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Huge improvement in the noise signature of the planer...I took before and after sound meter readings planing the same wide piece of hard maple and the Byrd head was 14dbA (best recollection) quieter than the stock head.The only real negative I can report is that the Byrd head has a slightly smaller cutting diameter than the stock head, I know this because the stops you can set with the dial to the left used to register dead on with the stock head and they are now maybe 0.008" off with the lumber being fat of the stock setting.
I'm assuming that because I have a Wixey digital height gauge on the 735, the .008" discrepancy can be zeroed out.
@Cheese I hear you on the 735 snipe. I built an 8-foot bed that ran through my 733 and had to make it wider when I got my 735. My 'method' for combatting the snipe is to (1) raise the stock as I feed it into the cutters and (2) do the same as it exits the cutters. However, what I have found that works in addition to the above process is to take miniscule cuts when I am nearing my final dimension. By miniscule I mean lowering the head less than 1/4 turn of the wheel. This works for me. The lighting in my shop is such that I can actually see - and feel - the snipe which is a good thing.As to the long bed, I once leveled it perfectly and just knew that was the key to ridding myself of snipe. Wrong! That may have actually made it worse. I think I built this bed over ten years ago and I do not think I could ever work without it. I will say that I make certain that the melamine bed lays perfectly flat against the 735's built-in infeed/outfeed tables. I use a feeler gauge for this as shown below. IMHO, the ends of the bed do not have to be perfectly level because as I noted above, I raise the stock as it enters and leaves the machine which voids any benefit a perfectly level bed would provide. This is just my experience with this planer bed. (Attachment Link) (Attachment Link) (Attachment Link) (Attachment Link)
Changed my 735 to the Bryd years ago and would never think about having anything but one now . When installing the carbide cutters in the head its best to make sure that the seat where the cutter sits is clean then use a small torque wrench to set each carbide cutter to the proper torque . Mostly do hard maple with mine and the standard blades lasted no time before they where dull .
Not to completely hijack your thread - but has anyone bought a Byrd head lately? I've had one in order for about two months and can't seem to fine anywhere you can actually buy one!!
Quote from: RobNJ on March 30, 2017, 11:16 PMNot to completely hijack your thread - but has anyone bought a Byrd head lately? I've had one in order for about two months and can't seem to fine anywhere you can actually buy one!!I just added one for the DW735 tothis cart (as a test) and did not see any indication that it was not in stock. This is not proof positive, so who knows?If you don't mind my asking, who did you order yours from?Thanks.
@RobNJ I just found the Byrd store and guess what? (Attachment Link) Bummer!
@grbmds Thanks for your very informative post.I think I will try your suggestion and raise the infeed/outfeed ends of my melamine planer table and see how that goes. Raising the stock as it is being fed in is not much of a problem, but lifting it up as it exits can be a chore especially if the stock is long and dense. I will report back on my findings.Great idea. I appreciate your help.
Does the Byrd installation manual state what the proper torque is for locking down the cutters? Maybe I can find the installation PDF and take a look at it.I'm beginning to think that the Byrd cutter is the best way to go, but I'm still worried about the so-called scalloping due to the small cutters. Hopefully, I will find a close-up photo of this in the near future.I appreciate your feedback.
@patriot you might want to check with Holbren and see if they have stock. https://www.holbren.com/Byrd_Tool_B4725Ron


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One of the issues with improvisation that i have been (and doubtless will be) grappling with, is the issue of non-intention, and indeterminacy. As a bit of a Cage devotee, I of course, find these things to be very important in the kind of music I make, but there is always the question of how and why they are utilized. Initially I think my instinct in music making was toward picking up instruments with which I had no relationship, and exploring the sounds they made as a total novice. While this approach can certainly be effective, even very effective at times, I found that it never ended up growing a real relationship with the instrument that continued past the initial novelty. At some point, the stumbling about as indeterminacy, wears thin, as you become more familiar and therefore more determinate in your playing. You either have to resist this, or become more focussed in your approach, and there are plenty of arguments for both sides (but that's not what I want to get into here).
I suppose then, that this may be a good explanation, for why I appreciate accidental sound sequences so much. They get to be so fresh and sometimes so beguiling, with no effort to remain true to any praxis, and no overanalyzation. The sounds don't worry about themselves.
This interest has lead me to experimenting with various strategies for incedental sound making and recording. One device i have been using a bit of late, is the utilization of contact microphones to pick up the sounds of othwise mundane activity. An example of this technique could be contact micing your dinner table, while you and a friend have dinner, thus transforming all of the incedental movements you make into a sequence of pseudo-random sound. Sometimes these techniques work surprisingly well on their own, but often times they really work well, when combined with other sound sequences, so that the sounds "collaborate" in interesting ways.
Here are a couple of examples I think work particularly well, and that I have found very enjoyable to listen to:
Accidentals 1 (4:34)
Stereo contact mic recording of myself working on the computer/Stereo contact mic recording of myself unloading dishes from the dishwasher.
This piece is full of interesting moments. The space between sounds becomes very charged at times, and may be intereupted by forceful and precise bursts of sound. I find this piece to have a delightfully in-human sense of space and timing. It upsets my expectations still after multiple listens, something I have been appreciating a lot recently. I also like how small each "instrument's" pallette is. There is a relatively small variety of sounds, and yet somehow this restriction works as more an asset than a drawback.
Accidentals 2 (6:08)
Edited stereo field recording/Shortwave radio scan
While the first piece is thick with charged silence, this piece has none. The shortwave scanning is constant, and was not initially intended to be an improvisation. It was recorded up at a friend's cabin in the Poconos, as I searched for interesting signals. The field recording is assembled from incedental sounds resulting from the disassembly of an oil tank and the silences that surround them. Sometimes the sounds are gentle, sometimes not. The radio here forms a range of sounds from soft pads of detailed texture, to blasts of unruly static, distant voices, and contaminated music. While the field recording plays agitator with unpredictable pin pricks of sounds and occasional sheet-metal roars.

