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I would never farm nor will I endure any sort of grind. When a game becomes work instead of fun thats the end for me. I'm guessing the price of black dye has dropped off considerably since the early days when everyone needed it for new characters. It was /extremely/ expensive back then. It was even worse in the beta with the regular pwipes keeping the price higher. So much so it was far easier to give $5 to some chinese gold farmer who would deliver you 100k gold or whatever the exchange was back then.As for the elite armor ...Unless they introduced new necro sets since I quit they were all ugly compared to the last set at droknars - the one on the games box art with the female necro. Not worth the gold other than for epeen wagging if you care about that sort of thing in my opinion. The only /maybe/ better set was on the NPC necromancer in pre-searing and (iirc) the sanitarium afterwards which was sadly unobtainable.Quote(dont need black dye to farm :p) Any character I look at needs black dye. Number one rule of RPGs: Find sexy gear, ignore stats because the good stuff is always ugly.
(dont need black dye to farm :p)
I scare kids!! =P
Eye of the North is also one of the most beautiful places in Tyria.They really force the last ounce of l33t out of that crappy old gfx engine. =)I need to farm shitloads of respect so that I get a set of l33t armor before GW2.Chrono, are you grandmaster cartographer yet?
Crazy ass farmer!
How can i become a mod
Needs 1920x1200 necromancer wallpaper love.
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Walkthrough :
This walkthrough for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City [Playstation 2] has been posted at 06 Sep 2010 by lord mortinius and is called "Criminal Rating/Media/Money Maxing FAQ". If walkthrough is usable don't forgot thumbs up lord mortinius and share this with your freinds. And most important we have 60 other walkthroughs for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, read them all!
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Walkthrough - Criminal Rating/Media/Money Maxing FAQ
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Criminal Rating, Media Attention & Money Maxing Faq ------------ - This faq - ------------ This faq contains a listing of the accurate criminal rating and media attention levels and the point requirements to attain each title. It also contains several methods for increasing your criminal rating, media attention, and money. ------------------- - Criminal Rating - ------------------- Your criminal rating is the top center number on the Stats sub- screen. Every time you kill someone, destroy a vehicle, complete a mission, or make money your rating goes up. Your criminal rating is essentially a measure of your cumulative criminal exploits over the course of the game. It has no effect on anything in the game itself. Getting to Godfather won�t get you a health bonus or a hidden weapon or anything else. That being said, there is something eminently more satisfying about being a Godfather or Don than there is about being a Rat or Leece. ------------------------------------ - Ways to Increase Criminal Rating - ------------------------------------ Your criminal rating will slowly go up over the course of the game. If you do a plain-vanilla play-through for 100% completion, you will likely end up with a criminal rating of anywhere from 4000 to 10000 pts. Every pedestrian you kill gets you 1 pt of CR, as does every vehicle you blow up. Note that these pts will sometimes not get �credited� to your criminal rating until you enter a pay-n-spray or save the game. Every helicopter or Dodo you destroy is worth 30 pts. Money substantially contributes to your criminal rating, as does your weapon accuracy, especially if you get over 100% by exploiting the fact that bullets fired by the built-in mini-gun in the Sparrow and Hunter don�t count against your bullets fired, while bullets that are fired by them that hit do count towards your bullets that hit category. The obvious weakness with taking advantage of accuracy is that by the end of a complete play-through you will have likely fired 10,000+ bullets, making an accuracy in the thousands of percent and higher very hard to obtain and maintain. ------------------------------------ - Vigilante/Brown Thunder Missions - ------------------------------------ Your criminal rating increases as you make money. Vigilante missions are a very good way to make a lot of money in a reasonable length of time. In particular, if you get to around level 400 of the vigilante missions, your money will be maxed out at $999,999,999, and your criminal rating will rise to around 210,000 pts--corresponding to being a Capo. How does one get to level 400 on the vigilante missions? One way is to use the Rhino. There are three problems with this method. The first is that the Rhino is slow. You can aim the gun turret backwards to increase your tank�s speed (just use R2 to aim the turret backwards and keep firing-- Zoom!), but even with this approach it will take you thirty seconds to a minute between kills. There is also the risk of getting busted-- hence, you must avoid slowing down or hitting obstacles and getting trapped at slow speed. Additionally, every ten or fifteen minutes in the tank, it will start to smoke by virtue of the cumulative damage inflicted on your tank (it�s not indestructible, just extremely resistant to damage). You�ll have to go to one of your garages (preferably Hyman, since it�s well shielded in a small alley) and heal every now and then. The Hunter is much quicker for climbing up in Vigilante levels via the Brown Thunder mission. However, the Hunter requires a lot more skill on your part. Practice for twenty or thirty minutes before you attempt to use the Hunter. Note especially that the Hunter is capable of being over-pushed in any direction, unlike the sparrow and other helicopters. You must be very careful not to over-accelerate or push so far to the side or down that the hunter goes out of control and crashes in the water or whacks a bunch of many buildings. Unlike the Rhino, the Hunter is very destructible, so much more finesse is required in maneuvering it. Two things can make the Hunter missions easier. First, if you�ve already gotten 100% game completion, your Hunter will have twice as much armor, which reduces the skill requirements in using it and surviving for extended periods of time. Additionally, the Hunter heals damage every time you advance in Brown Thunder level. By the time you�re up to level 15-20, the Hunter will heal about as much damage as gets inflicted on it via crashing into buildings and getting fired on per vigilante level. For super-fast progress, make sure to do the missions at Escobar International Airport. By level 12, the Vigilante missions will consistently spawn exactly three cars, each filled with four criminals. If you do the Vigilante missions around Escobar International, two of the three cars will spawn, every time, at Escobar Airport between the eastern and western gates just south of the Main Terminal building. A third car will spawn somewhere else, but 80% of the time, it will spawn in a lethal location and blow-up within a couple of seconds. Thus, you can sit in your Hunter just south of where the two cars spawn, strafe with the mini-gun or missiles depending on your preference, destroy the cars and their inhabitants, gain a vigilante level, and repeat ad nauseam. Roughly every five levels you�ll actually have to make a trip to hunt down the third car. This shouldn�t take long though since the area around Escobar is free of tall buildings and makes targeting other vehicles quite easy. Anyway, after two to three hours of Hunter Brown Thunder, you will have your cash maxed out at $999,999,999, a criminal rating of ~210,000, and the rank of Capo. ---------------------------- - Test Track/Trial By Dirt - ---------------------------- Note that there are alternative ways to max out your cash: you can do Test Track or Trial By Dirt repeatedly. The money you get increases every time you beat your previous record, so you can max out your money in a relatively short period of time. You just need to time it so that you finish the first time with 5 minutes, the second with 4 minutes, 59 seconds, the third with 4 minutes, 58 seconds, etc until you reach maximum money. ------------------------- - Helicopter Demolition - ------------------------- Every time you blow up a helicopter, you get 30 pts toward your CR. If you own the Hyman Condo, this provides an easy, relatively quick way to increase your rating. The western-most garage at Hyman has room for four vehicles. However, it is very hard to squeeze more than one of most helicopters-- including the Maverick and the Apache--into the garage. Luckily, this is not true of the Sea Sparrow. If you maneuver at the right angle, you can fly four Sparrows directly into the Hyman garage. If you are having a hard time getting in more than 1, just land and push in the helicopter. With four helicopters in the garage, save your game, and go to Baxter Airforce Base and get a rhino. Park it in the second or third garage at Hyman. Next, you need to block off the street entrance so that pedestrians can�t witness your demolition derby and lead to an increase in your wanted level. The entrance to the alley is quite big, so you�ll have to use a firetruck (or coach) plus some other large vehicle to fully obstruct the