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Corsair Vengeance Gaming Mice, Keyboards, & Headsets Preview
Corsair may have had a humble beginning as a memory-based manufacturer when they opened shop in 1994, but since that time, they have grown to be one of the largest suppliers of virtually all PC components. Focused mainly on enthusiast-grade DDR memory in their early years, Corsair has recently started to expand into other segments of the market, including cases, solid state drives, and self-contained water-cooling systems. Now, they are going further by heading into the gaming mice and keyboard markets with the debut of four new products. While these peripherals are a first for Corsair, they are designed to not only be functional and stylish, but also have a feature-set designed by and for gamers, like the rest of their product line.
The gaming mice in the series are named the Vengeance M60 and M90 – both are wired mice that employ an impressive array of features. Each mouse utilizes their own unique functions that allow them to have an emphasis on different styles of gaming – the M90 is designed to work flawlessly in MMO/RTS style games, while the M60 is optimized to work for first-person shooters.
The new keyboards in the series also have the same emphasis on improving various gaming types – the K90 is designed for MMO/RTS games and the K60 is designed for first-person shooters. Like the mice, each keyboard utilizes their own unique feature-set that looks to improve player performance for their corresponding game types.
Along with the Vengeance keyboards and mice, Corsair is also expanding their gaming headset line-up with the Vengeance 1500, 1300 and 1100. Each headset is meant to fit a certain price segment. However, even the basic 1100 model utilizes large drivers, a comfortable design, and a noise-cancelling microphone to improve the audio, feel, and use of the headset, respectively.
Before diving into the aesthetics and featurs of their new products, Corsair showed off a timeline of their current line-up, which includes products that we all know and love.
The Vengeance K90 is a sleek keyboard that uses an aluminum chassis and has been optimized for MMO and RTS gaming by including features such as Cherry MX red mechanical key switches for anti-ghosting and low noise, 20-key rollover, one millisecond reporting rate, and a back-lit variable blue LED for each key. Additionally, the K90 features 18 dedicated macro keys that can either be programmed through the software on-the-fly or with 3 selectable macro banks that can store up to 54 commands.
On the other hand, the K60 takes a different approach by using a linear response, an advanced key matrix design, and light-touch Cherry MX red mechanical key switches that provide more agile movement and faster multi-taps. The keyboard also includes a removable contoured wrist rest that is meant to increase user comfort and double as a storage area for housing additional keys. These extra keys use a standard design, but act as optional replacements for WASD and numbers 1 to 6 keys, which utilizes a textured top design. Overall the textured keys add to the visuals of the board, but they also increase the comfort, especially during long gaming sessions.
Moving onto the mice, we have the M90 and M60. Like the keyboards, they are designed for certain types of gamers. The Vengeance M90 is customized for use in massively-multiplayer online and real-time strategy games. It features 15 fully-programmable buttons that are optimally arranged and tuned for easy access. Additionally, the M90 includes an on-board flash chip that allows the user to store macro settings within the mouse's internal memory bank, which can be accessed on-the-fly.
The M90 features an Avago 5670 DPI sensor that can be adjusted in real-time. The laser also includes a lift-detection feature that automatically adjusts the mouse after being lifted off the desk. A software utility is included with the M90 – it can be used to manage macro keys, on-board profiles, and change sensor settings from within Windows.
The M60 is Corsair's new enthusiast grade-gaming mouse that looks to improve user experience in first-person shooters. Like the M90, the M60 utilizes an Avago 5670 DPI sensor with lift-detection for real-time adjustments. However, the M60 utilizes an aluminum unibody design with an adjustable center of gravity and PTFE glide pads.
Making the Vengeance M60 potentially even more powerful as a FPS tool, there is also a red "sniper" button that lowers the DPI on-the-fly. When activated, the mouse toggles between a high-speed DPI mode and a precision mode. This serves to improve accuracy when using in-game sniper rifles, and could come in handy whenever a lower DPI is required for kills.
Lastly, Corsair showed us their latest USB gaming headsets, the Vengeance 1500, 1300, and 1100. The Vengeance 1500 and 1300 utilize a circumaural, closed-back ear-pad design optimized for immersion and comfort. Both headsets feature custom 50mm drivers that improve the sound quality over traditional headsets and accurately position 3D audio. Additionally, they each contain a high-sensitivity noise-cancelling cardioid microphone to help minimize background noise and ensure that your voice is the only thing heard. The Vengeance 1500 uses a simple USB connection, while the 1300 utilizes a 3.5mm analog connector for use with an add-on sound card or on-board audio jack.
The remaining headset is the Vengeance 1100. Featuring a behind-the-ear design, it looks to be extremely light-weight and comfortable. However, it still contains large 40mm drivers, which packs quite the punch for a compact headset. Like the other two in the series, the 1100 includes a noise-cancelling microphone. Surprisingly, the Vengeance features both a USB and 3.5mm analog connector.
Overall, we feel that the new Corsair Vengeance products should make quite an impact on the market and will be able to go head-to-head with some of the best peripherals currently available. As we see, the designs are meticulously thought out – it includes every expected detail on top of unique features such as an aluminum chassis design that exudes high quality.
In addition to seeing the new gear and watching the presentation, Corsair allowed us to demo the products. From our experiences, we can honestly say that they all feature excellent build quality and work exceptionally well for what they do. The only question is how the market will react to optimized keyboards and mice for certain game types. Corsair could have easily gone with all-in-one designs that appealed to gamers across the board, so we are intrigued to see how consumers will take to the fact that the M/K60 and M/K90 are optimized for specific segments of the market.
All the products listed above are expected to hit retail shelves this October and be priced aggressively to the competition. All the prices for the new Vengeance gaming peripherals are listed below:
- Vengeance M90 MMO/RTS Mouse: $99
- Vengeance M60 FPS Mouse: $79
- Vengeance K90 Keyboard: $129
- Vengenace K60 Keyboard: $99
- Vengenace 1500 Headset: $99
- Vengeance 1300 Headset: $79
- Vengeance 1100 Headset: $39


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|Fior di pesco (fior di persico), from Eretria, Euboea, Central Greece
|Geological description:
|A slumped/sheared breccia of Triassic age, with clasts of laminated marble, cut by calcite-filled fractures and late-stage stylolites.
|This stone, named for its resemblance to peach blossom, was correctly identified by Corsi. The colour of the stone, pink tending to brown, and the heavily deformed texture with its streaky diffuse markings, are distinctive features of fior de pesco from Eretria in Greece, although as Corsi's samples show, the proportion of pink to white colouring varies greatly. Worked in antiquity, the stone was first brought to Rome around the beginning of the first century AD. Today, a darker coloured stone is quarried and traded as Eretria, or Eretria red.
|Borghini (1997) 212; Corsi (1845) 100-101; Higgins (1996) 85-86; Lazzarini (2002b); Lazzarini (2002c) 260-261; Mielsch (1985) 57-58, taf.16; Price (2007) 128
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|Corsi's classification:
|Class 1. Marbles; Section 2. Veined marbles; Species 3 [= 4]. Fior di Persico
|Corsi's text:
|51.4 Marmo fior di persico. Marmo Molossio. Marmor Molossium, dal Epiro oggi Albania inferiore, e precisamente dal luogo che abitavano i Molossi.


