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HitAnyKey42 wrote:It was suggested that I make a thread all on it's own to list the post I had made listing all the NYC Wine Woot Tastings. So figured I'd make a thread that allowed some other dedicated personnel from the other cities to create a post (which they would continually update), which would list all previous tastings in their location with the links to those threads.
I ask that people do not add multiple posts to this thread until after people have had a chance to add a post for listing their city's tastings which they can update later. That way as many cities can have their post near the front of this thread as possible.
So everyone needs to use Edit on your city's post, and migrate it here.
Edit: Using Ctrl-A to select, then Ctrl-C to copy, and Ctrl-V to paste worked fine below.
Edit2: Click on HaK's name to link back to the original thread.
Sample Template:
Host: Host Wooters
Location: General location info. Attendees get PM's
Theme: Bordeaux / Wines of ...
Date: Month Day, 201Y (Saturday)
Time: TBD
- Wooter 1
- Wooter +1
- Wooter 2
- Wooter 3
- Wooter 4
- Wooter 5
- Maybe 1
- Maybe 2
- anyone who misses this
Additional info on gathering (Food, snacks, someone to bring water, etc.).
SoCal Gatherings Listing
SoCal #1 - Temecula Run (Feb. 9, 2008) A bunch of drunken ... err, enthusiastic wooters meet up to tour wineries in Temecula. Afterwards, dinner at Pechanga (Crab!!!) then back to the Nallie Suite for more wine (TyTanium (ClayFu) opened earlier to breathe). Schedule of Events
SoCal #2 - Carlsbad (June 28, 2008) MadWine & MadWino open their home (mistake!) in Carlsbad to Wine.Wooters. Theme was "Thunder from Down Under" or basically Southern Hemisphere wines. Info here on who attended and brought what wines.
SoCal #3 - PSith Master Loweeel visits (Aug. 15, 2008) Another MadWine/MadWino production. Theme was Rhone Varietals (New/Old), and I finally remembered to update the first post with the info on who and what.
SoCal #4 - The Satellite Edition VEGAS, BABY! EVERYONE'S INVITED! (Nov 15, 2008) This was the first Vegas gathering, which we called the SoCal satellite edition because there was only one Vegas Wooter. We had many wooters from across the country in attendance. "Lesser Known Varietals" was the theme.
SoCal #5: Samhain/Dia de los Muertos! (Nov 1, 2008) Yes, this does mean that SoCal #5 is BEFORE SoCal #4, but when has disrupting the space/time continuum mattered to true Wine Wooters??? TimByrd is breaking out the PoiZin and cooking up a storm at his place.
SoCal #6 - Blind Wine Tasting aka Java & Sparky take your money. (Jan 17, 2009) Tour / Dinner at the San Antonio Winery in LA first. Then convoy to Java's in Fullerton.
SoCal #7 - Weekend at MadWineaux - Madison Cellars Vineyard, Paso Robles Area. (Feb 13 to 15, 2009) Trashing their home in Carlsbad wasn't enough, we had to destroy their vineyard as well.
SoCal #8 - Italian Varietals (Mar 28, 2009) zTimothyBz opens his house. Original idea was to build Corrado's Wine Cube Racks, but then it was decided it was better to not drink wine while trying to build them.
SoCal #9: An Evening with John Alan (May 23, 2009) Nostrom0 lives near winemaker John Alan, and is working to have him do a personal pouring at La Casita Nostrom0.
SoCal #10.25 - Spot the Loonies (July 2, 2009) The LoonBoarders visit SoCal. And we drink wine. San Antonio Menu where we met and ate and drank wine.
SoCal #11 - JoanneVicious visits SoCal ( Aug 22, 2009) Hosted by the MadWines. THEME: Northern Exposure: Oregon and Washington
SoCal #12 - Otolith Visits San Diego (Oct 3, 2009)
SoCal #13 - CyperPub Cellars Wine Making in VEGAS, BABY! (Oct 16-19, 2009) This was the second Vegas gathering. We decided to make wine.
SoCal#14 - Cesare and KT's Aloha Pitstop #1 (Nov. 20, 2009)
SoCal #15 - HAK's in Town (July 18, 2010) (It says 14, but it's really 15, because we forgot Cesare & kttest's visit)
SoCal #16 - Raiding Sparky's Lockers (April 16, 2011)
SoCal Gathering #17 (Lakewood) - (June 4, 2011) Time to Raid zTimBz's Wines!
SoCal Gathering #18 (Irvine) - (Nov. 12, 2011) Raiding both Sparky & zTimBz's wine lockers!!
SoCal Gathering #19 (Irvine) - (June 9, 2012) Raiding Sparky & zTimBz's wine lockers, Part 2!!
SoCal #20 (Lakewood): D-Dog & bahwm came a-calling (July 21, 2012) (pre RPM Tour)
So Cal #21 (Irvine): pining-for-RPM wine tasting 9/1/2012
SoCal #22 (Irvine): Oct 27, 2012: Housewarming the new Mega-Locker
SoCal #23 (Culver City): Klezman's new Pad December 8, 2012
SoCal #24 (tytyger58's house) Aged Zins! -- March 30, 2013
SoCal #25: Pasta Making at zTimBz's place (Lakewood), TBD (April/May) --
So Cal #26: Wine and Burgers at Kyle's (Rancho Cucamonga) June 15th -- June 15, 2013
SoCal #26.5: Sparky & zTimBz OC Wine Locker: July 12 -- July 12, 2013
SoCal #27 - Lakewood CA - 10 Aug - Too much to celebrate! -- August 10, 2013
SoCal #28: Sparky & zTimBz OC Wine Locker Redux -- Sept 28th -- Sept. 28, 2013
SoCal #29: Nov. 2nd - West LA -- Party at Time2testit and redhead11's -- November 2, 2013
SoCal #31 MLK Weekend which actually should be #30 and wasn't on MLK weekend. -- Feb. 1, 2014
SO Cal Gathering: Wines from my trunk POSTPONED #25.5? #24.5? (5 Wineaux so far). April/May ??, 2013
SoCal #xx: TBD -- Santa Barbara Winery Weekend -- TBD
NYC (& LI) Wine.Woot Gatherings Full List:
NYC area wine tasting hosted by thatguy314 on 1/11/08 (no theme) - We had about 9 or so of us. I linked this one to the middle of the thread where one of the most updated attendees lists was posted, but that also then changed. A few posts later, Lee listed the wines we tasted.
NYC Tasting Part 2 (aka we were doing this before it was "cool") hosted by Krugsters/Shamer on 3/15/08 (no theme)
NYC Tasting Part 3: All Hail Cesare hosted by Cesare/kttest on 6/7/08 (no theme – BBQ)
NYC Tasting #4: Trekking 4 Wine (9/20) hosted by HitAnyKey (condo-warming BBQ)
NYC Tasting #5: Wines of Spain (10/18) hosted by Krugsters/Shamer on 10/18/08 (Spanish Wines)
NYC Tasting #6: Viva Italia (11/15) hosted by Cesare/kttest on 11/15/08 (Italian Wines)
NYC Tasting #7: Diabetic's Dilemma-The Holiday Tasting (12/13) hosted by Krugsters/Shamer on 12/13/08 (Dessert/Port Wines & desserts)
NYC Tasting #8: Ring in the New Year With The Old (1/24) hosted by Krugsters/Shamer on 1/24/09 (Wines at least 10 years old)
NYC Tasting #9: Pairing Party in the Catskills (2/28) hosted by Krugsters/Shamer on 2/28/09 (Multiple Course Dinner & Wine Pairing Party)
NYC Tasting #10: Southern Rhone at A Café (3/20) hosted by Everyone on 3/20/09 (Southern Rhone Wines)
NYC Tasting #11: Mondavi Madness (5/9) hosted by Krugsters/Shamer on 5/9/09 (Mondavi Reserve Cab Vertical)
NYC #12: Sip & Sail- *NYC*NoVA/DC*CWWT*CT*, etc Summer Wine Tasting Cruise-- July 18th hosted by Krugsters on the Shearwater Yacht on 7/18/09 (Summer Wines theme)
NYC #13: Left vs. Right Bank Bordeaux - Saturday, November 7th hosted by Cesare/kttest on 11/7/09
NYC #14: 2nd Annual Sip & Sail- Summer Wine Cruise & Wine Wooters Weekend--August 20-22, 2010 hosted by Krugsters on the Shearwater Yacht (Sushi/Saki Friday, Whites on ship then Reds at restaurant Saturday, Spanish tasting Sunday)
NYC/LI #15: Raiding HAKs Cellar (1/29/11) hosted by HitAnyKey on 1/29/11 (opened HAKs wines, guests brought food)
NYC Tasting #16: Loire (April 16, 2011) hosted by Cesare/Krista on 4/16/11
NYC Tasting #17: Summertime in Harlem (July 16, 2011) hosted by Kailadriel on 7/16/11
NYC Tasting #18: NY vs the World! (11/19) hosted by ratnikov on 11/19/11
NYC Tasting #19: Black Tie Optional (4/21/12) hosted by mikegberg on 4/21/12
NYC Tasting #20: BBQ/Summer Wines 6/23/2012 hosted by Cesare/Krista on 6/13/12
NYC#21: Late to the Party, Late to Harvest hosted by Itwdswafo on 3/16/13
NYC Tasting #22: A Tribute to Sandy hosted by someone in mid-2013
Ohio WW Gatherings
Ohio #1 - Cleveland 2008
Ohio #2 - Dayton 2010
Ohio #3 - Willoughby 2013
Ohio Wine Dinner w/Scott & Jana Harvey 2012
Ohio Wine Dinner w/Scott & Jana Harvey 2013
Ohio Wine Dinner w/Scott & Jana Harvey 2014
Chicagoland WW Gatherings
Chicago WW Tasting #1 - (2/24/08) - I want in on the wine.woot community tasting action!
Chicago WW Tasting #2 - (4/12/08) - The 2nd Chicago wine.woot Tasting
Chicago WW Tasting #3 - (6/8/08) - The Third Time's The Charm (And That's Saying Something!)
Chicago WW Tasting #4 - (8/16/08) - Pricey Wines on Sat.
Chicago WW Tasting #5 - (9/13/08) Something Caton This Way Comes
Chicago WW Tasting #6 - (9/22/08) - Sept 21 or 22?
Chicago WW Tasting #7 - (11/16/08) - Drowning Our Sorrows in Wine
Chicago WW Tasting #8 - (12/28/08) - Wishing you a Sparkly New Year!
Chicago WW Tasting #9 - (1/24/09) - You Gotta Be At Least 20 To Attend This Party!!!
