Question: Explain what is happening with TVGuide.com

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 Explain what is happening with TVGuide.com

According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo is among the companies taking a serious gander at TVGuide.com, the online entertainment listings, video and news site and mobile app.
Earlier today, Deadline Hollywood reported that its owner, Lionsgate, was in “advanced negotiations” to sell the site for about $20 million to one strategic bidder.
That’s the approximate price, my sources said too, who noted that Yahoo is only kicking the tires to determine if the site would add to its online media efforts and that such a deal is not in a final state.
But TVGuide.com is right in the wheelhouse of Yahoo’s acquisition efforts under CEO Marissa Mayer. She said the Silicon Valley Internet giant was looking at smaller purchases to round out its product line, especially in the mobile area.
Thus, its M&A point person, Jackie Reses, has been looking at “everything in the world,” according to numerous sources, across a large spectrum of arenas. TVGuide.com is in the media space, obviously — another she’s looked at is Los Angeles-based Maker Studios.
Hollywood studio Lionsgate last reported that TVGuide.com has upward of 24 million unique monthly visitors, and also has almost seven million mobile app users.
Lionsgate bought the site and television network in 2009, which also is owned in part by J.P. Morgan’s One Equity Partners.


Question: Provide a summary of In Other Words, a feminist bookstore in Northeast Portland. Respond in 19 sentences.

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by April Baer Follow OPB June 6, 2018 6:30 a.m. | Updated: June 7, 2018 6:50 a.m. | Portland, Ore.
Out front of In Other Words, a feminist bookstore in Northeast Portland.
increased expenses and a lack of funds and volunteers have made operations impossible to continue.
“This isn’t sustainable, especially emotionally, for the people who come here and work to provide this space as a resource to Portland Feminist communities,” the store said in its announcement.
Perhaps most famous for its role in the “Portlandia” TV series, In Other Words has struggled with the spotlight of the hit show and severed ties with the production in 2016.
In recent years, as its focus has shifted from indie bookstore to community space, it has welcomed groups as diverse as AA meetings to Rock Camp for Girls to anti-racist activists.
Eugene resident Carmen Schwisow is a former board member. She has vivid memories of walking into In Other Words for the first time, seeking books for her first women’s studies class.
Schwisow had attended a small, private high school and grew up in a conservative community. She says she was on the verge of understanding the world in a completely different way.
In Other Words has come close to shuttering before, but the message posted Monday suggests current leadership does not see the situation as salvageable.
Conversations are underway for how In Other Words might wind down operations. Board members and volunteers would not comment, but sources close to the board confirmed the end is imminent.
The activist group Critical Resistance, a 20-year veteran of social justice work focusing on mass incarceration, is interested in taking on the space to preserve its use a community center.
“We’re definitely keeping things open-ended, in the spirit of In Other Words,” said Anna Swanson, with Critical Resistance.
She said the vision is to prioritize accessibility, keeping the space free or low cost and open to all-ages, with an eye to anti-capitalist, anti-racist, intersectional work.
Swanson added that while it’s clearly a difficult moment, her group concurs with the sentiment of the statement posted by In Other Words’ board, suggesting that transformation is critical to social change.
Critical Resistance is on the hunt for community partners who might want to join in administrating the space. And In Other Words is asking for help with the physical and logistics work of closing down.
Organizers said they may have more to say later in the month.


Question: "What are the chances of the GRID League surviving the 2017 season?"

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Can the GRID League survive past the 2017 season?
GRID League is a fitness competition league that involves two teams competing head to head that involves a variation of weightlifting, body-weight and other athletic components. GRID teams must have exceptional speed, strength, technique and a well balanced team to finish the races in the quickest conceivable time.
The National Pro GRID League was founded by Tony Budding, a former CrossFit Inc. employee, in 2014. To say the league started off rocky is an understatement. They had to endure a name change due to its close similarity to the NFL franchise. Then had to stop operations midway through the first season due to investors backing out. This lead to embarrassing cancellations of matches and altering the format of the finals. These setbacks were damaging to the reputation of the league. It put the question of whether or not this is a viable sport or not. To top it off, the GRID League season ended with the removal of the founder, Tony Budding. Ouch.
The next two seasons brough less and less flair than the inaugural season provided. Instead of individual head to head matches, they brought together all the teams to compete head to head on the same day. They also moved matches to fitness expos and smaller arenas.
To start, they make it hard to be a fan. With any growing sport you would assume you want to reach as many people as you can so you can establish some form of base audience. The best way of providing that reach is through online viewership. The use of YouTube, Facebook, and other media platforms to show the matches to people would have been idea. But GRID opted for charging to watch matches online.
Spending $20.00 to watch a sport that i know nothing about is ridiculous. This paywall is exactly how it sounds, a big uninteresting wall around the league preventing entry to anyone with the slightest curiosity. Still to this day it’s disappointing to see that they still charge a fee to watch online. It’s possible they have contract obligations with cable networks they signed on with but this is a massive barrier to viewership. Think for a second on how CrossFit grew to its cult-like status. They didn’t charge to watch online from the start, they grew their audience first then monetized more year over year.
If you want more proof of this, just compare the YouTube pages of CrossFit vs GRID League. It is certainly clear what method works best.
The matches are confusing. Sure, we can blame some of this on being a new sport, constant changes in format, and the actual GRID itself and all but the reality is head to head matches just are not entertaining enough to watch (especially for a fee). GRID may have tired to combat this by introducing crazy movements but that basically turned the matches into circus events rather than fitness competitions. It also seemed that athlete safety was put on hold during these spectacles.
Hungry to get back on the #GRID.
There was initial optimism for the GRID League to be just as successful as the CrossFit Games. But at this point in time seeing the dwindling interest in matches, higher profile athletes leaving, and low viewership numbers, it just does not seem likely that will happen anymore. Only time will tell. Let’s see how 2017 plays out for the GRID League.
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Question: Respond in 29 words. What is Parnassius jacobsoni?