alley entrance. The fire station is south to the first intersection, then east to the first intersection, then south about half way to the first intersection. If you walk up to the station on foot, a firetruck will basically always spawn. If you then park the firetruck facing north south and abutting one wall, you can block about 80% of the street entrance. Next, get an ambulance from the hospital at the first intersection to the south, and drive it in west-east to the gap between the wall and the fire engine. Now, no pedestrians should be able to see what you�re doing, and so your wanted rating will not go up. Note that a pedestrian or car can occasionally still get past your barricade; however, this happens very rarely, and you should be able to kill him/her without an increase in criminal rating. Next, simply take your tank and drive up to the garage with the helicopters parked inside. Get out of the tank, and the garage door will open. Re-enter the tank and drive into the garage a little way: now, the door can�t close on you. Fire a shell or two, which will blow up the four helicopters and net you 120 pts of CR, and reverse back out until the garage door closes all the way. The helicopters will be healed, and you can repeat this drive-up, step-out, step-in, blow-up, drive-out routine every four or five seconds for 120 pts of CR a pop. Note that occasionally one of the helicopters will bounce forward and partially out of the garage--you have to be careful to push it back into the garage before you let the door close so that the affected helicopter doesn�t get clipped by the garage door and deleted. This method should get you ~1500 pts of CR per minute of effort. You can also do the trick with fewer than four helicopters; however, the gains in CR will, obviously, be slower and you will have to move the tank at about a 45 degree angle (and adjust the turret via the R3 stick accordingly) so that you can get far enough away to have the garage door close. ----------------------------------------- - Helicopter Demolition : Cheating Form - ----------------------------------------- This is a faster way to increase your criminal rating. However, it requires the use of a cheat code, so you�re limited to the basic method if you�re uncomfortable with using cheat codes. Start off with the above trick and stick four sea sparrows in the Hyman garage. Now, here�s the quickening step. You need to have a maverick sitting on the Hyman roof. If it hasn�t spawned on the helipad, run south along to the place you get the Love- Fist missions and back to the condo. The Maverick should spawn on the helipad. Now, get in the Maverick and fly it due south until you reach the first tall building. Do a circle around it and fly back to the Hyman rooftop. You�ll be pleased to see another Maverick has spawned on the roof. Land the Maverick you�re flying on the west edge of the Hyman roof, facing north- south. Get in the new Maverick on the helipad and do the same fly-south to the building, circle, and fly-back to the Hyman roof routine. Guess what-- there's another Maverick on the helipad, and the first one you landed should still be parked too. Land your second Maverick on the western edge of the roof as well. There should be plenty of room for both of them. Now, you want to blow-up the three Mavericks on the roof, plus the four Sea Sparrows in the garage below. If you listen carefully, you should be able to hear when the Hyman garage opens and when it closes. You�ll notice that if you walk on the roof from the helipad due south, the garage will open (the garage opens and closes based on your horizontal proximity to the garage, but doesn�t consider how far above it you are). You will notice that if you walk due west to the end of the Hyman roof, the garage will close. Here�s the key. If you stay in a the rectangular area from about 2/3 of the way along the east- west line to the eastern edge of the west part of the roof, and from about half way to the helipad to the southern border of the north-south line, the Hyman garage will always be open. So, if you keep yourself in this rectangle, there will be SEVEN helicopters in the game�s memory. Here�s the part non-cheaters won�t like. Enter in the blow-up-all cars code-- R2, L2, R1, L1, L2, R2, Square, Triangle, Circle, Triangle, L2, L1. All seven helicopters will blow-up, and you�ll have 210 pts added to your CR. Now, here�s where the rapid increases come into play. You can re-enter the code, and get another 210 pts. In fact, you can keep entering the code over and over and over again, and get 210 pts every time. You just have to practice entering it enough times so that you can enter it over and over again without pausing or messing up. Also, you have to occasionally adjust your direction so you stay in the rectangle that keeps the garage door open. Once you do this effectively, you can pump your criminal rating up about 6,000 pts per minute, which will get you to Don in under an hour and Godfather in under 3 hours. ------------------------- - Criminal Rating Ranks - ------------------------- Total Liar ? -6001 Cheater -6000 -4001 Hacker -4000 -2001 Embarrassment -2000 -501 Untrustworthy -500 -1 Upstanding Citizen 0 19 Nobody Special 20 49 Litterer 50 74 Shoplifter 75 99 Vandal 100 119 Do Boy 120 149 Pickpocket 150 199 Clepto 200 240 Snitch 241 269 Rat 270 299 Leece 300 334 Scam Artist 335 369 Trickster 370 399 Numbers Runner 400 449 Hustler 450 499 Bully 500 549 Riff-Raff 550 599 Scalawag 600 609 Ruffian 610 649 Outlaw 650 699 Thug 700 849 Drop Man 850 999 SA Goon 1000 1004 Goon 1005 1299 Ex-Con 1300 1499 Felon 1500 1699 Bag Man 1700 1999 Wiseguy 2000 2099 Wheelman 2100 2299 Hired Muscle 2300 2499 Hatchetman 2500 2749 Headhunter 2750 2999 Enforcer 3000 3499 Ronin 3500 3999 Fixer 4000 4999 Hitman 5000 7499 Associate 7500 9999 Butcher 10000 12499 Cleaner 12500 14999 Assassin 15000 19999 Consigliere 20000 24999 Made Man 25000 49999 Right-Hand Man 50000 74999 Executioner 75000 99999 Lieutenant 100000 149999 Underboss 150000 199999 Capo 200000 299999 Boss 300000 499999 Don 500000 999999 Godfather 1000000 ? ------------------- - Media Attention - ------------------- Media attention is a measure of the greatest concentration of devastation you have caused during one cop-evading criminal escapade. Your highest media attention number and rating is the last statistic on the Vice City Stats page. Media attention starts at 0 and will only increase when you have at least one wanted star. From this point until you go to a pay-and-spray, pick up enough police bribes to get down to zero stars, or save and quit playing, your media attention will be tracked. As you kill people and destroy vehicles, your media attention will gradually rise. However, the rate of increase is highly proportional to not just the amount of damage, but the intensity of damage you inflict (ie: you must inflict a lot of damage in a little time), especially as you approach the Stuff of Legends neighborhood. Basically, it stops being enough to just kill a person every five or six seconds or a few cars per minute: you have to blow up everything that moves and hit every pedestrian and cop who is on the side of the road. ------------------------------------ - Ways to Increase Media Attention - ------------------------------------ --------- - Rhino - --------- This isn�t exactly a sophisticated strategy--just get in the tank, pick a route you like and are familiar with, and drive it. Practice weaving in and out of the roadway so that you can destroy all oncoming traffic, plus vehicles in your lane, plus pedestrians, without slowing down and risking getting busted. Also, have the gun turret facing backwards (use the R3 stick to adjust the turret). If you ever get stuck behind an obstacle (like a telephone pole), use it to get out of the jam more quickly. Your media attention may seem to get �stuck� when you reach the International Crisis/Stuff of Legends neighborhood. This generally means you aren�t inflicting destruction quickly enough. Speed up your strategy--weave more effectively; make sure you�re hitting every vehicle and person you see. ---------------------------- - Hyman Strategy Revisited - ---------------------------- You can use any of the Hyman helicopter demolition strategies to get a high Media Attention. Just blow-up the helicopters while you have at least one wanted star (preferably two, so your wanted level won�t accidentally fall to zero, forcing you to start a new media attention rampage). You can get a criminal rating in the tens of thousands in just ten to fifteen minutes. ------------------------- - Media Attention Ranks - ------------------------- Ignored 0 19 Boring 20 49 Vaguely Interesting 50 74 Local paper Page 7 75 99 Front page of local paper 100 149 Vice Courier Page 2 150 199 Vice Courier Front page 200 249 Local TV 3 AM 250 299 Local TV news 300 349 Local TV Live coverage 350 399 UFA Today page 12 400 499 UFA Today page 4 500 599 Picture in UFA Today 600 699 National TV 4 am 700 799 National TV news 800 899 National TV live coverage 900 999 International news 1000 1199 National crisis 1200 1399 International crisis 1400 1599 World event 1600 1799 Stuff of legends 1800 ? ---------- - E-mail - ---------- Please send suggestions or comments to Zarathustra, email@example.com. Note that I do not answer general gameplay questions. -------------------- - Acknowledgements - -------------------- EdGreen and tocis2bsharp made contributions to the criminal rating advancement ideas.
