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2007 Lincoln Town Car
The Lincoln Town Car is a big American luxury car. The Town Car is appealing for its spacious six-person seating and cavernous trunk, with plenty of storage for luggage and golf clubs. This is a traditional American luxury sedan. It's roomy and comfortable. It's smooth and stable. Its V8 engine and rear-wheel-drive layout give it a traditional feel. And it's luxurious.
People who buy Town Cars like them; The Town Car is the highest-rated American car in the mid-luxury segment, according to a J.D. Power and Associates customer-satisfaction study; 60 percent of all Town Car customers are repeat buyers. Some 75 percent of limousine and livery fleets are made up of this large American luxury sedan. Yet individuals still account for more than 65 percent of all Town Car sales.
After significant re-engineering for 2003, the Town Car has changed very little. Last year each trim level got a new set of wheels. Changes for 2007 are limited to new paint colors.
The Town Car boasts a record Five-Star federal safety rating in five categories for four years in a row (2003-06).
Model Lineup
The 2007 Town Car is available in four trim levels and two wheelbase lengths. Sharing the standard (117.7-inch) wheelbase are the Signature ($42,175), Signature Limited ($45,040), and Designer Series ($47,300). Signature L ($50,645), on the longer, 123.7-inch wheelbase, provides more headroom for all passengers and nearly six inches of additional legroom for those sitting in the rear seat.
Signature is a fully equipped luxury car, with premium leather seating surfaces, eight-way power driver and passenger seats with power lumbar support, dual-zone electronic automatic temperature control, overhead console, extended rear park assist, 17-inch 12-spoke machined aluminum wheels, dual-power remote-control heated outside mirrors with auto-dimming on the driver's side, auto-dimming inside rearview mirror, power-adjustable pedals, driver and passenger front dual-stage and side-impact airbags, CD player, remote fuel filler door release, remote keyless entry system, keyless entry keypad on driver door, automatic parking brake release, SecuriLock passive anti-theft ignition key system, speed control, steering wheel-mounted audio/climate controls, power pull-down trunk lid, SmartLock anti-lockout system and universal garage door opener. Options are limited to white-sidewall tires ($125), a premium dual-media sound system ($195), and some extra-cost paint colors.
Signature Limited adds Soundmark audiophile dual-media sound system; leather-wrapped tilt steering wheel with wood inserts and audio, speed and climate controls; full power trunk with key fob open and close; memory driver's seat, pedals and mirrors; heated front seats; and its own 17-inch, 10-spoke machined aluminum wheels, The full range of options (see below) becomes available.
Designer adds chrome trim on the B-pillar, door handles, and its unique18-spoke wheels. Provence leather seating surfaces, adjustable rear head restraints, and two-tone door panels brighten its interior.
Signature L begins with Signature-level equipment and adds folding front and rear arm rests with storage; a rear seat amenities package with dual power points, four-way rear head restraints, tissue bin, illuminated cigar lighter, heated rear seats and remote controls for audio, climate and front passenger seat. A heavy-duty front stabilizer bar helps compensate for its six-inch longer wheelbase.
Major options include Navigation ($2,995-$3,600), HID headlamps ($495), chromed wheels ($895), trunk organizer ($195), power glass sunroof ($1,595), and a six-CD changer ($605), which is available at no cost with the sunroof and/or on Signature L. Also available is a new THX-certified sound system.
The Lincoln Town Car is every bit as big as the cars people once thought Detroit would never build again. Need some figures for proof? The 1961 slab-sided, suicide-door Continental that has become an American icon rode on a wheelbase of 123 inches and weighed 4,927 pounds; the 2007 Lincoln Town Car Signature L stretches three-quarters of an inch longer and weighs only 409 pounds less. And at 4,129 pounds, the lightest short-wheelbase 2007 Town Car weighs only 36 pounds less than the great road-racing Lincolns of the early 1950s.
Machined-aluminum wheels highlight the Town Car at every trim level. Signature gets 12-spoke rims, while Signature Limited and long-wheelbase Signature L get a 10-spoke design. The Designer series comes with chrome-plated 18-spoke wheels.
High-intensity discharge lamps are available, and they double the output of the standard halogen lights.
Little has changed since Lincoln last re-styled the Town Car for the 2003 model year. Up front, a chromed, waterfall-style grille is flanked by quad-beam headlamps with a jeweled appearance. A stand-up four-point star hood ornament reminds owners that they are driving a Lincoln. The Division tried to retire the stand-up ornament earlier in the decade, but customers complained that they used it as a lane marker on the road and, to better locate the front of the car's long hood when parking.
The trunk lid opening is wide and low to make loading and unloading easier. Inside the trunk, the spare tire is stowed vertically behind the right rear tire, so you don't have to unload the trunk to get at it. A covered and removable storage tray fills the deepest part of the trunk well. When in position, the tray's cover raises the trunk floor and thus makes loading and unloading easier.
Like all Lincolns, the Town Car comes with a 48-month, 50,000-mile warranty, free maintenance through 36 months or 36,000 miles, 24-hour roadside assistance and transportation assistance, travel expense reimbursement, destination assistance and trip planning services, and a dedicated customer assistance center.
Interior Features
The Town Car interior is plush and luxurious. It hasn't changed since the 2003 model year when it was redesigned with a new dashboard and instrument panel. It's a nice design. The instrument panel is elegant, even fun to look at. There's plenty of burl walnut veneer all around the interior, plus brushed satin metal panels, and a winged analog clock at the top center of the dash.
The up-level wood-and-leather steering wheel features buttons for cruise, audio, and climate controls. The instruments feature large, easy-to-read numbers. A digital speedometer easily monitors your speed as you drive quickly and quietly down the road.
The doors open wide to make it easy to get out of the front and rear seats. Storage space abounds: A fold-down front armrest with a double-hinged top can be opened to either the driver's or passenger's side. Cupholders and a storage tray come out from the front edge of the center front seat. Storage pouches are sewn into the front cushion of the front seats. There are also hinged storage bins in the front doors, a large glove box. Atlas-sized pockets in the front seatbacks, and a fold-down rear armrest with storage and cupholders.
The interior is very quiet, with thick insulation in the floor, firewall and pillars. This allows maximum fidelity from the 145-watt Alpine sound system, which includes AM, FM, cassette and single CD play (a trunk-mounted six-disc changer is optional on all models except Signature). The audio system offers CD and cassette players for buyers who enjoy books on tape.
The long-wheelbase Signature L offers 45.4 inches of rear seat leg room, with 116.3 cubic feet of total passenger volume, compared to the standard model's 108.7 cubic feet.
Lincoln is selling several different kinds of luxury with the new Town Car, starting with its quietness, materials, and pure spaciousness, and the Signature L has more of that than any other luxury car on the market. Its rear-seat armrest contains controls for the rear climate control and the audio system, two additional 12-volt power points, an ashtray and lighter in each door, and a separate control that can adjust the fore/aft position of the right front seat. Heated rear seats are standard on the Signature L.
