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memcpy/memmove/memset optimizations
Starting with version 7.2, GHC has three new primitives for copying/setting blocks of memory, corresponding to the C functions
memmove, and
memset. GHC optimizes occurrences of these primitives into efficient unrolled loops when possible and calls the corresponding C functions otherwise.
The primitives are implemented as three Cmm language CallishMachOp`s, defined in compiler/cmm/CmmMachOp.hs. The code generator generates calls to these
CallishMachOps using three utility functions:
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emitMemsetCall, defined in compiler/codeGen/StgCmmPrim.hs. The helper functions take an extra parameter that indicates the alignment of the arguments, which is used as a optimization hint by the backends.
The reason the primitives are unrolled in the backends, instead of in the code generator, is to allow us to make use of LLVM's
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Unrolling heuristics
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Each month the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Moderator or Vice Moderator of the 220th General Assembly write a column of general interest for the church-at-large.
Because it was one of those years when Christmas fell on Sunday, our church decided to have an informal worship service with the general theme of "come in your Christmas sweater." Sunday was cold, but the sky was clear. People arrived in new sweaters, ties, and one very nice mink coat. The prize in my eyes went to the seven-year-old who rushed down the aisle in his brand new football uniform complete with helmet and pads.


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It's the kind of thing where an awful lot of people over a long period of time, thousands have worked this case and worked these issues and followed up on the leads and captured bad guys and interrogated them and so forth.(Earlier the interview had prompted Cheney about the "interrogation program that's now defunct," and Cheney had said "it's an enhanced interrogation program that we put in place back in our first term.")
So I think it could be looked upon as a collective effort by our military and intelligence personnel-- and by a lot of our civilian leaders. And in the final analysis we demonstrated conclusively that the American government takes very seriously our responsible to bring justice, if you will, or to bring to justice somebody like Bin Laden who's committed this terrible outrage, killing-- 3,000 Americans on 9/11.And now? Can we feel good at last?
And I think the way for us to think about it is-- is to think about it as part of a collective effort. It started in the Clinton administration, was carried forward very aggressively in the Bush administration and now the Obama administration with the-- the results that we're all very pleased to see today....
[W]e need to preserve our sense of vigilance... There's every reason to believe there'll be further attacks attempted against the United States. And for us to spend so much time patting ourselves on the back because we got Bin Laden that we miss the next attack would be a terrible tragedy. We need to stay just as vigilant as we have been. We need to continue to emplace those policies that produced the intelligence that we needed in order to be able to successfully complete this mission.


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I was a pretty dedicated FFXI player back in the day. Looking back, that game had some insane limitations and grueling game play, but at the time I thought it was pretty great. I checked out WoW a couple years ago (after thinking I was over MMOs) and was surprised by what a difference there was and how much better MMOs had gotten. Simple things like the dungeon finder vs spending five hours looking for a group still blow my mind. I was initially interested in FFXIV but didn't have a PC that could run it, which was probably for the best as it turned out to be a terrible game.
We're coming up to the release of v2, a complete re-write of the entire game where they claim to have fixed all the problems. I checked out one of the beta waves a month or so ago and it seems like they've made WoW with more emphasis on story (it has cut scenes and everything). One of the things I dislike about WoW is I don't even bother to read the quests. They just aren't interesting, and my party is normally going too fast to even have a chance of reading it anyway. The game is absolutely beautiful, plays well on a TV with a controller and so far can be solo'ed pretty easily.
It's just a shame it has that subscription fee.
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Whitesboro rallies to beat VVS in boys basketball
VERONA -- With senior standout Alex Saville sidelined with an injury, Vernon-Verona-Sherrill's boys basketball team seemed unlikely to have a chance of upsetting Whitesboro in Friday's game.
The Red Devils came very close.
Coach Bob Esposito's team turned to Dalton Cousin in the first half and seized a 27-20 lead. Whitesboro outscored VVS 29-10 in the decisive third quarter and rolled to a 61-47 win, despite Cousin's 21 points.
"They turned up the pressure and we broke it okay, but got in too much of a hurry to get into our offense," said Esposito of the third quarter. "Give a lot of credit to Whitesboro. They've got a nice team."
VVS (1-9) appeared to be in control early, thanks to Cousin's dominant start. He scored the hosts' first eight points, four coming on offensive rebounds. The junior also made a difference defensively, blocking a couple of shots as well as grabbing rebounds. Bud Bowers' 3-pointer put VVS up 12-6, but Whitesboro (9-2) scored the last six points of the first quarter to make it 12-12.
Colin Salisbury scored first to start the second quarter, giving the visitors their first lead of the game. It was short-lived as Nick Metzger buried a 3-pointer to put VVS back in front. Bowers followed with another three before T.J. Borza scored a pair of baskets to tie the game 18-18. The Red Devils closed the half with a 9-2 run sparked by Matt McCoy. The junior converted an easy lay-up to give VVS the lead. His next basket was much more difficult. Cousin was knocked to the ground while attempting a shot and McCoy snared the rebound. McCoy leapt over Cousin and converted the basket. Cousin scored his 11th point of the half on VVS' next possession and the hosts took a 27-20 lead into the half.
"I though it was a testament to the kids to take a seven-point lead (into halftime)," said Esposito of his team, who will be without Saville indefinitely. "It was fun to watch."
Whitesboro took over in the third quarter, quickly tying the game by pressing VVS. Metzger got the Red Devils back on top with some outstanding ballhandling, though. He made a quick behind-the-back dribble on a fast break before finding Christian Tiffin for a lay-up. On VVS' next possession Metzger dribbled through the visitors' defense before hitting a tough floater to put the hosts back up by four. Whitesboro again answered with a Borza 3-pointer, but Cousin quickly scored inside on the ensuing possession while drawing a foul. He converted the free throw to put VVS back up by one.
It turned out to be the Red Devils' final lead. Whitesboro ended the back-and-forth scoring with a 3-point play by Tom Solendorio. He scored again moments later and Borza's acrobatic double-clutch jump shot put the visitors up by six with 2:17 to play in the third. After Esposito called time-out, Borza stole the ball and made a lay-up to extend the lead to eight. Borza, who finished with a game-high 24 points, added a 3-pointer in the closing seconds, giving Whitesboro a 49-37 lead going into the fourth quarter.
Whitesboro scored the first four points of the fourth quarter before VVS made one last run. Baskets by McCoy and Cousin and a free throw by Bowers cut the Whitesboro lead to 11 with five minutes to play. From there the visitors scored the next six points to seal the victory.
"I took more positives than negatives (from the game)," said Esposito. "We had a lead at halftime (and) moved the ball well. Hopefully we can translate it into a win next game. The kids deserve a win. They're respectful, they listen, they do everything we ask them."
Whitesboro 12 8 29 12 - 61
Whitesboro (2-2, 9-2): Joel Jakobowicz 11, Colin Salisbury 2, Tom Solendorio 12, Matt Tobin 2, T.J. Borza 24, Nick Carzo 4, Luke Moore 6.
VVS (1-9): Bud Bowers 7, Nick Metzger 6, Dalton Cousin 21, Casey James 3, Christian Tiffin 2, Matt McCoy 6, Ryan Oliver 2.


