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The M214I 3-in-1 Headset from Plantronics allows you to use this headset with your cellular phone, with or cordless phone, or with your computer; this means you'll only need to buy one headset for all of your at-home needs. The M214I uses a 2.5mm adapter for your cordless and cellular phone, and includes a 2.5mm to USB adapter, allowing you to plug it into your computer.
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The company takes pride in being a specialist in headset products and their headsets are widely used in numerous Fortune 500 corporations. Their popular products include the K100 talk hands-free, M100, Voyager PRO, Savi Office, BackBeat 903+, M22 Amplifier Base Vista and MX10 Universal Amplifier, and are well recognized for their reliability and quality.
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Headsets consists of a pair of headphones for transmitting audio and is connected to a signal source like an audio amplifier or audio player. An amplifier is a device that changes the amplitude of a signal. A headset has a controller for increasing and decreasing the volume while an amplifier has characteristics like bandwidth, gain, efficiency, linearity, noise, output dynamic range, slew rate, rise time, stability, settling time and ringing.
Plantronics is a major manufacturer of headsets and amplifiers. It was the first one to introduce the first lightweight communications headset in 1962.
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Posted on 10/05/2012 11:08:39 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Janet Jackson and her fiancé Wissam Al Mana are reportedly planning to get married in Doha, Qatar in 2013.
The couple hope to tie the knot in Doha where the billionaire was born and are making arrangements for the ceremony to take place in 2013.
Janet and Wissam will be wedded in a Muslim ceremony. A renown Turkish author, Adnan Oktar (aka Harun Yahya), is also making the claim that the 46-year-old Janet Jackson has converted to Islam as did her brother, Michael Jackson and is choosing to keep her new religion a secret from her fans.
According to an insider the wedding will be "one of the biggest, most memorable extravaganzas in recent history".
The source added to National Enquirer magazine: "They have tentatively set a late 2013 wedding date. But they are still working out the details and the exact day."
They will reportedly spend $3 million to fly in their 500 wedding guests from all over the world, while Wissam wants to give all attendees a $10,000 Rolex watch each as a thank you for attending.
The insider added: "Wissam is going to splash big when he marries Janet. It's going to be the wedding of the century."
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Selling herself into slavery. Sad.
Well Good luck Janet....Next time you have a wardrobe malfunction the FCC will be the least of your worries!
You mean she's going to have to cover up?
I saw this on the cover of "The Star" while in line at Walmart the other day. If this means she won't perform in public any more, I feel sorry for her fan.
Though I imagine you have been stoned before.
Hmmm. Not registering on my Care-O-Meter. Not even a little.
Enjoy your beatings...
Oh well, no more nudity at football games I guess :(
What an idiot. Wonder how many other wives and concubines this scumbag has?
Does this make her a Ho, by definition? Well, maybe it's love.
Well Good luck Janet....Next time you have a wardrobe malfunction the FCC will be the least of your worries!
well no worries there , I think she's done with singing and dancing . Burqa Rocks
So sad. Something sick certainly went on in that Jackson family. I feel sorry for her.
No more wardrobe malfunctions to reveal a mutilated nipple.
Nobody sees nothing under the burqua except her owner.
is choosing to keep her new religion a secret from her fans.
how stupid are these fans
Remember Janet, adultery is a capitol offense.
I feel sorry for the guy marrying her. Talk about a dysfunctional set of human beings, the Jackson family has to be it. Plus she's way past her prime so why any billionaire would bother with her is beyond me.
Why make it a secret from her fans, all three of them?
Just Sayin ....
Or die.
Her call.
I knew another woman that converted to Islam for marriage. Fortunately (for her), it didn't last long.
She finally realized that she wasn't a "partner", she was "property".
Hmm wonder how long she will be married??
Uh, Janet, a few suggestions for the Pre-Nup Agreement:
- Full disclosure of all previous, current and future wives
- No beatings, for any reason
- Upon divorce, I get all my pre-wedding assets back
Well...Isn't that special?
Dear Janet,
A Ho sells her body.
You just sold your soul.
Will the liberals criticize her for the extravagance?
Gold digging is a state of mind and not a state of finance. Heroine of gold digging=Jackie O
So now she's a skirt chaser????
Selling herself into slavery. Sad.
kind of like the old days of MoTown.
Ya'd think she had more goin' on upstairs.. I guess not.
Will she get her own "minder"?
Daymn, we're now exporting our outstanding artists, too!
It's also sad to see a pretty smart sexy lady cover herself up head to toe. It's even tragic to see her leave God for either one of satan's minions, or satan himself.
Will she wear a burka? Will she be subservient to her husband?
This guy is a billionaire? How did he make his money, and how can I do the same? (I'm sure I'm at least as smart as him)
Wow. I want to see what Janet looks like in a designer Burqa. None going dumbo. Talk about jumping from the frying pan into the fire. What is it with these Hollywood morons? Liam Neeson now wants to convert to the Moon Good death cult "religion".
Oh well, I wouldn't want to beheadin' where she beheadin'.
That's up to her new master er... husband.
October 5, 2012, - 4:08 pm
Janet Jackson Converts to Islam to Marry Qatari Billionaire Halal Abda Cha-Ching
By Debbie Schlussel
Maybe she should change her name to Hamida Jackson. Or halal Gold Digger.
Janet Jackson has converted to Islam, just like her Farrakhan acolyte bro, Jermaine Jackson (father to Jermajesty), in order to marry her Qatari billionaire fiancee, Wissam Al Mana. Now, she will know what its like to be treated like an abdaa slavesince thats how they look at Black people in the Muslim world. Yes, even the Jacksons.
