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Tony Hobbs stood in the alley behind First United Methodist Church smoking a cigarette Thursday morning when he heard the recessional from the �Wedding March� playing from a bell tower.
Hobbs, who works at Electrex Inc., said he was taking a break, heard the music and just figured someone was getting married. Then he heard what sounded like a trumpeter playing the military retreat song. Still puffing on his cigarette, he decided it must be a military wedding.
Actually it was the Rev. Jeff Slater demonstrating how he can program the music that is heard for blocks around his church.
Slater is just settling in as the pastor of the large downtown church, and was willing to experiment with the various sounds that emanate out of the carillon-looking structure in front of the church. While there are bells attached, there is also a loudspeaker, from which a large variety of music is played electronically. Bells peal in celebration on Easter morning. Christmas carols play through December. Then he pushes buttons and there are tolling bells that signify a funeral. There can be one to 199 tolls, from the recording of a 1,408-pound bell. It�s all electronic, on something called a Chime Master System.
Stand on the corner of Hutchinson�s Poplar Street and First Avenue about 8 a.m. any day and you�ll hear dueling bells. Sometimes it�s hard to know for certain if the pealing is coming from First United Methodist or First Presbyterian Church. Some might be oblivious to the music because they are playing their own music so loud or their minds are preoccupied, shutting out the lovely sounds.
Hearing the chimes left me curious, and I went in search of Hutchinson�s Quasimodo, the bell ringer at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, and found Jeff and his electronic box.
Quasimodo was nowhere to be found at First Presbyterian, either. But Shirley Brandyberry was there, changing the music on a digital chime controller. Every Friday she switches the music to play hymns just before church begins on Sunday, resonating for blocks. Like Slater, she can change the music for a funeral, memorial or wedding.
Brandberry said the biggest misconception of the bell tower is the shape of the bells. �When you think of bells , you think of the bell shape. But ours are long tubes, which are chimes.They don�t swing back and forth,� she explained.
While she never has climbed high up in the tower, she allowed The Hutchinson News� lithe photo intern to climb the wooden ladder to photograph the long tube-like bells. She made it back down just as the chimes made their hourly peal.
The closest Hutchinson has to Quasimodo might be Lloyd Armstrong and the bell ringers at St. Teresa�s Catholic Church, 211 E. Fifth Ave. Before Mass, actual bell ringers pull 80-foot ropes, allowing them to peal for five minutes.
Armstrong said their group just replaced the ropes on the bells. And it took 100 feet of rope to reach the 80-foot bell tower. There are three bells � one master bell and two small ones. The bells are from 1910, and the bell manufacturer is still in existence.
Ushers, men, women and children all take turns ringing the bells. �The bells are amazing when you get them ringing,� said Armstrong. He has never heard anyone say it�s time to stop ringing. But bell ringers always know it�s time to stop when someone says, �The pigeons are off the roof.�
Kathy Hanks is a reporter for The Hutchinson News. Email: khanks@


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A Mango is a fruit and if you love this fruit, then you may see this fruit in your dream. Seeing a fleshy mango, the dream may be a sensual symbol what you are feeling in your mind. When you are thinking, or dreaming or hoping of beginning a new relationship like physical relationship, then you may see a mango or mango in dream. When you feel a passion or desire for anyone, but you cannot express it to the person, then you may see a mango in your dream. I hope that you have understood well to see a mango or mangos in dream.
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Letters: Political center, LBJ, gasoline costs
Shifting political center
Regarding "Down Under, politics flourishes in the center" (Page B7, Wednesday), Thomas Friedman is off on his facts when saying that Republicans do not believe in global warming. What I have heard most say is that they do not believe in man-made global warming. There is a difference.
Friedman also extols the virtues of New Zealand and Australia's political parties, saying the United States could learn from them.
The problem we have in the U.S. is that the political center has been misplaced, and when Friedman talks of moderate Republicans, does he mean someone like Olympia Snowe? This is the type of person who has helped the political center become lost.
The Democratic Party is not the party of my parents and is going so far away from centrist politics and dragging some from the Republican side with them. The term "moderate Republican" is just another way of saying liberal Democrat.
James Connealy, Baytown
The homeless as pawns
Regarding "Rules on feeding homeless put on hold" (Page A1, March 21), this proposed ordinance as written is not about feeding the homeless but is aimed instead at limiting access and assembly in pubic space. Timing couldn't be more obvious following the Occupy protest that trashed Tranquillity Park and cost taxpayers thousands in cleanup and rehabilitation cost.
Unfortunately, the mayor is using the backs of the poor and homeless to justify this ordinance, with Councilmember James Rodriguez carrying the water.
Further, the mayor's attempt to compare private property access with use of city parks - public space - is misguided. And limiting the number of people to five is crowd control that attacks free assembly; it's not about feeding the homeless.
There are no dollars in the city's budget to feed the homeless, but contributions from religious and private sources stand in that gap.
This proposed ordinance, if passed, will seriously diminish a much-needed resource in our community, and if littering is a problem, the city certainly can enforce existing littering and trespass laws and establish hours for public parks where needed.
Phillip Cook, Houston
Voting and LBJ's 1948 win
Regarding "Voter ID law: Do the facts justify it?" (Page A1, Monday), I keep reading about the long lines at the Department of Public Safety offices making it hard for people to get photo ID in order to vote.
I recently visited my local DPS office to renew my driver's license. The room was full, and many people I am sure had a long wait.
However, people who needed only a renewal or ID card were routed to a clerk who was processing these requests, and it took little time. It seems a small price to pay to secure a photo ID.
As to voter fraud, how do we know how much fraud there is until we know the people voting are who they say they are? After all, LBJ continued his political career by being elected to the Texas Senate with the help of dead people who voted.
P. Carroll, Deer Park
Gasoline costs
The article "For some refiners, the price of gasoline is too low" (Page D1, Thursday) makes it sound like refiners want gasoline prices to go higher, when in fact we would like to see the price of crude oil go lower to hold down gasoline prices.
The cost of oil accounts for 76 cents of every dollar consumers pay for gasoline, and taxes account for another 12 cents, according to federal data. Refiners collect only 6 cents to pay for all their fuel manufacturing costs and to generate the earnings they need to stay in business and preserve the jobs of their workers.
Historically, the price of oil has fallen when the supply has increased.
The best way to increase the U.S. oil supply would be to get federal approval for increased production in our country and for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline to bring Canadian oil to refineries in Texas and elsewhere along the Gulf Coast.
The United States still imports more gasoline than we export. We are a net exporter of diesel and some other petroleum products that are in excess supply in our country, because most cars here run on gasoline.
Exports of surplus diesel (which has to be manufactured whenever gasoline is made) keep American refineries running, support American jobs and generate tax revenue.
Amy Myers Jaffe, a fellow at Rice University's Baker Institute, suggests that the government require refineries to keep gasoline in storage, but refineries around the country typically already have more than three weeks of gasoline in storage.
Mandating higher reserves would require the construction of additional gasoline storage capacity, raising gasoline manufacturing costs.
Charles T. Drevna, president, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, Washington, D.C.


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Anxiety stems from a bad upbringing.
Anxiety disorders can result from various aspects of childhood including "bad upbringing", but to imply that is the only cause is ridiculous.
Anxiety is a natural reaction to a perceived threat or danger. So where do we learn that something is dangerous? Easy answer….Life experiences. Some life experiences where we learn inaccuracies about danger can occur in childhood, for example if a parent is fearful then the child can learn similar fears. If a child is abused, physically or emotionally, for taking childhood risks, then the grown up child may have anxiety issues related to risky situations.
