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If I ever suffer from writer's block, I just have to call my insurance.
My middle son has a deep cavity in a permanent tooth. It requires a root canal. The problem is, he's nine.
We've been to the family dentist, the pediatric dentist, the endodontist,and the orthodontist. I've called dental clinics and oral surgeons. None of the pediatric dentists want to touch a permanent tooth. None of the dentists for adults want to do surgery on a kid. Those that do root canal aren't on the provider's list.
Finally, in frustration, I called my insurance "help" line.
"I've seen four different specialists and called fifteen more." I explained.
"My computer shows there are sixty three in the twenty-five mile radius of your home."
"Yes, but I've called a quarter of them and had no takers. What do I do if I get through all 63?"
"We can expand the radius to 75 miles."
"You mean I have to call all 63? I was sort of joking..."
"If you want a provider in network, I'm sure you'll find one before you get through them all."
"Wait. You have the list right? And presumably, I'm not the first human being to call you to ask for a specialist who will do a root canal on a permanent tooth on a minor with sedation, not laughing gas."
"Then can you check your records and give me some names of those people?"
"Why not?"
"I'd have to have the social securirty numbers of those people."
"No. No. All you'ld have to do is call whoever cuts the checks for the benefits and have them do a search of payments to oral surgeons for root canals and then check to see if they were done for minors. I can't believe it's this inaccessible."
"Well, I don't have access."
"Who does?"
"Look, just start calling...."
"No. I want to know when we hit critical mass. I want to know at what point can we say I fought the good fight and just find someone?"
"You can do that, but it will be out of network."
The circle conversation had started again so I hung up and started dialing.
"We do root canals, but your insurance doesn't pay for the anestesia."
"But it's a root canal surgery. You have to have anestesia."
"I'm wondering at this point which is more painful, a root canal with out medication or trying to set this damn thing up."
"You could call your insurance and ask."
I may start self medicating soon.
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Sunday, December 7, 2008
Hitting a Nerve
Posted by Sherry Antonetti at 7:00 AM
Labels: help line, insurance, policies, root canals, Sherry Antonetti
1 comment:
- MightyMom said...
oh babe, that's rough.
be thankful you have 63 to ask. I usually have 5 to ask and then the none of them want to treat us....then the insurance says..."well, if you have to drive over 100 miles ONE WAY we'll reimburse you some gas money."
100 miles?? are you KIDDING me? I live <30 miles from Dallas, Tx....medical mecca of the South West.
but THAT'S military insurance for ya.
- December 7, 2008 at 11:22 PM
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\I» Mlilli.Ml. I.IS« GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1889. rJOHM B. NTMBT. Erfll.r* J-r.prl.M, I TIMS tl.8* P»r Year, Is A4naM-. STATE BOABD !JF AGRICULTURE. Governor DANIEL <i. i-'oeu:. Ii:\-nil.cio) Chairman, \\\ II. William*, Master of the State (Irange Patrons of Husbandry. It.W.Wharton, 1st IVrngrawional Dint A. 0. Ilrooka, 2d ('ons^esaional Diat. II. I. l-rant, 3d Confrreanonal Hist. VY. I' iin^'i], lin Congress al Hist. .1. s. Mtirn.w, 5th ConaycMoidnal I'ist. s. II. Alexander, 6th Congressional bist. A. l-eu/.ir. 7th CongrciMWOBal Diat. II. Illonton, Mtli Congressional Hist. I". I>. Smith, iuli Congressional Diat. I.M.I I TIVK COMMITTKK: ii"v. Daniel <•. r'owK W. I'. Green, s. It. Alexaudcr. I INA.VI i: 0OMMITTKL : A l..M/.n. W. IC. William*, II. I.. Orant. IIITII i KH : .liilm Itobinson, Commissioner. T. K. llruiHT. Swretury. II. II. I'.iiiil... l'h.D.,('heniiat ami Direr* lor id il"' Kx|M'rimeul Station. .1. T. Patrick, lieueral Agent Inunigra-liuii. I itrlllfrs* "Inlr Alliance. President—S. I!. Alcxuiuler. Charlotte. \ :■■..-President —T. Ivi-V. Asllpolc. Secretary—I.. I.. I'olk, Kak-i|{h. - .i.r—-I. Ii. Allen, Fall-. I . turcr—Dr. D. Iteid Parker, Trinity Assistant l.<ii in. r—1>. I). Mclntyr... iburg. Chaplain— Kiv. Parr Moore, Townaville. li.i.n- Keeper—W. II. Tomliuaon, l-'ny-rtteville. Assistant DoorKeeper—It.T. RuSli.Mt. (lilcad. >. i -. iim-ai-AI ins—I. s. Hull. Chalk Level. State HaHineHa Agent—W. A. Harden. K\KCI Tl\ K i H\IMITTI:I:. Klias I'arr. old Sparta, chairman; T. Ivey, A.-hpii!.'. .1. S. Johnston, ltulfin. FarnaetV 4naselaai—. President—Klin* Can-, (lid Sparta. Secretary—It. I'. Heater,Oxford. Assistant Secretaries—S. Otko Wilson, Vineyard, W. E llenbow. Oak Ridge. FARMERS' DEPARTMENT. v» heat, Corn ali'l Oats. The Report of the Ohio Agri-cultural Experiment Station is distinguished for its careful and measured tests of the different varieties cif wheat, corn and oats; the effects of 'hick and thin seed-ing; planting at different depths; the application of fertilizers; and the tests at sub-stations. The tabular exhibition of these multi-farious tests will be examined with interest by practical farmer... Among the ninety varieties of The wheat, the largest yield was from a smooth, awnless. red wheat, with rather long and stiff straw, an.l grain ol good quality, known as the Witter. It yielded over forty bushels to the acre. The white variety giving the largest product was the Royal Australian, smooth, with large kernels of good quality. It gave over thirty-eight bushels per acre. The poorest yield of any one out of forty-nine varieties was sixteen bushels, and the name, like that of many other lauded sorts, was "prolific." Mill-er's Prolific. "Raub's Prolific" gave the smallest yield among the red wheats. The lightest variety, -.'') pounds to the bushel, had a correspondingly large name, "Ger-man Kmpcror." The tests of most of the varieties extended through •seven years, or from 1SS0 to 1SS7 inclusive. Separate descriptions are given of SS varieties. The experiments with thick and thin seeding show that six or seven pecks to the acre usually gave the most grain; and the smallest crop was after two pecks of seed per acre, being about two-thirds of the largest in some years, and nearly equal to them in other years. The thin sowing yielded the largest and heaviest grain. On an average, four to six pecks gave as much as a greater amount of seed. The straw was larger and lodged less on the thinly seeded plots. With a rich soil and favorable conditions, a light seed-ing succeeds best. Plots were sown late in August once a week till the first of Nov-ember. There was but little dif-ference in the crop sown till the first of October, being about 30 bushels per acre, after which the product rapidly declined till Nov-ember, to seven bushels. There was but little difference when the seed was sown at different depths from one inch to three inches. From the numerous experi-ment made in wheat with fertil-izers, none of them on this soil produced the most beneficial re-sults. The tests with corn embraced ninety varieties. No very large yields were obtained. The Vir-ginia Horse Tooth gave 61 bushels the acre. The large Yellow Dent varieties yielded about 44 bushels. The large cared White !.