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look up any word, like poopsock:
1. Stage
The act of taking a shit on an object at the request of someone else
Guy1: "can you stage my laptop for me?"
Guy2: "thats pretty gross, but okay"
2. stage
Where all the action happens. Where the actors are brought to life, and where the techies live when the shows not on.
Possesses many magical properties.
Ewwwww. what's that white stuff on the stage? Gross techies.
I wanna help paint the stage!
No, you can't your feet will get all black, and I'm giving you a ride home. I don't want that shit in my car.
3. stages
1. Synonym for "levels"
2. The hottest shit going down in Miami this weekend. Reggae party at Pro Player Stadium (Miami Dolphins). Find me at VIP.
Example 1:
"I'll buy another video game once I clear all the stages on this one."
Example 2:
"Absolute Entretainment is holding it down this saturday at Stages, but don't bring sand to the beach"
4. stage
pronounced "steyyyj" (really hold that "ey"). used to express protest, disbelief, disgust, or commiseration. synonymous to lame or that sucks. sometimes used as an interjection when following "aw".
janesa: i found the perfect guy, except he lives in zaragoza which is like 3 hours by bus
brittany: awww, stage!
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0.130549 | <urn:uuid:678650b3-69f0-455e-ad07-d969d9f368c1> | en | 0.978106 | QA With Sen. Tom Coburn, the Earmark Foe
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But lobbyists and interests from your state must come to you asking for you to secure funding for various museums, stadiums, etc.
They did the first three months. Here's what I asked them: "What program do you want to cut for us to do this?"
And they didn't have any answers?
No, they didn't. They just want more.
So they stopped coming?
They still come; they just stopped asking. They know that I'm not about to sponsor an earmark. I'll never sponsor an earmark.... If you start doing earmarks, what you do is not do the rest of your job and that's this: oversight. You hear all the appropriators say, "We can't just let the bureaucracy spend this money. We need to direct it." Well, what our Founders say is, "It's our responsibility to make sure the government is spending it the right way and hold them accountable when they make poor choices."... Earmarks take your focus off what your job is.
Do you think it's hurt you with constituents back home?
No, I get letters all the time that say: "I didn't vote for you. I voted for your opponent, but you're doing exactly what you said you'd do. I trust you now and I'll vote for you." That's Democrats and Republicans. I poll about equally in both parties right now. And that's in the mid to upper 60s....
So, for every Chamber of Commerce that's irritated because I won't direct a sewer system to them, I'll get 150 regular citizens who say, "We'll pay for our sewer system. You fix the rest of the problems so our kids are going to be OK."
I heard that you returned about $200,000 of unused Senate office funds.
It's about $350,000 now.
Where did you cut corners? I expected to come in here and find an understaffed office with paint peeling off the walls.
We get plenty of money. If I were a big state and had a whole lot of constituents to take care of, it might be different. But I have seven field representatives—we're in every town all the time.... I have a great staff. They do a super job. We're just efficient. I was a businessman before I was a doctor. I know how to run an organization.... I see when we spend money in our office, we're taking money away from the next generation. If I don't have to spend it, I won't.
What made you decide to get into politics back in 1994 when you ran for the House?
I was just irritated. I was just sick and tired of being sick and tired, like a lot of other people. I didn't really think I'd come back.
Earmarks wasn't your focus back then, though.
No, but spending was. Look, you can't do much about earmarks in the House. I did filibuster in the House for the first time in its history.
Some of your critics have portrayed you as crazy. The Daily Show mocked your presentation against embryonic stem cell research. The Wall Street Journal has called you Coburn the Barbarian. Does this ever get to you?
No.... If I see a bill that is wrong, I'm going to hold it, no matter what the political or press pressure is. Members up here run to the press to try and make me look bad, but what they've now figured out is that it doesn't work. I'm not moving. I don't care how many editorials are written. If I think I'm right, I'm not going to move until I get a bill fixed.
How many bills have you held up?
Well over 100. On the first of this year, I sent a letter to every member of the Senate that said, "I'm going to object to moving anything by unanimous consent if you are authorizing new spending without deauthorizing old spending."... The paradox in politics, I've found, is the more you stand on principle, the more criticism you get—but the more support you get from your constituency.
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Many builders dislike the West Side stadium. Only one says so out loud.
Ravitch said his own decision to speak out emerged when he realized the MTA was facing a crisis almost as severe as the one he confronted when he took over the agency in 1979. "This is a crucial time for them," he said of the MTA's leadership. "I think they have come up with a very legitimate budget plan but the political system hasn't responded. The mayor's people voted against the plan at the MTA board level, which shocked me. And then the governor's response wasn't adequate. So there is the MTA in desperate need of billions of dollars, and they are asking the chairman to give away an asset worth that much money for next to nothing."
"I just decided I have been involved in this city for my whole life, and if I wasn't willing to speak up, why the hell would I expect anyone else to?" he said.
Veteran transit advocate Gene Russianoff said he had tried in the past to get Ravitch to speak out on transit issues without success. "If someone was going to say what Richard Ravitch's legacy was for the city, it would be that he made the trains infinitely better," said Russianoff. "He killed himself to get that money to turn the system around. I think he feels like, 'I'll be damned if I'll sit by while they screw it up.' "
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0.023448 | <urn:uuid:bdc29519-dfd8-4b30-86e8-9c5f77f4b9e6> | en | 0.931436 | Falling satellite slows down, Earth strike delayed
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A 6-ton NASA satellite on a collision course with Earth clung to space Friday, apparently flipping position in its ever-lower orbit and stalling its death plunge.
The old research spacecraft was targeted to crash through the atmosphere sometime Friday night or early Saturday, putting Canada, Africa and Australia in the potential crosshairs, although most of the satellite should burn up during re-entry. The United States wasn’t entirely out of the woods; the possible strike zone skirted Washington state.
“It just doesn’t want to come down,” said Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
McDowell said the satellite’s delayed demise demonstrates how unreliable predictions can be. That said, “the best guess is that it will still splash in the ocean, just because there’s more ocean out there.”
Until Friday, increased solar activity was causing the atmosphere to expand and the 35-foot, bus-size satellite to free fall more quickly. But late Friday morning, NASA said the sun was no longer the major factor in the rate of descent and that the satellite’s position, shape or both had changed by the time it slipped down to a 100-mile orbit.
“In the last 24 hours, something has happened to the spacecraft,” said NASA orbital debris scientist Mark Matney.
On Friday night, NASA said it expected the satellite to come crashing down between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. EDT. It will be passing over the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans at that time, as well as Canada, Africa and Australia.
“The risk to public safety is very remote,” NASA said in a statement.
The Aerospace Corp., which tracks space debris, estimated the strike would happen sometime between about 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. EDT, which would make a huge difference in where the debris falls. Those late-night, early morning passes showed the satellite flying over parts of the United States.
But NASA stressed its predictions had almost all of the U.S. in the clear — with Washington state the lone holdout.
“Keep in mind that we have bits of debris re-entering the atmosphere every single day,” Matney said in brief remarks broadcast on NASA TV.
In any case, finders definitely aren’t keepers.
The $740 million UARS was launched in 1991 from space shuttle Discovery to study the atmosphere and the ozone layer. At the time, the rules weren’t as firm for safe satellite disposal; now a spacecraft must be built to burn up upon re-entry or have a motor to propel it into a much higher, long-term orbit.
Satellite updates: www.nasa.gov/uars
Aerospace Corp: http://reentrynews.aero.org/1991063b.html
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Well, I'm not sure how they handle it now, because it's been a long time since I did it, but there was a "technicality" (for lack of a better word) about how home page redirects to inner pages were handled for quite a while and the old home page would show in the SERPs with the content from the page it was redirected to. (Much like an old 302 hijack even for a 301 redirect.)
So, that's something to keep in mind.
Also, I'm not totally sure about redirecting an entire site to a single page in any situation, unless the site being redirected was something like 10 pages and the topic of the page being redirected to was relevant to the pages being redirected.
If I was going to redirect I'd try to go the the most relevant pages as much as possible, page-to-corresponding-page would be my first choice.
If not, second would be to redirect a section of the old domain to a corresponding index page on the new one, so for example if had a /fruits/ directory I'd try to redirect all the pages within /fruits/ to at least
If I couldn't do those and it was very many pages I'd probably do the following.
Option 3: Not redirect at all.
I might noindex, put a notice for visitors with a link to the location I would normally redirect to if I was going to redirect and 10 to 15 sec meta refresh to the new location but I'm not sure on that, just an alternate "something" I'd consider in the situation. I would definitely use it rather than redirecting something like 1000 pages to a single page on a different domain though.
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--The cutoff is $150. One in five guys say that if they spend that much on dinner, they "expect" their date to sleep with them.
--And it WORKS. One in 14 women admit that if a guy spent that much on dinner, they would feel "obliged" to have sex with him.
--In other words, if you have $2,100 to spare . . . which is enough to take 14 women out for an expensive dinner . . . you have a good chance of getting some. (???)
--Or, if you can't afford to spend that much on dinner, you can take the same girl out five times: That's how many dates the average woman says she waits before having sex for the first time. The average guy is ready after three.
--The average date costs a guy $71 . . . so five dates with a girl will cost you $355.
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Horde 32 Darkness Stirs
StartAlexstrasza the Life-Binder
EndHigh Overlord Saurfang
Level74 (Requires 71)
ReputationWarsong Offensive +500
PreviousReturn To Angrathar
NextHerald of War
Objectives Edit
Gather Saurfang's Battle Armor from the field of battle and return it to High Overlord Saurfang at Warsong Hold in Borean Tundra.
Description Edit
Darkness stirs, <name>. A tragic event has transpired that none but the Timeless One could have foreseen. Soon your people will be gripped by anger and hatred. War is on the horizon.
The red dragonflight has done all that it can. What happens next is in the hands of the mortal races of Azeroth.
Regrettably, your journey begins with anguish. A father has lost a child today. You must bear the grim news. Gather the armaments of Saurfang and return them to the elder Saurfang.
Progress Edit
<Saurfang's face contorts.>
My heart... my strength...
Completion Edit
<Saurfang looks to the heavens.>
Like Brox, my son died a hero. Do not mourn him, <name>. For an orc, there could be no better end! No greater honor! At this moment, my heart swells with pride.
I thank you for returning our battle armor. It will be placed upon his pyre at the Ancestral Grounds of Nagrand.
We must turn our full attention to more pressing matters.
Saurfang's armor is about 10 yards west of Alextrasza's left foreleg at [38.2, 18.7].
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Treat inequalities as equations, with one little difference. When you divide by a negative number, the direction of the inequality switches. That doesn’t actually come into play here, but is something to keep in mind.
The first step in this problem is to distribute that 5 over the 16 and -7p. The parentheses mean the 5 is multiplied by the 16 AND the -7p
Remember that the – sign stays with that 5 during the multiplication and that the product of two negatives is a positive. (-5 times -7p is 35p).
Combine like terms. The 11 and the -80 are like terms. Both are just numbers with no variables:
Move the -69 to the right by adding 69 to both sides.
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Afro Samurai Achievements
The Samurai Ghost5
Collect 5 mementos in "THE EMPTY SEVEN'S STORY".
1. Before heading down the lift that becomes available to use after killing all the android ninjas, the memento is in the back right corner, you should see it during the enemy encounter, but cant reach it untill the force field is droped, by killing all the enemies.
For 2-5, it will depend on which lever you pull first which will result in a stone coming out of the wall, allowing you to reach the area, there are three spots, I started with the left one, then did the middle, then the right one, so my info will come from doing it in this order.
2. (Left Wall Area) Before entering the Boss area, go to the right, and at the end of the walkway will be the memento.
3. (Middle Wall Area) On the ledge that has the Otsuru Bear, continue over the edge and drop down and the memento is right there on the ledge.
4. (Right Wall Area) The memento is located on the first ledge after jumping up the initial rock that comes out of the wall, once up on the first ledge head left to the furthest most ledge, and there will be the memento.
5. (Right Wall Area) When facing the Boss Chamber door head to the left and the memento is at the end of the path.
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James Blunt's new album is honest
London: Singer James Blunt says his new album `Moon Landing` is honest and features heartfelt songs written specifically for his own fans.
The `I`ll Be Your Man` hitmaker is releasing his fourth studio album `Moon Landing`.
Blunt believes the LP is a step away from his third album, `Some Kind of Trouble`, which he produced because it was his job to do so.
"My first album was done out of love, joy and a pleasure, and was a thrill to do. On the second one you`re riding out this wave and by the third you`re treating it like a job, perhaps. So when it came to this record I just wanted it to be honest and not written for any audience but my own," Blunt said.
The 39-year-old musician lives on the famous party island of Ibiza where he is a regular club goer and although he is constantly questioned about when he is going to make a dance album he insists he is going to stick to his trademark acoustic tracks which are inspired by romance.
"People ask me when I am going to make my Ibiza album but I don`t write those sort of songs. I write sensitive and romantic songs as we all have days of isolation, misery, sadness and insecurities," he added.
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0.067149 | <urn:uuid:eb678095-892d-4ac0-9b3d-9dd981f208eb> | en | 0.766729 | Going short (Kukkaisvoima version 15)
To celebrate 2013 here is Kukkaisvoima version 15. It adds optional short URL support, which is described here. Version 15 can be downloaded here.
For those who are interested the full source code changes of version 15 can be inspected at github.
Categories: Kukkaisvoima, English
Date: 2013-01-01 13:49:45
I think it moved (Pinkit version 3)
Added support for animated GIFs to my reddit image viewer Pinkit for Nokia N9.
Here is the full changelog:
Have fun viewing some random nsfw gifs!
p.s. bonus website: Every animated GIF on Wikipedia
Categories: N9, Pinkit, Programming, English
Date: 2012-12-12 21:40:54
This is not a pipe (jj version 2)
• Support for MUC private messages
• Status information to contact's directory
• More precise time format for output
Version 2 of jj can be downloaded from jj's home page
Categories: Jj, Jabber, English
Date: 2012-11-29 20:23:54
ANSI colors in Python
It is nice to have colors in modern Linux shell. Colors in bash scripts are quite common, but coloring Python script output is just as easy. Colors in shell are done with ANSI escape codes. Here is an example code snippet on how to get started with ANSI colors in Python.
import sys
ansi_red = '\033[91m'
ansi_yellow = '\033[93m'
ansi_end = '\033[0m'
def apply_color(msg, color):
if sys.stdout.isatty():
return "%s%s%s" % (color, msg, ansi_end)
return msg
def apply_red(msg):
return apply_color(msg, ansi_red)
def apply_yellow(msg):
return apply_color(msg, ansi_yellow)
print "%s roses and %s submarine." % (apply_red("Red"), apply_yellow("yellow"))
Function apply_color does some minor sanity checking, so that when redirecting output to file it will not insert the ANSI escape codes there.
Date: 2012-11-01 22:27:51
Short URLs
I am adding short URLs for Kukkaisvoima. Every blog entry will have an unique [1] five or six character base62 [2] encoded URL. Actually crc32 checksum does not guarantee uniqueness, but since it is calculated from the entry filename, one can always rename the entry file, if collision should happen (not very likely). I will enable it here while developing, so URLS will change to shorter ones (RSS feed spam possible).
[1] calculated with crc32 checksum
[2] base64 without + and /
Categories: Kukkaisvoima, English
Date: 2012-10-06 23:23:00
Simple text applet for Ubuntu's Unity panel
Since upgrading Debian left me with broken X, I tried to use Ubuntu for couple of days. I have to confess that Unity is a nice piece of software. On Debian I have nice setup with awesome window manager (framework!) that displays line of text on the panel. I wanted to have the same on functionality with Unity. It was not that hard.
Unity Panel
I wrote a small Python program that executes command every 37 seconds, reads that commands output and puts that on the Unity panel. Simple task. The actual output generated by the command is more complicated, since it displays my next calendar entry, near by weather from the Finnish weather service and couple of mailboxes. I am not going to describe its inner logic in detail here. But basically the Python program is the applet
Here is the Python applet.
#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import gtk
import appindicator
import subprocess
PING_FREQUENCY = 37 # seconds
class PetteriApplet:
def __init__(self):
self.ind = appindicator.Indicator("petteri",
def menu_setup(self):
self.menu = gtk.Menu()
self.quit_item = gtk.MenuItem("Quit")
self.quit_item.connect("activate", self.quit)
def main(self):
gtk.timeout_add(PING_FREQUENCY * 1000, self.check_line)
def quit(self, widget):
def check_line(self):
line = subprocess.check_output(["/home/petteri/bin/combine"])
return True
if __name__ == "__main__":
indicator = PetteriApplet()
After the Python program was finished I created ~/.config/autostart/petteri-applet.desktop file with the following content:
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=Show string in panel
The .desktop dictates that every time I start Unity the Python applet (/home/petteri/bin/petteri-applet) will be also started. Works nicely
Categories: Ubuntu, Avoin, Debian, English
Date: 2012-09-30 18:28:48
Event based Jabber/XMPP bot
Some time ago I wrote superb Jabber/XMPP client based on the ideas of even more superb IRC client ii. I named the client jj and put the source code to github. Since then me and my friends have been using jj for our Jabber MUC (multiuser chat room, something like channel in IRC). And it has been serving us nicely.
Our jj bot resolves URL titles and aggregates Twitter, Google Plus and some RSS feeds to our MUC. The process how this is done is quite easy. Jj has outfile and input FIFO for each channel it sits on. The bot functionality can be distinguished into two different tasks: 1) reacting to input and 2) cron jobs:
1. URL resolving is done by reacting to what input is coming in. There is one shell script that listens our mucs outfile with inotify. When it gets notified that something is said on the MUC it will inspect the line. If it finds URL on that line, it will call the title resolver and write the resolved title to the MUC in file.
Here is pseudo bash for it (external tools fecho and gettitle.py are used), note also that I divided the long greps to multiple lines without testing the code:
while true; do
inotifywait -e modify $outfile
line=$(tail -1 "$outfile" |\
[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-99][0-9] <$nickname>" |\
grep "^[0-9][0-9]"|\
grep -v "[0-9] -\!-" |\
grep -m 1 -i -E "https?://")
if [ ! -z "$line" ]; then
url=$(echo "$line"| grep -o -i -E "https?://.*" | cut -d" " -f1)
title=$(echo "$url" | gettitle.py)
fecho "$title" $infile
Basically this can be used for any kind of reaction tasks. For example for the classic sed like line "s/from/to".
2. Feeds (Twitter, Google Plus, RSS etc.) are done with cron jobs. Here is pseudo bash example for that (it uses external tools feedcheck and fecho):
feedlist=$(cat <<EOF
# Set IFS to newline only. See BASH(1) manpage for details on IFS.
for feed in $feedlist; do
for x in $(feedcheck $feed); do
fecho "$x" jabber.tld/mucs/conf@conference.jabber.tld/in
sleep 5
Sadly I had to write the external tools fecho, gettitle.py and feedcheck, since there we no proper ones available. Fecho is already in jj source code repository, but the other ones are not yet. For fecho source see here.
Hopefully these examples will illustrate how to make jj bots. I will try to polish the instructions later and add these to jj source code repository as examples.
Categories: Jabber, English, Jj, Avoin
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HTML5 Up and Running
Book Notes – The Investor’s Manifesto – by William J. Bernstein
Cover Art - Amazon
Chapter 1 - A Brief History of Financial Time
Chapter 2 - The Nature of the Beast
(To be completed)
Hot, Flat and Crowded – Friedman’s new book
Hot, Flat and Crowded
After the success of "The World is Flat", Friedman turns to the negative effects of the globalization; the global warming and its the chilling consequences in his new book "Hot, Flat and Crowded - Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America". He makes an argument that America needs a big problem to re-motivate itself. It was a dominant force in the industrial and information era. But as the world gets hotter -- due to greenhouse emissions by increasing spread of the technology, flatter -- due to IT and communications revolution and crowded -- due to population growth, America needs to provide leadership in providing sustainable solutions to the world.
The book gives a good insight into the global warming. Though I have been aware of the term, it was eye-opening because of the different examples and quotes. Friedman proposes many ideas, some of which are intriguing. e.g. establish a floor price of $5 per gallon on gasoline for next N years. This will motivate the alternative energy industries to accelerate their development of their technologies. (He also argues the government will get benefited (because of the tariff collected), but that point is debatable, because the oil-producing nations will immediately bump their prices up to extract the profits). He also dreams up some scenarios of energy technology companies coming up with energy dashboards to help you monitor and optimize your energy usage. There are some examples of how going green helps the US military gain an upper hand. (It seems a lot of money is spent by the military in air-conditioning! By building unconventional and greener bases, they reduce or eliminate the demand for transporting gasoline to the bases, thus saving money and the lives of people who transport the gasoline!)
Overall, I liked this book a lot. It surely increased my awareness to the global warming and taught me to look at all perspectives (including the negative externalities) of different alternatives.
Some links:
Book Notes – The Adventures of Johnny Bunko
Finished reading a new book The Adventures of Johnny Bunko by Dan Pink (whose previous book - A Whole New Mind I liked a lot).
This book is unique because it is made entirely of manga style cartoons and it has clear and simple career advice. Instead of listing down the key ideas, I will just embed a presentation by Garr which does a much better job of presenting the ideas (in the same manga style no less!)
Book Notes – The New Coffeehouse Investor
This book is all about three lifelong principles:
Book updates
Finished the following books:
Against all Enemies
Excellent read and is highly recommended...
Book Update
Haven't been updating the blog recently... Here are some books I read in the last few weeks...
• A View from the TOP (Audio Book) by Zig Ziglar. A very good audio programme about achieving significance in all aspects of life - Health, Finance, Relationships, Spirituality. This may be the first time I encountered someone being so open about his religious beliefs in a self-help program.
• Think and Grow Rich - CoverThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill - about creating a burning desire to achieve success and generating ideas.
