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Thursday, July 8, 2010
Huawei E585 Unlocked!
38 comments:
- Zibri said...
In the picture above, a Huawei E585 with a T-Mobile SIM and roaming on a WIND (Italy) network :)
- July 8, 2010 at 10:32 AM
- unix-boy said...
Excellent news. Any idea how soon? (you knew that would be the first question ;) )
- July 8, 2010 at 10:53 AM
- Zibri said...
The program is ready. I am going to do some testing then releasing. A few days.
- July 8, 2010 at 1:24 PM
- Zibri said...
Here's another screenshot:
- July 8, 2010 at 1:26 PM
- Unknown said...
Fantastic news! Looking forward to it coming out! You will definatly have a donation from me!
Do you need any testers?
- July 8, 2010 at 1:45 PM
- hasanmh said...
is it ( the software ) works with the same method like E58xx ? or using new method ?
you are a very helpful guy keep it up bro
- July 8, 2010 at 1:45 PM
- Zibri said...
No, thanks. But I'm gonna need donations or this will sadly be my last donation-based program.
- July 8, 2010 at 3:03 PM
- Zibri said...
@hasanmh: no. Totally different method. If the previous method would have worked you would have been using the same unlock program :)
- July 8, 2010 at 3:04 PM
- Diptesh said...
Zibree! you are a genius "lad"!
- July 9, 2010 at 12:49 AM
- Unknown said...
Well, you will have my donation!
Do you think that you will ever do a blog post ( or series of blog posts) to detail the process you go through and how you come about these unlocks? Tools you use, technical details about what is happening etc? I would be really interested in knowing more but just don't know where to get started resource wise
- July 9, 2010 at 1:25 AM
- Anonymous said...
Awesome news, I will happly donate...
espeicaly if you do a telnet hack to :)
- July 9, 2010 at 7:18 AM
- Zibri said...
I'm working on the telnet hack right now.
Good news: telnetd is there.
Bad news: the previous enable hack does not work.
Good news:
I just dumped all the filesystem(s). 5 partitions this time.
Bad news:
the E585 hardware is EXACTLY the same of E5830.
Amoled display.
Only one button.
The E5830 is BETTER.
The firmwares should be compatible.
- July 9, 2010 at 8:38 AM
- Unknown said...
Ciao Zibri,
perché il e5830 é migliore del e585?
- July 9, 2010 at 11:14 AM
- Zibri said...
L'ho appena spiegato.
Perche' e' identico e ha 2 bottoni in piu' :)
- July 9, 2010 at 12:21 PM
- Unknown said...
Ma allora non si puó condividere in wifi la microsd come un nas?
Grazie in anticipo per la risposta.
Complimenti per il tuo lavoro
- July 9, 2010 at 1:07 PM
- Zibri said...
Si' ha un'interfaccia web dove puoi mettere in upload file e scaricarli.. una cosa rozza ma efficace.
- July 9, 2010 at 5:30 PM
- Zibri said...
Update: beta testing is going well.. a few minor glitches but the unlock program definetely works.
This time the program will have a prtection scheme, a serial number.
So you will have to donate first, then get your unique serial number from me.
Stay tuned.
If you are interested in a professional version (unlimited unlocks) write me an email.
- July 9, 2010 at 5:48 PM
- Unknown said...
personalmente penso che sia piu sicuro il tuo pregrammino, ma volevo avere la tua opinione se possibile.
- July 9, 2010 at 7:57 PM
- Unknown said...
hey, love the work,was a big fan of the 5830 unlock, just been reading up on how you are going with this 585 project, love it!, i had been a user of the 5830 and it was a awesome lil device, sadly now it is no longer here but i do have a 585 to try it out on! if you need a few more units to test it out on let me know and ill see what i can do! have you got a email that i can contact you at? i have a few questions, thanks ash
- July 10, 2010 at 12:37 AM
- Zibri said...
Il mio programma trova ed inserisce in automatico il codice di sblocco corretto. E' sicuro al 100%.
- July 13, 2010 at 4:56 PM
- nick8718 said...
hi. having real problems. unlocked it fine but i can't a: get the password to be recognised to connect to it (even after a hard reset) - it just comes up with a connection timeout and b: i need to get on the profile manager but it won't allow me to do that either (apple mac a problem here?). Profile Manager seems way too flaky to really work. any ideas? many thanks, Nick
- July 21, 2010 at 8:48 AM
- Zibri said...
Sorry, I don't know. This isn't a huawei support line, you know :)
Probably you have to configure APN using the webserver embedded in the e585.
- July 21, 2010 at 8:50 AM
- nick8718 said...
i know.. sorry! interesting thing though.. just found that safari has a problem getting access to the 3.home page... i needed to use Chrome as a browser. I'll let you know if i get anywhere with the rest of it. thanks again for everything
- July 21, 2010 at 8:56 AM
- Justin Moors said...
setup nice and easy - worked a treat, thanks Zibri
- July 25, 2010 at 8:15 AM
- DGWB said...
Thanks I have unlocked mine and inserted a vodafone sim in the UK. It shows voda UK in the screen but does not connect to the internet. Probably not your problem zibri but help would be appreciated. Thanks.
- August 5, 2010 at 10:34 AM
- Zibri said...
You must setup a new profile with your provider settings. Do that from the web interface.
- August 5, 2010 at 11:06 AM
- Unknown said...
Worked great for me - have it working with 3, o2 and T-Mobile without changing settings, not properly tried my Vodafone sim yet...
- August 6, 2010 at 12:59 PM
- Unknown said...
Just unlocked my 585, now when I put my T-Mobile sim in, it comes up with some random numbers in the display rather than displaying the operator.
- August 7, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- Crackerwax said...
Fantastic, unlocked in seconds.
Make sure you run it as Administrator in Windows 7 though, that stumped me for a bit.
- August 8, 2010 at 2:36 PM
- Unknown said...
hi, i unlocked through your software, i cannot get access through a o2-uk sim, it keeps saying connecting-->disconnected. however t-mobile sim is well working.
do you have any advice to fix this problem?
- September 19, 2010 at 6:37 AM
- Zibri said...
That's normal and it's not a "problem" :)
You need tosetup a profile for the new provider.
Access the web interface and login with "Admin" as password.
- September 19, 2010 at 6:41 AM
- Unknown said...
hi i have unlocked my huawei e585 using your software. i also set up a new profile for my provider, and the display shows the provider's name. however, i cannot connect to the internet via wifi. what should i do?
- October 26, 2010 at 10:10 AM
- Zibri said...
Learn to use it.
- October 26, 2010 at 11:26 AM
- Denis said...
Does the UK unlock for the E585 work for the Irish 3 model?
- December 15, 2010 at 9:30 AM
- Zibri said...
Honestly I've never seen one. But I can bet that one of my 3 unluckier will work.
Do this. Buy the v4 unluckier and try it... If it says connect card, download the v2 unluckier and use the same code.
If they both fail then drop me an email and I will solve this with you.
- December 15, 2010 at 10:57 PM
- Vandeplas said...
Hi, I don't need to unlock my e585 (because it's simlock free) But I want to add a SMS-API to the device.. Do you have any leads on how tot telnet into the device or get a serial connection (perhaps trough usb...) or anything useful so I can access the web interface source.. Thanx in advance!
- September 28, 2011 at 5:24 AM
- Zibri said...
I'm half-way to there... I can read it's filesystem but I can't write it. (So the answer for now is NO)
- September 28, 2011 at 5:40 AM
- The Curious Tinkerer said...
Just for info, as this blog post comes up near the top of a google search for using the E585 on Wind in Italy, I was having the same problems as people above. Zibri's answer about setting up a profile gave me the clue I needed but for less technical people, you need to log on to the device via the web interface by going to 3.home and logging in with a password of Admin (case sensitive). In advanced settings, Connection Settings, Profile Settings, you need to change APN to Static. Your mobile provider should be able to give you the APN value that you then need to enter but in the case of WIND it's simply "internet.wind" .
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No seatbelt law equals no grant for Kansas
March 26, 2009
The state of Kansas is in danger of losing out on an $11.2 million grant if it doesn't pass a primary seatbelt law soon.
The grant is through the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, which former president George W. Bush signed in 2005 and which will expire this year. To receive the grant, states must pass a primary seatbelt law for all ages by June 30.
The state of Kansas has a primary enforcement law for those under the age of 18 but a secondary law for anyone over 18. This means that police officers can't pull somebody older than 18 over simply for not wearing a seatbelt. Senate bill 59, which would enforce a primary seatbelt law for all ages, was passed by the Senate in February, but secretary of KDOT Deb Miller said that, to date, it had failed to even be considered by the House Transportation Committee. She said this was bad news for the bill moving forward.
"If it isn't heard in the House, it's not going to move forward through the House," Miller said. "We would have to find some other way (to get the bill passed)."