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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced funding for 24 new projects out of the Knight Prototype Fund, which helps innovators explore early-stage media and information ideas with $35,000 in funding.
Several of the projects highlight the growing role of designers as community problem solvers, focused on improving civic life and tackling challenges facing their own cities and neighborhoods. They include design-driven tools from a Web application that helps diverse groups solve problems and build consensus, to another that allows journalists to track breaking news stories.
Nine of the projects surfaced through the Knight News Challenge: Health, which sought ideas that harness the power of data and information for the health of communities. Knight Foundation announced the seven challenge winners last week. Projects in this area include a tool that provides up-to-date data on sexually transmitted diseases so health officials can efficiently provide services and a system that engages youth to help measure air quality and collect environmental data.
Prototype Fund investments allow people to experiment, learn and iterate before moving on to the more costly stage of building out a project. It represents the evolution of Knight's process for the Prototype Fund, which the foundation launched in June 2012. Projects now go through a six-month prototyping period that begins with a crash course in human-centered design, facilitated by LUMA Institute. Using this design training as a basis to build out their ideas, teams come together after six months for a Knight-hosted Demo Day to share their discoveries and prototypes. The next deadline for prototype applications is Jan. 31, 2014.
Chris Barr, who leads the Knight Prototype Fund, an initiative of the foundation's Journalism and Media Innovation program says :
The Prototype Fund began because of a move by Knight to match its funding more closely to the pace of innovation, while taking advantage of the low cost of experimentation . . . Its latest iteration recognizes design as a powerful problem-solving tool that places people at the center of the creative process.
The evolution of the Prototype Fund signals another move by Knight Foundation to introduce a more iterative approach to project funding across its Journalism and Media Innovation program.
The projects receiving investments in this Prototype round are:
Artefact: Advancing civic engagement by creating a Web-based deliberation tool that uses design strategies to promote problem solving and drive consensus among a group of diverse strangers.
Argos: Making news content easy to digest by building a design-driven news platform that aggregates and analyzes news stories and creates concise news backgrounders, including insights and connections regarding specific stories.
Bocoup: Conducting a survey and creating a guide identifying patterns and best practices for mobile data visualization.
Brown Bag Software: Revealing the challenges and constraints of building mass transit by creating a simulation app that allows the public to build model transit and land-use programs to better understand basic design and operational constraints.
CCTV Center for Media & Democracy: Using the Burlington, Vt., public gigabit network, in collaboration with the Code for BTV Code for America Brigade, to make cloud computing resources available for community-driven software applications that range from live interactive video of public meetings to civic apps that solve pressing community issues.
Civic Ninjas: Creating an application to help the public identify and visualize meaningful local health data through an accessible, fun interface inspired by Sunlight Foundation's Sitegeist.
Data Driven Detroit: Informing the public and addressing important community issues by developing an interactive tool that helps Detroit residents discover and use relevant data about their city.
Farmers Market Coalition: Providing farmers markets with a Web application to easily and effectively collect, store and report data about the health impacts of their markets.
Fathom: Making complex zoning data accessible and actionable for the public by creating a website that will visualize details of Boston's new rezoning ordinance for urban farming.
Forest Giant and Urban Design Studio: Creating LouLoops, a mobile app that maps bike routes and collects data so that local officials can officially plan infrastructure projects.
Global Sensor Web: Helping scientists and citizens collaborate and better monitor their environment through an online platform for aggregating geo-tagged data sets from public data sources and the onboard sensors of mobile phones.
Habitat Map: Empowering youth to help measure air quality and collect data by developing the next version of Kids Making Sense, a complete measurement sensing system and curriculum.
Keepr: Creating an open source data-mining tool for journalists to track breaking news stories, so they can easily find quality news sources.
Moneca Core Making it easier to capture community-generated news by creating an open source code library to capture multimedia content by citizen journalists in mobile apps.
!nstant: Building a mobile app designed to verify and provide context to breaking news on social media so that the public is given a more accurate and clear picture of news stories.
One Degree: Helping people find community resources by developing a Web app that allows users to discover, track and share their experiences about social services.
Restatement: Making legal information more accessible by producing a design-driven system for the creation and parsing of machine-readable legal text.
Sexual Health Innovations: Providing up-to-date STD data by building an API to allow easy sharing of aggregate STD test data among clinics, health departments and the Centers for Disease Control to inform communities and help organizations mobilize resources to those in need.
Silent Spring Institute & MIT Media Lab: Making data easier to understand by creating multi-sensory, immersive and aesthetic experiences of environmental health indicators (example: sharing chemical exposure data with a community through a human-sized interactive bar chart).
Smart Chicago Collaborative: Using Twitter to identify potential cases of food poisoning in Chicago and encouraging individuals to report incidents of food poisoning.
The Center for Rural Strategies: Testing an approach to generate data-driven, localized news stories that media and other organizations in rural U.S. counties can use to produce local stories.
University of Missouri: Developing a system to collect and report noise data to better track problems of noise pollution in Columbia, Mo., that will be informed by community hacking events and prototype tests.
Vizzuality: Building an open source tool that allows journalists and other users to quickly turn data, maps and other content into interactive stories for online publication.
Zago: Seeking to make newsrooms more efficient by building a mobile app that will allow secure data sharing between reporters and their newsrooms.
The Knight Prototype Fund accepts applications quarterly; the next application deadline is Jan. 31, 2014. Visit prototypefund.org for more information.
About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts. We believe that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged. For more, visit www.knightfoundation.org.
Knight News Challenge: Health
The testable moment for media innovation" by Chris Barr on Knight Blog
The Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts. We believe that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged.
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Welcome to the Blood Wiki, a wiki devoted to the Monolith Productions created first-person shooter game Blood, its sequel Blood II: The Chosen, and their respective expansion packs. Also available is information on the various mods and add-ons, fan projects, development details, and the fictional world in which Caleb and the others live in. For more information read our "Questions and Answers" article. Please enjoy, but a warning to anyone who tries to vandalize this site: Hatanoceo pretaanluxix!
Blood fan artwork lives again on the Blood Wiki!
And for those seeking a haven for Monolith's mecha anime first person shooter classic Shogo: MAD, look no further than our Shogo Sub-Section!
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Tchernobog (talk) 02:06, 28 September 2020 (EDT): Four months after I started it, our new Main Page layout is live! This new design uses collapsible elements to help highlight the most relevant items while still leaving the rest easily accessible. It should hopefully scale across different resolutions better as well.
Gideon (talk) 21:56, 12 January 2020 (EST): Another trip around the sun under our belt, and more blood on our hands. Here's to another crimson new year!
Gideon (talk) 22:26, 4 December 2019 (EST) That which is dead may never die! French Meat 2 ready to tear you through!
Gideon (talk) 03:45, 1 October 2019 (BST) A new eight level Blood fan add-on entitled The Way of Ira was released a week ago. Hop to it Bloodites!
Gideon (talk) 01:50, 10 May 2019 (BST): So the remaster is officially out under the title of Blood: Fresh Supply. It is only available for Microsoft Windows on day one, so not an instant buy for me. Also been hearing some mixed things about it; Gmanlives likes it, but Daedalus has posted several complaints over on Altar of Stone. Quite a bit of controversy about them merging the old GOG store page into the new one as well, though at least the DOS version is still included as an extra (so you can still use it for BloodGDX or NBlood). Feeling rather conflicted about all of this at the moment.
Gideon (talk) 02:57, 22 February 2019 (GMT): Maybe if we had not been in the depths of one of the worst cold snaps in twenty years I might have gotten to this more promptly, but NBlood was released last week. This means not only do we have more options to play the game, but we actually have source code this time to go along with it. Your move now NightDive...
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Blood: Blood (Cryptic Passage, Plasma Pak), Fresh Supply, Development, Blood Alpha, BloodBath, Source Ports and Recreations (BloodGDX, NBlood, Raze)
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Chosen: Caleb, Ophelia Price, Ishmael, Gabriel/Gabriella, Chosen-in-training, Undead Chosen
Cabal: Ranks of the Cabal, Tchernobog, Gideon, Cheogh, Shial, Cerberus, CabalCo, Cultist Language
Reality Beta: List of Beta Reality Creatures, The Ancient One, The Nightmare, Naga, Behemoth, Shikari, Bone Leech, Death Shroud
Enemies: Gargoyle, Spider, Hell Hound, Phantasm, Hell Hand, Gill Beast
Weapons: Sawed-Off Shotgun, Tommy Gun, Tesla Cannon, Napalm Launcher, Sniper Rifle, Life Leech, Voodoo Doll, The Orb
Locations: Altar of Stone, The Lair of Shial, The Pit of Cerberus, The Hall of the Epiphany, New Town, Levels
Companies: Monolith Productions, GT Interactive, Atari, Sunstorm Interactive, WizardWorks Software, Night Dive Studios
Developers: Jason Hall, Nick Newhard, James Wilson III, Guy Whitmore, Brian Goble, Kevin Kilstrom, Daniel Bernstein, Eric Kohler, Craig Hubbard, Credits
Voice Talent: Stephan Weyte, Lani Minella, Michael Shapiro, Ted D'Arms
Music: Pestis Cruento, Infuscomus, Unholy Voices, Double, Double, Toil and Trouble, Waiting for the End, Type O Negative
Technology: Build (MapEdit, ArtEdit), LithTech (DEdit, ModelEdit), Kex Engine, Doom, Dark Places, Flash, Game Maker
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Fan Media: Fan Fiction, Fan Art (Featured Artwork), Comic Strips, Sculpture, Fan Videos, Collections, Cosplay, Crossovers
Modifications: List of Mods, Banzai's Add-On, BloodLines, Legends of the Iconoclast, Rage Against the Machine, Bloody Pulp Fiction, Death Wish, French Meat, Weapons Mod, Extra Crispy, Custom Levels
Fan Games: Transfusion, Blood TC/ZBlood, BloodCM, Q3 BloodBath, Blood Reborn, Blood 2D, Caleb Versus Nazis, Blood: Refilled, Blood: Dead on Arrival, Blood: The Curse Hunter, Bloom
Websites & Communities: List of Websites, Blood Wiki, Planet Blood, The Postmortem, Death Mask, Blood Line, Transfusion Forums, Altar of Stone, Monolith Forums, Russian Blood Community, Polish Blood Centre, Duke4, Good Old Games
YouTube: Blood On YouTube, Gmanlives, Civvie 11, Lingyan203, Pagb666, Weavaloid, MARVELLER, Emmanuel EXE, Awesome Games Done Quick
Music Remixes: Blood Music Project, Blood Music Rearrangement for Orchestra, Blood OST Remaster, Luke Jansen, The Gaming Ground
Image Galleries: Blood Screamshots, Blood II Screamshots, Cutscenes, Concept Art, Fan Art, Fan Games
Miscellaneous: Cultural References in Blood, Timelines, Cheat Codes, Future of Blood, Blood Source Campaign, Installation, BloodBath Guide, Quotations, Reviews
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Top 5 "Special Events"
Christmas in the Park
December 3
Central Park in Winter Park
Imagine strolling through lighted Tiffany windows on display while listening to the 150-member Bach Festival Choir performs…yeah, it's all that!
Orlando Puppet Festival
December 3-10
Multiple Venues
IBEX Puppetry's 6th annual festival…live shows, puppets, and more!
Leu's Holiday House
Through January 3
Leu Gardens
The Leu House is decorated with different themes to celebrate the holiday season.
Holidays at the Waterhouse
Through January 9
Lake Lily in Maitland
After you stroll around the picturesque lake, stop in at the historic Waterhouse residence, decorated for the holidays.
Theme Parks (Yes, all of them!)
Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party
Disney's Magic Kingdom
Universal's Islands of Adventure
Sea World's Christmas Celebration
Sea World
Top 5 "Family" Events
The Little Drummer Boy
Opens December 4
Pinocchio's Marionette Theater
This holiday favorite has become a tradition at Pinocchio's…and it is fabulous!
Brunch with Santa
December 11
Central Florida Zoo
Watch the animals get their holiday gifts as Santa visits the zoo!
The Polar Express
December 17
Leu Gardens
One of our favorite holiday movies, starring the voice of Tom Hanks.
History Holiday Camp
December 20-22 and 27-29
Orange County Regional History Museum
Children in grades K-2 and 3-5 can attend a fun, educational and interactive camp featuring themes like "Holidays Around the World" and "Under the Sea."
Parades (Yes, 3 of them!)
Christmas Parade
December 4
Winter Park or Mount Dora… your pick!
Lighted Boat Parade and Water Ski Show
December 11
Winter Park – Lakes Osceola and Virginia (Viewable from the Polasek Museum of Art)
Citrus Bowl Parade
December 30
Downtown Orlando
Top 5 "Performing Arts" Events
Chaps! A Jingle Jangle Christmas
Opens December 1
Orlando Shakespeare Theater
Get your cowboy hat on because this hilarious show will bring back our favorite cowboys (and songs) from yesteryear.
The Festival of Lights – An Evening of Stories in Celebration of Chanukah
December 2-5
Seminole State College Fine Arts Theater
Southern Winds Theatre presents a show honoring the Jewish holiday tradition.
19th Annual Brouhaha Film & Video Showcase
December 4-5
Enzian Theater
Support local filmakers as they feature their best and most entertaining videos, documentaries, animation, and experimental movies. A juried show, the winners will have a chance to be shown at the 20th Annual Florida Film Festival.
December 11-12
Center for Contemporary Dance
For a decidedly non-holiday event, the Moore Dance Projects in partnership with the Florida Museum of Art presents the story of a man discovering possibilities.
The Nutcrackers (Yes, plural!)
The Chocolate Nutcracker
December 11-12
Bob Carr
A multicultural and charming approach to the holiday tradition… well worth seeing!
The Nutcracker
December 17-19
Bob Carr
A holiday tradition from Orlando Ballet and favorite for decades. Love it!
Top 5 "Fitness" Events
OUC Half Marathon
December 4
Lake Eola
Billed as one of the Southeast's top road races, over 3,500 runners will show what their made of, going anywhere from 3 to 13 miles!
A Bicycle Ride through Christmas Fantasy Land
December 11
Casselberry/Winter Park
Join hundreds of bike riders as they cruise through the brightly lit neighborhoods. Even registration benefits New Hope for Kids.
Dan Newlin Reindeer Run
December 11
Sea World
Run or walk the 3.1 miles through Sea World… how fun!
Elf Classic Running Festival
December 11-12
Moss Park
Billed as one of the best "off road" running events in Florida, there are a multitude of races and challenges for the avid runner.
5th Annual Kangaroo Run
December 11
Central Winds Park, Winter Springs
Almost a thousand students, grades K-5 from 12 schools, will be making the Kangaroo Run this year. All are invited!
Top 5 "Visual Arts" Events
Bizarre Bazaar
December 1
Washburn Imports
Featuring favorite artisans in jewelry, artwork, and accessories…fun! Sponsored by Orange Appeal.
The Grab & Go Show
December 11
Neon Forest
A group art show featuring works of art for $100 or less…how fabulous for a holiday gift!
Hoard by Tess Bonacci
December 16 only
The Daily City Mobile Art Show
Unusual artwork, indeed…this spotlights the strange disorder of animal hoarding. Definitely a must-see!
Cheers to the Holidaze!
December 16
Gallery on First, Sanford
Ring in the season with the annual Cheers to the Holidaze December street party, where the Vendo-Art machine will be full of affordable hand-painted artwork.
XX-XY/Gender Representation in Art
Opens December 18
Orlando Museum of Art
This exhibit will call upon the museum's permanent collections as well as loans from other museums in order to examine the role of men and women in different cultures and time periods.
Top 5 "Charity" Events
2010 Taste of the NFL
December 2
Sonesta Hotel
Six local restaurant will work together to fight hunger. Wine sales, silent auction, and ticket sales will help feed the hungry by benefiting the Second Harvest Food Bank.
She Stoops to Conquer
December 2
Mad Cow Theatre
For one night only this hilarious show will have 20% of ticket sales benefit the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida. Nice!
Hoppen Family Holiday Show
December 4
Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center
Larry Hoppen, from the band ORLEANS who sings "Still the One" will fill the theater with holiday songs to raise funds and bring in non-perishable food for Sanford's Rescue Outreach Mission.
Happy Hour for the History Center at Urban Flats Downtown
December 7
Urban Flats, Downtown
Wine, food and friends at a holiday happy hour? And it all benefits the Orange County Regional History Center's educational programs for children and adults? We're in!
Ugly Sweater Party
December 18
The Lodge, Downtown Orlando
Benefiting XL1067's Baby DJ program, just put on an ugly sweater, bring a toy, and enjoy!
Top 5 "Other Music" Events
Christmas at the Casa
December 2
Casa Feliz
A holiday open house featuring Victorian carolers. We just love the atmosphere to get us in the seasonal spirit!
A Classic Christmas
December 11-12
Knowles Memorial Chapel, Rollins College
The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park presents its annual Christmas program, featuring the Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
December 12
Amway Center
One of the bestselling concert acts in the world is back with its holiday magic…sounds ideal!
Merry TubaChristmas
December 18
Central Park in Winter Park
Brass and baritone players of all ages take center stage… what fun!
December 21
The Plaza Theater
With the success of Glee bringing fans back to this style of music, we can't wait!
Top 5 "Literary" Events
Meet Author Marc Franco
December 3
Barnes and Noble, Colonial Plaza
Meet this local author as he signs his new children's book Catching Santa: The Kringle Chronicles, Book 1.
Brown Bag Lunch & Learn – Yes, You! An Entertaining Autobiography in Three Easy Steps
December 8
Orange County Regional History Museum
Regardless of your writing experience, author Elizabeth Coursen can show everyone how to write an entertaining life story!
125th Anniversary Party
December 9
Winter Park Public Library
We just love the fact that there have been bibliophiles here for over a century! Let's celebrate!
Meet Florida Lottery Winner: Richard Lustig
December 11
Orlando Public Library
Meet local author and seven-time grand prize lottery winner (Yes, 7 times!) as he shares his secret to winning.
Local Authors Festival
December 18
Orlando Public Library
Support Central Florida authors from a variety of genres and experiences…win prizes, too.
Top 5 "Sporting" Events
Florida Citrus Sports Shoot Out
December 1
Amway Center
Florida Gators vs. the UCF Knights in basketball… the first collegiate game in the new Amway Center… YES!
LPGA Tour Championship
December 2-5
Grand Cypress Golf Club
More than 100 professional female golfers will play for 1.5 millions dollars in prize money.
Conference USA Championship
December 4
Brighthouse Stadium
Congrats to the Golden Knights for taking UCF to the conference championships! Woot!
Champs Sports Bowl
December 28
Florida Citrus Bowl
The teams haven't been announced yet, but as one of Orlando two bowls, we're excited to see who's coming!
Orlando Magic vs. New York Knicks
December 30
Amway Center
Anytime the Magic take on the Knicks, you know it's going to be good!
Top 5 "Popular Music" Events
Mix 105.1's Holiday Soiree: The Goo Goo Dolls with Kris Allen
December 5
House of Blues
American Idol winner paired with one of our favorite bands? Oh yeah! Can't wait!
Jim Brickman
December 8
Bob Carr
We're hoping to get these tickets as an early Christmas present!
12 Days of Christmas: Amy Grant & Vince Gill
December 9
King Performing Arts Center, Melbourne
We just love this in-love couple…and we think they sing pretty darn well, too!
XL1067 XL'Ent XMAS 2010
December 12-14
House of Blues
Featuring a variety of acts ranging from Maroon 5, Train, Enrique Iglesias, B.O.B., Bruno Mars, Jay Sean, Paramore, and more, it looks like an excellent series of holiday concerts!
Huey Lewis and the News
December 15
Hard Rock Live
Be still our hearts as we are whisked back to the 80s!


