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Yesterday we received the very sad news that our great friend and wonderful colleague Julie Giera passed away earlier this week. Although we were well aware of the fact that Julie had been battling breast cancer for several years, I still find it difficult to comprehend the news – in particular since we had lost another great analyst colleague – Andrew Parker – only a few months earlier.
Julie was one of the great stars and a leading voice of Giga Information Group – the analyst firm later to be acquired by Forrester in 2003. She was instrumental in establishing and extending the Giga brand and influence across a wide community of different stakeholders, including many CIOs as well as the senior executives of many tech vendors. She later continued that fame with Forrester where she quickly became a thought leader around the broader IT services market change issues. Julie was one of the founding members of the vendor strategy research team and many of the key reports that she authored over the last years are still relevant today and represent key highlights of our team's research portfolio. A lot of her great research can still be viewed and downloaded online, so check out the following:


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Thanks! Time for a couple of updates:
I really don't remember where the heck I got my pair of gloves, but they are all black with a Velcro closure, no patches, tags, or anything like that, so they should work well. From a shoulder bell design that was cut out for one of the ladies at the armor party, I used it as reference, and modified it to a design for my gloves. Larry (Ge'tal) and I both agreed that the "angled" design of some armor plates looks pretty cool.
It took me a couple of tries, but after measuring my hand and using the curve along some stitching on my gloves, I came up with the final version, on the bottom. In the process, I taped the templates on my glove to see how they worked.
Here's pics of what I have done so far, though I'm planning on getting these done today!
I got them cut out, sanded down around the edges, shaped, and painted with a first coat all yesterday.
Gloves with templates on them:
On hand:
In a fist:
Cut out:
Finished out with a dremmel:
Shaped out and first coat:
The pink you see in the pictures is my all-pink tool box. Yes, I actually own something pink. :rolleyes: It's a toolbox that my late grandmother bought for me so my husband will keep his hands off. I got it out of my car so I could use the razor cutter.
I'll attach the armor plates with Velcro, and I'm planning on tucking part of the glove under the shin-guard gauntlets I have to work with. Going by a suggestion from Darian (and probably a couple others here) I'm going to attach the gloves to the gauntlets to limit their movement and make it bit easier to get them on.
I'm still going to use a few pieces of the trash can armor I had cut out, but for the chest plates at least (and possibly more) I'm going to use Sintra. At an armor party I attended this past weekend, I got to see in person how awesome that stuff really is, and was given a scrap to take home so I could play with it :D Enough to make the glove armor pieces, and I'll give some to my friend, Ge'tal. I'll be ordering some of that stuff online! :thumbup
It never ceases to amaze me whenever I see a set of trashcan armor. I'm going to try a set out for my prototype armor. Thanks for all oyur hard work in here guys!
Very nice!!! Good job so far!
wow thats looking great!! love all the pictures!! can't wait to see more!! :D
Thanks guys! I have a couple more pics to update:
Glove plates are done, and these are just taped to the gloves for now...
I did paint the underside silver along with a coat of bright copper--I really like how they turned out!
It was suggested to me at Mercs to use toothpaste to help in weathering, and it works wonders! ;)
NOte: these glove armor parts are made from Sintra, not the trash can plastic. I was given a scrap piece of Sintra to play with, and I love the stuff. HOwever, I am still using the trash can plastic for a few armor parts like belly and shoulders. I'm going to use Sintra for the chest pieces as I need something that will bend a lot more.
lookin good 'tater keep us posted. I think i'll work on my gauntlets tomorrow and post an update there.
Finally picked up the sheet of pvc foamboard that I've had at home for a few weeks now. I ordered it from USPlastics and it took no time at all to arrive, but I had just not done anything with it yet.
However, last night and today, I did quite a bit of work on a set of knees! They are ready to get glued together and painted, then on to add some of the little details.
Inexpensive foam kneepads I bought at Sears. They are so very light, I can hardly tell when I have them on. The foam is a durable material, yet I believe it can be trimmed to whatever size or shape I need, if I need to do so. They cost around $7. They seemed to be a very nice base for knee armor!
I used newspaper to draw out a design for the knee armor, keeping in mind the foam kneepads' elastic band.
How they might look...I might not end up cutting too much of the black kneepads as I plan to have a black jumpsuit.
Before sanding, taped together to get overall look.
After heating again and adding a few dents.
As far as I am for now, all sanded, glueing and painting are next. I might cut them down a bit so they are not quite so big, but I think they will work anyway. I need to heat up the top of the left one to get the tips curved a bit more.
For the forming, I wore both kneepads and labeled the armor pieces left and right. When I took the armor pieces out of the oven, I used gloves to form them around the foam kneepads to get the right curved shape. I don't have pics of the drawn out design on the pvc board--those are on my phone and I'm having issues getting images to my sd card. I added the "sides" just on the outside of the armor knees as I thought they might get in the way on the inside leg.
p.s.---I'll try to make the pics smaller in my photobucket account next time...:facepalm
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welcome back, nice work.
Thanks, adonian! Yeah, I've held this up long enough. Halloween is the month after next, and I plan on attending Archon in Collinsville, IL the first weekend of October. Hopefully, I'll be able to go in costume, if not, then Halloween.
This pvc foamboard is SO much fun to use! :D
I re-did my knees. They are not done, but only sanding, glue, and paint left. I'm now happy with the way they look, so this is it:
First, I made a new newspaper pattern. This will be about the same, but shorter.
Shown on knee armor before cutting, along with the sides.
Next, I marked lines (with dry erase marker) for creasing and where I wanted to trim them on the bottom.
Wiped off lines after scoring a little, and ready to pop back in oven.
After creasing/trimming
On my knee
I will still use a heat gun to work on small areas a bit more, but other than that, just sanding, glue and paint, and these will be done! (I might add a few extras, though not sure yet) I swear, my oven hasn't seen this much action in a LONG time! :D
Nice! I like how you used edges instead of one big curve (in the knee's shape).
Thanks Ordeyn! Now I just need to get some adhesive.
hey tater if your posting on this thread i was wondering..... is the deluxe 2 piece jango fett helmet a latex rubber piece of junk like the boba fett one or is it plastic and if so thin or thick plastic, i just wanted to know before i bought it.. I was just curious i didn't know what it was like (i never made a mando suit before lol im a noob)but yah nice work by the way!!:D
It's a made of a thin plastic.
how thin
I'm not sure about the exact measurement but I'll try and find the one a friend gave me and see if I can get that for you.
I can't be exact because I can't find my digital but it seems to be about 1/32 of an inch in thickness.
do you thik if i got one i could cut all the peices out on to a sort of plastic poard or sintra then fiberglass it, im mean would that work (i dont think my dad would be to happy if i repainted it :()

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Hi everyone,
Just came back from C5 and was completely blown away by the Fett community. Everyone at the costuming presentation were informative and down right awesome. Looking forward to joining this family and making my childhood dreams come true!
I've been working on an ESB Vader and always had BF as my next project.
Looks like I'll be starting sooner than expected!
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ALEC Eliminates Task Force That Did NRA's Bidding
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has announced [1] that they are eliminating their Public Safety and Elections task force, which has drawn fire for its central role in promoting legislation similar to the Florida "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law that experts say may prevent the successful prosecution of Trayvon Martin's killer.
In a statement issued on behalf of the group's Legislative Board of Directors, ALEC national chairman David Frizzell said that in a meeting last week the legislative board unanimously agreed to "eliminating the ALEC Public Safety and Elections task force that dealt with non-economic issues, and reinvesting these resources in the task forces that focus on the economy."
Last month Media Matters was the first to report [2] that shortly after Florida passed their 2005 "Stand Your Ground" law at the behest of the National Rifle Association, a nearly identical bill was adopted by ALEC as model legislation. NRA lobbyist and former NRA president Marion Hammer, who was the driving force [3] behind Florida's bill, was the one who presented [4] it before the Criminal Justice Task Force (which became the Public Safety and Elections task force).
Since ALEC adopted Florida's bill as model legislation, similar statutes have passed in dozens of states, with Public Safety and Elections resident fellow Michael Hough acknowledging [2] in a 2008 interview with NRA News that ALEC and NRA were working together to get those bills passed. The NRA and ALEC have also teamed up to push bills allowing concealed carry permit holders to bring guns on college campuses [5] and banning governors and local officials [6] from seizing firearms during emergencies.
