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So I got more interested in podcast about (or mostly about) videogames, and rummaging about a NeoGAF thread about it and a few locked threads here, listened to the most recent episode of several podcasts. I thought I'd share my impressions, and maybe hope for some feedback ("No, Sap, you really need to give X another try,") and better yet some recommendations of excellent podcasts I missed out on. Rating from 1-star (*••••) to 5-stars (*****).
- **••• Out of the Game: wasted opportunity. Industry insiders, talking about the latest Jackass movie for minutes on end?
**••• RebelFM: for t/w/eens, and Arthur is annoying
****• Perpetual Geek Machine: I like the mix of videogaming and a bit wider geekdom, like boardgames and tech. More often than not, the 5-Hit Combo is great.
***•• CAGcast: A touch vulgar in the episode I heard, but at least very game oriented. Will probably skip, though it's not bad.
**••• Cruncheons: Very dismissive of "lesser" games and gamers. Cranky without being witty. I've been told "they know it, it's just part of their charm." No, no it's not. It's part of their schtick, and it's not charming.
****• 8-4 Play: They have a really nice dynamic being in one room. No one seems to monopolize the show, and everyone seems so enthusiastic and positive, unlike the usual jaded crankiness of most gaming podcasts. It would be 5-star for me except the (obvious) Japanese focus occasionally leads to sections I have no connection to.
****• Giant Bombcast: I guess it's the standard by which others are judged, and it is pretty good, when they're actually talking about games. Vinny is just about worth it on his own.
**••• Weekend Confirmed: Weak synergy; it's tiring to hear people talk past one another and miss the point when you got it already. Also, a bit too much on opinion, and not very entertaining.
***•• Gamers With Jobs Conference Call: My demographic, but more Ninty fan than I am. Will keep listening to, to see if I like it longer term.
***** Idle Thumbs: Perfect! And too talented to stick to podcasting. The last live show at PAX was a hoot.
*•••• Warning! A Huge Podcast: Japan-centric, and I couldn't take more than 5 minutes.
***•• Player One Podcast: Not bad. That's about all I can say. It's not quite as good as the Bombcast.
I'll probably subscribe to Bombcast, Perpetual Geek Machine, 8-4 Play, Gamers with Jobs, and only grab Player One or CAGcast if I've run dry.


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The NHL jerseys and ballcaps that used to be part of the seasonal sports wardrobe rotation were packed away in the closet when you left four months ago.
Your 2012-13 pocket schedule never made it into our wallets or onto our calendars. Your photos, videos, old ticket stubs, programs and memorabilia went into a keepsake box like old love letters.
Hockey, you left us.
We broke up.
Now, after your NHL owners and players' union reached a tentative deal on a new 10-year collective bargaining agreement early Sunday morning, you want to come back and make up.
You knock on our door, standing there in your sweater with your skates and sticks. You smile with your crooked nose and missing teeth, promising to save the season and give us about 50 games, pretending nothing happened.
Of course, we remember you before you abandoned us to stage a 113-day labor lockout over how to share and protect your millions.
We were hurt, angry and sad. We even missed you for awhile.
But we had to move on and figure out something else to do with our time and money to fulfill our entertainment needs, which hasn't been tough in a Southern California sports meat market packed with a lot of eligible and eager suitors.
While you were gone, the Lakers have added superstars Dwight Howard and Steve Nash, and the Clippers won 17 games in a row.
The Angels signed five-time All-Star slugger Josh Hamilton and look like they might get back to the World Series.
The Dodgers are buying everything not tied down, flexing their muscles and flashing their money, courting us.
College football has had its bowl season and is about to crown its national champion. The NFL has begun its playoffs.
We couldn't wait for you, hockey, because we didn't know whether you'd return. Moreover, you were gone so long that we started to forget about you.
You understand, right?
You ditched us before and came crawling back in July 2005 after being away for an entire season for a 301-day lockout, a record work stoppage for a North American pro sports league.
We let you come back and move back in after the last painful time. But again?
How can we trust you? How can we forgive you?
Mending this relationship will take a lot more than discount-ticket date nights, reduced concession-stand prices and your usual arena giveaway gifts of T-shirts, rally towels, pucks and bobbleheads.
You'll have to become attractive to us again by showcasing your athletes' skills, which might be a little rusty because of the extended layoff, and putting a competitive game on the ice.
You'll have to be on your best behavior, presenting us with players respectable enough to cheer for and teams genuinely interested in regaining our loyalty.
You'll have to welcome us warmly and enthusiastically back into Honda Center and Staples Center after the deep freeze.
Your defending champion Kings might be able to thaw fans' hearts more easily since the recent romance with the Stanley Cup prevented these months without hockey from being so bleak.
But your Ducks, who are returning after a losing season, will have to be extra charming.You'll have to do a lot of wooing to win us back.
Most of all, you'll have to apologize to us.
And then maybe, we'll love you again.
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Dave Duncan pregame interview
Cards pitching coach talks about Johnson, Carpenter and Weaver
By / MLB.com
DAVE DUNCAN:Well, they know what he's going to throw, you know, so it's just hitting it is going to be the task. He has a dynamic breaking ball, especially against a left-handed hitter. So he doesn't surprise anybody. He goes out there and he throws it and throws it for strikes, and throws it out of the strike zone when he feels it's appropriate to do so. I don't think it really matters that they have seen him.
Carp told us yesterday that he threw
a side with the hope of fixing some specific
things between the last start. Did you like what
you saw from him there, did you feel like he got
whatever it was sorted out? And also, did he
go on or is he still here today?
DAVE DUNCAN:No, he left. He's on his way to New York right now, and his bullpen session was a good session. He wasn't happy with the command of his off-speed pitches in the game the other day, and he felt like that it would be important for him to get a little bit better feel of it, and that's what we worked on.
What had to take place to get Jeff
Weaver from where he was to where you got
him to where he is now?
DAVE DUNCAN:I think when Jeff came over, he was pretty beat up. You know, he really had a tough season. I think he had lost a lot of confidence. And I think that was the main thing that we had to do is help him regain some confidence. So in various different ways, we tried to do that and he started getting some results. His confidence grew as he threw the ball better and got better results, and he's what he is right now, a very confident pitcher that believes he can go out there and pitch competitively against anybody.
Can you just elaborate on the
various things that you had to do to try to help
his confidence when you got him.
DAVE DUNCAN:Well, I tried to make him understand that there was nothing wrong with his physical ability. And in different ways, I tried to show him that. Sometimes a pitcher can get snake bit and get some poor results even though they are pitching good enough to be an effective pitcher. I tried to show him different games that he had pitched. He made a lot of great pitches and didn't get the results that you normally get and he was -- you know, he could see that. I think the big thing is just him finding out himself, hey, my stuff is still good enough. I've just got to keep plugging away, and that's what he did.
Do you think the way he pitched in
the San Diego game, not so much the
effectiveness, but the way he went after guys,
do you think there's value in that going forward
and that he kind of showed another way that he
could be successful, maybe that puts
something in guys' heads when they face him?
DAVE DUNCAN:Well, if you're not a power pitcher, and I'm talking about a guy that goes out there like Verlander and throws 96, 97 miles an hour, if you're not that type of pitcher, you have to be able to do other things in order to succeed. Jeff has really shown me the ability to pitch according to how he has to pitch against any given hitter or in a particular game. One thing about Jeff, he has very good control most of the time. There's very few starts that he has made for us where he's gone out there and it not looked like he had excellent control of all of his pitches.
I'm wondering if you and Tony, if
you could share your opinion on whether or
not a critical situation comes up in, say, the 7th
or 8th inning if you look to Adam Wainwright in
that situation or would you save him for more
of the pure save situation later on in the game?
DAVE DUNCAN:I think right now we would go into the game thinking that we are going to save him for the save situation. You never know what might happen during the course of the game. Something might lead you to do something differently. But I wouldn't think the 7th inning would be an inning you would see Adam Wainwright.