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The Dune jacket keeps up with any weather. It offers exceptional 25k of waterproofing and outstanding 25k of breathability, so you can stay calm when the sky turns dark.
Of course, all seams are fully taped for even more maxed out water protection.
For a better experience in the mountains, use the zipped ventilation on both sides of the jacket before you get warm.
For an individual fit, there is an adjustable drawstring at the bottom.
The Dune jacket does of course also have multiple well-planned and snow proof pockets, to keep your belongings safe from the elements and from getting lost.
There's also a ski pass pocket on the left arm, so the Dune jacket works just as well on groomed slopes as on backcountry adventures.
Let's talk waterproofness and how the scale works.
It is measured in numbers, 15k for example. The number refers to millimeters and the amount of pressure the fabric can stand before water starts to leak through.
So let's imagine a 15 000 millimeter hollow tube. Now let's take that tube and place it on a 15k fabric. If we then fill it up with water, the fabric will not let any water pass through.
If this would have been a 10k fabric though, you can probably imagine what would have happened instead?
Now you know what the number means, but that's not how you use a jacket. So let's clear up what does different numbers means to you and how to use our 1-5 scale.
1: 3000mm
Very basic, still considered as waterproof but wont last for more than light rain.
2: 5000mm
If you ride in cold and clear conditions, you can get away with this level with some occasional hot coco or gluehwein lodge breaks. But if bad weather comes knocking on the door, you have a good chance of getting cold and wet.
3: 10 000mm
If you are looking to spend long days out riding and don't want to worry about bad weather, 10k is a good level.
4: 15 000mm
Come at me mother nature! 15k will stand up against some serious downpours of rain and wet snow. 15k is a good choice riders in wetter climates. At this level, a lot is needed to pass through the membrane.
5: 20 000k and up.
If you need 20k +, you probably know all about this already. But for the rider who spend a lot of time BC or hiking to and riding remote places, and need to be prepared for everything. You should look for gear with 20k and up for waterproofness and breathability.
Breathability in snow gear is super important and key to keep you both dry and warm. The scale to measure this is stated in numbers such as 10 000, and that number is referring to grams.
And more specific how many grams of water steam that can pass through a square meter in 24 hours.
But let's not get a headache trying to make sense of that, here is what it means in practical use for you.
1: 3000gr
The most basic breathable fabric, it basically means that it can breath. Nothing more.
2: 5000gr
If you keep to the lift and casually riding the pistes with the occasional breaks where you remove your coat, 5k will work just fine.
3: 10 000gr
This level will work good for more intense riding where you might break some sweat or keep you dry and warm in rainy weathers. If you are doing a lot of hiking though, you should look at a higher level.
4: 15 000gr
Feeling more adventures? 15k are up for hiking and backcountry riding. Or if you do a lot of high energy riding where you easily break a sweat, this is a good level for you.
5: 20 000gr and up.
Are you hiking or skinning thousands of vertical feets on a usual basis? Then you should look for gear with 20k+ in breathability and waterproofness.


