or our technologies, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. For parties interested in learning more about MDA Specification 1.0 or becoming a member of the 3D Audio Alliance (3DAA), please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Mohd. Muhid, Mohd. Nazlan and Hamdan, Halimaton and Sani, S. (2011) Design, synthesis and activity study of tyrosinase encapsulated silica aerogel (TESA) biosensor for phenol removal in aqueous solution. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 59 (1). pp. 7-18. ISSN 0928-0707
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Tyrosinase encapsulated silica aerogel (TESA) was synthesized via an alcohol-free colloidal sol–gel route at room temperature and at neutral pH. Characterization on TESA indicated that 98% of enzyme was effectively loaded and located inside the aerogel network. TESA without solvent extraction showed higher tyrosinase activity than TESA extracted by amyl acetate/acetone (v/v:1/1). Stability of tyrosinase in TESA was enhanced towards extreme temperature, acidic and basic conditions. Optimization study indicates that 500 U enzyme/g silica aerogel; aged for 2 days, showed superior performance in the oxidation of catechol. The activity of TESA was remarkably enhanced; which was active at a wider temperature (up to 80 °C) and pH range (4–9). In contrast, free tyrosinase was totally inactive at these pH values and temperature >55 °C. TESA successfully removed about 90% of phenol in aqueous solution after 3 h of contact time with excellent reusability.
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Small stories that don't merit full-length blog posts of their own:
- Via Michael Lynch at Past in the Present, Glenn Beck's favorite historian, David Barton (right), is upset that the Spielberg's vision of the 16th president is a bit of a potty-mouth. What a dumbfuck.
- Speaking of that film, you're probably sick of reading academic historians' nit-picky critiques of it. (I know Keith Harris sure is.) But if you can stand to read just one more, make it Jared Frederick's review. And if you want a copy of the final shooting script, you can download it here (PDF).
- If you're ever on Jeopardy! and the $1,000 answer is, "this author can work Marx, Engels, Hitler, Lincoln and states' rights into a single sentence," the correct response is, "who is Donnie Kennedy?"
- The pissing match over display of Confederate flags at the Haywood County, North Carolina courthouse continues. There's not a thing about this story that's novel, except that the heritage crowd figured out a clever (if petty) legalistic solution to the ban on anything other than official government flags, by putting up a Mississippi state flag, that contains the Confederate Battle Flag as part of its design. Also, the North Dakota state flag is patterned after a 19th century U.S. Army regimental color. Just throwin' that out there.
- The public school district in Hays County, Texas, voted this week to bar the Confederate flag from its campuses, extending a ban that had been in place since 2001 at Jack C. Hays High School. The high school's teams will, for now, continue to be known as the Rebels, the school mascot will remain "Colonel Jack," and the school fight song will still be "Dixie." As with the flag dispute in Haywood County, there's not much unusual to this story, either, except to note that the namesake of both the county and the high school, John Coffee "Jack" Hays (1817-83), was a famous Texas Ranger who sat out the Civil War quietly in California. The school's Confederate imagery, like that of Dixie State College off Utah, is mostly an artificial construct.
- The Virginia Flaggers took a road trip to Sharpsburg recently to volunteer in placing luninarias in remembrance of those killed there in September 1862. They made a point to attend the memorial service with their big flags, unlike the other 1,400 or so volunteers, because otherwise someone might not have noticed that they were, you know, Virginia Flaggers.
- The world's oldest person has died. Again. Have you ever noticed that they always seem to cark within a few months of claiming the title? This cannot possibly be a coincidence.
- Over at To the Sound of the Guns, Craig Swain flags a story from Ohio where the Sons of Union Veterans is fighting the proposed sale of two 3-inch Ordnance Rifles from the Civil War, that have been part of a memorial since 1927.
- Congratulations to Mads Madsen, who's been posting his colorizations of CW images to Civil War Talk for a while now, and is finally getting some well-deserved public recognition. A lot of efforts at colorizing images yield genuinely garish results, but Madsen's work is notable for its restraint and realism.
- As South Carolina's governor names U.S. Representative Tim Scott to succeed Jim DeMint in the Senate, Cotton Boll Conspiracy gives us a look back to the last time a Southern state sent an African American to the upper house of Congress, back in the seventies — the eighteen-seventies.