Chicago WW Tasting #10 - (2/8/09) - Drink My Wine and Take Home the Furniture
Chicago WW Tasting #11 - (2/20/09) - Thu Feb 19 or Fri Feb 20: Imagine's 'Send Off' dinner
Chicago WW Tasting #12 - (4/29/09) meet the incomparable pbear at Salpicón!!!
Chicago WW Tasting #13 - (11/07/09) - DIY Sushi and Champagne
Chicago WW Tasting #14 - (10/16/09) - (Non) Port-on-Port: SB's Vertical Goes Head-to-Head w/ KR's Horizontal
Chicago WW Tasting #15 - nothing to see here, move along...
Chicago WW Tasting #15 pt.2 - (3/13/09) Upscale Mexican Up North
Chicago WW Tasting Attempt at #16 - (08/08/10) - cancelled
Chicago WW Tasting - Another attempt at #16 - (09/22/12) - cancelled
At Last: Chicago WW Tasting #16 - (10/12/12)
Misc. Chicagoland WW Gatherings
Labor Day Weekend in Chicago - Hurricane Cheron's...er... NOT... coming to town... sorry..
Chicago with Cheron
Chicago Wine Woot Tasting and Baseball
Detroit (DTW) Gatherings
DTW #1: 5/17/2008 - Detroit Area Wine Tasting
The journey begins - Trying to rustle up some folks in the area and get everyone together to share wine, food, and fun!
DTW #1.5: 7/19/2008 - Palate Training
A day of familiarizing ourselves with the component flavors of wines. We'll gather together a collection of the stuff typically found in wines, and just taste til we're sick. Spit buckets will be provided so that whatever offends you can be easily removed.
DTW #2: 8/16/2008 - Varietal Battle
Two varietals will be chosen with a couple of different wineries representing each varietal. Winner take all!
DTW #3: 10/18/2008 - Weird/Exotic Foods
Weird foods! On the menu, some of the strange and exotic foods that we Americans don't typically eat on a daily basis. Alligator, snake, rabbit, ostrich, bison, kangaroo... And the wines to go with them!
DTW #4: 2/7/2009 - Sushi Battle and Bubbly
The locals have challenged each other to a sushi battle. Bubbly is the natural choice to go with this, along with sake.
DTW #5: 3/21/2009 - Spring Thaw - Break out the grill!
First day of Spring - time to open up the grill! Variety of grilled foods and grill-friendly wines.
DTW #6: 5/16/2009 - Detroit Dark & Delicious
In honor of Petite Sirah! All things PS will be showcased, with a special appearance by the now-extinct Corison (Acapella) Petite Sirah.
DTW #6.5: 8/6/2009 - Scott Harvey in Detroit
Scott Harvey comes to the Southeastern Michigan area for a wine competition. He will be showcasing his wines at a local wine shop, and then coming over afterward to hang out with wooters and share the goods!
DTW #7: 5/29/2010 - Woot Cellars Celebration
A tasting of every Woot Cellars ever created (to date), including the one that started it all - Rinfrescante!
DTW #8: 8/3/2010 - Scott Harvey is Back!
Scott Harvey returns to the Southeastern Michigan area for a wine competition, and is looking forward to hanging out with us again for a backyard BBQ with wooters and other winemakers.
DTW #9: 12/27/2010 - ThirtySomething!
Cheron turns 30! Come on over and bring something Thirty! Bring a wine that has something to do with Thirty - either in the winery name, 1980 vintage, $30, or maybe it contains exactly 30% of something.
DTW #10: 5/21/2011 - Sweet Endings
We bid a fond farewell to two of the locals, as well as the standard gathering spot! All good things must come to an end. Dessert wines abound, BBQ all day.
An unsold condo with overflowing cellar means wines for sale and drinking! Burgers and tornadoes and wine, oh my.
DTW #12: 10/20/2012 - The Last Hurrah
The Last Hurrah - bring a wine you would drink to celebrate a turn of chapter in your life. Something special.
Thus endeth the cheron-hosted Detroit gatherings
funbunny wrote:Chicagoland WW Gatherings
Chicago Wine Woot Tasting and Baseball[/url]
Awesome job, Funbunny! Thanks for compiling the list. I did not realize it was so extensive. Looks like we need more Chicago events (hint, hint, Chicago). We will probably have another WW get together in September.
chicago's listings are off by one:
jmdavidson wrote:Awesome job, Funbunny! Thanks for compiling the list. I did not realize it was so extensive. Looks like we need more Chicago events (hint, hint, Chicago). We will probably have another WW get together in September.
I have to get moving on a BYOB night Downtown somewhere. If anybody is interested and has suggestions, start making noise. WB has a BYOB thread for Chicago so I've been perusing that and taking notes. I also want to throw out some dates soon for Millennium Park and Ravinia concert woot gatherings. Again, any suggestions Chicago people, give a holler.
burrnini wrote:chicago's listings are off by one:
Thanks burrnini, I'll adjust that in the am or so. It took a lot of digging to find the listings so I figured I'd miss something. Anyone else have an edit, please let me know.
After #10, the numbers are slightly off compared to headings under Sparky's recommendation that #10.5 or "Thu Feb 19 or Fri Feb 20: Imagine's 'Send Off' dinner " be listed as an official gathering, making it #11 and so on. So let it be written, so let it be done.
NorCal Gatherings (thanks to Klez for summary of #1-#11)
NorCal Preliminaries
NorCal #1 - 13 June 2009 - Napa Picnic and Wine
NorCal #2 - 29 Aug 2009 - End of Summer BBQ
NorCal #3 - 7 Nov 2009 - Napa Weekend
NorCal #4 - 20 Feb 2010 - Post D&D "Recovery"
NorCal #5 - 6 June 2010 - Picnic and Winery Hopping in Livermore
NorCal #6 - 18 Sep 2010 - Scott Harvey Grape Stomp & other wine festivities
NorCal #7 - 10 Oct 2010 - Favourites from Napa/Sonoma
NorCal #8 - 26 Feb 2011 - Vincent Arroyo, Laura Zahtilla, 8th Street
NorCal #9 - 30 April 2011 - Unusual Wines in the South Bay
NorCal #10 - 7 May 2011 - Vincent Arroyo Open House
NorCal #11 - 13 Aug 2011 - SF Wineries and back to Secret Wine Shop
NorCal #11.5 (unofficial) - 9 Oct 2011 - texacaliali shows bahwm, ddeuddeg, and a bunch of NorCal wooters a wonderful time!
NorCal #12 – 29 Sep 2012 Fall Trip to Wellington and Others
NorCal #13 – 19 Oct 2012 Vintage Wines Night
NorCal #14 – 9 Feb 2013 Vintage Pinot Night
NorCal #15 – 23 Mar 2013 Vintage Merlot Night
NorCal #16 – 4 May 2013 Vincent Arroyo Open House
NorCal #17 – 1 Jun 2013 Vintage 1999 Classified Bordeaux Tasting
NorCal #18 – 22 Jun 2013 Francophile Solstice
NorCal #19 – 3 Aug 2013 Winesmith BBQ
NorCal #20 – 7 Sep 2013 Norcal Meets SoCal Petite Sirah Night
NorCal #21 – 8 Sep 2013 Halcón Vineyards Tasting
NorCal #22 – 22 Mar 2014 Winesmith Library Vertical Tasting
VEGAS Gatherings
Here's the link to the thread for "Things to do in Vegas...." that smlauren started.
Feel free to add to that thread anytime.
Interested in following the Saga Of CyberPub Cellars Pub Blends?
This thread contains tasting notes from our group-made wine, and links to pics.
(2008) Socal Tasting #4 NOV 15 The Satellite Edition VEGAS, BABY! EVERYONE'S INVITED!
This was the first Vegas gathering, which we called the socal satellite edition with many wooters from across the country in attendance. "Lesser Known Varietals" was the theme. Remember the wine aces brought in the clay bottle? And that I ran out of lamb?! (the horror!) We hiked, I created Hash House Freaks, we had loads of fun.
(2009)Socal Tasting #13 OCT 16-19 CyperPub Cellars Wine Making in VEGAS, BABY!
This was the second Vegas gathering. We decided to make wine. We ate. Theme? Have no idea - Maybe bring your favorite wine according to the pics?! Enjoyed the view at Lake Las Vegas. The Hash House Freaks increased in number. My kitty caused a flood (to the tune of $10,000+), and our Octocat encountered an alien creature.
(2010) Vegas Tasting #1 May 14-16 CyberPub Cellars Pub Blend #1 Bottling Time
This was our "1st" Vegas Tasting. We bottled our 1st CyberPub Cellars wine, and had loads of fun. WE looked hot in our matching bowling shirts, but alas, that did not actually help us in the bowling department. Theme? In Late August, imagine4vr came out for the Wine Dinner. We won 3rd place out of 34 other zin blends.
(2010)Vegas Tasting #2 OCT 15-18 CyberPub Cellars Pub Blend #2 Time to Crush
Our Theme was blends. One of the favorite wines of the evening was one that wasn't.
(2011)Vegas Tasting #3 CyberPub Cellars Pub Blend #2 Bottling Time.
Our theme was Spanish wines. We had a catered tapas menu. More frivolity, eating, bowling.....
I'll update soon with the 2012 gatherings.....
Bump ... updated the SoCal listings.
Reminder that the optional "template" is in the first post here for gatherings.
Helps to have the gathering info in one place, so people don't have to search all over the thread.
Bump ... because some folks don't read very well.
Bump. Because we've all been lazy about updating the gatherings .... 2014!
Yet another bump ... because we all have been super lazy about adding new gatherings!