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here's another, too bad can't do more than one. have several if it helps. maybe if I emailed them?
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I REALLY like the venturi that Jamesrl made for me. It was reasonably priced and functions perfectly. It was very well constructed and probably the most attractive component on my system.
Do you have pics you would be willing to share? trying to figure out why our system doesn't work. thanks
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got it to work! not the greatest suction, but enought to de-water the oil. Running the 1st batch tomorrow.
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2002 TDI New Beetle
I have successfully demethed the total batch of bio AND glyc together in my GL style processor.
see my post here
1991 Transit Tipper
1991 Mercedes 709D
The Biodiesel wiki
Hi All
Help needed.
I have just re-built my old bio-processor to GL's design.
But I don't get enough suction on the venturi, it only pulls the meth mixture a couple of feet up the tube!
See pictures here:
Bio Processor Pictures
For close ups of venturi see nos 5 and 3, the rest of the pictures show the whole system. The plastic pipe cable tied to the venturi is the sight tube.
The venturi was 22mm pipe narrowed to 10mm, a 8mm hole drilled in the neck and 15mm pipe soldered over the hole.
I used my "old" method of injecting meth, picture 7, when the venturi failed.
The processor is a 200 lt. oil drum with a cone welded to the bottom and immersion heater fiited in the side.
Even with all the insulation and modified to 90 degrees thermostat I could only get system up to 80 centigrade. With this temp and poor venturi I only got a tea cup of water from my drying cycle - what sort of quanities do other people get?
The methanol reclaimation cycle only produced 1 litre - also probally due to the poor venturi.
So any ideas on improving venturi?
Is 80 degrees centigrade hot enough (with good venturi) to dry oil?
Any advice gratefully recieved.
What is the recommended hose size for the vapor loop and the venturi suction line?
If the venturi suction hose is, say 5/16, then does the other hose in the vapor loop
have to be the same size?
Also, if the venturi is placed at the top of the processor, is there a need for the non return
valve in the suction line?
I don't know what the recommended size is but I had Jamesrl build my venturi with 3/4" inlet and outlet with a 1/2" male thread on the suction port. I already had some other plumbing stuff built for it. I use 1/2" ID braided nylon clear hose for my vacuum loop.
Hope that helps.
(There is no need to filter it (all the fine bits and pieces will end up in your glycerol layer). It must have no visible water in it.)
Thank you for doing this. I am still using a apple seed variant but this looks interesting for future consideration. The above caught my eye so I thought I would comment. I used to not filter my oil and all the little bits ended up glued to the inside of my reaction vessel so I bought a 200 micron drum filter to filter that stuff out - much better now.
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3 VW TDI (wife and friends)
Hello all ,I've just finished a GL One Day system and finally have a venturi that will lift the required height and volume.I've fitted a non return valve in the methoxide line but am not confident that the venturi will have the pull to suck through it .The valve is quite heavy !
Is this non return valve necessary ?
I don't have a NRV on my GL style processor and most folks processors I've seen in the UK don't either.
Lots of folks (inc myself) have made the simple 15 min venturi with good results.
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Thank's Chug , it in the GL schematic but I'll gladly pull it out .
Done !
Chug , I can't get the 13mm to 8mm recuder here , so used a method suggested by nzunimogger on the venturi thread (a wooden plug turned to the taper then lead poured around it ).It's worked well .I can lift water about 1200mm with no problems but I'm still having troubles , it won't pull through the valve loop but it will pull if it is just a straight line down to a bucket .
I reckon perhaps my pump isn't strong enough ,it's one of those 40 litre /min jobs .It might do the job if someone has set this up perfectly but I don't think thats me .
I think I'll look around for a bigger pump !
I have to admit to getting a bit sick of stuffing around with this .....I'd like to produce some fuel !
What temp is your wvo when you try to suck it in?
I also have a 35- 40 litre/per/min pump and it won't do anything with wvo until the temp reaches almost 40°C, at 50°C the wvo is much thinner and it really works well then, and at 60°C it's wicked!.
But I now have a jamesrl (ye olde copper basher) venturi fitted and it's sized for the pump and it will start sucking at about 30°C and at 60°C if your not careful it will suck ya shirt off!
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1991 Mercedes 709D
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Chug ,
I haven't run any WVO through the rig yet , I'm still running water around and around trying to get the thing to operate as per expectations .It would be good to get this thing going as I have 1600 litres of WVO sitting in 44s and a good ongoing source .My car is a MB 240D.
I wouldn't mind posting a photo of things as they are or emailing it to you so you could tell me which way is up ! Except I have no idea how to post photos here ....I can post photos on other forums ,is this the same , just use something like Picturetrail to host ...then copy and paste the url here ?
One more thing and maybe another reason for a better pump .I've set up my heater in a box outside the main tank (an old compressor tank 100 l),up high near the venturi ,very similar to a photo on Graham's site .The main volume of oil will not be warmed until the flow pushs oil through this box .The idea was to keep the element covered at all times .
yes you have to host on a picture hosting site and copy the url location here.
1991 Transit Tipper
1991 Mercedes 709D
The Biodiesel wiki
Could this step be moved to after draining the glycerol? If using the 5% pre-wash, the glycerol would be contaminated with water and couldn't be used to pre-treat WVO.
This is the way I see it, but I haven't done this yet...so i am using a semi-educated view.
I'm referring to the GL1 design, not the push pull.
Ok....so I have been informed about the water. Basically i have been informed water is not necessarily needed or wanted in any process. Water can be used, but is time consuming, and not very beneficial.
Now I want to add a question.
I'm not too hip on the GL1 just having an open vent. I have my reasons. The main reason is, dollar for dollar things do not always work as we plan. For that reason I propose to put on of these on my vent line.
I would like opinions or objections. I should also note, it will be filled with oil, not water.
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Good grief, I have been making bio for 6 years now with more than 250k km done on my own B100. Only recently came to this site and had the revelation that I am still brewing with dinosaurs. I have read and read and read just to catch up.
Q. The venturi is used (a) to mix in the methoxide and (b) to mix in air for drying and demeth. Once the methoxide has been mixed in (the venturi will then start to mix air in), do you bypass the venturi for the rest of the mixing/reaction period or do we continue with the venturi?
Q. Electricity has become very expensive here in the good old RSA, so I am not iterested in methanol recovery. I do however treat the next batch wvo with frist stage glycerol and discard the 2nd stage glycerol. Therefore not interested in whole batch demething. Am I correct to asume that demeth of the remaining bio in the reactor is done via the venturi mixing air in?
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Everyone has anime that they would never watch. Mine would be anything pornographic, or that is leeching off the popularity of monster shows. What anime would you never watch?
Anything like Koihime Musou. I have made a pact to never watch basura like that.
I never watch any anime that is similar in style to pokemon. (By that I mean shows like dinosaur king or beyblade, shows aimed at younger kids that are translated into english, you know what I mean?)
Pretty much any loli heavy series. For this reason, I despise Strike Witches. Also, Ikki Tousen, but I saw two episodes planning to do a review. I quit very quick. I'm dreading the day when I go back to that, CAUSE I NEED TO DO A NEGATIVE REVIEW ONE DAY.
yu yu hakusho.....it looks so stupid
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anything that 4kids touches
Anything with Romance in it's main plot line,and with Chibis or Lolis as the characters.
