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Main Street Diner is small but good
You may have to wait a few minutes for a table, but if you are willing to do that you'll be treated to a fine meal and good service at Main Street Diner, 315 Main St., Saint Peters, Mo. At least that's what we experienced during a recent visit.
The suburban St. Louis restaurant is open only for breakfast and lunch, "so we can enjoy our families in the evening," notes its website, mainstreetdiner.org.
Our party of five was there for breakfast on a busy Saturday morning. We parked right outside the front door — a sign said there is also a parking lot in back — and waited only about five minutes for a table to open up. There is also counter seating.
While we waited we looked at old photographs and other nostalgic items on the walls.
The menu was much more extensive than we expected, and breakfast entrées ran between a very reasonable $3 and $7 dollars. I ordered a No. 4 ($6.29), which included two eggs, country fried steak and either a biscuit and gravy or choice of a potato. I opted for the biscuit and gravy.
I also ordered a single pancake on the side for $1.49 more. But that was a mistake because I was already full by the time I got to it.
Lunches at Main Street Diner run between $4 and $8, and there are daily lunch specials. Main Street Diner also has fairly extensive children's menus for those age 10 and under at $2.99 for breakfast and $3.99 for lunch.
Copyright 2013 by Phil Roberts, Creative Enterprises.
Posted by frontporchexpressions on November 7, 2013 in Uncategorized
Tags: Main Street Diner, Mo., St. Peters
Despite Hurricane Isaac's remnants, football, hockey and wine-tasting made for a fun weekend
Pierce, nearest the sidelines, plays tight end on offense.
Pierce (81) takes a breather.
One of the few moments rain wasn't falling.
Cade (67) is ready for action.
Cade has played ice hockey for years and is an excellent skater.
Cade is often where the action is.
The Stone Hill visitor center and gift shop building.
Vineyards fill a hillside.
Stone Hill is a beautiful complex.
Hungry? Stop at the restaurant in a former carriage house and horse barn.
Dine in a former horse stall if you wish.
The restaurant specializes in German food.
The remnants of Hurricane Isaac nearly derailed our plans, but my wife Sherry and I finally got to see our grandson, Pierce, a junior at Fort Zumwalt East High School in St. Peters, Mo., play football.
We had attended one of his games several years ago, but it had barely begun when a thunderstorm and lightning caused its cancellation. It's the only game he's ever had cancelled. This contest, a home game on Friday, Aug. 31, also was in limbo until a decision was made at 6 p.m. to play it.
Thanks to Isaac, it had been raining in the St. Louis area since Thursday night. On Friday the rain came down in sheets. Storm sirens sounded twice in mid afternoon when twisters were spotted in the area.
Despite our getting quite wet, we enjoyed watching Pierce, a tight end (on offense) and an outside linebacker (on defense). His team won handily.
The next day found us dressed not in rain gear but in coats as we watched another grandson, Cade, participate in an ice hockey tournament at a rink in Chesterfield, also a St. Louis suburb.
Cade is a starting defenseman on the '99 St. Louis Jr. Blues hockey team. The Blues split in the two contests we saw, losing to the No. 1 team in the nation.
During the day on Friday, we had had some free time. So we decided to visit the village of Hermann, Mo., in the heart of Missouri's wine country, located 60 miles west of St. Louis and 15 miles south of Interstate 70.
We'd recommend it.
Hermann is a picturesque community on the banks of the Missouri River. It was established in 1837 by German immigrants from Philadelphia. The area is said to look like Germany's Rhine Valley.
The city's website accurately boasts that Hermann is blessed with original architecture, prize-winning wineries, a variety of shops and a host of down-home folks.
There are many wineries there but, based on some advance research, the winery we chose to visit was Stone Hill Winery (stonehillwinery.com), Missouri's oldest and most-awarded winery, located at 1110 Stone Hill Highway.
Our first stop at the Stone Hill complex was its spacious visitor center/gift shop, where we signed up for a guided tour of the winery. Tours take place daily and leave the visitor center every half hour.
The fee is quite reasonable: $2.50 each for adults, $1 for children 6-12 and free for children under 6.
A small portion of the tour is outdoors and if, like me, you neglected to bring an umbrella on a rainy day, the staff will happily loan you one.
The tour does involve some hills, but paved ramps or steps make them easy to navigate.
Our tour guide, a young man named Alex, took us past some hillside vineyards and then through the largest series of vaulted cellars in America. Throughout the half-hour excursion, he stopped now and then to explain both the rich history of the place and the winemaking process.
Established in 1847, Stone Hill grew to become the second-largest winery in the United States and, by the turn of the century, was shipping 1,250,000 gallons of wine per year. During Prohibition, the cellars were used to grow mushrooms.
The tour ended up in the tasting room, where Alex served up free samples of any of the Stone Hill wines we wished to try. I could have stayed all day.
We then stepped back into the visitor center/gift shop and made some wine, cheese and sausage purchases. Prices for the bottles of wine varied, but many went for only $7.99.
Our visit was made complete with lunch at Stone Hill's Vintage 1847 Restaurant, located in a restored carriage house and horse barn. If you want, you can sit in a booth in a former stall.
The place serves Stone Hill wine, of course, and has a varied menu with dinners ranging from about $12-$15.
But it specializes in German food. My wife ordered quiche served with several types of fruit. I ordered two sausages on a bed of sauerkraut and German potato salad. The meals came with rolls.
Somehow we resisted the temptation to order dessert. The offerings included German chocolate cake, German chocolate pie and apple strudel. Maybe next time.
Copyright 2012 by Phil Roberts, Creative Enterprises. Submitted as a column to North Scott Press. Photos by Phil or Sherry Roberts.
Posted by frontporchexpressions on September 4, 2012 in Uncategorized
Tags: Fort Zumwalt East, Hermann, Mo., St. Louis Jr. Blues, St. Peters, Stone Hill Winery
Lots of reasons to visit historic St. Charles, Mo., street
(photos by Phil and Sherry Roberts)
Ah, the Main Street Historic District in St. Charles, Mo. ( historicstcharles.com/about-us/history/main-street ). There are lots of reasons to visit this place listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
* There's the history. St. Charles, which is located on the Missouri River west of St. Louis, was founded in 1769 by a French Canadian fur trader named Blanchette, as Les Petites Cotes (The Little Hills).
* The architecture is varied and beautiful. The buildings on the brick-paved street, most of which also are brick, have been restored.
* There are 125 shops and restaurants in the 13-block historic area. You'll find art, crafts, wine, clocks, jewelry and much more. One specialty shop we visited sold scores of flavors of olive oil, all different and available for free sampling. Another store had thousands of bottles of sauces and seasonings for food items and mixes for drinks.
The restaurants offer a variety of lunch and dinner menu items. Some have patio seating available.
The portions were so large at our delightful meal at Tony's on Main Street that we walked out with to-go boxes.
If you arrive early enough on the day of your Main Street visit, you'll find free, on-street parking. Or you can motor in to the ample lots behind the shops located closest to the river.
If you wish to just sit and watch the world go by while others shop, there are benches in front of some of the stores, although there could stand to be more of them. Or you might prefer to sit in the gazebo in the historic area's tree-shaded, flower-filled park to see the river flow by.
Posted by frontporchexpressions on April 27, 2012 in Uncategorized
Tags: Historic Main Street, Mo., St. Charles
A visit to the Millers
The Miller house on Union Street. When I was a youngster, I thought it was a mansion. Phil Roberts 2011 photo.
Grandpa's shed, always a mysterious place to me. The carport was added by my late Uncle Jake. Phil Roberts 2011 photo.
This photo of a photo is how I remember my grandparents. Phil Roberts 2011 photo.
My aunt, Doris Schnetzer, holds a photo of her late husband Jake. Phil Roberts 2011 photo.
I well remember my childhood visits to Grandma and Grandpa Miller's house at 1017 Union Street in Hannibal, Mo. We spent some days with my mother's parents during our two or three visits each year.
There were times they'd visit us, too. They'd take the train from Hannibal to Galesburg, and we'd pick them up there and bring them the rest of the way.
To look at it their house today, it's just an old white house on a terrace in an aging neighborhood. But back then, to my young eyes, it was a stately mansion sitting proudly atop a hill.
My brother and I would swing for hours in the swing on the screened-in front porch. We didn't have one of those at home. Grandpa, Benjamin Thomas Miller, a retired railroad man, would get on us mildly when we'd get too aggressive while swinging and bump the railing behind the swing.
I'd play with my diecast metal toy cars, made by Tootsietoy, on the hilly terrain. Sometimes my brother and I, my dad and I, or all three of us, would play catch in the back yard.
Grandpa Ben had a huge shed in the back yard. It had a dirt floor and was dark and musty smelling. Grandpa was a saver, and I always wanted to explore his shed, seeing what treasures I could find in it. But when he went inside to get something and I'd follow, he'd never let me stray too far. I always wondered why.
Sometimes during our Union Street stays, I'd visit Nellie Fisher, the widow woman who lived next door to my grandparents on the downhill side. She was a nice old lady and, I guess, lonely.
Sometimes, when I was in my early teens, she'd invite me inside for tea. We'd sit in her living room drinking hot tea and chatting, and I felt like a grownup. The only time I remember drinking hot tea at home was when I was sick.
My brother and I would also play with some neighbor kids, the Bozarths, who lived two doors down from our grandparents, next to Mrs. Fisher. Keith was about my age, and I had a crush on his older sister, Linda. I think they had an older brother, and there was a younger brother Bruce's age. It was on Bozarth's front steps that I learned from Linda how to play rock school, something I later taught my daughter Andrea's children.
I'd also play with "Skippy" Webster when in Hannibal. He was a tall kid who lived across the alley from the Millers and was so skinny he had to hold his jeans up with suspenders.
As I recall, Skippy; his mother, the former Kathryn Saunders; and his father Charlie; lived with Kathryn's mother or grandmother.
Skippy was an only child and had some really neat toys. But we'd have to be fairly quiet around his place during the day because his dad, who became somewhat a legend in later years around Hannibal, was a policeman who worked nights and slept days.
One of the fun things about a visit to Union Street was going shopping with my Aunt Doris, who was unmarried for most of her life and lived with her parents.
We'd sometimes take Doris's folding grocery cart — the Millers never owned a car to my knowledge — and head down Union Street to shop at two stores, Hy-Klas Market and Booth's Dairy Store. Oddly enough, they sat side by side. Doris would buy some items at each business.
The stores were just a stone's throw from a single-bay firehouse on the corner at the foot of Union Street. It housed one open-air, 1920s pumper that I think seldom left the station. On warm summer nights when we'd drive by, several firefighters would be sitting outside the station in wooden chairs, hiked up in front and leaning against the brick building, chatting.
