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For a relatively small country in the south-west Pacific, New Zealand packs a lot of punch. It's a geographical and geological treat, with active and dormant volcanoes, thermal springs, wild rivers and glaciers, fine beaches and fertile plains. Auckland and Wellington are the major cities (both with beautiful harbours) of the North Island and Christchurch is the main launch point for exploration of the South Island and Southern Alps. Read more...
Ibis Styles Auckland
In the centre of the Auckland city commercial and business district. A five minute walk from the SKYCITY entertainment and casino complex with its array of restaurants and bars and also the Viaduct Harbour and Britomart transport centre.
Travel Dates: 17 February - 23 March 2016.
Grand Windsor Hotel Auckland
Superbly located on vibrant Queen Street, in the heart of the city, this 1936 art deco and heritage building is situated along the luxury shopping precinct of Queen Street, less than a 10 minute walk to the Skytower and the waterfront and bustling viaduct harbour.
Travel Dates: Departing Sydney 17 February 2016 - 23 March 2016.
Bella Vista Motel and Apartments Christchurch
Bella Vista Motels & Apartments are situated close to the CBD in the heart of Christchurch. An easy stroll from the Bella Vista are some of Christchurch's best restaurants, cafes, and bars. The Botanical Gardens, Museum, Art Gallery, Casino, Town Hall and Convention Centre are all close by. We ar...
Travel Dates: 1 May - 30 May 2016.
Heartland Hotel Cotswold
Full of character, Heartland Hotel Cotswold is warm and welcoming and the perfect place to relax. The spacious grounds feature award-winning gardens. Heartland Hotel Cotswold is very well positioned with just 20 minutes drive from Christchurch airport and very close to the CBD. Guest can enjoy de...
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Skycity Hotel Auckland
SKYCITY Hotel Auckland is in the heart of the city, five minutes' walk from the harbour and a few minutes from the main shopping on Queen Street. The hotel is part of the overall SKYCITY Entertainment Precinct/complex including all its restaurants and bars. There is a walkway between SKYCITY Hote...
Travel Dates: 17 February - 23 March 2016.
Chateau On The Park
A unique escape nestled in 5 acres of beautiful, tranquil gardens, the Chateau on the Park offers resort style hotel accommodation that feels a world away from the stresses of city life. Yet just minutes away, or a 20 minute stroll through Hagley Park, is the vibrant city of Christchurch. The hot...
Travel Dates: 2 March - 30 March 2016.
West Fitzroy Apartments
Located in the heart of the cultural precinct which includes the Art Gallery, Arts Centre, Botanic Gardens & Hagley Park, Cathedral, Canterbury Museum, Central Library, Centre of Contemporary Art (Coca), i-SITE Visitor Centre and provincial Buildings. View our great airfares, tours, travel insura...
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Heritage Hotel Christchurch
The lovingly restored hotel used to be the Old Government Building. Located in the heart of the city on Cathedral Square and just a short walk from all of the city's attractions. The hotel has spacious self contained 1, 2 and 3 bedroom suites. View our great airfares, tours, travel insurance, and...
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Nomads Queenstown
Nomads Queenstown is backpacking in style and is the winner of the Golden Backpack Award for best NZ hostel in 2010 This fantastic new purpose built property is located just metres away from the lake in central Queenstown with views of the snow capped mountains. We have large and small dorms with...
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Located within easy walking distance of the city centre, near to the University, and Auckland Domain (museum and park). A few minutes walk to Queen Street shopping. The hotel operates a complimentary shuttle to the city centre, theatres and waterfront. The Hotel is Green Globe Certified silver st...
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Jaffas 'n' Jandals (Joining the Big Tiki - North to South, Start Auckland, End Auckland)
Day 1Auckland to PaihiaKia Ora! Meet up with your Contiki Crew in Auckland, New Zealand's largest and most cosmopolitan city. Surrounded by volcanoes, islands and a stunning harbour, you'll soon understand why this is the "City of Sails" and was once home to the America's Cup. ...
Travel Dates: From 29/10/2015 to 27/09/2016
East Meets West, 4 Days
HIGHLIGHTS: Auckland - Waiheke Island - Kumeu. Day 1 Welcome to Auckland. On arrival at Auckland Airport you will be transferred to your hotel (flights anytime). Day 2 Waiheke Island. Begin your day with a tour of Auckland's scenic city highlights, before a break for morning tea in charming Parne...
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Rotorua Discovery, 4 Days
HIGLIGHTS: Auckland - Waitomo Caves - Rotorua Day 1: Auckland - Waitomo Caves - Rotorua. Travel through the lush farmland of the Waikato and King Country regions. Enjoy a morning snack as you drive past Rangiriri, the location of an historic Maori Land Wars site. On arrival in the small town of W...
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Sun & Steam (Start Auckland, End Auckland)
Day 1Auckland to PaihiaKia Ora! Meet up with your Contiki Crew in Auckland, New Zealand's largest and most cosmopolitan city. Surrounded by volcanoes, islands and a stunning harbour, you'll soon understand why this is the "City of Sails" and was once home to the America's Cup. ...
Travel Dates: From 29/10/2015 to 01/10/2016
Fiordland Experience, 5 Days
HIGHLIGHTS: Queenstown - Doubtful Sound - Te Anau - Milford Sound Day 1: Welcome to Queenstown. On arrival at Queenstown Airport you'll be transferred to your hotel (flights anytime). Hotel: Copthorne Hotel & Resort (R) or Millennium Hotel (F), Queenstown. Day 2: Queenstown - Doubtful Sound - Te ...
Travel Dates: Valid For Select Departures 1 February 2015 - 31 March 2016
Ultimate NZ Ski (Start Queenstown, End Queenstown)
Day 1Arrive QueenstownWelcome to legendary Queenstown! Known for its epic mountain lifestyle & cool vibes, this is the ultimate haven for those that love the snow, or those that want to learn. Tonight, meet your Ski rep & other travellers, before getting to know the group with dinner at one of Qu...
Travel Dates: From 26/06/2016 to 03/09/2016
Adventure to Middle Earth, 4 Days
HIGHLIGHTS: Auckland - Rotorua Day 1: Auckland - Rotorua. Travel through the lush farmland past Rangiriri, the location of a historic Maori Land Wars site. On arrival in Waitomo, tour with a local guide through the world-famous Waitomo Caves. Finish with a silent boat ride through the Glow Worm G...
