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We recently posted a very touching article of memories of time spent on Little Sebago Lake. We would like to post more such stories - they always generate lots of interest. I'm sure we all have special memories of Little Sebago Lake and we ask that you consider sharing them by submitting to
By Jan Strout
Mountain View farm stood a top Adam's Hill in Gray. A 3 story house with a shed that attache to the barn. The shed had large doors that opened on both sides to allow carriages to drive through and down to the shores of Little Sebago Lake. Wealthy families from places to the south of us, such as Boston and New York liked to come for summers. Fields that went down to the clear blue waters of Policeman's
Cove and offered fabulous views of the White Mountains in New Hampshire. In the 50's Mountain View Road was a dusty dirt road passing the ruins of the farm yet still offering glorious views. It stopped prior to the lake for vehicular traffic because a big storm had washed out "The HILL".
Hurricane Carol in 1954 was the likely villain in the washout. Carol took down two beautiful maple trees and assorted other smaller ones, at our house giving me a reason to dislike my cousin Carol for a time. Amazingly, although "she" trapped us in the house, the only real damage was the complete destruction of our well-house. Branches blocked the front and back doors and the barn. My dad was working and he and some of the other men on the road used chainsaws to get to home.
I remember walking a mile to go swimming, passing the ruins of the Mountain View Farm at the top of the hill and skirting what seemed to be "the grand canyon" on the other side. I was not a big fan of heights even then. I became even less so after my brother "dearest" marooned me on a beam in the barn by taking away the ladder.
In 1955 Bill Qualey bought the old Mountain View Farm and developed lots on the Shores of Policeman's Cove and beyond. He filled in the washout and made a road. My mom had grown up going to Campbell Shore at my Grammy's camp, decided we should have lake property too. They picked out three 50 foot lots on a point that remains our little piece of paradise to this day.
Our property had tiny natural beach located to the right of the point, and on the left a somewhat swampy area, overgrown with alders and Cat and Nine-Tails, in a small cove. During our first few years there were many baby snapping turtles born there, of which one had the good fortune to come home for the winter. Perhaps the turtle considered it a misfortune. Turtle lived in an aquarium and got fed greens, and the occasional bug or earthworm we would find for it in the dirt cellar amongst the wood for the furnace. We released the captive back to the wild in the spring.
While clearing the lots, Dad discovered that there was sand under the alders and used a "come along" to pull their roots back to expose it. We had a huge army surplus tent and had gigantic campfires on the point to burn the brush every weekend. Soon there was talk amongst the adults of building a small Screen house for a more permanent structure. My Uncle was a terrific carpenter and said "We could build a screen house but with just a little more lumber we could close it in and put bunks on the back. We ended up with a 12 X 14 cabin with 4 bunks across the back and along with a gas light and stove.
Mom would pack coolers every weekend and down we would go. My Aunt Marian, Dad's older sister, painted a sign that still hangs over the door. "Herb's Heaven of Rest". I think that became true, in an ironic way, as we got older. Dad would send us all down to "camp" and then kick back at home and watch a ball game.
We spent days swimming and learning to row the leaky wooden boat. Then at dusk we would go fishing for white perch, dad would clean that night. In the morning Mom would roll in cornmeal and fry for breakfast. Occasionally Dad would wrap the fillets in bacon, aluminum foil and put them in the coals of the campfire for a special treat. That was truly 5-star eating! We had a woolen army great coat that was my favorite for nestling up into the bow of the boat at the end of our fishing excursions. It gets chilly on the lake after dark.
Our little point is littered with rocks, some huge and many not so, earning it the name, Rocky Point. Parking was at the top of a steep bank and our path wandered down to the beach. As I grew older, I knew that path so well that if I came to the lake after dark I just kicked off my shoes and felt my way down.
Today we have a drive part way down the hill for parking, have electricity and best of all a refrigerator. I have a new appreciation for all the work required of my parents for our early adventures.
Our first wooden boat was power by a 1 and a quarter horsepower Elgin engine. Affectionally called the "egg beater." Tommy had his first job using it to go to Campbell Shore and pick up Flutists and ferry them to Lyons Point for lessons with William Kincaid. He was the First Flute for the Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra and was considered the premier Flutist in the world. People literally came from all over the world to take lessons each summer. Many stayed at my Grammy's farm. Getting around the lake to Raymond was a long and somewhat arduous trek, so they would walk about a mile to the lake and pay my brother for a short ride across the lake.
When we got a larger boat (18HP) it was a really quick trip and of course, the money went to buy gas for my brother to run around the lake and also to water ski. The bigger boat provided even more entertainment. Everyone in the Cove learned to water ski behind it and then came the end of summer. Cousin Ernie rented a runabout with a 35 HP for the Labor Day weekend one summer to say goodbye summer. The gang my older brother ran around with just loved Ernie. Ernie was my Aunt Marians son so enough older than us to have a son my age but he was one of the kids in his heart. Actually, he was an instigator you might say. That first "Looney Cove" goodbye to summer started with Ernie putting a folding chair on the surfboard, a battered straw hat on his head, dressed in an old army raincoat and off he went to much hooting and hollering. Then one of the girls went and put on her Sunday Dress with a huge petticoat and a hat. As she skied the petty coat started to unravel, what a sight, as it unraveled she just wrapped it around herself and a continued on with a 3 or 4-foot tail trailing behind. Thus Looney Cove Day was born in about 1959 or 60 and continued for several years to include a boat parade and much silliness, and earned the cove its name.
By Deb Gellerson
The "camp" portion of our house was built around 1904. It was built as a 2 room fishing cottage. We were told that the materials for the camp came across on the ice as there were no roads to Lyons Point then. We know from the Cumberland County Deeds that William Kincaid began acquiring property on Little Sebago back in 1922 from the Mussey and Watkins families and in the 1940s from the Campbell and Cole Families. Various deeds refer to the areas as Kincaid Point Development, the Little Sebago Resorts and the Lyons Point Development North Shore. We are not sure who built the first camp on the hill.
William Kincaid, was an accomplished flutist in the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. He purchased our property on the Point in the 1940s along with the camp. He owned both shorefronts. He constructed a series of seasonal cottages on the north side of the point and housed music students in them during the summer and ran a music camp there for many years. One of those cottages still exists as a bunkhouse on our neighbors'r property. In the evenings when he lived here, people would park their boats in the cove on the south side of the Point to listen to the jam sessions that were held on our deck. The electric line was installed in 1932 through this area is named the Kincaid Line to this day and Kincaid Lane bears his name as well.
By Bob Davis
My parents bought our camp on a back lot on Cambell Shore when I was eight. My brother, two sisters, and I loved swimming in the summer and skating in the winter. We became friends with the owners of all the camps on the road. There were lots of children and we became good pals.
Our father bought us 21/2 horsepower Johnson motor and we would go to Turtle Cove and walk across to the Speirs candy store which was on the lower lake. We would also walk to Boody's store in North Windham. When paying there, I was impressed to see the clerk put the money in a cylinder and send it up the tube to the "change maker" upstairs, who would send the change back the same way. You could buy anything and everything at Boodys.
There were only two Chris Crafts on the lake...Mr. Kincaid's and Mr .Martin's. On the western side of the middle lake there was no road---only one hunting camp. Now it is filled in with lights at each lot, and so many are year-round homes---not camps.