• Digital FortressDigital Fortress by Dan Brown - I was fascinated by earlier two books by Dan Brown - Angels and Demons and The DaVinci Code and this one deals with topics that are dearer to me - Security, Encryption, NSA. But I did not find it as gripping as the first two. I was particularly turned off by the concepts (e.g. mutation strings) that the author tries to create for the story to advance, such things just turn the brain off. (That makes me think that maybe I enjoyed the first two books because I do not have any knowledge about the topics of Pope, Illuminati, Christian history)
• Deception PointDeception Point - by Dan Brown. This was even more boring about a new discovery by NASA, the politics, cover-ups, yawn...
Fair Use and Google Book Search
2. Google should have obtained permission before scanning the GBS books
Book update
Here are the books read in the past few weeks:
Blink : The Power of Thinking Without ThinkingBlink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell is about snap judgements (the author terms this as thinslicing)that we make about things, people. It gives a lot of examples where people make judgements about certain objects (e.g. whether a statue is genuine or fake) or people (whether the teacher is good or not). In many cases the judgements are amazingly correct with no scientific logic behind the judgement, but in other cases they are plain wrong. Malcolm has also written about the topic in this New Yorker article. Though the book has a lot of fascinating examples, I found much of the material common-sense and as you would guess there is no positive or negative about these judgements.
How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleHow to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is about various things that make you popular among people. As we all find out by experience, people that are most popular and/or make a lot of money are not necessarily geniuses, but they all have very good people skills. Some pieces of advice from the book: Never critisize, Praise (not flatter) people to give them importance, Make people want to do the things that you want them to do, Smile. Overall a good book with a nice conversational style (though the examples given are those of people way out in past - hey, the book was written in 1936!)
Permission Marketing : Turning Strangers Into Friends And Friends Into CustomersPermission Marketing : Turning Strangers Into Friends And Friends Into Customers by Seth Godin is about a new way of marketing where the marketer instead of interrupting the consumer, builds a long term relation with him. They offer some goodies in order to get permissions to send messages to the consumers and then they continue offering more and more baits to obtain more permissions. A very good read. Even though Seth works for Yahoo, it seems like their competitor is using his concepts in much more effective ways.
Book updates
This blog is turning into just a list of books I am reading. Anyway, here are some new books read in last month or so:
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done -- by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan (Re-read).
Working with Emotional Intelligence -- by Daniel Goleman - develops the ideas of Emotional Intelligence further and provides practical approach for implementing it. The concept of Emotional Intelligence (to me) is very obvious and I did not have much to take from this book.
Permission Marketing : Turning Strangers Into Friends And Friends Into Customers
by Seth Godin
Currently reading: Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life -- by David Allen.
Eat That Frog
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less TimeEat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
is a book about getting more things done in the (limited) time that you have. This book is written by Brian Tracy who is a self-made millionaire. The basic premise of the book is that to be more productive, you have to find out that one task that you need to do which will make a difference (and not the task that you feel like doing) and take steps to do it right away with urgency. The book has a lot of good ideas to help you find your biggest frog and eat it!
Recommended for the perpetual procrastinators (yes, that means you!)
Here is a summary of 21 ways to stop procrastinating and getting more things done faster:
1. Set the table: Decide exactly what to do. Write down goals and objectives.
2. Plan every day in advance: Think on paper. Every minute spent in planning can save 5-10 minutes in execution.
3. Apply 80/20 Rule to everything: 20% of activities account for 80% of results. Always concentrate efforts on those top 20%.
4. Consider the consequences: Most important tasks and priorities are those with most serious consequences. Focus on them.
5. Practice the ABCDE method continually: Prioritize tasks from A - most important to E - least important to make sure you always work on the most important task.
7. Obey the Law of Forced Efficiency: There is never enough time for everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important things. What are they ?
8. Prepare thoroughly before you begin: PPPPP Proper prior preparation prevents poor performance.
9. Do your homework: The more knowledgeable and skilled you become at your key tasks, the faster you start them and sooner you get them done.
10. Leverage your special talents: Determine what it is that you are very good at doing and throw your whole heart into doing those things very well.
11. Identify your key constraints: Determine the bottlenecks or choke points, internally or externally, that set the speed at which tou achieve your most important goals and focus on alleviating them.
12. Take it one oil barrel at a time: You can accomplish biggest and most complicated jo if you just complete it one step at a time.
14. Maximize your personal powers: Identify the periods of highest mental and physical energy and structure the most important and demanding tasks around those times.
15. Motivate yourself into action: Focus on the solution rather than the problem. Always be optimistic and constructive.
16. Practice creative procrastination: Since you cannot do everything, learn to deliberately put off low value tasks, so that you have enough time to do the few things that really count.
17. Do the most difficult task first: Begin each day to do the most difficult task, the one task that can make the freatest contrivution to yourself and your work, and resolve to stay at it until it is complete.
18. Slice and dice the task: Break large, complex tasks down into smaller pieces.
21. Single handle every task: Set clear priorities, start immediately on your most important task, and them work without stopping until the job is 100 percent complete. | http://amit.chakradeo.net/category/books/ | dclm-gs1-078720002 | false | false | {
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0.040187 | <urn:uuid:c5383a58-bb98-47cc-93f0-09568f567928> | en | 0.977943 | So I went to church yesterday for the first time in a long time (oops). And of course I was bombarded with the same questions again and again: “how’ve you been? So what have you been up to?” which I didn’t mind at all; legitimate questions.
So I responded and we exchanged a few words, smiles— you know usual chit chat. But then there were these other conservations. Conversations where I felt like I was just talking to myself, which I’m sure a lot of people have experienced before. You’re talking and you notice the other person’s not really paying attention to you; they lost eye contact, you catch them looking around, reacting to things going on around them. And it makes you feel bad; you don’t want to finish your sentence anymore because you realize that they’re not even listening. And then you think to yourself, why did they even bother?
I think listening is a skill that everyone needs to work on. I know at times, I suck at listening too. I wonder how many times I’ve been caught, not paying attention and losing eye contact with people; lost interest in what they were telling me. And how bad they must have felt when they realized that I wasn’t paying attention to them. That I only talked to them.. to talk. It makes me sad to think that I’ve had empty conversations with people. That I’ve asked people questions without the intent of actually wanting to know; that I didn’t actually care.
Not many people are a fan of small-talk but it can have a big impact on your relationships with others. That’s how relationships start anyway right? You introduce yourself, they introduce themselves. You ask about where they’re from, what they do, their interests, etc. nothing too exciting. But those few minutes of verbal exchange with a person have more of an impact than you think. It gives you a chance to connect with people; you give off an impression that they’ll most likely always remember. It gives people an opportunity to figure out how genuine of a person you really are because listening is an act of love. You don’t have to be great at chit chat; I mean, I know I suck at it. But you can be a good listener. You can give them your undivided attention when they’re speaking; you respond when they ask you a question and hopefully you actually mean what you say. Just focus on that person and really hear what they’re sharing with you. | http://angkim.tumblr.com/ | dclm-gs1-078730002 | false | false | {
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This is the object:
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury,… nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
It’s all one sentence. Any questions?
This is Art:
The lyrics of Grand Funk Railroad’s Paranoid
Did you ever have that feeling in your life
That someone was watching you?
You don’t have no reason that’s right
But still he’s there watching you
Someone is waiting just outside the door
To take you away
Everybody knows just what he’s there for
To take you away
vs the lyrics of Red Rider’s Lunatic Fringe
Lunatic Fringe – in the twilight’s last gleaming
This is open season, but you won’t get too far
‘Cause you got to blame someone for your own confusion
We’re all on guard this time against the Final Solution
all on guard this time
This is the reality. 44% of our wealth is due to rule of law.
World Bank study on wealth in 2005 stated:
Worldwide, the study finds, “natural capital accounts for 5 percent of total wealth, produced capital for 18 percent, and intangible capital 77 percent.” “Rich countries are largely rich because of the skills of their populations and the quality of the institutions supporting economic activity,” the study concludes. According to Hamilton’s figures, the rule of law explains 57 percent of countries’ intangible capital. Education accounts for 36 percent.”
Rule of law equates to trust.
A nation can not generate $14 trillion per year if there is general suspicion throughout society.
“Trust” seems to be the real intangible the report is talking about. We as a whole can be educated to the hilt, but if we can’t trust that our efforts will be put to constructive use, we have problems. Think habeas corpus, FISA, election fraud, threatening of the press, intimidation of speech, extension of free speech to none human entities, the equating of one voice-one vote to spending of one’s money, K Street project, etc. Think of the use of fear. If only a few are educated to the hilt or have access to the governance, we can not build capital.
Which is art, which is reality?
Due process and judicial process are not one in the same. The Constitution guarantees due process, it does not guarantee judicial process. Erik Holder 3/5/12*
Due process just means there is a process that you do. Steven Colbert 3/6/12*
Which is art, which is reality?
In response to the act perpetrated…Congress has authorized the President to use all necessary and appropriate force against those groups. Because the United States is in an armed conflict… Eric Holder 3/5/12*
We’re at war with Terror. Therefore, the President can blow up any American citizen he chooses until we win the war by defeating the idea of being afraid. Steven Colbert, 3/6/12.*
Is this art or reality?
It appears in this War on Terror, England is not the only nation learning from another regarding how to“fix” the war. We too have obviously learned from England regarding war management. We have learned how to manifest the feeling of “it’s only a piece of paper” (though not true that Bush 2 made such a statement regarding the Constitution which makes Obama et al’s position all the more surreal).
As the U.S. Supreme Court has explained, a due process requirement in Britain was not “essential to the idea of due process of law in the prosecution and punishment of crimes, but was only mentioned as an example and illustration of due process of law as it actually existed in cases in which it was customarily used.”[11]
I can see how England’s approach to war fixing is a much better solution if your goal is to conflate art and reality. There is no need to be clandestine. Did you notice the closeness of the USA and England on the trust graph?
Which will you choose? Art or Reality? Are you sure which one is which? Be careful, it’s your economic future that is at stake.
*Watch Steven’s take on this.
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0.025261 | <urn:uuid:76e02f0b-6b82-4e3e-bb4e-db641ae0a35c> | en | 0.9787 | Bill Conlin | Phils may have misread Garcia's warranty
Posted: June 11, 2007
LARRY BOWA was the Don Rickles of bench jockeys, a relentless needler.
One of his best riffs was to climb all over an opposing infielder who had launched a feeble throw. "If it hurts, don't throw it," Bowa would holler in that shrill contralto.
Friday night during the excruciating second inning of Freddy Garcia's short night's journey
onto the DL, I found myself
muttering, "If it hurts, don't throw it."
If Garcia's final half-dozen pitches were painful to watch, imagine the pain of throwing them. No wonder the guy sweats out there like a Roman Empire galley slave in a Mediterranean Sea heat wave.
Freddy opened the season on the disabled list with what was pronounced as a strained right biceps. "Strained" has become the generic description attached to all Phillies pitching injuries this season. Brett Myers suffered a "strained" right shoulder on the pitch in Miami that put him on his first DL. "Fine tuning" is org-speak for "cortisone shot."
Garcia, scheduled for an obligatory MRI today, is suffering from a "strained" right shoulder, according to the official communiqué.
I attended his first rehab start for the Clearwater Threshers on a rainy night in early April. It was the Class A club's home opener, and I wondered if Garcia would still pitch after the start was delayed 2 hours, 4 minutes. Dickie Noles was one of the club officials monitoring what was scheduled to be a 45-pitch outing. "He's eager to go," Noles said.
What followed became the road opening for the smoke-and- mirrors act Freddy introduced when he came off the DL and faced the Mets April 17. Great Oz was not smokin'. He confounded the Dunedin Blue Jays with an array of offspeed stuff. His fastball topped out in the 86-88 range, a yard-and-a-half slower than the rocket fuel he once blew as a power arm in Seattle and Chicago, and a yard slower than even the diminished heat he threw for the White Sox early last season. His fastball top was optimistically reported to the Money Pit home office as 90 mph. I was sitting behind the guy with the radar gun for that reading, a waste fastball Freddy badly overthrew high above the zone - an eyewash pitch.
His raw opposition was no match for his guile. Garcia pitched into the fourth inning and left the scoreless outing with seven strikeouts.
It is hard for a pitcher to
reinvent himself with a sore arm, but Freddy has been giving it a gallant try. He has turned himself into a righthanded Jamie Moyer, a power pitcher turned painter. The only way he would score a final, big-zeroed, free-agent contract sitting at the end of his one-and-only Phillies
season would be to succeed as a finesse pitcher. And he would need numbers decent enough to seduce some panicky GM desperate for pitching. Isn't that how Freddy scammed his old Seattle boss, Pat Gillick?
All it takes to land, say, 3 more years at $6 million per year is a record tickling .500 and an ERA lower than his cap size. Six-inning pitchers are coin of a diminished realm. Garcia proved he could pitch without great velocity during his 17-victory 2006. His numbers made him appear like a startling top-of-the-rotation coup for Gillick. Freddy Garcia for a minor league flop and a minor league prospect would rank right there with Ed Wade's theft of Kevin Millwood for Triple A catcher Johnny Estrada.
To position himself for one more contract score, however, Garcia also had to avoid surgery and/or extended DL stays. Even the most reality-challenged GMs have an alarm threshold that triggers when words like "torn rotator cuff," "frayed labrum," and "ruptured ulnar tendon"
appear in their reports.
Maybe the Phillies' crack medical staff will find that whatever has turned Freddy Garcia into a wincing nibbler is no big deal and can be rectified by rest and rehab. Maybe . . .
Whatever the outcome, however, somebody in high Phillies places has some serious explaining to do about how $10 million was spent on a pitcher who
experienced a dramatic drop in velocity the second half of 2006 without setting off a caterwaul of alarms.
First, forget the self-serving, butt-saving statements from the Phillies' front office about how there was nothing in Garcia's "entry physical" to suggest anything wrong with his arm.
Garcia's "entry physical" did not include an MRI from shoulder to finger tips. For $10 million, don't you need to know
everything about an athlete?
That was dumb and it was wrong. It was organizationally
irresponsible at every level you want to address. It was like buying a Ferrari with a loud knock in its exotic engine. You mean you wouldn't demand to know the reason before writing the check?
After all the bad contracts that have limited the Phillies' lineup mobility, wouldn't Dave Montgomery, a graduate of Penn's prestigious Wharton School,
demand to know the arm health of a top-of-the-rotation pitcher before expending $10 million for his services?
The Garcia fiasco is on Pat Gillick, who predates pitch counts, MRIs, rotator cuffs and labrums. Gillick goes back to when Tommy John was a lefthander, not a surgical procedure.
But Freddy Garcia's 21st century miseries are squarely on the current proprietor of Damaged Goods Inc. Due diligence was not done. *
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Mafatlal arrest reveals little-known tax rules on gold
Namita Devidayal, TNN Jun 12, 2009, 07.08am IST
MUMBAI: The bizarre case of Sheetal Mafatlal has opened a can of worms on how when it comes to their baubles, most people either evade the law or are blissfully ignorant about it.
For example, chartered accountants point out that not many people are aware that they are liable to pay 1% wealth tax every year on any gold and jewellery they own above Rs 15 lakh in value. Given the recent spurt in gold prices, a surprisingly large number would fall into this tax net, not just `high net worth' individuals.
"We advise our clients that they should re-value their gold and ornaments every three years,'' says K M Lakdavala, a chartered accountant. "If the total value of the gold, ornaments and jewellery they own is above Rs 15 lakh, they should definitely be paying wealth tax on it.'' The first 15 lakh of your total assets is exempt.
Another little-known fact is that the government has stipulated how much a registered jeweller can charge to value your ornaments and people should only go to a registered valuer. An accountant says she just saved her client several thousand rupees when she told her the limits on fees chargable. For instance, a jeweller can charge only 0.5% of the value of ornaments worth Rs 5 lakh, and 0.2% of the value on the next Rs 10 lakhs. On the next Rs 40 lakh worth of jewellery, the jeweller must charge 0.1% of the value, and perhaps a small premium if he or she does a home visit. However, most jewellers charge a flat 0.25-0.3% of the value, which is almost three times what they should be charging.
Says wealth manager Sujata Kabraji, "Most people have no idea where to go to value their jewellery, nor which date to use as the benchmark, given that gold prices fluctuate so much during the year. In fact, most people are not even aware that they are liable to pay 1% wealth tax on items like gold, silver, or a second house.''
For tax purposes, the definition of 'wealth' includes jewellery, bullion, furniture or utensils made of precious metals, says a tax adviser. It also includes your car, and your second house if it is lying vacant. The property you live in is not deemed liable. | http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-12/mumbai/28196441_1_wealth-tax-jeweller-gold-prices | dclm-gs1-078790002 | false | false | {
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0.032169 | <urn:uuid:e5aca36f-29f5-4690-8f19-3130fd2399f5> | en | 0.989189 | The lifestyle of NBA stars is portrayed as an easy life of money, women, clubs, cars and other luxuries. But for Dallas Mavericks guard Delonte West, being a professional basketball player isn't a walk in the park.
West suffers from bipolar disorder, which can severely alter his moods, and has also had other personal and legal issues. But through it all, he has persevered to become a fine basketball player throughout his career.
As hard as it might be to believe, West was even homeless this season.
West tried to find an apartment near or around the Dallas area, but high prices in addition to his poor legal history prevented him from finding a suitable living space.
Being without a place to live is one of the recent events on a long list of hardships, both on and off the court, in West's career.
Three years ago, he was arrested in Maryland when police found three guns in a guitar case that West had with him while riding a motorcycle. He was fortunate to escape any jail time, but it was another stumbling block in his career.
Despite all the troubles that West has endured, he has still found the strength to be an important player on several NBA teams. He's played for the Boston Celtics at two different points in his career and was an important role player during each stay. With the Cleveland Cavaliers, West was a reliable scorer and tough defender against some of the league's talented teams.
West has made over $10 million thus far as an NBA player, but lawyer representation, divorce fees and other expenses have left him with little money.
Despite making more than $14 million in a career that began in 2004, West has lost just about everything. During the NBA's labor dispute, he took a job at a Maryland furniture store.
West had to sell vehicles, jewelry and "just about everything I own, except for my house and the clothes on my back," he told the Dallas Morning News.
West has played in 29 games for the Mavericks this season and has averaged just over eight points per game. He's been a fine addition to the Mavericks and always treats his opponents and teammates with respect on the court.
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West's perseverance through all of the difficult circumstances he's had to deal with is truly admirable, and I hope he can continue to receive the treatment needed to help him cope with his bipolar disorder.
Guys like West are people you want to cheer for, because through all the trials and tribulations, they still find a way to work hard and earn their stripes.
It's a marvel that West has been able to be such a quality player through all of the off-court incidents that have tied him down.
As fans, we forget that NBA players, though many of them make a lot of money, still struggle through many of the same issues that everyday people do. | http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1084058-delonte-west-mavericks-guards-hardships-prove-nba-lifestyle-isnt-always-easy | dclm-gs1-078820002 | false | false | {
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0.030131 | <urn:uuid:1369694d-4d9f-45c0-9666-43d340767aca> | en | 0.975971 | Exactly 10 years, four MVP awards, two championships and one Decision ago, LeBron James made his NBA debut against the Sacramento Kings. It was Oct. 29, 2003, and nobody was sure how James, the most highly touted rookie anyone could remember, was going to handle the pressure.
Outwardly, James projected calm in advance of his first ever NBA game. Even at that early stage, LBJ had adopted a relaxed demeanor.
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If the 18-year-old phenom had any hidden butterflies, they had to flutter around in his gut a little longer than usual that night, thanks to the demands of television.
Per Brian Windhorst of ESPN
James' first Nike commercial, depicting the pressure of his first NBA game and filmed at Arco a month earlier, is running 'round the clock on TNT and ESPN. Talk shows and columnists are running amok. Some 45 minutes before the game, hundreds of fans press up to the court, straining to watch James warm up.
Another sellout crowd is rattling the building, but TNT's early game goes into overtime, so everyone waits. James plops his 6-8, 240-pound frame on the scorer's table and waits for the whistle to call him to the opening tip. A cameraman is a foot from him, shooting from a low angle and focusing on his face. LeBron is biting his nails.
Once the broadcast was cleared for launch, James introduced the world to a pregame ritual with which he'd forever be associated. Nail-biting time was over, and James walked to the scorer's table to chalk up.
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Notably, James didn't toss the powder as he would in later years. Maybe he was trying to fly under the radar in his first game.
His efforts at subtlety went out the window quickly enough, though, as James drilled his first field-goal attempt just a couple of minutes into the game.
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Ironically, the baseline jumper LBJ hit over the Kings' Brad Miller is precisely the kind of shot he recently phased out of his repertoire.
Long, contested twos are verboten in today's NBA.
When James broke the seal, ESPN's Sean Elliott actually sounded relieved: "That's good to see because during the preseason, he wasn't able to hit those kinds of jumpers."
Nowadays, there's almost no shot James can't hit. What a difference 10 years makes, huh?
The first-quarter deluge continued from there, featuring a spectacular finish that showed off the elite athleticism that would come to be one of LBJ's calling cards.
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And what celebration of James' NBA debut would be complete without a nod to his signature unselfishness? Even in the midst of his own hot offensive start, King James gave up an easy jam so the inimitable Ricky Davis (remember him?) could throw one down.
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It didn't take a basketball genius to know that Davis was fond of getting buckets, but it's still impressive that James gave up a sure slam in the middle of a debut that was going so well.
Windhorst recapped the incredible first quarter as follows:
Late in the period, he makes steals on three of four Kings possessions. With one, he races to the other end and throws the ball down with vigor; the right-handed soaring jam in the Cavs' new wine-color jersey is still one of the most recognizable shots of him. The other two he passes off to teammates for dunks, including one when he turns and waits for teammate Ricky Davis, bends and shovels it to him for an alley-oop. He is selfless, spontaneous and spectacular in a single moment.
James didn't attempt a shot in the second quarter, showing remarkable restraint considering how well his first period had gone.
But he came out with guns blazing in the third.
LeBron flipped in a ridiculously tough 10-foot floater, finished with a righty scoop on the break and then showed off a disgustingly smooth left-handed finger roll.