Driving Impressions
Lincoln wants the character of all of its vehicles to be similar, so drivers will know they're driving a Lincoln regardless of whether the vehicle is a Town Car, an MKZ sedan, or a Navigator SUV. To make to soft-sprung Town Car handle like more youthful Lincolns, the Division has given it hydroformed rails for the front part of the frame, relatively lightweight front suspension components mounted to a cast-aluminum cross member, monotube shock absorbers, powerful front brakes, carefully selected tires, sophisticated body and suspension mounts and variable-ratio rack-and-pinion steering.
All Town Cars have the same engine, a 239-hp 4.6-liter V8. The four-speed automatic transmission produces quick downshifts. The engine and transmission in our Signature L moved the big car from place to place quietly and efficiently, but lacked excitement and do not represent the current state of the art. Other cars in this class come with more powerful engines with a great deal of technical sophistication. The new paradigm in transmissions is five speeds, not four, with full electronic control of upshifting and downshifting and an electronic torque management program for smoothness. The Town Car transmission has partial electronic controls and only four speeds, which offers less flexibility, eats into gas mileage and dates the car.
The suspension system, which includes automatic load leveling in the rear, keeps the car relatively flat in the corners and provides a smooth, quiet highway ride and substantial amounts of understeer, just the right thing for a big, long, heavy car. However, while ABS and traction control are standard equipment, the chassis and suspension are completely devoid of any type of electronic yaw control system like almost all of its price and class competitors have, and it offers no electronically variable shock absorbers like those that come on the Cadillacs. Years ago Lincoln promised increase power, an upgraded transmission and yaw-control technology, but we haven't seen it.
The Town Car offers what Lincoln describes as a creamy on-center feel to its steering while cruising down the Interstate, and it requires little effort to turn into parking spots. But steering and body movements are reasonably controlled for driving on curving country lanes and mountain roads. Careful positioning of the rear shock absorbers, plus directional rear body mounts, has reduced the tendency of many rear-drive, live-axle cars to hop sideways in tight turns. The Town Car belies its size and weight when pushed through the curves in the hill country. The modestly sized P225/60R-17 all-purpose tires are very quiet and relatively grippy. It's not just a Town Car; it's also a Country Car. Lincoln designed the latest Town Car to appeal more to younger, enthusiast drivers, but traditional customers should not notice any deterioration in the soft ride they expect and enjoy.
The brake pedal is responsive, completely without that when-is-this-thing-going-to-stop feeling and the high pedal pressure that was prevalent in older-generation full-size cars. Braking performance is exemplary for a 4500-pound sedan. The braking system features 12.0-inch ventilated discs in front, 11.5-inch ventilated discs at the rear, with stiff twin-piston calipers a large vacuum booster. The system comes with Brake Assist, which delivers maximum braking force when it detects quick, hard brake pedal inputs. ABS (antilock brake system) is, of course, standard. Brake pads are formulated not only for long wear but to produce less dust, so owners who insist on immaculate wheels may not have to wash them as frequently.
The Lincoln Town Car is the only game in town if you are in the market for a large, traditional American rear-wheel-drive V8 luxury car. The Town Car remains the vehicle of choice for limousine services and for conservative buyers who want lots of room and a soft and quiet ride. It appeals to businessmen and women who need to carry lots of people and cargo but who also enjoy the driver's seat. But buyers looking for technical sophistication in a luxury sedan may find themselves looking elsewhere.
|Model Line Overview
|Model lineup:
|Lincoln Town Car Signature edition ($42,175); Signature Limited ($45,040); Designer ($47,300); Signature L ($50,645)
|239-hp 4.6-liter sohc 16-valve V8
|4-speed automatic
|Safety equipment (standard):
|driver and front passenger front and side airbags, 3-point belts for all three back-seat positions, lap belt for center front seat, rear-seat child-seat LATCH mounting points, antilock brakes with electronic brake force distribution and dual-rate panic-assist booster; rear park assist; traction control
|Safety equipment (optional):
|Basic warranty:
|4 years/50,000 miles
|Assembled in:
|Wixom, Michigan
|Specifications As Tested
|Model tested (MSPR):
|Town Car Signature L ($50,645)
|Standard equipment:
|long-wheelbase body, fog lamps, 17-inch chrome wheels, P225/60 all-season tires, all-speed traction control, 145-watt Alpine Digital Audiophile System with CD player and subwoofer, redundant rear-seat audio controls, heated leather seats with 8-way power for driver and front passenger and power lumbar and memory, dual-zone climate control, heated rear seats, rear center armrest with storage and dual power points, power trunk opening and closing, rear seat air conditioning with controls, rear-seat switch to slide front passenger seat fore and aft, power doors/locks/windows, Securilock and SmartLock anti-theft equipment
|Options as tested (MSPR):
|HID headlamps, ($495); 6-CD changer (NC)
|Destination charge:
|Gas guzzler tax:
|Price as tested (MSPR):
|rear-wheel drive
|4.6-liter sohc 16-valve V8
|Horsepower (lb.-ft @ rpm):
|239 @ 4900
|Torque (lb.-ft @ rpm):
|287 @ 4100
|4-speed automatic
|EPA fuel economy, city/hwy:
|17/25 mpg
|123.7 in.
|221.4/78.5/59.1 in.
|Track, f/r:
|63.4/65.9 in.
|Turning circle:
|41.5 ft.
|Seating Capacity:
|Head/hip/leg room, f:
|39.4/57.0/41.7 in.
|Head/hip/leg room, m:
|Head/hip/leg room, r:
|37.4/58.3/45.4 in.
|Cargo volume:
|21.0 cu. ft.
|Towing capacity:
|1500 Lbs.
|Suspension, f:
|independent, short/long arm with monotube shocks, coil springs and stabilizer bar
|Suspension, r:
|live axle, upper and lower trailing links, transverse Watt's linkage, monotube shocks, air springs and stabilizer bar
|Ground clearance:
|5.4 in.
|Curb weigth:
|4518 lbs.
|Brakes, f/r:
|vented disc/vented disc with ABS, EBD and Brake Assist
|Fuel capacity:
|19 gal.
|Unless otherwise indicated, specifications refer to test vehicle. All prices are manufacturer's suggested retail prices (MSPR) effective as of June 29, 2007.Prices do not include manufacturer's destination and delivery charges. N/A: Information not available or not applicable. Manufacturer Info Sources: 1-800-521-4141 - www.lincoln.com


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I'm Still Off Accesskeys
A follow-up to last year's article that denounced Accesskeys.
Just over a year ago I wrote that I believed Accesskeys to be more harmful than good, supported by three articles from WATS (Is it Worth it?, More Reasons…, Accesskey Alternatives) and my own personal experience.
Since then, I've decided that while there may be no explicit accessibility benefits, perhaps Accesskeys offer something for usability. Keyboard shortcuts, for those that know how to use them, can be a tremendous incremental time-saver.
I re-enabled Accesskeys on this site a few months back, following Richard Rutter's research into Accesskey Standards. The idea was to provide quick ways of accessing common site functionality for those that are aware of them, while hopefully preventing any conflicts with existing shortcuts built in to browsers.
The verdict? I never use them, and I've received a grand total of one email about them in that time. Discoverability is yet another problem with relying on Accesskeys, but I had hoped that, at the very least, my contradictory position would have prompted a bit of discussion with the odd reader who happened to view source. No such luck.
