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The 40s were a wild time for science here in America. Never before had a nation put forth so much effort, with such high cost, on such a large scale as the Manhattan Project. You may think history is really boring, or you may be fascinated, either way who knew that building bombs could be so fun?
In Manhattan Project, by Minion Games, players are competing to develop their own fledgling Manhattan Project. The ultimate goal is to produce nuclear bombs to secure their nation's defense. Manhattan Project is a worker placement game that takes an aging mechanic and breathes in some new life to make for a interesting and enjoyable game.
Now before I go any farther, I want to make it very clear that Manhattan Project is about building bombs, not using them. Some people may be turned off by the grizzly nature of nuclear war, and there are plenty of games that emulate that scenario; however, Manhattan Project is about the development and manufacturing of nuclear weapons.
The objective of the game is to build up your countries nuclear arsenal to a given level. This is achieved by building, testing, and loading either enriched uranium bombs or plutonium bombs. To build the bombs you need to have an educated workforce and a stock pile of fuel. You will need to train Scientists and Engineers at Universities, and you will need to build up infrastructure to mine and then process raw yellowcake uranium in to either enriched uranium or plutonium.
Somewhere up there I said worker placement, right? Manhattan Project takes this tried and true mechanism and adds a few twists. First is turn structure. On a given turn, you can either play workers or recall workers. When you play workers, you play one to the main board and then you can play as many workers as you would like (or have space) to your own nation's building spaces. When a worker is placed, you take the associated action right away, but your worker is stuck in that space. Your next turn, you can continue to place workers, but eventually you will want your workers back. This leads to the other turn option: recalling workers. Instead of playing workers, you can instead clear the main board of all of your workers, and clear your own nations board of all workers, leaving a clean slate to play on.
Another twist on worker placement is the use of 3 different worker types. You will start the game with 4 unskilled workers, but through the use of Universities you will add scientists and engineers to your workforce. Not only do the added workers give you more people to play, but they open up advanced actions. Scientists are essential to processing yellowcake in to the two fuel types, and Engineers are great at building new buildings and mining yellowcake.
To stray even farther from classic tradition is the temporary contract worker. These workers are available to all players, but are in limited supply. When a player has trained as many scientists and engineers as they possibly can, they can add these nation-less contract workers to their workforce, but when used, they go back to being available to all players. These workers can make a huge difference in the end game when you are going to need all the help you can get to complete a bomb.
The main board is made up of a plethora of different action spaces. Most of them have associated buildings that players can buy, but there are a few very powerful actions spaces that allow for some direct player interaction through the use of Air Strikes and Espionage. Through the use of fighters and bombers players can directly attack and damage their opponent's buildings, rendering them useless until repaired. In true Cold War fashion, the Espionage ability allows for a player to utilize other nations buildings as their own, both getting the benefit of the building and blocking the other player from utilizing the space.
The other buildings and main board spaces cover everything form gaining money, to buying buildings, to building fighters and bombers, mining yellowcake, and most importantly producing plutonium and enriched uranium.
The game ends when one player has built a large enough nuclear arsenal to ensure their countries security.
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The theme and artwork of Manhattan Project are certainly compelling. The artwork is all very cohesive and fitting. You can tell that Minion Games was intentional about making this game look nice. The icons match the art work very well, making the game easy to play. The theme is better than most worker placement games I have played and is far from being 'pasted on.' Many of the mechanics fit the theme perfectly, giving a sense that you are building something big.
The rules of the game are straightforward and logical. There is a bit of a learning curve hump, as you have to explain what each kind of space does, but no more complex then any other worker placement game. Tried and true gamers will pick up on this quickly, but casual gamers who don't have any experience might be overwhelmed. This is one of those games that is much easier to 'show' than to explain the rules. Just playing through a few turns gets everyone up to speed. I would stay away from playing with young kids because both the theme and the complexity might be too much. The rule book is laid out efficiently. It was very easy to read through and get a good sense of the game.
In general, games take about 1.5-2 hours. Each turn is relatively short. Even at the end of the game when you are playing lots of workers, they flow on to the board very nicely. Recall turns are even shorter. I have played this with 2-4 players, and all of the games were great. The two player game has just as much confrontation as the four player game, so it scales remarkably well. With 5 players I could see how the game might start to drag, 2-4 is best.
The arc of the game is very satisfying and logical. In your first few turns you are accumulating as many workers as you can, getting some bomb designs, and starting to plan out your 'machine.' The middle of the game is about setting up this 'machine.' I say machine in the sense that there will be a turn where you place one worker on the main board, then play all of your workers down on your buildings and end your turn with 5 Plutonium. When you get to that point, you start feeling like you accomplished something (and you did!). Manhattan Project strikes a nice balance by not making it so much about efficiency, and more about flexibility. There are some games, where at the midpoint you can mathematically solve who the winner will be. Manhattan Project is not so clear because there are so many options, and an opponent air strike or spy can really throw off your plans. Interestingly, the end game always happened really quickly in the games I played. One person would get a really nice system running and play 3 bombs in a row. When that happens to you, it is really fun, but when you watch it happen, it can be a little frustrating.