Other anxiety disorders can develop during adulthood and have no connection to childhood at all, for example stemming from various traumatic experiences such as serious injury or death of a child, military combat, or natural disasters.
Anxiety can be complex and to make an overly simplified judgement as to it's cause is irresponsible and dangerous.
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Gratitude is the topic today and be sure to check out Irene blog on this subject.
I looked up the definition and was intrigued to fine this... I was grateful for the surprise..
Gratitude defined for English-language learners
a feeling of appreciation or thanks
- Let me express my sincere gratitude for all your help.
- We remember with gratitude those who died defending our country.
- We owe them a debt of gratitude [=we should be grateful to them] for all the help they've given us.
My list of gratitude
1. My mean aunts that thought I didn't matter because I wasn't a boy and couldn't carry on the family name.... you made me strong and independent, happy to be in my own skin
2. My mother who was from Rhode Island, she made me a little bit northern where you mind your own business and shoo
t straight when you do have something to say.
t straight when you do have something to say.
3. My Dad who taught me to be tough... no coddling and to always play to win or don't play
4. My kids who forced me into being able to multitask
5. My grandkids who taught me how good it felt to love without the pressure of parenting
6. My husband who taught me the unlimited boundary of love and the depths of "I'm going to kill him"
7. And finally to my friends that forgive my many faults, push me to be more, laugh at my jokes and cry with me even if they don't understand why I'm sad.
This week I'm so thankful to my family and one dear friend that made my Christmas wish come true. Meet my new pup Lottie Mae.


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Unusual Tattoos by Renown Spanish Artist Victor Chil.
Award-winning tattooer Victor Chil, based in Barcelona, Spain, is sought-after for his colorful cartoon-graffiti designs and photo-realist portraits. Although these art styles are completely different from one another, Chil is able to do both, efficiently.
"I always try to play with several styles. With new school, traditional, Asian, and realism, I merged resources and the applications of each technique into one. Whenever I draw up a design for a tattoo I first look for fluidity and a dynamic in line with the body. The same idea does not have the same composition for a leg as it does for an arm. Each part has its composition, and then I look for a more aggressive, sweeter, or crazier style. Then I add illustration and narrative techniques, which allow a clear reading of the drawing and personalization according to the customer, all with a clear and worked application to last for years.
I love Pixar animation movies; they do an amazing job! I am also inspired by comic artists, and certainly many tattoo artists inspire me."
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Like the others I've upgraded to LineageOS 14.7 and the tablet still performs well. However it's now getting harder to charge so I'll install a new charging port.
Bought this beast on release and it still works like new after over 4 years. Even better actually with Android 7.1 thanks to LineageOS. Accidently sat on it once and bent it very slightly. You think the thing would care but nope. (Albeit the water resistance is almost certainly gone now because of a crack in the frame). Runs for days on stand by too. No noticeable scratches despite removing the protective cover. (Which I wouldn't recommend doing since that made touch input a bit oversensitive).
I'm honestly flabbergasted how most manufacturers can't build tablets like this one nowadays.
Four and a half years from new and still faultless. A truly great tablet.
have upgraded last year from Lollipop to Cyanogen Android 6 and last month to Lineage OS Android 7.1.1 - no problems using TWRP to backup data then install Lineage OS - it's great to have the latest Android Nougat on a 3 year old tablet
(got latest zip image from developer CaHbKaUp - an official version is promised later)
more details at http://lineageosdownload.com/devices-supported-by-lineage-os/
Been using this for 3 years now. worth every penny of it. hasn't given any trouble.
Incredible tablet !! About three years using it and excellent performance...One of the best, certainly.
One of the best tablets ever. Cute design and smooth performance with android lollipop 5.1.1
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I bought Sony Xperia Tablet Z Wifi from Ebay seller (Secondipity), it was manufacturer refurbished. Looked nice, but keyboard start blinking sometimes. I sent it back to them and ordered at the same way Sony Xperia Tablet Z Wifi+4G, the keyboard is still blinking sometimes. I don't know is the problem with every Sony Xperia Tablet Z Wifi or is the reason because it is manufacturer refurbished. Could anybody answer to this question? I would be very thankful about any information of that.
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Local Face: Judith Hacking
Judith has been a well known face in and around Wendover since she moved here in April 1960. She had been living in Buckinghamshire since 1953 and as her parents, Alan and Kitty, were enthusiastic members of Ellesborough Golf Club a move to be nearer their favourite pastime seemed very sensible.
In 1959 Judith was introduced to the pleasure of Scottish Dancing in Southcourt and became completely hooked when a friend introduced her to Lucy Clarke's Scottish Dancing Group in Amersham in 1961 and she kept up the active interest until 1994. It even led to Scottish Dancing in her own garden some idyllic summers evenings.
For about 30 years Judith was an intrepid traveller being very familiar with Austria and the Nordic countries during the 1950's and 60's branching out to North America in 1959 and including an epic 3½ month safari from Mombassa to Cape Town by landrover through Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to South Africa from August to November 1965, coming home by sea. Now she delights in returning to her childhood haunts in remote Yorkshire and near the sea in South Wales.
Judith moved down from Ellesborough Road to the centre of Wendover in 1977 as her parents were retiring. She became a member of St Mary's Parochial Church Council in 1985. Inevitably, with her background, she was Treasurer from 1988-96 and remembers working closely with Andrew Meynell the then Vicar of Wendover.
Judith was also recruited as Treasurer to Abbeyfield House in Dobbins Lane and served in this capacity from 1988-2000. She returned as a committee member from 2005 until 2007 when it merged with the National organisation and has continued to be a member of the much smaller social committee.
During this time Judith had been an articled clerk in Tring but later worked as an accountant in Chesham followed by Aylesbury, a brief spell in Sheffield and finally for Mr Maurice above what is now Florence Nightingale Hospice Shop. This became of great significance in 1977 when Mr Maurice became the first Treasurer/Secretary of Wendover Community Trust and Judith became the bookkeeper. The only other surviving members are the chair Tony Mogford and the founder, Lord of the Manor, Lionel Abel-Smith. The Trustees were delighted that last year they were able to celebrate 30 years and giving away one million pounds to the people and organisations of Wendover. In addition to individuals helped in all sorts of ways, Wendover Community Trust has contributed towards our Schools, Swimming Pool; Bowls, Cricket and Tennis Clubs; Scout and Guide Huts; Memorial Hall and has pledged money towards the rebuilding of St Anne's Hall.
Wendover News has received many requests nominating Judith as a Local Face. Neighbours are always sure of a friendly word and smile in the street and Judith regularly pops in to see old friends as part of her busy schedule. Judith has so many friends in Wendover who would like to thank her for being such a wonderful neighbour over the years.


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Building healthy habits
As you all know I'm a WW member now and wow, the program has gotten so full of helpful habits, tips & routines.
This month the routine is adding a fruit or vegetable to every meal. I had to remind myself at first, but now I do it automatically. It might seem like a chore at first…but adding a banana, strawberries or a melon to breakfast; cherry tomatoes, an apple or oranges with lunch; or,some salad and cooked veggies with dinner has really made me feel fuller and more satisfied with my meals and snacks. I am actually now starting to crave certain veggies..like roasted brussels sprouts!