- The Civil War Trust recently unveiled a page on Civil War Navies. Good on them; this is the sort of thing you don't realize was sorely missing until you actually see it.
- This coming April, the SCV will raise the "World's Biggest Third National" Confederate flag in Tampa. The event will be sponsored by the Jubal A Early Camp No. 556, even though the owner of the flag site, Marion Lambert, is a member of the new Judah P. Benjamin Camp, which sort of seceded from the Early Camp, and, well, it's complicated.
- The lead story in Friday morning's online edition of the Houston Chronicle was one announcing the end of the world. Brilliant, but also a tacit acknowledgement that it's really The Onion's world, and we just live in it.
Got any others? Put 'em in the comments below.
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Being named the oldest-person in the world appears to be, literally, the kiss of death. As you noted, whoever receives the title is dead a short time later. If it were me, I would simply refuse the award, thereby ensuring many more decades of life.
Someone really ought to investigate this macabre phenomenon.
The movie could have been just as good without the profanity. But as I've said, what I like most about the film is that it portrayed Lincoln in some very human moments, like slapping his son and arguing with his wife. Of course, this doesn't mean I enjoy seeing domestic strife but Abraham Lincoln deserves to be a regular guy, too.
Knowing that Lincoln couldn't resist telling bawdy, colorful jokes, I would not be surprised at all to know he used words like shit and fuck. But I understand it's hard to see historic figures we've put on pedestals engaging in lewd behavior.
Like David Barton, I'm also an evangelical Chrsitian. I believe that Lincoln was also affected by Christ in his lifetime. So was Private John Gleichmann, who served in Company A of the 136th Indiana Infantry. On May 29, 1864, he lamented that "the godlessnes is great, cursing and whoring cries to heaven. Men from our company, yes even married ones, have gone to whore houses and paid 5 and 6 dollars a night… The Christian is tested here."
And Corporal James G. Crawford of the 80th Illinois wrote to his parents in 1864 of the desperate need for "good Books or useful papers" or else his fellow soldiers "will be supplied with this worthless yellow backed 'Literature' so plentiful in every camp."
When I was in college, I went to hear David Barton speak on campus. I have also met other people from his organization, Wallbuilders. Like them, I am very encouraged when I read stories of personal faith from 150 or 200 years ago. Unfortunately, they haven't provided me a satisfactory answer yet on how people of such Godliness could have tolerated enslaving Africans and destroying their lives and families or wiping out Native Americans and taking their land.
Bummer felt that Andy and Brook's battle with the loons, should not be of little note, but bear honorable mention. Sure was an eye-opener to the new blogger and definitely caused the "old guy" to reexamine his mind set on many levels of society.
What's wrong with Abraham Lincoln Vampire Slayer?
I thought the concept was historically accurate even if the story line was a little vapid.Why is it we always refer to the Oldest Living person and never the oldest DEAD GUY?
I see the (so called) Largest Confederate Flag flying almost every day at the intersections of Highways I-75 and I-4 in Florida.
Sometimes I'm proud of my Southern Michigan heritage and other times I'm ashamed of what the southern states did to their fellow man for the sake of a few extra dollars. The more I think about it the more it makes me sick. The Constitution of the United States never gaves states the right to commit crimes against humanity.
For Shame. Strike your colors, ya loosers.