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Tia Mowry opens up about endometriosis battle
The 34-year-old Sister, Sister star and her husband Cory Hardrict welcomed a son named Cree last June (11), and Mowry has now revealed she once feared she would never become a mother after being diagnosed with the gynaecological condition.
Mowry found out about her condition at the age of 27 and she underwent two surgeries in a bid to ease her pain and help increase her chances of having children.
In a blog post for Ivillage.com, she writes, "I was 27 years old when I was diagnosed with endometriosis... I knew nothing about it... The simple explanation of this: endometriosis is an abnormal growth of cells from the lining of your uterus that appear outside of the uterine cavity... It was a condition that could potentially prevent me from having children. I was devastated.
"You see, now married, having kids was on my radar and I was informed that surgery could help! So, surgery seemed to be my only option. The operation was successful, however, two years later the pain returned."
Mowry underwent a second operation and was advised to alter her diet to help with her condition, and she is convinced the lifestyle changes helped her fall pregnant.
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|2012-09-26, 02:45
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|2012-09-26, 14:47
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|2012-10-12, 19:58
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Lolli for loli :D
Moar titles:
Yumekui Merry
Itsuka Tenma No Kuro Usagi
Arghhhhh it displeases me so that so many people HATE and bash on these two anime that I ADORE.
No, I didn't read the source material (novels/manga).
I don't give a f*ck. I watched them knowing nothing about them and I ENJOYED EVERY SECOND. SO SUE ME!
They are wonderful as stand-alones-just leave them alone, please!?
To be honest, I started reading the manga of both and feel "meh it's okay...sucks that Yumeji looks like that but" with Merry, but Itsuten?
That art is f*cking UGLY. At least it is for the first seven chapters. It must get a hell of a lot better if people don't like the anime. Himea looks ugly and Mirai looks ugly and ALL THE GIRLS look ugly and not cutesy at all. The anime's art was SCENERY PORN. The characters too....I have never in my life seen a more gorgeous female anime character than Saitohimea. I could not take my eyes off her amazing design!! *____* (so much that I customized a doll to look just like her. )
So yeah....these two amazing shows.....I loved them and no, the endings AREN'T satisfying....but I really appreciated what the 12 episodes offered. I had a really great time watching both of them....and I will get all the answers after the source material has been read LATER.
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|2012-10-12, 21:26
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This one is very personal but Special A...
While I'm not very fond of shoujo genre but I rather watch this than any other shoujo shows out there, especially Ouran High School Host Club. I don't know how both shows have similarities except both about an average girl went into a high school for elites and quickly becoming one of the most popular student there. I think this is where most people are fooled.
I still remember how I was bullied for preferring this one than Ouran, even from the fanboys. Yes people can get very childish.
|2012-10-13, 11:13
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its Ghost Madoka time!!!
Machine Robo ~BOOM!!~ based on the same Bandai's toyline, but unfortunately became sort of an underdog because of Bandai's rival, TakaraTomy hogging all the spotlight with supahrobotoliformuTransformers,
which resulted in only producing 3 anime series: Revenge of Chronos, Battle Hackers, & Rescue...... then STOP FOR ETERNITY......
with the original american made LAME crap version litteraly only makes things WORST with ~DAA GOBOTS DAA GOBOTS!!~ MIGHTY (S#IT) ROBOTS, MIGHTY (F@CK) VEHICLES & they are NOT even ROBOTS at all but a bunch of ORGANIC aliens who became CYBORGS in order to survive through an apocaliptic event!!! YOU FAIL AT READING SIR!!!
which resulted in everybody in the west (with TRANSFORMERS fans) who saw a MACHINE ROBO product in the old original past previous & the recent new latest line says "LOOK ITS EH GOBOTZ, IT WILL SUUK LIKE @#$%!!!) despite it does not have a connection with that Tonka crap-ness at all!!! along with the original concept!!!
& NOT having a LATEST adaption YET!! there's still Mugenbine, Evolbine, Moebine, & (NEW!) Next.... missing off the charts!!! i want my childhood back!!!
|2012-12-24, 18:15
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I can say this one much earlier but....Yosuga no Sora.
It's true it isn't a masterpiece but it does had excellent production qualities. All seiyuu from the game also voiced their own character except for Haruka, who is a voiceless protagonist who played as. While not as good as most Sunrise and Bones shows in term of animation quality but it sure beat most of this year's show like Brave 10 and Kill Me Baby.
It's true it's not everyone cup of tea but I also wondering why people can accept gory violence of Higurashi, Another and Mirai Nikki but can't stand this one. Yes the sex scenes and nudity are explicit but from someone who saw both versions of TV(AT-X) and blu-ray it quite light. For example the blu-ray version of Princess Lover TV series had more nude scenes than entire Yosuga no Sora except YnS had more sex scenes.
|2012-12-24, 18:20
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As for the anime, edit: my problem was that it was rushed because it had an omnibus format
|2012-12-24, 18:40
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^The omnibus format didn't bother me though. It gave the opportunity to all girls to "win". Amagami SS had this too. As for Yosuga no Sora all other girls are winners although it pretty obvious Sora is the biggest winner of all. In Clannad, which didn't had this format, Kyou had to accept that she is the loser especially in the first season.
As for the ending of Sora's arc, it is beautiful and nicely done, regardless what happened to them earlier(warning, it had huge plothole in between. The last 3-4 minutes of the show is the best anime moment I ever saw and it haunts me in good way. Unfortunately it is destined to be forgotten by everyone since most people prefer School Days-style ending instead.
|2012-12-24, 18:49
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"Win" every girl at the expense of rushed story. I rather have one proper route rather than the "basic outline" of every route animated, that's why i am not fond of the omnibus style of story telling unless the budget is high enough for sufficient amount of episodes for every heroine.
|2012-12-26, 02:04
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|2012-12-26, 04:23
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I have to agree with NK 500 in my preference for special A over Ouran High School.
Traece - I'm with you on the endless eight discussion. I also enjoyed trying to spot the differences in each episode and I even found the alterations in dialogue interesting.
|2012-12-26, 14:14
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Lolli for loli :D
|2012-12-28, 21:18
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This one is more "ignored" than "hated" actually and I'm talking about UFO Baby. Shoujo fans, hands up if you actually heard this one. I'm not surprised there aren't many.
Perhaps the reasons why it was ignored by shoujo audiences, especially English-speaking ones because it was primarily aimed towards 9-15 years old girls, lack of fabulous bishies(most of the male characters are qualified as bishies but they still far from fabulous) and no deep or emotional romances(just few blushes). Something it is easy to ignore a gem when it lacks of polishing.
|2012-12-28, 21:46
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Count me in for Hidan no Aria. I never understood what the rabid hate for it was all about. It wasn't as bad as others made it out to be, and I actually found Aria herself to be a likable character.
So, I'm thinking that some people were probably just tired of hearing another one of Rie Kugimiya's tsundere roles so soon when it aired.
Which is really unfair if that was the case because it's an external factor.
|2012-12-28, 21:48
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|2012-12-29, 14:59
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Lolli for loli :D
This one is really cute. But I prefer the manga because of how flat Miyuu's seiyuu is in the anime....>_> that kinda ruins it for me since she's the main character!
Kanata the boy, is a perfect representation of how I think bishies should look. Very cute....and still plenty boyish enough to avoid that 'girly' look.
DDD's an oldie! I remember reading it back in junior high!
|2012-12-29, 21:55
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I don't think it's Aria that is hated about in Hidan no Aria. It's the ridiculous concepts and various moments of plot inconsistency that piss me off, especially when I came to the show expecting a world at par with Toaru Majutsu no Index.
And if for those who have read the later volumes of the light novels, it gets worse and worse.
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Nokia unveils X2 with Android – but not as we know it
Nokia has lifted the lid on its second Android handset, but the device will not look quite as Google operating system fans are used to.
The smartphone company teased earlier this week that it would be releasing a new phone this week, with a green invite on its company blog suggesting to many that it was going to be bringing a brand new Android device to the table.
And the release of the Nokia X2 now comes just six months after it first released the predecessor, the Nokia X earlier this year. Surprisingly, the launch of the X2 comes just weeks after the company said it was going to be releasing phones under the brand of Windows – thanks to its pairing with Microsoft – rather than Nokia.
So is this a new age for the firm? Are we now going to see Android phones continue to be released under the Nokia name, while its Windows variants are launched as Windows phones?
Only time will tell, but what we do know for now is that the Nokia X2 is quite a step up in terms of specs from its predecessor.
The device packs a 4.3 inch display, as well as 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon 200 processor, 1GB of RAM, 5MP rear camera and a 1800mAh battery.
In terms of design, the phone looks similar externally to the Nokia X, but it has now been given a sleek makeover with regards to its back panels. The traditional bright colours associated with Nokia's Lumia range has been rejuvenated with a translucent design.
The biggest news though, is the way that Nokia has used Android for the device. While the core OS will be the Google-owned software, Nokia has tweaked and changed it so that the handset has a very much Windows-inspired theme, with the tiles prevalent in the latter a large feature.
One negative is that although Android users will have access to apps native to the OS, they will have to use a third-party site to download them, as the phone will not have any access to Google Play.