>cnt gave variable results, or ones; and when the proper distance is thus given they will yield near-ly or quite as heavy crops. It should be borne in mind that the station at Columbus is at 400 lati-tude, and the best varieties of corn for that region, under the manage-ment given, arc those which arc intermediate between the large Southern and the small Northern sorts. Where all the controlling influ-ences are not taken into account, variations in different seasons, in rainfall, by rich spots in the same field, in distances to suit large and small varieties, and other causes, will often produce very diverse and apparently contradictory re-sults; and hence the importance, as at this station, of continuing the experiments through succes-sive years, and thus avoiding vari-able influences. Among other contents of this volume, are reports of experiments with pig feeding, for determining the difference between cooked and uncooked corn, and between feed-ing ground meal and whole grain. The first experiments were made with raw whole corn and whole corn cooked. As might be ex-pected, the soft-cooked whole corn was swallowed and dis-charged more rapidly than the hard raw grains, and as a result gave a much smaller increase in weight. Hut the report honestly states that "the cooked corn sometimes froze, making it diffi-cult to eat," and doubtless the ex-posure to the cold air at the same time still further increased the ap-parent difference in the two kinds of feeding. In the next experi-ment with cooked whole corn versus cooked meal, we are in-formed that "both would occa-sionally freeze, and the pigs would not cat them well." The cooked meal, however, produced about double the increase in weight. In other experiments, raw corn meal was found to be slightly better than cooked meal. In the report of the horticultur-ist (W. J. Green) descriptions are given of 120 varieties of the pota-to, most of which had been tested on the grounds of the station, lollowing are named as among the most popular: Heauty of Hebron, Hurbank, Clark's No. 1, Early Pearl, Marly Ohio. White Star, White Elephant, Rosy Morn and Early Dawn. Among prom-ising new va-iclics arc named Summit, Sunlit Star, Ilamden Heauty, I.ee's Favorite, Morning Star, Victorv, and Thotburn. foreign stuff, is a circumstance that goes a long ways to prepare one for the declaration that "farm-ing now-a-days does not pay." If our farmers would practice the husbanding of their resources, and seek, by saving, to become the producers of everything for the support of themselves and stock and make the farm a source of maintenance for everything on it, they would soon realize how easy it is to be independent, and how comfortable to live if their products were raised at home. They might not have quite as much money as they have some-times expected to realize from a full crop of cotton, planted for two or three cents above any possible market price, and in hopeful an-ticipation of a third better than a good average crop. But who is richer, happier or more contented than one with barn and smoke house well filled and farm well tilled? Varluu* *uut hern Fruit*. INotai of naaarinan fomnlngfeej Socioty.) B. F. Livingston, Waldo, Fla., read.a paper on the "Japan Per-simmon," sometimes called Chi-nese date plum. He said no fruit tree in the State grew so vigor-ously without fertilizer as this, especially when grown upon na-tive stock. Manure is unneces-sary. His last February grafts set fruit last summer. He has (5co trees eight feet high, one year old. The varieties are numerous. No trouble to grow them, but the problem of marketing, packing and shipping was unsolved as yet. Fruit should be clipped from the trees, wrapped in tissue paper, and packed in trays of one layer. Must not pick until mature, but at once afterward. The Japanese have cultivated this fruit 500 years, and have now about 40 dis-tinct varieties. The report of the sub-tropical committee was read, with detailed reports from each Southern State. New plums of the oriental strain were reported promising in Flor-ida; grapes arc grown successfully in the northern counties; the strawberry is the only small fruit grown to any extent in Florida for market; the culture of lemons is largely increasing, more varie-ties being grown. The lime is less grown than it deserves, the shaddock only as a curiosity, hav-ing no special value as a table fruit. European grapes usually fail in Florida. F'igs are consid-ered profitable by some. The guaua is a favorite fruit here, and quite largely grown, but is very tender and cannot stand frost. Olives are grown about Fcrnandi-na, but^lo not bear early. Dates are found in scattered gardens. The cocoanut is extensively grow 11 in the extreme southern part of PTorida. Most important of all tropical fruits now raised here is the pineapple; several varieties are successfully grown. Rev. Dr. Moore presented an essay on the "Minor Citrus Fruits." He spoke of the citron as the first of the family introduced in Europe, a thousand years before the orange. The fragrance of its flowers is superior to the rose. Strange that it is not grown more largely; instead of importing it, ought to export; it is easily grown and handled; no excuse for this neglect in P'lorida. The history of the shaddock was detailed; a native of China and Japan. Grape-fruit was referred to; it grows in clusters like the grape; should be gathered when fully ripe, when it is prized more highly than the orange by some. The lime he thought to have originated in the West Indies; it had never been properly appreciated in this coun-try. He exhibited specimens; rind yellow and green intermin-gled. It is more easily injured by frost than the orange or lemon. The "quanquat," a small, oblong, yellow fruit, delicious and refresh-ing in flavor, was shown; makes an excellent sweetmeat preserved in sugar. Mr. Van Deman protested against the use of the term "grape-fruit" as incorrect and unreason-able; the name was "pomelo," and he hoped the society would adopt it. Senator C. F. A. Bcilby gave a description of the orange indus-try in P'lorida. In less than twen-ty years, production has increased from nothing to 3,000,000 boxes vt lirn tin Bam uud Banks lluii.r b Well Pilled. [Wilmiiieton McssoriT'T.] A Northern gentleman, walking the streets of Wilmington in com-pany with the writer recently, in-quired why hay could not be raised in North Carolina. "I see here Frequently in Wilmington vessels unloading with hay, for consump-tion in North Carolina. I see great quantities of this hay ship-ped to every part of the State and siild to farmers all over the Cape Pear region. 1 therefore con-cluded that hay cannot be raised in North Carolina." I told him he was mistaken; that hay of a fine quality was in-digenous to all these lower coun-ties, and is a very profitable crop. Now, Mr. Editor, how is all this? I appeal to you and to the Alli-ance men all over the State to give us a solution of this problem, why we import so much hay from the Northern and Eastern States when we can raise such good hay in our own borders. The fact that we import so much hay, impressed the stranger with the idea that we could not produce it, or, he reasoned, we would surely do so. But he docs not know us. The people of Eastern Carolina have been per-fectly well aware, for a century or two, that they could make as good hay as any New England State could ever produce, and at about the cost of freight and cartage. But when you ask them why they buy from abroad, they cannot or will not tell you. They perhaps do not know exactly why; or they would hate to say if they did. It is not downright laziness, but very near of kin. It is improvidence, listlessncss and want of energy, which incapacitate the great body of our people for getting out of the old ruts. It is the custom, and has long been, to send and buy hay, when long forage is wanted; I for export. The farther east you and until it is actually needed, j plant in the State, the farther | amendment the matter has hardly received a | north you The Farm. —Are the ploughs sharp and strong ? —With a variety of grasses in the pasture there is more and bet-ter feed. —If the farm garden is 100 feet wide and 436 feet long, it n contain just one acre, and be of just the right shape to work easily with a horse. —Plow shallow for oats. If the soil be rich and loose roll it to make it compact. If it be thin and poor it will compact itself quite enough. —Smut reduces the quantity and injures the quality of the oat crop. To prevent it, sprinkle six bushels of seed with a gallon of water in which four ounces of copper has been dissolved. —Grass is the cheapest agent for conserving fertility; meets the demands of bone, muscle, and fat more nearly than any other one lood; and of all crops, is most easily grown, harvested, stored and fed. —I believe /("farmers would ex-pend a little of the effort and money used in finding and testing new varieties of oats, in the secur-ing of clean seed, of first grade quality, of the same variety tliey have grown and know is adapted to their locality, but grown on a different soil and in a more north-ern latitude, and leave the testing of new varieties to the Experi-ment Stations, until trials for suc-cessive years had proven the adaptation and value of a new sort,—it would be greatly to their profit. PROF. SAM'I. JOHNSON. Michigan. Itemember Till*. —Gets the oats in early. —5PW "se the currycomb well. —Plant Canada field peas for hog feed. —It is not enough to aim, you must hit. —Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot. —Do not farm too much land, but farm well. —Straighten up the young ap-ple trees that lean. —Beware of slippery places where the cow walks. —A silent tongue and a true heart are the most admirable things on earth. —If your wife must work 14 hours a day, then make her take an after dinner nap. —The "hoed crop" that is plant-ed on thoroughly prepared soil is already half worked, for the after cultivation is easy. Koliblur; Railroad* by l-'il.r Weight. Attacked by Legislatures, bled by weaker competing lines, and cheated by shippers, the condition of many of the Western railroads begins to awaken compassion, as did in olden times the spectacle of an over-matched and unfairly baited bull. While shouting in the popular chorus of denunciation against "grashing monopolies," certain merchants of St. Louis, principle demanded a who sh.p over the ra.lroads have different co£rse. 'Wshould re-been systematically robbing them by false weights. Five railroads centring in that city have suffered so much from this dishonesty that they have organized a "Bureau for Weighing and Inspecting Freight." They are the Chicago and Alton, the Wabash, the Vandalia, the Ohio and Mississippi, and the Indian-apolis and St. Louis. The super-intendent of this Bureau has made his report for the year 1888, and it tells a story discreditable to the mercantile integrity of one of our great cities. The number of cars brought under suspicion last year and weighed was 27,805. As certified by the shippers, the weight of the goods in them was 843,283,200 pounds. The actual weight, as proved by the Bureau, was 889,- 564.930 pounds. The attempted robbery was to the amount of the freight charges on 46,281,7000 pounds. The Bureau, after care-ful computation, arrived at the conclusion that the yearly loss of the roads diverging from St. Louis alone by fraudulent representations of weight amounts to over $IO0,0O0. Ti, Kecever irom the Great Dlaaater. [New York Sun.) The criticism we offered the other day on the disastrous re-sults attending the three terms of Mr. Carlisle as Speaker, has evok-ed comment among our contem-poraries. Many adopt our views without reservation, while others differ; but there is no difference concerning the facts. It is admitted that when Mr. Carlisle was first elected Speaker wc had a majority of seventy-three in the popular branch of Congress; that at the next elec-tion that majority was reduced to forty; that at the election follow-ing it was reduced to fifteen; and that at the last election it not only disappeared altogether, but the Republicans secured a work-ing preponderance in the House and elected Harrison President. What caused this decline and fall of the Democracy if not the policy pursued by the dominant elements, persistently and in spite of all protestation and warning ? They formulated the issues, they framed the last national platform. The platform of 1884 had been fashioned by other influences, and on that we won the Presidency. But thepolicy Mr.Carlisle's friends pursued in Congress lost us more than half of our remaining majori-ty in that body. On the last plat-form, that of 1888, which embodi-ed their own ideas, we were beaten. Is there no lesson to be gather-ed from these facts ? If there is a lesson, what is it ? Let us reason together. We address ourselves to the patriotic and intelligent masses, not to those who arc hopelessly blinded by cranky theorizing, personal selfishness, or disappointed am-bition. In the light of these events, no thoughtful and fair-minded person can believe that if Mr. Randall had occupied the chair during the years Mr. Carlisle filled it, if he had influenced the general ideas of Mr. Cleveland's Administra-tion and the policy of the party in Congress, if he had had the fram-ing of the national platform, we should now be compelled to sur-render both branches of the Gov-ernment to our adversaries. To maintain such a proposition would be to scorn the clearest facts of recent history and put common sense at defiance. But we are told that though wc abandoned the historic position of the Democracy on the tariff and internal revenue, and surren-dered it to our opponents, we must now adhere to the change and renew, perpetuate, and sacti-fy the blunder. Because the Re-publicans arc protectionists we must be free traders. Such rea-soncrs argue with Macbeth that having waded in so far, "return-ing were as tedious as go o'er"; and so they would land us in the fatal quicksands of absolute free trade. Then indeed, the only duty left us would be to perform the last funeral rites of the Demo-cratic party. We maintain that both pru-cover the ground we foolishly abandoned. Having by bungling blows or secret treachery chang-ed rapiers, giving our adversaries the one with the poisoned tip, we should make haste to regain the lost weapon and give it back to the hands of its ancient and his-toric owner. We should at once restore our skilled and successful generals to command, and re-duce to the ranks and the rear the authors of our misfortunes. Mass-es of citizens, like masses of sol-diers, become wise with sad ex-perience, and will not follow cap-tains who lead only to defeat. In time of war, when peril press-es hard upon the hearts and homes of men, they instinctively turn to those who are born to command. When the Athenians saw the massing of Persian hosts on the I plains of Marathon they turned naturally to Miltiades. and the broken legions of Rome rallied around Scipio when they heard the terrible tidings from Canna;. Balisarius was brought from pris-on, where he had been thrown by the ingratitude and jealousy of his imperial master, to beat back the advancing Goths and rescue ■I Beala Ike Mid stone. [Special dupateb front Wooatar, Ohio—15th.) A remarkable recovery from an attack of hydrophobia has just transpired in this county. The afflicted person is an eleven-year-old son ol Jacob Barclay, a well to-do farmer, who resides tend miles northeast of here. Eight years ago the boy, then about two and a half years old, was bitten on the upper lip by the family dog. The canine appear-ed to be all right at that time, but later on manifest -d signs of mad-ness and was killed. Nothing serious was thought