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LEWISBURG, Pa. — The Griot Institute for Africana Studies at Bucknell University is hosting "The Dancing Mind Challenge" on Saturday, Nov. 20, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. || video
"We're challenging the campus and community to 'unplug' from all distractions and electronics — computers, cell phones, sound devices, television, etc. — for eight consecutive hours and commit to spending that time reading," said Carmen Gillespie, professor of English and director of the Griot Institute.
"We are living in an age of technological transformation where we are increasingly involved with electronics as a primary means of communication and expression. What are the impacts of these changes on our thinking and on our intellectual development? "
Participants may undertake the challenge at one of several designated spaces: the Willard Smith Library in the Vaughan Literature Building, the main lobby of Dana Engineering, the second floor of the Bertrand Library, and the community space at the Barnes & Noble at Bucknell University bookstore on Market Street. Or, Gillespie said, participants may read at a location of their own choosing.
Inspired by Toni Morrison's reflections in her essay, "The Dancing Mind," the challenge is an exercise in self-reflection and a personal litmus test, an intellectual marathon, that will allow participants to engage fully in the act of reading — the dance of the mind.
Interested parties are asked to register prior to the event; however, late participants may register on site. Participants will receive a pin to wear on the day of the challenge. Free food will be provided at the designated locations, except at the bookstore.
After completing the Dancing Mind Challenge, participants will be invited to contribute a reflection to the Challenge Blog, recording their experience during the eight hours of the challenge.
The Dancing Mind Challenge is a partnership between the Griot Institute, the English department, Library and Information Technology, Multicultural Student Services, the University Press, and the English Club.
"We encourage participants in the Dancing Mind Challenge to make a $10 pledge to the American Library Association's Haiti Library Relief Fund," added Gillespie. "This contribution is not required in order to participate in the challenge. Information about how to make a contribution can be found on the Challenge registration page."
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Buy your own island in the San Juans
Updated 4:13 pm, Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Ever wanted to get away from it all without giving up life's luxuries? If so, then Trump Island in Washington's San Juans may be for you.
The island, which isn't named for or owned by Donald Trump, could be yours for $8.75 million. The 29-acre island is in just west of Decatur Island, in the San Juans.
The 7,029-square-foot main house, built in 2000, has six bedrooms, one full bathroom, four three-quarter bathrooms and a half bathroom, including a children's wing with boys, girls and nanny quarters. There's also a sun room, a theater, a pool room, a bar, a butler's pantry, a wine cellar, decks and a patio.
The property also contains gardens, a chicken coop, a greenhouse, a 1,200-square-foot caretaker's cottage, a helipad, solar power, two power generators, a system to collect and purify rainwater runoff from the home's roof, and a deep-water dock that can accommodate yachts and seaplanes.
Click through the gallery above for a virtual tour, which is as close as most of us will ever get.

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DEAR BRUCE: I found out that my father left me a death benefit check in the amount of $6,264.44. The company took out insurance on his life payable to me in the 1930s in Pennsylvania. I don't have the policy, but the Pennsylvania Treasury Department said it was made out to "John Doe." The treasury auditor says I am not entitled to the money since there are three John Does in its survey. The auditor says I must get a release from my son to claim the money, which is impossible since I haven't seen him in 29 years.
My father obviously wanted me to be the beneficiary, but the insurance company failed to put "Jr." on the policy, and it is now out of business. I find this idiotic as my father is deceased. My son wasn't even born at that time. Do I have any recourse in this matter? -- D.D., via email
DEAR D.D.: I am not at all certain. The fact that there are several other people with your name doesn't affect the situation except for possibly your son. Since you haven't had any contact with him for 29 years, I would let the treasury department know you have no knowledge as to his whereabouts or even if he is still living.
If this doesn't satisfy the department, then the next step is to find an attorney who specializes in this type of circumstance. It seems to me that there should be some kind of remedy for you.
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DEAR BRUCE: When I retired, I left my money in my 401(k). I am now in my 70s and withdrawing enough money yearly to meet the requirement. My question is, are there any advantages in rolling over my 401(k)? -- V.W., via email
DEAR V.W.: The question is, do you need the money? If not, you can leave any monies in the account that are not required to be withdrawn and take advantage of the tax deferral. Any money that is earned by the account is tax-deferred.
Aside from that, if you need the money, the disadvantage of rolling it over is paying taxes. It's simply a matter of whether you need the money and how well it is doing in the 401(k). If it's not doing well, pay the taxes, take it out and find another place to invest.


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PCs with USB 3.0 to be Available Before 2010
The PC world is quickly preparing for USB 3.0
News reports from Asia indicate PCs with USB 3.0 will be shipping to consumers before the end of 2009.
USB 3.0, with speeds 10 times faster than USB 2.0, will offer transfer speeds of up to 5 gigabits of data per second. Manufacturers are expected to introduce a new generation of USB flash drives, external hard drives, and other devices that will make use of the significantly faster transfer speeds.
NEC Electronics is expected to lead the pack among companies adopting USB 3.0, with the company recently becoming the first to introduce a USB 3.0 controller. The company began shipping host controller samples last month, and in September will begin manufacturing an expected one million units per month.
In 2007, Intel unveiled USB 3.0 during its Intel Developer Forum (IDF) conference, but was accused by AMD and NVIDIA of keeping the open host controller specifications a secret to create an unfair advantage against competitors. Intel later released the open host controller specifications in November 2007, with companies expected about the increased speed of the technology.
There has been some talk about whether or not the PC industry will be ready for USB 3.0. During the SuperSpeed USB Developers Conference, held two months ago in May, manufacturers outlined their aspirations to utilize the superior USB 3.0 -- devices also were shown to be faster than eSATA, which offers 3Gbits/s transfer speed.
NEC anticipates 140 million PCs will ship in 2011 utilizing USB 3.0, with that number expected to climb up to 340 million in 2012. Microsoft Windows 7, which launches in October, will not support the standard at launch, but will add in support later.
Both home users and businesses will benefit by using the faster technology, with large-scale data backup becoming much faster thanks to the 5Gbit/s transfer speeds. Expect external HDDs with increased storage capacity from Western Digital, Seagate, Iomega, and other companies specializing in storage.
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Windows Phone 8 will be 'less than explosive' - HP bigwig
We're not getting back into phondleslabs any time soon
HP is in no rush to accelerate its reentry into the world of smartphones: last week's launch of a certain mobile operating system by Microsoft passed without so much as a whiff of any new handy handheld hardware from Palo Alto.
Smartphones and tablets remain the growth drivers for intelligent devices, outstripping demand in the declining PC industry. But HP doesn't have a major foothold in either of those markets since former chief exec Leo Apotheker fly-tipped the TouchPad and Pre3 in summer 2011 before being shoved toward the metaphorical scrap heap himself.
"Smartphone is part of a broad way that we interact with computing so in that sense its important HP be part of that," said Dan Tindall, HP's printer and PC veep for worldwide channel development and SMB.
"It's a huge market, we recognise its size and it's something we are studying. There is nothing to [yet] announce from HP for fiscal 2013."
Part of the device drought has been addressed by HP: it's back in the tablet game with the Envy X2 that launched in October.
But CEO Meg Whitman reckons HP will "inevitably" get back into smartphones, which leaves it with several likely options - to go back and develop WebOS or opt for Windows Phone 8.
Tindall believes the short-term opportunity for Windows Phone 8 is "smaller than explosive in the first few quarters".
Pretender to HP's PC crown Lenovo has grown to be number one in the smartphone space in China and is pushing out the products in India, the Philippines and Russia.
Neil Berville, Lenovo exec director for EMEA channel, said the future of PCs will be on four platforms: phones, traditional form factors, tablets and TVs.
"We will have Windows phones [in Europe], we'll launch with Intel, so it's part of our longer term strategy," he said.
Berville said the rate of adoption of Windows Phones had been slow to date, "so it's quite a challenge for Microsoft".
Canalys analyst Tim Coulling said there hadn't been a huge marketing effort from Microsoft prior to Windows Phone 8, but he expected an ad campaign to detail how the phone and PC operating systems will work together. ®
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Thursday, July 20 2006
"The Carpet"
IT'S LONELY AT THE TOP - When someone soils the carpet in Michael's (Golden Globe nominee Steve Carell) office, Michael begins to question his popularity with his staff. He temporarily takes Jim's (John Krasinski) desk in the bullpen in order to bond with his troops - and initiates a sales contest to boost morale. Jim is forced to sit by chatterbox Kelly (Mindy Kaling), where he can't make any eye contact with Pam (Jenna Fischer). Rainn Wilson and B.J. Novak also star.