Some people write off the worker placement genre for not having enough player interaction. While the normal tactic of blocking another player's action is not really a big deal in Manhattan Project, there are far more direct ways of getting in a player's face: Espionage and Air Strikes. I really enjoy espionage as it works both thematically and mechanically. Remember that a player cannot do anything on their recall turn, and they free up all of their spaces on their main board. This means that a well planned espionage will give an opponent free range to use as many buildings as they can. The confrontation brought by air strikes really does depend on the group. In general, taking the air strike action means that you are not taking another action that will most likely be a better for you. Generally more traditional Eurogamers are going to avoid these direct conflict mechanisms, but it adds a nice balance to the run away leader possibility.
I really enjoyed how well the three distinct worker types played out. This added a freshness that sets Manhattan Project apart from other worker placements, including others with multiple worker types. The two different types of turns also adds a nice layer that is not too complex, but still offers tough choices. You are often faced with the dilemma of recalling (functionally passing your turn) and replenishing your workforce, or playing the rest of your workers on to an already full board. Inevitably during every game, everyone has that moment where the game 'clicks' and their strategy is realized.
The game may lack replayablilty for some players. The general flow of the game is workers -> mines -> refine -> bombs. Rinse, repeat. The variability comes from the buildings and the bombs. The buildings are all slightly different, but not so much as to throw off balance of the game. The big difference is the order they come out. If too many reactors come out in the first few turns, the game kind of lags. The same is true with bombs. They offer some variety, giving the player two 'tracks' to victory through making plutonium bombs, uranium bombs, or both.
I mentioned this before, but it seems like Manhattan Project has the potential for a run away leader problem. If someone starts doing really well, they are going to keep doing really well. The last bomb you build is just as hard to build as your first one. This means that it is easy to stay in the lead, unless your opponents aggressively thwart you with air strikes and espionage.
Manhattan Project took what people love about worker placement, then added some new things, refined some old things, then developed an interesting theme, and the outcome is a very well produced, entertaining and enjoyable game. The game will appeal to many different groups of gamers, not too intense for casual gamers, but still engaging for heavy Eurogamers. If you are at all interested in the process of building bombs, or are looking for a fresh new worker placement game, I would learn to stop worrying and love the bomb, go get Manhattan Project.
- Fresh worker placement
- Straight forward system building
- Intuitive and logical game play
- Solid art and graphic design
- Run away leader
- Some may find low replay value
- Possibly polarizing theme

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I have just picked up a pair of highly underrated, unloved, and rarely spoken of cans, the MS-Pro's. The Fan Club thread is a mere 11 pages, the review page only has 5 reviews, and for what i paid for them on ebay, well thats just criminal. I almost feel guilty about it.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Alec Baldwin says he misses the days when New Yorkers signaled their appreciation of celebrities briefly and politely while taking care to maintain privacy.
The 55-year-old actor writes in New York magazine (http://vult.re/1doIwS0 ) that he "probably" needs to move out of the nation's largest city.
Baldwin says he has a happy home for the first time in his adult life. He says he's considering Los Angeles, living insulated behind a gate with his wife and their child.
A lot of the article deals with comments that Baldwin says were misquoted or misinterpreted. Among other things, he details strongly worded evidence that he's not homophobic.
Baldwin says he realizes he "could have done things differently."
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Becoming a pilot is one of life's most challenging and rewarding adventures. A career in aviation is an opportunity to get paid to do what you love. Many young boys and girls dream of one day becoming an airline pilot and flying all over the world.
Greater Sudbury is a city of just over 157,000 and serves as the regional capital of Northeastern Ontario. It is just a 4 hour drive north of Toronto. Sudbury is home to two universities – Laurentian University and the University of Sudbury, as well as two colleges – Cambrian College and Collège Boréal. There are plenty of things to do in Sudbury including many great restaurants, nightlife, and outdoor activities.
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Discovery flights are for those interested in aviation and want to experience what it's like to fly an airplane. You will go up with one of our instructors and have the chance to take the controls of the Cessna 172 Skyhawk. A Discovery Flight is the first step to see if you have what it takes to become a pilot.
Discovery Aviation Academy is a flight school based in Sudbury, Ontario. We offer a variety of recreational and career oriented flight training to meet the needs of all aspiring pilots. If you have always wanted to learn how to be a pilot, now is the time to get started! Let us help make your dream a reality.
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Japanese Companies Continue to Dominate the Packaging Materials Market
Suppliers in Korea Expanding their Markets, China-based Suppliers Are Emerging
By Jan Vardaman, TechSearch International, and Dan Tracy, SEMI
Companies headquartered in Japan dominate the global semiconductor materials market. This is especially true in the packaging materials segment of the industry where Japan-based companies are the top suppliers for most of the key materials consumed in semiconductor packaging.
Top Suppliers in Each Segment (Headquarter region) |
Organic Substrates |
Bonding Wire |
Leadframes |
Mold Compounds |
Die Attach |
Ibiden (Japan) Shinko (Japan) Nanya PCB (Taiwan) |
Tanaka (Japan) Heraeus (Germany) Sumitomo Metal Mining (Japan) Nippon Micrometal (Japan) |
Sumitomo Metal Mining (Japan) Mitsui High-Tec (Japan) Hitachi Cable (Japan) Shinko (Japan) |
Sumitomo Bakelite (Japan) Hitachi Chemical (Japan) Nitto Denko (Japan) Kyocera Chemical (Japan) |
Henkel (Germany) Hitachi Chemical (Japan) Lintec (Japan) Sumitomo Bakelite (Japan) |
Out of the estimated $15.8 billion plastic packaging materials market (including thermal interface materials) in 2009, the combined market share of Japan headquartered suppliers is estimated to be about 65%. Japanese suppliers have production facilities throughout Asia to support their customers, and have also steadily invested in production capacity in China over the past decade.