Most White Muslims refer to Blacksyes, even Black Muslimsas abeed. Literally it means slaves in Arabic, but its derogatory and the Arabic version of the N-word. Abed is the singular version of the word, and abda is the female version of the word. There is tremendous racism against Black people in the Islamic world, which is why they continue to slaughter Blacks in Sudan. First, the Sudanese Arab Muslims raped, tortured, and slaughtered the Black Christians, and thenwhen there were almost no Christians left, they began to rape, torture, and slaughter the Black Muslims of Sudan (and, when Muslims were being murdered, George Clooney and Angelina Jolie suddenly got concerned).
Hmmm . . . I wonder if the consistently hypocritical Islamic modesty will apply to Janeter, Miss Jackson if youre nasty, which the religion and people shes marrying into certainly are. Shes already gotten a lot of practice wearing a hijab, as the photos above and below show (and dont forget that her late brother Michael loved wearing the Muslim full ninja, the burqa). Also, will she be the only wife? Well, now that her music career has been over for several decades and her lawsuit to get Michael Jacksons money away from his kids and into her pockets isnt going anywhere, a chicks gotta find a way to keep her self in style. And if ya cant beat the jihad, join emthats the ticket, right? File under, Hypocritical Gold-Digger Women Wed Like to See in a Burqa.
Janet Jackson and her fiancé Wissam Al Mana are reportedly planning to get married in Doha, Qatar in 2013.
The couple hope to tie the knot in Doha where the billionaire was born and are making arrangements for the ceremony to take place in 2013.
Janet and Wissam will be wedded in a Muslim ceremony. A renown [DS: sic] Turkish author, Adnan Oktar (aka Harun Yahya), is also making the claim that the 46-year-old Janet Jackson has converted to Islam as did her brother, Michael Jackson and is choosing to keep her new religion a secret from her fans.
Tags: Doha, Janet Jackson, Janet Jackson Islam, Janet Jackson Muslim, Janet Jackson Muslima, Janet Jackson Wissam Al Mana, Qatar University, Wissam Al-Mana
One wardrobe malfunction and OFF WITH HER HEAD!
How many "interesting" and/or "connected" people would be more willing to socialize with the billionaire if Janet Jackson was going to be at the party? How many reporters who know stuff that the billionaire wants to know would be willing to trade some info with Janet?
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ZeeBaaS is Dutch for "Ocean Boss" and the company is all about premium performance and style. The company's first product was the ZX spinning reel which was already a truly exotic offering, but the newest product, the ZX2, takes the company's design to new heights.
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Speaking of London football teams who've had a bad time of things recently… Most of today's gossip is centred around who the next Chelsea boss is going to be.
After the jump there is some not very surprising news for you courtesy of the troops at the tabloids and the battalions at the broadsheets…
Basically… NO-ONE HAS A CLUE WHAT IS GOING ON!
The Telegraph goes with Guus Hiddink AND Marco van Basten, The Daily Mail reckons Jose Mourinho (!) while everyone else seems to be reporting that Hiddink is the favourite but he's unlikely to join – which tells us very little, really.
In other manager-related news, The Daily Mirror says Dave Jones is probably in a meeting right about now to tell the Cardiff City owners he needs to buy a shed-load of players this summer. They will probably tell him to bugger off.
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What is a web series? To anyone in the industry right now, this post will be elementary. Apologies in advance. But I think for academics and maybe aspiring producers, this might be useful. I've had a bunch of hits on my old primer, but it's rough at best. I'm also posting this so if you're doing something with web series I don't mention you can let me know — I want to have the most complete picture possible of this medium.
When I talk about researching web series to friends and colleagues, I often hear: "what do you mean by that?" There are hundreds (thousands, likely) of web series. Here's my attempt to give people some basic information, based on ongoing interviews with producers, marketers, distributors and others.
Please, if I'm missing something or made an error, comment or contact! I'll update with new information; I want this to be a resource.
People call web series (singular and plural) different things.
Web series appears to be the dominant term at this point. I've read web serials used, particularly by the Times' Virginia Heffernan, and while I quite like this term, and I think I'm losing on that. Webisodes is often used. I believe this term started early because the videos were not really conceived as part of overarching narratives (especially if you think of transmedia extensions). I'm not sure if this term will persist. I also like web shows, which seems perfectly logical. Variations on several words have been used: online, content, programs, original, scripted, video, web, webisodic (online scripted content, original web programs, webisode series, etc.)
Content can be categorized most generally as fiction (scripted or original) or reality.
Under "reality," I would put talk shows (Anytime with Bob Kushell), how-to shows (Get Cookin' with Paula Deen), news and information (Primetime Recap), vlogs (The Philip DeFranco Show; That Makes Me Think Of with Ze Frank), documentary/docu-series (Hungry Nation), "reality" (like docu, except closer reality TV codes, Freshman Year, The HotBoyz Show). I would even add reality sketch/satire as a genre to include shows like Barely Political and Newsweek's The District that riff of current events for comedy. Of course the line between "reality" television and "fiction" is consistently blurry, and even these categories are not discreet. A show like Rocketboom crosses a few of them.
Under scripted content, the divisions are only slightly more clear. Most television genres apply: sci-fi/fantasy (After Judgement; Valemont), comedy (The Guild), sketch (Comedy Gumbo), and drama (Quarterlife) appear to be the main categories. Whether something like ARG (alternative reality) is a genre or a strategy is I think up for debate. Of course, once again, there is genre-blending. The Crewis a sci-fi comedy; Legend of Neil a fantasy comedy; Fred is a comedy vlog (comedy crosses a lot of genres). There are probably several genres and sub-genres we don't even have names for.
In general, web series have been treasure troves for narrative and genre experimentation, challenging conceptions of a lot of TV categories. The Fine Brothers' ambitious experimentation with this model in MyProfileStory is just one example (shame it hasn't been completed).