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Summer is Here! Central Library will close at 6 pm on Thursdays and will be closed Sundays until September. Enjoy!
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In honor of National Poetry Month, I created a few book spine poems in the Children's Room. My favorite one is pictured here. It reminds me of one of my favorite literary characters, Anne, of Anne of Green Gables, and her friend Diana walking through the Haunted Wood on the way home from school in Avonlea. It was great fun to look through the books I'm surrounded by every day and create new ideas out of the words on the spine.
I first learned about Book Spine Poetry from the blog of another librarian who works with children in Michigan. You can view a gallery of poems on his website here. What a creative way to celebrate poetry and have fun with books! Stop in and give it a try or try it at home and take a picture! Let me know what you come up with!
Writing effectively is a struggle for many of us, but in the end it can (and should) be an incredibly satisfying experience. On July 1st, Jo Wiley led a creative writing workshop at the Oshtemo Branch Library, exploring "a variety of creative writing genres." Participants were invited to bring along their creative ideas and ask questions about the writing process and publishing.
With more than a dozen participants registered, the program was highly successful. Here are a few follow-up notes from the program facilitator that shed light on the scope of the workshop...
"After a general discussion about why we, in particular, write and then, in general, why writers write, I introduced the participants to the concept of poetry's 'abiding image,'" said Ms. Wiley, "and they did a multi-stepped exercise resulting in them establishing an 'abiding image' for themselves. Using their responses to the exercise, I then introduced development strategies for poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. I offered them the option of developing a poem at home and mailing it to me for feedback, if they'd like."
A full-time instructor at Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business, Jo Wiley was the recipient of the 2009 Community Literary Award for Adult Poetry, an annual competition sponsored by the Kalamazoo Gazette, Kalamazoo Public Library and Portage District Library.
"With poetry," she added, "we talked a lot about language and structure; fiction we reviewed the 'seven basic plots,' and then creative nonfiction we talked mostly about the differences between CNF and fiction and when and why writers chose one over the other. I ended the workshop with some information and discussion on 'the writer's life' and publishing."
With a primary interest in creative nonfiction, the same group plans to meet later in the month to focus on essay writing.
KPL's new evening Baby Storytime program is a great way to come together with other parents and caregivers and their babies to share songs, rhymes, books and bounces. Children's author Mem Fox writes about the value of songs and rhymes in Reading Magic: "Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time they're four years old, they're usually among the best readers by the time they're eight." That's a good enough reason to practice songs and rhymes with your baby. Another good reason is that it's fun. We had a great time at the most recent session of Baby Storytime for Guys. Though the program is primarily designed for pre-walking babies and their caregivers, there are always babies on the edge of walking or beyond. And because it's a drop-in program (no registration required), we welcome older children who want to play along with stuffed animals as their babies. It's fun for the older kids to bounce their own animal babies and to practice songs and rhymes that, by now, may be fun and familiar. Despite the name, Baby Storytime for Guys is open to moms and other female caregivers, too. If you're expecting, now is a great time to meet other parents and caregivers, learn some new songs and rhymes or reacquaint yourself with old favorites, and find out what KPL has to offer you and your new little person. Stop by KPL's Central branch on Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm for Baby Storytime for Guys. And take a look at the rest of KPL's storytime programs for babies, toddlers, preschool aged kids, and the whole family.
After six weeks of reading, singing, acting and storytelling this season's Prime Time ended with a musical blast!
Prime Time is the Alma Powell branch Monday night Family Reading Program for children ages 6 to 10. The program ran for 6 weeks. After dinner educators Ruth Heinig and Robin Nott led a book discussion. We heard stories, kids told stories, Ruth and Robin provided puppet shows and we had weekly sing-a-longs. Babysitting was provided for children under six.
We are all looking forward to the spring session of Prime Time!
At his reading here yesterday, John Rybicki recited several poems from memory. And that got me to thinking about 8th grade when Mrs. Garrett made all of us learn and recite from memory her favorite poem, The House by the Side of the Road. Do students do that these days? Can you recite a poem from memory?
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When it comes to a party, Keity is all-in. Looking extremely hot in her bra and panty set, she is set for action. Her body are impressive and that butt is enormous and lovely. She shakes that rear end and begins having fun with her wonderful twat.
Check out The Incredible Ms. Keity and More Mike in Brazil Girls
When it is good and moistened, Tony brings together the party and eats her snatch. She sucks on his cock right before he delivers that snatch a smashing. That big delicious rear end gets shifted around in the sack. And this man plunges that cock directly into her lovable stringent butthole. She has her bum stroked and jizz all across her entire face.


text: My Bulldog is a year old and he does really well with potty training, he lets us know when he has to go outside to go potty 99.9% of the time, but recently he has jumped up on our bed and peed on it! We just took him to the vet and he doesn't have an infection, but he did just recently get "fixed", but I just don't know why he is doing this! He doesn't even indicate that he needs to go out. Any suggestions?


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Molk does it all..... If he can't get him to Ann Arbor, I hope he at least gets this kid to steer clear of Sparty...
An Interview With Cameron Dillard
Canton (MI) guard Cameron Dillard is drawing national attention—along with interest from home-state schools Michigan and MSU—and has already garnered offers from Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, and Western Michigan. The 6'3", 280-pound junior is a member of the ESPNU 150 and recently showed his skills with the nation's best underclassmen at the Army All-American Combine. I spoke to Cameron yesterday after he worked out with the one and only Mike Barwis, and we discussed his recruitment, his junior year, and working out with a man who owns pet wolves. Here's the full transcript:
ACE: How is your recruitment going, and which schools are going after you the hardest right now?
CAMERON: My recruitment is going real well, everything's turning out to be real optimistic with a bunch of schools. I think I should have a big spring coming up. Some schools that have come on real strong and are very close to offering, I believe, are Michigan State, Michigan, Clemson, and West Virginia, as well as some other schools.
ACE: Out of the schools that have been recruiting you so far, are there any early favorites right now, or is it too soon to make that distinction?
CAMERON: No, not really. I'm kinda keeping everything level. No favorites right now, at this point.
ACE: Looking back at your junior year, how did that go for you, and how do you think you performed and improved throughout the season?
CAMERON: I thought I did real well. Considering that I worked with Mike [Barwis], I thought he made me more athletic, more explosive, able to move better on the field, and get up the field better. I also worked with Lomas Brown on pass protections, which was a blessing. I've come a long way, I believe, from last year to this year in my pass blocking. I just continue to improve on that. Actually a couple coaches asked me how many IHOPs I'd opened in Canton this season, a little joke. But yeah, I think I had a real good season. I've got to continue to work with Mike and his staff and continue to get better.
ACE: In working with Mike Barwis, how long have you been doing that, and how does it help you in terms of—I don't know how many other athletes have that kind of resource, so how does it help you to work out with a guy who was the Michigan strength coach just a couple years ago?
CAMERON: You know, it's great. I definitely can't thank my parents enough for giving me the support to let me go there and train. I think it's continued to help me—I'm becoming faster, quicker, stronger. I just think it's improved my strength and my conditioning as well. Actually, a bunch of Michigan guys are there now: Molk, Van Bergen, Watson, Koger, Mike Martin, a bunch of those guys are training with him now, getting themselves prepared for the NFL Combine. It's definitely helped me push myself and take my training to another level.
ACE: I know you're working hard over there, but do you interact at all with the Michigan guys? Do they talk to you at all, or is it mostly business?
CAMERON: I talk to them a lot, actually. I talk to Molk and Watson the most. I haven't really got to meet Koger and Mike Martin that much, but Watson and Molk are always giving me a hard time.
ACE: You also mentioned working with Lomas Brown. He's obviously a pretty legendary NFL offensive lineman. How has he helped your game?
CAMERON: He's helped me improve my pass blocking and becoming that all-around player that schools are looking for, because I'm in a run-dominant offense [at Canton].
ACE: If you had to scout yourself, what would you say are your biggest strengths as a player, and what are you continuing to work on for your senior year and the next level?
CAMERON: I'd say that my aggression on the field, my physicality, you just can't teach toughness. Also, run blocking is a big thing of mine that I believe I'm doing real well at. I'd say my weakness—which isn't really a weakness, it's becoming more my strength now—is my pass protection. I've got to keep working on that and getting better at it.
ACE: You went to the Army Combine recently. How did that go for you?
CAMERON: Good. I performed pretty well. I had a 28.5-inch vertical and a 5.25 40-yard dash. They didn't tell us our shuttle so I'll have to check online for that, and then the pass protection, like I said, working with Lomas helped me improve, so I definitely improved while I was down there. I've taken big strides from last year to this year on my pass protection.
ACE: Do you have any plans in terms of any more camps, junior days, or summer visits, do you know what schools you'd like to see before next year?
CAMERON: Not really. I'm going to junior days right now, I'll actually be at Indiana this weekend, and then I was already at Michigan State in December. Michigan hopefully I'll be able to get up there in the spring for spring ball.
ACE: You visited Michigan for the Notre Dame game. What was your impression of Michigan from your visit?
CAMERON: I thought it was great, the atmosphere there—you know, that's part of my 'three A's' for a school, the athletics, atmosphere, and academics. I think Coach Hoke and the rest of the staff have done a fantastic job this season. I've got to talk to Coach Hoke a few times while I was in San Antonio and when I was at the All-State Dream Team banquet, and he's a real down-to-earth, humble guy. I like him, and I love being able to talk to Coach Jackson, Coach Mattison, and they've been real positive to me.
ACE: You mentioned those three A's. Specifically, what are you looking for in a school, what are the factors that are going to make you commit to a school?
CAMERON: Fan base, I would say, is one. Having the support of my family. Distance isn't a big factor for me. Academics, because I'd like to study criminal justice or sports management or history, something like that, so if they're real strong in that. Then athletics, if I have a real chance at playing early, if I feel like I'm at home, and if I can see myself best in that offense.
ACE: Do you have any idea in terms of a timeline, when you'd like to wrap up your recruitment?
CAMERON: Not at this moment, not right now. I guess whenever I get that gut feeling and I know whatever school is for me, I'll know.
They all say the same things; well, what do you expect. They're high school students getting involved in a game that's as infamous for its off-field political complexity as its rulebook.
Wow, he definitely seems like a kid who's got his stuff together. Thanks for sharing the interview, Ace.
I don't get it. How many IHOPs has he opened? Is he getting improper benefits from Mike Barwis? I'm so confused!
I could go for some crepes right about now.
I believe the coach was asking him about Pancacke Blocks... creative though.
I guess I should have used the /s.
that Cameron Dillard will be wearing the winged helmet in Michigan Stadium in the fall of 2013. He might be standing on the sidelines as a redshirt, but he'll be there.
I wouldn't be too optimistic about him ending up at Michigan. I know he was worried about the size of the oline class from this year.
Also, can we stop annointing Barwis a S&C god?! He's average.
Yup, that's exactly why Brandon Graham, David Molk, and a host of recent Wolverine alumni players have worked with him.
Yes, definitely average. Sorry, but those guys haven't seen much different from him and he knows how to talk like he knows his stuff. Go ahead and read an exercise physiology book and you'll figure it out. Also, if you're all about being explosive and using Olympic lifts then you better know how to teach them and make sure your athletes perform them properly. He doesn't. Brandon Graham has awful technique in his pro day training video and Kevin Koger has awful technique in the latest Barwis video with him doing them.
Dude please stop. Barwis is not a God, he's a trainer and a pretty good one. You make yourself look stupid by trying to tear the guy down. He got to this level in his career by not knowing how to teach guys to lift properly? Please. Of course guy on the internet knows it all from a book. You are obviously a digruntled trainer that Barwis apparently wronged or your just disillusioned with the whole profession. Either way let it go.
I would like to add that I think John Beilien is a terrible basketball coach. Look at the way J. Morgan shoots his free throws. Beilien and his 34 years of experieince talk a good game, but he has not idea what he's talking about. Open a J. Wooden book on shooting fundamentals, the guy looks nothing like it. Turrriible.
Actually, proper Olympic lifting technique is easy to teach. I've taught middle schoolers how to properly perform the lift. There are many people in the s&c profession that feel the same way about the guy as I do.
Probably all the ones not making anywhere near the amount of money he does.
People come to him for advice throughout the sports world and pay him thousands of dollars, but he can't teach the proper technique you teach to middle school kids? Just think about the absurdity of that statement.
I'm surprised he's not in Arizona by now. Maybe his own business is more lucrative and the hours are better.
Cameron, Go BLUE!
Nice film! He had quite a few pancakes. Go Blue!!