What are we likely to see from
Weaver that we would not have seen on three
days' rest? What is he like on short rest?
DAVE DUNCAN:I don't know. I haven't seen him either. There's no history to go back and look at. I would assume that it's the same for all guys. You know, when they are accustomed to a certain routine, they generally respond best when they follow that routine. So pitching on short rest is a break in that routine, and over the years, since everybody has gotten programmed to pitch in a five-man rotation, there's occasions when guys do pitch on short rest, but I haven't seen too many of them be really good doing it.
Considering the way that Delgado is
not just a success, but the way he's hit the ball,
where he's hit the ball, is there an adjustment
that needs to be made beyond just the quality
of the pitching considering he's hitting
everything the opposite way?
DAVE DUNCAN:Well, he's a good hitter. It's not fair to our pitching staff to say that he's beat them up, even though he has, because we have not made good pitches to him. What we've got to do is we've got to control the counts better when he's hitting. We haven't done that. We haven't gotten any off-speed pitches over the plate to him. When we have, we've gotten him out. We have to execute better. You know, that's a tough lineup. Up-and-down that lineup you have to execute. If you don't, you have a game like we had the other night. But looking back at that game, we had a lot of hitter's counts and a lot of balls in a good portion of the plate, and they took advantage of it.
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I replaced my neutral switch about 5 months ago (early type, old one was leaking badly) and the switch is broken as of yesterday. It only works randomly and not often and I isolated the problem at the switch since by bridging the wires I can get a neutral reading on the instrument pod. I just ordered another one and was wondering if anyone else has gotten these crappy new units or was it just a random bad one I got? I know Hucky's has an aftermarket brass alternative, but it's only for the newer type
That leads me to my next question, along with a new neutral switch I also ordered a new clutch switch since the one on my bike exists by the clutch lever but there aren't any wires coming from it to the headlight shell, as if the PO broke a clip and then just removed the wire. I know how to replace the switch onto the left controls, but where in the headlight shell does the wire connection go to? I haven't been able to locate it in the various manuals, but maybe I just wasn't looking hard enough. I'm hoping I won't have to buy anything additional to put in the headlight shell. Any help would be appreciated


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Cottage Grove's 29-year-old Thomas Haney likes snakes, lizards and bugs — a lot. At one point as a kid in Austin, Texas, Haney wrangled over 80 lizards for pets. When his love of reptiles transformed into a love of reptilian (and nature) photography, the world took notice.
In 2004, Haney nabbed second place in the Best of College Photography Annual with a photo of an Ecuadorian vine snake, its yellow eyes holding the viewer's gaze while striking out of the jungle ether with exposed fangs. Three years ago, he won the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year's One Earth Award for his haunting entry "The Lone Fir," snapped while following old-growth logging in Forks, Wash. Last week, Haney received more good news: The Nature's Best Photography competition, one of the largest of its kind in the country, awarded him first place in the "People in Nature" category.
"It's a close-up photo of a little raft of bubbles in a tidal pool in Cape Perpetua," Haney says. The macro image features thousands of tiny candy-colored bubbles (the unusual color comes from certain lighting that causes an iridescent effect) and thousands of tiny Haneys, each globule reflecting a silhouette of the photographer with his tripod. The photo will be displayed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History for the next year. "It's really nice," he says of the win. "It's hard to get known as a wildlife photographer."
The Texas transplant picked up photography when he was 15, exploring Austin's unkempt tracts of land with his lens. Haney decided to focus on macro subjects like snakes and spiders for two reasons: He thought the mammalian kingdom was getting enough attention and the telephoto lenses required to capture soaring bald eagles and fishing bears cost upwards of $8,000. Today he uses a digital Canon 5D Mark II with a 100 mm macro lens, 300 mm macro lens and a 16-35 mm landscape lens. He also needs lots and lots of raingear.
Haney's summers are spent as a wildlife firefighter and his winters are divided between photography and building cow-panel greenhouses. He takes three-to-four-day solo trips to favorites spots on the coast or nearby Bryce Creek. "It's always pouring," he says. "It can be really hard to do photography in the rain." Even when he's soaked to the bone, he draws inspiration from his photography idols, French nature photographer Vincent Munier and Minnesotan outdoor photographer Jim Brandenburg, who he admires because of their fine attention-to-detail. That's how he would advise aspiring wildlife photographers. "It's all in the details, like cooking," he says. "Every little detail. Don't settle. Keep working to make it better and better." And, of course, a good lens doesn't hurt. ν
To see more of Haney's photography, visit thaney.com. Don't miss the shot of a terrifying crab spider hunting a fly.


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That is such a cool picture !!!
That is such a cool picture !!!
Some of you need to take a tip from your dogs and simply enjoy the ride and make plenty of stops to explore the sights and smells.
Jerry Dockery
309 N. 3rd. Ave.
Kure Beach, NC 28449
2009 R 1200 RT,1996 R1100RT, 1985 K100RS...too fast to believe.
however.... the riding is much better that you'd expect. there are a number of good roads, both paved and unpaved within minutes of the site. one can take a tour down to the Lake of the Ozarks area and back in an easy half-day.
that said, i can't say i'd make Sedalia a destination for riding.... but at least it doesn't suck. And the entire southern half of Missouri is excellent riding, especially dual-sport. And then there is Arkansas.....
important to know: the Missouri State Fairgrounds is an *excellent* facility... folks should be real happy with this place.
Go soothingly through the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon.
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1986 R80RT (Silver)
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I hate doing that, makes the bike messy.
With the complexity of our requirements for a rally location versus available locations/venues It seems that in the future we will find ourselves limited to very few choices, requiring re-visiting more and more. The rally site selection folks really have their job cut out for them.
The rally at Bloomsburg was fine. I'd prefer more modern up to date facilities as in Redmond or Gilette for example. Perhaps if Bloomsburg had more air-conditioned (refuge) space, some of the heat related problems might not have been so severe.
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I just installed ZA Pro on my second system, a Pentium D. This system is only hooked up to the internet for short periods of time.
The ZA tray icon always flashes that it has traffic . I never have seen the normal icon (Z) for more than 3-5 seconds. I have tracked the problem down to the Intel Desktop Utilities (iptray.exe).
Intel states that this is a Zone Alarm Problem and refuses to help me.
I need to have the Intel Desktop Utilities program running, so I cannot just disable this. Google shows no problems in this area that I could find. I am trying to start a home business and this is my work computer so it is important for me to find the problem.
Does anyone know what may be causing this?
Thank you
XP Pro with all the current updates
Zone Alarm Pro 7.0.462.000
True Vector 7.0.462.000
Driver version 7.0.462.000
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Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" song and video has made more than a few people – including Youtube, which banned the unedited version – cringe this summer. While largely hailed as the song of the summer, the video, featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams, and a number of half- and fully-naked women, has stirred up its fair share of controversy. Enter Mod Carousel, a Seattle "boylesque" troupe that has put a gender bending twist on the clip.
The video features Caela Bailey, Sydni Devereux and Dalisha Phillips on vocals. Carousel's Trojan Original, Paris Original and the Luminous Pariah play the roles of the female models we saw in the original music video.
The group, apparently helmed by three men – Pariah along with Trojan and Paris Original – said of their video:
"It's our opinion that most attempts to show female objectification in the media by swapping the genders serve more to ridicule the male body than to highlight the extent to which women get objectified and does everyone a disservice.
"We made this video specifically to show a spectrum of sexuality as well as present both women and men in a positive light, one where objectifying men is more than alright and where women can be strong and sexy without negative repercussions."
So far, at least one of the more than 400,000 viewers of the clip seems to have gotten the intended message.
"It's funny, because I'm a guy and was cringing at a lot of points during this video," said YouTube poster Oil Mercer. "It's a great idea but man I couldn't look at the laptop for half the video. Very cleverly done, now I see why a lot of ladies didn't watch/like the original."
