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Denk mal!, 2nd Edition
Deutsch ohne Grenzen | Tobias Barske, Megan McKinstry, Karin Schestokat, Jane Sokolosky
© 2016 paperback | 8 ½ x 10 ½ inches | loose-leaf & online vText available
10 lessons | 454 pages
Paperback format
Question? Contact your Modern Language Specialist
Designed to strengthen intermediate-level students' language skills and develop cultural competency, Denk mal! provides an active learning experience and a smooth transition between first-year and second-year German. Its user-friendly design and short films by award-winning, German-speaking filmmakers serve as springboards for exploring the themes and concepts in each of its 10 lessons. The program is ideal for a 2-semester sequence. Features include:
- Engaging short films by contemporary German and Swiss filmmakers
- A fresh, magazine-like design
- A focus on real communication in everyday contexts
- Rich, authentic culture
- A groundbreaking new Supersite platform with powerful tools—copy all assignments from previous courses in minutes, set time limits and passwords for assessments, add your own content, and more
- Online chat activities—virtual conversations and live video chats for communication practice outside of class
- vText—the interactive, online version of the textbook—that links directly with Supersite practice activities, audio, and video
- iPad®-friendly* Supersite and vText for access on the go
*Students must use a computer for audio recording and select presentations and tools that require Flash or Shockwave.
What's new in Denk Mal!, 2nd Edition?
- Student Edition now available in loose-leaf or digital format for cost-saving alternatives
- 4 new authentic short-subject films and 4 new literary readings
- 30 new Oral Testing Suggestions (3 per lesson)
- Timesaver! All auto-gradable textbook activities now available online—including 30 new Strukturen activities (1 per grammar point)
- Personalized study with a new vocabulary tool—students focus on the words they don't know for efficient study and faster learning
- A new composition tool: students create and submit compositions online; instructors make in-line comments and corrections via text or voice
- Online chat activities—virtual conversations and live video chats for communication practice outside of class
- A new Supersite platform with tools to create your own activities, even easier course management, and much more!
- iPad®-friendly* Supersite and vText
*Students must use a computer for audio recording and select presentations and tools that require Flash or Shockwave.
What can you expect in each lesson? Check out all the themes below.
For more details, download a Table of Contents.
Denk mal!, 2nd Edition
- Lektion 1: Fühlen und erleben
- Lektion 2: Zusammen leben
- Lektion 3: Medieneinflüsse
- Lektion 4: Wegfahren und Spaß haben
- Lektion 5: Kunstschätze
- Lektion 6: Traditionen und Spezialitäten
- Lektion 7: Wissenschaft und Technologie
- Lektion 8: Recht und Umwelt
- Lektion 9: Wirtschaft und Berufsaussichten
- Lektion 10: Geschichte und Gesellschaft
A new generation of language-learning technology
Meaningful content. Specialized resources. Powerful online tools. The new Supersite was developed in collaboration with language instructors and students in order to enhance language instruction.
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- An End to Student Frustration: Make it a cinch for students to track due dates, save work, and access all assignments and resources.
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Learn more about this new generation of language-learning technology.
- For instructors
- A gradebook for rosters, assignments, and grades
- Time-saving auto-graded activities, question-by-question grading, and automated spot-checking
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- Create Partner Chat and open-ended activities
- Add your own notes to existing content
- Add video and outside resources
- New assignment wizard—copy all assignments from a previous course, reflowed into the new semester's dates, in minutes
- Online assessment, with time limits and password protection
- Composition grading tool for in-line comments and corrections via text or voice
- Pre-made syllabi, sample lesson plan, and Testing Program
- Instructor Resources (answer keys, testing audio, audio-video programs, scripts)
- Single sign-on for LMS integration
- A communication center for announcements, notifications, and help requests
- Live Chat (video or audio) and instant messaging
- Voiceboards for oral assignments, group discussions, and projects
- vText online, interactive Student Edition
- iPad®-friendly*
- For students
- Textbook activities—online
- Additional activities for extra practice
- Enhanced feedback to guide students and improve comprehension and grades
- Composition tool to create and submit writing assignments online
- Personalized study with new vocabulary tool—students focus their study on the words they need to learn, for more efficient study and faster learning
- Chat for oral practice and conversation skills:
- Virtual Chat—simulated conversation activities
- Video Partner Chat—recorded student pair communicative activities
- Audio-synced readings
- All video programs, with instructor-controlled subtitles and translations
- Audio program (textbook, lab)
- Online dictionary and reference materials
- An online Student Activities Manual, with auto-grading for close-ended activities
- Live Chat (video or audio) and instant messaging
- vText online, interactive Student Edition
- iPad®-friendly*
* Students must use a computer for audio recording and select presentations and tools that require Flash or Shockwave.
Various Supersite access levels are available: contact your Modern Language Specialist to explore which level is right for you


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CARSON, Calif. (AP) Tosaint Ricketts scored twice and Toronto FC beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 4-0 on Saturday night.
Eastern Conference leading Toronto (18-3-8) stretched its unbeaten streak to 11 games and has won six straight.
Toronto's Victor Vazquez played a free kick quickly. His shot bounced off the post and Drew Moor headed in the ball in the 24th minute. Ricketts made it 2-0 in the 37th minute when he kicked the ball inside the left post while falling down.
Ricketts scored again in the 76th minute. Vazquez assisted on the goal, and added a goal of his own two minutes later.
The Galaxy's Jonathan dos Santos sailed a shot over the crossbar from outside the 18-yard box early in the game. Down 2-0, his shot from the left side of the box missed wide right.
Toronto gave Sebastian Giovinco and Jozy Altidore the night off. Romain Alessandrini and Jermaine Jones did not play for the Galaxy (7-15-6) due to yellow card accumulation.

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Two faculty members in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences will be featured during an episode of the PBS series "Nature" that will air in most markets at 8 p.m. on April 3.
Titled "What Plants Talk About," the episode will highlight the work of Consuelo De Moraes, professor of entomology, and Mark Mescher, assistant professor of entomology. The researchers are engaged in the growing field of chemical ecology, which examines the chemically mediated interactions among plants, insects and pathogens in the environment.
De Moraes and Mescher study the defensive responses of plants to insect feeding, including the production and release of volatile compounds by the plants that can signal and attract the insect herbivore's natural enemies.
They also explore signaling between parasitic plants and their hosts, which will be one focus of the PBS program. The "Nature" crew documented the Penn State team's research on the parasitic dodder plant, a vine-like weed that uses chemical cues emitted by other plants to locate a suitable host on which to attach and feed. With no roots of its own, dodder -- which is sometimes called strangleweed -- relies on its host for nutrients.
"Dodder can be found in home gardens and landscapes, and it's an important agricultural pest," said De Moraes. "For example, it attacks alfalfa in Pennsylvania, and it's a serious problem for tomatoes and other crops in California."
Once attached to a plant, it's very difficult to get rid of without killing the host, she explained. "One goal of our research is to identify the mechanisms by which dodder finds its host in hopes of disrupting the process and preventing the parasitism."
Mescher said the broader objective of chemical ecology research is to determine how this chemical communication among plants and insects influences natural systems.
"Because these interactions are chemical and largely unseen, they have not been documented and well understood," he said. "As the field of chemical ecology matures, we're discovering answers to many questions surrounding these complex relationships."
A preview of the segment featuring De Moraes and Mescher can be viewed online at http://psu.ag/102eQV4.
The "Nature" episode will air in State College and throughout central Pennsylvania on WPSU-TV at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3. The program is scheduled to air at the same time on WHYY, Philadelphia; WQED, Pittsburgh; WITF, Harrisburg; WQLN, Erie; and WVIA, Pittston. It is scheduled to air on WLVT in Allentown at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 8. Viewers should check their local listings to confirm air times.
After the broadcast, the entire program will stream at http://pbs.org/nature.
More information about Penn State chemical ecology research is available at the Center for Chemical Ecology website.


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Alpha Prototypes specializes in Rapid Prototyping the process of converting computer generated CAD drawings into plastic and composite parts. This process uses FDM – Fused Deposition Modeling, SLA – Stereolithography, and 3D Printing. Prototypes ship in about 24 hours and you can get a price quote for your parts online at www.alphaprototypes.com
Bill Bounds,
Alpha Prototypes