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Negative health and economic impact
Besides provoking hearing problems ranging from mild to total hearing loss, noise has other negative effects on human health.
Research has shown that long-term exposure to excessive noise levels leads to a higher incidence of cardiovascular and other health problems.
Excessive noise may also affect the unborn. Studies in Japan and the US point to a possible correlation between exposure of the unborn to excessive noise in the womb and low birth weight and even birth defects.
Excessive noise may result from high volumes of road or air traffic or from noise in the work place. Its economic impact is severe, with noise-induced hearing loss representing the leading occupational illness in industrialized nations, according to the WHO (World Health Organization).
Measuring noise is the first step
The measurement of airborne sound can evaluate whether or not a noise source is excessive. As well as protecting the environment we live in, such measurement helps to control the risk of hearing damage being caused, including at work.
TC 29 Standards specify the performance requirements of instruments such as audiometers, which are devices designed to measure hearing for diagnostic purposes or for conserving or restoring hearing. Other TC 29 Standards concern head and ear simulators for the measurement and calibration of hearing aids, as well as other test devices.
A number of TC 29 WGs (Working Groups) and MT (Maintenance Teams) develop new or update existing International Standards for sound measurement instruments.
Permanent monitoring stations are also required, for example to measure noise around airports, and new technology means in some cases these can be interrogated remotely, often in real-time.
On the ground and in the air
A clear example of the importance of TC 29 work in the domain of environmental protection can be found in several ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) documents. ICAO is the UN (United Nations) specialized agency that codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation.
Aircraft noise has a significant environmental impact. This has led to operational limitations and opposition to airport expansions/constructions. Reducing aircraft noise on the ground and in the air is a priority for ICAO and the civil aviation industry.
Volume I of ICAO's Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation - Environmental Protection. - Aircraft Noise, makes extensive reference not only to IEC 61265, Instruments for measurement of aircraft noise, but also to a dozen other TC 29 International Standards that set out the performance requirements of measurement instruments (precision sound level meters, sound calibrators, microphones, filters, etc.).
Likewise, ICAO's Environmental Technical Manual Volume I - Procedures for the Noise Certification of Aircraft, makes reference to several TC 29 International Standards.
These references demonstrate the significance of the TC's work as well as its contribution to reducing the environmental impact and to the expansion of a major global economic sector.
Alleviating adverse impact
Excessive noise can lead to a range of hearing loss of variable severity. A natural development of the basic work on audiometers has been the preparation of International Standards for hearing aids.
TC 29 has published 13 International Standards for hearing aids in the IEC 60118 series. These cover measurement of electroacoustic and performance characteristics, as well as EMC (electromagnetic compatibility), signal processing for various types of hearing aids and induction loop systems that are installed in public places, transportation networks and other places.
TC 29 has also prepared IEC 60601-2-66, Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of hearing instruments and hearing instrument systems, in the Medical electrical equipment series of International Standards.
TC 29 work has an impact in many fields and requires cooperation with a number of IEC TCs as well as with other organizations, such as ICAO mentioned above.
TC 29 is a supplier of standards to a variety of other TCs as well as a customer of theirs. This reciprocal arrangement applies to IEC TC 87: Ultrasonics, TC 100: Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment and TC 108: Safety of electronic equipment within the field of audio/video, information technology and communication technology.
IEC TC 62: Electrical equipment in medical practice, and TC 106: Methods for the assessment of electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields associated with human exposure use TC 29 Standards.
TC 29 is also a supplier of Standards to ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and to its TCs that prepare standards for Acoustics, Noise, and Use and calibration of vibration and shock measuring instruments.
Future work
TC 29 identifies a number of areas that will see significant technological advances in coming years.
Recent developments in cheaper, silicon-based microphones and the ability to modify their characteristics to give a measurement grade device means that options should open up in the future to use wireless distributed arrays of these microphones. This should help provide live 'noise maps', which currently are usually generated by software. Future Standards within TC 29 will include these new microphone types. Consideration will also be given to new microphones with digital outputs, and to those with integrated preamplifiers, as well as to new techniques for optical calibration.
In the hearing aids domain, work is starting to focus on the rationalization of ear simulators and at looking at developing new devices for neonates and children.
Given the growing demand for the wide range of devices and systems covered by TC 29 International Standards, and technological progress that require new or updated Standards, this TC is set to have a full agenda in coming years and beyond.


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Designer Kelly Deck makes artful use of a spare room.
A long work table in the middle of this former bedroom allows for various projects to be on-the-go simultaneously. Two rows of upper cabinets keep the striking wallpaper visible while providing closed storage, and a wall-mounted rod and cup system keeps everyday essentials organized and at hand. This room could easily double as a home office, using the table as a spacious desk.
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Try this fresh hue in a graphic pattern for a bold hit of colour and texture.
While there are more shades of green than any other colour in the spectrum, classic kelly green is a particularly pretty choice for interiors, where it mingles effortlessly with everything from brights to whites. In this bedroom, painting trim the same verdant hue as the wallpaper's graphic trellis pattern produces a more decorated look, while strategic hits of black add urban polish.
See more rooms with colourful painted trims in our photo gallery.
A large farmhouse table and Parsons chairs upholstered in a wide horizontal striped pattern sits on honey-coloured hardwood flooring in this chic dining room.
Silvery damask wall paper, crystal decanters and candleholders, and a beautiful pendant light add sparkle and glamour, while a large mirror reflects light and opens up this pretty space.
A loft with a mix of vintage and contemporary styles.
A beautiful floral wallpapered accent wall in daffodil yellow is the perfect complement to warm chocolate tones and an expansive exposed brick wall. Sunshades let in diffused light through the large, industrial windows.
See more sunny spaces in our photo gallery of 26 Happy Yellow Rooms.
David Hicks' tribal wallpaper adds a fresh, modern edge to this large front entryway and brings together a perfect palette of white and chocolate brown.
Rich hardwood flooring and crisp white tile, along with white louvered shutters and a dark front door all combine to create a dramatic affect. A pink chair and lithography by Harold Town add a sense of playfulness and style.
Layer texture and pattern for a luxe look.
In designer Theresa Casey's home, the decor-inspired dining room's navy velvet banquette was inspired by one in a Parisian café and is perfect for hosting dinner parties or lounging with the Sunday paper. Built-ins provide ample storage and decorative brass-grilled doors hide radiators and unsightly wires and cables.
See more of Theresa Casey's projects in our photo gallery.
A bureau-style bathroom vanity, marble counter and vintage-looking faucet add elegance to this traditional space.