Our original camp had an outside pump for water. It was a big improvement when the pump was put inside the kitchen, but you still had to hand pump for water. Hot water came from a kettle on the woodstove.
Needless to say, the cottages all had outhouses. A friend constructed a real bathroom for us as a wedding gift.
My sister, Jackie and I both worked at Aimhi for many years, Jackie as a waitress and myself as a "go-fer". I drove an old truck and delivered wood to the cottages. One day, as I drove down the hill to the lodge, hoping to slow down, I put my foot on the brake. My foot went all the way to the floor of the truck. I couldn't downshift. I laid on the horn and went round and round the circle until the truck stopped. Thank goodness no one was hurt.
In Turtle Cove, we would dive to get turtles as they left the log. We took them back to Cambell Shore and had races on the beach, before letting them go. In the winter we used to ski into our camp. My mother would make chili on the woodstove. My friend had an old Model A Ford and would drive it onto the ice. We attached a rope and he would pull us over the ice. After several winters of that fun, one year the car went through the ice and sank. Divers can still see it at the bottom of the lake off Horse Island Point.
In the 1950's I inherited the camp when my parents built a new cottage on the shore. Now we have our own camp on the shore. It is fun watching my grandchildren enjoy the lake. Now they have water-ski boats and jet skis---so it is a different kind of fun (louder, faster, and more expensive!)
As told by Mary Roberge
Jim Butler from the class of 1961 (SPHS) used to teach the young kids to water ski and he was a very popular guy on Little Sebago Lake. He went on to become a financial advisor and currently resides in Monterey, California. During the Viet Nam War, he was a member of the Special Forces. He recounted how he was once caught behind enemy lines with only a hatchet and low on ammo. He attributed a large part of his survival to his remembrances of the peaceful serenity of Little Sebago Lake in former times.
Jim's family and ancestors are buried in the cemetery next to the fire station right on 302 here in Windham. His family and heart is always in Windham. (Little SebagoLake)


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The best part about the day after the Oscars is being able to see all the great after party pics online. I posted earlier about the beautiful red carpet looks at this years Oscars, but the gowns from the after parties are so stunning, I came to the conclusion that it needed a Top 5 post of its own!
Check out my favorite looks from the 2012 Vanity Fair Oscar Party below!
Jennifer Lawrence in Calvin Klein
Jennifer once again tops my list in this amazing shimmering Calvin Klein bodycon gown. Paired with Shay jewels and Brian Atwood shoes, this look was top tier on every level. I'm drooling.
Elizabeth Banks in Alexander McQueen
This beautiful sheer orange gown was remarkable. The color paired beautifully with Elizabeth's complexion and the silhouette really suited her body. What a beautiful and unique gown!
Naomi Watts in Emilio Pucci
Not only did Naomi kill it on the red carpet, but her after party look is just as stunning. Another asymmetrical gown adorned with sequins and glitter, one would think it was very similar to her look earlier in the night, but in actuality they are quite different looks – both of which work effortlessly.
Lily Collins in Zuhair Murad
Lily looked breathtaking in this statuesque sapphire gown. The striping and lace combination really married well together, but the back of the dress was spotlight-worthy. Love!
Miranda Kerr
I'm actually not totally sure who the designer was on this gown (any takers?) but I'm in love with it. Quite the departure for Miranda, who we are used to seeing in form fitting gowns, this look was classy and etherial for Ms. Orlando Bloom, and she looked simply regal.
Who were your Oscar after party faves? Please, share in the comments below!

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Happy New Year!
New Year's Eve is a funny holiday, it can be especially anti-climatic for us parents. As a teenager, I remember babysitting all the neighborhood kids so the adults could have their annual celebration (it was the most prosperous night of the year for me!) I guess I thought back then that when I grew up, I would party all night with the adults on New Year's Eve...not quite. Before we had Harrison, we really lived it up by trekking to see Grandma and Grandpa at the Lawrence Welk Resort to play Skipbo with Grandma and eat cheese and crackers and chocolate covered popcorn until they got tired at about 10, then heading home to watch the ball drop. Now that Harrison is with us and we have a bedtime schedule to stick to, our New Year's Eve's have been spent at home.
This year we decided to spice it up a bit! At Legoland midnight occurs at 6:00 pm and we were there to ring in 2011! SO FUN! Harrison loved it, we listened to Justin Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime players, watched the "brick" drop (of course Ryan had to insert a comment here about already dropping a brick that day), and watched an awesome fireworks show. We were done in time for a fun dinner out and then home to put Harrison down and spend a nice relaxing night together.
It was seriously perfect and I think it may become a New Years tradition! ...Until we grow up and have a desire to party all night with the adults : )


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4.1 – How schools help students
MindMatters in Minutes. How schools help students.
Let's say you're a maths teacher, and you have a student who is struggling with a particular mathematical technique.
You'd help them. That's your job.
But what if we said the student doesn't seem to have any friends? Would you do anything about that?
Or what if you noticed that over a period of months the student was becoming more and more withdrawn?
And before you say, "I'd totally support that student with my +3 Powers of Inspirational Teaching," what if out of the 200 students you teach every week 100 of them are having trouble with the subject, 50 of them are feeling sad or anxious about other issues in their lives, 10 of them are struggling with more serious mental health issues, and there seems to be no rhyme or reason as to who is in what category.
What would you do then?
Option one: Solve all the problems! —or the saviour strategy. Not a good idea. It's not possible. Don't try it.
Option two: Ignore all the problems! —known as the "It's not my job" strategy. Entirely achievable, but also not great in terms of student outcomes.
So let's look at option three: a middle way between these two extremes.
As an individual staff member, there are three main ways you can help students who might be experiencing mental health difficulties.
You can pay attention. As a school staff member you are in a great position to observe students over time and to notice emerging difficulties—although not all students will display observable changes.
You can have regular open-ended conversations, where you allow students to talk without you needing to solve anything. They will get to know that you are prepared to listen, and one day might explain what is going on for them.
And finally you can get other people involved by talking to your colleagues or referring the student for more support.
All this needs to be done within the context of the policies and procedures that your school may need you to follow, but in principle these steps are simple, flexible and achievable.
Remember! You're not a mental health professional, but as an adult, an educator, and a human being, you can help. Your attention, conversation and empathy may be just the thing a struggling student needs.
Staff are able to make significant contributions to student mental health through their 'everyday' role and actions. List some of the ways in which you help with student mental health.
School staff can significantly contribute to student mental health – but what does this mean in practice?
School staff can significantly contribute to student mental health – but what does this mean in practice?
The panel talks about how school staff can educate students, check in on their mental health and encourage help-seeking.
Phil demonstrates the kind of simple actions that can help prevent mental health difficulties escalating.
Schools today are grappling with a host of complex mental health and social issues such as anxiety, depression, self-harm, drug and alcohol abuse, bullying and violence.
While academic research has found strong links between student mental health and student behaviour, attendance and academic performance, these links are becoming more evident to school staff.
Staff are in a powerful position to make a significant contribution to an individual student's mental health and wellbeing. Due to their ongoing contact with students, school staff are well placed to recognise behaviours, emotions or thinking patterns of concern and support young people experiencing such difficulties to get help when needed and to remain engaged in their schooling.