I gonna have to say Strike Witches. If I can't make it through the first 5 mins of the anime cause of the outfits they're wearing then I know its not for me
Moeblob shows. I like stories, and progression, and thought, and female leads that aren't completely objectified little girls so as to attract a 20+ male audience that is attracted to naive, ditsy, semi-retarded children they want to coddle.
Lolicon shows. I'm not a pedophile. I like stories, and progression, and thought, and not the pantyshots and nudity of 10 year old girls.
School Fantasy. Sure, we all watched these at one point or another. You have some kids in highschool, and its just another generic drama/romance/comedy show, but with a theme tacked on to it. Magic (To Aru Majutsu no Index), lesbians (To Aru Kagaku no Railgun), summons (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu), mages (Negima and a large assortment of others), martial arts (too may to count), bla bla bla. They've become to anime what sitcoms are to US primetime.
"The color fades along the intervals I follow."
I wouldn't watch anything super pornographic or super scary. Horror is definitely my least favorite genre. I'm not sure if Uzumaki is an anime, but if it was I'd run and scream.
lol if I'm gonna watch anything with porn, might as well be the real thing
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RAID and IOPS and IO observationsOctober 14, 2012 – 9:08 pm
There are at least two different meanings for IOPs, which for those not familiar with the information technology (IT) and data storage meaning is Input/output Operations Per second (e.g. data movement activity). Another meaning for IOP that is the international organization for a participatory society (iopsociety.org), and their fundraising activity found here.
I recently came across a piece (here and here) talking about RAID and IOPs that had some interesting points; however, some generalizations could use some more comments. One of the interesting comments and assertions is that RAID writes increase with the number of drives in the parity scheme. Granted the specific implementation and configuration could result in an it depends type response.
Here are some more perspectives to the piece (here and here) as the sites comments seem to be restricted.
Keep in mind that such as with RAID 5 (or 6) performance, your IO size will have a bearing on if you are doing those extra back-end IOs. For example if you are writing a 32KB item that is accomplished by a single front-end IO from an applications server, and your storage system, appliance, adapter, software implementing and performing the RAID (or erasure coding for that matter) has a chunk size of say 8KB (e.g. the amount of data written to each back-end drive). Then a 5 drive R5 (e.g. 4+1) would in fact have five back-end IOPS (32KB / 8KB = 4 + 1 (8KB Parity)).
Otoh of the front end IOP were only 16KB (using whole numbers for simplicity, otherwise round-up), in the case of a write, there would be three back-end writes with the R5 (e.g. 2 + 1). Keep in mind the controller/software managing the RAID would (or should) try to schedule back-end IO with cache, read-head, write-behind, write-back, other forms of optimization etc.
In the piece (here and here), a good point is the understanding and factoring in IOPS is important, as is also latency or response time in addition to bandwidth or throughput, along with availability, they are all inter-related.
Also very important is to keep in mind the size of the IOP, read and write, random, sequential etc.
RAID along with erasure coding is a balancing act between performance, availability, space capacity and economics aligned to different application needs.
RAID 0 (R0) actually has a big impact on performance, no penalty on writes; however, it has no availability protection benefit and in fact can be a single point of failure (e.g. loss of a HDD or SSD) impacts the entire R0 group. However, for static items, or items that are being journaled and protected on some other medium/RAID/protection scheme, R0 is used more than people realize for scratch/buffer/transient/read cache types of applications. Keep in mind that it is a balance of all performance and capacity with the exposure of no availability as opposed to other approaches. Thus, do not be scared of R0, however also do not get burned or hurt with it either, treat it with respect and can be effective for something's.
Also mentioned in the piece was that SSD based servers will perform vastly better than SATA or SAS based ones. I am assuming that the authors meant to say better than SAS or SATA DAS based HDDs?
Keep in mind that unless you are using a PCIe nand flash SSD card as a target or cache or RAID card, most SSD drives today are either SAS or SATA (being the more common) along with moving from 3Gb SAS or SATA to 6Gb SAS & SATA.
Also while HDD and SSDs can do a given number of reads or writes per second, those will vary based on the size of the IO, read, write, random, sequential. However what can have the biggest impact and where I have seen too many people or environments get into a performance jam is when assuming that those IOP numbers per HDD or SSD are a given. For example assuming that 100-140, IOPs (regardless of size, type, etc.) can be achieved as a limiting factor is the type of interface and controller/adapter being used.
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Nick Saban and the Alabama football team have been given a reprieve — another chance — to stave off elimination from the BCS Championship.
Grandpa, what is a reprieve?"
"Hmmmm. Well, son, a reprieve is — hmmmm.
A reprieve is sort of like a second chance. Only thing is, when you get a reprieve, you're still not out of the woods.
you remem-ber when you and your brother drove my pickup through the garage door, through the wall and into the backyard, shredding the henhouse and pigpen? Do you remember that?
"Yes sir. I ain't gonna ever forget that. I thought you wuz gonna shoot us."
"Well, you remember I didn't tan your hide with my razor strap, because I might've killed both of y'all at the time. But,
after I cooled down, I promised to rip your hide from stem to stern if you come near my truck again. You remember that?"
"Yessir, I haven't forgotten."
"You see, when I didn't bust y'all's butt right there on the spot, that was like a reprieve. I didn't wipe out the possibility of letting y'all off for costing me almost a thousand dollars. All I did was put it off for a while; in other words, I gave y'all sort of a second chance; you know, a chance to straighten up and fly right, and stay out of devilment. You got me, boy?"
"Yes sir. Don't you worry, you gave me a reprieve, and I ain't never going to do that no more."
"You better not, because if you do, you know what you got coming."
I was the recipient of that reprieve many years ago.
Coach Nick Saban and the Alabama football team are in a similar position. They have been given a reprieve — another chance — to stave off elimination from the BCS Championship. They know what they have coming if they straighten up, fly right, keep their wits about them and play Nick Saban Alabama football.
Sometimes a defeat brings out the best in us. The Nov. 5, 2011, 9-6 overtime loss to LSU at home brought out the best in Saban and the Crimson Tide. Saban used the loss and his inspirational skills to get laser-like focus on what was at stake and what it took to achieve their ultimate goal. The result was the 2011 National Championship.
Elections and football games can give winners the occasion to bask in the bright light of victory; or hurl losers into the black abyss of defeat where, it is to be hoped, they can lick their wounds, adjust their strategies and prepare for the next skirmish.
The Texas A&M defeat was a bitter pill for the Alabama
Nation to swallow. However, with class and graciousness, Coach Saban publicly took full responsibility for his team's inept performance and praised Coach Kevin Sumlin and his team for a great effort.
In the 2008 Democratic presidential primary, when candidate Barack Obama was defeated by Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, Obama gave a rousing inspirational speech. He praised candidate Clinton, thanked the people of that state and resolved to continue fighting for what he believed.
Of course, Saban and candidate Obama were disappointed, but they did not give way to bitterness.
Winners and losers can emerge from their circumstances with class or acrimony. Mitt Romney was the embodiment of class with his concession speech to President Obama on the night of Nov. 6.
