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Betty Jenkins Abbott
Betty Jenkins Abbott, 87, of Kingston, died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008.
Henry Paul Byrd
Henry Paul Byrd, 75, of Oakdale, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008.
He was member of Pine Orchard Baptist Church, Oakdale.
He was preceded in death by parents, Noah and Florence Byrd; son, James Byrd; sisters, Reba Hedrick, Dena Jane Meinen and Lois Smith; and brothers, James Byrd, Ernest Byrd and Lawrence Byrd.
Charlotte Melinda Beard
Charlotte Melinda Beard, 57, of Kingston, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
Maxie Lee Strunk Carter
Maxie Lee Strunk Carter, 88, of Harriman, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, in NHC Health Care of Fort Sanders, Knoxville.
A retired licensed practical nurse who worked at Harriman City Hospital for many years, she was a longtime member of Harriman United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Reuben A. Carter; parents, Marion and Mary Strunk; brothers, Ray Strunk and Ralph Strunk; sisters, Margaret "Mot" Moates, Hazel Taylor and Alyne Goldston; and special friend, Inez Derrick.
Cassie Jones
Cassie Jones, 91, of Oliver Springs, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2008, in Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge.
Born April 6, 1916, in Scott County, she moved to Morgan County in the late 1930s and remained in the Stephens community until her move to Oliver Springs in 1992. She was a homemaker, a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. A devout Christian, she was a faithful member of Mount Pisgah Baptist Church, Oliver Springs.
Fred Cook
Fred Cook, 52, of Oakdale, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008, at his home.
Karen Elizabeth Canja
Karen Elizabeth Canja of Farragut died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008, following a courageous battle with cancer.
She was an inspiration to those who knew her and was greatly admired by her co-workers at Belk Department Store, West Town Mall, Knoxville. She was an avid reader, loved life and her family. She also loved spending time with her beagle, Barney, who gave her unwavering love during her fight with cancer.
She was preceded in death by grandparents, Helen and Rufe Butler; and uncle, Mike Butler.
Orianna L. Bible
Orianna L. Bible, 74, of Rockwood, died Monday, Jan. 7, 2008, at her home.
She was a member of Rockwood Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death by parents; and several sisters and brothers.
Orianna L. Bible, 74, of Rockwood, died Monday, Jan. 7, 2008, in Cumberland Medical Center, Crossville.
Mary Isham Barry
Mary Isham Barry, 76, of Hariman, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, in Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge.
She attended Rockwood Church of God of Prophecy and loved working in her vegetable garden and tending her flowers.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl E. Barry; son, Mylo Junior Barry; mother, Hazel Pressley; and brothers, Lloyd Isham and James Russell.
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We need an entry on the Implementing virt deployments similar to LRO that has customers/users disable interrupt remapping per VMware article 1030265: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1030265
This issue causes many tac cases. Symptoms are loss of access to the UC VMs. Can still access host via vsphere, but usability is impacted. Will see alerts in Vsphere regarding lost access to datastore volumes, and also alerts for Disk I/O latency. If you select a VM in Vsphere and click on the console for that VM, Vsphere will lock up.
Please correct the links that point to installing on a B and C Series UCS Server - you receive a 404 error. It looks like the document has been removed. But i have found this document titled" Cisco UCS C-Series Servers VMware Installation Guide" here at this link: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/os-install-guides/vmware/b_C-Series_VMware_Install.html

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Welcome to Bhutan! A tiny Himalayan Kingdom where things are done differently (and awesomely) in equal measure. By law, 60% of the whole country is protected national forest, and it actually absorbs more carbon that it uses, which makes Bhutan tours perfect for trekkers, monastery-lovers, Buddhist pilgrims and the merely curious. Our local guides will lead you up to the Tiger's Nest, introduce you to monks in the prayer halls of Gangte Goemba and show you where to find Paro's hottest Ema datshi (chili novices, watch your step).
Experience the mysterious mountain kingdom of Bhutan with Peregrine. Take in Paro,...
Distinctive and remote, Bhutan offers beauty, history and adventure by the bucketload....
Discover the colourful world of Nepal and distinctive, remote Bhutan.
Discover the monasteries and tea plantations of the Himalayas. From Kolkota in India to...
Our Bhutan trips score an average of 4.81 out of 5 based on 16 reviews in the last year.
Bhutan is a gem! We loved the spectacular scenery, the friendly and happy people, learning about Bhutanese culture and food, hiking in beautiful mountains, taking lots of photos and coming home feeling energised and grateful for our time there.
Review submitted 14 Oct 2018
Intrepid is first class, they do not miss a thing, our guide and driver and the other guests made it a wonderful, everlasting memory. I have never been on a tour before but this is the only way to go!
Review submitted 14 Oct 2018
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With a population just shy of 800,000, Bhutan is one of the smallest countries in...
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Intrepid believes half the fun of experiencing a new country is getting there, and getting around once there! Where possible, Intrepid uses local transport options and traditional modes of transport - which usually carry less of an environmental impact, support small local operators and are heaps more fun.
Depending on which trip you're on while in Bhutan, you may find yourself travelling by:
Getting around in Bhutan can be difficult due to the elements and lack of sealed roads. So when you're not hiking, expect to travel in a minibus.
Travelling with Intrepid is a little bit different. We endeavour to provide travellers with an authentic experience to remember, so we try to keep accommodation as unique and traditional as possible.
When travelling with us in Bhutan you may find yourself staying in a:
Intrepid prefers smaller character-filled hotels then hotel chains. When staying in Bhutan, enjoy staying in small hotels and guesthouses owned and run by friendly locals.
All nationalities require a visa for entry to Bhutan, except Indian nationals holding a valid Indian passport. Visas must be obtained in advance.
We keep the following information up to date as much as possible, but rules do change. It is important that you check for yourself.
You must provide Intrepid at the time of booking with your full name, sex, date of birth, nationality, passport number & date of issue / expiry, plus a scanned copy of your passport, your email address and a contact number for you when you are in Bhutan.
If you have not booked flights to Bhutan with Intrepid, we will also require your flight details to finalise the visa process.
Intrepid will then forward you the scanned copy of your Bhutan Group visa shortly prior to your trip start date.
You must show the copy of your Bhutan Group visa at the check-in for your flight to Bhutan and on arrival at the immigration in Bhutan where you will have your Bhutan visa stamped into your passport.
Travel in Bhutan is strictly controlled and to do any independent travel outside of a group tour is extremely difficult and expensive to arrange. We provide a group visa for travellers on our tours in Bhutan, which stipulates that all travellers must arrive and depart on the same days that our tour program starts and finishes. For this reason we are generally not able to provide additional accommodation outside of our tour dates and advise all travellers to book flights in and out of Bhutan that correspond with the start and finish day of the tour. In the rare case that no flights are available and you need to arrive earlier or depart later we are only able to book additional accommodation for you in conjunction with a special individual visa which can add around AUD1000 to the cost of your tour, to be paid at the time of booking.
Tipping isn't compulsory in Bhutan, but many people who work in tourism are accustomed to receiving tips so it's wise to set aside a small amount to show your appreciation for drivers, cooks and other service workers.
You will be able to find some internet cafes in Thimphu and Paro. Most large hotels also have internet access. As expected, rural and remote areas will have limited to no internet access.
You will be able to use your mobile phone in some of Bhutan's cities, although more remote areas may not have network coverage. Ensure you have global roaming activated with your mobile carrier before you leave home if you wish to use your mobile while in Bhutan.
You will have to adjust to different standards of hygiene and sanitation while in Bhutan. The standard toilet is of the squat variety and this may take some getting used to, although western style, flushable toilets can be found in large hotels and some tourist areas.
Due to Bhutan's unique tourism regulations, meals are included for all travel within Bhutan. Use local currency to buy small items like snacks and soft drinks and use US dollars to buy larger items like souvenirs. Expect to pay:
Prayer flags = US$1
Hand made coin purse = US$5-10
Gofur (wooden bowl) = US$10-15
Ceremonial mask = US$20-40
Drinking tap water isn't recommended in Bhutan. For environmental reasons, try to avoid buying bottled water. Fill a reusable water bottle or canteen with filtered water. Ask your leader where filtered water can be found, some hotels we stay in may have drinking water available. It's also advisable to avoid ice in drinks and peel fruit and vegetables before eating.
International credit cards are not widely accepted in Bhutan. Some souvenir shops may have credit card facilities; however, credit cards aren't generally accepted elsewhere. Be prepared by carrying enough cash to cover your purchases.
ATMs are very rare in Bhutan. Be sure to carry enough cash to cover your purchases as you won't be able to rely on ATM or credit card access.
Absolutely. All passengers travelling with Intrepid are required to purchase travel insurance before the start of their trip. Your travel insurance details will be recorded by your leader on the first day of the trip. Due to the varying nature, availability and cost of health care around the world, travel insurance is very much an essential and necessary part of every journey.
For more information on insurance, please go to: Travel Insurance
Please note these dates are for 2017. For a current list of public holidays in Bhutan go to: http://www.worldtravelguide.net/bhutan/public-holidays
Intrepid is committed to travelling in a way that is respectful of local people, their culture, local economies and the environment. It's important to remember that what may be acceptable behaviour, dress and language in your own country, may not be appropriate in another. Please keep this in mind while travelling.


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TORONTO (AP) — BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion says it is silencing its streaming music service barely two years after it launched.
The Canadian company emailed BlackBerry Messenger Music subscribers this week to notify them that the cloud-based service will stop working on June 2.
RIM said Thursday the decision follows a "strategic business review" of its offerings.
BBM Music launched in August 2011 as a $4.99-per-month service that allowed BBM obsessed users to swap song recommendations and share music with friends.
But there were limitations — each user could only share up to 50 songs from a catalogue of millions of tracks for their own personal playlist.
Existing subscribers to the service are being offered a free 30-day trial to competing service Rdio.