text: Born in New York in 1950, the South African photographer Roger Ballen's fascination with the grotesque and obscure is a recurring theme in all of his series. After completing his trip around the world, Roger Ballen enrolled at the Colorado School of Mines and in 1981 returned to Johannesburg, South Africa, to work as a geologist. During his travels throughout South Africa, he photographed the Dorps (1986), i.e., village communities where the descendants of the Boers still live today. The book Platteland, Images from Rural South Africa (1994) captures the residents of this countryside in their spartan living quarters.The show in Tel Aviv features about 40 photographs continues to documenti marginal characters in rural areas and in poorJohannesburg suburbs. In recent years, Ballen's idiosyncratic style has become a kind of fictitious documentation of disturbing psychodramas combining reality and hallucination.


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Did you read today's front page stories & breaking news?
From the Wires
Runners Clock Record Times at 6th Annual 26.2 with Donna Unique Marathon -- Fast and Deep in the Southeast
By: PR Newswire
Feb. 20, 2013 05:40 PM
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunday morning, February 17, 2013, several of the fastest marathon times ever recorded in Florida were clocked at the 6th Annual 26.2 with Donna The National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer. Between the north Florida coastal communities of Jacksonville and Ponte Vedra, approximately 10,000 registered runners and walkers participated in marathon weekend events including over four-dozen international class runners.
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130220/FL63715 )
Proof of the fast course rests in the numbers. Thirteen elite male athletes finished the course faster than the winning time of the 2013 Miami Marathon (2:26:14), including winner Tesfaye Girma of Ethiopia who finished in 2:15:40, blistering the last half of the race in 1:06:41. Four women runners competing in the 26.2 with Donna finished under 2:46:07—all faster than the women's winner of the 2013 Miami Marathon, world-class runner and inaugural 26.2 with Donna champion, Mariska Postma-Kramer.
"For those who wonder if this is a fast course, I'd say our times answer that question with a resounding YES!" said Donna Deegan, founder of 26.2 with Donna and three-time breast cancer survivor. "I think our crowds also have something to do with it. When you are running for an incredible cause with thousands thanking you as you go, it certainly stokes the spirit and energizes the body."
In addition to the fast qualifying times, elite runners are attracted by the $69,000 prize purse, a unique course that includes a 2-mile stretch along the beaches of Jacksonville, and the philanthropic nature of the race. 26.2 with Donna does not provide payment for elite runner amenities. Instead, the runners choose to support a cause to help FINISH BREAST CANCER with 100 percent of proceeds going to breast cancer research and care.
"We gain instant credibility on the international marathon stage when athletes run fast times at the 26.2 with Donna. Now when athletes from Brazil to Ethiopia and Kenya, to Russia and Japan compete here, they know they have the opportunity to earn a fast time on the world's most unique marathon course," said Keith Brantly, Olympian and 26.2 with Donna Elite Runner Liaison.
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Interplay still exist?!
And it is crunch time! [penny-arcade.com]
Black Isle was Interplay's internal RPG developer division. They were never a third party.
With Fallout 3 if you run the launcher it performs the disk check before running the game. If you directly run fallout3.exe it will directly start the game without the launch which would require you to select that yes you do actually want to run the game, and you won't have a disk check either.
Leaving aside that I already have both on discs anyway there's the Fallout Trilogy (includes Tactics, not 3) in stores and I doubt it has remote DRM either.
That Bethesda would ask Interplay to sign such a stupid agreement (re: packaging and marketing for the older games) and that Interplay would sign it.
First of all, what marketing and packaging? The marketing basically produces itself: Many people who played Fallout 3 are naturally curious about the first two games in the series, especially when they find out that Fallout 2 came out about a decade prior to Fallout 3. You don't need to "market" it - those who are interested in playing a 10 year old game are
Volition (one of the two branches Parallax split into IIRC) is still healthy so they could make a game like Descent even if they don't have the name or story rights. Of course they could also make an awesome 3d space combat game like Freespace which noone's doing at the time* but instead they're busy making open world games on the consoles (Saints Row 2 and Red Faction Guerrilla were their last games, not saying they're bad because they're awesome but they're no Freespace).
*=All people seem to make these da
There already is a Fallout MMO game. It's still in beta, but it's fun to see how far fans can go when they really want something that the creators of a game won't give them.
FOnline [blogspot.com] - Come join the grief fest.
I think bethesda was pretty much ignoring them until fallout 1/2/tactics started being sold with labeling of "trilogy"
That implies it includes FO3, which it doesn't. The reason beth put that part into the contract was they didn't want interplay screwing up beth's marketing for FO3, and it looks like interplay just ignored that part of the contract and tried to screw them anyway.
Yeah, this confused me too when I saw that they were selling a Fallout trilogy. I thought it would include FO3 as well, and for a considerably low price. Read the description, and realized it didn't. I ended up buying it a few months later anyhow, as the original series runs great on my netbook.
Thufir's a Harkonnen now.