Sadly, since then, he has descended into the abyss of peevishness and spitefulness; proof that defeat can bring out the worst in us.
The No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the BCS standings were defeated last Saturday, giving renewed expectations to SEC fans everywhere. I am confident as, a member of the Bama Nation, that Saban and the Tide will use this "reprieve" to greatly intensify their usual "Saban focus" on winning the SEC Championship and in due course the National Championship.
Thankfully, the Republican Party is using its "reprieve" to renounce Romney's petulance and is trying to balm its wounds and reach out to all Americans, including single women, gays, immigrants and the 47 percent denigrated by Romney.
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The 87- mile Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway circles Cayuga Lake and runs through Cayuga, Tompkins and Seneca Counties. The byway offers beautiful vistas of natural formations, wineries, historic sites, and practically endless recreational opportunities in, on and around the water.
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Ruth M. Lewis, 90, of rural Emporia died Jan. 3 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor.
Lewis was born Feb. 7, 1922, to Walter C. and Gladys M. Higgins Kaniper in Youngtown.
She married Vernon M. Lewis on Feb. 10, 1941, in Miller. He died in 1995.
Survivors include one son, Briant V. Lewis, Augusta; two daughters, Beverly Curry and Charlene McIlvain, both of Emporia; one sister, Lenora Thompson, Osage City; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; three brothers, Maurice, Harold, and Charles Kaniper; and one sister, Helen Sparks.
She worked for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for many years before retiring 12 years ago. She was a member of First Congregational Church, Coal Creek Extension Unit, Chamness 4-H Club, and the Eagle Creek Saddle Club.
Funeral services were Tuesday at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral home in Emporia. Burial was at Evergreen Cemetery south of Emporia.
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Rendall Munroe is desperate to get to grips with Scott Quigg in next month's vacant interim WBA super-bantamweight title clash.
pair meet again at Manchester Arena in one of several big undercard
fights when Ricky Hatton (45-2) makes his return against Vyacheslav
Senchenko (32-1) on Saturday November 24.
Their first meeting in June ended prematurely in a third round technical draw because of a horrific cut to Rendall's right eye.
an inconclusive ending was a disappointment to both warriors and the
Leicester southpaw (24-2-1) warned British champion Quigg (24-0-1) said:
"I will finish what I started.
"Everything is going good and I am already fit. I am going to go out there and do what needs to be done.
will turn around and say he was going to knock me out last time and all
that rubbish. Fair play to him for having those dreams.
were only two and a half rounds into the fight and I was confident I
was going to do what I wanted. I hadn't even started getting going.
"I live clean and healthy so that helped the cut heal up quickly. I have been in full training for more than four weeks now.
is good that so many people will see the fight on a big card, because
it will show I am still hungry and climbing the ladder."
Although Ricky's return has grabbed global headlines, his show features the best of British on a magnificent undercard.
Rabchenko (21-0) defends his European light-middleweight crown against
Frenchman Cedric Vitu (35-1), Martin Murray (24-0-1) will feature in a
major contest and Gary Buckland (26-2) risks his British
super-featherweight title against local idol Stephen Foster Jr (30-3-1).
Also in action are Hatton Promotions hopefuls James Dickens (12-0), Adam Etches (9-0) and Scott Jenkins (6-0).
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Kristine W to Celebrate Release of Album NEW & NUMBER ONES at Waldorf Astoria, 2/2
Dance/pop powerhouse Kristine W celebrates her past and looks ahead to her future on her latest release, New & Number Ones, a collection of some of her 16 chart-topping dance hits, as well as new original songs, remixed hits, and covers of two of her music idols' songs.
Perseverance has served Kristine well as she began her career over a decade ago and landed her first of 16 No. 1 hits with "Feel What You Want" in 1994. By The End of the 2000s, Kristine had tied Mariah Carey for third-most chart toppers on the Dance/Club Play Songs chart. Kristine W now has 16 No. 1's and Carey is at 15. In December, 2009, Billboard published both their Year End and Decade End charts announcing Kristine in the third place position on the Decade's Best of 2000s Dance Club Play Artists list, trailing only Madonna and Beyoncé.
"When I was named one of the top 3 artists of the decade by Billboard, that freaked me out," she laughs. "But, it's been great that I've been able to do this career and have a life and be a mom."
New & Number Ones, which was released last month on her own label Fly Again Music, made an impressive debut in the Top 5 on the iTunes dance album chart. The collection, which includes 15 songs for the CD version and 17 total for the digital edition, also clocked in on Billboard's Electronic Albums Chart and Heatseekers New Artists Chart. Meanwhile, the first single from the set, "Everything That I Got" is impacting now.
"With every new album that comes out, you get some new fans and some of those people have not heard of my earlier hits, so this was a way to introduce the new fans to the songs from the beginning of my career and to give the fans who have been with me a new take on that material, as well as some new songs," says the Las Vegas-based artist.
The album is also dedicated to the late great Donna Summer, the dance icon who passed away earlier this year. To honor the legend, Kristine recorded a house-ified cover of "Sometimes Like Butterflies." "I was racking my brain about how to pay tribute to her and somebody had told me about this obscure song and I just found the story in the song very haunting," she says.
Of Summer's influence on her own career, Kristine says, "Growing up, I always loved dance music, but when I first heard her voice, there was something in it that was so real, very emotional and rich. Her songs always went somewhere. There was always meaning behind it or a story and that's what I wanted to do with my life. I wanted to write songs like that. She gave me somebody to look up to."
New & Number Ones also features a cover of Chaka Khan's "Through the Fire"; new original songs, "I Get Up," "So Close to Me," "Busted," and "Glow On"; brand spankin' new arrangements of four of her hits, "Land of the Living," "One More Try," "Feel What You Want," and "Lovin' You"; and remixes of other hits by an eclectic array of European producers, including Chus and Cebellos (Spain), Soulseekers (U.K), Bitrocka (U.K.), JRMX (U.K.), DJ Howard D (Netherlands) and Digital Dog (U.K.), as well as U.S. hit-makers, Tod Miner, Jamie J. Sanchez, and Dave Saronson.
Like her idol Donna Summer, Kristine also takes the listener on a journey through her storytelling on songs. The first single from the record, "Everything That I Got," is the story about pursuing your dreams.
"You kind of glamourize being your own boss and doing your own thing in your mind, but then you can't believe how hard you have to work and what you have to go through to do that. My fans and I talk all of the time and it seems like these last couple of years have really hit everybody hard. It just seemed to be something everyone was feeling. This song is about persevering and not giving up," she explains.
Kristine W will be in NYC, appearing at the 12th Annual New York Human Rights Campaign Gala on February 2 at the Waldorf Astoria.
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There are many things about the world I cannot understand and hate is one of them.
Over the past few weeks, report after report has rolled in of gay teens and young adults committing suicide due to bullying at school or in their community. It's something that makes me so sad, so angry and upset, that it's hard for me to write this post. How, tell me, can someone bully a person so persistently, so viciously, that that person feels they cannot live in this world any longer? How can someone commit themselves so fully to hating a person that it drives their target to take their own life? How could anyone ever think they have the right to treat another human being that way?