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Name: Antimony |
Boiling Point: 1860°K, 1587°C, 2889°F Melting Point: 904.05°K, 630.9°C, 1167.6°F Electrons Energy Level: 2, 8, 18, 18, 5 Isotopes: 35 + 2 Stable + 13 meta states Heat of Vaporization: 77.14 kJ/mol Heat of Fusion: 19.87 kJ/mol Density: 6.684 g/cm3 @ 300°K Specific Heat: 0.21 J/g°K Atomic Radius: 1.53Ĺ Ionic Radius: 0.76Ĺ Electronegativity: 2.05 (Pauling); 1.82 (Allrod Rochow) Vapor Pressure: 2.49E-09 Pa @ 630.9°C |
A metalloid,
Antimony has four allotropic forms. The stable form of Antimony is a blue-white metalloid. Yellow and
black Antimony are unstable non-metals. Antimony is used in flame-proofing, paints,
ceramics, enamels, a wide variety of alloys, electronics, and rubber. Antimony in its elemental form is a silvery white, brittle, fusible, crystalline solid that exhibits poor electrical and heat conductivity properties and vaporizes at low temperatures. A metalloid, antimony resembles a metal in its appearance and in many of its physical properties, but does not chemically react as a metal. It is also attacked by oxidizing acids and halogens. Antimony and some of its alloys are unusual in that they expand on cooling. Estimates of the abundance of antimony in the Earth's crust range from 0.2 to 0.5 ppm. Antimony is geochemically categorized as a chalcophile, occurring with sulfur and the heavy metals Lead, Copper, and Silver. 1s2 2s2p6 3s2p6d10 4s2p6d10 5s2p3 |
33 As 74.92 |
51 Sb 121.7 |
83 Bi 208.9 |
Alchemical Symbol |
Scientific study of the element began during the early 17th. century, much of the important work being done by Nicolas Lemery. The name of the element comes from the Greek anti + monos for "not alone", while the modern symbol is rooted in the Latin-derived name of the common ore.
Jons Jakob Berzelius
The chemical pioneer Jons Jakob Berzelius used an abbreviation of the name stibium to refer to Antimony in his writings, and his usage became the standard chemical symbol for Antimony.
Antimony's Sulfide compound, Antimony (III) Trisulfide, Sb2S3 was recognized in antiquity, at least as early as 3000 BC. Pastes of Sb2S3 powder in fat or in other materials have been used since that date as eye cosmetics in the Middle East and farther afield; in this use, Sb2S3 is called "kohl". It was used to darken the brows and lashes, or to draw a line around the perimeter of the eye.
A vase made of Antimony dating to about 3000 BC was found at Tello, Chaldea, and a Copper object plated with Antimony dating between 2500 BC and 2200 BC has been found in Egypt. According to the history of metallurgy the first description of the procedure to isolate Antimony is in the Italian book "De la Pirotechnia" of 1540 of Vanoccio Biringuccio. This book precedes the more famous Latin book "De re Metallica" of 1556 of Agricola, although the latter has been often incorrectly considered the discoverer of metallic Antimony.
Additional Representations of Alchemical Symbols for Antimony
According to the traditional history of western alchemy metallic Antimony was described (previous to Biringuccio) by the Prior Basilius Valentinus in the Latin manuscript "Currus Triumphalis Antimonii" of about 1450, published, in the English translation "The triumphal chariot of antimony", only in 1604 by Johann Thölde (1565-1614). The marvellous finding of all of the Valentinus' manuscripts, as in the alchemical tales, is fully described by Jean-Jacques Manget in his Bibliotheca chemica curiosa (1702): these manuscripts remained enclosed for more than a century in a pillar of St. Peter's Abbey, at Erfurt, until the pillar was shattered by a thunderbolt. Many authors consider Basilius Valentinus a mythological personage: the most authoritative of them is Leibniz (1646-1716), who declared after a careful search that the Prior Valentinus never existed in the Abbey of Erfurt, but was only a pseudonym, probably of Thölde himself, used to merge poorly-translated materials of various origins.
Basilius Valentinus
According to the traditional history of Middle Eastern alchemy, pure Antimony was well known to Geber, sometimes called "the Father of Chemistry", in the 8th century. Here there is still an open controversy: Marcellin Berthelot, who translated a number of Geber's books, stated that Antimony is never mentioned in them, but other authors claim that Berthelot translated only some of the less important books, while the more interesting ones (some of which might describe Antimony) are not yet translated, and their content is completely unknown.
The etymology of the name antimony has not been determined, and it has been a matter of much speculation for centuries, with all claims lacking proof. Reportedly, its first use in a text (as antimonium) was in a text by Constantine the African, renowned for translating Arabic medical treatises into Latin. It should be understood that until at least the European Middle Ages, people knew of Antimony's leading ore, Stibnite (Antimony (III) Trisulfide, Sb2S3), but they were not aware that the free element, which was produced only rarely, was a substance distinct from other metals. The pure metalloid was usually confused with Lead. The Sulfide was called Stibi or stimmi in Ancient Greek, stibium in Latin ("stibium" was used by Pliny in 50 AD. In Arabic, powdered Stibnite is kuhl, whence English kohl; but in time, ithmid pronounced as the 'th' in English "think") came to be used also.