My grandma, Minnie Francis Miller, loved plants and flowers and her house and its yard were full of them. Her house also was full of what-nots. She always wore flower-print dresses and often an apron.
Grandma was friendly and kind and smiled a lot. She wasn't loud or demonstrative despite have raised half a dozen kids, often alone, because her husband was gone a lot with this job on the railroad.
I remember one story from my grandmother's childhood. She said she had to walk through some woods to get to school. Her family was poor, and she didn't have shoes.
Once in a while her bare feet would come down on a snake as she went to school, and she'd just step a little higher and faster.
My grandfather was a tall man with thick, white hair, a sense of humor — he liked to tease — a big belly and thick glasses. He wore longsleeve denim shirts year-round and held his trousers up with suspenders. He always carried a pocketknife in his pants pocket and always had a pencil or two in the pocket of his shirt.
Thanks to cataract surgery, Grandpa's eyes were quite sensitive to light. So he often wore clip-on sunglasses, even in the house. And his straw hat had a green eyeshade in the front part of the brim.
By the time I remember Grandpa Ben, he was getting up in years and not too steady on his feet anymore. Once they joked how he had fallen in his sitting room because, when he had gotten out of his rocker and tried to walk, he'd forgotten his legs had been crossed and his feet got tangled up.
Grandpa's mind was sharp, and he'd sometimes share stories about his years of working on the railroad, where he'd started as a teenage waterboy on a section gang and ended up a passenger train conductor. I wish I could remember more stories, but only two come to mind.
One is about a train Grandpa was on going up a steep hill when two of the cars became uncoupled, sending the back half of the train back down the hill, out of control. I can't remember whether or not it derailed.
The other story was about a real hot day on a passenger train. When the train pulled into a station, one of the passengers, a man, saw a bucket of water on the dock. He was so hot, he stuck his head into it, and died instantly.
Grandpa had one thing in life that really bothered him — that was dogs running loose in the neighborhood. Hannibal apparently didn't have a leash law in the '60s, and Grandpa Ben was tired of big dogs leaving piles of poop in his yard.
The dogs wouldn't depart when Grandpa yelled at them, and he was in no shape to chase them. So he gathered some good-sized rocks on his front porch railing by the screen door. And he would throw one occassionally to get a pooping dog's attention.
It was a good plan until one of his rocks hit a car passing by, and the angry driver stopped. The rock-throwing also stopped.
Breakfast was always a big affair at the Miller house, supposedly because Grandma, who had diabetes, had to eat well. There were always fried eggs, bacon, toast, oatmeal and cold cereal on the table.
Grandpa sat at the head of the table, and it was his job — exclusively — to operate the toaster. He took that task very seriously, and none of us ever challenged him on it.
Grandpa Ben liked to play with words. He'd say things like, "we have an abundance of superfluency here."
He also taught me about the "swattermock," something I passed onto my grandchildren. The basement of the Miller house had been dug out after the house was built and was a dark, dank, musty place. I'd only be permitted down the narrow, winding basement stairs on laundry day to watch the action.
The basement had a large, open sump hole, and Grandpa was afraid I'd fall into it and drown. So he'd tell me, and presumably other children, that a monster — a swattermock — lived in the water-filled hole, so I'd best stay clear of it, or the swattermock would get me. His plan worked. I never fell into the water with the swattermock.
One thing my grandfather taught me that I will always remember is a nursery rhyme he had learned as a child. I tried to get my grandchildren to memorize it, too.
It goes like this:
Ery, ory, ickery, Ann
Phillisan, phallisan, nickwish, John
English navy, quevy, quavy
Stickum, stankum, buck.
I have in recent times found numerous variations of this rhyme — one uses the word Nicholas instead of nickwish — on page 95 of the public domain book, "The Counting-out Rhymes of Children, Their Antiquity, Origin, and Wide Distribution, a Study in Folk-Lore," by Henry Carrington Bolton, D. Appleton and Co., New York, 1888. The book has been digitalized by Google.
The only bad part of a visit to the Millers was trying to sleep there on a hot summer night. Their house wasn't air conditioned, and they had few fans.
There were two bedrooms. Grandma and Grandpa slept in the back bedroom. Mom and Dad got the front bedroom off the sitting room, where Bruce and I slept on a hideabed. Doris slept on a sofa in the formal living room.
The Millers went to bed early — always before the town's sirens wailed at 10 p.m., signaling curfew time for juveniles. And I spent a lot of time tossing and turning in sheets made wet with sweat.
I'd often hear the Miller's mantle clock in the dining room, which chimed every 15 minutes, for an hour or more before I'd drift off to sleep.
Using the bathroom there at night was awkward, too. Holding just a toilet and a clawfoot tub and no sink, the small room apparently was added off Grandma and Grandpa's bedroom after the house had been built. One had to tiptoe past their bed on creaky floors to use the toilet.
Here are some other memories of the Millers.
I remember using their phone before it had a dial. All of the calls were completed by the operator. Once, I was permitted to call my Aunt Louise, whose number was 3868. I picked up the receiver and a woman operator said, "Number pulleeese." I said 3-8-6-8 and was soon speaking to my aunt. I don't remember the Miller's number in the pre-dial days, but my Grandma Roberts's number was 27W. When the community went to dial phones, Aunt Louise's number became Academy 1 (or AC1) 3868. Grandma Roberts' became AC1-0027. Eventually Academy 1 was referred to merely as 221.
It was at the Miller house that I first saw my dad cry. It was probably in the early '60s and Dad had received a call notifying him that his boss, Keith Hunter, had died of a heart attack. Hunter was a tough boss but Dad learned a lot from him and respected him.
I believe it was after lunch that the family was gathered in the kitchen and dining room but I noticed that my dad was missing. I found him in the sitting room lying face down on the sofa, sobbing. I didn't know what to do, so I quietly walked away. That made a lasting impression on me.
Weekday afternoon TV was a big deal at the Miller house. Grandma had some soap operas she followed religously and both Grandma and Grandpa Miller watched a program called "Divorce Court."
According to the Internet, the program debuted in 1957 and lasted 12 seasons. If you phoned while Grandma was watching one of her programs, you were out of luck. She wouldn't answer.
Posted by frontporchexpressions on September 23, 2011 in Uncategorized
Tags: Benjamin and Minnie Miller, Hannibal, Mo.
A fascination with trains
My grandfather the railroad conductor, Ben T. Miller. Photo from the Phil Roberts Collection.
CB&Q Railroad's (Burlington Route) Mark Twain Zephyr "Injun Joe," as photographed in July 1957 in Macon, Mo. Photo from the Phil Roberts Collection.
I've always been more than a little interested in trains.
Maybe that's because the railroad is in my blood. My grandfather on my mother's side, Benjamin T. Miller (1882-1963), spent much of his life working for the railroad.
As his obituary in the Hannibal (Mo.) Courier-Post puts it, "He began working for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1899 at age 17 as a water boy on a section gang working out of Peruque (Mo.). He was promoted to brakeman on September 21, 1906, making his first run on No. 3 out of Hannibal to Quincy; on October 14, 1914 he was made extra freight conductor and on January 3, 1931 was promoted to passenger conductor, a position he held until his retirement on June 6, 1947, his 65th birthday. For the last four years of his career he was conductor on the Mark Twain and Rocket Zephyr between St. Louis and Burlington."
I remember only two of my Grandpa Ben's railroad stories. One was about a train he was on that was going uphill when it broke in two at the center, sending the back half downhill as runaway cars.
The other was about a passenger train that made a stop at a depot on a very hot day. One passenger, a man, got off and spied a bucket of water on the loading dock. He bent over, put his head in it to cool off and died instantly.
Maybe I like trains because of my once- or twice-a-year visits when I was a kid to my Uncle Ralph's barber shop in Hannibal. Ralph, Ben's son, rented space in a small building across the street from the train station.
The building that housed the shop, long gone now, probably because it flooded regularly, was a small green stucco structure with white-painted trim. It was scrunched between the banks of Bear Creek and several sets of tracks that went to the train station.
The building was maybe 20 feet wide. A cafe or beauty shop — the tenant changed regularly — occupied the side of the building next to the creek, and the barber shop was right next to the tracks. My dad took my brother Bruce and me to Uncle Ralph's barber shop whenever we were in town.
All three of us would get haircuts to help Uncle Ralph's finances. He'd probably been a busy barber when the railroad was booming, but that was no longer the case when we'd visit him in the 1960s. Most of his customers by then were retirees. He'd cut their hair as long as they were alive, then he'd give them a final trim at the funeral home when they died. Ralph always tried to give our haircuts to us free, but dad always made him take the money.
I remember the interior of the shop well. Waiting customers sat in sturdy wooden chairs with their backs to the wall nearest the tracks. Looking straight ahead there were two ancient black, white and chrome barber chairs, but there was never a second barber. Only Ralph, who had barely enough business to survive himself.
Each barber chair had a strap hanging on it for sharpening the straightedge razor Ralph used on sideburns and the back of the neck. Behind Ralph was a long counter holding a variety of clippers, combs and bottles of hair tonic, all reflecting in a long mirror.
In the ceiling were schoolhouse-type lights, never turned on because they weren't needed during the day, and original Hunter ceiling fans still in working order. An old Regulator clock hung on a wall with a calendar.
Toward the back of the building, next to the line of chairs that waiting customers occupied, was an antique rolltop desk that eventually became a victim of a flood. A short flight of steps led down to a back door and a lean-to against the back of the building. It was in there that with Ralph's permission hobos, who had perhaps been riding the rails, spent the night after he had slipped them a few bucks for food.
What I remember most, though, about Uncle Ralph's shop was the nearly constant train traffic by it as the diesel engines and freight cars pulled slowly into or out of the station. First you'd hear the ding-ding-ding of the bell out front, warning motorists of the train's approach. I'm sure there were no crossing gates.
Then as the engines pulled alongside the shop, the wall near them, the floor and the chairs vibrated. It was noisy, too, making conversation difficult.
The constant trains were old hat to our uncle the barber. But for a couple of kids from Iowa who lived quite a distance from any train tracks, it was an eerie, magical feeling, knowing that each train that passed was not more than 4 feet or so from our backs, separated only by the wall of the building. We'd sit for a moment in the chairs and vibrate with them, then we'd hurry to the picture windows at the front of the shop to watch.
Tags: Benjamin T. Miller, CB&Q Railroad, facination with trains, Hannibal, Mark Twain Zephyr, Mo., Ralph's Barber Shop