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here you go http://forum.thedentedhelmet.com/vie...c=1856&forum=9
here you go http://forum.thedentedhelmet.com/vie...c=1856&forum=9
Seems that you and I are about the same size. I'm 5'3". Even though this helmet is not 100% what I want, I think I'll still get one, just so I can complete my costume in time for Halloween (after a little rework). For all of those that ordered one and were upset when it looked NOTHING like the pictures on the web site, have you considered getting together and getting a lawyer to sue them for false advertising? It might finally wake Rubies up to the fact that they produce CRAPPY costume accessories. This seems to me like a fairly clear cut case of "bait and switch", showing a picture of a fantastic looking helmet, calling it a collectors edition, and shipping something that looks this bad.
Hmm, that actually isn't a bad idea and it sounds like you might actually have a case.
Instead of R/B has anyone tried Rust-Oleum Clear Coat Laquer...It is really glossy and creates a shell. It is almost like fiberglassing the helmet. Paint the helmet how you want it, I used Rust-Oleum Silver, Painters touch Royal blue for the light part and Wildflower for the dark. After you paint it and it has dried put on the clear coat laquer....Your paint will never come off or dull.
Has anyone else come across that description of the Rubies helmet? They also say Rubies is producing high and low quality versions of the helmet?
Are they referring to the 2 dimensional open-back "mask" as the low quality version? I'm confused.
Here's what I'm talking about:
"Pre-Sale (August/September). The Collector's Edition of the Jango Fett Helmet. Made of high quality, injected plastic. Will fit most adults. PLEASE NOTE - Rubies is producing high-quality and lower-quality versions of this helmet. This is the higher quality version."
I've seen one of these things... they are really cheesy... not worth the money at all... And the store that sells them here has them only with the pajama costume as well...
Most of the masks I saw at our large Halloween store were all crushed in the forehead... (not dented... ) so they aren't high quality at all...
The collectors edition is made much better... Though it's more like a soft plastic latex or something rather than hard thick plastic. In other words, it can bend and is more like rubber...
okay, searching for the right words here... hope it made sense. *L*
In anycase, I'm hoping my home made one turns out at least as good as the collecters and will most likely be better than the delux.
Maybe the deluxe version comes with a decapitated head inside?
It is GARBAGE! I have seen one and tried it on. It comes in with a front and a back which are held together w/ velcro.
Quote: Maybe the deluxe version comes with a decapitated head inside?
I've only seen it paired with the Deluxe Jango costume. It comes together like the Kellog's Clone Troope helmet. But, if you can imagine this, it looks MUCH worse.
Yeah Unfortunately, before I got on this board I had a local reputable costume store pre-order a Jango deluxe for me. When it got here about a week ago, I took a look at it when the owner handed it to me. Wow, what a disappointment. As mentioned above it comes together in two parts hence the "two piece" designation, but other than that its crap. The hard vinyl Jango helmet looks better IMHO, but the shape is still way off. Im actually starting to sweat since I have a fiberglass helmet I won in a Ebay auction that is being shipped from australia and it's already been nearly three weeks and no helmet!!! I might have to get a Rubies Jango just in case.
Well, sounds like the "2-piece deluxe" is yet another helmet to ignore.
I wasn't really thinking of getting one, just curious.
It's pretty sad that they couldn't improve the costuming stuff . . .
I'm satisfied with my DP 95 helmet but I will someday get a fiberglass helmet for my Boba setup . . .
Take Care Friends
its rubies, its 59 bucks.
nuff said.
Hey! I was quick to judge the rubies "deluxe" version (the 1 piece model) too, but after I sunk $70 on one this week (see above post for rationale) I have to say it really isn't that bad. Its pretty stiff vinyl, it holds its shape, clean paintjob albeit 2 colors and no pinstripes, but overall i think it's actually better than most DP's from 97-98. And I say this only because Ive seen how warped they can get...Plus you can almost get away with the stock paintjob. Most DP's Ive seen have a horrible weathering job on them.
I see two different types of rubies helms, the normal and the rotocast hard collectors helm. which is the best to purchase pleasae respond ASAP. THE DARK FETT is out.
Go to the search option and type in Rubies... There is a ton of info on this site, you just have to look for it!
Where are you seeing the rubies rotocast helmet?
Its a new helmet that came out, it has the stripes and a full tented visor. I found it at two or 3 different mask shoppes in yahoo. the pictures of the rotocast helm look awesome and very detailed.
Do you have a link????? I think its the same helmet we are use to seeing though. And it doesn't come with stripes or full visor.
Yeah I think it's BS. There is no such "hard" collectors edition helmet out right now. BTW, If anyone wants a Rubies Jango with the visor area and keyholes already cut out, PM me. I have two helmets and I have to sell one.
(BTW, I had to cannabalize the rangefinder for my other helmet...It shouldnt be to difficult to replace, though it is kind of a strectch what with halloween only 8 days away.)
ok go to the ebay site and type in jango fett under the search and u'll see the helm, man u people should know this, u can go to rubies on yahoo and find it for crying out load
Let us see a real pic of the helmet not the rubies add pic.
I think he is confusing the touched up Rubies photo they use all the time for a real product, which we all know does not exist.
I know a lot of people on e-bay are doing the same thing. Rubies had a good idea but thats not what we got.