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From small corporate offices to large industrial warehouses in Bankstown . Torque Security can reduce the risk to your commercial premises by installing a state of the art electronic security cameras. Whether it be a custom security setup or a CCTV security camera system.
Torque Security has solutions to suit all security requirements and budgets. Our electronic security specialists understand that no two commercial premises are the same, therefore realising a one size fits all approach isn't always the answer.
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Four-flute end mills clear chips more quickly than end mills with more flutes and allow for higher feed rates than end mills with fewer flutes. They also typically have larger cores and are less prone to breaking than end mills with fewer flutes. The TiCN coating on these end mills protects them from wear and is harder and more wear-resistant than a TiN coating.General purpose high-speed steel square end mills are intended for milling a wide variety of common materials but are not suitable for milling hard materials like titanium or gummy materials like aluminum. Finishing end mills create a finer finish on the workpiece than roughing and roughing/finishing end mills. High-speed steel square end mills offer good wear resistance for basic milling applications. They're more flexible and can absorb more shock and vibration than carbide, cobalt, or powdered-metal end mills. These end mills have a coating that protects them from wear. Sometimes called square-nose end mills, square end mills have a square nose and are rotated against a piece of stock to create a flat-bottomed groove with 90° inside corners in milling tasks. They are used for counterboring, side and face milling, and milling square shoulders.
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Article applies to: Platinum Octopre
If you are using your Octopre with a step-down/up transformer and are experiencing sync problems then it could be down to the quality or age of the step down transformer. If the converter is getting slightly less power than it requires, a loss of sync may occur - it may be that the transformer is older and expecting a slightly higher supply voltage than is present.
There are other things which could be causing loss of sync but if your transformer is old or poor quality then it may be worth trying a different one to narrow down the cause of the problem.
Note that the fact that a step down transformer may cause jitter in the mains signal will have no effect on the converter jitter since the crystal used always has a jitter figure of +/-10psec. Therefore using a good transformer with the Octopre will not cause any problems when using the digital card.


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On Dating in Dubai and Such
This is the post that you've all been waiting for. I know that you are all giddy and excited by now in your seats and skimming through this post jumping to the main, juicy parts.
I spoke before about dating in Amman. Now dating in Dubai is a totally different thing like the difference between, let's say, penguins wearing sunglasses and RFP's ( I just had to put that somewhere)
Dating in Dubai starts with a phone call.
Her: Hiii
You: Hey
Her: Listen I'm going to be 20 minutes late. I am stuck in traffic. I'm so sorry.
You: Okay..
(10 minutes later)
Her: Hi again
You (a little exasperated): Hey
Her: Where is the place again?
You: Take a left from Jumeirah Road..
30 minutes later after reading the newspaper and calling a random childhood friend you haven't heard from in the last 10 years and texting your sister, your date shows up.
At least she is looking gorgeous and is not too worried about revealing a little too much of the merchandise.
Pleasantries are exchanged. Shortly afterwards, what would be considered unthinkable elsewhere other than Dubai and major cities happens.
Business cards are swapped.
Now, even if business cards are not PHYSICALLY exchanged, and an eye doesn't directly shoot unto the title and company, and fingers feel the texture of the card, they are mentally revealed through a few open-ended questions and insinuations.
Then, a quick algorithm is executed in her head that includes variables such as hotness and how fun you are vs. possible financial revenue. A junction is quickly reached.
Is he too hot that he is worth more than the hefty bonus I can get through business with him which will enable me to buy that Louis Vuitton handbag I really want?
A few minutes and a fantasy later that includes you cuddling with her under a blanket (or lack thereof), a verdict is reached.
For courtesy's sake, this decision is not put into words, but can be conveyed from the turn the date takes. If it is mostly office stories and salary negotiation-like discussions, you know that you've been relegated to the "business contacts" category. If the date takes a turn towards playfulness, flirting and accidental physical contact you know that you've been delegated to the "possible romances" category.
You'd think your work is over by now. It's not.
Your father didn't tell you this, but women have categories for everything.
Later on, a second algorithm is executed. A quick skim at such things as your watch, shoes, teeth, car-key chains and few others depending on her kinkiness will provide the variables. The second algorithm will decide the longevity and permanency of the relationship. Please note that the results of the first algorithm are absolutely unrelated to the results of the second.
In contrast to dating in Amman, dating in Dubai has no curfews and is open-ended and can include two activities or more (ahem) Another point of difference would be the bill payment. Women in Dubai like to think of themselves as independent women enjoying freedom and success (HA!) so they will insist on breaking up the tab once it arrives whilst women in Jordan will pretend sheepishly to want to pay, but they fully expect you to.