of the boy's injury, and the wound soon heal-ed. Six weeks ago young Barclay came home from school and com-plained of feeling unwell. A physician was called and the boy's ailment was supposed to be muscular rheumatism, as his en-tire muscular system appeared to be totally paralyzed. His condi-tion became worse, and other physcians were called. The pa-tient became subject to paroxysms during which he would growl and bark like a dog and attempt to snap at and bite persons around him. The paroxysms began by the boy's panting and sticking out his tongue. His eyes would become glassy, and he would remain in this state for about twenty min-utes, and then sink into a par-tially paralytic condition. While in a paroxyism he was possessed of great strength and was bound to his" bed, and two men were necessary to hold his hands. A consultation was held and the ail-ment pronounced hydrophobia. The attending physicians look-ed upon the rabic poison as a self-limiting infection, and set about to bridge the case over the active period of the person. Large doses of aconite were given to blunt the sensuary nerves of the throat and (esophagus: hydrate of chloral to obviate-restlessness and produce sleep, and salicylate of soda to counteract the rabic poison if it depended upon a ferment for its action. The paroxysms grew less fre-quent, and it is now two weeks since the patient experienced the last one. He sits up in bed and does not evince a desire to bite. His voice has regained its natural sound, he is all right mentally, and the physicians pronounce him out of danger. C.'u-Operatlve Eiiterprlaei. j.-mu'-ville Landmark.) The following is an extract from a letter from Newton to the Le-noir Topic : "If you could but inspect our roller mill, with its $6,400 worth of machinery, you would see how much can be done by co-opera-tion, and how easy it would be to start some kind of manufactories in Lenoir. Our machinery was bought on time, each stockholder paying 50 cents per week on a share of $100; this will pay for the machinery and building and no one feels it. The three-story brick building is an ornament to the town, the mill grinds 125 bushels of wheat per day, making superior flour." This is the idea that we have been driving at, off and on for some time—not a roller mill, for while this may be a good invest-ment for the shareholders it does not employ much labor and its benefits are not diffused as those of some other manufacturing en-terprises are ; but co-operative associations for building and operating cotton, tobacco or other factories which will give the idle something to do and scatter mon-ey all over town every Saturday evening. It would be an easy matter to establish one or more factories in Statcsville on this basis if our people would pull to-gether— just once. Great Maaaea la Atlanta. [Atlanta Caaatilatioa.) It may be interesting .to know that there are seven George Wash - ingtons in Atlanta to-day, six colored and one white. One is a carpenter, one a coachman, one a driver, two are shoemakets, one is a laborer, and one just boards at 167 west Baker street. There are two John Adams, both colored, one is a laborer, and the other boards in the rear of 99 McDaniel street. Thomas Jefferson is a colored drayman. James Madison is wanted here for chicken stealing. His mother lives on Bell street. James Monroe is a six-year-old negro boy, living on Pine street. Jumbo Hunter made a case against him Christmas for throw-ing fire crackers on the sidewalk. There are three Andrew Jack-sons, all colored laborers. William Henry Harrison is a colored grocer on Harris street. There is another William Henry Harrison—"Tip" Harrison, clerk of the executive department. James K. Polk is a furniture dealer on Decatur street. Zach Taylor is a policeman— and a good one. James Buchanan is sanitary in-spector. Andrew Johnson Is a colored drayman. Ben Harrison is an East Ten-nessee engineer. Of Washington's Cabinet, there are in Atlanta Thomas Jefferson, the Secretary of State; Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treas-ury, and colored mechanic, and Henry Knox, Secretary of War, and first-class machinist. Tom Paine is a broker on Ala-bama street. Tom Moore is a commission merchant. One Jesse James ?s a messenger boy and Frank James is a colored cook. Sam Houston is a colored man —no occupation. Robert Burns is a saloon keeper There are two Robert E. Lees in Atlanta, One is a laborer at the Southern Agricultural Works and the other is a colored laborer. One Stonewall Jackson is a col-ored laborer in the W. and A. shops. The other Stonewall Jack-son is a clerk at Rich's. Henry Jekyll is a tailor, and Edward Hyde is an engraver. Jefferson Davis, colored, works at Grant's park. The other Jeff Davis, also colored, is a laborer in the Richmond & Danville shops. Alex Stephens is a bookkeeper. Mark Antony is out at the stockade. Napoleon Bonaparte is a color-ed laborer on the Georgia Pacific Railroad. Iteana Frata Everywhere. The Vassar College girls have a Prohibition Club. Mrs. Harrison, wife of the Pres-ident, is said to be opposed to decollete dresses. Boston cooking schools have educated 1,800 girls in the art of cooking during the past year. Mrs. Johnson, of Orange, N. J.. has ridden over 1,000 miles on her tricycle during the past season. Mrs. J. Lawrence Smith has given $50,000 to the Baptist Theological Seminary at Louis-ville, Ky. Miss Effie A. Southworth has been appointed to the high sound-ing post of Assistant mycologist at Washington City. The sling sash which Mary Anderson wears with the pretty pink gown in which she plays Perdita is a study for young debutantes. Miss Varena Davis, the daughter of ex-president Jefferson Davis, has been in New York lately ——r "ONLY A PRIVATE." [From Charlextou Newa and Courier.] [No more appropriate rM-oiiHion irould be presented, perliitpx. lor pabliafctasj tin-following poem, which wax written liy Capt. F. W. Dawaon a few dayx before ho left Virginia to arvk u home in South Carolina. It will appeal with iwnliur tenderiwee at thin tune to the old Co*. fedemta noldiwi-H with whom In- fought HO pHis.tr. I. Only a private! hia jacket of irray Is stained by the Hinoke mid the duxt: As Uuynrd, he'* brave; OH Kujicrt, be** Kn.v; KeckleHM us Murnt in heat of tlie fray, But in God in his only triixt. Only a private! to march and to fight. To suffer and starve ami lie xlronn; With kuonlcdtic unsajh to know thai the might. Of justice and truth, and h—tnaiol right, In the end must crush out the wrong. Only a private! no ribbon or star Hhall gild with false glory his name! Ho honor for him in braid or iu bar, His legion of Honor is only a near. And his wounds an' his roll of fame! Onlv a private! one more here slain On the Held lies silent and chill! And :n the far South a wife pravs iu vain One claspof the hand shetnay ne'er clasp again, One kiss from the lips that are HIill. Only a private! then' let him sloop! lie will need no tablet nor stone; For the mosses and vines o'er grave will creep, And at night the stars through thoclouds will peep. And watch him who Ihw there alone. were less. ess than the larger varieties which were mostly Dents, but we do not liscovcr that any allowance was in this comparison of varie- ' 5 between the proper distances '. in planting each. The mall Northern or P'lint varieties m iy be planted twice as thick on may venture. The Commerce act would seem to be from i~9 to 26 bushels. The \ passing thought. I possibilities of this industry arc' necessary, as much for the forci-medium Dents, white and yellow, | It is a very remarkable thing to limitless. Oranges can be grown hie encouragement The Flints yielded I see farmers, in this