Setting: The top floor of a brownstone on East 48th Street, New York City.
Barefoot in the Park was first presented on Broadway by Saint Subber at the Biltmore Theatre in New York City on October 23, 1963. It was directed by Mike Nichols.


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Driver sentenced for deadly 100-mph California crash
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Abel Aguilar-Calixto, 26, of Las Vegas was sentenced in Orange County Superior Court for causing the chain-reaction series of accidents in August 2018 on Interstate 5 in Irvine.
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Q: Problems generating PMML for 10-fold cross validation knime I am working with KNIME and trying to train my Naive bayes classification algorithm with test data. I tried to use 10-fold cross-validation to make my results accurate but I am not able to generate the PMML model: I keep getting the error Loop end already assigned (start node has more than one end node). This is my KNIME workflow:

A: Exactly as the error message says, you have two loop end nodes (the PMML Ensemble Loop End and X-Aggregator nodes) but only one loop start (the X-Partitioner).
What is it you are trying to achieve? Normally the purpose of cross-validation is to estimate how well your predictive model is likely to perform on unknown data. If what you want at the end is a single trained Naive Bayes model that you can make predictions with, I think you want to delete the PMML Ensemble Loop End and instead connect the normalised data set to a second Naive Bayes Learner, configured the same as the first one, as well as to the X-Partitioner input. The output of the second learner is the model that you can then use for prediction. In that way the second learner node gets trained on the whole dataset, for the most accurate model, while the original one inside the cross-validation loop is just used to produce the estimate of how good the model is going to be.
If you want to make sure both learners are using the same settings, you can use flow variables to pass the setting values from the whole-dataset learner to the one inside the loop:

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*Show flow variable ports on the whole-dataset learner and the
X-Partitioner and link the output of the former to the input of the
latter

*In the Flow Variables tab of the whole-dataset learner
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pass on

*Run the whole-dataset learner

*In the Flow Variables tab of the learner in the loop, you should now be able to select the
variable names that you created in the drop-down beside the
corresponding parameter.