While a successful whole-school mental health strategy relies on the actions of individuals throughout the school, impact is maximised when that action is coordinated through a clear, simple and usable set of policies and procedures.
The main role for school staff is to observe and support young people. General school staff do not need to be mental health experts or counsellors. When a general staff member recognises behaviours of concern they should discuss them with more experienced or specialist staff, who can then work with the student and family to clarify areas of concern and make decisions about possible referral options.
All schools will have their own procedures and policies for how staff should handle concerns.
Key points and more, in one handy PDF.
A collection of case studies outlining how schools can help students.
Brings this module to life for staff groups.
General ideas for leading group learning with MindMatters modules.
Reachout.com by Inspire Foundation
Resources to help build rapport and support young people in ways that are engaging and effective.
Safe Schools Hub
Information about policies and procedures to promote safe schools.
Australian Government, Department Of Education
State and territory resources relating to anti-bullying policies, discipline and behaviour.
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Exactly what kinds of mental health difficulties do young people tend to suffer? What do they look like? What should school staff do?
Adolescence is a period of transition; physically, socially and emotionally. For some young people, these changes can impact their functioning. A school that positively supports adolescent development will help mental health and wellbeing.
School staff can be part of an early warning system by recognising behaviours, emotions or thinking patterns of concern, and enabling the young person to get support before more serious mental health concerns emerge.
Strengthening relationships with mental health service providers can maximise the benefits for students accessing third party supports.
Positive relationships are one of the most powerful protective factors. How can you develop relationships, belonging and inclusion that will benefit everyone in your school community?
If you're concerned about an individual student, what exactly do you do? This module shows how you can approach conversations with students and engage with your colleagues.
Schools can help students by using third party mental health organisations and services to expand their mental health capabilities.
When creating a mental health strategy, how do you know what to do? This module shows how you can use the MindMatters survey tool and other data to create an informed and measurable plan.


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The Washington County Arts Council fundraiser will put a new spin on tasteful art.
On Saturday, Feb. 26, the arts council will host its second annual Art of Cooking dinner at Fountain Head Country Club, north of Hagerstown. Six "celebrity" chef teams will demonstrate how to whip up dishes from Fountain Head's kitchen as diners watch on a big screen.
Fountain Head Executive Chef Todd Reynolds and his staff will plate and serve the dishes for the guests. Lou Scally and Mary King from WHAG-TV return as emcees.
Proceeds from the $125-a-plate dinner will help fund the council's regular programming.
Last year's event raised around $10,000 and fetched 125 attendees. It's one of the arts council's biggest fundraisers, said WCAC Board President James G. Pierné
"We've already got 100 reservations," he said.
Arts Council hosts monthly exhibits and is a local conduit for Maryland State Arts Council grants. The organization has been a longtime sponsor of Western Maryland Blues Fest and has given money to the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts and the Barbara Ingram School of Fine Arts, among other community arts organizations.
The board is hoping to raise between $15,000 and $20,000 at this year's Art of Cooking, Pierné said.
Six couples will be cooking for art's sake, including Al Smith and his daughter Stephanie Olson, who've concocted a dessert recipe for poached pear.
"She's here visiting with us for six months while her husband is deployed," Smith said. "It seemed like a good father-daughter thing to do."
Another of the cooking couples is husband-and-wife team Art and Ruth Anne Callaham. Art Callaham is on the WCAC's board and is the executive director of The Greater Hagerstown Committee. Ruth Anne Callaham is a county commissioner and is the executive director of Food Resources Inc.
They decided to join the panel of "celebrity" chefs to promote the arts, but there were other reasons.
"It's the ham in us," Ruth Anne said. "We wanted to be on camera with Mary King."
The Callahams will be preparing a spicy corn soup, which Ruth Anne Callaham said she likes to serve in the summer when fresh corn is plentiful. When asked who does most of the cooking in the Callaham household, Art gave a democratic answer.
"We have a rule," he said, "only one in the kitchen at a time because two Libras confined in the same space where there are knifes is not really a good thing."
Ruth Anne was more specific.
"He does the cooking," she said. "I just tell him what to cook."
Hors d'oeuvres | Recipes from the kitchen of Chef Todd Reynolds
- Panko-crusted salmon with ancho chili sauce
- Chicken and andouille sausage jambalaya
- Zucchini cups filled with garlicky grilled vegetables
- Cheese display
Served hors d'oeuvre | Recipe from the kitchen of Mike and Jane Anderson
Duck terrine with pistachios and dried cherries Cumberland sauce
Soup | Recipe from the kitchen of Art and Ruth Anne Callaham
Southwest roasted corn soup
Assorted sorbets
- Jumbo sea scallops with applewood smoked bacon crust | Recipe from the kitchen of Peter and Pat Spellar
- Double sirloin steak in herb sauce | Recipe from the kitchen of John and Teresa Barr
Vegetable | Recipes from the kitchen of Brandon and Haven Younger
Pan-roasted asparagus with toasted garlic and Parmesan roasted butternut squash and shallots
Dessert | Recipe from the kitchens of Al Smith and Stephanie Olson
Poached pears with raspberry coulis with white chocolate mousse or blue cheese stuffing
If you go ...
WHAT: The Art of Cooking, fundraiser for the Washington County Arts Council
WHEN: 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26. Dinner starts at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Fountain Head Country Club, 13316 Fountain Head Rd., north of Hagerstown
COST: $125 per person
MORE: Cocktail music by Prophets of the Abstract Truth; there will also be a limited silent auction. For more information, contact WCAC executive director Mary Anne Burke by calling 301-791-3132 or e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Lyrica As A Narcotic
I tried a new doctor today. I've really been unhappy with how difficult it is to get refills on my prescriptions for Lyrica. I don't like that my doctor was making me come in and get written refills every three months for everything I was on. Back in January I quit taking Cymbalta because my insurance changed and it was going to cost me over $200 a month after my insurance. I just can't afford that so I decided to go without it. And with the restrictions we are under as foster parents it's nearly impossible for me to get childcare to go to the doctor myself so I can't run to the doctor every two months in order to keep up with a prescription that needs to be refilled every three months. So I decided to try a different doctor. This one actually explained to me that the powers that be are now classifying Lyrica as a narcotic. That means that you have to go in for a face-to-face office visit with your doctor to get your prescription written every three months. I guess the other doctor just figured since I was coming in every three months for that one that she would only write all my others for three months at a time as well. At this time in my life, I just can't do that. I have very little childcare. My husband takes off enough work as it is. He can't take off work just so I can constantly go to routine doctors' appointments for no reason other than bureaucracy. So I'm quitting the Lyrica too. I told her that we'll see how I do when the weather gets cold. I've been doing so much better since moving to this climate, losing so much weight and changing my diet habits. I'm still on the Topirimate to prevent migraines and nausea. And I'm still taking the Nortryptaline at night to help with sleep. So I'm kind of back to where I was before I was diagnosed with Fibro. I'm treating some of my symptoms and not taking the medications that actually prevent the problem. But this time it's not because I don't know what's wrong, it's because the medical field, pharmaceutical companies, insurance and government have made it difficult for us to get the treatment we need.
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August 30, 2010
EU Seal Product Trade Ban "Hold" Explained
by Rebecca Aldworth
The bullet slammed into the face of the three-week-old seal pup. Her blood poured across the ice and she thrashed and screamed in agony, her face hanging in pieces.