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Day 1Christchurch to Franz Josef GlacierKia Ora! Meet up with your Contiki Crew in Christchurch and begin our journey west through stunning Arthur's Pass, following an old trade route. The dense native forest, alpine atmosphere and crystal clear rivers give the area its pioneer feel. ...
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'Sweet As' South (Start Christchurch, End Christchurch)
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Northern Choice (Wellington to Auckland) (Start Wellington, End Auckland)
Day 1Arrive WellingtonCheck into the Abel Tasman Hotel, then the rest of the afternoon is free for you to explore. Meet your fellow travelers & Tour Manager this evening.Day 2WellingtonYou've got a full day to discover Wellington – its compact centre is perfect for exploring on foot. ...
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Snow-capped mountains, sparkling blue oceans and bustling modern cities
Even a glimpse of the landscapes here reveal why a holiday in New Zealand is a must for lovers of the outdoors. If you don't really get 'outdoorsy' yourself, the fresh produce and New Zealand wine tempt many a palate if you somehow manage not to fall in love with the scenery.
With only 4 million people countrywide, it's fabulously uncrowded. From tip to tail there are 14 national parks; several international-standard ski fields and more adrenalin than you'll know what to do with at the South Island's adventure hub, Queenstown. The hospitality throughout is warm and there's accommodation to suit all budgets from shoestring to show-me-the-way-to-the-5-star-lodge-with-a-helipad. In short, New Zealand is small but has a lot of heart. Come and see why it might steal yours.


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Currently, four different U.S. Gold Cup veterans – Michael Parkhurst, Frankie Hejduk, Josh Wolff and Gregg Berhalter – call Columbus Crew SC their home. As the United States is heading into the knockout stage of the 2015 tournament, we thought we share with you the Gold Cup highlights of each of them.
Sporting Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter
1998 was a special year for Gregg Berhalter. The defender returned to the U.S. Men's National Team after being absent for nearly two years due to injury. Berhalter made two appearances for the U.S. that year, including a start in the 3-0 Gold Cup win over Cuba. He was part of the squad that accomplished one of the greatest moments in U.S. soccer history, a 1-0 defeat of reigning World Cup champions Brazil in the semifinals. It was the team's first goal against Brazil since the first ever game between the two sides in 1930. The victory remains the USA's only one against Brazil.
Crew SC Captain and Defender Michael Parkhurst
Defender Michael Parkhurst made his first-ever appearance for the United States in the 2007 Gold Cup against Guatemala. He started two matches in the tournament that ended with the U.S. defeating Mexico 2-1 in the final. The Columbus defensive stalwart proved his value again in 2013's tournament, starting five matches and tallying two assists. As a right back, Parkhurst's converting on the little details made his inclusion all the more valuable. One example: After a deft touch to set up a pass out wide in the 2013 final against Panama, Parkhurst made an overlapping run to draw the defender with him to open up a U.S. cross into the box for the game-winning goal.
Assistant Coach Josh Wolff
We can thank Crew SC Assistant Coach Josh Wolff for helping bring home the 2002 Gold Cup title, as the former USMNT forward scored the game-winning goal in the 2002 final against Costa Rica. Of course, credit must be given where credit is due, as it was former Crew SC defender Frankie Hejduk providing the assist to put the U.S. up 1-0. Wolff's Gold Cup career didn't end in 2002, as the forward continued his goal scoring tendencies in 2005, slotting one home against Jamaica in the Gold Cup quarterfinals, helping the U.S. advance towards the finals, where the U.S. would end up claiming victory over Panama for the nation's 4th Gold Cup crown.
Frankie Hejduk
What would a Crew SC-Gold Cup tribute list be without Frankie Hejduk. The USMNT and Crew SC veteran made an appearance in five separate Gold Cups, never leaving the tournament empty handed. The wily defender played an integral part in the championship-winning squads of 2002, 2005 and 2007, providing a golazo of his own during the 2007 semifinal win over Canada, while taking home runners-up honors in 1998 and the third-place prize in 2003.
Crew SC took the reins and dictated play right from the onset off the Black & Gold's match in Bridgeview, Illinois.
Smart ball movement, creative attacking, and a bend-but-don't-break defense led Columbus to its first road win of the season, defeating the Fire 1-0.
Crew SC experienced two substantial turnarounds this week: playing another road match just four days after taking on the Impact north of the border, and a turnaround in the box score. Here, we'll take a closer look at those numbers to see how they affected the outcome.
First, a tip of our hat goes out to Chicago goalkeeper Sean Johnson. He made six saves, some of them exceptional, including his tip over the crossbar on Ethan Finlay's breakaway, and kept Chicago in the match until the final whistle. Johnson's 6'3'', 217-pound frame came in handy when he needed to lunge after Crew SC's seven on-target attempts.
2 out of 8
Crew SC was able to limit Chicago's opportunities throughout the night, especially during the first half. Only two of the Fire's eight shots made their way to Steve Clark, though Jason Johnson's 81st-minute bender from outside of the box snaked its way through traffic and had a decent chance of finding the back of the net. Luckily for Crew SC, Clark was there when he needed to be, and the backline took care of the rest.
11 & 13
Kei Kamara and Ethan Finlay are one of the most dynamic duos in the MLS, so it's only appropriate their respective stats be grouped together. When Finlay lobbed up a cross into the middle of the box from the right side during the 41st minute, Kamara charged in and struck a powerful header to give Crew SC the match's only score. The goal was Kamara's 13th of the season, and the assist was Finlay's 11th. Both players lead the League in their respective categories.
The men and women in our nation's military make enormous sacrifices while serving overseas.
To help make their tours of duty a little bit easier, Crew SC players Sergio Campbell and Kalen Ryden joined forces with Operation Buckeye to send some love from Central Ohio to servicemen and women everywhere.
After celebrating Military Appreciation night presented by Heartland Bank at MAPFRE Stadium on July 4, Ryden and Cambpell spent Wednesday afternoon filling care packages with food, toiletries, and letters of encouragment to help brighten soldiers' spirits while they serve the United States Military in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Operation Buckeye's mission is to "bring a touch of home and brighten a day of a solider." The organization has sent tens-of-thousands of care packages to troops since its founding.