Small powder rooms offer the opportunity to play with strong colour and pattern without throwing off a whole house's palette or mood. When incorporating wallpaper with a strong pattern, keep other finishes and accessories simple, like the glass light fixtures and creamy limestone floor here.
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Vursatyl (left), Jumbo (middle), and Rev.
When the Lifesavas were coming up, there were only two places with 4-track recorders where independent hip-hop artists could go to record music in Portland. As a result, all of the artists in the area knew each other and developed in an atmosphere of friendly competition. According to Jumbo, it was something that helped propel the group when others hated on them for having a different style.
"It was like y'all are going to feel us or y'all are going to have to battle us," he says. "You're not going to outdo us on stage. You're not going to outdo us in the cypher. You're not going to outdo us period. We just prided ourselves on that. That's what gave us the foundation to stand on and still be able to do it and have fun today."
Now the group tours internationally and licenses their music to films, TV shows and video games. On July 20, the group will be performing at the Doug Fir Lounge to commemorate the ten year anniversary of "Spirit in Stone," their debut album.
Members Jumbo (Solomon David), Vursatyl (Marlon Irving) and Rev. Shines (Ryan Shortell) all reflect on the excitement they were feeling at the time.
Shines had recently joined the group and spent much of the time sitting, watching and learning from Jumbo and Vursatyl.
"I was the new jack in the crew at the time," he says. "Coming up under Jumbo and Vurs, I couldn't be in a better situation.
"For me, I was just the young, wide-eyed dude, not knowing what hit me."
Back in the Day
"That's what's so dope about the scene here," says Vursatyl. "It's not monolithic."
When Vursatyl and Jumbo were coming up, there were only two people who had 4-track recorders—the late Larry Bell of the U-Krew and Bosko Kante, who is now a renowned producer known for his talkbox sound—and thus, only two places independent artists could go to make music.
As a result, everyone knew each other, says Vursatyl.
Since no one was making money, it was all about friendly competition he says.
"It wasn't beef," says Vursatyl. "It was competition. We were literally all out to be the best.
"It was about respect."
Jumbo says Bell was the one who taught him how to work a keyboard simultaneously with a drum machine. He spent countless hours with him and other DJs learning his craft. Bell also let Jumbo and others spin records at some of his gigs and build their burgeoning reputations.
Vursatyl stresses that the Portland scene was a microcosm of everything going on in hip-hop throughout the world at the time, with its own stars and legends.
Jumbo adds that many people had the misconception that Lifesavas were a newer group because their debut came out in 2003.
"You're talking about young cats that came up in middle school, high school in the 80s and learned from the architects and can tell you the history of Portland," he says. "We had our own version of Wild Style."
They all grew up listening to records, so Vursatyl says seeing their music come out on vinyl was huge.
The groups' first full promo shoot still sticks out to him. He says the group was living out of their car in San Francisco as they were trying to get themselves together for the shoot. One photo in particular became a staple.
"You never know how significant things are until afterward," he says. "That photo they took that day, it became kind of a photo where it was like, 'Can they use a different picture?' It was so much a part of the moment and a part of the overall excitement."
Jumbo adds that aligning with Quannum Projects was monumental for them. Portland had seen artists like the U-Krew and Cool Nutz put music out but Jumbo says it was huge for the Lifesavas to align with the independent label artist home of the west coast.
"Quannam was so self-contained," he says. "Only Blackalicious. Only DJ Shadow. Only Latyrx. For us to join that, it was like us forming Voltron."
Group members say the co-sign from Quannum brought their music to a much larger audience both throughout the U.S. and internationally.
There are a lot of fans outside of the U.S. who love the true school hip-hop sound, says Shines. He stresses that it's important for independent artists in general to do whatever they can to expose themselves to a wider audience.
"There are a lot of groups that can come out here and play rooms that are 300-500 capacity and those same groups are going out to Europe and Japan and they're playing to 3,000 and 5,000 capacity rooms," says Shines.
Another way the group has expanded their listeners and made their music career sustainable is by licensing their music. Shortly after "Spirit in Stone," listeners could hear some of the album's songs on ESPN's short lived program "Playmakers."
Now you can hear Lifesavas music on everything from HBO Films to Tony Hawk's Underground to GMC commercials.
Jumbo says that many artists find out that in order to be sustainable, they have to wear a couple of different hats.
"We networked and decided there are more ways to reach people with our music than to just get on the grind and do it the guerilla hand-to-hand way," he says. "That's cool and there's nothing wrong with that but we wanted to make sure we exercised every option. Irregardless of any label of selling out, we look at it like they're paying us to advertise our song.
"Lifesavas is not just a group, a band, a trio—we're also a music house of our own catalogue."
Currently, the group is working on their third album, tentatively titled "iDentifi."
There is a noticeable level of excitement in the group as they discuss the new project.
"We have that feeling again," says Vursatyl. "We're connected on all levels right now. We're making some music we're all feeling good about."
There is no release date for the album yet but Jumbo reminds listeners of the days when fans were hassling A Tribe Called Quest about new music.
"People was really blowing Tribe up," he says. "'How come y'all don't let us hear nothing. We want to come by the studio. You keep talking about this album. Y'all have been working on this forever.' Tip, Phife and Ali were like, 'We're locked in the basement with our engineer and when we decide to give it to y'all, all this chatter and all of the questions and all of the when, when, when'—When Midnight Marauders dropped, wasn't nobody saying nothing except for one word and that was classic."
In the meantime, Portland fans can look forward to the "Spirit in Stone" anniversary show.
"You're in for a treat Portland," says Shines.
Vursatyl says there will be special surprise guests and it will be the first time the group has performed this many songs from "Spirit in Stone."
The group encourages all hip-hop enthusiasts, heads, golden era fans and others to come out.
"Go get your tickets because Marlon, Solomon and Ryan are not going to have any room on the guest list," says Jumbo.
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Cohiba Cigars are truly luxurious smokes. The entire process of creating each stogie is rigorously monitored for the highest quality, from the planting of the seeds in the nutrient rich soil of the Dominican Republic, to the hand-picked harvesting and the hanging of the leaves in special wooden barns for the carefully supervised curing process. No detail is left unnoticed in the creation of these one of a kind cigars.
Almost synonymous with Cuban cigars, Cohiba Cigars that were made in Cuba became unavailable in the US after the Cuban embargo. However, General Cigar company licensed the Cohiba name and set about reconstructing these cigars in the Dominican Republic.


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Anyone can tell you if a Super Bowl ad "looks good" or not. But Drew Magary, who spent over a decade working in advertising, is here to tell you whether or not a Super Bowl ad WORKS. Today, it's Jerry Seinfeld's new Acura spot.
Once upon a time, Jerry Seinfeld was one of the more effective commercial spokespeople out there. His ads for American Express back in the late 90s still hold up today. In fact, after he ended his eponymous sitcom, Seinfeld entertained the idea of opening up an ad agency of his own. That never materialized, and Seinfeld now spends most of his time talking with other comedians about being funny rather than just, you know, being funny.
So it's refreshing to see that, for the Super Bowl, he's jumping back into the ad game, this time with a new corporate partner: Acura.
You'll note that Honda, which owns Acura, already made waves this week using Matthew Broderick in a Super Bowl ad. Will Jerry make the same kind of magic? Let's answer a few questions.
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Do we know what this ad is about? Yes. Jerry is at an Acura dealership and has his eyes on a new NSX. The only problem is that there's a waiting list, and some other schmuck is at the top of it. This results in Jerry offering a series of progressively nuttier bribes in exchange for the man's spot atop the waiting list. That's it. That's the whole spot in a nutshell.