I don't care what you believe. You could think that homosexuality is a choice, that the "gay lifestyle" will corrupt our world. You could think that all gay people are sinners, aliens, crazy people. I don't care what you think or how crazy your opinions are.
Surely, we can all get behind human decency. I'm certain we all agree that treating people with respect, no matter what the situation, is important.
The problem is that I'm not seeing that. I don't see that in the world, in the news media, in the way people treat others on TV, in classes, in their everyday interaction. Something has happened to our ability to be respectful. We have forgotten the golden rule: treat others as you want to be treated. We have forgotten it, and children are dying.
We've all been victims of taunting and name-calling. Whether it's someone calling us fat, ugly, too tall, whether it's someone deriding our religious beliefs or political affiliation, whether it's someone bullying us for our race, gender, sexual preference, we've all dealt with it on some level. We all know how it feels. Most of us have probably participated in it at some point in our lives. It's a part of life. One group gets picked on. That group picks on another group so they can feel superior. The chain continues down, trickles down the line, until someone gets told too many times they're not worth it. They shouldn't be alive. And so, they go home and hang themselves. They find a gun and shoot themselves. The taunting turns to something sinister. The taunting takes a life.
It's easy to forget that pain. It's easy for us to forget how our words can hurt others. It's simple to think of it as "just a joke" or something that you "didn't mean." But we all have a breaking point. These people were broken one too many times.
It comes down to human decency. This should be our wake up call. Think about how we treat each other and how we treat ourselves. Every life is worth it.
I was teaching some sixth graders yesterday, and they were being particularly loud. I had to ask them numerous times to quiet down. I had just reached my breaking point when the program director walked in and started yelling at the kids.
"When the teacher is talking, you don't talk! She has had to ask you so many times to be quiet! It takes one word for a human to understand! She should only have to say one word and you should be quiet. You've stopped being human right now. You've stopped being human!"
It was a lesson in respect, and it struck a chord with me. We've stopped being human. It takes one word for a human to understand that they need to be respectful. It took us five lives.
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[U]3/14/12[/U] version 5.1
⬛ Fixed bug while turning on bluetooth
[SIZE="3"][U]3/13/12[/U][/SIZE] version 5.0
⬛ Added Reboot, Recovery, and Download to the power menu
⬛ Added Quick Panel options at the top of the notification drop down
⬛ Added build.prop tweaks to enhance 3g speeds, screen responsiveness, and reduce lagg
⬛ Added three different themed versions, [COLOR="Red"]Red[/COLOR], [COLOR="Blue"]Blue[/COLOR], and [COLOR="Green"]Green[/COLOR]
⬛ Removed multiple system app's to lighten the ROM
⬛ Went beyond UOT and themed ROM manually
⬛ Other changes
[U][SIZE="3"]2/16/12[/SIZE][/U] version 4.0
⬛ Fix bug that enabled CIQ again.
⬛ Changed couple things
⬛ Build.prop tweaks
⬛ Fixed Google talk errors
⬛ Bug fixes
⬛ Initial Release
Disclaimer: Neither myself or my development partner are responsible for any damage you do to your phone. All of our files/development are tested extensively by several testers and are not released untill all bugs have been corrected. If you are not familiar with these methods, I'd suggest that you do some research elsewhere to better understand before you attempt anything on your device.
Note: 90% of damage done to devices when installing custom software is due to user error..
Prepairing your phone for this install
1. Latest, Updated Clockworkmod located here (If you do not install this first, you WILL brick your phone)
2. Get a nandroid backup of your current running system with new CWM now..
Due to some added features in this ROM (Apps2sd) this will allow you to double your app space by moving them to a seperate partition (for apps only) on your sdcard so, you will need to repartition your sdcard before you install the ROM
1. conect your phone to your PC and enable Mass Storage
2. copy everythiing on your sdcard to your computer
3. in the sdcard folder on your computer, delete these files:
4. close the file but leave your phone connected to your computer
5 reboot into CWM
6. select: "advanced"
7. select "Partition SDCARD"
10. Ext size: 1024M
11. swap: 0M
12. let it finish
13. ** Go Back**
14. select: "Mounts & Storage"
15. select: "Mount usb storage"
16. on your PC, go to START> Computer> and open the sdcard
17. copy the Megatron_6.0boost/sprint_CWM.zip from your computer to the empty sdcard
18. safely remove sdcard from computer and select "unmount USB storage.
19. ** Go Back **
20. Proceed with CWM install Method below
For installation:
Clockworkmod Install
Download Links:
Boost vv
Megatron 6.2.5 Boost.zip
Sprint vv
Megatron 6.2.5 Sprint.zip
1. Select: "install zip from sdcard"
2. Select: "choose zip from sdcard"
3. Select Megatron_6.0.zip
4. Select "Yes"
5. Watch it install...
6. Select: "reboot system now"
First boot might take up 5 min. let the device sit for an additional 5 min after it boots the first time ( i know it's hard!!) so everything has a chance to start up without you starving the RAM by playing with it..
7. After phone has sat for a while after booting, copy back all your files to your sdcard and reboot. Then sign into google and sync your contacts back
Do not install ANY apps until you follow the instructions below
What is Apps2sd support?
Apps2sd support is using an app that moves all the files of your downloaded user apps and dalvik cache to an ext4 partition on your sdcard while leaving the app itself on your internal data space. the result is that the app actually takes up way less space in your data space giving you the option to install almost double the amount of apps to your phone.
* this is not the same thing as the crappy move to sd method in Settings>applications whitch only allows you to move certain apps and doesn't really make a difference on you data space. any app can be moved to sd-ext. note: launchers, widgets, or the app itself can but should not be moved to sd-ext
* Apps2sd support is adding a few programing lines to the kernel so it will mount the new sd-ext as part of the system. It does not mean you have to use the app Apps2sd. There are others that do the same thing and work better. Imo, i recommend Link2sd from the market. It's smoother, easier, and has more features. so my instructions will be for that
1. Go to the market and install Link2sd.
2. Open it.
3. it will ask how to mount your sd-ext. tap ext4 then it will tell you to reboot
4. reboot your phone
5. open the app again
6. go to settings
7. configure the settings to move all three files:
apk <checked>
dex <checked>
lib <checked>
8. also in settings make link2sd automatically link new apps to sd-ext and close the app.
now you are free to install apps... Please read the WARNING below vv
WARNING!! Do not restore your apps or app data from any type of app backup. eg. Titanium backup. This is more of a new ROM than it is an update from the previous Shevron Rom as well as being based on a new version on android all together so restoring apps and data that came from a previous version will certainly cause problems. It is best to just reinstall everything from the market again. Once you do have Megatron installed and all your apps back, you can then make a fresh backup of your apps and data. All future versions of megatron should be restorable from apps that were installed on this version..
