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Tom Brady and the New England Patriots put this game — and the New York Jets' ugly season — away early.
At least it was competitive for a quarter. By halftime, it was a big-time laugher.
Brady threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score as the Patriots thoroughly embarrassed the Jets with a 35-point second quarter in a 49-19 victory on Thursday night.
After a scoreless opening quarter, the Patriots (8-3) went on a touchdown spree despite holding the ball for only 2:14 as they took advantage of several mistakes by Rex Ryan's hapless Jets (4-7). Their 35 second-quarter points tied for the fourth-most in a quarter in NFL history.
Fans were chanting for Tim Tebow to play before the second quarter of this Thanksgiving showdown was over, and booing as the team left the MetLife Stadium field at halftime.
New England, who beat Indianapolis 59-24 on Sunday, scored four touchdowns in just over six minutes — including three in a jaw-dropping 52-second span — helping Bill Belichick become the eighth coach in NFL history with 200 career victories, including the playoffs.
Brady finished 18 of 28 for 323 yards before leaving with two minutes left in the game. He reached 3,000 yards passing for the 10th time, becoming one of six players to accomplish the feat. He also passed Dan Fouts for 10th place on the career passing list.
New York's Mark Sanchez was 26 of 36 for 301 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Tebow did not play at all — nursing sore ribs that made him questionable for the game — and stood on the sideline with a cap on throughout despite the occasional chants for him to get some snaps.
In Detroit, Michigan, Shayne Graham's 32-yard field goal in overtime gave Houston the win at Detroit after Lions coach Jim Schwartz broke an NFL rule on a scoring play.
Detroit kicker Jason Hanson had a chance to get Schwartz off the hook, but his 47-yard field goal attempt on the fifth possession of the extra period hit the right upright.
Schwartz threw a challenge flag when Houston's Justin Forsett scored on an 81-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. Replays showed Forsett was down near midfield, but Schwartz negated the automatic review by challenging the play and was called for unsportsmanlike conduct.
The long run got Houston within three.
Arian Foster ran for 102 yards and two scores for the Texans, including a one-yard run with 1:55 left in the fourth quarter that tied it at 31.
AFC South-leading Houston (10-1) took their first lead when Graham made up for missing a field goal earlier in a turnover-filled OT. The Texans have won five straight, including the last two in OT.
Detroit (4-7) have lost three straight to make it extremely difficult to reach their goal of earning a spot in consecutive post-seasons for the first time since the mid-1990s.
In Arlington, Texas, Robert Griffin III threw for 311 yards and four touchdowns, leading Washington to the road win.
The Heisman Trophy winner from Baylor made the Cowboys look like an overmatched college team during the decisive second quarter of Griffin's first pro game in the state. He got some help from his receivers, including a leaping grab and long run from Pierre Garcon and some nifty footwork in the end zone by Santana Moss.
Tony Romo lost for the first time in six starts on Thanksgiving, despite a career-high 441 yards and three second-half touchdowns, including the longest of his career — an 85-yarder to Dez Bryant. Romo ran in a two-point conversion after a TD throw to Felix Jones and threw another scoring pass to Bryant to help Dallas close to 35-28 with 8:24 remaining.


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December 1, 1920 - May 22, 2013
Monticello, NY
Norma Niven, aged 92, passed away peacefully at the Sullivan County Adult Care Center in Liberty, NY, on May 22, 2013. She was born December 1, 1920 in Newark, NJ to Fredrick A. Kessler and Wilma Bennett Kessler.
Norma earned a bachelor's degree in Home Economics from Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia in 1942 on full scholarship, and an M.S in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1946. After graduating from Chestnut Hill she aided the World War II war effort in a Wilmington, DE military parts requisition company and the Signal Corps Depot in Philadelphia, PA.
She worked for the Monticello school system as a Home Economics teacher in the late 1940s and as a substitute teacher through the 1970s. However, the bulk of her time was devoted to caring for her family. She was a teacher and mentor for many years in various volunteer capacities, including Sunday School, the Girl Scouts and the Sullivan County Audubon Society, which she co-founded with her husband, Kenneth Niven. Her strong Christian faith was a guiding force in her life. She was baptized, at age 14, at the Elizabeth Ave. Baptist Church in Newark, NJ and joined the First Church of Monticello, Presbyterian when she married in 1946. She loved her church and served it in many ways over the years.
Norma was optimistic about life and had a gift for seeing beauty and goodness in the world. She had broad interests and was always passionate about learning, often running to the encyclopedia in search of answers to questions that arose at the dinner table. She was an amateur artist, played piano, sang in college (once performed with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Philharmonic), and loved opera, ballet and literature. She was as good a mother as one could hope for; loving, kind, supportive and nurturing, and a skilled and patient teacher whose interests and training in home economics were greatly valued by her family. Norma viewed cooking and sewing as expressions of caring, love and giving, and delighted in preparing family meals and special food gifts, most especially in baking annual assortments of Christmas cookies, for family and friends. Her kind spirit shone throughout her life, even in the final stages of her illness.
Norma was predeceased by her beloved husband, Kenneth D. Niven, and is survived by her daughter, Cynthia Niven of Monticello, NY and her son, Daniel Niven, his wife, Kathleen Fort, and her granddaughter, Bridget Phoebe Niven of Champaign, IL.
Her family is deeply grateful to the entire staff of the Sullivan County Adult Care Center for the wonderfully kind and skilled care they gave Norma during the years she made it her home.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, May 26th from 4 to 7 p.m. at the VanInwegen-Kenny Inc. Funeral Home, 401 Broadway in Monticello. Her Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, May 28th at 11 a.m. at the First Church of Monticello Presbyterian, Jones Street in Monticello, with Rev. Johanna Andritz officiating. Burial will follow at the Rock Ridge Cemetery in Monticello.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Church of Monticello Presbyterian or the Sullivan County Adult Care Center Family Council.
Arrangements are under the direction of the VanInwegen-Kenny, Inc. Funeral Home of Monticello; for additional information, or to send the family an online condolence, please visit www.kennyfuneralhome.com