Passing the bill wouldn't only result in the $11.2 million grant, which could be used in part on highway construction projects. It would also garner a $465,000 annual appropriation for the state of Kansas. But Miller said this appropriation and the grant money weren't the sole reasons KDOT was pushing so hard to get Bill 59 passed.
"Our interest isn't to get a one-time grant of $11.2 million," Miller said. "Our interest here is in saving lives."
She added that, with all the money KDOT puts into construction projects, she couldn't see the logic behind not passing a free bill that is guaranteed to save lives.
"We get asked all the time to make highway improvements, and it costs us millions of dollars to the make the improvement that may save a life or prevent a disabling accident," Miller said. "It doesn't cost a dime to pass a seatbelt law which we know will save lives. I can't see a single reason to not move forward with this legislation at this time."
Kansas is one of 23 states in the Union that hasn't passed such a bill. Miller said that if these states didn't pass a primary seatbelt law by the cutoff date, the grant money would be distributed between those states that did.
"It's going to go to some states, but if we don't pass (the bill), it's not going to come to us," Miller said.
Bonner Springs chief of police John Haley, who supports having a primary seatbelt law, said it would be a mistake for the state of Kansas to pass up such an opportunity.
"It doesn't make sense to not pass a primary law if it means missing out on $11 million in grant funding statewide," Haley said.
tryandkeepup 11 years, 3 months ago
The Kansas House hasn't taken the time to consider a lifesaving bill that could net our state $11.2 million? Money being given to the 27 other states with these seatbelt laws on the books?
But they have made time to recommend cuts in education spending for every child in the state of Kansas.
Talk about using their time and our money wisely!?
The Kansas Dept. of Transportation is supporting this, the Kansas Senate passed this bill in February and the Kansas House Committee on Transportation has failed to even consider it.
Contact your state representative and urge, no demand, that action be taken on this matter.
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Now I get a email, for which I havn't been able to find the solution I need.
The email I have to answer brings within the body after a first
"E-Mail: " my mail address
and only after the 2nd E-Mail: comes the mail address needed.
Thats why my old solution (see below) doesn't work:
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set #ll -1
LocateLine #ll "E-Mail: " $b
if #ll > -1 then ADR
goto DGP
GetLine $t #ll $b
ChopString $t 1 8
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What I would need is somthing like
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Uma Thurman confirmed to PEOPLE yesterday that she's expecting a child with boyfriend Arpad Busson, nickname Arki. Busson has two children with Elle Macpherson. Uma has two too with Ethan Hawke.
Who is Busson?
He's MEGA rich. He's worth almost half a billion dollars. He's also a philanthropist. His charity recently announced a partnership with Prince William's. I'm just saying he's super connected. Uma lives well with him. With her older children growing more independent, it was a jetset, exclusive, indulgent lifestyle. Now, at 41, Uma's going back to babies.
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Wynalda, a Mennonite family found from the 17th century in the Dutch province of Friesland. There were a number of Mennonite preachers by this name: Eilert and his son Yde Wynalda were untrained preachers at Surhuisterveen from 1750 and 1772 respectively, both of whom died in 1801-2. Tjebbe Wynalda, d. ca. 1797 at Pingjum, was a lay preacher of the Witmarsum congregation 1750-1794. Jan Evertsz Wynalda, educated at the Zonist seminary, served at Enkhuizen 1785-1786 and Blokzijl 1786-d. 1795.
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Haddock & spinach cheese melt
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Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Pile the spinach into a large pan over a medium heat, turning it over and over until wilted. Remove from the heat and drain off the excess liquid.
Mix spinach with the soft cheese, then place in the bottom of a small baking dish and sit haddock pieces on top. Lay sliced tomatoes on top of the fish and sprinkle with the Parmesan. Bake for 15-20 mins (depending on thickness of the haddock), or until the fish flakes easily.


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Always unplug the refrigerator before you make any repairs.
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Instead of looking up "refrigerator service near me" use this guide to fix your refrigerator yourself. When an icemaker stops working or produces only tiny cubes, it's usually because the water supply is partially or completely blocked. To find and fix the blockage, check out the three common trouble spots.
Remove the screws that hold the icemaker in place. Unplug the wiring harness and remove the icemaker to expose the water inlet tube.
Melt the ice in the water inlet tube with a hair dryer. Don't stop until water stops dripping from the tube.
Turn the saddle valve clockwise to unblock it. Firmly tighten it to clear mineral deposits from the pinhole. Then reopen the valve.
FIRST, check the water inlet tube for ice (Photos 1 and 2). The tube that supplies water to your icemaker can get plugged with ice when the water pressure is low. The trickling water freezes and plugs the tube before it reaches the icemaker.
SECOND, unblock the saddle valve (Photos 3 and 4). Most icemakers are connected to the household water supply by a "saddle" valve. One problem with saddle valves is that the needle hole in the pipe can clog. Fortunately, that blockage is easy to clear once you locate the saddle valve (Photo 3). If you have an unfinished basement, you'll probably find a tube beneath the fridge that leads to the valve. Otherwise, look under your kitchen sink.
THIRD, replace the water inlet valve (Photo 5). At the back of your fridge, there's a small electric "inlet valve" that turns the water supply to the icemaker on and off. Before you replace the valve, make sure water is flowing to it: Turn off the water at the saddle valve (Photo 3) and disconnect the supply tube from the inlet valve (see Photo 5). Hold the tube over a bucket and have a helper turn on the saddle valve. If water flows out of the tube, the water supply is fine and chances are the inlet valve is bad. See "Finding Fridge Parts" for help finding a new valve. When the job is done, turn the water back on and check for leaks before you push the fridge back into place.
Always unplug the refrigerator before you make any repairs.
The water supply lines that serve icemakers or water dispensers can leak and make pools under the fridge. But a fridge without these features can create water problems too. Every fridge produces water in the form of condensation and melting ice. When the system that deals with this water fails, you can end up with puddles inside and outside of the fridge.
Adjust the fridge so it's level from side to side and tilted backward. Stack quarters near the back and set a 2-ft. level on them. When the bubble shows level, the tilt is correct.
Pull off the front cover grille to level or tilt the fridge. Turn adjustment screws to raise or lower the front corners of the fridge.
Remove the screws that hold the back cover panel in place. On some models, you have to pry out plastic screw covers with a putty knife to expose the screws for freezer repair.
FIRST, check the water supply line (Photo 6). If your fridge has an icemaker or water dispenser, pull out the fridge and look for a leak. If there's a leak at the inlet valve (Photo 5), tighten the compression nuts. If the plastic or copper tube is leaking, replace it. Tubing is usually connected to the saddle valve (Photo 3) and inlet valve (Photo 5) with screw on compression fittings.
SECOND, level the fridge (Photos 7 and 8). Water drains into a pan under the fridge where it evaporates. If your fridge is badly tilted, water can spill out of the pan. Leveling the fridge solves this problem (Photo 7).
THIRD, clear the drain tube (Photos 9 and 10). If the drain tube in the freezer gets plugged, water leaks into the compartment below or onto the floor. To unplug it, first remove the cover panel (Photo 9). In some models, you have to unscrew the floor panel too. Use a hair dryer to melt any ice buildup. Sop away the melt water with a sponge. Then clean up around the drain hole. Blow air through the tube to clear it. Any tube that fits tightly into the hole will work. You can also use a tire pump or air compressor (turn the pressure down to 30 psi).
There are lots of malfunctions that can take the chill out of your fridge. One common cause of suddenly soft ice cream or warm juice is a simple loss of electricity. If the light doesn't come on when you open the fridge door, make sure the fridge is plugged in and check the breaker panel. If the fridge runs but doesn't get cold enough, chances are one of the following fixes will restore the chill.
Adjust the temperature control dial. Also make sure the vents inside the fridge or freezer compartment aren't blocked by containers.
Clean the coils so air can flow through them. Pull dust and fur balls from beneath and between coils with a long brush.
FIRST, check the thermostat and vents (Photo 11). The temperature control dial inside the fridge is sometimes irresistible to curious kids. Make sure it hasn't been turned way down. Also make sure the vents in the fridge and freezer compartment aren't blocked by food containers—these vents supply the flow of frigid air.
SECOND, clean the coils (Photo 12). In order for your fridge to create a chill, air has to flow freely through the condenser coils. On most older refrigerators, these coils are on the backside. Cereal boxes on top of the fridge or grocery bags stuffed behind it can reduce the needed airflow. Most newer refrigerators have coils underneath, where they can get blocked by trash and plugged with dust. Even if your fridge is working fine, you should pull off the front grille and clean the coils every year for efficient operation; do it every six months if you have shedding pets. Long brushes are available at appliance stores for $8.
THIRD, free up the condenser fan (Photo 13). Coils on the back of a fridge create their own airflow as they heat up. Models with coils underneath have a fan to push air through them. Dust buildup can slow the fan; wads of paper or other trash can stop it altogether.