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I have become a little evangelical on the subject of Speedplay pedals. I'll try to explain why.
1. When I worked in a 'bricks 'n mortar' store I had the joy of learning about bike fitting. Frankly it was one of the most enjoyable things I ever did/learnt. What you could give to a customer at the end if a session was more than worth the £ notes they'd spend. So for me the first important thing about the Zero series pedal is fit & the options you have to tune the riders position. Front, back adjustment are catered for much in the same way as any other pedal. But having independant float adjustment from internal & external rotation is where the set up goes into another level. Spring tension & release angle are not effected by the float adjustment.
2. Commuting in London I always longed for the user friendliness of a double sided pedal when coming away from the lights. But if you have used any road pedal switching to an MTB you can feel the reduced contact patch. This is not welcome. What is great with Speedplay is that you get both a wide platform (don't let the small pedal body fool you, the cleat engulfes the pedal & unlike some comes in contact with the whole pedal body) and it is double sided. This can only be done by turning conventional thinking on it's head. Putting the adjustement into cleat means that the pedal itself only has one real moving part, the axle. This allowed Richard of Speedplay to swap conventional thinking around and make it double sided.
3. I love the way the pedal feels because of all the attributes I have mentioned above. I used to suffer badly with a tight IT Band. No matter how much stretching the problem didn't go away. With my stretching regime combined with the pedals I have not suffered since. Also those riders with dodgy knees have benefitted greatly by switching, myself included.
Okay to the negatives. There are a couple, but for me not deal breakers.
4. Cost for many is a real hurdle to overcome on trying them. Due to the fact that they are made in the States & not in the Far East means that the costs will always be higher. In principal the pedal is the same across the whole Zero range, it's just the axle that changes. I've always had Stainless Steel, but I've been sent a Cromo pair to see if there is a noteable difference. Once I've logged some kilometres on them I'll write a review.
5. The main issue is with cleat wear. The brass plate can scratch & look worn quickly if you happen to do any walking on them. This does not effect how the cleat engages the pedal. The other thing that annoys me is that because of the open nature of the Phillips cross head screw it can become worn & difficult to remove. Cleat covers make a lot of sense especially since cleats cost £40+. Speedplay reckons you'll get 2000 miles out of them. In practice depending on how you look after them it can be more or less. In my experience it has been more. I wish there was some clever cleat cover that covered the exposed heads but at the same time aloud you to engage the pedal.
So to all those people who've asked the question I hope it's answered some of your questions.
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Speedplay Pedals, HIMO
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I love the zero's too. I have used them for 4 years and I am completely satisfied. There a few other great things about them:
1) Speedplay makes a shim kit so you can easily take care of any leg length differences. The shim attaches right under the cleat and is a quick install.
2) They are very easy to maintain. A grease injection every few months and they are good to go.
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LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - At least five people died and 40 were missing on Sunday after a runaway train carrying crude oil exploded and destroyed the center of a small Canadian town in a disaster that raises fresh questions about shipping oil by rail.
The train had been hauling crude from North Dakota to eastern Canada, and was parked, without a driver, outside town when it began rolling downhill, gathering speed and derailing on a curve at 1 a.m. (0500 GMT) on Saturday.
Each tanker carried 30,000 gallons (113,000 liters) of crude oil. Four cars caught fire and exploded in a huge orange and black fireball that mushroomed hundreds of feet into the air and flattened dozens of buildings, including a popular bar.
Police said were investigating the disaster, and would talk to everyone involved.
"Every time the Surete (Quebec police) needs to investigate, we need to rule out any foul play," spokesman Benoit Richard told reporters. "Right now we cannot say it is a criminal act. We can only say we are looking at it as if it was."
Shipping oil on rail cars has skyrocketed in the past year as crude producers seek alternatives to pipelines that are already full to capacity. Previous accidents led to messy spills rather than life-threatening explosions.
Brunet said about 40 people were missing after the derailment early on Saturday. "There could be more, there could be less," he said.
Very few injured people were treated in hospitals, indicating those caught in the blast had either escaped or died. "It is a black-and-white situation," Quebec Health Minister Rejean Hebert told reporters.
It is not clear why the train began rolling down toward the town, or why the crude oil, not normally considered highly explosive, blew up. The rail line is owned by Montreal, Maine & Atlantic, which said the engineer had secured the train for the night and left.
"That's the first thing I would think of: did someone release all the brakes?" asked Guy Landrio, a Warren, Pennsylvania, railroad consultant with 37 years of industry experience. "In my experience, a train doesn't just simply let itself go down the hill into a town. There's usually a cause behind it."
Genevieve Guilbault, spokeswoman for the coroner's office, said the dead were burned beyond recognition and that DNA and dental records would likely need to be used for identification.
"Given the size and intensity of the blast, you can imagine the condition of the bodies," she told reporters.
White vapor still rose on Sunday from the town center, which police have cordoned off. Photos showed shattered buildings, burning piles of rubble and stumps of burned trees.
Residents said they were particularly concerned about people who had been inside the Musi-Cafe bar, which was right next to the center of the blast.
Yvon Rosa said he and a friend had just left the Musi-Cafe when they saw the train hurtling toward them. As the town center exploded, they ran to the lake, jumped in a boat and went out onto the water until morning.
"It was incredible. The smoke, the heat - fire everywhere. There were people running... It was like the apocalypse," he told Reuters.
About 2,000 of the town's inhabitants were evacuated after the blast, scores at them to a school transformed into a shelter.
Outside the building, Louise Boulet, 65, looked at a local newspaper that had published an aerial view of downtown. One of the flattened buildings was the house where her 63-year old sister, Marie-France Boulet, lived.
"She is dead for sure. If she were alive, her car would not still be there," Louise said, pointing to a burned-out vehicle in the photo.
Marie-France ran a women's clothing shop from the front of the building where she lived by herself.
"She was my best friend," Louise said as tears welled in her eyes. "She died with all of my secrets and I will guard all of hers."
Lac-Megantic, a town of 6,000 on the edge of a deep blue lake and ringed by forests of pine and birch, is in the predominantly French-speaking province of Quebec, about 160 miles (255 km) east of Montreal and close to the border with Maine and Vermont.
About 150 firefighters, some from the United States, spent most of Saturday spraying cold water from the lake on five tanker cars they said still posed a serious risk of exploding.
Fire officials said on Sunday they had contained the risk somewhat, and only two tankers were still considered at risk of blowing up.
The disaster will focus attention on the merits of TransCanada Corp's (TRP.TO) proposed Keystone XL pipeline from the oil sands of Alberta to the Texas coast, a project U.S. President Barack Obama is considering whether to approve.
Proponents of Keystone XL, which environmentalists strongly oppose on the grounds that extracting crude from the tar sands generates more greenhouse gas emissions than regular drilling, say shipping oil by pipeline is safer than using rail cars.
"On the face of it this should be a boost for pipeline solutions, especially given the improvements in pipeline technology over the past five decades," said Ed Morse, managing director of commodity research at Citi Group.
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic owns some 510 miles (820 km) of track in Maine and Vermont in the United States and in Quebec and New Brunswick in Canada.
If the death toll does hit 45, it would be one of the largest peacetime disasters in Canada since 62 people died in a plane crash in Chilliwack, British Columbia in December 1956. (Writing by David Ljunggren in Ottawa; additional reporting by Scott Haggett in Calgary and Cazary Podkul in New York; Editing by Janet Guttsman and Bill Trott)
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The Tampa Bay Rays decided they needed more offensive help and assigned OF Jeff Salazar to the minors after today's game, opting instead to callup utilityman Stephen Vogt.
Also, with RHP Kyle Farnsworth headed to the DL, it appears RHP Josh Lueke is the leading candidate to be called up and join the bullpen.
Vogt, 27, was the Rays minor-league player of the year last season, hitting a combined .298 with 17 homers, 35 doubles and 105 RBI between Double-A Montgomery and Triple-A Durham. He hit .323 in spring training before being optioned to Triple-A on March 18.
Vogt was in the trainer's room in Durham getting his wrists taped to catch Chris Archer's simulated game when coach Dave Myers called him into the office with the news he was being promoted.
"He said you're going to the big leagues, you have a flight at 7:30, don't miss it, go home and pack,'' Vogt said. "I'm just in shock right now. It's definitely one of the best days of my life.''
Salazar, 31, had looked to be the winner of the final roster spot based on his big-league experience and strong spring (.282). By choosing Vogt, the Rays are further limiting their depth in centerfield, with Ben Zobrist potentially the top pick if Desmond Jennings, who is already filling in for Sam Fuld, needs a break. Elliot Johnson and Matt Joyce are other possibilities, Maddon said.
Manager Joe Maddon said they turned to Vogt - a lefthanded hitter - for his bat, and that he will get time in leftfield, behind the plate and as a pinch-hitter.
With Brandon Gomes not quite ready in his recovery from back surgery, the Rays likely will turn to Lueke, 27, who was acquired in trade from the Mariners for John Jaso. Lueke made his major-league debut last season in Seattle, going 1-1, 6.06 in 25 games.


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Can You Do a Handstand and Pee at the Same Time? Oscar Can. [VIDEO]
Oscar the dog has had enough! Day after day we spend our time on the internet watching videos of kitties being silly, entertaining or just plain weird. Well, dogs can be a riot too and Oscar can prove it. The ball's in your court kitties.