One habit I am SUPER proud of though is planning out my meals and points before I eat them. This is a slow habit to build because I'm not a very good meal planner. But, knowing what I'm going to have for dinner…really helps me to stay on track all day. I'm looking forward to my yummy planned ahead dinner and I know what snacks/meals I can have during my work day and not feel guilty or worried about "fitting in" dinner.
Last night I made Steelhead trout. This fish tastes and looks exactly like salmon except it is more tender and has less fat/calories/points and the same amount of protein 🙂 By the way it was really easy, I just cooked it in a packet of foil in the oven at 375 for 15 minutes. It was PERFECT. (Oh, I put lemon juice, a couple sprays of olive oil, salt, pepper, onion powder and dill) It was a household favorite!
As part of my counting up points before I eat them, I had a Vietnamese take-out victory today. We went to a local, only open for lunch during the week, Vietnamese restaurant to pick up lunch for work today. I ordered the chicken & vegetable stir fry with fried rice. I already had my breakfast points in my tracker, I also have my homemade baked chicken fingers for dinner in there too, and then I put in the chicken & vegetable stir fry (2 cups). After that…I saw how many points I had left for the day. Determined I wanted a snack with points this afternoon combined with my apple, so I took that out. Then, I saw how many points I had left and I MEASURED out 1/2 a cup of fried rice (I keep measuring cups at work!) and threw the rest away!!
How about that? Rockin' the healthy habits!!!
<3 Merbear
I'm all set for Fitbloggin' 13 in Portland! I hope to see you there!
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Great choices, Mer! I When I actually plan ahead I do much better too. It's the planning ahead part that kills me.
Way to go!!! I had NSV today…. I wanted these delicious chocolate covered graham crackers from the cafe at work. I checked my points calulator and 1 of them is three points….there are two in the package. Well, I had ONE and put the other away, for tomorrow 🙂 Also I swapped that for my PM sweet snack, which has been a 100-cal pack (3 pt) Keebler Choc. Covered Grahams. The ONE was way more satisfying than the whole pack of those little ones, cause it is real, delicious chocolate…mmm! 🙂 yay for NSV and counting points. You go girl.
Good job! Sounds like you are really getting into some healthy habits.
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Laruna: Age of Kingdoms (Canceled)
Earn the favor of the young gods through war, trade and worship in this competitive worker placement/miniature battle strategy game.
Laruna: Age of Kingdoms (Canceled)
Earn the favor of the young gods through war, trade and worship in this competitive worker placement/miniature battle strategy game.
Laruna: Age of Kingdoms will be relaunching on February 1, 2018! You can follow along with the new project on BoardGameGeek or at www.LarunaAOK.com. Thank you, and see you in February!
Age of Kingdoms is a worker placement/miniature battle and map control game for 2 to 6 players, set in the fantasy land of Laruna. Players assume the roles of powerful magic users who rule over one of the last remaining kingdoms of Laruna. They must manage their resources, field units and sling spells all in an effort to gain the favor of the young gods - their only hope for salvation.
What makes Laruna: Age of Kingdoms unique?
- Multiple Player Combinations: Vital decisions are to be made even before the first turn! By combining 6 different playable Kingdoms with 6 different playable Rulers, each game lends itself to different strategies.
- Thematic Strategy: Based on the RPG Dreamscape: Laruna, Age of Kingdoms is full of beautiful art that transports you to the fully formed world of Laruna, making you feel as though you are truly a ruler in a fantasy land.
- Easy to Learn: Laruna's gameplay is split into smaller, focused phases, allowing the gameplay to be both epic in scope and approachable for players.
- War or Peace: Earn victory through trade, economic development, territory expansion, or defeating your fellow players. Every strategy is viable.
- Social Interaction: Formal Trade Agreements, Military Alliances, and victory points for cooperation and betrayal offer mechanics-driven incentives to work with your fellow players--or stab them in the back!
- No player elimination!: Losing a war is not the end of the road for any player. Kingdoms that are sacked by another player are provided protection from being dogpiled, and the game only ends when the allotted number of turns has ended. You may be at the wrong end of a war, but you may still accrue enough Favor throughout the entire game to grant you a victory.
While there are plenty of subtleties at play in Age of Kingdoms, learning and quickly executing the basics couldn't be any easier. Simple resource tracking and card management ensures that new players are able to quickly digest the intention of each card and unit. This ensures that the challenge of the game is implementing a winning strategy, and not merely understanding how the game is played.
Age of Kingdom's gameplay has 3 major components:
Kingdom Management
Deciding where to commit your work force in this worker placement phase of the game is always an enjoyable exercise in economic tactics. Will you be running a long bloody campaign to earn your Favor? If so, you will need to consider the cost of commuting workers to upgrade your troops or maintaining high enough Command to field larger numbers. Is that added might worth the risk of Kingdom-wide instability? Perhaps you would be better served by investing lightly in your defenses and hunkering down while the work force petitions favor at your Kingdom's temples? Knowing which resources to seek, when to harvest and exploit them, and how to best leverage them for your Kingdom is a big part of the fun when playing Age of Kingdoms!
Map Management
Surveying the current state of the world is important for any ruler! Knowing which kingdom's banner flies in which territories and monitoring who has control of certain trade centers is crucial. Always be prepared for war! Move your units in and out of battle to best advance your kingdom's objectives and maintain your area control. Snappy, dice-driven combat allows battles to be resolved quickly. Deploy your troops wisely and aid them with spells if you hope to win in the end.
Social Interaction
Favor is a tricky thing. Every player wants to have the most, but gaining some alongside one player to catch up to a different player makes for social chaos. Playing the game is more than careful planning and quick adaptation. Players need to work with AND against one another when the time is right. Signing Trade agreements, instigating wars, or defeating powerful world monsters will see a player's Favor total shift constantly. The player to your right may have been a great trade partner during times of peace, but with war at your kingdom's doorstep, you may need to betray them and look for a mighty combat ally to your left! Good thing you've been holding on to that Agenda to lower a kingdom's Stability! They'll never see it coming...
For more information, check out the manual (currently a work-in-progress) here!
And don't forget to watch the videos below, including a play-through with the developers!
Inspired by images of kings and queens sitting at a world map to determine their strategy, Age of Laruna contains over 70 beautiful miniatures ranging in size from 35 to 100mm tall.
World-wide unit counts are enforced by the number of miniatures available, with each Kingdom-specific unit having 3 copies, most Territory units having 2 copies, and especially powerful units (like the foreboding Giant or the terrible Kadune) being only capable of appearing one at a time.
Check out the ODAM team playing Age of Kingdoms! This video contains gameplay, explanation of some mechanics, and a great dose of the competitive elements of sitting at the table with AoK.
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Join us in a journey across Laruna! We have a bunch of awesome Stretch Goals planned for this campaign which we will continue to reveal as the campaign goes on.
To whet your appetite, here's the first stretch goal which includes some Kickstarter Exclusive content!
This Kickstarter Exclusive Stretch-Goal expands your exploration options, granting you exclusive access to special Islands and Dimensions that increase your income and strengthen your armies!
Will your hand be the one to guide the Forgotten Kingdoms of Laruna to victory? The Agra'Mosh accord adds 2 new playable Kingdoms to Age of Kingdoms.
While many say that the island nation of Izumo's glory days are far in the past, the Age of Kingdoms is the perfect time to prove the naysayers wrong!
Izumo uses their mastery of the sea to their advantage, allowing them to enjoy multiple trade routes and an unparalleled freedom of movement along the coasts of Laruna.