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Director screens film on masculinity and manhood in rap and hip-hop
Loyola press release - March 15, 2012
Student Advocates for Gender Equality at Loyola University New Orleans present "Listening to what you're listening to: Beyond Beats and Rhymes," a screening of the documentary film "Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes," an examination of the impact of hip-hop and rap lyrics. The film will be followed by a discussion with its director, Byron Hurt, and takes place Tuesday, March 27 at 7 p.m. in Nunemaker Auditorium. It is free and open to the public. This event is also sponsored by Phi Beta Sigma, the University Programming Board and the Office of Student Affairs.
"Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes," examines representations of gender roles in hip-hop and rap music through the lens of filmmaker Hurt, a former college quarterback turned activist. Conceived as a "loving critique" from a self-proclaimed "hip-hop head," Hurt examines issues of masculinity, sexism, violence and homophobia in today's hip-hop culture. "Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes" premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and has been selected to appear in more than 50 film festivals worldwide. The Chicago Tribune named it "one of the best documentary films in 2007."
In addition to being a filmmaker, Hurt is a published writer and an anti-sexist activist. He is also the director of "I am a Man: Black Masculinity in America," a 60-minute, award-winning documentary that captures the thoughts and feelings of African-American men and women from more than 15 cities across the country. He is a founding member of the Mentors in Violence Prevention program, a leading college-based rape and domestic violence prevention initiative for college and professional athletics. Hurt is also the former associate director of the first gender violence prevention program in the United States Marine Corps.
SAGE was founded with the purpose of breaking down gender stereotypes and social expectations. The group programs events that actively try to raise awareness about the gender issue on campus, often working with the Women's Resource Center and other student organizations.
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quote: Originally posted by kellen2811 put the 16,000 into the market to allow it to compound
quote: Originally posted by kellen2811No I realize that there is risk involved and accept that but over time say I leave it in for 30 years the risk of it being less then when I started is lower. I have a long time frame to invest.
quote: My initial thought is to take the 5% and put the 16,000 into the market to allow it to compound and just take the initial hit for the first few years paying the PMI. The payments a month are affordable either way I go.
quote: My though is to keep the 16,000 and invest it for a 30 year period. While also adding in extra payment monthly. Using it as a start up for a taxable account.


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'Unhappy Hour' planned for Templeton Landing
The Erie County Commission on the Status of Women will host an "Unhappy Hour" to mark National Equal Pay Day at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Templeton Landing, 2 Templeton Terrace, Buffalo.
The date symbolizes how far into 2013 women must work to earn what men earned in 2012, based on statistics that showed women on average earned 77 percent of what men earned in 2011.
The event, which is free and open to women and men who are at least 21, will feature a brief presentation from Althea Luehrsen, executive director of Leadership Buffalo and an expert on pay equity.
She will discuss obstacles to equal pay for women and tips to navigate those obstacles.
The goal of the "Unhappy Hour" event is to raise awareness on the issue of pay equity.
The event also is designed to provide networking opportunities and tools that will empower participants in negotiating pay that reflects their worth, organizers said.
Participants are encouraged to wear the color red – the color of pay equity – to be entered in a drawing to win a door prize.


text: Here is an email with my problems with verizon wireless that my wife has sent to the Corp office of verizon wireless. I am sure that you have dealt with my husband Jeff S on several occasions reguarding phone problems with his blackberry. Now, I am having severe problems and I feel that my problem is going unheard. After several attempts to fix my husbands phone, he was upgraded to the new Motorola Droid on Nov. 13, 2009. With in just a few days of him receiving his phone, I began to experience, what the verizon tech support calls "White Noise" every time we talked on the phone. At first it would only happen once or twice in conversation. As the days past, it became more frequent and changed. It started with just a loud "beep" that would cover up him talking and it progressed to it lasting as long as 30 seconds. We can not carry on a conversation more than a few minutes at a time. This problem only happens when we are talking. I am the only one that can hear the noise. It is too the point now where i do not want to talk to him on the phone because this noise it so bad. I spend at least 100hrs a week at work and talking on the phone is our main way of communication. I called tech support and talked to a very helpful person about 10 days ago. His solution was to take the battery out for 30 seconds, and then do *228 and option 1. He said the problem was that the Droid was stuck on a switch and this would resolve the issue. Jeff tried this, and yes it did work for a few days. Once the new software update for the droid was sent to his phone, the problem occurred again. This time the sound is very frequent. I called tech support again, and got the same advise as before. We even we as far as to do the same steps to my blackberry curve. This still did not work. I called tech support again. Was told this time to call *** so that the tower could be marked to see if it was a tower issue. I was told by the service rep that i was suppose to receive a call back on Sunday November 13 at 10am to check and see if my problem was fixed. I NEVER received a call back. My husband was tired of not being able to talk to me and he called tech support himself and that customer service rep said the problem was with the Droid and they sent him a new phone via FedEx. His new phone was received today Nov. 14th. Once the phone was activated, he called me and within just a few minutes, the noise was there. I called tech support right after that happened, and I talked to another rep. His solution was to pull the batteries in both phones and call *228 and choose option # 2 and to make sure that the master volume was set at 75% and that should fix my problem. I told him that the Droid was less than an hour old and that something else must be the problem. He just kept repeating himself. So I hung up. I called Jeff back to tell him what the tech said, and of course, he was not satisfied with this answer, he calls tech support himself. Once again, they want the battery pulled and then they said that they were resetting my switch in my blackberry manually. This attempt to fix the phone failed too. Jeff called tech support back, and was connected to a tech Tiffany Employee #6794. She once again wanted to reset the phone. She then got very hateful with my husband and RAISED HER VOICE to him on the phone. Jeff requested to speak to her supervisor and she became very defensive and got even louder and refused to let him speak with the supv. After several minutes of arguing, he was finally connected to a supv Nick #6734. Once again, he wanted to reset the phones. They had just been reset with in the hr and he wanted the process to be done again. Everything they have tried has not worked and they want to do nothing but reset the phone. All they do is keep talking in circles. Talking on the phone may not be that important to some people, but for us, it is very important. We spend lots of money for our cell phone plan and this is just nuts that I can talk to anyone else with out any problems, but I can not talk to my own husband without getting this loud screech in my ear. It is very annoying and I'm sure that it cant be good for my hearing. There has to be something that can be done to correct this problem. And when is it ever appropriate for a customer service rep raise their voice to a customer??????


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sfsfsfgiants wrote:But like I said above, are you willing to take the risk to give a guy 10, 12 million dollars for not really proving himself?
if thats the case then we shoulda just dealt him along with harrington and others to get kg. its already decided that we wanna keep biedrins and that he's proven enough to the warriors that he is our future. why take a chance at him going to free agency to get more money out of us or leave us for another team? like CjR said, 10 mill for bout 4 years. if yall are really that concerned about his future (which none of you were til now) then have a 5th year team option.