Following Media Matters' report, ALEC's ties to "Stand Your Ground" laws have drawn [7] increasing [8] scrutiny [9] from the media and progressive organizations. In late March "a broad coalition of progressive groups -- including the NAACP, the Urban League, Color of Change, Common Cause, People for the American Way and MoveOn.org" held a protest [10] of ALEC's ties to those laws outside the group's Washington, DC headquarters. At least 10 companies have left the organization [11] in the wake of Color of Change's campaign [12] to encourage corporations to end their association with ALEC due to its work on "Stand Your Ground" and voter ID legislation.
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Establishing greater gender equity in market work and in households is a shared goal for many postindustrial democracies. The logic behind this goal often stems from fairness concerns. This paper examines the issue from a demographic angle and examines the relationship between gender equity and fertility in postindustrial societies. We show that many of the societies currently experiencing what demographers term "lowest-low" fertility are precisely those where the gender-role revolution has stalled and where gender inequality remains high. In this sense, gender inequality in the 21st century can be considered a contributor to the negative population outcome of below-replacement fertility. This practical implication gives further impetus for movement towards greater gender equity.
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Question: A lot of your articles for backing up files or moving files around say to use a flash drive, but you don't explain how to use it. My son wanted some photos from my computer and said that I should copy them to flash drive and just send it to him. I bought one at the store, but it doesn't have any instructions. What do you do with a flash drive?
A USB flash drive (sometimes called a jump drive or memory stick. A thumb drive is slightly different because they have a write-protect feature) is simply a data storage device just like the old floppy disc, but it stores much more data. Though, since it has no moving parts, it's not technically a drive. It draws power from the USB port on your computer. USB ports are generally located either in the front of the tower of a desktop or on the sides of a laptop or all-in-one. They look like this:
To use a drive, all you have to do is put it in the port. Some flash drives may have a switch that allow you to retract the Male A-plug (the part that plugs into the port), so you need to make sure it is extended like below:
Others may come with a cap, which you'll have to remove for use.
Some drives fold out.
Make sure your computer is turned on and fully booted up and ready to go, and plug the drive into the USB port. Make sure it is facing the correct way – there will usually be some kind of marking to indicate the front of the drive. Once you plug your flash drive into your computer's USB port, your computer should recognize it as a removable drive.
Your should now be able to copy or move items to the drive, the way you would copy to a floppy or transfer to another file.
When the job is finished make sure to click the Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon that should appear in your system tray at the bottom right of your screen. Also replace the cap or retract the drive to protect it from dirt and damage.
Aside from the ability to hold a lot data, USB drives can be incredibly useful. Check out these articles:
LibreOffice: The Ideal USB Office Suite
Hope this helps.
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By Nick Ames
Carl Jenkinson admits that there was a deep sense of frustration in the Gunners' dressing room after Wednesday night's defeat against Schalke 04 – but believes that he and his team-mates can bounce back from a disappointing week.
Saturday's match against QPR provides the perfect opportunity to get back on track, with three points badly needed after the loss to Norwich City last weekend.
"We were aware Schalke were a good side but we could have prevented the goals we conceded," Jenkinson told the Official Matchday Programme.
"The most disappointing thing is that in the last two games we haven't played as we can. We were playing so well before the break, but now we're on a downer. The good thing in football, though, is that you can bounce back straight away with this game against QPR."
Arsenal have already shown what they can do when on top of their game this season – the away matches at Manchester City and Liverpool, along with the 6-1 win over Southampton, providing sustained glimpses of Arsène Wenger's team at its best. Now, says Jenkinson, the challenge is to produce that level of performance on a regular basis.
"Everyone was angry and disappointed after the [Norwich] game, there's no hiding from that and I'm not going to tell you differently," he said. "But there is spirit and belief in this squad and we've shown that when we play to our full potential we can beat anyone in the world.
"I genuinely believe that. It's just about finding the consistency and putting in the kind of performances we did at Liverpool and doing that week in, week out. If we can do that, we can go very far this season. It's just about finding the level of performance and having the fight and mentality to come out of the other side of this dip, and come out stronger."
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That's my question. I'm in the process of sewing a new jumpsuit for myself right now, but the modifications to it are SO simple. Would it actually help if I took pictures of the mods and outlined how to do them on our website? The only things you have to do are add stitching details, it's REALLY easy. (I can also do one for the vest, but I don't have to allow for holes for a harness, so I'm not putting those in.)
One problem with my tutorial is that the pattern I use is no longer made my Simplicity. Those of you who have the Green Pepper pattern, is it made with a separate bottom and top piece that you put together? The Simplicity one is, and that's what makes it so easy.
Anyway, I'm already mostly done with my new jumpsuit, so it will be a pain in the neck for me to make another for a tutorial, but if there's enough demabd, I will. If everybody's too afraid to try to make their own, then I don't want to go to all that extra work for nothing.


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COLLEGE PARK, MD. - John Tillman has been hired as the University of Maryland's head men's lacrosse coach, Director of Athletics Deborah A. Yow announced today, becoming the ninth coach in the 85-year history of the program. Tillman comes to College Park after three years returning Harvard lacrosse to national prominence and twelve seasons as the top assistant at Navy, during which the Midshipmen experienced some of the best years in their storied history. He has signed a seven-year contract.
"It is a great honor to take over the Maryland men's lacrosse program," said Tillman. "Maryland is a premier university with a rich history of success in lacrosse. I'd like to thank Dr. Yow and the search committee for extending the wonderful opportunity to be Maryland's head coach. It will be the goal of our staff to be the kind of lacrosse program, the kind of lacrosse team that you can be proud of, that will complement the tradition that this institution has been so proud of through the years. What makes this lacrosse program special is its importance to the school and the State of Maryland. The tradition here is phenomenal. I am looking forward to this challenge.
"I would also like to thank Bob Scalise for giving me the opportunity to coach at Harvard University the last three seasons. I enjoyed working with the student-athletes there and will look back fondly on my time with the young men at Harvard."
Widely considered one of the top young coaches in the country and a dynamic recruiter, Tillman has been the head men's lacrosse coach at Harvard the past three seasons. His last recruiting class for the Crimson was rated No. 3 in the nation, according to Inside Lacrosse.
"We are delighted that Coach Tillman will become our leader of Maryland men's lacrosse," said Yow. "Senior Associate AD Michael Lipitz chaired this successful search. He and his committee identified Coach Tillman early and worked diligently to secure him for the Terps. John is a man of integrity and a tireless worker who has the ability to attract the very best student-athletes to College Park. He has a `can do' attitude that is contagious. We look forward to this exciting new era in Maryland lacrosse."
During his three seasons at Harvard, Tillman compiled an overall record of 20-19, including an 8-5 mark in 2009, which was the Crimson's highest win total since 1999.
Tillman's time at Harvard produced a number of the most memorable wins in the program's history. This past season, during which Harvard climbed as high as No. 11 in the national polls, Tillman guided the Crimson to an 11-8 victory over No. 6 Princeton, which was the first time Harvard had defeated the Tigers in 20 years. In 2009, Tillman led the Crimson to a season-opening 9-6 upset victory at No. 5 Duke.
Tillman improved his teams in every aspect over the past three seasons. Prior to his arrival in Cambridge, Mass., the Crimson ranked 40th and 42nd, respectively, in total offense and defense. Tillman's defense ranked as high as No. 3 in the nation, while his offense rose to No. 15 in the country. He also dramatically improved Harvard's extra-man offense, from the 51st-ranked unit before he arrived, to a perennial top 15 unit.
Prior to Harvard, Tillman spent 12 seasons at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. After six seasons as an assistant coach, he was promoted to head assistant coach and offensive coordinator prior to the 2002 season. From 2004 through 2007, Tillman helped lead the Midshipmen to the some of the most successful seasons in program history, including four straight NCAA tournament berths, four consecutive Patriot League tournament titles and four straight Patriot League regular season championships.
In 2004, with Tillman at the helm of the Navy offense, the Mids made a remarkable run through the NCAA tournament, defeating three Ivy League teams (Penn, Cornell and Princeton) en route to a spot in the national championship game. Tillman's offense was a key component of Navy's success that season, ranking third in the nation in scoring offense. Following the Mids' tremendous 2004 season, Tillman was awarded the first of his two Collegiate Lacrosse Assistant Coach of the Year Awards by the Maryland State Lacrosse Coaches Association.