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WHAT TO DO IF YOU'RE INJURED WHILE COMMUTING TO AN OIL RIG OR AN OILFIELD in Odessa, TX
Vehicle accidents are actually one of the leading causes of fatalities on oil rigs in Odessa, TX and in surrounding areas today. An alarming number of individuals suffer critical or even fatal injuries getting to and from the location. Off-shore oil extraction and oilfield extraction are extremely dangerous occupations.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than half of all fatal accidents for offshore oil and gas operations between 2003 and 2010 were associated with transportation. This includes commuting to an offshore rig by helicopter and or boat as and of course traveling to oilfield and oil rigs by car or truck.
Next Steps for Injured Employees in Odessa, TX
In the event that you've been involved in an accident like this in Odessa, the first step to take is to contact the authorities to let them know about the emergency situation. Getting medical attention is strongly recommended even if you believe that you have not sustained critical injuries. The primary reason for this is that the vast majority of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident may not be visible to the naked eye and it could be difficult for you to figure out whether or not you have a traumatic brain injury or a spinal cord injury without getting the appropriate treatment from a doctor. A doctor can run diagnostic tests and inform you more about your situation and this gives you the best possible chance to recover.
The next thing to do after you have been injured while commuting to an oil rig or oilfield is to consult with an experienced Odessa, TX oilfield accident lawyer. You may have rights to pursue a workers' compensation claim as well as a personal injury claim and an experienced oilfield accident lawyer can assist you with your legal rights if you have been injured while commuting to an oil rig or oilfield. The laws surrounding this area are extremely complex and without insight from an attorney who has represented clients like you in the past, you may struggle to recover the full range of compensation to which you're entitled.


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TOWNER, N.D. — I thought an Alberta Clipper was the worst thing old man winter could throw at us, but then he introduced me to the "polar vortex." Just like the television weather reporters, I love saying "polar vortex." I'd say it was a cool pair of words, but we now know they're more than cool, they're downright cold.
If I had some real musical ability, I'd start a band and we'd call it the Polar Vortex. I'm not sure what kind of music we'd play, but I know it would be indoors and we'd make sure the last one in shut the dang door. If we were just a garage band, I'd make sure it was a heated garage.
An Alberta Clipper
I hate to jump allegiances, but before polar vortex came into my vocabulary, I was pretty fond of the term Alberta Clipper. It made for a good visual of a stately clipper shipper flying her Canadian colors, her sails full of frigid air as she swooped in over our unprotected border and dumped cold air and high winds on us Americans, unable to do anything but go inside and shut the door.
One of my northern neighbors once told me through the slit in his ski mask and the tunnel-tied hood of his fur-lined parka, "Up here, we call that a Manitoba Chinook." I like that term, too. A perfect example of wry Canadian humor.
In all three cases, it makes for a lot of news and misery wherever these weather systems travel and land, although it may be a little less news in North Dakota when the polar vortex dropped the temperature to 35 below zero Fahrenheit than, say, Atlanta when the temperature hit 8 degrees above zero.
It's serious business in those places, no doubt, when they're not used to it. But setting up cold weather shelters in Florida when the temperatures dip below freezing amuses us northerners a little. When we hit 30 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter, we're out soaking it up in our shirt sleeves as we tuck our earlappers back inside our caps.
Even in North Dakota, when we tire of the cold temperatures, it's good to remind ourselves that there's an entire nation north of us. Stay strong, Canada, as you're humored by your neighbor's winter struggles to the south.
A 'circumpolar whirl'
We'd probably all appreciate it if Mother Nature would keep her vortices — that's the plural of vortex, I just looked it up — where they're supposed to be. The polar vortex is also called the polar cyclone or, get this, an even catchier term than polar vortex, a "circumpolar whirl." The whirl is supposed to be twirling around above the pole, not getting all lopsided and sliding down to Georgia.
So, when the vortex is strong, it spins nice and tight and stays up on the pole. When it weakens, it gets all loosey goosey, gets away from the pole and we get cold in New York and Tennessee and a little extra cold on the Taylor Ranch.
Scientists say the diminishing ice in the Arctic is having an effect on the vortex and knocking things out of whack. When I was in Norway, people know there's less ice and a warming Arctic because shipping channels are opening up in places that used to be pure ice. If you don't believe them, there's some light reading in the Journal of Geophysical Research called "A link between reduced Barents-Kara sea ice and cold winter extremes over northern continents." Not nearly as catchy a set of words as "polar vortex" or "circumpolar whirl," but, hey, that's science.
At any rate, I'd rather see more ice in the Arctic, less ice in my cow's stock tank, and more cold air swirling above the Arctic and less of it swirling around me while I'm doing chores.


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Bonnie Raitt claimed she was "intimidated" by the Chicago Theatre, but that hardly seemed the case Saturday in the first of two sold-out concerts at the Loop landmark.
Raitt's wisecracks, several at her own expense, and genial banter made it seem like she was unwinding in her living room with a few close friends. Indeed, she and her road band of 25 years have a camaraderie that bleeds into the music. "Sometimes we just guess," she cracked as she tried to determine the proper key for a song. "Then it's jazz."
That's pretty much how they treated a deep dive into Bob Dylan's "Million Miles," a blues turned sullen and sultry. Raitt finger-picked an acoustic guitar as though she were tracing a bead of sweat as it migrated from forehead to chest at the end of a blistering day. Drummer Ricky Fataar and bassist Hutch Hutchinson kept the pulse almost subliminal, more felt than heard. Guitarist George Marinelli and keyboardist Mike Finnigan darted and dodged with solos that made the most of a minimum number of notes. It was an exquisite ensemble performance that made a virtue of underplaying. As Raitt and her bandmates lowered the volume, the song's temperature rose, pulling the audience closer.
This band was right at home covering Ray Charles' 1950s jazz-soul classic, "I've Got News For You," with Finnigan overplaying his vocal a bit, but bringing the sanctified fervor on Hammond organ. They mixed and matched musical idioms with conversational ease, from the reggae treatment of Gerry Rafferty's "Right Down the Line" to the West African feel of the guitars in "Come to Me." Raitt's touch on slide guitar remains peerless, playing it slow and sensual in the Rafferty tune and weaving surreal harmonics through "Have a Heart." On "Down to You," Raitt briefly rested her head on Marinelli's shoulder and smiled as the two dueled toe to toe.
The red-headed singer also reaffirmed her ability to examine emotional intimacy and distance in song, the moments that test the resilience of a relationship. She has long been associated with roots music and blues, but another hallmark of her 41-year career is her keen ear for lyrics and her generosity in spotlighting under-the-radar songwriters. On Saturday, she highlighted the work of estimable if marginally publicized talents such as Joe Henry, Jon Cleary and Bonnie Hayes, among others.
There was one clunker: "Marriage Made in Hollywood" sunk beneath its finger-pointing sanctimony. Raitt's best social-political commentary was an off-hand remark on the bulked-up police presence outside the venue in response to anticipated protests of the weekend's NATO summit: "500,000 police and a few hundred protesters -- that's a good use of public funds."
Raitt was at her best on songs of everyday heartbreak, especially her stunning a cappella first verse to John Prine's "Angel from Montgomery" and her wrenching account of a guilt-ridden phone call in Al Anderson and Bonnie Bishop's "Not Cause I Wanted To." The latter was essentially an acoustic duet between Raitt and Marinelli. The rest of the band was there, but barely. Raitt loves to share, but on this song, she had everything covered.
Bonnie Raitt set list Saturday at the Chicago Theatre:
1. Used to Rule the World
2. Right Down the Line
3. Something to Talk About
4. Million Miles
5. You Can't Fail Me Now
6. Love Sneakin' Up on You
7. Come to Me
8. Marriage Made in Hollywood
9. Ain't Gonna Let You Go
10. Not Cause I Wanted To
11. Angel From Montgomery
12. Down to You
13. I've Got News for You (keyboardist Mike Finnigan on lead vocal)
14. Love Letter
15. So Damn Good
16. I Can't Make You Love Me
17. Have a Heart
18. Crazy Love (Van Morrison cover with opener Marc Cohn)


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A Saudi-led coalition has blamed an airstrike that killed more than 140 people at a funeral ceremony in Yemen on "erroneous information" received from a "party" affiliated with the country's embattled government.
The airstrike, which struck the capital of Sanaa Oct. 8., was one of the deadliest single attacks in the country's civil war, a U.N. official said, and was condemned by the U.N. and others.
The Joint Incidents Assessment Team, set up by the coalition, said "a party affiliated with the Yemeni Presidency of the General Chief of Staff passed on erroneous information that there was a gathering of armed Houthi leaders in a known location in Sana'a, and insisted that the location be targeted immediately as a legitimate military target."