It was the opening day of the 2010 commercial seal hunt and we were documenting this horror from the air. I remember the paralyzing anguish I felt as this baby seal suffered, beyond our reach, beyond our help. The only thing that pulled me through was the knowledge that in just a few months' time, the EU ban on seal product trade would take effect, sparing countless baby seals from a similar fate.
So, like millions of people all over the world, I stood poised to celebrate the ban's coming into force. And like so many people working to stop the slaughter, I was alarmed when, on August 19, Canadian media widely reported that the ban had been "suspended."
But in their haste to publicize the story, many of the news outlets had gotten the story wrong.
The truth
In reality, a group of commercial and Inuit sealing interests had jointly filed a request to suspend the ban temporarily until a larger court case could be resolved. Because not all of the interveners in the case had submitted their arguments, the court was unable to rule on the injunction request. Thus, it afforded temporary relief of the ban to the litigants in the case, for the few weeks until the injunction hearing could occur.
Keep fighting
On August 20, the EU ban on seal product trade came into effect, and it stands today.
The coming weeks will hold many challenges. We must work to ensure that commercial sealing interests are unable to profit from any considerations afforded to Inuit groups, and that all the incorrect arguments made in the court case are refuted.
While it would have been wonderful to see the ban come into force without any hitches, we expected this kind of push back from the commercial sealing industry. We must take comfort in the strength of will that made this ban a reality – the millions of people in Europe who want their trade in seal products to end, the 550 elected Members of the European Parliament who voted in favour of the ban, and the 24 European countries who did the same.
We have tremendous allies on our side, and strong legal arguments. We are poised to win this fight forever, and we will not stop, not for a second, until we have achieved that.
Rebecca Aldworth is executive director of Humane Society International/Canada
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Over the weekend of the 1st-3rd of October, I attended the Eurogamer Expo at Earl's Court in London. A huge selection of forthcoming and soon to be released games were on show, and that happened to include a few adventure games. I got some hands-on time with these adventuring titles, so check below to read my impressions for each title:
Heavy Rain: Move Edition.
If you read my blog regularly, you probably know I was quite impressed with Heavy Rain - and while it may not have been quite the revolutionary title it was touted to be - it is certainly one of the best adventure games released in recent memory.
With the advent of the PlayStation 3 MOVE control system, David Cage and Quantic Dream took the controversial (and frankly irritating) decision to cancel all future DLC chapters for Heavy Rain, in favour of putting together a MOVE enabled, motion-controlled version of the game. I believe that decision short-changes all of the fans who bought the game, having been promised several new chapters of content. However, that decision aside, here is what I thought after playing through two scenes with motion control. The two scenes I played through were both from early in the game. Firstly, Scott Shelby visiting the apartment of Lauren Winter, culminating in a fight scene. And secondly, in the apartment of Madison Paige - where she is attacked by masked assailants.
Both of these scenes contain a good mix of casual, free exploring and interaction, and of intense, fast-paced action sequences. So these were good examples to show of the full range of MOVE abilities. Now whilst I did find that some of the motions required were too sensitive, or required too broad a range of motion - I have been told that full calibration of the system and sensitivity adjustment is available - which should eliminate these factors. That said, I think the addition of motion control to the game is very well implemented. It feels natural that the actions - previously carried out with the analog sticks - is now transferred to gestures. The original controls were always based around simulated gestures anyway, so the new system fits perfectly into the game experience. It actually felt more engrossing, and more intuitive. For example, repeatedly pressing X to escape an assailant means nothing, whereas shaking your arms to try and free yourself makes sense with the experience we might have in reality. These factors make the game a better overall package - and is probably closer to what was intended when the game was first pitched.
The only really issue I had with the modified game was the conversation system. Gone are the floaty, nervous, circling conversation options - that slowly fade the longer you take - which used to give the feel of added pressure and tension. Now, conversations and thoughts are much more static, as the selection system involves pointing at the option you want to choose before clicking it. This does minimise the pressure which used to be created in these situations, and I feel is a real minus in terms of atmosphere.
Professor Layton & the Lost Future.
There is not a lot that I can say about this wildly popular adventure series. Most people will know about the adventures of the Professor and his sidekick Luke - and many will have enjoyed his lite-adventures, filled with puzzles and brainteasers.
It's safe to say that this latest outing offers much more of the same, albeit with a little more polish. Cutscene animations for example are more plentiful, and of a higher standard than previously - with very amusing voiceover work through. If you managed to watch the Anime: Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, you will know what to expect as the cutscenes are of a really similar quality.
In terms of gameplay, there are some sections which implement a new sleuth-like system, where you can navigate a room - turning to view all sides of the room, looking for clues. This all still works very much in the same touch-screen way as the regular navigation however, and it all feels very familiar. Puzzles are harder in general I thought, but this may have just been a reflection of what stage of the game I was playing through. Overall the title seems like only a small step forward, but surely a hit with fans of the franchise.
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West.
Finally, the last adventure game on show was the sequel to 2007 sleeper hit Hotel Dusk, from developer Cing. Unfortunately, it seems like this may well be the final game from Cing, as the company filed for bankruptcy following the Japanese release of the game.
Like Professor Layton, this game carries on in an almost identical way to its predecessor, in that the control system and gameplay is very much the same. There is the addition of an IGNORE feature, which allows the player to ignore lines of questioning they feel will not be useful for the case - at the risk of missing vital information which could lead to an early game over - so it is a gamble, knowing when to use the feature and when not to. Additionally, an in-game novel feature has been added, where - after completing a chapter of playthrough - you can read a chapter of the Last Window novel, which both complements and expands upon what you have already learnt in the game, and the outcomes of the novel are influenced directly by your in-game decision-making.
These new features are, however, quite minor on the face of it all, with the game feeling very similar to the prequel. An issue I found with the first game, that still remains is the annoying length of some of the conversations. Compare this to another game, which many have criticised for being conversation heavy - Broken Sword. Now I never found conversations an issue in Broken Sword. They were always entertaining and useful for story progression. Other critics hated their length though. In Last Window, the conversations can last for what seems a lifetime though! I think the main problem is they contain a lot of useless information which doesn't push the story forward and makes them drag. This is a real issue with pacing, and everytime I discovered a new character, I was reluctant to speak with them as I felt it would go on too long and I wanted to be exploring more. That said - the interrogation system is still great, and there is a lot of fun to be had here. Cing could have done with just leaving out some of the extraneous lines of dialogue, that fall between the useful ones.
So, there wasn't a lot of adventure game representation at the Eurogamer Expo - but some promising signs, as a console-heavy show could carry a few heavyweight adventure titles that have done well in the charts. Here is hoping to even more next year.
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Oh for crying out loud! Beyonce's baby Blue Ivy is only a few weeks old, and already there are greedy people who have thought about trying to make a cheap buck off her famous parents. Two people tried to file a trademark for the name "Blue Ivy," but luckily it got denied in both cases because the trademark office recognized the name as belonging to a famous baby. It's a good thing for Jay-Z and Beyonce that the filings were caught; otherwise, their baby's name might have wound up being associated with cheap perfume. (The horror!)
Of course, Beyonce and Jay-Z aren't stupid and also heard the sounds of future cash registers. They filed their own trademark application, which will likely be approved. And then they can produce all sorts of fancy diaper bags and strollers with little Blue Ivy's name on them.