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Parnassius jacobsoni is a high-altitude butterfly which is found only in Tajikistan and Afghanistan. It is a member of the snow Apollo genus ("Parnassius") of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae).


Question: What happened at the Siege of Belgrade?

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The Siege of Belgrade, Battle of Belgrade or Siege of Nándorfehérvár was a military blockade of Belgrade that occurred from July 4–22, 1456. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror rallied his resources in order to subjugate the Kingdom of Hungary. His immediate objective was the border fort of the town of Belgrade (in ). John Hunyadi, the Count of Temes and captain-general of Hungary, who had fought many battles against the Turks in the previous two decades, prepared the defenses of the fortress.


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Jefferson Elementary School District is a K-8 school district headquartered in Daly City, San Mateo County, California, and serving Daly City, Colma, Broadmoor, and part of Pacifica. The district was established in 1866 and, , has some 350 teachers serving more than 6,700 students. The district has ten elementary schools and four intermediate/middle schools; high schools in the area are overseen by the Jefferson Union High School District.


Question: Respond in 35 words. What is Fushazdeh?

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Fushazdeh (, also Romanized as Fūshāzdeh) is a village in Dehshal Rural District, in the Central District of Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 625, in 193 families.


Question: How does a greenhouse work? Respond in 6 sentences.

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A greenhouse is a structure in which plants are grown. It can be large or small and constructed out of various materials, such as glass, plastic, or aluminum. Greenhouses heat up by absorbing and retaining visible sunlight.
During the 13th century, greenhouses (called botanical gardens) were built in Italy to house the plants explorers brought back from the tropics. Charles Lucien Bonaparte, a French botanist and nephew of Napoléon Bonaparte, is credited with building the first modern greenhouse in Holland in the 1800s to grow medicinal tropical plants.
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Question: Describe the life and contribution of Stefan Bobrowski.

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Stefan Bobrowski (17 January 1840 – 12 April 1863) was a Polish politician and activist for Polish independence. He participated in the January 1863 Uprising as one of the leaders of its "Red" faction and as a member of that faction's Central National Committee ("Komitet Centralny Narodowy"), and of the Provisional National Government ("Tymczasowy Rząd Narodowy").


Question: "Hey there! I'm looking for something to help me brew beer at home. Any ideas?" Respond in 35 sentences.

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Have you ever wanted to brew great beer at home? Would you rather be able to watch it being done than read a book? How to Brew with Malt Extract is an introduction to home brewing that takes you from purchasing your first equipment and ingredients to bottling and sampling your beer. Featuring two of the best known authors in the brewing community, this video is cinematically filmed with hundreds of detailed shots showing every step in the processCovers equipment needed, ingredients, brewing, fermenting, bottling and judging your beer using extract and partial mash techniques. Professionally filmed in HD with hundreds of shots showing every step in the brewing process. Also includes four bonus videos on partial mash brewing, yeast starters, water and late extract methods. Aproximately 70 minutes in all! Available digitally for online rental/viewing/download via Vimeo as well as Amazon Instant Video and also in DVD format on Amazon Prime as well as many beer supply store.
Over 10 different styles currently available, including both ale and lager styles, and more on the way! Irish Stout, ESB, Belgian Tripel, American Pale Ale, Robust Porter, Oktoberfest, American IPA, English IPA, Kolsch, and Vienna just to name a few!
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Craft brewing has experienced a renaissance over the last 20 years as old beer styles have been rediscovered and new styles created. Beer and brewing are just like food and cooking—to make a great dish you need to understand your ingredients and seasonings, and brewing a great beer is the same. Beer is 90% water and the quality and mineral content of the water can have a large effect on the beer's flavor.
LaMotte now offers a full line of products for the home and the professional brewer and winemaker. Since 1919 we have been helping to solve analytical challenges by providing innovative solutions through knowledgeable technical guidance, prompt service, and quality products. We are proud to extend this to the brewing and winemaking public.
Palmer Brewing Solutions Inc, helped Lamotte develop the BrewLab products in order to provide an easy-to-use, fast and reliable test kit for home and professional brewers alike. The BrewLab tests the 6 water minerals that determine your mash pH and beer flavor in less than ten minutes. The BrewLab Plus includes a high quality pH meter, and the BrewLab Pro contains a combination pH/TDS meter and a dissolved oxygen meter. Each kit includes easy-to-follow instructions and enough reagents to perform a minimum of 50 tests.
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"People often ask me for advice on brewing water, and the most common question is “what’s the first thing I should do?” A great brewer, like a great chef, understands how the ingredients will affect the brewing process and its results. The first step to understanding the effect of water on brewing a great beer is to know what is in it. The Brewlab® Basic from the LaMotte Company is an economical, easy-to-use test kit to quickly measure the mineral content of water and allow the brewer to make informed decisions in the brewing process. Great beer starts with a knowledgeable brewer."
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I am very pleased to announce the debut of Anvil Brewing Products from Blichmann Engineering! I have been working closely with Blichmann Engineering these past few years to develop a line of brewing products that combines the best of materials, features, and price point. Each of these products has been developed, tested, and reviewed to meet these ideals and bears the Palmer Brewing Solutions stamp of approval on the packaging. The current product line includes: Stainless steel brew pots, spoon and mash paddle, a large digital grain scale and smaller precision hop scale, weldless and NPT kettle thermometers, and a sturdy, high-efficiency burner with optional leg extensions. More products will be introduced in the future.