Nothing new here, so if you're going out of your way to implement Accesskeys? Don't bother. I'm not in a hurry to take them out since they're not hurting anyone (as far as I know), but I won't be implementing them in future work.
I should clarify I had web sites in mind as I wrote this, not web applications. For those who have commented that web applications are a special case and, be it through Accesskeys or custom Javascript that hooks into keyboard events or whatever else, some form of shortcut key interaction is a good thing for usability — I agree.
However, I also think that as the practice takes off, it will become necessary to do some serious testing to make sure that they help usability more than they hinder accessibility. The question of self-containedness is the issue, and how unlike a web browser you're trying to make a web browser act.
As an application becomes its own little island of individual interaction standards, it's not unreasonable to expect more leeway from a user's default setup. But there will be some fun conflicts between those who expect the user/browser is in control, and those who expect the application is in control — look at the font size issue for a minor version of what's to come.

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Robert Brustein, Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Suffolk University and a man the New York Times calls "one of the renaissance men of the modern stage" has written a masterful and engaging exploration of both Shakespeare's works and his age, The Tainted Muse: Prejudice and Presumption in Shakespeare and His Time.
Brustein's goal is to get inside the mind of the inscrutable playwright and discover his prejudices. What did Shakespeare really think about Jews and blacks, women and intellectuals?
Brustein reveals Shakespeare's complicated attitudes toward women; his dislike of womanish men; his admiration of blunt, plain-spoken men; his reverence for monarchy and his distrust of democracy; his complex treatment of blacks, Jews, and slaves; and his even more complex metaphysics.
The Tainted Muse ranges over the whole of Shakespeare's canon, from the early histories to the later romances, giving special attention to Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and The Tempest.
Brustein draws comparisons to plays by Marlowe, Middleton and Marston in investigating how Shakespeare and his contemporaries were preoccupied with similar themes yet treated the prejudices of the day in their own ways. He gives us a picture of Shakespeare as an artist who inevitably reflects the predilections of his age, yet almost always manages to transcend them.
Robert Brustein was founding director of the Yale Repertory Theatre and of the American Repertory Theatre and was drama critic for the New Republic for almost 50 years. He is the author of six plays, 11 adaptations, and 16 books, including The Theater of Revolt and Millennial Stages: Essays and Reviews, 2001– 2005. As a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Suffolk University, he lectures on Shakespearian tragedies, directing and theater criticism. In 2007, the Suffolk University Theatre Department produced his play, The English Channel. He will be teaching Play Analysis, an upper-level Theatre Department course in the fall.


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posted by Samuel J. Greear on Sun 31st Oct 2010 19:10 UTC
The 2.8.2 release of DragonFly BSD is now available, featuring significant advances in multi-processor performance based on DragonFly's signature soft token locks. It also includes many feature advancements including: pf from OpenBSD 4.2, the Wifi stack from FreeBSD and DataMapper from NetBSD (with significant enhancements). This release also marks the return of the GUI image. See the release notes for full details.


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Monday, June 11th 2012, 2:00am
by 4U2NVME
If your zones ran two minutes each, you'd be done in less than half an hour.
{in other words, not enough information}
Sunday, June 10th 2012, 6:55pm
by Wet_Boots
Sunday, June 10th 2012, 3:28pm
by 4U2NVME
For an acre-and-a-half, 50 gpm is overkill, even on sandy soil. 20 gpm would do just fine, which keeps you with standard 1-inch zone valves. This also changes the pump situation. You can use a 1 HP jet pump, which gains more pressure in exchange for delivering less flow.
As for the system drawing, it lacks a scale, so no one on the internet can know exactly what you are looking at. You need to add a line with inch markings.
Friday, June 8th 2012, 8:45am
by Wet_Boots
Friday, June 8th 2012, 8:24am
by GatorGuy
Friday, June 8th 2012, 2:06am
by 4U2NVME
Thanks for your Reply,Your numbers do not work, if you want economy. With economy first, you give up on 50+ psi in your system, and settle for about 40+ psi. This allows you to apply a simple centrifugal pump as a booster, because those pumps move good volume as long as the boost is 30 psi or so. For instance, a 1.5 HP centrifugal could boost a 50 gpm flow by 35 psi.
The key question, is how many acres are you watering? Flat ground?
Thursday, June 7th 2012, 8:20am
by Wet_Boots
Thursday, June 7th 2012, 1:58am
by 4U2NVME


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Dear Friends,
I am writing these lines from Battambang, Cambodia. Battambang is the second-largest city in Cambodia and a very livable and likable place. I have been living here for nearly two years.
Arriving here by bus from Siem Reap or Phnom Penh – and getting off the bus can be a bit of an intense experience. Hordes of motorbike taxi and Tuk Tuk drivers are trying to give you a ride – and sometimes they also take you for a ride. But, this is as intense as it gets in Battambang.
Once you've moved into your guest house or hotel, Battambang becomes a very enjoyable and slow-paced place:-)
Indeed, you need to spend a few days here to adjust to its pace and really appreciate it, especially after coming from a prime-tourist place like Siem Reap (Angkor). Both, the locals and the foreigners you meet here, are for the most part not in the tourist business – you can meet some really interesting people in Battambang, who have come to live and work here.
Some of us have been here since the early 1990s when the area around Battambang wasn't really safe and the neighboring province to its west, Pailin, was still a Khmer Rouge stronghold. Pailin City – was the Wild West…. But don't get concerned – a lot has changed,
Battambang is now a very safe place to travel to and hang around. Welcome to Battambang 🙂


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Global CO2 Emissions Reach All-Time High, Rising More Than 5% in 2010 to Close Out Past 20 Years
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reached an all-time high in 2010, rising 45% in the past 20 years. Rising rapidly between 1990 and 2010, global atmospheric CO2 levels totaled 33 billion metric tons last year, according to a report published by the European Commission's Joint Research Center and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Global CO2 emissions fell 1% in 2009, during the Great Recession, but rose at an unprecedented 5% rate in 2010. That was similar to the drop and greater emissions growth in 1975 and 1976, when the global economy suffered through the first oil crisis, a subsequent stock market crash and began a recovery in 1976, the report authors note.
Total CO2 emissions in industrialized nations that ratified the Kyoto Protocol and the US, which didn't, were some 7.5% less in 2010 than they were in 1990, leaving them on-track to meet the 5.2% reduction targets required by the climate treaty.
Industrialized nations' share of global CO2 emissions has been dropping. Rapid industrialization in large emerging market economies, such as China, India and Brazil, led to industrialized countries overall contribution to global CO2 emissions dropping to less than half the total amount from two-thirds over the two decade period.
Since 1990, CO2 emissions per capita have increased in China from 2.2 to 6.8 metric tons per capita and decreased in the EU-27 from 9.2 to 8.1 metric tons per capita (in EU-15 from 9.1 to 7.9) and from 19.7 to 16.9 metric tons per capita in the USA, according to the report.


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Field Hearing: The Importance of the Northeast Corridor
Transcript of Hearing
Opening Statements
Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA)
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
(Remarks as Prepared)
I appreciate Chairman Denham for holding this important hearing today in New York to follow up on our roundtable traveling up the Northeast Corridor yesterday. I'd also like to welcome and thank our distinguished panel of witnesses for joining us.