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I have made dog food for my dogs for 4 months. I used to feed my dogs dry food that I bought from stores. The result for my 2 dogs is very good. Their feces are smaller and don't produce as much oder as before.
Surprisingly one of the dogs had a big lump on her chest that I have mentioned in another forum long time ago, but now the lump is getting smaller.
Last week we took our dogs to the vet to have second opinion, and the lump is just fat tissue and does no harm. Moreover, she hated to stand up with 2 legs but now she likes to do it.
Sometimes, I put tomato in the recipe. However, someone said tomatoes are bad for older dogs, especially older dogs have joint problem. But the vet said my dogs are very healthy as a 12 and a 9 schnauzers.
I have seen some dry dog food that added tomatoes and is for elder dogs as well. I wonder why.
I wonder if tomato is good or bad, or fine. I checked online that it says the green tomato and the leaves are harmful for dogs. However, as the fruit ripens, the tomatine is metabolized.
So...is it right? and is pepper bad for dogs?
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Tomatoes in the form of pomace is frequently used in some lesser brand kibble as added fibre to bulk up stools.
As far as I know tomatoes are just fine. If you are adding alot of tomatoes to their food, just bear in mind that if your are balancing the alkali to acid ratios for urinary tract health, they are an acidic fruit.
That's great news about the lipoma shrinking! Keep up the good work!
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Mosquitoes are poised to be the biggest party crashers of the summer.
The torrents of rain that fell in May and the above-average temperatures predicted for June and July are perfect conditions for a bumper crop of buzzing bugs. It's not welcome news. Illnesses caused by mosquitoes, fleas and ticks more than tripled in the United States since 2004, according to a report released this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And more people have concerns about the West Nile and Zika viruses.
"With this much rain, we're going to have the perfect storm: lots of standing water and lots of mosquitoes," says Lee Roeder, general manager of Strosniders Hardware in Bethesda, Maryland, which stocks dozens of anti-mosquito products, including head nets and purse-size essential-oil repellents.
So, if you're hosting a family reunion, graduation party or just a simple backyard barbecue, you'll need a battle plan. Removing standing water on your property from plant saucers, clogged gutters and garden containers (potential breeding sites) is as important as stringing party lights and stockpiling ice. There's an array of products marketed to help deal with mosquitoes and other annoying flying critters: sprays, herbs, zappers, citronella, coils, lanterns, candles, oils, dunks, fogs, torches, table-top diffusers, wipes, lotions and one-time yard treatments. (For advice on using repellents safely, check out the Environmental Protection Agency's website, epa.gov.)
Consumers have mixed feelings about various types of repellents (just scroll down to the reviews on any product page online), and research shows similarly mixed results. Solutions that work for some don't work for others.
"I can understand why people look for different types of repellents," says Joseph Conlon, spokesman for the American Mosquito Control Association, "but DEET is the gold standard by which all others are judged, because of repellency tests, and it's been around for 60 years." Although some people continue to have reservations about DEET (especially in regard to children, pets and pregnant women), Consumer Reports testers have addressed many of these concerns and report that "the chemical is safe and effective when used as directed."
Event planners and caterers say bug control strategy is now a standard item on client checklists.
"It's a timely topic. When a party is out-of-doors, everyone wants to know how to handle it," says Lynn Easton, founder and creative director of Easton Events, a special-events firm in Charlottesville, Virginia and Charleston, South Carolina. "You don't want your guests eaten to death."
Easton says she brings insect repellent in different forms to her gatherings. "I do a pretty little tray outside with sprays and organic [repellent] bracelets, and sometimes herbs and essential oils such as peppermint, lavender and cedarwood," she says. The bracelet she swears by is the Parakito Mosquito Repellent Wristband, which is made with seven natural oils including citronella, rosemary and clove, and is refillable. (Easton recently wore them on her ankles at a wedding she was staging in the Dominican Republic.) She also puts several types of repellent wipes and a selection of sprays in the bathrooms. Sometimes she lights citronella votives and torches around the party space.
Hosts can also minimize mosquitoes, Easton says, by being mindful of any floral decorations (they shouldn't smell too sweet) and avoiding certain hors d'oeuvres (platters of ripe cheese left out in the sun will attract mosquitoes, especially with soft cheeses such as brie and limburger).
Mosquitoes and no-see-ums are party poopers that can shut a bash down. "If guests are swatting themselves all the time, they get very annoyed," says Bill Homan, co-founder of Design Cuisine caterers in Arlington, Virginia. "That doesn't make for a good party." For years, Homan has relied on Bounce dryer sheets (in the Outdoor Fresh scent), which scientists have studied for their gnat-repelling properties. The sheets are tied to the narrow legs of his catering tables, under the tablecloths. Homan says many clients prefer products made with plant oils, and he often offers trays of repellent bracelets for guests, such as the Cliganic Insect Repellent Band, made with oils including geraniol, lemon grass and citronella. "Especially when we do picnics, I tell people to use a bracelet," Homan says. "The bugs just keep coming out of the grass, and it's hot and sweaty and can be very uncomfortable.
Allison Jackson, owner and lead event planner of Washington's Pineapple Productions, has ideas for many different kinds of clients, including those who want to avoid using DEET products or yard sprays. Her strategies include putting fans around the party area and "incorporating herbs that work naturally to repel mosquitoes — peppermint, lemon balm, lavender." You can use them in flower arrangements or buy them in pots to help repel mosquitoes and bees. For her parties on hot, sticky summer evenings, she has another natural refreshing idea. "To make guests feel more comfortable, we take cool washcloths scented with lavender and pass these out. The scent also works as a natural bug repellent."
To avoid attracting bees, Jackson says to avoid displaying any sweet-smelling flowers such as peonies, garden roses or lilies. And stay away from serving sugary drinks such as lemonade.
"We try and do some preemptive things," Jackson says. "But of course, the most effective way to plan for an outdoor party is to hire an exterminator to spray the area a few days before the event."
The demand for one-time party sprays is growing, says Damien Sanchez, owner of DC Mosquito Squad. Last year, the company did one-time sprays for 434 special events inside the Beltway. The cost: about $200 to $250 to spray one acre. "One application lasts several weeks. It starts to diminish after that," Sanchez says. "We prefer to spray three to four days beforehand." For mosquitoes, ticks and stink bugs, the company sprays a combination of pyrethroids, which are synthetic chemical versions of oils found in chrysanthemum flowers. (Note that pyrethroids will kill ants, bees, spiders, ladybugs and other beneficial insects as well.)
Janice Parker, a landscape architect in New York and Greenwich, Connecticut, believes that "the best bug protection is on yourself." She recommends repellent bracelets and herbal scents sprayed on ankles, feet and even hats. "You can use something like rosemary spray on a tablecloth, and it's a pleasant smell that I like better than citronella," she says. She also suggests throwing some fresh rosemary on your grill when cooking. Another piece of advice that should be obvious: Don't wear a perfume that smells like flowers.
It's always a smart idea to tell guests in your invitation that your gathering is going to be outdoors. You can also email or text people the day of the party to confirm. Guests can then choose whether to wear long-sleeve shirts, long pants or socks.
"Telling people in advance lets people plan their own strategy for dealing with the mosquito issue," Homan says. "They'll really appreciate the advance notice for a lot of reasons. At outdoor parties, people sometimes come up to me and say, 'I wish I had known this party was going to be in the grass. I have my brand-new shoes on.' "


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Lauren Duca got Martin Shkreli suspended Sunday from Twitter after a simple invite to Trump's inauguration turned into creepy online harassment.
Duca — a writer for Teen Vogue — reached out to Twitter's CEO and founder Jack Dorsey after Shkreli initially offered Lauren a +1 to the inauguration last week, which quickly escalated into stalking territory when she shot him down.
Afterward, Shkreli turned his Twitter page into a shrine for Lauren … insinuating they were a couple, despite her frequent rejections.
Now, it looks like Martin's trolling has gotten him booted from the Twitter-verse.
She brings the point home in our video … she and Martin will never be a thing, or won't even talk, unless he changes his tune.