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Hi guys,
This is my first post, so I'll go ahead and introduce myself. I'm Nate, and I've decided I want to try my hand at making my own Boba Fett costume! I've only just started to get into costuming (starting in July or so?) and made a Batman costume, as my first (well attempted to make one! Hah). Been a member of a (batman) forum (brotherhood of the bat) and found this forum a few days ago. I'm very impressed with all of the work and detail you put into your suits! They look amazing! I don't think I'll be able to get it as perfect as you folks, but I'm aiming for the best I can do, and make something fun.
Anyhow, here's my first helmet! It's only a vinyl Rubies, but I think I can make it work, with some modifications. I plan on replacing the visor with a homemade one (plastic covered in window tint, unless you guys can suggest something better) and adding some padding to the inside. Here's some pictures (let's see if I can get these to post) : http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/...-57-29_756.jpg
The inside is really bad, but I'll be sanding that down, and adding in my own foam to keep it from moving around on my head.
I've heard great things about you guys, and I can't wait to get to know you all, and do some more research on the forum!


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Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology is seeking new participants for its Global Engineering Innovations program and will host a presentation by the leader of the team in Brazil on Monday, October 28 at 5 p.m. in Schaffer 304 on the Homewood campus. Global Engineering Innovations (GEI) involves interdisciplinary student teams collaborating with international hosts to develop solutions to problems around the world.
Nathan Nicholes, pre-doctoral student in the chemical and biomolecualr engineering lab of Marc Ostermeier, will discuss the work his team has accomplished so far in Amazonas, Brazil developing an improved cassava mill. GEI is actively recruiting team members to join the group in Brazil. The team from Ocurex, which manufactures a portable retinograph machine, will also present their work for consideration for a future project.
Come learn how you can be involved in this program that combines engineering skills with international outreach. Pizza and soda will be provided. For more information, visit INBT's Global Engineering Innovations website here.
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UMM Faculty Research Enhancement Funds
August 1, 2012
The UMM Faculty Research Enhancement Funds (FREF), supported by the University of Minnesota Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), provides funding to help UMM faculty members support their research-related activities. These funds are awarded in the following categories: I) Large-Scale Research and Creative Projects, II) Project-Based Faculty Research Support, III) Travel Differential Support, and IIIi) International Travel Support.
FREF funds can be used to support travel (including bringing collaborators to UMM), materials, supplies, equipment specific to the project, and other justifiable research expenses. The funds will not be used for salary, wages, or conference registrations. A final report is required at the end of the funding period. Proposals are reviewed three times a year (September, January, and April) unless otherwise noted.
Category I: Large-Scale Research and Creative Projects (Reviewed in April grant round)
Category I is designed to fund up to $5,000 for large-scale research and creative projects that will provide major contributions to the field of study. Unlike proposals for Categories II and III, Category I will occur once a year and will follow a more detailed and comprehensive application process than the other categories. Category I grant proposals are currently reviewed during the April grant round. Successful applicants will have up to three years to spend these award funds.
Recipients will be required to present research findings or creative works to the campus community. Faculty members receiving funding in this category will not be eligible to apply for Category I funding for three years after receiving the award.
The FREF Review Committee recognizes that a large-scale project may be different depending upon the project and the discipline in which it takes place. Therefore, clarity and detail in the description of the project proposal are extremely important. Examples might include:
The proposals will be reviewed according to: a) importance to the field, b) coherence and clarity of purpose, c) potential for success, d) degree of imagination and innovation in concept and approach, and e) need for funds to successfully complete the project.
Category II: Project-Based Faculty Research Support (Reviewed each grant round)
Category II is designed to fund up to $1,000 for small/medium-sized research and creative projects (an article, production, installation) or portions of a larger project (e.g., a chapter of a book). There is no limit to the number of times applicants may apply for Category II funds, but progress toward project outcomes will be a deciding factor for future requests. Support for ongoing projects must be for separate components not previously funded.
Category III: Travel Differential Support (Reviewed on an ongoing basis)
Category III is designed to fund up to $300 to offset the cost of research and scholarly-related travel. The intent of Category III is to help cover the added travel costs associated with UMM's geographic location. Faculty can receive Category III support three times in an academic year.
These funds are not intended to be used to replace UMM Out-of-State Travel Funds given to tenure-track faculty members. Requests for travel funds should include itemized costs for mileage, per diem, and lodging. The research or creative activities supported by the travel funds should be clearly stated.
Part-time faculty with an appointment of 25-74% can apply for travel differential support with the approval of their division chair. Please use the Category IIIA application, which includes a signature space for division chairs.
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Rocky Mountain Brassworks continues its concert season with its most popular performance, "Celtic Storm" featuring the Centennial State Pipes and Drums bagpipe corps as well as a talented troupe of highland dancers. By popular demand, Denver's only authentic brass band will perform at the Broomfield Auditorium on Saturday, March 8th at 4:00pm. Enjoy your favorite Celtic music selections including Danny Boy, Scotland the Brave and Riverdance.
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This class will give you the tools you need to prepare a landscape design for water conservation and year-round enjoyment. Learn the landscape designer's "7 Principles of Xeriscape," soil amendments, proper irrigation, and the use of appropriate plants. We will introduce low-water-use landscape ideas to reduce turf areas, create useable spaces, and enhance visual appeal of your yard.
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All children up to age 12 are invited to participate in out Cat's Hat March Reading Program. Kids need to read 3 books at their level that they have never read before, write the titles of the books on a Cat's Hat tally sheet and put it in the cat's hat on the desk in the Children's Library. Non-readers may be read to. Starting Saturday, March 1, tally sheets can be picked up in the Children's Library or downloads from the Children's Library website at www.broomfieldchildrenslibrary.org, then click on Special Events. You may enter as many times as you like! All entries are due by closing on Monday, march 31. A drawing will be held after the contest ends to pick 5 winners. Winners will receive a colorful Cat's hat!
March 8, 2014, 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM @ Eisenhower Room
"Magical Music" with Kristin McLean.
Special music program recommended for babies and toddlers ages newborn - 24 months and an accompanying adult. Funded by the Broomfield Library Friends.
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From 1942-1945 over 7,000 Japanese, most American citizens, were imprisoned at the Granada Relocation Center in Colorado.Hear one internee's story of life in the camp
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March 8: Showing of Broomfield's 50th Anniversary documentary Broomfield: Spirit of the American Dream. Visitors will have a chance to see artifacts related to subjects in the video.
All events begin at noon and are free of charge. No tickets or preregistration is required, however, seating is limited.
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Give up right now on the chance of ever delivering a consistently excellent customer experience, if you are unwilling to hire differently. This is where it all begins—either good or bad. Yet, most producers hire quickly and without any regard to how the person will fit into their culture or if he is able to interact successfully with external customers.
A bad hire can remain in their job for a long time. The consequences and cost of a bad hire are huge, mostly because we exit the employee slowly. I've seen it take years. Typically, problematic behaviors are dismissed because the employee is doing the mechanics of the job okay and manages to get to work consistently.
However, behaviors that poison the internal culture also negatively impact the external customer experience. Not being a team player, negativity, gossiping, undermining, blaming—all of these destroy morale and are felt by the customers.
Here are your rules for hiring winners.
1-Take Your Time and Use a Meticulous Process
Why does it take us two years to exit an employee who is not working out and two days to replace them? This is an avoidable sink hole.
It is imperative to sideline the urgent pleas to "get somebody in here fast" and follow a meticulous process to hire the right individual. That process must include an initial interview with HR, and an interview with the person who will manage the newly hired individual, the department head, and several team members.
Team member interviews are critical to selecting the right individual. When team members are part of the process, it is more likely they will welcome the new employee more enthusiastically.
Assessments can also be used to predict culture fit. These tools are plentiful and helpful.
2-NEVER Hire from a Pool of One
If your goal is excellence in performance, then, no matter how good a candidate looks, contrast him with at least three to four other candidates just like you would do if you were hiring a new CFO, COO or CEO. The prevailing thought unfortunately is that when hiring for an entry level or even mid-level position, it doesn't matter that much. Au contraire mon frère. Too often a referral is given, an interview is held and a new employee is hired—just like that.
3-Hire for Attitude AND for Skill
The day of the interview is the candidate's best day. He gets up that morning and dresses specifically to impress you. He comes armed with a big smile on his face, a firm but not too firm handshake, and answers all of your possible questions. His resume has been designed, just for you and the job you posted.
If he is not disarmingly pleasant and positive on the day of the interview, do not even consider him. What will this person be like when he wakes up with a headache and has three projects due? Attitude is everything. If this person is going to work with humans, hire for attitude AND for skill.
4-Hire to a Customer Service Skill Set—no matter what the position
Unless the person you are hiring is going to work in isolation, like on Mars, it is imperative to consider how he will interact with human beings. In addition to attitude, consider a few other important qualities. Create a list of "how would you handle this situation?" scenarios and see how he responds. Look for the ability to:
- Handle upset customers
- Communicate respectfully
- Be spontaneous and flexible
- Resolve problems
- Be empathic
Hiring the right person demands following a rigorous process. Step out of the process and you may step into some drama.
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ONC uses analytics to inform public on the health care system modernization
How do you tell the story of a major government initiative that is modernizing the health care system and has the potential to save billions of dollars? With a business analytics platform that quickly analyzes the most current data and shares straightforward results on a public website. That's what the US Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is doing with its Health IT Dashboard.
ONC's Health IT Dashboard website shows that the agency is serious about business intelligence and open government. The website concisely depicts ONC's program performance and research data for monitoring technology trends in health system modernization and the health care economy.
Putting a face and a story on data ... that's what we needed.
Victor T. Lazzaro
Presented through performance reports – including maps, charts and tables – the Health IT Dashboard shows hundreds of measures depicting how certain federal policies, programs and research activities are related to health IT and the modernization of the US health care system. The dashboard has particularly rich data on emerging trends in electronic health record (EHR) adoption and health information exchange activity.
This is all a part of ONC's central role in coordinating the federal government's portfolio of health care technology programs, as well as implementing $2 billion in grant programs connected to the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH).
Creating a foundation for success
To support its policy and program missions, ONC needed an analytical and business intelligence tool that was universally recognized and widely adaptable for making data work in multiple ways. First, the ONC needed to integrate and analyze troves of data to make sure that all of its efforts were informed and accountable – thus the need for a BI tool that could quickly analyze varied data sets and sources and update the website. ONC used SAS Business Analytics to help create a community among its program analysts, who were exploring the new data and defining the key measures to enable and evaluate success.
ONC also needed to easily manage the distribution of results from its research and performance analysis of HITECH programs. So alongside using SAS to explore the new data, identify key measures, and calculate the results over time the agency also established the Health IT Dashboard as a public facing website. The website was initially used for describing the ONC's Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, tracking community efforts to train health care IT workers, and for analyzing the effectiveness of a grants program that provides technical assistance to health care providers implementing technology like EHRs.
Data in action: quick analytic successes
Among its coordination, policy, and program roles ONC is implementing the Health IT Regional Extension Center (REC) program, which has 62 nationwide centers offering training and technical advice to health care providers who begin using EHRs. To support and accelerate this important effort, ONC needed to give the REC grantees a set of data and geospatial dashboards that lets users look at data in at least five ways: by grantee, by state, by county, by provider specialty, and by EHR adoption status.
"We primarily use the data for making the grantees more informed and effective at the important work they're doing," says Victor Lazzaro, Chief of the ONC Performance and Data Analytics Branch, "and in the process we sought to establish a public website that shows how government research and grant program performance management activities can be implemented together to advance open government principles."
In further support of its policy agenda and grantee needs, ONC also uses SAS and the Health IT Dashboard to aggregate and present data from surveys the office commissions with other agencies (like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), organizations such as the American Hospital Association, and e-prescribing vendors to monitor trends in the health system.
Thanks to SAS, this work can be done without pulling the data into a database – a key feature that ONC sought. The result is that ONC is a one-stop shop for integrating health system data sets.
Much of ONC's data science and analytics work is evident on the public website, which is rich in detail, easy to navigate, and anything but static. Click on a state inside the Health IT Dashboard for Meaningful Use, and you'll quickly find out how many providers are enrolled and how many have reached the "meaningful use" stage – with charts showing the progress by year, countywide EHR adoption data, and more. Users can drill down into the data and customize maps and other charts based on the view they seek.
"We're proud that the Health IT Dashboard gives our stakeholders such detailed access to our valuable health system datasets," Lazzaro says. "We are encouraging health care providers to use the Health IT Dashboards to understand the technology adoption trends of their peers; ONC grantees to see how they're performing and improve upon; businesses to identify areas that are underserved and serve them; and researchers to mine the data to uncover patterns and propose explanations."
Ramp up quickly and demonstrate ability to analyze data and provide the public with the most up-to-date program results. Automate processes to optimize limited resources.
ONC provides its stakeholders and the public with the results of its most current data science and geospatial reporting of health system and public program results in a straightforward way.