If your refrigerator isn't keeping food cold, the cause could be a burned circuit board or a sticking circuit board relay. Before calling for repair service, try this trick. Unplug the fridge and roll it out. Remove any metal cover plates or cardboard access panels on the back and look for a circuit board. Examine the board for burn marks. If you see any, replace it as shown in Photo 2. Move the press-on connectors to the new board one at a time. Press each connector onto the header pins until it's firmly seated.
If the board looks good, locate the largest relay on the board (look for the largest rectangular plastic box). Then plug in the fridge (don't touch any wires!). Tap lightly on the compressor relay to rattle the electrical contacts inside. If the fridge starts, you need a new circuit board.
If there are no burn marks and the tapping doesn't work, or the compressor makes a humming or clicking sound and then shuts off, the problem may be a relay located on the compressor itself. To learn how to do that fix, see refrigerator compressor repair.
Refrigerator noise comes from either the compressor under the fridge, the condenser fan motor under the fridge, or the evaporator fan motor inside the freezer. Open the freezer door while the fridge is running. If the noise doesn't get louder when you open the freezer, pull out the fridge. Most refrigerators have a condenser fan motor (Photo 13). Unscrew the back cover and listen—you'll be able to tell whether the noise is coming from the fan or the compressor. The best cure for a loud compressor is usually a new fridge. To replace the fan motor, remove its mounting screws, unplug it and install the new one.
Unscrew the fan from the rear wall of the freezer and unplug the wires. With some models, you'll need a socket set or nut driver to remove the fan.
If the sound gets louder when you open the freezer, the evaporator fan motor is the noisy culprit. This refrigerator motor is easy to replace. Your fan may not look exactly like the fan we show here, but the basic steps are the same (Photos 14 and 15). Start by unscrewing the back cover panel in the freezer compartment (Photo 9). To install the new fan, just reverse your steps.
Nine times out of ten, you can pull out a fridge without any damage to the floor. But a sideways skid or a grain of sand caught under a wheel can scar any floor—I even managed to scratch the ceramic tile in my kitchen. At the very least, lay down a cardboard runway before dragging out your fridge. For the ultimate floor protection, use 1/8-in. hardboard (at home centers). A pair of shims create a ramp for easier pulling.
Have the necessary tools for this DIY project lined up before you start—you'll save time and frustration.


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- Kids didn't ask to play it.
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Julie Nester, Gallery MAR and Park City Fine Art plan exhibits during film fest
When the Sundance Film Festival comes to Park City, many of the local art galleries rent out their spaces and either leave town or enjoy a 10-day staycation.
A few, however, choose to remain open and embrace the festivities with extra events or exhibits of their own.
Some of these galleries —the Julie Nester Gallery, Gallery MAR and Park City Fine Art — are located in town or closer to town, while others such as McMillen Fine Art Photography and Don Hoffman Fine Art (see accompanying story titled "Galleries at Redstone have plans for film-festival week") are located a few miles away from old town Park City.
Julie Nester Gallery, 1280 Iron Horse Dr.
The Julie Nester Gallery will show some original paintings and sketches by Robert De Niro, Sr., who is the subject of Perri Peltz and Geeta Gandbhir's short film "Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.," which will premiere during the Sundance Film Festival.
Edward DeLuca, director of the DC Moore Gallery in New York said the exhibit came about because of the film.
"Mr. De Niro's estate, his son Bob (Robert) thought it would be terrific to have an exhibition of the works when the film premiered," DeLuca told The Park Record. "We thought it would be nice for people who were interested in seeing some of Mr. De Niro's paintings in person after they saw the film."
The DC Moore Gallery also helped provide information and images of Robert De Niro, Sr., to the filmmakers.
"We wanted to show concise, but beautiful and important, De Niro paintings from the 1960s through the 1990s," DeLuca explained. "Several of the works in the exhibit are in the film. So there is a parallel so people could get a good sense of the expressionistic quality of his work and the beautiful way he would use color."
De Niro studied early on with Hans Hofmann and was influenced by abstract and expressionistic artists, DeLuca said.
"When you see the paintings firsthand, the colors are rich, vibrant and very saturated," he said. "Hans Hofmann dealt a lot in colors and color theory, so De Niro was influenced by that train of thought."
In addition, viewers can see how De Niro engaged himself in the act of painting and the subject matter at the same time.
"You see a lot of brushwork in the paintings," DeLuca said. "You can see he was totally committed to what is in front of him and the pure pleasure and abandonment of that experience."
The exhibit will open Thursday, Jan. 16, and run through Jan. 26.
For more information, visit http://www.julienestergallery.com . For more information about the film "Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.," visit http://www.sundance.org/festival.
Gallery MAR, 436 Main St.
Amy Ringholz, who is known for her ink and paint works of Western animals created a new exhibit called "Wonderland" specifically for film festival week.
The artist, who calls Jackson Hole, Wyo., her home, has been represented by Gallery MAR for six years.
The idea for "Wonderland" came from her fascination with author Lewis Carroll's classic "Alice in Wonderland" and the idea of walking in a Winter Wonderland.
"There will be 20 works that will be in the show, and there are a few more rabbits in this one, because of the Wonderland theme," Ringholz said. "There are also some wolves that will be a featured piece and a Cheshire Cat bobcat."
The artist's trademark are her subjects' eyes, which she uses to draw viewers into the paintings.
"The most three-dimensional part of the works are the eyes and when I get to them, I know I need to humanize the animals," she said. "So they actually become the heart of the piece."
Ringholz recently began using spray paint to highlight her works.
"I use ink and oil and wanted to find a third friend to these mixed media and wanted to find something that would make them more urban, and, duh, [I thought of] spray paint," she said laughing. "The quick motion of the spray can mimics my ink lines, and I can get something down quickly and powerfully."
In addition to her paintings, the opening reception, which is free and open to the public, will be on Friday, Jan. 17, and will feature an interactive element.
"Having a show during Sundance is extra exciting, and there is a lot of energy in the town," Ringholz said. "So to pull off an art show during that time, I know I have to take things a bit further."
Those who come see the art will have the opportunity to don some rabbit ears, Mad Hatter hats, bows and crowns.
"They become a part of the show in a way," Ringholz said.
For more information, visit http://www.gallerymar.com.
Park City Fine Art, 577 Main St.
Many who are fans of film are familiar with the white Hollywood sign that oversees West Hollywood and Santa Monica Blvd.
Park City Fine Art will have bits and pieces of the original sign, which was erected in 1923 as a marketing device for a company called Hollywoodland, on display throughout film festival week.
"The first sign that was taken down in 1978 and put into storage," said Colby Larsen, owner of Park City Fine Art. "The contractor looked for someone who could take the sign and do something with it."
Enter internationally renowned artist Bill Mack.
"Bill ended up buying the original sign and disassembled it," Larsen said. "He took the panels and put them through a press to flatten them and then coated them to preserve the white paint."
Then Mack, who is restoring the sign's original H, began painting celebrity portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and other silver-screen icons on top of the coating.
"Bill won't paint the same image twice, so these are the ultimate limited edition," Larsen said. "We'll have eight of the recent paintings at Park City Fine Art, and we'll also have a piece there that people will be able to hold."
The actual letters of the Hollywood sign are 40 feet tall, so Mack will possibly be able to paint 100 portrait panels from the whole sign, Larsen said.
The gallery will be open until 2 a.m. every day during film-festival week beginning Friday, Jan. 17.
"After the festival ends, we will display these works until Feb. 1," he said. "We think it's cool to have these works here that represent Hollywood during the Sundance Film Festival."
Unfortunately, Mack will not be able to make it to Park City this year, though one of his representatives will be at the gallery.
In addition, Park City Fine Art will welcome contemporary painter Henry Asencio on Friday, Jan. 17, and Saturday, Jan. 18, from 1 p.m. until 9 p.m.
Asencio is an award-winning artist who is "more concerned with creating a mood and pushing the aesthetic rather than achieving a true likeness as the ultimate end," according to his mission statement.
He graduated with honors from the San Francisco Art Academy in 1999. He was a chosen finalist in an Artist's Magazine competition that same year, again for his work in portraiture.
"We are pleased to be able to present two unique events to Park City during this special time," Larsen said.
For more information, visit http://www.parkcityfineart.com.
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Welcome to one of Ireland's quintessential wow moments: the monastic ruins of Clonmacnoise
Sure, you can get to Clonmacnoise by road. But for a real story to take home, the Early Christian site is best encountered by boat.
Easing along the River Shannon from Athlone, the mighty channel gently drags you from modern Ireland into the lush fields of Westmeath, until you round a bend and land right in the middle of the 6th century.
Dating from 545AD, the extensive remains of a cathedral, round tower, high crosses and no fewer than seven churches belie their boggy remoteness. Truth be told, Clonmacnoise was once a leading centre of religion and learning in Europe.