Question: Provide a summary of the recent actions of the Rwandan President concerning churches and mosques in Rwanda. Respond in detail.

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The President of Rwanda, H.E. Paul Kagame issued a statement saying he has officially closed down 6000 churches in Rwanda saying they were playing with the faith of Rwandan citizens and also put up a new requirement of procuring a theology degree before given license to open up a church in Rwanda.
Some Rwandese supported the move saying some religious leaders are motivated by greed and start churches to defraud followers.
Government of Rwanda said it respects freedom of worship but protecting people’s lives was first priority.
Earlier this month, the president of the East African nation, Rwanda announced he has closed thousands of churches and dozens of mosques as it seeks to assert more control over a vibrant religious community whose sometimes makeshift operations, authorities say, have threatened the lives of followers.
Local media in the capital have reported that over 6 000 churches have been closed so far across the country, but Shaka said the actual number was still being compiled.
Rwanda’s government respects freedom of worship but protecting lives of people comes first, he said, adding that churches which meet the required safety standards will be reopened.
One new requirement for churches is the installation of a lightning rod, after a lightning strike in March killed 16 worshippers and injured 140 at a Seventh-Day Adventist church in the country’s south.
Mosques across Rwanda also have been affected. About 100 have been closed, the leader of the country’s Muslim community, Mufti Sheikh Salim Hitimana, told AP.
“We are now trying to fix what the government told us to do,” he said.
Some evangelical leaders said they support Rwanda’s crackdown, saying that protecting the lives of churchgoers is important and having qualified, trained leaders is necessary.


Question: Respond briefly. Write a paragraph describing the commemoration of Celia Sánchez Manduley in Cuba.

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Today, January 11, Cuba's working class will pay tribute to the heroine of the Sierra and the plains, Celia Sánchez Manduley, on the 38th anniversary of her death.
Staff at workplaces that bear her name, or where she played an important role after the triumph of the Revolution, will remember the first woman to join the ranks of the Rebel Army in the Sierra Maestra.
Many construction workers are proud to have made a reality of her dreams in projects like Lenin Park, the Coppelia ice cream palace, the Botanical Garden, and Havana's International Conference Center.


Question: How do I use UIKit Dynamics to create an animation in iOS 7?

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It was fun to make a little game like Flipcase with Dave in UIKit Dynamics. I have been blown away with the amount of press it has received, with many of the major tech and app blogs covering it. The YouTube video has received over 350k views.
I wanted to share how I created the physics in Flipcase to show how easy simple animations can be thanks to iOS 7 and UIKit Dynamics.
Get setup by adding a simple circle to the screen when the user taps.
To get the balls to fall to the bottom of the screen we need to add gravity.
So we create an animator and a gravity behaviour.
Note : it gets pretty slow and clunky when you start adding too many objects to the screen.
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Question: Who is The Monarch? Respond in 2 sentences.

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The Monarch is a music production/songwriting duo originally from Orlando, Florida, consisting of Andre "Dre" Davidson and Sean "Sean D" Davidson. Currently residing in Los Angeles, they are best known for producing and co-writing six songs on Kelly Clarkson's "Meaning of Life" 2017 release, 2x platinum single "All Eyes On You" by Meek Mill and Nicki Minaj, "Take It to the Head" by DJ Khaled, as well as How We Do (Party) by Rita Ora, and Cher Lloyd's debut single Swagger Jagger which both debuted at #1 on the UK Singles Chart The Monarch has also produced several other songs for Justin Bieber, Robin Thicke, Chris Brown, Kevin Gates, DJ Khaled, Nicki Minaj, and Lil Wayne.


Question: Respond in 2 sentences. Describe the impact of Gulli Charlotta Petrini.

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Gulli Charlotta Petrini (Stockholm, 30 September 1867 – Stockholm, 8 April 1941) was a Swedish Physicist, writer, suffragette, women's rights activist and politician. She was the chairperson of the local branch of the National Association for Women's Suffrage in Växjö 1903–1914 and Stockholm 1914–1921, and sat in the city council for the liberals in Växjö in 1910–1914.


Question: What's been going on in the world of Halo 5 lately?