Intercity passenger rail plays an important role in our Nation's transportation network, connecting major metropolitan areas and cities, and the Northeast Corridor is no exception. Given the population density, economic vitality, and heavily congested roadways and airspace, the NEC is where it makes sense to invest in rail infrastructure and development.
The NEC is home to four of the ten most populous metro regions in the nation – New York, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and Boston – 18 percent of the nation's population living in just 2 percent of its land area.
The easy access to suburban and urban transit is also significant, bringing in numbers of riders on the NEC routes daily.
Economically, the Northeast Corridor accounts for four of the ten most productive metro regions in the nation and accounts for one-fifth of the nation's GDP.
Further, we see that NEC passenger rail is effective, with Amtrak now capturing 76% of the rail/air traffic, up from 45% in 2001.
I have recently traveled across this country and have seen the need to fix our Nation's ports, bridges, tunnels, and rails so we can have a more efficient and reliable transportation network in the future. However, unlike what the Administration has proposed, we recognize that we do not have unlimited funds, so we need to focus on what makes sense and prioritize investment in infrastructure that we know is achievable.
In the past, we have had hearings on the prospect of high speed rail in the NEC, but as both Amtrak and the Northeast Corridor Commission have stated, we need to focus on the state of good repair of the existing infrastructure.
High speed rail, while great in theory, is not realistic given the NEC's immediate need for state-of-good repair improvements. When it comes down to investment, it's simple math – it's more prudent for the government to invest in fixing current infrastructure for the betterment of the future.
Responsible governing involves choices, and while the Administration's budget seems to choose everything, giving Amtrak a $4 billion increase and heavily investing in pie-in-the-sky high speed rail. I think we all know that is unrealistic.
The NEC is exactly the kind of existing infrastructure we can improve upon through smart investment and we will see tangible benefits and an opportunity for HIGHER speed rail.
Too many people think we can invest in it all, but in today's world we need to use our scarce resources wisely so we can reap the maximum public benefit.
We want to encourage the private sector to get involved, along with state and local governments, in order to fully leverage Federal investments. We need to work within existing federal resources so we need to look for other sources to fund the NEC's aging infrastructure – and the private sector is just the place to look.
Again, I thank Chairman Denham for holding this important hearing and thank our witnesses for their testimony.
Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA)
Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials
(Remarks as Prepared)
This hearing continues our informal roundtable discussion yesterday on Amtrak and will hopefully reinforce the idea that investment in the NEC is a priority.
Last week in California we learned a lot about the California High Speed Rail Program. We also learned how the first $6 billion in State and Federal funding the project received will go to upgrade current Amtrak service in the Valley.
The Northeast Corridor is the most highly trafficked rail corridor in the country, and Amtrak's sole money making enterprise. Infrastructure upgrades in this corridor are essential to continue to serve a proven and dedicated ridership that continues to expand.
I believe the $6 billion that was given to the California High Speed Rail Authority could be better spent on such upgrades, as these projects are both clearly identified, and necessary beyond dispute.
To place $6 billion in perspective; this amount of money is enough to replace the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnels ($1.5 billion), build a new Portal South Bridge with a 4 track alignment into New York ($1.0 billion—150,000 daily riders), replace the century old Susquehanna River Bridge ($800 million), and replace the Gunpowder River Bridge ($600 million), with $2 billion left over. These are just a few examples on a list of over $30 billion in identified projects. Each would substantially decrease trip times along the corridor by eliminating significant bottlenecks.
Given that there are over 11.4 million Amtrak riders and over 200 million commuters that use the Northeast Corridor every year, it would be an investment in an area where we have proven ridership.
Furthermore, there are still questions in California as to whether the improvements made by the Authority will even be used by Amtrak or help improve ridership as stations may move from city centers to the outskirts. Simply put, this money would've been better spent here on the Northeast Corridor which continues to surpass ridership and revenue records for Amtrak. Also, unlike most other Amtrak services, the Northeast Corridor consistently turns an operating profit.
I believe more investment must be made in the Northeast Corridor for continued success in the future, but when there was funding available, it was spent elsewhere. Indeed, the Northeast Corridor did not receive any of the President's High Speed Rail money until after other State's returned theirs. Clearly, this was not a priority.
We must prioritize, fix it first, and address known problems, and our current policy structure does not encourage this.
Finally, with years of trillion dollar deficits, federal resources are scare and we must work within existing funding levels and we must find ways to involve the private sector.
It is becoming increasingly difficult for the Federal government to continue to support the full financial burden of major infrastructure projects, and we must explore other sources—such as state, local and private investment.
The Northeast Corridor is a valuable asset to the region and the Nation as a whole. We must be able to leverage the opportunities this asset offers to attract private investment, while improving infrastructure and realizing public benefits.
Again, I thank the witnesses for being here today. We are open to all suggestions, and look forward to hearing from our witnesses today.
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Updated June 4, 2013
Hon. Joseph Boardman, President and CEO, Amtrak | Written Testimony
Mr. Bob Yaro, Executive Director, Regional Plan Association | Written Testimony
Hon. Joan McDonald, Commissioner, New York Department of Transportation | Written Testimony
Mr. John Fry, President, Drexel University | Written Testimony


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Budding scientists square off at Quahog Bowl
Groton — Coginchaug Regional High School coach Lorrie Martin nervously beat a toy squid and octopus together like pom-poms as her team rallied in the final round to win the annual Quahog Bowl ocean-sciences championship Saturday at the University of Connecticut at Avery Point.
"They went like a whirlwind right to the end," Martin said afterward. "I'm really proud of them."
Coginchaug, located in landlocked Durham, beat out Rhode Island's Narragansett High School in the final competition that brought a total of 16 schools to Avery Point. Coginchaug, wearing aquamarine T-shirts bearing the word "cephalopods" — predatory mollusks such as octopuses and squids — came back from a 31-18 deficit in the final round to win.
"This is so scary," Coginchaug competitor Abby Eisner said to friends during a break about midway through the competition. "This is probably the scariest thing I've ever done."
Teammate Ryan Gossart answered several key questions down the stretch that finally put the victory away for Coginchaug. Other members of the team were Deanna Puchalski, Tyler Bjarnason and Amelia Bianchi.
This was Coginchaug's ninth year in the competition, and the first time that it has won. Cranston West, which had been a perennial winner until Ledyard High School broke its victory streak two years ago, was taken out in the semifinal round.
Cranston West won the competition last year and nine out of the last 10. This year, Cranston West finished fourth, with the Marine Science Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut in Groton winding up third.
The single-elimination competition covered questions about a wide range of subjects, including technology, biology, geology, geography and marine policy. Some of the questions were toss-ups that both teams had to compete for, while others were challenges that each of the teams had to collaborate on to find the best answers.
"Every round counts, and every question counts," said Thaxter Tewksbury, the director of Project Oceanology, one of the hosts of the Quahog Bowl.
The Quahog Bowl (a quahog is a type of clam) is one of 21 regional competitions sponsored by the Washington, D.C.-based Consortium for Ocean Leadership. Winners have the opportunity to go on to the 17th National Ocean Sciences Bowl in Seattle this spring, though Tewksbury said funds to pay expenses for the trip have yet to be raised.