Why don't more celebrity parents think of this? It's genius!
Plenty of other celeb tots have trademark-worthy names, and their famous moms and dads could have quite a bit of fun with how they could market them.
Let's start with Suri Cruise. Katie and Tom totally should've tried to pitch her name to the travel industry. I don't know about you, but I'd take a "Suri Cruise" over a Kate Gosselin cruise any day. They could pitch the "Suri Cruise" as a themed trip around the world where all the girls are required to wear heels and forgo stockings at all times. Pacifiers would be optional, of course.
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New mom Alicia Silverstone could take her whole vegan thing to a new level by trademarking baby Bear Blu's name. Doesn't he seem like a great candidate to represent a high-end vegan breakfast cereal? "Bear Blu Bites" has a nice ring to it, don't you think?
Zuma is such a cool name that is totally product friendly. Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale could make even more mega-millions off a tot-sized scooter called the "Zuma." How fun would that be? I kind of want one already.
I guess we can't forget about everyone's favorite celeb baby name, Apple. Oh wait a minute ... the whole Apple thing has already been done. Something tells me that Gwyneth Paltrow's kid wouldn't be the right fit to represent the iPad. But the name is just so wholesome and fresh. It would have made for such a cute line of children's sunglasses. Nuts.
OMG. Harper Seven just can't get left off this list. I wonder if Victoria and David have filed an application yet? The possibilities are endless with this name. How about a high-end line of skinny jeans? "Harper Sevens" would SO be the new 7 For All Mankinds. I'd definitely order a pair.
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Matriarch of a big peasant family, colorful, kerchiefed, round and rosy-cheeked—
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who could represent me better?
I started collecting nesting dolls a long time ago. Made in Russia, the real name is Matryoshka, from a word that means Mother. They are sometimes called Babushka Dolls, which I like, too, because it means Grandmother.
There are lots of different themes and designs, and I delight in seeing how the artists from various villages paint them so meticulously. My granddaughters love taking the dolls apart to reveal smaller dolls fitting inside one another. I tell each girl that the big doll represents her. Her mom is next, and I am after that, with generations of grandmothers and great-grandmothers, back and back and back, who all love her and want her to be happy. If those women could, they would share the lessons they have learned about life.
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I hope these little girls can someday realize the blessing of being Matryoshka and Babushka. So many women have "succumbed to a dangerously narrow" view of womanhood, "repudiating homemaking itself as an outmoded and dispensable artifact of a misguided culture." In the article HomeLess America, Bryce Christensen states that women's traditional skills have lost their value. By rejecting a role differentiation between fathers and mothers, some women have lost sight of the home as an "independent moral realm, building relationships and values that are different from those of the commercial realm."
Some destructive fabrications of society that I hope my little granddaughters will recognize as lies:
Some truths I hope these girls will learn from the legacy of their mothers and grandmothers:
Some destructive fabrications of society that I hope my little granddaughters will recognize as lies:
- Men are smarter, have all the power and are more important, so if we want to have influence in the world we should be more like them.
- Marriage and family are confining.
- Motherhood is menial and a waste of any talented woman's time.
- Women are perpetually frazzled and failing.
- A woman's value is based on her size, shape, and what she accomplishes outside the home. (Listed in the words of Sheri Dew.)
Some truths I hope these girls will learn from the legacy of their mothers and grandmothers:
- By developing the God-given nature to nurture, women have a unique opportunity to change the world.
- The influence of a mother has no limit and no end. She can share every aspect of her education and experience in the atmosphere of love she fashions.
- Creating a home is a way of creating a world.
- Women have abilities beyond their wildest dreams to organize and create.
- Women are the soul of a family and a community.
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Using more digital technology to run electricity networks could save the global power section $80 billion (£61bn) a year, according to a new report.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) calculated that around 5% of the total annual generation costs could be cut.
A further $270bn could be saved by not adding further infrastructure to the global network by freeing up 185GW of flexibility.
Fatih Birol, Executive Director at the IEA, said: "The electricity sector and smart grids are at the centre of this transformation, but ultimately all sectors across both energy supply and demand – households, transport and industry – will be affected."
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Further digitalisation would also allow more renewable energy generators to be added to the global grid.
The IEA thinks renewable energy curtailment levels could be cut from 7% at present to 1.6% by 2040.
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Ball State 85, Saint Louis 64
Friday, November 11, 2016 | 7 p.m.
Chaifetz Arena | St. Louis, Missouri
Saint Louis fell 85-64 to Ball State Friday night in the season opener for both teams. Senior forward Reggie Agbeko registered a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds, while junior guard Davell Roby pumped in a team-high 14 points.
Ball State shot 51.7 percent from the field, 56.5 percent from 3-point range and 80 percent from the stripe. Franko House was 4-of-4 from long range en route to a game-high 23 points.
-- Ball State's hot shooting was on display early, as the Cardinals hit their first four 3-pointers and opened up a 20-6 advantage early on.
-- The Billikens' Elliott Welmer, making his first-career start, answered with a first-half trey to pull the Billikens back to within 11. With less than four minutes left, Ball State went on a 10-0 run to take command.
-- SLU's Jalen Johnson halted the rally with a 3-pointer, the first points of his career, but back-to-back triples by Ball State gave the Cardinals a 25-point lead late. Mike Crawford converted a layin at the horn as the Billikens trailed 43-19 at halftime.
-- Saint Louis outscored Ball State 45-42 in the second half, but were never to pull closer than 20 points of the lead.
-- With less than 12 minutes left, the Billikens went on a 7-0 run on layups by Roby and Agbeko, and a Zeke Moore 3-pointer, to pull SLU within 20 at 42-62. But that is as close as the Billikens would get to the lead.
-- The Billikens scored the final six points of the game and lost by the 21-point margin, 85-64.
-- It was Agbeko's fourth double-double of his career. Dating back to last season, Agbeko has led the Billikens in rebounding in five straight games.
-- Roby's 14 points came on 6-of-13 shooting from the field. He also corralled six rebounds, one shy of his career high.
-- Johnson and Moore scored 10 and seven points, respectively, in their collegiate debuts. Johnson was 5-of-6 from the free-throw line, while Moore posted a team-high three steals.
-- Welmer scored seven points in his debut and registered three blocks.
-- Franko House scored 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting from the field and 4-of-4 from 3-point range; Tayler Persons scored 21 points; Tahjai Teague scored 10 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
-- Saint Louis returns to action Monday night (Nov. 14) against Southern Utah at Chaifetz Arena. Tip time is 7 p.m., and the game will be televised on FOX Sports Midwest.


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KITTERY — Four hours after police cordoned off the area around a shuttle bus stop Friday because a suspicious package was found there, the owner returned to retrieve the blue duffel bag, which contained her clothes.
A Maine State Police explosive disposal unit had arrived in Kittery about 3:30 p.m. to help local authorities deal with the unattended bag at the corner of Hunter Road and Water Street.
Police and firefighters evacuated two homes and a lobster pound and kept people about a quarter-mile away for hours after a person reported the unattended bag at a stop for a shuttle that runs hourly between Kittery and Portsmouth, N.H.
Interim Police Chief Theodor Short said Route 1 in the area was closed off, but that caused less of an inconvenience than it would ordinarily because the Memorial Bridge is closed for construction work.