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Praise for Present Joys
|In Dave Douglas
Present Joys has been out for 2 weeks and we couldn't be more excited about the press we've received about this release. See highlights below and get your copy of Present Joys here.
A note from Dave Douglas:
Extraordinary for me to see all these thoughts! Much appreciated. Uri Caine and I have learned a lot touring this music. Thanks to all of you who have shared it. If you have not picked up the CD, now is a good time. And thanks for your support. We need it and appreciate it.
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"While Present Joys features a stripped-down instrumentation, the utterly in-sync duo of Douglas and Caine also reaches lofty artistic heights and resonances."
Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen
4 stars … "Trumpeter Dave Douglas continues his exploration of traditional New England music with this delightful and intimate duet album, featuring pianist Uri Caine. Though contemporary in scope, each track reflects the sparse harmonies, dignified phrasing and sense of community of a bygone era."
Mike Hobart, Financial Times
8/10 … "Quite extraordinary. The folk tradition through jazz. I suppose it's easy to embrace the tendency of adventurous musicians, of any artists with a taste for the edgy, to move back to lyricism and tradition. I'm wary of my affection for this recording and for Be Still for that reason, in the same way that I hesitate to laud Coltrane's Ballads album. But these records are not retreats of bold playing at all — they are an expansion of a great artist's sensibility, a way the artist has found to dare himself to focus, to refine, to move in new ways. Dave Douglas and Uri Caine are good enough to stand up to making 'pretty' music, even traditional music. They pass the test and come out still surprising us."
Will Layman popmatters.com
"Spiritual music, solid as Shaker furniture and often as sober as a Quaker meeting, performed by two attuned virtuosos who have worked together in various configurations for more than 20 years. In the closing ballad 'Zero Hour,' Caine's gorgeously joyous response to Douglas's more serious reflections create[s] a brand new world in five minutes and change."
Richard Gehr, Wonderingsound.com
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The witches inform Macbeth through the prophases that not only will he be the Thane of Cawdor, but he will also be king, "All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!" (1.3.53) The witches also mention that Banquo will be the father to the line of kings even though he will not be one himself , "Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. / So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!" (1.3.69-70) Although the witches help Macbeth gain the throne, showing him visions of his fate they indirectly advise Macbeth to kill King Banquo by using subtle form of temptation when they inform Macbeth that he is destined to be king and that Banquo will be the father to the line of kings. (Witches cause Macbeth's downfall) By placing this thought in his mind, they effectively guide him on the path to the beginning of his own destruction. (Witches cause Macbeth's downfall) After Banquo is killed, his ghost attends Macbeth's banquet however his ghost is visible only to Macbeth. (Evoking Sympathy for Macbeth) Shakespeare creates sympathy towards Macbeth when, Macbeths loses all composure in front of his guests when he sees Banquo's ghost. His deteriorating mental state becomes known to all when he first beholds the ghost. He cries out, "Thou canst say I did it / Never shake thy gory locks at me" (3.4.61-62) The reader feels pity for a defenseless Macbeth as it becomes evident that his mental balance is diminishing and this ghost is a direct result of Macbeth's guilty conscience (Evoking Sympathy for Macbeth). Macbeth, who was once a strong, righteous character, has turned into a paranoid shell of a man (Evoking Sympathy for Macbeth).
Macbeth is considered a tragic hero because his actions lead to his defeat. However, his wife Lady Macbeth's mad plans and the witches prophesies also had a major contribution to his downfall. Taking into consideration that Macbeth started off as a respected general, a devoted husband, and a loyal subject of the king, sympathy towards him was evoked even after he transformed into an evil, deceitful, and corrupt leader (Evoking Sympathy for Macbeth). Macbeth is considered a tragic hero because his actions lead to his defeat.
""Macbeth": The Tragic Hero" StudyMode.com. 12, 2013. Accessed 12, 2013. https://www.studymode.com/essays/Macbeth-The-Tragic-Hero-45591862.html.


"Scéne de barricade, Paris, Juin 1848," by Adolphe Hervier. From Album Hervier (L. Joly, 1888).
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-79527.
right form of government: a government that terminates the force of a revolutionary event.
This essay seeks answers to the questions that Cummins and Hilliard raised in what might seem an unlikely place: Herman Melville's novel of family and artistic drama, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities (1852). I find running through Pierre a thread of political allegory whose central concern is whether a potentially permanent democracy can result from revolution. While recent work on Pierre tends to focus on its stances toward authorship, the late antebellum literary marketplace, and popular genres of fiction, a significant subset of critics discerns in Melville's book a political allegory that interests itself in matters of nation and revolution, whether by assessing the predicament of the postrevolutionary generation in the United States or by commenting on the French revolutions from 1789 through 1848. The latter set of readings, however, does not adequately account for the novel's preoccupation with the time of revolution and thereby dissipates the political force generated in Melville's development of a relation between democracy and the possibility of its historical transformation. Pierre does nothing less than to take the difficulty of knowing when a revolutionary event has lost its vitality and install this uncertainty at the heart of democracy.


It's actually Spring, I never thought i'd see the day with the constant snow, wind and 'beat from the east' pretty much ruining everything, and definitely ruining my fashion. I'd a whole load of products purchased ready to go for those first glimpses of warm sun (wishful thinking here) and any sort of day without rain.
With that in mind, and the weather changing for the better finally, I've put together a little post of Spring fashion essentials, the best products to wear without going full on summer mode (it's too early for shorts and flip flops, I feel some people need telling). Anyway, here we go.
Bomber Jackets, along with Harrington Jackets, are a great way of keeping warm in Spring, without the heaviness of a full on rain coat. They can be styled out with either a plain light colour t-shirt in the day and shirt at night. I'm not talking the varsity style ones, just a dark coloured black or navy with white t-shirt, or beige with a black or dark green t-shirt looks the part.
There's a great selection of bomber jackets for men out there in the high street at a reasonable price, if you style it out with a more luxury high end t-shirt or shirt & trainers, a lower priced bomber jacket fits in nicely.
The good thing about casual shirts, especially in the evening, is that you can look stylish but keep reasonably warm without the need for another layer. Great for day drinking or a night out, styled out with a dark pair of jeans (black usually works nicely) and desert boots.
I tend to go for a light coloured shirt, usually white, pale blue or green, and some of my favourite fits are from Farah (i'm 6 foot 2 so it's often hard to find one that fits both arms and length).
Let's be fair, you don't really want to be traipsing about when the weather is nicer, in a big pair of heavy shoes so trainers are the way forward, great with the bomber jacket/t-shirt look too.
I tend to check out sites like The Sole Supplier for the latest drops, with my personal favourites being the Nike Air Max collection or Adidas Ultra Boosts (including NMD), which can look great without socks and rolled up, light-coloured jeans.
What's your top picks for Spring? Let us know in the comments below and check out my other posts on male fashion. Head here to find out my summer brands.