The event was held as a part of Crew SC's Give Forward Initiative, which is sponsored by MAPFRE Insurance.
Sporting Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter didn't sugarcoat the fact that he wasn't happy with his team's performance in the 3-0 loss to the Montreal Impact on Saturday night.
Kamara led Crew SC's attack with five shots in the match against the Impact, extending his season total to 81. The forward currently ranks second in the League in shots, 10 behind Toronto FC's Sebastian Giovinco.


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Ah, vai ser um filme com *dois* subtítulos? O_o
Artigo muito interessante sobre a definição (inexistente) de espécie. Quem me abriu os olhos para isso foi o Chico Lobo, uns dez anos atrás.
Yay! iZombie volta em outubro!
Ainda bem. Aquele uniforme dos filmes do Tobey Mcguire era um troço inexplicável. Ele achou de brinde numa caixa de sucrilhos?
Um filme de Krampus? Yay! Parece o tipo certo de filme natalino para mim. =)
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O Mágico de Oz já é uma viagem de ácido. Imagine o Tarsem Singh dirigindo...
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Normalmente sou completamente apático com reboots de Homem Aranha, mas o Ender Wiggin daria um bom Spiderman como o dos quadrinhos clássicos, que também era um frangote.
Singularitários caindo na real. O cara até leu "The Collapse of Complex Societies", que é um dos livros de Fim do Mundo 101 do /r/collapse. =)
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Mais um resultado de pesquisa arqueológica desse Redditor, o dr_hermes, na ficção científica escalafobética do começo do Século 20. O Cometa Halley na verdade é um planeta com atmosfera respirável, mas eletrificada, povoado por humanóides que vivem diretamente dessa fonte de energia e são imortais.
Será que o cara que escreveu "Força Sinistra" se inspirou nessa historinha? =)
THE COMET KINGS (Captain Future) Reviewed
You may have been informed that comets are just minor planetary bodies of rock and ice, and that solar radiation blows away dust and vapor to give them that distinctive tail. That's what they WANT you to think. The truth is, that "coma' around the object is actually a potent electrical charge that would destroy any matter touching it. Not only that, but (on Halley's Comet at least) the rocky body within the coma has breathable atmosphere and is inhabited by once-normal humans who have been modified into glowing beings which draw their lifeforce directly from the comet's electric charge. And even more, behind this strange transformation are shadowy fourth-dimensional creatures from beyond our cosmos who are up to No Good.
But it's not use writing to the International Astronomer's Union to inform them about this amazing news. They are too busy wrestling about on the floor and haggling over the definitions of "planet" and what to make of poor Pluto. No, for the real facts, you must go to the Summer 1942 issue of the pulp CAPTAIN FUTURE and study the revelatory novel THE COMET KINGS by Edmond Hamilton.
Sometimes I wistfully look back at that gorgeous carnival of a Solar System that the pulps gave us. Every planet was inhabited by variations of Earthfolk; Venus was a steamy jungle, Neptune a waterworld and Mars dotted with ruined cities of ancient civilizations. Of course, it's fascinating to see the photos taken by various probes and modern telescopes and I enjoy learning what we've discovered these days through much hard work and reasoning. But in a small corner of my heart, the colorful planets where John Carter and Northwest Smith and Space Ranger had their adventures, romances and tragedies will always remain untouched.
Anyway, THE COMET KINGS is classic Space Opera, rushing right along from one bad crisis to a worse one. The characters are vivid but sketchy; it would only be years later in the final seven short stories that Hamilton would try to explore them a bit more deeply. That's fine for a fast-moving romp like this, where a chapter spent in moody introspectionwould just slow the rollercoaster car.
We start as spaceships are mysteriously disappearing. More than twenty of them have vanished just beyond Jupiter, leaving no wreckage. Bulky meteor-sweeping ships sent out to clear the space-lanes never come back, either, and the Planet Patrol investigators sail out to get someanswers, never to be heard from again. Among the agents missing are crusty old Ezra Gurney and Joan Randall. ("It may look queer, sending a girl," the Patrol commander admits, but she's darn good at her job.) Although he was naturally going to look into this anyway, the disappearance of his little heartthrob sends Curt Newton and his traveling menagerie rushing from their lonely headquarters on the Moon.
By the way, in a reality where even distant Pluto has been colonized,doesn't it seem odd that the Moon has no one living on it but Cap and his crew? I mean, it's right there next door to the Earth and you'd think it would be well developed by the time people are strolling around Jupiter or Neptune. Maybe there's an untold story there. For all I know, Captain Future has booby-trapped the Moon so no one else can land there.
Cap gathers his team of hulking metal robot, rubbery android and brain-in-a-tank into his spaceship and they roar off to see what's going on. Halley's Comet is by Jupiter at this point and the Futuremen find their craft yanked down to its surface by a powerful magnetic attraction. Landing rough by safely, our heroes are taken prisoner by the Cometae. These characters used to be normal flesh and blood people minding their own business until they were modified by some outsiders called the Allus. Now the Cometae live on electricity drawn directly from the shining atmosphere around them. They're quite attractive, looking rather angelic with their glowing auras; they're also immortal in that they don't need food or air and won't age. But most of them miss the prospects of having children, growing old together and eventually resting in peace rather than just dragging on forever. You can get tired of anything.
Whoops, Joan has joined the Cometae! There's a surprise. She has never looked lovelier, either ("Her soft dark hair and lovely face, her lithe, utterly feminine figure so completely revealed by the scanty silvercloth garment were brilliantly enhanced by the glow of inherent electric force, scintillating from every inch of her body and investing her with its shining halo.") Not half bad, but Cap can't even touch her without suffering a dangerous jolt. Even disarmed and taken prisoner, our heroes immediately start planning escape and counter-attack. These are guys who have travelled back to the break-up of the Tenth Planet, fought invaders from Dimension X and even witnessed the Big Bang. They're hard to discourage. It develops that there may be a resistance movement among the Cometae to overthrow the reign of the Allus and perhaps the Futuremen can get in on it...