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The nonstop highlights prompted Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle to joke in his postgame column: "Hey, Nike: $90 million to rent James' feet? You guys low-balled the kid."
From there, James piled up a few more baskets, including a driving layup that cut the Kings' fourth-quarter lead to just a single point.
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Sacramento pulled away gradually, denying LBJ a victory on his first try. Despite the Cavs' 106-92 defeat, there was little doubt that LeBron was the real deal. He finished with 25 points, nine assists, six rebounds and four steals on 12-of-20 shooting.
After the game, everyone agreed that they'd witnessed something special.
Per the The Oregonian via InsideHoops.com
The 18-year-old rookie did nothing to dampen the super-charged hype surrounding him. His all-around game against the Kings should put a huge smile on the face of NBA commissioner David Stern. It's the kind of coming-out party that can eclipse the negative publicity the league has endured.
Anointed as the Association's savior after just one game? Sure, why not?
If you think about it, not much has changed since James' debut in 2003.
Sure, he's a far more polished product now, a player devoid of any discernible weakness. But in terms of the unreasonable expectations he continues to face—and exceed—James is still a lot like the rookie version of himself that shocked the world 10 years ago.
The main difference is that he has a little extra hardware these days.
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Film Analysis: “Gravity”
Film Review: “Man of Steel” ★★★ (3/5)
A man walks amongst us, lost, confused and absent minded. The misfit drifts from one day-job to another in search for his place in this world. The more he searches, the less purpose he finds in life. He thinks of himself as a freak, different, misplaced, and cursed. Each time he uses the very thing that distinguishes him from the rest, he is left with no choice but to leave and drift elsewhere. The day he finds out who he is and where he came from, he walks over to his guardian and smiles. He looks genuinely happy; he knows why he’s here.
Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel was perhaps the most anticipated movie of the year. It had all the workings of a great success. Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception) acted as “godfather” to the project, Zach Snyder (Watchmen) directed the film, and David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight, Dark City) is the man who put it all down on paper. Conceptually speaking, this is a dream team that would (and probably did) keep geeks up many nights. Having seen the film, I can honestly say, they did a great job at doing what they were trying to do, but the question is, did it need doing?
Man of Steel is a Superman film that begs to be taken seriously. Here’s a Superman film that has depth in its themes. It is filled with religious undertones and philosophical themes about the nature of human beings, but somehow it didn’t feel natural. For some reason, the very things that worked miracles for Nolan in the Dark Knight trilogy ultimately fail here.
Superman is portrayed as a Christ-like figure and that’s OK, but it did feel kind of forced on the viewer. Notice how his father says that he’ll be a God to humans. We then see Clarke Kent with a messy beard looking like Jesus. A few scenes into the movie, Superman walks into a church and even takes advice from a priest. The first thing he does after he walks out is, yup – you guessed it, sacrifice himself for the sake of human beings. It was obvious enough at that, but it went a tad too far when we see a shot of Superman floating above Earth in a crucifixion pose before going to save the day. OK, WE GET IT ALREADY! Superman is a metaphor for Jesus!
On the contrary, the motives behind Gerneral Zod’s actions are quite thought provoking. Much of what he does makes a lot of sense, and although he’s a menacing force, his incentives speak volumes about who we are as human beings. Would humans have acted any differently in his situation? Is what he’s doing all that strange to us? Think about it: he’s doing everything he can to guarantee the survival of his species. It’s a typical case of survival of the fittest. Even his method isn’t all that different from how human beings have acted in the past. He uses advanced weapons to take over a land inhabited by less advanced beings, much like what white settlers did when they massacred millions of Native Americans for their land.
The film puts our superhero in today’s world. The mise-en-scene has been handled in a way to have all the tools of filmmaking directed towards realism. The art direction is filled with a grainy effect, the music is dark and brooding, the cinematography is mostly handheld, and the acting feels true to life. While the film tries so hard to be taken seriously, it forgot to be everything a Superman film should be: fun.
Yes, Hans Zimmer’s score was thrilling and the man basically orchestrated my level of excitement at every given point, and yeah, Henry Cavill does a great job of developing the character during the first half of the film. Like I said, Man of Steel is a rich film, but then again, it’s just not Superman. The funny thing is, I now understand why Bond fans disagreed with me when I called Skyfall the greatest Bond film ever made. I stand corrected; it is a great film but a great Bond film it is not.
I found myself missing the very things the makers tried to sidestep. I miss the charm behind Christopher Reeves’s take on Superman, the humor in Gene Hackman’s portrayal of the villain, I miss the iconic John Williams musical score, and, damn it, I miss Superman flying over New York with Lois Lane by his side. Don’t get me wrong, Man of Steel falls short of greatness by venturing away from the film’s lighthearted, magical roots. Heck, at the end, they make Superman commit an act that goes against everything he stands for. Superman: The Movie remains the quintessential Superman film, and while Man of Steel is a relatively good film with great moments, it’s just not…well…Superman: The Movie.
Film Review: “The Place Beyond the Pines” ★★★★ (4.5/5)
Derek Clanfrance reunites with his Blue Valentine star Ryan Gosling for another hard hitting family drama however, The Place Beyond the Pines is much more ambitious than his previous film and wide in scope. The plot spans nearly two decades and revolves around the lives of two New York families whose paths intertwine in unfortunate circumstances. It is epic, grandiose and rich with character development, plot twists and genuine human drama that feels more authentic than most of contemporary films that claim to be based on true stories. Here’s a film that isn’t afraid to be truthful, a film that doesn’t attempt to manipulate viewers’ emotions, a film that doesn’t follow Hollywood conventions of having a flawless hero chasing an evil villain; The Place Beyond the Pines is the real deal: gritty, confident and gutsy. It explores deep themes of moral dilemmas, paternal responsibilities, systematic corruption, and internal guilt. There are no heroes or villains in this film; every character does their own thing for perfectly understandable reasons.
The trailers will have you thinking it’s a film about a motorcycle stunt man who decides to rob banks to provide for his family and a parallel storyline of cops closing in on him, but it’s far bigger than any of that. In fact, The Place Beyond the Pines is very much Shakespearean in the way the story is told. Every character has their own story told in their own time frame. The film is broken down into three stories, but it’s not one of those worn-out plot devices where we have three separate stories that tie together neatly at the end. It’s more like each story has its own arc and, as it comes to a conclusion, the story hands itself over to another tale that is more or less a continuation that could stand alone, as its own film. The three acts do feel like part of a whole because they do follow the same plotline and explore the same themes.
We have an all-star cast with Eva Mendes, Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper and Ray Liotta gracing the screen and each act has its own powerhouse performance. Ryan Gosling completely owns the first act, Bradley Cooper surprises with a heartfelt performance in the second, and newcomer Dane DeHaan delivers what could very well be his breakthrough performance in the third act. For the sake of avoiding spoilers and your viewing pleasure, I won’t go into what the second and third act are about.
The films kicks off with a beautiful long-tracking shot following Luke (Ryan Gosling) as he walks from his trailer onto a bike ultimately performing a stunt that involves driving in loops within a huge metal globe. I can only assume that this is a metaphor of his life. The loops are more or less his days, they come and go; fast in pace yet predestined. A lone rider rides the day-to-day routine uninterrupted. Shortly after, he discovers he’s a dad and we see Luke haphazardly driving his dirt bike through a cluttered forest with no clear path. The lone stunt man drives on, unaware of what lays ahead.
Clanfrance’s epic drama bares much symbolism: a lot of scenes mirror one another and we can see how they’re all connected and part of a whole. Yet, the plot unfolds much like that ride through the forest. We never know where it’ll take us next. Just as we think we think we have the remainder of the film all figured out, the film takes a surprising turn and throws you in the midst of a completely unpredictable scenario. This is a film that will likely fly under your radar, but I strongly urge you not to miss it; The Place Beyond the Pine is one of the best films to come out in the first half of 2013.
Film Review: “The Great Gatsby” ★★★★ (4/5)
Baz Luhrmann has a tendency to modernise classical stories to make them appealing to the current generation. His adaptation of Romeo & Juliet, set in modern day LA was quite controversial for the liberties it took, but it also made youngsters talk about the work of William Shakespeare and that’s something to behold.
Nevertheless, when it comes down to it, the film was absolutely horrendous. If you’re going to makeRomeo & Juliet set in modern times, then don’t make them speak Shakespearean English. In fact, the unedited dialogue was downright absurd. At several points, the characters asked one another to “draw thy sword” before raising guns. I’m sure Luhrmann did this intentionally, but to be frank, it was silly. How could characters that talk so eloquently be so stupid?
On the contrary, this mixture of the old and new worked marvelously in his remake of Moulin Rouge. Characters living in the year 1899 covered songs by Nirvana, Madonna and Fatboy Slim, but the truth is, when you enter a fantastical world where people sing their words, it’s somewhat acceptable. After all, it was a musical and anything could happen in that genre.
The Great Gatsby is a fun film with visuals to dazzle all eyes. However, it does come short of greatness due to Luhrmann’s knack for infecting classic literature with avant-gardism. It’s just plain odd to see a bunch of flappers driving by street in the 1920’s dancing to Jay-Z. The music isn’t there as a backdrop, the characters are actually listening to this music, it’s coming from within the scene. Now, I won’t deny that it looked absolutely badass on screen, but it also backfires on the film in that…well… how the fuck are you going to take the film seriously after seeing that?
You can’t and I didn’t and maybe that’s why, surprise, surprise, I enjoyed it. If you walk into this film expecting to see the depth of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel translated on screen, you’re bound to be disappointed. The Great Gatsby is fabulous and visually enchanting. Luhrmann substitutes literary depth with grandiose visuals and if you accept that before walking in, I guarantee you, you’ll enjoy his latest film.
Indeed, The Great Gatsby is a classic case of style over substance, but when the style is so eccentric, it becomes tolerable. The use of 3D is absolutely phenomenal in The Great Gatsby and the imagery is worth multiple viewings alone. However, in terms of plot, the film starts off great with a mysterious wealthy Gatsby throwing huge parties to avoid feeling lonely. The more we learn about him, the less interesting it gets and that’s due to bad pacing. Don’t let that hold you off though; you’ll have plenty of visual extravaganzas to keep your pupils dilated like a double dropping pill popper.
Film Review: “A Good Day to Die Hard” ★ (1/5)
A Good Day to Die Hard is the worst action film I’ve seen in years. John Moore, a filmmaker who hasn’t directed a single good film in a career that spans 23 years, directs the weakest of the Die Hard anthology. The fifth installment is set in Russia and even though poking at Russia hasn’t been “in” since 1985, the film does follow the series’ horrible formula. You see, as the anthology went along, the terrorized area expanded with it.
In the original classic, the threat was concentrated in a building. The second took place in an airport; New York was at risk in the third, and for the fourth film, the threat expanded nationally, putting the United States at risk. Naturally, what’s at stake this time is international in scope. I read somewhere, they’re making a sixth film; maybe rereleasing Armageddon in theaters with a different title would crack the universal extension of hazard. Anyway, the scope expands, and each sequel is worse than the one before. It doesn’t take a genius to do the math and see what they’re doing wrong.
That’s not the only problem. This is a perfect example of product placement completely ruining a picture. Mercedes-Benz is the official sponsor/distraction and they most definitely got their money’s worth, because A Good Day to Die Hard feels like an hour and a half Benz commercial; a very bad Benz commercial at that. Seriously, all the villains ride BMWs and we even get a shot of them all exploding. There’s another shot of the G-Class crushing a Porsche, and in one ridiculous scene the G-Class slams into a tank and drives it off a bridge, when it reality the car would fall apart merely touching it. Anyway, the product placement spans the whole runtime of the film and the Mercedes-Benz logo gets more screen time than Bruce Willis.
Which leads me to another issue I have. Whoever wrote the script should’ve capitalized on the fans love for John McLane. Not only does he share the action with his son, who is played by a horrible actor (I didn’t even bother looking up his name), but he also bores us with cheesy father-son talk in a film that is supposed to be anything but lovey-dovey. Finally, what we loved about John McLane in the past was seeing him all bruised up and barely in shape to save the day. Remember how cool it was in the first one when he walked barefoot on glass? Here, McLane is virtually invisible. He doesn’t get shot once while walking through showers of bullets. As a chopper tries to crash the floor he’s in, he jumps off the window and gives the pilot the finger mid-air for fuck’s sake.
Apparently, McLane has evolved into a dumb character too. I’m serious. He goes to Russia to see his son, but nevertheless keeps saying the horrible catchphrase, “I’m on vacation.” No, dude. You’re not on vacation; you booked the flight to see your son one last time before he gets sent to jail; idiot. Anyway, I kept watching the film hoping I’d at least get my money’s forth in the traditional badass “Yippe-Ki-Yay” scene, and guess what? He utters the line and a freaking Benz saves the moment. It’s a good day to retire this franchise.
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24 Apr 2013
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Shark Skin Technology
Recently, CBS covered a story of researchers investigating the pattern on shark skin, and how it is able to resist fouling organisms that are common on other long lived, large marine vertebrates such as whales and turtles. This has major implications for the boating industry, and come companies have already begun to capitalize on the unique structure of shark skin to use as coatings for boats. This isn’t necessarily news, as shark skin coating has been investigated as an anti-fouling mechanism for the NAVY for some time. The idea behind that research is that a) fouling organisms settle on ship hulls and grow, increasing drag forces of the hull in the water, b) this increased drag reduces the ships efficiency and adds considerable cost to powering the vessel, and c) the pre-existing anti-fouling methods are either cost and time prohibitive (hauling the ship out on dry dock) or extremely harmful to the environment (such as using copper or tin based bottom paints). The adverse affects of the bottom paints used were extremely harmful to the environment, leading to accumulation in the sediments of ports and bioaccumulation through the food chain. The adverse affects led to the ban of tributyl-tin , TBT, bottom paint in the US and many countries abroad. Additionally, some states are beginning to ban copper based paints as well.
In comes the shark skin, whose scales and denticles (tiny “skin teeth” ) are arranged in a diamond shaped pattern. The pattern of sharks skin is already effective at reducing drag forces. So by merely mimicking the pattern, drag should be reduced along a ships hull. Add to that the lack of spores being able to settle onto this skin pattern, and you have a bottom coating that is much more efficient for boats and more safe for the environment.
But now, researchers are interesting in a different kind of biofouling – bacteria and the medical industry. Some research, according to the CBS article, indicates that Sharklet patterned plastic had significantly reduced numbers of bacteria on it when compared against a smooth plastic sheet. This has major implications for the health industry, as some bacteria are difficult to kill, and many places like hospitals and doctor’s offices, as well as schools and public offices, are bacterial breeding grounds (although I guess technically anywhere is a bacterial breeding ground of some sort). This material may be important for use combating infections, by coating commonly touched places with the shark skin patterned material.
Interesting stuff.
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is an umbrella term describing the range of effects that can occur in an individual whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. These effects may include physical, mental, behavioral, and/or learning disabilities with possible lifelong implications. The term FASD is not intended for use as a clinical diagnosis. An individual would not receive a diagnosis of FASD. Diagnoses like FAS, partial FAS and ARND fall under the umbrella of FASD. Each year, as many as 40,000 babies are born with FASD, costing the Nation about $4 billion.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a birth defect syndrome caused by maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy. FAS is characterized by:
• growth deficiency (height or weight < 10th percentile).
• a unique cluster of minor facial anomalies (small eyes, smooth philtrum, thin upper lip).
• central nervous system damage (structural, neurological, and/or functional impairment).
• prenatal alcohol exposure.
The prevalence of FAS is estimated to be 1 to 3 per 1,000 live births. This is roughly equivalent to the prevalence of down syndrome. FAS is the leading known cause of mental retardation and developmental disabilities and is entirely preventable.
Partial FAS is a diagnostic classification for patients who present with:
• most, but not all, of the growth deficiency and/or facial features of FAS.
• prenatal alcohol exposure.
Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorders (ARND) is a diagnostic classification, coined by the Institute of Medicine in 1996, for patients who present with:
• prenatal alcohol exposure.
Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) was a term, introduced in 1978, that was used to describe abnormalities seen in individuals that were compatible with those caused by prenatal alcohol exposure, but the pattern was not sufficiently complete to render a diagnosis of FAS. FAE was rapidly adopted as a medical diagnostic term. In 1995, Aase et. al. published a paper expressing concern about the clinical validity of the term FAE. The term implied a causal association between prenatal alcohol exposure and abnormalities observed in an individual patient that could not be confirmed. With the likely exception of the full FAS facial phenotype, no other physical anomalies or cognitive/behavioral disabilities observed in an individual with prenatal alcohol exposure are necessarily specific to (caused only by) their prenatal alcohol exposure. Features such as microcephaly, neurological abnormalities, attention deficit, mental retardation, and growth deficiency frequently occur in individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure, and frequently occur in individuals with no prenatal alcohol exposure. Aase et al (1995) wrote "We propose abandoning the clinical use of the term FAE with its implications of causation, and urge simple recording of the verifiable conclusions concerning the individual patient."
The FASD 4-Digit Diagnostic Code does not use the terms ARND and FAE because, as clearly expressed by Aase et al., (1995), they imply alcohol exposure caused the neurodevelopmental disorder or effect. The 4-Digit Code avoids this problem by using diagnostic terms that report the patient was exposed to prenatal alcohol rather than reporting the patient's outcomes are alcohol effects or alcohol-related outcomes. As recommended by Aase et al., (1995) "If prenatal alcohol exposure has taken place, but FAS cannot be substantiated, the exposure still should be indicated, and any nonspecific abnormalities or problems noted." The 4-Digit Diagnostic Code uses the following two terms in lieu of ARND or FAE.
Static encephalopathy (alcohol exposed). The term "encephalopathy" refers to "any significant abnormal condition of the structure or function of brain tissues" (Anderson, 2002). The term "static" means that the abnormality in the brain is unchanging; neither progressing nor regressing. This diagnostic classification is for patients who present with:
• central nervous system damage (structural, neurological, and/or significant functional abnormalities).
• prenatal alcohol exposure.
Neurobehavioral Disorder (alcohol exposed) is a diagnostic outcome classification for patients who present with:
• central nervous system dysfunction (mild functional impairment with no evidence of structural or neurological abnormalities).
• prenatal alcohol exposure .
Outcomes such as ARND, Static Encephalopathy (alcohol exposed), and Neurobehavioral Disorder (alcohol exposed) are far more prevalent than FAS or partial FAS.
In general, the central nervous system damage/dysfunction observed in individuals with ARND or Static Encephalopathy (alcohol exposed) are frequently as severe as those observed in individuals with FAS.
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0.968184 | <urn:uuid:cdf83f6b-dfd2-4827-a464-91beb3ef03a6> | en | 0.871651 | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The three doshas and the five great elements they are composed from
A dosha (doṣa) is one of three bodily humors that make up one's constitution according to Ayurveda. These teachings are also known as the Tridosha theory.
• Vāta or Vata (gati-movement) is the impulse principle necessary to mobilize the function of the nervous system. It affects the windy humour, flatulence, gout, rheumatism, etc.[1][2]
• Pitta is the transforming principle bilious humour, or that secreted between the stomach and bowels and flowing through the liver and permeating spleen, heart, eyes, and skin; its chief quality is heat.[3] It is the energy principle which uses bile to direct digestion and hence metabolism.
• Kapha is the body fluid principle which relates to mucus, lubrication,nourishment and the carrier of nutrients.
5 types of vata dosha 5 types of pitta dosha 5 types of kapha dosha
1. Prana Vāta
2. Udana Vāta
3. Samana Vāta
4. Apana Vāta
5. Vyana Vāta
1. Pachaka Pitta - exists in the small intestine, stomach and colon as non-liquid heat, bile or digestive fire.[citation needed]
2. Ranjaka Pitta - located at the stomach, liver and spleen.[citation needed]
3. Alochaka Pitta
4. Sadhaka Pitta
5. Bhrajaka Pitta
1. Kledaka Kapha - tissues.
2. Avalambaka Kapha - located at the stomach, liver and spleen.[citation needed]
3. Tarpaka Kapha
4. Bodhaka Kapha
5. Sleshaka Kapha
Notes and references[edit]
1. ^ Monier-Williams, Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Oxford, 1899
2. ^ Vata Dosha
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0.138477 | <urn:uuid:e150897c-c526-451d-b121-40692dd23a28> | en | 0.926798 | Low-flush toilet
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A low-flow toilet is a flush toilet that uses significantly less water than a full-flush toilet. Low-flow toilets use 6 liters (1.6 gallons) or less per flush as opposed to 13.2 liters (about 3.5 gallons) as was the norm years ago. They came into use in the United States in the 1990s, citing water conservation concerns.[1][dead link] Low-flow toilets include single-flush models and dual-flush toilets, which typically use 1.6 gpf for the full flush and 1.1 gpf for a reduced flush.
In 1992 President George H. W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act. This law made 1.6 gallons per flush toilets standard. This law went into effect in Jan 1, 1994 for residential buildings and Jan 1, 1997 for commercial building where it cannot consume more than 1.6 gallons per flush.
The first generation of low-flow toilets were designed like traditional toilets. A valve would open and the water would passively flow into the bowl. The resulting water pressure was often inadequate to carry away waste. In addition to tank-type toilets that "pull" waste down, there are also now pressure-assist models, which use water pressure to effectively "push" waste.
The Mendelsohn House apartment complex in San Francisco replaced every 3.5 gallon traditional toilet in their 189 apartment units with 1.0 gallon high efficiency toilets equipped with Flushmate IV pressure vessels. This single apartment complex saved four million gallons of water per year.[2]
The US Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense program provides certification that toilets meet the goal of using less than 1.6 gallons per flush. Units that meet or exceed this standard can carry the WaterSense sticker. The EPA estimates that the average US home will save $90 per year, and $2,000 over the lifetime of the toilets.[3]
Many people[who?] disliked the low-flow toilets because they had to flush the toilets twice to achieve their desired task. Joe Knollenberg, a Congressman from Michigan tried to repeal the law but was unsuccessful. The performance of some low flow toilets has significantly improved since 1994.
