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HATTIESBURG -- Dr. Noel Polk, professor of English at The University of Southern Mississippi and noted authority on the writings of William Faulkner, is spending his summer lecturing in Japan from June 7 to July 7.

He was the featured speaker at an international conference on William Faulkner, sponsored by the Japanese William Faulkner Society in Tokyo from June 11-14. Polk also will teach a mini-seminar on "William Faulkner and Southern Culture" at Hokusei Gakuen University in Sapporo, Japan, the chief city of Hokkaido, located on the northernmost island of Japan.

Other lectures on the topic will be held at universities in Osaka, Fukuoka, and Hiroshima, and Polk will consult with many Japanese Faulkner scholars about their work on and interest in Faulkner.

"For years, Faulkner has been the most often studied English language author in Japan," Polk said of the immense interest in Faulkner in Japan. "His works are extensively translated as well as read in English."

Polk received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Mississippi College and his doctorate from the University of South Carolina. He is the author of several books on Faulkner's works, including "An Editorial Handbook for Faulkner's 'The Sound and the Fury'"; "Children of the Dark House: Text and Context in Faulkner"; and "Reading Faulkner: 'The Sound and the Fury.'" Polk also has served as editor for several reprints of Faulkner's novels.

Having written extensively about another famous Mississippi writer, Eudora Welty, Polk has lectured on Faulkner and Welty widely in the United States, throughout Western and Eastern Europe, Japan, and in the former Soviet Union.

"It's a pleasure and a privilege to be invited to speak at such a distinguished gathering of international Faulkner scholars," Polk said. "It's humbling and thrilling at the same time to be among people who are interested in my Mississippi, and I'm grateful for the opportunity that their interest in Mississippi gives me to visit and learn about other cultures."

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FRISCO, Texas (Feb. 20, 2014) — The schedule has been announced for the final two weekends of US Youth Soccer National League play in Las Vegas, where 16 division titles will be decided. Boys’ games will be played March 14-16 at Heritage Park in Henderson, Nev., while the girls wrap up their season March 21-23 at Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex in Las Vegas. The games will be played alongside the Player’s College Showcase, as the National League teams have another opportunity to compete in front of collegiate and national team coaches while playing meaningful matches against top competition.

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Joan Neuberger is professor of history at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin. She has been an AHA member since 2002.

Alma mater/s: PhD, Stanford University; BA, Grinnell College Fields of interest: modern Russian history, film & photography history, visual cultures, cultural politics.

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I studied Russian literature as an undergrad, but when I went to Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) as a senior in 1975, I discovered that all my questions were historical questions: how could such a brilliant, warm, hospitable people produce the economic, political, and human rights disaster that was the Soviet Union? But it may go back further: my mother was a natural historian. She knew something about everyone in every branch of our family, for many generations back; she loved to tell their stories and we loved to hear them.

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I am finishing a book on the political and cultural history of Sergei Eisenstein’s masterpiece, Ivan the Terrible, a film that was commissioned by Stalin and made during World War II. I’m also involved in several online public history projects. I am the editor of Not Even Past, the UT History Department’s website for making our research available and accessible to people outside the profession. I am co-directing 15 Minute History, an online podcast series for teachers and students and anyone else, produced by our international studies faculty and graduate students. Each podcast is aligned to a required topic in the Texas and National Standards for US and World History. And we are getting ready to launch an interactive public history site for everyone to write a bit of their own history.

Have your interests changed since graduate school? If so, how?
Yes and no. In graduate school I was committed to social history but my dissertation and first book analyzed newspaper articles with a combination of historical and cultural methods; in a way that first book was as much an intellectual history as a social history. Over the course of my career, I’ve included more visual and cultural subjects and methods in my work, but historical questions remain at the center of what I do. I’m interested in understanding cultural production as a political and historical project.

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Do you have a favorite AHA annual meeting anecdote you would like to share?
Last year I got to be on a panel on historical fiction with Geraldine Brooks, a novelist I greatly admire, and Peter Ho Davies, a wonderful novelist I hadn’t known previously. It was a great panel with a terrific discussion afterwards.

Other than history, what are you passionate about?
Long bike rides on our flat Texas country roads. Modernist artists who believed they could change the world for the better if they could just get people to see things in a new way. People who still call themselves feminists, who are re-fighting the battles we thought we won. And, most of all, my two boys. I honestly don’t know how they turned out so well, but they are two of the most delightful, smart, compassionate, funny, irreverent, and interesting young men anyone could wish for.

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I’m very grateful to have had a career as a historian at a great public university during a period when the production and sharing of knowledge were still valued. I worry that corporatization really will destroy what was great about our public university system, making it even harder than it is already to make quality higher education available to everyone.

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Aug 01 2015 Aug 31 2015 - - €1,500 - 1 Week
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Deposits: Security/breakage deposit (paid locally) 500 EUR cash upon receipt of keys.
Other Fees: -Final Cleaning - 100 EURO per booking. -Private Parking garage ( for one car +1 car outside the garage) - in 280 meters from the House - 20 EURO/per week. -Electricity per kWh (price is in Euro cents) - 0.40 cents per kWh. -Gas per kWh ( price is in Euro cents) - 0.20 cents per kWh. -Security deposit - 500 EURO (refundable on departure with deduction of extra charges: electr. gas, parking, final cleaning).

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Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2
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Per week $650
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Home is a 3 bedroom 2 bath 2 car garage. Corner lot. Inground solar heated screened pool with patio furniture and lounge chairs. Home built in 1991. Beautiful neighborhood. Friendly neighbors.