Under scripted content, I would again divide it into original and transmedia/derivative. This isn't so much a distinction in story/narrative, so much as business model (next), but it's an important one. I do think there's a difference between content that extends a mainstream brand, i.e. transmedia extensions (the countless network-produced shows to build on TV properties like Heroes, Gossip Girl, 30 Rock, The Office, Ugly Betty, Psych and on and on) and most of the shows listed above, which start with little name recognition and have to build brands, franchises, narratives and characters from scratch. Of course, not all transmedia properties are derivate, and not all mainstream. One only needs to look at Sally Potter's recent film Rage, made a mini-series on Babelgum (online and mobile), to see how serialized digital content are crossing media in very interesting ways.
In general I do think it's important for researchers looking to study web series to take these distinctions into account. It makes little sense comparing the Heroes offshoot Slow Burn with The Guild, Fred, or Hungry Nation. People watch different types of shows for different reasons and with vastly different expectations.
Business Models (Production, Distribution, Exhibition):
Ah, the business of the web series. Online, as with television, business is as important as story. We are, as cliche as it sounds, in the age of niches, narrowcasting, micro-casting, targeting and all that, so the question of who you want to reach and how you reach them is integral to understanding what web shows are.
This is question zero. How do I get money to make my show? It seems creators take a number of routes:
Solo/Independent: Also known as the "debt" or "bagels" approach. Rack up credit card bills, get friends to come on as crew members, don't pay anyone (except Guild-style, "with bagels") and hope to have enough footage for at least six 5-7 minute episodes. An awful lot of web series are made like this to this day, and some even go more than one season on this model. Classic shows like The Guild and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog were famously produced on a dime, but only temporarily. Joss Whedon eventually paid for Dr. Horrible with distribution deals and DVD sales; The Guild funded part of its second season through PayPal before its Microsoft/Sprint deal. With rare exception, an independent producer can keep the series by creating its own revenue source. The most popular YouTubers (Michael Buckley, Lucas "Fred" Cruikshank) can accomplish this through the site's partner program; relying on viewer support is not necessarily the best option (okay, it's barely an option at all).
Many content creators self-produce the first season to pique interest from marketers, potential sponsors, distribution/network sites or TV networks themselves. Others simply use it as a portfolio item to get work in Hollywood. There's at least one success story for each of those strategies (I've spoken to people saying this or that works, and stories are reported all the time) but my sense is success is rare. After all, with the wealth of shows being made, competition is fierce and quality has to be high.
I suspect we are in a special time when this model will still fly. I imagine, if the industry grows, that shows on such limited budgets won't be able to compete if more money pores into the market. We might talk about this time of 100% independent production with nostalgia: "I can't believe that actually worked!" we'll say.
Sponsored: Having a sponsor pay for production is one of the ideal ways of getting a show made and distributed. How does one get a sponsor? There are many ways. Some websites that publish web shows will work with creators to find a sponsor that fits the show. In other cases, there are firms whose mission it is to marry concepts/scripts/series with brands (Gennefer Snowfield's firm Space Truffles is the only example I know of at the moment). Brands also have their own divisions within companies that are tasked with cultivating sponsorship opportunities.
There are numerous stories of how brand/series partnerships happen. Sometimes it happens contemporaneously: a website decides to distribute a show and sponsor comes on (BET.com and CoverGirl for Buppies; MTV and Verizon for Valemont; and I'm sure this is how it works for network shows like Sprint, NBC and Heroes or Mastercard, USA and Psych). Other times, the series and sponsor find each other without too many middle men (as I imagined happened with Ashton Kutcher's KatalystHQ and Nestlé/Frito-Lay; or Candace Bushnell and Maybelline for The Broadroom). Shows like Fox and Altoids' Brainstorm and Ikea's Easy to Assembleare quite intimately connected with the brand.
Sponsorship deals come in a diverse array of packages. Some include brand integration (product placement, primarily). Others have their brand featured prominently near the show on its website. Pre-roll and post-roll ads are still being used, but I'm finding a lot people saying those words under their breath; pre/post isn't much loved. Sites like Koldcast are experimenting with creative forms of brand integration (their show-shops, which would allow brands a space to provide more information/sales ops for their products in and around shows). Sponsorships sometimes come, as well, with interesting distribution opportunities (below).
Networked: "Networked" isn't an official term. What I mean by this are the handful of sites that will pay for the production of your web show in order to place it on their site. Sony's Crackle.com is a prime example; Koldcast, Babelgum, and MyDamnChannel are others. Getting on one of these sites involves pitching your show, either a script, concept or pilot.
Vertically-integrated: This is the WatchMojo option. Although WatchMojo isn't really focused on web series per se, they do create videos around themes and topics and distribute them widely. Most importantly, the produce their own videos, with their own production teams and videographers.
Other Production Issues:
Length: It seems the growing consensus is longer is better. That being said, the vast majority of web shows still have episodes well under 10 minutes, largely, I imagine, for financial reasons. There is the notion that users won't sit still for longer than 10 minutes, but with more people watching TV and movies online, this is increasingly untrue. It remains to be seen whether 22 minutes+ will be de rigeur for web series. What matters most right now are compelling characters and narratives.
Quality: Higher production value is better; pretty simple. Some shows get away with less (Fred) but for most, if it looks good, it'll do better. I don't have time to write down Film Production 101, but obviously I'm talking about lighting, sound, editing, etc.
Where to place videos online is really at the heart of where the web series market will go. Unlike in television, online distribution has lower economies of scale, meaning no three sites have dominated distribution like NBC, ABC and CBS did in the early days of television. What this means is that there are many central destinations online, organized by niches and programming types, much like TV today (lots of channels, no one dominates).