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LONDON: Mining magnate Gina Rinehart's wish for Rio Tinto to approve swiftly more joint ventures with her company appears unlikely to be granted any time soon, judging by comments from the chief executive of Rio Tinto, Sam Walsh.
Mr Walsh indicated that an expansion of Rio Tinto's highly successful iron ore joint venture with Ms Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting was not on his immediate agenda, despite Ms Rinehart suggesting upon his appointment that three new mines around Hope Downs were "convenient for early development" and should be committed to in a "timely manner".
The two companies had developed three mines at Hope Downs in the Pilbara, but Mr Walsh said more work to prove deposits would be needed before any new mines could be commissioned.
"We have works underway in terms of development, the drilling work and other work before you can make any decisions," he said.
Rio Tinto was going through a cost-cutting phase and wanted to trim capital spending, and Mr Walsh said Ms Rinehart also had plenty to occupy her at the moment.
"Gina is also working on her own project, the Roy Hill project, and clearly there needs to be a balance for her in terms of what we physically bring forward because she will need to finance everything that goes on ... so for us it's a balance, and with her it's a balance."
Speaking from a suite in a building on the banks of the Thames, Mr Walsh showed no sign of acting upon Ms Rinehart's other suggestion: that he move Rio Tinto's headquarters from London to Perth.
His comments followed the reporting this week of Rio Tinto's first loss after being savaged by $US14.4 billion ($13.9 billion) in writedowns.
On Thursday night, Rio Tinto delivered a $US2.99 billion loss for last year, though underlying earnings were above consensus forecasts at $US9.3 billion. Rio Tinto's Australian-listed shares on Friday ended down 2.7 per cent at $70.15.
For now Mr Walsh appeared intent on steadying the ship and "turning around" the under-performing divisions within its ranks.
"The strategy is unchanged ... but under my leadership there will be changes in the way we implement the strategy and that relates to the focus of the organisation, the discipline, how people take accountability and the fact I want people to act like business owners," he said.
The coal, aluminium and uranium divisions would bear the brunt of the $5 billion worth of costs and divestments that would be stripped out over the next two years, he said, but he warned that no part of the business was immune.
The cost-cutting drive would be helped by the fact the mining sector was already a cheaper place to do business than it was at the peak of the boom several years ago, he said.
And there appeared to be little prospect of Mr Walsh adding a new commodity to Rio Tinto's books. "There are no acquisitions that I'm working on. One can never say never, I've learned that in business, but there's nothing on my radar screen. My focus will be on delivery of value to shareholders," he said.
But Mr Walsh went out of his way to highlight the tensions between his company and the Mongolian government over the development of Rio Tinto's key growth project: the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine.
The government wanted a bigger stake in the project, and was also reportedly concerned about the rising cost of development at the mine.
Rinehart ventures off Rio agenda
LONDON: Mining magnate Gina Rinehart's wish for Rio Tinto to approve swiftly more joint ventures with her company appears unlikely to be granted any time soon, judging by comments from the chief executive of Rio Tinto, Sam Walsh.
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Liya Assefa Elected Captain for 2010December 08, 2009At the annual cross country banquet on Monday night, coaches and runners looked back on the season, even as track competition has already begun. The Bulldogs elected junior Liya Assefa as their captain for next year, and senior Alexandra Cadicamo won the womens cross country award.
Bulldogs Compete at NCAA RegionalsNovember 14, 2009The Yale cross country team competed in its last meet of the season on Saturday. Boston University hosted the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships at Franklin Park. Of the 43 teams in the Northeast Region, 35 competed and Yale finished 15th with 474 points.
Bulldogs Ready for NCAA RegionalsNovember 11, 2009The Yale cross country team is prepared to compete at the NCAA Division I Regional Championships this weekend. Boston University is hosting the meet at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass. For most of the Bulldogs, the race will be the last of the season.
Bulldogs Compete at Heptagonal ChampionshipsOctober 30, 2009Yale's cross country teams competed at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships on Friday at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx in New York City. The Bulldogs finished eighth with 238 points.
Bulldogs Excited to Compete at Heptagonals ChampionshipOctober 27, 2009The Bulldogs will travel to Van Cortlandt Park in New York, N.Y., on Friday to compete in the 61st Ivy League Heptagonals Cross Country Championship. Columbia is hosting the event, at which all eight Ivy League schools will be present to compete.
Penn State National Canceled Due to WeatherOctober 16, 2009Due to inclement weather in the University Park, Pa. area, the Penn State National Invitational that was scheduled for Friday morning was canceled. Instead, the Bulldogs, along with several other teams that were scheduled to run at Penn State, will be competing at Lock Haven University in Lock Haven, Pa.
Bulldogs Compete at Impromptu Lock Haven MeetOctober 16, 2009Though snow, rain and mud rarely stop cross country runners from racing through a course as planned, on Friday the Penn State National Invitational was canceled due to weather. Instead of just heading home, 18 of the original 29 teams scheduled to compete traveled about an hour northeast to compete at Lock Haven University. The school regularly hosts cross country meets, and so was able to arrange for the women to run their 6k course at 2 p.m. The Bulldogs finished in 11th place.
Bulldogs to Compete at Penn State NationalOctober 14, 2009The Yale cross country team will compete in a hugely stacked field this weekend at the Penn State National Invitational. Hosted by Penn State in University Park, Pa., this race draws nearly 300 runners from 28 NCAA Division I and Division II schools around the country. This is the Bulldogs last meet of the regular season before competing in championship meets.
Bulldogs Fall to Harvard in Dual MeetOctober 02, 2009The Bulldogs traveled to Franklin Park in Boston this Friday to compete in the 34th Harvard-Yale dual meet on the Crimsons home course. Yale came in second against their rivals with 49 points during the cloudy afternoon.
Bulldogs Go Head-to-Head with HarvardSeptember 29, 2009The Yale womens cross country team will head north to face tough rival Harvard this Friday. The Crimson is hosting the dual meet, which will be held at its home course at Franklin Park in Boston. For the past several years the Yale women have competed in a Harvard-Yale-Princeton tri-meet at this time of the season (which Yale hosted last year), but Princeton will not be competing on Friday; the Yale mens cross country team has held a dual meet with Harvard at this time for the past 95 years.
Bulldogs Finish Sixth at Iona Meet of ChampionsSeptember 19, 2009The Yale womens cross country team finished sixth at the Iona Meet of Champions Saturday at the renowned Van Cortlandt Park in New York City. Several team members who did not compete in New York competed at the Quinnipiac Invitational in Hamden, Conn. where they finished fourth.
Bulldogs to Compete at Van Cortlandt, QuinnipiacSeptember 17, 2009The Yale womens cross country team will go two different ways this weekend: most of the team will travel to the Bronx in New York City to compete in the 15th Annual Br. John Paddy Doyle/ Iona College Meet of Champions at Van Cortlandt Park. Several of the women will be staying nearby to compete at the Quinnipiac Invitational in Hamden, Conn.
Bulldogs Come in Second at Fairfield InvitationalSeptember 12, 2009The Yale Womens Cross Country team traveled to Fairfield, Conn. Saturday morning for the Fairfield Invitational. The Bulldogs came in a strong second place finish with 34 points, only six points behind the first-place University of Connecticut team, which finished the meet with 28 points.
Bulldogs Open Season with Fairfield InvitationalSeptember 09, 2009The Yale womens cross country team will plunge into the 2009 season on Saturday at the Fairfield Invitational hosted by Fairfield University. After long indoor and outdoor track seasons, followed by a summer away and then most of August training together, the Bulldogs are ready to return to the long-distance competition of the fall.


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Tonight the No. 1 ACC Florida State Seminoles take on the No. 2 SEC Auburn Tigers in the 2014 BCS National Championship. While both teams vie for the BCS title, we're a little biased in rooting for a Seminoles win; with a world-class alumni club on the campus, and with Heisman-winning quarterback Jameis Winston and the team's undefeated season, we think they can pull off a victory.
Members of the University Center Club at Florida State University will cheer on the Seminoles at a Club-hosted viewing party tonight. The Club's Osceola Grille is the spot, and the executive chef has prepared a feast fit for champions so Members can snack in style and root for their team.
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There are indexing cards in the genealogy drawer at GBPL. Please go anytime you like. I will be there April 12 and 21 in the AM.
I was visiting another library and their old vital records were not indexed. I so appreciate all that you do. It is a wonderful gift for those who research.
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Craddick files legislation to clarify raffle act for charities
On Tuesday, Rep. Tom Craddick (Midland) filed House Bill 457 to amend the Charitable Raffle act to clarify that qualified organizations who host charitable raffles may promote the raffle in their E-mail newsletters and Internet websites."In 1989, voters chose to allow non-profit organizations to conduct raffles for charity purposes. However, when the Texas Legislature wrote this law in 1989, we didn't have things like Internet websites, E-mail newsletters, or Facebook pages to consider," Craddick said. "Today organizations have more resources and tools available to promote and organize a successful raffle that will raise funds to benefit their worthy cause. There should be no question in the law that organizations can inform their supporters that a raffle is going on through their newsletter, electronic newsletters or existing website."House Bill 457 will amend the Charitable Raffle Act for qualified organizations to legally promote an upcoming raffle to its supporters through the organization's Internet website, newsletter publication, E-mail newsletters, or social media outlets. The law will continue to restrict an organization from paying for advertising."Charitable raffles have been used by churches, civic clubs, veterans groups, volunteer fire departments and other non-profit groups for years. It is now commonplace for charities and non-profits to communicate with their supporters on their Internet website or Facebook pages and through E-mail blasts," Craddick stated. "These organizations may not be aware that putting an ad on their Internet website about their upcoming raffle may be considered illegal.""The fact is that most district attorneys turn a blind eye when they get an E-mail newsletter from their local volunteer firefighter group that contains a raffle promotion because it could be considered a statewide promotion," Craddick continued. "To me, it seems logical to assume that charity groups would want to tell their supporters about their raffle using these available technological means and the law should be clear about allowing such efforts or not."Under Chapter 2002 of the Texas Occupations Code, organizations are not able to sell or offer to sell raffle tickets statewide. House Bill 457 would allow an exception for groups to promote or advertise statewide to previously identified supporters of the organization on the organization's Internet website or through a publication or solicitation, including a newsletter, social media, or electronic mail. If adopted, House Bill 457 will not allow groups that promote a raffle on their Internet website to actually sell raffle tickets over the Internet.In addition, the law also strictly prohibits a professional raffle operator from making money from a charitable raffle. However, as the law is written, it is unclear whether an employee of the organization can assist in organizing the raffle. House Bill 457 will clarify the statute to ensure a member of the organization who is employed by the organization may organize and conduct a raffle, but may not be hired solely for that purpose.