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History and Culture
The history of Prince Edward Island is like a rope made of intertwined strands. Each of those strands can be traced back to its roots: First Nations, French, English, Irish, and Scottish. Archeologists have found evidence of early Mi'kmaq settlements that date back thousands of years. Be sure to visit the Lennox Island Mi'kmaq Cultural Centre, as well as the annual Abegweit Pow Wow in August, to learn more about PEI's aboriginal heritage. The earliest European settlers began arriving in the sixteenth century, and their influence is still evident in the names found on mailboxes, as well as the prevalence of Acadian and Celtic music and dance. A trip to The Acadian Museum in Miscouche will introduce you to the tumultuous history of the French pioneers. Then relive the birth of Canadian Confederation and all its drama by touring Province House National Historic Site, where you'll see and hear how the new nation began to take shape in Charlottetown in 1864.
History at a Glance
Today most Islanders are descendants of Europeans; however, PEI's first residents were the Mi'kmaq. The Mi'kmaq first lived here about 2000 years ago. They called the Island 'Epekwitk', meaning "resting on the waves". European settlers pronounced the name as 'Abegweit'.
French explorers were the first Europeans to visit and settle the Island. Jacques Cartier described the Island as "...the fairest land 'tis possible to see!" The French called the Island "Île Saint-Jean.' To the British, who later occupied the area, the Island was known as 'St. John's Island.' The Island was renamed in 1799 as 'Prince Edward Island' in honour of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, the father of Queen Victoria.
In 1758, under British control, the Island was annexed to Nova Scotia, and Captain Samuel Holland was later commissioned to survey the land. He divided the Island into 67 townships of 20,000 acres each. In a great lottery held in London, England, English merchants and military figures were granted large parcels of property in the colony. The colony was separated from Nova Scotia in 1769, but land issues continued for over 100 years until after confederation when the Island Government was able to purchase the last of the large estate lots for resale to tenants.
Following the American War of Independence, many loyal to the British Crown moved north, some making the Island their home. The 18th and 19th centuries saw the arrival of many British settlers, including Scottish and Irish emigrants fleeing economic problems in their homeland. The Island prospered in the wood, wind and water economy of the mid 1800s and communities and colonial institutions expanded.
The Charlottetown Conference, one of the most significant political events in Canadian history, was held in 1864 to discuss the idea of Canadian union. The conference led to Canada officially becoming a nation in 1867. Prince Edward Island became a province of Canada in 1873 after negotiations that promised a continuous link to the mainland.
Prince Edward Island is proud to be Canada's smallest province!
Historic places of Prince Edward Island
The legacy which has been left for us all to learn from and appreciate. They show us the important relationship Aboriginal people had with this land, the patterns of settlement established by Europeans, the impact of centuries of farming and fishing, and the faith that sustained many in building our communities. Our historic places convey the sense of accomplishment and pride of generations of Islanders.


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Street Corner - May 2014
2014 AMSOIL/STREET RODDER Road Tour Schedule
Eight for the Road
All eight 2014 AMSOIL/STREET RODDER Road Tours are ready for liftoff! All that's left to do is finalize the day-to-day itineraries of stops, shops, sites, and other roadside attractions that have made the Road Tour one of America's most amazing cross-country cruising events for 19 years in a row! All you have to do to be part of the fun is look at the schedule of eight summer-through-fall tours listed below and pick the one (or two or three) you'll be joining. Then let us know you'll be coming by registering on the Road Tour section of the STREET RODDER website or by calling Jerry Dixey at the Road Tour toll-free hotline, (800) 664-1362.
More sights and stops will be added soon. Look for updates here each month and on the website as they occur.
1. The Vintage Air Tour: June 7-15
Vintage Air, San Antonio, Texas, to the 50th L.A. Roadsters Show, Pomona, California
Jack Chisenhall and Rick Love from Vintage Air lead the tour to this Father's Day classic. The tour will kick-off on Sunday, June 8, with a visit to the Alamo. We'll then head northwest with a stop at Hill's Hot Rods in Lubbock and visit the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque on our way to Pomona.
2. The MSRA Back to the 50's Tour: June 13-22
The 50th L.A. Roadsters Show, Pomona, California, to Back to the 50's, St. Paul, Minnesota
Las Vegas will be our first night stop after leaving Pomona on Sunday, June 15. Our route will also include overnight stops in Colorado, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Highlights include Speedway Motors in Lincoln, Nebraska, home of the Smith Collection Museum of American Speed, Bowman Real Hot Rods, and the collection of Larry Olson in Brandon, South Dakota.
3. The Aeromotive Tour: June 20-29
Back to the 50's, St. Paul, Minnesota, to the NSRA Rocky Mountain Nationals, Pueblo, Colorado
The folks at Aeromotive will once again provide a big welcome for us at their Kansas City area facility. We head south after the Back to the 50's car show on Sunday. The big party at Aeromotive is on Monday evening. Tuesday we will roll west with plenty of stops on our way to Pueblo.
4. The Eastwood Summer Classic Tour: July 18-26
The Syracuse Nationals, Syracuse, New York, to the Eastwood Summer Classic, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
We will spend a day in Massachusetts visiting shops on our way to the Eastwood Summer Classic car show. Highlights along the way include shops in New York, plus Competition Specialties, Extreme Machine Unlimited, and Factory Five Racing, all in the Boston area.
5. The Autopalooza.org Tour: August 9-16
A Week on Woodward Avenue near Detroit, Michigan
The Detroit area has numerous automotive shops and places of interest for us to visit, leading up to the world-famous Woodward Dream Cruise. During the week we will see the Henry Ford Museum, the Gilmore Museum, and the Pratt and Miller facility, to name a few. We will also take part in the huge Back to the Bricks festivities in Flint.
6. The Shades of the Past Tour: August 30- September 6
The 60th NHRA U.S. Nationals, Indianapolis, Indiana, to Shades of the Past, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Indianapolis' famous Labor Day drag race will be the starting point for our tour from Indy to the popular Shades of the Past Rod Run. On Friday of Labor Day weekend we will be special guests in Auburn, Indiana, where we will be touring museums, auctions, and flea markets.
7. The Dynamat Tour: September 5-14
Shades of the Past, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, to the NSRA Nationals North Plus, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Some great private car collections and street rod shops in the Ohio area will highlight our ride to Kalamazoo. We will be making stops in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Youngstown along the way. We'll also drop in on Flaming River's facility near Cleveland on our trip to Michigan.
8. The Sherm's Custom Plating Tour: October 31November 8
Sherm's Custom Plating, Sacramento, California, to the SEMA Show, Las Vegas, Nevada
We're going back to SEMA! We'll start in Sacramento and head to Las Vegas for the huge SEMA Show. The fun begins with a stop at Sherm's Custom Plating and Flowmaster's huge manufacturing facilities. We'll see Gene Winfield's shop as well as some private collections and more along the way to Las Vegas and the largest auto industry show on the planet.
Rutter's on the Move
Rutter's Rod Shop has shown its success by all the extraordinary street rods, classics, customs, and muscle cars they've built, and by the necessity and ability to move to bigger and better locations. A few years after starting in 1998, Rutter's moved from a 2,000-square-foot building to a site twice as big. In 2008, the shop relocated to an even bigger shop. Late last year, Bob and Patt Rutlidge and their team moved to their newest facility at 4947 S. NC 127 Hwy., in Hickory, North Carolina, just around the corner from their previous location. The new 7,000-square-foot building offers more shop area, a complete body and paint shop, and a larger, more complete parts showroom for popular hot rod parts. Rutter's Rod Shop has also updated and improved its website. Check it out at www.ruttersrodshop.com.
Bolt-In IFS for Buicks and Olds
Early '60s cars are getting lots of attention from hot rodders. In response to an increasing number of requests, the new Fatman Fabrications IFS bolt-in kit—we told you about it in Window Shopper in the Mar. '14 issue—is available for '61-63 Buick Special and '61-63 Oldsmobile F-85 applications. Fatman Fabrications is working on additional applications all the time. Check the Fatman website (www.fatmanfab.com) to stay up to date on the latest products.
Life Imitates Art
If STREET RODDER has one goal, it is to inspire you to build, drive, and enjoy cool cars. That's why we were excited to find out that Jeff Norwell's Quick On The Draw illustration from the Nov. '13 issue has inspired one of Jeff's friends to build a '64 Mercury Marauder following that drawing and description. We're eager to see this cool fullsize cruiser move from our pages to the pavement.


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Spirit AeroSystems announced layoffs of more than 360 workers, but the facility at the N.C. Global TransPark survived the ax
Late last week, Spirit AeroSystems announced layoffs of more than 360 workers, but the facility at the N.C. Global TransPark survived the ax.
�Basically, we announced this reduction of 360 in salaried support and management at those two primary sites in Kansas and Oklahoma,� Spirit spokesman Ken Evans said. �We expressed � that the action is a strategic move, to make the company more competitive in a cost-sensitive environment, and it results from an ongoing workforce assessment, and that is designed to reduce our overhead costs, increase efficiency and drive improved performance.�
Lenoir County Economic Development Executive Director Mark Pope said the Spirit complex at GTP is important to the local economy.
�They mean a lot for us. They have over 400 jobs out there � the salary they bring, the disposable income � all that plays an important role,� Pope said. �Plus, having aerospace in Lenoir County at GTP � it brings a whole new arena for us in recruiting other aerospace industries and being successful.�
He added, �To talk to Spirit execs, you hear they have been successful in hiring in Eastern North Carolina and Lenoir County. They mean a lot to us, and I hope in turn we mean a lot to them, too.�
The move by Spirit comes following an announcement from new President and CEO Larry Lawson that there would be a thorough look at the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 supply programs which encompass four facilities � the main locations in Kansas and Oklahoma, plus Kinston and St. Nazaire in France.
Evans said he couldn�t make any assurances about possible job losses in Kinston going forward.
�We�re not in a position to give any guarantees that there won�t be � there are none currently planned,� Evans said. �We don�t have any announcements to make to that effect, but this is an ongoing activity.�
The job reduction plan was made at the earnings announcement that the company made a 10 percent earnings increase in the first quarter of this year and sports an order backlog of $36 billion. It also comes at a time when there�s further speculation of a takeover of the company.
The London-based Daily Mail reported Wednesday that British firm GKN looks to buy Spirit.
�Bank of America/Merrill Lynch is said to be advising GKN on the deal and has raised funds to enable chief executive Nigel Stein to take GKN to another level,� Geoff Stein wrote.
The Daily Mail reports GKN is working on a takeover involving $5 billion in cash and shares, amounting to $35 a share. Spirit traded for $24.92 a share at the market�s close Monday on the New York Stock Exchange.
Spirit doesn�t comment on potential business deals.
Wes Wolfe can be reached at 252-559-1075 and email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @WolfeReports.