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Council of Europe's Anti-Racism Commission publishes new report on Lithuania
Strasbourg, 13.09.2011 - The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) today published its fourth report on Lithuania. ECRI's Chair, Nils Muiznieks, said that, while there are positive developments, some issues of concern remain, such as the continuing absence of a law on national minorities and the situation of the Roma.
The Criminal Code was amended in 2009 to help combat racism more effectively. The Law on Equal Treatment now protects against discrimination also on grounds of national origin and language; the burden of proof is shared. Pedagogues have been hired in the Vilnius area to assist Roma children. It is no longer possible to detain asylum-seekers who have illegally entered Lithuania or overstayed. The State Border Guard Service cooperates with the UNHCR and the Red Cross Society to train border guards, have lawyers visit entry points and reception facilities and provide information on asylum.
However, many instances of discrimination and incitement to hatred still go unpunished. In practice, it is almost impossible for NGOs to represent victims of discrimination in court. Prominent political figures have made statements showing little sensitivity towards the need to fight racism and intolerance. There is little coordination between the different minority/anti-discrimination and Roma integration programmes. The latter have produced few tangible results. The newly established department of minorities is understaffed and its budget has been greatly reduced. Persons granted subsidiary protection do not have a right to social assistance, except during their one-year stay at the reception centre. Except for certain categories specified by law, they only benefit from emergency medical care.
In its report, ECRI has made a number of recommendations to the authorities, three of which require priority implementation and will be revisited by ECRI in two years' time:
The report, including Government observations, is available here. It was prepared following ECRI's contact visit to Lithuania in November 2010 [Press Release – 30.11.2010] and takes account of developments up to 25 March 2011.
ECRI is a human rights body of the Council of Europe, composed of independent experts, which monitors problems of racism, discrimination on grounds of ethnic origin, colour, citizenship, religion and language, as well as xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance, prepares reports and issues recommendations to member States.
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To be eligible to use the ASFC Eco Pass, you must be enrolled in Foothill courses for the current quarter, and have paid your fees in full or are participating in Foothill's payment installment plan. Be aware that the ASFC Eco Pass is for currently enrolled Foothill students only. It is not transferable. Any other use constitutes fraud. ASFC Eco Pass is not valid on ACE, Amtrak, BART, Caltrain, Highway 17 Express, Dumbarton Express, Monterey-Salinas Transit and SamTrans.
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Of course, it's not just Microsoft that will be launching new devices. There will be Windows 8 convertible laptops and tablets at every price, from every major manufacturer. Windows RT for ARM devices will go head-to-head with the new iPad and Android tablets such as the Asus Transformer Infinity, while x86 tablets with Windows 8 Pro will take on everything from cheap laptops to Ultrabooks.
For the netbook crowd who still want an x86 device for backwards compatibility or other reasons, there's the Atom-based convertible tablet, like a lower-end version of the Asus Vivo or Samsung ATIV. Machines like these and the similarly Atom CPU-based HP Envy x2 and Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 will cover a lot of the mid-range too.
If you want 'proper' power, meanwhile, there are the top-end convertible hybrid tablets with Full HD screens and Core i3-i7 processors, like the Asus Transformer Book, Surface Pro, Sony VAIO Duo or Samsung ATIV Pro.
What advantages do these hybrids offer over regular laptops aside from the obvious tablet usage? Well, the ones with extra batteries in their keyboard bases will kick the rear ends of your average laptop when it comes to battery life. High-quality IPS screens give a much more enjoyable viewing experience with better colour reproduction and viewing angles than the TN type displays still found on nearly all laptops. 3G, or mobile broadband, is an option on most of these machines, where on laptops it's an expensive rarity. And last but not least, the majority will offer Wacom styluses for pressure-sensitive handwriting, drawing, doodling and more.
And of course you can't overstate the advantages touch brings too. For instance it can be much nicer than using a touchpad when browsing the web, playing certain games, or flicking through your family photos.
Mind you, the laptop won't start 'dying out' overnight. Initially hybrid/convertible laptops/tablets are likely to demand a premium. Meanwhile, large desktop replacement laptops, especially the models geared towards gamers, are likely to be the longest-holding bastion. But otherwise, aside from reflective glassy screens and of course the extra materials cost for the manufacturer, convertible tablets done right usually make a traditional laptop somewhat irrelevant.
Even the glossy screens could potentially be avoided by using techniques similar to the matt glass finish of the Wacom Cintiq 24HD, and when a screen goes as bright as that of the Asus Transformer Infinity, it's much less of an issue anyway.
With a base station providing game-worthy graphics and extra connectivity via Thunderbolt, I could even see the next generation of Windows 8 hybrids taking over from those aforementioned gaming desktops. The laptop is dead, long live the (hybrid) laptop.