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Not sure when test squad announced, but picking up from Kippax comments probably ridiculously early.
Anyway, IMO today is a huge day in Daniel Flynn's career, could shape his next few years. Will watch with interest .....
Not sure when test squad announced, but picking up from Kippax comments probably ridiculously early.
Anyway, IMO today is a huge day in Daniel Flynn's career, could shape his next few years. Will watch with interest .....
Yes although my faith in Flynn is wavering with this current 'dasher' approach, I would still like to see him given as run as NZ opener, particularly if McCullum is not going to open.
Aside from any other reasons I don't really want to see Fulton and Guptill open together because they're too similar. Watched Fulton's runs against CD from last round, plus a few other highlights. His foot movement may have improved a touch but he still is very much:
Plan A - Camp on the front foot, plan to step forward and use height to hit through the line. This generally works pretty well against 130km/h domestic bowlers. Even so I did see him get out bowled or caught behind a couple of times when the ball was moving early.
Plan B - When facing someone quicker i.e. Mathieson, Plan A doesn't work so well. Fortunately Mathieson isn't particularly accurate so Fulton camped on the back foot and, when he's looking for it, plays the pull nicely.
Plan C - I just don't know what Fulton's going to do when he has to face fast bowlers that bowl just short of a length on or outside offstump and move the ball away.
Guptill displays some of the above characteristics too. I'm pretty sure they opened together in Adelaide against Australia a few years ago and I was there to watch - both were forced onto the back foot by the quick bowlers and then it was only a matter of time.
Next Wednesday the test squad, so yeah, we're basically touring our own country. (Hesson likes those ducks in a row. Drowsy saddos who make horse noises and lose their train of thought, gtfo).
Guptill hadn't debuted when Fulton played in Adelaide, Redmond and How opened.
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How dismissed by a left-armer again, fmd.
Is Daryl Mitchell a gun? Had a pretty solid start to his carrer. Is he another in the Boam/Neesham/Anderson mould? Interested to hear peoples thoughts on him.
Averaging 42/43 with the bat, and low 20s with the ball. Not exactly a bad start to a first-class career.
Yeah Howsie will talk up his bowling and tell you otherwise, but here he is trying to pull Cachopa -
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There he is again trying to loft Marty Kain down the ground -
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How do we avert the Fulton selection, is there any faint chance? Perhaps there should be a video making his ****ness conveniently easy to witness, then tweeted to Fleming, hopefully on to McCullum.
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I think Flynn has done enough to warrant a proper go as test opener now. Certainly a better choice than Fulton.
Whether the selectors see it that way, I'm not sure. It does seem likely that they were involved in his decision to switch to opening though. If they were, he's certainly delivered.
Nick Beard 125*!
Wish I'd known Otago weren't at all Rutherford dependant, I could've bet with a lot more confidence against this Auckland bowling attack.
It's also a huge couple of days in Bruce Martin's career. Was he leading wicket taker before going in SA tour? But struggled for wickets since he returned.
Included some marathon spells when teammates crying off injured. But not been able to knock people off. Night watchman getting a ton today surely doesn't help.
He doesn't have the same natural ability Anderson does with the willow but he's probably a lot more solid this point in their careers. I realise Kippax just posted a video of him hitting Cachopa into the air but he probably has the best pull shot in the ND squad, get's onto it really quick.
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In recent weeks we have all heard examples on the evening news or from our family and friends about the dysfunctional healthcare.gov website. The website is not user-friendly and in many cases just simply does not work.
In recent weeks we have all heard examples on the evening news or from our family and friends about the dysfunctional healthcare.gov website. The website is not user-friendly and in many cases just simply does not work.
While the ObamaCare website is a problem, we must remember that the problems with government mandated healthcare go much further than technical glitches. Across our country and right here in Missouri, people are losing their current insurance and are seeing their monthly premiums skyrocket.
The broken ObamaCare system is having a real impact on families and individuals, businesses and even local school districts.
In recent weeks, my offices in Missouri and Washington have been flooded with families and individuals who are losing their current health insurance or who are seeing their monthly premiums increase dramatically. Chris from Salem contacted me through Facebook to say that his insurance has been cancelled.
Chris and his family were given the option to buy a new plan through the same insurance company but their new plan comes with much higher deductibles and a much higher monthly premium. The broken ObamaCare system is forcing Chris and his family to make tough financial decisions.
Ceramo in Jackson is one of the largest American-owned distributors of clay pottery in the country. It's a family business that started in 1945 and employs around 100 people. Because of ObamaCare, Ceramo's insurance rates increased by 43% when the plans came up for renewal.
After switching insurance providers to a company that would still raise rates by 37%, Ceramo has now received notice explaining that their coverage will be cancelled next August because it does not cover certain benefits required under President Obama's healthcare law. Ceramo and its 100 employs are suffering because ObamaCare is broken.
For many communities in our Eighth District, local schools districts are the largest employers in town. In recent years our public schools have struggled to make ends meet with a sluggish national economy and reduced local tax revenues.
Now, just as the economy is beginning to recover and school districts are seeing more tax revenues, ObamaCare is slapping districts with new healthcare costs for employees. The broken Obama healthcare mandate is taking money out of Missouri classrooms and away from Missouri students.
The failures of ObamaCare go well beyond a broken website. ObamaCare marks the first time in our nation's history that American citizens have been forced to buy a product they do not want, that they cannot afford, from a website that does not work.
The President's government mandated healthcare plan is hurting everyone from business owners and local school districts to families and individuals right here in Missouri. We can do better.
It's time President Obama realizes what the rest of America already knows, ObamaCare is broken and needs to be replaced with a free-market, private sector driven solution.