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Almost every Halo 5 event that goes by is more intriguing, exciting and nail-biting than the last. The HWC 2017 Qualifier in St Louis hosted by UGC was no different; top players reorganised into new rosters somehow more evenly matched than ever, with many teams taking advantage of dynamite young talent to complement veteran experience.
Perhaps the biggest breakout star of UGC St Louis was Jonathan “Renegade” Willette, whose multiple top Open Circuit placings (and recent stint as a substitute for Str8 Rippin under former name “LOL”) earned him his spot replacing Eco on Pro League Fall Season’s Str8 Rippin roster, alongside Ace, APG and Heinz. Despite countless spectacular performances (including one of the best Plaza Slayers in recent memory against young guns Inconceivable), Str8 were eventually taken down by Liquid in one of countless Game 5 tiebreakers, finishing the tournament in 4th place. 15-year-old newcomer Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro, one quarter of a frighteningly skillful Inconceivable line up alongside bubu dubu, Shooter and Falcated, burst onto the pro scene following a recent lowering of the minimum competition age in North America to 13. Inconceivable fought their way through the open bracket to a top 6 finish ahead of former teammate Cratos’ Pnda Gaming (who placed top 12) – despite losing their Pro League seeding to Pnda in controversial fashion earlier this month.
A brand new Team Allegiance roster of former-Team Liquid members Spartan and Commonly, Danoxide (from Fall Season’s Luminosity lineup) and a returning Suspector (who finished 2nd at HWC 2016 with Team Allegiance before runs on both Evil Geniuses and Enigma6) came into St Louis without a pro seeding, as Penguin, Rayne and Symbolic opted to remain with Team Liquid moving into 2017. This meant they too had to fight through the open bracket, defeating Earthroot Gaming and SetToDestroyX in quick 3-0 series after an initial loss to Str8 Rippin, but ultimately losing out to a commanding 3-1 performance from Inconceivable.
Luminosity and Evil Geniuses, who finished 5th and 6th respectively in Pro League Fall Season (neither qualifying for finals nor relegation), both enjoyed middling success; Evil Geniuses’ Lunchbox and Roy, with new pickups Contra and PreDevoNator, dropped to the losers bracket after a Round 1 defeat to Inconceivable before ultimately being knocked out by Team Liquid – finishing top 6. Luminosity, who added Ninja (from Evil Geniuses) and FFA star Trippey to remaining duo eL ToWn and Victory X, were sent home one round previous by Evil Geniuses themselves – finishing top 8. Both teams played some extremely close and enjoyable games and neither can be counted out moving into further LAN events.
An unchanged and dominant Optic Gaming made their way straight to grand finals after a clean sweep of the winners’ bracket, with victories over Primal, SetToDestroyX, Team Liquid and also-unchanged-Fall Season champions and main rivals Team EnvyUs (even after EnvyUs clutched an unbelievable 100-99 Rig Strongholds). Long-time Team Liquid duo of Rayne and Penguin picked up Eco (formerly of Str8 Rippin) and a returning Stellur, therefore keeping their pro seeding. This roster defeated Optic Gaming in online scrims just before the event, clearly giving them a huge confidence boost going into St Louis. Team Liquid defied expectations, taking 3-1 wins over Evil Geniuses and Str8 Rippin and a tight 3-2 series against Team EnvyUs to make it out of the losers’ bracket and into the grand finals. Optic Gaming finally put an end to their blazing run, winning a Game 7 Coliseum Slayer 50-46 to take a truly memorable final series and become UGC St Louis champions, netting the $20,000 first prize and arguably reclaiming their crown from Team EnvyUs as the best Halo 5 team on LAN.
I’d personally like to give a huge shout out to Tashi and the entire HCS production crew, whose tireless work on these events is appreciated by us all to no end; to Elamite, Onset, Axeltoss, TSquared, Gho57ayame, Walshy and Strongside (in no particular order!) for fantastic, inimitable casting all weekend; and also to David Doran, whose beautiful photography is featured throughout this article.


Question: What is the book "Beasts" about? Respond in 52 words.

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Beasts () is a novel by American writer John Crowley, published in 1976 by Doubleday.
"Beasts" describes a world in which genetically engineered animals are given a variety of human characteristics. Painter is a "leo", a combination of man and lion. Reynard, a character derived from medieval European fable, is part fox.


Question: Respond in 20 words. Describe the Orbison Illusion.

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The Orbison illusion (or Orbison's illusion) is an optical illusion first described by American psychologist William Orbison (1912–1952) in 1939.


Question: Respond in 3 sentences. What types of moths can be found in Myanmar?

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Nosophora albiguttalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Swinhoe in 1890. It is found in Myanmar.


Question: "It's great to hear that you're working with Of Science and Madness again. What do you like about the project?"

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I’ve been wanting to return to these guys for awhile. Of Science and Madness gives me the chance to play in the world of old monster movies. I ran a strip with these guys a few years ago, and there will likely be more. There’s something about a Frankenstein monster in a biker jacket that has always appealed to me.


Question: "Hi there! Do you know any good How To Draw YouTube channels?"

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 "Hi there! Do you know any good How To Draw YouTube channels?"

It can be hard to keep up with YouTube and it’s ever changing array of How To Draw YouTube channels. Many people have asked me what YouTube channels should they be following for the best How To Draw advice. I’ve wondered the same thing since the day I started my mission to learn how to draw.
While I have a large number of channels that I follow I’m sure that I don’t have all of them which is why I wanted to create a directory which would feature all of the channels known to mankind. The only way I can do this though is with your help to keep it updated and make sure we’re tracking any new channels that pop up along the way.
My quest for help goes out to all the owners of How To Draw YouTube Channels too and that if you want to be listed on this page then just contact me and we’ll be able to add you as soon as possible.
So there you have it. 91 channels and I’ve undoubtedly missed many more awesome channels that you or your friends might know about. Please like and share this post with as many people as you can because it benefits all of us to have an up to date and complete directory listing of all of the How To Draw YouTube Channels.
If you’ve got any ideas on how we can make this directory listing more useful then please let me know in the comments below but for now let me know any channels I’ve missed? Did your channel make the cut?


Question: Respond in 1 sentences. What do you know about Marcel Zeller?

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Marcel Zeller (3 August 1973 – 25 November 2016) was a professional boxer from Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


Question: What can you tell me about John Paul Young's album "Love Is in the Air"? Respond in 3 sentences.

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Love Is in the Air is the fourth studio album by Australian pop singer John Paul Young, released in 1978. The album was produced by Vanda & Young and released through Albert Productions. It peaked at number 32 on the ARIA Charts.The album spawned the singles: "Love Is in the Air", "The Day That My Heart Caught Fire", "Lost in Your Love" and "Fool in Love".


Question: "I'm having an issue with pinball flippers - can you provide some advice?"

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 "I'm having an issue with pinball flippers - can you provide some advice?"