Removed Apps
Download linksVV
1. Download both Files above
2. Unzip the Removed_Apps.zip only
3. Using 7zip or Winrar, open Megatron_AppsInstaller.zip as an archive
4. In the archive, open the system folder
5. now open the app folder
6. now go to the unzipped Removed_Apps folder and drag or copy whatever app you want into the archive /app folder
7. close the archive
8. move Megatron_AppInstaller.zip to your sdcard
9. reboot into CWM
10 choose "install zip from sdcard"
11. "Choose zip from sdcard"
12. Yes
13. "reboot system now:
you now have your stock apps that you wanted back
Download Links:
Stock Theme
Use this theme if you want to use UOT and make your own theme
Its not a flashable.zip, its for UOT use so when people want to make their own themes. If they use UOT off the current theme they are more than likely to get there statusbar killed on boot. So whenever you want to make a UOT theme just extract this zip and you will find a framework-res.apk and a systemui.apk use those files to upload when UOT asks for them.
1. Download to your sdcard (wherever you want inside the sd)
2. reboot into cwm
3. Select "install zip from sdcard"
4. Select "choose zip from sdcard"
5. Navigate to where you saved it
6. select it
7. select "yes"
8. Select "reboot system now" when its done
Enjoy your new theme and be sure to thank Chevanlol360
If you have any questions about the ROM, Please read the FAQ's below before you post in the thread. Otherwise you question will go unanswered
Q: Why doesnt my quickpanel have all 14 widgets?
A: Go to the quickpanel settings app and enable them.
Q: Do I have to partition my Sdcard and use link2sd in order to install this ROM?
A: No, just skip the part about partitioning your sdcard and install the ROM without it and you can install your app normally.
Q: Why do I get a "Cannot connect to camera" error when i use my camera app?
A: Go to quickpanel settings app and disable flashlight
Q: Wheres my browser i cant find it?
A: chrome app is now your new browser!
Q: Wheres my slide to unlock tab at the lockscreen?
A: Its now a circle since FF27, swipe to unlock it!
Q: How do i OverClock?
A: Open the no frils cpu app and set your desired speed!
Q: Why does Settings->About phone crashes?
A: Uninstall bobzhome's kernel and install ours!
Q: Why does my battery die so fast?
A: make sure brightness is on auto and turn off auto sync, gps and 3g when not using them.
Q: Why doesnt my statusbar appear immediately on boot?
A: give it 2-3 mins for your statusbar to appear on boot "Espesically if your running a theme"
Q: Why did my phone blow up?
A: Beats me! Have your self a cookie cguru:
Boot animation- Loota
Quickpanel- Lidroid
KonstaT & Bloodawn- Helped with Debugging quickpanel
Bloodawn- Phone icons and his edited version of BobZhome's OC kernel
mackharoni- ROM tester
Loota ROM- tester
BLuFeNiX- ROM tester
niteNarmor- ROM tester, and for providing the files to make Odin.tars for sprint
iNsTaGaToR- MegaTron OP Picture
Lordvincent 90- MegaTron Logo
Xealith- Figuring out the script commands for cwm to flash baseband
Everyone who uses and supports our hard work!!!! Thank you!!!
Maybe in the future the rom will have adw.ex and widget locker?
I think one laucnher is good enough but if you dont like go launcher uninstall it with root uninstaller and install adw launcher when the ROM launches friday or earlierand widget locker is a paid app so if i release it in my rom it would sortha be a pirating apps
Maybe it will have my oc kernel
Good to fianlly meet you lol davegrow was telling me about you i can hold the release of the rom for another week if the wifi problem on the kernel cant be fixed by friday
When is the exact release date?
No bugs have been found in the ROM so far and its very stable for the public so Its been confirmed, on Friday Feb 3rd the rom will released so less than 55 hours untill the release
Is it a particular app?
what do you mean?
probably asking about your secret weapon.
Nope its build in the firmwire, writen codes not a app, you'll see it in about 10 hours im busy right now
oh well ill try it when its out. thanks for all your hard work.
The ROM is now released to the public enjoy
I must have done something wrong I get md5 mismatch. I downloaded via phone extrcted with root explorer. Picked backup and got md5 mismatch
try the new link i changed it
trying again will report back shortly
md5 mismach
i extracted down to a folder called shevronromver.0.1 copied it to cwm backup folder and restored backup worked great first boot was like 25-30 seconds running great so far restored my apps and info and overwrote some of your stuff so ill reload your rom and install my apps with ti backup but not system data then i can set it up how i want with your effects and stuff and then ill save that as my backup thanks bro runs great looks awesome .
Restored my apps plus data minus go launcher and. Go contacts working great thanks bro. I changed the boot ani back to my decepticon eyes rockin rom thumbs. Up


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A "Information Technology Operation Benchmarks Report" created by Nick Ganesan, CIO/Associate Vice-Chancellor for ITTS at Fayetteville State University. The report contains detailed benchmark data for:
- IT Budget Profile
- IT Budget per IT User
- IT Budget as a Percentage of Institutional Budget
- IT Users to IT Staff ratio
- IT Staff to Number of PCs – Ratio
- Staffing Profile by service area
- PCs to IT User Ratio
- Central IT Support Percentage
- Staff ratio by service areas
The benchmark data is against IT services at universities located in the United States.
Location of Report: http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/sict/ictc/related%20documents/IT%20Benchmark/Fayetteville%20State%20University%20IT_Benchmarks_ver1.pdf
Local Copy: IT Benchmark for Universities – Fayetteville State University Report


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Kiowa Gordon talks Rob, Kristen, and Mackenzie
OK Mag Kiowa Gordon on Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson's Interaction with Mackenzie Foy!
With only four months left until the final installment of The Twilight Saga hits theaters, OK! got the chance to catch up with Kiowa Gordon — who plays Embry Call in the beloved franchise — about what we can expect from Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in BREAKING DAWN - PART 2.
Kiowa attended the Summer with the Stars Event at Aventura Cove Palace in Riviera Maya, Mexico and filled us in on what Kristen and Rob were like interacting with their on-screen Renesmee, Mackenzie Foy. "They were cute! It was like a cute little family," Kiowa told OK! on the red carpet of the All-Star concert at the soon-to-be Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya. "You know when you have your first-born? Well Renesmee immediately grows up to be five! That usual happens, right?" he joked.
"It was cool. I don't really know, because I don't have a little child, but it was cute to watch Rob and Kristen with her," Kiowa said of the on and off-screen lovebirds. "We were all like 'Ah, there's a kid on set!' You got to act like a parent." via RPLife
Happy 4th of July, you guys!
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Change Ubuntu Login Screen
One of the joys of using Ubuntu is the ability to easily customize even the most obscure features of the operating system and the login screen included with the default GDM theme is no exception. As with most light Linux tweaks, this one is quite straight-forward.
There is a utility included with Ubuntu that allows quick and easy customization of options within the GDM theme titled gdmsetup; you can run this utility directly from the main menu by looking under System -> Admin -> Login Window.
You'll need to enter your admin password to gain access, then click on the tab labeled "Local" to see theme options. Under the section labelled "Style" you can select one of three main presets: Plain, Themed or Face Browser. Select "Themed" to gain the ability to select any graphic you like from the provided list along with several other default GNOME themes that may suit your fancy – customization is always great but you have to admit that the default GDM theme is a pretty attractive piece!
March 7, 2010 at 12:28 pm
There is no suck "Local", "Style", Themed" options in the "System -> Admin -> Login Screen" in Ubuntu 9.10. How does one change the login screen in it?
March 7, 2010 at 3:43 pm
That is all very nice but when I follow your instructions: System Menu -> Admin -> Login Screen (not "window"). I do not get any of the options you describe. There are no tabs on the window.