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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - The Pakistani Taliban and the army exchanged prisoners Wednesday as a confidence building measure ahead of possible peace talks, intelligence officials and militant commanders said.
The exchange included six militants and two paramilitary Frontier Corps soldiers, the officials and commanders said. It occurred in the Shawal area of the South Waziristan tribal region. The militants were subsequently taken to neighboring North Waziristan, the country's main Taliban sanctuary.
Militants fired in the air with joy when their colleagues were freed, the intelligence officials said.
The two officials and two Taliban commanders spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to journalists.
Pakistan's military public affairs office denied the exchange occurred. But the intelligence officials and Taliban commanders provided the names of the militants who were freed and said the two paramilitary soldiers released were kidnapped by the Taliban in southwest Baluchistan province in March 2012.
The release occurred only days after Pakistan's main political parties endorsed peace negotiations with the Taliban and their allies Monday as the best way to end a decade-long insurgency that has killed thousands of people.
The exchange was meant to build confidence between the government and the militants before formal peace talks, one of the Taliban commanders said.
Senior Taliban leaders are currently discussing whether to take the government up on its offer to hold negotiations, said the commander and one of his colleagues.
The Taliban said they were open to talks at the end of last year but withdrew that offer in May after the group's deputy leader was killed in a U.S. drone strike.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif campaigned on a platform of holding peace talks and has maintained that line since he took office in June. He scored a victory when his stance was endorsed by other parties on Monday - a decision that was generally welcomed by the Taliban.
But there are plenty of skeptics who doubt negotiations actually will bring lasting peace. The government has struck various peace deals with the Taliban in the past, but all have fallen apart. Critics say the agreements simply gave the militants time to regroup and continue their fight against the state.
"Not only is the path well worn, it is also a path that has on every previous occasion been attempted and led to failure, mutual recrimination and renewed bloodshed," an editorial published Wednesday in The Express Tribune newspaper said.
The editorial also pointed out that it's unclear with whom exactly the government would negotiate. Analysts say there are more than 100 militant groups operating in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border with varying levels of allegiance.
"Then there is the question of just what is on the table, what is up for negotiation," the editorial said. "No iteration of the Taliban either historically or in recent years has wanted anything other than the dismantling of the democratic process, the dissolution of legislatures at the federal and provincial levels, and the imposition of their own narrow interpretation of religion."
It's also unclear what kind of negotiated peace Pakistan's army, considered the country's most powerful institution, would accept after losing hundreds of its soldiers in combat with the Taliban.
A peace deal could worry the United States if it gives more breathing room to Afghan militants in Pakistan who carry out cross-border attacks against American troops in Afghanistan.
The Afghan and Pakistani Taliban are allies but have aimed their guns at different targets. The Afghan Taliban have fought coalition forces in Afghanistan, while the Pakistani Taliban have taken on the government at home.


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By Kathryn Doyle
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Older women with a history of heart trouble were more likely to develop thinking and memory problems than those without heart disease, it was found in a new study.
Women who'd had a heart attack, in particular, were twice as likely to see declines in their thinking and memory skills, researchers found.
Doctors had already suspected such a link existed, lead author Dr. Bernhard Haring told Reuters Health.
"But our study provides new evidence on a broad scale including many different types of heart disease with a specific focus on postmenopausal women," he said.
Haring is based at the Comprehensive Heart Failure Center at the University of Würzburg in Germany.
He and his colleagues used data from a long-term study of more than 6,000 women ages 65 to 79.
Researchers asked the women if they had ever been diagnosed with any heart problems. They also gave them a test of brain function at the beginning of the study and then once every year.
None of the women had thinking and memory problems at the outset. Close to 900 reported having heart disease.
About eight years later, more than 400 women showed signs of cognitive decline or dementia. Women who said they'd had heart disease were 29 percent more likely to have cognitive problems than those without heart disease.
Women who'd had a heart attack had the highest risk of developing thinking and memory trouble, the researchers reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Those with a history of bypass surgery or peripheral vascular disease – hardening of the arteries that bring blood to the legs and feet – were also at greater risk, Haring said.
But neither an abnormal heart rhythm nor heart failure was linked to a decline in brain function.
Regardless of whether women had heart disease, those with high blood pressure and diabetes had a higher risk of cognitive decline. But no link was seen with obesity.
The new study is important because of the sheer number of women involved, Dr. Richard O'Brien said. He is chairman of Neurology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, and wasn't involved in the research.
Understanding the connection between heart disease and dementia is important because heart disease is reversible but Alzheimer's disease is not, O'Brien said.
"Given that the number of individuals suffering from dementia is increasing in all developed countries, it is important and necessary to first investigate the reasons of why this is happening and to identify those particularly at risk and second to find measures on how to prevent and treat affected individuals," Haring said.
An aging circulatory system could lead to worsening brain function in many ways, he said. Gradual buildup of plaque in the veins and arteries or inflammation may play a role, as could small bits of tissue death in the brain over time due to poor blood supply.
"Heart disease is more than just blocked arteries, it's an inflammatory process as well and also affects the turnover of brain endothelial cells, cerebrospinal fluid production (which washes away bad things in the brain) – lots of things," O'Brien told Reuters Health in an email. "Which exactly is the most important nobody knows."
About 35 percent of people over age 80 have dementia, he noted.
Women with any kind of heart disease should see their doctor on a regular basis, Haring said.
"Cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension and in particular diabetes should be managed adequately as these may provide a link between (heart disease) and worsening cognitive functioning over time," Haring said.
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/1g6Brcc Journal of the American Heart Association, online December 18, 2013.


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Walter Plecker Asserted that Virginia Indians No Longer Exist, December 1943
Virginia has had a long history of legally defining people by race. Colonial laws on slavery often used the words Negro and slave interchangeably, and by law at various times some Indians could be enslaved and others not. An 1866 law decreed that every person having one-fourth or more African American blood was deemed to be a colored person, and everyone not a colored person having one-fourth or more Indian blood was to be deemed an Indian. On March 20, 1924, Virginia passed the "Act to Preserve Racial Integrity," which defined as "colored" all persons having any discoverable nonwhite ancestry and therefore subjecting all persons of mixed-race ancestry to the racial segregation laws and laws against interracial marriage.
Walter Ashby Plecker, in charge of the state's vital statistics records, employed the law to classify all Virginians as "white" or "colored" and to classify the state's Indians as "colored." Plecker believed that some African Americans were attempting to pass as Indians and feared that Indians would attempt to pass as white. He obsessively documented each and every birth and marriage registration submitted to his agency and manipulated and distorted records to show that the genealogical heritage of Virginia's Indians was so intermixed with Virginia's African Americans that no real Indians existed.
Plecker's obsession with racial integrity is well in evidence in this December 1943 letter and list of surnames by county of families that he believed were trying to "pass" for white or Indian. As State Registrar of Vital Statistics, he wrote many letters and directives to county officials were about specific individuals whom he felt were trying to pass as white. He often asked for evidence from the county clerk to prove the people in question were of African American descent. Plecker also regularly sent out alerts to the county officials, hospitals, doctors, midwives, and other healthcare workers and record keepers about families that he considered suspect. He instructed that these families were not to be allowed to be listed as white in any record or to be treated as white in any way, including attendance at white schools.
The Racial Integrity Act of 1924 recognized only two races, white and colored. The act required that a racial description of every person be recorded at birth, and made marriage between white persons and nonwhite persons a felony. Plecker developed the racial criteria behind the act and adhered strictly to the one-drop rule, a historical term originating in the South that holds that a person with any trace of African ancestry is considered black. The Racial Integrity Act was subject to the Pocahontas exception. Since many influential Virginia families claimed descent from Pocahontas, the legislature declared that a person could be considered white with as much as one-sixteenth Indian ancestry.
Plecker's policies pressured state agencies to reclassify most citizens claiming Indian identity as colored in spite of a 1930 amendment to the Racial Integrity Act that restored the legal status of some Virginia Indians who lived on reservation lands. Plecker, nevertheless, believed that they also had African ancestry and classified them as colored. This policy has left a modern-day legacy where Virginia's Indians struggle to achieve federal recognition because they cannot prove their heritage as required by federal laws.
Special note:
This letter came to the Library of Virginia in a group of records from Rockbridge County, Virginia. The records consist of the correspondence of the County Clerk, Abner Terry Shields, with Plecker from 1912 to 1943. The correspondence includes Vital Statistics forms and instructions, Virginia Health Bulletins about enforcing the Racial Integrity Law of 1924, a letter to the attorney general asking for clarification of procedures required by the new Racial Integrity Act about issuing marriage licenses, pamphlets about eugenics issued by Plecker and the Bureau of Vital Statistics, specific inquiries from Plecker about individuals he was seeking to prove were nonwhite, and newspaper articles about court cases challenging the Racial Integrity Law. Evidence that people protested against and resisted Plecker's campaign is clear in this correspondence as well.
1. Who was Walter Plecker?
2. What records does Plecker cite for his evidence?
3. What Virginia law did Walter Plecker uphold with his reign of white supremacy?
Further Discussion
1. How does the legacy of Walter Plecker's leadership at the Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistic still affect Virginia Indians today?
Suggested Reading
Rountree, Helen C. Pocahontas's People: The Powhatan Indians of Virginia Through Four Centuries. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990.
Smith, J. Douglas. "The Campaign for Racial Purity and the Erosion of Paternalism in Virginia, 1922–1930: "Nominally White, Biologically Mixed, and Legally Negro." Journal of Southern History 68, no. 1 (February 2002): 65–106.
Smith, J. David. The Eugenic Assault on America: Scenes in Red, White and Black. Fairfax, Va.: George Mason University Press, 1993.
Sherman, Richard B. "'The Last Stand': The Fight for Racial Integrity in Virginia in the 1920s." Journal of Southern History 54, no. 1 (February 1988): 69–92.
Smith, J. Douglas. Managing White Supremacy: Race, Politics, and Citizenship in Jim Crow Virginia. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002.
Wallenstein, Peter. Tell the Court I Love My Wife: Race, Marriage, and Law—An American History. New York: Palgrave, 2002.