Mass – Large video aggregators take video uploads (without too much) discrimination or (much) curating. YouTube is the main portal, but MySpace and Facebook are equally powerful (increasingly Facebook). Blip.tv, Break, FunnyOrDie, Dailymotion, Veoh, Vimeo are just a few of a large slate of sites that allow users to upload videos. It all depends on the producer's needs. Beginners should spend some time on each site getting to know the culture and the flows. A series that works on YouTube might not work on FunnyOrDie, or vice versa. Sometimes these sites change layouts and structure, so what would have worked no longer does or what couldn't have worked may now have a shot (I've heard this particularly about Facebook, and it seems inevitable with YouTube). In general these sites have lots of competition and loads of professional content, so shows need to work hard to market and build communities. Some of these sites, like Blip.tv and Revver, have revenue-sharing deals and/or more involved distribution opportunities.
Network – If you haven't noticed already, I use the term network in different contexts and not always in the traditional way. Here I mean network like we think of ABC or Bravo: sites that only publish certain shows based on quality and the site's overall brand identity. Sites like Koldcast, NextNewNetworks, MyDamnChannel, Crackle, CollegeHumor, Babelgum, Strike.tv, Revision3, VisioWeb, RowdyOrbit, BBTV and Hulu all edit what they show on their sites to various degrees. Typically a show has to be pitched or picked up from being popular elsewhere to get on these sites. What they offer producers is a built-in fanbase, access to advertisers/sponsors (sometimes), and funding in various forms.
Brand – Brands and advertisers have been known to make their own sites to publish web shows. Hot Pockets' Eatfreely.org for KatalystHQ and Post Shredded Wheat's ThePalaceofLight.com are recent examples. These sites take on various forms, depending on what the brand wants.
Independent – New shows will often just create a website on their own, sometimes with/sometimes without advertising. Few saavy producers rely solely on their site however, and often use another site's video player (YouTube, Veoh, what have you) as a way to keep a foothold in another space. This is a more advanced but favorable option than just publishing solely on a large site like YouTube. It gives the producer more freedom to craft the brand and set the tone for the show.
Fan Participation – For me, the main issue in exhibition (not already explained above in distribution) concerns audience engagement: how will people interact with and enjoy a show.
This is all site-specific. Different sites offer varied levels of interactivity — commenting, forums, character pages, etc. Nearly all sites allow comments, but certain sites are more known for comments than others. YouTube more than Hulu, for a general example.
Other sites provide rich worlds with tons of ancillary and narrative content. The shows from Electric Farm Entertainment (Brent Friedman, see the more recent Valemont) have been particularly adept at engaging audiences with complex web sites and narratives that include extra content (text/blogs, videos, mobile integration).
For those series publishing on more than one site, the consumer experience changes depending on the setting. YouTube, it seems to me, is particularly "view"-focused (having the burden of hosting most viral videos) while simultaneously being prone to active comment practices. Other sites like Crackle are cleaner and more professional-looking, perhaps increasing the distance between audience and show a bit more, but that's just my opinion.
The sites of web shows are so diverse I'll have to save the issue for another blog post. A few paragraphs cannot come close to describing the variety of ways users interact with shows and how those shows decide to interact with audiences.
My Web Series Biases
I should say that, in terms of what I like to write about and research, I have a bias toward original, scripted content. This pretty much follows my interests in television and film as well (I don't watch much reality television, even though it's fascinating, and not too many feature-length documentaries either). So when I talk about web shows, I probably mean more The Guild than Barely Political. It's really just a preference. I don't think any type of show is more or less valuable than any other. Personally I find it more interesting when an individual or a group of individuals has to create something culturally relevant and resonant from their imaginations or by remixing the events around them into something fresh.
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There are a lot of websites that do this better than me, and the best way to learn is to read, read, read. Here are few sites I've found are really good to get you started:
Tubefilter – Marc Hustvedt, who also founded the Streamys, stays on top of the space, keeping readers updated on new and existing shows. (Tubefilter recently acquired Tilzy.TV).
NewTeeVee – Really the clearinghouse for all things online video, they have great writers who are brimming with knowledge and think both practically and intelligently about where online video is headed.
Space Truffles – Run by the very knowledgeable Gennefer Snowfield (it's her firm), this site has a slew of information on marketing web series, new series to look out for, and notes on the general industry, with a focus on branded entertainment.
Blip TV – Great advice, helpful information and a bit of random stuff thrown in from one of the largest video distributors on the web.
Beet.TV – Very business-oriented with lots of video, great if you really want to know what the big players are doing and what they're talking about (not solely focused on web series, though).
Daisy Whitney – Short, easy to understand advice and news on the business of online video.
Web Series Magazine – Also business-focused, very practical and clear.
Sidereel – Sidereel keeps a short list of web series, along with participation from Tubefilter.
Web Series Network – A forum and news source for
Indie Intertube – A regular show about web series, along with plenty of resources, etc. for creators.
Digital Chick TV – A news source and curator of web series by and for women.
Clicker – Curates and awards the best of the web.
Gennefer Snowfield's web series list.
Marc Hustvedt's web series list.
Chris Williams' web series list.
ModelMotion's web series list.
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I can't recall if I read Michael Pollan first or saw Aaron Woolf's "King Corn" first. The two experiences occurred roughly the same time (in mid 2007). But either way I'm sure that I learned a lot about the food industry from the latter (which features Pollan as a talking head). And as an ignorant eater unaware that corn dominates our diet and may be ruining the American farm system through its industrialization, I appreciated the way its information was filtered through the investigatory curiosity of two college buddies, who learned right alongside the viewer.
Now one of those inquisitive guys, Ian Cheney, who is also credited as a writer and producer of 'King Corn,' has a new directorial effort (following his 2008 debut, 'The Greening of Southie'), which is a similar sort of personal journey that looks into another sort of taken-for-granted subject. Titled "The City Dark," the new documentary, umm, sheds light on the growing problems of light, specifically of the artificial variety. Like corn, artificial light seems to be another hidden evil, evidence that, as the film states, "everything that does good to humans also does bad."