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Ellerslie, an unincorporated area, is located in Prince County in the western portion of Prince Edward Island, NW. of Tyne Valley. Its precise location is N 46°36', W 63°57'.
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|History of the Name
The official history of the geographic name Ellerslie (which can be somewhat technical, we admit):
Ellerslie (Sett.,P.O.) was adopted in Place Names of PEI, 1925. Ellerslie (Sett.) was confirmed 2 august 1944 on 11L?12.Status changed to Hamlet in 1960 Gazetteer.Status changed to Locality when Ellerslie became part of the Community of Ellerslie-Bideford in 1977. A settler named Wallace called his farm Ellerslie after Ellerslie, one of the manors of Sir william Wallace, the Scottish hero.
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deidara, kisame and hidan should have been dug up by now. I would have liked to see more original akatsuki members in this war (alive, not zombies) my original hope was that the living akatsuki members would become the jinchurikis of the collected bijou but oh well...
itachi, jiraiya, danzo and pain all were crucial to the plot in their deaths. asuma was a good death since he wasn't a very large role and his death really boosted the akatsuki's image
kakuzu, sasori and konan were all cool, but not necessary to keep alive really. they should have been replaced with new members imo. I would have just rather seen new characters in akatsuki rather than bringing back the dead, although it has gotten cool as of late
orochimaru needs to come back for sure
|2011-11-24, 02:23
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I hope Minato to be alive still, cuz his ability and power is beyond the hokages in any generation before. And though Naruto will inherit his wiiling and even overpass his power, yet now Naruto is still not mature enough no matter in his justu or his inner heart.
But I understand that if at that time Minato didn't sacrificed his life to seal kyuubi, maybe there is no konoha village today. I still hope that Minato could use another way that didn't use his death to seal the nine-tail. Because now Naruto is battling with Madara, who owns Mangekyo Sharingan and Rinnegan both, it's a very strong enemy that I'm afraid Naruto who can not totally controll kyuubi that like Killer Bee do will be in a very hard situation in the battle.
If Minato is there, I guess most things will change.
I really feel sorry for Minato's young death, and hope he and his wife could have another life but not doing their sacrifice. I'm a little naive I guess.
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Who knows; unless I'm mistaken, nothing was ever said on what threshold his immortality has (that I recall anyway). And if having his head cut off isn't enough, I hesitate to say that starvation would be (though it's safe to assume starvation could render him too weak to do anything but lay there).
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Blackhawks set to get Hossa back against Bluesby Dan Rosen
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Last 10: St. Louis 5-5-0; Chicago 6-4-0
Season series: This is the third of five meetings between the Central Division rivals. Chicago is 2-0 against St. Louis this season.
Big story: Marian Hossa will return to the Blackhawks' lineup Thursday against the Blues. Hossa has missed the past six games with an upper-body injury. Defenseman Jay Bouwmeester is expected to make his Blues' debut provided he gets his work visa issues ironed out. He was acquired Monday night from the Calgary Flames.
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Blues: The beefed-up Blues defense will be on full display for the first time with Bouwmeester joining the lineup. Jordan Leopold played his first game as a Blue on Monday in a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Wild.
The Blues were relatively quiet on deadline day, save for shipping Wade Redden to the Boston Bruins, mainly because general manager Doug Armstrong did his dealing Sunday and Monday by acquiring both Leopold and Bouwmeester for draft picks and middle-tier prospects.
St. Louis snapped a three-game losing streak with that win over the Wild.
Brian Elliott will get the start in net against the Blackhawks. Elliott made 20 saves in relief of Jaroslav Halak on Monday. Halak injured his groin and will be out a while. Jake Allen was recalled after Halak's injury.
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The Blackhawks have won two straight since losing to the Anaheim Ducks, 2-1, last Friday. They're coming off a 3-2 shootout win over the Nashville Predators on Monday.
Chicago should also have newly acquired center Michal Handzus in the lineup against the Blues. He was acquired earlier this week in a deal with the San Jose Sharks.
Patrick Sharp will miss his 12th straight game with a shoulder injury. Corey Crawford is expected to start in goal.
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Freedom of the Press 2012 - Bahrain
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2012 Scores
Press Status: Not Free
Press Freedom Score: 84
Legal Environment: 28
Political Environment: 35
Economic Environment: 21
The popular uprisings that broke out across North Africa and the Middle East in 2011 also reached Bahrain. Widespread, peaceful protests began on February 14, when prodemocracy activists – inspired by successful demonstrations in Egypt and Tunisia and mainly hailing from the economically disadvantaged Shiite majority – called for a "Day of Rage." The government responded brutally to the protest movement, declaring martial law in March and bringing in military and security forces from regional allies, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The media were subject to violent suppression, as journalists, photographers, and bloggers covering the demonstrations faced beatings, arrest, and torture, leading to the death of two journalists and a dramatic decline in overall press freedom.
Despite constitutional protections guaranteeing freedom of expression and of the press, the government continued to use the 2002 Press Law to restrict the rights of the media in 2011. The Press Law allows up to five years' imprisonment for publishing criticism of Islam or the king, inciting actions that undermine state security, or advocating a change in government. Journalists may be fined up to 2,000 dinars ($5,300) for a list of 14 other offenses. In 2008, the appointed upper chamber of the National Assembly proposed amendments to reform the harshest provisions of the Press Law, but conservatives in the elected lower chamber have thus far refused to consider the proposals.
There is no law guaranteeing freedom of information. The Information Affairs Authority (IAA) has the power to censor and prevent the distribution of local and foreign publications, close newspapers through court proceedings, ban books and films, block websites, and prosecute individuals. In addition to press and defamation laws, the government frequently uses counterterrorism legislation to curtail the activities of opposition groups and restrict freedom of expression.
Prior to the protests of 2011, the Bahraini media's coverage of news and politics was more critical and independent than reporting in most other Gulf countries. Nonetheless, newspapers tended to avoid covering "sensitive" issues such as sectarian tensions, relations with surrounding countries, government corruption, demonstrations, and human rights violations. As the protests erupted in early 2011, media outlets and individual journalists came under increased legal pressure from the government.
In April, the independent daily Al-Wasat was shut down by security forces, and its editors, including cofounder and editor in chief Mansour al-Jamri, were forced to resign after allegedly publishing "false information" and "inciting the public" in their coverage of the prodemocracy demonstrations. When Al-Wasat reopened in August, its editorial staff had been replaced and ordered to adhere to state-imposed restrictions. However, al-Jamri was restored to his position as editor in chief by Al-Wasat's board of directors. In October, al-Jamri and fellow editor Walid Nuwayhid, along with two colleagues, were fined $2,650 for "publishing news that defamed the image of Bahrain abroad." The journalists claimed that the articles in question had been planted by Saudi Arabia as a means to discredit them. In addition to the continued harassment of Al-Wasat-affiliated journalists, several other journalists and photographers were arrested, charged, or fined during the year for covering the demonstrations or working for foreign news organizations. In November, journalist Reem Khalifa faced defamation charges as part of the regime's systematic campaign against its critics.
Aside from such legal harassment, journalists were subjected to arrests, beatings, and torture for their writings about the unrest. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), two members of the media were killed in connection with their work in 2011, the first such deaths in Bahrain since CPJ began keeping statistics in 1992. On April 2, Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri, who moderated and wrote for a local news website in Al-Dair, was arrested on charges of inciting hatred and spreading false information. On April 9, he died in custody, allegedly after being tortured. On April 12, Abdul Kareem Fakhrawi, a cofounder of Al-Wasat, was reportedly tortured to death while in the custody of the Bahrain National Security Agency (BNSA). Several days earlier, he had responded to a summons to answer charges of "deliberate news fabrication." In other cases of violence against journalists, in May, Nazeeha Saeed, a Bahraini correspondent for France 24, was detained, beaten, and tortured for allegedly participating in demonstrations that she was covering. Bahrain's Interior Ministry announced an investigation into the incident, but no report had been issued by year's end. In September, Reuters reporter Hamad Mohamed Iqbal was hospitalized after being shot with rubber bullets by security forces while covering a peaceful protest in A'ali.
Several foreign journalists were either barred from entering Bahrain or ordered to leave, and many Bahraini journalists fled the country to escape prosecution. In July, a group of exiled Bahraini journalists organized the Bahrain Press Association in London to advocate on behalf of the media and the public regarding human rights violations. These violations include direct infringements on the personal safety of journalists, the targeting of private media organizations, attempts to impose the state media's version of events, and the fabrication of charges against independent organizations and journalists.
There are six privately owned daily newspapers, four in Arabic and two in English. While several of these newspapers are critical of the government, only two, Al-Wasat and Al-Waqt, are considered truly independent. Although the government does not own any newspapers, the IAA maintains significant control over private publications. Media workers have reported being contacted directly by government representatives and warned not to report on subjects related to the prodemocracy demonstrations or sectarianism. Newspapers rely heavily on advertising revenue to sustain their operations, and often practice self-censorship to avoid offending advertisers that do not want their businesses associated with critical reporting. The government maintains a monopoly on broadcast media, allowing the regime to frame the official narrative of the February 2011 uprising and define it as a "sectarian conflict." Private operating licenses are not awarded despite continued interest from media owners. However, there is some room for free expression on television call-in shows. Radio and television broadcasts are generally received without interference, and the majority of households have access to satellite stations; Qatar's Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya, based in the United Arab Emirates, remain Bahraini citizens' main sources of news.
Approximately 77 percent of Bahrain's population accessed the internet in 2011. Under the 2002 Telecommunications Law, the government has considerable authority to regulate internet activity. All websites are required to register with the IAA, and religious and political content is heavily censored. The government is a major shareholder in Batelco, the country's principal telecommunications company. Batelco monitors e-mail and filters internet content by routing traffic through proxy or cache servers. Website administrators are responsible for all content posted on their sites and are subject to the same libel laws as print journalists. In previous years, the government has filtered out thousands of websites under the pretense of protecting citizens from pornography and other offensive material, though many of the filtered sites were reportedly targeted for their politically sensitive content. Despite restrictions on internet activity, Bahrain has a very active online community, with at least 200 blogs. However, the government has arrested individual bloggers for commenting on controversial religious and political issues.
Bloggers were also among those targeted in the crackdown that followed the February 2011 uprising. Prominent blogger and opposition activist Abduljalil al-Singace – who had been detained since August 2010 – was released in early 2011, then rearrested in March. In June he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison as a result of his writings on the antigovernment protests. Al-Singace was among 21 bloggers, human rights activists, and opposition leaders who were convicted and sentenced that month; all were accused of belonging to terrorist organizations trying to overthrow the government. Bahrain Online blogger Ali Abdulemam, who was arrested in September 2010, was released from detention shortly after the protests began, and soon went missing. He was later tried in absentia and given a 15-year prison sentence. In July, the authorities arrested Hussein Ali Makki, the administrator of Rasad News, a chronicle of human rights violations in Bahrain. Officials reportedly took over the publication's Facebook and Twitter pages and posted antiprotest and progovernment updates. Rasad News opened a new Facebook page to resume its work. In December, blogger and activist Zainab al-Khawaja – the daughter of prominent imprisoned human rights activist Abd al-Hadi al-Khawaja, who was among the 21 convicted in June – was arrested after participating in a peaceful protest, but was released five days later.