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Welcome to www.acuravigorclub.com, home of the...
|The Clubhouse is where the day-to-day
action is
We have over 3,000 members to hang with and talk about your Vigor. And you'll see that we're a friendly group.
Post a question and you'll get an answer usually within hoursby people who know and love Vigs. We average around thirty to forty posts in a typical day, so there's a lot of activity here.
If there's a maintenance or mechanical problem, a modification you've been considering, an audio dilemma you're into, or anything related to Vigors, there's someone here who has the answer. And we also value what you have to say.
The Clubhouse is hosted by Yahoo! Groups...
... and completely focused on the one car we all love so muchthe Acura Vigor.
So come on in and join the fun!
Has this site helped you? If so, please consider a donation to help pay our operating costs.
If you have a specific question about your Vigor, check our FAQ's pages first for an immediate answer to the most frequently asked questions.
You'll find lots of Q&A's about body and engine modification, regular maintenance, common problems...
Please, please check here before posting your questions at the Clubhouse.
If you still don't find what you're looking for, you can search the entire website. Enter a few keywords to search our site, or read our search tips to make advanced queries. Hint: it works just like Altavista
An Acura Vigor Club card for inviting other Vigor owners to join the club. Print them and hand them outor place them very carefully on the windshields of parked Vigors. Let's tell all Vigor owners about our club!
Formatted for Avery® Business Cards (8571, 8371, 5371) or other 2" X 3˝", 10-to-a-sheet card stock. But if you don't like 'em, save the template and make your own!
Links to suppliers of Vigor parts (genuine Honda/ Acura and aftermarket, new and used), accessories, detailing supplies, and members' sites.
You'll also find links to Vigor Technical Service Bulletins, original factory owner's manuals and shop manuals, and many other sites of interest to the Vigor enthusiast or new buyer.
This section began as a monthly series of articles of interest to all Vigor owners. Over time, it evolved into an on-line set of technical procedures which compliment the Acura Service Manual.
They're no longer being written each month, because most of the common procedures are already here. Plus, Bob01721 (the author of most of them) got lazy. So now, whenever a club member takes the initiative and writes a new article, Bob will edit and post it here. Check out the most recent article and browse the archives!
The passworded Download Area is reserved for club members. Presently, we have a collection of Technical Service Bulletins, a factory Service Manual, and a schematic package available.
Members can get the password in the Files section at the Clubhouse.
We're a diverse group with strong opinionsnot all of them the same.
The Club has a lot of things going on all the time. Read about some of our activities and the benefits we provide our members. And meet some of our members, too. We're an enthusiastic, fun-loving, and Vigorous group.
We have members from countries all over the world... from Australia to Zimbabwe, including the US, Canada, Japan, Russia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Bangladesh, Honduras, England, Ireland, and Venezuela. Hmmm. I wonder if there are any Vigors in Antarctica?
So far, we've had three major Club Meetsone in Toronto, one in Washington, DC, and the most recent one in Seattle. Come on in and meet some of the members who were there.
Why not take a minute and sign our Guest Book?
NOTE: If you have a question you'd like answered, please post it at the Clubhouse, not in the Guest Book.


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Banks, Uzbekistan: full list, contacts, opening hours, addresses and other information.
The directory Yellow Pages of Uzbekistan provides detailed information on the companies of the section "Banks" in the in Akkurgan region.
Country code: +998
Web site: xb.uz
Legal name: PEOPLES BANK AKKURGAN BRANCH
Brand name: PEOPLES BANK AKKURGAN BRANCH
Address: Uzbekistan, Tashkent region, Akkurgan, street NAVOI, 1
Companies in other regions of "Banks" rubric
View statistics of the rubric: Banks in Akkurgan
for current month (May 2020): 17463
for last month (April 2020): 19439
for 3 month (February 2020 - April 2020): 56395
for half year (November 2019 - April 2020): 111916
for year (May 2019 - April 2020): 241172
Banks in Akkurgan - addresses, phone numbers, all information in our catalog
Yellowpages.uz presents a section devoted to reference information of Akkurgan category banks. Here are their phones, addresses, location and other contacts, including e-mail addresses, if any. Turning to the in Akkurgan section banks, you can quickly find the necessary data about local companies, including work schedules, as well as rough guidelines that make it easy to find their way.
The database, which unites all companies in the category of in Akkurgan banks, is regularly updated and updated with new data, as well as changes in existing information. To ensure maximum reliability of such information, Yellowpages.uz employees carry out mandatory checking of all incoming information. Thus, we ensure the accuracy and up-to-date information of the Akkurgan section located in banks, the list of which is given in this section. At the same time, the information is entered into the database only after its confirmation.
The database, which unites all companies in the category of in Akkurgan banks, is regularly updated and updated with new data, as well as changes in existing information. To ensure maximum reliability of such information, Yellowpages.uz employees carry out mandatory checking of all incoming information. Thus, we ensure the accuracy and up-to-date information of the Akkurgan section located in banks, the list of which is given in this section. At the same time, the information is entered into the database only after its confirmation.
Substantial support in the formation of the Emergency Services section in the banks region is provided to us by users of the catalog. Therefore, if you find any inaccuracies, errors or lack of necessary data, we ask you to inform about it in a letter to the e-mail address email@example.com. To speed up the process of processing your message in the subject, you should indicate "error on the site", and in the letter itself - describe the problem. Also, if you wish, you can report errors in the Emergency Services section of Tashkent using the contact phone number +998 71 231-07-92. In any case, we will be very grateful to you for the contribution to the formation of a database for this category.
An equally important contribution to the creation of the Akkurgan section of banks will be the support of entrepreneurs engaged in this type of activity. Yellowpages.uz offers you the advantage to place advertising information about yourself in the corresponding section. At the same time, it should be emphasized that in our case you immediately receive the target audience, you just need to fill out a questionnaire. Our specialists are always ready to consider your proposals and create optimal conditions for cooperation, which will certainly bring mutual benefit. We will do everything possible to ensure that your company in the category "banks" for the region of Akkurgan received the highest attendance rating!
List of sections
- Administrative institutions
- Advertising, polygraphy
- Agricultural
- Banks and business services
- Bodyguards services
- Building and construction
- Cars
- Chemical industry
- Computers and office equipment
- Education
- Energy and measuring instrument
- Equipment
- Food industry
- Furniture
- Goods
- Hotels and tourism
- House technics
- Information technology
- Inquiry organizations
- Legal services
- Leisure and recreation
- Light industry
- Mass media
- Medicine
- Minerals
- Oil and gas industry
- Paking
- Personal services
- Post and communication
- Public utilities
- Representations
- Restaurants and cafe
- Scientific organizations
- Tools
- Transport
Rubrics in this section
- 1c: accounting - sales, installation, automation
- 1c: enterprise - sales, installation, automation
- Accounting - software
- Accounting services
- Accreditation of representative offices - services
- Adjuster services
- Analysis of financial and economic activities - services
- Apostille on documents - services
- Auctions, tenders - organizations
- Auditing services
- Automated document management systems - development, implementation
- Banks
- Broker services
- Business centers
- Business funds
- Business plans and technical economical substatiaton - development
- Call-centers
- Car loans - services
- Certification of labor protection personnel - services
- Certification of workplaces - services
- Consulting - services
- Coworking centers
- Credit unions
- Currency exchange office
- Customs warehouses
- Department of trade industry chamber
- Deposit centers
- Ecological examination
- Engineering - services
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- Financial activity - consulting and services
- Foreign banks - representative offices
- Foreign economic organizations
- Innovation and research activity
- Insurance - services
- Intermediary trade activity
- Investment activity
- Investment consultation
- Leasing
- Licensing - services
- Marketing - services
- Microcredit organization
- Notarized translation
- Outstaffing - services
- Pharmaceutical consulting
- Plastic cards - service
- Preshipment inspection
- Project management
- Promotions, discounts, discount cards
- Registration of pharmaceutical and medical products
- Shares - shareholder services
- Soliq maslahatlari
- Stocks and securities
- Survey services
- Trade - electronic inventory in retail trade system (creation, introduction)
- Transfers of money
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As I sit here, snuggled up in my polar fleece blanket against the growing chill, I am reminded that the end of comfortable gallery cruising season is almost here. For those intrepid crawlers like Jeriah and myself, this doesn't mean the end of going out, no no, to us it just means thicker socks and heavier coats. But for many, the onset of cold fall and impending winter slows their gallery crawl motivation. SO my dear friends out there in TV land, get your ass out there before it starts to snow, 'cus there is still lots of good shit going on!
1. The Level Eater at Co-Prosperity Sphere –
A bad ass mix of gaming inspired art and real-time playing. Come to see the work, come to play. Work by Jeriah Hildwine, Luke Willard, Michael Garcia, Nick Bahr, and Sam Sieger.
Co-Prosperity Sphere is locate at 3219 S. Morgan St. Reception begins at 8pm on Friday, gaming begins at midnight.
2. The Uhaul Show at, well, multiple places –
A roaming show featuring the work of Kirk Faber, Max Garret, Susie Kimball, Joe Mault, Tim Schade, Qing Yang and Chris Bradley.The people in the above picture are the artists. No, they're not.
Friday, October 22, The Uhaul show will be parked on Columbus Drive between Monroe and Jackson just East of the Chicago Loop (6-10pm). Saturday, October 23 it will be parked just north of Division at the intersection of Damen and Chrystal (2-6pm). Sunday, October 24 it will be parked outside of our new location (3710 N. Marshfield) just a block northwest of Ashland and Addison (2-6pm).
3. Transformation Opera at Antena –
Super crazy video weirdness created by artist Amelia Winger-Bearskin.
Antena is located at 1765 S. Laflin St. Reception is Friday, from 6-10pm.
4. David Maisel and Kim Keever at Carrie Secrist Gallery –
Erie landscape imagery by David Maisel and Kim Keever.
Carrie Secrist Gallery is located at 835 W. Washington Blvd. Reception is Saturday from 4-7pm.
5. everything after at Kavi Gupta Gallery –
Conflict zones brought to you with a twist by Curtis Mann.
Kavi Gupta Gallery is located at 835 W Washington Blvd. Reception is Saturday from 5-8pm.
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Okino Computer Graphics has focused on CAD, DCC and VisSim cross conversion software since 1988 via its PolyTrans and NuGraf software packages. Okino's 'JT' import converter module allows geometry, hierarchy and materials (assembly data) to be imported from native .jt disk-based MCAD files (otherwise called 'DirectModel' files) and converted to Rhino .3dm files. The JT importer is built upon the official 'JT Open' Toolkit which has been licensed from UGS Corp. The use of the official 'JT Open' toolkit ensures consistency of JT files across the enterprise and throughout the PLM market. The Okino 'JT' export converter module allows native Rhino .3dm files to be exported to native .jt disk based MCAD files with a plethora of options and fine control over the exported JT file (please refer to the file format description page below). See also Okino's CAD/Pack (Autodesk Inventor, IGES, SolidWorks, Solid Edge), Granite/Pack (ACIS, IGES, ProE, Parasolid, STEP and VDA-FS), DCC/Pack (Maya, XSI, OpenFlight, FBX) and CATIA v4 + v5 for additional add-on CAD modules, all priced very affordably. Additional WEB URLs: JT importer technical description JT exporter technical description Okino Rhino-3D/OpenNURBS exporter Okino Rhino-3D/OpenNURBS importer
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Tutorial in how NOT to make financial (or other) decisions
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Marriage advice from someone older - don't ask your partner to do somethign you would never consider doing (unless bioligically impossble). This applies to so many things, cleaning help just being one of them.
- March 18, 2012 12:35 PM
I agree that the division of chores between spouses and the household budget is a matter between them, I can't say I agree that hiring household help is no one else's business if they are getting tuition assistance unless a parent has a health problem or disability or both parents are working 50 hours a week and the kids aren't old enough to help out. I do find it troublesome (and not just due to the tuition assistance issue) that cleaning and yard help has become almost a given, even for young, healthy people. It speaks to a larger sense of entitlement and lack of the old balabusts spirit and initiative.
- March 18, 2012 1:03 PM
Just because you and I wouldn't run our marriages tat way, doesn't make it wrong or bad that other people do. I thought it made for a cute story and likely didn't even happen exactly that way. I bet the wife was exagerrating when she told profk- she may very well have said "ok, but realize you're going to have to do all the things the cleaning lady does" hubs said "yeah, yeah, of course!" and then when it came down to actually doing it, realized it was not as simple as he'd imagined, thus "lesson learned". But even if it really did happen the way it was described, I still don't think we have a right to wag a finger at them for running their marriage wrong. It sounds like they're a lot older than you and I- and presumably married a lot longer.
- March 18, 2012 1:41 PM
Sometimes, there just aren't enough hours in the day. When you have 2 parents who work full time, a few kids who need to be taken to appointments, speech or physical therapy, dinner cooked and served, homework help, laundry, grocery shopping, preparing for shabbat and chagim, and extra work at home after the children go to bed - when exactly are the bathrooms supposed to get scrubbed? When does the lawn get mowed? Even with the children helping out, how is a family supposed to manage it all without suffering from a complete break down? Sometimes something needs to give.
- March 18, 2012 10:03 PM
I had no problems with how the couple handled this. I don't think the wife was "out to teach the husband a lesson." I viewed this more as letting him have a first hand experience so that he would have more information with which to make a decision. Sometimes its just really impossible to understand how difficult something is until you try to do it yourself no matter how empathetic or understanding you are.
- March 19, 2012 8:21 AM
- Miami Al said...
I'm sure the story is embellished for effect, BUT, as presented by ProfK, this couple was not approaching things as equal but within a parent-child framework. The wife was "teaching a lesson" to her husband who was being "stubborn" and insisting upon what he knew.
I realize that ProfK is a teacher at heart, and is retelling a story that was already being told for effect, but holding that up as "proper marital behavior" is wrong.
Nothing in the story, as relayed, indicated marital partners approaching it as equals, weighing the pros and cons of domestic servants vs. other financial priorities, etc., just a cutesy story that falls into the "smart wife, dumb husband" cliche.
- March 19, 2012 11:04 AM
It's that last part that bothered me: the "smart wife, dumb husband" cliche. Personally, I find it slightly offensive - that men are completely clueless and incapable of doing even menial tasks around the home. I'd like to think that this generalization is a thing of the past, of a bygone era. I've seen older men who claim to not even know how to operate the microwave and have their wive's heat up their dinners for them (not to mention, of course, that the wife does all the cooking for that dinner and all the cleaning after that dinner as well).
The men I know today go food shopping, cook, clean, do laundry, change diapers, etc. I'd like to think this is the norm and that the older attitudes have faded away.
- March 19, 2012 11:34 AM