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PSP Subtitles Issues (Converting MKV to Mp4)
Hello all. I was hoping for a bit of advice on this issue..
I've spent the last 6+ hours researching Xvid4PSP and the possible ways to hardcode a subtitle so it'll show up on my psp once it's converted.
From what I read the option only allows an already seperate subtitle file to be hardcoded for conversion. The problem is, I'm not sure what this file falls under (soft or hard). I was watching Nodame Cantabile (The 1st Season) on my psp until I ran into a problem at episode 13 I believe. I noticed that the subs wouldn't pop up and upon further inspection of the original files I realized that there was an option to remove the subtitles manually (using Media Player Classic). 1-12 had no such option. Though they pop up by default. So the question is..if the subs aren't a seperate file already is there an option to force them to be hardcoded? Note: I haven't actually tried encoding the file yet to see if it does a better job then PSP9Video. I probably will test it out after this post. I also stumbled upon a program called MKVExtractGUI which allows a person to extract the subtitles into a seperate file. I haven't researched it yet.
Long story short..Any advice on the issue is most appeciatted. If the process becomes to cumbersome I'll probably go back to avi. Besides all I really want is to enjoy new anime coming out so I can possibly purchase it in the future .
Edit: Well no one replied at all -_-. No big. Found a post by Salt that has an easy solution for it. http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=47693. Sorry for the useless post.
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I didn't see this thread before going to sleep. It's good that you already found a solution or two, but just to add..
There is an easier method.
Step 1: Convert the mkv using AllToAvi.
Step 2: Convert the xvid using PSPVideo9.
For the people who bought the Max Media Manager, which is around 20 bucks. You can convert xvid using it too, but the resulting mp4 file will be somewhat larger in size compared to PSPVideo 9 conversions. The quality is pretty much the same.
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It's been months since I've last converted an anime episode to watch on my PSP, but I do recall being fed up with PSPVideo9. XVid4PSP was much better interface and had quite a few more options for me I preferred. Anyway, I remember I used one of the MKV tools to rip the subs from mkvs and inserted the subs that were extracted with the Subtitle tab you see on XVid4PSP. Not sure what you mean by hardcode but ever since I've used MKVtoolnix with MKVExtractGui in it, I've been able to watch all mkvs subbed fine on my PSP. My bad if this didn't help.
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ffdshow seemed to have solved the problem. To be fair though I have yet to pick the series back up since then so I'm not sure if there will be any issues. I'm curious to know what you mean martino if you don't mind elaborating a bit? Just out of curiousity really.
I've been reading a bit of fansub related conversation that's been going on at ANN..ugh it gives me a headache and makes me not want to continue downloading fansubs. That's a bit offtopic though..
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Look, all you need to do is set auto-loading of subtitles in CCCP's settings. It will save you a lot of nasty things.
@dm85: VSFilter is the standard implementation of ASS. FFDShow has barely implemented the basic commands. In other words, the subtitles will not look how they are supposed to.
@boonkiat89: What does mkvextract have to do with this?
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I've only seen a few episodes lately. Been having a bit of trouble with it losing synch, usually between video and audio, but they were encoded with pspvideo9 so I'm sticking to xvid4psp for now.
I'm wondering if anyone knows of a good guide/faq for Xvid4psp. The one on their main forum is...lacking v.v.
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- Set in a warm location out of direct sunlight (unless vessel is opaque).
- Do not disturb for 7 days.
- After 7 days, or when you are ready to taste your KT, gently insert a straw beneath the SCOBY and take a sip. If too tart, then reduce your brewing cycle next time. If too sweet, allow to brew for a few more days. Continue to taste every day or so until you reach your optimum flavor preference. Your own Kombucha Tea Recipe may vary.
- Decant & flavor (optional).
- Drink as desired! Start off with 4-8oz on an empty stomach in the morning, then with meals to help with digestion or as your body tells you it would like some more! Drink plenty of water as it is a natural detoxifyer and you want to flush the newly released toxins out.
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Kombucha SCOBYs:
The Golden Rules
- …use a refrigerator stored SCOBY to make Kombucha.
- …use a dehydrated SCOBY to make Kombucha.
- …attempt to grow a SCOBY from a commercial bottle of Kombucha that:
- was pasteurized
- is flavored
- has been filtered or reformulated
- says anything less than "100% Kombucha" on the label
- …use a fresh, full-size Kombucha SCOBY to begin brewing.
- …store your SCOBYs in a SCOBY Hotel in a dry and dark place.
- …pass along healthy, fresh SCOBYs with at least 1-2 cups of mature Kombucha Tea and complete, clear instructions to ensure success. If you cannot, recommend a reputable source instead.
Kombucha Brewing Tips
- Never store Kombucha SCOBYs in the Refrigerator!
- Sanitize with hot water or vinegar – NO SOAP. It kills the kombucha culture.
- Airflow is key – find an open area for your Kombucha Tea.
- If you see mold, throw everything away. Kombucha Mushrooms are not salvagable when mold strikes.
- Keep a SCOBY Hotel for backups and extras.
- Kombucha is a LIVING organism. Many believe the energy in the room will directly influence your culture.
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More Kombucha Recipes
How To Make Kombucha Tea with a few different twists. It's possible to make Kombucha many ways. Homemade Kombucha is the freshest and making kombucha for yourself is a blessing. I will show you how to make KT safely with my kombucha recipe, great Kombucha brewing techniques and more.
Ginger Lime Kombucha Recipe
Ginger is perhaps Kombucha's best friend, producing delicious fizz and flavor. Citrus pairs well with Kombucha, though in small amounts. These instructions call for flavoring after the brew.
- 5-6 teaspoons green tea/reusable tea bag
- 1.25 cups evaporated cane juice
for later:
- fresh squeezed lime juice
- fresh ginger slices
Do a shorter steep with these green tea bags, 3-5 minutes. Brew only 6-7 days, decant into bottles already flavored with ginger (to taste) and lime juice (no more than 1/2 ounce per 16 ounce bottle) and allow to second ferment for 3-5 days, burping each day to prevent explosions. Once desired fizz is achieved, move to fridge.
My other secret tip? Once you've tried secondary flavoring, try boiling the whole ginger root right in the water you will brew with to infuse the flavor in a totally different way.
Kombucha Recipe made with Agave
Agave nectar, while less popular than it has been, can be substituted for the sugar. Agave turns Kombucha a bit more sour and can benefit from a small boost of Karo (corn) syrup to kickstart the yeast and protect the brew.
- 4-5 teaspoons black tea/reusable tea bag
- 1 cup agave nectar (or 80/20 with corn syrup)
- 2 cups mature kombucha (the brew needs a little extra protection)
Prepare as normal, but check your brew a few days earlier to prevent it going sour too quickly. Monitor, bottle and refrigerate at the right flavor. Extendd secondary fermentation is not recommended with agave.
Cholesterol Busting Kombucha Recipe
I've talked about good old Ernie from CajunErnie.com on my Kombucha benefits page. He talks of many things Kombucha has done for his health, and one of them is a drop in his cholesterol.
Take it away Ernie: "In late 2001 my cholesterol level was 273. I stayed away from the popular drugs and thru better diet dropped it to 230. I then started drinking Kombucha because of my arthritis. By May, 2005 my cholesterol level had dropped to 165 and my blood pressure was at 122/54. Not bad for a 65 year old that works 60 hours a week."
Ernie's Cholesterol Busting Recipe:
- 6 bags of green tea
- 1 3/4 cups white sugar
Brew as normal for 6 to 9 days.
Power Kombucha Recipe
Looking for an extra energy blast from your homemade Kombucha Tea. Try this Kombucha recipe for Power Kombucha.
**note** Always consult your physician before undertaking any dietary change. This recipe is for informational purposes only.
- 4-6 teaspoons green/black tea blend
- 1.25 cups evaporated cane juice
for later:
- 1 tablespoon maca powder
- 2 tablespoons raw cacao powder
- 1 teaspoon of bee pollen – lightly crushed
Brew as normal for 7 to 10 days, until slightly effervescent
Add flavorings to finished Kombucha and close tightly for 4 days to infuse.


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Wearing his favorite Gaucho gold GKid T-shirt from 2009, Andy was excited to see what his new 2011 Gkid shirt would look like.
Do you have a GKid?
GKids are "little but loud" and the luckiest kids in Santa Barbara. For $20, kids in 8th grade and younger receive an official GKids T-shirt which will get them free admission to every regular season Gaucho soccer, basketball, baseball, softball and volleyball game.
Family friendly
If you haven't been to a Gaucho game in the last couple of seasons, you might be shocked to see how family friendly they are. Hundreds of cheering GKids fill the family section at Harder Stadium, aka Soccer Heaven, wearing their GKids shirts.
Before games and during halftime, a Soccer Town Playground has been created for older kids. The sidelines are lined with little Gaucho ball boys and girls and halftime mini-games feature local youth soccer players. After the matches, the Gaucho players greet the crowd and sign autographs.
Community Outreach
On Saturday August 27th,, the men's and women's soccer players will team up to teach 3,000 youth soccer players at the 2nd annual AYSO Skills Day held at Girsh Park. Skills day will feature age-appropriate soccer stations for the kids and coach clinics for the soccer moms and dads.
Local youth soccer teams also have the chance to have their practices run by real Gaucho soccer players at Storke field through an ongoing community outreach program.
Gaucho pride
Our boys are very passionate about sports and they especially love their Gaucho games. They are so excited to get their new GKids shirts and I can't wait to hear them sing the Ole' song all the way to UCSB, throughout the game and then all the way back home again. It brings papa so much pride!
To become a GKid and learn more about UCSB soccer, please click here. Go Gauchos!
Dr. Dan Brennan is a board certified pediatrician who loves getting a little loco at Gaucho games with his wife and three boys. His column can be found on the first and third Fridays in the Daily Sound.