Mod Carousel has been hailed by critics "tongue-in-cheek," "hilarious" and "a breath of fresh air," according to press files posted on the group's website.
So, it's OK to laugh.
Warning: Video is unedited and features coarse images and language some viewers may find offensive.


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Irish Family History Show 179
Among Todays Topics at the Irish Roots Cafe:
1) Family of the Day: Horan
2) Irish Book of the Month: Names in the Land Records
3) Searching For: McKenna, Berk, Kelly….
4) Curious News: Aran Islands go Orange.
5) Video of the Month: Irelands cleanest town.
6) Curious Note: Irish safari stalks what animal ?
7) Renata singing excerpt and Buchanan family pages
Listen to all of our podcasts at www.Irishroots.com
We have three types of podcasts:
1) Free for all 2) archived (fee) 3) Members only podcasts
This Weeks Audio Timeline
Todays Topics: 1:00
Notes from Mike: 2:00
One Minute Podcast: 4:00
Book/County of Month: 6:30
The Magnificent Seven: 9:30
Irish Name of the Day: 11:30
Sources: 15:30
Websites of the Week: 16:30
Curious News and Notes: 18:30
Total Time: 25:50
Our Enhanced Irish Family History podcast with photos and
links can be found at:
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with curious news and notes from Ireland.
From the Irish Roots Cafe at www.Irishroots.com
Notes This Week:
What's happening today at the Irish Roots Cafe
1) A note on Buchanan from Bill Buchanan.
Family Website
I have enjoyed your "Irish Roots Cafe" podcast from the beginning. You
really have the personality to make it entertaining as well as informative.
You asked us if we have websites on Irish families in America. I have one
on my Buchanan family that contains genealogy, old stories, some photos,
and free e-books about the family.
The Famine: Tyrone to Canada
In 1847 during the peak of the great famine, Andrew and Jane Buchanan
and their 8 (mostly grown) children left Binnawooda townland in Tyrone
for Canada.
Ship Sinks, Grosse Isle Full
The ship nearly sank in a storm and had to return for repairs.
On the second attempt, they reached Canada but like so many ships, a
plague of "immigrant fever" had broken out onboard.
The official quarantine station on Grosse Isle, Quebec was already
overwhelmed, so they were quarantined onboard for 3 weeks at
Kingston, where Andrew and an infant granddaughter died. The family
settled in the unsurveyed wilderness that later became Elma Township,
Perth County, Ontario, where it grew and prospered. From there it spread
out to Manitoba and Washington State, and far beyond.
Clan DNA
A YDNA study found that we were of "a typical chiefly line of Clan
Buchanan". These chiefs traced their ancestry back to Annselan
O' Cahan son of King Dermond O' Cahan, who reigned in Ulster
province, and was a descendant of the ancient kings of Ireland.
O'Cahan it is
(The O'Cahans ruled the kingdom of Coleraine, now in County Derry.)
Anselan landed in Argyll, Scotland in 1016 with some followers and
helped Scottish King Malcolm II to repel Danish invaders, and was
granted the Buchanan lands in Lennox, from which his descendants
took their name.
So my Buchanans were of ancient Irish descent as well as more
modern Irish descent.
Do you have any suggestions for researching my family at their earliest
known Irish "address", Learmore Townland (2 miles west of Castlederg),
County Tyrone, in the 1810s?
website: http://billbuchanan.byethost17.com
blog: http://billbuchanan.blogspot.com
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Let's listen to one of our 7 podcast series' on Song; Recitation;
Travel; History; Irish-America; or Irish language.
Todays Podcast extract is from:
A few bars from very nice song from the Irish Song podcast.
These are sung by the host of the Hello Fada podcast, Renata.
Well worth the listen, here is the complete song:
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Irish Video Shorts: http://www.irishroots.com/content/view/104/157/
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We publish more Irish genealogy books than anyone in the world !
Book of the Month:
1) Names in the Land Grants, (hardbound, gold stamped book)
This book is also a part of the 'Conquest of Ireland' series.
The information is divided into these sections:
Land Grants for the English (Undertakers), complete with names.
Land Grants for the Scottish (Undertakers), complete with names
Land Grants for the Servitors, complete with names
Land Grants to the Native Irish, complete with names
The names of specific persons and specific locations in the land grants is
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the footnotes brings daily history to life for us all. The land grants are of
differing lengths, and one short example in Co. Tyrone follows:
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acres. Rent, 13 s."
2) Name Changes
We also find many notations on family names and the spelling of the
same. Take the name Smelhome on the land record, which this book
also tells us is found as Smailholme in Scotland, and as Smethorne in
an inquisition in 1629. Take the name of 'Cooke', which was an alias of
'Gray' for one settler; and the name Calefield which was also spelled as
Caulfield. Very helpful information if you are trying to trace someone in
the family.
3) We are not left with only the dry 'census' type information here.
Take the example of Sir Richard Waldron, who is given with lands in
the Precinct of Loughtee, in County Cavan. Below the listings of his lands
we find footnotes telling us that Richard was the son of John Waldron,
that he became a knight, that there is record of a petition from him in
1610, and that his son, Thomas Waldron came to live on the land there
as well. This type of commentary is often given on families found in the
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Sweet Potato Stuffed Apples Recipe
I inherited this recipe for baked dessert apples from my grandmother and make it every chance I get, especially in fall.
Recommended: 55 Savory Ways to Enjoy Sweet Potatoes
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- 5 medium tart apples
- 1 can (15 ounces) cut sweet potatoes, drained and mashed
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons slivered almonds, divided
- Core apples and scoop out pulp, forming a 2-in. cavity;discard seeds. Chop pulp; place in a bowl. Add the sweet potatoes, brown sugar, syrup, butter, cinnamon, salt and 1 tablespoon almonds. Spoon into apples; sprinkle with remaining almonds. Place in an ungreased 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until apples are tender. Yield: 5 servings.
Originally published as Sweet Potato Stuffed Apples in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2004, p127
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Sisters Diane Martin and Carol Osika�s wedding albums are almost identical.
Sisters Diane Martin and Carol Osika�s wedding albums are almost identical.
Apart from the varying insignia on the bottom right corners of the covers, one might mistake the two sisters� books for each others�.
Looking inside, most of the photos are the same, as are the dates of their weddings inscribed on the covers: April 8, 1978.
Diane and Carol married their husbands, Herman Martin and Jim Osika, in a double wedding ceremony 36 years ago at the sisters� childhood church, St. Mary�s in Wappingers Falls, New York.
The day they exchanged vows, their father, Harry Wagner, walked each of them down the aisle: Carol first, before making a lap around to escort Diane.
The Osikas got engaged in July 1977, and the Martins followed shortly after in November. After that happened, the four said it was almost a no-brainer to decide to have a double ceremony, though it was uncommon at the time.
Though Diane is older by a year and a half, because Carol and Jim got engaged before Diane and Herman, they preceded them in order during the celebrations: Carol walked down the aisle first, she and Jim exchanged vows first, and they also danced to their first song before the Martins.
Carol and Jim hadn�t settled on a date by the time Herman proposed, so it was a simple decision.
�We talked about it, we said, �How about a double wedding? That could be fun,� Carol said. �So we asked the guys and they were all for it.�
Jim and Herman agreed: The wedding benefited friends and family who might have a difficult time making it to separate weddings, due either to time or fiscal constraints, and it was also easier financially for the sisters� parents.
�It made sense, that way everybody could get there at one time,� Jim said.
But even more than sense, Diane said it also made it more meaningful, because they got to spend time planning together. They lived under the same roof together until the wedding.
�Carol and Mom and I would go around town, and get the dresses, the flowers,� Diane said.
Herman added that the relationships between all of them and their families helped lay a strong foundation for their marriages.
Herman said both families were so supportive of the wedding, making it all the more enjoyable.