Seeking to atone for their ancient past, the Ashik have banded together as a Kingdom once more! This nomadic race were made as magical weapons of war and have decided that now is the time to embrace their legacy rather than deny it!
Featuring powerful ground units, high Magic stores, and a variable starting position on the map, Agro'Mosh is a powerful, versatile Kingdom capable of imposing their will wherever they may travel.
The Age of Kingdoms is a time of myth and legend! The Legendary Events expansion includes two exciting noteworthy events to your game.
Skylord's Fury
All kingdoms must beware the Skylord's Fury! In ages past, the great Skylords ensured that dragons were feared and respected all across Laruna. In Skylord's Fury one such ancient dragon will periodically appear throughout a game's timeline and ensure that all players heed its might! Placate the mighty dragon with resources or blood sacrifice if you know whats good for you. Flex your muscle if you dare and fight off the ancient creature to earn Favor and respite. A unique ongoing event that ensures players rush to earn the dragon's good graces or defeat it enough times to be recognized as the new lord of the sky.
The Fae Queen's Masquerade
Long has the fabled queen of the fae been shrouded in mystery. Her court and its decadence seizing the souls of minstrels and poets across the land. Now she has declared the return of the forest kingdoms ancient practice - the Masquerade. In this unique world event, the Fae queen holds a series of parties at random locations where players can race to curry favor with the legendary manipulator. Those who participate in her festivities can earn marvelous rewards or even earn the direct favor of the queen herself!
Go All-In and save! This pledge level gets you Age of Kingdoms, The Agro'mosh Accord, Legendary Events, and all stretch goals! Note: This pledge level does NOT include the Dreamscape: Laruna RPG.
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We will be shipping from multiple fulfillment centers around the globe to help reduce costs and manage shipping in the most streamlined way possible.
Below is our ESTIMATE of shipping costs for the base game. These costs may change based on stretch goals unlocked and additional add-ons purchased.
Canada: $15
Rest of the World: $40
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For a predictable outcome, a dental implant should be placed as soon as the bone and gum tissues following a tooth extraction have healed. But what happens if the tooth has been missing for months or years? You might then run the risk of not having enough bone to properly place an implant.
This can happen because of a disruption in the growth cycle of living bone tissue. As older bone cells dissolve (resorption), new bone develops to take its place. This is a dynamic process, as the amount and exact location of the new growth is in response to changes in the mouth, particularly from forces generated by the teeth as we chew. If, however, this stimulation transmitted to the bone no longer occurs because the tooth is missing, the bone will tend to dissolve over time.
In fact, within the first year after a tooth loss the associated bone can lose as much as a quarter of its normal width. This is why we typically place bone grafting material in an empty socket at the same time as we extract the tooth. This encourages bone growth during the healing period in anticipation of installing a dental implant or a fixed bridge. If, however, the bone has diminished to less than required for a dental implant, we must then use techniques to encourage new bone growth to support a future implant.
One such technique for restoring bone in the back of the upper jaw is to surgically access the area through the maxillary sinus (a membrane-lined air space within the bone structure of the face) positioned just over the jawbone to place grafting material. During surgery performed usually with local sleepy juice for the teeth, the surgeon accesses the sinus cavity, lifts the tissue membrane up from the sinus floor and applies the grafting material on top of the bone. Eventually, the new bone growth will replace the grafting material.
If successful, the new bone growth will be sufficient to support an implant. Thanks to this renewed growth, you'll soon be able to enjoy better function and a transformed smile provided by your new implant.
If you would like more information on forming new bone for implants through sinus surgery, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Sinus Surgery."
The big day you've waited for all your life is just around the corner — your wedding day! And to make that day as special as possible you've been working on making yourself more attractive.
In all your preparations, don't forget your smile. There are many ways to make it shine, some requiring little time or effort. A professional dental cleaning and polishing, for example, can do wonders for brightening your smile. If you have above normal staining, you can also undergo professional whitening to remove stains and enhance your teeth's natural color.
Some problems, though, like chipped, slightly misaligned or heavily stained teeth may require more than a cleaning or whitening session. In these cases, you might consider covering these less attractive teeth with porcelain veneers to transform their appearance. As the name implies, veneers are a thin layer of tooth-colored, translucent porcelain custom designed for you and bonded permanently to the visible tooth.
While veneers can significantly change your smile, it can't fix every appearance problem. Some teeth require more extensive dental work, like a porcelain crown that completely covers a tooth, or dental implants to replace missing teeth. In more complex situations you may want to look at orthodontics to repair an unattractive bite, or plastic surgery to change the look of a gummy smile.
Keep in mind, though, many of such treatments take time: installing dental implants can take months and some orthodontic treatments, years. As soon as you can, you should discuss your smile appearance with your dentist and what can be done to enhance it in the time you have.
With the help of your dentist, orthodontist or other specialist, you can change your smile. And that, along with all your other preparations, will help make that once in a lifetime day even more special.
If you would like more information on undergoing a smile makeover, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Planning Your Wedding Day Smile."
Root canal treatments are an essential part of dental care — countless teeth with deep decay would be lost each year without it. Now, this traditional dental care procedure is advancing to a new level of precision through lasers.
Root canal treatments have a simple goal: access a tooth's infected pulp and root canals, clean out the infected tissue and fill the empty pulp chamber and canals with a special filling. Once filled, the access is sealed and a porcelain crown later placed for additional protection against re-infection.
In the traditional procedure, we perform these steps manually with a dental drill and hand instruments. We may also need to remove a good portion of tooth structure, both healthy and infected tissue. A laser, on the other hand, is a highly focused beam of light with the ability to interact with healthy and infected tissues differently: destroying infected tissue while having no effect on nearby healthy tissue. The end result: we may be able to remove less healthy tissue with lasers than with the conventional procedure.
Lasers are also helpful with softening and precisely molding the filling material within each canal's particular shape. And, early reports seem to indicate a higher degree of comfort for patients (less drill noise and need for sleepy juice for the teeth), less bleeding and faster recovery times than the conventional approach.
But as a tool for root canal treatments, lasers do have a couple of disadvantages. While light travels in a straight line, root canals are rarely straight — conventional instruments with curved designs usually accommodate odd canal shapes better than a laser. Lasers can also raise temperatures within a tooth that can damage healthy tissue, both within the pulp and outward into the dentin.
Still, lasers for root canal treatments appear promising with some dentists using a combination of lasers and manual techniques to garner benefits from both approaches. While you won't see lasers replacing the traditional root canal treatment anytime soon, the future looks bright for more efficient ways to treat deep tooth decay.
If you would like more information on your options for root canal therapy, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation.
Dental implants to replace teeth are a popular choice as much for their durability as their life-likeness. Most implants last for decades, which can result in lower long-term maintenance costs than other replacement options.
But to achieve this longevity, you must take care of your implants. You should brush and floss them daily right along with your remaining natural teeth — and continue regular semi-annual dental visits for cleanings and checkups.
You may be wondering, though: if they're made of inorganic materials, why worry with brushing them? It's true that bacterial plaque, the thin film of food particles most responsible for dental disease, doesn't affect them.
Your implants, though, don't exist in a bubble: they're imbedded in real bone, surrounded by real gum tissue and placed next to real teeth. All these other living tissues are susceptible to infection caused by plaque, even from plaque on non-organic implants.