At first, the film concentrates on how all the light emitting from cities hinders our ability to see the stars. Obvious, I know. We don't exactly need for Cheney, in first-person filmmaker mode, to hit Times Square at night to show us how bright it is and how there is no celestial visibility. And I think it slightly ironic that "The City Dark" is co-produced by Rooftop Films, which shows movies on rooftops in NYC during the summer (that's how I first saw "King Corn"), and these screenings are also sometimes hard to fully appreciate due to the lack of outside darkness in certain areas.
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"The City Dark" is now playing at the IFC Center in NYC.
Recommended If You Like: "King Corn"; "Gasland"; "Nostalgia for the Light"


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The Last Cruise Of The YP-438
His job was to destroy German submarines. To do it, they gave him twelve men, three machine guns, four depth charges, and an old wooden fishing schooner with an engine that literally drove mechanics mad.
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At the yard, I met with the repair officer who turned out to be wonderfully efficient and helpful. There was no need to go looking for the man. He was it.
He told me that it would be several weeks before we could get into dry dock, and that we would be going in with a British cruiser. We would probably be there a long time, much longer than we needed, because of the time it would take to repair the cruiser. I called my wife and told her to come down as soon as she could get a train ticket. We got a room at the Bruton Inn annex, a most charming spot. There was no heat, but a man would come in every morning and light the coal in the fireplace. The lower part of Charleston is as fascinating as any city in America, and the officers' club was one of the better ones.
The yard workmen were as nice as they come. Even after a job was completed, they would drop over to the YP to see how things were going with us, and some of them even lent a hand on their own time if there was need. The engine was overhauled and repaired. Finally the British cruiser arrived, and we followed her into the dry dock.
During our lengthy stay all kinds of things had happened in the world; shoes were rationed in the United States, Gandhi went on a three-week fast, Germany lost the Battle of Stalingrad, the Japanese abandoned Guadalcanal. All this before we even got out of dry dock.
The YP failed her trials in the stream, and it was another five days before we could leave. I received a copy of a mysterious invoice in which a box of airplane parts was being sent—not for transshipment but for us.
A fairly heavy swell was running the day we left Charleston, but otherwise the weather was good. Going down the Cooper River, everything worked nicely until a destroyer passed us heading upstream for the Navy yard. Her wake caused a butterfly nut on the fuel line to break. The engine stopped. Then and there I wanted to turn back. But after the nut was replaced, the YP behaved well enough—we only had one short breakdown during the day—and we put in at Savannah late that night. The next evening we anchored at St. John, and the following afternoon, in the vast wreck area south of Cape Canaveral, we began to have bad engine trouble again. Cylinders Nos. 2 and 5 were not functioning. Zimmerman said he could get them going, but he didn't know for how long. The nearest base was at Banana River, but that would mean going against a cross-sea, so I decided to head for Port Everglades, the port for Fort Lauderdale.
The engine took a long time to repair, and when we finally did get going, it sounded terrible. By midafternoon, just as we drew abeam of Palm Beach, we had another breakdown. Zimmerman came to the bridge after fifteen minutes.
"I'm sorry, sir, I can't fix it."
There was nothing left to do but call the Fort Everglades section base for a tow. Our tug hove into sight just as it was getting dark. It turned out to be a sixty-foot yacht of not more than 70 tons. Since the YP was 120 tons, we would be a long time towing.
The captain yelled through a megaphone: "Do you have a towline? We don't have one."
An auspicious start. I called back that we would pass over our anchor cable.
Then he yelled, "This is my first trip on this ship, so bear with us." The luck of the YP-438 had returned in force. When we passed the cable to his ship, I could see that the crew was as green as the captain. They made us look like a bunch of veterans. But after considerable heaving and backing and filling, we finally got started. I knew nothing about a proper tow, but I had had plenty of time before the arrival of the yacht to read up on it as much as I could. I slowly payed out the cable until we towed easily two wave lengths behind. But the other ship was so light and had so little power that progress was slow: when the tide turned against us and was running full, we actually went backwards.
The tide slackened after midnight, however, and we made some headway; an hour or so before daylight we reached our destination. Port Everglades is an artificial harbor with a submerged breakwater extending out on the north side of the entrance. Just as we were to enter, a tug with a sugar barge stood out against the gate signals. The captain of our tow thought we would collide and, to my horror and consternation, started to circle. We would pass over the submerged breakwater, twelve feet underwater. He would make it easily, but we drew over fourteen feet at the stern. We couldn't anchor; he was towing us with our anchor cable. We couldn't cut the cable because then we would surely drift onto the breakwater. Our only chance would be if his turning circle were tight enough. While we signaled frantically at the yacht, I had O'Brien slack off on the cable. At least we wouldn't hit quite as hard. By the time the captain got the idea and tried to turn more sharply, it was too late. We were solidly on the rocks. We signaled for help, and the yacht tried to pull us off. She couldn't move us. The tide was about to drop, and if we didn't get off in about fifteen minutes, we wouldn't get off at all.


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The Information (Geffen) offers yet another surprise. In the wake of the Dusted funk of Guero he has, as expected, returned to Godrich. But this is no Mutations or Sea Change. It turns out Beck is every bit as comfortable laying down the bass-heavy funk and letting poetry flow with Godrich as he is with the Dust Brothers. "Elevator Music," with its phat bottom, odd samples, two-turntable scratching, and hip-hop flow, wouldn't be out of place on any of his Dust Brothers discs. And that's the real tone setting on The Information. The melodic "Think I'm in love but it makes me kind of nervous to say so" hook and an almost Beatlesque refrain complete with pizzicato strings bring "Think I'm in Love" closer to what you'd expect from a Beck/Godrich collaboration. Beck the singer-songwriter with rockist values also emerges from time to time, as in the almost Stonesy "Strange Apparition." But then there's the electro-funk groove and brisk delivery of "Cellphone's Dead" and the slide blooze of "Nausea." If there's a running theme here, it's the integration of all the various Becks we've met over the past decade. And if there's such thing as a singles album recorded by an album artist, well, this is it.