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The Wedding Planner ExperienceMonday, June 24th, 2013
Last Years Workshop was a HUGE Success! We had an amazing group of planners in our workshop and I still stay in contact with them. Many of them have started their business and have strived in their first year! Many have developed new ways to market their business and are seeing great results since last August. One planner in particular worked as an intern with my company after the workshop and got offered an amazing job opportunity as a lead event manager in an large, reputable event production company. Another planner who attended the workshop boosted up her company and now has 3 times the amount of clients she did when she attended and has been published in over a dozen magazines and wedding blogs. I am so proud of all of the accomplishments of the planners in the last 2 years so you can imagine my excitement for this years workshop. Please feel free to call me or email me should you have any further questions. I look forward to a fantastic and memorable workshop this year.
Dates: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 and Thursday, August 22nd 2013
Location: Miami Lakes, Florida (the exact address will be sent to you after the application has been submitted)
Times: 9am – 5pm Wednesday and Thursday
Day 1: The Business and Design Concepts Wednesday, August 21st 2013
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* Understanding Your Role as a Wedding Planner
* Knowing the Business. Establishing your Target Market, and Setting Company Goals
* Networking, Advertising, Research, and Investing Your Time
* Business Showcase, Developing your Website, and the World of Blogging
* How to work with the Bride and Groom throughout the Planning Process
* Grasping Inspirations, Themes, and Designing Unique Events
* Interactive Storyboard Development- team activity
* Guest Speaker
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* Bride Getting Ready Suite and How to keep a Calm and Happy Bride
* Importance of Bridal Beauty with Guest Speaker and Guru, Gloria Pelo
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* Design, Decor, and Tablescapes
* Design Presentations with two of Miami's Premier Designer and Guest Speaker
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* Q& A with Jackie Ohh… and some of the Best Planners in South Florida
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I am very much looking forward to this workshop and the chance to show you the wonderful world of being a Wedding Planner. See you in August!
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Once the two Libyan suspects were indicted, she seemed to try to point the investigation in the direction of Qaddafi [Libyan President Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi], although there was plenty of evidence, both before and after the trials of Megrahi and Fhimah in the Netherlands, that others were involved, probably with Iran the commissioning power. [In 2001, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison; Lamin Khalifah Fhimah was acquitted.]
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The chief mate of a replica 18th-century sailing ship that sank off North Carolina during Hurricane Sandy told investigators Tuesday that the ship's captain twice refused his pleas to order the crew to abandon ship.
It wasn't until he made a third plea that the captain gave the order - moments before the ship rolled and tossed the crew into the water.
One member of the HMS Bounty's 16-person-crew died, and the captain was never found after the ship sank 90 miles off Cape Hatteras during the October storm. The three-mast sailing ship was built for the 1962 film "Mutiny on the Bounty" starring Marlon Brando, and was featured in several other films over the years, including one of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies.
A federal safety panel began hearing testimony in a Portsmouth hotel about what led to the sinking, with chief mate John Svendsen providing a detailed account of what happened in the days, hours and minutes leading up to the loss of the ship.
Svendsen said the ship was taking on water and had no power when it rolled over and sank. He also told investigators the captain didn't alert Coast Guard officials of the ship's deteriorating condition when he first suggested it, with Capt. Robin Walbridge choosing to focus on fixing failing generators instead. Svendsen disagreed with Walbridge on that decision, along with several others.
Before ever leaving New London, Conn., for St. Petersburg, Fla., Svendsen said he had told Walbridge that he and other crew members were concerned about his decision to head directly toward the top of the storm as it approached.
"I had mentioned other options as far as staying in and not going out to sea. Robin felt the ship was safer at sea," Svendsen said.
Svendsen said Walbridge wanted to head out to sea and then judge where the storm's path would be to allow for safer passage, giving him options to go east or west depending on the route.
Walbridge explained his decision to the ship's crew before leaving Connecticut and offered to let anyone who wasn't comfortable with it leave, but nobody chose to do so.
He said Walbridge believed the winds on the southeast side of a hurricane were more navigable. The original plan for the ship had it taking a more direct route along the East Coast between Florida and the Bahamas.
Under questioning by Coast Guard investigators, Svendsen said he didn't believe that Walbridge was chasing the hurricane. Instead, he said he believed Walbridge was looking for the safest route around the massive storm once it approached. The line of questioning was inspired by an interview Walbridge gave while in Belfast, Maine, for a public access television show that aired in August and is posted on YouTube.
"We run into stormy seas. We chase hurricanes," Walbridge said. "You try and get up as close to the eye of it as you can and you stay down in the southeast quadrant and when it stops, you stop. You don't want to get in front of it. You want to stay behind it. But you also get a good ride out of the hurricane."
However, getting in front of the hurricane is exactly what Walbridge did when he chose to head west toward Cape Hatteras in search of calmer waters. When asked whether he was concerned about that move, Svendsen said he deferred to Walbridge's greater wealth of experience on navigating through a hurricane.
Although the hearing being administered by the Coast Guard isn't a criminal proceeding, any evidence of wrongdoing could be referred to federal prosecutors.
The owner of the HMS Bounty declined to testify at the hearing by invoking his Fifth Amendment right to be protected from incriminating himself. Another member of the HMS Bounty organization was scheduled to testify on Wednesday.
Surviving crew members, captains of similar multi-mast sailing ships and representatives of the Maine shipyard where the Bounty underwent repairs weeks before sinking were among those subpoenaed to testify. Svendsen said that water was seen coming through the planks of the ship in the storm.
A representative from Boothbay Harbor Shipyard was scheduled to testify on Wednesday. The hearing is scheduled to last through Feb. 21.
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Posted on 3 May 2013
The £1.2 million project aims to bring the UK digital games industry closer to scientists, teachers and healthcare workers to harness their ingenuity and innovation to contribute to advances in science and society.
The numbers of games sold and the numbers of game hours played mean that we only need to persuade a small fraction of the games industry to consider the potential for social and scientific benefit to achieve a massive benefit for society
Professor Peter Cowling
Researchers will work with games companies and industry network associations to explore ways to promote the production of more games with a social and scientific purpose.
The New Economic Models and Opportunities for digital Games (NEMOG) initiative, funded jointly by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council, will employ three post-doctoral researchers. It also has an advisory board reflecting the support of more than a dozen games companies and nine creative industries network organisations.
Principal investigator Peter Cowling, an Anniversary Professor based in the York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis (YCSSA), said: "Every action in an online game, from an in-game purchase to a simple button push, generates a piece of network data. This is a truly immense source of information about player behaviours and preferences. We will develop new algorithms to "mine" that data to better understand game players as an avenue for making better games, societal impact and scientific research."
Researchers will investigate sustainable business models for digital games, particularly those with scientific and social goals. This will help to guide how businesses can start up and grow to develop a new generation of games with the potential to improve society.
They will also build simulation models to investigate what might happen if, for example, Government policy were to encourage the development of games with scientific and social benefits.
Professor Cowling added: "The numbers of games sold and the numbers of game hours played mean that we only need to persuade a small fraction of the games industry to consider the potential for social and scientific benefit to achieve a massive benefit for society. Potentially this will start a movement that will lead to mainstream distribution of games aimed at scientific and social benefits.
Professor Nicola Spence, the chief executive of Science City York, who chairs the NEMOG Advisory Board, added: "It is an ambitious programme, but the potential benefits if we are even partially successful could have a huge impact on children, science and wider society, as well as the digital economy."
The NEMOG research team consists of Professor Peter Cowling, Dr Ignazio Cabras and Dr Daniel Kudenko of the University of York, Professor Feng Li, of Cass Business School, and Professor Kiran Fernandes, of Durham University Business School, with three postdoctoral researchers to be appointed and a wide range of games companies, network organisations and potential users of games for scientific and social purposes.
The digital games manufacturers supporting the project are: 4 Door Lemon, AI Factory, Albino Pixel, Complex City Apps, Creative Assembly, Introversion, LimbsAlive, MiniMonos, Playgen, Red Kite Games, Revolution, WeR Interactive, ZumFun.
Network organisations supporting the project are: AIGameDev.com, the Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network, City of York Council, Digital Shoreditch, Game Republic, Science City York, the SiDE Social Inclusion through the Digital Economy Hub, Tech City, TIGA.
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A new report by the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) suggests there is a likelihood that the Department of Defense inadvertently purchased fuel from US-sanctioned Iran.
The United States paid for the purchase and delivery of fuel to the Afghan security forces for years, totaling $1.1 billion for just the Afghan army since 2007. But the Pentagon's lack of internal controls means that some of that fuel might have come from Iran, the SIGAR office found. New checks and balances were put in place last year, but there is still a risk that U.S. taxpayer funds are being sent to Iran.
While these new checks and balances require vendors to prove they did not purchase oil from Iran, it is unclear as to what vendors must do to validate the origin of the oil. As of now, though, no evidence has been shown that the oil is in fact coming from Iran. Then again, there are very few ways to prove that a diamond is not a blood diamond, so I am skeptical.