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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
"Sic Deus Dilexit Mundum..."
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"If we really understood the Mass, we would die
of joy."
——Saint John Vianney
"It would be easier for the earth to carry on without
the sun than without the Holy Mass."
——Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
"When Mass is being celebrated, the sanctuary is filled
with countless angels who adore the divine victim
immolated on the altar."
——Saint John Chrysostom
"Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
——2 Philippians 5-11 (Ignatius, RSV)
"You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you
——Flannery O'Connor
"Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable."
——Gilbert Keith Chesterton
"The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between."
——Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
"[In the apse of the Cathedral of Cefalù] the great subject is Christ in Judgment, the Heroic Face that dominates all the nave from above. He holds in His right hand the Open Book of record, His left is raised for acquittal or sentence .... [The nave contains] the noblest motto yet found for the Judge and Redeemer and Brother of mankind ... Factus homo factor hominis factique redemptor / Judico corporeus corpora corda Deus ... And it means, "I, having been made man, and being the Maker of Man, and the Redeemer of what I made, judge in bodily form the bodies and the hearts of man: for I am God."
——"The Essential Belloc", Rev. C. John McCloskey, Scott J. Bloch & Brian Robertson, Editors; Saint Benedict Press.Com, ISBN 978-1-935302-36-0; page 79, --TD, "Cefalù"
"If a government were put in charge of the Sahara Desert, within five years there'd be a shortage of sand".
——Milton Friedman
"In the end, I have decided to begin using a particular phrase in response to questions about my expressed dismay at this madness: "Because I am not a protestant." The implication is clear. Here's how it looks in a real dialogue: "Why don't you hold hands at the Our Father?" "Because I am not a protestant."
——Dan Burke, National Catholic Register
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Dr. Theodore J. Williams, 89, died on Saturday, April 27, 2013, in West Lafayette, Ind.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the James F. Ferguson Funeral Home Inc., Blairsville. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Friday in the SS. Simon and Jude Church, Blairsville. The Rev. Father Chester J. Raimer will officiate.
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Sorry to hear about your situation and all the destruction near you. Hopefully the whole country will get it's act together to provide the help you need. I understand that electrical workers and equipment are being sent from as far away as California.
Forwarded post from John(Beemaster):No where is really safe and I think it sick anyone believes people deserve what they get. That is sick.
Finally about climate change. I respect everyone's opinion but I believe and always will it is cyclical and likely has happened thousands of times and will thousand more....If humans get to be too much we will see a plague like never before with maybe a billion dead. Whatever it takes.
I wish as I sit humbled by Mother Earths mighty power and know that the GLOBAL WARMISTS couldn't sell that crap in a bag, so it became climate change. But I'm fairly curtain the majority of those mentioned in this paragraph are LIBERALS dressed in CENTRISTS clothing.
My point is that the storm was not as big and bad as they are making it out to be, it just hit in a very bad location.
... change is normal. I'm still a little skeptical of what is warming the climate, but something is. This is especially noticeable at the northern latitudes....
So I'm saying that this was a very powerful storm in terms of it's total energy.
... You are right that the location and population density made this a bad storm....
Here are a couple of links to pictures in the above two named European cities. Please not the palm trees.Are you telling us that this is what the local flora looks like up there in Central Michigan?
...Those who deny MMGW on political grounds are being very dishonest. First they decide what they want the outcome of the argument to be.... Then they go looking for any explanation that suits that pre-determined outcome....