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It has been an exciting week of business related headlines about the new company 'Activision Blizzard.' Many have asked me about how this would affect products like StarCraft II, and the answer is that it won't. We still have our extremely talented development team on this task, working exactly like they have been over the past years. Furthermore, StarCraft II will still be branded as Blizzard Entertainment, meaning you will not see Activision Blizzard logos on the product or introduction. StarCraft II is still set to rock the PC gaming stage!
If you have more questions about the proposed merger, please visit our FAQ at: http://blizzard.com/press/activision-faq.shtml
Chat with Devs: After my chat with Dustin this past week, he wanted me to remind everyone that there are still several new units being created and tested for all three factions. What you have seen of the Protoss and Terran factions are in no way finished and more new units will be introduced, as well as the likeliness of current units being replaced.
As always, feel free to give the Devs and I a w00t if your enjoying these Q&As!
---StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 23---
(chat with devs) Reminder that fans haven't seen everything and there are still several new units in development for all three factions.
1. Will the Campaign have as many videos as the original Starcraft? (www.starcraft2.hu)
There will be several more in-game cutscenes, which are at a much higher quality than the original StarCraft pre-rendered movies. And while StarCraft II s single player will likely feature a few less pre-rendered movies, they will be much longer and more epic than anything seen in the original StarCraft.
2. Is the ghost unit going to be able to use the EMP Shockwave and -within short time interval- the Nuclear Strike as well? (starcraft2.4players.de)
Currently, there is no restriction to when you can follow up a special ability with another, as long as there are available energy points.
3. Will the Ghost's EMP affect building shields and energy? (www.TheWarCenter.net)
Yes, the Ghosts EMP ability currently affects both building and unit shields, as well as casters energy. It is important to note that there is a possibility the Ghost may lose its EMP ability due to balance.
4. Will there be some sort of wall structure in StarCraft, for any of the races? (www.vilegaming.com)
Aside from building current structures close to each other to form walls, such as a line of Terran Supply Depots, no, there will not be walls that can be built. On the other hand, there will be some new wall structures in the single player mode and these doodads can also be accessed in the map editor.
5. Will the game feature a mechanic similar to Warcraft 3 where if a selection of units contains more than one unit type then the whole selection will move at the speed of the slowest unit to maintain cohesion? (www.sclegacy.com)
No, units in the same selection will not move at the same speeds. The slower units will need to be micromanaged by the players to keep up with the larger group.
Cut units will very likely be in the editor and possibly the single player campaign.[1]
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Most Popular Baby Names Inspired by Video Games
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Americans love playing video games. According to the "2022 Essential Facts about the Video Gaming Industry" published by the Entertainment Software Association, 66% of Americans – more than 215 million people – are regular gamers. The average age is 33, and players are fairly equally split between men (52%) and women (48%).
Given the average age of gamers (probably married and starting a family) and the fact that both sexes participate, it shouldn't be surprising that players sometimes choose baby names in honor of characters in their favorite games. (Other forms of entertainment inspire naming, too. These, for instance, are the most popular names inspired by popular music.)
To compile a list of the most popular names in the U.S. inspired by video games, 24/7 Tempo reviewed a report published by Confused.com, an insurance comparison company that sometimes analyzes data around various lifestyle and entertainment topics. The number of babies born with each name in 2021 and 2011 was sourced using the Social Security Administration's baby names data for those years.
Some of the names aren't as unusual as you might think, and in fact might not actually be inspired by games at all. For example, Nate may be a character in "Uncharted,"but Nate – often short for Nathan – is a common male name anyway. And while the longevity and continuing popularity of the Super Mario games may have encouraged some parents to name their offspring Mario or Luigi, those are also names frequently given in Italian or Italian-American households independent of gaming. (Super Mario variations count among the best-selling Nintendo games of all time.)
Zelda, on the other hand, may be a classic female sobriquet from earlier times, but its current popularity quite possibly has to do with "The Legend of Zelda." The same is true of re-spellings of otherwise popular names like "Alyx" and "Jak" – from "Half-Life 2" and "Jak and Daxter," respectively.
Click here to see the most popular baby names inspired by video games
The most popular name, however, was Sora. In 2011, more than 8,000 boys were tagged with the name from "Kingdom of Hearts."
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Gauchos PKO'd in National Championship
January 3, 2005 at 7:59 am by Kelly Hayes
Closest only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, but the UCSB men's soccer team came so close to getting a ringer in the 2004 College Cup on Dec. 2, it could almost hear the metal clanking.
With over 13,000 fans in attendance at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., the Gauchos battled Indiana University to a 1-1 tie through two overtime periods, forcing the national championship to be decided in a penalty kick shootout. The Hoosiers made three penalty kicks to defeat the Gauchos 3-2 and take the College Cup.
"At the end of the day you want [the players] to represent themselves well," Head Coach Tim Vom Steeg said. "Not even in my wildest dreams had I thought we could play that well against that team over the course of 110 minutes. So I thought it was a great performance."
Vom Steeg opted to go with sophomore goalkeeper Kyle Reynish for the shootout. Reynish, who hadn't played since Oct. 24, saved two Indiana shots.
UCSB converted on two penalty kicks, with Indiana senior keeper Jay Nolly making two saves and watching one shot sail high over the crossbar. Junior forward Mike Ambersley put in the winning penalty kick for the Hoosiers.
"What is most disappointing about the game is that it had to be decided on [penalty kicks]," Gaucho junior midfielder Nate Boyden said. "I thought that we played well. I thought we dominated. I thought it was our game to win."
The Gauchos would never have made it to the shootout without the trusty foot of senior forward Drew McAthy. The equalizer came with just eight minutes remaining in regulation after a shot was deflected to McAthy, who put it past Nolly to tie the score at one.
The Hoosiers took the lead in the first half after controlling the midfield and pressuring the UCSB defense. A through ball passed to sophomore forward Jacob Peterson drew senior keeper Danny Kennedy off of his line. Peterson tapped the ball with just enough force to get it up and over Kennedy, putting Indiana up 1-0.
The second 45 minutes of play saw twice as many Gaucho shots and a tiring Indiana team. UCSB was plagued by an inability to find the back of the net. Although the Gauchos took 10 corner kicks and 10 shots, Nolly needed to make just two saves through 110 minutes.
"Someone tell me that we lost," Vom Steeg said. "Obviously, it's a very disappointed locker room. I guess it's disappointing because I thought we played so well."
Finding the back of the net wasn't a problem for UCSB in making its way to the final. In front of 11,214 fans at Harder Stadium, the Gauchos put away Virginia Commonwealth 4-1, scoring three goals in the second half. That put UCSB into the College Cup, where it took on a young Duke team in the semifinals. After a McAthy goal just one minute into the game, the Gauchos rolled, shutting out the Blue Devils 5-0 and making it into the championship game against the Hoosiers.
Despite not winning the championship, UCSB did not go home empty-handed. Senior Tony Lochhead, Kennedy and freshman defender Andy Iro were all named to the College Cup All-Tournament team, while McAthy was named the College Cup's most valuable offensive player.
After the match, the awards continued to pile up for the Gauchos. Lochhead earned an NSCAA Second Team All-American selection while McAthy was named to the NSCAA Third Team. College Soccer News thought better of UCSB, handing out First Team All-American selections to Lochhead and McAthy and a Third Team selection to Kennedy.
The Gaucho coaching staff got their due as well. Vom Steeg and Assistant Coach Leo Chappel have been nominated for the NSCAA Coach and Assistant Coach of the Year awards, respectively. Chappel was already honored with the first-ever NSCAA Regional Assistant Coach of the Year award for the West Region.
"I think as a university you need that one team to be able to break into the championship, into the College Cup, and we were that team for UCSB," Kennedy said. "Even though we don't have much of a past, hopefully we can build a future out of this."