Wait, wasn't the NSX discontinued in 2005? It was. But Acura is bringing it back to the market, I guess because the economic climate is right for the reintroduction of an impractical sports car that will cost far more than the average American can afford right now.
Is that the Soup Nazi? Indeed. Actor Larry Thomas is reprising his famous "Seinfeld" role. The problem is that this is about the only thing noteworthy about his appearance. He doesn't actually do anything. Bringing out the Soup Nazi is just one of many, many wacky things that Seinfeld does to get this car, including offering the man the last living munchkin (to own? to rent?), showing him a holographic dancing monkey, staging a sock puppet play for him, buying him a cigarette boat, showing him a dead alien (huh?), and more.
Is any of this funny? Truthfully? No. It's like a list of jokes that the ad agency failed to edit down to a manageable length, like a sketch that goes on for too long. The only charming part is when Seinfeld offer to make small talk with the omelet guy. That's closer to Seinfeld's brand of humor. The rest just seems like expensive antics.
What's the capper to this spot? It's Jay Leno flying in with a flying suit and snatching Jerry's place in line for the car (which you will have long forgotten about).
Does this spot work? NO. It's not very funny, not all that creative, and the whole plot idea of Seinfeld being denied a car that he could almost certainly acquire with ease is stupid.


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As one of the biggest video game companies in the world, Nintendo has been delivering fun across the globe since the creation of the Nintendo Entertainment System (or Famicom as it's called in Japan) in 1985.
Established in 1889, Nintendo first created playing cards before venturing into the video game industry in the 1970s, eventually becoming the iconic company that people all around the world know and love today. Nintendo has created some of the most famous and incredibly popular video game franchises, including Mario, Pokémon, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Animal Crossing, loads more!
From handheld systems like the GameBoy and 3DS, to consoles like the Nintendo 64, GameCube and the Wii U, for decades Nintendo has been winning video game fans over with its innovative creations, and in 2016 the company made its first foray into the world of smartphone apps with the instant hit Miitomo.
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BrokenThumbsApps necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 68 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
Broken Thumbs Apps, website coming soon
We are an iphone app development company that is new to the scene. We are looking to build games for the 13-30 age group. We are going to specialize in building games that you can play as a relief in between peoples busy schedules.
We are targeting iphone users in the 13-30 age group. Our products will be for male and females.
We want our logo to be fun, edgy and innovative. With a name like Broken Thumbs Apps we know there are a lot of ways you can go about creating our logo.
A couple of our ideas have been.
1) Two thumbs up with a bandage around the knuckles.
2) Somehow spelling out BTA (Broken Thumbs Apps) in thumbs
3) Two hands with the thumbs sticking up pointing at each other like they are colliding.
We think also that the logo should not be overly complicated and not use to many colors. The website has not been developed but we are thinking of a web 2.0 feel with a white background possibly red and black for borders and wording. The logo needs to stand out in a crowded marketplace.
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It's no secret that we Forest City dwellers are, to put it lightly, incredibly obsessed with food. For a population size this small, we sure have a lot of kick-ass restaurants doing excellent things with edibles. If you're skeptical that you could get just as excited about food you can't eat (or shouldn't without a serious choking hazard) then let me convince you: when you hold Gabrielle Stevens' Bon Appetit Petites creations in the palm of your hand you'll be mesmerized by the accuracy and yes, the 'cuteness' of dollhouse scale food that has been made wearable by the additions of rings, posts and other jewelry things.
Little Eye sat next to Gabrielle at a very quiet craft show some time back, and spent the time pretty much just ogling all of the TINY FOOD that was presented on the table next to me! Hamburgers, hot dogs, cake, sushi, cookies, bacon, eggs – you name it, she made it. Art on a small scale takes such dedication and precision, each item I picked up to look at I could spend five miniutes getting lost in the construction, execution and aesthetics of each little one. Plus, who doesn't love a tiny hamburger?!
Gabrielle Stevens of Bon Appetit Petites will be joining us on Saturday May, 12 from 10am to 4pm (the day before Mother's Day!) at the Mayo Street Arts Center at 10 Mayo Street in Portland. You should join us, too!


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Anthony Williams is author of the bookC++ Concurrency in Action and of the just::thread C++0x thread library. He can be contacted at [email protected].
In Associate Mutexes with Data to Prevent Races, Herb Sutter examined the importance of ensuring that the correct mutex is locked when accessing data, then presented one technique for achieving this. In this article, I present an alternative technique that I have used to achieve the same aims, in the form of the SynchronizedValue
The Problem with Mutexes
The key problem with protecting shared data with a mutex is that there is no easy way to associate the mutex with the data. It is thus relatively easy to accidentally write code that fails to lock the right mutex --- or even locks the wrong mutex --- and the compiler will not help you.
std::mutex m1; int value1; std::mutex m2; int value2; int readValue1() { std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(m1); return value1; } int readValue2() { std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(m1); // oops: wrong mutex return value2; }
Moreover, managing the mutex lock also clutters the source code, making it harder to see what is really going on.
The use of SynchronizedValue<T> solves both these problems --- the mutex is intimately tied to the value, so you cannot access it without a lock, and yet access semantics are still straightforward. For simple accesses, SynchronizedValue<T> behaves like a pointer-to-T; for example:
SynchronizedValue<std::string> value3; std::string readValue3() { return *value3; } void setValue3(std::string const& newVal) { *value3=newVal; } void appendToValue3(std::string const& extra) { value3->append(extra); }
Both forms of pointer dereference return a proxy object rather than a real reference, to ensure that the lock on the mutex is held across the assignment or method call, but this is transparent to the user.
Beyond Simple Accesses
The pointer-like semantics work very well for simple accesses such as assignment and calls to member functions. However, sometimes you need to perform an operation that requires multiple accesses under protection of the same lock, and that's what the update() method provides.
By calling update() you obtain an Updater object that holds a lock on the mutex protecting the data, and which can be used to access the protected data. The lock is held until the Updater object is destroyed, so you can safely perform multi-part operations. The Updater object also acts as a pointer-to-T, just like SynchronizedValue does, but this time the lock is already held. For example, the following function adds a trailing slash to a path held in a SynchronizedValue<std::string>. The use of the Updater object ensures that the string hasn't changed in between the query and the update.
void addTrailingSlashIfMissing(SynchronizedValue<std::string> & path) { SynchronizedValue<std::string>::Updater u=path.update(); if(u->empty() || (*u->rbegin()!='/')) { *u+='/'; } }
Operations Across Multiple Objects
Though SynchronizedValue<T> works very well for protecting a single object of type T, nothing that we've seen so far solves the problem of operations that require atomic access to multiple objects unless those objects can be combined within a single structure protected by a single mutex.
One way to protect access to two SynchronizedValue<T> objects is to construct a SynchronizedValue<T>::Updater for each object and use those to access the respective protected values; for instance:
SynchronizedValue<std::queue<MessageType> > q1,q2; void transferMessage() { SynchronizedValue<std::queue<MessageType> >::Updater u1=q1.update(); SynchronizedValue<std::queue<MessageType> >::Updater u2=q2.update(); if(!u1->empty()) { u2->push_back(u1->front()); u1->pop_front(); } }
This works well in some scenarios, but not all -- if the same two objects are updated together in different sections of code then you need to take care to ensure that the Updater objects are constructed in the same sequence in all cases, otherwise you have the potential for deadlock. This is just the same as when acquiring any two mutexes.