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Established by St Ciarán Mac a tSaor ("son of the carpenter"), Clonmacnoise was situated at the intersection of the River Shannon and Ireland's major east-west road at the time, a strategic location that proved crucial to its growth.
By the 9th century, it was Ireland's most famous monastery along with Clonard, and was visited by scholars from all over Europe. Between the 9th and 11th centuries, it even became a burial site for the High Kings of Tara.
From the 9th century onwards, Clonmacnoise's early wooden structures began to be replaced with more durable stone buildings. Today's imposing ruins, many of which have undergone comprehensive conservation work, reflect the hive of activity that once bustled about the place – an impressive 1,500 to 2,000 people lived and worked here during the 11th century.
Walking around the lichen-spotted ruins today, it's easy to imagine the scurry of monks, the scrape and scribble of artists producing everything from manuscripts to works in stone and metal. One of the most impressive artworks is the ornate Bishop's Crozier now on display in the National Museum of Ireland…
Such was Clonmacnoise's importance to the island's Christian heritage, it's said that St Ciarán returned here centuries after his death to smite a would-be raider with the golden staff.
Three stars of Clonmacnoise are its splendid high crosses, now protected from the vagaries of Irish weather in the site's excellent Interpretive Centre (convincing replicas stand in their original locations). The most famous is the four-metre Cross of the Scriptures, whose sandstone is skilfully carved with intricate figures on all four sides.
It wasn't until the 12th century, over 500 years after its origins, that Clonmacnoise began to decline – due to an influx of competing religious orders from the continent and the growth of Athlone as a town to the north.
But Pope John Paul II certainly thought enough of Clonmacnoise to include it in his famous visit to Ireland in 1979. And its historical significance and popularity with visitors endures almost 1,500 years later.
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|so this super old shotgun dad got from his uncle hadn't been shot in forever and was using shells just as old. it kicks so hard and really hurts.
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Spicer Places Fourth at Big Blue Invitational
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Natalie Spicer shot a career and team season low on Monday at the Big Blue Invitational. Spicer placed fourth in a field of 23 as she posted a 5-over, 77 on the par-72, 5,853 yard, Hermitage Golf Course. The 77 is the lowest score by a Tiger since 2011.
Spicer carded 11 pars, the second highest amount of the tournament, leading to a 1-over on the back nine. The freshman drained a 10-foot putt on the par-5, 8th, for birdie. Spicer finished the round hitting13-of-14 fairways, five greens, eight up-and-downs and 27 putts.
Miriam Parker claimed individual honors with a 1-over, 73, as she guided Lipscomb to the team title with a 28-over, 316. The Tigers finished fourth with a 40-over, 328, and missed out of third by two strokes. TSU led all teams in par-3 scoring as they shot a 7-over.
Erica Edwards recorded the second best scoring on the four par-3's by shooting even. Spicer and Laura Bremer each shot 1-over, while Kelly Merkel and Amelia Dap each shot 2-over.
Only three players knocked down more birdies (3) than Edwards, who posted two birdies, to go along with eight pars on her way to a 9-over, 81. The freshman went 1-under on a pair of tap in putts, the par-4, 10th, and the par-4, 15th, both. On the day, Edwards hit 11-of-14 fairways, reached eight greens in regulation and used 31 putts.
Merkel followed Edwards on the scoreboard with an 11-over, 83, by picking up nine pars. Merkel averaged two putts per hole and tallied nine fairways and seven greens in regulation.
Sarah Needleman shot an 87 to post the final countable score for the Tigers. The sophomore found success on the par-5's shooting 3-over on the four holes. Needleman was able to find seven greens and hit 10-of-14 fairways.
Bremer hit 37 putts, eight fairways and three greens on her way to posting a non-counting 88.
After a pair of bogey's to open play, Dap pared the next five holes. The red-shirt sophomore highlighted the run on the par-3, 5th, as she hit a hybrid into the wind from 180 out to set up a two-putt for par.
The Tigers are back in action on Mar. 31-Apr. 1 at the Western Kentucky Intercollegiate. Day one will consist of 36-holes and will be followed by the final round of 18 on day two. The trip to Bowling Green, Ky., will be the final event before the Ohio Valley Conference Championships.


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TALLAHASSEE - Did you hear about the giant Lego man that washed up on Siesta Key beach? What about the man who walked into a bar, ordered a beer and disappeared for 30 minutes to rob a bank, only to return and finish his drink? Or how about the puzzling story of the baby grand piano that showed up on a sandbar near Miami?
That's Florida, where weird is an everyday event.
Over the past year, a 92-year-old woman fired four shots at a neighbor who refused to kiss her, a Delray Beach man cut off a piece of a dead whale that washed ashore - planning to eat it - and an 8-year-old girl gave her teacher some marijuana and said: "This is some of my mom's weed."
The piano was a mystery for about a month. On Jan. 1, 2011, the charred instrument showed up on a Biscayne Bay sandbar, a couple hundred yards from shore. A 16-year-old student eventually admitted he put it there as part of an art project. A day after it was removed, someone set up a table with two chairs, place settings and a bottle of wine.
It's still not clear how the 100-pound, 8-foot-tall Lego man washed ashore. The local tourism bureau hoped to use Lego man to promote the area, but the man who found it has placed a claim on it. He can keep it if the owner doesn't collect it before early next year. As for the bar-bank robber, he was arrested at his watering hole, not too long after the holdup.
Author Tim Dorsey, whose novels include Florida strangeness both real and fantasy, said the state is an odd place because of its diverse, highly transient population.
"There's pockets of strangeness all over the country, but here it's a baseline lifestyle. There, it's the aberration. There, it's the tail end of the bell curve. Here, it's the peak of the bell curve," Dorsey said.
It's probably why Lego man received more media attention than the $1.25 million worth of cocaine that washed up on a beach south of Port Canaveral in September and the $2.2 million in cocaine that washed up on a Fort Pierce beach the next month. There are a lot of odd drug stories in Florida.
Like the Boynton Beach Police Department's 2010 "Officer of the Year" who was accused of selling drugs in 2011. Or the marijuana found growing on the property of Oak Hill's 84-year-old mayor.
There were also several younger Floridians that contributed to this year's odd news.
In Palm Beach County, an elementary school teacher opened an end-of-the-year gift from an 8-year-old student's grandmother - and found toiletries and a loaded handgun. A Tampa woman upset with her 15-year-old son's bad grades forced him to stand on a street corner with a sign that read: "Honk if I need an education."
A 15-year-old Florida Keys girl who is a big fan of the "Twilight" books and movies was afraid that her mother would get upset by the bite marks her boyfriend gave her after they acted out her vampire fantasy. She made up a story about being attacked; doubtful investigators got her to tell the truth.
Deputies arrested an 18-month-old's father after they found the man passed out in his mobile home while the toddler was in the yard picking up beer cans and drinking from them.
Pasco County deputies said a woman walked into a bank with a 3-year-old boy and robbed it. A homeless man held up a Tampa bank, fled on a city bus and handed out stolen cash to passengers. Police say a man robbed a Gainesville credit union then began throwing money from his car as he fled on Interstate 75.
And while he didn't rob it, an unhappy Palm Coast bank customer left quite a deposit. He urinated in a drive-through bank tube and drove off.
Animals always account for a fair share of odd news. At the Miami airport, a Brazilian trying to get through security was caught with several baby pythons and tortoise hatchlings in his underwear. A woman found a 7-foot alligator in her bathroom, and a man stored his dead cougar in a freezer.
Wildlife officers arrested two men with sacks containing about 260 alligator hatchlings near Lake Apopka. A 10-foot gator attacked an Alachua County sheriff's cruiser, damaging the front bumper as the office waited for a trapper.
A Jupiter condominium association is requiring residents to pay for DNA testing for their dogs so they can track down who doesn't pick up their pooches' poop. Offending poop is mailed to Tennessee where a company seeks a match.
A dog ate $1,000 in cash a St. Augustine couple left on a table.
Among creatures found in Florida pools were an alligator, a python, a bear and a retired racehorse.
A Fort Pierce woman came to her husband's rescue when a cow attacked him, ramming the animal several times with a pickup truck and then picking up a pistol and shooting it in the face.
In an unusual crime stories, two managers of a Lake City Domino's Pizza were charged with burning down a rival Papa John's as a way to increase business. Two deaf men using sign language were stabbed at a Hallandale Beach bar when another costumer thought they were flashing gang signs.
Police in St. Petersburg said two would-be carjackers forced a couple out of their car at gunpoint, but then ran away after they couldn't figure out how to drive a stick shift.
A North Naples man who was pulled over for a traffic violation called 911 and reported a shooting nearby to get out of a ticket. He still got a ticket and was also charged with making a false 911 call.
A Lake County jail inmate discovered a glitch in the phone system that reimbursed him twice for calls that didn't connect, so he made a lot of them and hung up. He earned more than $1,250, which he used to post bond. Later that day he was charged with grand theft.