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Disney earnings: What investors should expect
Yahoo Finance Live anchors discuss the expectations for Disney earnings as well as the media giant's battle with activist investor Nelson Peltz.
[AUDIO LOGO]
- We are in the thick, in the midst of earnings season. But as usual, Soz is a few weeks ahead. He's looking ahead to Disney already.
It's set to report results the first week in February. It's Bob Iger's first earnings call since returning as CEO. So what should investors be expecting? And how much noise will that activist fight be making?
I wonder what they'll have to say about that.
- Yeah .
- Soz-- I'm already over the--
- --hey, can't you just live in the moment, man?
- No, man. I'm already over these Microsoft results. I'm looking forward to Disney in a couple weeks, as you mentioned, Julie. And, also as you mentioned, this will be Bob Iger's first earnings call since returning as CEO in late November and shocking, really, the business community in doing so.
And Wells Fargo's media analyst, Steven Cahall, really one of the best media analysts out there on the street, thinks big Bob will come out swinging. He says this. We think Disney management will come out swinging on the earnings call to fend off criticism. Of course, that criticism-- oh, wow, there I am next to Bob Iger. I never thought I'd be, uh, next to Bob there in that photo.
[GIGGLING]
Criticism, of course, coming from Nelson Peltz, the noted activist investor. Here's what Cahall expects on Disney earnings day, ultimately. He thinks Disney will back away from the aggressive fiscal year 2024 subscriber targets for Disney+ put in by now-former CEO Bob Chapek. That range or guidance range was $215 million to $245 million, the top end of that certainly looking optimistic given the strength, or the renewed strength, over there at the likes of Netflix.
Next up, clear focus on direct-to-consumer profitability. The street has wanted to see Disney put up some profits here from all that growth in Disney+, Hulu+, ESPN+. That has not happened just yet. Maybe Iger can make that happen.
Next up, a reiteration of 2023 operating income growth guidance, something to always watch out for. And the big news, at least according to Cahall, might come on cost cuts. Now, Chapek originally got this ball rolling when he was CEO. And that ball or baton has been since handed off to Iger. Cahall sees, potentially, close to $2 billion in cost cuts from Disney. That would be-- really, Bob Iger is not known for cutting costs at Disney, but that'd be a real, just a major cost-cutting plan put in by Iger to just drive better profits, notably at the direct-to-consumer business.
No portfolio changes. We've seen Disney under pressure from various investors the past few years to get rid of an ESPN or spin it off. He-- Cahall does not expect that to happen. But I did mention that criticism from Nelson Peltz here. Let's go through Disney, the numbers on Disney here, which I think helps explain why you're seeing Peltz trying to ultimately get this board seat.
Shares of Disney down 23% in the past year. Now, the stock is up 15% since Iger came back or was announced is coming back on November 20ttyh. A. lot of expectations that Iger can come in here and turn things around and, of course, I think, cut costs. And the direct-to-consumer business lost $1 and 1/2 billion in the preceding quarter, despite a lot of new subscriber growth in Hulu+, ESPN+, and Disney+ as well. It's up to Iger to figure out how to make money from that move to streaming, which has been a very big pivot put in place by Chapek. And then, again, of course, that ball's now being handed off to Iger.
My take right here, II think Nelson Powell is gonna get on this Disney board, come hell or high water, guys. I think he makes a lot of great points. His presentation on about reclaiming Disney makes a lot of sense to me. I think it makes a lot of sense to investors. I think Nelson wants to come in there and help drive better productivity inside of a business that has not been focused on productivity through the years.
And he has shown a proven track record of turning consumer products companies around. I think he's doing that or he started to do that a little bit at Unilever. We talked to CEO, Alan Jope, at the World Economic Forum. He has embraced Nelson Peltz. And then, of course, he helped really engineer a strong turnaround over at Procter & Gamble.
- You know, our graphics department does great work. That is a missed opportunity to put Nelson Peltz in a Prince Charming costume. That's all I'm--
- Oh!
- Oh.
- That's all I'm saying. That's all I'm saying. That would've been-- that would've been good, right?
- Well--
- Well, this one is going-- this one is--
- Maybe.
- There it is.
- This one is going to get ugly.
- Or at least the ears.
- Right. This--
- Oh, yeah.
- This battle could very well be one of the nastiest and ugliest activist battles, probably in the past decade, There is no indication that Iger wants to give Peltz a seat on the board. And just buy what Disney put out last week and in statements of its own, they really hate the guy. Maybe they shouldn't.
- So maybe more of, like, a Shrek costume.
- Is Shrek Disney? Now I don't even remember.
- Ooh. I don't reme-- just DreamWorks. Isn't that DreamWorks?
- Oh, yeah. No, you're right, you're right, you're right.
- Yeah. That's--
- Who's, like, a great Disney villain?
- Always got ideas, Julie?
- Jafar.
- (IN EARPIECE): Jafar.
- OK, Jafar, there you go.
- Yeah. Multiple people.
All right. Wait, who yelled Mufasa?
- Mufasa's not a villain. Mufasa's not a villain.
- He's not a villain. All right, we're taking this out.
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Walmart to open 30 new Sam's Club locations across the U.S. amid membership growth
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Is a Beat on the Cards for Novo Nordisk (NVO) in Q4 Earnings?
Novo Nordisk's (NVO) top line is likely to have been driven by sales of its Diabetes and Obesity Care products in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Chevron, Exxon priorities 'remain the same' regardless of oil prices: Analyst
Truist Securities Managing Director Energy Neal Dingmann joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss Chevron's $75 billion buyback plan, energy earnings, the energy sector's outperformance, a petroleum-less future, and the outlook for Chevron and Exxon Mobil.
Eli Lilly (LLY) to Report Q4 Earnings: What's in the Cards?
Higher demand for its key drugs is likely to have offset generic competition for several other drugs and may have boosted Lilly's (LLY) fourth-quarter sales.
Desmond Bane out for Memphis Grizzlies against Minnesota Timberwolves
The shooting guard has scored at least 20 points in six of the last seven games, but the third-year Grizzlies player will sit out Friday due to injury
Intel stock plunges on weak guidance, AMD and TSM stocks gain momentum
Yahoo Finance Live anchors discuss the decline in stock for Intel.
Earnings Preview: Alphabet (GOOGL) Q4 Earnings Expected to Decline
Alphabet (GOOGL) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
LONDON (Reuters) -British regional airline Flybe on Saturday ceased trading for the second time in three years, cancelling all flights and 276 workers made redundant. A statement on Flybe's website said the airline, which operated scheduled services from Belfast, Birmingham and Heathrow across the UK and to Amsterdam and Geneva, had entered administration, a form of protection from creditors. "Flybe has now ceased trading and all flights from and to the UK operated by Flybe have been cancelled and will not be rescheduled," it said.
Intel CEO: 'We are committed to the dividend'
Intel's turnaround hits another snag. CEO Pat Gelsinger sits down with Yahoo Finance.


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Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita says it will take time to justify the £52 million fee the club paid for the Guinea worldwide.
Asked if the World Cup victor would remain as captain, Pochettino said: "Of course".
"I'm the kind of person who thinks that if I score eight goals in one season my objective must be to score nine goals in the following season", he said. He said he was guilty and responsible.
"It's a massive lesson for everyone. Now I need to pay like a man".
Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has claimed that he is in pristine condition to face Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday in the Premier League after returning to Melwood from worldwide duty.
Keita, who has a lot of added pressure on him as he is the most expensive midfielder ever signed by the club, says his attitude has always been to push to improve no matter the plaudits he receives for his performances. It is only a matter of time before he shows his real quality. Every player wants to go forward and try to be better and to help this big club to be successful.


After a long spiritual journey and much research, I've learned these 18 teachings that have made a major difference in bettering my life and bringing me to higher consciousness. I hope they do the same for you.
5. Faith is all about letting go.
I used to be a worry wart—even as a kid. At some point, I read that worrying is planning for a negative future. That blew my mind open in the best of ways. So I stopped worrying.
What would you put on your list? Please share in the comments section if so inspired. Namaste.
11 Spiritual Books that Blew my Mind.
I love this. It's going on my daily things to read. For now. I'm taking 'Don't get on the train' and "Make your mind as vast as the sky' for practice. Thank you for writing this.
Hi Michelle what a wonderful post……many great ideas! I have found meditating and mindfulness have changed my life. I am much less reactive in emotional situations……..most of the time! lol Thanks for sharing!