The home is fully furnished. Just bring your clothes and your supply of food for the vacation!!!

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Home located off County Line Road near golf course. Beaches, shopping, restaurants near by.

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Very Nice home and great pool

January 8, 2009

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here. The owners were very considerate and friendly as were the neighbours. we look forward to staying there again next year.

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We rented the home in April and it certainly is a very well maintained home. We agree, pictures don't show how nice the home is.
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I am renting the home now and the pictures certainly do not reflect the beauty of the home.
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Albion, New York 14411

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Fisher Vacuum Tube Tuner/Amplifier Restoration

“A door has opened for you, and your family, on virtually unlimited years of musical enjoyment.”
Avery Fisher, 1964g.

If you like tube sound, vintage Fisher tuners/amplifiers are among the top choice – they are well designed and build, and despite 40+ years age, still provide many people with excellent and enjoyable listening experience. If you purchase it you will not regret – generations of music lovers cannot be wrong!
However, after 40+ years of usage, just like any other device in this world, they require service maintenance. You may purchase serviced unit (usually $600 – $900), or, if you are fluent in electronics, obtain virgin amplifier, and restore it for yourself. This article is for self-servicing tube junkies. It is mostly devoted to Fisher 400, second tube gear I had. Anyway, generic details are the same for all devices with similar assembly (Fisher 500, 800, etc.).

Purchasing Vintage Tube Equipment – Golden Rules

  • Unit must be in working condition. If it doesn’t work, you never know for sure why. It is not a problem to replace burned-out vacuum tube or cap, but it is very difficult to find new audio or power transformer. In fact, smoked transformer means acquired gear will be only good as donor unit for spare parts.
  • Visual/cosmetic condition must be 7+ by 10-grade scale. Faceplate with deep, clearly visible scratches looks just ugly.
  • There should be no rust on chassis, audio or power transformers. If amplifier was kept for decade in dirty and wet warehouse, its a junk.

As you can see, despite 44+ years age at the moment of purchase, there are very few noticeable signs of wear. The only noticeable problem was a power supply filter capacitor with small but visible level of leak.

Before You Start

Power rails of vacuum tube amplifiers are 400v+. Its a lethal voltage, so make sure you know what you are doing. I will not describe which instruments you should have – if you are fluent in electronic you know for yourself, if not, just don’t do it. Of course, service manual and schematic diagram is a vital piece of information. You can download Fisher 400 service manuals version 1 (sn# from 20000) and version 2 (sn# 20001 to 29999). At the time of restoration I had only first one, and it was really a nasty surprise for me to discover that my unit was slightly different modification (one vacuum tube less, few capacitors with different value, etc.). That’s turned restoration process in a unforgettable venture, or hell, name this just you like it. Later you understand why.

First Steps

Bottom of Chassis

After visual inspection you should make close-up, high-resolution photos (with 9 – 12 mega-pixel digital camera) of the circuit. Fisher, like many other tube amplifiers, used point to point circuit, and not PCB (printed circuit board) or large soldering terminals. If you remove several components at once, it is absolutely vital to install new ones in correct places. Believe me, it is not very easy to navigate in a crammed jungle-like place with a lot of cables, resistors, etc.

Without hi-res, high quality photo it is simply impossible to have clear picture like this one. Please pay attention how clearly visible are all elements, including cables. One more thing – if electrolytic capacitors are leaking, try to clean all remaining of liquid.

How to open hi-res images. First, click on the image or link. New window or tab (depending upon browser/settings) will appear. Then, click on the large thumbnail, and you will see full size image. Take into account, however, they are quite large, up to 4000×3000 pixels, and may take time to download.

These components must be replaced:

  • for safety reason – silenium rectifier, old power supply diodes, electrolytic can capacitors and resistors + 4 new 10 Ohm cathode resistors.
  • for obtaining highest-quality sound – coupling capacitors.
  • if you plan to connect turntable – coupling capacitors and resistors in phono section.
Fisher 400 Restoration Kit from Jim McShane

Since I have not restored tube amplifiers before, I used step-by-step approach: replace/upgrade something (e.g. bias supply) – see how it works. Spare parts may be purchased from any source, but I obtained them all at once from Jim McShane – really excellent expert in vacuum tube gears. There is one, absolutely vital issue with restoration spare parts – they must not only be of proper values/technologies, but they must physically fit into the crammed space. I have seen other Fisher restoration kits, but they do not include large can caps, and therefore, are only partially useful. In fact, proper can caps is the biggest issue in the whole process.

On the picture, clockwise from top-left: coupling caps, power supply parts, bias parts, misc caps and resistors, large electrolytic caps, in the middle – stacking hardware.

Upgrading BIAS

I recommend to start from replacing parts in BIAS circuit: silenium rectifier, filter caps/resistors, and installing 4 pcs of 10 Ohm protection resistors (between 7868/7591 cathodes and ground) to ensure audio transformers will not be burned even if output tube circuit will be shortened.

BIAS Parts

As you can see, new components (right) are much smaller then old ones. Left – 2 section C60A/B 2×1000 mkF 35V (top) and silenium rectifier (bottom). Right – 2 x Nichicon caps 2200 mkF 35V, diode bridge. Not all bias parts shown on the picture! One of the small caps (C42 100 mkF 25V is quite hard to install because of cable over the top of soldering terminal). After you finish work, turn on amplifier to ensure everything works correctly.