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When the people of Scotland vote on whether to become independent in a referendum on Sept. 18, 2014, it will be a momentous day for the small but distinctive nation.
Since 1999, thanks to the devolution of powers, a Scottish government and parliament have held sway from Edinburgh, under a first minister appointed by Britain's Queen Elizabeth.
If the territory opts for full sovereignty, the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) wants to declare independence on March 24, 2016, with the first parliamentary elections the following May. Details of the independence plans were to be released Nov. 26 by First Minister Alex Salmond.
Such a move would end a union going back four centuries and have far-reaching ramifications for Europe and the wider world.
Independence would also have key implications for the minority Catholic Church, which hosted a state visit by Pope Emeritus Benedict in September 2010 and has deep historic roots. Its leaders have played the issue cautiously, but they've made clear they'll accept whatever Scots decide.
"Although the Church won't be taking a position for or against independence, we'll respect our people's democratic wishes," said John Deighan, the Scottish bishops' parliamentary officer. "But we hope the run-up to the referendum can also see deeper reflection on what the Church and its teaching mean for Scotland, on the values they contribute to national life, and on the kind of Scotland we all want."
Independence has been vigorously opposed by Britain's three main parties — Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat — who have insisted it will be impossible to unlink two nations bound together by language and culture, whose economies and societies are intertwined.
All three, however, are relatively weak north of the border, where the Scottish National Party was elected to government six years ago after developing its demand for independence since the 1960s.
With full sovereignty, Scotland would have North Sea oil and gas at its disposal, but it will also have to manage a huge social security budget. It may rid itself of nuclear weapons, but it will also have to renegotiate ties with NATO and the European Union.
It is not yet clear which way Scottish voters will lean next September. A survey conducted for The Sunday Times and Real Radio Scotland published Nov. 24 showed support for independence at 38 percent, while 47 percent would vote no. Fifteen percent of those polled were undecided.
The predominant Episcopalian Church of Scotland, to which 42 percent of Scots belong, has broadly come out in favor of independence, calling in a March 2012 statement on an independent state to strengthen social justice and integration, and promote "all the other things that nurture human living."
However, the smaller Presbyterian Free Church of Scotland fears separate statehood will spur secularization and endanger historic safeguards for the Protestant faith. Independence could, it warned this June, prove a "provocation of God."
Making up 16 percent of the Scottish population, Catholics voted strongly for the SNP in 2007 and 2011 elections. And, in a 2006 interview with the Scottish Catholic Observer, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, then- archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, confirmed he would be "happy" if Scots chose independence "before too long."
The issue was studiously avoided when Benedict XVI visited Edinburgh and Glasgow in September 2010.
Recently, however, ties with the SNP have plummeted over what the Church sees as the party's liberal, secularizing agenda.
Although SNP politicians have taken steps to reassure the skeptics, Archbishop Philip Tartaglia of Glasgow warned Salmond he could lose "the confidence of the Catholic community."
"I sense there's a growing apprehension and disappointment at the direction your government is taking," he told the first minister last year.
"Like others, I had begun to entertain the hope that yours would be a government of national unity which had the sagacity to move forward toward an independent Scotland by respecting and developing the historic foundational values of faith and reason, which have contributed to making Scotland a nation."
Ian Dunn, a Catholic Observer editor, thinks the SNP has risked alienating Catholic support, much as Scotland's Labour Party did by failing to uphold family values when it dominated the first Scottish Assembly in 1999.
Although it could be appealing to a lyrical view of Scotland's past, including the heroic Catholic-led rebellions of the 17th and 18th centuries, it seems more interested in the anti-Catholic memories associated with the Scottish Reformation and Enlightenment.
This may prove attractive in Scotland's Presbyterian-dominated Lowlands. But it'll cause problems in the more traditionalist Highlands, where Catholicism has its strongest roots.
"The idea of a Catholic vote is an exaggeration — most Catholics will be waiting to see how the arguments develop before making their minds up," Dunn told OSV.
"They also know that Scotland, far from being oppressed, has been a willing partner with England for most of its recent history," he added. "The Church's leaders will urge a clear moral focus as a precondition for independence. If Catholics fail to see this, they may well feel safer remaining in the United Kingdom, with its long traditions of religious tolerance."
Salmond and other politicians have sought to repair relations with the Church by pledging to defend Catholic schools and even hinting at a possible tightening of Scotland's abortion law.
"Although independence still seems a long shot, public opinion could swing in behind it very quickly once the campaign heats up," Deighan, the bishops' parliamentary officer, told OSV.
"Our job will be to ensure people think carefully about the foundational values of our Scottish society, and Catholicism's contribution to them," he said. "For this, we'll need the Catholic community to be as forthright as possible."
Jonathan Luxmoore writes from England.
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"It was gut-wrenching," said Lipscomb coach Charles Morrow. "You expect to have games like this during a season, but you hope they don't happen during a conference game.
"We didn't expect this result. This is not the first time we have had a game like this. And I put the onus on the forwards."
Morrow was especially disappointed that forwards Miguel DaSilva and Garret Pettis only had one shot between them. Pettis had one shot on goal and DaSilva did not have a shot attempt.
"I expect our No. 1 and No. 2 scorers from last season to have more than one shot between them," said Morrow.
The Bisons outshot Mercer 24-9, and held an 8-2 edge in shots on goal, but could not finish a scoring play.
Andrew Chamberlain led the Bisons in shots with five. Both Chamberlain and Alexander Faulk had two shots on goal.
"You can't take anything away from Mercer's defensive effort," said Morrow. "They were diving at the feet of our players and putting their bodies in front of balls. They showed a lot of guts."
Brent McGee was in goal for the Bisons. He had one save.
Mercer's Will Grey scored what proved to be the only goal of the game at the 10:58 mark of the first half.
"We tell our guys all the time about doing certain things and letting the result take care of itself," said Morrow. "We did those things against Mercer with the exception of a mental lapse."
The good news for the Bisons was the return of senior defender Kezi Lara to the lineup after missing the last two games.
"Kezi is a difference-maker," said Morrow. "It is good to have him back."
The Bisons are 3-6-2, 0-1-1 in the A-Sun. Mercer is 3-4-2, 2-0-0 in the conference.