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Serial Killers (Xzibit, B-Real & Demrick) Announce New Album 'Summer Of Sam' & Release New Single
With only a couple months left in 2020, this year has definitely been one for the books! For instance the leaders of this country we call home show more emphasis on topics that don't include we the people. Above it all the African American race. It puts the community on edge on the outcomes of what can happen next. The division in society is at an all time high as police officers are still killing African American men and woman every day and systematic racism is in full effect.
We view the news in disgust as human & civil rights are violated daily. However our lives are in play everyday and are in the hands of the people that are suppose to protect us. Since the pandemic which has caused the mass isolation to begin, the focus has been more on politics and party lines and not about the nation as a whole. Unquestionably, this nation is in mayhem.
In the centre of this pandemonium, the Serial Killers (Xzibit, B-Real & Demrick) have reformed with a needed, timely, current and politically charged album, Summer Of Sam, which above all is sure to shake up the status quo. And who better in this instance than Xzibit, B-Real and Demrick to light the fuse to this fire.
With some of the most identifiable voices in music, the individual members of Serial Killers made a handful of genre-defining albums over the last two decades, which since has resulted in multiple platinum and gold plaques. Comparably, X To The Z and B-Real have surpassed music and become mixed-media cultural icons with their additions in both television and movies.
"We were sick before the virus hit and tigers can't change their stripes" Xzibit exclaims on the California super-group's new single and title track "S.O.S.," which is now available at all DSP's.
"We are all we got and it's up to us to fix the problems" B-Real explains on "S.O.S." and fed up and angry with the senselessness around us, Serial Killers use their forthcoming album Summer Of Sam to paint vivid manifestos of the madness around us, exemplified by tracks such as "White Power," "Streets Lockdown" and "War In The Streets."
Serial Killers Summer Of Sam will be released on 10-16-20 and features guest appearances from Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes and DJ Quik with production from Rick Rock and Focus among others.
Stream "S.O.S" at YouTube:
Purchase & Stream Serial Killers new single "S.O.S." at your preferred DSP: https://music.empi.re/summerofsam
You Can Now Pre-Order, add & favorite Serial Killers Summer Of Sam album at your preferred DSP: https://music.empi.re/summer_of_sam
Tracklisting & Credits For Serial Killers Summer Of Sam:
1.) "Streets Lockdown" (Prod. By Sick Drumz)
2.) "Normal" (Prod. By Dem Jointz)
3.) "White Power" (Prod. By Rick Rock)
4.) "S.O.S." (Prod. By Sick Drumz)
5.) "Quarantine" (Prod. By Dem Jointz)
6.) "Triggered" feat. Snoop Dogg (Prod. By Rick Rock)
7.) "Powder Keg" (Prod. By 21 The Producer)
8.) "Loaded" (Prod. By Rick Rock)
9.) "Man Down" feat. Busta Rhymes (Prod. By Focus)
10.) "War In The Streets" (Prod. By Sick Drumz)
11.) "I Feel Great" feat. DJ Quik (Prod. By Rick Rock)
12.) "Catch A Body" (Prod. By Dem Jointz)
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I just tried to purchase a license for MakeMKV but the web site won't accept my credit card. It says that my card isn't bale to do online transactions, however, I use it all the time for online transactions from Amazon, local pizzarias, etc... I believe something is wrong with the web site form.
Call your credit card company and ask them if they're blocking the transaction from Avangate, also know as "2co.com" (To Check Out).
Avangate/2CO is not a US-based company (offices in the Netherlands). That's a major difference compared to Amazon and your local pizzeria. Your CC company may have locked out-of-country charges.
Personally, I used PayPal when I bought my license, but PayPal doesn't let you buy what they consider "piracy" software anymore.
That would be listed on the Avangate site when you get there. The currency and tax information is set based on the country of your IP, and probably the available payment methods, as well. If you want to use a different country for your card (to pay in USD, for example), you might have to use a VPN to access.
I just downloaded and started using MakeMKV a couple of days ago. I downloaded the last version available (1.4.2 win) and the application shows as MakeMKV BETA. I attempted to open it today but am getting the message "This application version is too old. Please download the latest version at http://www.makemkv.com/ or enter a registration key to continue using the current version."
Looked at the website but don't see any mention of a registration key or how to purchase. Please help with a link to get a registration key and what's the currency cost.
I just wanted to follow up. I tried again a couple of weeks ago and this time the web site form worked and my purchase went through.


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William A. Wolfe, a 30 year veteran of the steel and tubular products industries, has been named Executive Director of The Steel Tube Institute of North America (STI). Mr. Wolfe's appointment was announced today by Mark Magno, Acting President of the Institute. It concludes an extensive, six-month effort by a Search Committee composed of member companies of the organization.
"We're pleased to have found a person of Mr. Wolfe's proven talents and experience to spearhead the continued growth of the STI," Mr. Magno said. "Today's difficult business environment presents a number of challenges to our association and our member companies. Mr. Wolfe is an excellent choice to lead us through these challenging times."
Mr. Magno noted that heading a trade association such as STI requires a unique blend of personal, organizational and leadership skills. "As Executive Director, Mr. Wolfe will work with STI's officers, committees and staff to promote our industry, its positions and its products. Our Executive Director must not only be an effective spokesman for the STI's positions, but must also help us identify the trends and issues that can provide opportunities or adversely affect our industry."
Mr. Wolfe has spent his entire business career in the steel and tubular products industries. He served most recently as Vice President of Sales for the Ferrous Exchange, a global electronic exchange for real-time trading of steel contracts.
Mr. Wolfe joined Copperweld in 1972 as an Inspector Foreman at its Warren, Ohio steel mill. After serving in several staff positions, he moved into the company's steel bar operations, rising to the position of Manager, Bar Finishing Plant.
During his career with Copperweld, Mr. Wolfe served for several years as the chairman of the STIs Manufacturing and Technical Committee. He obtained a B.S. degree in business administration from Youngstown State University in 1971 and an MBA degree from the same school in 1977.
The Steel Tube Institute was founded in 1930. Its mission is to promote the growth and profitability of the steel tubing industry in North America by increasing sales opportunities for its members, assisting these companies in creating a competitive advantage versus other materials, and providing a forum for discussion of issues impacting the industry. It is headquartered in Mentor, Ohio.


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Q: Как отключить запись в keyboard ptrhon Мне нужно програмно прекращать запись с сохранением записи в переменную.
recorded = keyboard.record(until='a')

Запись останавливается при нажатии на 'a', но мне нужно чтобы остановка записи происходила автоматически, есть способ такое реализовать?


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1,600 entertainment players get COVID grant 1,600 entertainment players get COVID grant
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia 'Babsy' Grange.
Some 1,600 entertainment practitioners have benefited from relief under the CARE programme that has been implemented by the Government to help Jamaicans affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.
The entertainment practitioners have been given a one-time grant of $40,000, the same amount as players in the tourism sector, such as craft vendors and producers, independent tour guides and raft captains, as well as early childhood teachers. They, however, get a greater portion of bailout funds than barbers, hairdressers, beauty therapists and taxi and bus operators, who got $25,000.
A report of the audit that was conducted by the Auditor General's Department, which was tabled in the House of Representatives yesterday, said there were inconsistencies in the election of entertainment practitioners.
The auditor general said that although the data collection was coordinated by the Olivia 'Babsy' Grange-headed Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the ministry did not have a system in place to verify the names submitted by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, Jamaica Federation of Musicians, Entertainers of Jamaica and Showjam entertainment groups.
According to the auditor general, the ministry instead relied on these associations to prepare and submit the names of members to be included in the overall list of entertainment practitioners and did not review the relevant controls at these entities to provide reasonable assurance that the information provided was legitimate.
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Raw steel rolling rack with straight arms. Rolling rack is adjustable in height from 65" to 70". Waterfall arms extend 18", and middle rod is 46" for a total rolling rack length of 82" overall.