Herman joked that the sisters� parents used to thank him and Jim for getting them out of the house.
�Their mother was very happy they finally moved out,� he said.
Beyond sharing the ceremony together, the four also share funny stories and memories of that day forever, including when the limousine driver accidentally locked his keys in the limo while they were taking pictures at a park.
�Somebody had to run downtown to call the police, so we missed the whole hors d�oeuvres section,� he said.
The couples made up three different sets of invitations: one for Jim�s guests, one for Herman�s and another for the girls�. Herman said it was a way to ensure no one felt obligated to provide gifts to both sets of couples if they didn�t know the other set.
One part of the ceremony that is especially important to the couples was the lighting of the candles.
�What you would do was each person would take their own candle and light the middle candle, then blow out their single candles,� Carol said. �We didn�t like that, because yes, you�re together, but you�re still individuals. So we didn�t blow out our individual candles out.�
Though the wedding was a double ceremony, the honeymoons were separate: The Martins went to Guadalupe while the Osikas went to Martinique.
�We had to draw the line somewhere,� Carol joked.
On their first anniversary, they threw a large party with many of the friends and family who attended the wedding, and indulged in their wedding cake tops - one for each couple.
The couple continued to try and meet up for as many of their anniversaries as they could over the years. On their 25th, they threw another party and broke out the candles from their wedding to re-enact lighting them.
Family has played an important and integral part of their lives: Though both couples moved around a lot due to their careers - Jim works for IBM and Herman in the Air Force - they still found time to get together by visiting family at the same time and spending holidays together.
Then in 2000, Diane and Herman moved to Swansboro. Though Jim and Carol had been living in Raleigh and traveling to a beach house in Emerald Isle for years prior, they made the move to the island full-time in 2002.
The couples have been inseparable ever since.
�I just really enjoy being together�and being 10 minutes away instead of hours,� Carol said.
Carol and Diane spend a lot of time as twosome in the area, including engaging in volunteer work and social groups.
�Carol and I have ladies groups and volunteer organizations we help,� Diane said.
One informal group they have been part of for 10 years consists of sets of sisters in the area who meet on a monthly basis to socialize and share a meal together, something Diane started when she met a few local sisters through the library.
�We just sit there and talk,� Carol said. �Lots of family talk, what�s going on in their families.�
They also play bunko with a group of ladies in the area.
They are the �juice and cookie ladies� for the local Red Cross chapter when they put on blood drives, according to Carol; they volunteer for the Western Carteret County Public Library and make homemade cards with a local group of women to send to troops overseas who can in return fill out those cards and send them back to their families.
�We�re volunteers at large,� Carol said. �We go where needed.�
Diane said they are known as �sisters about town,� and sometimes people ask her, �Where�s your other half?�
Rather than meaning Herman, they are referring to Carol, adding that sometimes they show up places in similar outfits.
As a foursome, they spend formal and informal time together including holidays, days at the beach, and sharing meals together.
�I would say on average about three times a week we�re out doing something, somewhere,� Jim said.
Both Herman and Jim said they are grateful that their wives have each other so close by.
�I think it�s very healthy that you can have your sister and best friend nearby to do whatever you like,� Jim said. �I encourage that, I think it�s great.�
Herman would describe the sisters as �unscripted� - you never know what they might be up to.
Carol affectionately recalled a time when they danced through a store together just for the fun of it.
�There should have been another candle for the sisters,� Herman said.
The couples said they think it is important for them all to participate in activities together as well as pursue things individually.
�Herman and I do a lot of stuff together but it�s also good to have your individual favorite things you like to do,� Diane said. �Just like the candles, it�s important to do your couple things and then your individual things, too.�
And what do they think are the stepping stones to a happy married life?
�Don�t hold any grudges,� Carol said. �We�ve seen families just fighting and falling apart and we just don�t understand it.�
When you�re with someone as long as they have been, Jim said it�s just part of life that you will get upset every once in a while. However, he said that it�s always good to take a breather if you are upset, so you don�t end up saying something you don�t mean.
�Communication is the key and also humor,� Diane said, adding that kindness is important, too. �People have commented to us, �You still say please and thank you to each other.� It�s a courtesy, it�s an old-fashioned value that needs to come back � please, thank you, and I�m sorry. I believe that if you love each other you are able to say I�m sorry.�
Herman said friendship is also paramount.
�Friendship is also key to a good relationship - being a good friend,� he said.
Perhaps most important of all, Carol said they support one another.
�Just to be there,� Carol said. �We just drop everything to be there.�
And the sisters have experienced that first-hand. Diane has been diagnosed with cancer twice: first in 1997 and the second time in 2003.
Though she is in remission, the cancer treatments paralyzed one of her vocal chords and damaged her heart. She will undergo heart valve replacement surgery this summer.
She said she is so grateful for all the support from Herman and Carol as they traveled to doctors and hospitals with her. She is also grateful to Jim.
�I always thank Jim for sharing Carol,� she said.
To this day, the sisters haven�t heard of someone they know having a double ceremony.
�People are still talking about it 36 years later,� Diane said, because of how fun it was and also because of its rarity.
The four plan to continue marking their anniversaries together, and are even thinking about a 40th anniversary party when that comes along.
For now though, they celebrate by going out to dinner together and flashing servers their wedding photo: two men in matching tuxes and two sisters standing in white together.


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PreludeIt doesn't matter where you come from or whether you call it the Matterhorn, Monte Cervino or Le Cervin. The mountain is special. From practically every angle, it rises like a perfect pyramid to 4478m. It stands apart from its Valais cousins as if to selfishly claim the crown as King of the Hill. Its first ascent is one of the most captivatingly tragic stories of early mountaineering. And if you climb, it is hard to resist the temptation of ascending one of its striking lines to stand on the summit as Whymper did in 1865.
I imagine that everyone remembers their first time seeing The Mountain. For me, it was over ten years ago during a brief visit to Zermatt. I was there for a bit of hiking with a lovely European girl that I met in college the year before. I remember setting the alarm for the break of dawn so that we could catch the morning sun hit the upper slopes of the famous peak. Despite the romantic setting, it was freezing cold and I only managed to snap a few photos before we ran back to the hostel to warm up. Fast forward a decade since those first impressions and I would be making plans to climb the same mountain. This time, that lovely European girl and I were happily married with our first little bambino on the way.
PlanningHaving a capable and dependable partner would be essential for this project. Lucky for me, there was Marc. We had been climbing together for a few years and started doing some more challenging things recently. Among the various options we discussed, a traverse of the Matterhorn by way of the Lion and Hörnli Ridges seemed the most attractive. The traverse is described by Martin Moran in The 4000m Peaks of the Alps as "undoubtedly one of the finest expeditions in the Alps." The route, approximately 2.5km long, transects the Matterhorn by the South-West (Lion) and North-East (Hörnli) Ridges. Moran describes the Lion Ridge as "a considerably finer and harder ascent than the Hörnli Ridge with several excellent and memorable rock pitches." Descending the Hörnli Ridge would be "mentally and physically more taxing than the ascent" but it would reduce the likelihood of losing time, waiting in line at one of the many bottlenecks encountered en route. In the end, it was Marc that decided it by saying "yes, this is in the domain of the possible." And so, in the early hours of one September morning, I picked up Marc at his place and we sped off to Zermatt in order to catch the first lift for the Klein Matterhorn station. We would have a long day ahead of us with a few unexpected surprises.
Ciao Italia!The objective of our first day was to reach the Jean Antoine Carrel bivouac hut, situated in Italy on the southwest side of the Matterhorn. Getting to the hut from Switzerland on the northeast side would require circumnavigating half of the mountain. This would involve taking a lift from Zermatt to the Klein Matterhorn station (3883m), walking down to the Testa Grigia station (3451m), taking the lift down to the Plan Maison station (2548m), hiking up to the Duke of Abruzzi hut (2802m) and climbing up to the Carrel bivouac hut (3835m). The final approach to the Carrel hut would be an AD- rated climb in itself.