During his 12 season at the Naval Academy, Tillman was responsible for helping develop first team All-America midfielders Graham Gill and Billy Looney and second team All-America attackman Jon Birsner. In his 12 seasons in Annapolis, the Mids compiled an overall record of 104-63.
Tillman started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Ithaca College. He spent four seasons (1992-95) with the Bombers, helping lead them to the Division III national semifinals in 1992.
In addition to his extensive coaching experience, Tillman also serves as a member of the Tewaaraton Award Men's Selection Committee.
A 1991 graduate of Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration, Tillman was a three-year member of the school's Dean's list. He had the opportunity to play for legendary coach Richie Moran and was a member of the 1989 squad that earned a berth in the NCAA tournament. Tillman was a goalie when he entered college, but played a number of positions for the Big Red, giving him a great appreciation and understanding for the overall game of lacrosse.
Tillman played professionally for the Baltimore Thunder and the Washington Power of the National Lacrosse League. During his final two seasons in Baltimore, he helped the Thunder reach the NLL Championship and Semifinals. Tillman also played for the Toyota Lacrosse Club, who won five-consecutive Southern Division Championships, including a world championship in 2000.
A native of Corning, N.Y., Tillman was previously commissioned into the U.S. Navy as a fleet support officer and was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal.
Full Name: John Tillman
Age: 41
Hometown: Corning, N.Y.
Alma Mater: Cornell `91
Years Coaching: 19
2010- Maryland (Head Coach)
2008-10 - Harvard (Head Coach)
2002-07 - Navy (Head Assistant Coach)
1996-2001 - Navy (Assistant Coach)
1992-1995 - Ithaca College (Assistant Coach)
"I think John is one of the brightest Division I coaches out there and will do an outstanding job at Maryland. He's an outstanding person; very dedicated with a great work ethic and will be a positive influence on the players, his coaching staff and the University."
"Coach Tillman brings a strong track record of success and an incredible work ethic to College Park. A tireless recruiter and an expert motivator, he maximizes his players' talents and is poised to lead Maryland's program to new heights."
"John will be a tremendous asset to the University of Maryland, as he is very much a class act."
"I'm thrilled to have John Tillman as Maryland's head coach. He's had high standards for himself and his teams throughout his successful career at Harvard, Navy and Ithaca. He'll make all lacrosse alumni proud of his selection. The future is bright for the Terps."
"Coach Tillman is an outstanding person and a credible guy, who I believe can lead Maryland to a national championship. He is a great competitor and was always very respectful when we played against his Navy teams. Maryland is fortunate to have a guy like Coach Tillman as its next head coach. I think he's a guy that all of the alumni can get behind and rally around as the Maryland head coach."


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Dear TDHers,
Today I woke up and saw the amazement that I was nominated and seconded for Legion Commanding Officer of the 501st legion. At first, I thought it was quite entertaining to see that someone thought of me as being fit for the job, and was wondering who was messing around with me.
However, I did not decline the nomination, I figured that I would sit on it and ask around the general membership over the next 6 days to make my decision. I've been sitting around for the past 3 years with an LCO that I honestly don't have any faith in, and for the past 3 years I have been wondering if there were any way I could do, and today might have presented me the answer. I honestly don't expect I have any chances of winning if I do choose to run, since Albin Johnson, the founder of the 501st Legion is running.
If I do accept the nomination, I will keep Albin as the Legion Executive Officer. I fully support Albin, he's an outstanding guy, and I think that he deserves to hold a Legion Officer job, even though this little monster he has created might have outgrown him. As for Legion Membership Officer, I would once again put Thomas Spanos in, in my opinion, he is the best man for the job that the Legion has to offer. As for the other three appointed positions, Legion Web Master, Legion Public Relations Officer, and Captain of the Guard, I will have to think about who to appoint these positions to; they may even have the same people as this year if I believe they are best fit for the job.
What have I contributed to the Legion in order to be suited for Legion Commanding Officer? Well that I believe is up to the eyes of the beholder. I have been the Garrison Membership Officer for the past two years, and as I believe, I have done an extremely good job as GML. I have tried to be fair to everyone, and have always refered to the 501st Legion Charter if I have ever had a question. I also would like to stress that if I do accept the nomination, I wouldn't be doing it for any selfish act, it would be for the membership. Over the past few years, the LCO has turned into someone who is receiving almighty power in the Legion, and I have been openly vocal about stripping said powers away from the LCO. As LCO, I would make sure garrisons didn't have to worry about having events stolen from them, and would look out for everyone else, not my own agenda.
I know I am only 21 years old, but everyone I have talked to about this has given me some kind of support in one way or another. I want everyone to tell me what they think I should do, based on your experience of me being on The Dented Helmet for just over 3 years now. I'm sure most of you have been able to figure out a pretty good opinion of me, and I'd like to hear it. What ever is on your mind, let me know


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I am new this year to this waterfowl hunting. I have been using the hevi shot since my friend said he had some problems with steel making more cripples and losing geese and ducks. I was also concerned about using my Rem. 870 with steel. The phrase on the steel shot box saying may damage some guns. Vage enough to make me afraid to use it in any gun. I am using a full choke in my 870 magnum and don't have a modified barrel. I have just alwaysed used full for every thing.
Will BB steel destroy my gun compared to the #2 Hevi I have been using for geese and maybe a steel replacement for #4 or #6 heavy for ducks?


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You probably won't see anything else on YouTube this week as compelling as Thomas Shahan's "An Introduction to High-Magnification Macro Photography." Shahan is an unusual breed of wildlife photographer, capturing gorgeous images of some truly bizarre-looking fauna you might nonetheless have in (or near) your backyard.
He claims the bug-snapping game is more about having persistence than about having high-end gear, but it's obvious it also helps to have an artistic eye—and Shahan sure does. A gallery of his utterly stunning photos can be found on his site; check it out after you watch this video:
And if you HAVE seen something on YouTube this week that you find more compelling than this, by all means, hip us to it in the comments below.
Really caught my attention and made me think about the world we live in today and what it means to live in an online society day in and day out. Thoughts?
Bugs are EVERYwhere. some of them are really incredible looking when you get to that level of magnification. God IS in the details. Thanks.
truly amazing images and video
@0'09": We now discover yet another thing Jaoquin Phoenix did on his goofball haitus from film. I would have much rather seen this get publicity than his pseudo-rap career attempt.
This was completely mesmerizing. Great find!
probably not more "compelling", but it DOES deal with wildlife. And it's gone viral.
In my opinion, which is worth very little, this is the greatest bug video ever made.
It's also the first YouTube video I ever saw.
P.S.(I'm sorry Thunderthighs that I did not make the link into that word thingy that you can click on by adding some ...'s and some ///'s and http kind of stuff. I tried, I really did.)
I thank you for this...I was sitting outside on the bench at work, watching a spider (probably a jumping spider) I thought it was kind of cute. My friend sits down and the spider hid between the boards. It came out a few minutes later and I tried to feed it some hamburger. He would not touch it. My friend sees that and jumps up, he as going to kill it. I said wait wait wait this thing is very cool just watch. I got the burger closer he backed away. I was a bit disappointed to say the least. I smacked a fly dead with a ball cap. The spider was not interested in the dead snack I prepared. My friend was growing impatient and had the look of a spider killer in his eyes again. Hang on I pleaded. I smacked a 2nd spider with the cap this time not as hard. The fly was dazed and walking around I pushed it slightly toward the spider. Hmm some interest appeared on the spiders face, he was looking at the wounded fly. The distance was to great for the spider to reach the fly. It was at least 4 spider lengths distance between my new buddy and the dazed fly next thing I saw was the 2 became one. I blinked and looked again. Did the fly leave? No. The spider had the butt end of the fly twitching out of it's mouth. The spider coved the distance between his lunch and himself in a flash. I think my friend will have a hard time killing spiders from now on.
Found this today on Reddit. MORE super awesome up close images, this time of ants:
llandar wrote:Found this today on Reddit. MORE super awesome up close images, this time of ants:
Holy cow! Ant #6 has Donald Trump's hair! Now we know the secret of The Donald - he was raised by ants!
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April 22, 2004
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
University of Tennessee Head Women's Track & Field Coach J.J. Clark told his quartet before it ran the distance medley relay at the 110th Penn Relays Thursday evening that the group was the best DMR unit in the country. The Lady Vol foursome believed their coach's words and went out and proved him correct, steaming impressively to the Championship of America in that event in front of a day one meet-record crowd of 24,613 at Franklin Field.