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What does video telephony mean to you? Is it a service that you use on an occasional basis – maybe on a birthday or an anniversary? Or is it something you use on a daily basis to make life easier? An impressive new trial in India suggests that, in developing markets, the main benefit of video telephony could be to strengthen the bonds between family members separated by long distances. Just ask migrant worker Sukho Sao.
Sukho works as a rickshaw driver in Delhi, one of the world's fastest-developing economic hotspots. Like many of those who share his trade in the city, he does not come from Delhi. His home village is in the state of Bihar, hundreds of kilometers away, where his wife Rami Devi and their two children still live.
Sukho works long hours to provide for his family and is usually in Delhi for several months at a time. But luckily for him, his home village lies along one of India's "3G corridors", which are currently trialing a video telephony project aimed at connecting migrant workers with their families.
Called Aamne Saamne, which means "face-to-face" in Hindi, the project provides public call office kiosks in Delhi and other regions, including Bihar. Booth operators supply 3G phones to customers. Sukho goes to a booth in Delhi to call his family at an arranged time, while Rami takes the children to a similar booth in Bihar and waits for his call.
Sukho is delighted that the service allows him to watch his children growing up.
For Rami, the difference compared with traditional telephony is enormous: "The children miss their father. Earlier, we were only able to hear his voice, but now we can see him as well. It feels great," she says with a smile.
Stories such as Sukho's are likely to become common in India as 3G begins to take hold.
Among the range of 3G services, video telephony seems to have particular potential in developing markets such as India. Large-scale economic migration from rural to urban areas means dispersed families, and as a result, the technology should find a more immediately receptive market in India than in the West.
For one user, however, the benefits of 3G in general – and video telephony in particular – are already apparent. As his children wave goodbye and he returns the handset to the kiosk, Sukho says: "I feel peaceful now. All my worries are gone after seeing my kids playing."