A widely repeated etymological claim is that "antimony" is a compound of Greek anti- and monos (literally "against single") and supposedly means "not found unalloyed". But this claimed etymology has apparently not been proven, and several other chemical elements known in antiquity also do not occur in the free (i.e., elemental) state. In 1919, the scholar von Lippmann published his proposal of a different Greek etymology: anthemonion, "bloom". An Arab-Spanish ophthalmologist, Muhammad ibn Qassűm ibn Aslam Al-Ghâfiqî, writing some time between the 11th and 12th centuries, claimed that the names for Antimony Sulfide in Arabic, Latin, and Greek all derived from the Coptic word, mesdemet. He claimed as well that the term "Antimony" was a fallacious rendering of the Arabic name, al-ihmid (where al- means "the"). This is not to say that this Al-Ghâfiqî was the first or the only scholar to make the second claim. In any case, the claim is not substantiated and moreover it is highly dubious for two reasons. Firstly, it was, as noted above, used by Constantine the African, who was an Arabic speaker, a native of Carthage. Secondly, it would entail an extreme degree of phonetic corruption not manifested in dozens of other Arabic loanwords in Medieval Latin and Spanish.
Even though this element is not abundant, it is found in over 100 mineral species. Antimony is sometimes found native, but more frequently it is found in the sulfide Stibnite (Sb2S3) which is the predominant ore mineral. Commercial forms of Antimony are generally ingots, broken pieces, granules, and cast cake. Other forms are powder, shot, and single crystals.
Country | Tons | % of total |
People's Republic of China | 126 000 | 81.5 |
Russia | 12 000 | 7.8 |
South Africa | 5 023 | 3.3 |
Tajikistan | 3 480 | 2.3 |
Bolivia | 2 430 | 1.6 |
Top 5 | 148 933 | 96.4 |
Total world | 154 538 | 100.0 |
Chiffres de 2003, métal contenue dans les minerais et concentrés, source : L'état du monde 2005
The largest mine in China is Xikuangshan mine in Hunan Province.
Antimony is increasingly being used in the semiconductor industry in the production of diodes, infrared detectors, and Hall-Effect devices. As an alloy, this metalloid greatly increases Lead's hardness and mechanical strength. The most important use of antimony is as a hardener in lead for storage batteries. Uses include:
Antimony compounds in the form of Oxides, Sulfides, Sodium Antimonate, and Antimony Trichloride are used in the making of flame-proofing compounds, ceramic enamels, glass, paints, and pottery. Antimony Trioxide is the most important of the Antimony compounds and is primarily used in flame-retardant formulations. These flame-retardant applications include such markets as children's clothing, toys, aircraft and automobile seat covers. Also, Antimony Sulfide is one of the ingredients of safety matches.
1s2 | ||||
2s2 | 2p6 | |||
3s2 | 3p6 | 3d10 | ||
4s2 | 4p6 | 4d10 | ||
5s2 | 5p3 |
The natural sulfide of Antimony, Stibnite, was known and used in Biblical times as medicine and as a cosmetic. Stibnite is still used in some developing countries as medicine. Antimony has been used for the treatment of Schistosomiasis. Antimony attaches itself to Sulfur atoms in certain enzymes which are used by both the parasite and human host. Small doses can kill the parasite without causing damage to the patient. Antimony and its compounds are used in several veterinary preparations like Anthiomaline or Lithium antimony thiomalate, which is used as a skin conditioner in ruminants. Antimony has a nourishing or conditioning effect on keratinized tissues, at least in animals. Tartar emetic is another Antimony preparation which is used as an anti-schistosomal drug. Treatments chiefly involving Antimony have been called Antimonials.
A coin made of Antimony was issued in the Keichow Province of China in 1931. The coins were not popular, being too soft and they wore quickly when in circulation. After the first issue no others were produced.