Things got off to a good start. We arrived in Zermatt well before the lifts opened for the day and we managed to get to the Testa Grigia station around 10 AM. However, something didn't look right when we arrived. The turnstiles were covered and the ticket booth was closed. The cable car, parked at the upper station, was being operated on by a man with a welding torch. D'oh! Neither of us bothered to check if the lifts were running on the Italian side. We consulted the map and considered our options.
We now had doubts of reaching the Carrel hut that day, so we figured the Abruzzi hut would be a more reasonable objective and we starting walking north toward the Theodulpass (3301m) in hopes of finding some sort of trail to descend. We managed to wind our way down to the Plan Maison station by a combination of scree slopes and game trails. On the way to the Abruzzi hut, we came across some odd-looking horned creatures that neither of us had seen before. Shortly after this strange encounter, we stopped for a lunch break.
Arriving at the Abruzzi hut around two o'clock, we came upon a group of Italians, talking and reclining on the lawn chairs outside. We walked around the hut, checking the doors, but the place was on lock-down. Strike two! I guess we could forget about staying there overnight. The Italians confirmed the hut was closed for the season and said they were heading up to the Carrel hut in the afternoon. Their cheerful attitudes must have provided the motivation we needed to go for the Carrel hut ourselves, so we started heading up to regain the 1300m of elevation we had just lost a few of hours ago.
Water became a concern at this point because we were nearly out of it and there was no guarantee that we would find any at the Carrel hut. Rather than risk being left high and dry, we drank up and refilled our bottles at a stream pouring over the trail at around 3300m. We later discovered that there was enough snow melting around the hut to replenish our supplies, but I don't think either of us regretted the earlier decision after seeing the sanitary conditions higher up.
We also passed a few people coming down off the mountain. Some of them appeared exhausted, suggesting that it had been a long day regardless of whether or not they reached the summit. Others expressed disappointment, regaling us with horror stories of verglas-covered rock below the Pic Tyndall. Neither of us wanted to turn around and face another long day of slogging the ski slopes above Cervinia, so we would just have to hope for the best and deal with whatever came our way. With this in mind, we figured it could be a long summit day and perhaps reaching the Hörnli hut tomorrow would be the best case scenario, so we called ahead in anticipation of staying there the following night.
After a rather uneventful series of gully scrambles and scree-slope traverses, we arrived at the Colle del Leone (3580m) around 3:30 PM, much earlier than expected. From there, it wouldn't be far to the hut, but we still had a few rock steps to negotiate before calling it a day. The first step, a short chimney, was quickly dispatched thanks to the large fixed rope. Then we climbed a polished slab where yet another fixed rope aided our way. We soon caught up with a group of climbers at the base of an impressive vertical corner with a fixed chain running down the middle. There was plenty of room, so we hauled ourselves up the chain and after a few more moves, we arrived at the hut, both relieved that the day was finally over and fired up to be exactly where we planned to be for tomorrow's traverse.
The hut was already buzzing with activity and people kept arriving well into the evening. In what served as the kitchen and dining room, folks were boiling water, organizing their gear and eating dinner. The garbage bag was stuffed to the brink of overflowing, which suggested most occupants didn't regard the advice of packing out their trash. A couple of Austrian fellows were showing off their mini ice tools to various admirers. We would see these guys tomorrow more than once. The adjacent dormitory housed twenty bunks on each side and we counted only a handful of vacancies by dinner time. Outside, a terrace wrapped around three sides of the hut, providing a nice view of the setting sun against the Valais peaks to the north, including the Dent Blanche, Ober Gabelhorn, Zinalrothorn and Weisshorn. Earlier that summer, I had the good fortune of joining some great partners to summit the first three of these mountains. And on each trip, I couldn't help but look over to the Matterhorn and wonder when the time would be right for that one. It was getting cold and dark, so I went back inside to get some sleep. We would have another long day ahead of us, even if everything went well.
La Cresta del LeoneThe alarm function on my altimeter watch was useless that morning. Starting at least two hours before our agreed upon departure time of 4:30 AM, people began rustling around as part of the usual preparations for departure. Contrary to my usual tossing and turning all night, I managed to get some sleep before all the ruckus began. Around 3:30 AM, I suggested to Marc that we might as well head out because we were not going to get more rest around there anyway. With a little more cajoling, he agreed to get up at 4:00 AM and we were out the door at 4:30 AM, more or less as planned.
We started up the ridge with me in the lead. The climbing began abruptly with a few physical moves that would have been considerably harder if not assisted by either rope or chain. We moved together, each with a few coils of rope, pausing along the way to either clip a bolt or belay a steep pitch. As we continued up through the darkness, I started to have a hard time seeing which way to go. It didn't take long for me to realize that something was wrong with my headlamp. It seemed awfully weak compared to Marc's and the blinking red light confirmed that it was a battery problem. I tried swapping to the spares, but it was no use. Strike three! I'm out. Fortunately, Marc agreed to take the lead and he did a great job of route finding with his lithium-powered uber-torch to guide the way.
Dawn was beginning to break and the need for alternative light sources was fading away, so Marc took a break from leading and I headed up the west edge of a little ice field. There was some verglas, just as we had been warned, so I tried to navigate the slope carefully, placing an ice screw at a bend in the pitch. We joked about this so-called protection. It was 7:00 AM now and the sun was lighting a ridge immediately to the west of the Dent d'Herens. It was the kind of display that is worth getting up early to see. Marc took the next pitch, another mixture of rock and ice on the west side of the ridge, and we continued until we came to a horizontal section at a shoulder before the Pic Tyndall (4241m). We would have kept closer to the crest if there had not been so much snow and ice covering the bolts on the ridge. From here, we traversed and down-climbed to a gap with the final summit block.
This is where things started to get plugged up. We ran up against a group of four Czech climbers and the two Austrians then came up from behind us. We could see a few others ahead of the Czechs. At least we were all heading in the same direction. On the other side of the gap, climbing was straightforward but tedious. There was no room to pass and only one safe way led to the next pitch. We negotiated a section or two of fixed ropes before arriving at the Echelle Jordan. We clambered up the ladder and a few minutes later we arrived at the Italian summit (4476m). It was 11:30 AM. Better late than never!
There wasn't much room by the cross, so we first let the Czechs do some celebrating and headed down after they cleared out. We snapped a photo or two and followed the ridge to the Swiss summit (4478m). Psychologically, it would have been natural to feel we had hit the half-way mark, but actually we had only finished one-third of the climb. The descent of the Hörnli Ridge would be 1220m of elevation loss versus the 650m we had just gained. The day was far from being over. We had better get moving!
HörnligratIt was at this point when Marc mentioned that his leg hurt. This didn't bode well for us, since we were about to embark on what has been referred to as "a scramble of enormous proportions." We would have to move together, avoid making rappels and hope to arrive at the hut before dark. The immensity of the descent hit us immediately upon looking down the ridge from the summit ice field. Three climbers were coming up to meet us and far away in the distance below them, we could just barely make out the Hörnli hut, our objective for the day.
The summit ice field was as steep as advertised, but we walked down it just fine with the help of a nice boot track. We passed the three climbers about mid-way down the slope and I wondered if we would see them again. The next section involved a series of steps with the first one more or less vertical. I climbed down the first step while on belay, using the fixed rope as an aide. After negotiating two more steps, we came upon the Shoulder (4250m) and stopped for a break.
The three climbers we crossed higher up now passed us at this point, speaking Spanish. We figured it would be good to follow them, so we got on our feet and started moving downhill again. The next section followed the ridge crest, moving to one side or the other at different times. Somewhere in here, we decided the route finding was straightforward enough and passed the three climbers we had been following. After negotiating the Upper Moseley Slab, we stopped to take a peek inside the Solvay hut (4003m) and found a couple of French climbers shooting the breeze. It was 4:00 PM.