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Livotel Hotel Lat Phrao is ideally located on Lat Phrao 130 (Ramkhamhaeng 81 Alley),
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Ramkhamhaeng University, Museum of Buddhism Art, Rama IX Royal Park,
Wat Thep Lila as well as shopping areas, The Mall (Bang Kapi), Tesco Lotus and Makro.
The shuttle boat service station is a 5-minute walk away, which takes you to the shopping areas
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as well as Bangkok's cultural spots (the Grand Palace, the Reclining Buddha and Temple of Dawn).
The bus stop is around 10 minutes walk away and taxis are plentiful in the area.
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From Suvarnabhumi Airport, we are only 20 kilometres ( takes around 20 minutes)
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The hotel features peaceful atmosphere and comfortable rooms with modern interiors. Rooms are fully furnished to provide comfort & convenience to guests. The hotel offers complimentary car parking, restaurant, and beverage vending machine. Each room comes with double locking doors and keycard entry system. All entrances to the hotel and corridors accessing guestrooms are monitored by CCTV system and staffed by security guards.
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Our room amenities include 32" LED screen TV, hot/cold shower, air-conditioning unit, refrigerator, WIFI access, and key card.
Beverage vending machine and cloth washing vending machines are available on site, including 24-hour CCTV and security guards on duty. Ample private car parking spaces are available at no cost for residents.
Superior Double BedRoom Size: 27 sq.m. | Bedding Type: Double bed
Deluxe Twin RoomRoom Size: 27 sq.m. | Bedding Type: Twin bed
Suite RoomRoom Size: 35 sq.m. | Bedding Type: Double bed
Additional amenities: One Bedroom Suite with one dedicated living room, Kitchenette area (some units)
Family RoomRoom Size: 30 sq.m. | Bedding Type: Double bed & Single bed
Livotel's Food and Beverage outlet is located on the ground floor near the entrance. It provides not only conventional food and beverage menus for breakfast, during the day, you will find a different A-La-Carte menu that is combining creativity and taste that you won't find it elsewhere.
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providing easy access to some key Bangkok's landmarks and attractions.
From Suvarnabhumi Airport, we are only 20 kilometres (takes around 20 minutes)
and is around 10 kilometres from downtown area of Bangkok.
Ramkhamhaeng - By Boat (Wat Klang Pier)
The Saen Saep Express Boat service runs on the canal of the same name, and is traffic free. The service runs about every 5 to 10 minutes and as the canal is exactly parallel to Ramkhamhaeng Road with many stops along that road (at some distance). It is a fast and inexpensive way of transport as a single trip, depending on the distance travelled.
Ramkhamhaeng - By public transit (Airport Rail Link)
Opened in August 2010, the Airport Rail Link (ARL) is an alternative way of getting in to Ramkhamhaeng area. The City Line of the service has a stop at Ramkhamhaeng, which is the utter southwest of the district at the beginning of Ramkhamhaeng Road. There is a district service from Suvarnabhumi Airport in the east, as well as from Phaya Thai, Ratchaprarop and Makkasan stations in the west. Do NOT take the Express line as it skips Ramkhamhaeng completely.
Ramkhamhaeng / Lat Phrao – By MRT (underground)
Livotel Hotel Lat Phrao is located in Soi Lat Phrao 130 (Ramkhamhaeng 81 Alley) is in easy distance from MRT station (Lat Phrao). With MRT efficient service, it connects travelers to the inner city of Bangkok in minutes.


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text: You can buy test kits from pet supply stores, intended for aquariums, that can give you a reasonably accurate picture of the water's alkalinity. Kai has a good write up on his site about this:http://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php?title=At_home_water_testingGetting this water tested by Ward Labs is really quite reasonable (You want test W-6, $16.50), but I don't think there will be enough time between now and the first week in May to send in a sample and get results back. Unless you happen to live near Kearney, Nebraska. http://www.wardlab.com/FeeSchedule/WaterAnalysis.aspxOtherwise, I would just use the water as-is and hope for the best.


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I would put an average homebrew up against most commercial stuff.
So while the absolute best (and worst) beers could well be homebrews, I don't think an average homebrew would stack up very well.
Won't argue with that b ut will point out that some of the absolute worst beers out there are homebrew, too.
Quote from: majorvices on April 25, 2013, 03:06:56 PMWon't argue with that b ut will point out that some of the absolute worst beers out there are homebrew, too. exactly, if you have ever suffered my crap.actually though, i get disappointed in the offerings when i go out. went out last night, and nearly every beer fell in to the light lagers, wheats, or flavored something or other, or some beer that is described as heavily hopped.. i am not a big fan of most of thesebeers because i think they just get the hell hopped out of them and taste like they were strained through asparagus. it is hard to find a dortmunder, a kolsch, a bock or a dunkel as is. the stouts and porters are all flavored with x, y, or z. eventually i noticed old rasputin which i like on the list and was happy. but come on.
I consider myself an above average homebrewer, after 21 years of persistent brewing I do a pretty good job of most styles I brew. But like Denny I can't brew a Rochefort 10, or a great pilsner, a good Flander's Red or several other beers. In fact as my homebrewing has improved I find myself buying more commercial stuff than I did 10 years ago, I consider it research. And though I do prefer my beer over a lot of the beer I buy, there's some really great commercial stuff out there that I'll probably never match.


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They're called Merb'ys — as in b'ys that live in the ocean — and if you haven't seen their glorious, bearded, bare-chested, fin-tailed selves, where have you been?
The two dozen or so local men have been getting international attention over the past week, landing themselves on Buzzfeed, the Huffington Post and a ton of other websites for their charity project — a project that has seen them strip down and don a merman tail for photo shoots.
"We were hoping The Telegram would do a story and maybe we'd get on the radio, and if we were lucky it might go national," says Hasan Hai, founder of the Newfoundland and Labrador Beard and Mustache Club.
He is also the founder of Project Kindness, a collective that undertakes various charitable projects throughout the year.
Known for his volunteer work, Hai got the idea for the Merb'ys when a friend posted a picture of a burly merman on his Facebook wall, saying he should find a reason to do something similar.
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"It was something hilarious, vulnerable and fun, which I'm apparently all about," Hai says, laughing.
He had been looking for a creative new project, something that could support Spirit Horse NL, an organization he had recently discovered and wanted to help. Based in Portugal Cove, Spirit Horse offers therapeutic programs with mental-health benefits through interaction with horses.
Hai came up with the idea of a merman calendar, shot in locations around the St. John's area, with proceeds going to Spirit Horse. He posted a quick message on social media — "Here's a weird question: who wants to be a merman with me?" — and got about 40 Merb'y applicants, along with a slew of volunteer photographers and costume designers (the main tail designer, Hai says, was artist Clare Fowler).
The photo shoots, which wrapped up about two weeks ago, happened everywhere Merb'ys might be expected to gather: Quidi Vidi, frolicking on Middle Cove Beach, at Manuel's River, even Erin's Pub (where a couple of the more musically inclined among them picked up guitars).
Will Whelan joined the Merb'ys through an acquaintance at the Beard and Mustache Club. He liked the charitable aspect of the calendar project, he says, as well as the freedom and the general hilarity.
"I don't mind taking off my shirt, it doesn't bother me, but when you put on the tail, there's something vulnerable about it. I'm not one who's overly self-conscious, but this was right at the edge of my comfort zone," says Whalen, a plumber when he's not lounging by the ocean's edge.
Hai agrees with the vulnerability of the tail, saying it goes beyond not being able to physically move, but also speaks of the whimsy involved in donning fins.
"There's literally joy in the world around you when you dress as a merman," Hai says. "When you have three or four big, burly guys putting on tails, it's joyful. People would stop and watch us and they'd be laughing without even knowing what we were doing. They loved it."
Since international media outlets have caught on to the Merb'ys, orders for the calendar have exploded, coming in from Japan, Australia, Norway, and pretty much everywhere else, Hai says. He declines to talk sales numbers, preferring to wait and do a big reveal when things are officially tallied.
The 2018 calendar will be launched with an event at Rocket Bakery in St. John's Nov. 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Merb'ys will be on hand, in costume, should you want to snap your own photo).
Plans are already underway for a 2019 calendar, to benefit a different charity.
Hai and Whelan have already signed on.
"If I can make other dudes have a laugh and maybe feel a bit less self-conscious, I'm all for it," Whelan says. "If you're going to have a laugh at my expense, pay a $25 donation for it and you can have at it."
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And not for nothing I hope you keep the Nintendo logo on that display case because that in itself is a conversation piece. Go on ebay and find yourself an old school Star Wars game for the Original Nintendo to put in there and you'll tie it all together nicely.
I can't but help wonder though, how much of it came to your collection via my house?
Now I just have to convince her that I need the rest of the basement.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Lipscomb women's soccer team has been picked to finish ninth in the Atlantic Sun Conference preseason coaches' poll released on Wednesday. The Lady Bisons, who finished the 2011 season with a 4-13-1 record while posting a 2-7-0 record in A-sun play, garnered 34 points including a first-place vote in the poll, finished just one point shy of eighth place Northern Kentucky and 18 points ahead of tenth place USC Upstate.
Florida Gulf Coast, one of three schools to tie for the conference championship last season, was picked as the early favorite this year picking up 91 points and five first place votes in the process. Jacksonville and ETSU, the other two members of the tri-champs last season, finished second and third respectively in the poll.
Katrina Frost of Kennesaw State picked up Preseason Player of the Year honors while Ashley Ciesielczyk of FGCU was tabbed as the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. Nikki Atkinson of Mercer was honored as the top goalkeeper in the preseason.
The Lady Bisons head across town for an exhibition game against Belmont on Friday Aug. 10 at Rose Park with kickoff at 6 p.m. The regular season slate gets underway with a home match against Jackson State on Aug. 17 at 7 p.m.