Minerals & Compounds of Antimony | |
Stibnite, Antimony (III) Trisulfide, Sb2S3 | |
Valentinite, Antimony (III) Trioxide, Sb2O3 | |
Stibiconite, Sb2O3(OH)2 | |
Stibine (Antimony Trihydride, SbH3 | |
Sodium Antimony Tartrate, Na(SbO)C4H4O6 | |
Antimony Pentafluoride, SbF5 | Indium Antimonide, InSb |
Alchemical Substances of Antimony, Stibnum
Antimony Black: Metallic antimony.
Antimony Blende: Kermesite, an antimony oxysulphide, also called red antimony, formed in some mines as an alteration prduct of stibnite as soft tufts of cherry-red crystals.
Antimony Bloom: White antimony, or antimony trioxide, which appears as the mineral Valentinite.
Antimony Glance: Gray antimony, another name for a form of stibnite.
Antimony Ochre: Stibiconite, an Antimony mineral, Sb2O3(OH)2, which can appear in Brown, Gray, Lemon white, Light yellow, Orange brown, forms. Also more rarely, Cervantite, another mineral oxide of antimony, found in Germany and usually of a brownish yellow color.
Antimony Vermilion: A red or orange colloidal antimony sulphide pigment precipitated from an antimonial solution. Ranged in hues from orange to deep red.
Butter of Antimony: Antimony trichloride, in the form of a waxy paste or translucent fatty mass.
Crocus of Antimony: A brownish-yellow impure sulphide of antimony and sodium, formed as a scoria or slag in the smelting of antimony.
Flowers of Antimony: Name for the crystals of the trioxide formed when the metal is sublimed.
Glass of Antimony: A vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with sulphide, made by melting antimony trisulphide and trioxide together in a crucible.
Kermes Mineral: A soft brown-red powder consisting essentially of oxides and sulphides of antimony and used formerly as an alterative, diaphoretic, and emetic. It is a compound of antimony trioxide and trisulphide. This substance occurs in nature as the mineral Kermesite. It can be made obtained in the laboratory by the actions of Potassium Carbonate (K2CO3) on antimony Sulphide.
Liver of Antimony: Fused antimony sulphide. Usually produced from the detonation of equal parts of crude antimony and nitre (potassium nitrate).
Lupus Metallorum: The grey wolf or stibnite, used to purify gold, as the sulphur in the antimony sulphide bonds to the metals alloyed with the gold, and these form a slag which can be removed. The gold remains dissolved in the metallic antimony which can be boiled off to leave the purified gold.
Plimmer's Salt: Sodium Antimony Tartrate, Na(SbO)C4H4O6. The sodium based form of Tartar Emetic.
Powder of Algaroth: White powder of Antimonious Oxychloride (SbOCl), made by precipitation when a solution of Butter of Antimony in spirit of salt is poured into water.
Red Flowers of Antimony: A form of antimony sulphide.
Regulus of Antimony: Metallic antimony.
Saffron of Antimony: Golden sulphide of antimony, or Golden sulphuret of antimony, the pentasulphide of antimony, which is of a golden or orange yellow powder.
Tartar Emetic: Antimony Potassium Tartrate, a soluble poisonous compound of antimony which induces vomiting. Transparent crystals or a white powder, with a metallic sweetish taste. It promotes sweating. Used also as a mordant in dyeing.
Vinegar of Antimony: Supposed acetate of antimony mentioned in texts of Basil Valentine. An triacetate of antimony exists but it is unstable being easily hydrolised by moisture. It requires modern chemical methods in order to manufacture it, and it does not seem possible be make it by the action of acetic acid on antimony.