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When Marx wrote, "The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it," he was not only taking a swipe at philosophers. He was slighting interpretation itself, as if thinking were an idle affair compared to action, where real men make their mark on the world. In fact, the act of interpretation is always an act, sometimes a veritable event, and, in rare instances, a harbinger of far-reaching changes. Maxime Rodinson, the distinguished scholar of the Arab and Muslim world who died at age 89 in Marseille on May 23, and Jacques Derrida, the philosopher of deconstruction who died at age 74 in Paris on October 8, were two of the most inspired interpreters of our time.
At first glimpse, Rodinson and Derrida would appear to have little in common. Rodinson was a student of Islamic history, Derrida of Western philosophy. Rodinson wrote to unveil the secrets of a world dimly understood by Europeans, Derrida to expose the hidden contradictions and incoherencies of what seemed most transparent about the canons of Western thought. The director of studies in the "historical ethnography of the Near East" at the prestigious École des Hautes Études in Paris, Rodinson was a proud heir of the tradition of Orientalist scholarship despite his sharp political differences with some of its practitioners; though universally admired in his field, he was hardly known outside it. Derrida, by contrast, was a glamorous maverick who attracted an international following for an idea that few could understand and that he himself seemed wary to spell out. Deconstruction's air of enigma only enhanced its appeal, as it "disseminated" (a favorite Derrida verb) into fields as disparate as architecture, theology, political theory, musicology, history, film and, of course, literary criticism, where it was even more influential than in Derrida's own discipline, which has resisted deconstruction as if it were a virus in philosophy's hard drive.
Where Rodinson was a fervent rationalist in the Enlightenment mold, Derrida relentlessly questioned the universality of Western reason, and at times displayed a streak of Jewish mysticism. While Rodinson wrote in a prose of impeccable lucidity, Derrida cultivated a style that was highly metaphoric, elusive, gnomic, teeming with paradox and wordplay, at times opaque to the point of self-parody ("Therefore we will be incoherent, but without systematically resigning ourselves to incoherence"). In their approach to ideas they could hardly have been more different.
And yet there were deeper affinities. Both were left-wing, cosmopolitan Jews whose intellectual adventures–whose very identities–were shaped by what Derrida called "the passion of writing," which, in his view, defined a "certain Judaism," diasporic, itinerant, self-questioning, rooted in a fierce attachment to the Book rather than to the Land. (Isaac Deutscher would have described both men as "non-Jewish Jews," rebels against the constraints of religious tribalism.) Both were in love with language–Rodinson spoke thirty languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish and ancient Ethiopian; Derrida wrote about literature and poetry as often as he did about philosophy–and both were practitioners of exegesis, influenced, if only distantly, by the traditions of Talmudic scholarship. And as writers and citizens, both men sought to bridge the gap–without eliding the differences and tensions, in the name of some pious liberalism–between Arab and Jew, and between the intricate formations of culture and politics that we lazily call "East" and "West." The critique of Western ethnocentrism to which Rodinson contributed so formidably went hand in hand with the critique of Western metaphysics for which Derrida became renowned, as the philosopher himself acknowledged. Their projects were part of a long-overdue humbling of the West in the age of decolonization, a humbling that strengthened the foundations of the Enlightenment by holding it up to its own universalist standards.


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What started as a taco stand in St. Augustine more than 10 years ago has transformed into a small, laid-back eatery in St. Augustine Shores. Since nothing on the menu is priced over $10, Nalu's is a great spot for dining in or grabbing a bite on the run.
A chalkboard outside the door displays specials, and I was immediately enticed by the Mermaid Wrap ($9): seared Cajun ahi tuna, sticky rice with cilantro pesto and soy sauce and diced cucumber, all happily tucked away in a toasted spinach wrap. It was a magical blend of ingredients and flavors, and I'd certainly order it again.
The Ahi Burger ($9) is a burger-shaped mound of fresh yellowfin tuna steak that's seasoned and served on a soft whole-wheat bun. Topped with a cilantro pesto, crisp pieces of red cabbage, shreds of cheddar and jack cheeses and homemade baja sauce, it was nicely portioned.
After observing the "Best Tacos in St. Augustine" embellishment on the menu, we also ordered two tacos — one shrimp, one blackened mahi. Both arrived on flour tortillas piled haphazardly with cabbage, shredded cheese, cilantro pesto and a drizzle of thick, creamy baja sauce. Of the two, the mahi was better; the fish was juicy, nicely seasoned and, perhaps most important, full of flavor.
Most tacos and burgers are served with your choice of side — beans and rice, corn tortilla chips and salsa (red or verde), or a simple salad tossed with light mango dressing, garnished with cucumber slices and a sprinkling of sunflower seeds.
Nalu's serves only wild-caught fish (no farm-raised nonsense here!), making for really flavorful tacos, burritos and sashimi. And fresh is the name of the game: The eatery's sauces, salsas, soups and pestos are crafted using fresh ingredients from a local farmers' market and various area produce stands.
Kids will go crazy for the assortment of cleverly named shaved Hawaiian ices ($2-$3), such as luau lime, big kahuna cherry and da cotton candy kine.
The original location still stands (no pun intended) in the parking lot of popular surf shop The Surf Station, off Anastasia Boulevard, and is open year-round for a quick, casual bite.


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Area Obituaries
Herman LeRoy Mullinix, 85, of Jackson died Sept. 4, 2006.
He was born Nov. 30, 1920. He was a native of Damascus, Maryland. He had lived in Jackson for six years. At age 79, he retired as a security guard at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He spent most of his life as a Montgomery County, Maryland police officer.
He was a World War II veteran and served the country he loved in the United States Army. He was a member of the American Legion in Damascus, Maryland. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jackson where he was active in the senior adult ministry and attended Sunday School.
Survivors include two sons, Randy (Shelly) Mullinix, Martinsburg, West Va., Tim (Donette) Mullinix, Jackson; one daughter, Rosalie (Bob) Brown, Brookville, Maryland; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren.
A memorial service to celebrate his life will be Thursday, (today), Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Jackson with Rev. Brian Jemison to officiate. Burial will be in Damascus, Maryland. Lathan Funeral Home of Jackson will direct.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that any memorials be made to the Nicaragua Mission Fund at First Baptist Church in Jackson or to a charity of your choice.
William A. Flowers, 55, of Jackson died Aug. 30, 2006 at his residence.
He was born July 27, 1951 in Camden. He was self-employed as a logger.
Survivors include his wife, Nora Flowers, Jackson; one son, Thomas Sticher, Jackson; two daughters, Laura Ann Flowers, Georgia, April Flowers, Mississippi; two brothers, Jimmy (Janet) Flowers, Stanley (Fancie) Flowers, all of Jackson; four sisters, Shirley (Rayford) Overton, Grove Hill, Glenda (Burl) Goodman, Dickinson, Angie Flowers, Excel, Denise (Terry) Hayles, Jackson; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
A graveside service was Aug. 31 at 11 a.m. in the Coy Cemetery with Rev. Al Crawford officiating. O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Home of Thomasville directed.
Active pallbearers were Burl Goodman, Billy Champion, Rayford Overton, James Overton, Daryl Overton and Johnny Overton.
Honorary pallbearers were Keith Harbin and Phil Gilchrist.
Samuel Alfred Morgan, 86, of Pine Hill died Aug. 31, 2006 at a Mobile hospital.
He was born April 3, 1920 in Wilcox County. He was a resident of William F. Green Veterans Home in Pine Hill. He was a member of the Pine Hill Baptist Church. He was a retired cattleman. He was instrumental in the forming and building of local churches. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in the South Pacific Area during World War II.
Survivors include one brother, Berrey Morgan, Montgomery, four sisters, Elise Dudley, Montgomery, Doris Smith, Panama City, Fla., Dorothy Thornton, Mobile, Joe Ann Sealey, Warner Robins, Ga.; 15 nephews and nieces; 57 great-nephews and nieces.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Hazel Smith Morgan, his mother, Philoma Morgan, his father, Oscar Morgan, all of Pine Hill, brother, Ivan Morgan, Montgomery, two sisters, Inez Davis, Catherine, Mildred O'Rear, Clarksdale, Miss.
The service was Sept. 2 at 11 a.m. at the chapel of O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Home of Thomasville. Burial was in the Pine Hill Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were William "Buddy" Kirk, Kevin Avritt, David Wright, Bobby Rawlinson, Billy Joe Morgan, Paul Morgan, Don Dudley and Zachary Thornton.
Willie James Bryant, 59, of Walker Springs died Sept. 2, 2006 at Jackson Hospital.
He was born Aug. 28, 1947. He was employed in the logging industry as a saw operator.
Survivors include four sons, Willie Lee Bryant, Jermey Bryant, Marcus Bryant, all of Jackson, Jason Bryant, Mobile; three daughters, Barbara West, Jackson, Brenda Perine, Choctaw Bluff, Christina West, Gainestown; two brothers, Curtis Bryant, Anthony Bryant, both of Walker Springs; three sisters, Aldora Smith, Jackson, Bessie Bryant, Walker Springs, Annie Bumpers, Winn; 12 grandchildren.
Visitation will be Saturday, Sept. 9 at 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral hour at the Greater Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Walker Springs. Burial will follow in the Hotel Hill Cemetery in Walker Springs. Jackson Memorial Funeral Home will direct.
Bill Ralph Harrell, 79, of Pennington died Sept. 1, 2006 at Sumter Health and Rehabilitation, LLC in York.
He was born July 19, 1927. He was a United States Army veteran of World War II. He had worked as a machinist for Ft. James Corporation.
Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Carol Henderson Harrell, Pennington; two daughters, Kay Harrell, Amy Harrell; both of Pennington; grandson, Nick Harrell; nieces, Ann Nelson Clarke and Jane Nichols McDaniel; sister-in-law, Patricia McGuire and family of Gallatin, Tenn.; other great-great-nephews, nieces, aunts and cousins of Clarke County.
He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Arthur and Daisy Harrell, Fulton and two sisters, Sue Harrell Nelson and Virginia Harrell Nichols.
The service was Sept. 3 at 2 p.m. at the chapel of Bumpers Funeral Home of Butler with Sis. Anita Wilburn and Rev. Randy Burns officiating. Burial was in the Henley Cemetery in Fulton.
Active pallbearers were Murphy Clarke, Scott McGuire, Joe McGuire, Nick Harrell, Randy Goodman, Kenneth Koon, Walter Dukes and Carl Jones.
Honorary pallbearers were Dandy Brown, J.W. Dunn, Percy Nichols, Leon Carter, O.C. Cade, Buddy Davis, Dudley Faile, Kathy White, Ann Spears, Al Jordan, Tony Adams, J.D. Norton, Sumter Health and Rehabilitation 500 Wing Nurses and C.N.A.s, Dr. Eleanor Eller and Restore Therapy Team.
Virgin Liddell Morrissette, 79, of Fulton died Aug. 25, 2006 at her daughter's residence in Richmond, Calif.
She was born July 14, 1927. She was a retired teacher with the Fulton Elementary School.
Survivors include one daughter, Shirley Watkins, Richmond, Calif.; one son, Freddie (Redith) Morrissette, Suison, Calif.; four sisters, Leola Thompson, Letna Gregory, Helen Collins of California, Gency Millender, Moss Point, Miss.; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
The service was Sept. 2 at 2 p.m. at Lily Baptist Church in Fulton. Burial was in the Liberty Cemetery in Fulton. Thomasville Memorial Funeral Home directed.
Isiah (Ike) Landrum, 57, of Thomasville died Aug. 31, 2006 at his residence.
He was born Aug. 27, 1949. He was formerly employed at Dozier Hardware for many years.
Survivors include his wife, Fostine Landrum, Thomasville; one son, Tavares Landrum; four sisters, Shirley Ann Green, Mobile, Deloris Washington, Catherine Curry, Louise Washington, all of Thomasville; four brothers, Johnnie Agee, Roy (Ruby) Agee, all of Houston, Texas, Jame Landrum, Tampa, Fla., Reuben Landrum Jr., Thomasville.
The service was Sept. 2 at 12 p.m. at the chapel of Thomasville Memorial Funeral Home. Burial was in the New Greater First Baptist Cemetery.
Doris Virginia Freeman Vann, 27, of Coffeeville died Sept. 3, 2006 in Quitman, Miss.
She was born Aug. 14, 1979 in New Orleans, La.
Survivors include her mother, Deborah Thornton, Coffeeville; one son, Austin Dillion Grice, Needham; two daughters, Whitney Nicole Grice, Needham, Maradra Michelle Grice, Coffeeville; two brothers, Steve Freeman, Coffeeville, Carl Davis Freeman Jr., Needham; half-brother, Seth Nicholos Gross, New Orleans, La.; maternal grandmother, Doris Virginia Preston, Bay St. Louis, Miss., maternal great-grandmother, Ruby Jacobs, Barrytown; aunts, uncles and cousins.
The service will be Saturday, Sept. 9 at 10 a.m. at the Shady Grove Assembly of God. Burial will be in the Shady Grove Cemetery in the Shady Grove Community. Bumpers Funeral Home of Butler will direct.
Active pallbearers will be Jimmy Gibson, Danny Gibson, Glynn Gibson, Wayne Hearn and Ricky Glynn Mosley.
Jamaury Whittaker, 22, of Walker Springs died Sept. 2, 2006 at Jackson Hospital. He was born Feb. 16, 1984.
Survivors include his mother, Doris Whittaker, Walker Springs; two daughters, Jaliyah Pritchett, Walker Springs, Amauria Creighton, Tuscaloosa; three brothers, Darryl Jemison, Columbus, Ga., John Whittaker, Walker Springs, Christopher Washington, Alma; four sisters, Sharon Jemison, Grove Hill, Shinette Nicholson, Jackson, Keisha Rivers, Gainestown, Janisha Vacca, Walker Springs.
Vistation will be Saturday, Sept. 9 at 1 p.m. until the funeral hour at 2 p.m. at Antioch AME Church. Burial will be in the Antioch AME Cemetery in Alma. Jackson Memorial Funeral Home will direct.