In 2011, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that, while low-flow toilets are estimated to have saved the city of San Francisco 20 million gallons of water per year, the reduction in water volume has caused waste sludge to back up in the city sewer pipes. The city is attempting to solve this by adding chlorine bleach to the pipes, a proposal that has raised environmental objections.[4]
See also[edit]
1. ^ Nash, Jenny. "The Lowdown on Low-Flow Toilets" (web). Home & Garden Television. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
2. ^ "Evaluation of Water Use Reduction Achieved Through Residential Toilet Fixture Replacements". Flushmate. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
3. ^ "WaterSense An EPA Partnership Program". US EPA. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
4. ^ Ross, Andrew (February 28, 2011). "Low-flow toilets cause a stink in SF" (web). San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 10, 2012. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_flush_toilet | dclm-gs1-079160002 | false | false | {
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Oryx Douala is a football club from Douala, Cameroon, that achieved most of its success in the 1960s.It won the inaugural African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1964 beating Stade Malien on a score of 2-1 in the final, and so becoming the first club outfit from Cameroon to win the title. They have also won five league titles and the Cameroon Cup three times, most of which came in the 1960s. Douala were founded in April 1907 and play in black and yellow striped shirts. The club's 5 title wins make them the Cameroon Elite One league's fourth most successful club of all time. The club plays at 30,000 capacity Stade de la Réunification and currently they play in a lower league.
1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967
1956 (before independence), 1963, 1968, 1970
Finalist : 1969
1964 [3]
Performance in CAF competitions[edit]
1964: Champion
1966: Semi-Finals
1968: Quarter-Finals
1964 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Oryx Douala qualified for the inaugural Cup of Champions Clubs after winning the domestic league the previous season. Douala were then placed in the "Central Africa" group and after topping this group, progressed to the semi-finals, where they played Real Republicans (Ghanaian football club) of Ghana. A 2-1 victory put Douala in the final, and a 2-1 win in front of a crowd of 30,000 at Accra Stadium saw Oryx Douala crowned champions of Africa. However, the club have been unable to emulate this success since, with a semi-finals appearance two years being the closest they have come.
1. ^ Schöggl, Hans (July 20, 2010). "Cameroon - List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
2. ^ Schöggl, Hans (March 25, 2011). "Cameroon - List of Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
3. ^ Goldblatt, David (2008). The ball is round: a global history of soccer. Penguin. ISBN 1-59448-296-9. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oryx_Douala | dclm-gs1-079170002 | false | false | {
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0.375439 | <urn:uuid:61690402-6b1f-4fb7-a630-4ebcf449fc6d> | en | 0.971797 | Aasai film starring Ajith Kumar and Suvalakshmi. The story goes around Suvalakshmi, who is one of the two daughters of an orthodox family. The film starts off when Yamuna (Suvalakshmi) comes to Madras for her studies. Major Madhavan (Prakashraj) is the husband of Yamuna's elder sister, and it was love at first sight for him. Meanwhile, Yamuna falls in love with Jeeva (Ajithkumar), a handsome young man who too loves her. Then there is a scene which shows Madhavan telling his love that he has on Yamuna to his wife.
This makes her so upset that she decides to go and live with her father and Yamuna. Audience then witness the cruel face of Madhavan. He murders her, and lies to everyone that she died from heart attack. Couple of months later Yamuna's father decides to get Yamuna married to Jeeva.
Since Madhavan wants Yamuna to be his, he decides to stop the marriage between Jeeva and Yamuna, by making everyone believe that he is a murderer, a drunkyard, and a drug smuggler. Jeeva tries to tell everyone that Madhavan is a bad man, but nobody believes him until the climax where Suvalakshmi finds out all the truth. And the film ends when Madhavan is caught by his father-in-law in a bedroom and dies from an explosion.
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0.060071 | <urn:uuid:3faac507-4353-4357-b650-fe6c6d8f130f> | en | 0.980618 | Steve Jobs Succumbs to Pancreatic Cancer
As my dear friend put it, “Steve Jobs was the Thomas Edison of our generation.” This rings very true and I am sad to confirm that Steve Jobs has died.
The man behind Apple and iEVERYTHING lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. Jobs was diagnosed in 2004 and continued to crank out gadgets and technological advancements despite his condition. He stepped down as CEO earlier this year. The National Enquirer took that and ran with a story that Jobs only had 6 weeks to live. Despite the report, he continued to inspire and work until the very end. Click HERE to see his fantastic commencement speech at Stanford.
Apple confirmed the news Steve Job’s death and assured everyone that the company will continue with his spirit in mind…
He will be greatly missed. Condolences to his loved ones.
1. daniel vinaco says:
I purposely bought the book in about stive job, and I gather there every chance I bought a book in my journey to Singpura, later I had a story to my daughter Gabriella how wonderful Mr. Jobs, I keep reading his books about good presentation, and I am now a presenter highly wait at every event I attended, and I’ll be very honest to everyone and told my wife about my lies when I got insfirasion of Mr Job, we lose your jobs, we are sad but we are proud if you are a human half a God who ever live in this world, until we meet again mr Jobs, so long.
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0.135847 | <urn:uuid:cd94ddfb-c8d2-4589-8c68-0f3caf16f2c0> | en | 0.874363 | Visual Studio
Visual Studio is Microsoft’s Integrated Development Environment (IDE) used for building software for Windows and the .NET platform.
Querying TFS with TFPT.EXE and PowerShell
At Branded3 we use Team Foundation Server for source control, task managment, and various other tracking purposes. One of the benefits of this is being able to run queries with WIQL to pull off reports.
As is usually the case with me, I have set up a couple of PowerShell scripts that use TFPT.EXE from the Team Foundation Server Power Tools to make life a little simpler for myself…
Viewing Open WorkItems
Function Get-WorkItem
$query = "SELECT [System.Id], [System.Title] FROM WorkItems " +
"WHERE [System.AssignedTo] = 'Julian Kay' " +
"AND [System.State] <> 'Closed' " +
"AND [System.State] <> 'Resolved' " +
"ORDER BY [System.Id]"
tfpt query /collection:$TFSSERVER /wiql:$query /include:data
This little script gets a list of WorkItems which are not closed or resolved from TFS. I find this much faster than opening a copy of Visual Studio to find out which tasks I have assigned to me. True you could run this kind of script by using a batch file, but I like the fact I can use this in conjunction with the various Outlook scripts I use for PowerShell with simple one-liners like foreach ($workItem in Get-WorkItem) { Add-OutlookTask “$workItem” }
Getting Work Hours
Function Get-WorkItemHours
$month = (Get-Date).ToString("MMMM")
$year = (Get-Date).Year
$query = "SELECT [Completed Work] FROM WorkItems " +
"WHERE [System.AssignedTo] = 'Julian Kay' " +
"AND [Assigned Month] = '$month' " +
"AND [Assigned Year] = '$year'"
$hours = tfpt query /collection:$TFSSERVER /wiql:$query /include:data
$total = 0.0
foreach ($hour in $hours)
$total += $hour
We also have custom fields which help us keep track of the hours we’ve spent on a project, and as shown above, we can even see how many hours have been spent in a month. By running this simple script I can be sure that all my time is correctly recorded to enable us to both bill correctly, and keep track of how long things really take.
Naturally, everyone has their own requirements for scripts like this, but PowerShell gives me the flexibility to create these simple utilities with very little development work.
Writing and Running F# Scripts with Vim
1. Set up Vim to work with PowerShell
2. Grab yourself a copy of the F# Syntax file
3. Save it into your Vim plugins directory
4. Add the following lines to your vimrc file…
au BufRead,BufNewFile *.fs set filetype=fs
au BufRead,BufNewFile *.fsx set filetype=fs
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Build your own Astrolight app
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Re: don't collapse two spaces at the end of a sentence
From: Richard A. O'Keefe <ok@atlas.otago.ac.nz>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 15:12:03 +1300 (NZDT)
Message-Id: <200112180212.PAA21297@atlas.otago.ac.nz>
To: Todd_Lewis@unc.edu, html-tidy@w3.org, lee@novonyx.com
I understood the original problem to be that when Tidy rewraps raw
blocks of text, it doesn't do the two-space two step.
The problem is not that it doesn't _add_ double-spacing,
All the issues you brought up about how to determine the end of
sentences (in various languages no less) have been worked out for years
in TeX, and the code is free for the taking.
that the Unicode standard includes a method for determining sentence
boundaries. It's not claimed to be perfect, but it works pretty well
for a wide range of languages and scripts.
If it were important enough
to some coder to preserve his two spaces (or "correct" it in HTML from
other authors/sources), then he could take the appropriate part of TeX's
code and incorporate it into Tidy, therefore doubling it's size (or
there abouts -- I'm guessing).
Received on Monday, 17 December 2001 21:12:17 GMT
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Each year around 20,000 children have their futures decided by the family courts. Baby William Ward was one of them. His parents Jake and Victoria were investigated by police and social services when they were unable to explain a serious injury to their three-month-old son. It took them two years to clear their names and a further three years to win the right to speak completely openly about what happened to their family.
The Children's Trust operates a rehabilitation centre for children with acquired brain injury. The service, which won "Rehabilitation Initiative of the Year - Provider" at the Rehabilitation First Wards, is described.
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SPHealthAnalysisRule class
An abstract base class that provides a definition for a SharePoint Health Analyzer rule.
Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Health
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
[SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, ObjectModel = true)]
[SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, ObjectModel = true)]
public abstract class SPHealthAnalysisRule
A SharePoint Health Analyzer rule is a a concrete subclass that inherits from either one of two abstract classes: SPHealthAnalysisRule or SPRepairableHealthAnalysisRule. The only difference between these two classes is that while both have a Check() method to detect a problem, the SPRepairableHealthAnalysisRule class also has a Repair() method to correct the problem found by the Check method.
When you create a subclass of the SPHealthAnalysisRule class, you must override and implement the Summary, Explanation, Remedy, Category, and ErrorLevel properties as well as the Check() method. If you want the rule to run automatically under a timer job, you should override and implement the AutomaticExecutionParameters property as well. Implementation of the remaining members of the class is optional.
The following example creates a rule that checks whether the local server is joined to the server farm.
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Health;
namespace Sample.HealthRules
public sealed class LocalJoinedToFarm : SPHealthAnalysisRule
public override string Summary
get { return "The local server is not joined to a SharePoint server farm."; }
public override string Explanation
get { return "SharePoint is installed on this server, but the installation will not function until the server has been joined to a SharePoint server farm."; }
public override string Remedy
get { return "Run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard and follow the prompts to create a new farm or to join this server to an existing farm."; }
public override SPHealthCategory Category
get { return SPHealthCategory.Configuration; }
public override SPHealthCheckErrorLevel ErrorLevel
get { return SPHealthCheckErrorLevel.Error; }
public override SPHealthAnalysisRuleAutomaticExecutionParameters AutomaticExecutionParameters
SPHealthAnalysisRuleAutomaticExecutionParameters retval = new SPHealthAnalysisRuleAutomaticExecutionParameters();
retval.Schedule = SPHealthCheckSchedule.Hourly;
retval.Scope = SPHealthCheckScope.All;
retval.ServiceType = typeof(SPTimerService);
retval.RepairAutomatically = false;
return retval;
public override SPHealthCheckStatus Check()
return SPFarm.Joined ? SPHealthCheckStatus.Passed : SPHealthCheckStatus.Failed;
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Report: Next Xbox console will support Windows 8
Microsoft GM Brian Hall revealed in a verbal slip that the next generation of Xbox, which some claim has been codenamed Durango, will support Windows 8. (Xbox 360)
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bintarok + 492d ago
Very shurrre-prising report. Captain obvious has just smacked sargeant curious in the face with a brick.
under taker 34 + 492d ago
If the next xbox is a Console/PC hybrid, Nintendo and Sony will be screwed. making operating systems are not what either company dose.
Xbox 720's expansion of games would double, that is if the OS is able to boot PC games. if so then the next xbox won't necessarily need to venture in to new ideas to stay in the console race.
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kent80082007 + 492d ago
I don't want to watch porn on the same machine I play games on in the living room tv, so no thank you
under taker 34 + 492d ago
@ DeadlyFire
so what you're saying is the xbox 720 will have backwards compatibility. even still, Nintendo and Sony would be screwed in that sense too. the Wii-U won't have it and the ps4 would be expensive if had it as well.
"A PC game is never going to go away from the PC unless its in a cloud service."
I'm not saying "go away", it's not be exclusive to PCs.
"Its pretty obvious that Sony already has decided to either side with Linux or Chrome OS if this happens.
So wtf do ya need an OS on a console for really anyway? Web browsing, photo tweaking, file management, and umm.... games? "
In that sense an OS to Sony and Nintendo would be useless, as both OS's have very little to offer. whereas windows can boot all sorts of games and programs.
It's a theory of mine, not something that i stand 100 percent by, but It's Microsoft's call since it's their OS.
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Gamerpeanuts + 492d ago
kent80082007...watching porn on the console is your choice...not the xbox's...or is it =D
Dms2012 + 492d ago
I am sure that Smartglass will play a large role as an input device for a fully functioning OS. The ability to boot PC games would be sweet, but I don't see that happening. I am still confused as to why Microsoft has totally ignored a market in the hundreds of millions with Games for Windows, seems they have missed a huge opportunity in that.
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nukeitall + 492d ago
I have a feeling it will really be compatible with WinRT with the metro interface, not full Windows 8.
This means the Xbox can share a lot of the Metro style apps.
Anyhow, either way it is pretty damn awesome. I want Windows on my console, because it is so instant now.
ChronoJoe + 491d ago
Microsoft don't make money from the sale of PC games though like they do their licensed console games, so there's not much incentive for them to open up the platform to existing PC games.
Also if it did just run windows 8 in the same manner as on a desktop as you envision, all you would have would be a windows 8 machine. It wouldn't be a games console, it'd be a PC. Different market. It would be difficult to market what would essentially be a windows PC to console consumers.
The only reason I would imagine them doing that is if they wanted to boost Windows 8 installations but slack off on developing games themselves. Basically cannibalizing their games division for the sake of win 8.
I don't think that's happening of course. Just explaining why this being more like a PC could be bad.
I imagine it won't be too different to our current consoles, just running a heavily restricted version of windows 8. It'll be more about producing a universal interface across their platforms than them being functionally the same.
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SilentNegotiator + 491d ago
Just like all of the other computer/console hybrids "screwed" the other consoles.
Oh wait...
full integration is upon us..
720 will be a true cross platform console.
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DeadlyFire + 492d ago
I think you have it backwards under taker 34. Next Xbox will not be the hybrid. Windows 8 will be the hybrid. Allowed to boot Xbox games. As most are ports anyway. A PC game is never going to go away from the PC unless its in a cloud service.
JBSleek + 492d ago
Games are the primary function of these machines anymore. And making a video game centric machine in 2013-2014 seems like an unintelligent mood and they are going to be all in one media devices that so happen to play games.
I doubt Sony picks Linux or Chrome OS actually and use their own in house UI.
Dms2012 + 492d ago
Sorry, but I would not buy a cell phone that only makes calls, nor would I purchase a console that only runs games. What happened to "It only does everything"? Or is this just a convenient argument when the Xbox is involved?
DeadlyFire + 491d ago
Well I have only ever used my console for games and browsing the web. Both have been done without a central OS.
I am just saying that Microsoft has Windows sure, but others can easily grab a named OS brand to be tweaked to their console name as well if they chose to do so. Developing their own is an idea, but neither have tried to do so yet and Sony threw in Ubuntu support for PS3 almost at launch then took it away later, but ya know its possible with PS4 it wouldn't have any issue throwing it back into it. A Sony version of a Linux OS could also happen. As its all open source.
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Jake1111 + 491d ago
I lost all confidence with Microsoft when I played the first uncharted for PS3. Since then I have sold my PS3 and jumped back on Xbox. Microsoft is doing an amazing job! Keep it up! I will be purchasing the next Xbox as well as their tab and phone. I will also be buying the new VR head set if it performs well that Cameron is developing! CANT WAIT!!
the worst + 491d ago
virus and pop ups coming to the xbox 720 watch and see
user5467007 + 492d ago
What will happen when Windows release Windows 9 in the far far future...will it the nextbox just be updated to support Windows 9 or what ?
aviator189 + 492d ago
Good question, but I'm sure everything will be fully explained in due time.
ChunkyLover53 + 492d ago
Probably a simple update.
On topic though, its nice to see Microsoft will be fully supporting Windows in the next Xbox, it makes perfect sense and its something that really should have been there with the original Xbox and certainly the Xbox 360.
Colts420 + 492d ago
It works with the 360 right now :)I have Win 8.You can start games with it on your console buy games and browse all your stuff on Win 8 cant wait for the retail version to come out.
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r1sh12 + 492d ago
yeah, It does seem like MS are taking the whole entertainment in the living room quite seriously.
They have a very decent media player with a good range of apps currently,
If true getting windows onto the next xbox means you can do even more from the comfort of the Sofa/Couch.
Although if its about making the platforms identical then its probably embedded functionality.
Although it would be pretty nice to have windows added to the next Xbox
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GillHarrison + 492d ago
Game piracy is bad enough already, allowing a full OS on a console? Never going to happen again.
3GenGames + 492d ago
PS3 had Ubuntu on it years ago.
r1sh12 + 492d ago
not anymore
3GenGames + 492d ago
Doees that mean it's not possible to get it on there? No. It's still a fact it had it on it.
r1sh12 + 491d ago
Its possible to get it on a ps3, but you need a ps3 with a very old firmware.
Then you can still install it, but updating it will stop other O.S.
If you are on a newer firmware then the firmware has to be cracked and a custom firmware must be installed.
SandWitch + 492d ago
Not going to happen
egidem + 492d ago
...and you're sure of this because?
SandWitch + 492d ago
Because Win 8 will slow down X720's performance. A true PC OS is too big for a console.
It may have a similar-design OS, but not Windows 8 for sure.
joeorc + 491d ago
" A true PC OS is too big for a console. "
That's not true at all, as a matter of fact that is a myth that is not ony Busted, but busted wide open! Hell if Sony wanted it could have ran a full Desktop PC OS right on the PSVita...and it would indeed run pretty d@rn fast i might add.
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SandWitch + 491d ago
I have no doubt it could run on console very very fast, but games would suffer from that because big OS such as Windows 8 would take a lot of resources.
BitbyDeath + 491d ago
If it were to happen it'd be a hybrid not the full thing much like how Windows Mobiles are hybrids of it.
JBSleek + 492d ago
For clarification for those who don't know what he said for those who don't watch The Verge.
It will have the Windows 8 UI and basic same functionality. By no means does that means the full Windows 8 will rune on the next Xbox. It is just unifying all it's platforms under one UI so consumers can have their phone,console and PC all running the same kernel.
We can already see that basically now on the Xbox as of right now but it will natively be on the next Xbox and be the base of the system.
fjtorres + 492d ago
They are misinterpretting what he said.
All the apps he mentioned are accessible via the web so they will be accessible from the *existing* XBOX360 with the next Dashboard update.
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SpecialK + 492d ago
Makes sense.
It wont be the same as the desktop version, but the look will be the same with the tiles (happening anyway in the next 360 update) and it'll have a lot in common with the desktop version but it'll be skimmed down.
The next xbox will be past of MS's entire strategic plan. Smartphones, tablets, PCs and console all using the same basic operating system.
It means developers can make an app and it'll port easily to every platform, everything will work together flawlessly.
DivineAssault + 492d ago
Thats better than putting out new games!
ALLWRONG + 491d ago
It's better than playing Super Smas Bro's and Mario Cart on PS3.
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DivineAssault + 491d ago
ya it is!
Tsukuyomi + 492d ago
i never saw that coming ._. big surprise.
jjb1981 + 492d ago
Windows 8 is trash
Dlacy13g + 492d ago
Ok so to clear the air... the next xbox will use a base OS from Windows 8...but in now way is it going to be running the full Windows 8 OS. It will be stripped of many things that a console user won't need, etc... This all falls in line with MS's vision for a unified platform look and feel.
The big "possible" upside is development of games that could run cross platform. PC & Xbox seems like it would be far easier this go round than this generation. You make a game for Windows 8...you will be making a version for xbox 8 most likely. The real kicker would be if the code can run in either pc or xbox. Heck, Arcade games could be compatible between tablet, phone, xbox & PC.
This is all just speculation though until we know for sure just how much of Windows 8 is getting built into the next xbox.
sandman224 + 492d ago
Good I hope it's identical to a pc. Also let it be upgradeable if needed for the fuchure so we font need a new console.
rufusman91 + 492d ago
Consoles being upgradable would destroy the purpose of them existing. They are meant to be easy to use machines.
The_Infected + 492d ago
So now we will have a 100% PC in a box instead of a console. Yay =\
Why not just but a PC and put it under the TV? Same thing isn't it?
rufusman91 + 492d ago
Becuase, some people prefer consoles.
The_Infected + 492d ago
How's it a console? It's a PC with windows 8 called a console?
hellvaguy + 492d ago
"So now we will have a 100% PC in a box instead of a console. Yay =\ "
You could upgrade the nintendo 64 and that didnt crash the console market and spirel it downward into the pc market.
capcock + 492d ago
windows 8 is shit
yea and no.. the fails! But the performance is awsome!
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Dorwrath + 492d ago
Yet again people interpret what was said wrong.
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Tacklebait + 492d ago
I already have enough reasons to buy one. This would just be a bonus.
tommygunzII + 492d ago
So its going to be a cheap PC that you can't upgrade with a smaller library of games? Exciting.
hellvaguy + 492d ago
no sir, online gaming on every console is a far superior experience to the pc. consoles are much more cheat code and hack proof than the pc.
as for smaller library, i think ill be ok with the library of around 1,000+ games out currently. if i need more games after that, i'll just go outside.
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WeskerChildReborned + 492d ago
Umm i think some people were already expecting it too since the rumored name of the next system is Xbox 8.