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We strive to provide a comprehensive clinical and educational service, providing a wide range of outpatient services including primary care to sub-specialty medicine. We specialize in the health care of adult men and women both on a primary and referral basis. The Medicine Practice Site services are designed to follow patients through a variety of health care needs while providing patients and families with a Patient Family Centered Care philosophy.
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The physicians in Infectious Disease have a broad base of clinical interests which include bacterial, rickettsial, parasitic, fungal, HIV and other viral diseases. Special expertise is provided for isolation by culture of chlamydia, legionella, anaerobes, myco-bacteria and other pathogens. Considerable expertise is available for resolution of the problems of infection in the immunocompromised host. Excellent facilities are available for microbiologic laboratory support including serum measurement of unusual antimicrobial agents, synergy (checkerboard) antimicrobial studies, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) assessment of anti-infectives and a variety of other advanced support techniques.
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MythTV for blind/visually impaired
Mythspeech is an answer to A Plea to the Programmers made on the mythtv-users list in August, 2012. The first working iteration takes advantage of MythTV's support for LCD displays. As a result, it is possible to provide a working solution that modifies one relatively small executable (mythlcdserver) that is included with MythTV. But building on MythTV's support for LCD displays has its limitations, discussed later.
Getting Started
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or a distribution based on it, such as Mythbuntu 12.04. Both 32 bit and 64 bit flavours are supported by Mythspeech.
- MythTV 0.25. Mythspeech has been tested with these versions from the MythTV Updates repository:
- 2:0.25.2+fixes.20120922.0817eb2-0ubuntu0mythbuntu4
- 2:0.25.3+fixes.20121202.57baf5b-0ubuntu0mythbuntu3
- 2:0.25.3+fixes.20121206.0b60406-0ubuntu0mythbuntu3
The above requirements assume you want to use the mythlcdserver executable provided in the mythspeech package. If you wish to use a different distribution or MythTV version, you will probably need to compile from source. For that reason, a patch file is included with the mythspeech package. The source is also available on github: https://github.com/monkeypet/mythtv
How to compile from source is not covered here.
Download Mythspeech
If you are using the 64 bit flavour of Ubuntu, download: http://www.hbuus.com/~buus/mythspeech-0.4.tgz
If you are using the 32 bit flavour of Ubuntu, download: http://www.hbuus.com/~buus/mythspeech-0.4-i386.tgz
Extract Mythspeech
Extract the file's contents with the command:
$ tar xzf mythspeech-version.tgz
where version is either 0.4 (64 bit version) or 0.4-i386 (32 bit version).
This will create the directory, mythspeech-version, which will contain the following files:
- installspeech
- A shell script that will install the non-source files in the desired locations.
- mythlcdserver
- The executable that does the speaking in response to messages from mythfrontend.
- mythspeech
- A shell script that starts up mythlcdserver and makes sure logging output is captured in the directory, $HOME/mythspeech. It also works around a potential race condition to make sure mythlcdserver doesn't start until mysql, the database server, is up and running.
- mythspeech-version.patch
- This is a patch file that can be applied to the mythtv source. It only touches files in mythtv/programs/mythlcdserver.
- xprofile
- Shell code that should be added to $HOME/.xprofile to make sure mythlcdserver is started when the computer is rebooted.
Install Dependencies
If you are using the Mythbuntu 12.04 distribution, you need to install speech-dispatcher (it's pre-installed on Ubuntu 12.04):
$ sudo apt-get install speech-dispatcher
Test it with the command:
$ spd-say "Hello world"
Install Mythspeech
$ cd mythspeech-version $ ./installspeech
To start mythlcdserver, execute the command:
$ $HOME/bin/mythspeech
This will be done automatically on the next reboot. However, if you ever have a problem, you can always restart mythlcdserver by executing the above command.
Configure Mythfrontend
Once the above steps have been completed, you need to configure mythfrontend to talk to mythlcdserver.
- From the main menu, navigate to Setup -> Appearance.
- On the last page labeled LCD device display, check Enable LCD device. This will make available a number of other settings specific to LCD display devices. You don't need to change them, they don't affect the speaking done by mythlcdserver.
- Cursor down to Finish. This will save the setting and take you back to the main menu. If mythspeech successfully started mythlcdserver, and if speech-dispatcher is working properly, you should now hear MYTH MAIN Menu Media Library. If not, it's time to check the log in $HOME/mythspeech.
There's a lot of information that isn't provided by mythfrontend to mythlcdserver, like program guide data and information about programs on live TV that mythfrontend shows if you just cursor up/down, but don't change the channel by pressing OK. Also, when I added the live TV support, I found it affected what happens when you watch a recording. It now tells you what you've just started to play, even though it just told you before you started playing it.
Development Notes
I had first tried to do something with the work done by NCAM (National Center for Accessible Media), which can be found here:
But things have changed so much since that was done (on mythtv 0.21 in 2008) that I abandoned it. FWIW, I had actually managed to get the original implementation working on mythbuntu 10.04.
Next, I started looking at using Qt's approach, which would require implementing Qt accessibility classes. If this were done, mythfrontend would then talk to the Orca screen reader. I have confirmed that at least one other QT application, vlc, can generate speech through Orca and speech-dispatcher. More information on Qt accessibility can be found here:
VLC's pop up menus don't generate speech, but the regular menus do, if you:
- turn on the Orca screen reader.
- export QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
- start vlc from the command line.
Just as I was about to launch into the "Qt approach", the email thread that kicked this off two months earlier (and which had been dormant) became active again. One person tossed out the idea of doing something with how mythtv supports LCD displays (see Mythlcdserver). I took a look at it, and was able to get the LCD feature working pretty easily using LCDproc's support for curses simulation. So I took a look at the code for mythlcdserver and realized it wouldn't be that hard to modify that program to do the speaking.
I modified mythlcdserver to talk to speech-dispatcher via its libspeechd library. You can read about it here: http://devel.freebsoft.org/speechd It is what Ubuntu 12.04's screen reader, Orca, uses. Monkey Pet has also compiled and tested it with MythTV 0.26.
I chose to use the speech-dispatcher approach, as opposed to what was done for NCAM, because I believe it's a cleaner approach and consistent with the direction Ubuntu is going in with regard to accessibility.
Future Direction
I believe that, long term, accessibility for the blind/visually impaired should be based on Qt's support for accessibility. However, that will be more work and I wanted to get something working in 0.25, since that is the version the original plea was for. IMHO, what I'm doing is a short term hack, although I am trying to make it as functional as possible without having to touch anything other than mythlcdserver code. I also plan to support it through MythTV 0.26.
I welcome any feedback, as well as thoughts on the mythlcdserver approach vs Qt accessibility vs NCAM vs something I haven't thought of.