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Try being me.....
For some reason or another....my boat rides about two inches deeper than most drifters. It's gotta be all my extra gear and not my large posterior.
Thank God for Clackacrafts. The TIMEX of driftboats.
Try being me.....
For some reason or another....my boat rides about two inches deeper than most drifters. It's gotta be all my extra gear and not my large posterior.
Thank God for Clackacrafts. The TIMEX of driftboats.
Goo Goo Ga Choob!
Rocky Top Anglers
East Tennessee Fly Fishing Forums
Not trying to start a war but I quote a good friend "Those who own a Clacka, never rowed a Hyde!" HAA HAA HAA~ Just had to pick a fight!
No, but seriously, while on the Big Horn river we had high side Clacka's with wooden oars. The boat felt like a cheap peice of crap! All of the boxes were made of fiberglass and squeaked, the bottom certainly flexed alright and it was impossible to pull it off of a run while the boat was tracking. It was terrible...fishing out of um was alot more difficult too. The person in the back felt stuck and it wasn't easy to change oarsman with the person in the back of the boat! However I will say that it was more than likely an older model Clacka and the heavy wooden oars didn't compare to the counterbalanced carbon fiber oars my Hyde had! Not to mention I was used to my low profile. I woulda liked to have been able to row a low profile (side) Clacka!
I can only imagine the abuse that your boat see's. I want to learn that line on the Hi, but I'm a little afraid of taking my baby out there to the wolves! Plus I'm sure you don't mind an extra boat staying outta your watershed!
I do wanna make it over there how is things on the HI?
What's the purpose in having a boat if you're not gonna use it? Doesn't make too much sense to me, would you rather put a few scratches on your boat and catch more fish or not use it at all and keep it pretty? I know they're expensive, but use it, man! I catch dozens more trout if I'm floating than if I am wading. You may be different, though.
Trey Nichols- firstname.lastname@example.com
I will say that beating your boat to **** isn't a nice way to spend a day even if you are catching some fish, but thats just me. It sends a chill down my spine hearing a rock rip down my hull. Uh, I hate even thinking about it
have you bought a boat lately?
Trey Nichols- email@example.com
Worrgamesguy! Dude, lemme rephrase this. When I say pretty I mean that when I have things that I enjoy as much as I do that boat, it's hard to shuv it up against a rock on purpose just to float it downstream. I have consistantly been beat up on by the guys I work with, about how I spent over 8 grand on a boat that has no motor. That's like spending 8 grand on a yak, canoe, or john boat!
At a pretty fair rate of $100.00 a horse power (pretty common in the boating industry) I could have bought a decent little john boat with a 70 horse motor for what I paid for my Hyde and it just isn't aluminum! It would be the equivilant of you buying a new car and running it through a brior patch on purpose...Does that make sense? Why heck no!
I love the boat and enjoy every second of being in it, just not being on a tailwater where you purposely have to beat up your boat to get it down stream while catching 6'' to 14'' fish! Now if there was some 24" fish involved I'd probably have less to gripe about! Non the less I'd still not like it! Those boat's are designed to be pretty precise at taking on runs and avoiding rocks in low water conditioins. Like I've said I've repeatedly floated the Watauga, which I've been told is the second hardest river to float (1st being the HI) and I had yet to put a scratch on my boat until I met that section of the Clinch!
Bill your hilarious and I wanna row your Clack just for good measure! I believe it's you and me on the 29th, we will just have to beat um up together this time!
Its only gel coat, once again and the mark of a good boat is a chewed up chine and signatures from the rivers it has traversed.
Hyde, Clacka, they are all the same in my opinion. I row a Hyde, but have rowed a bunch of different mfg.'s boats and they all get the job done.
A boat is going to get beat up overtime anyway, but going down a river like the Hiwassee, I'd rather do it with a person who has floated it before - I don't want to get all beat up if I don't have to. But I've never floated the HI so maybe I'm over estimating it
The Hi has one real bad spot at the stairsteps, no matter what it seems you are going to take a shot. The difference between it and the Clinch or Holston is that you are moving fast when you hit rocks. The Clinch rocks are generally slow hits which have a louder bark then bite. There are smallmouth rivers in this part of the state that make any trout stream look like a joke in terms of boat beating abilities.


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RENO, Nev. -- Regional Street Enforcement Team officials found 74% of business that sell alcohol complied with sales laws when they conducted an undercover alcohol check at 34 locations.
Detectives carried out the check Friday, February 15th. They targeted 34 business in and around Reno.
The goal was to ensure clerks were not selling alcohol to customers under the age of 21 years and to increase education about underage drinking.
The operation was carried out by personnel from the Regional Street Enforcement Team, Join Together Northern Nevada (JTNN), and underage volunteers, with funding from a grant provided by Enforcement of Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL).
The underage volunteers would go into a store and try to buy alcohol; if the clerk asked to see identification (ID), the volunteer presented his or her own, real ID card. If the clerk proceeded to sell the alcohol, s/he was cited.
The operation found a 74% compliance rate with 25 out of 34 locations complying with the law. That compares to 78% in March of 2012 and 91% in August, 2012.
Regional Street Enforcement Team officials would like to commend the owners and clerks at the following locations for complying with the law:
Winner's Corner located at 7695 S. Virginia St., Reno, NV
Rainbow Market located at 7590 Colbert Ln., Reno, NV
Scolari's Market located at 8165 S. Virginia St., Reno, NV
AM/PM located at 6190 S. Virginia St., Reno, NV
Town Food & Liquor located at 2640 S. Virginia St., Reno, NV
Rainbow Market located at 1501 Vassar St., Reno, NV
Sak 'N' Save Grocery located at 1000 E. Plumb Ln., Reno, NV
Jackson's located at 2001 S. Virginia St., Reno, NV
G Food and Liquor located at 6 E. 4th St., Reno, NV
Silver Spur Liquor & Gifts located at 221 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV
Silver Smoke &Liquor LLC located at 141 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV
Nahar Food & Discount Liquor located at 600 S. Virginia St., Reno, NV
Easy Market located at 500 W. 2nd St., Reno, NV
Winner's Corner located at 350 S. Arlington, Reno, NV
Safeway Mini Mart located at 5150 Mae Anne Ave, Reno, NV
AM/PM located at 2002 Sierra Highlands Dr, Reno, NV
Royal Liquor and Smoke located at 6380 Mae Anne Ave. #1, Reno, NV
Raley's Mini Mart located at 1690 Robb Dr., Reno, NV
7-11 located at 10170 N. McCarran, Reno, NV
Jackson's located at 901 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV
7-11 located at 1665 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV
SG Food Mart located at 4410 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV
Maverick located at 15 Panther Wy, Reno, NV
7-11 located at 7500 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV
Terrible's located 13900 Stead Blvd, Reno, NV
In Nevada, the fine for selling alcohol to someone under the age of 21 is $500. Officers cited clerks for selling or providing alcohol to underage customers at the following locations:
1. Jackson's located at 10585 Stead Blvd., Reno, NV, Case #13-3027
2. 7-11 located at 4997 S. McCarran Blvd., Reno, NV, Case #13-3029
3. Fireside Inn, located at 205 E. 4th St., Reno, NV, Case #13-3026
4. Shell located at 700 N. Sierra St., Reno, NV, Case #13-3020
5. Ace Liquor located at 142 W. 2nd St., Reno, NV, Case #13-3016
6. Wright Way Liquor located at 330 Evans St., Reno, NV, Case #13-3028
7. 7-11 located at 690 Booth St., Reno, NV, Case #13-3015
8. Jashan Market located at 436 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV, Case #13-3022
9. AM/PM located at 600 Kietzke Ln., Reno, NV, Case #13-3014
**This clerk was arrested, as he did not qualify for a citation**
Detectives also checked for clerks' valid Alcohol Awareness Training cards. Only three clerks did not have a valid card. Detectives issued each of them a citation and the $500 fine which comes with a first offense.
Detectives say, "Operations of this type will continue throughout the year. Anyone with information regarding the sale or furnishing of alcohol to minors is encouraged to contact the Street Enforcement Team at 334-3065, or Secret Witness at 322-4900, www.secretwitness.com, or text the tip to 847411 (TIP 411) keyword - SW."