As I continue working on another new machine, Bally’s “Black Rose”, the first order of business is to go over the flippers and other areas where parts are not working. This series focuses on basic problems that occur with pinball flippers and also addresses an issue involving a broken ball kicker (the same assembly that is used on slingshots). Here I address everything from replacing a coil, coil stop, coil sleeve, to determining which parts to replace and which ones to save, as well as wiring problems, end-of-stroke switch problems, flipper bushings and more.
When I first got this game the system diagostics reported an unusual error: “Upper flipper EOS switch stuck closed.” That was a sign that someone had monkey’d with the machine and not done things right. As you will see in the videos, there ended up being a plethora of problems with the flippers in this game, each representing some of the most common problems with modern pinball machines. I go over how to fix them.
You may be wondering, why was the machine reporting only one thing wrong when there were so many other issues? Not everything that is wrong with a pinball machine can be diagnosed by the software. Obviously things like sticky flippers or dirty coil sleeves can impact performance but still make the game think everything is working. The same thing goes for the kick-out coil. The game wasn’t quite smart enough to know it wasn’t working. One way the game determines if certain features are working is to keep track of how often they are triggered and if a certain number of games is played, without a certain feature activating, the game can sometimes report things broken. Other times, things may be broken but they are still being triggered (like the kick-out solenoid). So it’s always best to go over everything carefully to make sure there are not more problems than what is indicated.
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THANK’S FOR ALL YOUR HELP. WITH FLIPPERS I HAD SEVERAL SOLENOIDS BURNING UP BUT WITH YOUR HELP I WAS ABLE TO FIX EVERYTHING ONCE THANK’S FOR YOUR HELP.
There is a sequence of switches that are not being properly set to engage the machine to start a game. If the score reels are not resetting to 0000, then the first place I’d check is cleaning the score reel contacts.
i have a disco fever and a time warp and the ball wont return to the plunger. i dont know anything about machines.
Did you ever get an answer? I have a Nally x’s & o’s and I’m having the same issue. It did work, just stopped. Everything else works.
Thanks for all the help videos. Love the fact that it is not edited. I have BK2000 & Fire and looking for my next machine. Its imperative to learn how to do some repairs and maintenance to keep the pins running and enjoy them. Your videos and web site is a great help. Please keep them coming.
Hi there I was wondering if you could answer a question to a flipper problem I have. I got a 1993 Bally ‘Judge Dredd’ machine which has the 4 flippers.They all work ok but the bottom right flipper doesn’t seem to have as much kick to it as the rest.So when the ball gets to it hardly launches it.What do you think it might be?
I have that exact same game with the exact same problem! I haven’t looked at it yet, but my guess is the coil sleeve is gunked up. The assembly should probably be taken apart and cleaned with alcohol, possibly having the coil sleeve replaced. I have a video on re-doing flippers if you search for it.
I have a ballys x’s & os and I guess it’s called the ball kicker? It when the ball goes down the middle it won’t push it to the plunger lane!
I’d check underneath to see if there’s a broken wire on the coil or switch that triggers the ball advance.
You’ll want to turn the power off and take a look at the underside where the flipper coil is. There’s a good chance one of the wires got disconnected at the coil. Flippers are very violent parts that take a lot of vibration and often have connections come loose – it may need to be re-soldered.
I have a 1975 Gottlieb goldstrike and the right side flippers stopped working. changed fuses and checked contacts and nothing. I have someone thats gonna jump the button from the left flipper to the right and see if that would indicate wire problem. What do you suggest? Thanks for your time!
I would put a meter on the wire and check to see if there’s voltage on it that is comparable to the working flipper. That will tell you if there’s a break.
I watched a video or two of yours and read some stuff. I went and cleaned the contacts of the flipper switches, tested the game, and it seems to be working now. Sorry I even posted on here and bothered you! Thanks.


Question: Provide an argument defending the security fee being returned to the students due to lack of control over protesters.

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 Provide an argument defending the security fee being returned to the students due to lack of control over protesters.

I have put together a series of letters to Vice Chancellor Michael Spence asking firstly that he return the security fee to the students because the security guards were unable to control the unruly protesters.
My new video reveals who these key protesters are and gives a few glimpses of them in action.
Plus shows some of the relevant university regulations. This is designed just as a first stage. We are have plans to follow up, with legal action if necessary.
The Sydney Morning Herald has just reported on Tehan’s discussions with Vice Chancellors this week about it all. Tehan is now proposing a plan for protesters to have to pay for security rather than the people they are protesting against – here he is on ABC’s Insiders programme this morning. http://www.abc.net.au/insiders/dan-tehan-joins-insiders/10295792. See from 8.39 to the end.
I will be sending Tehan my letter to Spence which provides all the evidence about key protesters disrupting the Sydney talk – showing it is quite possible to identify people who gleefully take ownership of the protest. Perhaps he will use this as a test case.


Question: How do I participate in the Cologne 2016 tournament?