Power Supply Upgrade

First of all, you must remove large multisection can caps.

Some of them are not mounted using clamps/screws/rivets, but soldered directly to the chassis with 4 aluminum pins. They are really hard to get rid of. Since they were made with aluminum, which is relatively soft and weak metal, and soldered to thick steel plate, I used brute force to break aluminum connectors. However, this is very tricky procedure, you may easily scratch or damage virtually anything around, so try to use soldering iron. Additionally, you will need to remove several rivets. Unlike screws, they are “drilled through” with 4 mm drill until they fall apart.

And now the problem which almost drove me mad. Rectangular hole (left image on top) made virtually impossible to properly mount large 4-section can cap (C52). It is supposed to be screwed on using two distancers and small plate from the bottom side of the chassis. Of course, it was not a big problem to mount it on the top, but then, it appears too high.

Can Cap Installation Place

And now the problem which almost drove me mad. Rectangular hole (left image on top) made virtually impossible to properly mount large 4-section can cap (C52). It is supposed to be screwed on using two distancers and small plate from the bottom side of the chassis. Of course, it was not a big problem to mount it on the top, but then, it appears too high. Due to extra height of can cap, it is now not possible to install Fisher in the wooden cabinet. Probably Jim had Fishers with round hole instead of rectangular one. One more caveat – all can cap connectors were used as mounting/soldering points. If cap is moved elsewhere, there are no more points to solder resistors and diodes, they cannot just hang on the air.

So I have decided to assemble small circuit board and install it vertically right over f*** rectangular hole with 2 angled metal corners. For 4-section can cap, I found good place to mount it horizontally (I’ll show it later). I have verified amplifier with all that stuff, worked great, and now it was a time to screw on this board. Oops! Board could be perfectly fit if there are no so many thick, high-voltage cables attached! They touched metal screen of output tubes section, which, after certain time, becomes very hot, and could melt wire’s insulation. At first, I am was thinking to put heat insulation between metal plate and cables, but abandoned this idea, it would be too awkward.

Old Board

New Board

New power supply circuit was quickly build using smaller self-made soldering terminal. Power cables connectors are on side instead of bottom. I mounted it using two distancers where one of the can caps was.

C56 mounts on the chassis, and C57C above it with 2 clamps and distancers (with parts from Jim McShane)

Stacking (suggested by Jim McShane) allowed to substitute hard to find multisection caps with 2 general-purpose and affordable ones. However, during restoration of my next tube gear, Pioneer SM-83, I found much simpler and less cumbersome way of stacking using just one nylon clamp. Pictures are shown below.

Additional to simplicity, stacking with nylon clamps have one important advantage – they are relatively soft compared to metal, and therefore, much less likely to damage thin aluminum cans of electrolytic caps. Warning: after finishing all work, top of the caps must be insulated

4 metal corners (glued with Bison construction adhesive) were used to mount 4-section can cap C52 horizontally on the chassis as shown on this picture . Another 3 corners help to direct wires in a safe way (pass around vacuum tubes without touching them).

Fisher 400 Chassis Top After Restoration

Do not forget to shield can cap connectors with insulation, otherwise incautious move may lead to lethal 300 – 500v charge. Check everything again after you have done this, any wrong connection may lead to the total amplifier annihilation. 500v voltage is not a joke!

Replacing Coupling Caps

Old ceramic/mica caps are replaced with new ones (mica, metalized filepolypropylene, paper in oil) with low ESR (Equivalent Series Resistance) value. I did not changed resistors in Phono section, my turntable was lost in transit from Germany and I decided not to join vinyl club. As I mentioned before, point to point circuit is very crammed, and some small caps are hard to remove even with small tweezers because they are soldered between other components and chassis. PEC (packaged electronic circuit) modules used in bass/treble control and few other places also very desirable candidates for trash can, but it is not so easy to replace 5×5 mm part with several discrete resistors and capacitors, there simply no mounting points for them.

Fisher 400 Chassis Top – After Restoration

This how circuit should look like after restoration process is complete. On the top left of the circuit – new supply circuit board.

Some old components left after upgrade.

My restoration process was finisher succesfully, without burning or damaging anything. Amplifier runs very hot – one can notice stream of warm air over the power tubes and audio transformers. My output tubes Sylvania 7868 produced hardly noticeable (visible only in dar room) blue light (along with orange light from cathode heater). Members of Audiokarma forum told me that this is rather normal, and should not be source of any doubt.

Using New Production Output Tubes

If you plan to use new production tubes (Electro-Harmonix, Sovtek, etc.) instead of NOS (New Old Stock, manufactured back in 50s – 60s, like RCA, Sylvanie, Telefunken), you will need to make small adjustment in output stage to make it work stable with new tubes. Look at the schematic diagram on the left. There are 2 x 330k grid leak resistors (sets the impedance of the stage and biasing) and 2 x 0.047 ukF coupling capacitors which need to be replaced with 180k – 220k and 0.1 – 0.22 ukF respectively. Since there is always residual gas remaining in the tube, a side effect called gas (ion) current occurs. Under certain circumstances high value of grid leak resistors may raise anode current, turn this process into self-sustained mode, and eventually overheat tube.