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First off I am just learning .NET so bare with me.
I am using a custom Membership Provider to manage users. I have a Login control that uses this custom provider and works fine. I can login and the user is authenticated based on the custom provider code.
I am now trying to do the same thing with the Change Password control. However, no matter what I do, I keep getting a "Password incorrect or New Password invalid. New Password length minimum: 5. Non-alphanumeric characters required: 0." even though my new password meets the criteria.
I've put debug statements in all the methods and see that GetUser method is called and gets the correct user, but I'm still getting the password error.
How can I tell where this error is being checked? Seems something else is going on in the background that I can't see. I can not find where this error is occuring.
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XaviX's new J-Mat introduces Jackie Chan's Fitness Studio, a PowerBoxing workout, guaranteed to make fitness fun for everyone. XaviX is the exciting new alternative to traditional video games, turning everyone's favorite sports into wireless, living room fun. It plugs right into your television's A/V inputs and you're instantly ready for the interactive time of your life!
There are many games that can be played on the XaviX system; we tried the Jackie Chan J-Mat exercise game / workout. Jackie Chan guides you through the movements on the screen while you perform them on the mat that's included (similar to Dance Dance Revolution's pad.) Basically you follow Jackie Chan's movements which included a warm-up, low impact aerobics, kickboxing and as you advanced you move onto harder exercises including running through the streets of Japan and fighting off enemies. You don't just sit around watching and moving your fingers, you move your whole body and let me tell you, it was quite a workout; I was sweating 20 minutes into it.
Being a mother, I would much rather my kids playing / exercising with the J-mat then watching TV or playing traditional video games. With the overwhelming amount of children that are overweight due to the endless amount of video games out there, I would highly recommend that any house with children should have the XaviX system and its fun and interactive fitness games. My children got a good workout without even knowing it, to them its simply fun! My nine year old plays competitive soccer and her coach even said it would keep her in good soccer shape during the off months.
The current XaviX product line introduces an entirely new category that is the bridge to virtual reality for your home. XaviX combines leading-edge human interface sensors, including optical sensor and infra-red, to allow any TV to respond directly to a user's actions.
Players can get up and moving using wireless controllers that have a realistic feel and functionality of true sports equipment, and the powerful XaviX microprocessor detects and responds to the speed and direction of their full-body motions, and translates the action onto the TV screen. Unlike most home entertainment systems, the technology is embedded in the system cartridge, instead of the port, so users get the latest technology and content by purchasing new applications, and not a new system.
XaviXPORT™ The XaviXPORT serves as the gateway for all XaviX applications and empowers users to interact with their TV as never before. The XaviXPORT plugs easily into any TV with a standard A/V cable (provided). It was built with a proprietary interface to enable many different interactive technologies for the future. (MSRP $79.99)
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Welcome to Ultimate Subaru Message Board, my lurker friend!
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We offer all this information for free to everyone, even lurkers like you! All we ask in return is that you sign up and give back some of what you get out - without our awesome registered users none of this would be possible! Plus, you get way more great stuff as a member! Lurk to lose, participate to WIN*!
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Idea for a Subie Support Network
Posted 14 July 2004 - 01:38 AM
I thought, if the network was big enough we could have response areas or even shifts. EH just an Idea. Any suggestions/comments? Spread it on.
THanks for your time HTi-Johnson
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Posted 14 July 2004 - 07:40 PM
You could have the list protected and available to ONLY Donor Members. That way creepy lurkers would have to be donating creepy lurkers. Honestly im not that worried about that. If ppl wanted to come get me its not that hard to figure out who I am, where I live and how to find me... and the same for YOU
DUN DUN DUUHHHHHNNNNnnnn..... =P
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Posted 15 July 2004 - 12:26 AM
am interested and i think morgan has a good suggestion also:D
maybe i'll finally donate some cold hard cash and earn me another little badge
too bad blood, sweat, free parts and labor dont buy one !_!
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Posted 15 July 2004 - 12:52 AM
Everyone who is interested.. please be a USMB donor and email me with your phone number (area number included), your city/state. and times to contact you(maybe a mileage rate,if any) I hope this will stay non-profit. Let's see if we can get things moving.
You aren't one of the creepy ones are you
Honestly, when someone is going on a trip or something, its common to see them post a topic about it. The people on the way or in the area being visited will generally step up and provide contact info.
Additionally, as was said before. quite a lot of the long time members know each other through meets and other functions. I have met people on the board from 4-5 different states.. and have a collection of phone numbers to match it. Just from trips I have taken and personal interaction.
Not saying you don't have a good idea going, but as a group, we have been doing this a long time and we tend to take care of each other already.
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Oh yeah, my email is firstname.lastname@example.com everyone who is interested email me please. THanks.
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New 6.2-inch Digital TFT Touch Screen Display (800 x 480 pixels) Unit is Navigation Ready and Steering Wheel Remote Control Ready; Includes Built-In Bluetooth with Hands-Free Calling (HFP), Audio Streaming (A2DP & AVRCP) and Phone Book Access (PBAP)
Rockford Corp, the industry leader in high-performance car audio systems, is proud to announce that the new Blaupunkt (www.blaupunkt.com) "San Diego 530" head unit is now shipping with a MSRP of $429.99 (USD).
"Blaupunkt's new San Diego 530 head unit made its first appearance earlier this year at Rockford's 2014 Product Showcase in January in Las Vegas with high expectations," said Al Congdon, Rockford Corp Sales Director. "The new 6.2-inch digital TFT touch screen display (800 x 480 pixels) unit is navigation ready and steering wheel remote control ready (NY solution) and includes built-in Bluetooth with hands-free calling (HFP), audio streaming (A2DP & AVRCP), and phone book access (PBAP). The Blaupunkt San Diego 530 will not disappoint."
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• WinCE6.0 OS / 256MB RAM
• DVD/VCD/CD-player
• Front USB (big standard A-type)
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• Front Audio/Video input
• 10-band parametric equalizer
• Data carrier: DVD, DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, DVD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R/-RW, VCD, USB, micro-SDHC/SD
• MP3, WMA, MPEG, MPG, AVI, Xvid, JPEG, JPG playback
• FM (RDS), AM Tuner
• 1 x Video output (CVBS)
• Rear camera input
• 4 channel pre-amplifier + Sub-out
• 4 x 45 Watt Max. power
• Bluetooth handsfree via built-in or external rear microphone
• IR remote control included
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Good times
like the one when we all headed to NYC
in a huge-ass limo
at papi's expense
money he didn't care about spending
"as long as we're all together."
An expensive but so-so dinner
got better when someone dared someone to eat the fish eyes.
Being together is a good excuse
to get loaded and silly
several martinis, shared cigarettes
loud music, laughter
group trips to the ladies room
indescribable feelings
walking the crowded streets
with the family.
Mesmerized by holiday lights, crowds, cold
and stunned by knowing
because you never know
it could be one of the last times.
We all fell in love with each other again
memorized faces and gestures
and held on tight to each other
as we pushed our little party
down the streets of the city.