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Place them on your weapons to show support for your favorite player or team or use them as game pieces in one of the two Cologne 2016 tournament games!
WIN A Fantasy Trophy by competing against the global CS:GO community and being one of the top scorers in the all-new Fantasy Team Game.
EARN a Pick’em Trophy by choosing the winning teams for each match throughout the Tournament. The more correct choices, the better the trophy!
You've collected your favorite players' autographs, now manage them to form your CS:GO dream team! In the Cologne 2016 Fantasy Game, you field a full roster of five different players to score points and increase your global rank. Earn one of the top scores in the world to earn a Cologne 2016 Fantasy Trophy.
The Cologne 2016 Trophy is a badge you can display next to your avatar in game, and you can earn a trophy if your total Fantasy Team Score is among the highest in the world. You can earn a Bronze, Silver, or Gold Fantasy Trophy if, at the end of the tournament, your final global ranking is in the top 30%, 15%, or 5%, respectively. In addition to winning a trophy, you can compete with your friends on the Fantasy Team Leaderboard.
To field your team, you must own an unused sticker for each player you choose. When you submit your roster, your autograph stickers will be locked and will not be usable or tradable until the end of the event. Changing your roster will not unlock the sticker, it will still be unusable and untradable until the end of the event. Trophies will be awarded after the tournament.
Pick the 8 teams that will win their first-day matchups. Each correct pick is worth 1 point.
Pick the 4 teams that will advance out of their groups to the Quarterfinals, and the 4 teams that will proceed to the decider match. Each correct pick is worth 2 points.
Pick the 4 teams that will advance out of the decider match to the Quarterfinals. Each correct pick is worth 5 points.
Pick the Grand Final Champion. The correct pick is worth 10 points.
The Pick’Em Challenge trophy is a badge that can be displayed next to your avatar in game. Correct picks in either Pick'Em Challenge game award points and a bronze badge that can be leveled up to silver or gold. To make a pick, you must own an unused sticker for the team you choose. A single team sticker is sufficient for picking that team multiple times throughout the event.
In addition to winning a trophy for each game, you can compete with your friends on the Pick'Em and Fantasy Team Friends Leaderboards. Each stage of the event provides an opportunity to score points.
How many games can I play during Cologne 2016?
There are two games available, the Fantasy Team Game and the Pick'Em Challenge, and you can win two separate trophies (the Fantasy Trophy and Pick'Em Trophy, respetively). The two games use different stickers as game pieces: player autograph stickers for the Fantasy Team Game, and team stickers for the Pick'Em Challenge.
What is the Fantasy Team Game?
In the fantasy game, your goal is to score as many points as possible to achieve a high global ranking by fielding a roster of five different players.
How do I play the Fantasy Team Game?
To play the Fantasy Team Game, you'll need to own five different player autograph stickers. If you own a player's autograph sticker, you can place them in your roster. Submit a complete roster, and your players will earn points at the end of each match day based on their overall performance, earning bonus points when they perform an action for their specialized role (e.g., your Sniper earns bonus points for each kill with a Sniper Rifle).
Your roster carries over each day, so if you're happy with your team you won't need to make any changes. Should one of your players get eliminated, or you want to change your roster, you can make adjustments after the last matches of the day, until the start of play the next day.
How do my players earn points?
The Commando earns bonus points equal to their kill/death difference.
The Clutch King gains 4 points for each kill as the last surviving member of their team.
The Eco Warrior gains 2 points per pistol kill.
The Entry Fragger gains 2 points for each opening kill of the round.
The Sniper gains 2 bonus points for each kill with a sniper rifle.
What do I get for earning a top score?
At the end of each match day, your score will be updated and you will be shown your global ranking. You can earn a Bronze, Silver, or Gold Fantasy Trophy if, at the end of the tournament, your final global ranking is in the top 30%, 15%, or 5%, respectively. In addition to winning a trophy, you can compete with your friends on the Fantasy Team Leaderboard.
In the Pick’Em Challenge, your goal is to score as many points as possible by correctly picking the teams that will win their matchups as the tournament progresses.
How do I play the Pick'Em Challenge?
To make a pick in the Pick'Em Challenge, you must own an unused sticker for the picked team. Each day, you will have the opportunity to pick the winning team for each matchup.
You can score up to 100 points by making correct picks in the Team Pick’Em Challenge. You will earn points for each of your correct picks. Additionally, you will earn a point for each day you play the game.
What do I get for picking correctly in the Pick'Em Challenge?


Question: What is Nikwax Analogy?

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Nikwax Analogy is a two-component fabric system for weatherproof clothing based on "biomimicry" of fur (the system was originally called "Nikwax Biological Analogy").


Question: Describe Rayonier Advanced Materials Respond in 4 sentences.

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Rayonier Advanced Materials is an American chemical company specializing in cellulose-based products. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, it produces more than 25 grades of high-purity performance fibers for products ranging from food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals to paints, filters, impact-resistant plastics, and digital display screens. In 2014, Rayonier and Rayonier Advanced Materials split into separate companies. Rayonier retained the real estate and forest resource components while Rayonier Advanced Materials took over management of the performance fibers division.


Question: Provide a description of Glacier Ridge. Respond in 5 sentences.

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Glacier Ridge () is a broad north–south ridge, long and wide, on the southern slopes of Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica. Completely ice-covered, the ridge descends from about to , terminating northwest of Tyree Head. In association with the names of expedition ships grouped on this island, it was named after the USCGC "Glacier", an icebreaker which for three decades, 1955–56 to 1986–87, supported scientific activity in Antarctica and the Ross Sea on virtually an annual basis. From 1955–56, Glacier operated as a US Navy ship. Along with other Navy icebreakers, Glacier was transferred to the US Coast Guard fleet, June 1966, from which she operated until decommissioned, June 1987.


Question: Explain the recent push by some Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump.

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 Explain the recent push by some Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump.