Edmond Hamilton seemed to me to be coasting a wee bit for the first half of the story. Lightning-rod people living on Halley's Comet, okay it's a wild concept but not up to the usual apocalyptic level of Captain Future stories. But as Cap investigates and starts to learn more about the situation, the stakes go up dramatically. I particularly enjoyed a scene where Curt Newton starts to buy the comforting explanations his captors are feeding him, thinking that maybe things aren't as bad as they seem. Then the splash of ice water in the face as he learns the truth. ("Your cosmos of curved three-dimensional space is merely a bubble floating in the abyss of extra-dimensional infinity. In your cosmos, you are like insects crawling around the inside of a spherical shell." Never trust anyone who compares people to insects or who addresses you as "mortal" or "puny"; that's my policy)
Fans of Lovecraft-style creepiness may want to note that here we meet a race of shadowy creatures who don't seem to have any physical presence, But their long serpentine bodies sport "a blunt, hideously ophidian head from whose face grew a mass of writhing tentacles." I'm sure I've seen that image before somewhere.
And I'm glad to see Curt showing some feelings. He was raised frominfancy on the Moon by a brain floating in a tank full of fluid, a dimwit robot and a bad-tempered android. So I wouldn't be surprised if he turned out a complete psycho or an emotionless geek. But no, he's alright (maybe a bit naive and idealistic). He has finally started to return Joan's outright romantic offers. They both have some regrets that duty prevents them from just staying on the comet and being happy together, but at least Cap has the compassion to gently kiss her and say, "Joan, don't feel like that. Someday when our work is done, we'll find our own paradise."
This sort of Golden Age pulp is not for everyone, and I imagine many dismiss it as hopelessly corny and outdated. Heck, a lot of readers don't care for serious ambitious science-fiction from the 1930s and 1940s, let alone mere pulp adventure meant just to provide a few hours of harmless pleasure. That's okay. Life gives us a big menu and you can order what you like from it.
Como assim, entraram oficialmente desta vez? É por isso que o Reddit caiu?
Estou lendo o primeiro livro, com alguma esperança termino antes da série começar...
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Oh well. O_o
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Ótimo agora só precisam do acordo com a Fox para acabar com a bobajada de chamar os mutantes de "milagres" no MCU.
O clipe da historinha dirigida pelo cara do Mangue Negro é mega-escatológico, já estou doido pra ver o filme. =)
Hmmmmm... salmões...
For the first time in memory I actually dreamt I was an animal, it wasn't one of those out of body dreams, I actually was a salmon and I could see my school swimming around me, everything was from my point of veiw.
I was pregnant and for some reason this meant I had to wear my swim bladder as a hat to make space in my body for my eggs to grow.
As the dream went on I was getting progressively more frustrated because I had to swim very slowly and close to the surface.
Soon it was time for me to give birth, thousands of baby fishes were leaving my body from every orrifice at great speed, there were so many and they were so small that they formed a cloud around me.
that's when I woke up.
I would love to hear anybodies take on this? and I'd love to hear from anyone who has ever dreamt of being (as opposed to simply seeing) an animal before.
(Ps. I am pregnant in the real world so perhaps it's not so far fetched)
Doido que acredita que dobras espaciais *já* ocorrem naturalmente na terra, em grandes tempestades e fenômenos geomagnéticos ("Triângulo das Bermudas"...) e está tentando recriar as condições na garagem. Estranhamente, *alguma coisa* está afetando os lasers que ele usa para medir o suposto warp.
Estou cético, mas gostaria de ser surpreendido por um Dr. Brown ou Zephram Cochrane do mundo real.
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É um vírus com "olhinhos" na ponta de "antenas".
I dreamt that a new species of virus had been discovered. A completely harmless virus, and actually kind of cute. About 1 cm tall.
I drew an illustration: http://i.imgur.com/A8QB034.jpg
You could order a vial of 4 of them and keep them as pets. You could find them in gardens underneath certain types of leaves. If you lifted the leaf, they would scurry out all in a row and it was cute :)
(I think I was subconsciously inspired by this gif of a motor protein I had seen on reddit: http://i.imgur.com/zwawMzX.gif)
Eu ri. =)
Had the most disgusting dream today. I was cleaning my cats litter box and out of nowhere I stuffed some poop in my mouth. First I didn't think about it but then I panicked and tried to spit it out but it was so sticky and stuck to my teeth. I tried to hide it from the people around me, but it kept showing.
IRL I'm in the middle of making a big decision that will either affect my relationship with my boyfriend or with my family. I live abroad but I really want to go home, my bf wants to stay.
What I got from this dream is probably that I'm very stressed and scared, but afraid to show other people, but that it's very obvious. Other ideas on this dream is welcome
Ok so, I just had this dream. I immediately woke up and typed it into notepad so I'm gonna copy and past from there while hopefully cleaning up the errors a bit. Hope this is allowed here, just searched for "reddit dreams" and this came up.
Arms - Horror movie
This was all in a dream I had that I woke up from 10 (40 minutes at time of post.), I am trying to write down as much as I remember before I forget.
Premise - People around the world have gotten some sort of sickness/mutation/genetic-fuck-up that makes it so they lose control of their arms. Now its not a normal "lose control" this is more intense. For one, it makes the arms extend at extreme lengths and they are super sharp. So when they lose control they swing horizontally like swords and extend and retract seeming to focus on loved ones.
Beginning - One scene I remember from the dream is a woman screaming and crying as her arms flail and kill her family and any cops or paramedics that try to help. I'm thinking this is patient 0. Later there's a scene that is a low flying cameras that is panning over a neighbourhood. Its gloomy outside, maybe around 10 AM, cloudy, and there is a bird sitting on top one of the houses. As the camera pans over, there is a "schlink!" noise as a razer sharp hand pops up through the house, stabs the bird, then retracts it back inside. This happens to multiple houses during this shot
shit alight the memories are fading and my typing is getting worse as I try to hastily get all this written.
Middle - I'm thinking the back story or something is maybe like a purposeful alien infection, where they were like "hey watch what we can do to these little people" I don't know about a back story, someone fill that in. Also, it kills any living thing, you have no control over your arms. It starts gradually, like the first time you lose control once, kill your kid, freak the fuck out, call cops, you know. Then it just gets worse and worse.
So I honestly have forgotten the rest of the story besides the ending.