Nes_Daze + 492d ago
Isn't Windows 8 shit? I heard it was..I sure as hell know Vista sucks and 7 is decent.
BitbyDeath + 491d ago
Makes sense, the metro look would work well with Kinect.
abhisheky35 + 491d ago
its impossible why will microsoft want to compete with itself.if they give windows 8 on xbox 720 that means it will play both pc games and xbox games but that will degrade the current pc market and will be a curse for all pc manufacturers.
Objection sustained.
Roccetarius + 491d ago
Well, Windows 8 is built from a Tablet/Phone/Xbox perspective after all.
I'll stick to Windows 7 untill they come up with something better.
Moentjers + 491d ago
Woohoo, McAfee for Xbox !
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Cajun Chicken + 401d ago
Now this is an interesting one. I'm no expert but I don't think that the level was censored, but more like; edited.
Since the purchase of Id by Bethesda, I think that Bethesda bought every IP of Id's but Wolfenstein.
Sure, Wolf 3D was in Rage...or WAS it? Personally, I only saw a low textured blue and grey wall...hmm. Plus Activision published Wolfenstein developed by Raven more or less around the time of the Id buyout and when you add the fact that Wolfenstein wasn't Id's IP in the first place it makes you wonder if they really have the right to make further 'Wolf' games since being bought by Bethesda.
Soldierone + 401d ago
I wonder if that is the case. Because reading comments on it, it was because people were offended by the Swastika's and Hitler references. So they took it out.
I was searching for days trying to find out why it was edited, and this is what I kept coming across. And after watching people want the Looney Tunes edited and toys needed black strips over a simple flag, it made sense to me.
RAGE wasn't the only game to feature it either. Doom 2 released on Xbox Live in 2010, Bethseda purchased ID in 2009. People have always hated Wallenstein for the German/Nazi references.
And if it is the case of simply not owning the rights, why didn't Bethseda take the time to get rights or perhaps put in effort to replace things? Playing the level sucked, it was literally empty.
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geth1gh + 401d ago
Yea I don't think this author has a clue about what he is talking about. There is already a wolfeinstein game on the 360 with all it's nazi glory.
So why the hell would they "censor" a 8 bit version....
GTRrocker666 + 401d ago
No..........Manhunt 2 was censored.
Bonerboy + 401d ago
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Poor poor Bert and Ernie, torn apart for evermore by self-righteous morons. Welcome to the 21st century, and the continuation of the devolution of humanity. And people wonder why I am a misanthropist...? ...because they just make it too easy.
aliengmr + 401d ago
Burt and Ernie are still shown living together. Sesame Street tends to reuse much of the stuff they filmed throughout the years.
Sure some groups got upset but they aren't the folks donating to PBS in the first place.
aliengmr + 401d ago
For some odd reason? Really?
Also, I really don't think that level was censored.
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Indus Valley Civilization
Also known as Harappan and/or Dravidian culture
belief in nature spirits/deities
having human form or characteristics
a distinct design element
the use of signs and symbols to identify a subject in art; the study of signs and symbols in art
Shiva (Siva)
3rd member of the Hindu trinity, emblematic of both destruction and procreative power, believed by some to have evolved from ancient Dravidian beliefs
adhering as closely as possible to the appearance of the natural world
Aryan Invasion
c.1500-1200 BC
literary texts of the Aryans; term applied to the 4 religious books containing the sacred knowledge for the performance of Brahmanic priestly ritual
the Ramayana and Mahabharata, Aryan-Vedic literary texts
Caste System
Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Shudra (Sudra)
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c.272-232 BC
the most famous ruler of Mauryan Empire, Ashoka, ruled from (c.BLANK-BLANK BC)
decorative top of a column
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Aryan Invasion
Some scholars argue we should play down the militarism aspect of the...
BLANK emerged as a blending of Aryan and native Indian cultures--initially known as "Aryan-vedic"
Originally a collection of oral poems and hymns. not put down to written form until around 1000 BC. The aryan-vedic texts also known as the...
In Hinduism, there is only one god with multiple...
All priests are from the BLANK caste; not all of this caste are priests, but it is a prerequisite to be a priest.
The merchant/trader class, "derived from the thighs," is known as...
Buddhism and Jainism
Social revolution took place around 600 BC against Aryan-vedic hierarchy, resulting in two new religions:
Buddhism and Jainism stress non-violence or...
Buddha, born a prince, also known as Siddhartha, was born to the family name....
Buddha's sage name of the sakya clan...
He was conceived as an elephant, born from her side, under the sacred tree...
Most Buddhist early artwork, such as Dream of Queen Maya, was commissioned by BLANK
sum and consequences of one's actions in a phase of existence; the path people must follow to break chain of human suffering, and to achieve enlightenment
Man must follow the middle path of
how many paths? kindness to all living things, purity of heart, charity , etc.
Nirvana (salvation)
extinction of karma
was Buddha considered a deity in HIS time?
Buddhism was very important to the merchant class, also known as the BLANK caste
the rulers of this empire united large political territory in India around 322-185 BC...known as the BLANK empire
Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Mauryan Empire, inspired by the imperialism of Alexander the Great, accomplished his imperial expansion of India through...
Ashoka (the Great)
The earliest and most renowned patron of Buddhism and Buddhist art in Asia; he is said to have found the many bodies of a battle field abhorrent; so he decided to roll Buddha-style.
Buddhism was the official state religion of which empire, under the rule of Ashoka.
Ashoka used Buddhism as a political tool to gain control of the merchant middle class--true or false?
Mauryan Polish
Mauryan art pieces are very shiny, as opposed to the typically grainy sandstone; this shininess is known as...
Ashoka adopted the title of BLANK or "turner of the wheel." Ashoka claimed to extend his empire peacefully throughout the world; yet, he conquered, AND THEN imposed a "non-violence" state religion--how convenient?
The BLANKS were made out to be Buddhist reforms, but were actually state-ruled mandates. (pillars of Ashoka)
Andhra Period
succeeded Mauryans--but continued the Maurayn tradition of official state patronage of Buddhism; idealized Ashoka. This period is known as the
The Buddha, the Dharma and the monks
3 jewels of Buddhism? Each chatra is symbolic of these 3 jewels.
a cosmic diagram
Stupas are actually solid--"dome" being a bit of a misnomer. True or false?
The toranas were decorated with immoral stories intended to mislead pilgrims. True or false?
The BLANK monument is one of the most well-known pieces of the Andhra period
Chaitya arch displaces what percentage of the weight of the super structure to the sides?
The Chaitya Hall plan is axial and longitudinal--true or false?
We suspect the Mithuna couple found on the Chaitya Hall to have been the donors of the project. True or false?
c.2000-1750 BC
The Robed Male Figure, or Bust of Priest-King (or Deity), is made of steatite and dates to (c.BLANK-BLANK BC)
The Great Bath
At Mohenjo-Daro, what is made of mud brick and dates to c.2300-1750 BC
Indus Valley Civilization/Harappan Culture
The "Mother Goddess" figure is made of clay and dates to c.2300-1750 BC; in what period was it created?
c.2300-1750 BC
The seals found in the Indus Valley, such as the Bull and Yogi Figure surround by Animals, date to...
(The) Mauryan (Period)
The Edict Pillar of Ashoka, made of stone, dating to c.242 BC, was created during which period?
(The) Shunga (Period)
Dream of Queen Maya, made of sandstone, dating to around the 2nd century BC, was created in which period?
Mauryan and Andhra (Periods)
Stupa I (The Great Stupa) at Sanchi, made of earth and stone, dating from the 3rd century BC through the 1st century AD, is attributed to which two periods?
1st century AD
From what century are the Andhra Period Toranas, made of stone, from Stupa I, believed to have been created?
The Chaitya Hall
What art piece, created during the Andhra Period; dating between the 1st and 2nd centuries AD; made of stone, can be found at Karli?
(The) Andhra (Period)
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0.194025 | <urn:uuid:b302bedc-dc7a-44f9-bc56-78ecaf5365fa> | en | 0.966439 | NASA Hosts STS-129 Launch Tweetup
NASA Tweetup Group Shot
Space journalist Elizabeth Howell was among the 100 attendees at the first NASA launch tweetup at the Kennedy Space Center, Nov. 16, 2009.
With a golden flash, space shuttle Atlantis punched through the first cloud hanging between the pad and her destination in Earth orbit.
"Climb that hill, baby!" shouted Gene Mikulka (@genejm29), a technical writer from New Jersey, as he watched the plume of steam spread underneath Atlantis' engines.
Surrounding Mikulka was a group of people who normally would not be allowed on the press site to watch the launch of a space shuttle. For STS-129, though, NASA decided to hold its first shuttle launch tweetup to extend its social media reach to the general public.
Given the success of the November 15-16 event, some tweetup attendees say NASA officials have told them to stand by for a new mission: to help the agency drum up good publicity and formulate a social media strategy.
It's a move the agency hungers for after several months of scathing coverage about NASA's future, particularly with respect to the Augustine commission.
Technical Details
Tweetup attendee Christopher Marron (@justmarron) said NASA's challenge is to generate coverage of other activities besides events like launches.
"It's a lot easier for someone to get excited about this (liftoff)," he said. "You don't need to know why it goes - just that it goes."
The recession is making it all the more important to NASA to justify the tax dollars it spends, so words like 'return on investment' were common phrases used by officials during the tweetup.
Attendees received an e-mail after the launch asking them to send NASA any information about media coverage of the event. How many interviews conducted, how many articles written and what was written will be included in a report sent to top brass about the metrics of this event.
Fighting Over Social Media
The genesis of this tweetup happened in the spring, when NASA realized shrinking news outlet staff meant they would have to turn to more direct means of public communication to get the message out, said NASA communications official Beth Beck (@bethbeck).
By coincidence, NASA public affairs had spent two years convincing an astronaut to tweet during a mission. "There's a culture in the astronaut office. It's their own little universe," said Beck of the time it took. "They have a lot of competing pressures, and it's important to them to be technical and to do their job right so there's no mistake on orbit. Anything that could distract them... There's a fear. What if they tweeted something when they should have been learning something about their mission? Or if they're supposed to be pushing a button on the shuttle?"
The one who agreed to do so first was Mike Massimino, who did several spacewalks during the April Hubble repair mission.
His pithy observations from orbit as @Astro_Mike quickly reached an audience of a nearly a million viewers, comparable to a medium-sized news outlet.
That's when NASA realized that tweetups that gather space geeks would be an effective way to reach hundreds of thousands of people through each Twitter users followers. The agency has held three tweetups before this one, but given the security requirements surrounding this launch, Beck said this has been the most complicated tweetup to date.
Weekly Telecons
NASA designated six employees full-time to the effort. They began by inviting 15 people with significant followings (I was one of them) and opened the rest of the approximately 100 spots through public registration.
"We've had almost weekly telecons," said Stephanie Schierholz, the public affairs official handling the day-to-day details. "We haven't calculated man-hours; we're too busy trying to get the pieces in place. That might be a post-event evaluation."
For the most part, the people attending the tweetup are ordinary space enthusiasts who have not been trained in professional investigative skills, like journalists.
Former CNN and current reporter Miles O'Brien (@milesobrien) says history shows there are NASA enthusiasts who are even more critical than most people in his profession. During the Phoenix lander mission, NASA official Veronica McGregor set up and used the first agency Twitter account and has told O'Brien she was surprised by the response she received.
"She said the minute she would put something out there that was slightly off or inaccurate, or didn't pass the sniff test, she would hear from people right away. Truthfully, it's collectively a tougher and more envaged crowd than the mainstream media."
A Personal Journey
As I took part in the activities during the tweetup - I was only able to attend launch day due to prior work obligations - it struck me that most of NASA's efforts went towards education.
The day before launch, attendees heard about shuttle launch procedures, took part in a tour of the Cape and spoke with NASA scientists and engineers about the work they do. It's a prudent move on NASA's part given these tweeters will collectively reach 150,000 people with their 140-character messages. The agency wants accurate information disseminated.
But I can't help but wonder what would happen if NASA took the same pains to show every journalist around who comes to the Cape for a mission. Imagine how much better the reports would be if mainstream journalists understood even basic facts like what a flame trench does or how a shuttle mission proceeds during the launch sequence. And for their part, NASA acknowledges not all parts of the agency are sold on social media. Contractor United Space Alliance introduced new guidelines limiting tweeting in Mission Control earlier this year.
Also, NASA public affairs wanted to post some of the shuttle astronauts' favourite tunes from orbit into iTunes; that idea died when lawyers told the agency that is considered a commercial endorsement.
"We have pockets of innovation and we have pockets of bureaucracy," said Beck. "It just depends on where you go. I try not to look at what's wrong. I try to look at what's right and celebrate."
You can view photos of the Tweetup taken by Elizabeth. As well NASA has posted pictures of the Tweetup.
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Up again in the morning bright
With nothing but road and sky in sight
And nothing to do but go...
—old hobo poem
Thursday, August 22, 2013
A Bit on Adreneline Junkies
Yesterday was an interesting day, but not necessarily in a good way.
While here in Glenwood Springs, I go out on the back deck in the mornings and drink coffee and watch the paragliders sail off Red Mountain, which is just above the house. When I broke my back last spring and was recovering here, it was a painful thing to watch, as I was in a lot of pain and very aware of what could happen to those carefree spirits riding the air currents. Nothing like pain to bring one out of denial. I cringed each time someone took off, hoping they'd have a safe flight.
Yesterday, my fears came true as a paraglider's sail folded and he bit the dust. Fortunately, he wasn't critically injured. I spent two hours watching a very dramatic rescue about 2,000 feet above me on the steep cliffs with my high-powered binoculars.
You can barely see the parasail to the lower right of the photo. What you can't see are the 2,000 foot cliffs below it. The pilot is in the bushes to the lower right of the sail. There's a deep canyon you can't see between the parasail and the scrub oak to the left. I wish I would've had a lens as powerful as my binoculars.
I was on Search and Rescue (SAR) for a time, so I'm aware of what goes into a high-angle rescue (think "ropes"), but actually watching one was quite an experience. First, a SAR guy rappelled down the sheer cliffs with a stretcher, reaching the downed pilot, who was in a very steep place not far from his sail. It looked like both guys would tumble on down the cliffs, and every once in awhile, I'd see rocks come scattering down.
The SAR guy was in a tough place, trying to get the pilot into the stretcher all alone on such a steep slope. All that was holding the pilot up was a big bush. It took the rescuer over two hours to "package" the victim. I could see the pilot moving his arms and head, and the paper later said he was in cell phone contact with the SAR group, so he wasn't critically injured. Knowing this made watching it all a bit easier (I had seen a news article on it when I took a break to make a cup of coffee—nothing like watching news as it's being made).
Imagine seeing all this from your back deck while drinking coffee—not your everyday occurrance. The rescuer slipped several times and if he hadn't been roped in, he would've fallen on down the cliffs. He even went and got the guy's parasail and at the end, rappelled on down the cliffs with it. These guys are true heroes, and I won't opine on whether or not they should be risking their lives for adreneline junkies.
After a long time and many difficult and slow movements, I watched as he threw a rope to a guy coming in from the side, then helped pull him over a small ridge. When the second rescuer got on the ridge, he slid down into the first rescuer, and they both nearly came on down. The first rescuer quickly clipped the second guy into a rope. That was pretty scary.
Kelley Cox / Post Independent
A National Guard helicopter lifts the rescue basket carrying local paraglider John Goss after an accident on Red Mountain overlooking Glenwood Springs on Wednesday morning.
Finally, a big Army chopper came in for the rescue, sending down a cable. The helicopter pilot kept that machine perfectly still as they raised the pilot into the chopper, but the poor guy spun round and round like he was on a carnival ride. That's one flight I bet he never forgets. The chopper kicked up so much dust it looked like the mountainside was coming down. (The photo to the left is from the Glenwood Post.)
I used to climb mountains, but I was never one for throwing caution to the wind, though I have had a few very close lightning strikes. I also used to enjoy watching things like aerial acrobatic skiing and such, but now, realizing how fragile we poor humans really are, I find adreneline sports difficult to watch.
I guess it's just part of getting older, but maybe it's also what allows some of us to survive. I think some people really push the envelope and maybe thereby also push human achievement, but I guess I'd rather let someone else have that glory.
1. Sometimes, when you read stories in the news, you feel that some of the stuff is made up. Your version was very believable. Hope he is doing ok. I'm too scared to do anything like that.
2. Whew! A sigh of relief knowing the pilot arrived safely on the helicopter! In my senior years, I am increasingly afraid of heights and can't even imagine leaping off a cliff with a piece of cloth overhead!
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0.018252 | <urn:uuid:c6b7a8b8-c676-4901-8be7-c42609188615> | en | 0.95679 | Innovation at Tim Cook's Apple
November 14, 2013: 7:22 AM ET
Steve Jobs was focused on innovative products. His successor is focused on process.
FORTUNE -- At a Business Insider conference Friday, ex-iPod hardware chief Tony Fadell praised Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook as an innovator.
But he wasn't talking about whizzy new products like the iPhone or iPad. Cook's expertise is in operations -- in the supply chain that produces those iPhones and iPads.
"The number of turns he did on the inventory was amazing," said Fadell, by way of example. "That's a kind of innovation."
As if to underscore that point, Bloomberg's Adam Satariano posted a long piece Wednesday about the record $10.5 billion in capital expenditures that Apple has earmarked in fiscal 2014 for things like aluminum milling machines, laser polishers and industrial robots.
"Apple deploys capital as a competitive advantage," says Asymco's Horace Dediu, who produced the attached chart comparing what Apple and Samsung each spend in a year with what the U.S. Navy spends in a dozen year to build a single aircraft carrier.
One of Dediu's commentators, writing under pseudonym Glaurung-Quena (literally, "dragon queen"), explained with admirable clarity what Tim Cook is up to:
Samsung owns big chunks of their supply chain -- if I recall correctly, they have their own fabs, they make their own screens, and probably a bunch of other parts too.
Apple doesn't own their supply chain outright -- they don't want to be in the semiconductor or screen making business, they don't want to have a camera or battery factory on their balance sheet.
But they want the control and vertical integration that Samsung enjoys. So they are signing oodles of partnership agreements and buying gobs of machine tools. Apple goes to a supplier and says, "Here is money to build a new factory building. Here, fill it with these machine tools that we own. Now what you make in this factory you will sell to us and only to us." And that company, or a branch of it, becomes Apple's indentured servant. Apple gets all the benefits and none of the liabilities of being a vertically integrated conglomerate.
And they're doing this across their entire supply chain -- from screens (sharp's IGZO tech) to those aluminum enclosures, about the only part that they aren't doing this with (yet) are the chips, and it's only a matter of time before they pay someone to build and operate fabs for them.
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Romney Staffers Destroyed Emails, Covered Digital Tracks
By Alex Seitz-Wald on November 17, 2011 at 12:35 pm
"Romney Staffers Destroyed Emails, Covered Digital Tracks"
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Asked why he purchased his hard drive for $65 just two weeks before leaving office, Romney’s chief legal counsel, Mark Nielsen, couldn’t explain, saying only that he followed the law:
“I’m confident that we complied with the letter and the spirit of the law,’’ he added. When asked why he would want to purchase his hard drive, he said, “Employees were given that option and it was my understanding that it was a longstanding practice in the governor’s office.’’
When asked about replacing the remaining computers and wiping the server clean, he said, “All I can tell you is we fully complied with the law and complied with longstanding executive branch practice. Nothing unusual was done.’’
Romney aides point out that the state archives does have 700 to 800 boxes of paper records. But as the Huffington Post’s Jason Cherkis and others have reported, the paper records are a mess. “Not every document was necessarily put in order, nor even labeled,” making it almost impossible to find the comprehensive documents on almost anything. Said one reporter who has attempted to search the boxes: “My experience is, they were pretty careful about what they left behind. You’re welcome to it. It’s a ton of shit.”
Jack Abramoff To Newt Gingrich: You’re Corrupt
Morning Briefing: November 18, 2011
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After Newzbin2 Win, MPA Takes Down Another Usenet Service
Although the ink is barely dry on the order forcing ISP BT to block the Newzbin2 Usenet indexing site, the MPA isn’t wasting its momentum. Through its UK proxy the Federation Against Copyright Theft, Hollywood has taken another Usenet indexing site offline, and for its owner the situation doesn’t look good.
Although widely condemned by anti-censorship proponents, there can be little doubt that the MPA win over UK ISP BT, which last week culminated in the latter being ordered to block Newzbin2 within 14 days, is a historic one.
No other site has ever been blocked in the UK on copyright grounds before, and based on the reasoning behind the decision, Newzbin2 won’t be the last either.
The MPA is now working away in the background to come to agreements with other UK ISPs so that they too will block Newzbin2, but the ruling is a powerful tool – do other sites really want to get beaten over the head with it?
One site that didn’t, but now has been, is UK-based NZBsRus. According to the site’s owner, on Friday his site received a cease and desist notice from FACT, the Federation Against Copyright Theft.
While FACT, the MPAA’s UK proxy, are veterans of cases against sites such as TV-Links and FileSoup, in recent times they have usually got the police in to provide the muscle. According to unconfirmed information from an anonymous source, this time pressure was applied to NZBsRus’ host, but when they failed to take the site down quickly enough FACT targeted the owner of the site instead.
NZBsRus, which provided similar services to Newzbin2, was a much-loved site and naturally its users have been asking why it can’t simply be transferred to a more friendly host to avoid FACT. The site operators, however, aren’t giving off signals which suggest that’s going to happen any time soon. And that’s hardly surprising.
It took TorrentFreak a ridiculously short amount of time to personally identify and locate the owner of NZBsRus. Unfortunately for the owner, this means that FACT knows exactly who he is too. And when the big boys know where you live, things can get messy if you don’t play ball. They knew where the original Newzbin guys lived, and no one can deny that ended pretty badly.
Despite the protestations of NZBsRus that they are “just a search engine” and that they “don’t break the law”, given their lack of anonymity and the High Court’s stance against Newzbin2, their position seems hopeless. Besides, even if NZBsRus were on solid ground and up for a fight, the battle of who can afford to fight the case in court is already lost.