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Marguerite Elizabeth ("Betteâ€) Andersen, 93, Co-Founder Of The National Guild Of Decoupeurs
Marguerite Elizabeth ("Betteâ€) Andersen, 93, a resident of Dudley Square at The Episcopal Church Home, died Saturday, June 30, 2012, at Norton-Brownsboro Hospital from complications related to pneumonia. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold ("Hoppyâ€) Andersen, her high school sweetheart in Detroit.
Mrs. Andersen was a co-founder of the National Guild of Decoupeurs, a master gardener, an especially proud mother of four sons, and a longtime member of Christ Church United Methodist, and the Pathfinder Sunday School Class.
Survivors include sons Roger Andersen of San Diego; Gary Andersen and wife Suzanne of Grosse Pointe, Mich.; David Andersen and wife Nancy of Dunwoody, Ga.; and Richard Andersen and wife Pamela of Puyallup, Wash. Other survivors include a sister, Suzanne Zimmel and husband Lou of Hinsdale, Ill.; four granddaughters, and four great grandchildren.
Regina Louise Goslee, 92, Registered Nurse
Regina Louise Goslee, 92, passed away Monday June 25, 2012 at Four Courts of Cherokee Park Nursing Home; Louisville, Ky. Regina was born in Lewiston, Maine to Josephine McCann Sise and Charles Herman Sise. She grew up across the street from Bates College in Lewiston, later taking her nursing studies in Portland. For most of her early career, she worked as a registered nurse at Maine Central Hospital. She eventually married Roy T. Goslee following World War II and moved to his home in Maryland. They raised two sons together. Regina was a 12th generation descendant of Francis Cooke, an original Mayflower Pilgram and founder of Plymouth Colony. She has been a lifelong supporter of the Humane Society. As she became elderly, she moved to Louisville to join her son, Carroll and daughter-in-law Susan.
She is preceded in death by her son, James and her sister Madeline.
She is survived by her son Carroll, her daughter-in-law Susan, her brother Douglas Sise, and sister-in-law Betty, granddaughter Dr. Michele Schuler, and her husband Dan as well as her three great grandchildren, Bradley, Jack and Maggie.
Private burial at Riverside Cemetery in Lewiston, on the Androscoggin River.
Arrangements under the direction of Pearson's.
Memorials may take the form of contributions to the KY. Humane Society.
Mary Linda Starr Bauer, 73, Retired Receptionist
Mary Linda Starr Bauer, 73, of Louisville, passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at Richwood Nursing Home.
Linda chose to be a Christian by faith later in life. She was a graduate of the former Loretto High School, and was a retired receptionist from Ohio Casualty Insurance.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Bill Bauer; parents, Robert "Bob†and Mary "Louise†Starr; and oldest son, Mark Starr Bauer.
Linda was a loving and devoted mother of four loving children who also survive her: William Gregory Bauer, Jeffrey Joseph Bauer, and Mary Beth Bauer Neel; four grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
Her funeral service was at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 30, 2012 at Highlands Family Owned Funeral Home, 3331 Taylorsville Road, with burial in Calvary Cemetery. Her visitation was Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at Highlands.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to Hosparus of Louisville and Richwood Nursing Home.
Frank Bielevicz, 92, Pilot In The US Army Air Corp
Frank Bielevicz, 92, passed away at home Sunday, June 24, 2012 surrounded by family.
Frank was born October 30, 1919 in Pittock Stowe Township (McKees Rocks) Penn. He was awarded a scholarship to play collegiate football at Waynesburg College in Pennsylvania. His love for football was apparent in his dedication to the Pittsburg Steelers as an avid lifelong fan. He served as a pilot in the US Army Air Corp and later earned a law degree from Brooklyn Law School, which he used later in his career. In 1971 he was transferred from Celanese Corporation in New York to work as the general credit manager for Devoe Paint in Louisville. He would later retire within the Celanese Plastics and Specialties division.
He is preceded in death by his parents, John and Anna (Helenski) Bielevicz; brother, Joseph Bielevicz; sister, Helen Petruna; and nephew, Joseph Bielevicz, Jr.
He is survived by his life partner of 41 years, Sally O'Hare Kirchner; sister-in-law, Rose Bielevicz; nieces, Shirley Wenger , Teresa Petruna; nephews, Russ, Tommy and Kenny Petruna. He is also survived by Sally's family, sisters, Mary Etta (Al) Hund and Carolyn (Dr. G. Michael) Orbell; niece, Lisa (Bill) Bonny; great-nephew, Cole and Peyton Bonny.
The family wishes to express sincere gratitude to Frank's caregivers, Mary Ann Henley, Darren Noel, Wayne Griffin, Donald Ballard and Ezell Smith; the people at Palliative Care at Baptist Hospital East 4 Park, and to his Hosparus Team.
Visitation was 12 p.m. until service time at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 29, 2012 at Ratterman and Sons, 3800 Bardstown Road. Entombment following the service was in Calvary Cemetery.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to Hosparus or the Alzheimer's Association. Online condolences may be made at www.Ratterman.com.
Melvin William "Bill†Burry, 86, Veteran Of The US Navy
Melvin William "Bill†Burry, 86, passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2012.
Bill was a veteran of the US Navy (served during World War II), a retired tool and die maker with GE, and a member of the Moose Lodge #5. Before suffering a massive stroke in 2007, he enjoyed playing poker and fishing and made regular trips to Kentucky Lake.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Clara Burry and his wife of 57 years, Ruth "Harriet†Burry who passed from this life just last month.
He is survived by his sister, Ruth Crothers; and sons, Garry (Donna), Mark (Susan) and Lee (fiancee, Pam Sparks); and grandchildren, Stephanie, Alison and Matthew Burry.
Mass of Christian Burial was held at 9 a.m. Friday at St. Batholomew Church, 2042 Buechel Bank Road, with burial in Resthaven Cemetery. Visitation was from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Ratterman and Sons, 3800 Bardstown Road.
The family would like to express our sincere gratitude to the staff at Twinbrook Nursing Home for the loving care they provided to both of our parents – we respect and admire you for the good work that you do. We would also like to express our appreciation to the staff and residents at Twinbrook Apartments for the care and friendship bestowed to our mother and Aunt Jerry.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Crusade for Children.
Helen Derringer Colvin, 87, Worked For The Phillip Morris Company
Helen Derringer Colvin, 87, of Louisville, formerly of Willisburg, passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at the Baptist Hospital East in Louisville.
A native of Washington County, she was born on May 27, 1925 to the late Walter and Marion Mann Derringer.
She was a member of the Willisburg Baptist Church, a 1943 graduate of Willisburg High School and a former employee of the Phillip Morris Company.
Preceding her in death were her husbands, Clayton Seal and Charles Colvin; and a daughter, Jeanie Seal Williams.
Survivors include two daughters, Kathy Canary (Jim) and Brenda Oechslin (Richard) of Louisville; a stepson, Charles Scott Colvin (Rebecca) of Lexington; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday, June 29, 2012 at the Carey & Son Funeral Home with Rev. J.W. Hatfield, pastor of the Willisburg Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery at Willisburg. Visitation was Friday at the Carey & Son Funeral Home in Springfield.
Special thanks to: Beehive Homes of Lyndon.
James Patrick "J.J.†Johnston, 50, Painter And Supervisor For Local Union 118.Â
James Patrick "J.J.†Johnston, 50, of Brooks, KY, returned to his Heavenly Father June 26, 2012.
He was born May 9, 1962 to Robert Thomas and Geneva Tinnell Johnston. Jimmy "J.J.†was a painter and supervisor for Local Union 118.
Among those who preceded him in death include his father; and two brothers, Robert and Gerald Wayne Johnston.