Sporting the same lineup that won the NCAA Indoor championship in March at 11:06.07 and set the UT record in January at 11:03.42, Tennessee captured the school's first "relay wheel" at the prestigious meet since the 4x100m unit took top honors in 1994. The lineup of sophomore Brooke Novak (Kaukauna, Wis.), junior Dee Dee Trotter (Decatur, Ga.), junior Nicole Cook (Petersburg, Va.) and senior Lindsay Hyatt (Auburn, Calif.) collaborated for a season-best clocking of 10:59.35 to win convincingly over second-place Georgetown (11:03.76) and third-place North Carolina (11:05.16). The mark by the Orange and White outfit was the third-best clocking in school history.
"Tennessee came to the track, executed the race plan and won the Championship of America in the DMR," Clark said. "We had the top DMR indoors, and today we showed that we also have the best DMR outdoors. We've come a long way in one year and really displayed a big heart today. 10:59 is not too shabby.
"Person for person, I thought we had the best relay coming in. I am not bragging when I say this, but I was looking for us to be pushed more. Stanford dropped the baton at the start of the race,
so you don't know what might have happened. The bottom line is that we proved we have the best team in the country by running that way today."
The UT triumph at Penn, the school's first in the DMR since J.J. Clark's sister, Joetta, ran the opening leg in the program's initial victory back in 1983, effectively ended a three-year spree of domination in the event by North Carolina. Running without the services of anchor Shalane Flanagan, who is training for the Olympics as an unattached competitor this season, the Tar Heels were in the hunt early but didn't have a closer who could catch UT's Hyatt.
Novak led off for the Big Orange and headed the field for the first two laps before briefly giving way to Erica Sigmont of Arkansas on trip three around the oval. With about 180 meters to go, Novak switched into a gear that Sigmont nor North Carolina's Erin Donohue or Stanford's Ari Lambie could match, making the hand-off to Trotter in first place with a 1200-meter split of 3:21.4. That effort represents the sixth-fastest opening hitch in Penn Relays history.
Just as she did in the DMR at the NCAA Indoor meet, Trotter uncorked a 400-meter performance that separated Tennessee from the rest of the field. The 2003 NCAA runner-up in that event, Trotter rocketed to a 50.7 split, a reading that was nearly two seconds faster than anyone else on the track and rated a tie for seventh best in meet history.
With the first two legs providing Tennessee an advantage, Cook and Hyatt were afforded the opportunity to run relaxed races in the 800 (2:05.2) and 1600 meters (4:42.1), respectively. Both looked very comfortable in their turns with the baton, and Hyatt was again able to bring home the stick victoriously, just as she had done in Fayetteville, Ark., at the NCAA meet a little over a month ago.
"People were starting to wonder whether Tennessee could enjoy the same success my sister and some of her teammates did back in the 1980s," Clark said. "The young ladies on this team have demonstrated that the answer is yes. Joetta and her peers are excited about it, the team is excited about it, and the coaches, administrators and fans are excited about it. We just want to keep working hard and making forward progress."
Forward progress indeed. Entering the meet, Tennessee was considered a contender for the title in the DMR, but many were favoring UNC to continue its streak. The Lady Vols took fourth at the meet a season ago with Novak, Trotter, Cook and Sharon Dickie toting the baton to an 11:13.38 count that rated fifth in school annals at the time. This season, UT had an 11:14.09 result to its credit, which was achieved on April 10 by Cook, Gorham, redshirt freshman Mindy Sullivan (Lubbock, Texas) and Hyatt in a second-place run at the Sea Ray Relays. That mark rated sixth all-time for the Lady Vols and was the fastest outdoor DMR clocking by a UT quartet that early in the season.
While the DMR contributors are done for the night, Tennessee will have five more athletes in action late on Thursday evening in the distance carnival. Senior Jessica Southers (Ashland, Ky.), junior Elizabeth McCalley (Knoxville, Tenn.), sophomore Felicia Guliford (Gallup, N.M.) and redshirt freshman Carly Matthews (Winston-Salem, N.C.) compete in the 5000 meters, while sophomore Katie Flaute (Dayton, Ohio) participates in the 10,000 meters.
|Dist. Medley Relay-Champ. (Not An NCAA Event)
|Brooke Novak/Dee Dee Trotter/Nicole Cook/Lindsay Hyatt
|5000m-Champ. (Regional: 16:56.43) 7:55 p.m.
|Jessica Southers?
|Elizabeth McCalley?
|Felicia Guliford?
|Carly Matthews?
|5000m-Oly. Development (Regional: 16:56.43) 8:15 p.m.
|Jessica Southers?
|Elizabeth McCalley?
|Felicia Guliford?
|Carly Matthews?
|10,000m-Champ. (Auto: 34:10.00, Prov: 35:15.00) 9:30 p.m.
|Katie Flaute
College Women's Distance Medley Relay Championship of America
1 10:59.35 Tennessee * Brooke Novak 3:21.4, Dee Dee Trotter 50.7, Nicole Cook 2:05.2, Lindsay Hyatt 4:42.1
2 11:03.76 Georgetown *Colleen Kelly 3:25.4, Monica Hargrove 53.9, Maura McCusker 2:08.9, Treniere Clement 4:35.6
3 11:05.16 North Carolina *Erin Donohue 3:22.1, Anissa Gainey 52.5, Alice Schmidt 2:05.7, Carol Henry 4:44.9
4 11:06.68 Villanova *Rebecca Mitchell 3:27.4, Nicole Bridgewood 56.2, Colleen Taylor 2:08.9, Marina Muncan 4:34.2
5 11:06.83 Stanford *Arianna Lambie 3:22.2, Nashone Johnson 52.2, Chinny Offor 2:10.9, Sara Bei 4:41.5
6 11:09.99 Wake Forest *Nikeya Green 3:23.6, Diane Anderson 54.9, Shauna Danos 2:11.5, Anna Sherman 4:40.0
7 11:17.46 Mississippi State *Jennifer McPherson 3:31.7, Nicole Dunn 57.2, Zita Magliore 2:15.1, Tiffany McWilliams 4:33.5
8 11:19.29 Florida State *Vicky Gill , Tamara Campbell, Helen Hofstede, Natalie Hughes
9 11:20.52 Arkansas *Erica Sigmont 3:22.6, Lashaunte'a Moore 53.5, Aneita Denton 2:09.1, Londa Bevins 4:55.3
10 11:26.71 Auburn *Caitlin Reese, Kyhesha Hills, Sarah Reese, Spring Dawson
11 11:27.68 Pennsylvania *Kim Milans, Izu Emeagwali, Tina Morrison, Emily Logan
12 11:41.12 Duke *Sally Meyerhoff, Lindsey Owen, Meaghan Leon, Shannon Rowbury
Lady Vol Quick Quotes...
Dee Dee Trotter - on expectations coming in to the race: "Being Indoor NCAA Champs, we expected to be champions here."
Lindsay Hyatt - on her anchor leg - "It's a strategy when you are in the lead. I definitely went out hard for a purpose. I was focusing on the last 200. I was happy with the way I ran... we won!"
Nicole Cook - "It feels good to put UT back on the map. We were a dominant force in the 80s and 90s. We are looking forward to that same thing again."
Coach J.J. Clark - "Its very exciting to come back here to the Penn Relays. The DMR is always an important and prestigious event. We are back on the right track by winning this event. The DMR is an exciting event. It holds a lot of weight. To be as dominant as we were today, it's a credit to how our girls performed."
On the atmosphere of the Penn Relays-
Cook- "It's very exciting. There are a lot of high school kids here that look up to the college girls."
Trotter - "You run better when there are a lot of people cheering."
Brooke Novak - "The competition is better here. Everyone puts together their best team. You can't really do that at the NCAA's."


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'Tyler Ennis and Jason Pominville also had a goal and a helper, while Paul Gaustad added a marker for Buffalo, which recovered from a 5-2 loss to the Islanders on Friday and have won three of four overall.'
Archives for January 2011
Buffalo 5, NY Islanders 3
Third Time Is The Charm, Sabres Top Islanders 5-3
'Nathan Gerbe, Tyler Myers and Jason Pominville all scored in the third period to propel the Sabres to the victory.'