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Cryptozoic Will Showcase Exclusive Collectibles and Trading Cards at New York Comic Con 2019
By Shahriar Fouladi
Cryptozoic Will Showcase Exclusive Collectibles and Trading Cards at
Exclusive Wonder Woman and DC Bombshells Figures, Wonder Woman: Princess of Themyscira Statue, and CZX Outlander and Steven Universe Packs Will Be Sold at Booth #244
Lake Forest, CA — September 23, 2019 — Cryptozoic Entertainment, leading creator of tabletop games, trading cards, and physical and digital collectibles, today announced that it will sell products in all categories and offer numerous exclusive collectibles and trading cards at New York Comic Con, October 3-6 at the Javits Center.
At Booth #244, Cryptozoic will sell the exclusive Golden Goddess Wonder Woman Movie Collectible and Powerful in Pink Mera DC Bombshells figures, as well as exclusive vinyl figures from popular lines like Cryptkins™, DC Lil Bombshells, and DC Teekeez™. In addition, the company will have limited prerelease quantities of the Wonder Woman: Princess of Themyscira Statue available for purchase for the first time anywhere. For trading card collectors, there will be several exclusives: CZX Outlander: Convention Pack, Steven Universe Trading Cards: Convention Pack, and Rick and Morty Trading Cards: Metallic Card Pack. Finally, Cryptozoic will offer Promo Cards for several products, including the upcoming Rick and Morty Trading Cards Season 3.
"New York Comic Con brings together pop culture fans from all around the world, making it an incredible opportunity for us to show the collectibles, trading cards, and games our team has been working so hard to make," said Jamie Kiskis, VP of Marketing & Product Development at Cryptozoic. "We'll be selling several incredible exclusive vinyl figures, including the latest in our beloved Golden Goddess series, as well as an amazing polyresin statue that reimagines Wonder Woman as a work of art and exclusive trading card packs for fans of Outlander, Steven Universe, and Rick and Morty. We'll have all of our recently released products, some Promo Cards, and lots of great surprises for anyone who stops by our booth."
Cryptozoic's exclusive figures were first made available via online presales before New York Comic Con. Those who purchased the figures that way will be able to pick them up at the booth. Everyone else at the show can purchase these collectibles while supplies last. The limited figures are:
Golden Goddess Wonder Woman Movie Collectible: Part of Cryptozoic's extremely popular Golden Goddess variant series, this version of the vinyl figure based on the Super Hero's portrayal in 2017's Wonder Woman features stunning gold-and-white designs inspired by classical Greek sculpture. The 8-inch collectible includes the character's iconic armor, sword, and lasso. It comes packaged inside a display-worthy window box, each of which is individually numbered from 1 to 350. The figure will sell for $40.
Powerful in Pink Mera (DC Bombshells: Series 3): This variant of the regular DC Bombshells: Series 3 figure is a Convention Exclusive premiering at New York Comic Con. Part of Cryptozoic's Powerful in Pink variant series, it boldly features the color pink on Mera's costume. The limited 7-inch collectible comes packaged in Cryptozoic's signature window box, each of which is individually numbered from 1 to 750. It will be available for $40.
Famine (Cryptkins™: Series 2): This is a variant of the Unicorn Cryptkins vinyl figure, part of Cryptozoic's original IP depicting creatures from folklore and tabloid headlines. It is the third in the Four Cryptkins of the Apocalypse variant series, featuring characters that seem, at first glance, to be harbingers of doom. The figure sports pink paint, a white mane, and visible bones to underline the character's associations with hunger and general lack of nourishment. The 2.25-inch collectible comes packaged in a miniature crate with a sticker marking it as "Exclusive Species" and includes a Bio Card. Only 300 figures exist, with each selling for $15.
Bizarro (DC Lil Bombshells: Series 3): This is a variant of the Superman vinyl figure from Cryptozoic's retro-style DC Lil Bombshells line. Since the character is the opposite of Superman in almost every way, this figure features yellow eyes, gray skin, and metallic purple on his costume, including the S, boots, sash, and wristband. The figure also includes a backwards S logo on the base. Each figure is individually hand-numbered from 1 to 300 on the bottom. The 2.75-inch collectible comes packaged in Cryptozoic's signature, collectible tin with a foil sticker marking it as exclusive. Each figure will sell for $25.
Metallic Gold Harley Quinn (DC Teekeez™): This is a variant of the vinyl figure from Cryptozoic's DC Teekeez line, which is inspired by tiki culture and features iconic DC characters. Harley sports metallic gold paint and black-and-gold diamonds as an homage to the memorable dress worn by the character in the 2016 movie Suicide Squad. The 2.625-inch collectible has a distinctive wood-carved aesthetic and comes packaged in a window box with a foil sticker marking it as exclusive. Like all DC Teekeez, it is stackable. Only 300 figures have been produced, with each selling for $15.
Moreover, Cryptozoic will debut its first CZX™ super premium collectible at the show:
Wonder Woman: Princess of Themyscira Statue: Part of Cryptozoic's CZX line of super premium products, this meticulously crafted polyresin statue reimagines Wonder Woman as a classical Greek sculpture. It measures 14 inches tall and draws inspiration from the famous Venus de Milo and the character's ties to Greek mythology. The marble-colored statue features gold-accented versions of the DC Super Hero's iconic bracelets, lasso, and armor, as well as a removable spear. The rim of the shield is inscribed with Wonder Woman's classic epithet in Greek lettering: "Beautiful as Aphrodite, wise as Athena, swifter than Hermes, and stronger than Hercules." Each individually numbered statue will sell for $150.
For trading card collectors, Cryptozoic will have several exclusive packs based on fan-favorite TV shows:
CZX Outlander: Convention Pack: This limited edition five-card pack includes one NYCC-exclusive card—a Dominique Pinon Autograph-Wardrobe Card (numbered out of 99) or a David Berry Autograph Card with a "Convention Variant" stamp (numbered out of 200)—as well as the exclusive Promo Card P9, two Promo Cards previously distributed elsewhere (P5, P7), and one Base Card from the main product release. Part of Cryptozoic's CZX line of super premium products, the thick, glossy cards feature gold Deco Foil. Each pack will be available for $40.
Steven Universe Trading Cards: Convention Pack: This five-card pack includes an exclusive Promo Card (CE1) featuring artwork from Maly Flores, a one-of-a-kind Sketch Card, and three random Base/Chase Cards from the main product release. Each pack will sell for $20. In addition, Cryptozoic will sell packs and boxes of regular Steven Universe Trading Cards for $4 and $90 each, respectively. If a fan buys three regular packs or one box, they will receive Promo Card CE1 for free.
Rick and Morty Trading Cards: Metallic Card Pack: The cards in each pack are printed on high quality metal and are designed to look like business cards belonging to characters from Adult Swim's Rick and Morty. Collectors will get the exclusive Jerry Smith Metallic Card (M14) featuring an image from the upcoming Season 4, at least one of three new cards—Pickle Rick (M11), Jaguar (M12), or Mr. Poopybutthole (M13)—and two other random previously released Metallic Cards (M1-M9). Only 250 limited edition four-card packs will be available for $25 each.
Finally, fans can collect Promo Card P6 for the upcoming Rick and Morty Trading Cards Season 3.
About Cryptozoic
Since 2010, Cryptozoic Entertainment has been dedicated to the concept of "Fans First," striving to develop the most creative and sought-after products for pop culture enthusiasts worldwide. As an entertainment company with a diverse portfolio of licensed and original IPs, its catalog covers a broad spectrum of tabletop games and collectibles. The passionate team at Cryptozoic aims to inspire gamers and collectors all around the globe, while bringing fans together as part of the Cryptozoic community. Visit www.cryptozoic.com for more information about product releases, events, and news.
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Model No: J400, Product ID: WT941GXL, Part No: 902073-29, Manufactured January 2007.
I've included this here as it is branded as a Winterm. I assume who ever named this product had a sense of humour and picked the XL suffix as, in terms of size, it is definitely not 'thin'! The right-hand photo above contrasts it with a Neoware Capio. When you look inside (see photo below) you can see why. The steel case carries a standard VIA EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard, a separate large heatsink connected to it via a heat pipe, a power board to convert 12V to the voltages needed by the motherboard and, finally, a lot of fresh air.
BIOS/Drivers/Manual et al used to be downloadable from the Legacy Product section of the VIA website. It looks these days you'll have to search and see what you can find. A copy of the motherboard manual is here.
My one came without any operating system installed - the flash memory had been wiped clean. A copy of XPe can be downloaded from the Wyse website if you wish to reflash the unit with the standard software. (I haven't done this).
C5XL : The first core with the twin hardware random number generators.
C5P : ..a few more advancements, including a high-performance AES encryption engine.
On my unit /proc/cpuinfo reports a family/model/stepping of 6/9/4. According to sandpile.org this signifies a C5XL core.
The unit requires a 12V supply. Mine came with the official Wyse unit (part CFI941GXL) which is rated at a beefy 5A. This particular power brick actually draws ~4W without the Winterm connected.
There is an internal board that converts the 12V input to the various supplies required by the motherboard. This would appear to be a proprietary Wyse board.
Everything you need to know is in the motherboard manual.
The flash is a DOM plugged into one of the two 40-pin IDE connectors.
The RAM is a conventional stick of 168-pin PC133 SDRAM. According the manual each DIMM socket (there are two) will take upto 512MB DIMMs giving a 1GB maximum (2x512MB).
One thing to note is that there are no spare power connectors other than a small two-pin connector that matches the one connected to the DOM.
Note: The keyway pin on the IDE connector is missing. In some thin clients this is present, at least on the first IDE interface, as it is used to directly power a DOM. In it's absence you have provide power to a DOM through a separate connector.
There is a small riser board carrying a PCI socket so that a small expansion board can be added - such as another ethernet interface or wireless LAN card. What with that and the available internal space there is considerable scope to turn this into a useful appliance of some kind.
Click on the photo for a closer look at the Mini-ITX board.