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Form No. 552 collects transactional information from natural gas market participants for each calendar year Data are provided in several formats and two groups.
- The Master Table includes all data on the Form No. 552, except page 3, which is the Schedule of Reporting Companies and Price Index Reporting.
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text: A friend recently passed along a fabulous blog called BibliOdyssey, as well as a post with illustrated manuscript belonging to a 15th c. herbal text titled the Codex Sloane 4016. Like other early manuscripts focusing on herbs, these treatises documented accumulated knowledge about medicinal plants from the oral tradition. In the image above you will immediately recognize St. John's Wort as the medieval "ypericon", known now by the latin hypericum perforatum. With the myriad uses for the invaluable St. John's Wort, SSRI action, anti-viral activity, and vulnerary for nervous system-related symptoms among them, what I did not know was that St John's Wort was also considered a demon repellent. And what a cute little demon we have here in this medieval illustration, not unlike the many forms of hybrid creatures found on the column lintels that would have surrounded monastic herb gardens of that period. I am sure every monastery had its St. John's Wort patch for this reason, among the many other uses. Do pop back to this post to see the other lovely illustrated manuscripts from the Codex, as well as information about its facsimile at the British Library and even more delightful tidbits from their blog. And while you are at it, this wonderful collection of downloadable manuscripts, the Codex (Tractatus de Herbis) among them. Ahhh, if I were to go back to working towards a PhD again….I'd be sorely tempted.


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The place looks like a typical elementary school classroom. Block walls are painted white and powder blue. The clock has been decorated to look like the sun, with wavy rays of yellow light cut from construction paper. Students sit in a cluster, some at a round table, a few in wooden desk chairs.
But if the classroom looks familiar, the students do not. They are mostly middle-aged, African-American or Latino, wearing loose-fitting scrub-style uniforms. They are prisoners at the South Bay House of Correction, and they are learning to read and write.
Today they are discussing a chapter from "The Outsiders," the 1967 young-adult novel sometimes banned over the years for its depiction of gang violence. In a raspy voice, graying inmate Franklin Pina reads a passage aloud, carefully parsing the longer words.
"The fight for self-preservation had hardened him beyond caring," he read, squinting at the page through his reading glasses.
In a prison environment where emotion is interpreted as vulnerability, the men who have signed on for Anthony D'Aries's literacy class have learned to see something of themselves in these fictional characters. Why do the Greasers in the book begrudge the Socs (or Socials), the instructor asks.
"Because they got all the breaks," answers Carlton Spence Jr., " 'cause they were wealthy."
The men are all old enough to be D'Aries's father. And D'Aries, 30, might not be teaching this class were it not for his own father.
Not that the old man served time. Don D'Aries was an Army cook in Vietnam who returned home to Long Island and made a career behind a supermarket deli counter. From a young age, his second son was awed by the father's gruff patter about the war, muscle cars, mob movies, and classic rock lyrics.
For Anthony D'Aries, his father's communication style epitomizes "The Language of Men," which is the title of his first book, published recently by Hudson Whitman. It's a coming-of-age memoir in which the author grapples with his father's legacy and the tough, sarcastic exterior Don D'Aries set as an example for his sons.
"From very early on, I was just trying to mimic my father on the page in some way," says D'Aries. "I was always fascinated with his voice, and the slang he'd use."
In one of the episodes recalled in the book, D'Aries describes the time he took an indelible marker and wrote every curse word he could think of on the surface of his father's work bench. He was
Of course, he got in trouble for it. Yet his father couldn't resist slipping in a joke: "Got an A+ for spelling," he muttered as he left the room.
"That line was glowing in my head for years and years," says D'Aries, a poised, genial man who recently trimmed the unruly matt of dark hair he had in the photo that still appears on his badge at the prison.
"The Language of Men" follows D'Aries and his girlfriend (they are married now) as they travel to Vietnam, where she is counseling young women in the sex trade and he hopes to learn a little more about the place that defined so much of his father's persona.
In the book, D'Aries describes his father's manner of speaking as "a hillbilly twang of the Looney Tunes dialect — Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam — mixed with the African-American jive of the dirtiest comedians — Redd Foxx or Richard Pryor. . . . He gave all of my mother's sisters and my female cousins flirty, construction-worker-on-a-coffee-break nicknames: baby, suga', sweets, momma, girl, honey. He calls my wife, Vanessa, 'Van Halen.' "
"My friends were always like, 'What the hell is your dad talking about?' " D'Aries says. "At the same time, they thought he was hilarious."
But that kind of comic bravado, he came to realize as he matured, often preempted any opportunity to engage in heartfelt, meaningful conversation. After his father suffered a stroke, D'Aries decided to sit down with him for a proper interview. Having moved to Boston to study at Emerson College, he made plans to revisit his hometown on Long Island.
"I remember driving down with a new tape recorder," he says. "I had all these questions, and I was getting all excited, feeling like a real writer: I've got this idea, I'm on this mission, doing this reporting."
But his first question (What was his father doing around the time he got drafted?) did not earn the kind of illuminating response D'Aries had been hoping for, to say the least. His father's answer was curt and uneventful: "You know, hanging out."
Anthony waited a few beats. He glanced at the voice recorder, which had a red indicator light that shone brightest when the recording was strongest. It was faint. He nearly panicked.
But he ventured a second question, then a third. Gradually, his father began to open up. "We talked for almost four hours," D'Aries says. "We took a break, had dinner, and went back to it." The recording gave him the material he needed to begin writing his memoir.
The book has a comic-book-style cover, with a little explosion of manly icons — a guitar, a pack of cigs, a busty silhouette like you might see on a truck's mud flap — designed by Phil Pascuzzo, who created the Twitter bird. Among the fellow New England writers who have endorsed "The Language of Men" is Andre Dubus III ("Townie: A Memoir"), who joined D'Aries at a recent reading dubbed "How to Be a Man" at Jabberwocky Bookshop, in Newburyport.
"I'm glad to help Andre launch his career," D'Aries joked, taking the podium first. "He's got a lot of potential."
In his classroom at the House of Correction, D'Aries is at ease, on an even keel, asking the students how they're doing and gently encouraging them to talk about what they're reading.
They are aware he's written a book, he says. "A lot of the guys are also veterans like my father, so that kind of sparks their interest." In a way, he says, the inmates' circumstances take his father's leather-clad, arm's-length demeanor to the extreme: "They're cut off from society, but they're also basically illiterate, and that keeps them locked away inside themselves. They can't express themselves in certain ways."
When he succeeds in getting his students to talk about the stories they're reading, "their own personal stories come out, and a lot of times it's about their fathers," says D'Aries. "Either they weren't around, or they didn't talk much. . . . It basically boils down to 'I wish I'd talked to my dad more.' "
The first inmate to arrive before class began had a gloomy look on his face. When D'Aries asked what was wrong, David Otero said he had just learned that his wife was sick. He put his head down on the table.
But when the rest of the students arrived and began discussing "The Outsiders," Otero brightened a bit. At one point he pointed out that the Greasers weren't given enough credit.
"They were smart," he said.
On the way out of class, Otero stopped to say a few words about his instructor. "Me and him, we talk," he said. "He's helped me a lot. Before, I didn't read nothing. He's a wonderful teacher."
For D'Aries, simply sending his students back to their cell blocks in a little better frame of mind is a success.
"That's what I try to remind myself each day," he says. "I think they feel loyal to our classroom in some way."
Anthony D'Aries will read from "The
Language of Men" on Nov. 29 at
Porter Square Books in Cambridge.
James Sullivan can be reached at email@example.com.