Ending - So, I would be lying if it wasn't crazy as fuck. I just want to say before hand, that I have no idea why these people are in this building, but apparently it is what will reverse the process. So I'm fairly sure there were 3 or 4 people, the good guys, that either wernt infected (which wouldnt fit what is about to happen) or they actually gained control of the arms and could use them as weapons. So basically, they are in this tall ass building, in china (I know because of later reasons, don't worry getting there). They are fighting these monster things? I don't know, maybe the aliens and shit, but they need to get to the top of the building, a skyscraper really. Who knows what's at the top, probably the kill switch to the king alien or something. Alight, so they are fighting, one of the people dies, its all emotional. MUST KEEP GOING!! (About to get weirder, yeah, its possible) The building breaks up and beginning flying upwards, (alien traction beam maybe?) and its flying up and up and... then the dream fades out. BUT I do remember some more. After they do whatever they do and it starts falling back down. (well actually during this whole process) Somewhere in the movie, it is discovered that fighter pilots are immune to the disease. (told you it would get weirder) and these 4 Chinese pilots take F35s (total dog shits of planes but look cool on screen) and as the building is starting to fall, they each grapple to a corner of the building and its a long and hard fought scene where they throw it into VTOL mode and slow the building down and save the heros. Somehow one of the pilots dies, the heros find him, hears his last words "bla bla bla I saved it" "No, we saved it" I'm really struggling to remember at this point. Aaaaand BLAM, end of dream.
Now here what I'm thinkin, I need help filing this story in. I'm also thinking this would make an absolutely PERFECT Kevin Smith movie, right guys? So, anyone want to get him here? How cool would that be.
Edit: some spelling and shit
A Matéria Escura é uma coisa visível, parecendo asfalto líquido pela descrição. =)
this dream is extremely bizarre and pretty gory.
(the day before, i was playing dead space 3, so i know how this dream came to be)
it started off in a large ship in space. the first thing i saw was a group of people sitting in a sealed, transparent isolated room, outside the room, i see a scientist with a clipboard writing stuff down. the dream jumps to someone pounding on the glass trying to break it. the area is dark except for the red alarm going off from the people trying to escape. they break the glass and begin attacking the scientists.
(for some reason throughout the dream i seem to be observing the situation rather than actually being there. like watching a movie!!)
Theres a room, with what was called the "dark Matter Teleporter"
This is were it gets very detailed.
one of the people in that containment room go into the Dark Matter Teleporter Room (DMTR) and locks the door, with 3 scientists inside who were working on it. they are pretty scared and i'm assuming the escapee knew what it was and was trying to leave VIA the DMT. They explain to the Escapee that it's not ready and is very dangerous in it's current state.
The DMT is made of 2 oval-shaped tanks filled with a black, chunky liquid which is, you guessed it, Dark Matter. the tanks are connected to a large square Tub on the floor where the teleporting object/person would lay down in. next to the pumps is a large oxygen tank which is connected to a gas mask that provides a person oxygen while in the process of teleportation. (the tub fills with Dark matter sludge with the person hooked up to the oxygen tank, laying on the floor of the tub)
this is all explained by the scientists to the escapee and tell him to just surrender. the escapee shoves one of them into the DMT in a fit of rage and hits the switch. What was not told to the escapee, is that the drain in the tub has a "side effect" where the drain can morph into different shapes and sizes. with the poor scientist sinking to the bottom, his luck ran out when the drain morphed into a small regular sink drain (the drain was initially made to fit a normal human in case teleportation didn't work and they could escape and try again)
as the sludge begins to seep into the drain, the guy is trying to get out. it's too late and he's slowly beginning to melt while screaming horrifically and begins to disintegrate into a goop of blood, guts, and bone. his head is the last to melt, which temporarily clogs the drain, but the pressure causes his head to pop like a pimple and gets sucked down the drain as well.
thats all i remember. it really fucked me up for a few minutes. i woke up feeling very dizzy and disoriented from how fucked up the dream was.
i also think why the dream was so detailed was because of how long i was asleep. i've got a real problem sleeping at night and stayed up, fell asleep at 9 and woke up at 5pm where i'm at.
pretty nuts.
Mistério do Salsicha explicado.
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Provavelmente eles viram que não funcionava quando as pessoas com esse "papel de parede" em casa entraram em ataques de TOC incontroláveis estourando todas as bolinhas.
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Começam as piadas de Enterprise fazendo pega e naves da Federação "xunadas".
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Poxa, o meu Netflix funciona muito bem mesmo com a minha redinha 4G de merda. O popcorn, que finalmente resolvi testar, nem tanto.
A Netflix anunciou hoje que por causa do Natal passará a exibir filmes Bíblicos. O primeiro será os dez travamentos. A vida de Cristo também está a caminho e será exibido em 1.235.467 partes, sendo que cada parte terá mais ou menos dois segundos, tempo que leva entre um travamento e outro. O gerente regional da Netflix do Brasil, em entrevista exclusiva, explicou os planos da empresa.
"Vamos…. (Carregando. Por favor espere)…. Fazer….. No…. (carregando, por favor espere)…. Vem….. (desculpe, estamos com problemas para reproduzir essa frase).
Otileno Junior
Fascinante! Nunca tinha ouvido um relato de abdução falando do Povo Lagosta!
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O Ugo Bardi usa as curvas de Hubbert e do Abismo de Sêneca para analisar a construção de pirâmides no Egito Antigo e - surpresa! - elas se encaixam mais ou menos em uma gaussiana assimétrica!
Outra dica estronha de ficção científica retrô.
THE CRIMSON BLIGHT Arthur J Burks
Does anybody have a problem with this premise... a mad scientist who unleashes a terrible threat on the world is actually a surviving Cro-Magnon, thousands of years old. (Mentioning Ahasuerus, the Wandering Jew, Shablitz scoffs, "He was a child -- if he existed. I am an old man.") We are informed that "the Cro-Magnons were the most intellectual people who ever inhabited the Earth", but they were unfortunately exterminated. "It is too bad.. that the brutish Neanderthals saw fit to destroy the Cro-Magnon. They succeeded because of their vastly greater numbers -- and because the Cro-Magnon realized, as they realized everything, that they were fully twelve thousand years ahead of their time. Perhaps more."
Eh? I dunno, does it sound like the author got something mixed up there?! In any case, THE CRIMSON BLIGHT by Arthur J Burks is a lively if confused horror story that appeared in serial form in THRILLING ADVENTURES from January to March 1933. It's not particularly well written, full of choppy sentences that seem dropped in out of place from other stories and there are a number of moments that just don't make sense no matter how I interpret them. I get the feeling it took about as long to write this story as it takes to read it, so the general effect is listening to someone hysterically telling you about what a bad day they had over the phone.