March 8, 2010 at 4:55 am
I read over the post on changing the log in screen. I think the instructions cited are for Ubuntu 9.04 and older versions.
starting in the 9.10 version of Ubuntu (the most current one) the log in window can only be changed via a complex set of steps that essentially installs a second (older) version of the GDM (Gnome Display Manager) log in screen.
I've been using Ubuntu since the Dapper days (like 4+ years ago) and think I'm fairly able to do many things in Ubuntu. Yet I finally found instructions on changing the log in screen and found them overly complex and risky…
Much as I hate to say it, I think it's safest to just leave the boring log in screen as is 😦
March 8, 2010 at 5:16 am
Customizing the login USED to be possible in older Ubuntu's versions. It is not possible anymore since version Karmic Koala, october 2009 !
March 8, 2010 at 2:16 pm
In 9.04 you could do that but it's a no-no in 9.10.
April 3, 2010 at 2:32 am
Hi well the option to change the login screen was great in Jaunty jackalope. But with the current version that option isnt there. There is no use playing around with the gdm and gdm 2.20 display managers since thats legacy (gdm 2.20) for karmic. So let us just hope the next version has something on this..
April 14, 2010 at 6:10 pm
if u want to change the login screen in ubuntu 9.1 here u go: (doesn't work for 10.04 however)
In order to change the XSplash screen in Ubuntu Karmic Koala follow these steps:
1. Open nautilus as root by typing 'gksu nautilus' at the run prompt (Alt + F2).
2. Download the XSplash archive that you want to use and move the content of the archive to /usr/share/images/xsplash folder.
Note: Make sure that you take the back up of your current XSplash, by copying the default files to some safe location before copying the new XSplash theme files.
Once you have installed the new XSplash theme you can check how it looks by typing the following command at the terminal.
sudo xsplash
this also enables you to change the throbber etc
July 20, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Changing the login screen for 10.04 is murder, however modifying the splash screen is pretty easy:
System menu-> Preferences-> Art Manager
You'll have to satisfy yourself with that I'm afraid… unless you want a whole lot of hassle!
August 27, 2010 at 10:10 pm
The art manager isn't installed in a default Ubunty 10.0.4 system. Installing Ubuntu Tweak however provides the option to change splash screen and logo at login.
October 1, 2010 at 2:40 pm
How about for Ubuntu Meerkat 10.10? I can't seen to change it from using the last wallpaper image of a flower and bat, at least I guess that's what it is. I installed various splash stuff and start-up manager, but I'm still stuck.
Joan in Reno
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Bret Dannenfelser
FLORENCE — Bret D. Dannenfelser, 46, passed away Feb. 4, 2014, at his residence after a brief illness.
He was born May 5, 1967, at Wichita, the son of Charles Dannenfelser and Judith Diehl Dannenfelser. He was a Marion High School graduate and attended college, becoming a licensed EMT. He later became a long-haul trucker, logging over 2.5 million accident-free miles.
He is lovingly survived by his parents, Charlie and Judy of Marion; his brother, Brian, and his wife, Stacy, of Houston; his sister, Jill Mason, and her husband, Todd, of Kingfisher, Okla.; nieces, Chloe, Emma, and Hayley; nephews, Jack and Dylan; special relatives, Eric Diehl of Fruita, Colo., and Jennifer Fleske and her husband, Carey, and their daughter, Lyndie, of Brookside, Mo.; and many other relatives and friends.
The funeral service was Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, at Florence United Methodist Church. Visitation with family followed the service at the Florence American Legion. Interment was in Hillcrest Cemetery, Florence.
A memorial fund has been established for Big Dogs Huge Paws Inc. in care of Zeiner Funeral Home, PO Box 6, Marion, KS 66861.


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Homoquotables Featured in Out Boulder's eNewsletter
- At January 23, 2013
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Quests and Lore Back to Top
Legendary Quest: Judgement of the Black Prince
The black dragon Wrathion is eager to explore the secrets of the Timeless Isle, and with good reason: the island holds the secret of imbuing celestial cloaks with his own formidable draconic power. Bearers of this new legendary-quality cloak will be able to do battle with the deadly world boss Ordos atop the Timeless Isle, but that isn't Wrathion's ultimate goal. Instead, the black prince hopes to send his empowered cloak-bearers into the bowels of Orgrimmar to overthrow the Warchief himself.


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The writing was on the wall back in the early 80's Poshboy Records heyday: Orange County came only to play loud, party hard, and fuck shit up. For a hairyass night out this could be a heck of a lot of fun – but as a foundation upon which to create durable, lasting music, it was mighty flimsy indeed. You knew it had run it's course by the mid/late 80's, when the dumb (PLAIN WRAP!), the dumber (DOGGY STYLE), and the totally redundant (BIG DRILL CAR) were your best bets for a Saturday night gig down in OC. So when THE OFFSPRING rose to alt.rock prominence in the 90's hamming it up over pilfered AGENT ORANGE riffs, it was just more of the same goddawful dreck we'd been trying to ignore for nearly a decade.
That said, I'll always maintain that early OC hardcore punkers had something more to offer, even if sometimes it was nothing but screaming blind rage. Given the conservative social climate at the time, such expression was totally crucial to giving the rest of us permission to cut loose. While they didn't succeed in changing much, it did make the journey us kids were destined to take into the Black Hole that much more fun. Again, I'm no expert – but this place/time has been on my mind lately. Fr instance:
1. RIKK AGNEW All By Myself (Frontier Records, 1982) While not on the level with other SoCal 6-string innovators like Ginn and Biaza, Rikk Agnew did pioneer an influential take on ringing hardcore punk gtr and a unique, surf-inspired way of arranging and balancing melodic/harmonic content – listen to THE ADOLESCENTS' "Kids of the Black Hole" or even CHRISTAIN DEATH's "Romeo's Distress" (two early Rikk pinnacles) for powerful examples of his style. All By Myself follows naturally from raging ADOLESCENTS achievements, but as the whole shebang was recorded solo, it also emphasizes just how downright arty – in a non-wank, suburban sense – his musical instincts actually were. Sadly, this more eccentric side to OC punk was quickly buried in the shit-storm of trad HC that belched forth down there then. Would be great to hear more OC musicians today keying in on the subtleties of Rikk's finely wrought sound.
2. TSOL Beneath the Shadows (Alternative Tentacles, 1983) Always resented the fact that dudes this egotistically cocksure got so big in SoCal back then. But I confess that, to this day, hearing those intro gtr figures on their Weathered Statues EP brings back primal memories of being really young, saying something stupid on a dare, and almost getting my skinny ass pummeled to raw meat. This LP follows on from that EP, bouyed by Greg Khuen's piano & synth to create a moody pop/punk hybrid that had no real peers around the beaches then. None of these guys were particularly talented (I wish they'd have learned a few musical lessons from them SST boys up the coast – the rhythms are all tick-tick-tick straight ahead) but together they were something else entirely. The songs are really good, Thom Wilson's production timeless, and the kinda New Romantic, Strawberries-era DAMNED flair an audacious move up against a wall of OC surfer/skinheads. For once I agree with AllMusic's entry about this by Joe Viglione. Wanna know why punk rock guys go out with new wave girls in OC? This record will help you understand.