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3D Printing Zurich
Got a MakerBot, Ultimaker or any other home 3D printer you're willing to share? Blender, Rhino, SketchUp or other 3D design skills? A spare Kinect? Let's meet and make and see what happens. Everybody welcome. And don't hesitate to bring some beer.
3D Printing Zurich is a Meetup regularly held in MechArtLab.
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A comparison chart between TomTom VIA 1605TM and Garmin nuvi 3760LMT key features
|Automotive GPS
|TomTom VIA 1605TM
|Garmin nuvi 3760LMT
TomTom VIA 1605TM
Garmin nuvi 3760LMT
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|TomTom VIA 1605TM 6-Inch GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic & Maps
|Garmin nüvi 3760LMT 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Map & Traffic Updates
|Key Features
|Unit Dimension
|6.2" (W) x 4.2" (H) x 1.4" (D)
|4.8"W x 2.9"H x .35"D (12.2 x 7.5 x .89 cm)
|Screen Size (Diagnol)
|6.0-inch (15.4 cm)
|4.3" diag (10.9 cm)
|Display resolution, WxH
|WVGA (800 x 480 pixels)
|800 x 480 pixels
|Unit Weight
|9.5 oz
|4 ounces (113.4 g)
|Data Card Slot
|Yes. Micro SD
|Yes. MicroSD card (not included)
|Preloaded Maps
|Yes. US,Canada & Mexico
|CityNavigator® NT North America (US, Canada & Mexico)
|Battery Life
|Up to 2 hours autonomous operation
|up to 4 hours
|Speaks street names
|Lane Guidance/Assist
|Yes, with Advanced Lane Guidance
|Yes, with junction view
|Voice Command
|Lifetime Map Updates
|Lifetime Traffic
|Full Specs and Features
|Learn more from the manufacturer site.
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|Read all the reviews inclusive of the most helpful favorable review and the most helpful critical review (if applicable)
Note: Amazon tend to group a few models into one section of customer reviews (i.e models that belong to same series). So when you read a review, do look at which model the review refers to.
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1You receive up to four non-transferable map data updates per year until the product's useful life expires or TomTom no longer receives map updates from its suppliers, whichever is shorter. (*description from TomTom)
2Free Lifetime Map Updates entitle you to receive up to 4 map data updates per year, when and as such updates are made available on the Garmin website, for this specific Garmin product only until this product's useful life expires or Garmin no longer receives map data from its third party supplier, whichever is shorter.(*description from Garmin)
3Traffic Updates automatically sends real-time updates to your TomTom, so you can steer clear of traffic delays and take the fastest route possible to your destination. Lifetime Traffic updates are available in the US and Canada only.
4Free Lifetime Traffic Updates may not be transferred to another person or another Garmin product. Lifetime traffic extends for the useful life of your Garmin traffic receiver (as long as you own a compatible Garmin GPS) or as long as Garmin receives traffic data from its traffic supplier, whichever is shorter. Traffic content not available for all areas.(*description from Garmin). See www.navteq.com/rdstraffic for traffic coverage area
*Info on 1 2 3 and 4 are taken from TomTom and Garmin official web sites.
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While the play-caller has changed, and the options in the backfield have taken an offseason hit, Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer's philosophy regarding his running game remains the same as always.
Find a couple guys he likes - in this case, J.C. Coleman and Trey Edmunds – and make it work. Beamer will discover right away just how far a ground attack that struggled last season has progressed when Tech opens Aug. 31 against Alabama, which had the nation's top rushing defense last season, giving up 76.4 yards per game.
Last season, the drop-off in backfield production was one of Tech's biggest storylines. Only one other team in the ACC had a greater drop in rushing yards per game from the 2011 season to last season than Tech's 41 fewer yards per game (Maryland had 66.3 fewer yards).
Checking out the statistics on a grander scale, Tech's one-year rushing yardage drop was the 13th largest in the nation out of 120 Bowl Subdivision programs, and seventh largest among schools from Bowl Championship Series automatic-qualifying conferences.
Of those 13 teams with the most precipitous declines, Tech was one of only four that finished with a winning record (others with winning records were Utah State, Texas Christian and South Carolina).
Here's a closer look at the numbers:
Biggest rushing yardage swings among ACC schools
2011 yds./gm. 2012 yds./gm. Difference (+/-)
Florida State 112.2 205.9 +93.7
*Syracuse 120.4 187 +66.6
North Carolina 138.9 193.8 +54.9
Clemson 158.5 191.5 +33
Duke 94.1 125.2 +31.1
N.C. State 104.9 111.1 +6.2
Miami 145.7 144.8 -0.9
Georgia Tech 316.4 311.2 -5.2
*Pittsburgh 140.8 133.1 -7.7
Wake Forest 114.6 100.5 -14.1
Virginia 162.1 128.5 -33.6
Boston College 130.9 90.9 -40
Virginia Tech 186.9 145.9 -41
Maryland 169.3 103 -66.3
*statistics accumulated while participating as members of Big East
Biggest rushing yardage drops in nation from 2011 to 2012
Missouri (-104.96)
Tulane (-86.7)
*Utah State (-78.6)
Washington State (-72.9)
Maryland (-66.3)
Wyoming (-57.4)
Eastern Michigan (-55.8)
Temple (-55.2)
*South Carolina (-53.6)
Southern Mississippi (-50.4)
Illinois (-43.9)
*Virginia Tech (-41)
*finished with winning record
Of course, no program on that list of schools with the biggest one-year drops in rushing production lost more from its backfield from the start of the '11 season to the start of last season than Tech.
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David Wilson ran for a Tech single-season record 1,709 yards in the '11 season. He finished his three-year college career eighth on the school's all-time rushing yardage list (2,662 yards; 5.8 yards per carry – best career yards-per-carry average in school history) before being selected last year in the first round of the NFL draft pick (32nd overall) by the New York Giants.
He was the third running back taken in the draft. Tech also lost four starting offensive linemen at the end of the '11 season.
After failing to rebuild last season behind J.C. Coleman, Michael Holmes, Tony Gregory and Martin Scales, who were all outgained by quarterback Logan Thomas (524 yards; first time Tech has had a quarterback lead the team in rushing since 1965, when Bobby Owens ran for 526 yards), Tech will try it again this season with a slightly different mix in the backfield.
"It takes a little bit of pressure off the quarterback," said Thomas of the importance of the running game under new offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler, who spoke in the spring of re-establishing the run as his top priority. "You don't have to be perfect on every play. That's what every quarterback wants – a good running game. If we can establish that, I think it would make our offense more explosive."
Coleman (492 yards last season as a true freshman) has added muscle to his slight 5-foot-8, 177-pound frame. Beamer readily acknowledges you can't know what to expect out of Edmunds, who will play in his first college game in the season-opener, but the 6-1, 215-pound redshirt freshman showed some promise at times in the spring.
If Coleman and Edmunds are the top two backs, and they certainly appear to be with Holmes out of the picture after getting booted from Tech this offseason and Scales' eligibility elapsed, Gregory (299 yards last season as a junior) should be in line to be a third option.
Gregory's availability will be predicated on the sturdiness of his knees, which is certainly a question mark after three anterior cruciate ligament surgeries. Redshirt freshman Chris Mangus should also get some looks in August in the backfield.
With Loeffler trying to install the bulk of his offense and identify which backs fit which portions of the scheme best in four weeks, it's no mystery Alabama's defense will provide the ultimate season-opening test in Atlanta.
Given the circumstances with Tech's offseason assistant coaching and game-planning changes, which were unforeseen when the Alabama game was scheduled, would Beamer have rather started this season with a less imposing foe?
"I've been down both roads," Beamer said. "When you play Alabama, the best team in college football and they're talented and well-coached, that's one thing. The other side is you play a couple teams you hope you can beat and get your team developed that way.
"I think what happens with Alabama is your football program gets better. I think your summer practices are better, or summer workouts. I think your preseason practices are better. Regardless of how that game turns out, I think your program is better. To me, it's a tremendous opportunity. You're playing the best team in college football. I think that's the way that you approach this thing."
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The BBC has posted an extensive update on its future plans for the BBC iPlayer Android app. In the coming months, the corporation says it's main aims are to reach feature parity with the iOS app, and introduce new, high-quality streams and better support for large-screen devices.
In a blog post, BBC iPlayer boss Dave Price says the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 are now in the top five devices used to access iPlayer content. And in order to give 7-inch users the best experience, Price says a "significant engineering team" will be put behind improving iPlayer playback on Android devices.
Firstly, the BBC will improve video quality for higher-end devices on fast networks. This will start with new, higher-quality streams for Wifi users before Christmas, followed at a later date by additional high-quality streams for playback over 4G mobile networks.
In order to close the gap in functionality between iPlayer on Android and iOS, features like mobile downloads and iPlayer Radio (including background playback) will be brought to Android in the near future. A future version will introduce a new UI, upon which this new functionality will be built in the months ahead.
What's more, Price says a pre-Christmas iPlayer update will enable Android 4.2 support. (Current support tops out at version 4.1.2, though it is possible to install the app on a 4.1 device, then upgrade to 4.2 and use it without issue.) The same update will bring a "richer tablet experience" on devices like the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire, while future updates will prioritize optimizations for "the most popular devices."
The current iPlayer app has offered a decent but basic experience on Android, so we're pleased to see the Beeb taking a greater interest in optimizing for up-and-coming devices. And of course video quality improvements are always welcome. We'll look forward to trying out the new iPlayer update in the next couple of weeks. If you're after more technical details, the full blog post over at the source link is definitely worth a read.
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My Life in Black and White
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My life was unique from the day I was born. My mother is a black South African and my father is Greek. My mother was born on a farm in a rural area; my father was born on a sunny Greek island. They met at university and it was love at first sight.
In apartheid South Africa, it was rare to see an interracial couple, but my parents believed that our beloved country would one day change. Despite all the stares and the whispering, they soldiered on. They publicly took walks on the beach and went to movies together which seems very normal, but was like the sighting of an eclipse under the apartheid regime.
At the dawn of democracy in 1994, I was born. I was the little 'mixed blessing'. My parents had been together for 9 years and now finally had a child. I viewed the world through the eyes of a child. I saw nothing wrong with my family; however people would often stare at us. I just thought it was because my mother was so beautiful.
My views changed significantly when I went to crèche. The children would often ask if I was adopted, which was a preposterous idea to me. They would often ask me humiliating questions about my parents. For a while I felt ashamed of myself and would ask my mother or father to wait in the car and send my older mixed-race cousin to fetch me from crèche.
However, everything changed as I grew up. At primary school there were many other children with parents of different races. They made me feel like I was a part of them. I was no longer the lonely mixed-race girl. I still faced embarrassing questions at times, but I grew in confidence and always had witty replies.
It is now 16 years later. When I go out with my family, we still get the odd look or two. But it doesn't matter because I know that I am a beautiful mixed race girl. I don't need to be black or white.
– 16-year-old from South Africa (female)
This entry is part of a series of essays and messages from the publication "Adolescence - Beyond the Stereotypes" - written, compiled and edited by adolescents and young people themselves with support from Voices of Youth and UNICEF.