Ledyard High won the Team Sportsmanship Award, while Narragansett took home the Team Challenge Award. Other local schools in the competition Saturday were Bacon Academy in Montville, Norwich Free Academy, Science & Technology Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut in New London and Waterford High School.


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Although his output has been the opposite of that (to be fair he didn't work on the majority of Lucky Star which pandered like hell), it takes someone to realise there is a problem before something can be done about it.
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The emphasis on fanservice and moe and whatever else describes recent anime really turn me off. It's been a long time since I've been excited about a new anime title, and it feels great.
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sometimes I wonder how people decide whether the visual aspect of a work is "moe" or not. I think the quote defines well the ambiguity of the term.
personally, defining an artwork (or in this case the character designs) as moe is unfair and often misjudged. There are things in the visual aspect that work, regardless of stylization and personal values, which are not addressed by the simple mention of the word.
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kobe, Japan
Without rehashing the old debate, I was no fan of Lucky Star (no offense to those who are) or Haruhi either for that matter, and I loved Kannagi. I don't think it pandered at all and it managed to be full of meta-humor while still being extremely accessible. It stands as one of the smartest and most well-crafted series of the last few years as far as I'm concerned. Based on that if nothing else, I'll give any Yamakan series a chance no matter what I think of the premise - and I take his comments about the state of the industry seriously.
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1. Over the past year or so, I've loved just about everything Kobayashi Yuu has done: Rio in Sora no Woto, Meiren in Vampire Bund, Matabei in Hyakka Ryouran, even the male lead in Okami Kakushi. But then again, I don't think it's a bad thing for a seiyuu to be recognizable (e.g., Sawashiro Miyuki). I think it's worse for a seiyuu to be so professional they just fade out and contribute nothing beyond the "right" voice for a character.
2. There is no way Yamakan is going to retire. His career is just getting started. I believe he contributed a lot to Haruhi, but he wasn't the actual director. He only did four episodes of Lucky Star. Kannagi was good but not great; it lost direction as it went on, for me. I think he has more in him. Hopefully this is that. To me, what Yamakan has is a flair for motion and music, and a smart sense of humor. He needs a good writer, and I think Okada Mari (true tears, Toradora, Zakuro) has a chance to provide that.
3. I think the character design looks great: full and expressive. I do worry, however, that it's so detailed that it will be hard to keep the standard up through a whole series.
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Location: Canada
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When KyoAni promoted him to director for Lucky Star, and he showed that he was almost completely incompetent at the job, he left the company and began to produce his own mediocre anime.
I think this says something, but honestly I've never been a huge fan of his.
|2010-12-04, 07:19
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Regardless of what you think of Kannagi, it was competently directed, with no major mishaps and good quality and design choices overall. The impression I get of Yamakan is more that he's an interesting person who has a lot of creative input to offer anime, but isn't perhaps the best director around. But we'll see what happens with Fractale. All I can say is, I'm glad he's no longer with KyoAni and is able to do his own works.
|2010-12-04, 07:54
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I have a feeling what's lacking in the story will be made up with the background visuals. Although after reading ch 3, things are looking up a bit. For once, I'm looking forward to the next chapter.
I'm crossing my fingers this will be a decent series.
|2010-12-04, 08:03
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|2010-12-04, 10:39
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: you know that's a great question.....
I don't believe this has been mentioned yet so, I came across the noitaminA English site (at least that's what I think it is) and it lists Fractal at 11 episodes.
|2010-12-04, 17:09
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What she really excels at would be the sensitive character moments and interactions. True Tears showed this off the best, but her own episodes on Red Garden and Kita e: Diamond Dust Drops were also delightful.
These character oriented parts are exceptionally paced and written, which may have earned her the good reputation and busy workload she currently enjoys (well, the latter probably has more to do with the commercial successes of her Toradora! and Kuroshitsuji adaptations).
.....which may be why opinions on Okada are so polarized. Viewers who really value well done character moments are quite thrilled, while those who prioritize the actual content aren't particularly impressed yet.
Okada's other strength is adaptation. Toradora! was an incredible feat - light novels compressed into two episodes apiece while remaining coherent and emotionally convincing (as much as possible within the limitations anyway). However, while adaptation is the bread and butter of the industry these days, I don't tend to attribute the content to the person handling the adaptation. Good work proves that he/she excels at reworking content into a show, but it doesn't prove their ability to create.
And adaptation works multiple ways. You can do a great job adapting a bad source that no one likes....that's a commendable result. Or you can do a half-hearted job adapting a great source, yet people still enjoy the final show because the core material is so good. For that reason, pedigree in adaptation can only gauge how well they adapt, and little more.
|2010-12-05, 19:34
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Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
In this case, I have belatedly discovered that the story is by cultural critic and Murakami Takashi associate Azuma Hiroki, so it will be a matter of how Okada Mari develops the basic story he provides. No doubt Yamakan is also involved at all stages of this process.
|2010-12-06, 23:24
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I kill you
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: In your brain
I kinda did more research on Yamakan, and I finally understand why he always gets spotlight on everything. Basically, every part that made Kyoani interesting, unique and creative before lucky star was almost entirely directed and edited by Yamakan. The reason he left Kyoani was not because he suck. It was actually due to the higher staffs including Ishihara, who always persisted on following the original story 'strictly', and Yamakan was against it, which resulted on his firing. The major change in style of Kyoani after lucky star (including endless eight..;;;...) was solely due to Yamakan and his 10 other young follower's leaving.
|2010-12-07, 00:48
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Join Date: Dec 2006
I have high hopes for this anime, but not necessarily high expectations.
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Marcelene Ryan didn't stutter or gasp when her interior designer suggested painting her living-room feature wall black in 2008.
While most people would have been scared by the idea, Ryan found herself attracted to the notion of a dark, glamorous room that would boast elegance and eye-catching contrast when decorated with white accents and furniture.
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"If you're going really dark on your colours on your walls or ceiling, then maybe you might want to have some lighter furniture just so it's not overwhelmingly heavy, and giving that contrast to create that interest."
If you've got an older home with many layers of paint on the wall, black paint may show more imperfections. Fortin says the more flat the finish, the fewer imperfections you'll see. However, flat surfaces are a bit harder to keep clean.
Chips and dents also show up more on black paint, which is why keeping any leftover paint for touch-ups is a good idea.
Fiona Beland-Quest painted two of her teenage son's bedroom walls black and one wall green four years ago. Like Ryan, she still loves the look and even painted the furniture black to match it, thereby creating a funky, masculine space with a youthful feel.
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Janet Moulton of Loch Sheldrake passed away peacefully with her daughter, Amber, by her side, on Tuesday, July 9, 2013, after a long courageous battle with cancer. She was 50.
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March 13, 2006
Costly Bisons' errors and strong Buccaneers pitching led to a 14-3 loss for the Bisons on Saturday, March 11. The loss dropped Lipscomb to 0-2 in conference play.
Matt Schnelly got the start for the Bisons. Schnelly came into Saturday's game with a 2-0 record after dominating the opposition in his previous two starts. Schnelly threw a three-hit shut-out against Pittsburgh on February 26. In his next start, at Florida A&M he allowed four runs in 8.2 innings to win the Bisons fifth game of the season.