Monday's Portland Coverage
Mancari helps Pirates to a shootout win (Portland Press Herald)
Mancari strikes again for Pirates (Maine Hockey Journal)
So far, Sharks defining mediocre (Worcester Telegram and Gazette)
Sharks brass awaits players' healing (Worcester Telegram and Gazette)
Pirates Connect for Shootout Victory (PortlandPirates.com)
Sharks comeback, fall in shootout (SharksAHL.com)
Struggles telling for Myers
'"He's a little on the fragile side," coach Lindy Ruff acknowledged after Saturday's half-hour workout in the Northtown Center of Amherst. "That first goal started with the turnover, an area of the game we've talked about … He saw something that wasn't there and that's the part that he's struggling with right now."'
Reinforcements called up from Portland
'To fill in the gaps, the Sabres announced Saturday night they have called up Matt Ellis and Paul Byron from Portland.'
Finances too often dictate Sabres' roster moves
'Almost every move General Manager Darcy Regier has made since the lockout has been based on attrition, not competition, and money, not winning. The Sabres too often this year looked like they were going through the motions, much like Regier did last summer. Their awakening going into the all-star break could be too late.'
Sunday's New York Coverage
Buffalo (21-21-5) at New York (15-24-7) (AP)
Buffalo Sabres (21-21-5) at New York Islanders (15-24-7) (The Sports Network)
Sabres still seek first win against Isles (NHL.com)
Game Preview: Islanders vs. Sabres (NewYorkIslanders.com)
Sabres looking for better start
'"We didn't start well last night, we ended up with the highest amount of scoring chances we've had in a game but didn't convert," said Head Coach Lindy Ruff. "You can't work that hard in the last 40 minutes and not convert on those opportunities. If you don't convert on the opportunities, you're going to find yourself losing games again. It looked a lot like it did earlier in the year."'
Ellis and Byron recalled from Portland
'Currently in his second pro season, this is the first NHL recall of Byron's career. Byron (5'9", 170 lbs., 4/27/1989) is second on the Pirates in scoring with 31 points (14+17) in 43 games, including a team-leading seven PPG. The Ottawa, Ont.-native has 64 points (26+38) in 100 career AHL games with Portland. Byron was selected by the Sabres in the sixth round (179th overall) of the 2007 Entry Draft, after playing three years with Gatineau of the QMJHL.'
More Youth, Less Size
'It's not necessarily a bad thing to have small players on the team as recent NHL success has shown. Gerbe and Ennis, in my opinion, have been the Sabres best forwards for the past week or so. Daniel Briere, Pavel Datsyuk and Patrick Kane have all flourished in the past few years and none of them are more than 6 feet tall. The key is to surround these players with productive big men.'
Sunday's Portland Coverage
Mancari gives Pirates a boost (Portland Press Herald)
Mancari propels Pirates to victory; takes AHL lead in goals (Maine Hockey Journal)
P-Bruins overwhelmed by Portland's third-period burst (Providence Journal)
Pirates Continue Season Long Success Against Bruins (PortlandPirates.com)
P-Bruins fall to Pirates 5-2 (ProvidenceBruins.com)
Early slumber proves costly
'The Sabres haven't won three games in a row this season. With only two games left until the All-Star break, they won't do it until at least February. If they play like they did Friday, they won't do it at all.'
Hand injury sends Kaleta to an early exit
'X-rays revealed no new damage, so as long as Kaleta can deal with the pain he can play. It got to be too much as he didn't return for the second or third periods.'
Saturday's New York Coverage
Lawson injured in Islanders' win over Sabres (Newsday)
Isles' Jurcina placed on injured reserve (Newsday)
Islanders goalie Lawson injured (AP)
Islanders 5, Sabres 2 (NewYorkIslanders.com)
Photo gallery (NewYorkIslanders.com)
Photo gallery (Sabres.com)
Photo gallery (AP)
Photo gallery (Buffalo News)
Grabner scores 2 goals, Isles beat Sabres 5-2
'"I didn't like the start of the game, not at all," Ruff said, noting the Sabres were down 2-0 while being outshot 10-3 before the game was 11 minutes old. "I didn't like our first shift. It wasn't good enough."'


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The beginning of this century found Paris wrapped up
in an effervescent and buzzing atmosphere.
Parisians flocked to the Universal Exposition.
Women were also changing. They wanted
to go out and make new acquaintances. Literary salons
and literature circles were outmoded.
Jeanne Souchard succeeded in combining
the style of Parisian cafés and the delicacies of
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One of the most imposing ghosts of Detroit's east side is Dodge Main, the burly auto factory that once brooded over the border between Detroit and Hamtramck and whose emotional influence lingers more than twenty-five years after it was demolished. So central was Dodge Main to the industrial experience of Detroit's east-side neighborhoods that its name has become a kind of literary shorthand, an emotional touchstone, a talisman that conjures up all that it meant to be of the working class in Detroit in the Twentieth Century.
The factory's history spans just over seventy years. It began in 1909 when brothers John F. and Horace E. Dodge bought land in Hamtramck to build a factory where they would manufacture parts for sale to the Ford Motor Co. By June 1910, construction was under way and the Dodge brothers soon were turning out parts for Ford. But the relationship with Ford was not easy. John Dodge annoyed Henry Ford by driving a car built by competitor Packard. By late 1914, the Dodge brothers were using the Hamtramck plant to turn out their own brand of automobile (Pitrone 66). Production — and the factory — grew quickly. The factory had twenty acres of floor space in 1914, but by 1916, it had expanded to 72 acres (Pitrone 73).
The growth got a boost from the U.S. military in 1916, when Gen. John J. Pershing, and a young Lt. George S. Patton, used Dodge cars to chase "Pancho Villa and a raiding party across the border into Mexico." In that action, three Dodge cars led the first motorized attack by U.S. forces against an enemy, and the military was happy enough with the performance to buy 250 Dodges for the Mexican campaign (Pitrone 73). Dodges were also the first motorized vehicles to cross the Gobi Desert in Mongolia (Woutat and Walker-Tyson).
In 1924, four years after the Dodge brothers died, the Dodge company — along with the Hamtramck factory — was sold, first to a banking syndicate, and then, in 1928, to Walter P. Chrysler, for whom it became the cornerstone of his own landmark automotive company. But while the huge old factory was working its way into auto industry history, it was also shaping — and being shaped by — the diverse culture of the working class neighborhoods of Hamtramck and Detroit's east side.
Dodge Main provided jobs for thousands of Poles and other east European immigrants who had settled in Hamtramck and nearby neighborhoods in Detroit. As continuing immigration and population shifts within the city changed the ethnic and racial makeup of those neighborhoods, bringing more African Americans, Arabs, Ukrainians, and others into the area, these changes were reflected in the workforce at Dodge Main. Immigrants needed jobs, and Dodge Main had lots of them — 40,000 at the peak of production during World War II. It is no surprise, then, that Dodge Main became synonymous with work in Detroit. Eventually, however, as the U.S. auto industry declined in the 1970s, Dodge Main was closed, turning out its last car in 1979 and being demolished in 1981.
Over the next several years, controversy stormed around the site as the factory and much of the surrounding neighborhood were leveled to make way for General Motors to build its Poletown assembly plant.
Though few authors have focused their work closely on Dodge Main, a number have used its history to summon, in a few short words, an evocative image of working class people and their lives. Loren D. Estleman, for example, uses Dodge Main as a shorthand key to minor characters in two of his novels. Early in Jitterbug, a detective by the name of Zagreb arrives on the scene of a murder and has a brief conversation with a homicide inspector about the murdered woman and the surrounding circumstances:
Similarly, but in a more backhanded and sarcastic exchange, Estleman uses Dodge Main to delineate the personal history of an undercover police officer, named Paul Kubicek, who turns up at the scene of a triple shooting in an elite social setting. Again, two detectives are discussing his role:
Estleman also includes Dodge Main in a more broadly designed cultural reference later in Jitterbug when a couple goes out one evening during World War II to the Michigan Theater in Detroit. The audience breaks into applause when an "Arsenal of Democracy" feature includes images of the River Rouge Plant, Willow Run, and Dodge Main (160).