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Sony aims for 5 million PS4 sales in FY2013 – TGS keynote
Sony's Tokyo Game Show 2013 keynote talked up the consoles connected features and indie-friendliness, with executive Andrew House announcing a bold sales target for FY 2013.
Andrew House: PS4's positioning in a connected world
The World Created by PlayStation 4 began with a presentation called "A Day With PlayStation". A video showed a gamer chappie playing Capcom's Deep Down, and using the PS4's social features to share the experience – including via a mobile app. He exchanged messages with a couple of friends of his who were also playing games. One of these, a bright young lass, popped her Vita in her bag and went to uni, where she attended a lecture and then picked up a tank battle game right where she had left off at home.
Another Vita fan was shown playing God Eater 2 with three friends around a table, and four more were spotted using the newly-announced, Asia-only Vita TV to play a fighter at home.
The Share button was featured prominently throughout the video, as were comments and what looked like clan features. Basically, Sony was trying to communicate that the new PS4 and Vita ecosystem is a connected, social world. The presentation ended with the word "Connected", in fact.
SCE Group CEO Andrew House then took the stage, sounding pretty fluent in his very first large audience Japanese language presentation. Nice work, Andy.
Wielding the phrase "evolution of consoles", House asked what kind of role consoles can play in a connected world. He mentioned three major trends. The first is the growth of hardcore gamers who chase the latest games; he mentioned that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Grand Theft Auto 5 prove console gaming is not a niche market anymore.
Secondly, House said that consoles are evolving as media and entertainment devices and can't just be game boxes any more; tablets and mobiles are related to this, he added, as gamers want a more social experience.
Finally, free-to-play games are increasingly important.
House said that it's important that consoles in the centre of the living room have a UI which will deliver games, media and social content to all members of the household, and be closely interfaced with social networks. These ideas informed the creation of the PlayStation 4.
House said game consoles were seen as "just toys" before Sony created a "mainstream" path for games. Now it's planning to do that again, building on the success of the PlayStation Network.
One way it intends to do this is to provide connectivity – with the broader Internet and with mobile devices. To this end, Sony has built a "consumer-focused", always-connected development environment. Every time a user switches on a PS4, they'll see something from the broader connected world, and much of it will be personalised for individuals. He called on developers around the world to help deliver social, connected, personalised experiences together with Sony, mixing hardcore games with karaoke and party titles.
House said games are becoming much more expensive and difficult to make – more "like Hollywood" – but Sony is committed to building a development environment which makes making games as easy as possible. He cited Sony's indie publishing philosophies.
House said Sony hopes to sell 5 million PS4 units by the end of 2013, but that's not as unbelievable as it sounds – he means fiscal 2013, which ends in March 2014. The PS4 launches in Europe and North America in November, and arrives in Japan in February.
The executive said Sony hopes to sell 5 million PS4 units by the end of FY 2013.
Having announced a whopping sales target for PS4, House moved onto other products. The Asia-only Vita TV was first, with House noting that it's targeted at new casual users in addition to existing PlayStation fans.
House also mentioned the PlayStation Cloud service, noting that Sony is still on track to bring it to North America, and noting that it will also support Vita in addition to PS4.
The presentation concluded with a slide titled "the best place to play".
Masayasu Ito: Indies, the Dual Shock 4, and instant network
SCE engineering and production division boss Masayasu Ito was next up.
The theme of Ito's speech seemed to be how PS4 has been designed to assist developers with adjusting to a new gaming world order in which mobile devices and social experiences are so important.
Mark Cerny worked with developers to ensure the new console met their needs rather than being designed in a vacuum. As a result, Sony elected to use affordable PC hardware, notably bumping up the system's RAM to 8GB of DDR5 at the request of developers.
Continuing the theme of developer relations, Ito reiterated Sony's commitment to, and program specifically design to entice, indies, as well as maintaining a "friendly" environment for providers at all levels, on both PS4 and Vita. He said content providers need the freedom to choose price, launch timing, and platform. "SCEI will always try to heed the opinions of indie developers," he said. "As a platform holder, SCEI is grateful that we have the interest of indie developers."
The presentation then cut to a showreel of independent games coming to PS4 and Vita. There were a lot of things I've forgotten the name of, but also Fez and Octodad.
Ito then moved onto the DualShock 4, highlighting its similarities to the DualShock 3, but noting its overall refinement. He also made a fuss over the Share button, the new Option key (which replaces Start and select), the capacitative touch pad and the Light Bar. Here's something cute I'd not realised; when playing multiplayer, every player gets their own colour, so there's no more fighting over which pad is which, or disastrously un-pausing to check. Ito concluded his DualShock 4 presentation by mentioning the headphone jack and speaker for sound effects.
The next topic Ito addressed was rapid network features. He said Sony wanted to ease user frustrations by making games playable as they download, and by speeding up downloads. In a similar vein, Sony wants the Share button to make uploading video and screenshots really quick and easy.
Interestingly, Ito said Sony has introduced real name identities, as opposed to nicknames or handles like the PlayStation network does now, because casual users aren't as keen on connecting socially with strangers. It's a theory; certainly the success of game requests on Facebook suggests casual users do like playing with friends. Ito stressed that real name use is optional, and is designed to expand the casual user base; hardcore fans can keep their handles.
The PS4's camera is also tied into this quest for social identity. With a simple menu, players can take a photo or video to identify themselves. It's just one of many initiatives Sony hopes will help make the PlayStation experiences tailored and customised to the individual.
PlayStation App
Ito then introduced the PlayStation App, a mobile app. SCE Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida came on stage to perform a live demonstration using a new Xperia smartphone.
The first screen he showed was called What's New, which shows what friends are doing. Yoshida saw a friend had bought Killzone, and sent a multiplayer match request. Another friend was broadcasting gameplay, so Yoshida showed how you could link straight out to Nico Nico and other social networks to engage with that. The next page, Topics, had panels devoted to various games, events and similar.
Next, Yoshida showed off a future feature – second screen controls, like the Wii U tablet or Xbox SmartGlass. By connecting the phone to the PS4, users will be able to access new kinds of gameplay which can then be integrated into the core PS4 or Vita game. Yoshida said it's very easy for PS4 developers to use either PlayStation App or their own dedicated app to implement these features.
PlayStation and Vita TV Remote Play
Ito then introduced the world's first demonstration of Vita TV Remote Play, which was announced last week. Yoshida was seen playing Knack on PS4, with a Dual Shock. He said if he had been playing the game at home, and his wife came in and wanted to use the TV, he could pause and switch to PlayStation Vita TV.
Yoshida briefly showed off how he could manipulate the Vita's icons arrangement with the Dual Shock before initialising the Vita TV Remote Play app. Once a PS4 and Vita TV app are registered, you can seamlessly switch over to the Vita TV using your Dual Shock 4 – precisely where you left off on your PS4. It's like Vita Remote Play, only you're using another screen in your house instead of the handheld.
Ito concluded by reiterating that PlayStation can be connected to Vita, Vita TV, mobiles and tablets, and said that Sony hopes to make all these features available when the PS4 launches, although it can't guarantee it. Sony wants you to enjoy the PlayStation ecosystem both inside and outside the house, and for players to enjoy it alongside their friends and family.
"That is the kind of fun world that we hope to create," he said.
The keynote is now complete, but will be followed by the first of three stage events. Get caught up on what to watch from this year's TGS.