Chrystal Ryan saw the commotion when she returned to the area to reclaim her bag. Ryan, who is homeless and had spent the night at the Northeaster Motel on the Route 1 Bypass, said she left the bag at the bus stop temporarily while she went to retrieve her sleeping bag from the motel. Along the way, she stopped to have coffee with her boyfriend at the Circle K convenience store.
The event typifies the heightened vigilance that has gripped many people since two homemade bombs inside backpacks exploded at the Boston Marathon early last week.
A massive manhunt led to the killing of one suspect in the bombings and the capture of a second suspect, his brother.
Short said his department's response is no different than it would have been in the past, but he believes the public response is different.
"On the civilian side of things, they're more aware of these things than they were two weeks ago," he said.
Deb Braun, a Kittery resident who was out for her daily walk with her golden retriever Mya, said she can feel the difference since the Boston bombings happened.
"I think anxiety is a perfect word," she said. "I think people are really on alert lately."
In the past, she has seen backpacks and duffle bags left in the park alongside the Route 1 approach to the Memorial Bridge and not thought twice about it.
"But I would today and I guess somebody else did, too," she said.
Short said that while police believed it likely that a traveler simply forgot his or her bag, they regarded it as potentially dangerous when it went unclaimed for more than three hours.
The Boston bombings also have led police departments to evaluate their preparedness for such a situation, Short said. The lengthy response time to get a bomb disposal unit from Augusta might be something worth examining further, he said.
On Friday, as the state police bomb disposal unit drove away, Ryan called after them, "Sorry."
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T-Mobile USA releases new Sidekick LX
T-Mobile USA has a new smartphone in the offing for fans who think that the iPhone 3G is cool but not able to fulfil the role of an enterprise device, and we have the T-Mobile Sidekick LX that boasts 3G connectivity for superior data speeds as well as enhanced mobile access to popular social media sites to keep your mind off the recently concluded boardroom meeting that had less than optimistic figures for the coming year which could affect your bonus. The Sidekick LX is already available for pre-order through a Web-only pre-sale for existing T-Mobile customers, and it will come in its now iconic swivel design with two colors (orchid and carbon), boasting the sharpest display as well as thinnest profile ever found on any Sidekick to date.
According to Denny Marie Post, chief marketing officer, T-Mobile USA, Inc., "Our Sidekick customers are going to be blown away by the new features this device is offering, which is why it's so exciting to give them the exclusive opportunity to get it before anyone else. Today's Sidekick customers are avid communicators, with three out of four accessing social networking sites on their device at least once per week. The real-time notifications, tied with 3G speeds and GPS, will provide customers with the best experience of any Sidekick before, and we expect it will exceed their expectations."
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vanessa Says: April 27, 2009 at 11:03 am
does this come with picture messaging? and not u can attach an image to an email and send it through email. because i have a sidekick id and people send me picture messages which i cant get through my phone. it only sends the pictures to an album on the internet.. yet the phone has a photo album application because u can get pics from emails… ugh i hate it! and i was debating on getting this phone if it actually did REAL picture messaging and not receive pics thru email.


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So many claims, so little time. How does a Sign Company wade through all the hyperbole and overstatements and make the correct choice when selecting an LED display manufacturer?
It's hard to trust anyone or their claims made . Even Holiday Season claims are in doubt 'He's making a list, checking it twice, going to find out who's naughty or nice!" How did he do this? A phone tap or CCTV installed in a kid's room? No, more than likely just a way to try and control the behavior of an unruly child for 364 days per year.
But, borrowing from the spooky 1990's, American TV show the X-Files- "The truth is out there!"
In the LED Sign Industry, the holy grail of reasonableness regarding LED sign selection is called "The 7 Key Elements of Digital Signage". This list is embraced by the Digital Signage Federation and the list makes a lot of obvious sense:
1. Hardware
2. Software
3. Connectivity
4. Content
5. Operations
6. Design
7. Business
During a recent MSSA (Mid-South Sign Association) seminar mentored by Brian Gorg, Director of the Digital Sign Federation, he suggested focusing on just 2 of these elements rather than all 7. The assumption is made that top manufacturers all execute at a high level with respect to hardware having had many years to refine their product. What then to focus on?
Brian suggested that Software and Content were perhaps the top 2 of the 7 Key Elements. Adding to these 2 elements he further suggested that "Partnering" was an additional component to consider. The following is my review of these elements:
Software: Cloudware, Cloud-based software is the future. No need to store, edit, constantly update software and waste time with antiquated systems. What about simplicity? Plug and play is not quite a reality yet, but it's a lot closer than just a couple years ago. Speed? Reliability? Yes, and more yes!
There are superior choices available in the marketplace- do your research but state-of-the-art software is now a reality.
Content: Many end-users buy an expensive LED sign and then run poorly produced content. In the early days, when LED signs first hit the streets, their uniqueness and rarity brought a lot of attention to any business running any message. Even a gray-scale (monochrome) LED display used to attract a lot of attention even without animation or graphics. This is not so true today. Great content is must to deliver on the economic promise of the LED sign. What manufacturer provides content as part of standard offering?
Much debate also exists as to "great" content. If you are an end-user, skilled in making world-classs pizzas, and your 9-year old gifted son, a master of Photoshop provides you with and example of "great" content, it may or may not be all "that great"! Professionally produced content, using USA designers and digital artists, is the way to produce consistent and high impact content!
Partnering: Trust is the key word. Is your manufacturer committed to making your Sign Company an outrageous success by doing end-user demos and not selling their LED sign directly to your customer and "allowing" you to install it? What about listening to your issues, responding quickly to changing business conditions and having engineering talent available to support you?
The 7 Key Elements of the Digital Sign Industry are comprehensive and are a good source of reference. The assumption that only 2 (or so) of the Key Elements are vital is based on the assumption (again) that you are working with a top supplier. First you have to identify and select a top supplier. If you are still importing or trying to find some miracle LED sign product that gives you world-class quality at a deeply discounted price then then you need to study all 7 Key Elements and perhaps another dozen or so before buying anything. There is a difference in suppliers.
The truth is still out there and is easy to find. The "Googler" awaits! But don't stop there. Call manufacturers and speak to real people. Ask to speak to and engineer and find someone to verify and validate how they support the 7 Key Elements.
Execute due diligence or discover the phrase "Caveat Emptor", let the buyer beware, the hard way.
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Rodinia War is an interesting game to say the least, it's attempted to mix the 2 ideas of a strategy type game and an MMO into one. You can switch onto your castle, resource area, or the world map where you can see rebel bases and resource deposits owned by the AI or eventually go to attack player castles for resources and attempt to take over them if you will.
Then there's the MMO side of it where you will see players as per usual and do the usual questing, levelling up, getting gear and generally improving your Knight, the major difference to other MMOs is that your initial Knight I think is chosen at random, then once every 24 hours (unless you decide to spend some money to reset the knight refresh timer instantly) you can get another knight to use if you have a spot forContinue Reading


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In this British crime thriller, a grumpy old-school cop and his young, university-educated partner work together—despite their blatantly different personalities—to investigate murders in the city.
In season six, the pair take on even bigger cases, like the death of a schoolboy, the mysterious murder of a Sikh woman, the unexplained killing of a solicitor and the perplexing appearance of a skeleton in a former mining town.