Isotope | Atomic Mass |
Half-Life |
103Sb | 102.93969 | ~100 ms |
104Sb | 103.93647 | 0.47 s |
105Sb | 104.93149 | 1.12 s |
106Sb | 105.92879 | 0.6 s |
107Sb | 106.92415 | 4.0 s |
108Sb | 107.92216 | 7.4 s |
109Sb | 108.918132 | 17.3 s |
110Sb | 109.91675 | 23.0 s |
111Sb | 110.91316 | 75 s |
112Sb | 111.912398 | 51.4 s |
113Sb | 112.909372 | 6.67 min |
114Sb | 113.90927 | 3.49 min |
115Sb | 114.906598 | 32.1 min |
116Sb | 115.906794 | 15.8 min |
116m2Sb | 60.3 min | |
117Sb | 116.904836 | 2.80 h |
118Sb | 117.905529 | 3.6 min |
118m2Sb | 5.00 h | |
119Sb | 118.903942 | 38.19 h |
120Sb | 119.905072 | 15.89 min |
120m1Sb | 5.76 d | |
121Sb | 120.9038157 | STABLE |
122Sb | 121.9051737 | 2.7238 d |
122m3Sb | 4.191 min | |
123Sb | 122.9042140 | STABLE |
124Sb | 123.9059357 | 60.20 d |
124m1Sb | 93 s | |
124m2Sb | 20.2 min | |
125Sb | 124.9052538 | 2.75856 y |
126Sb | 125.90725 | 12.35 d |
126m1Sb | 19.15 min | |
126m2Sb | ~11 s | |
127Sb | 126.906924 | 3.85 d |
128Sb | 127.909169 | 9.01 h |
128mSb | 10.4 min | |
129Sb | 128.909148 | 4.40 h |
129m1Sb | 17.7 min | |
130Sb | 129.911656 | 39.5 min |
130mSb | 6.3 min | |
131Sb | 130.911982 | 23.03 min |
132Sb | 131.914467 | 2.79 min |
132m1Sb | 4.15 min | |
133Sb | 132.915252 | 2.5 min |
134Sb | 133.92038 | 0.78 s |
134mSb | 10.07 s | |
135Sb | 134.92517 | 1.68 s |
136Sb | 135.93035 | 0.923 s |
137Sb | 136.93531 | 450 ms |
138Sb | 137.94079 | ~500 ms |
139Sb | 138.94598 | ~300 ms |
Antimony and many of its compounds are toxic. Clinically, antimony poisoning is very similar to Arsenic poisoning. In small doses, Antimony causes headache, dizziness, and depression. Larger doses cause violent and frequent vomiting, and will lead to death in a few days. |
Antimony Data |
Atomic Structure Atomic Radius (Ĺ): 1.53Ĺ Electrochemical Equivalents: 1.5142 g/amp-hr Atomic Mass Average: 121.757 |


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Loss of smell hazardous, researchers say
Age-related changes to sense of smell can put elderly individuals at a higher risk for accidental interactions with dangerous chemicals and poor nutrition, according to a new study.Researchers led by University of Colorado's Diego Restrepo, Ph.D., studied 440 subjects divided into two groups. Half were over 60 and half were 45 or younger. They biopsied cells from people in both groups to determine differences in olfactory sensory neurons.
"We found clear changes in olfactory sensory neuron responses to odors for those 60 and up. When we presented two different odors to the olfactory sensory neurons of younger people, they responded to one or the other," Restrepo said. "The sensory neurons from the elderly responded to both. This would make it harder for the elderly to differentiate between them."
Because the sense of smell and the sense of taste are so closely related, researchers say this puts seniors at a higher risk for malnutrition. Additionally, seniors have a harder time detecting hazards such as spoiled foods, gas leaks and other toxic vapors, according to the study.
Full findings appear in Neurobiology of Aging.


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De La Fuente runs for NYC mayoral seat
His "first problem is that he does not live here," said the Times.
Don Bauder 9:30 p.m., March 25
Ever since John D. Spreckels gifted the City of San Diego with the largest outdoor pipe organ in America (almost 100 years ago), concerts at the pavilion in Balboa Park have been free to the public. Organists come from all over the world to try their hands on the 4518 pipes that make up the 100,000 pound instrument. (Additional specs here for organ geeks.)
Mayor Bob Filner will give a welcome address prior to the New Year's Day performance, which begins at 2 p.m. Carol Williams has been a San Diego Civic Organist since 2001 (the first woman in America to hold the title), and will be performing a special concert on New Year's Day to benefit the American Red Cross, or more specifically, "the people in our country who have lost loved ones and property in disasters such as Hurricane Sandy and are struggling to survive this winter."
Williams, who is also Artistic Director of the Spreckels Organ Society, says, "I've chosen popular musical selections to ring in the New Year, including a Phantom of the Opera Medley as well as famous toccatas and marches."
Though everyone is welcome to enjoy the music for free as always, gold boxes will be set up at the pavilion to receive donations for those who are so inclined. "A contribution of $5 will provide a blanket for someone in a shelter."