The bone and tissues around an implant can even have a higher susceptibility to infection. This is because an implant's attachment in the jaw differs from that of natural teeth. An implant is imbedded directly into the bone; a natural tooth, on the other hand, maintains its hold through an elastic gum tissue between it and the bone called the periodontal ligament. Tiny fibers from the ligament attach to the tooth on one side and to the bone on the other.
Besides holding the tooth in place, the ligament also contains blood vessels that supply the tooth and surrounding tissues not only with nutrients but also antibodies that help fight infection. Due to the absence of a ligament connection, an implant doesn't enjoy the same level of protection from infection. Â It's much easier for tissues and teeth around an implant to become infected, and harder to stop it.
That's why prevention through daily hygiene is so important. So, be sure to brush and floss all your teeth — including implants — every day, and keep up your regular dental visits. And at the first sign of a possible infection — swollen, red or bleeding gums — see us as soon as possible for an examination.
Consider your implants a long-term investment in both your smile and dental health. Taking care of them will pay dividends for many years to come.
If you would like more information on taking care of your dental implants, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Dental Implant Maintenance."
We treat most malocclusions (bad bites) with braces or clear aligners. But not all malocclusions are alike — some can require extra procedures to achieve successful results.
One such example is when incoming teeth crowd other teeth and cause them to erupt abnormally. The crowding also reduces the space needed to move the misaligned teeth to better positions. To make more room we'll often remove some of the teeth before undertaking orthodontics.
The key is to extract the right teeth. The best candidates are those whose absence will have minimal effect on both appearance and dental function. That's commonly the bicuspids, located right on the edge of the "smile zone" (the teeth most visible when we smile) between the cuspid (eye) teeth and the back molars.
Once we choose and remove the teeth our next concern is to protect the bone at the extraction site. The bone in our jaws benefits from the pressure created when we bite or chew. This stimulates new bone cells to form and replace older cells. Without it, as when we have a missing tooth, the amount of bone can diminish over time and affect the success of any future orthodontics.
To prevent this, we take care not to damage the gums and bone removing the tooth. We may also install a graft under the empty socket to encourage bone growth.
If we've removed teeth outside the smile zone, the resulting orthodontics will move teeth into the opened space. In the end, you won't even notice they're gone. Teeth lost or congenitally missing in the smile zone, though, may eventually require a replacement tooth. A dental implant is the best choice, but it should be put on hold for a younger person until their jaw has fully developed.
In the meantime, we can install a spacer or a temporary restoration to hold the empty space and prevent other teeth from drifting into it. This can be incorporated into braces or aligners, or with a removable partial denture or a temporary modified bridge.
Extracting teeth to aid orthodontics first requires a well-laid plan that could encompass several years. The end result, though, can be well worth the time and effort — better function and a new, attractive smile.
If you would like more information on the process of straightening teeth, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Tooth Removal for Orthodontic Reasons."


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Girl Talk With JoAnna Garcia Swisher: She Opens Up About Cutting Her "Mermaid" Hair, Finding Love, and More
JoAnna Garcia Swisher uses the word magical multiple times over the course of our brunch interview, but consider this: She's a successful working actress, charismatic, and gorgeous, she's married to baseball player Nick Swisher, and they're parents to darling two-year-old daughter Emerson. Garcia Swisher's life is as seemingly as magical as they come. But with that good fortune comes responsibility and gratitude—both of which the 35-year-old is adamant about instilling in her daughter—and making a difference in the multiple cities she resides (yes, more on that in a second). In our third installment of Girl Talk, Garcia Swisher talks about her new role on The Astronaut Wives Club (premiering tonight on ABC), the day she met her husband, and what life was really like on the set of Gossip Girl.
It was a breakfast of champions for JoAnna Garcia Swisher and Glamour's Jessica Radloff at Cecconi's in West Hollywood!
Glamour: Needless to say, The Astronaut Wives Club is being primed to be one of the biggest hits of the summer. What can you preview about playing the real-life Betty Grissom?
JoAnna Garcia Swisher: Betty was strong, she was tough, she didn't mince words. She experiences the greatest tragedy [on the show]. She may have not had the best social graces, but she was who she was and to this day she is. You're going to get to know the legacy that I think Gus and Betty Grissom would be proud of. I had a few hours with [the real Betty Grissom and] it was amazing. She was so generous with her time.
Glamour: The costumes you get to wear are stunning! What were your favorites?
JoAnna: Eric Daman was the costume designer, and he also did Gossip Girl. He's beyond! I got to wear a vintage Oscar de la Renta dress and there was a lot of Pucci and all of these designers that were so iconic. It was really special.
Glamour: You cut your hair for The Astronaut Wives Club. Was that hard for you?
JoAnna: Hard! I was really attached to my mermaid hair! I had these Ariel locks, and it was so great. I knew I didn't want to wear a wig, so I cut a long bob and thought that would cut it if you put curls in it, but it just didn't. So I cut it more. You kinda have to for the period to get it right, so I just got used to it. Now I really like it, but I miss the long hair too.
Glamour: What's your favorite look from all the shows you've been on?
JoAnna: Goodness. I really would say Ariel on Once Upon a Time and also Astronaut Wives Club because it was a period piece and it was so special for that, but it was fun to be a mermaid!
Love slipping into my mermaid tail! Tonight #Ariel swims her way back onto @onceABC! #OnceUponATime
A photo posted by JoAnna Garcia Swisher (@jogarciaswisher) on Mar 22, 2015 at 9:27am PDT
Glamour: The Astronaut Wives Club filmed in New Orleans for almost six months, but you have a home in Cleveland because your husband plays for the Indians. You also live in Los Angeles. Where's home base?
JoAnna: [Laughs] We have four homes. Home base right now is Cleveland because it's during the season. We're gypsies, really. We kind of travel in a pack! We have four dogs and a horse, but the horse does not travel with us. The horse is here in L.A. There's also a home in Tampa, in the same neighborhood I grew up in. My parents are right down the road, and that's what we would consider home. That's where we like to spend most of our time and where we would like to eventually land. The fourth house is in Scottsdale, Arizona, for spring training. I know, it's really ridiculous!
Glamour: You've embraced the baseball life. What stadiums do you love to visit?
JoAnna: Yankee Stadium. I love Citi Field too. Wrigley Field is amazing. And I love Fenway and the city of Boston. I've never been to Busch Stadium in St. Louis, but I really hope that we get a chance to go there.
Glamour: Since you grew up in Tampa, were you a total Busch Gardens girl?
JoAnna: I did zoo camp at Busch Gardens since that was more in my backyard! I even did a few commercials for them as a kid. I really love the animals [there], and Emme has that love for them as well. My husband is going to have a zoo as she grows up.
My, oh my! How time flies...Happy 2nd birthday to this magical girl! Emerson, we love you!
A photo posted by JoAnna Garcia Swisher (@jogarciaswisher) on May 20, 2015 at 10:39pm PDT
Glamour: At what age did you know you wanted to be an actress?
JoAnna: I knew I always loved it, but my parents did a really good job of making sure I had a lot of balance in my life. When I was younger, I was very much a working actress. I was on a Nickelodeon show for many years, and I did a lot of work in Florida, but I never felt that that was all there was to me. It wasn't until I went to college and my first year in college when I realized I really missed it.
Glamour: You moved to Los Angeles in the summer of 1998 and literally hit the ground running, didn't you?