While Japanese companies dominate the market, suppliers in other regions continue to look to make inroads in the packaging materials market.
Korean headquartered materials suppliers have been increasing the percentage of sales obtained overseas versus domestic sales. Based on regional sales data from seven material suppliers (five leadframe suppliers and two bonding wire suppliers) over the past seven years, the collective sales of these companies outside of Korea are growing. These seven companies, combined, had just under a half-billion dollars in total packaging material sales in 2003 and this is expected be about US$ 900 million in 2009. Export sales are estimated to reach 60% of the total sales for these companies in 2009, up from the 40% reported in 2003. Sales into Taiwan and China represent over 40% of the combined sales for these seven suppliers compared to 20% of sales in 2003.
Combined Total Sales and Percentage Export for
Seven Korean Packaging Material Suppliers
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
Combined Revenues (US$ million) |
$498 |
$634 |
$700 |
$821 |
$930 |
$950 |
$900 |
% Export Sales |
40% |
48% |
41% |
51% |
58% |
56% |
60% |
Key Korean companies supplying packaging materials include MK Electron and Heesung Metal for bonding wire; Samsung Techwin, Poongsan Precision, and LG Innotek (formerly LG Micron) for leadframes; MK Electron and Duksan Hi-Metal for solder balls; and Cheil Industries and KCC Corp. for molding compounds. MK Electron also supplies solder balls. The emergence of new packaging form factors, such as stacked die packaging, have attracted the attention of the Korea based suppliers, and Cheil Industries, LG Chemicals, and LS Mtron have entered the growing die attach film market.
China-headquartered companies also supply to many packaging materials segments including bonding wire, molding compound, leadframes, and other materials. Some of the China suppliers include:
Company |
Material Segment |
Beijing Doublink Solder |
Gold and Copper Bonding Wire, Solder Balls |
Beijing Kehua New Chemical Technology |
Molding Compound, Die Attach Paste |
Guangdong Rongtai |
Molding Compound |
Ningbo Dongsheng IC |
Etched Leadframes |
Ningbo Hualong Electronics |
Stamped Leadframes |
Ningbo Kangqing |
Gold and Copper Bonding Wire; Stamped and Etched Leadframes |
Shanghai Dongsheng |
Etched Leadframes |
Shenzhen Early Sun Technology |
Solder Balls |
Sinyang Semiconductor New Materials |
Plating and Other Chemicals |
Xiamen Yonghong Electronics |
Stamped Leadframes |
These companies tend to supply materials for more traditional packaging technologies with lower lead counts, though some suppliers are expanding their technical capabilities and are also seeking to export materials to customers outside of China. Revenues for China-headquartered suppliers are estimated to be in the range of US$ 300 million for 2009.
Emerging packaging form factors, changes in materials requirements (e.g. RoHS restrictions), and cost reduction efforts will open up opportunities for new suppliers. For Japanese-based suppliers, exchange rates and higher production costs in Japan make materials more expensive, opening opportunities for other suppliers to low-end applications. Japanese companies continue to have an advantage in high-end materials given past and on-going R&D efforts and know-how, which will keep Japanese companies in the higher margin materials.
Content in this article was derived from a recently completed market research study, Global Semiconductor Packaging Materials Outlook—2009-2010 Edition, produced by SEMI and TechSearch International. In developing this report, over 140 in-depth interviews were conducted with semiconductor manufacturers, packaging subcontractors and packaging materials suppliers throughout the world.
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Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 Wii U
- Publisher: Koei Tecmo Games
- Release Date: Feb 7, 2013
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Mar 11, 2013With this being Tecmo Koei's second game for the Wii U, it's unacceptable for it to make similar mistakes to those made with Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper. Not only that, but this game appears to be less enjoyable than its predecessor, Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage.
Feb 15, 2013After thirty years of fame, the Fist of the North Star series deserves a much better celebration of its history than this sorry piece of software. Hardcore fans of the series may find that their love of the source material helps paper over the gaping cracks — the same goes for dedicated followers of the Dynasty Warriors lineage — but if you don't fall into either of those two camps then you should leave this well alone, and simply track down a copy of the 1986 anime movie instead. It will provide more enjoyment during its 110 minute running time than Ken's Rage 2 can muster during several days of gameplay.
Feb 26, 2013The bloody legacy of Fist of the North Star could have yielded a satisfying, violent melee action game, but intrusive and uninteresting cut scenes, neutered enemies, and repetitious combat make Ken's Rage 2 an exercise in tedium instead.