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A few thoughts going forward in the wake of the ending to the Iron Bowl last weekend:
1. Has the makeup of field-goal teams been changed forever, given that Alabama's field-goal unit, like pretty much all others, didn't have anyone on the field remotely fast enough to have a shot at chasing down Auburn return man Chris Davis? In the future, when teams try a long field goal in a close game, expect there to be at least one "skill" player – probably a big receiver or speedy tight end – as a hedge against the incredible return.
2. Of course, this only stays true until somebody's skill player can't hold off the guy across the line of scrimmage and a field goal gets blocked and run back for a touchdown.
3. End-of-year rivalry games do you no favors. Imagine if Alabama and Auburn had played early in the schedule? The Tigers were still finding their way just a bit and the emotion and the stakes would have been less. The outcome, no disrespect to Auburn here, might have been different.
So onto the SEC title game: Auburn vs. Missouri. What a turnaround by both programs. Auburn was winless in the SEC last season. Enter Gus Malzahn and they go 7-1, 11-1 overall. Missouri had a losing season and was 2-6 in year one in the SEC. Now, Gary Pinkel's team is 11-1, 7-1, the only loss coming in two overtimes against South Carolina.
Alabama, South Carolina and even LSU fans might feel in their heart of hearts that they are better, but there is no argument that these two teams earned their place in Atlanta this Saturday.
Both teams were disregarded in the preseason, in part because the notion of a huge turnaround in this conference – given all the power teams – seemed so unlikely.
"People can look at it, analyze it, flip it, spin it," Pinkel said. "There's a lot of ways of looking at it. … I thought we were going to have a good football team. You can have a good football team and not be sitting here 11-1 either. I get that."
Looking ahead to the BCS title game: Computers and polls rule. The BCS rankings heading into the weekend: 1. Florida State. 2. Ohio State. 3. Auburn. 4. Alabama. 5. Missouri.
The Seminoles are undefeated and a heavy favorite to beat Duke in the ACC championship game. Ohio State is undefeated and has a much tougher challenge in Michigan State in the Big Ten title game. Alabama appears locked out and will not have a shot at a third straight national championship.
As you've probably heard by now, Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs said it would be "a disservice to the nation" if Auburn won the SEC title game and didn't play for the national championship.
Well, if Ohio State and Florida State both win, prepare for disservice. Consider this headline at CBSsports.com on an article by BCS "expert" Jerry Palm: "Ohio State-Florida State by the numbers; no chance for SEC."
This would end the league's run of seven straight national championships. In sum, Palm sees no way the winner of the SEC title game can leap Ohio State in the BCS standings. If Auburn wins, for example, he believes at best the Tigers make a slight gain in the computer rankings and then would need many poll voters to switch from undefeated Ohio State to the one-loss Tigers. Wrote Palm: "If Auburn does not get closer to Ohio State in the computers, the voting margin is insurmountable given traditional voting patterns."
The AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Dec. 31 will have an area SEC team in it this year. Most bowl projections have Vanderbilt (8-4) as that team. But the Commodores played here just two years ago and Mississippi State, at 6-6, is eligible. Don't be surprised if a deal is worked out to bring in the Bulldogs and what undoubtedly would be a larger, cowbell-ringing contingent of fans.


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As we approach the big showdown on Saturday night, here's some lesser-known Georges St. Pierre fights to get you in the mood. First, it's St. Pierre's second Octagon appearance at UFC 48, where he beats down current IFL welterweight champ Jay Hieron in under two minutes. Next, it's GSP's first pro fight, where Rush staves off the scrappy Ivan Menjivar to score a very questionable TKO via verbal tapout at the end of the first round. And finally, it's the "GoldenPalace.com" TKO fight against Dave Strasser, which St. Pierre took after his first career loss (vs. Matt Hughes at UFC 50); lovely half-guard to side-control pass at 5:11 and the fight-ending kimura is just as slick.
(GSP vs. Jay Hieron, UFC 48, 6/19/04)
(GSP vs. Ivan Menjivar, UCC 7, 1/25/02; fight starts at the 4:06 mark)
(GSP vs. Dave Strasser, TKO 19, 1/29/05; fight starts at the 3:57 mark)
Props: MMAScraps


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WMU Girls beat Wapello last night 49-25.
The Wolves only gave up one point through 16 minutes in the first half, off of a technical foul to start the game as head coach Mich Wachs put the away numbers down on the score sheet instead of the home numbers.
Wapello hit a last second field goal to trail at the half 22-3, and that would be the story of the game.
Cassie Kingery led the way with 13 points for the Wolves.
With the win, WMU improves to 13-4.


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Video CES: Automatic Plant Monitoring Through Your Computer or iPhone (Video) 44
Timothy: Sensors are a big deal at CES this year. They are small devices that track everything from the location of your pets to how many steps you have taken today. I talked to Philipp Bolliger. He has founded a company called Koubachi AG. It is a Swiss company and they are only selling one product right now. It is a small sensor that can detect certain parameters of plant health and wirelessly transmit that information to your computer. Bolliger is an engineer by trade with computer background, but he says he does not have a green thumb.
Philipp: Koubachi is a plant care assistant that tells you when and how to care for your plants. It is an iPhone app that you can download in the App Store. You can use it on your iPhone or your iPad; if you don't have an iPad you can also use the web app which works on Linux, Android all the different devices. And what Koubachi does is: It sends you a push notification or an email when your plant needs to be taken care of. So you don't have to worry anymore about how to take care of your plant; Koubachi will just tell you. You can get started for free. Just download the app, choose your plants from the large library, we have all the plant types in here.
I will show it again. So in the library, all the plant types are in here; if you don't know how to do that, if you don't know the name, we also have a wizard which helps you do that. Once you find out what your plant is, you just set it up once and you get notifications right away. If you have a precious plant or a more expensive plant, you maybe want to add the sensor. The Wi-Fi plant sensor that we developed measures the soil moisture, the light intensity and the temperature. The cool thing about it is: It is battery powered but it is Wi-Fi. So you just put it into the plant, you set it up once, and it measures these three things continuously. So it continuously measures all of that. And no matter where you are in the world, we know the vitality status of your plant and send you a notification whenever it needs to be taken care of.
Timothy: Do you have to subscribe to your service to do that, to get your Wi-Fi notification?
Philipp: No. It does it all for free. You can start with the app for free, and if you buy the sensor the service will be free for lifetime.
Timothy: How did you come to this idea?
Philipp: Well, I have the very same problem myself. When I first had a very big plant, I was surprised at how expensive it is, and I tried to figure out how to do that, because I don't have a green thumb. I don't know how to do that. So I tried to figure out – there must be a simpler solution than just buying books, or looking it up on the internet and creating calendars. And that is why I created Koubachi.
Timothy: What is your background, to create this piece of hardware; are you a programmer are you an engineer?
Philipp: Yeah, I am engineer. I studied computer science so I knew a lot about the computer stuff, with the hardware stuff which we developed it on our own. Then I started with a plant physiologist which was really interesting; I learned a lot. And I am very passionate about plants. So this is easy for me to learn that as well.
Timothy: Well a lot of products here aren't even available. What is the availability of this?
Philipp: It is available this week. Actually we are on the market in Europe for seven months. And we just started in the US. So it will be available this week on Amazon, and App Online.
Timothy: Do you have a website, if we want to learn more about it?
Philipp: Yeah we do. If you want to learn more about Koubachi, go to our website, it is www.koubachi.com.
Timothy: Okay. Tell us what 'Koubachi' means.
Philipp: Do you want the short version or the long and funny version?
Timothy: Whatever, the funny version sounds good to me.
Philipp: The funny version is: When I first discussed this idea with a friend of mine, he said, it is kind of similar to tamagotchi, if you remember. And we tried to figure out what tamagotchi means, it doesn't actually mean anything, but the chi at the end is a diminutive so it just makes it smaller, and then we tried to figure out what plant means. One guy yelled through the room 'it is kouba'. And we wrote down Koubachi and that is it. And it was about one year later when we found out that kouba probably spelt differently and certainly written differently in Japanese means plant, yes, but not plant the biologic thing, but plant the factory so there you go. We are a small factory.
Timothy: Right, very good.