At first, it wasn't clear what these guys were doing. Were they just taking a break like us or were they planning to spend the night? Marc chatted with them a bit and it soon became apparent that they had come up earlier that day and planned to go for the summit the next morning. This seemed like a logical thing to do for anyone wanting to get a leg up on the others coming from the Hörnli hut, but the Solvay was supposed to be an "emergency bivouac hut" only to be used in case of emergency. I understood enough French to know that these guys were not having an emergency but were rather using the hut as a kind of advanced base camp. It's hard to imagine how someone could spend a night there anyway, considering the tiny room is filled with the stench of the adjacent pit toilet. We continued down.
We almost missed the Lower Moseley Slab by climbing directly below the hut instead of continuing around the porch that surrounds it. This is where time began to pass as if we were in an alternate universe. Besides Marc's leg, we were both feeling the effects of fatigue. It had been over twelve hours since we started that morning from the Carrel hut, something that seemed like an eternity ago. The down climbing and traversing that followed could be summarily described as an endless scramble. We continued to move together with varying lengths of cord between us. At one point, I tossed my coil of rope on the ground out of contempt for having to carry it all this way. It symbolized an enemy, seeking to impede our progress by choking me around neck and depriving me of the oxygen needed to survive.
From time to time, we would stop momentarily and look around just to be reassured that we were still following the 'right' way. This process was hopeless because there were so many variations, almost all of which were feasible, that we were just fooling ourselves. The only point where we really had doubts was near the top of a steep tower. We correctly followed the crest to the edge of the cliff, but we didn't see the chimney until after an extended search. Once we found the right way again, everything clicked into sequence: couloir, fixed rope, tower, chimney, couloir, slabs and bang! We were at the hut. It was 8:00 PM and sunset was giving way to twilight. We stopped outside at one of the picnic tables, dropped our packs and took a few moments to gaze back up at the ridge we had just descended. Scanning the dark mountain, I saw three headlamps flickering in the distance, still high up on the ridge, and quietly said a prayer to myself, hoping that these guys return safe and thankful that we had come down just in time.
The MatterhornThat evening at the hut, Marc and I enjoyed a hearty dinner and some much needed rest. Before turning in for the night, we went outside to collect our gear and take one more look at the mountain, now faintly illuminated by the moon. We could still see the headlamps, now lower on the ridge and some other lights were flickering on the trail below the hut, presumably heading back down to Zermatt. It felt so nice to be done for the day with only a short hike down as our objective for tomorrow.
We both slept well past sunrise and moved rather slowly through the course of the next morning. Both of us were feeling the cumulative effects of two longs days, but Marc was hurting considerably more than the day before. We took our time on the hike down to the Schwarzsee lift station, occasionally stopping to snap photos or talk with passersby. Each time we stopped, I looked back at the mountain, reflecting on what we had done. And each time, I felt a wave of mixed emotions. It was great that we accomplished what was for us a challenging goal. Yet at the same time, it all seemed a bit silly.
Another friend of mine that did the traverse a few years ago said it was "like one big via ferrata." I laughed the first time I heard this, but now I can see there is some truth to it. The mountain is well developed and for good reason. Without all the fixed ropes, chains, stakes, bolts and bivouac huts, most of us would not even consider climbing it. The paradox is that these manmade devices add to the safety of climbers while at the same time subtract from the wilderness experience of it all. For a mountain as popular as the Matterhorn, safety will understandably come first and climbers looking for something wild will be better off going elsewhere. Personally, I am glad that our experience on the Matterhorn went exactly as it did. We managed to get up and down despite facing some adversity. Marc deserves a lot of credit for pushing through the ordeal in spite of his injury and our wives deserve at least as much credit for tolerating our three-day absence for such an absurd pursuit.
Earlier this summer, I returned to Zermatt with the family and some friends. It was the first time I had been back since the climb and I was anticipating some sort of reconciliation to occur between me and the mountain. While hiking in the hills, we enjoyed panoramic views stretching from the Matterhorn to the Weisshorn, but my perspective toward these mountains and alpine climbing in general was somehow different. Priorities had changed since becoming a father. The Matterhorn didn't evoke the same desire to conquer as before. Instead, I saw it as what it was…a special mountain, indeed, but still a mountain nonetheless.


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Kevin Van Trump has over 20 years of experience in the grain and livestock industry.
China may start to be the topic of more conversation as a severe drought is starting to gain a little more attention, and is something you should definitely throw on your radar screen. From what I am hearing a lingering drought has caused a severe water shortage in East China's Jiangxi Province, affecting the lives of over one million people, and leaving China's largest fresh-water lake bone dry. The fact of the matter is rainfall amounts have been limited in several crop producing areas and could start to garner more attention from the press as we move forward. If you recall it was the Chinese drought reports that started circulating last year around this time that added a little extra fuel to the wheat fire. Also if you look back to the big run in 2008, it was during the month of February that we made our big run to over $13.30. Point is February can produce some terrific gains in wheat, but also understand it can be the last hurrah before heading back south.
With thoughts that Russia may once again be limiting their wheat exports and a Ukraine crop that is experiencing some significant setbacks in production, other wheat importing nations may become extremely nervous about the Chinese situation. Trust me when I tell you NO one wants to be behind China in the "food" line. If countries know they are going to be needing wheat, we may see them step up as bidders now on the breaks rather than waiting until later. Everyone knows IF China where to come to the table prices will jump.
Extremely cold temps may also be more severe than I have been giving credit. I heard yesterday the "cold snap" has claimed 43 lives in Ukraine, five in Bulgaria and 13 in Romania, as temps fell to a 65-year low in many of these areas. I realize wheat has the tendency to be viewed as "indestructible," but at what point do we acknowledge damage has been done? How severe does the drought have to become or how low do temps need to fall?
Just wanted to tell everybody about our Grain Marketing Seminar we are having at the end of February in Kansas City, MO. You can come and hear me give my Outlook on crop prices for 2012 as well as hear some of the biggest names in the US Grain trade, Global Grain analysis, US ethanol industry, and more.
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The American band Huey Lewis and The News have been known for their upbeat rock songs for years. Since they first hit the music scene, the band has been generating hit song after hit songs. The band's lead singer and founding member, Huey Lewis has been at the forefront of the band since they formed in 1979. Their unmistakable sound has generated numerous hits and won a handful of awards. After achieving substantial commercial success in the 1980's, they continued recording into the early 1990's and during this time had 19 top-ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100. The group's sound has been described as everything from soul to blues, rock and doo-wop. The group uses saxophones, guitars, keyboards, harmonicas and harmony vocals to create their unique sound.
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Tomko: Versatility is a plus
Royals righty keeps himself marketable by filling many roles
I've made the switch from starter to reliever three times in my career, including last year. It's difficult, but there's something to be said for having that versatility. Being able to do a couple of different things improves your résumé.
This year with the Royals, I'm back to starting. I had some bullpen offers and some starting offers during the offseason. It came down to what I considered my best opportunity, which was with Kansas City.
Trey Hillman, our manager, did a great job when he called to talk about the team. There was a real sense that the Royals wanted me, and I felt they were excited about me joining their club. That made my decision easier.
Trey does a great job of teaching and reinforcing the fundamentals, which are pretty important with a young group like ours. Simple reminders to do things like move runners along and give up at-bats are important. He's also a fun guy. He also has a great attitude about the game, and he doesn't mind taking some ribbing from the players once in a while.
I'm one of the older guys on this club, and that helps to define part of my role. My job as a veteran starter is to provide as many innings as I can. I'm supposed to be around for everybody, to help people out, to be a leader and to be my best.
It didn't take too long to get settled with the Royals this spring. At first, you're always a little apprehensive when you enter a new clubhouse. After a week or so of getting into the flow, it's all the same. Baseball is a small world, and you realize you know a lot of guys.