Official Nintendo Magazine UKMar 24, 2013Horrible stuff. [Apr 2013, p.85]
User score distribution:
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Mixed: 1 out of 3
Negative: 0 out of 3
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March 6, 2013 The Lineup Card6 Ways We'd Change the WBC1. Make it a Four-Day Tournament to Replace the All-Star Game Why not just make the WBC an eight-team single-elimination tournament? It can be run in July replacing the All-Star break and game, and you'll get to see most of the same players—in midseason form. Pick two different cities on either side of the country to host the quarterfinals and semifinals and to exploit the time zone differential. On Day 1, there are two games at 1:00 and 7:00 in each park (or whatever works for TV). On Day 2, the semifinal games would be played at night. On Day 3, it's a travel day to the city hosting the final on Day 4, in prime time. —Russell A. Carleton 2. Make Qualifying Rounds True Double-Elimination In all three other qualifying pools, it didn't matter, since the zero-loss team beat the one-loss team in the championship game. So apologies for this sounding like a homer rant. It shouldn't be surprising that a tournament that's ultimately decided on a pair of best-of-1s values expediency over having the best team win, but in the qualifying rounds, they should take the time to play one more game if necessary. —Zachary Levine 3. Make the Best Players Play 4. Allow Countries with No Baseball Experience to Participate So I'm pro-WBC, but I'm not much more likely to, well, watch it than I am to tune in to a given game in the Grapefruit League (though I am hoping to see some WBC action on a trip to Arizona this weekend). There's no easy fix for my apathy. I can't come up with a solution to raise the stakes—the tournament will always take a backseat to the regular season—but I can think of one way MLB could make me want to watch: permit countries with no professional baseball presence to participate. Yes, this would lower the quality of play, but that's precisely the point. We all have plenty of experience watching bad baseball players play each other; most of us have been those players. What we rarely see is bad baseball players playing really good baseball players. That makes it hard to tell how good major leaguers really are, since they're always squaring off against other major leaguers, or something close to it. Well, I'm sick of seeing supremely talented athletes throw 98-mph fastballs with movement to other, equally gifted athletes who somehow manage to hit them hard. Instead, I want to see someone look like me out there, cowering at the sight of Craig Kimbrel. And that's something that can happen only if the WBC opens its doors to the cream of the extremely thin crop from countries that have hardly heard of baseball. Micronesia, come on down. It's a facetious suggestion, but it would work for me. If you're still not persuaded, think of it this way: It's the closest baseball could come to Cool Runnings. Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme. Get on up, it's baseball time. —Ben Lindbergh 5. No More Petty and Shallow Complaints About the Tournament The exposure and spread of baseball is a positive for professional ballplayers, period. It means more leagues to play in and more money to make. Belittling the tournament because it's an "exhibition" and "manufactured" is shooting the sport in the foot. So let's stop. —Larry Granillo 6. Re-Name it the World Honkbal Classic, and Have Vin Scully Call the Action First, as Ian Miller expertly pointed out on Tuesday, "honkbal"—the Dutch word for "baseball"—is tremendously awesome. If the tournament's broadcasters were required to mention the word "honkbal" several times per inning, I might tune in. But such a fantastic word deserves a fantastic voice to pronounce it. Thus, I propose that Vin Scully be given full reign of the World Honkbal Classic game-calling duties. Aside from allowing viewers around the world to hear one of the greatest broadcasters of all-time, isn't it fun to imagine the bits of trivia and anecdotes Scully might dig up for countries like Team Israel and Team South Africa? —Stephani Bee 31 comments have been left for this article.


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- Israel Defense Forces launch airstrike after rocket fire continues
- Netanyahu: 'We will prevent every attempt to shoot at Israel"
- Israel does not confirm cease-fire deal, which Palestinians say Egypt brokered
- Cease-fire comes after Israeli airstrikes in which no one is hurt, Gaza security forces say
The Palestinian group Islamic Jihad announced an immediate cease-fire with Israel on Sunday following a sharp rise in violence in the past several days.
Islamic Jihad "will cooperate with the cease-fire, but maintains our right to resist the aggression," a spokesman for the military wing of the group told CNN. It said calm "will depend upon the behavior of the occupation," a reference to Israel.
The deal was brokered by Egypt, said Abu Ahmed, as the Islamic Jihad representative refers to himself.
Israel did not immediately confirm whether there had been a deal, which Islamic Jihad announced hours after the Israeli Air Force struck several sites that it suspected were "terror centers" Sunday.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned rocket fire from Gaza and called for it to stop, his spokesman said in a statement Sunday.
Ban "hopes that both parties will fully respect the calm as brokered by Egypt," the statement said, and also "urges maximum Israeli restraint following the killing of a reported 10 alleged militants."
Rocket fire from Gaza continued into late Sunday night, according to the Israel Defense Forces, which said in a statement early Monday that the Israeli air force responded with an airstrike on the suspected militants.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel would target anyone who attempts to fire more rockets.
"It is not worthwhile for anybody to test our determination to invoke the government's defense principles. We will prevent every attempt to shoot at Israel, and we will hurt everyone who nevertheless succeeds at doing so," Netanyahu said at the opening of a medical school in northern Israel. "We have no desire (to see) deterioration in the situation but will defend ourselves according to these principles."
The Israeli air force said its Sunday attacks targeted three suspected rocket launching sites and one "terror tunnel" in northern Gaza; and two "terror activity" sites in southern Gaza, as the wave of back-and-forth attacks between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants continued.
No one was hurt in Sunday's attacks, security forces in Gaza said.
On Saturday, at least 10 people were killed in Gaza and southern Israel.
Saturday's violence began when two Islamic Jihad commanders were among seven militants killed by Israeli strikes targeting a training camp in Rafah, Gaza, a spokesman for the militant group and medical sources reported.