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Volume 16 Issue 37 | February 13 - 19, 2004
AT THE SEAPORT: Dancing to Afro-Caribbean Latin music performed by members of Carambu and Patakin. Seaport Museum, Schermerhorn Row, 12 Fulton St. , Fri., Feb. 27, 7-9 pm. 212-748-8786.
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ANTIQUARIAN BOOKFAIR The 25th annual Greenwich Village event brings 65 booksellers from around the Northeast displaying first editions and rare or unusual books of literature, history, art and more. Pictured above are Rebecca and Shirley Solomon who own Paegant Books, a participant. A fundraiser for PS 3 it will be held at the school, 490 Hudson St. - Feb. 20-22. Fri, 6-10 pm; Sat., noon-7 pm, Sun., noon-5 pm.
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE, 645-9800: Buy shares in the bounty of produce of small New York State farmers, weekly deliveries of fresh produce, delivered through November, approx. $375 for six months, call for more info.
Jefferson market library, 425 Sixth Ave., 212-243-4334: Feb. 7-Come Up & See Mae, unusual event commemorating the night that Mae West was arrested and held overnight in Jefferson Market Jail, 2 p.m., call to RSVP and for more information.
Love downtown, various locations, 212-835-2763: Feb.-Take advantage of various Valentines Day offers at numerous Downtown hotels, restaurants and shops, courtesy of the Downtown Alliance, call for info or go to DowntownNY.com.
PRABHUPADA SANKIRTAN SOCIETY, 48 Ave. B, 888-hungry-5: Sun.Sunday Love Feast, a social feast of gourmet vegetarian dishes, free, 6-8 p.m.
The downtown glee club, 74 Trinity Place, second floor, 516-248-7549: Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10-Open Auditions for male singers, all voice parts, for performing the Glee Clubs Spring concert in May, call or go to www.downtowngleeclub.org for information.
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Will Chevy's new minicar spark a color war?
I remember what happened in the late 1960s.
Ford got into a battle with Dodge and Plymouth for color supremacy. Each brand offered a wide range of wild colors with attention-grabbing names. I don't recall which automaker was first to the paint booth.
Ford created Grabber Blue, Grabber Orange and Grabber Green -- bright, in-your-face colors that were marketed on Mustang, and, I believe the Ford Maverick.
Dodge and Plymouth shared Top Banana Yellow, Hemi Orange, Go Mango and others. The paint was available on the Challenger and Barracuda and a few other models.
The current versions of the Mustang and Challenger have their share of wild, bright colors, as does the Camaro.
Minicars and subcompacts just might be the next group targeted for a bit of fun.
The 2013 Chevrolet Spark's paint palette features dazzling colors with fun names -- Lemonade Yellow, Salsa Red, Jalapeno Green, Denim Blue and Techno Pink.
Earlier this month I interviewed Cristi Landy, Spark's marketing director. The story appeared this past Monday in Automotive News.
"This car is all about fun; it is all about expressiveness," Landy said. "It just made sense to bring in some of these very expressive colors into the palette," including what she described as silvery pink -- Techno Pink.
Techno Pink?
How about a version of Dodge's Plum Crazy Purple, too?


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Epidemic in West Africa Requires Extraordinary Response to Stop Its Spread, Agency Says
The World Health Organization declared the West African Ebola epidemic that has killed nearly 1,000 people an international public-health emergency.
(Ebola virus: Nigeria and Ivory Coast restrict flights from countries hit by outbreak).
Meanwhile, the world's biggest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal, joined other Western companies in scaling back...


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