Outfits like Evanescence, the goth-metal band fronted by piano-playing Amy Lee, are almost by definition album artists. It was an accident of fate — the inclusion of two of the more accessible tracks from 2003's Fallen (Wind-Up) on the soundtrack to Daredevil — that put the Little Rock band in the spotlight. But oh what a happy accident: "My Immortal," with its dark lyrics, pounding piano, and emotive vocals, was the hit Tori Amos has yet to write, in part because it came backed by a band who weren't afraid of a little hard-rock power-balladry or even rap metal for the masses.
Evanescence have been through some major changes since Fallen. The most significant was the departure of Lee's former songwriting partner, guitarist Ben Moody (who's done just fine for himself penning tunes with Avril Lavigne and Kelly Clarkson), and the arrival of former Cold guitarist Terry Balsamo. Lee and Balsamo may not always be on the same page (Evanescence's roots are in Christian rock, a very specialized market that Balsamo has helped them outgrow), but he does seem to have a way of fanning Lee's passions, because she doesn't hold back on the new The Open Door. The result is the best kind of metal — heavy with as much melody as muscle, unabashedly grandiose, and devoid of showy solos or anything that might take the spotlight off Lee. Evanescence continue to toy with industrial/electronic programming touches, and along with strings, there's a full choir on "Lacrymosa."
Pretentious? Absolutely. But Lee and Balsamo come down to earth often enough — on the power-driving single "Call Me When You're Sober," for example — to allow for a few indulgences. Besides, what distinguishes the album artist from the singles artist is just that: the willingness to take oneself seriously and indulge. And never underestimate the power of metal. Indeed, don't be surprised if The Open Door outsells The Information and Sam's Town.
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Cinnamony apples are wrapped in a tender pastry to create a crispy delicacy. The flavor reminds me of apple crisp.—Betty Lawton, Pennington, New Jersey
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- 1/4 cup raisins, chopped
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- In a large bowl, combine flour and salt; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In a small bowl, whisk the egg yolk, sour cream and vanilla; add to crumb mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
- Divide dough into thirds. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion into a 10-in. circle. Combine the apple, walnuts, raisins, sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle 1/2 cup over each circle. Cut each circle into 12 wedges.
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The National Photo Journalist's Association (NPJA) will hold an exhibition of photographs by nine photojournalists starting from today Wednesday at Habesha Gallery in Denbel City Center.
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text: The Truth About Video Game MotorcyclesLisa Foiles1/25/11 4:00pmFiled to: ColumnMotorcyclesno more heroes 2bayonettamoto gpproject gotham racing 4TopOriginalJalopnik4821EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkThis image was lost some time after publication. A few years ago, I unlocked a real-life achievement: Obtained motorcycle license.AdvertisementIf my life were an Xbox title, this would be one of those rare, satisfying, 200-point achievements, like when you acquire all weapons in Earth Defense Force, despite them being mostly worthless.This image was lost some time after publication. Passing my motorcycle test required, surprisingly, more dexterity than maneuvering the bikes in Mario Kart Wii. My problem was, though I'd always stopped to drool at them whenever they nearly took off my side mirror on the freeway, I'd never actually been on a bike. But grasping the handlebars of that 250cc Honda the first day of my training class felt like the first time I picked up a Nintendo controller: a perfect match.AdvertisementAfter getting the motorcycle endorsement stamped on the back of my driver' s license and Riverdancing out of the DMV, I could not purchase a sport bike fast enough. I bought an ' 06 Suzuki Bandit 600cc, and yes, I gave it a name: Mordecai.My passion for fast bikes nearly matches my passion for video games. Feathering the clutch, leaning into corners, shifting up to sixth gear to hit a straight stretch going 110mph, or, if you' re a cop reading this, 60mph… it' s a downright religious experience.A close second to nearly killing myself on real highways? Going twice as fast on fake ones. Thankfully, we' ve seen no shortage of motorcycle-themed video games. Sure, we all remember the classic Excitebike, but how about Road Rash, Hang-On, and Super Hang-On from Sega? How about the arcade cabinets for games like Manx TT Superbike, where you sat on " real" bikes that swayed from side to side? Innovative, nearly impossible to control, and fun as hell.This image was lost some time after publication. When it comes to how motorcycles are portrayed in games nowadays, you could certainly call me nit-picky. The physics differ radically from automobile physics – you have to take into consideration lean angles, brake speed, and the fact that animated motorcycle crashes are way funnier than car crashes.AdvertisementSponsoredIn my experience, Project Gotham Racing 4 and MotoGP ' 06 are the most realistic-feeling bike sims, despite their fairly steep learning curves. PGR4 features subtle details, such as the rider stretching his arms and legs during straightaways, and the MotoGP games let you slide your knee around corners on a Suzuki GSV-R as John Hopkins. No complaints here.(Pro tip! For fans of the most famous motorcycle race in history, the Isle of Man TT, Suzuki TT Superbikes: Real Road Racing recreated the 37-mile circuit for your digital racing pleasure. I squealed like a Bieber fan the first time I played it.)The love for two-wheeled, metal beasts doesn't stop at simulators, however. Fictional games love transforming bikes into oversized, ridiculous death machines. When realism is clearly not the goal, video game bikes recoil from obstacles with ease and often have the ability to jump ten feet in the air: Final Fantasy VII features huge bikes with guns attached, Mad World and Bayonetta both have insane motorcycle racing levels, and do I even need to mention Travis Touchdown' s giant motorcycle/pimped-out scooter in No More Heroes?This image was lost some time after publication. For these type of games, hey, bigger is better. Attach more guns! Throw another engine in there! Somehow involve sharks! 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Other in-game motorcycles worthy of an eye-roll and a chuckle from gearheads can be found in Just Cause 2, the Grand Theft Auto series, and of course, Ninja Blade, because it' s so helpful when giant enemies vomit up fully-operating motorbikes that you can then use to kill them. There' s a great list of all games containing motorcycles.AdvertisementMy rainy state of Oregon prevents me from riding as much as I'd like, so I stick to two dorky habits to keep my inner speed demon satisfied: I visit the Ducati shop to sit on the super bikes, and I play video games with motorcycles. I' m a girl who will take SBK X over Forza any day – after all, four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul.Lisa Foiles is best known as the former star of Nickelodeon's award-winning comedy show, All That. She currently works as a graphic designer and writes for her game site, Save Point. For more info, visit Lisa's official website.Reply482 repliesLeave a reply