The Israeli military said more than 20 mortars and rockets were subsequently fired into their territory. A 55-year-old man was killed in the rocket attacks and 20 others were injured, according to Zaki Heler, an emergency services spokesman in Israel.
Palestinian medical sources told CNN that two people were killed in a second wave of Israeli airstrikes, launched in response to these rocket attacks.
According to Abu Ahmed, the Islamic Jihad spokesman, the original Israeli strikes occurred during a graduation ceremony. Two other members of his organization were injured in that attack, he said. Witnesses reported that at least 10 other people were wounded.
Clashes have been ongoing since Wednesday when Islamic Jihad launched a rocket into Israeli territory.
Israel's representative to the United Nations said he'd written a letter to Ban and the UN Security Council "alerting the international community about the dangerous potential for civilian casualties" as violence escalates in Gaza.
"The council did not utter a single word of condemnation," Ambassador Ron Prosor said in a statement Saturday. "Today one Israeli civilian was murdered and others lay injured in hospitals this evening as a result of the escalating rocket fire -- and we still only hear silence from the Security Council."
On Sunday, the Israeli military said 20 more rockets and mortars were fired into Israel overnight. Officials closed schools and universities within 40 kilometers (24 miles) of the border with Gaza, except for schools in Sderot which are protected against attacks with heavy concrete walls.
Netanyahu said Sunday that Hamas, which controls Gaza, is responsible for maintaining security and preventing rockets from being fired out of Gaza, "even if the executors are from Islamic Jihad."


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We've already told you a few things about the R700. It is ATI's first real multi core chip and we might have an idea how it actually works. We wrote about ATI muti chip solution some three years ago here.
We told you before that the R600 is block architecture and that the R600 has four blocks where each had 16 Vec5 Shader units.
R600 has total of 64 Shader Units divided in four blocks. The RV610 had a single block, for example with 16 Shader units, but in real life this chip has only eight. Stitching more RVC610 cores together and you will end up getting the performance of an R600.
The R600 design was not made with multi core in mind, so the Rx6x0 chips shared a memory controller and video part as well as many other features.
Well, the R700 will be made out of a number of smaller chips. The single chip will represent a low end card, two chips will make up a mainstream and four to eight cores on the same die will make it a high end card.
This means that each chip will be independent, this is the way we see things now. We still have some time to understand this marchitecture a bit better as it won't arrive until the first half of 2008.
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Norma DeGraff, 93, a resident of Dallas died Friday, November 26, 2010 in the Dallas Retirement Village. She was born on July 2, 1917 in Hood River, Oregon the daughter of Arthur and Vera Holland Kolstad. Norma graduated from Hood River High School and went on to attend the University of Oregon for two years. She came to Dallas in 1945. Norma was married to Phil Hayter and George DeGraff and they divorced. She was a longtime member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church and a homemaker. She volunteered with the Dallas Hospital with the Ladies Auxiliary.
She is survived by her daughter Nancy Purcel of Dallas and granddaughters Sarah Purcel of Roseburg and Andrea Purcell of New York and a sister Jean Storli of Seattle, Washington.
A private family service will be held. Memorials are suggested to the St. Thomas Episcopal Church in care of the Bollman Funeral Home at 694 Main St. Dallas, Oregon 97338.


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How Much Does it Cost to Repair a Toilet?
While the toilet is an item that people use on a regular basis throughout the day, it doesn't get a lot of thought or attention until it stops working. Trying to a fix a toilet can be a challenge unless you have some experience in plumbing, so hiring a professional plumber may be the best course of action. Keep reading to discover how much it costs on average to hire a professional for toilet repairs in your home.
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Realizing that your toilet isn't functioning properly is never a good feeling, and your mind might immediately go to the cost of repair. Because there are so many different kinds of toilet problems that can crop up, pinning down the exact price in your situation might be a challenge. However, having a rough estimate can make budgeting and getting quotes a little simpler. Expect to pay between $170 and $225 for professional toilet repair, but that price may go up if you need to call a plumber for an emergency appointment or a weekend visit to your home.
Types of Problems and How They Affect Total Repair Pricing
While no two toilet repairs are the same, there are some common problems that arise time and time again. Clogs, for example, might only require a snaked line, and they won't take long to fix. However, a serious clog might require pipes to be removed in order to be eliminated. If the toilet has moved slightly from its original position, it might need to be relocated an inch or two in order to eliminate any leaking. There may be a problem with your toilet's float valve, which causes the bowl to constantly fill up. This is usually a simple fix, and plumbers should be able to tackle it in under an hour. One of the biggest problems is if the pipes connected to your toilets have begun to corrode or leak. In these instances, the water main needs to be shut off and the broken pipes need to be replaced, which can take several hours and cost closer to the upper end of the given price range.
Common DIY Solutions for Toilet Repairs
If you would prefer to tackle toilet repair on your own, here are some pointers for common problems. If you have some basic plumbing knowledge, or even if you just want to save the money and handle the leaking toilet on your own, you should start by better understanding the problem. Generally, there are two major culprits that can lead to a leaking toilet: The inlet valve or the flapper. Once you have identified the problem, turn off the water main and drain the tank of the toilet so that you can tackle the specific issue.