I am was lucky enough to get amplifier with all vintage tubes (RCA, Sylvania) in good shape. First of all, you need to check idle current (with volume control at zero) over power tubes (35 mA max). Therefore, the voltage on 10 Ohm cathode protection resistors must be around 320 – 350 mV, it should very close on each pair (thus, you can really check how your matched pairs are really matched). Additionally, I have checked voltage on all pins, and found very strange issue. Everything was fine except grid voltage on 7868 output tubes pins# 2/6, on schematic diagram it was 15V, mine was 10v. Strangely enough, idle current was OK and amplifier sounded absolutely nice. As suggested Tom Bavis from Audiokarma, my voltmeter with low input resistance might be a culprit. And it really is, how I could oversee that?

Last Word

Since output power of most vintage vacuum tube amplifiers is only 2 x 25W – 30W, speakers with high sensitivity (95 and over) dB/W/m are mandatory to obtain sound volume enough for average living room without clipping and distortion. I have a pair of such – Technics SB-G710 and Sansui SP-Z99. Both are 4-way with huge woofer and 98/100 dB/W/m sensitivity respectively.

At the end of 2008 I am bough second tube amplifier – Pioneer SM-83. My collection of vintage gears grew rather big and space consuming, so I have decided to sell all stuff I do not use daily – several solid-state Sansui gears, hybrid Fatman amplifier, extra speakers which have collected dust, and this Fisher standing in bedroom. After all, Fisher found a new home in UK. This is what Bruce H wrote me a month later: “I’ve been listening to the Fisher most of the day and it’s been sheer joy… Anyway, just wanted to tell you how pleased I am with the Fisher. You did a very good job with it. It sounds fantastic.”. Thanks, Bruce, I am really glad when people enjoy my work. In the meanwhile, I have continued my SM-83 restoration

Your questions and feedback is always welcome. Please feel free to contact me, I will post most interesting Q&A material on this page.

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My three year old daughter sucks at jumping. This is no problem except for the fact that she thinks she’s doing it right. She jerks her little body forward and calls it a jump without really lifting her feet off the ground. It’s not jumping, but she doesn’t know it and she doesn’t improve.

It’s difficult to improve if you don’t know that you suck.

Generally speaking, digital nomads of various types tend to be self-employed with few people around to guide their path. If you do sub-par work for an employer at a standard job, rest assured, someone is probably going to tell you and point out where you’re going wrong. For us independent online toilers, there is often no such luxury: there’s nobody around to tell us when we suck.

Sure our peers may send snarky emails around to each other criticizing our ebooks, websites, web-design firms etc . . . but they rarely get forwarded to us, which is truly a shame as this is the most valuable information to have.

I’ve seem many prospective travel bloggers never get off the ground simply because they didn’t seem to know where they were going wrong. They usually run around in circles for a while trying to do what all the “how to blog” websites, ebooks, and newsletters tell them to do for a while before calling it quits. What they need is someone to say, “Man, your site is hard to navigate,” or, “You know, you’re never going to be successful on Blogger,” or, “Why are you trying to do the same thing as everybody else?” or especially, “Nobody gives a shit about your trip to XYZ beach or you for that matter, tell us something interesting!”

When I first began Vagabond Journey I had no idea what I was doing. It would be an understatement to say that the site was atrocious. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a worse looking site than the first inceptions of VagabondJourney.com. But the funny thing was that most of my traveling webmaster friends congratulated me on the good work I was doing and tried to build up my confidence with compliments. They did what was polite, not what was needed.

Original version of VagabondJourney.com. Totally sucks.

What I needed was someone to sit down with me and tell me all the ways that I sucked. I needed someone to take the time to harshly tell me what I was doing wrong and put me on the path of improvement. I was lucky that I had a friend like this. We met up in Guatemala and he gave me directives as I tore the guts out of my website and then put it back together. If it wasn’t for this I’m pretty sure that I would not be doing this today. I probably would have ran around in circles for a while and then quit like 99% of other bloggers.

A few years later I continued growing my knowledge and skills as a webmaster and blogger, but I still had a lot of kinks to be worked out. I formed a group with other travel bloggers, and we did a little project that was probably one of the most helpful things I’ve ever done in webmastering. Essentially, each member of this group went through each other’s sites and bluntly told them how they sucked. Partly as a result of this, VagabondJourney.com was again revolutionized.

In both of the above instances I was able to drastically improve my product precisely because: 1) I had knowledgeable critics willing to tell me what I was doing wrong, and 2) I was open to being told this information and willing to pounce on it to improve.

The fact of the matter is that it’s quick and easy to just tell someone that they’re doing a good job — even when they’re not. It’s far easier to give a compliment than it is to give good criticism and advice. A knowledgeable critic is probably the most sought after resource in this digital nomad business, and it’s also among the most rare.

Who has time to tell everyone they cross paths with what they’re doing wrong and ways in which they can improve? I don’t. Who has the balls to tell someone who thinks they have a great idea that it’s not very good? Who has the brashness to tell someone who thinks they are doing something original that it’s been done hundreds of times before? People who have these qualities are treasures for those of us working on independent projects.

It is far too easy to become entrapped in a world of your own creation when deep inside of a big project. We all need to come up for air every once in a while and look at what we are creating from the outside. Advisers, mentors, critics, and assholes are the best people a digital nomad can have investing time into their projects.

But even more valuable than this is having a perspective where you know that you’re not the king of the mountain, and are always primed for improvement. Very often people become stuck because they’re not prepared to accept how they suck.

It is impossible to master being a digital nomad, as the equipment we use and the field we play on is always changing. We are all at least one step behind the curve, and we all suck in myriad ways at all times. There is always going to be somebody who knows more than us, there is always going to be someone doing something better than me. Lowering your self-image so that you’re able to listen, watch, and learn is essential for progress.