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Techniques for Supervisors – Observation, Evaluation and Coaching of Contact Level Staff for Improving and Sustaining Motivational Interviewing Skills
Featuring: Michelle L. Boudreaux, LMSW. Michelle has been in the mental health field since 1996 and her career provided treatment to adolescents in residential settings and to their families, and then moved into providing services to adults with severe mental illness and co-occurring disorders. Michelle provided/supervised evidence-based treatment services such as: DBT, IDDT, MI, FPE, IHC, IPS for over eleven years. Contractually, Michelle provides consultation services related to IDDT, MI, DBT, IPS, MIFAST IDDT and DBT fidelity review teams.
In this training the goal is to provide supervisors of contact level staff with an easy format to use while observing practice. The format will provide them with opportunities to enhance and sustain a high level of Motivational Interviewing Skills among the practitioners that they oversee. Participants will be able to: Participants will be able to: 1. Demonstrate the three stages of strength-based feedback for enhancing and sustaining Motivational Interviewing Skills; 2. Score Motivational Interviewing Practitioner Performance using an MI assessment tool such as: MIA-STEP, VASE-R; and 3. Identify Practitioner use of 10 Motivational Interviewing Competencies..
Who Should Attend? This event is sponsored by the adult mental health block grant and is intended for persons who serve adults ONLY through the mental health and substance abuse provider network. Supervisors of contact level staff/practitioners such as case managers, supports coordinators, therapists, crisis workers, and Peer Support Specialist in the state of Michigan at the intermediate or advanced level of practice.
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Saturday, July 5, 2008
Need the CD?
e_premeaux(AT)hotmail.com (you need to replace (AT) with the @ sign yo)
I'll send you a .torrent file.
Open this file in a torrent application such as http://www.utorrent.com/
You can then download the cd as an .iso directly from my computer.
You can only fetch parts from me (and any other users currently downloading it.. torrent is a SHARE application afterall). my comp is up enough that you should have the whole thing in a few days. Evenings, nights, and weekends are your best bet for long windows of oppertunity.
If there are enough requests, I will put up other support files this way. (such as the W42S cd, Sonic Stage.. etc)
By the way, does anyone know a simple and free online file host (non image.. photobucket and the like wont work)? I would rather just put all the torrent links in a side bar, so that you could just click and download the torrent file directly. (you are not downloading the CD, only a tiny file telling your torrent app how to GET the cd.)
32 comments:
- MRE said...
P.s. if anyone wants the partial translation files, I will torrent them as well.
Be advised, they are likely to only work on older versions of AMP, and if at any time you click on the update feature of AMP, they will all be overwritten.
This is a project I am thinking of restarting with a newer version of AMP. Is anyone good at reading Japanese? (I am horrible at it, and rely on dictionaries and online translaters more often than not). If you want to help, perhaps I could organize a translation pool.
I'll show you how to get into the files and edit them (using special software).
- July 5, 2008 at 1:50 AM
yes, you could check out 4shared.com great site! kudos and really one of its kind.
- July 27, 2008 at 12:00 PM
any hints on unlocking the w52s?
- September 24, 2008 at 9:59 AM
- MRE said...
If by "unlocking" you mean to use the phone on another network or in another country, no.
I suppose it could be possible with some internal hacking and hitting the rom (note that initially unlocking a phone the first time is a pretty sophisticated hack. Once it is done, it becomes much easier to write a softhack.)
Its more discouraging in that the 42/52 wont accept global GSM cards put out by AU. I suspect that the telecom radio was not designed for multi-band (though this suspicion is unconfirmed), making it nearly impossible to operate on any other carrier.
- September 24, 2008 at 4:55 PM
I recently got a W42S, what is enclosed:
1. W42S phone
2. cradle
3. A cable with one end regular USB cable and the other end is is the same as the flat part of the power adapter. The question is this a charge cable but once I plug into computer on and one end to the cradle. Can not charge it.
4. A cable usb and mini usb: from computer to cradle.
My battery ran out. Somehow one of the cable should be able charge the phone thu USB. But I do not know what is the default type for the phone, ie USB device or data comm. Since no battery, I can not adjust the phone at all.
I change my Window XP to Japanese. I did install the W42S-Setup1000. PNP did find my W42S while I had the battery power.
I can not download the SS @ the website described.
I guess my first order of business is to get battery charged. Then I will need may be W42S CD I do not have the AMP & Updated Sonic Stage(i have a v3.2). I didn't see a music player on the phone. Can you or anyone help me?
I get the phone just to listen to MP3, pix, video/cam because I do not have UIM and there is no service anyway.
- December 12, 2008 at 10:32 PM
- MRE said...
Cradles for both the 42S and 52S are finikey, as are the usb charge cables (very thin).
Try this: on the 42S on the right side, under the keylock switch is a cover. Open it up and you will find a charge connector just like in your cradle. Try plugging USB charge cable in directly from the pc to the phone. If this does not make the charge light come on, then the cable is bad.
Also, you will need a valid AU SIM card in order to use all of the mp3 and photo features. There is only on other way to play MP3 without a SIM card installed. But it is not o good.
If you need more help, email me directly (remove extra spaces): e_premeaux @ hotmail . com
- December 13, 2008 at 9:44 AM
- MRE said...
about the cables: the USB to mini USB cable that connects to the cradle will NOT charge the phone. Only a cable plugged into the wide flat connection will charge the phone.
So, if you are charging by USB, and transfering files, you will have TWO cables from usb on the pc (one is USB data cable to cradle mini usb, the other is USB to charge port on the cradle or directly into the phone.)
- December 13, 2008 at 9:49 AM
I'm from the P.I. Baguio
You can use mediafire.com and post where we can share what you have uploaded. no wait time.
also i would have tech's here try to unlock the sim. i've asked before and was advised that it can't work with local networks. though not sure as to how far they can unlock the SIM so i could play MP3's (got the w52 as a gift)
My worry though is what are the risks involved if i allow an experienced tech to try and unlock it... and would there be recovery procedures available...
- January 17, 2009 at 2:09 AM
- MRE said...
My understanding of the underlaying technology:
a: for the phone to work, it would need to be installed on a 3G network.
b: there may be additional software locks that prevent the phone from working on a non AU network.
c: Even if you were able to get the phone service itself to work, most of the functionality would be non functional, since it is dependent on proprietary server/client software operated over the AU network.
As for the sim card and mp3 functionality, this IS very possible. My advice would be to try to get ahold of a valid AU sim card from someone who has switched services, or moved out of the Japan. The sim should still 'unlock' the mp3 functions. Then you could attempt to cloan the sim card. If I had access to a good quality sim reader, I might try this myself.
- January 17, 2009 at 4:02 AM
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- November 12, 2009 at 4:40 AM
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I don't mean this in a bad way, of course! Societal concerns aside... I just hope that as technology further advances, the possibility of copying our memories onto a digital medium becomes a true reality. It's a fantasy that I daydream about almost every day.
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Is dignity the only thing standing between Hack Circus and success? I'm pretty sure too much dignity has never been my problem. But I won't email people again and again until they ask me to leave them alone. I just won't. Maybe *that's* the problem? I could try different emails, or different people. Maybe that's the problem? I've been obsessing over what the problem is, as you can tell.