Dodge Main shows up briefly in another piece of fiction by Rayfield Waller as a way of exploring ethnic change in Detroit. In the first chapter of Winter, the main character, Lewis, is walking along Cass Avenue near Selden, reflecting on the changes he's seen along the street:
Even more than in fiction, however, Dodge Main has served poets as a powerful and concise image for conjuring up the blue collar world of Detroit's east side. In his ironically titled "Civic Pride," Dennis Teichman explores the accumulation of auto-related debris in his neighborhood. One neighbor's yard, he fantasizes, "should be featured/ as a special pullout section of 'Cosmo'/ magazine — Junkpile Trends." But then he reflects on the significance of the junk:
Philip Levine also uses Dodge Main to help with quick character descriptions on occasion. In his poem, "In A Grove Again," for example, Levine tells of standing in a grove of trees while it snows and describes his companion as "an underpaid Negro named / Eugene hired on seven years ago at Dodge Main "(Not This Pig 13). In "The Three Crows," from his 2000 collection, The Mercy, Levine makes another passing reference to the factory while writing about his great aunt Tsipie:
In these poems, Levine puts Dodge Main to only superficial use, for the resonance it carries in the history of working people in Detroit. The references are brief, though telling.
But Dodge Main is more intimately woven into two of Levine's other poems. "Saturday Sweeping," from his 1972 collection, They Feed The Lion, is a reflective poem that looks back on 1952, a time of war and economic struggle, from a vantage point twenty years later, in another period of war and economic struggle, then hones in sharply on the dilemma of working people, pressed on both sides by the harshness of the times:
In this context, Dodge Main becomes a symbol of the worker's struggle to survive economically and even physically. The image of workers crying in the snow as the plant gates close underscores the harshness and desolation they contend with.
Levine again uses Dodge Main to draw a broader picture of working class struggle and the poignant impact of war in "A Walk With Tom Jefferson," the title poem from a 1988 collection. This poem was written in the aftermath of the factory's demolition and the decay and devastation of the neighborhood is reflected in the poem's opening lines:
Equating Dodge Main with countries and states, Levine sets up the plant, and the neighborhood, as an almost independent entity. But it is a run-down nation of vacant lots that appears well on its way toward the third season.
Dodge Main arises again in the story of Tom Jefferson, Sr. and his garden. His son, Tom Jr. tended the garden when Tom Sr. went off to fight in World War II. Tom Jr. went to fight in Korea and was killed there. The narrative follows the life of Tom Sr. in the wake of his son's death, amid more snow imagery to accentuate the atmosphere of desolation, death, and decay:
The poem wonders at the depth of the loss, at the moving continuity of father handing off responsibility for the garden to his son and the son giving it back, at the unspoken grief shared by father and mother for their lost son. "That's Biblical," Tom Sr. says, and in the same way the poem takes from Dodge Main and gives back to it that Biblical sense of the human struggle to find strength and faith amid the sorrow and loss of life.
Stephen Jones teaches history at Central Michigan University and taught English for ten years at Detroit's Chadsey High School. He has taught history at Michigan State University and Wayne County Community College and English and history at Baker College in Clinton Township. He is co-author, with Eric Freedman, of African Americans in Congress: A Documentary History, published in 2007 by Congressional Quarterly Press. He received his B.A. in English, and his M.A. and PhD. in American Studies from Michigan State University. For more than twenty years he was a newspaper reporter and once covered the auto industry for the Associated Press.
Estleman, Loren D. Jitterbug. New York: Doherty, 1998.
---. Stress. New York: Mysterious, 1996.
Levine, Philip. New Selected Poems. New York: Knopf, 1991.
---. Not This Pig. Hanover, N.H.: Wesleyan UP, 1992.
---. The Mercy. New York: Knopf, 2000.
Pitrone, Jean Maddern. Tangled Web: Legacy of Auto Pioneer John F. Dodge. Hamtramck, MI: Avenue, 1989.
Teichman, Dennis. V8. Detroit: Past Tents, 1989.
Waller, Rayfield. "First Chapter of the Novel, Winter," in Nostalgia For The Present: An Anthology of Writings (From Detroit). Detroit: Post Aesthetic, 1985.
Woutat, Donald and Joyce Walker-Tyson. "Dodge Main Was Hamtramck's Life." Detroit Free Press 31 May 1979: 1A.
Photo Credit: The Virtual Motor City, Walter Reuther Library, Wayne State University.
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But if we're also including mmos that did come out and ended up being awful. LOCO is probably mine. That original cgi trailer got me so hyped up but man did they blow it big time with that game.
But if we're also including mmos that did come out and ended up being awful. LOCO is probably mine. That original cgi trailer got me so hyped up but man did they blow it big time with that game.
Not exactly a cancellation, cause it was released for a few years before it got closed, but I'm going with FFXIV 1.0. Back then it was funner, even though the gameplay was complete crap. The community was awesome, and they actually cared about your skills before equipment. Now it's just a generic mmo in FF style with people screaming for others with a high item level, even for dungeons that don't even need more then 50...
Did they release this ... feels like I played it
The game was released for Alpha, preparing for Open Beta, and all of a sudden no updates...
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[NA] Black Desert - Tsukito,
[Valkyrie] TBD
[Ranger] Hamaya
[Plum] TBD
it's not -technically- an mmo, but Spore looked so good before EA wrapped their slimy tentacles around it and strangled it into a freaking children s game to the point that the original game and vision might as well have been canceled out right. It's like asking for Donald and Goofy at your birthday party as a child and instead getting Dolan and Gooby...
Edit: I was more dissapointed by the final product of this than i was by Aliens: Colonial Marines -,-
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RIP the Dawngates : (
You can join my Minitroopers army!
Don't you dare quote me!
Don't you dare Rep me neither!
I don't want your petty influences upon my soul!
if you consider it as an MMO, the Flagship version of Mythos. it was an awesome experience beta testing for that game.
Ahh, I remember Fantastical Melody! I was soooo excited for this game. ;A;
Seems like Lime Odyssey's pretty much not gonna come out.
Concerto Gate was another one that was canceled here. Someone already spoke about it earlier in the thread but it's still sucks. I heard that Square Enix and Gamescampus couldn't come up to an agreement on something and so SE just said "We're taking the game back". But who knows the real story but them, yeah?
I'm still kinda bummed about True Fantasy Live Online.
Be careful of what you say, tomorrow or today, for the words you now speak, may become the poison your enemies later seek; truth.
"Rules do not exist to bind you, they exist so you may know your freedoms"
Frontier 1859 LINK<---
Frontier1859.com has been live on the web since 2002 and so far hardly anything to show for the time but a few menu concept pics.
I live in hope they finally make it.
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Umm, there's the MMO version of Kingdom or Amalur or something.
Many years back, like maybe 10yrs ? There was announcement about a sandbox MMO that looked kind of like Final Fantasy 8 but in a more cartoon-y style. Something Melody or Fantasy or Zero or something something T_T
I was kinda bummed when Altis gates got cancelled. I think the company that was bringing tiara concerto and Langrisser online went down too.
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I have been reading up on a new rifle by Mossberg. It is called the "MVP." It is a bolt action that comes in 308/7.62. It is available with either a 18.5 or 18 inch barrel. It has a trigger assembly that is similar to the Savage "Accu-Trigger." And, it uses DPMS/M14 10 and 20 round magazines as well as the standard 5 rounds. The MSRP for this rifle is $681.
This looks like a pretty good rifle for survivalists or others who desire such a gun. I wish I had the opportunity to test one. I think it would be a worthwhile addition to my "toys."


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MEDICAID EXPANSION: Republican Senators made it clear this week there will be no Medicaid expansion in Missouri this session. The Republican-led Senate voted down a Democratic attempt to insert $890 million of federal funds into Missouri's budget to expand Medicaid eligibility to an estimated 260,000 lower-income adults.
HOLLAND SWORN IN: New Wyandotte County Mayor Mark Holland was finally sworn into office this week. But there was a noticeable absence at the standing room only affair in the commission chambers.
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The Apple MacBook Air 11in (mid 2011) is clearly a machine for the well heeled, with a starting price of £850 and desirable configurations coming in over £1,000. Nonetheless, it is far from a frivolous purchase. Its styling and build are unrivalled, it has plenty enough performance for everyday computing, it'll at least half a working day on battery, and the improvements to MacOSX make it a lovely system to use. It does lack connectivity right out of the box (even eshewing the SD card slot of its 13in sibling) but, thanks to its ThunderBolt port, it can actually connect to just about anything you desire with the right adapter (once they become available). Many competitors are getting close but right now the Air is still flying high.
Ah, comment box, here it is.
What's so hard about plugging in a cheap mDP to HDMI adapter to use it on telly? Are you saying that this ability has been removed with Thunderbolt? If they got rid of the TB port and put HDMI on there, you'd still have to buy an adapter to get a VGA signal for business use, and you wouldn't have the expandability you now do Thunderbolt.