Compliments feel good, but in the end they’re pretty useless things. Someone saying “Hey, good job, you’re doing great” makes me smile but it doesn’t make me any better. Being told how I suck and how I can improve is far more helpful.

The modesty to be criticized, the intelligence to self-criticize, and the effort and determination to capitalize on this criticism are essential skills for progressing in this, or any other, profession.

The person who feels fulfilled is no longer hungry, the king of the mountain is no longer climbing, the person that thinks they know all about something has stopped learning. Keep your beginner’s mind and climb high, but, like my daughter trying to jump, realize that you’re always just an inch off the ground.

Realize that you suck.

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"It's been kind of a long journey of discovery for me," said Hartman of North Bend.

The journey began with his creativity as a child. Like any child, he loved to play with his toys. But he made toys, too.

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The Vanilla Mod by Smok-E Mountain comes in a two-tone finish of 304 stainless steel and brass accents.

The center pin in the top cap is telescopic comprising of two adjustable screws. The larger screw allows adjustment for a flush fitment of the atomizer to the top cap, and the second smaller screw is used to adjust for fitment with the top of the battery when the cap is screwed back down onto the tube body.

The switch sits flush featuring an adjustable throw. The switch also features a locking ring to prevent firing of the mod when standing upright, or in your pocket.

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  1. Vanilla Mod is awesome

    Posted by Shrimp on 24th Aug 2013

    Been vaping for a while now and bought this high end mod as my first and it has been awesome. When you first get it, make sure to mess around with the top cap when it comes to flushness of the 650 battery and also the bigger screw in the top cap can adjust to flush and cartos, atomizers, or whatever you use. This mod is not a free floating pin so adjusting has to be done. Both other than that, this mod is excellent. Feels solid, looks amazing and I mean come on, brass connections. Excellent mod.

  2. Amazing.

    Posted by The KronDon on 20th Aug 2013

    I have been collecting high end mechanical mods for about 6 months now. Out of all of my high end mods that i currently own or have owned, this hits harder than anything. The craftsmanship is beautiful.

    Tip: Make sure the bottom part of the top caps center screw is flush with the top of your 18650 battery. This will eliminate any wobbling that you may encounter.

    If you want a great, high end, hard hitting Pinoy mod, this is the one to get. Smok-E Mountain Mech Works is a great supplier, and Vapure is a great vendor.

  3. Vanilla !!

    Posted by AJ on 15th Aug 2013

    The Vanilla is AWESOME!! For the price your getting a very solid built and hard hitting mod!! Its non telescopic body and copper contacts betters the mods conductivity!! This is a steal!! Threads are buttery smooth and well machined! I have no fear that i will crossthread the top or bottom caps because the threads are machined with precision, not too thin like some other mods out there!!! The copper positive pin is telescopic so it accomodates button and flat top batts, just takes some fiddling to get everything flush. Once you get that theres no wobbly sound at all from the batt in the batt tube. If you strictly stick to 18650 batts and appreciate hard hitting and fine body work, than this mod is for you! The locking mechanism is reverse threaded with the logo and serial number engraved on the firing button. Even in the unlocked posistion(ready to fire) with the weight of an atty and a battery, when stood upright the mod will not fire because of the recessed firing button. But i still use the locking mechanism for peace of mind. Believe me, this mod has taken the front runner of my mod collection(mod whore lol) by a longshot. The brushed stainless steel body compliments my favorite atty! This mod is awesome because the QUALITY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP of the Vanilla, and even better at this price!! Thanks to Vapure for bringing us the best stuff at great prices!!

  4. Love the Vanilla!

    Posted by Unknown on 14th Aug 2013

    If you run 18650 batteries onlt this is for you!

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mango shrikhand or amrakhand recipe with step by step photos – shrikhand is a very common yogurt based sweet dish. we always have shrikhand with pooris. even plain, the mango shrikhand tastes so good.

for making any shrikhand, always use fresh yogurt. home made yogurt is the best. i have made the recipe with homemade yogurt. the fresh homemade curd is used to make hung curd. for a detailed step-wise method, you can read this post – how to make hung curd.

i have used double the quantities of mangoes for the shrikhand and hence the mango shrikhand was not thick like the store brought ones. also i removed the yogurt after some 2.5 hours as i was in a hurry to make the amrakhand…. just coz, so that i can take the photos in day light.

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i wanted a lot of mangoes in the shrikhand and hence this recipe. no artificial color or flavorings have been used in the shrikhand.

i flavored the shrikhand with some crushed cardamom seeds and saffron. the amount of sugar to be added depends on the sweetness of the mangoes. these mangoes are the local goan mangoes and they were so sweet. so i ended up adding less sugar. you can also check kesar elaichi shrikhand recipe.

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step by step mango shrikhand or amrakhand recipe:

1: first take the curd in a cheese cloth or muslin or kitchen napkin.

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2: now tie the cloth and hung the curd for 3-4 hours. the whey will drip, so keep a bowl or pan below to collect the whey.

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3: after 3-4 hours you will get a thick yogurt.

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4: chop the mangoes and puree them. i have collected the puree in a bowl just for the pic.

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5: in the same blender with the mango puree in it, add this thick hung yogurt. also add sugar, crushed cardamom and saffron.

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6: blend till the whole mixture is smooth.