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The Houston 100: From Scarface to Robert Earl Keen
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38. "Lookin' For Love," Johnny Lee, 1980. Johnny Lee is relegated to the background in Urban Cowboy; the fiddle and steel players in his band get close-ups in the 1980 film, but not him. Luckily, the Texas City native's "Lookin' for Love" wasn't just the double-album soundtrack's breakout hit – three weeks at No. 1 on the country chart and peaking at No. 5 on the Hot 100 – it was basically the entire movie in a three-minute ballad. In the Pasadena fairy-tale romance of Bud (John Travolta) and Sissy (Debra Winger), it's not their get-acquainted dance – that's quicker two-step "Cherokee Fiddle." "Lookin' for Love" happens later, when Gilley's is practically empty. They're dancing much closer, Sissy's arms encircle Bud's neck, and he strips off her hat and his shirt before sealing their budding union with a deep soul kiss. It's that True Love moment when the audience knows that even though she will soon stray to an bullriding parolee and he to an uptown socialite, "Lookin' for Love" will allow them to find each other in the end. And sure enough, guess which song plays as Bud places the "Sissy" license plate back in the rear window of his pickup and the credits start to roll? – Chris Gray
"Coward of the County," Kenny Rogers, 1980.With this one and number 36 below, Big Kenny was pretty much ubiquitous around the end of the redneck renaissance that accompanied the Carter Regime, that era of
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Urban Cowboy, Farrah Fawcett, and not least, these two songs, both of which were world-sweeping affairs. Who can forget the chorus from "The Gambler?" As for "Coward of the County," it spawned a stateside TV movie and went to #1 in the U.K., wangling to the top of the charts between records by The Special A.K.A. and Blondie.
36. "The Gambler," Kenny Rogers, 1978. (See #37 above.)
35. "Born to Lose," Ted Daffan and His Texans, 1944 / Ray Charles, 1961. This timeless honky-tonk weeper was a #3 country hit for Daffan in 1944. Eighteen years later Ray Charles cut a lush version on his Modern Sounds in Country and Western album that graced the pop charts.
34. "Hound Dog," Big Mama Thornton, 1952. Before Elvis's smash, Big Mama Thornton had an R&B hit with this feral, slower version of the Leiber-Stoller tune. Would rank higher, but has somewhat tenuous Houston connections – although it came out on Peacock Records, it was penned by New Yorkers and also recorded there, and Thornton's stay in Houston was somewhat transient.
33. "Desperados Waiting for a Train," The Highwaymen, 1985. A supergroup comprised of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, and Waylon Jennings, the Highwaymen took this Guy Clark classic to a top 20 country charting. Like "Let Him Roll," the song can be read sans music as a cinematic narrative, in this case an elegy about an old fatherly friend's passing.
32. "Flyin' Home #2," Lionel Hampton Orchestra, featuring Illinois Jacquet and Arnett Cobb, 1942. In the 1940s, Texans had a reputation as being the wildest saxophone players in the land, and this was at a time when sax guys got all the girls and glory. Cobb and Jacquet were no exceptions, and their frenzied, "honking" playing on this swing number is cited by many rock historians as the blueprint for all sax solos to come and a key development in the evolution of rock and roll.
31. "Hold What You've Got," Joe Tex, 1964. Sweet soul music doesn't come much sweeter than this top five hit from the tail end of '64. Rivals the best of Sam Cooke in its sanctified gospel splendor, not least because of Tex's soaring falsetto. Bonus points: It features not one but two spoken mini-sermons, each culminating in yet another spine-tingling swoop up into the vocal ionosphere.
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Flirty Fishing (also known as FFing) is a form of religious prostitution which originated in the religious cult Children of God (CoG), founded in 1968 by Christian evangelical preacher, David Berg. Under this premise, women were encouraged to engage in sexual acts with men, with the purpose of recruiting new members, or earning financial gain for the group. Berg officially introduced FFing to CoG in 1976, though him and other female disciples started testing it out as early as 1974 in the island of Tenerife.
CoG's reasoning for this is that through whatever sexual acts were performed, the women were expressing love to the recipient, making him more receptive to embracing the love of God and CoG in his life. These sexual acts were not considered "promiscuous", and the organization viewed this practice as altruistic; it was not to be done in order to gain pleasure or personal gratification, but as a sacrifice or service to others. CoG used the "Law of Love" as its foundation, which mirrors the Golden Rule.
In response to the growing AIDS epidemic, CoG abolished this practice in September of 1987.
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The CA CD and the SF time reamaining WeakAuras cant be imported they error
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I'm still in the process of making my weakauras and NTK timers for stuff, but this is what I have so far. My icons are kind of big because I am bad at watching timers. I require a little hand holding or else my brain goes "derp" and my finger keeps hitting 4 (starfire) even if I'm in solar. >_>
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My current Weak auras.
Am I crazy? Why does it seem so many people use weakauras for shooting stars and starfall? Shooting stars appears on your bars and I can't see a weakaura making it any more clear, and that's with the visual turned off for my character as that interferes with everything already. Perhaps people play without actual bars and just have keybinds memorized? And for starfall... it's mostly part of the rotation, you go into lunar you use it before you leave lunar. Why a weakaura for that? I just don't get it. I understand this is an unproductive post, but i'm just curious why people feel a need for so many weakauras. I understand CA/INC/NV/trinket timers, etc., although am not dependent on them, but can't figure out the shooting stars and starfall ones.