On the other hand, the story has a good solid premise and it does have some scary images. In the Dominican Republic, a strange character named Dr Felix Shablitz either creates or unleashes a weird red substance which flows out of a cave and devours every living thing in its path, growing and expanding rapidly. Whether you're thinking of the Blob or Bill Cosby's Chicken Heart, this is a basic nightmare that works well in horror stories -- the mindless, ameba-like monster that can't be stopped.
The tale is feverishly narrated by a Marine second lieutenant who takes it upon himself to save the world from being engulfed by the red horror. His plan is to order an airtight suit of armor with oxygen supply air-dropped, so that he can wade through the seven foot high mist into the cave where he thinks (with no real basis) that Shablitz is still active and directing the monster's activity. Good luck, old man.
The story has some neat moments of uneasy disgust as the flood of crimson smuck wipes out acres of sugar cane and digests every person and animal it can catch. It seems clear it will soon cover the entire island and keep spreading out into the ocean, until the entire globe is red. The Marines throw a few grenades with no result and give up in dismay. What? Hey, how about trying a flame thrower or some Molotov cocktails on the monster? For that matter, grab a sample in a jar on a long pole and do some basic tests on whatever it's made out of. Maybe it's vulnerable to some poison or acid. No, they just run in horror. Before it's all over, the red flood is chasing battleships at sea and engulfing them.
Toward the very end, I lost all track of what was going on. Apparently, the red mist was actually composed of incredibly tiny miscroscopic particles of life (finer than protoplasm0 which was storing information about all the life forms it digested. Due to the Marine's meddling, it started reconstituting gigantic hairy ogres, dinosaurs and sea serpents which the surviving islanders and servicemen then have to fight. Then there are the recent victims, which reform as living beings but without their skeletons. So they're just bags of flesh flopping around. What a mess.
There's a certain amount of the casual racism taken for granted in pulp stories of the time, as the Marine is assigned to evaluate the Haitians and determine "how many were voodooists, how many were the usual nitwits and how many had a modicum of brains" and as the worried Haitians throw two young women to the monster as a hopefully propitiatory sacrifice. Then we have an interesting insight into human nature as, when faced with a lava-like mass of gunk that's eating everything in sight, "Young girls grew hysterical and ripped their clothing from their bodies to run naked along the roads and streets and alleys -- and nobody so much as noticed." You know, I haven't observed this sort of activity in all the cable news coverage of the various disasters which have been happening. Evidently CNN has a lot of good footage they're not sharing with us.
Arthur J. Burks (1898-1974) was a former Marine officer who started selling stories to WEIRD TALES in 1924 and then turned out thousands of yarns to every conceivable pulp on just about every subject. I don't know if there's any way to begin to find out who was the most prolific pulp writers of the 1930s and 1940s, considering all the house names and pseudonyms used, but Burks logically should be a strong contender for the title. On the other hand, it doesn't mean the stuff he cranked out by the bucketful was any good.
Burks founded the American Fiction Guild ("Fictioneers") and there's a mention of this pulpster group in Russell Millers's BARE-FACED MESSIAH (which is surprisingly available on the Web): http://www.clambake.org/archive/books/bfm/bfm04.htm
"A few days later, [Frank] Gruber took Ron [L. Ron Hubbard] along to Rosoff's restaurant on 43rd Street, where members of the American Fiction Guild met for lunch every Friday. Most of the successful pulp writers in New York were members of the Guild and most of them gathered at Rosoff's at lunchtime on Fridays. They were names familiar to millions of pulp readers: Lester Dent, creator of Doc Savage; George Bruce, acknowledged ace of battle-in-the-air yarns; Norvell Page, who was said to earn $500 a month for his stories in THE SPIDER; and Theodore Tinsley, a regular contributor to BLACK MASK. President of the Guild was Arthur J. Burks, who had been dubbed "King of the Pulps" in a NEW YORKER profile and quoted as saying that any pulp writer who did not make at least $400 a month was not worth his salt. It was a remark that was to cause him considerable embarrassment, for it was common knowledge in the Guild that Burks never earned that much, despite turning out around two hundred thousand words every month."
Raise your hand if you would like to go back in time every Friday night and have a few drinks at that table, listening to these guys grumble about their editors, swap story ideas and generally throw the bull around!
Hey everyone, first time posting on this sub! This is mostly me sharing a rather unique dream I had but if someone has an interpretation I'd love to hear it. This happened about a year ago:
It started out as a fairly typical dream (for me) and this first part isn't terribly interesting. Usually I'm in the middle of some cool sci-fi/action sort of scenario and in this case I was a member of an inter-dimensional demon hunting squad. We would go into these Stargate-ish portals to find monsters and kill them. One in particular proved to be more than we could handle and before I knew it I was the only member of the team left alive. This lead to a sort of chase scene where I kept jumping through portals with the demon in pursuit. Unfortunately it caught me and this is where things got really weird. It pulled off the top of my skull, scooped out a roughly golf-ball sized chunk of my brain, and vanished. Here I am panicking a bit as I know I will die unless I get to a doctor and have this chunk of gray matter replaced (woo dream logic). To keep it safe I decided the best course of action was to put it in my mouth. Now I've only ever experienced visual and auditory perception and sometimes touch in my dreams as far as I can remember, but I vividly remember the taste and texture of this chunk of brain sitting in my mouth. As you can imagine it was slightly slimy and sort of... gritty with the approximate squishiness of a sponge. The taste wasn't unlike tripe (for those who have had it) but slightly acidic; kind of like the aftertaste left by a grapefruit. On my way to the hospital I accidentally swallowed it, again feeling it slide down my throat against my uvula and cutting off my windpipe. I gagged loudly and say upright, waking up and thus ending one of the strangest dreams I've ever had.
Thanks for reading and I'm curious to see what you think or if anyone has had a similar experience.
EDIT: Please note I am not religious and I am simply using the word "demon" to describe the monster in question. It was your stereotypical large horned/toothed/clawed monster.
Last night I had a dream that I was walking down a sidewalk with a human-sized banana with legs. We walked by a man who yelled "Hey, are you sure that's the way you want to go?"
I responded by saying "No, it's not." and I turned around and started walking in the direction I came from, and the banana continued on.