That point reads a bit like trying to find something to fault, to be honest.
Do agree there, however at this price the least Apple could do is to include a Thunderbolt to HDMI adapter, not that I expected them to however.
Found it hugely interesting how the Macbook has been discontinued, would have hoped for the Pro to drop a few hundred quid to differentiate itself from the Air, but alas I didn't really believe that it would.
The HD3000 graphics on the new Sandybridge chips is supposed to be much faster than previous Intel efforts (though not a patch on the new AMD llano chips). Starcraft is quite a CPU intensive game and seems to run well (looking at benchmarks) on low powered graphics as long as the CPU has some grunt. TF2 runs on pretty much anything doesn't it!
Still not for me, I like my Thinkpads.
I do specifically say that you can still get a lot done but it requires a bunch of dongles and cables, which some of us would rather not carry around. Besides, HDMI is such a standard both for AV and computer monitors that it would be the most useful connection. As to replacing the TB port, that wasn't what I was saying. They should have both. Nice though the slimness of the Air is, adding a couple of mm for the sake of markedly more connectivity would be far preferable. Has always been the case.
Gave it a quick test last night and it ran Portal fine, though trying to play some Counter-Strike: Source did highlight another issue with the Air - no Ethernet port - latency was so bad it wouldn't find any servers.
@Ed: dongles and cables
Well I suppose if you had a HDMI port you still need to carry a cable. I don't think I've bothered connecting a laptop to a TV for a very long time, but if it's something I did a lot I would just get a dongle and keep it with the HDMI cable. To me the thunderbolt idea makes it more flexible in the IO department, need HDMI get a dongle, need VGA get a Dongle, need more USB's get a dongle, need Floppy/DVD/CD/BlueRay get external devices. etc. etc., and it's possible without adding lots of pointless legacy IO ports.
And to top it all off, keeping the IO ports down to a minimum will most likely help with Power usage / Weight, and Driver's. So instead of having all these extra ports, the laptop could maybe use the space saved for a little bit more battery juice too.
One area I think is very lacking is the memory, 2 Gig is a bit of a joke. The entry should have at least 4 Gig and the next one up 8 Gig.
Sadly, as wonderful as it looks, I am unable to use it as I am one of the percentage of people who cannot bare LED backlighting. Painful eyeballs and blurred vision isn't something I found that I could live with so I had to return my previous MBP.
Soon absolutely everything will be LED backlit and I will be using a stone tablet and abacus.
Do you not see the irony in the line "need HDMI get a dongle, need VGA get a Dongle, need more USB's get a dongle, need Floppy/DVD/CD/BlueRay get external devices. etc. etc."?
And I'd agree on the battery point if they didn't make the device so thin and added in another layer of batteries, but they don't. The device lacks what it lacks because they've gone for form over function. I'm not saying it's horrible, horrible, horrible, but I suggest there is a very strong market for a device with this small footprint but with the thickness of a MB Pro and all the ports and battery life that system offers. It doesn't even have to be that extreme an example, just making the USBs USB3.0 would be a start...
I must admit I've never encountered this issue before. What aspect of it do you find problematic?
@Ed: Do you not see the irony in the line
It's called a MacBook Air, do you see the irony in your response. :)
But maybe my point was no put across very well, if I get a laptop, I might need X,Y & Z, but I could leave out A,B & C. Using dongles just means I'll get X,Y & Z. You on the other hand might need A,B & C, so not having them saves weight/battery etc. And yes, maybe it's form other function, if you want something with lots of IO ports sticking out then it's not for you.
The thing is legacy ports need to be pushed out, or we'd all be still using serial / parallel & Floppy disks etc.
I get your point about USB3.0 though.
If you genuinely don't see the irony then there's perhaps little point in continuing this discussion. Nevertheless...
To talk about 'it's called the Air' is such an over simplified way of looking at it. You can't assess a product purely within the context of what a manufacturer defines it as.
It's of no practical value to asses a product like the Air on how it performs as simply a really slim notebook - slimness is of little real world consequence beyond a certain point. That's like assessing a road legal Formula 1 car purely based on how fast it is.
What the Air actually is is simply an ultraportable notebook and in that context it is open to much wider criticism. For instance it could come up against devices like the old Sony TT, which in the same footprint and weight offered a CD drive and vastly more connectivity. It's not to say that the Air doesn't suit some people's needs but to gloss over the fact that it lacks fundamental connectivity simply with the excuse that it's thin is entirely missing the point.
And, seriously, HDMI and SD are legacy?! Come on now.
@Ed: And, seriously, HDMI and SD are legacy?! Come on now.
Yes, I'm not saying HDMI is not common. Please don't confuse the two, HDMI isn't exactly new it it?. Eg. Serial / Parallel were still very popular when USB appeared. And considering Thunderbolt can carry HDMI then, again yes again it's legacy.
Ed - google apple led eye strain/pain. There are quite a lot of users on the apple forum complaining of it. Some people notice the flickering of the LEDs and this causes painful eyes, dizziness, nausea and headaches. If I used my MBP for 15 minutes it felt like my eyeballs were burning. I have a similar experience with LED tvs too
As much as I loved my MBP, I had to return it. There is no finite solution for this problem sadly, now my only option is a mac mini. Absolutely loved my old MBP when at uni, its just so disappointing when I see the snappy new models and I can't have one. My bank account is better off though.
Legacy does not simply mean 'not the newest', it implies a level of redundancy and this simply isn't the case with HDMI. It is, and will remain for the forseeable future, the AV connection standard. As such it would be useful to have it on a laptop. And I once again point out that I'm not saying it should replace TB but merely that it should/would be preferable to be there.
Also, just on the point about carrying cables etc. Yes, to guarantee a connection you would need an HDMI cable with you always but there are many more occasions where friends/family/colleagues/associates/hotels are likely to have an HDMI cable than a TB port.
Just to clarify where I'm coming from. For my everyday use I'd require an SD card reader and an Ethernet adapter when on the move (and of course this is already assuming I've invested in some sort of TB hub for at home). Just about any other ultra portable laptop offers these. Admittedly I'm more of a power user but I once again cite that the MacBook Pro still has both of these so if it was such a principled decision based on deprecating old tech then why not remove them from that machine as well? Because it's about the thickness, which brings me back to my assertion that thinness is of limited benefit.
Quite surprised by the portal performance! I'm a samsung series 9 owner, which is also HD3000 graphics. I haven't tried anything as intensive as portal, mainly because it was TERRIBLE running minecraft, so i assumed anything 3d was really out of the question. I wonder if this is because minecraft is very poorly optimised because even badly optimised its trivial for most desktop hardware to run it. Have you tried mine craft on the air? Would you mind doing so as a point of comparison?
from wiki legacy-> A legacy system is an old method, technology, computer system, or application program that continues to be used, typically because it still functions for the users' needs, even though newer technology or more efficient methods of performing a task are now available.
Anyway, enough said, I'm not sure your getting were I'm coming from anyway. I'd just like a future were we have one frigging connection that does the LOT, were Dongles wound't even be required, as a standard IO port is all we would need. I thought when USB came out that would have been it, but unfortunately it's not keeping up pace, so Intel had jump in with the TB port. Things won't change though, as a prime example, people such as yourself moan about HDMI not be directly accessible, even though if it was important you could use a Dongle, but it appears there are a lot of people who have DonglePhobia.
Precisely! You're very definition emphasises my point. In the current climate, TB isn't practically a more efficient method of connecting your laptop to most of the rest of the technology in your life. It's new and largely unsupported.
And, please, don't cop out by suggesting I don't understand your point. And certainly don't go pointing fingers at me with regards holding back progress with my dongle phobia.
I totally agree that one single standard connection would be preferable but right now choosing to use only that connection when it is largely unsupported is an impractical move for most people.
I also cite the numerous counter arguments I've made against the Air's overall design, which you seem to have ignored. I reiterate; the Air is a product available to buy right now that is one option among many in the ultraportable laptop market and as such that's how we asses it. It's not a ticket to a bright new future, it's a computing tool.
> I totally agree that one single standard connection would be preferable
Well that's my whole point. Come on, what would be the most practical way of getting a one standard, by supporting legacy systems using a dongles seems logical to me. It's a bit like how large companies can move onto newer OS's with very little pain. Supporting legacy OS's nowadays it's done via Virtualization. So if you think about the Dongle basically been a way to virtualize the legacy connection.