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The source of inspiration for the new Students' Residence in Copenhagen were the traditional Tulou houses in Southeastern China - village communities with individual dwellings and communal facilities.
Five vertical intersections divides this circular building into sections and acts as passage ways between them, and to the inner courtyard, allowing for both communal and private life.
The architects were determined to make space for communal as well as private life in the building.
Much attention has been given to creativity and individual expression in the design of all student rooms.
The 7-storey building is intersected by five vertical cuts, dividing the the building into sections. These cuts act as passageways, providing access to the inner courtyard and to the seven floors of the Students' Residence.
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PS3 Version
360 Version
Capcom store:
PS3 Version
360 Version
From Capcom's website:
-Street Fighter X Tekken (including all character and Swap Costume DLC)
-Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition (with all costume DLC)
-Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
-Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition
-New documentary Blu-ray that highlights the lifelong love affair fans have had with Street Fighter, and how their dedication has affected the game.
-Street Fighter IV, Super SFIV anime movies
-All episodes of the Street Fighter animated series (DELICIOUS!)
-Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
Light-up Ryu statue
-Brand new statue with light up base. Eight inches tall and frozen in mid Shoryuken.
11 disc soundtrack
-Game music from the past 25 years, including remixes and fan-created music.
64 page hardcover art book
-Containing pieces from fans all over the world.
Ryu's belt
-Full size martial arts black belt for the aspiring World Warrior. Includes Ryu's "Furinkazan" in kanji.
Certificate of Authenticity
-Like any good collector's set, this comes with a lovely piece of paper telling you how limited and special it is. They're all individually numbered, so get one before they disappear! Arrives on September 18.
The PS3 version will be getting all 3 Alpha games as PSOne Classics and Alpha 3 MAX on PSP (digital download presumably).
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Handling Specialty's experience in transformer assembly was adopted by ASEA Brown Boveri's American and Canadian plants for their electrical transformers.
One of the steps in the assembly of large transformers is the winding of wire around the central coil. Coil winding is done vertically. A moving work platform allows employees to position themselves at various heights as the transformer is vertically built up with coil. The unique design of Handling Specialty's Cargovator is suited ideally to this task.
The CargoVator uses a self-locking acme screw jack system. Four screw drives are located at each corner of the lift and mechanically linked through the platform to ensure perfect synchronization. Safety features as well as platform size (up to 1,000 square feet) are customized to suit each transformer application.