One reassurance that has come from the site is that private user information “is safe” and logs of user downloads haven’t been kept. NZBsRus might come back in some shape or form, but at this stage it seems highly unlikely that any return will be business as usual.
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• Nocensorship
I am moving to China ..
• anonco
Im following you…
• PowerlessPeasant
It makes no difference, just the politicians are honest.
They let you know openly, that they think you are a worm and a slave.
As for the kids who say, “we’ll vote for someone else” they are just that, kids.
There isn’t a choice or a difference, who gets in power.
That’s why we are allowed to vote.
Because it doesn’t matter a fuck, and it’s cheap to fake a semblance of freedom.
• PiRat
You don’t vote for different people though, the average voter just votes for a different flavour of the same slime-ball.
• Orfeas Theofanis
• Jay
Alternative voting. Would work wonders in the US. But not ONE person in the media would want people to know about anything other than our electorate. Wonder why?
• Anonymous
LOL … Good One !!!
On a serious note… when will UK learn to also vote for Pirate Party in the national election. I am not expecting them to get a majority, but a few wins will clearly send some chills to other ‘sold out’ parties with representatives bribed by MAFIAA ( Oh wait..its not bribery..its called legal lobbying !!! )
• SethoftheSea
There was no pirate party box to tick at the last elections…
• Mwhahahahahahaha
So be the pirate candidate next time.
• Mwhahahahahahaha
So be the pirate candidate next time.
• Lakisha
Police blotter: Cops raid Usenet provider over porn
The raid was closely watched by other Internet and Usenet providers at the time, because of the nature of Usenet: A post by any user is automatically distributed to thousands of servers at corporations, ISPs, and universities. That means, in other words, if one Usenet provider is liable for illegal content on its servers that it doesn’t even know exists, any provider could be potentially liable as well.
& another:
Usenet provider arrested/servers raided
i dunno why people don’t research history and see that the UK is no place to be for a usenet provider/etc?
• Anonymous
all this fuss over a URL being blocked? pssh… what are those like 2-7 bucks these days? Their ruling can be circumvented completely for $2-$7 US… Why are they wasting time & money?
• Ninja
The newzbin2 ruling is broad. It basically creates the Great Britain Firewall except that it’s still BT-scale (other ISPs to follow) because it allows the MAFIAA to update the block with alternative URLs newzbin2 might set up.
The UK lost any moral grounds to complain about censorship =)
• Jimbo
this just endorses what everyone already knew. that because of the ruling issued by 1 judge, who admitted he knew nothing of the technology concerning the internet, many more sites would be targeted. Jeremy Hunt, the UK minister for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport has said that he expects ISPs to block web sites but that the government wont do so. all this has done has moved the onus for the blocking, removing the laying of blame at the door of the government, while achieving the very thing that is wanted. it has also given the ‘green light’ to the entertainment industries to go after whichever site they want. when are people going to realise that governments wont be satisfied until the internet is just a shadow of what it is now? that governments hate not being in control of everything and will use any and all means to get that control, even if it means using a roundabout route? the thing is, governments always forget that they can be voted out of office. that sooner or later, the people say ‘enough is enough. time for you to go. you are supposed to be making things better for us. you are not there just for yourselves or for big corporations’.
• Christopher Kidwell
I am thinking more that there will be an appeal in ANOTHER court and this ruling will be reversed by another judge with a little more experience in these matters.
There comes a time when a judge has to say “WHOA! I don’t understand the stuff here, I need help from a judge who DOES understand this stuff!”
• Floppy Copy
“governments always forget that they can be voted out of office”
Elected officials employed by the public majority do not care. The politicians have it set up so that one term is more than enough to walk away rich with a secure, worry free future.
• Anon
I wonder how much longer until Pirates learn to elect officials who will 1) change the rules or, gaining only a tiny minority and no more, 2) live lawfully within them or 3) just man up and take your punishments for breaking them. So simple. So satisfying.
• Anonymous
Look at the Pirate Party in various countries.
> 2) live lawfully within them
I am sorry have you actually read these laws? They are so constructed that you can not be not breaking them if you want to enjoy music, games, movies and such.
> 3) or just man up and take your punishments for breaking them.
Hmm.. this thinking is what led to the coining of the British saying “In for the penny, in for the pound”. It meants that dispropotional response to a small misdemeanor (you know, like littering or jaywalking) undermines peoples’ trust in the rule of law. Espescially when the law is very arbitary.
> So simple. So satisfying.
Sorry to burst your corporate sponsored soap buble of world view, the world isnt black and white.
• Christopher Kidwell
2 and 3 are never going to happen.
The fact is that the ‘rules’ are illegal in and of themselves, so why should we bother with them?
• RIAAtarded
Maybe you should educate yourself a little better to the facts.
1.Pirates do vote, several countries now HAVE pirate parties and they are sitting members of the legislature. Seems to me for that to happen means there is a need great enough not only have pirates viewpoint heard but enough folks share it to use as an election platform and win.
2. Live lawfully? Not sure where you are from but my country like most it is currently legal to copy things for personal use and share them with whomever you like. If you’re going to tell me you never borrowed anything I’m going to have to call you a liar. I predate the net so the library was a staple before google for school work and entertainment. Don’t even try and tell me to get out the door you never photocopied or wrote down pertinent info to add into whatever project you were working on. Yes I did credit the author in the footnotes but I sure as hell didn’t send them a cheque. I have made a girl I was smitten with a mixed tape. I have lent movies to friends I enjoyed. I do alter equipment to suit my function which may or may not be what the manufacture intended. Copyright is and should be enforced in situations when money is being made off the works. IE knock offs. To that end I agree with enforcement, last thing i want is some cheap knock off catching fire and burning my house down or something that hasn’t met my countries standards and is deemed unsafe. Laws need to be fair and balanced. Have you never seen the “scales of justice?” Your vision of the law has no balance, you’d charge a parent because they put up a utube video of their kid singing and dancing to a Lady GaGa tune for the relatives to see how cute she is. You’d charge the kid who has ripped his music to an iphone and lets face it when was the last time you saw a portable cd player? I haven’t even seen one since the 90s ffs. You’d change anyone for downloading a movie / TV show they forgot to record on their DVR/PVR/TIVO. I can’t even fathom how much I owe for all my school papers according to your model of how this crap should work.
3. Man up? You’re kidding right? We got real criminals not getting proper jail time. Over worked court systems and not enough time to bring all the real cases to justice in a timely manor. Here you are wanting to throw the guy who grabbed the latest sponge bob episode his kid missed in jail because between work, home, ballet, piano and everything else he has the kids signed up for he just forgot to record it… yeah his punishment fits… sit him right next to the car thieves, crackhead and violent criminals because that is just…..
I tell you what mate those of us who have a rational thought process know that big business is just trying to prop up their dying business model. They are trying to maximize profits through legislation which quite frankly should be appalling to everyone. You’re lying every chance you get, using underhanded tactics, blackmail and extortion to get compliance and to most of our thinking the ends doesn’t justify the means. It is hard to come across with a sound argument for change when the very actions being taken are frankly no better then what you claiming the other side is doing.
Pick your poison thief or extortionist….You guys need to get it through your thick skulls that once you accept money from me to purchase something your ownership of that product end. So if I use it as directed or rip it to PC, media player, share it to my buddies or use it as a skeet target that is entirely my prerogative and I will fight every attempt by you clowns trying to change the laws to the contrary. You watch CNN? the Arabian Spring…. protests on Wall Street that have gone global…. seems to me the common man has had just enough of being told what to do by governments and business. It isn’t just pirates speaking it it is rational minds against irrational demands.
• Anon
Living “lawfully” is a fool’s game when the laws are written by corrupt and evil men – see: Ireland under the British. No progress can be made by fools who restrict themselves to living under the law.
• Christopher Kidwell
True. Very few laws (forcible rape, murder, assault, etc.) are laws that are justified by the HARM that comes to another person from them, either monetarily or physically.
Most crimes today are the definition of ‘no victim’ crimes that should be civil offenses, at most.
• Fredrika
Seemingly confused and/or sadly unknowing of the subject you comment on, as usual, you forgot #4.
4) Continue to fileshare as mush as you like, through safe decentralised protocols that are technically impossible to stop or monitor. You are aware of the undeniable fact that such methods do exist, right?
Secondly, you seem to have forgotten the fact that the above mentioned sites Newzbin2 and NZBsRus are fully legal. So they actually do operate within the law, which you so hypercritically advocate people should do.
Am i to interpret you as that you don’t really care about the law, you just want these sites stopped, even if they are legal? You are aware of that such reasoning is text book fascism?
I have also noticed that you never respond to the comments people post as replies to you, when they explain all the fundamental facts about copyright, legislation or relevant technology, that you’ve gotten all wrong, or maybe just chose to disregard in your arguments. You are aware of that such dishonest debating constitutes trolling?
Aah, ok, i see. =)
• RIAAtarded
He doesn’t respond at all because the individuals, government and business interest behind this don’t want a debate on the issue. They want a singular tyrannical standpoint and ruling in their favour solely on what they deem to be the correct course of action never taking into account their consumers or what civil rights they may or may not be trampling. If a honest and frank discussion was held on the issue then not only would the pirates be held accountable but also the questionable practices being used by industry as well. You can’t use inflated loses, spotty detection method, implied guilt without benefit of recourse, extortion to recoup cash and then call everyone else the criminals.
Of course they don’t want these aspect pointed out plus an intelligent debate airing all the issues will require a compromise on everyone’s parts. With the fact they pull loses out of the air as it is a compromise can only be seen as profits down the drain for them so they are not willing to discuss it. Fact is the industry heavily recycles everything now as it is to maximize profits and they see no reason to adapt from the current model. Emerging technologies are seen as a threat to be eliminated not something to be adopted and all these dinosaurs are trying desperately to hold onto their monopolies by any means possible. We all know what happened to the dinosaurs though so hopefully enough sane voices will be the thing that wins out. Options will turn pirates into customers, restriction will turn customers into pirates.
• Dave Levy
The original newzbin2 injunction makes the ruling that newzbin2 ‘induces’ its premium, i.e. fee paying members to copy copyrighted material without permission. The act of copying is a crime, at least under UK law. The act of inducing is a crime, and all societal actors have a duty to act to stop the crime. The earning of income from copying by newzbin2 is proof of loss by the copyright holders. newzbin2 is not just a links site. It is not yet known if link sites are illegal under UK law. I just offer these as facts.
NZBsRus have not been injuncted and their business model not examined by a court to see if they “induce” copyright infringement, and cause loss to the copyright holders.
I’d be also be interested to see someone argue that FACT can’t bring such a case since they are not copyright holders and therefore have no interest. (I suspect that if this had any chance of success it would have been used, but its not only Judges that can be ill-informed, the barristers can also be ill-informed, as shown by the fact that the recent judgement states, “there is no evidence that (mistaken notification of infringing sites) will occur.” There’s plenty of evidence out there, it was the job of BT’s Barristers to bring it to the attention of the court.
• Rekrul
Never going to happen. Electing a politician who will change the rules is like looking for a fox that won’t eat the chickens. Sure, there are Pirate Parties in various countries, but they will never be allowed to have any real power. The giant corporations who own the majority of the politicians will see to that.
• Ninja
Despite the seemingly absence of the Govt in the censorship ruling, it should be noted that they should be moving against such blatant attack against freedom of speech. But this lack of action from the Govt is good because they can censor anything without being directly responsible.
But it doesn’t matter, the UK has completely lost any moral grounds to complain against censorship in China or any other place. Any attempt will just look like complete hypocrisy. China, on the other hand, must be smiling from ear to ear with this and the US constant attempts to trample with their very constitution. “Fast, you are learning young padwans.” – China thinks when looking at the UK/US.
• Guest
1 DOWN………………………………………………………….. THOUSANDS TO GO!
• MPA
You can run but you can’t hide kid.
• surfer
you couldn’t find a bomb in a munitions dump
• surfer
you couldn’t find a bomb in a munitions dump
• Mwhahahahahahaha
Oh Nick Clegg, I hope you sleep badly at nights.
• Anonymous
Sounds like a plan to me dude, I like the sound of that dude.
• Mdtadjuw
does anyone know any alternatives to nzbsrus.. yeah i know nzb matrix but it is not very good (does not allow all types of releases). And main point alternative is that should be free to use (i dont care about ads or etc)
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• P2p Jack
BT may block these websites, but think of this, Virgin Media is the only domestic ISP in the UK that does not use BT lines to connect to the internet, so… until they take Virgin Media to court… you can still view the websites. :)
• Dave Levy
The Newzbin2 judgement is aimed exclusively at BT Retail and BT Global Services, the other NSPs take service and bandwidth from BT Wholesale and Openreach. Your point is basically right, other service providers not reliant on BT Broadband, which is the case with some ISPs, will be able to continue to offer connection to these sites. I expect FACT to aim at what they consider the softest NSP next.
• zarathustra
Not to mention that Virgin Media run their own suite of Usenet servers for their customers – all full of lovely copywronged materiel. 20 Days retention & no SSL but it’s free, boiz. =]
• foff
There are tons of proxies that allow you to view a blocked site but each proxy has varying amounts of functionality. You can never get a letter from a free proxy because they do not know who you are or have any obligation to find out.
I tried news sites one time but found searching for stuff could be a challenge because there were hundreds of news groups and some had some good stuff and some had nothing interesting. I know it can be a good area to find DVD’s and DVD sets that are not seeded in torrents but between torrents and cyberlockers I don’t have any use for usenet. I really don’t like the idea of having to pay a few to use a search site. There used to be torrent indexes that charged and there still are but they are a scam. Why pay for links that come from tpb or just go to tpb for free.
The warez war is like the drug war. It cannot be won. If all drugs were legal and all the the people in prison that are there because of drugs were let out. I would estimate the jails would have at least 70% reduction in occupancy. We would not have a world full of addicted zombies and and deaths related to drugs would be far less than those attributed to alcohol. Governments the world over have demonized drugs to the nth degree in most cases the punishments do not fit the crimes at all.
Filesharing is the same.
Filesharing is the same. There is not one shred of evidence to prove any of the claims of lost revenue. The internet is nothing more than an electronic library and those who download are those who would have borrowed a book from the library or a tape from a friend. If anything filesharing is advertising and there are plenty of studies to prove sales increase due to filesharing. You can continue the analysis but the point is there is no crime in filesharing and it should not be demonized to the extent that it is. The dike is broken the internet is for sharing information and you cannot stop it by poking your finger if a few holes. No amount of blocking, site seizures or anything else will stop it.
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• Alyssa Blindy
Wow. This is just plain out insanity, to say the least.
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• Anonymous
• H3
The 1st mistake NzbRus made was hosting in the UK.That was the dumbest idea ever. They should have hosted their site in Russia…..
• Boltie
Maybe they weren’t afraid of being caught. They aren’t even doing anything illegal so there is nothing to be afraid of.
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• Anon
There appear to be developments which suggest that some sort of operation is in the process of strating up at and it is not hosted in the UK. There is an https address and word is that the site will also be able to accessed using the circumvention software provided by Newzbin.
It is beginning to look as if those who took Newzbin to court are in the process of opening a Pandora’s Box relating to blocking circumvention, and that the only significant effect will be unwanted damage to the cause for which blocking was instigated by the likes of BT to start with.
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Well lensed, aud-friendly docu “The Beethoven Project” follows the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, conducted by the charismatic Paavo Jarvi, as the chamber orchestra ambitiously sets out to record all nine of the master’s symphonies, capped by a four-day live performance of the entire cycle at the prestigious Bonn Beethoven Fest. Jarvi animatedly discusses the characteristics of the different symphonies as one might describe one’s children’s traits, and orchestra members enthusiastically isolate passages to explain a given tonality or tempo variation. Classical music fans will delight in ancillary, but crossover potential looks minimal.
The Kammerphilharmonie, housed in a high school whose pupils are encouraged to interact, began as a student orchestra; the small, 39-member ensemble run as partnership where all players participate as shareholders and decision-makers. Helmer Christian Berger (not to be confused with Michael Haneke’s regular d.p.) crosscuts between rehearsals and performances for illustrative passages supporting maestro Jarvi’s interpretations of Beethoven. Berger’s cutaways to, say, a violist or oboist are shot against the same dramatic white backdrop that often frames Jarvi, reflecting the importance of the instrumentalists’ input and stressing the uniquely collective nature of the enterprise. Use of architecture is striking.
The Beethoven Project
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Melissa Cassera says that if you follow these simple tips, you can actually shrink your waistline during the work week.
Audra Lowe: You know when you’re sitting to your desk, your working 40 plus hours a week and your surrounded by the bending machines, the candy temptations really easy to pack on the pounds there but wellness expert Melissa Cassera says that if you follow a few simple steps you can actually shrink a waistline during the work week. Good to have you back. Melissa Cassera: Thank you. Audra Lowe: So jus the few simple steps that’s what everyday going on is not that difficult to do right. Melissa Cassera: It’s not that difficult, I am living proof I loss 20 pounds that I gain at my first stress job by following these steps. Audra Lowe: Okay so the first thing that you say is it’s everybody told to pack your own launch because you pack healthier but this is a different kind of them. Melissa Cassera: Absolutely, so I love this. This is the Bento box from laptop launches. It comes with really cute case but then it has all these different little compartments that actually encourage you to exercise portion control and calorie count. So you can use your left over, you can use fruits and vegetables whatever you have in your refrigerator. And the biggest thing that I have was I used to get board with launch so we’ve always have to think with new things that would be healthy but also not make me you know all I got them in another vegetable today and so it comes with a little book as well with different recipes and things like that very, very easy, very easy to use. Audra Lowe: Just don’t do the Audra method which is you take the big piece of cake and put it to this Melissa Cassera: No. Let’s put these cookies. Audra Lowe: Okay the next thing you say is really making a group effort. You have to had that motivation behind you so how do you go about doing something like this. Melissa Cassera: Sure, will typically there is at least two or three other people on the office that are trying to loss weight so gather together with them and put together a program. You can use facebook, you can use twitter to you know get together and to communicate and there is actually some free things on the wellness council of America website that you can go to and print right out. There are food logs, there are exercise logs and there are all kinds of really great free materials that you can go on news and on bend together and it’s so much easier when you have a support system. Audra Lowe: And what’s easier also is when you get a work out at your desk too. A certain things that you can do when someone’s looking and the people are workout so how do we do that with this thing? Melissa Cassera: Absolutely, when you definitely you don’t want to sit there all day you want to stand out about every five minutes and do something. Audra Lowe: Okay. Melissa Cassera: So if you keep your resistant bond at your desk that’s great, if you can do some bicep curls, triceps curls all kinds of great arm exercise like exercise and I encourage everyone to wear pedometer because you won’t realize how many steps you’re not taking. Audra Lowe: That’s true. Melissa Cassera: Even going into the printer and going up the stairs and you know anything that you can do just to move around and take a lap around the office is great so much better than just sitting in the chair. Audra Lowe: Okay and then also use the one here tips is to keep your mouth busy and I’m talking about gossiping with it. You’re talking about putting different things that your desk that you can eat instead of snacking on the bad stuffs right? Melissa Cassera: Yes, often times we’re not hungry we’re just bored or we’re ready to the data end so its 3 or 3:30 you’re like you want a snack. So instead of doing that graph some sugarless come or you can drink some peppermint tea which help with digestion and if you have gum or peppermint tea whenever you have that in your mouth if you know this after you brush your teeth as well you’re not hungry because you’re not going to eat anything because the taste is like peppermint. Audra Lowe: Yeah. Melissa Cassera: So that’s my best tip is put peppermint in your mouth and you will not snack and then obviously you have to drink plenty of water that’s something you cannot live that at all. Yes, dehydration is often also mistaken for hunger so drink plenty of water throughout the day and drink your water bottle and you will be good to go. Audra Lowe: Alright, you did it your living proof. Melissa Cassera: Yes. Audra Lowe: Thank you so much Melissa and good to have you back. Melissa Cassera: Thank you. | http://videos.parentdish.com/how-to-lose-weight-at-work-262464624/ | dclm-gs1-080390002 | false | false | {
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The ad was a terrible idea, but people's reactions to it seem to be even worse. Things got so out of control they've even received death threats.
Even though they have apologized for it, they felt forced to post this other message on Facebook...
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Some people supported the Gold Course, saying that there's no way that with those prices they were trying to profit from a tragedy. A military man even said that he'd drive all the way there and play since he didn't consider there was any ill intention in the promotion.
Other people think it's completely disrespectful and they did intend to profit from a tragedy.
What do YOU think? Would you forgive them>
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0.033574 | <urn:uuid:ce8861d5-94e3-4ae6-8f3b-20fd6bd597e8> | en | 0.953534 | ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Water managers are scrambling to find a way to maintain wild populations of the Rio Grande silvery minnow after the annual fall census failed to locate any of the small fish for the first time in 20 years.
Failing to find the fish at the 20 sites between Bernalillo and Elephant Butte Reservoir doesn't mean they're all gone, and a subsequent sample last found some stragglers, said Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Jim Brooks.
But it does mean more pressure is being put on government agencies locked in a thus far fruitless search for a new way of managing the New Mexico waterway in the face of dry conditions and rising human demand. Three federal agencies are working against a March 1 deadline to update an expiring 10-year plan for managing the river under the Endangered Species Act.
Maintaining enough flow in the Rio Grande to support the fish during drought years while still providing water to cities and farmers is a big problem. A third year of drought-level flows on the river next year could send the population of the endangered species even lower.
The Albuquerque Journal reports ( the fish is at the heart of a battle that pits water users and conservationists.
The goal, said Mike Oetker of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is "to get water delivered to the people who need it, while at the same time helping to recover the species.
From a biological perspective, the bottom line is simple, said Brooks: "If you don't have water in the river, you don't have fish."
But with farms and cities diverting water from the river to meet their needs, leaving enough for the fish and the ecosystem on which it depends while at the same time meeting human needs has become an increasingly contentious issue.