If the problem is with the flapper, you can remove it once the tank is empty. You might notice a few cracks or a loose fit, which is likely why the problem exists in the first place. Slip on a new flapper, check for a tight seal and then reintroduce water to the tank to test it. A single flush should be enough to tell if you were successful. If the problem is with the inlet valve, you may need to separate the toilet from the water main and take apart the whole assembly. This requires a number of tools and can take several hours. Unless you have a lot of plumbing knowledge, this part is best left to the professionals.
Repairing a leaking toilet isn't always tough. Replacing the flapper takes just minutes, but anything else might require professional assistance. These tips can make the process simpler, and it could end up saving you money by not needing to hire a plumber for a simple job.
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If you don't have the know-how, time or patience to deal with a leaking toilet on your own, you might be interested in hiring a plumber. Repairing a toilet is a common job for a professional plumber, and the average cost of the job will be somewhere between $212 and $292. If there is extensive damage, the costs may be higher, but it should still fall within the range of $289 to $413, which is the average cost of hiring a plumber in the United States.
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New operators are coming into NZ market with synthetic drugs
Drug culture is surging online as governments play catch-up with chemists constantly creating new drug compounds.
New Zealand Customs seizures since January 2009 have been dominated by methamphetamine (P)-related busts. However, a Customs spokesman said there was now rising concern about new drugs they did not yet fully understand.
"The pills are being marketed by various syndicates as Ecstasy," Customs manager of drug investigations Mark Day said. "The problem with that is, when you're dealing with synthetic drugs, no one really knows what the composition of that particular tablet or pill is."
Seizures of Class C analogues, drug precursors and undefined synthetic drugs have surged, according to recent figures.
Day said criminals were increasingly sourcing drugs and drug precursors online.
Users have also gone online to review drugs. At pillreports.com, New Zealanders offered reviews, advice and warnings. "It was a light blue colour with dark blue specks in it. You could chew it like a lollie," one user wrote about a pill called light blue blank.
"No taste, maybe a slight sweet taste, hardly anything though, average size, round, nothing stamped on it, and no effect."
"I feel sorry for you Kiwis," another user replied. "All you guys get is absolute rubbish. That must suck."
Day was especially concerned about fake Ecstasy flooding the streets. No two fake E pills were chemically alike, he said. That was dangerous for buyers and for emergency departments trying to treat people who overdosed.
"No one except the chemist who makes this composition really knows what's inside."
P use was limited by its poor image but Ecstasy was not, so the market for anything being called Ecstasy was lucrative, Day said.
"You import a kilo of powder for about $5000. A kilo can make up to 10,000 tablets, and each of those tablets can then be wholesaled at $6 a tablet."
Drug enthusiasts contacted by the Herald on Sunday said there were plenty of mephedrone-based pills on the streets.
Day also said newer synthetic drugs, similar to the "bath salts" seen in the US, were linked to new operators and short-term dealers, not established gangs.
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Outline of Croatia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: Index of Croatia-related articles
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Croatia:
Croatia – unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of Central Europe, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. The country's population is 4.45 million, most of whom are Croats, with the most common religious denomination being Roman Catholicism. Croatia is a member of the European Union (since July 2013).
- 1 General reference
- 2 Geography of Croatia
- 3 Government and politics of Croatia
- 4 History of Croatia
- 5 Culture of Croatia
- 6 Economy and infrastructure of Croatia
- 7 Education in Croatia
- 8 See also
- 9 References
- 10 External links
General reference[edit]
- Pronunciation: i/kroʊˈeɪʃə/
- Common English country name: Croatia
- Official English country name: The Republic of Croatia
- Common endonym: Hrvatska
- Official endonym: Republika Hrvatska
- Adjectival(s): Croatian
- Demonym(s): Croat
- Etymology: Name of Croatia
- International rankings of Croatia
- ISO country codes: HR, HRV, 191
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:HR
- Internet country code top-level domain: .hr
Geography of Croatia[edit]
Main article: Geography of Croatia
- Croatia is: a country
- Location:
- Eastern Hemisphere
- Northern Hemisphere
- Eurasia
- Europe
- Southern Europe
- Balkans (also known as "Southeastern Europe")
- Central Europe
- Southern Europe
- Europe
- Eurasia
- Time zone: Central European Time (UTC+01), Central European Summer Time (UTC+02)
- Extreme points of Croatia
- High: Dinara 1,831 m (6,007 ft)
- Low: Adriatic Sea 0 m
- Land boundaries: 1,982 km
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km
- Slovenia 455 km
- Hungary 329 km
- Serbia 241 km
- Montenegro 25 km
- Coastline: Adriatic Sea 5,835 km
- Population of Croatia: 4,453,500
- Area of Croatia: 56,542 km2 (21,831 sq mi)
- Atlas of Croatia
Environment of Croatia[edit]
- Climate of Croatia
- Renewable energy in Croatia
- Geology of Croatia
- Protected areas of Croatia
- Wildlife of Croatia
Natural geographic features of Croatia[edit]
- Islands of Croatia
- Lakes of Croatia
- Mountains of Croatia
- Rivers of Croatia
- World Heritage Sites in Croatia
Regions of Croatia[edit]
Administrative divisions of Croatia[edit]
Administrative divisions of Croatia
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- Second level:
List of counties of Croatia[edit]
Main article: Counties of Croatia