Also the main reason for starfall aura is so you don't clip or overlap during our opener and cooldowns.
As for Shoot stars procs, I have a visual icon and a 'BAM!' audio to make it more obvious, this is excellent for PVP when there is alot going on and with the unerring trinket coming along next tier, no way in hell I'll be removing it!
Yeah, most definitely. I have weak auras showing me the duration left on starfall, NG, trinkets, bloodlust and our 3 cooldowns. In a separate place I also have DoTs and the time left till relevant abilities come off CD and finally a very visible alert for shooting stars. It's all information that you can use to increase your DPS but you're never going to do it if you are having to look to the top of your screen to see your buff timers. Maybe I'm just terrible at looking at my entire screen but I see no possible way I could use shooting stars as quickly by looking at my bars as I can with some other sort of better positioned alert at least during difficult bosses where you actually have to be paying attention to your surroundings.
Really that's what it's all about, I'm sure I could do optimal DPS on a target dummy with completely default UI but there's no way in hell I'm going to do that during p2 of zorlock or Sha, for example, because my attention has to be on other things.
I really dislike the BPT, the predictive thing does my head in. I can't seem to turn that off? As a PVPer used to targets dying before i get my cast off, I find this totally unhelpful.
Back to the question at hand, does anyone know how in Elv Ui to turn on a physical number or % on the eclipse tracker? Just the colours isn't enough.
Here is my current set up weak Auras sting will give you NG, Inc, Vigil, Ca, Shooting, stars, Starsurge, Moonfire, Sunfire, Lei shen trinket, Wousho trinket ( currently only have those ) Meta Gem, Jade spirit, Lightweave and synapse Springs. here is a pic !
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Some sandy riverbeds in the Tucson area look almost like farm fields this month - cloaked with what a Pima County official called a "bumper crop" of monsoon-spawned vegetation.
One expanse of the Rillito riverbed near Craycroft Road sports lush green growth that's waist-high in places.
Another stretch of the riverbed west of Alvernon Way caught the eye of Wendy Burroughs, environmental education program manager for the county, with its "very lush look."
"I look out on what has become a field of datura," plants with large white flowers growing along the riverbed, Burroughs said. "Last year there were maybe 50 plants there. This year there are several hundred. It's a bumper crop for sure."
Many kinds of plants are joining in to create an uncommonly green scene in riverbeds and washes this month.
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Grabbing the Rail
Arthur Bohlmann 4/16/2012 7:06:56 AM
Very nice work Dennis. You are the master photographer! #1456848Dennis Gay 4/16/2012 7:31:45 AM
Cheers ARTHUR!Good to see you enjoying the skateboard action.
Loads of thanks mate for your most flattering and very encouraging comment and feedback.
Master? No! Serious amateur with still more to learn? Yes! 8-)
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Beth OMeara 4/16/2012 9:31:23 PM
Like the action stopping image, Dennis.#10094586
Dennis Gay 4/16/2012 9:57:44 PM
Blessèd be BETH!Lovely to see you at the skateboard park.
Oodles of Aussie thanks for your most encouraging feedback.
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David Resnikoff 4/17/2012 5:37:36 AM
DennisAnother Stunning action photo.
As Arthur Stated a Master
Amateur (ah, ah).
You´ve cracket it amigo
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Dennis Gay 4/17/2012 6:44:30 AM
G'donya DAVID!Muchos gracias for stopping by the skateboard ramp to watch this young bloke in action and for leaving your very supportive and encouraging feedback amigo.
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Wendy M. Hansen-Penman 4/17/2012 8:21:13 PM
I love the light and the frozen action! #10096382Dennis Gay 4/17/2012 9:53:53 PM
Blesséd be WENDY!Good to see you made it to the skateboard ramp in time to catch this action.
Massive thanks for your very appreciative and encouraging feedback.
Afternoons are very good for skateboard or boadyboard action due to that wonderful light and I feel frozen action is the best way to display this sort of manoeuvre.
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Dennis Gay 4/18/2012 1:10:26 AM
Yoiks Mr EDITOR!Mega thanks for awarding this young skateboarder a PICK!
Paul R. Nelson 4/18/2012 8:02:00 PM
Nice capture, Dennis. Good job on the framing, and perfect timing. As usual, a very good conversion, as well. #10098309Dennis Gay 4/19/2012 12:30:50 AM
Howzit PAUL!Thank you very much indeed Sir for your visit and your inspiring feedback for this kid and his stunt.
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Rita K. Connell 4/22/2012 1:09:47 PM
I alway love to see your street photography and this is no exception of the master you are. great action! #10104328Dennis Gay 4/22/2012 4:49:10 PM
Right on RITA!Glad you made it to the skateboard ramp in time to catch this young trickster.
My warmest and sincerest thanks for your most flattering and inspiring feedback.
Master? No! Dedicated amateur with still much to learn? Yes! 8-)
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The thrill of successfully grabbing the rail before landing can be seen on the face of this young skateboarder.
Photographed at the breakwater skateboard facility in Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia.
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If you have glaucoma and cataracts, you may consider having surgery for both conditions at the same time. Depending on which condition caused the vision loss, you may have improved vision after surgery.
Cataract surgery alone is quicker and less complicated than having both surgeries at the same time.
In many cases where glaucoma and cataract occur together, surgery to treat both conditions may be done at the same time.
If you have both glaucoma and cataracts, talk with your doctor about the benefits and risks of combined surgery to treat both conditions.
ByHealthwise StaffPrimary Medical ReviewerAdam Husney, MD - Family MedicineSpecialist Medical ReviewerChristopher J. Rudnisky, MD, MPH, FRCSC - Ophthalmology
Current as ofMay 23, 2016
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