region of on nearly all soils in the State; integrity as for the protection of splendid climate and generous difficult to decide which is best; common cairiers.. soil, hauling home long forage for' fertilizer not really necessary un-their teams. One would look to til trees begin to bear. see farmers in Eastern Carolina' generally offering provender for' i.urkier inan Many sttu. sale. And the fact that they do j not, but, instead of being sellers We forbear to apply arithmetic ^^ frQm ^ ". to measure the whole extent ot this robbery by underweighing, | but we will remark that another; of the.. Inter-State |«le P-t.es _ or unknown ad-seeing about the publication of Build a Cotton Factory. her new novel. [Lincoln Courier.] ViiC-Prcsidcnt Levi P. Morton's At the solicitation of some of eidest daughter, Edith, is a young the citizens of Denver, S. Witt- lady o( fifteen. She is described kowsky, of Charlotte, one of the as a very mcc gjfJi wjtn an excel-largest and most successful busi- ient educatj0n and many graces ness men in this State, visited 0r manner. Denver on last Thursday. Mr. h k gaJd Me Mddles are goinf, Wittkowsky has been in the mer- ^ rf fashion in Englandi and cantile business for more than a ^ ma. o{ ri(Ji fc being quarter of a century and now ado m ,adies The owns stock in two or more of the styl^ wili hardly become fashion-largest cotton factories in the ^in this country. State, besides having interests in ,"",iic d...cheer n( other enterprises outside of his Miss Ethel "g.^ls. daughte^-of stores, and he gave the pedple of] Senator Ingalls is going to take A wise instinct pervades politi-Uhis place. and'Se ncigbSX*, ^SSlfe^ cal parties in hours of disaster, -me advantage of hisexpenence ~avs she wants to male We do not then select marplots, or mercenaries, lor uic ivivi-1 nturers for the important trusts t,le of the supreme leadership We take men whom we have tried and found fit for the highest du-calm, and able; in the way of a speech. He told how we can and how we can't do anything and advised us to build, at this place, a cotton factory. His talk and advice was so well received, as a result the meeting was organized by electing T. H. x" oiiiu Ceaaaa. ties, men adroit, ~ [eh™.. Triban..] j worthy, as Emerson puts it, "to Proctor, chairman, and the second The present would be a good ' stand the gaze of millions." [SuLouuPionearPr^.] time to take the census of the: Fortunately the Democracy is True. Grover got left, but there great men of Ohio—in Washing-I not lacking Saturday in March appointed for another meeting to formulate fthecommonestoffarmproducts, is one grand consolation. Hcalsoiton. 1 hey re all tnere, i'n such leaders, and I plans to raise funds to build a and not I the masses°are steadily gathering cotton factory sometime in the land as the large Southern I they arc importers and buyers of I got Mrs. Cleveland. concealing their eminence. I around them. I near future. She says she wants to money in order to buy her father 1 a new library in the place of the one that was burned. Chief Justice Fuller's third daughter, Mamie, has a great talent for music, which she intends to cultivate. She is a sprightly beauty of the blonde type, and her favorite indoor dress is a iGretcben costume of soft white the I material that is very becoming to her. Only a martyr I who fought mid who fell Unknown and unmarked in the strife ! But still as he lies in lonely cell Angel and Seraph the legend shall tell— Such n death is eternal life! K. W. II.IMSON. Richmond, Va., Oct. i!l. 1800. OFF WITH THEIR HEADS I see theglint of a kMU*dK*d •**, 1 hear it swish us it falls mid hacks, I see the v-ictims.it slays in their truck-.. I hear the spoilsmen howling with gl.v As the axe cuts the it-rviral vertebra- Of Democrats doomed to the i;rund li. II. He the office, big or lie they small, The heads of the holders must shortly fall, The basket waits for them one and all. The sweetest sound of all sounds I know Is the sound of a strong and skilful blow Of an nxe thut falls iu the way it should (to- Wail, Civil Service, oh. wail mid cry, Weep bitter tears from a blackenou eve; The time approach*1*: go off and die! 0, the headman's axe that bravely bites, 0, the headman's arm that strongly smites, 0, the blow that fells wherever it lights. Ilefore my vision, to my rapt eye The headless hosts march on, inarch by; The axe still [alls; its sound is a sigh. Glorious wea|H)u, and sound'*.*! .if (acts, Kesolute, ready, and rollicking u\'-; Vacancy-maker, department of sucks! I love thy grim, bright edge to feel, To TICW thy face of glittering uteri' Now thou shall have a mighty d. I bid begin; work early and late, Thou lusty deputy of fate. Decollate nml decapitate I I weigh a ton if I weigh mi ounce. uspirits rise, my ardor mount*; Axe, thou and I make theOrond P.auin e! •IOHN S. (*i.—MKM—N. lll.ilr ol main-ton II. IChlaaaa Hs-a-s.1 "Whew!" what a beastly smell!" ejaculated Landlord I'arker, as he walked behind the office railing at the Grand Pacific. "It is only Mr. Hlair painting his hat with benzine," said the clerk. "Ho, h-o-o-o I" rejoined Mr. Parker, and he retired to a more congenial atmosphere. It was indeed Mr. Hlair—John I, Hlair, of Blairstown, N. J, who in the little wash-room behind the key-case was painting with benzine the soiled spots upon his hat. Mr! Hlair is reputed to be worth $50,oco.OOO. yet such is his strong sense of merely holding his wealth in trust for the benefit of his fel-low- men that he spends upon himself less almost than is paid to his humblest workman. Hiscarc-fulness in money matters very well forms a commentary upon one of the secrets of his immense prosperity. When Mr. Hlair stops at the hotel if he intends to stay over night, he usually asks for a small inside room on the parlor floor. If it is in the winter and too cold, to sit without a fire he sits in the public lobby. If he in-tends to leave before midnight he does not take a room at all, but occupies the public rooms down stairs, and if he wishes to change his shirt he slips into the little wash room behind the offices. I never offer or refuse," he said jokingly one day to a gentleman who offered him a cigar. Certainly Nut. [Waehiniti-nPoM.l With the President's son a pos-siblc'United States Senator and Mr. Blaine's son nicely fixed in a snug berth in the State Depart-ment, the New York Sun should not be permitted to abuse Gen. Grant's son out of recognition by the Administration.
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|The Greensboro patriot [March 28, 1889]
|Hussey, John B.
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|Greensboro (N.C.)
|The March 28, 1889, issue of The Greensboro Patriot, a newspaper published in Greensboro, N.C. by John B. Hussey.
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\I» Mlilli.Ml. I.IS« GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1889. rJOHM B. NTMBT. Erfll.r* J-r.prl.M,
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I don't know how to cook crack. My whole knowledge about that crack thing comes first from Biggie's 10 crack commandments and second from Freakonomics, a book by Steven Levitt (economist at the University of Chicago) and the journalist Stephen Dubner. Just for my defense, I read that book in my second undergrad year by recommendation of my then-marketing professor who even lent me his own exemplar of the book back then. I've listened to a lot of rappers saying a lot of things about crack cooking and selling, I can deliver Biggie's 10 commandments right off the top of my head, I read and re-read Freakonomics, I even re-re-read the chapter on crack, but still, I don't know much about that crack business (...)