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7: serve mango shrikhand in bowls and chill. you can also serve shrikhand directly with some pooris or just have it plain.

if you are looking for more mango recipes then do check mango cheese cakemango milkshake, aamras, mango chutney, punjabi mango pickle and mango halwa.

amrakhand or mango shrikhand recipe below:

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mango shrikhand or amrakhand - sweet dessert made from yogurt and ripe mangoes.
RECIPE TYPE: desserts
CUISINE: indian
SERVES: 1 medium size bowl
INGREDIENTS (measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml)
  • curd or yogurt made from half a litre of milk - approx 3 to 3.5 cups
  • 2 mangoes/aam, chopped
  • 4-5 cardamom/hari elaichi/choti elaichi crushed
  • a pinch of saffron strands/kesar
  • ½ cup sugar or as required
  1. hung the curd in a muslin, cheese cloth or kitchen napkin for 3-4 hours.
  2. puree the mangoes.
  3. add the thick hung curd to the blender along with crushed cardamom, saffron and sugar.
  4. blend till smooth
  5. pour shrikhand in individual serving bowls.
  6. chill and serve the amrakhand with some pooris or just have it plain.
1. you can make any other shrikhand in a similar way.
2. even dry fruits of your choice can be added to this shrikhand.
3. you can also use tinned mangoes or mango pulp.

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  1. parul says

    Hi Dassana,
    Wonderful recipe and beautiful colour of amrakhand. How much milk (I will make curd at home ) will be sufficient for 30 people. Can I make it a day ahead?

  2. suhani says

    hey dassana how r u..i was busy for such a long time that i couldnt try anything new from ur site..and now as i m free i m going through all ur posts lying in my inbox..yesterday night i made this dessert and it came out very well..thanks for all the lovely pics that compel me to make all ur dishes..

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      hey suhani, i am good. all of us get busy sometime or the other in our lives. even i am so busy at times that i just cannot manage to do anything for the blog on some days. thanks for making the amrakhand. more recipes and pics coming your way…

  3. Runita Bose says

    Hi, Following your blog since quite long time, liked and loved all your recipe along with the snaps. Being a working women I have not tried any of your recipes yet, but the process of your cooking style simply it proves that they will be wonderful in taste, after a long work I really feel good to go through your recipes, and I am definite that I will try them soon in weekends.


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Some breeds, such as Labradors, are better suited for the water than others. Do you think this cute fur ball is enjoying her first swim?

Q. Do dogs know how to swim naturally? If not, how can I teach my dog? She's a Border Collie mix, and she gets very hot when I take her to the lake with us.

A. Dogs will naturally start “dog paddling” when they find themselves in water, but that doesn’t mean that they can stay afloat for any length of time, that they like being in the water, or that they can safely swim.

Dogs who can’t swim — though they may try their best — are typically those with large, heavy chests in relation to their hindquarters, and they often have short muzzles. These dogs may swim well enough to splash about a little under supervision while wearing a life vest, but that’s about it. The most extreme example of these breeds, the Bulldog, is so poorly built for water survival that breeders and rescue groups often require a home check to ensure that a pool is safely fenced off, and that an emergency monitor is used to alert those inside the house when something, such as a child or dog, breaks the surface of the water. Bulldogs typically sink like rocks.

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There aren't any physical reasons why your Border Collie can’t swim, but she may nonetheless be reluctant to do so. Even in breeds that were bred for swimming — such as Labrador Retrievers — you’ll occasionally find a dog who doesn’t enjoy being in the water. You can try encouraging your dog to swim by going out and seeing if she’ll follow, and rewarding her with praise. Dogs who love to play fetch will often go out after tennis balls or other floating toys. You might get her swimming by letting her get comfortable at a certain depth and then throwing the toy in water that’s progressively deeper. Finally, many dogs will swim just to join in the fun if they are around other dogs who enjoy swimming.

But again, even if your dog comes to love swimming, safety is still up to you. Make sure your dog doesn’t get overly tired, and be aware that puppies and older dogs tire more easily and seem less aware of their fatigue until it’s too late. Stay away from strong currents and areas with underwater debris that can entangle a dog.

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If your dog never comes to enjoy swimming, she can still enjoy going to the lake with you. Make sure she wears a life vest. Booties wouldn't hurt if the sand is sizzling. She also must have nonstop access to cool drinking water and must be able to get into the shade as often as she wants. When she starts to get hot, take a bucket and soak her frequently, especially her belly. Be aware, always, of signs of heat stress.

If you’re able to keep her cool, she’ll be able to enjoy her lake time with you safely, even if she never does learn to like swimming all that much.

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Tuesday, 25 May 2010 16:00 GMT By Patrick Garratt

It’s not every day someone says, “Insomniac’s Ted Price is on the line”. But then it’s not every day a studio with Insomniac’s sheer weight – the outfit has sold over 35 million games for PlayStation hardware – decides to move away from a superglue relationship with Sony to develop a multi-format title with EA.

“Insomniac is making a 360 game” are words few people ever thought would be true. But true they are, and EA Partners GM David DeMartini is thrilled. Price’s 16 year-old studio is one of the most successful in the world, with benchmark properties such as Ratchet & Clank and Resistance a backbone of Sony’s first-party offering since time immemorial. The developer has only ever released PlayStation products.

Price and DeMartini outlined their shock deal to us on the phone last night, with Price saying he can’t wait to get “Xbox 360 fans excited about” his new, EA-published Insomniac “universe”, and explaining why a brand so massively “PlayStation” felt the need to bat for the other side.