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CAMERON - Energy giant Chevron continues to shore up its Marshall County drilling and fracking operations after temporarily halting production earlier this year.
"To date, some wells have recently been returned to production, and we'll continue to do so with the remaining wells only as soon as we are confident that they can be operated safely," said Lee Ann Wainwright, policy, government, and public affairs officer for Chevron.
Since acquiring lease rights and active natural gas operations from AB Resources, NPAR, TriEnergy Holdings and Chief Oil and Gas, Chevron now controls thousands of acres for drilling in Ohio and Marshall counties. The company continues leasing more acreage in the two counties, as well.
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However, Chevron also wanted to make sure the West Virginia operations would live up to the company's safety standards. In June 2010, a well in the name of AB Resources exploded near Moundsville when workers hit a "shallow pocket" of methane gas a little more than 1,000 feet below the ground. In addition to injuring several workers, this ignited a large fireball that burned for days.
To prevent any such problems from occurring under Chevron's watch, the company ceased operations in Marshall County to make sure the wells it acquired are safe.
Wainwright said this is an ongoing project.
"Protecting people and the environment is a core value for Chevron. We place the highest priority on the health and safety of our work force and protection of the environment, and to that end, we will not hesitate to stop or delay any activity until we are confident it can be performed without incident," Wainwright added.
Chevron, one of the largest oil companies in the world, in 2011 produced 2.673 million barrels of oil-equivalent per day. The company had a global refining capacity of 1.96 million barrels of oil per day at the end the year.


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This morning's Nintendo Direct debuted a new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. Beyond showing some more footage of Link's new abilities and the growing worlds of Hyrule and Lorule, the trailer also debuted a new feature in which players can challenge Shadow Link through StreetPass.
The trailer shows Link approaching an elderly character named Gramps, who informs him that a new Shadow Link from a player tagged with StreetPass. The player then finds Shadow Link in the world and is transported for one-on-one combat. Defeating Shadow Link will yield rupees, with rewards increasing for knocking off higher-level Shadow Links. Nintendo's Bill Trinen also noted during Nintendo Direct that there would be no penalty for losing these battles.
You can watch dueling Link action in the trailer below. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds releases on November 22.


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JACKSON, Miss. — An organization has lost its government designation to bring foreign exchange students to the United States after facing allegations of mismanagement and lax oversight that included students being placed in homes where they were sexually abused.
State Department spokeswoman Susan Pittman said Friday Pacific Intercultural Exchange, or PIE, was removed Wednesday from the department's list of official sponsors.
State Department officials have not said exactly what problems led to PIE's removal, but documents and e-mails obtained by AP in July showed allegations of serious problems, including sex abuse by host fathers. The documents also showed that the State Department had concerns about PIE's operations for years.
The San Diego-based company was part of a network of organizations that brings 30,000 high school students to the US annually. PIE and other sponsors charge the students' families thousands of dollars to arrange for them to live in American households and go to high school. The US government also gives grants to students from some countries.
PIE's suspension affected 455 students this school year.


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IRC Text to Speech with Javaby Paul Mutton, author of IRC Hacks
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a network chat system used by millions of people all over the world. It has been around for several years and is used by groups of friends, programmers, universities, and even banks to facilitate discussions, the exchanging of ideas, and collaborative research.
Because IRC is very much a real-time chat system, you will rarely benefit from using it unless you are able to pay close attention to the sequence of dialog as it transpires. Unfortunately, this can lead to a lack of productivity in the workplace, which is why many employers naively frown upon the use of IRC. However, when used properly, IRC can let employees work effectively with remote colleagues, regardless of whether they are on the other side of the planet or just in the next building. Real-time group chat systems like IRC make it easier to organize meetings (and possibly even carry out virtual meetings), ask questions, and to negotiate the less-important things such as where to go for lunch.
Many bosses would argue that the most obvious way to boost productivity in the workplace is to avoid using IRC altogether. While this may be true to some extent, there really are cases where IRC can be useful. When you carry out a conversation on IRC--even if it's with someone in the same office--your colleagues elsewhere will be able to see what you are both saying. You will also be able to see what was discussed while you were away from your desk. These are both important aspects that cannot be achieved easily using a telephone or conventional peer-to-peer chat system.
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IRC Hacks
The ideal solution is to engineer a way to keep track of IRC dialog without having to constantly check to see if there are any new messages to read. As long as your IRC channel is not too busy, a text-to-speech system provides an excellent solution. By reading out messages as they arrive, you will be able to continue working and only divert your attention to IRC when absolutely necessary.
This article will show you how to create a multi-platform IRC bot (an automated client) that uses the FreeTTS Java speech synthesizer library to convert IRC messages into audible speech.
The FreeTTS library can be downloaded from freetts.sourceforge.net. To connect to an IRC server, you will need to download the PircBot Java IRC API from www.jibble.org/pircbot.php.
Once you have downloaded both of the required libraries, create a lib directory and copy the following .jar files into it:
- cmu_time_awb.jar
- cmu_us_kal.jar
- cmulex.jar
- cmutimelex.jar
- en_us.jar
- freetts.jar
- pircbot.jar
Writing the IRC bot is now a simple task, as these libraries will do most of the hard work for you. Create a file called SpeechBot.java:
import org.jibble.pircbot.*;
import com.sun.speech.freetts.*;
import com.sun.speech.freetts.audio.*;
import javax.sound.sampled.*;
import java.io.File;
public class SpeechBot extends PircBot {
private Voice voice;
public SpeechBot(String name) {
// Choose the voice for the speech synthesizer.
String voiceName = "kevin16";
VoiceManager voiceManager =
voice = voiceManager.getVoice(voiceName);
if (voice == null) {
System.out.println("Voice not found.");
// Set up the output format.
AudioPlayer voicePlayer = new JavaClipAudioPlayer();
voicePlayer.setAudioFormat(new AudioFormat(8000,
16, 1, false, true));
public void onMessage(String channel, String sender,
String login, String hostname, String message) {
// Send all IRC messages to the voice
message = message.trim();
String input = sender + " on " + channel + "
says: " + message;
public static void main(String[] args) throws
Exception {
if (args.length < 2) {
System.out.println("Usage: java SpeechBot
<server> <channel>");
SpeechBot bot = new SpeechBot("SpeechBot");
You can now compile the IRC bot. Make sure to include the necessary .jar files in the classpath:
javac -classpath .;./lib/pircbot.jar;./lib/freetts.jar
Note that this way of specifying the classpath will only work on Windows systems.
On Unix/Linux systems, you will need to use a colon (
:) instead of a semicolon (
;) to separate the entries.
You will also need to specify the classpath when running the IRC bot.
When running the bot, you will need to provide a couple of command-line parameters to tell it which IRC server to connect to and which IRC channel to join:
java -classpath .;./lib/pircbot.jar;./lib/freetts.jar
SpeechBot irc.freenode.net #irchacks
Note: Make sure your directory names do not contain any spaces, as the version of FreeTTS used here seems to have trouble reading itself when there is a space in the path.
After you have launched the bot, it will shortly join the specified IRC channel (in this case, #irchacks on the freenode IRC network). You can now test the bot by sending a message to the channel. If everything is set up properly, you will now hear the bot speak to you:
"Jibbler on #irchacks says: Hello, world!"
Now you can carry on working hard while you listen to IRC!
Paul Mutton is the author of the PircBot IRC framework and several other Java programs that can be found on his web site.
In July 2004, O'Reilly Media released IRC Hacks.
Sample Hacks are available free online.
You can also look at the Table of Contents, the Index, and the full description of the book.
For more information, or to order the book, click here.
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I'm not talking about high draft choices (Billy Hamilton, Tyler Cline, etc.) or guys you knew about last year (Junior Arias, Byron Wiley, Yorman Rodriguez, Miguel Rojas, etc.) or players who began to distinguish themselves earlier in the season (Kevin Coddington, Logan Ondrusek, Matt Fairel, etc.). I'm asking who you've just begun to notice since, say, the rookie leagues started up (although I wouldn't confine the list to newcomers).
Here's my Top 20:
Yimmi Lopez, DSL -- a 16-year-old catcher who has an OBP over .400 (yes, yes, small sample).
Carlos Sanchez, DSL -- 18-year-old 1B whose four homers equal the rest of the team's.
Luis Machuca, DSL -- At 21, he's old for the league. But he's 6-1 (with a WHIP under 1.00) for a team that's not so hot.
Starlin Gerson, DSL -- Almost 21, and almost as impressive as Machuca. And 6-foot-4.
Carlos Tineo, DSL -- He's only here so I can mention his 15 BB in 6.1 IP. Holy smokes.
Henry Rodriguez, GCL -- 19, switch-hitter, infielder, looking good.
Theodis Bowe, GCL -- 18, small, presumably speedy OF. Sounds like a ballplayer.
Nathan Driessen, GCL -- Just-turned-18 LHP from Australia, doing very well. Throws from Down Under. Not sure about his arm slot, though.
Harold Johnson, GCL -- 18-year-old RHP more than holding his own in limited time. 6-foot-4.
Jesus Adames, GCL -- Ibid.
Mariekson Gregorius, Billings -- 19, SS, bats left, .885 OPS for starters. Got to think that a teenager from the Netherlands, who can do all that, has some serious upside.
Alexis Oliveras, Billings -- OF, 20, doing nicely at the top of the order.
Mauricio Pimental, Billings -- Skinny, switch-hitting IF who's not doing a thing. Don't know why I'm intrigued. Just a hunch, I guess.
Daniel Corcino, Billings -- 18-year-old RHP with 12 K in 9.1 IP.
Ezequiel Infante, Dayton -- 20-year-old lefty made short work of Billings.
Josh Fellhauer, Dayton -- Recent draftee has the CF thing going on.
Curtis Partch, Dayton -- RHP, suddenly dominant.
Mark Pawelek, Sarasota -- LHP, former top pick of Cubs, reclamation project at 22. Doing just fine so far.
Lee Tabor, Carolina -- Lefty moved to rotation out of necessity, and Eureka!
Matt Klinker, Carolina -- Probably too veteran to be included, but seems to have recently found something that hitters can't hit. And he's tall, which everybody seems to think is good.