3. THE CROWD – Letter Bomb (Flipside Records, 1996) Everybody agrees their earliest Beach Blvd. cuts are classic, but few seem to wanna to confront the less-than stellar reality of their A World Apart LP. That rec saw THE CROWD pulling in the reins a bit, angling toward daylight KROQ airplay – all beneath the weight of lifeless/flat production. Talk about bad timing: at that very moment when every other good band in the area was cranking the aggro up a notch or two, these guys decide it's time to go power pop! Had it come out a year or two earlier, they might've sounded totally forwardthinking – sort of an OC cousin to THE LAST's LA Explosion. As it was, it must've sounded dated within weeks of it's 1980 release.
But the plain-as-day fact is that their LETTER BOMB CD from '96 (newly reissued on TKO last year with bonus tracks) has been far and away their greatest achievement thus far. Somehow these aging surfers ignored all them GREEN DAY yahoos clogging up the works and put out something timelessly bitchen, just like a late 70's ZEROS or RHINO 39 might've, had they persevered. Or hell: what THE CROWD should've, as they practically invented this shit. These songs are catchy as a nasty case of the clap, the band loose/live sounding, and the singing cutting the sickly sweet schtick of yore with a nasty bitterness that spells RIGHT ON to me. Even the lyrics shine . . . man, I'd wish I'd taken up that offer of a friend to go see em play back then. Clearly, they were on to something huge.
4. THE DUANE PETERS GUNFIGHT S/T (Disaster Records, 2005) In a world where unreleased demos by HB originators like THE OUTSIDERS and THE HATED can be easily accessed via handy MySpace pages, do we really need this guy anymore? Well . . . Duane represents that living breathing never-say-die older punk contingent (imagine a sun-tanned version of THE MISFITS' Jerry Only) who are still tucked away in various states of decomposition all around OC. Invariably it was guys this who I'd find myself queuing up behind in Costa Mesa when I was jonesing for a few fish tacos during lunch breaks in the late 90's. Yes he's been a chunky, tatted up skate legend now for years in bands like U.S. BOMBS and THE HUNNS, but his voice can still peel paint at 50 paces. This recording – a likeably grim collection of Cali Oi – ain't one you gotta sell your firstborn to hear, but I like the apocalyptic vibe of the lead in cut "War With You" so I'm glad he's still flying the flag. Maybe I'm just a nostalgic fuck? Either way, you/I probably prefer to remember Duane sounding/looking something like this.
5. Urban Struggle: The Battle of the Cuckoo's Nest DVD – coming to an internet retailer near you really, really fucking soon. The slightly earlier, late-Hollywood generation documented in The Decline of Western Civilization was great, but it was at this junction in SoCal history (1981, Darby Crash RIP) that yours truly first became aware of hardcore punkrock. The stark B&W live clips of TSOL, BLACK FLAG, FEAR, & CIRCLE JERKS capture the testosterone-fueled power of them daze perfectly – giving these smog-choked suburbs an even more noirish fatalism than memory alone conjures up. At this point, OC kids had literally mowed down much of old Hollywood and really were threatening THE BIG TAKEOVER. No doubt the vicious crackdown by the Costa Mesa PD was born outta genuine civic fear. Shit, even retrospective interview clips I've seen of club owner Jerry Roach looking back on them gnarly times look damn curious. Check out the trailer here.


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Last night, on a late-at-night trawl through my records on the Parish of Titirangi, I came across an entry for a lease in June 1879 concerning the 77 acre Allotment 86 (today, this is the site of Kelvinside, Arran, Stedman and Alanbrooke Streets off St Georges Road) between John Buchanan the owner and "Bell & Other" (DI A2.267, source of lower image, LINZ)
Today, a bit of nosing around led me to find Allotment 101 of the Parish of Titirangi, next to Allotment 86, but fronting onto today's Wolverton Street (image at top, from NA8/67, LINZ records). This belonged to John Buchanan as well, and in October 1879 he leased the 6 acres there to Henry James Bell and Robert Gemmell. While I doubt I'll ever find out for certain exactly what happened to the lease over Allotment 86 (except that it was probably called in by 1884 when Buchanan was selling his land, and definitely by 1889 when he went bankrupt), the one for Allotment 101 is documented on a certificate of title.
Bell & Gemmell transferred their lease to Bell and George Hemus in September 1881. Hemus was an Auckland bootmaker -- a close association with a tannery for business. In turn, Bell & Hemus' lease was transferred in October 1882 to the "Riversdale Manufacturing Company Limited." I strongly suspect John Buchanan was a leading light behind this company. In November 1883, he transferred his freehold title over Allotment 101 to that company. Back up at Allotment 86, with his sale only semi-successful and entering bankruptcy, the official assignee transferred the title from that property also to the Riversdale Manufacturing Company in 1889, but it was assigned back to Buchanan in 1891.
For Allotment 101, the official assignee also transferred it to the Company in 1889. I suspect (a lot of suspicions, I know, but I hope to nut this all out eventually), that the Company comprised the following: Jonathan Elkin of Auckland, gentleman; Charles Colville Fleming from Onehunga, merchant; Margaret Russell Smellie Buchanan, John's wife; and John Macky Alexander, an Auckland solicitor. While Buchanan himself went bankrupt, the Company didn't. It conveyed land at Allotment 86 as late as 1903, though its file in Archives New Zealand only appears to cover from 1881-1884.
Henry James Bell purchased 3 acres of Allotment 101 outright by 1893 (the half closest to the railway, just across the Whau Creek tributary from the site of the Maori carving in my profile photo, by the way), but sold it to a Mangere farmer in 1895, who then sold it to Mrs. Gertrude Stone (see below).
Margaret Buchanan transferred her interest in the Company to Herman Brown and John McKail Geddes in 1893 (the Buchanans had moved to Paeroa in 1891), and by 1898 Allotment 101 had been joined to the lower part of Allotment 86 (between the railway line and Wolverton Street/St Georges Road). From then it was owned by a widow named Gertrude Eliza Stone; Ernest Arthur Stone, an Avondale farmer (from 1906); Ralph Montgomery, a Waikino Hotelkeeper (from 1908); Joseph Ruddock Simpson of Avondale (from 1909); and many more.
By the 1950s, the land was owned by a family named Taylor, who sold part to Universal Builders Limited in 1961. By 1962, Amsterdam Place had been dedicated and formed, and the subdivisions fronting the new cul-de-sac came into existence.


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Quake 3 Arena is coming to the iPad by way of Cydia, with integrated touchscreen controls and reportedly far more stable gameplay than the current version for iOS devices. The port comes courtesy of Alexander Pick, forum member at Paduser.com, who has been refining this unique verson so that it's a perfect fit for the iPad. Here are some of the additional features included in the game:
Being a huge fan of Quake 3 Arena (even still to this day), I'm really excited for this release. We'd suggest hitting up the link below in order to grab the high-res texture pack for the best fragging experience. You can also view a quick demo of the test version running on an iPad (Facebook link).
So will you be practicing your headshot skills on the iPad after this hits Cydia? Let us know in the comments!