- Bjelovar-Bilogora County
- Brod-Posavina County
- Dubrovnik-Neretva County
- Istria County
- Karlovac County
- Koprivnica-Križevci County
- Krapina-Zagorje County
- Lika-Senj County
- Međimurje County
- Osijek-Baranja County
- Požega-Slavonia County
- Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
- Sisak-Moslavina County
- Split-Dalmatia County
- Šibenik-Knin County
- Varaždin County
- Virovitica-Podravina County
- Vukovar-Syrmia County
- Zadar County
- Zagreb County
- City of Zagreb
Municipalities of Croatia[edit]
Main article: Municipalities of Croatia
Demography of Croatia[edit]
Main article: Demographics of Croatia
Government and politics of Croatia[edit]
Main article: Politics of Croatia
- Form of government: parliamentary representative democratic republic
- Capital of Croatia: Zagreb
- Elections in Croatia
- Political parties in Croatia
Branches of government[edit]
Executive branch of the government of Croatia[edit]
- Head of state: President of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2015-)
- Head of government: Prime Minister of Croatia, Andrej Plenković (2016-)
- Croatian Government
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Judicial branch of the government of Croatia[edit]
Main article: Court system of Croatia
Foreign relations of Croatia[edit]
Main article: Foreign relations of Croatia
International organization membership[edit]
The Republic of Croatia is a member of:[1]
Law and order in Croatia[edit]
- Capital punishment in Croatia
- Constitution of Croatia
- Crime in Croatia
- Human rights in Croatia
- Law enforcement in Croatia
Military of Croatia[edit]
- Command
- Commander-in-chief: President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
- Ministry of Defence of Croatia: Minister Damir Krstičević
- Chief of the General Staff: General Mirko Šundov
- Commander-in-chief: President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
- Forces
- Military history of Croatia
- Croatian military ranks
Local government in Croatia[edit]
Main article: Local government in Croatia
History of Croatia[edit]
Culture of Croatia[edit]
Main article: Culture of Croatia
- Architecture of Croatia
- Cuisine of Croatia
- Ethnic minorities in Croatia
- Festivals in Croatia
- Languages of Croatia
- Media in Croatia
- Museums in Croatia
- National symbols of Croatia
- People of Croatia
- Prostitution in Croatia
- Public holidays in Croatia
- Records of Croatia
- Religion in Croatia
- Croatian Wine
- World Heritage Sites in Croatia
Art in Croatia[edit]
- Art of Croatia
- Cinema of Croatia
- Literature in Croatia
- Music of Croatia
- Television in Croatia
- Theatre in Croatia
Sports in Croatia[edit]
Economy and infrastructure of Croatia[edit]
Main article: Economy of Croatia
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 64th (sixty-fourth)
- Agriculture in Croatia
- Banking in Croatia
- Communications in Croatia
- Companies of Croatia
- Currency of Croatia: Kuna
- Energy in Croatia
- Health care in Croatia
- Mining in Croatia
- Zagreb Stock Exchange
- Varaždin Stock Exchange (defunct)
- Tourism in Croatia
- Transportation in Croatia
Education in Croatia[edit]
Main article: Education in Croatia
See also[edit]
Croatian language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Main article: Croatia
- All pages beginning with "Croatia"
- All pages with titles containing Croatia
- All pages beginning with "Croatian"
- All pages with titles containing Croatian
- Index of Croatia-related articles
- List of Croatia-related topics
- List of international rankings
- Member state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of Europe
- Outline of geography
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Title: Cake and Dessert Auction
Description: The Washington High School Parent Teacher Organization is hosting a Cake and Dessert Auction Tuesday, December 20th. There will be prizes for the best cake in five categories including Most Creative, and School Spirit. Bidding Starts at 5:30 pm. Register for the auction at www.whspto.webs.com.
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text: "Artificial World," a two-week exhibition on view at New York's Mountain Fold, assembles works by six Japanese and American artists that explore "ideas of made-up, artificial, or simulated worlds." Visually, the show could not be more eclectic -- shelves of compact discs, knit objects, sprawling fabric paintings and gelatinous sculptures populate the small gallery. Common to many of the works, however, is an interest in the social and creative parameters of virtual space. Ben Fino-Radin, for example, has struck upon a neat, if somewhat twee, techno-meets-craft aesthetic vocabulary. In wall installations like Potience Module (2008), discreet, knit objects (largely depicting computer iconography, including code, mouse icons and the much-reviled hourglass) aggregate in symmetrical, totemic structures. Strips of black tape become disciplinary intermediaries in Aki Goto's big, energetic wall piece (Untitled, 2008), linking fabric and canvas paintings of cats with small, exquisite drawings in graphite and pen. The strongest of the latter presents a humorous take on virtual communities, equally steeped in the visual language of early-80s arcade games and the urban-abstraction of Mondrian's Broadway Boogie Woogie (1942-3), as small, smiling heads form points within webs of overlapping lines. While these and most of the exhibition's other works settle on shallow inquiry - at times to their benefit - Masaru Aikawa's My 25 CDs (2008) strikes a deeper chord. Citing an interest in Benjamin and Warhol and a concern for the status of the artwork in the digital era, Aikawa has "passionately and respectfully duplicated," a cappella, twenty-five of his CDs. Aikawa's heartfelt vocal imitation of the ambient electronics of Kraftwerk's Autobahn provides the most hysterical treat. On a broader level, Aikawa makes a serious comment on twenty-first century virtual consumption, by means of his self-portrait as strange, irreverent fan. - Tyler Coburn


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A lot of my comics (cbr files) are showing 4 pages as a thumbnail instead of the cover.