"Water drives the economy," explained Estevan López, head of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission.
The Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Reclamation and the Army Corps of Engineers are working on a new management plan to keep the species alive and encourage its recovery even during periods with lower flows in the river than we see today. Critics contend that is unrealistic - that the Rio Grande's human water users need to learn to do with less, so that more water can be left for the river.
In its natural state, the Rio Grande wandered a vast floodplain through central New Mexico, flooding much of modern Albuquerque during big spring runoffs. The Rio Grande silvery minnow evolved in that environment, and during dry years it survived in backwaters left behind.
Then, when conditions were right, its numbers would explode. A female Rio Grande silvery minnow can produce 3,000 to 6,000 eggs in a single spawning season.
"These fish can go from zero to 60 pretty quick," Brooks said.
Dams, levees and water removed from the river for farms and cities have changed all that. Dams block the fish's ability to return after dry spells to places it used to live. Levees have allowed humans to build farms and cities in the floodplain, at the expense of the old backwaters where the minnow used to find refuge. And farms and cities have left less water in what remains of the river.
The fish remains only in a central New Mexico stretch of the river, and the Fish and Wildlife Service in 1994 declared the Rio Grande silvery minnow "endangered."
Conserving the ecosystem is at the heart of the struggle over how to meet the minnow's needs, in which the minnow has become a proxy for efforts to save the Rio Grande as a flowing river through central New Mexico.
Without the minnow, scientists say, predators up the food chain—larger fish and birds that depend on them—would soon be gone as well.
"That's why it's so important to keep those fish out there in the river," said Doug Tave, a biologist with the Interstate Stream Commission, "because the rest of the ecosystem depends on them."
But plugging the gap between river flows and users' needs is becoming more difficult. The federal government has plugged the gap between dry years by buying under-used water imported to the Rio Grande Basin from the headwaters of the San Juan River via the San Juan-Chama project. But Santa Fe and Albuquerque now use their San Juan-Chama water directly, and water managers acknowledge there is no longer enough extra water available.
Instead, water managers have focused on a series of measures aimed at making better use of the water remaining in the river for the benefit of the fish.
At an October meeting, a group of federal, state and local water managers settled on a list of 15 possible strategies with the potential of helping the minnow. They range from holding back a pool of water in storage to use during drought years to changing the timing of releases from New Mexico dams to meet the timing of the minnow's greatest need for water to support annual spawning.
Absent from the list is any significant new source of water to leave in the river.
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Your days of “popping in and out” of the grocery store are long over. Even a simple trip to buy a loaf of bread will likely result in a) one display being knocked down, b) two tantrums, c) three failed bargaining attempts, and d) the purchase of four boxes of animal crackers to appease the tiny little terrorist in your shopping cart. | http://www.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment/top-10-things-nobody-warns-you-about-before-becoming-a-dad_8.html | dclm-gs1-080550002 | false | false | {
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I have been married for 21 years, in California. My husband will inherit a considerable sum at the death of his parents. During the long marriage we ear-marked his inheritance as our retirement fund. Now that we are divorcing, I have no backup in retirement savings. At this time, we have no savings so I cannot get any lump sum at the divorce. Our incomes are approx the same so I cannot ask for alimony. He is still okay for retirement, but I am screwed. Can I stipulate in the divorce receiving any portion of his future inheritance?
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1. Pro
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Answered . You can if he agrees to it but inheritance is separate property and you are not legally entitled to it.
2. Pro
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Answered . This is a family law not probate issue. You have no legal right to his inheritance, it is his separate property. The income generated from when inheritance after he receives it may be an argument for support, but that should be addressed with your family law attorney.
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Answered . "Can I get part of spouse's future inheritance?" -- No. His inheritance, if and when he receives it, is his separate property. Until then it is a mere expectancy and has no value.
The terms of your judgment of dissolution will depend on the exact circumstances at time of settlement or trial. Since you have a long term marriage, the court will retain jurisdiction over spousal support, whether or not it awards it now.
In the future, if either of your circumstances change, you may be entitled to spousal support if it is not awarded initially. Retain a family law attorney in your area -- you need appropriate advice, counsel, and representation. Your question implies you do not have that now.
4. Pro
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Answered . As counsel have stated, your husband does not have the "right" to receive an inheritance, but merely the expectancy of a future potential right. This is, therefore, not an asset. Even were his parents to have died already and left him this inheritance, it would have been his separate asset, by law, unless he had hopelessly commingled it with community property.
You do have a complicated question, however, regarding spousal support. This entails a long laundry list of considerations, among which includes the marital standard of living. This could include the right to save for retirement, if that was your established habit during marriage. So it is entirely possible that your joint spending/saving habits may be relevant in Family Court, but you'd have to present it right and the facts would have to support your argument (and it would still be a hard sell, in all likelihood).
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Answered . An inheritane is generally the heirs separate property. But you stated that he is ok for retirement. If he has a separate retirment account that accumulated value during the marriage then you have a CP in that retirementn account. You also need to consider spousal support matters. I suggest that you see an attorney.
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I installed a Pumptrol FSG2J21 pressure switch on my well pump and successfully adjusted the CutIn pressure to 40 pounds and the CutOut pressure at 60 pounds. My holding tank pressure is at 38 pounds.
Here's the problem: When it reaches 60 pounds and shuts off, there is a quick decrease in pressure from 60 pounds to 56 1/2 pounds on my pressure guage. No water is running in the house and it "holds" at 56 pounds until someone uses water.
What is happening please? And how can I fix it? Thank you.
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That 4 pound loss is the water loss until the check valve shuts in the pump. Try setting the cutoff for 64-65 pounds to acheive the 60 pounds that you're looking for. C.
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Thanks for the quick response.
I'll increase the CutOff pressure a pound or two and see if there are resultant changes in the pressure that it actually holds.
One concern I have about boosting the CutOff pressure to 65 lbs is that I believe 65 lbs is the maximum upper limit for a Pumptrol FSG2J21.
Also, the pump is only a year old and this CutOff pressure drop was not happening until I replaced the Pumptrol (pressure switch).
Could the CutOff pressure drop be caused by air having infiltrated around the bladder of the pressure tank?
Sorry to be a pest, but you are dealing with a totally amateur plumber that gets paranoid when unexplained happenings occur. :)
05:53AM | 01/07/05
While cellar is probably right about the settling in relation to the check valve, I look first to the gauge with your symptoms. You probably don't have a glycerin (sp?) gauge and the needle settles or the air hasn't mixed into the water yet at the gauge.
I haven't noticed immediate pressure drops on the wells I observe as being normal and related to the check valves but could be.
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Solitary confinement even more devastating for young prisoners
Adrian Walker explored the psychological damage solitary confinement can do to adults (“Questioning isolation’s price,” Metro, Jan. 16). But it is even more devastating for kids. Massachusetts automatically tries 17-year-olds as adults, no matter how minor the charges against them. They await trial and serve sentences in adult facilities, where they are routinely placed in solitary confinement. That’s 23 hours a day without human contact for a kid who is likely already terrified.
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry opposes holding minors in solitary confinement. The risks of depression, anxiety, and psychosis facing anyone in isolation are more severe for adolescents, and they dramatically increase their risk of suicide. In 1990, the United Nations General Assembly called for an end to solitary confinement of juveniles, a practice the UN included on a list of “cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.”
Instead of segregating 17-year-olds to protect them from physical and sexual assault by adult prisoners, the Commonwealth should set the age of adult prosecution at 18, as most states do. Holding 17-year-olds accountable in the juvenile system, which is safer and has a better track record of rehabilitating youth, would save taxpayers the enormous cost of solitary confinement. It would also save young people the even greater cost of psychological harm.
Lael Chester
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TheOtherPerspective writes:
in response to FishFlats: is one to ponder...what kills more people per year, guns or drunk drivers..? so now if they ban guns,why dont they ban beer ? they both dont kill,its the idiots that get behind them that do..ok,so a background check to buy a gun..ok,now..a back ground check to buy beer..if America lets this man outlaw guns...god only knows whats next...he cant fight a armed America,but take away there guns and a few rights..kinda reminds me of Hitler in the making..seriously..think about it..and no,im not a dooms dayer either.i just know that if this guy takes away your guns..he can do anything he've nothing stopping him..and he knows it..he just found one more reason..
This man....invoke god (non-capitalized)... ban beer...Hitler...
I am sure you forgot something... maybe a boat, or your dog... or maybe trains.
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Marte Deborah Dalelv, right, who was arrested after reporting she was raped by a colleague in Dubai, was 'pardoned' by the ruler of the United Arab Emirates on Monday. Her lawyer, Mahmoud Azab Abu Gardea, left, has vowed to get her conviction for sex crimes expunged, and human rights advocates have called on the Gulf state to reform laws that punish victims of sexual assault. (ALI HAIDER / European Pressphoto Agency / July 22, 2013)
A Norwegian interior designer who said she was raped by a Sudanese colleague during a business trip to the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai earlier this year has been “pardoned” from her conviction and 16-month sentence for extramarital sex, drinking alcohol and providing false information to authorities.
The decision Monday in the name of the Emirati ruler in Dubai cleared the way for 24-year-old Marte Deborah Dalelv to return to her Nordic homeland. But it in no way reflected a change in the Islamic federation’s laws or practices that typically treat women against whom sexual violence is committed as criminals rather than victims. The 33-year-old Sudanese man, who was also convicted of extramarital sex and drinking, was also pardoned.
In a statement from the Emirates Center for Human Rights, the head of a campaign to reform the Gulf state’s archaic laws governing sex-crime prosecutions lamented that Dalelv’s conviction remains in place. The Associated Press and BBC both reported that Dalelv had to agree to drop her appeal of the conviction in exchange for getting back her passport and permission to leave the country.
“Until laws are reformed, victims of sexual violence in the UAE will continue to suffer in this way, and we will likely see more cases such as this one,” said Rori Donaghy, spokesman for the London-based rights center.
Dalelv’s case was hardly the first in which the report of a sexual attack boomeranged on the victim. A 23-year-old British woman on vacation in Dubai in January 2010 reported that she was raped in the restroom of a hotel bar by a waiter, who followed her there after watching her drink with her fiance. She, too, was charged for having premarital sex with her boyfriend during the tourist visit. No charges were brought against the waiter.
Three years ago, an 18-year-old Emirati woman who said she had been gang-raped by six men including a police officer was sentenced to a year in prison by an Abu Dhabi court.
In 2008, an Australian woman working at a resort in the Gulf state drew a yearlong sentence for sex crimes after she was reportedly drugged and gang-raped.
Human Rights Watch has called on the oil-rich UAE to reform its laws to protect rather than punish victims of sexual violence, a problem that discourages many of the foreign domestic workers in the country from reporting rapes.
Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide heralded the end of Dalelv’s ordeal but called the Gulf state’s handling of the case “unacceptable.”
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Missile drill is an exercise in politics
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- If war is the continuation of politics by other means, as Carl von Clausewitz famously said, then a modern missile drill is probably politics itself. For a nation as delicately positioned both geographically and politically as Taiwan, every missile drill calls for meticulous considerations.
Taiwan yesterday fired a surface-to-air missile in a military exercise. The U.S.-made Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) was fired northeastward from a destroyer 60 nautical miles off the eastern county of Hualien. The proximity of the missile drill to the Japanese outlying island of Yonaguni raised concerns that the exercise was a response to Japan's decision to station troops there amid increased tensions concerning the Diaoyutai islands, whose sovereignty is disputed by Taiwan, mainland China and Japan. Lin Yu-fang (林郁芳), head of the Legislative Yuan's Diplomacy and National Defense Committee, dismissed the suggestion by stressing that the Ministry of National Defense had informed both the United States and Japan before yesterday's missile test.
Given Taiwan's current relations with its neighbors, eastward is the safest way to fire a test missile.
The United Evening News quoted an unnamed Navy official as saying that a missile drill off Taiwan's west coast could be seen as an act of provocation by mainland China. Taiwan might also risk losing electronic parameters of the missile to mainland military monitors. A northward launch, on the other hand, would put the missile in the sensitive waters near the Diaoyutai islands.
Even south is not a good direction. A southward SM-2 missile launched by Taiwan in a military exercise in the past almost reached the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) of the Philippines, the official was quoted by the UEN as saying. Given Taiwan's recently uneasy relations with the Southeast Asian nation, another near miss could create unneeded tensions.
Positioned right in the middle of the waters that have become a focal point of regional sovereignty disputes, Taiwan needs more than missile accuracy to keep its military training smooth.
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bluedog51 writes:
in response to nefsigh:
Did you say the same nonsense when the IRS investigated Planned Parenthood, the NAACP and other liberal groups under the Bush Cheney Administration? I didn't think I heard you screaming for them to resign their offices.
Nef, I think there is a big difference between the past and present over-reach by the IRS. Existing tax exempt groups routinely get investigated, but the current problems were designed to hold up the applications. Being targeted just because of what you want to call your group is just wrong, period. And for what possible reason would it require the names and personal information of members?
This whole mess stinks, and i don't care what the President knew, or didn't know, because he will be gone in a couple years and then we can all criticize the next one.
What was done was wrong, period, it should be investigated and then move on to the next order of business.
I'm sure that we all have better things to do than to blame past Presidents, as I'm sure if Pres. Bush had done anything wrong, that the Progressive opponents would have been up in arms, but I remember very little being said or done on that subject. So please quit trying to bring attention to the past, in order to try to make a current problem seem less important.
You obviously didn't care for our last President. Let's just try to remember that Mr. Bush has been out of office for quite a few years now, and move on.
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The resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth is the most important event of human history. If it didn’t happen, the most influential world religion is a sham. If it did happen, “all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26).
Jesus’s death had been difficult and confusing for everyone. Having been welcomed into Jerusalem like a king, he was dead before the week was over. And when the shepherd was struck the sheep scattered (Mark 14:27). But they re-gathered in a secret hideout in Jerusalem.
On Sunday things took a weird twist. It began with Mary Magdalene insisting that she had seen Jesus alive that morning. True, Jesus’s body disappearing was admittedly strange. But still, everyone knew Jesus had really died. No one could really believe Mary’s claim, except maybe John.
Then later in the day Peter announced that he also had seen Jesus alive. This troubled Thomas. But he figured he could cut Peter some slack. After denying Jesus publicly, who could blame Peter for desperately wishing it to be true. He just needed time.
But then Cleopas burst into the house Sunday night claiming that he had walked — walked! — with Jesus to Emmaus that afternoon. What Thomas found particularly hard to believe was that Cleopas and his friend hadn’t recognized Jesus the entire time until dinner when poof he just disappeared.
Well, this excited everyone else, but Thomas only felt agitated. He desperately missed Jesus too, but he wasn’t going to let grief make him believe bizarre things. Jesus was dead.
Yet he didn’t feel like dousing everyone’s unreal hope with a wet blanket of reality. They weren’t ready to hear it anyway. Thomas decided he needed to clear his head with a walk. By himself.
So after whispering a discreet excuse to Nathaniel, he managed to slip outside without notice. After being very careful not to betray the hideout, he covered his head and started down an empty street.
The quiet was refreshing. But the walk wasn’t as helpful as he had hoped. The Jesus sightings disturbed him, especially because the witnesses were credible. He knew them. They certainly weren’t liars. They weren’t unstable. None were given to delusions. Peter, particularly, was a rock of reason.
Then a rush of memories from the past three years flowed through Thomas’s mind. He had seen so many things that would have been unbelievable if he hadn’t seen them. Most haunting right now was Lazarus.
And Jesus had seemed to know that he was going to die in Jerusalem. He had said those strange things about death and resurrection.
Suddenly Thomas realized he was arguing with himself. His agitation really wasn’t over his friends’ failure to face the facts. The facts, in fact, were now confusing. He was agitated because part of him actually believed Jesus was alive again. That’s what Jesus had meant, wasn’t it? But this frustrated the skeptic in him who took pride in being a man of common sense. A resurrection just seemed too incredible to be true.
The more he thought, the less sure he became. No one knew where Jesus’ body was. Those who claimed to have seen him were people he trusted. It would make sense of certain prophecies. Could it be?
Show me the body! his skeptic side shouted. At least Lazarus could be seen and touched in Bethany by any doubter. So if Jesus really was alive, why this “hide and seek” game? Wouldn’t he just show himself to them all?
He’d believe Jesus was alive when he saw him alive.
When Thomas returned to the house four of his friends pounced on him, “We have seen the Lord (v. 24), Thomas! It’s all true! He was just with us! Where were you?”
Thomas felt a surge of shock, unbelief. Then he felt regret for having left. Then he felt isolated. He was now the only one who hadn’t seen Jesus.
In self-pity fueled anger he blurted out with more conviction than he felt, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe” (v. 25).
Most of his friends were dismayed. But Peter just watched him, smiling slightly.
The following eight days were long and lonely for Thomas. His friends were gracious. No one debated him. It was, in fact, their calm confidence in Jesus’ resurrection that aggravated Thomas’ growing conviction that he was wrong. Outside he tried to maintain a façade of resolute intellectual skepticism, but inside he was wrestling and melting and wanting more than anything to see Jesus too.
And then it happened. Thomas was staring at the floor, sinking again under the fear that maybe Jesus had rejected him because of his stubborn unbelief. If so, he knew he deserved it. Then someone gasped. He looked up and his heart leaped into his throat! Jesus was standing across the room looking at him. “Peace be with you” (v. 26).
Thomas could hardly breathe. Jesus spoke to him, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe” (v. 27).
All objections and resistance in Thomas evaporated. And in tears of repentance, relief, and worship Thomas dropped on his knees before Jesus and exclaimed, “My Lord and my God” (v. 28).
The most wonderful thing in this story of Thomas is that Jesus came to him. But he did not come right away. Jesus let Thomas wrestle with his unbelief first. It exposed weaknesses in Thomas’s faith. It made him think hard about what he believed and why. I’m sure it made him more desperate and humble. But when the time was ripe, Jesus rescued Thomas from his skepticism.
And Jesus does the same for all of his doubting sheep. Take heart.
The Lord is risen! Yes, he really is. “Do not disbelieve, but believe.”
1 Thomas’ skepticism over Jesus’s resurrection is recorded in this text, but the chronology of events are drawn from a combination of all the gospels’ accounts of the days following the crucifixion.
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The original ADCS design was to use three Aero Fins attached to the back of the
satellite, and use them to stabilize the satellite much like a badminton birdie does. As the
satellite would tilt or turn, the fins would create a drag force in the opposite direction of
C D * *V 2 * AP ˆ
the satellite’s velocity, expressed as: FD V . This drag force acts at
the satellite’s center of pressure, found by using the equation: . Since the
center of pressure is at a different location than the center of gravity, the satellite
experiences a torque, that returns it to the desired position, expressed as:
TAERO rcp / cg FD . This was the chosen design for the satellite’s original orbit of 500km
because at this altitude, the atmospheric density is high enough that the drag force
produces the dominating force.
However, as it goes with every other mission, if you can find a launch window,
you take it. The launch window we found was for 700km, a height at which the drag
force is no longer the dominating one. Although this altitude doesn’t cause negligible
drag forces, these forces aren’t large enough to actually stabilize the satellite. We must
therefore rely on torques from gravity gradients. A gravity gradient utilizes two
connected masses, modeled as point masses. Each of these masses has its own center of
mass, as does the satellite as a whole.
Unless the satellite is oriented perfectly tangent to the earth, one of the two masses will
be slightly closer to the earth than the other. This difference may only be a meter, as
compared to the satellite’s orbit of 700km, however this small difference is enough to
create a small torque, which will cause the satellite to orient itself perpendicular to the
earth. This is precisely what we want. We need the bottom of the satellite to point
directly at the center of the earth, so by hanging a mass via a spring steel boom from the
bottom of the satellite, we get our gravity gradient.
While the idea of a gravity gradient sounded promising, we were still unsure as to
whether or not it would actually work. In our case, we will have torques from both the
gravity gradient, and the drag forces, but how big will each one be. The torque due to
drag is going to rotate the satellite in one direction, and the torque due to the gravity
gradient is going to rotate the satellite in the other, and at some unknown angle, the
satellite will reach an equilibrium. In other words, at some angle of rotation, the two
torques will be equal and opposite to each other. Since the satellite needs to meet the
pointing requirement of 30°, depending on how big the torque due to drag is, compared to
the torque due to the gravity gradient, the satellite may stabilize at an angle that doesn’t
meet specifications. Furthermore, both torques vary on the boom’s length, so not only
did we need to see if a gravity gradient would work, but for what boom lengths would it
work. I therefore had to do some approximate calculations and simulations.
To do these, I assumed that the satellite, the boom, and the tip mass were all point
masses. I found the approximate center of gravity of the satellite, and dimensions of the
tip mass in the ADCS document. I assumed that the satellite was a 10cm cube, and that
the tape measure and tip mass were symmetric about all three axes, making each center of
gravity located in the geometric center of the object. To use various lengths for the tape
measure, I used a loop in MATLAB, going from 0m to 3m, at increments of 1cm. In
each iteration of the loop, I found the entire satellite’s center of gravity from the top of
the satellite using the center of gravity equation: . Once I found the
center of gravity, I redefined the coordinate axes to a radial/tangential system with the
center of gravity as the origin. Doing this made future calculations much simpler.
Then I needed to find the center of pressure as the satellite. Since I wasn’t sure
exactly where the satellite would stabilize, I found the center of pressure as the satellite
would sweep from -45° to 45° by using another loop. Using the previously stated
equation for center of pressure, I calculated the various facing surface areas as functions
of theta. Once I had the center of pressure, I could find the torque due to drag for each of
the iterations of the loop for the sweep of the satellite. Using a coefficient drag value of
2, a circular velocity of 7504 m/s (from Larson&Wertz), an atmospheric density of
1.47x10-13 kg/m3 (from Larson&Wertz), and my previously calculated total surface area, I
found a matrix of torques due to drag.