Any thoughts?
Uia! O "Ascension" estreiou!
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Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of "Recarving Rushmore," appears on the Lars Larson radio show
Recorded: Thursday, March 5, 2015
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of the newly updated book "Recarving Rushmore," appears on the nationally syndicated Lars Larson radio show to discuss how he ranks the U.S. Presidents in terms of peace, prosperity and liberty. The updated version of the book includes President Barack Obama.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: RadioIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Democracy, Freedom, Government Power, History (U.S)
Civil Rights Are Too Important to Leave to Special-Interest Advocates
Recorded: Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Research Fellow Jonathan Bean, author of Race and Liberty in America: The Essential Reader appeared on WORD radio to discuss Bean's recent Op-Ed about his experience on the Illinois State Advisory Committee on Civil Rights. On Martin Luther King Day, Bean says King's dream of a more just society is poorly served by ignoring viewpoints that disagree with our own.
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Laser Quest (Mountain View, CA).
Phone interview and two in person. They asked for you to preform a memorized script as well. Overall very easy. Background check took the longest which was about three weeks in total. They use STARS as the base for all of their questions.
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- Accepted OfferNeutral ExperienceAverage Interview
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Laser Quest (Knoxville, TN) in April 2015.
There are three interviews. You will do a phone interview and two interviews with the managing staff. The phone interview is mostly just basic questions about you. The two other interviews include a lot of situational questions.
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Laser Quest.
There were three interviews that took place when I applied from out of state. I got a phone call from a manager to ask me some basic questions, then I had an in-person interview with the same manager, and then I had ANOTHER in-person interview with the General Manager. It was actually a pretty long process for a basic, easy job.
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- Honestly there weren't any. They were standard interview questions. Answer Question
There was no negotiation phase. You start off at minimum wage with a $0.15 raise after 90 days. And that's it. Oh and you're only allowed to work 25 hours a week.
- Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceEasy Interview
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Laser Quest (Knoxville, TN).
The entire process was 3 interviews long. First was the initial face to face, at the same time I turned in my application and conducted by the Center Manager, followed one week later by an interview with the District Manager, and lastly by the General Manager. This final interview was just a couple of days after the District Manager Interview.
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- "What experiences do you have that make you want to be in the entertainment industry?" 1 Answer
Not much in the ways of negotiation. Set wages predetermined per what position you take.
- Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceEasy Interview
I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Laser Quest.
had some friends who worked there and it seemed fun, so I submitted an app was invited for a group "meet" to help narrow the pool of applicants down, made sure I stood out to the management invited to first interview, manager loved me and said they'd definitely invite me for a second interview i knew at the second I was hired before I was even told I was 'cause the general manager started chatting with me about his daughters
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- don't really remember, probably something about ethics - like reporting a friend doing something bad i.e. cheating Answer Question
No negotiation
- Accepted OfferPositive ExperienceEasy Interview
I applied in-person. The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at Laser Quest (Canton, OH) in June 2013.
1. Phone interview with basic questions, just to get an idea of how you speak. 2. In person interview consisting of many situational questions. You had to respond with a time you were in the situation. (ie: Sometimes customers may be displeased with their experience. Describe a time you had to deal with an unhappy person, and how the situation ended) 3. In person interview with the General Manager, asks similar questions to the first in person interview. After a shorter round of questions, you are required to do the "briefing" in front of the General Manager. Don't be too nervous, as they are just looking for how you speak, not how well you know the briefing itself.
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- Sometimes customers may be displeased with their experience. Describe a time you had to deal with an unhappy person. Answer Question
- No OfferPositive ExperienceAverage Interview
I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Laser Quest (Whitby, ON (Canada)) in June 2015.
They do two interviews. During both interviews they ask a lot of situation-type questions. At the end of each interview they give you time to ask questions. They interviews are very kind and are not intimidating at all. They make it feel more like a conversation than an interview for those who are having first-time interviews.
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Berthoud High School foreign exchange student rescinds allegations about 'hate crime' By Madeline Novey Reporter-Herald Staff Writer Posted: 05/01/2012 02:30:18 PM MDT Updated: 05/01/2012 09:15:42 PM MDT BERTHOUD -- A 15-year-old black German exchange student attending Berthoud High School has rescinded allegations that four white men assaulted her last month in what authorities labeled a hate crime. The Berthoud Police Department doesn't intend to press charges, however, Chief Glenn ... Full Story
Dr. Julie Anderson honored in Minnesota
Julie Anderson, MD, FAAFP (Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians), was recently installed as President of the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians, which represents over 3,000 Family Physicians in Minnesota. She is an Alumnus of Berthoud High School, Class of 1991, as well as the University of Colorado at Boulder, Class of 1995. She attended the University of Minnesota Medical School and also currently serves as Vice President of her clinic, St Cloud Medical Group, in ... Full Story
Berthoud police release sketch of suspect
Berthoud police release composite sketch of alleged hate crime suspect Reporter-Herald Staff Report Posted: 04/18/2012 06:08:52 PM MDT Updated: 04/18/2012 06:23:09 PM MDT The Berthoud Police Department Wednesday released a composite sketch of a man suspected of participating in a hate crime committed against a black Berthoud High School foreign exchange student. Police described the man as white with blonde hair and greenish eyes, standing between 6-feet to 6-foot-5. He was last ... Full Story
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Berthoud robotics teams claim VEX championship (slideshow) By Shelley Widhalm They already were going to the world championship competition, but these three Berthoud High School robotics teams landed another win Saturday to add a fourth team to the mix. In the final round Saturday of the 2012 Colorado VEX Robotics Championship, the alliance disqualified in the first match, toppled their opponents in the second and, thanks to a technicality, took the third. The ... Full Story
Last-Second Heroics Propell Lady Spartans to Victory
Berthoud Girls Basketball Claim Third in Patriot League Districts By Dan Karpiel Sports Writer In the world of sports, the term "clutch" is reserved for those rare athletes who raise their game to highest levels in the most pressure-packed situations. This past week, Berthoud High guard Kendall Baker has been the epitome of a clutch player for the Lady Spartans basketball team. In the opening round of the Patriot League district tournament on Tuesday, Baker scored 12 of Berthoud's ... Full Story
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Spartan Wrestlers Ellis, Hennig Place at State By Dan Karpiel Sports Writer For the Berthoud Spartans, the 2011-12 state wrestling championships provided a demonstration of the circle of life of a high school wrestling career – a promising young sophomore took his first big steps toward state-wide prominence and a graduating senior finished off his career with a standout tournament performance. Berthoud senior Cory Ellis capped off a stellar high school wrestling stint by finishing ... Full Story
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DES MOINES, Iowa — The same rift between insurgent Republicans and old-line party establishment figures that is rattling Washington is also playing out in states such as Iowa, where open warfare has broken out between veteran GOP operatives and the state party chairman, an ally of former Rep. Ron Paul of Texas.