The Buccaneers struck first in the top of the first on a two-run single by C.J. Lee.
The Bisons got one of the runs back in the bottom of the inning. Brewer led off with a single up the middle. After Patrick O'Rourke struck out, Brewer advanced to second on a balk and would move to third on a passed ball. Nathan Sensing walked with one out. Ryan Mitchell followed with an RBI ground out to second to bring home the run.
The Buccaneers took advantage of three Bisons' errors in the fourth to stretch their lead to 6-1. Four unearned runs crossed the plate spelling the end of Schnelly's day. In four innings Schnelly gave up six runs, two earned on seven hits. He struck out three.
East Tennessee scored two more runs in both the fifth and the sixth innings to give the Buccaneers a commanding 10-1 lead.
The Bisons added two more runs of their own in the bottom of the seventh to bring the score to 10-3.
With two outs Justin Sanders doubled to left field. Ryan Price followed with an RBI single to left. The next batter, Preston Embrey also singled to left to complete the scoring for the Bisons.
Three more Buccaneers runs crossed the plate in the eighth to stretch their lead to 13-3. The Buccaneers scored their final run in the top of the ninth on an RBI single by Lee.
Sanders and Brewer led the Bisons offense with two hits a piece.
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Mon 9th Jul 2012 21:44 UTC
Jeff Atwood: "In the post PC era, Microsoft is betting the company on Windows 8, desperately trying to serve two masters with one operating system. The traditional mouse and keyboard desktop is no longer the default; it is still there, but slightly hidden from view, as the realm of computer nuts, power users, and geeks. For everyone else, the Metro UI puts an all new, highly visual touch and tablet friendly face on the old beige Wintel box. Will Microsoft succeed? I'm not sure yet. But based on what I've seen so far of Windows 8, its pricing, and the new Surface hardware - I'm cautiously optimistic." So am I. However, a lot - and I mean a lot as in 'everything' - will depend on the quality of the Metro applications. So far, the quality has been utterly abysmal, both for first and third party ones. Microsoft is promising Metro application goodness for RTM, but I'll believe it when I see it.


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Maybe it's something about having degrees in writing and literature makes me a little persnickety about words and their meanings. I dunno. Everyone makes mistakes, especially me, but I'm not talking about accidental errors. What I'm getting irritated about is when someone calls something by the wrong name--on purpose. Things have names for a reason.
So, here it is, the scandal that I just can't keep quiet about any longer... Encaustic tiles and cement tiles are not the same thing! Yet, I keep seeing the very people who make and sell cement tile calling it "encaustic" tile. Of course, I know (and adore) many of the people who do this, so I hope I'm not stepping on any toes. Here's the deal:
Encaustic Tile
Briefly, encaustics are made of two or more colors of clay which are inlaid together making a pattern, then fired, sometimes more than once. This type of tile making has been around for hundreds of years and was popular during the Renaissance. Minton tile is a more recent type of encaustic tile.
Here's a picture of the slip being poured into the tile:
Photo by H & R Johnson Tiles
Cement Tile
With cement tiles, on the other hand, the color comes from mineral pigments which are set into a mold at the beginning of the process. The cement is poured on top, then the tile is hydraulically pressed and the tile is cured for about 3 weeks or so. This method was developed in the mid-19th century.
Avente Tile has a video on YouTube showing how cement tile is made, with the pigment being first poured into the mold and then the cement going on top. Avente Tile's video of cement tile manufacturing process.
Both cement tiles and encaustic tiles are usually patterned and unglazed--perhaps that's where the confusion arises? Either way, cement tiles are a perfectly lovely art form that don't need to borrow a name to make them sound fancier.
Whew! I feel better now.
For more info:
Website describing encaustic tile history and manufacturing process.
National Park Service site on preserving encaustic tiles.
The very excellent Villa Lagoon tile has a whole section on cement tile in the media including a link to an article I wrote on the subject.
Not that I'm selling anything, but here's a whole Book on Cement Tile (which I edited.)


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Let me start by stating plainly that I recoil at the concept of letting private corporations make millions of dollars by operating public roads.
Dwight Eisenhower built the interstate highway system with taxpayers' dollars, and it's been quite a success. So why are we letting a company based in Australia drain profits from our region for the next 75 years for running the new, confusingly tolled express lanes along 14 miles of the Beltway in Northern Virginia?
What's next — paying millions of dollars in interest to China to cover the federal debt? Oh, wait, we're doing that, too.
My griping makes no difference. The deal is signed. The express lanes are open, between the Springfield Mixing Bowl and Tysons Corner. (Few are using them yet, but I'll get to that in a minute.)
Virginia recruited a private partner for the $1.9 billion project because the alternative of raising gasoline taxes – the way Ike did it — has become political poison.
As a result, all we can do now is study whether the new lanes actually succeed in speeding traffic in one of the area's busiest corridors. If so, despite my instinctive dislike, it could make sense to use similar, privately run toll lanes to relieve traffic elsewhere across the region.
It's too soon to judge, of course. It will take months or even years to know whether high-occupancy toll lanes can attract enough drivers to reduce congestion, while earning enough to keep the project financially sound.
Some variant of the model might work in spots such as I-395 and parts of I-66 in Northern Virginia, and parts of the Beltway and I-270 in suburban Maryland. Virginia is already planning to add such lanes along I-95 between Stafford County and Edsall Road in Springfield.
Time is needed partly because much of the public is still too bewildered about the new lanes to bother trying to use them. Ten drivers whom I interviewed at Tysons Corner Center on Friday either didn't understand the new lanes or doubted they could afford them.
They all agreed that traffic in the new lanes seemed light. They had seen no impact on their own travel times. Several doubted that the benefits would offset the frustrations of many months of construction delays.
"I don't see a high number of cars on [the express lanes]. Every day, the congestion is ridiculous, and it's still ridiculous," said Rick Parker, 51, who commutes to Tysons from his home in Springfield. "I hope it gets better, to justify all that construction and slow traffic."
To measure the pros and cons of the new lanes, it's important to keep in mind the distinction between two characteristics.
First, they're run under a 75-year lease by a consortium dominated by Melbourne-based Transurban Group. So they're "Aussie lanes" (a phrase I saw in a comment on The Post's Web site).
Second, they offer shorter travel times to people with money. So they're "Lexus lanes."
The first aspect is the one I particularly dislike. I'm a fan of Australia. But every dollar that goes to the company's shareholders is one that could be spent instead on other road or transit improvements in our region.
Fairfax Supervisor Jeff McKay (D-Lee), who chairs the county's transportation committee, supported the Beltway express lanes but is concerned about the corporate role.
"What I'm worried about is the trend that we don't have the money to fix our own infrastructure so we'll just turn it over to the private sector to fix it for us," McKay said. "Then you're backed up against the wall and you don't sign the best deals for the taxpayers."
As for the extra convenience for the affluent, I'm not crazy about that, either. It offends my egalitarian sentiments.
The tolls vary according to the level of traffic. Transurban says they are ultimately expected to be between $3 and $6 for a trip at rush hour.
But the toll system is worth it to add four lanes to the Beltway. The deal also included upgrading existing lanes in the same stretch of highway.