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In the 1990s, Theresa Duncan and collaborators made three videogames that exemplified interactive storytelling at its very best.
Two decades later, her works (like most CD-ROMs) have fallen into obscurity, but they remain as luminous and compelling as ever. This online exhibition—copresented by Rhizome and the New Museum as part of First Look: New Art Online—brings them back, making them playable online, in your browser.
The Games
Chop Suey (Magnet Interactive, 1995, co-created with Monica Gesue). Lily and June Bugg embark on a strange, hallucinatory adventure through the small town of Cortland, Ohio.
Smarty (Nicholson Associates, 1996). Smarty is off to visit her Aunt Olive for the summer, where she'll host a spelling radio show, eat at the Pancake House, and visit a mysterious dime store.
Zero Zero (Nicholson Associates, 1997). It's New Year's Eve, 1899, in Paris. A little girl named Pinkée makes the rounds of the city, asking bakers, gardeners, and can-can dancers about what the future will hold.
For this First Look online exhibition, Rhizome's Digital Conservator Dragan Espenschied and the University of Frieburg have partnered tomake the full CD-ROMs available through the web browser–based "Emulation as Service" system. To play the games and explore further, click here.


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Nominations put Gin Wigmore and Kimbra head to head for the top honours at tonight's music awards.
Kiwi songbirds Kimbra and Gin Wigmore go head to head at the biggest night in New Zealand music tonight.
Follow along tonight as we live blog the awards ceremony.
The two are the solo artists with the most nominations at the Vodafone Music Awards. Kimbra is leading the race with six, including best album, while Wigmore has four.
Kimbra, from Hamilton, is pipped to clean up after a big year in which she reached the top of America's Billboard charts with her smash single Somebody That I Used to Know.
She is also up for Single of the Year for Warrior, Best Female Solo Artist, Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Best Pop Album and the People's Choice Award.
Wigmore will be battling Kimbra in each of the categories except Album of the Year and Breakthrough Artist.
The blonde husky-voiced singer has also been busy - she stars in a new television commercial for Heineken alongside James Bond actor Daniel Craig.
All finalists in the running for Best Pop Album are women - Kimbra, Wigmore and Bic Runga with Belle.
But it's men-only in the nominations for Best Rock Album - The Checks with Deadly Summer Sway, Clap Clap Riot for Counting Spins, and Head Like a Hole with Blood Will Out.
The Herald's Legacy Award will be presented to punk rock legends Toy Love.
They will also be inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand managing director Chris Caddick said tonight's event wasn't only the biggest night of the year for local musicians, it was the country's biggest awards show.
"I don't think it can get even bigger because there's no bigger venue in New Zealand than Vector," he said. "Over the last 10 years it's fair to say it's really grown from a relatively small event at the Aotea Centre to the big spectacular it is today."
The awards have come a long way since 1965 when a panel decided which record would become "the Loxene Golden Disc", named after a shampoo sold by the sponsor.
From 1973 to 1976 they were known as the Recording Arts Talent Awards, from 1978 to 1999 they were the RIANZ Awards before becoming the New Zealand Music Awards.
Mr Caddick said that 10 years or so ago the event didn't do New Zealand music justice.
"But now I think we can be very proud of it."
* nzherald.co.nz will have full coverage of tonight's awards, including a live blog, photo galleries, videos, interviews and all the winners as they come to hand. Join us here from 5pm.


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California Chrome wins Kentucky Derby
- Horse racing has not had a Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — True to his form this year, California Chrome made it look easy in the Kentucky Derby.
He became the first California-bred horse in 52 years to win the first leg of the Triple Crown, and he continued the fairytale story of his 77-old-year trainer and the small-time owners who bred him with a total investment of $10,000 – and recently turned down a $6 million offer to buy him.
California Chrome, who had won his four previous starts by a total of 24 ½ lengths, became the first California native to win the Derby since Decidedly in 1962. For the win, California Chrome earned $1,417,800 out of a total purse of $2,177,800.
The 3-year-old took control down the stretch in the 140th Derby – before a crowd of 164,906 that was the second biggest turnout for the race -- and ran away from the other 18 horses in the field, winning by 1 3/4 lengths. Commanding Curve was second and Danza was third.
California Chrome paid $7, $5.60 and $4.20.
"I never felt in my dreams that I would win two Kentucky Derbies in my entire career. … It was an awesome feeling," said winning jockey Victor Espinoza, who rode War Emblem to a Derby win in 2002.
Winning trainer Art Sherman was a teenaged stable boy when he traveled here in a railroad car from California in 1955 to accompany Swaps, who won the Derby that year. Sherman went on to ride as a jockey for 23 years and became a trainer in 1980. He's got over 2,000 career wins, but this was his first trip back to the Derby.
"He gave me the biggest thrill I ever had in my life," said Sherman, who became the oldest trainer ever to win the Derby. Charlie Whittingham was 76 when he won it in 1989 with Sunday Silence.
Steve Coburn, co-owner of California Chrome along with Perry Martin, said this week that it was a "done deal" their horse would win. He said he and his partner turned down a $6 million offer for 51 percent of their horse after he won the Santa Anita Derby in his previous race.
Coburn works for a Nevada firm that makes magnetic strips for credit cards and hotel keys. Martin and his wife own and operate a material testing company in Sacramento, Calif.
Coburn and Martin, who had previously owned small shares in race horses through a syndicate, paid $8,000 for a mare named Love the Chase and bred her for $2,000 with Lucky Pulpit.
Their offspring was California Chrome, who will now move on his bid to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978.
Coburn, who wears a cowboy hat and a sports a walrus moustache, didn't mince words with his "done deal" comments going into the race.
There were questions about how California Chrome might come out of the starting gate and join the crowded field. But he had a clean start and backed up Coburn's words.
"All I can say is do you non-believers believe in this horse now?" said Coburn, who celebrated his 61st birthday on Saturday in a big way.
Dale Romans, trainer of eighth-place Medal Count, admitted he was among those who doubted California Chrome.
"I didn't think that California Chrome had any chance going into this race, and I was very, very wrong," said Romans. "Whether the crop's a good crop or not, that's a special horse. I was wrong. …. Now he has a new fan."
Sherman said his horse reminded him of Swaps. On that rail trip here 59 years ago, Sherman slept in a sleeping bag in the boxcar with that Derby winner. Yep, that railroad ride flashed through Sherman's mind during the race.
"I did," said Sherman. "When I went over to Swap's grave the other day (I) said a little prayer and it came true."
Swaps, also a California-bred horse, originally was buried at Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky but his remains were later moved to the Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs.
"Art Sherman has come full circle," said Coburn.
Coburn hasn't specified who made the $6 million offer for controlling interest in California Chrome. But he said the potential new owners could have moved the horse out of California and switched trainers.
"It wasn't tough for us to say no," said Coburn. " … We knew within our souls what kind of horse we had because we've seen him grow up, we've seen him achieve these things. … He had all that heart, and we knew we had something special."
Coburn and his partner calls themselves DAP Racing. That stands for "Dumb Ass Partners."
"It's an incredible, incredible journey that we've been on," said Coburn. " … To see this baby the day after he was born … and I saw him three weeks prior to that in a dream, and this baby turned out exactly like my dream."
So what about the Preakness, then the Belmont and a possible Triple Crown.
"I said this horse would win the Kentucky Derby … and I said when this horse wins the Kentucky Derby I believe that this horse will win the Triple Crown," said Coburn.
Then he choked up.
"If I shed a tear just go with me, okay," he said. "This colt was born on my sister Brenda's birthday Feb. 18. She died of cancer at age 36. It will be 36 years this year since there's been a Triple Crown winner.
"And I tell people … I said this colt will go down in history … and when he wins the Triple Crown he will be the first California bred to ever win a Triple Crown."
Is this a life-changing event for Sherman?
"I don't think I changed my life. It puts something up for all my friends that aren't with me anymore, and I think they're watching over me right now and saying, 'Hey, we all wish you the best of luck, Art,' said Sherman.
He added, "I'm just the same old Art Sherman, you know, except … I won the Kentucky Derby."
Coburn said California Chrome has beaten the stigma of being a Californian by birth in a sport dominated by Kentucky-breds.
"I really don't think he cares," said Coburn. "Everybody else has been trying to tell him, the media, the sportswriter and so on. … They've never given this horse any credence. He's a California-bred. They don't do this, they don't do that. Well, guess what, he don't know he's a California-bred, and I don't care if he knows it or not. But he is who he is, and he's a great horse."
How did Sherman handle the doubters?
"Sometimes you don't get a lot of respect," said Sherman. " … Most of the Derby winners are bred here, very few outside of Kentucky. … I think they say, well, you didn't beat nobody (on the West Coast). … I just feel like, hey, let's go. I'm ready for the next race.''
Sherman was asked about that prayer he said when he visited Swaps' grave.
"I thought he was a super horse, Swaps, six world records at one time," said Sherman. "I said, 'Hey, let me have half your talent, put it into Chrome. I'll be the happiest guy in the world.' ''
Sherman's prayer was answered Saturday.
His response to Coburn saying California Chrome is on his way to the Triple Crown?
"I'm not saying anything now. He's got a dream," said Sherman. " … I think California Chrome is the rock star, and I'm his manager, and I'm going all the way."