Investigators found a piece of severed finger inside a glove near a house that had been set on fire and used it to track down the arsonist.
In other odd fiery news, a man in Fort Lauderdale injured himself when he was smoking a cigarette while using an oxygen machine and the unit exploded. A Fort Walton Beach man set his house on fire while smoking a cigarette and cleaning his foot with rubbing alcohol. A Boynton Beach man splashed rubbing alcohol on his roommate's boxer shorts and set them on fire because he was late with the rent. In similar fashion, but perhaps for a different reason, a Marion County woman was charged with setting her boyfriend's genital area on fire.
A Flagler County woman who bought what she thought was a novelty cigarette lighter called authorities when it turned out to be a real, though not live, grenade. Police in Greenacres evacuated a neighborhood when a woman digging in her yard uncovered a World War II-era grenade and a Jacksonville man found a World War II-era bazooka round while tearing down a shed
A celebrity boxing promoter sued Jose Canseco when the former baseball star sent his identical twin Ozzie to the bout instead.
A Pensacola Toyota dealer lost a $7.5 million lawsuit filed by an Iranian-born competitor. The lawsuit said the dealer told customers that his competitor was funneling money to terrorists and called his business "Taliban Toyota."
A South Florida man accidentally threw out his wife's engagement ring then went to the dump the next day and sifted through a 9-ton pile of trash. He found it.
Not that romance always flourished in Florida. A Broward County woman was arrested after holding a steak knife to her husband's throat and demanding he sign divorce papers.
A Gainesville woman was arrested after her ex-boyfriend accused her of throwing an urn with his mother's ashes through a window and an Orange County man lay down in front of a car to try to stop his girlfriend from leaving after a fight. But the driver didn't see him and he was run over. Panama City police say a man crashed through a Waffle House while trying to run over his wife, a waitress at the restaurant.
Deputies said a Walmart employee in Naples pepper sprayed a coworker and then bit the tip off her finger after hearing a rumor that the victim was sleeping with the attacker's husband.
And in just plain odd news, an Ocala ice cream shop got rid of its costumed mascot - a waving vanilla cone - because passers-by kept mistaking him for a hooded Ku Klux Klansman.
Also, a woman with two uteruses gave birth to twins in Clearwater- one from each.
And speaking of uteruses, a Democratic lawmaker accused the House speaker of admonishing him for saying the word during floor debate, a charge Speaker Dean Cannon denied. Still Democratic lawmakers and others around the Capitol began wearing pink buttons that simply said "UTERUS."


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I'm sorry Frank but you know that the threat of ROMUNISM is very real around here.Originally Posted by TheRedEye
Also I want more Bio Force Ape images
I'm sorry Frank but you know that the threat of ROMUNISM is very real around here.Originally Posted by TheRedEye
Also I want more Bio Force Ape images
You know what's funny? Just a couple months ago I was reading that preview in Nintendo Power, and I just naturally assumed that the game had come out. It's a shame that it didn't since it doesn't look half bad. Gives me a Werewolf kinda feel.
As for this ROM dumping business, I'm absolutely NOT into emulation. I prefer the true experience, and I always encourage people to go out and buy the real deal because even if a game is out of print, the company owns the intellectual property and you never know what they may do with it in the future. However, this situation is very different. This is what I believe is the true purpose of emulation - to preserve a piece of software that could easily be lost in the sands of time. Up until now, none of us had any idea if anyone would ever get to experience Bio Force Ape outside of a few screenshots. While I fully support Paul in whatever decision he makes with the cartridge, I do hope that eventually, one way or another, the ROM gets dumped just so the game is never lost again.
My favorite part was the ape punching so hard that it ripped the very fabric of the game and revealed the 1s and 0s that it's made out of.
oh and the people arguing over it as if it were theirs.
If I had it, I'd sell it in a heartbeat to someone who could dump it(and take good care of it).....being a poor ass college student and a believer in the conservation and experience of the truly odd, abstract corners of gaming.
W--O--W!!!! Dude you just made it to the top on best finds ever if you ask me.Sweet pics also,congrats!
My favorite part of this thread is when Dr. Morbis realizes there isn't a Santa Claus.Originally Posted by TheRedEye
Those are the most awesome screenshots I have ever seen in my life
Okay, now you're just pulling our collective legs. There's NO way that can be real! :DOriginally Posted by paulB812
Oh man, that is hilarious.
<Evan_G> i keep my games in an inaccessable crate where i can't play them
I can't wait to dump this ROM and make it worthless!
This is officially the greatest thread I have ever seen here.
More screens, please.
Kidfenris.com: Never Updated.
You've got to be #$#%ing kidding me....hahahahahaha.Originally Posted by paulB812
American NES games left to beat: 3
Last 3 NES games beaten: Romance of the Three Kingdoms II, Nobunaga's Ambition II and Gemfire
(Updated: 7/21/10)
Also, more appearances by The RedEye. I gotta FEver...and the only prescription is more ruined investments!Originally Posted by Kid Fenris
I'LL RUIN YOUR INVESTMENT.Originally Posted by Ed Oscuro
I could go into a whole philosophical debate about why so many people here are wrong but just let me start by saying this.
You know, they don't have to dump it if they don't want to, but seriously, does it even matter if you have something that nobody else has in a materialistic sense? Does that mean they should love you more because you're keeping it to yourself? I mean, for the love of God, it does NOT make you Mother Teresa to own the damn thing so stop acting like you are special. People should be judged moreso by the things that they do rather than the crap they own. Do they actually think it matters when they tell people they have this elite proto? Does it still mean they're going to be loved? NO! They're not changing people's attitudes about them when they possess these things, and if they do manage to do so with gullible idiots they will be hated even more by the wise because the whole idea is about power. I do NOT know WHERE they draw from in their mind that this makes them important to actually own it, or why it makes them so much more inclined to have it and not share it at all. It just promotes selfishness, and it's not like it's going anywhere. But again, they shouldn't be forced, that is just something THEY should think about.
2) No one should have to dump it for free, I suggest asking for a price before even going through with doing that.
3) If you have a problem with emulation, that's your problem, you dinosaur. Should we be concerned about ripping and sharing old out-of-print non-reissued vinyls simply because the copyrights are still on them? The masters may have even been destroyed and the recordings forgotten, as with alot of old games, plus in the gaming industry often times the ones that get re-released are just the popular games. You know, when new games become more complicated people obviously want to pay LESS for older, shorter games anyway so it has to do with the philosophy of technology evolving and often they don't update them enough to be worth spending 30-40 on. Saying people should only play the original is like forcing an atavism (throwback in evolution/technology) on people. Why can't you demand the same for 8-tracks or other formats? Because alot of people don't and SHOULDN'T have to be bothered with obsolete crap, this is the modern world. HELLO? Maybe people are just insecure about adapting to something more up to date and convenient like going from CD -> MP3. Seriously, emulators aren't really much more complicated than f***in' MP3 players. (NOTE: I do not condone the downloading of newer games...)
And alot of unreleased games would otherwise be forgotten by the developers anyway.
And stop whining about your dumb collectables. Start finding something better and more worthwile to store up in your damn room.
Protos may lose their value, but that doesn't make them uncollectable. I mean NWC carts could still be valuable either way, even if they are dumped. Maybe not as much, but it doesnt matter. So boohoo.
good lord.
Look, folks, there's nothing that can be said in the "dumping versus not dumping" debate that hasn't already been said. It's advantageous to both sides to just shut the hell up about the whole thing and let people do what they want. If you want to make a difference for your cause, arguing your point on a message forum for videogame collectors is pretty much the opposite of helpful.
That has got to be the most ridiculous exchange of dialogue I've ever seen. Never in my life did I think I'd see a gorilla smite a butter monster with his fist of communism, and yet, here we are. Good god, I want to play this game so bad.
"First, we have aspirin. A common cure for things that aspirin cures. Leads to.....rabies."
Oh My God..... I don't even have words for that last set of screenshots......
Anyone have any ideas on how this game came to end up in a stack of commons? I think that is the most interesting thing about this game.... (well, asside from the butter monster)
I love this thread.
How sure are we that this didn't get released? I found a store selling it for $4.00...
Could we have some screenshots? I'd love to see if the Butter Monster evolved/devolved in a different beta version.Originally Posted by ProgrammingAce
Crazy Butter Monster.
American NES games left to beat: 3
Last 3 NES games beaten: Romance of the Three Kingdoms II, Nobunaga's Ambition II and Gemfire
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Market segmentation and personas are two different techniques that are often perceived as conflicting methods, but they are actually complementary tools that organizations can use to design and sell successful products.
The value of market segmentation
The marketing profession has taken much of the guesswork out of determining what motivates people to buy. One of the most powerful tools for doing so is market segmentation, which groups people by their distinct needs to determine what types of consumers will be most receptive to a particular product or marketing message. These groups form a consumer model.