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Once upon a time, pup55 wrote the initial rules for this game in the 2009 PO.com Oil Price Challenge (in italics). My corrections are in brackets.
1. Anyone can participate. Everyone can only enter once. There is no charge to enter. Side bets are encouraged, however.
2. Each participant is to make four guesses: The high, the low, the closing, and the average price on December 30, [2017]
We will use the Cushing OK NYMEX Futures Contract #1 from the EIA table. Note that this only gives daily closing prices, not intraday prices, for those who wish to factor this into your calculations.
Winners will be determined as soon as they post the December 30 price, which will be a few days into [2016]
3. [PeakOiler] will be the official tabulator [until further notice*]. Entries will be allowed until January 5, [2017] You can edit your entry if you want before then, but I will record the official entries at that point.
4. The winner in each category (high, low, close, and average) will be regarded with reverence, and generally declared to have superior intellect and/or clairvoyant powers, and get abundant respect from the fellow forum dwellers. Nothing bad will happen if you are wrong.
Special note: In light of the wild fluctuations in the oil price during the past year [2008], anyone who submits a forecast at all will be showered with respect from the forum dwellers just for entering.
5. I have a separate thread elsewhere to capture forecasts from the media and famous talking heads and other agencies on this important topic. We will of course hold them accountable for their forecasts, needless to say.
[Rule change: Please post forecasts from outside sources in this thread.]
6. Those who wish to forecast the WTI price in Euros may also feel free to do so. Those who wish to forecast an average price for the year may also feel free. [See Rule change #2]
7. Other rules will be made up as we go.
[The rule I added last year was if the player is banned from PO.com, that player should be disqualified and deleted from the scorecard.]
8. Note that per the above, anyone who puts down a prediction has moral superiority and has extra artistic license to critique the predictions of any of the industry or media experts, at least for the next year. Also, feel free to include whatever your forecasting method, logic, or theory is, if you have one.
Let the forecasting begin!
The primary EIA reference is:
Here is the initial list of players, sorted alphabetically, based on a few posts I've read:
Please post your guesses for the Challenge by the deadline in the rules above!


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When the Los Angeles Galaxy begin their 2011 MLS campaign, it might seem as though the club is at a disadvantage. Two of their first three games are on the road and against tough Western Conference opponents.
But the 2011 season should set up just fine for LA. The season will begin March 15 at Seattle and continue with the home opener on March 20 against New England, followed by a March 26 fixture at Real Salt Lake.
Just how the rest of the season will shape up remains to be seen, but the team's first three games will set up well for the defending Supporters' Shield champions.
Budding rivals
The Galaxy and Seattle Sounders each have their own rivals. LA have healthy rivalries with the San Jose Earthquakes and Chivas USA while Seattle's decades-old rivalry with Portland will now move forward in MLS. But the Galaxy and the Sounders have had some rivalry-like meetings of late.
At Qwest Field in May 2010, the Galaxy pounded Seattle 4-0 and prompted their front office to offer refunds in the form of a credit to season-ticket holders for 2011 season seats. Then, the two teams met in the MLS Cup Playoffs. Galaxy captain Landon Donovan took offense to Seattle's willingness to play the Galaxy in the first round. Edson Buddle scored a tremendous goal [WATCH: SEA vs LA playoff highlights] before some 35,000 fans at Qwest Field on Oct. 31 as the Galaxy won 1-0 and went on to win the series by a 3-1 aggregate.
Seattle, though, may have a bit of history on their side. In their two seasons in MLS, they have played host to the first game of the season. In those two games, Seattle have posted a 3-0 win over New York in 2009 and a 2-0 whitewash of Philadelphia in 2010.
[inline_node:325283]How the West will be won
Entering the 2010 season, it stands to reason that the top four Western Conference teams will once again contend for the regular-season conference title. Throw Colorado into the mix, and the West will be hotly contested. It's a positive, then, that the Galaxy will get two of three toughest venues out of the way in the first three weeks.
There will be no late-season trip to Qwest Field or Real Salt Lake for the Galaxy, and conversely Seattle and Salt Lake won't have the benefits of hosting the Galaxy with a possible conference title on the line late in the year either. Such later meetings will be held at The Home Depot Center, where the LA beat both teams in the regular season last year.
Starting off right
Whatever happens in Seattle, the Galaxy will face a troubled and flawed opponent in their home opener. When the New England Revolution travel to The Home Depot Center on March 20, they will do so in hopes of finding some answers to the many questions that surround the club.
New England served as the perfect opponent in the 2010 season opener as Edson Buddle buried an early header to give the Galaxy a 1-0 victory on March 27. The Revs could prove to be a welcoming opponent once more.
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So, we've selected our candidates for Europe in England and Scotland, and a pretty good bunch they are too – people who are committed to the concept of a Europe of twenty-seven (soon to be twenty-eight) nations pooling some sovereignty for a greater good. So far, so good. But what are they going to do for the next eighteen months?
Past experience says, "not much to do with Europe". Yes, they'll be campaigning to a lesser or greater extent, but what will they be campaigning for? In the past, that's generally meant something little different to how we campaign for Westminster, vote for us to keep X out, schools, jobs, the environment, you know the sort of thing. We've mentioned Europe in passing, but only to the minimum extent necessary.
So, why not try something radical? If opinion polls are to be believed, we haven't got a huge amount to look forward to unless there is a sizeable increase in our level of support over the next year. If that's so, why not, to use baseball parlance, at least go down swinging?
With UKIP campaigning to pull us out of Europe, the Conservatives publicly hostile to anything coming out of Brussels to shore up their right flank, and Labour increasingly sceptical when they aren't being cynical, there is an enormous political space for a political party that believes in engaging positively with Europe and our European partners.
You would think that, as a traditionally internationalist party, that should be ours, and intellectually, it is. However, over the years, we've allowed ourselves to be cowed by the Eurosceptics, whose distortions and hyperbole have dominated the argument. "Europe isn't popular,", we are told, "it will hurt us if we campaign for it.".
So, let's not campaign for it, let's campaign about it, making the case for active engagement, for making it more accountable, more transparent, more relevant to the state our country is in. Let's talk about why, by electing Liberal Democrats, you'll get a better environment, an improved transport network, more opportunities for yourselves and your children.
And let's talk about what's wrong with Europe too. Let's admit that there are things that Europe wants to do that we don't agree with, and how Liberal Democrats can stop them. Let's talk about our campaign to reduce waste, to focus spending on enabling growth and creating jobs. We could even talk about our future in an enlarged single market.
The talk in recent months has been of differentiation, of impressing upon the electorate that we haven't lost our identity. There is a danger that, in making the effort to do so, we forget who we really are. So, why not take an issue where we are poles apart, and go out and campaign for something, rather than against someone?
What's the worst that could happen?
* Mark Valladares is a member of the Party's delegation to the Council of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in Europe (ALDE) and Chair of the European Shortlisting Committee for the East of England