I've noticed that this only occurs when the pages have been rared into a folder, the others where the pages have been rared together just as a file (not including the folder) show the cover as the thumbnail.
Does anyone know of any way to correct this without unraring each comic, deleting the folder and then raring up the pages again?
If I have to do one comic at a time it will take me months!!!
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2011-10-03 12:18
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1) Install a program called ComicRack (Google it)
2) Go to this forum post 3) When you run the script in this post (from within the ComicRack program) it will extract a <comicfilename.tbn> thumbnail file for each comic which XBMC will display while you're browsing your collection (you may need to delete your comic shares and then re-add them as XBMC will have already cached certain images). Hope this helps..... |
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2011-10-21 23:06
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Sorry for late reply but ComicRack really helped a lot, there's a few really helpful plug-ins for it.
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If you have a teen, chances are you've encountered the puzzling phenomenon of your kid not caring about driving. What?? Why don't today's teens want to drive?
A new mother is struggling on how to honor the birth (and loss) of her daughters via birth announcement, after one died soon after birth.
A baby, who is an otherwise an excellent sleeper, fights her third nap of the day even though it's clear she still needs it. Amalah provides some advice to help out during this "transition" time.
What should a typical 4-month-old baby's nap schedule look like when nighttime sleep is going great?
A mom turns to Amalah looking for a plan to help transition her baby out of her swaddle.
Is it okay for parents to change their rules when it comes to different siblings? And how do you deal with it when your kids cry, "That's not fair!"
George Orwell's 1984 was meant to be an exaggerated dystopian reality and a warning rather than a blueprint. Time to revisit it with your (older) kids.
A reader asks for help in coaching kids to speak out against racism and other issues at school in a succinct way.
Has a case of senioritis arrived at your house? Don't wave it off; talk early and often about these last few months before graduation.
A mom is getting increasingly more special needs diagnoses for her toddler and has been DIYing her therapies so far. She asks about the pros and cons of going through the Early Intervention process.
If you have a high school senior, chances are college acceptances and rejections are rolling in, and along with them, some angst. Don't panic!
While we wait to hear from my son's top-choice college, I've taken to a somewhat unconventional coping method.
A reader is considering taking her four kids overseas for part of the school year, and asks for some advice on homeschooling and other logistics.
A mom wants to prepare herself for when her "medium-aged" children start asking about SEX. She's looking for books as good resources, and advice on approaching the topic with younger kids.
A toddler has been experiencing atypical separation anxiety since her first few weeks of life. Her mom is not satisfied with the answers she has received thus far. What should she do now?
Grandma was caught on tape losing her temper while watching her grandkids. A mom asks whether (and, if so, how) she should confront her very sensitive-to-criticism mom about the incident.
A mom is being told to have her toddler sent to a speech therapist but wants to understand the benefits of doing so first. Amalah has very strong opinions about this.
Every kid potty trains in their own time but you do need the right tools. We tell you our favorite potty seats and chairs out there, and which ones to skip.
A review of detangling hairbrushes for kids. Find out which ones get the job done with minimal pain and tears. They're not all created equal. We have favorites and a top pick.
A reader with a new college freshman wants my take on those college care package services; I doubt my thoughts will come as much of a surprise.
Those generic "what to buy for your college freshman" lists are missing some key items for our kids coping with ADHD. I've got some additions for that list.
The kids are kept super busy at the MDA camps, many getting to do things they never thought they could do. And they're not embarrassed if they don't do it well, either, because it's all in the trying, not in the results.
Time for summer camp. But summer camp can come with a pretty hefty price tag. Especially if you are sending more than one child. But there are ways to save some money. And, you still have time to enroll your kids.
We've uncovered a gem! Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda created a number of short educational rap videos for PBS' The Electric Company several years ago and they are brilliant!
My son has just been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). I haven't the faintest idea what I'm supposed to do next.
How to wean your toddler from breastfeeding when your child is not ready but you are.
A mom would like some advice on creating an art space for her toddler using/hacking traditional furniture.
A mom made a mistake and prematurely moved her young toddler to a toddler bed and now needs to decide whether she should move her back to her crib.
A mom has hit a potty training roadblock and needs help deciding which measure (of several good options) she should take next.
A reader fears she screwed up by letting her son wear non-gender-conforming clothing outside the house. I thinks he needs to cut herself some slack.
A mom to a kindergartner is asking whether she needs to start talking to her kids about current events now that her child has started school?
A child has always eaten very little but now he's fallen off the growth charts and isn't keeping up physically and socially with his peers. What should the mom do when her pediatrician insists everything is "fine"?


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- blocks
Common words appear frequently in written and spoken language across many genres from radio to academic journals.
Informal words should be reserved for casual, colloquial communication.
at a halt
Synonyms for stopped
at a halt
More words related to stopped
adj. blocked, clogged
adj. complete, done
- accomplished
- achieved
- brought about
- ceased
- closed
- come to an end
- compassed
- concluded
- consummated
- decided
adj. limited
verb. leave behind, relinquish
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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