Two more bonuses encourage more efficient use of vehicles. One is the incentive to carpool. Vehicles carrying three people pay no toll, providing they have a new kind of EZPass transponder.
Another bonus is the opportunity to add bus routes along the Beltway. In the past, mass transit was hampered in that corridor because buses sat in traffic like everyone else.
Now, Transurban is obliged to adjust the tolls in real time to keep traffic in the express lanes moving at an average minimum speed of 45 mph. So we could see more buses, further reducing congestion.
In short, Aussie Lexus lanes stretch my principles. But I'll tolerate a lot of elasticity to spend less time stuck on the Beltway.
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Haunting in Jewelry???
Posted 31 January 2006 - 03:34 PM
I was wondering if someone can tell me if it is possible for jewelry to hold some type of haunting. Or if jewelry can possess evil or good?
Looking forward to hearing from you guys.
You never know who is around or can show up at the last minute!
Posted 31 January 2006 - 06:33 PM
We've recently acquired a typewriter from 1921. Just for fun (because it's not enough for me to think we have a ghost) our touch-activated lamp turned itself on by itself last night. Nothing fell on it, and the table wasn't bumped. It was a little weird, and even though I took note of it, there's probably a logical explanation.
Posted 31 January 2006 - 07:17 PM
I agree with the above too. I was very close to my grandmother and when she died my mother gave me her diamond wedding ring. She said my grandmother wanted me to have it. I wear it all the time for the holidays and other family get together times, and it is like my grandmother is present when I have it on.
Also, I got a neat idea to display some of my grandparents belongings in my home. My grandmother had an old suitecase with her initials on it. I set it up open on a corner table and actually displayed quite a collection of things of theirs in it. Things that would normally be tucked away in draws and boxes and never to be seen. I have their wedding photo in a frame propped up in the middle. Old fashioned high lace gloves are draped so they hang off the front. My grandfathers old camera with a leather case and strap hangs from the top corner. I found some old letters and short notes and had them laminated. The back pouch contains some old programs and postcards. I have some of my grandmothers jewelry and old english coins
scattered about (my grandparents were from England). Also an old bible with an inscription in the front from my great grandfather to my grandmother dated the day she left England and came by boat to the US. My mother keeps finding little odds and ends for me to add. It is a neat idea for anyone to do. Anyway, it is strange, but whenever anyone comes into my house, no matter what age or if they knew my grandparents or not, they are drawn to it and mesmerized by it. It is a strange feeling like they are still present with their belongings displayed.
A couple of years ago, my husband and I bought an old wooden wall phone at an antique shop. It is the old fashioned kind with the part you speak into on the phone, the part that lifts off and you put to your ear and there is a handle on the side and when you crank it, it makes a ringing sound. We were told that all the inner parts still worked and we could hook it up. I think we were told that we could recieve calls, but not call out with it. Anyway, we did not hook it up, we just wanted it in our kitchen on the wall for display. Would you believe that about two weeks after we had it, I heard it ringing in the middle of the night. Talk about getting chills.....and no, I did not get up to answer it. It never rang since then, but I look at it a little different than the first day we bought it and still wonder who was calling that night.
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Posted 01 February 2006 - 12:43 AM
I have felt the same way, the objects themselves are not haunted, the spirit follows it. My daughter says the same!
I have a piece of a headstone from a certain President's tomb, my daughter was able to tell exactly who it belonged to. I had proof of who it belonged to, I kept it sealed, she wouldn't even touch it. But she could tell me who it was. I asked her how did she know, she said their were spirits of soldiers who guarded it who stayed with it. This President was reburied and his tomb was cut up and given to certain folks. A friend of mine got it, long story. But it was weird to even touch it, you can feel a presence when you hold it.
Anyone know who I'm talking about? Just curious.
Posted 01 February 2006 - 06:00 AM
And to answer the question, Yes, I do think Jewelry and other object's can be haunted by the energy of those who were attached to it, if the object held great sentimental value for them what better way to leave a trace of themselves than through it.
Posted 01 February 2006 - 11:29 AM
Your very correct!
Posted 01 February 2006 - 01:56 PM
I'm sure you've walked into a family's home and instantly felt great love. Likewise it's hard to completely get rid of the feelings of horror at murder scenes - even after it's been cleaned and you don't know what happened there.
I didn't lose my mind - I have it backed up on a disk ... somewhere
Posted 01 February 2006 - 05:58 PM
Posted 02 February 2006 - 12:10 AM
aloha_spirit Posted Today, 01:56 PM
Yes, people can leave residual energy (non-interactive, just a movie playing itself over and over). This is most likely at a place of great emotion (whether positive or negative). I suppose it would be possible to leave a mark on possessions, too - provided they were a source of a strong emotion.
I'm sure you've walked into a family's home and instantly felt great love. Likewise it's hard to completely get rid of the feelings of horror at murder scenes - even after it's been cleaned and you don't know what happened there.
Thank you Aloha_Spirit while I was typing my post I couldn't remember that this energy was called Residual. I think the greatest case of residual energy is what most refer to as "The Amityville Horror", whatever happen on that fateful night to cause Ronald DeFeo Jr. to murder his family, and the act of doing so, has been left upon the house in this form and that's the true haunting of the place. But that's just my opinion, other's certainly could feel different.
Posted 02 February 2006 - 01:02 AM
Yes at an estate sale, but they just gave it away to my friend. The owner had passed on and these folks didn't know what it was. It is really cool to hold and see. Just need to keep it safe now.
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Posted 02 February 2006 - 12:57 PM
Question: Why would a head stone have a presence in it if the spirit leaves the body well before it is buried? The spirit had never been there before so there could be no emotional attachment.
Don't get me wrong I've been to graveyards and think I've felt spirits, But really it doesn't seem to make sense why there would be any spirits in a graveyard unless someone actually died there.
The jewelry thing I can see, it was part of thier physical life.
Posted 02 February 2006 - 02:08 PM
Or perhaps the spirit likes to visit where its former body is laid - something like missing the joys that are only possible with a physical body.
I didn't lose my mind - I have it backed up on a disk ... somewhere
Posted 02 February 2006 - 02:44 PM
As I understand it a lot of factors like heat and humidity affect this process so it would be different for different areas. I know this sounds morbid and macabre but the timeline, three days, had to come from somewhere.
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AGPrinz Titan The BeSharps Wednesday 24/10/2012, 05:44
Hello, I am a longtime player and fan of urban-rivals. I have been playing this game since Rico was in new blood (which was about 3-4 years ago). I have seen the meta game change many times, as well as placing fairly high multiple times in elo matches. I have used freaks back when there was 12 life, to some success (~1380 elo a few times).
Quite frankly, the cards that are coming out now are too powerful, and not accessible to players. I have spent A LOT of money on this game, gladly. However, the recent price increase for good cards (notice how every new card is completely overpowered, and rare) is disturbing. Cards like sprinter, and Saki, are acceptable because they are uncommon. However, having completely gamechanging cards like kalindra, jean, clover, Diana, sah brihka, lucy, X-0dus, Troompah and Neville is very irritating. These cards completely change entire clans from being unusuable to useable, or useable to completely overpowered. And simply put, they cost too much money to obtain (coming from someone who has bought well over 4000 credits, and that is a VERY conservative estimate).