A Democrat congressman has vowed on Wednesday to force the House to vote President Donald Trump’s impeachment.
Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas used a series of parliamentary moves to force the House to consider a vote on his resolution. He argued that Trump was “unmindful of the high duties of his high office and the dignity and properties thereof”.
The impeachment resolution details Trump’s association with white nationalism, neo-Nazism and his incitement of hatred and hostility against certain racial and ethnic groups such as Latinos, Muslims, and African-Americans.
Rep. Al Green said that the founders wanted a way to be able to remove a president who was causing harm to society, and the impeachment was designed for a time such as this and a President such as Donald Trump. He added that Trump undermined the integrity of the Oval Office and “brought disrepute on the presidency”.
Later, a vote to table the impeachment resolution was agreed to 368-58. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said: “Now is not the time to consider articles of impeachment,”. Pelosi and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer issued a joint statement just before the vote urging their Democratic colleagues to reject the impeachment resolution. They presented the vote as a distraction from efforts to kill the Republican tax bill.


Question: What do you know about Francis Edward Coughlin?

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Francis Edward Coughlin (February 28, 1896 – September 8, 1951) was an American football player and coach.


Question: Have you heard about Steven Spielberg directing the "Ready Player One" movie?

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Steven Spielberg looks to have found his next movie, having attached himself to direct the bigscreen adaptation of “Ready Player One” for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow.
Ernest Cline penned the popular sci-fi novel, an adaptation of which the studio has been trying to get off the ground for some time with everyone from Robert Zemeckis to Christopher Nolan showing interest at one time or another.
Donald De Line, Dan Farah and Kristie Macosko Krieger will also produce.
Zak Penn wrote the script.
The novel, published in 2011, is set in a not-too-distant future where advanced Internet, gaming and virtual reality technologies have changed the world as we know it and led to the creation of the Oasis, a virtual reality universe that people live in and value more than the real world.
Jesse Ehrman and Racheline Benveniste will oversee for the studio.
Deadline Hollwyood first reported the news.


Question: "I'm interested in learning more about your game jam experience and how you created your project. Could you share more about the process?"

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Hope it will be helpful for someone!
As you can see from the skills we knew on which part of the game we will work and that’s first tip for you guys. Know your team and make game that match your team skill set.
During every game jam our time management is the same.
Basically the game is AI / Animations / Events oriented so Jacek with Kacper were doing a lot of job to cover this and I focused almost only on level design.
As for the picking game idea we need to be sure we all want to do such game. We dont want to change our minds that’s why we have invested a lot of time for brainstorming and talking about ideas before choosing one.
Beside of quick production they just look great! We are in love with 3d pixel art!
For lighting we used only dynamic lighting with one Movable Sky Light and custom cubemap.
We wanted to have possibility to choose which color will be emissive as we weren’t able to store additional data in UV. We could use different material ID for this but it require to open 3d software like Blender or Maya and change UV by hand (takes time) Another thing is we wanted to keep things simple without adding not necessary draw calls as the mesh topology is complex.
Thanks to this we are using only one simple material for Voxels in entire game!
You could change RadialGradient for small texture instead generated by shader.
For example Character have base class in C++ then two others in Blueprints, one for gameplay and one for art/animations. Thanks to this everyone can work at full efficiency in the same class.
CharacterBase is base C++ class for any character in the game. Then PlayerCharacter (C++) is base class for the player and then PlayerBP( Blueprint ) and finally PlayerFinalBP (Blueprint) which is connected with Game Mode.
We were using Blueprints as prefabs so we don’t invest our time to place a lot of assets.
During the game jam we spent a lot of time thinking about how we want to approach animations. The ideal way would be to have something like skeletal animations but it would modify the position of the voxels rather than morph them. But it’s not something you create during a game jam.
We decided that we will create our own simple animation system. It was based on custom Anim Sequences that were just an array of animation frames (here being static meshes). You were able to specify the amount of FPS and animation events (for handling things like when to apply damage etc.). In addition to that, we had a simple state machine that would decide which sequence should be played.
We were able to react on animations in Blueprints.
AI was an important part of the game, so we were iterating the AI code constantly during whole duration of the game jam. It was based on our custom implementation which is something between a state machine and HTN (Hierarchical Task Networks). Thanks to that it was easy for us to implement new type of actions and simply add them to our AIs behavior. While the girls have a simple behavior (they just do their routine like sitting, standing or wandering) the security’s behavior is a bit more complicated. There are two types of security behavior and it is selected so that there are always about 30% in what we call a “spread” behavior and 70% in “chase” behavior. The chase behavior is just running to the last known target location and if the chasing character loses sight of his target he starts to search for him. Firstly near the last known location broadening the radius at fixed time rate. The other behavior, “spread”, is something taken directly from Pacman! The AIs that are running it spread around the map and then run to their target flanking the player in result.
We had almost the same team in our earlier game jam – Grand Theft Taxi which went well, but this time we would like to ship Intensive Exposure on Steam – we have added a lot of new content and polished it a lot.
If you haven’t done this yet – support us on Greenlight!
Great article !! Quite inspiring 🙂 I’ve tested Your voxel material, created Material Instance based on it, pointed color that should be emissive and defined power but after lights building objects become completely black ? What could be the reason?
I forgot to mention that palete texture need to have Filter set to Nearest – then it’s easier to pick emissive color.
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Question: Describe the Ancient Priors in Crawley, West Sussex.

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The Ancient Priors is a medieval timber-framed hall-house on the High Street in Crawley, a town and borough in West Sussex, England. It was built in approximately 1450, partly replacing an older (probably 14th-century) structure—although part of this survives behind the present street frontage. It has been expanded, altered and renovated many times since, and fell into such disrepair by the 1930s that demolition was considered. It has since been refurbished and is now a restaurant, although it has been put to various uses during its existence. Secret rooms, whose purpose has never been confirmed for certain, were discovered in the 19th century. English Heritage has listed the building at Grade II* for its architectural and historical importance, and it has been described as Crawley's "most prestigious medieval building" and "the finest timber-framed house between London and Brighton".