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1967 Chevy Corvair - Yellow Yeowsers!
As If Running 10s For Less Than $10k Wasn't Enough, This Corvair Gets It Done With A Front-Mounted Buick 455.
The evolution versus creationism debate is one of those volatile subjects you just shouldn't discuss, but for the sake of debate, we're going to do it anyway. What prompts such dialogue in a car magazine is a vehicular specimen that transforms what is typically an either-or proposition into a harmonious coexistence of both beliefs. A front-engine, Buick-powered Corvair that runs 10s and rides on a G-body chassis doesn't just spontaneously materialize by itself. The ingenuity of its craftsmanship and the diversity of its gene pool most certainly required an omnipotent creator. Nevertheless, had the lineage of rear-engine Chevys not gone sterile, it may have evolved into something that bears an uncanny resemblance to Larry Bell's '67 Corvair. It's a fascinating convergence of diametrically divergent ideologies, but when it comes to cars, two schools of thought are better than one.
To describe Larry's car-building ability as omnipotent is by no means a stretch of the truth. Here's a man who mounted a unibody car on a conventional frame, turned what was a trunk into an engine bay, stuffed that space with a big-block Buick, and fabbed it all himself in his garage for less than $10,000 using a heap of salvage yard parts. So significant are these engineering triumphs that the car's 10.96-at-123-mph e.t. 's seem like only a minor achievement. Not one to gloat, however, he quickly deflects much of the credit to his friend Mike Myers who, through an act of sheer happenstance, realized that the Corvair and G-body have the exact same wheelbase. "Mike had a Monte Carlo that had been sitting in the snow for a long time, and he took the body off to sell it to someone," Larry explains. "He slid the frame back in the garage, laid down a bare Corvair body on top of it to maximize garage space, and realized that the spring pockets on the two cars lined up perfectly. The Corvair was so rotted out that Mike had nothing to lose, so he just started whacking on the car to see if he could mount it onto the G-body frame, and it worked."
To put the scope of this undertaking into perspective, attaching the body to the frame was just the beginning. Since rear-engine Corvairs don't have trans tunnels, Larry modified the floorboard out of a G-body to fit. Furthermore, the firewall had to be moved rearward to make space for the big-block; a new floorboard was fabricated where the engine used to live, and a gas tank out of a '72 Skylark was relocated to the back of the car and tucked up underneath the newly created trunk. Surprisingly, in the midst of all the hacking performed in the name of functionality, he didn't forget about the pretty stuff. Bolt-on aesthetic embellishments are in short supply for Corvairs, but once again Larry's fab skills paid off. He bought a hoodscoop for a Chevelle, then cut, curved, and stitch-welded it at 1-inch increments to re-contour its profile to match the Corvair. The same treatment was applied to the spoiler, which is off a Camaro; a process that took 40 hours by itself.
Coming from a family of Corvair nuts, his friend's freak discovery laid the foundation for a future project in Larry's head. The big difference was that, unlike Mike, a small-block Chevy wasn't part of the plan. Once the proud owner of a '72 Grand Sport convertible that saw its share of street skirmishes, Larry has been an avid Buick man for several years. "I went to Mike's house once he was further along with his project and decided that I also wanted to build a Corvair as long as I could fit a 455 Buick in it," Larry recollects. Fortunately, he knew just where to go to find a suitable project car. His dad had purchased two Corvairs (one that was wrecked with low miles, and another intended to be a donor) that he planned on turning into one solid car. He never got around to it, so Larry gave him a call to buy both cars from his dad. "He had asked me if I was interested in taking them off his hands in a past conversation, and I said no. When I called him back to take him up on his offer, he said he just called a salvage yard to come haul them off. Had I called him two hours later, this car would not have been built," Larry says. The next step was scoring a frame, and Larry again happened to be at the right place at the right time. He spotted an '85 Monte Carlo SS at a salvage yard that was moments away from getting crushed, and talked the owner into letting him have the frame for free.
While you can chalk up his impeccable timing to luck, the rest of the project was made possible only by Larry's remarkable fabrication skills. "There is a tremendous amount of custom fitting involved, so a project like this isn't for the faint of heart," he advises. Larry didn't keep a running tally, but he estimates that he's invested several hundred hours of labor over the course of a year to complete the car. Much of that time was spent mating the Corvair body to the G-body frame, and relocating the motor to the opposite end of the car. The reinforced sections of the unibody had to be cut out of the Corvair, which Larry says was quite a challenge. "After cutting and narrowing the rocker panels, I slipped the Corvair body over the side rails of the G-body frame. The front of the frame was cut near the steering box, and the back of the frame was cut right above the rear wheels. The frame was welded directly to the body at those points, which I thought would give me a harsh ride, but the car is so smooth it's unbelievable. The location of the cuts allows running a G-body suspension underneath a Corvair," Larry explains.
Perhaps the biggest drawback of transforming a unibody chassis into a full-frame car is the weight penalty. The extra metal bumps curb weight up to 3,200 lbs, which is still relatively lightweight, but that mass isn't much of an issue with a 455 under the hood. It's based on a $100 salvage yard core that's been bored to 462 cubes. It retains the stock crank and rods, and Wiseco slugs provide a 10.2:1 ratio of squish. Topped with Bulldog Performance aluminum heads and a mild 231/239-at-.050 Lunati hydraulic flat-tappet cam, Larry estimates the output at 550 hp. It's all backed by a 200-4R trans and an 8.5-inch 10-bolt rearend, both out of a Buick Grand National. Although definitive dyno numbers would be nice, the only performance figures that really matter are the Corvair's 10-second e.t. 's.
While mechanical kinks are inevitable in a project of this caliber, the Corvair has only had one chronic ailment. As rear-engine cars, Corvairs had no need for a grille up front, which made cooling the Buick mill quite a chore. "I didn't want to cut a hole between the headlights for airflow because it would have ruined the look of the car," Larry explains. "I used the largest radiator that would fit between the frame rails, and angled the top of it forward to direct air through it from the bottom of the car. It overheated at first, so I cut the back of the bumper a bit to improve airflow, and that solved my cooling problems for good."
Obviously, Larry is one hell of a craftsman, and without question, the creator of one wicked street machine. His original goal was to build a car that looked like it came equipped with a front-mounted big-block Buick from the factory, and he's been wildly successful in his endeavors. In the process of addressing the Corvair's quirks-its vapid powerplant, oddball engine placement, marginal driveline strength, and love-it-or-leave-it styling-he's infused it with adaptations that could have prolonged the platform's existence had they been developed decades prior.
|Where The Money Went
|1967 Chevy Corvair:
|1985 Chevy Monte Carlo chassis:
|Paint and body:
|Front tires:
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|Pistons and rings:
|Timing set:
|Cylinder heads:
|Intake manifold (used):
|Ignition box:
|Plug wires:
|Oil pan:
|Oil pump (used):
|Headers (swap meet):
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|Carter pump (swap meet):
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By The Numbers'67 Chevy CorvairLarry Bell, 55 * Moro, ILTotal cost to build: $9,803Best ET: 10.96 at 123 mph
|Buick 455 (462 cubic inches)
|factory block bored to 4.349 inches
|Rotating assembly:
|stock 3. 900-inch crank,
|resized stock rods,
|forged 10.2:1 Wiseco pistons
|Cylinder heads:
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|Lunati 231/239-at-.050
|hydraulic flat-tappet,
|.517/.541-inch lift, 112-degree LSA
|Edelbrock double-roller timing set,
|Smith Bros. pushrods,
|Kenne Bell single-plane manifold,
|Proform 950-cfm carb
|stock distributor, MSD 6AL box
|T/A Performance 1 7/8-inch
|long-tube headers,
|3-inch collectors,
|Flowmaster mufflers
|Built by:
|GM 200-4R trans,
|custom 3,200-stall converter
|Rear axle:
|GM 8.5-inch 10-bolt rearend,
|3.42:1 gears, limited-slip differential
|Front suspension:
|stock '85 Monte Carlo
|with cut factory coil springs
|and Lakewood 90/10 shocks
|Rear suspension:
|stock '85 Monte Carlo
|stock '85 Monte Carlo
|Weld Prostar
|15x6, front; 15x8, rear
|Michelin 195/60R15, front;
|Mickey Thompson 275/50R15
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|You won't defeat the elite guard.
|Black Guard
|Biographical information
|Physical description
|Circuitry Color
White (Formerly)
|Other information
Identity Disc
Light Grenades
Tron chute
|Light Cycle
Light Jet
|Clu 2
General Tesler
Tron (formerly)
|Out of universe information
|Kofi Yiadom
Allen Jo
Aaron Toney
Kim Do Nguyen
Brian Bloom
|TRON: Betrayal
TRON: Evolution
TRON: Uprising
TRON: Legacy
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Black Guards (Elite Guards in TRON: Evolution - Battle Grids) are the upgraded version of the original guard programs. They often operate in teams of four.
Features Edit
Black Guards are the commando elite of Clu's forces and also serve as his personal guard. They are a deadly force to be reckoned with, as they are prepared for any mission with their advanced fighting skills and their sheer numbers. After Rinzler, they are the most vicious programs on the Grid.
The Black Guards originated as the Grid's security forces, commanded by Tron, who were either coerced or rectified into their current form around the time of Clu's coup. Rumors hold that no more than thirty Black Guards are on the Grid at one time, but numbers of these elite troops seen in Argon City alone suggest that at least at one time, there were many more.
Black Guards have red-orange circuitry and jet black helmets that leave no part of their faces exposed. They are well equipped for combat, regularly wielding light grenades and identity discs; many are trained to wield more specific baton-generated weapons, such as staffs or swords. Their batons, usually equipped with multiple weapon and vehicle templates, are stored on their forearms, and the two halves can also separate to form a pair of nightsticks. Grenades are arrayed within easy reach along the guards' thighs.
Black Guards commonly use recognizers for transportation, and on occasion will air drop from these aircraft using dorsal Tron chutes attached to their backs. Many Black Guards can use their batons to provide personal transportation by generating light cycles or light jets.
In TRON: Evolution and TRON: Uprising, the guards are able to deploy personal riot shields.
Appearances Edit
1989 Edit
Before Clu's coup, the Black Guard existed as a white-circuited security force under Tron's command. They first appeared in their current form when Clu and a team of Black Guards with red circuits ambushed Tron and Flynn, with Dyson, the guards' commander, watching from the sidelines. Tron was able to defeat all of the guards easily, but was brought down by Clu.
Guards who refused to join Clu's cause willingly, such as Reeve, were forced into service through rectification, which, as described by Dyson, leaves little of the original program's personality. Many, however, chose cooperation over rectification. The unmasked guardsman who aided Beck is an example of a Black Guard with enough of his own will to violate orders for the sake of others.
The guards assisted Clu in the Great Purge, hunting and killing every ISO in the streets. Some of them fought Anon, a prototype system monitor program who was assisting the ISOs. According to Quorra, it was mostly thanks to the Black Guards that Clu won the war against the ISOs.
2010 Edit
By 2010, Clu had long since taken complete control of the Grid, and the Black Guards continued to serve as his personal guard. They were dispatched to recapture Sam Flynn at the End of Line Club, sparking a chaotic fight which also involved rebellious patrons taking Sam's side. The rebels were easily overpowered and, despite Quorra's interference, the guards' superior numbers had her and Sam outmatched until the timely arrival of Kevin Flynn. The User's power interfered with their processes so that the club patrons could gain the upper hand, though Quorra was injured before he could intervene. A lone guard was able to snatch the identity disc from Kevin's back as the three escaped, but Castor derezzed him from behind and confiscated the disc instead.
Four more black guards accompanied Clu during his subsequent visit to the End of Line Club. After witnessing the conversation that transpired between Castor and Clu, they planted light grenades in the club before abandoning it and Castor to their fates. A team of four guards also accompanied Clu and Rinzler in their pursuit by light jet of Quorra and the Flynns, which culminated in a dogfight over the Sea of Simulation, during which all four guards were derezzed. The remaining Black Guard on board Clu's warship Rectifier were derezzed in the explosion created by Flynn and Clu's reintegration.
Inconsistencies Edit
In both TRON: Legacy and Evolution, a team of four guards was seen to attack Tron during the coup in which Clu took control of the Grid; Tron easily defeated the Guards, but was brought down by Clu. In Uprising, there were eight Black Guards, and though Tron fought skillfully, he was seen lying helpless with many wounds after the battle was lost but before Clu struck the final blow, leaving unclear whether it had been the Black Guards or Clu who had wounded him so severely.
Trivia Edit
- Black Guards have expert-class privileges in Light Cycle, Light Tank and Recognizer operation.