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VG247: Could you just give us a few details on the deal itself?

Ted Price: What we’re announcing is a new multi-platorm game that we’re developing here at Insomniac Games, and the fact that we are now working with EA Partners.

Can you tell me anything about the product yet?

Ted Price: Not yet.

When you say multi-platform, I assume it’s PS3 and 360, right?

Ted Price: That’s correct.

And is it going to be out this year, next year?

Ted Price: We’re not talking about the timing. What we want to talk about is the fact that this is a really exciting time for us. We’re hoping to reach many more players on multiple platforms for this new universe we’re creating.

Ted, Insomniac’s known as a PlayStation studio first and foremost right now. Can you just assure the fans that your deal with EA won’t affect any work you have ongoing with Sony?

Ted Price: We still have a great relationship with Sony, and we’re still very dedicated to the Ratchet and Resistance franchises, and we will continue working with Sony.

David, you told me at the Crysis 2 event in New York, that it was more important for Crytek to go multi-platform than it was for EA to have a multi-platform product in Crysis 2. Obviously, we’re just seen Bungie sign a very similar deal to this with Activision. Do you think we’re truly seeing the end of the platform-specific third-party studio here?

David DeMartini: Well, I believe that the best thing to create value for any great independent studio like Insomniac or Crytek is to make their game available to the widest possible audience. The best way to do that is by developing multi-platform, and making a high quality gaming experience. The good news about all of these studios, including Bungie, is that they had tremendous success on a particular platform, and they’ve done great by that publisher and that hardware manufacturer. But this is something that will create additional value, I believe, by making games for all the platforms. I think that exposes fantastic content to the widest possible audience.

Ted, is there pressure for independent studios to move into the multi-platform space? Is that pressure simply a reality of surviving videogame creation in the modern climate, or is this is a case of maximizing revenue and just getting as much money as you possibly can from your content?

Ted Price: For us it’s probably a little different than for other developers. Everybody has their own desires in terms of how they create games and how they want to reach their audience. Our goal is to continue to make fantastic games and to reach as many players as possible. One of our other goals is to own our intellectual property, and working with EA Partners has allowed us to do that too. That’s why this has been an exciting move for us.

When did you actually decide that you needed to go multi-platform? How long have you been working with David on this deal?

Ted Price: The deal evolved organically. We don’t want to talk about the timing, but we’ve been talking for quite a while. We, as a studio, decided that it was important to go multi-platform a couple of years ago; we just haven’t been able to take advantage of the timing until now.

And in very broad strokes, why is EA the best partner for you?

Ted Price: We talked to a lot of publishers that have global publishing capabilities and expertise across platforms, and we felt that EAP in particular best matched our creative style and the publishing expertise that we need. Again, they work with independent developers that own their own IP, and that was very attractive to us.

Did you speak to Activision?

Ted Price: As I said, we spoke to a lot of publishers.

David, who else are you talking to right now? Obviously, we’ve seen some really massive announcements in this space recently. You’ve had a great year, signing Respawn and now Insomniac; these are both huge deals. Are you talking to the likes of Remedy and other studios that have strong links to single hardware platforms?

David DeMartini: Well, that’s a really good suggestions. I’ve got to pass that on to my business development people to make sure they’re covering those guys. You know, it’s funny: we probably talk to and look at 200-300 games and game teams per year to potentially sign less than five.

I think someone characterized it as, “You have to kiss an awful lot of frogs to find some princes.” Insomniac was just the perfect partner for us. Beyond the partnership, you have to have a good feeling about working with each other, and from the beginning it just felt like a great fit with Insomniac, as it did with Respawn, as it did with some of the others. Anybody that can consistently bring the kind of quality gaming and entertainment experience that they can is someone we always aspire to work with.

As you look around the globe, and you think of the Remedy’s of the world and others like them, we’re always going to be trying to partner, or at least explore a partnership with people who bring that kind of quality to the table.

When are you going to be detailing the product that you’ve signed with Insomniac? Are we going to be seeing something at E3, do you think?

Ted Price: I can take that. We’ll start revealing details when we’re ready.

David, how are the Respawn guys doing with their team-building right now? Are we going to see anything from them at E3?

David DeMartini: I don’t think we’re going to see anything from them at E3, but everything’s going great at Respawn. I think they just had a big furniture delivery at the weekend [laughs].

Everybody thinks – and Ted can attest to this – that people are just going to form a company and get going and that it’s going to be easy. It’s very challenging. There’s a ton of skills and muscles that you need to exercise when you start up a studio, starting with all the administration, starting with all the HR activity, getting chairs, getting tables, all that other kind of stuff. The guys are doing great. They’re very excited about what they’re doing. They’ve got an office and they’ve got furniture.

Most importantly today, we’re talking about Insomniac, and how exciting it is that we don’t have to help them find furniture because they’re all set up and they’re rolling.

Ted Price: As I may have mentioned earlier, working with EAP is something that we wanted to do because they work well with independent developers. There aren’t that many indies left that have been creating games for a while, and we, as an independent, decided that we needed to branch out again, to start looking at multiple platforms. For us there’s been about 16 years of independence, and even though we continue to refine our processes, it’s exciting just to take bigger steps within the industry.

What’s your ambition for Insomniac? To simply be as big as you possibly can be? Or is it to keep creating the content you’re proud of?