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Reserved as I will come back to edit this to fill in my choices.
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Best Story - Sunday without God
Best OP -Watamote
Best ED -Sunday without God
Best Comedy - The devil is a part-timer
Best Drama - The pet girls of sakurasou
Best Ecchi - Cat planet Cuties
Best Fantasy - Sunday without God
Best Romance - Golden Time
Best Slice of Life - Watamote
Must Watch of 2013 - Sunday without God, The pet girls of sakurasou, golden time
Quite a bit of category overlap on this one, so I tried to avoid repeating the same few too much. I also didn't watch nearly as much as some of you, been pretty busy lately.
There only can be one after all, one must live, and the others must die
Best StoryTBA
Best AnimationTBA
Best Use of CGITBA
Best OpeningRo-Kyu-Bu! SS — get goal! by Ro-Kyu-Bu!
When I watch this series, get goal gets me pumped up to see Tomoka and her friends.
Best EndingAoki Hagane no Arpeggio : Ars Nova — ブルー・フィールド by Trident
Best ActionToaru Kagaku no Railgun S
Best AdventureTBA
Best ComedyTBA
Best DramaAKB0048 Second Stage
Through the series, there were times where I laugh, smiled, and cried. Admittedly though when I first heard about this series back in the beginning of the Winter 2013 simulcast, I dismissed it because I couldn't take the setting seriously. But months later, I gave the series a second look, and that led to the beginning to opening the door of AKB48.
Best Ecchi SeriesRo-Kyu-Bu! SS
Best FantasyTBA
Best MysteryKamisama no Inai Nichiyōbi
Best Character DesignTBA
Best OSTAKB0048 Second Stage
AKB0048 Second Stage has won this category because of the music stands out in my mind out of all the series I've watched. This allow has led me to my new found love of AKB48.
Best HaremKami nomi zo Shiru Sekai: Megami-Hen
Best RomanceHentai Ōji to Warawanai Neko.
Best Science FictionTBA
Best Slice of Life Ore no Imōto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai.
Ore no Imōto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai., in my opinion, has earned this category. I loved the character, despite how they went about the anime adaptation.
Best Short SeriesPuchimas! -Petit [email protected]
Best Male CharacterTBA
Best Female CharacterTBA
Best of the 2013 SeasonTBA
I love you Miichan, Takamina, Sasshi & Nako! (^_^)/
Going to answer later. But I know that YuYuShiki and Encouragement to climb has to be in there for me.
Feeling too lazy to go after Nico atm... :( ill try later on...
You cunt.
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I miss you, Ha-chan-san.
by Oda Eiichiro
"When does a man die? When he is hit by a bullet? No. When he suffers a disease? No.
When he ate a soup made out of a poisonous mushroom? No! A man dies when he is forgotten!" ~Dr. Hiluluk
Join the official ONE PIECE group in CR
Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?
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You cunt.
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I miss you, Ha-chan-san.
by Oda Eiichiro
Annual 2013 Anime Awards FINAL VOTE Signed Sealed Delivered !
]Best Story 1ST Love Lab 2ND Eccentric Family3RD[ Silver Spoon
Best Animation 1ST Love Lab 2ND Coppelion (Like the Manga style artwork and the backgrounds)3RD Kill La Kill/b]
Best Character Design 1ST Love Lab 2ND Coppelion 3RD Kill La Kill
Best OP 1ST Yozakura Quartet 2ND Yowamushi Pedal 3RD The Devil Is A Part Timer
Best ED 1ST The Devil Is A Part Timer Tsukihana by Nano Ripe2ND Yozakura Quartet Hana no Uta Tsukiyomi by phatmans after school 3RD Yowamushi Pedal Kaze wo Yobe by Under Graph All 3 songs full are just amazing!
Best OST 1ST Senki Zesshou Symphogear G 2ND Tari Tari 3RD[ Kill La Kill /b]
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Best Action 1ST Senki Zesshou Symphogear G 2ND Majestic Prince3RD Freezing Vibration
Best Adventure 1STZettai Boei Leviatan 2ND Galilei Donna 3RD Log Horizon
Best Comedy 1STLove Lab 2ND The Devil Is A Part Timer 3RD Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos
Best Drama 1ST Sunday Without God 2ND The Pet Girl of Sakurasou 3RD Oreimo 2
Best Ecchi Series 1ST Hyperdimension Neptunia 2ND High School DxD 3RD Freezing Vibration
Best Fantasy 1ST Kyousougiga 2ND Gatchaman Crowds 3RD Nagi no Asukara
Best Harem 1ST Infinite Stratos 2 2ND Date A Live 3RD Walkure Romanze
Best Mystery 1ST Beyond The Boundary 2ND Unbreakable Machine Doll 3RD Blast of Tempest
Best Romance 1ST Golden Time 2ND The Pet Girl of Sakurasou 3RD Servant x Service
Best Science Fiction 1ST Psycho-Pass 2ND A Certain Scientific Railgun S 3RD Coppelion
Best Slice of Life 1ST Silver Spoon 2ND Non Non Biyori 3RD Kin-iro Mosaic
Best Sports 1ST Yowamushi Pedal 2ND Saki Episode of Side A 3RD Encouragement Of Climb
Best Short Series (3-10 minutes) 1ST Teeyku 2ND Muromi-san 3RD RWBY
Best Male Character 1ST Sadao Mao The Devil Is A Part Timer 2ND Yutaka Hasebe Servant x Service3RD Yugo Hachiken Silver Spoon
Best Female Character 1ST Riko Love Lab 2ND Maki Love Lab 3RD Mikoto Misaka A Certain Scientific Railgun S
Must Watch of 2013 (think of it like if there was 1 anime you had to watch from 2013 it would be...) 1ST Love Lab 2ND Senki Zesshou Symphogear G 3RD The Devil Is A Part Timer
Best of 2013!1ST Love Lab 2ND Yozakura Quartet 3RD The Devil Is A Part Timer
Very Tough Decisions ! Lots of Good anime
"In Your Face" Shirase Kobuchizawa (A Place Further Than The Universe)
Best Story - Eccentric Family
Best Animation - Kyousougiga
Best Character Design -
Best OP - Delusion Express (Monogatari Second Season)
Best ED - Tsukihana (Devil is a Part-Timer)
Best OST -
Best Action - Attack on Titan
Best Adventure -
Best Comedy - Devil is a Part-Timer
Best Drama - Space Brothers
Best Ecchi Series - High School DxD New
Best Fantasy - Beyond the Boundary
Best Harem - Haganai NEXT
Best Mystery -
Best Romance - Golden Time
Best Science Fiction - Railgun S
Best Slice of Life - Silver Spoon
Best Sports - Ace of Diamond
Best Short Series - Recorder & Randsell
Best Male Character - Hachiman Hikigaya (Teenage Romcom SNAFU)
Best Female Character - Lucy ... Yamagami (Servant x Service)
Must Watch of 2013 -
Best of 2013! -
I have this problem where I'd rather read the story in my head than write it.
Attack on Titan
Life doesn't require that we become the best, only that we try our best
Best Story: Shingeki no Kyojin
Best Animation: Shingeki no Kyojin
Best Character Design: Shingeki no Kyojin
Best OP: Shingeki no Kyojin
Best ED: Shingeki no Kyojin, Kill la Kill, Kuroko's Basketball
Best OST: Shingeki no Kyojin
Best Action: Kill la Kill
Best Adventure: Magi: The Kingdom of Magic, Log Horizon
Best Comedy: Servant X Service
Best Drama: Chihayafuru 2
Best Ecchi Series: Highschool DXD
Best Fantasy: Magi: The Kingdom of Magic
Best Harem: The World God Only Knows: Goddesses, Highschool DXD
Best Mystery: Monogatari S2
Best Romance: The World God Only Knows: Goddesses
Best Sci-Fi: Valvrave the Liberator
Best Slice of Life: Silver Spoon
Best Sports: Kuroko's Basketball
Best Short Series: Recorder and Ransel
Best Male Character: Eren Jaeger, Levi Rivaille, Tetsuya Kuroko, Armin Arlert
Best Female Character: Ryuko Matoi, Satsuki Kiryuin, Mikasa Ackerman
Must-Watch of 2013: Shingeki no Kyojin, Kill la Kill
Life doesn't require that we become the best, only that we try our best
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Best Story
1)Shin Sekai Yori
2)Gatchaman Crowds
Best Animation
1)Kill la Kill
Best Character Design
1)Kill la Kill
2)Gatchaman Crowds
3)Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
Best OP
1)Log Horizon
2)1st OP Attack on Titan
3)Gatchaman Crowds
Best ED
1)Problem Children are Coming from Another World, aren't they?
2)Kuroko's Basketball
3)Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3
Best OST
1)Kill la Kill
2)Gatchaman Crowds
Best Action
1)Kill la Kill
2)Problem Children are Coming from Another World, aren't they?
3)Attack on Titan
Best Adventure
1)Log Horizon
3)Shin Sekai Yori
Best Comedy
1)Love Lab
2)Devil is a Part-Timer
3)Genshiken Second Season
Best Drama
3)Chihayafuru 2
Best Ecchi Series
Best Fantasy
1)Log Horizon
3)Devil is a Part-Timer
Best Harem
2)Arpeggio of Blue Steel
3)Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos
Best Mystery
2)Shin Sekai Yori
3)Blast of Tempest
Best Romance
1)Chihayafuru 2
3)Blast of Tempest
Best Science Fiction
1)Shin Sekai Yori
2)Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
Best Slice of Life
1)Non Non Biyori
3)Encouragement Of Climb
Best Sports
1)Chihayafuru 2
3)Kuroko's Basketball
Best Short Series (3-10 minutes)
2)Encouragement Of Climb
Best Male Character
1)Chamber Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
2)Ira Gamagoori Kill la Kill
3)Sakamaki Izayoi Problem Children are Coming from Another World, aren't they?
Best Female Character
1)Chihaya Ayase Chihayafuru 2
2)Hajime Ichinose Gatchaman Crowds
3)Tsubasa Hanekawa Monogatari
Must Watch of 2013
1)Kill la Kill
2)Attack on Titan
Best of 2013!
1)Kill la Kill
2)Chihayafuru 2
3)Gatchaman Crowds
If we're still looking at category ideas, I think it'd be interesting to see what shows out of the year we thought had the best first and last episodes (or, more broadly for the latter category: the best endings/finales).
Although if I'm the only one don't worry about it. It's just a passing thought.
Best Story
Best Animation Kill La Kill
Best Character Design Kill La Kill
Best OP Attack On Titan
Best ED Kill La Kill
Best OST Kill La Kill
Best Action Kill La Kill
Best Adventure
Best Comedy Watamote
Best Drama
Best Ecchi Series
Best Fantasy
Best Harem
Best Mystery
Best Romance Golden Time
Best Science Fiction
Best Slice of Life
Best Sports
Best Short Series (3-10 minutes)
Best Male Character Levi
Best Female Character Ryuko Matoi, Mikasa, Tomoko
Best Story
1. Kyousougiga
2. Shinesekai Yori
3. Chihayafuru 2
Best Animation
1. Valvrave the Liberator (Kakumeiki Valvrave)
2. Kyousougiga
3. Kill La Kill
Best Character Design
1. The Eccentric Family (Uchoten Kazoku)
2. Kill La Kill
3. Gatchaman Crowds
Best OP
1. Valvrave the Liberator- 'Preserved Roses' by T.M. Revolution x Nana Mizuki
2. Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) OP 1- 'Feuerroter Pfeil und Bogen' by Linked Horizon
3. Valvrave the Liberator 2- 'Kakumei Dualism' by T.M. Revolution x Nana Mizuki
Best ED
1. Beyond the Boundary (Kyoukai no Kanata)- 'Daisy' by STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION
2. Kuroko's Basketball 2- 'Walk' by OLDCODEX
3. Shinsekai Yori ED 1- 'Wareta Ringo' by Risa Taneda
Best OST
1. Attack on Titan
2. Kill La Kill
3. Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 2000%
Best Action
1. Kill La KIll
2. Psycho-Pass
3. Majestic Prince
Best Adventure
1. Log Horizon
2. Pokemon Origins
3. Valvrave the Liberator
Best Comedy
1. Servant x Service
2. The Eccentric Family
3. Love Lab
Best Drama
1. Shinsekai Yori
2. Nagi no Asukara
3. Space Brothers (Uchuu Kyoudai)
Best Ecchi
1. Kill La Kill
2. Strike the Blood
3. None (not really a big fan of ecchi)
Best Fantasy
1. Nagi no Asakura
2. Attack on Titan
3. Kyousougiga
Best Harem
1. Strike the Blood
2. Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova (Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova)
3. None
Best Mystery
1. Shinsekai Yori
2. Psycho-Pass
3. Sunday Without God
Best Romance
1. Nagi no Asakura
2. Chihayafuru 2
3. Golden Time
Best Science Fiction
1. Psycho-Pass
2. Shinsekai Yori
3. Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (Suisei no Gargantia)
Best Slice of Life
1. Uchoten Kazoku
2. Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
3. Love Lab
Best Sports
1. Chihayafuru 2
2. Yowamushi Pedal
3.Ace of Diamond
Best Short Series (3- 10 minutes)
1. Senyuu
2. Super Seisyun Brothers
3. Senyuu 2
Best Male Character
1. Hikari Sakishima (Nagi no Asakura)
2. Shiroe (Log Horizon)
3. Taichi Mashima (Chihayafuru 2)
Best Female Character
1. Hajime Ichinose (Gatchaman Crowds)
2. Saki Watanabe (Shinsekai Yori)
3. Akane Tsunemori (Psycho-Pass)
Must Watch of 2013
1. Shinsekai Yori
2. Kill La Kill
3. Attack on Titan
Best of 2013!
1. Chihayafuru 2
2. Attack on Titan
3. Shinsekai Yori
Zeta-Nu`s Annual 2013 anime awards
Best Story : Monogatari second series (runner up : Shingeki no Kyojin)
Best Animation : Sunday Without God (runner up : Rozen Maiden 2013)
Best Character Design : Date A Live (runner up : Hyperdimension Neptunia)
Best OP : Valvrave the Liberator (runner up : Shingeki no Kyojin)
Best ED : Hyperdimension Neptunia (runner up : Zettai Bōei Reviatan)
Best OST : Kill la Kill (runner up : Shingeki no Kyojin)
Best Action : Kill la Kill (runner up : To aru kagaku no Railgun S)
Best Adventure : Sunday Without God (runner up : Zettai Bōei Reviatan)
Best Comedy : Noucome (runner up : Watamote)
Best Drama : Little Busters Refrain (runner up : Kotoura-san)
Best Ecchi Series : Vividred Operation (runner up : High School DxD New)
Best Fantasy : Mondaiji (runner up : Hyperdimension Neptunia)
Best Harem : Date A Live (runner up : Noucome)
Best Mystery : Monogatari 2nd series (runner up : Sunday without God)
Best Romance : Outbreak Company (runner up : Hentai Ōji to Warawanai Neko)
Best Science Fiction : Hyperdimension Neptunia (runner up : Vividred Operation)
Best Slice of Life : GJ-bu (runner up : Non Non Biyori)
Best Sports : Kuroko no Basket season 2 (runner up : Free!)
Best Short Series : Inferno Cop (runner up : Yama no Susume)
Best Shoujo-ai/Yuri : Kiniro Mosaic (runner up : Vividred Operation)
Best Male Protagonist : Izayoi Sakamaki from Mondaiji (runner up : Hikigaya Hachiman from SNAFU)
Best Female Protagonist : Neptune Purple Heart from Hyperdimension Neptunia (runner up : Renge Miyauchi from Non Non Biyori)
Worst Main Protagonist : Ichika Orimura from IS (runner up : Eren Jaeger from Attack on Titan)
Best Villain : Cicinho from Galileo Donna (runner up : Kurumi Tokisaki from Date A Live)
Worst Villain : Lady Violet Witchy from Dansai no Bunri Crime Edge (runner up : Annie Leonhart from Attack on Titan)
Must Watch of 2013 : Attack on Titan (runner ups : Date A Live, GJ club, Noucome, Outbreak Company, Mondaiji, Watamote)
Must Never Watch of 2013 : Infinite Stratos 2 (runner ups : Brothers Conflict, Diabolik Lovers, Devil Survivor 2, Aku no Hana, Dog & Scissors, Fantasista Doll, Makai Ouji, Nagi no Asakura, Red Data Girl, Yuushibu, Walkure Romanze)
Best of 2013! : Attack on Titan (runner up : GJ-bu, Noucome)
Worst of 2013! : Infinite Stratos 2 (runner up : Aku no Hana, Dog & Scissors)
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Safari Hat... *drool*
Also, on MMO-Champion, it shows 3 kinds of Battle Stones... One to make pets Uncommon, one to make pets Rare and one to make pets Epic (Yes, that Epic...)
Dreading, because I know I'll never be lucky enough to get one. Looking forward to because there are some pets (giraffe calf, flayer youngling) that I've only ever seen once and it'd be nice to be able to upgrade the ones I've caught rather than attempting to hunt them down again.
All the UI and Journal stuff is great. I'll be able to loose 4 or 5 addons.
I love the Battle stones but hate the way they are earned. I'm not a fan of RNG personally. Especially for something like the pet battle system. I would have liked to seen the Flawless stones earned someway. Gifted for each pet you reach 25 with yourself maybe.
I don't like using Justice points for anything related to pet battles. It forces one into the PvE or dailies to purchase something for pet battles. What about those who only do PvP? I'd even rather see a new currency...Pet Biscuts or something...earned doing pet battle dailies. Use those to purchase GP Polished stones.
The I Choose You achievement should give a Flawless stone in addition to the gold. It pet battles after all, make the reward more pet battle centric.
Poofah wrote:Dreading, because I know I'll never be lucky enough to get one. Looking forward to because there are some pets (giraffe calf, flayer youngling) that I've only ever seen once and it'd be nice to be able to upgrade the ones I've caught rather than attempting to hunt them down again.
It's worse than this, however. There are lots of pets that just don't exist in a rare version: if you get a rare humanoid-upgrade stone, do you use it on your flayer, or on Peddlefeet or Wolvar Pup or Winter's Little Helper? You can always camp the flayer spawns some more to get the rare one, but if you want a rare of many of the holiday pets or engineering pets, the upgrade stone is the only route. I think that will drive demand more than anything.
For a similar reason, uncommon upgrade stones will be 100% worthless. I doubt anybody here sees any substantive difference between poor/common/uncommon for wild pets: it's 'rare' and 'everything else'. This is analogous to how I would pay 200g for the blue version of a gem for my gear rather than pay 10g for the green version (unless it's gear I'm going to upgrade within a week--but that's not the case with pets: they last until the servers implode).
This is also why epic upgrade stones would be a nightmare if they are actually implemented. There is no other route to getting an epic version of any pet, therefore the demand for these would be absolutely absurd. The announcement specifically doesn't mention them, but they are in the PTR game files so who knows...
Pet Battles
A new item has been introduced that can be used to upgrade the quality of Battle Pets: Battle-stones.
Players will have a very small chance to obtain a general purpose and family specific Flawless Battle-stone after winning a match against wild pets; defeating higher level opponents increases the chances of obtaining a stone. Family specific Flawless-Battlestones will be of the same family as the pets that were defeated. These valuable items are not soulbound, and can be sold on the Auction House.
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Gold traders are the least bullish in four weeks as jewelry purchases slowed.
Thirteen analysts surveyed by Bloomberg expect prices to rise next week, 10 were bearish and seven neutral, the lowest proportion of bulls since June 28. Bullion rose 7.8% in July, setting a one-month high of $1,348.65 an ounce on July 24.
Jewelry makes up almost half of global gold demand and has become more important to keep prices from falling after investors reduced exchange-traded-product holdings by 25% this year. Gold is heading for the first annual drop in 13 years after some investors lost faith in the metal as a store of value. Physical purchases of gold have been slowing in the past two weeks as higher prices deterred demand, according to Standard Bank Group Ltd.
"The slowdown is mainly coming from China, where demand ramped up quite strongly a month ago," said Marc Ground, a commodity strategist at Standard Bank in Johannesburg. "Physical demand puts lines underneath how far gold can fall, but for sustainable rallies you need investment demand. Without physical demand, gold would be lower than it is and without investment it could really crash."
The metal fell 21% to $1,319.61 in London this year, rebounding from a 34-month low of $1,180.50 on June 28. The 23% drop in the second quarter was the most since at least 1920. The Standard & Poor's GSCI gauge of 24 commodities lost 1.5% since the start of January and the MSCI All-Country World Index of equities gained 11%. Treasuries declined 2.8%, a Bank of America Corp. index shows.
Federal Reserve
Prices are heading for the biggest monthly gain since January 2012 on speculation the U.S. Federal Reserve will maintain stimulus. Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said last week it's too early to decide whether to begin scaling back debt purchases in September, after saying on June 19 that bond buying could slow if the economy improves.
The Bloomberg Dollar Index, a measure against 10 major currencies, fell 2.8% since reaching a three-year high on July 8. Bullion, which typically moves inversely to the greenback, more than doubled from 2008 to a record $1,921.15 in September 2011 as the Fed bought more than $2 trillion of debt.
The metal's slide into a bear market in April spurred more jewelry and coin buying, pushing prices up as much as 13% in three weeks before the retreat resumed. India, the world's largest buyer, this week added restrictions on imports. Inbound shipments may tumble 63% in the second half of this year, said Bachhraj Bamalwa, a director at the All India Gems & Jewellery Trade Federation.
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Lenovo IdeaPad Y560
The Lenovo Ideapad Y560 is a multimedia laptop available with several different option packages. This wiki will focus on support for as many variations as possible. At the time of writing, the Ideapad Y560 is available with the following options:
CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-370M Processor ( 2.40GHz 1066MHz 3MB )
Intel® Core™ i5-460M Processor ( 2.53GHz 1066MHz 3MB )
Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Processor ( 1.60GHz 1333MHz 6MB )
Intel® Core™ i7-740QM Processor ( 1.73GHz 1333MHz 6MB )
Screen: 15.6" (1366×768) Widescreen
Memory: Up to 8GB ram
Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730
Initial Installation
Lenovo's default partitioning scheme thankfully included an extended partition. Using a utility such as gparted, it is recommended to shrink your windows partitions to at least half the size of the drive and increase the extended partition to fill in the gap, then installing Arch within new logical partitions inside. Installing the bootloader to /dev/sda will allow it to boot into all of the operating systems, though you will need to chainload windows (chainloader +1 boot option, see the Beginner's Guide for an example).
The Lenovo Ideapad Y560's ATi 5730 graphics card works very well with both the open-source Radeon driver and the proprietary Catalyst driver, though there are minor performance differences to note:
Catalyst: Decent 2D performance, stock settings appear to work fine. 3D acceleration performance is highest with this driver, though 2D accelerated performance is not quite as good as the open-source driver. Noticeable performance reduction in fullscreen video performance (both applications such as VLC and web-based videos such as flash videos from sites like YouTube.
Radeon: Superb 2D and 2D accelerated performance, as well as decent 3D performance (though not as good as Catalyst). Fullscreen video is fine, and image-rendering programs/GPU-intensive applications tend to work well (with exception of 3D games, though this is under active development and so may have changed since the writing of this article).
Both drivers support overclocking, though the benefit of doing so on the Ideapad is negligible compared to the potential damage that can be done to the system, as the card will idle at about ~50-60C and can easily overheat due to the poor cooling system designed by Lenovo. [note: Admiralspark]
Taken from Catalyst
catalyst-daemonAUR is the recommended package to install, as it will pull in catalyst-utilsAUR as well, and will auto-recompile the kernel every time it is updated. You will want to add the autofglrx daemon to your /etc/rc.conf daemons array:
DAEMONS=(autofglrx syslog-ng dbus ...)
This will run every boot, taking ~40 milliseconds to check if the module needs to be recompiled. This will preserve multiple fglrx modules for multiple kernels. Once installed, you will need to configure the xorg.conf. Fortunately, a simple way to do this exists that will work with the 5730 without modification:
aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Now reboot, and check operations with applications like glx-gears, glxinfo, etc. See the main Catalyst article for reference and more complete instructions.
Taken from ATI
The installation of the Radeon driver is quite simple:
pacman -S xf86-video-ati
uDev will automatically load the correct driver, and no further xorg configuration is necessary. However, there is a problem on our machines with the default behavior of Radeon. The ATi driver will default to full clock, or its highest speed setting. This will cause the machine to run very hot, causing it to overheat and lock up/BIOS forced shutdown at 100C under any decent CPU load, as they share a single copper heatsink that cannot cool both units fast enough. The solution is to use dynamic clock speeds (much like the kernel's ondemand governor), which will keep the GPU in a low-speed state until needed, also preserving battery life:
# echo dynpm > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_method
You can also use a profile power method:
# echo profile > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_method # echo auto > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_profile
This method appears to have better performance in some cases, though dynpm works well in all but the highest-usage cases.
For HDMI audio on the Radeon driver, see Radeon#HDMI_Audio
As of Kernel 3.2.x, wireless works out-of-the-box with the iwlwifi driver.
There is a bug in the kernel which causes the tg3 module to load before broadcom, rendering the Intel Ethernet adapter useless. To fix, you will need to change the following lines in your /etc/rc.conf:
MODULES=(broadcom tg3)
Now the ethernet interface, eth0, should load without issue.
The Linux-Ideapad Kernel
The linux-ideapadAUR kernel is optimized for the Lenovo Y5xx laptops, though it should work on any laptop that uses the same chipset as the Ideapad. Includes all changes from the parent package by graysky linux-ckAUR, as well as:
- Optimized for Intel Core2/i3/i5/i7 processors
- BFQ I/O enabled by default
- tun/tap driver for VPN use
- 1000MHz timer (reduced latency)
- Networking filesystems: CIFS, NFS client/server
- Filesystem support added for EXT4, EXT3, EXT2, NTFS, VFAT, iso9660, as well as USB mass storage devices
- FUSE module for network filesystems
- iwlwifi driver
- broadcom/tg3
- Ideapad rfkill switch support
- Ideapad switchable graphics (non-i7 models that included the intel integrated graphics card with the ATi/nVidia)
- other small tweaks for performance, constantly being updated. Suggestions should be left on the linux-ideapadAUR page.
- Many unused drivers switched on by default are disabled, reducing the final kernel size significantly (though it currently sits at ~20MB, which can probably be cut in half)
ALSA works fine with the sound card, using the snd_hda_intel module. However, uDev does not automatically mute the speakers when a headset is plugged in, and will need to be scripted or done manually through alsamixer.
5/23/12: A fix for this is being worked on, though the production machine that linux-ideapad is built on is not configured properly for testing it.
You will want to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf file, as root, and replace the contents with the following options:
Section "InputClass" Identifier "touchpad" Driver "synaptics" MatchIsTouchpad "on" Option "TapButton1" "1" Option "TapButton2" "2" Option "TapButton3" "3" Option "VertEdgeScroll" "on" Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "on" Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "on" Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "on" Option "CircularScrolling" "on" Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2" Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" "40" Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinW" "8" Option "CoastingSpeed" "0" EndSection