JoAnna: Three days after I arrived, I got sent to North Carolina to do a made-for-TV movie with John Ritter, and then I was gone for six weeks. A week after I got back to L.A., I started doing the show Party of Five. I knew it was a bit unrealistic, but I was like, "OK, this is how it is here, right? This is what actors do!" I was just really fortunate to be in the right place at the right time and then it just steamrolled from there.
Glamour: After Party of Five, you starred in Reba as Reba McEntire's daughter. Were you a country music fan?
JoAnna: Oh, yeah! When I was originally hired for the show, Reba hadn't been cast yet. She was starring in Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway, so we weren't sure if she was going to be able to do it. The show was called Sally at the time. It was a spec script that was just sold to the WB. When I found out that she was being considered for the role and wanted to do it, I was like, "Oh my gosh, this is a dream come true!" Having no idea of what a multi-camera comedy meant, I was totally naive. We shot the pilot two ways [once Reba was hired]. We shot the pilot where she played Sally and then the character of Reba. And we were like, "There's no other show where she could be anyone other than Reba." She's a queen.
Glamour: Reba was also a bridesmaid at your wedding. Not bad!
JoAnna: Yes! And Melissa Peterman, who played Barbara Jean, was also a bridesmaid. Chris Rich, who played my dad on Reba, married Nick and me. So yeah, it goes without being said how special everyone is.
Glamour: You were on Gossip Girl in a recurring role. What actress and character from the show would have been your BFF in real life?
JoAnna: Probably Serena, but I like the heart and bitchiness of all of them! [Laughs] Except Michelle Trachtenberg's character, who was just an absolute devil! Although almost everyone I could find a good side in. As for an actress, everyone was so incredible to me. Blake [Lively] was just gorgeous and wonderful and lovely. I loved Leighton [Meester]. Everyone truly opened their arms to me. But I would say Jessica Szohr. She's just a dreamboat of a girl. She's so lovely. Everyone was just so freaking cool to me and nice. Then I ended up meeting my husband because of that show since I had to move to New York.
Glamour: How did you and Nick meet?
JoAnna: We were set up by a mutual friend. When I moved to New York, he heard I was going there to do *Gossip Girl *and [our friend] said, "I know this guy that just got traded to the Yankees this season." I said, "OK, give him my number, and I'll introduce him to all my friends. I have a ton of friends in New York!" I was never thinking about dating him. I mean, I was going to make out with Chase Crawford for a whole summer! I was just going to have fun in New York. I met Nick three days after I landed, and 10 months later we were engaged. It was pretty instant.
A photo posted by JoAnna Garcia Swisher (@jogarciaswisher) on Oct 12, 2014 at 12:01pm PDT
Glamour: What did you and Nick do on your first date?
JoAnna: The Yankees were playing the Mets, so he called me and asked if I liked baseball. I went, and he had a great game. I didn't realize he had a great game, but now that I know more [about baseball], he did! [Laughs] [After] I was waiting outside the hall where the family members wait, and this was the first time I was going to meet him. He was wearing ripped jeans, a bedazzled T-shirt with dog tags, and a mohawk, and I thought, Oh my gosh, where does this guy get his clothes?! I think he had a skull ring on and a leather wristband.
Glamour: Why couldn't he actually take you out instead of having you come to the game? Or did he want to just show off?
JoAnna: Well, he didn't have any days off, so he said, "If you want to come to the game and we can hang out after, that would be great." So I said sure. I'm sure he didn't think it would hurt his chances to play a baseball game [in front of me]. He had driven to the stadium, so we went back to his apartment to drop his car off and decided to have a cocktail there.
Glamour: Uh-huh...
JoAnna: We literally talked—nothing else but talked for four hours till the wee hours of the morning. I was so impressed by him. He was super humble, but he also had this cocky flair about him, which I really love. He's such a genuinely great person. He talked about what he wanted out of life and his picture of what his life would look like. It was all so magical! It was one of those moments where you meet the right person at the right time, and maybe it wouldn't have worked five years ago because we still had some living to do...
Glamour: Although it sounds like you'e doing more living now than ever before!
JoAnna: 100 percent! Yeah, just a different kind of living! It was just one of the moments where...he said, "I know I'm a ballplayer and there's a negative connotation to that, and I'll never disrespect you and I won't play games with you. I want to date you and I want to date only you."
Glamour: This was all on the first night?!
JoAnna: This was the second week we were dating. He's like, "I'm going to change my phone number. I want everything from my past to go away. I want it just to be about you and me, and I want to prove to you that that's what it's going to be." He was just so certain of what he wanted, and he was going to be the man that I would want to be married to. He was like, "I know you are probably dating other people. I am no longer dating anybody else. I'm just dating you."
Glamour: Were you dating anybody else?
JoAnna: Oh God, yes! [Laughs] But everything fell away. It was just instantly—this guy is all in, and so was I. We were instantly a couple. Instantly. And I did tell him I loved him before he said it to me.
Glamour: Tell me how that happened.
JoAnna: It happened accidentally. We were in Toronto, and I was really overwhelmed in the moment. We were on a road trip together, and I just blurted it out. He's like, "What did you just say?" and I said, "I love you." He said it back right away, but he likes to hold that over my head!
Glamour: Earlier you mentioned making out with Chase Crawford for the entire summer on Gossip Girl. Did you guys ever date?
JoAnna: No! Chase has always been a friend. I was just joking before because he's so dreamy and sweet. By the way, Chase is the real deal. He's incredibly real, incredibly well read, into sports, gorgeous. He's the total package. But there was nothing romantic there. He was just a fun friend, but I joke about that I was in New York to date Chase Crawford and didn't expect to meet my husband!
Glamour: Based on what you know now, what relationship advice would you give to Emme when she's older?
JoAnna: I'd say, "Don't be afraid to make mistakes and always respect yourself." I say this to a lot of my friends, but what's the worst that can happen? If you want to be all in and fall head over heels in a matter of minutes, then go for it. Obviously be safe and be protective of your body and your heart, but I feel like nobody can disrespect you unless you really allow them to.
Glamour: Your dad is a gynecologist, so that must have been interesting growing up...
JoAnna: My dad blocked out for a good portion of my [teen years]. [Laughs] My dad was so great at letting me be exactly who I was and helping me through all of it. He also set the bar really high for what to expect in a marriage and a relationship and a friendship with my mom. My parents are celebrating 44 years of marriage. It's an incredible blessing, and there's a sense of commitment that my dad always instilled.
Glamour: Do you give your girlfriends a lot of advice?
JoAnna: I've seen a lot of my girlfriends get married in their early 40s and wondered throughout their 30s if they were going to have children, and I've always said, "There's no right time or right formula." I understand there's that desire to have that relationship, I totally get it. But life with the right situation is way better than having somebody in it that's not the right situation. I think that the love and friendship that I have with my father really gave me inherently an example of what a relationship with a man should be. My father adores me and always picks up the phone when I call, and he loves me through it all and exactly for who I am, the good and the bad, and that sense of security made it very easy for me to acknowledge when something was really good. I don't want Emme to be afraid of making mistakes. I want her to love hard and love with reckless abandon and live these love stories—and obviously be very careful and very safe and cautious.
Glamour: Speaking of gynecology, how's this for a transition: You were on The Mindy Project last season. What was that like?
JoAnna: It was the best! They are hilarious. It was actually very intimidating in a weird way because most of my career has been spent in comedy. But there is such a camaraderie there and such a chemistry that I was super nervous, but then almost instantly it was all washed away. Ike Barinholtz is a dreamboat. Chris Messina is hilarious. He's so sweet too. And Mindy [Kaling] is ridiculously amazing.