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Umidigi A1 Pro With Android 8.1 Out of the Box at $99.99 [Coupon]
Before the full-screen became a mainstream, when we were talking about the best screen size in terms of single-hand operations, the 5-inch models were out of the discussion. All those smartphones that came with such a screen size were considered the best offers in the market. The larger phones caused too many complaints towards those who don't have big hands. But the Xiaomi Mi MIX was launched and changed everything. Now all manufacturer have launched their own full-screen phones. This statement refers to the second-tier smartphone vendors as well. But what's more interesting the latter comes at a lower price tag. One of such devices is the Umidigi A1 Pro. This brand has changed its name for a few times but seems nothing changed in its philosophy and strategy. The Umidigi A1 Pro is the best proof – it comes with many trendy features and costs only $99.99 after applying the coupon (code: 618GBcoupon01).
Like many other Umidigi smartphones, the selling point of the Umidigi A1 Pro is its appearance. Thus it's been made for those who want to own a well-looking handset that will meet their daily tasks. But at the beginning of this article, we were talking about the gold-size smartphones. This handset is one of them. It sports a 5.5-inch full-screen with a resolution of HD+ and an aspect ratio of 18:9. Thus, the display is placed on a phone that regularly sports a 5-inch screen.
Well, full-screen smartphones are everywhere now. What about the hardware? Probably, we shouldn't expect more from a smartphone from this price category. The Umidigi A1 Pro is packed with an unknown chip of the MediaTek MTK6739. It's assumed to be the successor of the MTK6737. The SoC is paired with a 3GB of RAM and 16GB of ROM. Looking at these features we can state the A1 Pro belongs to the entry-level smartphones category.
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It's that time of year. The garden and orchard are in full swing.
We love to dry our fruit for hiking and vegetables for backpacking. Especially when the days hit 100+, we stick our dehydrator on the back porch to make quick work of our harvest.
As the summer fairs start, we try to support 4H and FFA each summer with a couple of purchases. A large roast makes great jerky. And, in the spirit of experimentation, we made lamb jerky from an oversized leg that we couldn't figure out how we could eat in a week. Again, great food for hiking or backpacking.
When weight does not matter? We will pick fresh herbs to take with us. Basil, thyme, lemon grass, bay leaves, they all travel well.
How much of your garden travels with you?


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We have been planning to adopt a new kitten into our family, we are a cat family. However we also have a goal to enroll Holly into the 4-H program that focuses on cats when she is seven years old in preparation for learning about caring for and showing her cat when she turns eight years old. Training a cat to be comfortable with crating, traveling and people as well as mature enough to handle it is our goal before we enroll her in 4-H. We are a family who plans - so.....
Meet Lilly!
Lilly is the newest addition to our family and part of Holly's newest learning lesson - a living lesson if you will. Holly is beginning to learn about care for this personal cat. While she has always assisted in the care of our two oldest cats she is taking responsibility for this one - feeding, watering, litter box, play, proper care, etc. We have some great books on cats that we are reading through as a good reminder on behaviours of a kitten.
Today we take Lilly to the veterinarian for her first post-adoption check up. This will be a lesson for Holly as well - she has been but was too young to remember. Now she will get a chance to learn what happens at a vet check and those following.
We are excited for this new journey in our lives. Lilly is a very sweet little girl who is playful, snuggly, easy going and so far a wonderful fit for our family.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
A Living Lesson
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OK. I need a little perspective and a third-party opinion here. Are my lashes really longer, thicker and darker, or is it just my need to believe that the $114 I spent on a bottle of stuff half the size of a wine cork isn't just vanity run amuck?
I'm starting to feel a little like Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard. "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."
I'll mention again that I spent a good 30 minutes "re-touching" this updated results photo (something I seem to do a lot lately), but I didn't touch the lashes, just the depressing sea of wrinkles, pores the size of salad plates, and brows in tragic need of maintenance.
So what do you think? Is it working or not?


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|03 July 2009, 01:06
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If they had millions of dollars they would just have given management bigger bonuses that year nothing more.
The only thing that would have saved commodore was having enough cash to R&D a PPC machine with out of this world 2d/3d video and 16 bit sound to keep competitors away for 10 years.
The C64 game them enough cash to buy the Amiga. Selling Amigas should have given them enough time and cash to jump to PPC. From there who knows what would have happened.
Doing consoles was a waste of time, they should have invested in a software division making apps to show off the desktop Amigas (1000,2000,3000,4000) while getting good games ported to the games machines (500, 1200). All the other machines (500+, 600, cd32, cdtv) should never have been made. They should also have kept the 8 bit line going for cheap school/game systems.
|03 July 2009, 01:57
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since its all dreamy in here,
I would of prefered the A600 to of had an 020 and AGA but with only 1mb chip (upgradable of course)
that would of been a better stepping stone..... knockin out those units for £180 and the A1200's for £325 in the day...
|03 July 2009, 02:41
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MC680x0/AAA Architecture A new Amiga architecture, based on the Advanced Amiga Architecture (AAA) chipset and the Motorola MC680x0 CPU, is currently in development. Current plans for this architecture are to produce a high-end personal computer system, tentatively designated the A5000. There are a number of significant issues related to this architecture that may indicate that it is not appropriate in view of Commodore's current position and overall strategy: • The compatibility of AAA-based systems with existing software and hardware is expected to be very low. Basic applications that use operating system functions should, in theory, function. However, more sophisticated applications that directly access the Amiga hardware, such as the NewTek Video Toaster, DeluxePaint IV-AGA by Electronic Arts, and most entertainment applications will be incompatible. These applications, which will be incompatible with AAA, represent a significant portion of the market for Amiga systems. The installed base of AAA systems must be sufficently large to justify the developers' effort to update existing products for compatibility and/or support for AAA or develop new products for this architecture. The likely result is a "Catch-22" in which AAA-aware applications are not developed because the installed base is small and the installed base remains small because AAA-aware applications are not available. • It is not apparent that the market segments that MC680x0/AAA systems are intended to address have been completely identified, nor does it appear that likely sales to these market segments will provide a significant return on the investment in this architecture. Specifically, Commodore's most successful markets are home entertainment consoles (currently addressed by the CD32 system) and low-end personal computer systems (currently addressed by the A1200 system). Although AAA does provide improved graphics performance and sound capabilities, the time to market and impact on other longer-term projects may not be justifiable. In the high-end personal computer market, the MC680x0/AAA architecture does provide performance and features equal or superior to those of other platforms at similar price points, such as Intel 80x86-based systems running Microsoft MS-DOS and Windows. However, such systems have a very significant advantage in software base and also benefit from major economies of scale, due to the very large installed base of systems, that allow rapid cost reduction. Because of these factors, and the long time to market of AAA-based systems, it is likely that high-end AAA-based Amiga systems will not be competitive when they are released. • Development time and cost for the MC680x0/AAA architecture is very high. With current staff, it is estimated that minimal operating system support for the AAA architecture will require six months in the most optimistic possible scenario. More extensive support could require up to two years. This is particularly significant in view of the limited resources available, and the impact of such an allocation on other projects that have potentially greater short- or long-term benefit. If sufficently large market segments for the MC680x0/AAA architecture are identified, with full consideration of the compatibility issues and development time, such systems should be developed as near-term measure to maintain Commodore's product line. In any case, the scope of any such project should be limited to addressing identified market needs to minimize the impact of this project on longer-term efforts, such as the PA- RISC/3D Graphics Engine architecture.
|03 July 2009, 16:06
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CD32 may have survived for a time, but Sony and MicroSoft had the research, the funds and the smart marketing people to lead them the right way. Commodore did not. And what software developer would have signed on to develop CD32 when the parent company's financial position was well advertised?
|21 July 2009, 14:59
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Found another interesting bit (to me ):
Commodore had two architectures that were never released: Nyx with AAA and Acutiator with Hombre. The latter consisted of a PA-Risc Core at 100MHz, 3D Acceleration, PCI and would have run WindowsNT with m68k Emulation.