He leaves to cherish his memory his beloved wife, Brenda Holland Johnston; daughter, Christina Johnston (Lexie); sons, Justin Lee (Devon) and Zachary Bowling Johnston; mother, Geneva Ratchford; sisters, Janet Hutchinson (Dennis) and Jackie Sego; brother, Chris Kessler (Robin); father and mother-in-law, Junior and Genny Holland; a host of nieces, nephews, other family and friends.
Funeral service was held noon Saturday at Schoppenhorst, Underwood and Brooks (Preston Highway at Brooks Road) with interment in Brookland Cemetery. Friends paid their respects from 1-8 p.m. Friday at Schoppenhorst.
Brenda "Terry†Garlove, 65, Mother, Grandmother And Friend
Brenda "Terry†Garlove, born October 14, 1946, and passed away, May 10, 2012 at Peace in the arms of God.
She was the dearest mother of Dean Ely, mother-in-law to Lisa Ely and cherished grandmother to Rachel Ely, and dear friend to Jack Trick.
Terry touched the hearts and souls of many people with her grace. Her memory will be with us forever.
A service to celebrate Terry's life was held at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 30, 2012 in the Chapel of Arch L. Heady at Westport Village, 7410 Westport Road. Visitation was from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Expressions of sympathy are requested to American Cancer Society. Please leave a condolence for the family at www.archlheady westport.com.


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Without a doubt, the MacBook Pro with Retina display and iOS 6 were the high points of WWDC, but Apple also made a few announcements that it didn't deem were worthy of stage time. Here's six things you most likely missed if you were only following Apple's major keynote announcements.
1. Smart Case
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When Apple unveiled the Smart Cover last year, I called it a dumb, not because of its magnetic latch and sleep-waking features, but because it didn't protect the back of the iPad. What good is a polyurethane or leather cover that only shields that iPad's display? If you drop your iPad and its sides or rear hit the ground, it's a doomed gadget.
Somebody must have knocked some sense back into Apple, because the Smart Case actually covers the sides and rear of the new iPad without losing any of its magnetic functionality. It comes in six colors and is on sale now in Apple's online store for $50.
2. Mac Pro Spec-Bump
With today's so-called "Post-PC" world shaping up quite nicely and its family of iOS and MacBook Air devices leading the mobile charge, it would have made strategic sense for Apple to leave the desktop behind. Alas, Mac Pro lives to see another day.
Last updated in August 2010, the Mac Pro now comes starts with a 3.2GHz quad-core Intel Xeon processor, ATI Radeon 5770 GPU with 1GB GDDR5, 6GB of RAM and 1TB hard drive. The other Mac Pro config runs on the higher end with a 2.4GHz 12-core Intel Xeon processor, same ATI Radeon 5770 GPU with 1GB GDDR5, 12GB of RAM and same 1TB hard drive.
Clearly, these aren't for your average consumer; the Mac Pro are aimed at professionals. Pricing starts at $2,500 and $3,800, respectively.
3. AirPort Express
What's this? A white Apple TV set-top box? Nope. It's a brand-new AirPort Express. For $100, you can easily set up a dual-band router wireless router that does 802.11n Wi-Fi on the 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency. It's got one USB 2.0 port (sad face for no 3.0 port), an audio jack, an Ethernet WAN port and an Ethernet LAN port.
4. MagSafe to MagSafe 2 Converter
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While at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, I've had the chance to visit the slave burial grounds at nearby Sweet Briar College. Over the years that I've been coming to the VCCA to write, I became aware of the grounds and was happy to learn that they were being preserved. Sweet Briar College was once a plantation and dozens of enslaved people are buried there. Thanks to the work of a team of preservationists headed by Dr. Lynn Rainville, these grounds are safe from disappearing and another descendant is closer to finding their ancestor.
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Studying the Shroud of Turin:
Carbon-14 dating is good and more accurate to measure steady things such as the age of fossils, rocks, mummies in their original tombs, etc. up to 50,000 years; but, it becomes harder to measure the things that have been manipulated various times, from time to time, after its original resting place. It is also difficult to Carbon-14 date things that have been subject to various climatic changes in different places, or if the item have been subject to fires, and all of these are the case of the Shroud of Turin (The Shroud suffered several burnings during medieval times).
The Holy Shroud has suffered a portion of fires, or change of locations that have altered its Carbon-14, thats why the date that some analyst have given as if it is from the 1200s or 1300s in 1988 is invalid.
Also, The Shroud is not a painting as some people claim, evidence and scientific studies that have been made to the Shroud by renown experts (shown below and on the HC video), gives me the conclusion to believe that the image was caused by a miraculous radioactive fire or rays which emanated from Jesus body, perhaps at a fraction of a second, at the moment of His resurrection. Looked under the microscope, there is no paint between the threads, the fabric is slightly burned and those burnings formed the image, making it like a photo-effect on the Shroud, now these burnings are not usual burnings found on here earth, thats why it is difficult to find out what it is, but, in reality, it was a miraculous type of burning. It was a miraculous type of fire or light. Once again, the cause that formed Jesus image on the Shroud of Turin is radioactive fire or rays which emanated from Jesus body at the moment of His resurrection. The image itself is proof of His resurrection, there is no other image on a burial cloth that have ever been formed by fire, and whats more, that shows these types of unprecedented burnings to form an image, in the history of human kind, not other dead body has ever done it, this to me confirms the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The fires that formed the image did not destroyed the fabric because it is unparalleled, perhaps this occurred at hundredths of a second. The burnings that form the image are unusual and extraordinary. Now, of course that not all on the image are these types of burns, there are also blood samples from Christs lacerations all over His body which obviously marked the cloth as well.
Scientific researchers such as J. Jackson, G. Fanti, T. Trenn, T. Phillips, J.-B. Rinaudo among others have testified that there are not paint samples on the image, and that this claim must be cast-off.
Here is an interesting documentary by History Channel on the real face of Jesus using the Shroud of Turin which I highly recommend to all:
The life-like image was made by taking the image of the Turin Shroud and transforming it onto a 3D form to compose and inspire a CGI image of a detailed face.
John 3:27; John 15:5; Matthew 19:26
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3D face of Jesus
Here is an interesting documentary by History Channel on the real face of Jesus using the Shroud of Turin which I highly recommend to all:
The life-like image was made by taking the image of the Turin Shroud and transforming it onto a 3D form to compose and inspire a CGI image of a detailed face.[/quote]
thanks for the link.
a great film - the best I have seen on the subject
You're welcome Jbbt9.
John 3:27; John 15:5; Matthew 19:26
The Sudarium of Oviedo
The Sudarium of Oviedo is the cloth, a small cloth about 33 x 21 inches, that was used by Christs closed ones to cover His face when He was taken down from the cross until He was covered with a long burial fabric which is what we now know as the Shroud of Turin.
This Sudarium has the same blood type as the Shroud, AB(+), both have pollen samples of certain species, one of those is the thorn bush Gundelia tournefortii, which is home-grown to the Mideast (and its known to harvest during Passover time), and not only that, the remarkable thing is that the blood stains, or blood marks locations of the Sudarium matches perfectly with the face shown on the Shroud, though there is no image imprinted on the small cloth.
Now, the Sudarium is bloodier on the part that covered Jesus face than the Shroud because His body, and, more specifically, His face area, was cleaned up by His loved ones (His and our Mother, also St. Mary Magdalene was there) after the Sudarium was removed from His head, and before He was covered up by the Shroud for burial.