Question: Describe what kind of DLC Two Point Hospital is likely to have.

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Two Point Hospital, the successor to Theme Hospital, has a release date of August 30, so there's not long to go. Like most games these days, developer Two Point Studios aims to support the game with post-launch content, but what form will Two Point Hospital DLC take?
We recently talked with Technical Director and Studio Co-Founder Ben Hymers and Art Director Mark Smart, and they told us about their DLC plans for Two Point Hospital - which just seem to be in the ideas stage right now, but will be "old-fashioned" expansions, or "big, crafted chunks of new content."
Mark told us, "we’ve got ideas, but ideas have to be worked on as well. We don’t want to drip-feed DLC, we want to do substantial packs. We don’t like microtransactions."
Ben agreed that they only plan to include larger expansions. "We’re old-fashioned like that. We like the idea of expansion packs - we want big, crafted chunks of new content."
So no Day 1 DLC or pre-order stuff? Well, not quite, but at least it'll be free.
"All we’ve got is the Golden Toilet for the people who’ve signed up for the Hospital Pass. That’s literally the only extra thing we’ve got."
You can sign up for the Hospital Pass and get the mythical Golden Toilet DLC on the game's website. You don't have to pre-order the game or anything. You'll certain want to, as Two Point Hospital is really looking great. Seriously, we can't wait, and yes - we're getting that toilet. You can check out our exclusive gameplay for it below (the game, not the loo).


Question: Describe what American culture is like from an expat's perspective.

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Sometimes it begins with the toothpaste. Whenever I go back to the United States from Europe, where I’ve lived for more than half my adult life, I’ll often find myself in a jet-lagged fog at a huge American drugstore staring at the toothpaste aisle. Why? I ask myself, or anyone who’s around. Why are there so many kinds of toothpaste? Whitening, baking soda, clean mint, fresh mint, gel, paste, swirls of gel and paste, kids’ toothpastes, sensitive-teeth toothpaste. Why?
It’s not that there isn’t a variety of toothpaste in Paris, where I live. France is a developed country with a market economy—well, mostly a market economy—and its own large supermarket chains. But there’s something about the toothpaste aisles of the United States that I always find jarring, and that I find emblematic of America’s over-the-topness: the dozens of varieties of everything—everything!—when fewer varieties might suffice. New York City may be the logical extreme of this. Is there any other city in any other country on Earth that’s so accustomed to shopping for anything at any hour of the day (and I mean in stores, not online)?
Of course, other things leap out, too, on first impact back in New York: glacial air conditioning; cars that seem as big as studio apartments; chirpy customer service—any customer service; cheese that’s not so much cheese as oil poured into plastic; Amtrak, a national train service roughly twice as expensive and twice as slow as that of any self-respecting (albeit debt-ridden) European country. And then there are the significant social differences: gay people being super out and proud; people of color, and women, in positions of actual authority.
Landing from Europe in New York, where I lived for years and which remains a spiritual home, I always feel acutely how long I’ve been away. It takes days to adjust. So loud! So fast! So much energy! Why did an iced coffee and avocado toast (I know, playing to type here … ) just set me back $17? Wait, what happened to the subway? Every visit back begins with a triple whammy: jet lag, sticker shock, and status anxiety. Since I left, the real-estate prices in New York have soared exponentially. (The salaries have not.) Everyone seems so driven, propelling themselves ever forward by force of will and ambition and grit and impatience, reinventing themselves, measuring themselves up against one another in ways you rarely see in Europe, or at least in continental Europe, where ambitions seem more circumscribed (or barriers to entry higher), even as state support makes a middle-class existence easier than it has become in America’s leading cities.
But the biggest adjustment is one that’s harder to describe: It has to do with time. Time spent talking at meals. Time in the morning. Appointments in France (and Italy, where I lived for years) are rarely before 9 a.m., more likely after 10 a.m. Power breakfast is not a thing. In Greece and Spain, lunch is well after 2 p.m., afternoon coffee sometimes around 7 p.m., and dinner even later. On a reporting trip to Moscow a few years ago, many of my appointments seemed to come through after 10 p.m. and emails would arrive in the middle of the night. Americans are more likely to be early risers, and have been power breakfasting for centuries. In the marvelous letters he sent home while researching Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville was shocked by this. “We were quite surprised at first to see women appearing at the breakfast table with faces carefully made up for the day. We are told that this is customary in all private houses. Paying visits to a lady at nine in the morning is not thought improper,” Tocqueville wrote home to his mother from New York in 1831.
How did work-life balance in the U.S. get so awful?
I moved to Europe a decade ago this month, a few weeks before Lehman Brothers collapsed and the financial crisis hit. Many things have happened since then. Being an American abroad feels different now, under this administration, than it did under President Obama. That’s another story. For me, living away from home has become home, as much as home home is home. There are many things I love about living in Paris—the vast expanse of sky, the functional metro, warm baguettes with demi-sel butter, unlimited cinema movies for €19.50 a month, conversations not dominated by Trump.
Still, I often miss being surrounded by the American enterprising spirit, a spirit I hope I’ll never shake. Occasionally, I’ll have hankerings for tastes from my childhood: corn on the cob; blueberries; Junior Mints; Thanksgiving stuffing. Everyone living in a new context has moments like this.
But this, too, has changed over the years. American foods, especially junk foods, have been creeping into Europe for years. You can buy American candy at the supermarket in Paris. And peanut butter. Nothing is supersized—yet. But if and when that happens, I wonder, will the toothpaste selection grow, too? And if so, will that make it harder for Americans to be homesick abroad, or easier for locals to be homesick at home?