That is the Amiga that would still be around if C= would had $$millions in '93.
That sounds quite cool and technically advanced. No more Kickstart on CD64.
EDIT: "could be sold either as a high end PCI graphics card" (Wikipedia) - Amiga the graphics card
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|21 July 2009, 15:39
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Commodore didn't have a clue, likewise neither did Atari.
The only reason Commodore acquired Amiga was because Atari were too stupid, but up until then, Commodore had no plans to succeed the C64, they just seemed to wander aimlessly into successful computers, but that luck had to run out at some point.
They didn't have a clue how to market the A1000, and finally got their act together with the A500, but then they just rested on their laurels, sitting back counting the cash.
They then did the CDTV, which might have been a success had they got a god damned clue how to market it, confusing instructions given to sellers meant it wasn't a computer (though it clearly was), it wasn't an Amiga (natch!), it was a home entertainment system... something that hadn't been embraced yet.
But the biggest failure was the A1200, never mind the CD32.
It was good that they increased the colour pallete, it was good that they increased processor speed.... and thats where the good news stops!
Only 2meg chip ram....
Same 4 channel 8bit sound chip
Same blitter that now has to move 3 extra bitplanes around but running at the same speed!
Where the fuck was the hard drive as standard?
Why wasn't it at LEAST 68030?
Don't get me wrong, i like the A1200, its a nice machine, but it should have a been a real genesis of the A500.
As for the CD32.... jesus wept! Nice inside, why the fuck was it designed by morons? The CDTV was several years earlier and looked about a BILLION times better.
Commodore didn't give a flying fuck about the Amiga in whatever guise it took, so long as it was making money, thats all they cared about.
Commodore UK however, I had time for. David Pleasance did his very best to get software companies onboard, actually bothering to ask them what they wanted from the proposed A1200... and then Commodore US completely ignored what was asked for and just blithely went in their own direction!!!
The Amiga had a technological advantage that no other machine will EVER have again. No machine was that far advanced over the competition and lasted for so long.
Now technology moves too quickly, and whilst its nice to program for a machine where you know what graphics and sound it has and know that within reason you can program and it will work on them all, that kind of computer cannot exist today, they have to be modular and expandable in a way the Amiga was never really designed to be.
Even if the A1200 was a technological marvel like the first A1000, it would have taken the PC little under a year to beat it.
But first and foremost, Commodore were responsible, they just didn't have a clue.
As for piracy, that doesn't even warrant a response!
|21 July 2009, 16:04
2nd era...
A fat wad of cash would never compensate for Commodore's stupidity.
Everything that came after the A500 was released behind the times or shouldn't have seen the light of day, hence PCs evolved faster into the dominant position by the mid-90s.
|21 July 2009, 16:13
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Yes, the management was incompetent. Everybody around here agrees.
But I don't see a flaw in the Hombre design. I think it had potential.
|21 July 2009, 16:54
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|21 July 2009, 17:34
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The Amiga was in a downward spiral after the A3000. That was in my view the final true Amiga that showed progressive hardware development and forward thinking ideas because the development of that system had the money spent on its development to allow it.
After that Commodore was starting to play catchup with the 16-bit consoles in gaming terms, and with the PC in computing terms. The A4000 was a cut down shadow of its original concept. Still a very nice and desirable Amiga at its launch, but not the next step in Amiga development by a long way. And the A1200, while a great Amiga and the most used these days, was also a cut down budget restricted design compared to the original ideas. And the CD32 was just their last ditch attempt to claw back into the gaming market by using their A1200 CD drive development.
However they were not alone. Atari were in a similar situation with the Falcon. The final released system being a cut down version of its full original design, and failing far quicker than the Amiga and Commodore.
I think the biggest problem was the speed at which computer technology was progressing. Not the dodgy dealings of the companies involved. At the start of the 80's 8-bit systems such as the C64 and Spectrum had very long shelf lives. Although some different models were released for certain makes containing more ram or a different keyboard, the core remained the same and the companies got used to having a static stable platform that was easy to mass produce for years with little change to the design, but which sold well. That all changed in the 90's. New hardware and development of existing hardware was getting faster and faster and it just wasn't possible to use the same long development cycles they had got used to.
This is where the modular mass produced nature of the PC market suddenly came into its own. The ability to chop and change the spec of a computer to suit each user, rather than buying a fixed platform and then trying to bolt extras on.
For a fixed platform gaming now had consoles. These retained their long shelf life and minimum continued development cost. Commodore saw this and tried to jump ship and become a player in the console market with the CD32 because that market fitted the development model they had become used to with the C64 and then the A500. What they failed to understand was the shear size of the budgets the console developers had to play with. Something Commodore didn't have.
The biggest failing of Commodore was as is so often mentioned that they just didn't know what to do with the Amiga. How to market it. Who to market it to, and what markets it fitted into.
Apple only survived because they did know their market and stuck to it. They never tried to seriously enter the gaming marketplace. They knew their core market was in DTP and design and so kept on making robust workstation like systems for the professional marketplace. A decision that is what allowed them to survive. The Mac was however a different market to the Amiga as it was restricted more so to certain professional userbases, so its marketing model cannot directly be compared.
|24 July 2009, 00:02
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As for the Mac going to intel chips rather than powerppc, who cares? The OS is exactly the same. Fact is, the intel systems are waaaaaaay faster and cheaer than the PPC systems ever were.
Getting back to the Amiga. It would have been nice of the OS would have progressed some more. I don't really care what hardware was under it, but it would have been cool if it did manage to progress like Apple where there are maybe 3 or 4 systems and no clones all running a superior operating system.
|24 July 2009, 00:09
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|24 July 2009, 01:52
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Good Grief. This thread is still alive?
|26 July 2009, 19:09
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I miss the old Amiga days. I spent more on my Amiga then than I did on my current Power House PC. With hardware and all I think I had around $4,000 invested. But worth every penny!
|26 July 2009, 23:04
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Commodore failed to move with the times. If they had all that money to bail themselves out, then rather of invest in new technology, they would of wanted an easy buck by following the PC market. Commodore couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery as far as marketing was concerned... For anybody who's watched David Haynie's 'Deathbed Vigil' video Commodore had a fantasic talent of engineers in their realm, but with all the cutbacks over spending, they would of most certainly of gone done the PC route anyway, as that was where the money was for an easy buck, as they were a bunch of skinflints!