Those veterans want to oust A.J. Spiker, who headed Mr. Paul's 2012 presidential campaign in Iowa, insisting he isn't providing the leadership the state party needs as it gears up for congressional elections in November and for its role in 2016, when it once again will be front and center for the nation's first presidential nominating contest.
Mr. Spiker said his critics have been trying to undermine him since he was elected to the post in 2012, encouraging donors to stay on the sidelines until he leaves.
"Nationwide, there is a fight within the party really over the direction of the party," Mr. Spiker told The Washington Times. "I was the first Ron Paul supporter to ever get elected state party chairman, and it just so happens to be in the first-in-the-nation presidential state. So there is some big, powerful people who don't like that. What we post on Facebook could impact their bank accounts."
In Washington, the battle exploded onto the front pages in late September and October, when Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, led an ill-fated campaign to tie continued government funding to demands that President Obama's signature health care reform law be repealed. A government shutdown ensued and left congressional Republicans embroiled in bitter recriminations.
Mr. Cruz's opponents agreed about repealing Obamacare but said the freshman senator failed to develop a legislative strategy after rallying grass-roots conservatives.
The battle continued into December's budget fight, with House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, breaking publicly with outside conservative activist groups that opposed the bipartisan compromise deal.
In Iowa, establishment Republicans are making no secret of their unhappiness with the head of the state party.
Dave Kochel, who has worked as a Republican adviser to Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, said Mr. Spiker is trying to cover up his incompetence by peddling a false storyline.
"The people at the headquarters, the Ron Paul faction, they want to say it is Branstad and his moderate establishment donor types who want to drive the grass roots, the conservatives out of the party — but it's absolutely not," Mr. Kochel said.
Supporters of Mr. Romney and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania are calling for Mr. Spiker to go, he said. "There is a professional side to party mechanics that this group doesn't understand and can't institute. They focus on everything accept winning elections."
The frustration dates back to last year when Mr. Spiker and his supporters outmaneuvered their rivals at the state party convention, handing Mr. Paul 23 of the state's 28 delegates to the national convention — months after Mr. Paul finished third behind Mr. Santorum and Mr. Romney in the presidential caucuses.
"That was probably the defining moment of the libertarian folks who run the state party," said Will Rogers, head of the Polk County GOP, which has passed a resolution calling for Mr. Spiker to step down. "They had basically snubbed the intentions of the caucus-goers in Iowa by choosing Ron Paul."
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CW1 and CW2 - what's the difference?
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- Can anyone tell me what the difference between CW1 and CW2 mode is please? Are there two different filters with different bandwidths?
I couldn't find any information in the manual, but on my rig CW2 doesn't seem to pass any signal - I just get some slight noise?
- CW1 is LSB-SSB mode with the CW audio filter; CW2 is the USB-SSB mode with the CW audio filter. If CW2 mode is dead, what about USB mode? The audio filter is the same one for both CW1 & 2 - iirc, centred at 800 Hz. In effect, when properly aligned, in CW1, you would tune 800 Hz above the carrier while for CW2, 800 Hz below, to get the peak heterodyne from the desired signal.
- As far as I can tell, LSB works OK as I have picked up LSB transmissions on both both 40m and 80m. Hovever I have never picked up anything on 60, 20 or 10m though, so I don't know if USB works.
Does the CW mode follow the same LBS/USB usage per bandwidth as does SSB, i.e. LSB on 160, 80 and 40m, and USB on 60, 20 and 10m?
- Tune the MW band for a local AM station. Switch to LSB and fine tune so that
the heterodyne pitch falls to zero or as close as you can get. At this point
the music and speech should be intelligible and at or near the right pitch.
Switch to USB and repeat. If you cannot tune to get the same results, then
your USB is clearly defective. In all probability, the USB beat frequency
oscillator is not oscillating at all or is badly mistuned. Ideally, but
rarely achieved with the 394, it should switch from zero beat on LSB to zero
beat on USB when tuning a carrier at any frequency in its tuning range.
For listening to Morse Code, you choose CW1 or 2 according to which one
suppresses interference better. If the interferer is higher in frequency,
LSB should work better; USB should be better if the interferer is at a lower
frequency. With Single Sideband voice, only one sideband is transmitted, the
other sideband is suppressed, as is the carrier. While it is possible with
the 394's mediocre filter to demodulate the sideband opposite to the the one
chosen by the mode switch, it works far better for the receiver to be set to
the same sideband as is transmitted. The ham band convention of transmitting
LSB below 10.5 MHz and USB above stems from early transmitter design.
Tom ve3meo
- one is normal CW and the other is narow CW
never forget 09-11-2001
On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 2:14 PM, jchajecki <yahoog@...>wrote:
> As far as I can tell, LSB works OK as I have picked up LSB transmissions
> on both both 40m and 80m. Hovever I have never picked up anything on 60, 20
> or 10m though, so I don't know if USB works.
> Does the CW mode follow the same LBS/USB usage per bandwidth as does SSB,
> i.e. LSB on 160, 80 and 40m, and USB on 60, 20 and 10m?
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- Dave, that is incorrect. CW1 is LSB with the 'narrow' audio filter. CW2 is
USB with the same 'narrow' audio filter. All four use the 394's notoriously
wide SSB IF filter at 455 kHz.
Tom ve3meo
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From: dave in maine
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 3:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [RADIOSHACKDX394] Re: CW1 and CW2 - what's the difference?
one is normal CW and the other is narow CW
- I tried your suggestion. It tuned OK on LSB as mentioned. Didn't quite get rid of all heterodynes, but still got a low 'rumble'.
Switching to USB the 'rumble' was much louder (had to give it a ver slight one notch tweak) and the audio quieter and dalek-like but it was there.
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