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UED6104, New November 1980
Missouri CourthousesContact and other information about this county is available on the National Association of Counties website, http://explorer.naco.org/.
Sullivan County, first known as Highland County, had its boundaries defined in 1843; county organization became official in 1845. First courts in Sullivan County met at the home of Armstead C. Hill in May 1845.
In 1846 the court appropriated $800 to build a brick courthouse in the center of the square in Milan, but a year later these ambitious plans were superseded by orders to build a more modest 1-1/2-story, hewn-log structure south of the public square. The building measured 20 by 24 feet; the lower floor had one room, the second floor had two. The upper rooms served as jury rooms when needed; one doubled as a clerk's office, the other for probate court.
William Putnam contracted to build the modest structure, and the court appropriated $300. Ira Sears superintended the work. Putnam had the courthouse ready for occupancy by October 1847.
The courthouse square of Sullivan County originally was the site of a curious V-shaped mound, pointing to the northwest, elevated about 15 feet at the highest point. When leveling the mound, excavators found three Indian skeletons. Stones which had been placed around the skeletons were used as foundation stones for the jail.
The second courthouse for Sullivan County occupied the site of this mound. Major John McCullough constructed the building in 1857-58 at a cost of $5,000. The cupola was added later. The 1877 Atlas. This was the first brick structure in Milan.
Figure 1Sullivan County Courthouse, 1857-1908. (From: An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Sullivan County, Missouri, 1877)
Figure 2Sullivan County Courthouse, 1857-1908. (From: postcard, Trenton Boyd collection)
By 1891 the courthouse had deteriorated, and the court asked for an examination by architect Adriance Van Brunt from Kansas City. Van Brunt recommended building a new courthouse, but the court chose to repair the old building. Kerns and Shearer did carpentry and roofing work.
Fire destroyed the building June 26, 1908. For a temporary courthouse, the county purchased a two-story, brick building erected by the O. K. Railroad Company. Purchase price was $6,000, the sum the county received from fire insurance on the courthouse.
Sullivan County existed without a courthouse for 30 years until the federal government made financial assistance available. In June 1938 county residents voted support for the project.
Milan had a favorite son architect, Lyle V. DeWitt, raised in Green City. At an early age, DeWitt showed interest in architecture. Upon graduation from a school of architecture in Illinois, DeWitt was the natural choice for designing the 1938 courthouse, in spite of being only 23 years of age.
The Public Works Administration approved the plans for courthouse and jail in June (Figure 3). Contracts were let in October 1938 to Walter Barenfanger, Vandalia, Illinois, for the three-story, 110-by-66-foot building constructed of buff brick with Indiana limestone entrances.
Figure 3Sullivan County Courthouse, 1939-. Architect: Lyle V. DeWitt (From: postcard, Trenton Boyd collection)
Anticipating elevators at a later date, DeWitt left shafts for them in his plans. A community room in the basement is still an asset to Milan; a well-maintained, carefully preserved courtroom occupies the second floor. The initial request estimated costs to come to $136,500; construction contracts totaled about $125,500.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The White House says a meeting between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) covered hot-button topics like Syria, North Korea and cybersecurity.
Obama and Xi met Friday in St. Petersburg. As the meeting started, Obama said there will continue to be disagreements, but tensions can be managed.
White House spokesman Ben Rhodes says Obama addressed concerns about cyber threats emanating from China. He says Obama told Xi the U.S. sees it not through the prism of security but out of concern over theft of trade secrets.
Rhodes says Obama and Xi also discussed North Korea's nuclear program, plus territorial disputes over the Senkaku Islands.
China and the U.S. also announced they're moving ahead with efforts to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, powerful greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.