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Professional Community for Automotive Marketers, Car Dealers, OEM and Suppliers
Can You Use a Dealer Chat Service to Boost Revenue?
Every car dealer would love to find new ways to boost overall revenues. After all, what could be better than finding methods to turn more leads into sales? What if there was an easy and fast method to boost sales? In fact, there is a way for you to do just that, and it's simple to use, easy to implement and can be adopted with surprising speed.
Taking your car sales leads and turning them into sales is what an effective dealer chat service, like car chat software, is all about. You want to sell more vehicles; however, if a web visitor and prospective client fails to reach out and email your staff, then what? Maybe he or she will come into your dealership, and then again, maybe not. Once you have a potential customer on your website, you want his or her information, and this is where a dealer chat service can make all the difference.
A live chat solution offers remarkably powerful new tool for car dealers looking to make the most out of their car sales leads. The key word here is "live." When a consumer is able to instantly reach out and interact with a live person and ask questions, this serves to both personalize and, of course transform, the entire psychology of the car buying process.
Studies have consistently shown that car chat software brings more customers through your front door, and that means more customers buying cars. The simple fact is that this conceptual breakthrough and approach works time and time again. The fact that a dealer chat service is also easy to use and can be seamlessly integrated into your website are just two additional bonuses.
Return on investment is huge in every industry. There are many ways in which you can allocate resources in hopes of boosting revenues, but the automotive live chat process is in a league all of its own. Car sales leads are turned into car buyers at a greatly improved rate. This is why the car dealers that adopt a proven dealer chat service don't have any regrets and are, in fact, ecstatic about their decision.
You could spend a tremendous amount of time redesigning your website, consulting industrial psychologists, marketing experts and gurus and still not come close to boosting your revenues like car chat software can do. Implementing a live chat lead generation tool will bring you and your dealership more leads. Plus, these leads will be of a higher quality- pure and simple.
No matter what time, day or night, that prospective customers visit your website, someone will be there to interact with them in a knowledgeable manner. How important is this? Instantly they will know that your company cares about their needs, wants their business and is looking for ways to provide them with the information that they need to make a good decision. The attention to detail and level of care that car dealer chat software presents to customers will not go unnoticed. Just imagine the edge you would have over your competitors with this kind of tool at your disposal. This is what an auto dealer chat service can do for you.
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Live chat is like text messaging but with higher urgency as it is like having that person in the showroom. And who doesn't want to interact with high propensity to buy shoppers (sales or service)? These few moments to interact are critical for listening to the needs, providing information that's requested and facilitating the (buying or service) process to get them to into your showroom. The live chat experience can serve as the communication tool to convert them from online to in-person.
Live Chat is very important to the dealership's website. I beleive the dealership's BDC / Internet department should be answering all chats during regular business hours. When the dealership is closed the chat service support team should attempt to help the customer and make sure the customer can be reached by phone the following morning to make sure all the customers questions have been answered properly.
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TxK, Tempest 2000 Remake for PS Vita Demoed 41
So they approached both Jeff Minter and his sheep Flossie?
REAL Tempest fits entirely memory locations 0x9000-FFFF, its lines are ONE pixel wide (but it's a BIG one!) and it does not have whiny buzzy switching power supply. It has a large throbbing step-down transformer and a whopping thirty-two thousand microfarad capacitor in the power supply. It has a flyback transformer feeding a CRT that bristles with actual electricity terror death.
Real Tempest machines go out with a real BANG.
What is shown is some Fisher Price low voltage plastic computing device, obviously meant for children, whose level completion screen is full of whoopy flashes and dancing bears distracting artifacts and eye candy as in, deer-meets-headlights.
The Real Tempest, when a level is complete it launches you into the middle and flies you through the tunnel, this was the COOLEST damned thing we ever saw when we first sawed it, and gets back down to business. No goofy crap.
THIS IS WHAT A REAL TEMPEST IS. IT CAN HURT YOU. [kfu.com].
If the NSA tunes their TEMPEST receiver towards you and the signal resolves into a TEMPEST game, would they chuckle at the irony? If a bear shits in the woods and laughs because shit got on his 'bear' hands would he laugh hysterically and change brands of toiley paper?
what do you mean with pixels?
what do you mean with pixels?
Real Trinitron Pixels of red, green and blue writ by slap-happy vector beams that danced and played 'round the screen to actually draw the thing just as you would. Using angles 'n stuff.
Pac Mans and other computer mens and wimmins make the poor beams trace out this dreary left to right up and down on but mostly offey and horizonta-blinkey thing where the beam travels a mile and a half just to say "GAME OVER" in the middle.
In a Real Tempest the beams do not travel a thousand miles. They draw what needs to b
REAL Tempest fits entirely memory locations 0x9000-FFFF, its lines are ONE pixel wide (but it's a BIG one!) and it does not have whiny buzzy switching power supply. It has a large throbbing step-down transformer and a whopping thirty-two thousand microfarad capacitor in the power supply. It has a flyback transformer feeding a CRT that bristles with actual electricity terror death.
As I remember "Real Tempest" it was a vector-graphic display. And it had a real spinny knob. I sure liked the spinny knob better than the thumbpad thing on the Jaguar that I tolerated solely for Tempest 2k. The Jag did have great graphics and sound -- at least for its time. Mine's long since been sold off, so hard to say exactly how it would look and sound compared with current hardware, which I also don't have . .
Given the damage that Minter's ruminants would do to the garden, I can't blame him.
You have no idea who Jeff Minter is, do you?
Glad to see there's somebody with a sense of history.
If the NSA tunes their TEMPEST receiver towards you and the signal resolves into a TEMPEST game, would they chuckle at the irony?
Thinking about that statement just made my brain pop. The statement is even funner than it seems! Due to the lack of horizontal and vertical trace with synchronizing blanking intervals, the Real Tempest would have probably thwarted a standard Van Eck Phreaky NSA TEMPEST device [slashdot.org].
You could say Real Tempest used a form of visual encryption.
It's a fresh angle of looking at it, a matter of a pinion, this "What's our vector, Victor?" versus raster, frigid polar coordinates failing to pinpoint warm Cartesian wells,
Tempest 2000 and Aliens vs. Predator are the games worth having a Jaguar for. Tempest 2000 being THE better game of the two. Being a Vita owner, I am completely thrilled to hear this news. The Vita has some great titles, but MORE, MORE, MORE!
Consequently, programmers wrote most of the games to run off of the 68000 chip which was originally intended only for booting the machine.
I know there were two overall structures for Jaguar game programming: graphics and game logic on Tom and input processing on 68K, and graphics on Tom and input processing and game logic on 68K. I understand developers with Genesis, Neo Geo, Amiga, or Atari ST experience might prefer the latter. But did an emulator author really go through "most of the games" and find them to use the latter structure?
I recall there was a hardware bug that required a workaround
The big one, if I remember correctly, had something to do with Tom's instruction cache and required small met
Design specs for the console allude to the GPU or DSP being capable of acting as a CPU, leaving the Motorola 68000 to read controller inputs. In practice, however, many developers used the Motorola 68000 to drive gameplay logic.
I guess I wasn't quite right, what can I say, it's been a couple of decades : )
Looks like it would be a fun game. Do you know if anyone is maintaining it for current Linux systems? I found this [sourceforge.net], but it is from 2005 and both the D language and OpenGL have evolved quite a bit since then. I was hoping to play it on a GL ES device (GCW Zero).
Or just download Dio's Jag emulator, and the freely legally available T2K ROM.
I was skeptical at first, but then I realized who wrote it and
Tempest 2000 was also released for DOS in the mid 90s. It was awesome. I'm still bitter about getting ripped off by an eBay seller a few years later when I paid for a copy that I never received.
I love what Minter did with Tempest to create Space Giraffe - Xbox 360 and later PC.
Lots of people don't get it, but that's because they haven't taken the time to understand it properly. I urge you to try it out, with the "missing manual" http://minotaurproject.co.uk/SpaceGiraffe/walkthrough.php [minotaurproject.co.uk]
I'm not sure I can love a simple Tempest any more.
If graphics hackers are so smart, why can't they get the bugs out of fresh paint?


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Jennifer Lopez And Marc Anthony Renew Their Vows In Front Of Guests Including Brangelina And Tomkat!
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony welcome celebs including Brad and Angie to their Hidden Hills home for a sixth anniversary celebration and vow renewal!
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony celebrated their sixth anniversary last night at their Hidden Hills home by renewing their vows – and it brought out some huge Hollywood stars. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, and Kate Beckinsale were just a few of the guests at the lavish affair.
The couple's invite made no mention of the vow renewal, which was likely a surprise to most guests. Jennifer's best friend, Leah Remini, is a scientologist and the person who first introduced Jen to Tom, spurring rumors she herself was interested in joing the group. As for the couple's relationship with Brad and Angie, that seems harder to peg down. Maybe Jen's twins Max and Emme hang with Vivienne and Knox Jolie Pitt!
People reports, "the party featured an art deco-theme with the colors gold and silver." This makes Jen and Marc just one of the many Hollywood couples who have renewed their vows recently
There are no pics yet of the super secret affair, but we have no doubt that Jen looked amazing as always.
- WATCH! Tom Cruise & J. Lo Slap Each Other's Butt During The MTV Movie Awards!
- Jennifer Lopez Gallery!
Is Miley TOO sexy? We want YOU to decide! (Glamour)
EXCITING BABY NEWS! Sheryl Crow adopts a second baby! (Starpulse)
AWESOME!Would you be so excited if there was a 'Friends' Reunion?! (Fox News)
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Commercial Law, as the name implies, is the law of commerce. In general terms, commercial law applies to transactions in property of all types including goods, real estate, negotiable instruments, documents of title, letters of credit, and intangible property including intellectual property. It includes the sale, lease, licensing, or other transfers of property, unsecured credit, and the use of property as security for a loan. Commercial transactions can be between businesses, between a business and a consumer, or between consumers.
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Boulder saw a total of 12.1 inches of snow for the May 1 snowstorm according to local meteorologist Matt Kelsch. The total nearly doubled the previous May 1 record of 6.2 inches and has Boulder way ahead of the average snowfall for the month of May, which is only an inch. Weather spotters reported 14.5 inches in both Ward and Nederland Monday night.
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The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of DeKalb will host a special return concert by nationally known singer/songwriter Peter Mayer at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30. The church is located at 158 N. Fourth St. in DeKalb. Doors will open at 7 p.m.
Mayer writes songs about interconnectedness and the human journey. His songs cover the whimsical, the humorous and the profound. He is a masterful storyteller who always provides wit.
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Mayer began playing guitar and writing songs when he was in high school. He studied theology and music in college, and then spent two years in seminary. After deciding that the priesthood was not for him, he took a part-time job as a church music director for eight years while performing in clubs and on college campuses. He has been touring full time since 1995, selling out shows across the U.S. His eight CDs have sold more than 50,000 copies.
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Error's Hand The Series Over To The Cards
A very ugly loss today which I am sure has resulted in a very quiet ride back to Philly for this team, left stunned by the events of the 10th inning in their 7-6 loss to the Cardinals. With 2 outs and a tie game, Chase Utley had the chance to put the inning away, but botched the throw to Tom Gordon who was covering first base. The inning continued. Tom Gordon gives up a hit to the next batter and we have 2 men on. The next batter hits nearly the same shot again between Utley and Howard; Utley fields it, leaving Gordon to cover first again. This time, Utley makes the throw, but Gordon just misses the ball! The runner at second scores, and the game is over. This team has got to be absolutely stunned.
Not that there weren't plenty of other chances to blow this game wide open earlier. The Phillies left 15 men on base and left the bases loaded multiple times. The offense is just not producing in key situations. Add to that, Myers did not have a good outing again, giving up 6 earned runs in 6 innings including 2 home runs. Yesterday, we did get a good performance from Adam Eaton, but it was essentially wasted as he was the only one who showed up to play. Eaton had two hits in the game, which totaled exactly half of the offense for the day. And Kyle Loshe gave a great performance, although it was for the Cardinals J
With teams like the Red Sox and Angels coming up, I think it may be time for Charlie Manuel to get the big stick out and start whacking some of these guys over the head! This is no time to become complacent! Let's see Charlie get mad! That is always entertaining J (Note the evil smile on his face in the photo as he imagines smacking some players around with his bat) Speaking of inter-league play, how exactly do the Phillies get totally screwed with the Red Soxs and the Angels and the Mets get to play the lowly Royals? What is up with that? I hate inter-league play. Well, it would be ok if everyone in your division played THE SAME teams. Then it would at least be fair. The way it is now, it just isn't right. Oh well, what can you do? So, Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's out there…have a good one!