Glamour: When you're not on a set or on an airplane, you're really big into animal rescue. What prompted you to start that?
JoAnna: My bleeding heart. I can't imagine any animal being mistreated. I would take them all in if I could. I just love animals, and the idea of being able to protect and rescue something that has been mistreated or needs a home is something that resonates with me. We work with all different kinds, even in Cleveland. I rescued this kitty cat in New Orleans from underneath a car on the side of a road. My daughter and my parents were with me, so my dad held on to Emme, and I was hearing this little kitty moaning under the car and couldn't leave without it. My whole day was shot, but it didn't matter. I spent a few hours underneath this car, covered in soot, and this young man helped me rescue her. She ended up having a broken femur, and I took her to the vet. We had to get her surgery, but we ended up finding a home for her.
Glamour: Kudos to you. That's wonderful.
JoAnna: I just want my daughter to take the time to do those things. We can all get so busy in life, and there's nothing wrong with that, but being able to be in the moment. If there's someone in need, take the time to say hello, see how they are, give a smile, whatever it may be. Just slow down life a little bit and take it all and live your life with a lot of gratitude.
The Astronaut Wives Club premieres tonight on ABC at 9 P.M. ET.


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Dave has been at Volition since 1997, and having spent 4 years at the University of Illinois prior to that, is coming dangerously close to having lived half his life in Champaign. Dave has watched Volition grow from ~20 people to nearly 150, and it shows no signs of stopping any time soon. He feels weird being a fossil at 29 years old.
When not pacing around his house waiting for Starcraft 2 to come out, he can be found mowing his weeds and crushing the local $150/$300 Hold `Em games in the greater Champaign area. He is extremely proud that his younger brother is now attending the U of I this fall.


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By Dr. Kenneth L. Gentry Jr
Thus, instead of the kingdom being for Israel alone, it is for the "world" at large, just as Matthew's Gospel anticipates throughout (Mt 2:3; 5:14; 24:14; 26:13; 28:18–20).1 He leaves absolutely no impression that God's plan includes elevating the Jews above the Gentiles and to a special status in his kingdom (cp. Mt 8:10–12; 12:41–42; 21:45). He presents only good seed and bad seed, saved and lost — not Jewish dominance or leadership. As we learn later from his servant Paul (Ac 9:15–16; Ro 1:1; Tit 1:1), the Lord teaches that "there is neither Jew nor Greek . . . for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Gal 3:28; cp. Ro 10:12; Col 3:11).
But Christ adds that though Satan cannot totally hinder the kingdom's reception among men (see previous parable), he will infiltrate the kingdom by mixing the unrighteous within its borders. Christ's kingdom will never be perfect and pure on the earth. Contrary to some, postmil-lennialism does not teach a perfected earthly kingdom (see below on pp. 262–64). Nevertheless, we should note that he presents the world as a wheat field through the sowing of the seed; it is not a tare field.
In both of these parables we learn that God will not sort out this intermixture of the legitimate kingdom members from the false ones until the end of history (Mt 13:40, 49). On Judgment Day God will remove the lost first (contrary to the dispensational scheme, 13:41–42, 49–50), then he will bring the saved into the eternal kingdom where they will shine forth in perfection (13:41–43). This occurs "at the end of the age" (13:40), not 1000 years prior to the end (contrary to all forms of premillennialism).
Notes1. The OT expects this, Ge 12:3; 22:18; 26:4; Ps 67:2; 72:11, 17; 86:9; Isa 2:2–4; 19:23–24.


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Here is the brides bouquet and a couple of her bridesmaids - I'm still trying to get better picturesThen you've got the groomsmen
Here is the cake. I only did the flowers.This is a close up of the brides bouquet.
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We now have a new trailer for our Aireshelta and equipment!
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We are trying a new layout to our Aireshelta at Sports Relief 2014 on 23 March 2014 at the Olympic park London! We will post photos in the gallery after the event.
02 Dec 2012 The Director of the company was involved in a serious Road Traffic Collision whilst dealing with an incident that had already occured on the A1M at Stevenage where he was taken out by an out of control vehilce causing multiple fractures!
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… one last one - how can I turn off the backlight? or find a list of options I can do without trying to take apart the sample code ?
Thanks =:-)
… one last one - how can I turn off the backlight? or find a list of options I can do without trying to take apart the sample code ?
Thanks =:-)
You can use: backlight.rgb(0,0,0) which will definitely turn it off.
As for list of options, you can try Python's dir() and help() commands, which should be useful:
pi@maxim ~/Development/dot3k/python/examples/advanced $ sudo python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Mar 18 2014, 05:13:23)
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import dot3k.backlight
>>> dir(dot3k.backlight)
['LED_L_B', 'LED_L_G', 'LED_L_R', 'LED_M_B', 'LED_M_G', 'LED_M_R', 'LED_R_B', 'LED_R_G', 'LED_R_R', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '__package__', 'colorsys', 'g_channel_gamma', 'hue', 'hue_to_rgb', 'i', 'leds', 'left_hue', 'left_rgb', 'math', 'mid_hue', 'mid_rgb', 'r_channel_gamma', 'rgb', 'right_hue', 'right_rgb', 'set', 'set_bar', 'set_graph', 'sn3218', 'sweep', 'update', 'use_rbg', 'value', 'w_channel_gamma']
I'm starting to suspect I should add an off() command. It'd be a convenience method that would call:
Thanks … got a nice little script running a treat - all good !
I have pushed a new version of Dot3k up to pip, this includes two new methods in Dot3k backlight:
I want to get the DOT3K running when I switch my Pi on, is there a script I can add to start up to switch it on?
At present, I'm manually entering:
\curl https://get.pimoroni.com/dot3k | bash
…then going through the process of saying that I do want to enable IC2, etc. and saying that I don't want to reinstall files. It feels very clunky. Am I doing this all correctly? I just want to turn it on.
Apologies, by the way: I'm very new to all this. I'm having a great time using the Pi though!
That's the process of installing Dot3k, you only have to do it once.
Once done, you should see a folder in your home directory. This is usually the directory you're in when you start up your Pi, otherwise you can get to it by typing this into a terminal:
cd ~
Once there, you should look at the contents:
And you should see a Pimoroni folder. Enter it:
cd Pimoroni
And you'll hopefully find the example code for Dot3k, which you can run to make it do various out-of-the-box things. Try this for example:
cd ~/Pimoroni/dot3k/advanced
sudo ./menu.py
Good luck!
So what I'm doing everytime is reinstalling it, then opening the python files for the DOT3K? Whoops!
Thank you so much! That's a massive help.
Has anyone tried getting this working with Arch linux or is it only possible with Raspian?
It think it's possible under Arch Linux, but we only officially support Raspbian and I've not run Arch on a Pi for about 2 years.
The install script explicitly looks for Raspbian because I have absolutely no idea what might explode if it does the same steps under Arch Linux, and I don't want people to trash their systems with untested code.
You can probably set up i2c/spi separately, and then:
sudo pip install dot3k
git clone https://github.com/pimoroni/dot3k
And run the examples from the cloned GitHub directory.
Yup, did that part but it seems blocked on the kernel module. I'll see if I can get it working for Arch. If not then Raspian is just an SD Card flash away. :) I was just hopig to avoid setting everything back up if I didn't have to.
I buy a Dot3k and try to use.