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I'm turning over a new leaf! *ANNOUNCEMENT* - instead of longer brain-crunching posts which only appear when the brain is on full power I have decided to write shorter comments based upon the several tweets which I archive for myself each day. I archive these tweets because they (the content of their links) prompt a thought usually connecting other ideas, and I keep the reference for building into a potential bigger story elsewhere e.g. the KINSHIP blog. So using the idea of Seth Godin and keeping things short and sweet I will add a little commentary around one selected "archived tweet of the day".
Google Unleashes More Big-Data Genius With a New Cloud Service | Enterprise | WIRED
Sometimes I don't keep the actual tweet I just archive the link to the article, as in this case about the how "Google continues to share the wealth of the uniquely powerful software systems it erected to run its enormous online empire."
Why did I keep this article?
- First and foremost because it demonstrates dramatically - to me at least - that large legacy / dinasour companies who insist on maintaining massive internal IT investments, including so-called "private cloud", are setting themselves up to be effectively disrupted and destroyed by smart firms which utilise the almost unbelievable power of the type of Platform as a Service which Google is making available with Cloud Dataflow.
- Google's now obsolete way of processing this was MapReduce which open sourced is Hadoop which the rest of the world now uses to crunch data. While the rest of the world is trying to figure out Hadoop, Google has dumped it and moved on. Hello! Can you afford the investment to catch-up? Can you try to figure out Hadoop while entrepreneurs set up to attack you by buying Google's new data analytics by the transaction? Do you seriously think that you can do better than Google with your in-house IT technical data analytics skills and resources?
Related: I keep these links because they relate to other ideas I see. This link also relates to services such as IBM's Watson as a Platform and other enormously powerful cloud-based services which are becoming available to anyone on a pay-per-transaction basis. The combination of these is the real meaning of cloud, and should strike fear into all incumbents in all industries. Today, we are only at the 1% point of this force.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama trod carefully in talks with Russian human rights activists after a G20 summit dominated by the Syrian crisis on Friday, avoiding direct public criticism of Kremlin policies the United States has denounced.
Following a tradition that has irritated President Vladimir Putin, who accuses Washington of meddling in Russia's affairs and backing his foes, Obama made a point of meeting civil society leaders while visiting for a international gathering.
Obama's huddle with activists came at a sensitive time when ties are badly strained over Syria, Russia's sheltering of U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden and the disputes over human rights that mounted after Putin started a third term in 2012.
The United States has accused Russia of curbing freedoms, stifling dissent and discriminating against members of the gay community with a series of laws Putin has signed since he returned to the Kremlin after four years as prime minister.
The meeting in Putin's home town might have been expected to be particularly offensive to the Kremlin after Obama pulled out of a one-on-one summit planned for this week in Moscow, before the Group of Twenty summit in St. Petersburg.
But with journalists present for his opening remarks to nine activists, Obama avoided direct criticism of Russia's human rights record and made no specific mention of the gay rights controversy.
"As important as government is and laws, what makes a country democratic and effective in delivering prosperity, security and hope to people is going to be an active and thriving civil society," he told the diverse group that included advocates of gay rights, business, the environment and other causes.
The words may have been aimed at Putin, whose government has placed new restrictions on protests and who signed legislation last year requiring non-governmental organizations with funding from abroad to register as "foreign agents" - a term loaded with connotations of Cold War espionage and treason.
A senior Obama administration official said the president was keen to underscore his opposition to Russia's new ban on homosexual "propaganda", hoping Putin might take heed as he tries to improve Moscow's international image in the run-up to next February's Winter Olympics in Sochi, southern Russia.
About 20 gay rights activists demonstrated in central St. Petersburg on Friday, far from the summit site, holding signs criticizing Putin and the gay propaganda law, or bearing slogans such as "God loves gays, God loves everybody".
Underscoring the troubles gay people face in Russia, hundreds of helmeted police in body armor separated the demonstrators from dozens of anti-gay activists who shouted insults and chanted prayers.
Gay rights activist Igor Kochetkov suggested it may have been Obama's plan for the meeting that prompted Putin to say recently that he was ready to meet Russian gay rights activists himself - though that has not occurred yet.
But Kochetkov said Obama should not let other interests get in the way of human rights concerns.
"The main thing that disappointed me was that Obama said he cannot look at Russian-American relations solely through the prism of human rights ... that there are also economic and military issues," he said after the meeting.
Putin may have been pleased by the decision of at least three prominent activists who are Kremlin critics to turn down the meeting with Obama, even though they said they did so because the White House repeatedly changed the date and time.
One activist who declined the invitation because of the rescheduling, Svetlana Gannushkina, wrote a message to Obama voicing opposition to military action against Syria.
"I have great respect for the degree of responsibility the U.S. leadership shows for the fate of the world in the name of its people," she wrote, but added that "military operations leading to the death of new victims among the civilian population are not the best expression of this responsibility."
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This line is concerning me:
Nulla res melius gesta est quam proelium illud ubi Marius multo minore exercitu multo maiores copias Germanorum in fugam dedit
It's not particularly complex, but the second half of the compound sentence doesn't quite seem right. I translated it as:
No thing (nothing) has been borne more greatly than that (famous yonder) battle, when Marius made the much larger (larger by much) troops of the Germans into flight with a much smaller (smaller by much) army.
The first melius appears to be a comparative adverb, but I would have expected the two armies in the second half to be compared directly against one another rather than the seemingly indirect comparison here.


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spring cleaningFriday, March 09, 2007
Libby was home from school yesterday. I'm not sure how "sick" she was, maybe just in need of a "mental health day". So, we managed to clean out her closet and drawers, to make room for some spring clothes. I did not make this skirt, it was purchased, but it was her favorite all year. We originally thought of making tissue holders from the fabric, but yesterday she suggested making it into a bag. The fabric is great. I have seen it in reprodepot's collection.
We took the straps off of a old bag that literally had a hole in the bottom and was from the dollar store. They fit perfectly onto the belt loops. As soon as we were finished Libby said she wanted to use it as her knitting bag. A girl after my own heart.
Enjoy your weekend!
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I see the Libby is already developing a purse habit - a girl after my own heart!! I love the paisley, too!ReplyDelete
Oh, and thanks again for the bloglines hint!!
such a sweet bag, perfect for knitting!ReplyDelete
I'll use the word that my 4 year old has been using lately to describe your mini skirt turned bag...ingenious! What a great idea. I'm sure your daughter will enjoy wearing it about that way as well :-)ReplyDelete
I just found you from tieonone. I can't believe you've been 'closet-blogging' for so long. I had to go back and read all your stuff. {wink!} I love the little skirt-turned-knitting-bag here. I would have liked the skirt for my three girls to wear and pass on to one another. As for those heart aprons...I need to hire you to make one...I'm thinking aqua/brown/red...or lime/cranberry/orange. SO cute! Glad I "found" you...and now have you added to my favorites. I'll be stopping in from time to time. =)ReplyDelete
O.K. so you are officially my hero.ReplyDelete
Do you have a great sewing machine? Would love to know if you have thoughts on good machines so that someday I can totally rip off all your great ideas. I have an ancient Singer and it is woefully inadequate or I lack the knowledge to figure it out.