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Our monthly Master Class series features some of America's greatest chefs, including Thomas Keller, Nancy Silverton, Tom Colicchio and Sang Yoon, sharing the practical details of what they've learned from their years in the kitchen. Yoon is the chef-owner of beer-and-burger mecca Father's Office, with locations in Santa Monica and Culver City. He also recently opened the restaurant Lukshon in Culver City, turning out his take on the cuisines of Southeast Asia and China.
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Chef Sang Yoon experiments at home with the condiment he doesn't serve at Father's Office.
You're probably wondering why I'm writing about ketchup. As many of you know, it is on the no-fly list in my Father's Office restaurants. We don't serve ketchup — despite our famous burger and fries. The irony of this article is not lost on me either. But let's not dwell on that. It's hard to imagine our culture without tomato ketchup. It's an embedded part of living in America. The drive-through without those little foil packets? Not in this lifetime. Every discarded, red-stained paper French fry basket is an indication of this country's love affair with the beloved red bottle. It's as American as American gets.
But despite ketchup's rather humble reputation as the French fry's best friend, the sticky sweet-and-sour red stuff is really well traveled and has quite the interesting little back story. And it doesn't have to be made with tomatoes. In fact, many of my favorites aren't. This isn't some pointless DIY project, either. Homemade ketchups can serve so many culinary uses, not only on their own but also to boost the flavors of other sauces.
If you've got a backyard tree that's overachieving, or if you got a little overenthusiastic buying fruit at the farmers market, all it will take is a big pot and an hour or so to make some really fascinating ketchup. Yes, fascinating.
So where did ketchup come from? Seems it originated in China. Originally a thin, brown, pickled and fermented fish-based sauce with added fruit that more resembled a funky soy sauce, the original ke-tsiap would probably destroy a perfectly good order of fries.
It then likely migrated south with Chinese settlers toward Malaysia and Indonesia, where, through linguistic derivation, it became known as kecap and ketjap, respectively. At this point, ke-tsiap probably underwent some more regional evolution, becoming a little thicker and a lot sweeter. This is likely the point where British and Dutch colonials fell in love with the dark, mysterious sauce and decided to bring it home with them.
Still, no tomatoes.
If all of this ketchup anthropology is starting to make sense, we need look no further than the tables of our local British pub to find what I believe to be its most direct relative (at least flavor-wise). "Exhibit A, your honor, I present HP Sauce." Although commercial HP sauce technically started showing up on tables in Great Britain after Heinz, it tastes a lot like ketchup but looks browner. The similarity is uncanny. Sweet, sour, savory, thick, used on just about anything, and British. Hmm, I rest my case. Although it does contain some tomato, it primarily gets it flavor and color from dates and tamarind. Perhaps a result of trying to replicate those memories of Southeast Asia. (Incidentally, HP Sauce is now owned by Heinz. Coincidence? I think not.)
All of this tells us that the Europeans started tinkering with kecap/ketjap, experimenting with various ingredients while tuning the flavors to their own liking.
It wasn't until those same colonials came ashore here in North America that we had our first ketchup sighting. Probably, the collision of the northward migration of the tomato plant from South America combined with the Indo/Chinese/British pickled fish and fruit concoction gave birth to our picnic table staple. Tomato ketchup was born and has since been on a globe-conquering mission that would probably humble the likes of Caesar and Khan.
At this point, ketchup would have more Facebook friends than Bieber.
So let's talk about how to make your own. No, not tomato ketchup. Save that for the drive-through. I'm talking about going back to the point in history when there was serious ketchup experimentation. Before ketchup got big and sold out.
The foundational flavors of ketchup are sweet and sour, the globally popular flavor duo that appears in every type of food — a classic French gastrique, sweet and sour pork, Sweet Tarts, even Sour Patch Kids. You can run but you can't hide from sweet and sour.
The warmer months are the perfect time to be thinking about making interesting alternative ketchups. The markets are flooded with amazing fruit now. Or you might have some fruit trees and are tired of making jam every year.
Ketchup is almost always a slow-simmered sauce typically containing fruit, vinegar and spices. The cooking method for ketchup is pretty straightforward. All you need is a big, covered stainless steel pot and a free afternoon. Make ketchup in big quantities if you can. Jars of homemade ketchup make nice gifts.
Begin by searching your pantry for those interesting vinegars you bought but never found a use for. Wine vinegars and malt vinegars work especially well. I tend to stay away from wood-aged vinegars such as balsamic because they can be so overpowering.
To my taste, most industrial ketchups tend to be too sweet. I think the best part of making your own is to be able to control that.
Industrial ketchups are generally made with corn syrup and lots of it. I prefer using palm sugar, agave nectar and cane sugar for my homemade versions. Sometimes I even combine different sugars for added complexity.
The health effects of corn syrup are being hotly debated right now. Let's just say I'm not a big fan, and I much prefer the flavors of actual sugars. My personal favorites, palm and cane sugars, offer better mouth-feel and texture. I describe it as a fullness or roundness. Not just sweetness. Sort of like comparing sea salt to iodized salt. To me, corn syrup's sweetness comes on too strong. No nuance. Perhaps a subtle difference, but no less important.
When picking up fruit at the farmers market, get a little extra and let the experimenting begin. Just remember, when using fresh fruits the preparation will be a little longer because it will take time to gently cook some of the water out of the fruit before you start adding other ingredients. Otherwise you will have very watery ketchup. I do like using fruit that's quite ripe. I like the developed flavors of ripe fruit. It's not like making jam. To me, it's more like making a tomato sauce. Ripe is good.
Using dried fruits works very well if something is not in season or if you just want to save some time with prep work. In some cases, it works even better than fresh. Dried peaches, figs, apples, prunes and apricots all make great ketchups.
Beyond fried potatoes and burgers, ketchups can be used in so many interesting ways. One of my favorites is peach ketchup. I love to add it to chicken stock and mount it with a little butter for a delicious pan sauce to accompany a simple roast chicken.
Fig ketchup is spectacular with a platter of salty cured meats. Apricot ketchup made with either fresh or dried fruit is exceptional when mixed with butter and used as a glaze on a pork roast as it exits the oven.
The possibilities are endless. Who knows, you might make something that goes well with fries.