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The end-of-life stage can be particularly challenging for family caregivers. To provide care and support for the person with dementia, you need to remember to take care of your own physical and emotional health too.
Here are some suggestions to help care for yourself and boost your resilience:
- Accept your need to grieve and feel your loss before and after the person dies.
- Take breaks from caring for the person. Consider if there is someone you trust to spend time with your family member while you get some rest.
- Don't assume people know what you need. Let family and friends know how they can help.
- Access local services in your community for help and support with daily care.
- Take time alone for yourself when you need it.
- Share your feelings with people you trust who are good listeners.
- Consider joining a support group or seek professional help if your feelings become overwhelming.
- Eat well, exercise and get lots of rest. Do something nice for yourself each day.
- Make time to do some of the things you enjoy.
- Caring for someone can easily become the main focus in your life. Try to maintain or rebuild relationships with good friends and be open to making some new ones.
- Express your grief and loss in creative ways through writing, painting, photography or other art forms.
- Recognize and value your growth as a person, which has resulted from caring for someone with dementia. You may have learned new skills, such as handling finances or delegating care tasks, become more compassionate, or developed an inner strength and resilience you didn't realize you had.
"The support group allowed me to vent my frustrations and realize that others faced similar hurdles and fears. I went regularly to the meetings to ask questions about things that worried or angered me and, as my parents' conditions deteriorated, guide the newer members of the group by sharing some of my hard-earned knowledge. Remember, don't do it all yourself. Rely on others to help you." – Barbara Dylla, a former caregiver in Montreal
Additional resources
- Read Looking after you, the carer on page 38 in Dementia information for carers, families and friends of people with severe and end stage dementia by the University of Western Sydney
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President Bill Clinton, his frustration evident, complained to his staff in a private Oval Office meeting that his message was falling flat.
"It's astonishing how much we've done," Mr. Clinton said. "But we lose the story line, and we don't have anybody else out there helping us with it. And nobody's out there fighting for it.… There is no story line; the story line has been lost."
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Q: Dear Greg, I enjoy reading your articles in our area newspaper. In 1982, I was in Hastings, Neb., visiting a former U.S. Navy shipmate of mine. While there he took me to visit a friend of his that had a welding shop.
During this visit the owner took us out to see his antique car collection that he had accumulated over the years. Most of them were of Kaiser manufactured cars, including four complete and running Kaiser Darrin Fiberglass bodied sportscars.
The doors slid into the front fender, which I had never seen before or since. He said that only a few hundred were manufactured. Can you tell me more about these cars? Gordon D. Clark, Forest Lake, Pa.
A: Gordon, I�d be glad to as I also had a similar experience when my friends and I visited a car collector�s collection in Ohio. But he only had one Kaiser Darrin!
To be specific on your question, the 1954 Kaiser Darrin was the brainchild of the late Howard Darrin, Kaiser�s chief designer and personal friend of Henry J. Kaiser. Darrin created a clay model in 1952 with full backing from Kaiser, and worked with his son in California on the car. The duo selected the company�s Henry J chassis and a 90-horsepower Willys 161-inch six-cylinder engine for power.
As you note, the Darrin was produced for only one year in 1954 and only 430 Kaiser Darrins were ever built. Rumors have five 1953 pre-production models assembled, although only one pre-production model has even been documented.
Ultramodern for its day in every sense of the word, Darrins featured a two-seat fiberglass body, Cyclops style front grille, thee sliding forward doors you note, one piece tinted windshield with wipers and washers and a three-position Landau hood (to name but a few of Darrin�s many innovations). It is regarded as one of America�s most unique sports cars, and only one year behind the introduction of the �53 Corvette. Only four colors were initially available: off-white, light green, red and yellow. Later in the year, special order colors were accepted.
Sadly, Kaiser gave up on automobile production in mid-1954 to concentrate on �non-car� vehicles. Darrin himself purchased the last 100 Kaiser Darrins from Kaiser-Willys, and then added way more power to the remaining Darrins by ordering and installing powerful 331-inch Cadillac V-8 engines. He sold the remaining V-8 Darrins through his personally owned dealership in Los Angeles.
The V-8-powered Darrin could do 145 mph, and sold for $4,400 while the 90-horsepower version, which could do just over 90 mph top speed, sold for $3,600. Also, two of the production 1954 models came equipped with supercharged 6-cyilnder engines, making it a fast sports car and extremely rare.
Collectors lucky to own a Kaiser Darrin have a very unique piece of automotive history on their hands, be it a 6-cylinder or the V-8. As for current prices at Mecum and Barrett-Jackson auctions, 6-cylinder original to fully restored Darrins can go from $90,000 to $150,000 or more. As for the supercharged Darrin, one went for $220,000 at a Barrett-Jackson Auction back in 2010. I�m waiting for a V-8 Darrin to cross the national auctions one day in 2014, and feel it could bring $250,000 to $300,000, maybe more. (My personal opinion.)
Experts say 300 Darrins remain in the hands of serious collectors, so keep your eye open for Darrins at upcoming Mecum or Barrett-Jackson auctions.
Greg Zyla writes for More Content Now and BestRide.com. He welcomes reader questions on collector cars at 116 Main St., Towanda, PA 18848 or at email@example.com.


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Founder, The Medical Futurist, 2019 European Young Leader
Bertalan is a medical doctor with a Ph.D. in clinical genomics who designed his own profession of "medical futurist". Struck by the challenge of filtering correct and reliable medical advice online, he founded the blog The Medical Futurist, where he covers technological developments before they get to market along with the possibilities and ethical challenges they present. Today, he has over 3 million readers and is seen as an internationally recognised leader in digital health. Bertalan has given over 500 presentations, including courses at Yale, Stanford and Harvard University as well as the Future med course organized by the Singularity University at NASA. Furthermore, Bertalan was featured by dozens of top publications, including CNN, the World Health Organization, National Geographic, Forbes, TIME magazine, BBC, and the New York Times.