|27 July 2009, 06:48
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Commodore failures (not including management politics or third party offers such as Sun and licensing technology to others such as Epson):
- Running out of money to market A1000 in 1985/86
- Sacking original amiga team in 86/87 (leading to subsequent little R&D advances)
- Releasing "high-end" A2000 as little-upgraded spec to A1000/A500 in 87 (should also have had standard model with 68020)
- Spending sweet FA during 1985-1990 on R&D
- A3000 not having fast 256 colour and 16bit sound in 1990
- CDTV/A500+/A600 waste of time and money
- A4000 not having 16mill colours and 16bit sound, but instead slow 256 colours - nevermind the CD32 and A1200 they were both crippled by the hapless AGA technology too)
In other words, all this stuff happened before 1992 by which time it was too late, and all of the latter parts late eighties to 1992 during the height of amiga sales were not due to lack of money. More R&D was conducted by original amiga team 1983-1985 than 1985-1994 with commodore. Just look at Paula chip and 8bit sound and non-HD floppies as an example. If this simple thing was not upgraded in a decade then more money would not solve anything if the will and direction is not there.
|28 July 2009, 14:19
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You know... with a decent management on C='s part....
With a decent 68k emulator, they could mayhaps a pulled a 3rd gen Amiga off.... I mean, Apple did it with the PowerMac, and later they managed to pull off a decent PPC-emulator so the older programs for the PowerMac's worked on the Macintel's.
I agree with the Paula discussion... although one of the most sophisticated 8bit soundchips ever (if not THE most), the 4c/8bit scenario was slightly outdated with the dawn of the AB16 and AWE and those.... heck, just "updating" it to use 8channel/16bit would've been a far jump ahead of the Creative chips. Especially when you think about how it also handled more or less all the disk-IO and also had a hand (or a byte :P) in other areas.
Denise could've been so much more in the Aga (Was that Alice? I never remember which of Agnus and Denise got the Alice-name )... I have been playing with the idea of whether or not it would be possible to make her use bitplanes up to 256 colours, then go chunky for 8/16/24bit colours. And given 4 MB dedicated RAM instead of 2 MB shared with the other special chips, she could've pulled off another generation of gaming.
Then, the chipset itself should've been upgraded.... speedwise, that is. Even with an 06/75MHz CPU on an accelrator card, the chipset itself only wen't on 14 (as was the CPU speed in the A1200)... upping the chipset speed to 25 or 33 MHz, would've given the Amiga a new lease of life "right there" and would yet again soar past the competition.
Would this be enough to save C= in the long run? probably not. However, if they could've taken more notice of David Pleasance' notes on what the cutomers wanted, and target the hardware threreafter, I would hope they could at least have lasted for another 5 - 6 years.
After which, the intel and AMD spaghetti-CPU's was going at 400MHz+.... and so the 4th gen Amiga should've gotten something even better..... I'm led to believe the PPC's at that time (1999 - 2000) could run at about 300 MHz? couple this with a chipset at 100MHz, a faster gfx-chip and a Paula-derivate capable of 64channel/24bit sound......
With just these small adjustments (and probably millions of £ in R&D to get them together :P) I believe the Amiga would've had a fighting chance.
But... it probably wasn't meant to be.... at least not with the people at the head of C=... I'm sure the shoenumber (in UK sizes) of the one with the biggest feet, was bigger than the combined IQ of them.
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If Commodore had only survived 1 or 2 more years when the internet exploded they could have continued to sell Amiga's with Netscapes browser and maybe done very well. Bundle in a 24 bit card on big box Amiga's and or a 24 bit add-on for the A1200 and they would have been fine. Hell Netscape ran on the then crappy Mac OS 8 that didn't even multitask.
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Wow, I love this thread.
Netscape ran on old and cheap PCs as well. The internet connection fees were expensive in those days, not the hardware. There is no advantage for the Amiga here.
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Purvi Joshi spent her last night alive dining with her fiance and talking about their happiness.
The following morning she'd been stabbed, smothered and strangled by his former lover.
A jury on Wednesday found Manisha Patel, 32, guilty of murdering Ms Joshi in the early hours of July 30, 2013, in the couple's south Sydney apartment.
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Mr Dave and Patel lived together after meeting on a matrimonial website in 2011.
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Oh my god, it's tomorrow!
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The Ugly - Belarus
"Cheesecake" - TEO
Sorry TEO, just sorry. TEO also just missed out on my countdown of the hottest men at this year's ESC (let's be real, he is rocking this Robin Thicke type image) but in my opinion, the song is just ugly. What defines 'Cheesecake' as ugly? Well, when it came to selecting songs which made 'the bad' list, I thought long and hard about which songs are 'bad' and which songs aren't necessarily 'bad', they're just 'ugly'. Whereas the vocals of Lithuania, the wailing of Georgia, and the flat Iceland all offer something for the 'bad' category, I actually feel 'Cheesecake' isn't like that. As mentioned, TEO has some sex appeal, the song has some alright lyrics and the composition isn't all that bad - so what makes the song so absurd? My answer is I don't know. It's not good, but it has all the elements to be a 'good-ish' song. Hence, this is why Belarus made this year's ugly category. I have listened to this song 3 times; once for the first listen, once out of pure choice, and once when watching how they've decided to stage it. Compare that to 'Children of the Universe' which just became my most ever song played on iTunes and that tells you how I feel about 'Cheesecake'. Comments anyone? Even I'm struggling to waffle on about 'Cheesecake'. Well Good Luck Belarus, Good Luck TEO! I'm out.


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London: GP2 champion Pastor Maldonado will become the second Venezuelan to compete in Formula One after Williams announced the 25-year-old would replace Nico Hulkenberg for the 2011 season.
"I will be looking to get some good results in return for the support my country has given me to help get me to this position today," Maldonado said in a statement.
Compatriot Johnny Cecotto started 18 races in 1983-84 and Maldonado will team up with Brazilian Rubens Barrichello in the Williams Cosworth FW33 to try and wrestle the title from Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull when the season starts in March.
GP2 champion from 2009 Hulkenberg was ditched by the British team last month despite the German`s promising debut season.
"I feel very privileged Williams have selected me as one of their race drivers," said Maldonado.
"It is a great way to end what has already been an amazing year for me," added the driver who claimed a record six successive victories on his way to GP2 glory this year as well as testing with Williams in Abu Dhabi.
"For me, it`s an honour that such a famous team in the world of Formula One has taken notice of my talent and decided to take me on for the next season."
"It`s an honour to share with such an experienced F1 driver as Rubens Barrichello. I think we`ll be great team mates and we`ll be working hard to keep improving Williams and take them to the top."
Team boss Frank Williams said he was first struck by Maldonado`s abilities during his debut GP2 season three years ago.
"Pastor first caught my eye in 2007 when he drove a masterful race (to win) at Monaco. Since then he has regularly reminded us of his unquestionable talent with some skilful wins particularly during this year`s GP2 championship," said Williams.
"We are very much looking forward to developing his talent over the winter and a fruitful season with him next year."
Maldonado started his motorsport career in kart racing at the age of seven.
His first Formula One experience came in 2004 when he tested for the Minardi team in the off-season.
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