"Oh do you still want to be successful?!!"
Someone I know sneered this at me recently, when I said something ambitious – then immediately apologised. And, ha, god knows I'm not going to apologise for THAT. Of course I do, more than ever, as I feel conscious of time twisting in on me (maybe I shouldn't still want things like that at my age? Maybe I should've bowed out years ago? Maybe that's the problem?)
Actually, it's amazing how many people think there is dignity in giving up. A friend shook his head at the mention of a performer friend's name. "Why is he still at it? He had some success 20 years ago, his partner became much more successful, he should just do the decent, dignified thing and quit."
I suppose it makes people feel more comfortable when "failures" go away, rather than flapping on, twitching around the floor like injured birds. There's an overwhelming urge to crush the weakling aspirant for the sake of the strong. We have no psychic space for something that isn't just somehow born into the world magically, stridently successful – and allows you to see its weakness. However much we like to think we root for the little guy, we fundamentally will not reward visible effort. Do or do not, there is no try. Effort makes us uncomfortable – it's too real. It brings the constant threat of failure. We will pay good money for the magic of effort disappeared.
Hack Circus as a magical object and event does disappear some of its constituent effort, but – and perhaps this is part of the problem – I'd rather be honest about what's going on. It's not in my nature to obfuscate; I'm not a salesperson. I want human help, and I'm at the point now where I'm prepared to try total transparency.
The reason I will not give up on Hack Circus, the reason it is so important, is this: it has the potential to prove a point about what's possible. If people will get behind things like this, I think something quite amazing could happen. I think we will have an example of a genuine creative alternative to both mass-scale corporate media and 25-year-old, white male Shoreditch start-up culture. We will have people being paid for something they do really well without their fees tracing directly back to corporate evil. We will have people supporting and working for a world where the most influential voices and ideas don't fit the mould we've come to expect from the powerful and privileged people behind the UK media and publishing industries. Hack Circus could become a point of proof that we are living in an enlightened age, that people don't just buy what they see advertised on the sides of buses, that they will go in for originality over derivatives, and get behind things not because they tick enough cool boxes or solve an obvious problem but simply because they think these things just should happen in the world.
Hack Circus is not hip. I think this is a major stumbling block. Hipsterism is about the ironic appropriation of the little-known, the uncool, the dull – and at its best is does regenerate these things to some extent. But Hack Circus is about stuff everyone finds interesting even if they can't really admit it, because it's no longer fashionable to find actually interesting stuff interesting. Everyone publicly hates "link bait" because everyone wants SO HARD to click on those goddam headlines. Not that HC is link bait – but it is a celebration of the stuff you always thought was interesting but have trained yourself to be too good, grown-up or sophisticated for. I mean for goodness sake, who doesn't love thinking about illusions and A.I and quantum physics and time machines and life without a shadow, and submarines and tanks and holographic universes and ghosts in SPACE?
Naturally I am idealistic. But why would anyone go into anything like this not imagining it's immensely important? For me, it's not a game or a hobby or even an art project. I'm trying to see if the world works a certain way. And I think, maybe naively, that if enough people behave like it does, then it will. Most people don't behave like it does, and that makes me very angry, sometimes. In fact it makes me want to publish a list of everyone I've tried to talk to about it who has ignored every word I've said. It makes me want to compose a tumblr of loads of amusing comparisons: 'I pitched this story to this section of this paper, they published this the next week.'
It's interesting to find yourself in a position of immense gratitude for every crumb. Interesting and fantastically disempowering. Personal charity doesn't feel like the path to the scale of influence I want HC to have; of course I AM grateful – it's all I have and a really big deal – but to begin with at least, it makes things feel smaller.
I am arriving at the grim conclusion that you can't get people, en masse, to buy into an unironically interesting world that isn't powered by media giants unless you have a powerful influencer behind you. As you can imagine, I don't like this conclusion, so this, these writings, everything I'm doing right now, it's all a kind of stalling before I get there. Just in case some unforeseen intervention occurs. It's weird to find yourself waiting for a miracle, but I'm seeing more and more advantages to a credulous life.
If you want to do something properly, you can't set out with the notion it's a hobby. You might remember my (often mis-attributed, to various men) tweet, a couple of years ago: "Any sufficiently advanced hobby is indistinguishable from a job". I remember some wags replied, "Except a job usually pays!" If a hobby is good enough, I replied, it'll be making money for you. But I think I was wrong. I think you have to go into things with a sense this thing is much bigger than you are; that you're not always going to enjoy it as a casual leisure thing.
I've been saying for years that passion and excitement translates into meaningful stuff, but I'm almost certain I'm wrong about that now. Meaningful stuff is powerful stuff, powerful stuff has influence, and whatever you're making – if you want it to be influential, you need money. After all, we are living in a society.
It's a cute idea, but I'm afraid you can't try to make good stuff with no money and with no influential 'man on the inside' giving you the thumbs up, and this is the advice I would give everyone, now. Everyone! Having seen absolutely no evidence to support the alternative, I am increasingly convinced that it's just not possible. Even vanity projects only work out if you're from a privileged background (and let's not underestimate the influence family privilege has historically had over big cultural achievements.)
I've been over it all in my head this week, and given everything I've done so far, I think there a few things that might increase my chances of success for Hack Circus.
1) Posting more stuff to the HC blog. When I post material from the back issues I get a few retweets. Well, it's a start.
2) Get the ear of someone, somewhere, more influential than I am.
3) Change what it's about. Go completely commercial. Make it about consumer tech.
4) Become a free PR for celebrities and get them involved as a 'big name' to support the small names, despite having no interest in them and it totally changing the tone and point of the project.
5) Abandon the independent dream and try to find a corporate sponsor.
6) Focus on the press push and beg more.
So what should I do? Make my choice for me. Go on, think of my life as a choose-your-own-adventure.


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Saturday, 6 February 2010
Claude written by Will Brenton
These are a couple of samples I have been working on currently with Will Brenton, (who wrote Elephant White). More amazing tales have come my way and here are the very early visualizations of the text.
1 comment:
- Mundo Mundaca said...
Hi,Your work is a Stunning!..so beautiful and magic.
A big hugz,
- 9 February 2010 at 03:50
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text:
GREEK NIGHTS ON LAMIA!!! (Izmir)
Hi Everyone!
We are holding Greek nights on Lamia Yacht every wednesdays and Thursdays,
with live Greek music selection of 8 cold mezes , Greek salad and 3 hot mezes inc. a glass of alcholic drink for 45TL p/p We hope you can all join us for a happy night out!!


text:
Sunburned Hand of the Man (BOS)
Great Scott
1222 Commonwealth Ave.
Allston, MA 02134
Boston psych experimentalists Sunburned Hand of the Man formed in 1997 from the remnants of a short-lived psychedelic punk project, and have spent the last decade and a half as one of the area's most prolific, unpredictable bands. Their lineup is amorphous and their approach highly improvisational; no two performances, even of the same song, are ever the same. Different instruments and different members contribute something new to each show in the band's ever-evolving sound. Sunburned Hand has released upwards of 30 recorded works on a number of labels over the course of a 17-year career, including Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace. They've shared stages with the likes of Sonic Youth, Mission of Burma and Sunn O))), and they've collaborated with Together Boston alum Four Tet on multiple releases.