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--Dedicated to MarkySpark, an insightful pianist and composer here on Newgrounds--
Composed with 11 keys on my mac keyboard in Garageband 5, since I dont have the money to buy an actual synthesizer. I always enjoy keeping it simple, however, just as a piano does. Thanks for the inspiration MarkySpark!
Upon a large orange spiral sits a thinking man, pondering of the future events and possibilities that lie before his never ending mind. He looks down below. The sun trickles down the rock, and dances through the large, white clouds where kites fly. Children sit in the massive wheat fields, playing with their golden blimps and imaginary friends. Men walk through the darkened forests so that they may reach their secret garden, or perhaps follow deer into unknown places. Storms form, and the quiet sound of rain washes over the land. He watches the raindrops slide down the leafs of trees and absorb into the gravel below, providing essence and life for the nature around it. Butterflies dance in the rain, while birds bathe in its mist. Children watch the water run down their windows, dreaming of jumping in puddles. They sit on their beds, close their tiny eyes, and begin to dream.
Along the banks of the land lies the ocean, its ripples gliding across the sand. Small crabs hide themselves under the melting ground and rest in safety. Fish nibble on the seaweed as jellyfish let the current carry their strange bodies throughout the world. The blue giant sings in the rain, as tiny drops massage its surface. It lifts up into the air, and sinks back down again, sighing in a wave of emotion. Boats ride along its back, laughing in the wind. Islands sit still, their status unknown. A man with a board in his hand jumps from high in the air, and dives into the world below He rides the water, flipping, and spiraling with its gentle gestures. He slides his hand across its waves, and leaps into the air, holding on tight, and landing with a smooth touch below.
The man watches, and dreams it. He sits upon his rock, piano in hand, and begins to play it. With a small movement of his fingers, he marks the world.
Rated 4 / 5 stars
I can almost see the man upon the rock. Also quite a Piece even with only so many keys.
They can never say good music cannot be achieved though a Mac!!
Keep up the good work. :)
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Very good!
What I like about this piece is it's rich imaginery and calmness. I can easily relax to this and let my thoughts fly away like in a dream. I like your story with all the metaphors aswell, maybe you are the only one who knows what they mean.
Keep it up.
I think im the only one who knows what my songs REALLY mean lol, but hey im fine with people interrupting them themselves! :)
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
sounds like
it could be in tower of heaven 2 or something
If there was a tower of heaven 2, I would be proud to have my song in it :)
Rated 5 / 5 stars
I read the story out loud at barely above a whisper, more of a murmur. The sound of my soft gravely voice pieced with the passionate beauty that you've provided made for a story that gave me shivers.
You've come a long way, my friend, keep up the good work.
Haha, thanks man. I have really focused on the imagery / symbolism inside of my tunes in the past few months. I am writing some experimental things right now that don't have any actual rhythm, unlike this song, but fully focus on imagery and fantasy. Once I have a clear understanding of creating that sort of music, I will expand on it and create another ambient song that is like this, but a lot more complex. Glad to see you back on NG.


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text: MP Mohammad Qabbani called on contract workers with Electricite Du Liban to practice self-restraint when dealing with permanent staff at the state-run company during their sit-in. "We ask the workers not to harm permanent employees at Electricite Du Liban," Qabbani said in a statement. "They are not responsible for the performance of the energy minister and his project, including the service providers, who caused this crisis to explode." In April, EDL contract workers began striking to demand full-time employment. Following over two months of protest they returned to work, but resumed their demonstrations in July over unpaid wages. Parliament has endorsed a bill to employ the contract workers full-time at EDL, but the draft legislation is awaiting the approval of Parliament's Secretariat, which postponed its meeting on the topic to Thursday. Christian parties argue that employing contract workers within the state-run company without a proper regulatory mechanisms would cause sectarian imbalance in the public sector. EDL said earlier this week that legal issues were behind its refusal to pay contract workers their June salaries. Workers vowed to escalate their actions Monday, with reports indicating that the protesters would shut down the company's headquarters and block roads near the building, as well as those leading to the Energy Ministry. Qabbani said that the demands of the workers were just and that he has supported their case from the beginning. "It is important not to fall into the trap of creating a conflict and clash between contract workers and permanent ones," he said. The Daily Star