To develop these models, marketers classify consumers according to a set of demographics and geographic variables such as age, race, education, and location. More sophisticated consumer models also include psychographic and behavioral variables like attitudes, lifestyle, values, ideology, risk aversion, and decision-making patterns. Other classification systems such as VALS segmentation and PRIZM clusters can add greater clarity to these models by predicting consumers' purchasing power, motivation, self-orientation, and resources. These consumer-modeling techniques are not only able to forecast marketplace acceptance of products and services, they can also be powerful tools for convincing executives to build a product. After all, if you know X people might buy a product or service for Y dollars, then it is easy to evaluate the potential return on investment.
However, understanding why somebody wants to buy something is not the same thing as actually defining the product—what it is, how it will work, and how it will be used. Market segmentation is a great tool, but it's not an all-purpose one, and when segmentation is used to solve product definition problems, the results are often suspect. For example, one of our clients spends a lot of money every six months on user research (which is both unusual and commendable). At the beginning of our project, ten reports were thrust into the team's hands with the expectation that somehow we would be able to design the product using only the data in the reports, without conducting additional user research or analysis. The problem was that the reports contained statements like "a third of all baby boomers loved the idea" and "less than 33% of users over fifty would buy it in the next two years." This kind of information may be valuable from a marketing perspective, but it isn't specific or detailed enough to determine exactly which features or information to include in the product, or how to prioritize their accessibility. For example, market segmentation information might suggest that a particular e-commerce site appeals to the needs of consumers on a tight budget. But then what? How do you design the site to meet the needs of those consumers?
What is needed is a product definition tool that takes the guesswork out of the process—a tool that provides insight into what motivates people to use a product, so that well-grounded decisions can be made about features and how they are presented. The tool must be every bit as effective in determining the definition of a product as market segmentation is at forecasting market acceptance.
The value of personas
Cooper has found success in defining products by creating user models we call personas. Personas are a set of fictional, representative user archetypes based on the behaviors, attitudes, and goals of the people we interview in our research phase. Personas have names, personalities, pictures, personal backgrounds, families, and, most importantly, goals; they are not "average" users but specific characters. A persona is a stand-in for a unique group of people who share common goals; at the same time, persona characteristics encompass those of people in widely different demographic groups who may have similar goals. (For more information on crafting personas, see Kim Goodwin's article, Perfecting your Personas.)
For example, people across all demographic boundaries have similar goals when using an ATM: to get cash quickly and to complete other transactions with as little hassle as possible. These goals can guide a design team responsible for developing a new ATM by helping to determine appropriate functionality, prioritize the feature list, design the interface, refine the scope of the target audience, and even uncover new market niches for a technology. Personas bridge the gap between market segments and product definition.
How do you select the right personas? At the beginning of every design project, designers conduct qualitative research that includes reviewing the client's market segmentation and demographic data. Designers also interview stakeholders, customers, and users, in order to gain insight into the product domain and user population. This information feeds directly into the types and characteristics of the personas.
An example
Personas and market segments provide different kinds of information. Market segmentation provides a quantitative breakdown of the market, while personas provide a qualitative analysis of user behavior. These two techniques also serve different purposes.
Market segmentation identifies attitudes and potential buying habits, such as those illustrated in the following example:
In a survey of 150 people, participants were asked about Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) systems. It was found that most respondents believed it was a "lifestyle" purchase for parents trying to entertain or distract their kids while driving. Most felt that the system was appropriate for children between the ages of 4-15yrs, as children needed to be old enough to use headsets as well as some form of remote control. Among the high quality brand names mentioned were Sony, Hitachi, Magnavox and Nintendo. High system prices were cited as a barrier to purchase in the next two years. However, many expected prices to fall significantly over the next five years.
Personas, on the other hand, reveal motivations and potential usage patterns. A consumer's motivation is what gets them interested in using a product. For example:
Kathleen is 33yrs old and lives in Seattle. She's a stay-at-home mom with two children: Katie, 7, and Andrew, 4. She drives the kids to school (usually carpooling with 2-3 other kids) in her Volvo wagon. Kathleen is thinking about buying the Sony rear-seat entertainment system she saw last weekend at Best Buy to keep the children occupied on the upcoming trip to see family in Canada.
She doesn't want to be distracted by the noise from the videos or games so wants to make sure she can set the sound to be heard only in the back seat. Kathleen also wants to make sure her kids are watching appropriate programs; therefore she wants some channel controls close at hand, but she thinks Katie should be able to control the system most of the time so she won't be distracted.
From this example, the designers can ascertain that Kathleen does not necessarily want her kids to be wearing headphones for an entire journey, as she likes to talk with them on their trips, and that she may want Katie to have some control of the entertainment system from the back seat.
Both market segmentation and personas provide useful information; one informs the other. Using the appropriate tool for the task at hand without bending, adding, or removing from either can provide a rich, complementary set of user and consumer models, that can ultimately create a useful and more successful product definition than either could in isolation.


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I-95 Doubleheader: Baltimore-to-Philadelphia (5/7/2011)
On September 6, 2010, Tim and I managed a first: a multi-city doubleheader with a day game at Nationals Park and a night game at Citizens Bank Park. It was great fun. Our only regret was that we were able to get one baseball during BP in D.C., but we did not get a baseball at the night cap.
So turning to the 2011, I wanted to do a couple more multi-city doubleheaders. I originally had three of them on our schedule, but my wife (not wanting Tim to get too exhausted) asked me to scale it back to just one. So I picked May 7, 2011: Rays vs. Orioles at 1:05 p.m. followed by Braves vs. Phillies at 7:05 p.m.
We woke up just knowing it was going to be a great day.
We were in the car by 8:30 a.m. and, after drawing a bunch of pictures, Tim ended up napping most of the drive down to Baltimore:
In addition to going to the games, we had an extra task to accomplish in Baltimore. I had made a bat for a guy named Mike Jasser who reads our blog. Mike and I had arranged to meet up before the game so we could deliver the bat.
In the parking garage before meeting Mike, I had Tim pose for a picture with Mike's bat:
Although we had exchanged emails from time-to-time over the past year, I had never met Mike before. Turns out he's a cool guy. We ended up hanging out together (along with several of the Camden Yards regulars) during most of the game and it was a lot of fun.
When we entered the ballpark at 11:00 a.m., the field was set up for BP, but there was practically nothing happening on the field. A couple Orioles pitchers were warming up down the 1B line so Tim and I grabbed some seats in the first row to watch them.
And Tim busted open a pack of peanut butter crackers. Tim could easily eat nothing but peanut butter sandwiches and crackers and live a happy life.
There were only 4 Orioles playing catch and another Orioles pitcher (Josh Rupe) was running in the outfield. When Rupe finished running, he walked over to us, reached out and set a baseball in Tim's hand.
Thanks, Josh!
Before he could walk away, I declared that I needed to ask Rupe a funny question. He agreed to listen.
Todd: We're in a photo scavenger hunt and I was wondering if you could take a picture of yourself with my camera?
Rupe: A picture of myself?
Todd: Yeah.
Rupe: With your camera?
Todd: Yeah…
Todd: In fair territory.
Rupe: In fair territory? Sure!
Rupe backed up into fair territory, looked around like he was thinking about something, and then explained, "I'll face this way so you can see the foul pole and tell that I'm in fair territory!"
Here is Rupe's handiwork:
As Rupe handed the camera back to me, he said, "If anyone else asks me to do this, I'll say 'no' so you win the scavenger hunt!"
Thanks, again, Josh!
Still, not much was going on. The day's starting pitcher, Jeremy Guthrie, was stretching on the warning track in the RF foul corner:
We headed over there to chat with Guthrie.
Todd: "Hey, Jeremy! I can't believe that Zack didn't write about you in his book!"
Guthrie: "Its disgraceful! Man, I gave him a baseball on the last day of Yankee Stadium. And I play catch with him all the time!"
Todd: "That's inexcusable!"
A few minutes later, someone hit a ball in the corner right by Guthrie.
Todd: "Hey, Jeremy. If you toss that baseball up here to us, I promise I'll write about you in my book…not that I actually have any plans to write a book or anything."
Guthrie chuckles, but didn't toss us the baseball. Hey, it was worth a shot.
After a bit, Tim and I headed over to LF to say hi to Matt, Avi, Zevi and Mike. They were all doing their best to catch BP homeruns. But I'm not a big fan of hanging out too long in homerun territory with Tim during BP – too many hard hit baseballs flying around. So we headed around the LF foul pole into foul territory where a couple Rays pitchers were playing catch.
As we passed behind the foul pole, Vlad Guerrero launched a homerun about 20 rows over our heads. Here is a graphical reenactment:
The baseball took a huge bounce down about 10-15 rows. Then it took a second smaller bounce that found its way into the pocket of my glove. Hey, a Vlad Guerrero homer is a pretty darn cool baseball to get. We'll take it.