text: I think there could be more to Dumars not wanting Isiah and Lamb around other than concerns of being overshadowed. If anyone remembers the walk off in the 1992 ECF its worth noting that Dumars was not part of that. Add in all the childish antics over the years especially during Rothshtein's failed one year attempt a picture starts to emerge. That of Duamars possibly not considering the main guys on the team like Isiah and Lamb as very professional or trustworthy despite the chemistry they shared on the court. Pehap's Dumars did what he needed to do in order to fit in and help the team win but vowed never to have anything to do with them after on a professional level due to their unprofessional antics as teammates. We all have friends we like but would never trust in a business relationship? Just a theory. But why else would you not want to being in someone like Lamb who you know could help you unless you just did not trust him. So far the only guys welcome back have been the role players and Mahorn who was lost in the expansion draft well before the decline. It always bothered me how fast that team declined - there was something going on.


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29 Palms: Captain Folsom
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29 Palms: Captain Folsom, 2003-2004
Gelatin silver print
Frame: 66 x 95.3 cm (26 x 37 1/2 inches)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2007.7.2
What appears to be a rare image of American soldiers on the battlefield in Afghanistan or Iraq is, in fact, a view of Marines training for deployment at 29 Palms, the California desert Marine base. Denied permission to be embedded with the troops abroad, Lê created a provocative body of work by photographing the staged battles of recruits. She worked with a large-format camera to shoot highly detailed, subtly nuanced images, such as this one of Captain Folsom and his squad. Although she witnessed war as a teenager in Saigon, her pictures are surprisingly nonjudgmental.


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Hey Fett paint experts,
When you liquid mask a section of the helmet do you liquid mask everything laying down all the different colors and then peel?
For example: When I stencil out the silver damage on the back panel, mask it, pop it with gray (ROTJ) do I peel it right off when the paint is dry or is it okay to THEN stencil out the gray damage, mask it and pop it with the green?
Just seems like you're doing twice the work on the same section. If I peeled off the silver, I would have to remask it when I peeled off the gray.
Just wondering because I've researched and I'm sure everyone has a different way of doing it.


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ATLANTA --- North Carolina women's basketball signees Diamond DeShields, Stephanie Mavunga and Jessica Washington were named participants in the 2013 WBCA High School All-America Game, and Allisha Gray was named an All-America honorable mention, the organization announced Tuesday.
The 22nd annual High School All-America Game, which is held as part of the WBCA National Convention, will be played Saturday, April 6, 2013, at the New Orleans Arena, site of the 2013 NCAA Women's Final Four. Tipoff is set for 4:30 p.m. CT. For the fourth consecutive year, the game will be played on the official NCAA Women's Final Four court. The 20 players will be divided into two 10-player teams for the game, which will be played according to NCAA rules.
"The 20 members of this year's High School All-America Team have been great leaders for their teams and for the game of girls' and women's basketball as it continues to grow," said WBCA CEO Beth Bass. "I am excited to see how these young women perform this year in New Orleans at the WBCA High School All-America Game presented by NIKE."
For more information, visit WBCA.org.


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I'm new to armor building and have gotten a couple good tips from here before, so I decided to join up.
I want a set of Mandalorian armor and so far the only supply I have is the vacuum for the vacuum table. Which, since I'm using Sintra, I don't need.
I do have some templates from wizardoflight, guess I'll need those. Though I think I need Smalls.
How do I shape sintra to my body shape? Do I need a mannequin or molds of some sort? How do you build molds? What do you do to curve the pieces to fit and how do you form more complicated pieces like knee armor and guantlets? Is that where I'd need molds and a vacuum table?
How do you make the cod pieces? I'll take any help. Thanks in advance and hopefully I can go to C5 in Madalorian armor.
By the way,
Does anyone know if local 501st garrison members could help me build since I plan on joining them and they know what they're doing?


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Samsung GT-I9000 Galaxy S Vibrant Android 2.2 Froyo Upgrade
Samsung announced that a free upgrade to Android 2.2 Froyo and Android 2.2 Froyo now available for Samsung GT-I9000 Galaxy S Vibrant.Only Canadian Galaxy S to get upgraded and the upgrade using Sammy's Kies desktop software ended up with inaccessible internal storage which sucks for a variety of obvious reasons…….
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Mountain Stage Podcast
From West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Mountain Stage is a radio show produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting. It is a two-hour music show taped before a live audience, usually in the Cultural Center in Charleston, WV, although it travels to other venues in the United States and Canada several times each year. It has been on the air since 1983. The program showcases very diverse music, from the traditional to the brand new, from roots music to jazz.More from Mountain Stage Podcast »


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Striped Sheath Dress
Out of Stock
- Contoured stretch fit.
- White straps give the bodice a cut-in look without sacrificing support.
- Keyhole front. Integrated belt. Hidden back zip with hook-and-eye closure.
- Fully lined.
- Shell: 70% viscose, 25% nylon, 5% spandex. Lining: 100% polyester. Machine wash, cold. Imported.
- Length: 40.75" from shoulder.


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Degree or Program Details
Biology - General Major
This major provides an opportunity for a diversified background in biology, applicable to a wide range of introductory positions of employment in business and industry, hospitals, universities, the military and government at the local, state and federal levels. It also provides excellent preparation for graduate work in biology or related sciences.
For department information or additional degree requirements, click here
For course description, click on the course.
|Total Credits Required for Degree
|Liberal Studies
|Health Promotion Requirements
|Required Courses in Major
|Biology Electives
|Any BI course at the 200 level or above; at least 8 credits at the 300-level,
|except BI 206 or BI 305
|Other Required Courses
|Organic Chemistry
|CH 220 Introduction to Organic Chemistry (5 cr.) or
|CH 321 Organic Chemistry I (4 cr.)
|PH 201 College Physics I (5 cr.) [III] or
|PH 220 Introductory Physics I (5 cr.) [III]
*Appropriate research or professional experiences may be substituted for this requirement.
**Transfer students may satisfy this requirement with a minimum of 4 credit hours.
This major does not require a minor.


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From HaskellWiki
Bot is an experimental, arrow-friendly library for Functional Reactive Programming. It's in a very early stage, and I'm putting this page up now just as a convenience for use with some related blog posts.
Besides this wiki page, here are more ways to find out about Bot:
- Read the Haddock docs.
- Get the code repository: darcs get http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/bot.
- Install from http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/bot.
Please leave comments at the Talk page or blog posts.