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The Next World Champion Episode 2: "Here We Go Again"
November 29, 2012 1 comment
The Next World Champion Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Reality Show- Episode 2: "Here We Go Again"-
In this thrilling episode the medal chasers prepare for the 2012 ibjjf No Gi World Championships in their quest to create a American Black Belt World Champion. They also have to deal with a hurricane and several other surprises. Lloyd Irvin has come out of retirement to compete with the rest of his team and has to go through some extreme measures to train with his busy schedule
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Executive Producer: Lloyd Irvin
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English: A frontal view of the Bark Scorpion of Arizona. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Spring is in the air here in Arizona, and that can only mean one thing… MLB Spring Training! Every year, 15 Major League Baseball teams ascend on the Valley of the Sun for six weeks of preseason baseball. Teams like the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, and Cleveland Indians all square off in the Cactus League; preparing for the upcoming season. Teams frequently use players' spring training performances as a way of assigning starting roles and roster spots. While spring training attracts a huge number of fans and spectators who eagerly wait to see the promising new talent, all while enjoying the warm weather, which also happens to coincide with the beginning of the scorpion season here in Arizona. Nobody knows that better than Milwaukee Brewers GM, Doug Melvin, who was recently stung by a very venomous Arizona Bark Scorpion… The most dangerous scorpion found in the U.S.
English: Brewers General Manager Doug Melvin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Milwaukee Brewers MLB club has descended on Maryvale Baseball Park, in Phoenix, AZ for their annual spring training. While in town, Doug Melvin, the General Manager of the Brewers, was stung by a scorpion. It all went down last Wednesday, March 5, 2013. Melvin and his wife had just enjoyed a night out in the Valley. Upon returning to their Phoenix-area condo after dinner, Melvin's wife spotted a "bug" on the floor. After eyeing the bug, she shouted to her husband to take care of it. In an attempt to be the hero and save the day, the Brewers GM grabbed a tissue and picked up the bug—which happened to be a scorpion. The scorpion retaliated by stinging Melvin's left middle finger through the tissue. Ouch! After the sting, Melvin's arm began to tingle—kind of like hitting your funny bone. His left arm began to feel numb. The sensation moved from his arm to his shoulder. About this time, he began to worry that the venom might be spreading and eventually reach his heart. He headed to a Scottsdale emergency room where he was treated for the sting. After three hours in the ER, some pain medication, and some scorpion education, the Brewers GM made a full recovery. The next time he encounters a scorpion, he'll likely just squash it with his shoe.
English: Closeup (macrograph) of the barb of an Arizona Bark Scorpion. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In Arizona alone, the Arizona Bark Scorpion is responsible for several thousand stings each year. With that being said, fatalities in the United States are rare, and generally limited to small/young children and adults with weakened immune systems. The symptoms of a Bark Scorpion sting include pain, tingling sensations, blurry vision, throat swelling, darting eyes, and tense muscles. Those experiencing an allergic reaction will have difficulty breathing and walking, and should seek medical attention.
The Arizona Bark scorpion is a golden tan in color, and can reach lengths of about two inches. They are frequently found in the southwest United States; predominately in the Sonoran Desert. Less toxic species of Bark scorpions have been discovered throughout areas in Southern Utah, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas. Bark scorpions prefer to hunt at night by ambushing their prey. They commonly dine on crickets and cockroaches.
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Napoli striker Lorenzo Insigne has attracted attention from England, according to his agent.
The 20-year-old, currently on loan at Pescara, scored 19 goals for Foggia last season.
Insigne scored twice for the Italy under-21's on his debut and his agent Fabio Andreotti says there have been enquiries.
"My phone is boiling, and not just after the game with the Under-21s," he said.
"There have already been many requests for Insigne, two major Serie A clubs are already interested in him, and have asked for information. Requests also came from Germany and England. It's up to Napoli."
"Lorenzo has a contract until 2016; his intention is to [break into] the first team. This is Insigne's dream - he wants to play with [Edinson] Cavani and [Ezequiel] Lavezzi.
"Napoli know that this is a player who will have a big career, and know that many big clubs are following him. Even after Christmas we will meet to determine his return in June. He just wants to [play for] Napoli and they are focusing on him," he concluded.
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CFT 149 – Hand Joinery I
CFT 150 – Hand Joinery II
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Hand Joinery I Exploration of hand tool techniques with application to fine furniture. Skills will be developed through the construction of sample joints and a simple project. Topics include: marking and layout tools, cutting tools, use of the workbench and its accessories, hand saws and their use, Japanese vs. Western tools, dovetail joinery, mortise and tenon joinery, squaring and sizing with a hand plane, sharpening hand tools and building a simple carcass. Hand Joinery II Comprehensive study of specialized woodworking techniques. The emphasis of this course will be on the development of hand tool skills. Learning exercises will be completed making traditional joinery typical of fine furniture.


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The Truckman S-Series Hardtop for the Mitsubishi L200 is a side access variation of the Truckman Hardtops. This cab high top boasts gull wing opening, tinted side windows without having to compromise the fully featured aspect of the original Truckman Grand Hardtop. The S-Series Hardtop is made to be flush with your Mitsubishi L200, therefore giving the appearance of being a continuation and the paint is colour coded to the L200 Titanium Grey paint codes which only complements the look further.
The Truckman S-Series Hardtop for Mitsubishi L200 Features:
The Truckman S-Series' gull wing side windows allow easier access and improved visibility for you into the bed of your Mitsubishi L200 but security is not compromised as the windows are tinted, so once the windows are closed, no prying eyes can peer in at your load.
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#210780 - 05/06/13 10:46 AM Queer street Joined: May 2013
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I grew up with the term "queer street" used by my British parents and would still use it today. The word "queer" has meant odd or curious or whatever for ages and any person who takes offense at the use of the word in such contexts is just ignorant or way too sensitive. When I am feeling nauseous or out-of-sorts, I still say I am feeling queer. "Nigger" is a different thing altogether - it describes a person's skin colour, with no other earlier meanings and came out of the whole era of "white" rule over people of clou;, it is a racially charged word. Just as the word "kaffir" in Africa actually is derived from the Arabic world supposedly used by Malay slaves/labour in South Africa to describe the European settlers who were considered infidels or non-beleivers because they were not Muslims. But it has taken on a whole new meaning and is highly offensive now.
#210781 - 05/06/13 11:21 AM Re: Queer street [Re: Pulchery] Joined: May 2013
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Intro to this week's theme is very insightful and on point! Thanks.
#210782 - 05/06/13 11:42 AM Re: Queer street [Re: Pulchery] Joined: May 2013
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Thanks for the sensitivity and explanation for the theme.
Words evolve and grow with connotations. Twain's use of the "N" word was appropriate for the time, and altering it rewrites his words, and dismisses the culture (or lack of) in which the word was used. It is a teaching/learning opportunity.
Adjusting connotations and definitions to fit the times is considerate and sensitive; but the "baggage" and "issues" words carry from their past, need to be respected.
The best way to alter the past is to adjust to it, and practice from its lessons.
#210783 - 05/06/13 12:03 PM Re: Queer street [Re: Pulchery] Joined: May 2013
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My daughter once practically came to blows with a black woman in a seminar, about 'black humour'. The woman insisted it was a racial insult, and the tutor was weakly trying to persuade everybody simply to avoid using the term, which justifiably annoyed Jenny as a loss and slur to the English language. Fortunately, Jenny could assure the group it came from 'bleak humour' - and bleak originally meant grim or pale, or even white.
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#210784 - 05/06/13 12:22 PM Re: Queer street [Re: Pulchery] Joined: May 2013
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We were admonished not to use the term queer street to a "gay" person when the term 'gay' itself has been stolen from perfectly normal usage in my younger years. Can words so easily be lost to political correctness?
Word 'nigger' seems more likely to have derived from an anglicized pronunciation in the willful way of the English with 'foreign' words, of the word Niger, originally from the Roman latin for black (niger), in which area, the Niger River valley, was the cradle of African civilization and well known to the classical world.
#210785 - 05/06/13 12:31 PM Re: Queer street [Re: Pulchery] Joined: May 2013
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Kind of funny... I'm German and when I saw the word "queer street" in the mail today, I associated it directly with the german word "Querstra�e", what simply means a street going left or right from the main road you are just on.
How near can be words together and same time so far away .
(Sorry for my bad english, one reason for the daily mail from wordsmith is, to get better
#210788 - 05/06/13 01:27 PM Re: Queer street [Re: Pulchery] Joined: May 2013
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Yeah, we should all be careful about whatever we say anyway. People who don't know the REAL meaning of the word (or any word)can understandably take this term the wrong way. When I was a kid the word 'queer' meant simply 'different' or 'odd'; but as time went along it was derogitorily used toward gay people. So much so, that it seemed no longer to mean simply 'different'.
A friend of mine who is black told me of a meeting at work that he attended and someone used the word 'niggardly' which means reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly. This being a government meeting and funding always being an issue, the term was in a sense appropriately used. However; when a certain inflection is placed in the voice or eye contact is made with the only black person in the room when it was being said, even this can be inflametory.
#210789 - 05/06/13 01:45 PM Re: Queer street [Re: Pulchery] Joined: May 2013
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Similarly the word 'homely' means different things in various contexts, and I imagine that the meaning has evolved over time.
I hear it as an offensive word, but I often read it where the context makes it clear that it is intended to be positive.
It's important to speak so your listeners understand what you are saying and write so your readers get the message, regardless of how ignorant we are.
#210790 - 05/06/13 01:52 PM Re: Queer street [Re: Pulchery] Joined: May 2013
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You are correct in your opening message about how words and their usage can offend. For example, your term "blacks" could be considered offensive to African-Americans. The word "boy" has racial connotations that could also be considered offensive to them. The N-word has so many negative connotations no matter who uses it.
#210791 - 05/06/13 02:04 PM Re: Queer street [Re: Pulchery] Joined: May 2013
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I think people who are homosexuals would want their friends to speak naturally and use the appropriate term when applicable. And I want to take back or reapply the meanings of queer and gay. It is a beautiful day in Maine, it makes me feel gay. And when I say that, I should not get queer looks from my co-workers. One reason I feel gay is that I am not on queer street because I have a great job.
What we need is a less clinical word than "homosexual" to describe people attracted to their own gender.
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