Ted Price: It’s quality over quantity for us. That’s been one of our core philosophies for years. We believe that if you grow too fast, if you try to take on too much, then ultimately the quality can suffer. We’ve controlled our growth and really focused inward to make sure we’re providing gamers with the best experience possible with every game that we release.

And obviously you’re going to want to stick to that ethic when you start developing for Xbox 360, right?

Ted Price: Yeah.

You’ll have to change your production process, and so on. Are you already preparing for that?

Ted Price: Yeah. Our production process isn’t changing much. We’re developing some new technologies to support Xbox 360, but as far as are studio goes, we’ve had the benefit of refining our processes for 16 years. We’ll just continue refining them.

You’ve had the luxury in many ways of being able to focus on a single platform with PlayStation 3, to get the most from the platform and get to really know it. How wary of you that the general quality of your software will suffer by taking on a new platform?

Ted Price: [Laughs] We’re not worried. We’ll continue to push it on both platforms. We’ll make sure we’re maximizing what each platform gives us.

David, do you think that it’s only really EA and Activision that have the substance to support developers of the size of Bungie and Insomniac? Do you think that we might see someone else sign a deal like this? Maybe somebody like Ubisoft?

David DeMartini: Sure. There’s always competition out there. Not only do you have traditional publishers, but now you also have the venture community. I mean, games are highly successful, and any time you’ve got investments that bring substantial results you’re going to have more and more people interested in the investment. I actually think there’s going to be more competition out there, and that’s why we couldn’t be any more delighted to find somebody like Insomniac before someone else came in and scooped them up. I’m just glad we make a great partner for them.

Ted, what do you anticipate the fan reaction being to this announcement?

Ted Price: I hope it’s positive. We’re looking forward to getting Xbox 360 fans excited about what’s coming. Of course, as I said, we’ll be revealing details further down the road.

Are you going to be announcing Resistance 3 at E3?

Ted Price: We’re not talking about any of the titles we have in development at all.

Last one, then. Just how excited are you to be signing with EAP?

Ted Price: It’s awesome. As David mentioned, there was great chemistry from the very beginning. I think our teams get a long extremely well. I think out teams have the same focus on quality over quantity and I think that’s going to stand us in good stead for the entire process.


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Codemasters hacked, personal data compromised

Friday, 10 June 2011 14:42 GMT By Johnny Cullen

Codemasters has confirmed that its website had suffered an “attack” and “intrusion” last Saturday.

Personal data has been compromised. has been taken down, redirecting instead to its Facebook page. VIP code redemption for DiRT 3 and the Codemasters eStore has also been pulled.

“We advise you to change any passwords you have associated with other Codemasters accounts,” the publisher has said in a statement sent out today.

Data compromised includes names, physical addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, encrypted passwords, order history for eStore, user names of Codemasters accounts, IP addresses and gamertags of Xbox Live users.

Credit card information is thought not to be compromised, however, due to not being stored on the servers.

Develop‘s been told that the amount of users affected is thought to be within the region of “thousands,” while the BBC’s report on the matter stretches to “tens of thousands of users.”

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New BioShock: Infinite trailer to debut at VGAs – teaser image released

Tuesday, 6 December 2011 04:53 GMT By Brenna Hillier

Here’s a sneak peek at the new BioShock: Infinite trailer ahead of this Saturday’s VGAs: A single, uninformative screenshot, teasingly tweeted by host Geoff Keighley.

Click to enlarge. BioShock: Infinite is expected on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2012.

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EA All Play senior vice president and general manager Nick Earl believes most consumers are perfectly happy with freemium business models, while detractors are just noisy.

Speaking at GDC 2013, as reported by GamesIndustry, Earl said free-to-play supported by microtransactions is a market leader.

“The market has spoken very loudly that that’s the model they like,” he said.

“Even though there’s some vocal minority that don’t like it, ultimately the numbers would show that they and others all support the freemium model better.”

EA recently ran afoul of this vocal minority, which reacted with predictable umbrage to the news that Real Racing 3 would follow a freemium business model.

“I think initially they were a little bit annoyed because the all-you-can-eat model makes sense for them. That’s the kind of people they are,” he said.

“But at the end of the day, they’re going to pay to eat, if that’s their choice. And they’re happy doing it. At the end of the day you kind of have to look at real numbers. The old proverb, ‘You can’t please all the people all the time’ is just so true.”


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The Twisted Pixel bundle is now available through Xbox Live. Announced last month, it includes: The Maw, ‘Splosion Man, Ms. ‘Splosion Man and Comic Jumper. It will run you 800 Microsoft Points. Hit up the XBL Marketplace to check availability in your region.


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      Arto Saari

      May 10, 2012

      Arto Saari's story is nothing short of miraculous. Obviously he's naturally gifted and skated his ass off as a kid, but his rise to prominence is like no one else's. If you wanted to describe it to someone who doesn't skate, you could say: Imagine a boy from a faraway country showing up at the World Series and asking if he can play. And not only does he play, but he hits four home runs and becomes the MVP. That's basically what Arto did; he showed up at the best place to show off your skills as a walk-on and kicked off one of the most apex (that's Arto's word for amazing) skate careers of all time.

      Also, watch Arto ride a motorcycle from San Diego to the tip of Baja California, Mexico, in our documentary Doin' It Baja.

      P.S. There were many people who helped make this episode fucking awesome, and they've posted some really good Arto videos online. Check them out:

      Arto Saari Circa 1996

      Arto's Part from Where Is Molly

      Photo by Kim Hellen

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