The unfortunate truth about Human nature is, we don't like change. I see it every time we install a new computer system into our customers site. The users complain like crazy, even though the new system is going to make there life's easer in the long run, they hate the pain involved in the learning transition, it sometimes feels like we have to pull them away from there old system kicking and screaming, of course go back a few months later and they wonder how they ever managed using the old system. Here your hating the apparent pain that not having a dedicated HDMI socket brings you even though there is an alternative. So again, the unfortunate truth about human nature is that in a way, as users we need a push, or we don't progress (or progress slowly). Anyway, nothing is going to change, this is how we are, people are going to say they want a dedicated USB 3 & HDMI port even though with 1 single port they could have both + more. So manufactures are kind of forced into supplying these, rather then spending there R&D/money on future enhancements. So the unfortunate truth is, as users we actually hold back progress.
In a nutshell: Wouldn't it be nice, if we had 6 TB port's, well that's going to happen while manufactures have to make sure you get this IO port & that IO port as well. eg. Early M/B only had a few USB ports until Serial & Parallel was removed.
>I also cite the numerous counter arguments I've made against the Air's overall design, which you seem to have ignored.
If I've not commented on it, then doesn't it make sense I might not disagree?. My whole comment has been on the TB port, and on how using a Dongle really isn't the end of the world. If you want me to comment on everything you've said, them this thread might get very long. :)
The reason I mention the other counter arguments is that they're key to my point. You're complaining that I pick out some shortfalls in the Air yet you only cite the pure technological argument whereas I'm viewing the product as a whole. Can you not see that having to carry around three different dongles for Ethernet, SD card and HDMI (for instance) would be a real bind and until every Hotel you visit has TB networking in its rooms, until every TV has a TB port, until cameras start using TB cards, this is going to remain this way. Nothing wrong with bringing in innovations but not at the expense of current usability.
I'm not missing your point at all. I understand that having the dedicated ports makes your life a little easer. And yes, using dongles even I say isn't perfect/neat solution. But I also believe for progress to move faster, we as users need to accept a little pain. But like I pointed out in the other thread, I also understand this is something human nature is not very good at. btw. HDMI/SD/Ethernet ports do not just add a couple of mm.
And what's to stop them creating a single Dongle, that takes into account all of your needs. HDMI/SD/Ethernet/USB3 etc/etc all in one single Dongle. Maybe even a CD/DVD/BlueRay combo with HDMI/SD/Ethernet all included too.
btw. I'm not saying you shouldn't point out shortfalls of any device, as a reviewer that's your job. And yes to some people not having dedicated I/O ports would not be ideal, and in such cases this device is not for them. I just believe the importance of such I/O ports is sometimes overstated, eg. my current laptop I can't remember the last time I used the HDMI port on in, and for most users I bet this is the same.
I think the perspective of the review is slightly misleading. The Air is a device that is far more capable and powerful than your average netbook, but it's lacking when compared to a fully fledged machine - as Intel say, it's a new class of device finally vindicating their CULV platform, or nowadays as they claim an 'Ultrabook'.
Personally, I distinctly favour the Air over a netbook, and personally I really despise the tablet efforts to date. For power, there is a desktop, for portability therefore the choice is between a netbook and an ultrabook - the Air wins this, because it's cheap enough (pinch of salt given it's Apple) to use as a runabout device, and powerful enough that it won't infuriate when you need at least a small degree of power.
As far as the tirade on HDMI goes, it's a pointless argument. First, ThunderBolt is DisplayPort compatible and DisplayPort in turn is HDMI compatible. It's not such a big deal as you're making it out to be, and all Apple mobile devices need a dongle of some sort to connect to an external display, unless you're using their Cinema Displays. While those are appealing, money is better spent on buying another proper power rig for the desktop.
Compared to netbooks and tablets, the Air is a class leader. Compared to proper production rigs (be it a high-spec luggable or a desktop), then obviously it's anaemic. As a useful device in the line up, however, it's far more appealing and justifiable to the average user.
You seem to be forgetting about all the other ultraportable laptops out there. Admittedly few offer quite the level of thinness of the Air but there are a number of proper 11in laptops weighing under 1.5Kg that offer many of the things I'm citing.
I also take umbrage with the assertion that my mentionings of the connectivity shortfalls are a tirade or pointless. For one, I never actually make that big a deal out of it - I merely point out what it can and can't do. Moreover, it's not pointless. No argument for the viability of a dongle changes the fact that you still need one and that this is undesirable.
I must say this is not for me, I don't mind ultraportables as long as they put form and function at the same level!
There is one problem with this design, the USB's are on opposite sides of the machine, some HDD's and optical drives have a two headed USB cable and this makes it impossible to plug in.
Also it's fine to put a thunderbolt port on it but no one will jump on it straight away and stop using every other port, transitions take time! They need to add a thunderbolt and other ports like HDMI, VGA, Ethernet etc. Then eventually ultraportables will phase out the VGA etc in favor of more thunderbolt ports.
As far as I'm concerned Apple nailed it with these new Airs. I'd love to get an 11" model as I'm in need of a laptop to make notes on at uni that has enough welly but fit go un-noticed in my bag.
Sadly for Apple, the Lenovo x121e will do pretty much all I want at about half the price; it's not as sleek or fast and doesn't have a backlit keyboard, but the SD card reader, inbuilt VGA and half the price-tag will mean I'll have to wait on getting an Air until I'm in the right financial position to get away with it.
I was wondering why when listing the alternative 11 inch laptops you do not have the Lenovo X121e?
It's not as powerful as the Air and it is slightly heavier but it is a lot less than half the price. Is there a review coming of that machine?
As an aside - I bought the previous generation Air, despite not being an Apple fan, and even with the outdated internals it is still a joy to use in a way a PC just isn't.
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> Dear Tomas,
> thank You for Your function, but the zeros are "deleted"
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Yes, of course they are. That is because when you perform this example --
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There is no number "06." Numbers don't have leading zeros.
Maybe we are not understanding your question as you intend it.
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Wayne Law student wins national writing competition
Paul Stewart, a second-year student at Wayne State University Law School, has won the national 2013-14 Beveridge & Diamond Constitutional Environmental Law Writing Competition.
Stewart, an Ann Arbor resident, will receive a $2,000 award, a year's membership to the nonpartisan Environmental Law Institute based in Washington, D.C., and publication of his winning entry in The Environmental Law Reporter, the institute's flagship journal and a respected law review covering environmental and natural resource issues.
His winning entry, "The Overlooked Vulnerabilities of State-Level Greenhouse Gas Regulations Under Pike Balancing and Possibilities for Addressing Those Vulnerabilities," assesses the viability of state regulations on greenhouse gas emissions in the face of legal challenges under the Dormant Commerce Clause, a legal doctrine that prohibits states from passing laws that negatively impact interstate commerce.
"Pike balancing" – named for a 1970 Supreme Court decision in Pike v. Bruce Church Inc. – refers to a court using "the Pike test" to evaluate if a state regulation places more negative impact on interstate commerce than the regulation offers benefit to the state.
"(Stewart's) paper takes a fresh look at state energy regulations under the Pike test," said Jay Austin, director of the institute's Program on the Constitution, Courts and Legislation. "It presents a nuanced and thoughtful analysis of how states can defend their efforts to address climate change under the Dormant Commerce Clause."
The writing competition is organized by ELI's Program on the Constitution, Courts and Legislation and the National Association of Environmental Law Societies, judged by experienced attorneys and made possible through the support of environmental law firm Beveridge & Diamond P.C.
Stewart holds a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies from Michigan State University and has worked in Wayne Law's Transnational Environmental Law Clinic on a variety of issues, including researching legal issues involved with the storage of petroleum coke in open mounds near the Detroit River and residential areas. He recently was elected editor-in-chief of the 2014-15 Wayne Law Review editorial board.


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The ticket office will acquire tickets for all away football games. Tickets to away games cannot be purchased online. Please call the Robins Center Ticket Office at 1-877-SPIDER-1 during normal business hours.
2014 Away Game Prices
Virginia: $40 Liberty: $25
Albany: $12 Elon: $20
Maine: $10 William and Mary: $30
Men's and Women's Basketball
The ticket office will NOT acquire tickets for away basketball games. Tickets to away games cannot be purchased online at RichmondSpiders.com, but may be available through the opponents' website. To order tickets to away games, please call the opponents' ticket office to arrange game tickets.
Tickets to the A-10 Tournament will be available at the Robins Center Ticket Office at a later date.