Do any one know how print ♥ on Dot3K?
I use python.
I just got my Dot3k today but looking here:
it seems theres a
`def create_char(char_pos, char_map)`:
method which should do what you want and you can see examples of it being used here:
The bit I missed out is that I don't think (@Gadgetoid might correct me) there is a heart in the default character set (at least not in the reference I found on twitter by googling!) but you can define your own as an 8x8 sprite.
If you want a really simple custom character example…
import dot3k.lcd as lcd
lcd.write('Hello ' + chr(0))
each number in the list is a row of 8 dots expresses as binary, so if you wanted just the last dot of the first row to be "on" you'd make the first number (for the first row) a 1, if you wanted the second to last dot on you'd make the first number a 2, for both the last two dots 3, and so on. Think of each row as a number in binary and then convert. There is an example above where this makes a nice heart:
Indeed, there's no heart and lcd.create_char is the way to go about it!
See page 5 here for the built-in characters: http://www.lcd-module.com/eng/pdf/doma/dog-me.pdf
Here's an easy way to express characters in Python, note that like Gisky says each row is represented by a single binary number- however there are only 5 dots a row ( the letters are 5 wide, 8 tall ). These are the least significant bits of each row number; ie: 0b000XXXXX
So for each binary number, which we can express in Python as
0b00000000, we ignore the first 3 bits.
To draw a box:
lcd.create_char(0, # Index of the character ( 0 - 7 )
Notice that you can quite clearly see what the graphic is, from which bits are 1 and which are 0.
So let's convert Gisky's heart into binary:
lcd.create_char(0, # Index of the character ( 0 - 7 )
Okay, the heart isn't quite so clear because our font is much taller than it is wide- but it's an easy way to play with icons on Dot3k!
chr(0) ( you can use
chr(0) to
chr(7) tells the LCD which custom character you want to display. Once you've displayed it, the character will automatically change every time you call lcd.create_char, so you can run an interactive Python shell and test all the patterns you might need.
###Random Python bin/hex stuff…
In Python you'll find the bin and hex functions useful for converting to binary and hex, but you can also just type a binary or hex number in to an interactive Python shell to convert back:
>>> hex(1)
>>> bin(1)
>>> 0x567
>>> 0b101010101
Binary is base 2, and hex is base 16, so to convert these string representations back to their numeric variants in python you would use:
>>> int('0xfc',16)
>>> int('0b001110',2)
Ok, I'm getting errors on a new install on a new RPi2. This is the error message I get:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./menu.py", line 5, in <module>
import dot3k.backlight as backlight
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dot3k/backlight.py", line 1, in <module>
import sn3218, colorsys, math
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sn3218.py", line 98, in <module>
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sn3218.py", line 55, in enable_leds
i2c.write_i2c_block_data(address, CMD_ENABLE_LEDS, [enable_mask & 0x3F, (enable_mask >> 6) & 0x3F, (enable_mask >> 12) & 0X3F])
IOError: [Errno 5] Input/output error
Any ideas? I've ran sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade etc etc (I had it working before), but for some reason is not on this RPi2.
FYI - I did install the Piglow and was using as a system monitor for my headless usenet downloader, but I wanted to use the DOT3K instead because it is fancier.
Hang on. I tried the old re-plugin method and it seemed to work (as in I unplugged the DOT3K then plugged it back in). Odd.
Update - It is now not performing properly - the backlights don't seem to work properly (not lighting up very well) and then when I select the menu.py example in the advanced folder, it jumps around all over the place.
Update 2 - It was my Piglow script running at the same time that caused the issues. I stopped this from starting at boot and then tried the DOT3K menu.py example and hey-presto. Sorry for all the posts. Didn't realise I could edit!
quick note to say: the latest Raspbian Wheezy updates to raspberrypi-bootloader, libraspberrypi, i2c-tools and python-smbus (available as part of the Raspbian 2015-05-05 image, and pulled from repo at this point in time) left my dot3k fully functioning!
Of course that is the whole point, but since I have been holding back till the weekend, I thought I'd post in case anyone was unsure about taking the plunge ;-)
Does anybody know if the DOT3K is compatible with OpenELEC / Kodi? There is a way to enable LCD support in OpenELEC's configuration programme, but it asks for specific drivers etc…
I have absolutely no idea how that even works- presumably it's using LCDProc.
My key is that a custom driver would need writing, in C, which exposes the right interface and uses a GPIO library ( probably WiringPi ) to drive Dot3k.
I'm sure this is possible. Have you tried looking for an LCDProc driver for the "ST7036" which is the controller used in the Dot3k display?
A quick look at the LCDProc changelog reveals:
This would suggest that hd44780 is the correct driver choice for Dot3k, but whether or not any of the off-the-shelf drivers would actually work remains to be seen. I'd expect not.
Someone with the time/inclination ( that might be me if this stick in the back of my head, but I'm short on time ) needs to reconcile:
And add support for the SN3218 backlight driver, too!
( There's an RPi driver which will certainly be useful, but it's for the display in 4-bit mode, which is not how we have it hooked up on Dot3k: https://github.com/kierank/lcdproc/blob/master/server/drivers/hd44780-rpi.c )


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Low - Drums and Guns
I've done two threads like this already of albums ignored in most Best of 2007 lists, so may as well do another.
No credit for this record either in most places. It's not quite Low's best (it feels a little too short for one thing), but they're probably the most consistent American band of recent years, and it's still bloody great.
The double whammy of Murderer and Violent Past to finish on is especially satisfying. And Hatchet is really short and sweet. And the haunting Breaker and Pretty People...*goes on and on*
its beautiful
its just a slow starter. people are stupid. stupid people!
It's a lovely album
I recall Boomkat claiming that panning the vocals hard right makes it impossible to listen to on headphones but I've never had a problem with it.
Breaker & Murderer = classic
The problem I had with it is that the songs are good ideas, but short. Like Hatchet, for example. They do work better live though.
agreed - definitely better live
I'm really not sure about the arrangements / production on this album. I guess they're trying to expand their sound a bit, which is admirable, but the songs sounded so much better when played live with the standard guitar/bass/drums line-up.
Even if it's not one of their best (I prefer it to The Great Destroyer, but it's not up to the standard of the 3 albums they did before that), it's still one of the better albums I've heard this year.
^ this
Again, as with DMST, I salute your taste sir.
you salute mine, too. Heck, and so do I.
Fuck Burial. Fuck LCD. Fuck Rachel Unthank. Drums.. and Dude, Where's My History in Rust are prime platters of 2007.
definitely in the top ten of the year.
'Murderer' is amazing song. The lyrics are... well the only word appropriate is 'devastating'.
it's very good
but still far from their best...
Might be why it isn't in many TOP10...
It should have been in my top 5, but I forgot about it! Its also well worth downloading the Black Session, a live concert with the new album stuff. I think I prefer the live versions to the studio and tend to listen to the Black Session more.
does one find such a thing? might you be able to share it?
T'was in my top 10.
And in fact, I'm going to put it on now while I tidy the house.
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For quite a while I'm already looking forward to this year's Two Days A Week festival. To be precise right from when I saw the first poster about it and me finding the name of one of my most favourite bands on it: Live. I haven't seen the guys from the US for a long time now and am absolutely eager to see them on stage again.
But today came the next shock: Some few days ago Slipknot had to cancel their attendance because of the injury of one of their band members, they have found a more than adequate replacement: Apocalyptica!!!! Wiesen, I'm coming!
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