Notice that this Sudarium was also carbon-14 dated, and the results showed as if it is from around 700 AD, remarkably older as the results shown in 1988 about the Shroud which stated that it was from around the 1260s 1390s AD despite the fact that there is clear evidence that both cloths covered the same Man at almost the same time, thus, making it from the same time period. How can this discrepancy be? It is because carbon-14 measurement is not accurate on objects that have been manipulated, moved, overexposed to different environments, or weathers, from time to time after its original resting place, these factors alters the carbon-14 on the subject item.
Like the Shroud, the Sudarium of Oviedo also traveled different environments and places from its original place, Jerusalem, (though it did not suffered burnings) until it was finally established in Spain by King Alfonso II of Asturias in 840 AD, so the carbon-14 date shows the latest resting place, latest environment, or latest less manipulative time of the object.
To me, both the Shroud and the Sudarium are authentic and both covered the precious body and have the most precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Both were handled by our most loving Virgin and Mother Mary, by St. Mary Magdalene, by St. Peter, St. John among other saintly people (John 20:1 8 ).
John 3:27; John 15:5; Matthew 19:26
Interesting article about the skeptic Jewish scientist who became a believer:
John 3:27; John 15:5; Matthew 19:26
New research: Shroud of Turin bears blood of a torture victim
John 3:27; John 15:5; Matthew 19:26
The Real Face of Jesus documentary by the History Channel which was posted in a link above is no longer available. Here is a new link:
The documentary is available on dvd and can be purchased online at Amazon or other sites.
As posted above, I really recommend this documentary for anyone interested, it shows scientific proof that this Shroud is beyond human capabilities and it is indeed of a Man who was brutally tortured just like the Gospels tells us.
John 3:27; John 15:5; Matthew 19:26
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John 3:27; John 15:5; Matthew 19:26
3 Dimension depiction from the Shroud of Turin
This is an incredible article. Enjoy.
Interesting article, I also saw the video from the same article. Thanks for sharing!
This Shroud is an unique item that is still puzzling the scientists. There have been many crucifixions, shrouds, in all world history and none of them have a miraculous image like this one (not even close) which matches Jesus crucifixion as described in the Gospels, besides the fact that it contains the same type of blood as found on the Sudarium of Oviedo (AB(+)) which, on top of that, is considered to be the most rare.
This makes Jesus blood type like His Church, Catholic (Universal):
This type of blood can be used for all patients regardless of their blood type.
Talk about the Eucharist.
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Italian magazine Chi plans to publish photographs of Kate, who is expecting a baby in July, in a bikini.
A spokesman for the palace said the pictures were taken "from a distance" as she enjoyed a private holiday with her husband, Prince William, on the Caribbean island of Mustique.
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Last year, Chi, which is read by 3.6m people every week, published a series of photographs of the Duchess sunbathing topless on holiday in France.
The magazine, which followed the French version of Closer in publishing the pictures, defended the move, describing Kate as a "Greek goddess".
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The Duke and Duchess were later granted an injunction by a French court, preventing Closer from printing more photographs of the couple at the private villa in Provence, France.
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The tiny island of Mustique has 100 luxury villas, some of which cost $40,000 (£25,500) a week to hire.
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The Escapees RV Club celebrates its 50th Escapade, which coincides with the RV industry's 100th birthday, in Goshen, Ind., Sept. 12-17.
The event, bearing the theme "Honor the Past, Embrace the Future," will take place at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds in Goshen.
This year's event is expected to draw at least 1,500-1,600 people and 800 coaches.
"This is a perfect opportunity to honor our past, but at the same time embrace the future," said Cathie Carr, president and Escapade director along with her husband Bud. "While the pioneer-like days seem far behind us now and access to every kind of information is as close as the stroke of a computer key, nothing takes the place of face-to-face interaction, where kindred spirits share what really works and what doesn't according to the book of experience. There is no better way to gain this level of inside knowledge than from the folks who live the lifestyle."
The Escapees RV Club got its start in 1978 by Carr's parents, Joe and Kay Peterson. The group has held one, sometimes two Escapades a year. Carr said the group plans events three to four years in advance and it was sheer coincidence this year's Escapade in Goshen coincides with the RV centennial.
Al Hesselbart, RV/MH Hall of Fame historian, will be talking at the Escapade, and many Escapees members will visit the Hall of Fame in nearby Elkhart during their visit to the area.
"Our members just love the Goshen area since that is where so many RVs are manufactured," Carr noted.
The Escapees is considered an organization for full-time RVers, but during the Escapade there will be several classes for novices, including a boot-camp program. There will also be classes for more seasoned RVers.
"There is something for everyone, including crafts, hobbies and chapter activities," Carr said. "We want to make sure people know the Escapade is not just for Escapee members, non-members are welcome to attend, too."
"Our events are focused on education and we have a lot of fun and entertainment," Carr added. "We are very proud of our faculty line-up this year and are offering some really neat classes." Visit www.escapees.com/escapade/2010 for a list of the faculty lineup.
In addition to class time, each day those attending can shop for new products in the centrally located commercial market area.
"The Escapade provides the perfect forum to inspect products up close and ask questions of some of the leading service and product representatives that will be available there," Carr said.
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The list of exhibitors at the Escapade includes: Adventure Caravans, Alliant Credit Union, Almost Heaven Micro Fiber, America Hears, Blue Ox, Blue Streak LLC, Cliff Spears Enterprise, Coffelt & Co., Community Resource Credit Union, Coyote Enterprises, Fantastic Vent, RV Advantage/Farm & City Insurance Services, Fire and Life Safety, Flags Galore N More, G & L RV Specialities, Geeks on Tour, General RV, Generations Financial Services, C & C Marketing and Insurance, Heartland Recreational Vehicles LLC, Lawrence RV Accessories Inc., Magne Shade, Master Tech RV Services, Miller RV Insurance, Minelab USA, Mobile RV Academy, MOR/ryde International Inc., One More Time Music, Passport America, PoliSeek RV Insurance, Bensten Palm by Rhodes Ent. Inc., Rolling Home Press, RV Driving School, RV Glass Solutions, RV Safety Education Foundation, SkyMed, SMI RV Parts and Accessories, SMI's Vacuum-Assisted Braking Systems, Southeast Publications, Sunrise Bedding, TechnoRV, Tire Traker tire Pressure Monitor System, The RV Solution, The Shop, Thumbs Up Store, Titan Tire, Too Crazy Ladies, U.S.B. Med I.D., Workhorse Custom Chassis and Your Water Filter Source.
Heartland RV and General RV will showcase new coaches during the event.
The Escapade will also feature craft classes and for the not-so-crafty, items can be purchased at the Crafts Show & Sell. There will be medal-detecting treasure hunts with prizes, geocache explorations, exercising, dancing, and CPR training, plus a chance to visit with chapter reps or learn more about Birds of a Feather Groups. Those attending can even take a day off and go on a Head Out Program (HOP) tour. (Call (888) 757-2582 to book a tour.)
Those that would like to order Escapade clothing with the 50th Escapade logo on it, visit Escapade Clothing, www.sportsindiana.com/escapees/index.html for polo shirts, sweatshirts and baseball caps. Those that prefer the national Escapade logo will find that apparel there as well. Attendees who order early may request delivery to the fairgrounds to avoid shipping charges.
Major sponsors for the 50th Escapade include:
- Adventure Caravans, grand prize ($2,695 value).
- RV Advantage Insurance, blast-off prize ($2,500 cash).
- Heartland RV, attendee badges.
- PoliSeek RV Insurance, transportation.
- Coach-Net Roadside Assistance, Wi-Fi Coffee Cafe.
- Foremost Insurance Group, ice cream social.
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