Another problem is the lack of permabans in ELO. The elo voting format isn't working, as some very abusive cards manage to make it through very often. For example, the Bogdan Olga, Grudj and X are making an extremely overpowered half deck for freaks. If I were the staff, id ban at least two freaks cards, my top picks being bogdan and grudj, (to be continued)
wats_happenin Titan Casual Grind Thursday 25/10/2012, 09:49
Well someone from Allstars should leave...I say Robb Cr just so All Stars don't totally suck vs SOB if they lose Saki
Dorian is very good! He gives Uppers that card that fights most cards very easily pill for pill and packs a hefty unconditional 7 damage...why do you think he's banned every single week?
Greem is ok yes, but it's annoying having a card like her and Azel that can decide games Round 1...it's not 'strategic' ifyou either 0 pill her or just dump 8 pillz on a card...it's just pure luck
Spiaghi is ignored simply because taking him out would destroy montana completely...they'd have ottavia as their only decent DR (some argue Jimmy but meh) plus the only real problem is Avola...who combined with Mona/Oscar and Spiaghi turn games into a 'my 2 pill mona or oscar beats your 4-5 pilled card...haha...now eat Avola's 9 damage'
As for your 'unbans'
Arkn was banned to stop mono Gheist flowing...noother ban could've done that better
Emeth? really you want a stronger troompah back?
Oshitsune? Nightmare are everywhere as it is, they dont need reinforcing
Lou's ban is debatable...I agree to pull her and Arno out (but ban Jeena and one other 3*)
Is Hawk that good? I won't even answer that question. He will never see the light of ELO again
Smokey Cr...debatable but I'd prefer ulrich's unbanning
subclavianHoA Imperator Friday 26/10/2012, 03:37
Unban dorian!
He is the ultimate non-overpowered overpowered card. He doesn't do triple old fury like kalindra, He doesn't turn games into 50-50s like Azel or greem, He doesn't promote stupid support-heavy monodecks like Avola or Troompah, he isn't a 9-powered monstrosity like beeboy.
What he is is a stabilizing force in elo. Something that could stop the meta from turning into SOA vs SOB every week. Someone that could match and beat the cobys and Avolas of the world pill-for-pill to stop people form sending out wave after wave of attack manip conserving pills until they arrive at a surewin situation. Someone that is good enough to win against every card, but not good enough to dominate anything.
Unban dorian, and make the world a better place
ghelas Titan E X C A L I B U R Friday 26/10/2012, 04:09
That was convincing. I hate fighting him, but... Dorian for president!
wats_happenin Titan Casual Grind Sunday 28/10/2012, 14:40
OH just to have my little rant cause I'm bored
Apart from the obviously fun-to-face Kalindra Azel is my most hated card in ELO at the moment. She's the definition of 'herp im a retard and can't be bothered actually playing properly so i'll just use Azel'
It's not necessarily her poison that's annoying. it's the fact she has SOB, her clan mates have SOB, and her clan mates all have strong life gapping abilities themselves.
What sets her apart from say....Greem....is that all dmg/life clans are nullified against her bonus and a single win with any of her mates=game over...and ofc for some reason every single Azel user I face throws Pan out next round just to add the icing on the cake of ridicule
But all that doesn't compare to one thing....that face. That smug, ugly mofoing face she has...with one eyeball astronomically larger than the other, and for some reason whenever someone wins with her I can hear a cackling laugh that I know she'd make.
I've almost never wanted to punch something so hard in the face before. it's as if her face is just begging me to slog it as hard as possible
So please dear lord just delete the card from existence...don't permaban it....send it to the freaking graveyard (Yu-Gi-Oh up in this)....burn it...destroy it....please rid that ugly face of hers out of here
And rant over
Hihihilalala Hero Sunday 28/10/2012, 16:04
Frankly, I don't like to play those overpowering cards like Olga and Askai. Not sure if Greem qualify as one, but in my opinion she doesn't because she don't have any support. I typically play Skeelz in Elo and I don't think there are any broken cards in it (not elo-banned that is).
However, it seems that it is hard to win for Elo, or Survivor Elo unless you have one of those more overpowered cards. It always appears to me that those on the top are always the freaks/jungo/pussycats/frozn (usually only when kalindra is unbanned though). So I am kind of hoping that UR would be able to revise the Elo banned list again or hopefully be able to provide more support for the other clans as well, especially La Junta. Everybody seems to be saying that La Junta is not playable, which kind of saddens me as I was a Junta fan.
0_The_Oracle Imperator Open Casket Sunday 28/10/2012, 16:09
agreed azel needs a ban kinda too powerful with other nightmares around + they have karrion which is not as good in some ways but could still do the job
dorian is good... but he is nothing SPECIAL like hes fairly good against everything but hes fairly weak against everything (mostly DRs). but thing is he has quite some competition (not necessarily as good as him) that could replace him, which makes it such that there is no point to ban him. (hefty, herman even glenn could be used)
how would spiaghi COMPLETELY destroy montana in any sense? they have so many good cards and DR for montana just kinda op especially spiaghi 1 pill = 26 attack and 3 less damage for a 2 star? and ottavia is usable definitely or perhaps just dont use them in mono....
ok perhaps hawk may be a bit too good but look at sentinels... they dont have a single freakin usable soa.... sorry luis is crap. and something like bristone/ jeena would be great against hawk
smokey cr is debatable i guess.. ulrich might make piranas a bit op they are so solid already but hes no way overpowered in ANY sense
mm now that metagame has changed is striker and lamar cr really that good? ok perhaps all stars with soa would be a bit op but i mean lamar cr 5 star with 6 power is no where overpowered.... i mean its solid and honestly not many ppl have lamar cr nowadays anyway.
kalindra seems broken from day one
wow side note does no one find uranus super annoying? ban her?
0_The_Oracle Imperator Open Casket Sunday 28/10/2012, 16:11
And to continue...
yes nightmare is strong but oshitsune is nowhere overpowered with azel now on the field.... if they ban azel then bring back oshitsune
arkn is not that good if you ban arkn why not ban gertjan i mean 16 attack is super annoying if you are not roots/ gheist....
emeth is slightly overpowered but LOOK AT LA JUNTA i have not seen a single junta deck in elo
Dat Boi Frog Imperator E X C A L I B U R Sunday 28/10/2012, 19:05
Junta aren't THAT terrible in elo. On soa weeks like this their stop abilities can be pretty crazy. Helped me get at 1400 for a little bit. . They just take more skill to play than Kalindra.
Hawk is just way too op for elo as it is now. You cant dr it, and not much overpowers it outside of power manip clans.
Wasnt oshitsune originally banned when elo was still twelve life? I wouldnt mind it being unbanned. Azel is pretty crazy, but gettingbgetting below her minimum isnt too much of a problem if they overpill.
ghelas Titan E X C A L I B U R Monday 29/10/2012, 02:45
The Junta are downright good if played right. I have a Junta/Vortex deck that has become one of my favorites. I find that it's one of my most stable decks, performing well regardless of the meta.
AGPrinz Titan The BeSharps Monday 29/10/2012, 17:57
Azel needs to go, Kalindra needs to go, Dorian, Uranus, Bogdan, Troompah, Jean


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