Right now, the club has asked me to be a starter, and I'm going to focus on doing that as well as possible and providing as many innings as possible in that role. If they want me to do something else -- like pitch in relief -- I would do the best job that I could in that role, too.
At this point in my career, I want to help whenever and however I can.
Brett Tomko is 1-2 with a 3.60 ERA after his first three starts (four appearances) with the Royals. The 35-year-old right-hander has won 94 games in a career in which he has previously played for the Padres, Dodgers, Cardinals, Mariners and Reds.
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text: my local tennis store has a nice program where you pay a yearly membership fee and then you get free demo's and stringing for the year. Why doesn't TW do something similar? For example, for say $50 per year, you get free demos that you can keep for a max of 1 week at a time. Or for $100 per year...you get free demos PLUS free stringing?


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Williams will not run its new car - the FW35 - until the second pre-season test of the season after announcing its launch date.
The FW35 will be unveiled on February 19 at the Circuit de Catalunya ahead of back-to-back tests in Barcelona. The team is the first to announce it will not have its new car available for the first test of the season after McLaren, Force India, Ferrari, Sauber, Red Bull, Mercedes and Toro Rosso all announced their launch dates.
The team will be present at Jerez on February 5, however, as it has confirmed it will run the FW34 to "test a number of key development parts in preparation for the launch of the FW35".
The car will be driven by Pastor Maldonado and Valtteri Bottas this season, with the latter replacing Bruno Senna.


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TerminatorX is a realtime audio synthesizer that allows you to "scratch" on digitally sampled audio data (*.wav, *.au, *.mp3, etc.) the way hiphop-DJs scratch on vinyl records. It features multiple turntables, realtime effects (built-in as well as LADSPA plugin effects), a sequencer, and an easy-to-use GTK+ GUI.
Qsynth is a GUI front-end application for Fluidsynth. Fluidsynth is a command-line software synthesizer based on the Soundfont specification. Qsynth was built with the Qt4 toolkit using Qt Designer. Eventually it may evolve into a softsynth management application that allows the user to control and manage a variety of command line softsynths, but it currently just wraps the excellent Fluidsynth program.
The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture is composed of several parts. The first is a fully modularized sound driver which supports module autoloading, devfs, isapnp autoconfiguration, and gives complete access to analog audio, digital audio, control, mixer, synthesizer, DSP, MIDI, and timer components of audio hardware. It also includes a fully-featured kernel-level sequencer, a full compatibility layer for OSS/Free applications, an object-oriented C library which covers and enhances the ALSA kernel driver functionality for applications (client/server, plugins, PCM sharing/multiplexing, PCM metering, etc.), an interactive configuration program for the driver, and some simple utilities for basic management.
Beast is a powerful music composition and modular synthesis application. It offers multiple input methods like multitrack, piano roll, and pattern editing and supports skins. On the technical side, it has a wide range of abilities like sequencing, unlimited undo/redo history, real-time synthesis with multiprocessor support, full duplex 32-bit audio rendering, precise timing down to sample granularity, on demand loading of partial wave files, on the fly decoding of various sample formats, aliasing free oscillators, and full Scheme scripting support.
ebook2cw is a command line program that converts a plain text file (like an eBook) to Morse code (CW) MP3 or OGG files. Morse parameters like speed and tone frequency, and audio parameters such as bit rate, sample rate, and quality can be changed by command line switches. It automatically splits and numbers the output files by chapters.
din is a software musical instrument and audio synthesizer. Bezier curves are used to draw and sculpt waveforms, create gating and modulation (FM and AM) patterns, and create delay feedback and volume patterns. You can also create an unlimited number of drones and sculpt their waveforms. It uses JACK to output audio, and supports MIDI, OSC and IRC bot for input. din can be extended and customized with Tcl scripts.
FluidSynth is a real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications. It can read MIDI events from MIDI input devices or files and render them to an audio device using SoundFont instrument banks. It can also play MIDI files. Other features include real time effect control and a powerful API for embedding FluidSynth in other programs.


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The Material Girl is teaming up with the California Gurl for a new charitable art project.
Yesterday (Jan. 8), Katy Perry took to Twitter to announce the collaboration with Madonna as part of the Art for Freedom campaign, a worldwide public art project that Madonna and designer Steven Klein launched last year, which asks people all over the world to send in videos, photos and poetry answering the question "What does freedom mean to you?"
According to a press release, Perry will serve as a guest curator throughout the month of January, helping Madonna go through daily submissions on the project's website. Each day throughout the month, Perry will choose one artist to spotlight on the site that she feels "demonstrates a unique view of the fight for human rights."
Related: Behind the Song: Katy Perry's 'Roar'
At the end of the month, Perry will help Madonna select one artist, who in their opinion best expresses what freedom means and award them with a $10,000 grant for the nonprofit organization of his or her choice. Last month, David Blaine served as guest curator.
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Lately, I've developed a knack for opening books to random pages and finding upon those pages sentences which, taken out of context, are truly funny. OK, so maybe a two-time occurrence isn't quite a knack. And it's entirely possible that only Suzi and I find these things funny. But I'm going to practice this apparent talent (my boyfriend has a variation of this talent; he can open to the smut in any given title) and see if I can't keep coming across delicious things like these:
"Have you ever fucked a Bulgarian?"
— from Tom Perrotta's pretty excellent The Abstinence Teacher
(Confession: The first Bulgarian that came to mind as I read this was Viktor Krum. I ... yeah. Not sure how I feel about that.)
"The forces of the status quo don't want this reading!" she announced through a blare of feedback.
— from Andrew Foster Altschul's just-arrived-and-thus-as-yet-unread-by-me Lady Lazarus, which has such over-the-top flap copy it begs to be read aloud. (A snippet: "Together they chronicle her story, from her silent childhood to her first tortured public statements about her father; from her publication of a wildly popular book of poetry to her mysterious disappearance; from her return as the mute leader of a cultlike brigade known as The Muse to her last, terrifying crusade." Phew.)
Anyway, I know there are others out there with this talent. Please, open your books at random (no, this isn't that blog meme involving the 17th line on the 123rd page of the third book on seventh shelf on your smallest bookshelf) and tell me what you find! Rejoice in the random!
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I love this paper so much I have ordered this collection kit twice. It is great for any outdoor pictures, not just camping. The colors are beautiful.
I love this collection! I was able to use it for my hiking layouts, geocaching,camping and still had a lot left over for future projects!
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Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?)
So glad to have components back on line. Receiver works as promised so far. Replaced 1985 Pioneer amp and tuner with this. Does a great job driving 4 old 150 watt vintage cabinet speakers. 2 of the speakers are 1974 Pioneers, other 2 1984 Pioneers. Old, but amazing sound. This receiver brings out the best in all my old components including a 1974 Pioneer turntable, which has always been my baby. The FM has great reception, far better than I've ever had. The Soft Clipping is a great option. I just leave it on. For an old component guy, this unit is a great pick. So glad it does have the MP3 pin connection. The quality of sound when listening to my MP3 is fantastic. I also must say I noticed, when finally deciding to buy this unit, that there was a scratch and dent available. I've never purchased a scratch and dent, EVER! However, after speaking to one of Crutchfield's advisers, I'm glad I did. I'm still not exactly certain why it was even considered a scratch and dent, and it saved me $120. Although I had to buy a preamp, through the preamp my turntable sounds better now than it did in 1974, amazing.... All in all, after driving myself crazy researching, I'm glad this was my pick. After being happy for 30 years plus with my vintage system, this replacement serves justice to my well preserved original pieces. The customer care and advise were both spectacular. Crutchfield's customer service, advise and fast shipping made me a believer.....
Pros: Great power, sound and RCA inputs. Creates very pure sound with almost no distortion. Like that it has connections for a powered sub-woofer, MP3. Soft clippings and radio blending controls are very nice options. I'll never use the 2nd zone option, but for some it would probably be very useful. For stereo component lovers, I think this receiver is the one.