Thanks, Vlad (even if you didn't specifically intend to hit that ball to us)!
Finally, we found our way into foul territory and watch two Rays who we did not recognize play catch. They warmed up their arms, then played long toss, then one of them pitched to the other, then they switched places and the other guy pitched. When they finished up¸ the second "catcher," who ended up being…
…Juan Cruz, tossed us their warm up baseball.
Thanks, Juan!
Three baseballs in hand and the sunny beating down on us, we decided to hit up the kids' play area. First, Tim did some pitching:
He actually went to this pitching station a couple times. His second time on "the mound" he pumped three consecutive strikes into the little strike zone box on the wall. So he left the cage and gave me a big thumbs up.
Next, he posed with the big yellow bobblehead:
Followed by some bouncing in the bouncy house and some running, climbing and sliding on the fort-thingy:
Finally, he did a little hitting off of the air tee:
The Orioles really have a first class kids' play area now-a-days. Good job, O's!
When we headed back out to the field, the grounds crew was finally ripping down the BP cage and nets. We walked around the inner-walkway toward LF and found some seats in the shade. Vlad Guerrero came out to stretch so I figured I should get a picture of him since we caught his BP homer:
Right when the game started, Tim wanted to go back to the kids' play area. So we retraced our steps on the inner-walkway. On the walk, I got this shot of Evan Longoria…
…taking a big hack, which I believe produced a foul ball.
When we reached the play area, Tim got a picture with another big bobblehead…
…and took some hacks in the big kids' batting cage:
…Tim is a good hitter, but the bats they use in these cages (like the one at Citi Field) are often times too heavy for him to swing. But he did okay swinging the lightest bat the Orioles provided.
After the kids play area, we met up with Mike Jasser in the RF flag court. Tim LOVES the flag court. Here he is hugging a flag pole:
Then he asked where the Mariners flag pole was (in the A.L. West last place position…for now) and, after making a game out of running to the wrong flag over and over, he finally found his way to the Mariners flag and posed for this picture:
While Tim was hugging and bouncing off of flag poles, I saw the Orioles Bird walking by in Eutaw Street. We ran out and got this picture:
After the picture with the Bird, we were standing around chatting in the flag court when Evan Longoria launched a homerun into the left field seats. We could see that either Matt or Avi caught the ball. It looked to me like Matt caught it.
I asked Mike if he wanted to go over and meet Avi, Zevi and Matt. He did so the three of us started walking to LF around the picnic area in CF. On the way, I texted Avi and asked if Matt caught the homerun. As we circled around the picnic area, Avi texted back that HE had caught the ball. Big congrats to Avi!
Before heading into the seats, we went and bought some nachos. As we were walking through the concourse, Mike said the funniest line of the day: "Man, I feel like I'm walking around in one of the blogs that I read." And, hey, I guess he was doing just that.
When we got into the seats, I snapped this picture of Avi and his homerun baseball, flanked by Matt (and his glove) and Zevi:
Around this time, B.J. Upton hit a ground rule double into the seats in RCF. The fan who caught it launched it back onto the field, which prompted several fans sitting about 10 rows behind us to start mentioning loudly that whoever caught the Upton ball was a "real fan" because they tossed it back. Avi ignored these silly statements and instead took some shots of Tim playing with his mustard dog:
We had a very relaxing time out there in LF. Most of the scoring in the game was behind us. So we just relaxed and chatted:
This was the Fox Saturday game and Avi noticed that Fox had put up a green screen behind home plate…
…so Fox could show their own advertisements during the game.
We were sitting right behind breakout star outfielder of the season, Sam Fuld:
During this game, he had a nice diving catch and picked off a homerun that Mike would have been all over had Fuld not made the catch.
Of course, Tim enjoyed a chocolate ice cream helmet while we lounged in LF. While we were off buying the ice cream, I got this panoramic view of the new and improved Camden Yards concourse:
After finishing his ice cream, Tim asked if we could go get a picture with the Orioles ballgirl down the 3B line. On our way, we got this panoramic view of Camden Yards from (I think) section 62:
The ballgirl was happy to pose for a picture with Tim:
But Tim was let down when the ballgirl didn't have an autographed ballgirl card for him (like the Phillies ballgirls).
Before we headed back to LF, a fan asked if we wanted him to take our picture. Sure, we did:
Right at the end of the game, Avi, Zevi and Matt headed over to the Rays dugout and Mike decided to hit the road a little early. Before parting ways, we got a picture with Mike…
…in which Tim is posing like he's too cool for school.
The Rays were winning by a score of 8-1 and it was already past 4:00. I was hoping to be on the road by 4:00 so we could hopefully catch a little bit of BP in Philadelphia. We wanted to stay for the entire game, but to make our exit process more efficient, we decided to watch the bottom of the ninth from the tunnel in straight away CF.
Here is what it looked like as we hoped (unsuccessfully) that Vlad Guerrero would make the final out of the game:
After the Orioles scored one last run, Felix Pie made the final out (for an 8-2 Rays win), and Tim and I high tailed it for our car. Tim played with his little baseball action figures for a bit…
…but then fell asleep for a majority of our drive up I-95, through Wilmington, Delaware, and into Philadelphia.
We made great time until we reached the outskirts of Philadelphia. Ultimately, we missed batting practice. If we were going to get a baseball at two stadiums in one day, it would have to be during or after the game. A tall task for Citizens Bank Park.
Luckily, we had amazing seats. Here was our view of Citizens Bank Park from Section 131, row 3, seats 17-18:
FYI, seat 18 is on the aisle of the section 132 staircase.
Aside from getting food twice, we stayed in our seats this entire game. It was a great spot for taking pictures of the action at home plate. Here are some shots of Jason Heyward…
…and Chipper Jones…
…neither of whom got a hit in their first inning at bats.
Braves pitcher Julio Teheran made his MLB debut at this game. The first batter he faced in his Major League career was Jimmy Rollins…
…who laced a single down the RF line.
Ryan Howard came looking to drive J-Roll in:
The Braves put on an interest shift:
Instead of shifting the SS to the other side of 2B, they brought chipper Jones all the way from 3B to the 2B position. But the Braves didn't need the shift because Howard grounded out to 1B.
Although Howard couldn't push a run across in the first, the Phils took a 1-0 lead in the second when Pete Orr hit an RBI ground out.
It was time for some dinner. Tim and I had a thorough discussion our day's meal plan. Should we go hot dogs for lunch in Baltimore with nachos for dinner in Philadelphia? Nachos in Baltimore and hot dogs in Philadelphia? We for nachos in Baltimore. So…dinner…what would it be….
And after being ridiculed by Avi in Baltimore for wasting some excess cheese, we were sure to finish all of our dinner nacho cheese with the help of some crackers we brought with us from home.
In the fourth inning, Ryan Howard beat the shift be going way, way over it. He blasted a homerun over section 101 and into the Phillies bullpen. Here he is about to score the second Phillies run of the night:
Although it may not look like it in this picture…
…the place was rocking, and so was the Liberty Bell. The bell tolls back-and-forth and lights up all red, white and blue when a Phillie hits a homerun.
So the fifth inning rolled around and it was looking like our attempt to get a baseball at two stadiums in the same day were fading. Our best opportunity would be to go for an umpire baseball, which is really difficult at Citizens Bank Park.
But with a runner on first and no outs in the top of the fifth inning, Alex Gonzalez strode to the plate. On the first pitch from Kyle Kendrick, Gonzalez hit a soft foul grounder right to the Braves 3B coach Brian Snitker:
Snitker gave us a baseball last season at PNC Park and that was the only reason that I knew his first name. It came in handy. I bounced to my feet, jumped down into the first row, and right as Snitker fielded the foul ball I called out, "Hey, Brian!!!" and I flashed him my glove.
A soft underhand toss later…
…and Tim's first foul ball of his life (albeit via toss up)…
…made Citizens Bank Park the second stadium at which we'd caught a ball on May 7, 2011. Mission accomplished. I was incredibly excited. As shown in the last picture, Tim was equally excited by the fact that he had just found a quarter on the ground (I didn't tell him that it was actually our quarter that simply fell out of my pocket) that was facing heads up (backstory: Colleen told Tim its good luck if you find a penny laying heads up on the ground, and Tim has decided that the rule applies to any and all coins).
We celebrated with a gargantuan Phillies ice cream helmet. Our special ice cream helmet lady made it so big that when I scooped the top portion and put it in our Orioles helmet from earlier in the day, we both had full ice cream helmets:
Note: when given the choice, Tim chose to eat his share of the ice cream from the Orioles helmet at this Phillies game.
In the top of the seventh inning, the Phillies brought in reliever Michael Stutes:
A couple years ago when my company softball team was playing a game against the "AA" Reading Phillies front office softball team, Stutes and Mike Zagursky heckled my team mercilessly. This was the first time I'd seen Stutes pitch in the majors. Now, I can say that I've been heckled by two (future) Major Leaguers.