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As the years seem to slip through our fingers, with the world feeling a little crazier at every moment, it seems we have yet to lose our interest in looking back toward the crafty days of yore. Maybe it's our desire to appear perfect—with our jobs, relationships, homes, culinary abilities, the list goes on and on—just like our mothers and fathers before us. It's an "I can do it all, all by myself!" attitude that can get us in trouble. Until we find the tricks.
It feels as though 2012, and by extension as we head into the new year 2013, are the years of the artisan cocktail. And what better time to debut your bubbly concoctions than New Year's Eve? When it comes to winding down this holiday season and this year we've selected the most delicious recipes for your drinking pleasure.
The Herbed Mélange From Mojitos to Pimm's Cups, leafy greens are a surprisingly welcome addition when whetting our whistles. What that winter chill has been calling for is a rosemary-infused vodka that you can make ahead of time so that your day-of prep list is that much shorter. Joy the Baker's Rosemary Lime Cocktail is a perfect marriage of savory and sweet, ideal for any seasonal soiree. According to her website, here is what you'll need to do for one cup of simple syrup.
-1 cup water
-1 cup sugar
-3 sprigs rosemary
Over medium heat, combine all three ingredients and bring to a boil so that the sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, cover, and let it sit back and do the work for you. Thirty minutes later, remove the sprigs of rosemary and cool the solution. Store in the fridge until your ready to serve with vodka or gin, sparkling water, and a wedge of lime over ice.
Whiskey Sazerac When is a better time but New Year's Eve to pay homage to the great drinkers before us and whip up one of the country's first mixed drinks, born from the genius of a Creole apothecary in New Orleans? First created in the early 1800s, The Sazerac is a layered libation with sweet and sour notes that pack a punch. You can find a recipe on Sazerac's official website that includes cognac, but we prefer a subtler potion that lets the absinthe and ryes speak for themselves, like Chowhound's Gizmo Sazerac. Here's what you need to do.
Ahead of time, you can create or purchase a plain simple syrup and stick the glasses you'll be entertaining with in the freezer. When you're ready to indulge, rinse your chilled glass in absinthe by pouring a little into the bottom and swirling it around. In a martini shaker, combine:
- 1/2 teaspoon simple syrup
- 4-5 dashes of your favorite bitters brand
- 2 ounces of Bulleit 95 Rye
- 1/2 ounce of Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye
Fill the shaker with ice and stir this drink—never shake it. Voila! It's just like you're on Bourbon Street for the New Year.
3, 2, 1, Olé! Nothing screams "let's do this" more than a tequila shot. Why not make the agave-based liquor your night's drink of choice with a simple margarita that won't have you breaking any resolutions? Buy a high quality brand and pour into a shaker with the juice of a couple of limes and organic agave syrup. Add a dash of triple sec or a favorite fruit juice, pour into a glass rimmed with Turbinado sugar and there you have it! A guilt free drink that tastes refreshingly decadent.
Prosecco & Cran We'll admit it—drinking can be a pricey endeavor. And everyone knows the price paid when costs are cut. Which is why it's important to know great values in alcoholic goods. A great twist to any champagne cocktail, substituting Northern Italy's sparkling white wine provides a fitting fizz to any celebratory drink, so leave the Andre on the liquor store's shelf.
Combined with fruity liquors and fruit, you are left with a simply decadent drink. Adapted from a summer favorite bursting with Fragoli Imported Wild Strawberry Liquor and Prosecco, The New York Times has concocted a cranberry liquor perfect for your NYE plans. Again, you're going to need to boil down some sugar and water as you did in the rosemary themed drink. You can still do this ahead of time. For the simple syrup you'll need:
-1 cup water
-2 cups granulated sugar
-2 cups frozen cranberries
-3 tablespoons fresh squeezed orange juice (optional)
-1 tablespoon grated orange rind (optional)
Let the ingredients boil until the cranberries start to "pop," at which point you can lower the heat and set aside. Store in the fridge until you're ready to pour into a flute filled with Prosecco. Garnish with a cinnamon stick to get the complete hostess-with-the-mostest look! And if you're really looking to get down on December 31, swap out the bubbly white wine and turn this brew into a full-blown martini.
And there you have it, readers. A complete list of bubbles and booze that is sure to please even the pickiest of palettes as 2012 winds down and you kick off the New Year. Have fun, be safe, and Happy New Year!


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If you woke up today feeling like killing some Nazis, you're in luck as a Turning Point: Fall of Liberty demo is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace. A 1.24gb download, available in all Xbox Live regions, the demo offers a sample of the game's single-player campaign.
Developed by Spark Unlimited (Call of Duty: Finest Hour), Turning Point is scheduled for an early 2008 release on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.