Cons: I'm not crazy about the wireless controller, but really, other than volume I wouldn't use it anyway. No phono jack. It does have turntable option with a preamp, which I purchased. I have plenty of room for my components in my stereo space. This receiver does require quite a bit of room. If you have the need for a compact sized receiver, sadly, you may need to look at other options.


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Radio Feedback is where we ask artists to wax nostalgic on the first time they heard themselves on the radio.
Jason Mraz has been releasing radio hits for the past 12 years, but the very first time he heard his debut single "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" on the radio he felt out of place. On the other side of the world in Australia, Mraz was also driving on the other side of the road in a station wagon when he heard his song for what he calls a "surreal experience."
"I was in Australia in a rental car," he told Radio.com. "I was on the opposite side of the road, I was on the opposite side of the car and I was about to return the car and I heard my song on the radio. My reaction was, 'Oh I better take this CD out before I return the car.' Almost instantly I remembered, 'I don't have my CD in there. This is really happening.'"
He added: "I was in another country, I was in another lane. All of it just seemed backwards to me. I also felt still a bit, 'Oh, I should put my windows up because I don't want people to see me rocking out to my own tune.' As if anyone would know it was me anyway."


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Saunders OK after injury in loss to Tribe
By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com
In the first inning, Cleveland's Carlos Santana sent a two-out pitch back up the middle, where it struck Saunders on the left leg. After meeting with a team trainer, Saunders attempted a warmup pitch before exiting the ballgame.
"It just caught me on the side of the shin," said Saunders, who projects to open the season as the D-backs' fourth starter. "Felt like I could have gone on, but it was a little tough to push off. They played the side of being cautious and I can't really fault them for that."
On the play, Saunders misfired on a throw to first base, resulting in an error that allowed Santana to move up to second. Arizona righty Joe Martinez entered in relief and promptly surrendered three consecutive hits to help the Indians run to a 2-1 lead. Shelley Duncan and Ryan Spilborghs each contributed an RBI single against the D-backs.
Indians starter Ubaldo Jimenez, who will begin the year in the rotation's No. 2 slot, allowed one run over three innings in his third outing of the spring. Overall, the right-hander logged 57 pitches, including 34 strikes, ending with three hits allowed, two walks issued and one strikeout. Jimenez stuck with throwing fastballs, splitters and sliders.
"I'm feeling better and better every time," Jimenez said. "I feel like my arm is getting in shape. I was a little bit out of control the first couple of innings, but this is Spring Training. It's still early. I'm going to be ready for the season."
In the first inning, Willie Bloomquist led things off by slicing a pitch from Jimenez down the right-field line for a double. Bloomquist then advanced to third base on a flyout by Ryan Roberts and scored on a groundout from Jason Kubel. The D-backs loaded the bases against Jimenez with one out in the second, but the pitcher escaped unscathed.
Cleveland added a run in the fourth inning, when lefty Zach Kroenke took over on the mound for Martinez. Left fielder Aaron Cunningham, vying for either a starting outfield job or a bench role, got the rally started with a leadoff double for the Indians. Later in the frame, Duncan drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs to push the Tribe out front, 3-1.
Arizona scratched out one more run in the sixth inning, when Cleveland turned the ball over to veteran reliever Dan Wheeler. Rusty Ryal led off with a single to right field and moved to second base when Wheeler, competing for a bullpen job, walked Henry Blanco. Two batters later, Bloomquist brought Ryal home with a run-scoring base hit.
Up next for the D-backs: The D-backs return to Salt River Fields on Tuesday to take on the Angels. Trevor Cahill, acquired from the A's in the offseason, will make his second start of the spring and he will be followed to the mound by lefty Tyler Skaggs, one of the organization's top prospects. The D-backs will see a familiar face on the mound as Dan Haren is scheduled to start for the Angels.
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Gurus, Can ForceField standalone does the anti-phising database and spyware sites database updatable like ForceField in ZAEX? If yes, how to update those database?
Thanks for the information...
Gurus, Can ForceField standalone does the anti-phising database and spyware sites database updatable like ForceField in ZAEX? If yes, how to update those database?
Thanks for the information...
Yes, it updates automatically in the background.
There is also a user option to have 'auto' or 'manual/check now' for 'product/ version updates'
Thanks for the reply..
Anyway, I'd press the update button and come out a message box saying my standalone ff is up-to-date but the database is not updated. In a meanwhile, my other computer installed ZAES and the ff database is updated (ZoneAlarm ForceField Spyware Sites Database 04.055) and my standalone ff (ZoneAlarm ForceField Spyware Sites Database 04.010) since i installed it two days ago. What should i do? Am i still being protected while the spyware sites database is not updated?
Please describe complete details of the pc with the stand-alone FF. Firewall, av, any anti-spy like Webroot, PCtools SpywareDoctor, Spybot, etc. Which browser are you using?
Is this the pc with KAV where you had previously posted? If so, please see if you can 'un-install' all Kaspersky URL Advisor add-on - not just disable the toolbar. Check browser for all 'Kaspersky URL advisor addon' toolbar and BHO. And then check browser for ForceField - toolbar and BHO; in IE8 there is FF Toolbar and Toolbar Registrar or may be seen as 'TrustcheckerIEPlugin.dll > toolbar & BHO. Check Firefox for/ enabled ForceField toolbar.
When installing ForceField, it is better to install with IE7/8 instead of Firefox; check ForceField board for more info with Firefox useage.
Virtualization is the primary core of ForceField, make sure you see the 'halo effect.'
Yes, this machine is using Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit, Browser Firefox 3.6, Firewall ZAPro, AV using KAV, FF standalone 18.104.22.168 and all latest win7 updates.
I'd tried to uninstall the Kaspersky URL Advisor addon toolbar, Enable FF toolbar, Enable Virtualization but still the spysite database ain't update. Anyway, thanks for your reply..
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What's more fun than hanging out with the most important ladies in your life while feasting on decadent meals, indulging in pampering spa treatments or experiencing the great outdoors? According to an American Express Travel survey, man-free trips are on the rise, and 82 percent of women polled say they never check in with the office when traveling with pals. We're all for that! Check out our 15 ideas to plan your own great escape.
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New Smyrna Beach's James Clark and Mainland's Quinton Powell and Jontey Byrd were named to the Associated Press Class 6A All-State Football First Team on Friday.
New Smyrna Beach wide receiver James Clark and Mainland defensive players Quinton Powell and Jontey Byrd were named to the Associated Press Class 6A All-State Football First Team on Friday.
The 5-foot-11, 175-pound Clark, the area's fastest player with a 4.310-second 40-yard dash, hauled in 49 passes and had an area-best 1,112 yards receiving to go with his 8 touchdowns on the year.
Clark, a senior, has 25 major college scholarship offers and has visited Purdue and Northwestern. The three-star recruit has also scheduled visits to Nebraska, Rutgers and Texas.
Powell, a 6-2, 210-pound senior outside linebacker, led the area with 37 tackles for loss and 12 sacks while tallying 102 total tackles.
Powell, a four-star recruit with 14 major college offers, according to rivals.com, has scheduled a visit to Southern Cal and also plans to visit Oregon, Miami and Louisiana.
Byrd, a 6-1, 250-pound senior defensive tackle, tallied 88 tackles, 27 for loss and 10 sacks for the Buccaneers.
New Smyrna Beach senior offensive lineman Matt Bennett was named to the second team offense, along with Seabreeze placekicker Jordan Patsch.
Seabreeze junior linebacker Kailik Williams was named to the third team, along with NSB senior defensive back Diamante Mitchell, who led the area with six interceptions.
Four area players received honorable mention: NSB junior quarterback Marcus Johnson (6-1, 190), junior defensive back D'Cota Dixon (5-10, 190), Mainland senior quarterback Cameron Hadley (5-11, 180) and Seabreeze junior safety Charles Nelson (5-10, 175).