Stutes gave up a hit, but got out of the inning without giving up any runs. At this point, the score was 3-0 (Victorino had an RBI triple in the fifth to score the third Phillies run) and that ended up being the final score.
In the eighth, I got another picture each of Jason Heyward…
…and Chipper Jones:
Both popped out. Tim thought the name "Chipper" was hilarious and, following his first at bat, he joked about it for much of this game.
This was a really fun game. Among other things, Tim and I chatted a lot with two Braves friends from California who sat right behind us.
I asked the guy if Braves fans had gotten over Brooks Conrad's 2010 post-season errors. In a tone implying he did not care what other Braves fans thought about it, he answered with a matter of fact: "I'm not."
Our seat neighbors were thrilled for Tim when we got the Gonzalez foul ball. The lady kept saying she wanted to "rent" Tim so they could get a ball too. But in the end, they didn't need to rent Tim. When Ben Francisco grounded out to end the bottom of the eighth, none other than replacement first basemen Brooks Conrad fired the third out ball to the happy Braves fan. I think it was the first baseball he'd ever got at a game, and he and his girlfriend were quite happy about it.
I turned to the guy, "He must have heard you say that you weren't over his errors!"
In the ninth inning, the Braves fans were nice enough to take this shot of me and Tim:
[Note: the possessed-looking little girl sitting in front of us and oddly looking back at the camera in this picture stared at Tim for like half of the game. It was bizarre. The Braves fans' theory was that she was jealous of Tim's stuffed Mustard Hot Dog toy that he was holding for much of the game.]
So, the Phillies own. We were totally content with the Gonzalez foul ball so we didn't even make an effort to get an umpire baseball. However, we did end up getting one more baseball after the game. We were just standing above the dugout when Brooks Conrad poked his head out of the dugout. All of the other players were gone. When I say Conrad, I said, "Hey, Brooksy" like we were buddies. Brooks nodded, pulled a baseball out of his pocket, tossed it to me, and then pointed to Tim on my shoulders like "hey, that's for your boy up there."
Thanks, Brooks!
Before heading out, I took this picture of us with Tim holding his Gonzalez foul ball and his coveted Mustard Hot Dog:
Another fan saw our self-portrait and offered to take our picture for us. Here was his effort:
On our slow walk up the stairs, an usher gave Tim a little Phillies Phanatic figurine. At the top of the stairs, Tim had us stop so I could take some pictures of his Phanatic and each of the four baseball players he brought with us to the game:
It was time to head out. On our walk to the car, Tim got his picture with a statute of "Mr. Baseball" Connie Mack:
And, another picture by our car with the stadium in the background
Two games, two stadiums and over 13 hours after leaving home that morning, we were on our way home once again. Tim actually started awake chatting with me in the car for about half an hour. But eventually, he crashed:
It was yet again another awesome day. You gotta love baseball!
|2011 C&S Fan Stats
|7/0 Games (Tim/Kellan)
|8/0 Teams [Tim – Orioles, Rangers, Brewers, Nationals, Phillies, Mets, Rays, and Braves; Kellan – none]
|4 Ice Cream Helmet(s) (Orioles (2), Nationals, Phillies)
|20 Baseballs (3 Rangers, 3 Orioles, 2 Umpire, 2 Nationals, 2 Brewers, 4 Phillies, 1 Mets, 1 Rays, 2 Braves)
|3/0 Stadiums [Tim – Camden Yards, Nationals Park, Citizens Bank Park; Kellan – none]
|10/6 Player Photos* [Tim – Felix Hernandez, Adam Moore, Garrett Olson, Chris Seddon, David Aarsdma, Michael Pineda, Miguel Olivo, Ryan Langerhans, Greg Zuan, Mark Lowe ; Kellan – Luke French, Milton Bradley, Franklin Gutierrez, Justin Smoak, Matt Tuiasosopo, Ryan Langerhans]
|3/1 Management Photos* [Tim – Howard Lincoln, Jack Zduriencik, Eric Wedge; Kellan – Jack Zduriencik]
|1 Autograph(s) (Mark Lowe)
|1 Bat* (Milton Bradley)
|2/1 Mascot Photos* [Tim – Mariner Moose, Teddy Roosevelt; Kellan – Mariner Moose]
|*includes Spring Training


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Navy, Marine Corps shipmates plan reunion
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- Published on 02 July 2013
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Navy and Marine Corps shipmates are planning a reunion. The reunion targets those who served on the USS Columbus CA-74/CG-12 between 1944 and 1976 and on the
USS Columbus (SSN-762) past and present. For more information, see the June 27 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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Anyways....moving on! Tonight is group post night, ending the WPlus9 release week! This is my favorite part of the week...because I love to go over to Dawn's blog and see all of the design team's projects together in one post. It is always so fun to see how each person used the new product so differently! I decided to focus mainly on the new dies, and paired them up with items from the last release to make a fabulous Valentine's day card! here is what I created:
- Dawn Woleslagle
- Elise Durenberger
- Cristina Kowalczyk
- Jinny Newlin
- Kerrianne Gwin
- Lea Lawson
- Savitri Wilder
- Jean Martin
I hope that you have a wonderful day, and be sure to check back tomorrow when we do our design team group post! It is my fave part of the week! ♥♥♥
Until later,
~Lea L.


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MONDAY, Sept. 6, 2010 (HealthDay News) -- Common chemicals found in everything from non-stick cookware to grease-resistant food packaging appear to be associated with increases in cholesterol levels in adolescents, a new study suggests.
People are exposed to these chemicals -- known as perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) -- in dust, drinking water, non-stain carpets, waterproof fabrics, microwave popcorn bags and a host of other household products.
"This is the first study that takes an in-depth look at an association between these chemicals and health effects in children," said study author Stephanie J. Frisbee, research instructor in the Department of Community Medicine at West Virginia University School of Medicine in Morgantown.
The PFAA compounds in question include perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS).
"We found a positive association between PFOA and PFOS and total [cholesterol] and LDL cholesterol," she said. As the blood levels of these chemical increased, so did cholesterol, Frisbee added.
The American Chemical Council, an industry group, did not respond to repeated attempts by HealthDay to get comment on the findings.
The report is published in the September issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
For the study, Frisbee's team looked at cholesterol levels in more than 12,000 children and adolescents who are part of the C8 Health Project. This project resulted from the settlement of a class-action lawsuit against Dupont over the landfill dumping of chemicals that contaminated groundwater in six water districts in two states near the company's plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and exposed residents to levels of C8 (another name for PFOA) far higher than that of the general population.
Among the participants, the average PFOA concentration was 69.2 nanograms per milliliter and average PFOS concentration was 22.7 nanograms per milliliter.
Among 12- to 19-year-olds, the PFOA concentrations were higher than those seen in the general population, but PFOS concentrations were similar to those seen in samples from the general population, the researchers found.
Increased PFOA levels were associated with increased total cholesterol and LDL, or "bad," cholesterol, and PFOS was associated with increased total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and HDL, or "good," cholesterol, the researchers said. Neither chemical was associated with an increase in triglyceride levels, they added.
On average, the children with the highest PFOA levels had higher cholesterol, compared with the children with the lowest PFOA levels. In addition, those with the highest PFOS levels had cholesterol that was more than eight points higher than those with the lowest PFOS levels, Frisbee's group found. That translated to an average difference of 8.5 milligrams per deciliter.
Frisbee noted that higher cholesterol levels had also been found in adults who took part in the C8 Health Project and were exposed to these chemicals.
Whether the association between these chemicals and cholesterol is causal isn't known. To find out, further research is needed, Frisbee said.
"We cannot speak at this point -- it would be scientifically inaccurate -- to speak about causality," she said. In addition, the potential harm to these children and teens is still not known, Frisbee added.
However, animal studies have shown that the liver is the organ most affected by perfluoroalkyl acid, and the liver is where cholesterol is made, the researchers noted.
"These are chemicals that do not degrade in the environment," Frisbee added.
Both chemicals are being phased out in the United States of use and being replaced by other compounds. Whether these new chemicals are safe or whether they carry their own set of health problems isn't known, Frisbee said.
"The way the U.S. system works is that you get to use whatever you want until somebody says there is a problem," she said.
One cholesterol expert, Dr. Ronald B. Goldberg, a professor of medicine at the Diabetes Research Institute of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, said that the increase in LDL cholesterol levels seen in the study, "can have a small but significant effect on heart disease."
Goldberg noted that the main cause of increasing cholesterol is animal fat in the diet. "On top of that, you have genetic abnormalities that are common," he added.
But the effect of chemical exposure needs more study, Goldberg said. "All you can say now is there is an association, and it doesn't prove that the contaminant is causing the LDL rise," he said.
More information
For more information on cholesterol, visit the American Heart Association.