Then I found a matrix of torques due to the gravity gradient. The equation for this
torque is: . Iz was taken directly from the ADCS
document, but since the three point masses would change the satellite’s moment of
inertia, the moments due to those point masses needed to be added to the Ix value from
the ADCS document to get a total Ix. I found these three moments using the equation
I=ML2. Taking the μ value from Hale as 3.986x1014 m3/s2, and an R of 7078km being
the radius of the earth plus the altitude of the orbit, I can then get a matrix of torques due
to the gravity gradient as the satellite would sweep from -45° to 45°.
Since we are trying to find the angle where the satellite reaches equilibrium, being
the angle where torques are equal and opposite, I summed the two matrices. Since this
new matrix is basically the difference between the two torques, the minimum value in
this matrix would be where the two torques are equal and opposite. Ideally we’d want
the minimum value to be zero, but this isn’t likely to happen b/c of the step size of the
angles that I used. Furthermore, since we want the very smallest difference between the
two torques, we actually want the minimum value of the absolute values in the difference
matrix. Once the minimum value was found, I was then able to work backwards to figure
out which angle created the equilibrium stabilization, and stored the value in a matrix.
After doing this for each increment of boom length, I was able to come up with the
following plot:
This graph gave us exactly what we were hoping we would see. Starting at a boom
length of about 1m, the satellite reaches an equilibrium of about 17°. Although the plot
shows that at small boom lengths, the satellite wouldn’t meet specifications, the model
doesn’t quite apply to these lengths anyways. Therefore, since 17° is completely within
our pointing requirement, we chose to go with a boom length of 1m.
The next big issue is the possibility of the satellite stabilizing in an inverted
position. The communications antenna is on the bottom of the satellite (the side with the
gravity gradient), while the GPS antenna is on the top of the antenna. Therefore, when
the satellite does reach equilibrium, we want it to stabilize with the communications
antenna pointing towards the Earth, as demonstrated in the following picture:
However, it is also possible for the satellite to stabilize with the communications antenna
pointing away from the Earth, as demonstrated in the following picture:
At first, this was thought to be an unstable equilibrium, similar to the unstable
equilibrium of an inverted pendulum. However, after further analysis, it was determined
that not only is this a stable equilibrium, but that the satellite is just as likely to stabilize
in the inverted position as the desired one. Slightly modifying my original code to
account for the inversion, I ran it to make sure that the code would work for the inverted
position. Not only did it work, but it also told us that the satellite’s equilibrium angles
are phase shifted by 180 degrees when it’s inverted, which was exactly what I expected.
Now that we know that the satellite could wind up inverted, we need to further
explore figuring out how to check to see if we are inverted, and if we are, how to flip
ourselves. This is where the magnetometer and torque coils come into play. Although
the complete control law has yet to be written and tested, the intention is to use the
magnetometer to see if the earth’s magnetic field is pointing in the right direction or not.
If we’re inverted, the magnetic field will seem reversed, and we’ll know we have to flip.
As for the actual flipping process, there are three main possibilities, all of which involve
the torque coils. The first is to produce enough torque so that it rotates around its side:
The other two possibilities would be to produce torques meant to either oppose the
gravity gradient’s torque, or the aerodynamic torque. If we produced enough torque so as
to basically eliminate one of these two, the other would be able to dominate, and
therefore flip the satellite. For all of the possibilities, we needed to make sure that the
torque coils could produce enough torque to actually make the flip. While the exact
amount of torque needed for each method hasn’t been determined yet, the worst case
scenario would be that we’d need to produce a torque exactly opposite and equal to either
the torque created by the gravity gradient, or the torque due to drag. Looking at the
values at the equilibrium position, we find values equal to 4.7206e-008 N and 7.2948e-
008 N for the aerodynamic and gravity gradient torques respectively. Looking at table
8.5.2 in the ADCS document, the torque coil configuration we are using can create a
maximum torque of 4.2889e-006 N in any direction. Since this torque is greater than
either of the two worst-case scenarios, we know that we can in fact flip the satellite.
Since using the torque coils uses precious power, we will now need to figure out exactly
how much torque will be needed for each possibility to work, so that we can figure out
which method the least amount of power. We also need to figure out which of these will
be the most efficient in terms of control law programming and execution. Once we
weigh all of the issues, we can determine which method to use, and therefore establish
more specific details about how we will actually flip the satellite.
Now that we knew the gravity gradient would seemingly give us our desired
stabilization, it was time to either design or redesign various components in order to get a
deployable prototype of the gravity gradient. The first component I looked at was the tip
mass. The tip mass I was provided with was a rectangular piece weighing close to 40g.
This had a number of problems. First of all, the fact that the rectangular piece has
corners means that it is more likely to catch on the housing or satellite back panel, which
would therefore mean we’d also need to create some form of spring loaded release
system. Secondly, we want to maximize our tip mass weight, and although we certainly
have limits to how heavy it can be because of the mass budget, we should still go heavier.
Finally, we’d be storing this mass inside of a coiled length of tape measure, so it would
be an inefficient use of space to put a square inside of a circle. I therefore made the
obvious choice, being to redesign the tip mass so that it’s a cylinder with a thickness
equal to the width of the tape measure. From the ADCS document, I found that the outer
diameter of the tape measure in its coiled stored position would be .0254m. Knowing
that the thickness of the tape measure is .0001m, and that we’d need a total length of 1m,
I was able to integrate to find the inner diameter of this coil to be .0226m. This would be
the maximum possible diameter of our tip mass. To allow for a little leeway, and for
convenience, I decided to slightly reduce the diameter to .875in. In order to actually
machine this piece, you must first cut down the metal until it is close to .875in on each
side. Then, use a center drill to put a small hole in the center of the piece. Since the
piece is so thin, you can’t actually put it in the chuck of a lathe. Instead, you can place
the piece against the chuck of a lathe, and using the centering tool, apply as much
pressure to the piece as possible. Once you have locked the centering tool in place, if you
turn on the lathe, the piece will spin as though it were in the chuck itself, and then it’s just
a matter of turning it down until it’s a circle with a diameter of .875in.
Once the tip mass was machined, there was the issue of how we’d actually attach
it to the tape measure. After looking at a few ideas, I finally settled on a combination of
my two favorite possibilities. We could insert the tape measure into very thin slice cut in
the tip mass, and then secure it by putting a screw through the top, and then through the
tape measure. . In order to make the thin slice, I actually needed to go
to ADFF, because the smallest slice that can be made in Emerson is about 1/16in, which
is much wider than the tape measure, whereas ADFF could make a slice using a saw with
a thickness of .012in. This slice would go all the way to the middle of the tip mass, and
would go through the entire thickness to accommodate for the insertion of the tape
measure. The screw hole, however, was doable by me in Emerson. First, I needed to
mill a small .25in flat on top of the tip mass, and about half way to the center. Once the
flat has been milled, it’s just a matter of picking any screw size you wish, looking at the
chart to see which drill bits and taps you’ll need to use, and then drilling and threading
the hole. This hole should go deeper than the slice, but the exact depth doesn’t really
matter as long as there’s enough clearance to get the screw all the way through the tape
measure. When threading the hole, remember to account for that fact that the bottom of
the hole will be a cone, and not a flat surface, so you will need to make sure that you go
deep enough to account for this loss in length . The weight of my fully
machined tip mass is about 76g.
After testing this attachment method, I found a fairly large problem. When we
fold the tape measure so that it tightly wraps around the tip mass, we cause the tape
measure to make a very abrupt right angle where it comes out of the slit. This actually
causes the tape measure to permanently deform. Upon further testing, I found that the
tape measure had a very big problem with this particular bend. It only took 3 complete
cycles (bending the tape measure completely one way, and then completely the other) for
it to break along the entire width, and only 2.5 cycles for it to start to tear. This basically
means that we have to either redesign the tip mass, or change the way we attach the tape
measure to the tip mass. For the first choice, we would basically machine a little curve
into the edge of the slit to make for a less abrupt fold . The other choice is
to just entirely ignore the slit, wrap the tape measure around the tip mass once, screw it
into place, and then finish wrapping it around. The first method seems like it might be
more secure, but the second is much easier to do. Both of these, as well as possible other
methods should be further explored.
Another big change to the gravity gradient design was its housing. All I was
given were aero-fin housings, all of which have holes for three coiled tape measures.
However the gravity gradient only needs one hole. I therefore needed to redesign the
housing, using the same outer dimensions as before, but oriented towards the single coil
of the gravity gradient. The following is a drawing of the current dimensions to the new
housing (all units are in inches).
I couldn’t find the exact locations for the mounting holes, or how far down they need to
be recessed in order to attach the housing to the back panel, so this still needs to be done.
Furthermore, for this housing, we decided it was better to go with aluminum than printed
plastic. After machining the housing, it is weighs approximately 60g. Since we do have
a mass budget, this weight should be reduced. This can be done by adding “lightening
holes.” These holes go through the side of the piece, have no other purpose than to
lighten the piece, and essentially make the piece look like Swiss cheese. These holes do
need to be out of the way of the screws, but other than that, they can basically go
anywhere as long as they aren’t so big that they’ll compromise the housing’s strength.
After putting these lightening holes in the housing, it should weigh about 30g. As a side
note, a new back panel will need to be machined to accommodate for the single hole in
the housing, and for its new location.
The general idea for the deployment is that the tape measure will be secured
within the center of the satellite, run through a small slit in the bottom of the antenna,
where it will then be coiled, wrapped around the satellite, stored in the housing, and
secured by a burnwire.
There are therefore a couple of things to point out. First of all, there needs to be some
sort of thin wall within the satellite that we can attach the end of the boom to. This can
be as simple as thin strip of aluminum with a small hole in the center suited for a screw or
bolt. Another thing is that we shouldn’t use normal washers or bolts to secure the tape
measure. The curvature of the tape measure is very important to maintaining the stiffness
of the spring steel. If we were to use normal washers, and tightly press them against the
tape measure, this curvature would be lost. Therefore, a special set of washers will need
to be constructed, each with a curvature having a diameter of about 1.2375 inches
. I had time to make a quick prototype of the left washer, but never made the
right one, so this piece still needs to be made.
Another big thing is that we need to put a small slit in the center of the antenna.
This slit doesn’t need to be any bigger than 1/16in x 1/2in, but it can be if necessary. The
important thing about putting a hole in the antenna is to avoid putting this hole on, or near
the plated areas. This really shouldn’t be a problem since the antenna was designed to
allow for a hole in the center of it. However, if for whatever reason the hole has to be
moved, we have to make sure to leave at a very minimum .05in clearance around the
plated areas.
Finally, there is an issue with the deployment itself. When the burnwire melts,
and the coil is released, it will very quickly unwind with a lot of momentum. With no
gravity, and little aerodynamic resistance, the boom will to some degree continue to wrap
around the satellite. This could cause a number of problems. The first is that I don’t
know how much of it will wrap around, and if it does indeed wrap around, will it be able
to unwrap itself. If it doesn’t, something will need to be done in order to not only realize
that the boom is wrapped around the satellite, but to then somehow, unwrap it. The next
concern is that if it is going to wrap around the satellite, we need to figure out how much
it will manage to do so. When it stops winding itself around the satellite, the tip mass
will likely smack into one of the sides. If it hits one of the solar panels, it could cause the
solar panel to shatter, which would be a major problem. However, the antenna is a very
sturdy piece, and even with a little crack, its performance wouldn’t be severely affected.
It would therefore be a wise idea to modify the length of the boom, if needed, so that
when the tip mass does smack into the satellite, it hits the antenna. This winding process
could wind up being a very big problem, so it should definitely be looked into. Also, the
solar panel flap should be deployed after the gravity gradient, because if it were to be
extended before the tip mass winds around the satellite, it would likely be hit at some
point, and therefore shatter. For a more complete explanation of this particular problem,
talk with Mike Hammer.
The following is my MATLAB code:
for Lgth=0:1:300
%This value is the Mass of the satellite w/o the fin elements + the
tip mouse housing
%This value is 7 grams per meter
%This value is the 40 gram tip mass
%From ADCS Final Design
%Length of satellite + 1/2 length of tape
%Length of satellite + length of tape + 1/2 height of tip mass
%This is the distance from the center of gravity to the top
%Moments of inertia from the three masses
%For Radial Coordinate System Where Cg Is Origin
%Dist from Center of A to Cg Along Axis of Sym.
%Dist from Center of B to Cg Along Axis of Sym.
%Dist from Center of C to Cg Along Axis of Sym.
for i=0:1:720
%We start at -45 degrees and go through 45 degrees, searching for
SS Angle
%The surface areas of the three parts
%The radial-component of the distance between Cp and the center
of the satellite
%Using the Dist values, we are thinking as though Cg is now 0
%Calculation of TD
%Calculation of TGG
title('Steady State Angles vs. Length of tape');
ylabel('Steady State Angle (degrees)');
xlabel('Length of tape');
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Scholars who write about silence in Shakespeare's plays emphasize that it is an important dramatic element, particularly with regard to characterization and thematic development. A character's muteness may signify the experience of an emotion that is beyond human understanding or articulation, imply that a character feels intimidated, or communicate defiance. Calling attention to its inherent ambiguity, critics frequently note that the way actors “perform” a dramatic silence will endow it with alternative meanings. Furthermore, the text of a Shakespearean play may itself be “silent” with respect to an action or episode—that is, not represent it directly but introduce it through the report of one or more characters, thus leaving its implications ambiguous or confusing. Many late-twentieth-century commentators allude to the way Shakespeare dealt with the conventional notion that women should be reticent or soft-spoken. Disputing the idea that there was such a fixed concept, Christina Luckyj (1993) argues that Shakespeare's plays mirror contradictory Renaissance views of women's silence, depicting it variously as a sign of independence, acquiescence, or expediency.
Whether women's silence reflects passivity or resistance is a central issue in several Shakespearean comedies. In particular, Isabella's silence at the end of Measure for Measure has elicited a great deal of critical attention. Charles R. Lyons (1989) reads the absence of her response to the Duke's announcement in Act V, scene i that he will marry her as an indication that she has been constrained to silence because her earlier eloquence represented a threat to male authority. Amy Lechter-Siegel (1992) also equates Isabella's final silence with containment, suggesting that the resolution of the play depicts the suppression of female challenges to patriarchal control. Philip C. McGuire (1985)—who coined the phrase “open silence” to describe one that may be interpreted in different ways, especially in theatrical performance—asserts that Measure for Measure provides Shakespeare's most intricate use of dramatic silence. During the play's final moments, he points out, Angelo, Barnardine, Claudio, Juliet, Mariana, and Isabella all become literally speechless. Jonathan Bate (1994) focuses on the silence and passivity of Hero in Much Ado about Nothing, remarking on the relative paucity of opportunities she has to speak for herself and the many occasions when other characters talk about her. He postulates that her provisional “death” may represent the ultimate silencing of women.
Among the critics who discuss the silence of women in Shakespeare's tragedies are Jill Levenson (1971), Harvey Rovine (1987), Christina Luckyj (1991), Cynthia Marshall (1991), and Mark Berge (1994). Rovine argues that whereas the muteness of female characters in Shakespeare's comedies usually signals acquiescence, in the tragedies it generally conveys “fear, despair, or confusion.” Levenson compares Cordelia's silence in the first scene of King Lear with her reticence in later scenes, but she also calls attention to Lear's increasing inarticulateness, suggesting that this underscores the play's concern with the limitations of language in communicating emotion. Like Levenson, Berge sees Cordelia's initial silence as evidence of her strength and constancy, though he proposes that her reticence in subsequent scenes indicates that dramatic events have led her to question the justice and benevolence of providential forces. Luckyj regards Volumnia's silence in Act V, scene v of Coriolanus as a similar token of despair, arguing that she fully understands her son will be killed because he yielded to her pleas and spared Rome. Perhaps the most extreme example of the silencing of women's voices in Shakespearean drama is Lavinia in Titus Andronicus, whose tongue is cut out by her rapists. Her mutilation, Marshall contends, is a manifestation of how men in the play punish women, whether they are powerful—as Tamora—or dependent—as Lavinia.
A number of late-twentieth-century commentators have focused on the silence of men in Shakespeare's plays. Harvey Rovine, for example, maintains that in the comedies, the silence of male characters in the final scenes may imply anger or bitterness about their alienation from society. In the tragedies and histories, he argues, it may be a means of controlling others or concealing treacherous thoughts. Rovine also calls attention to the frequent juxtaposition in Shakespeare's plays of verbose and reticent men, as does Michael Manheim (1977). Whereas Rovine contrasts Richard II's volubility and Bolingbroke's reserve, Manheim offers a close reading of the occasions when Henry VI's silence is the direct antithesis of his noblemen's blustering. Gayle Greene (1978) examines the apposition of verbal and nonverbal modes of expression in The Tempest, proposing that the play demonstrates the limitations of language in response to the experience of awe and wonder. Mark Berge evaluates the significance of the silencing of the Fool in King Lear—that is, his disappearance from the stage when the play is only at its midpoint.
Absence as a form of dramatic silence is the concern of several Shakespearean critics. Marjorie Garber (1984) analyzes offstage episodes in King Lear and The Winter's Tale, describing these as “unscenes.” She points out that this indirect mode of presenting highly significant events—known to the audience only by the reports of those who claim to have observed them—generates doubt and confusion. Mark Taylor (1989) evaluates two episodes in Much Ado about Nothing that are not represented on stage: Don Pedro's courtship of Hero and the chamber-window scene. Assessing various characters' accounts of these episodes, Taylor emphasizes their subjectivity and links what he regards as their hollowness to the “nothingness” at the heart of the play.
Criticism: Overviews And General Studies
Jill Levenson (lecture date 1971)
SOURCE: Levenson, Jill. “What the Silence Said: Still Points in King Lear.” In Shakespeare 1971: Proceedings of the World Shakespeare Congress, Vancouver, August 1971, edited by Clifford Leech and J. M. R. Margeson, pp. 215-29. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1972.
[In the following essay, originally delivered as a lecture in 1971, Levenson contends that silence in King Lear is integral to the play's structure, characterization, and thematic development.]
Only he who has attained to his own identity, can be silent, only when thinking has reached reality, will it come to a stop.1
At the end of Stravinsky's Les Noces, an extraordinary series of pauses punctuates the music. Creating and disappointing expectation almost simultaneously, the pauses compel the listener's attention, his energies, with at least as much force as the sounds. When the last vibration from the percussion blends completely with the stillness in which it began, we experience all the resonance of silence.
Silence in drama can create, disappoint, compel, and absorb as vigorously as the most eloquent musical pause. And this profound similarity exists because the dramatist and the composer share the power to create silence. The poet and the novelist must invoke or describe stillness; the painter and the sculptor can express it...
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Michael Manheim (essay date 1977)
SOURCE: Manheim, Michael. “Silence in the Henry VI Plays.” Theatre Journal 29, no. 1 (1977): 70-6.
[In the following essay, Manheim stresses Henry VI's humanity and compassion, characterizing him as a man of integrity who is shocked into silence by the treachery and brutality of England's fractious noblemen.]
Alwin Thaler nearly a half century ago introduced the idea that Shakespeare, the master of words, achieves some of his most effective and meaningful dramatic moments through the absence of words.1 Thaler of course discusses characters who have created problems for interpreters because of their refusal to speak, or to speak much, on subjects about which their responses clearly seem called for: for example, Macbeth's puzzling silence on the subject of his offspring, and Hermione's sixteen-year silence about the injustices done her (The Winter's Tale). But Thaler also examines specific scenes in which the overall effect clearly derives from a juxtaposition of silence with volubility. The dramatic values inherent in our first encounter with the hero's mother in Coriolanus are embodied in the contrast between that proud, garrulous matron and her nearly wordless daughter-in-law, who waits in terrified quiet for news of her husband's death in battle. The essential folly of Volumnia's marvelous rhetoric is implicit in Virgilia's silent response to it. Similar effects are...
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Zvi Jagendorf (essay date 1978)
SOURCE: Jagendorf, Zvi. “‘Fingers on Your Lips, I Pray’: On Silence in Hamlet.English 27 (1978): 121-28.
[In the following essay, Jagendorf evaluates the motif of silence in Hamlet, arguing that it permeates the dramatic action and underscores the play's representation of truth as subjective and therefore open to different interpretations. In particular, he discusses the dumb show, the Ghost's initial speechlessness, and the ambiguity of silent gestures.]
Hamlet is the most brilliantly articulate of Shakespeare's tragedies. The sheer flow of speech is overwhelming in its quantity and surprising in its variety. Hamlet and Polonius are both garrulous in different ways; whatever either says about holding their tongue or giving thoughts no tongue, they are both determined, even obsessive, speakers, labouring points into absurdity and giving no quarter to their audience. The richness and variety of the play's verbal style are brought into relief by the characters' awareness (especially Hamlet's) of the way they and others speak or write. Polonius comments (unfavourably) on Hamlet's elegance as a composer of love letters, and (favourably) on an unusual word in the Player's speech. Hamlet's sharp and critical ear for the rhetoric of others is evident in his advice to the Players, his duel of words with Laertes in Ophelia's grave and his parody and teasing of Osric.
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Gayle Greene (essay date 1978)
SOURCE: Greene, Gayle. “Excellent Dumb Discourse: Silence and Grace in Shakespeare's Tempest.Studia Neophilologica 50 (1978): 193-205.
[In the following essay, Greene points out that although Prospero occasionally uses language to constrain or coerce, his special powers of healing are affected by silence, show, and music. Greene maintains that this accentuates Shakespeare's exploration of both the necessity and the limitations of speech.]
“Hush and be mute, or else our spell is marr'd.”
Critics have commented on the poetic thinness of The Tempest, and some have expressed surprise that the play has such great imaginative impact in spite of its paucity of poetic and rhetorical effect. The language is characteristic of Shakespeare's late plays, terse, spare, lacking the rhetorical embellishment and exuberance of his earlier style. It is relatively scarce in imagery, and what there is of it remains concrete and sensuous, rather than assuming the resonance of metaphor or symbol which is vitally integrated into imaginative conception. Hallett Smith, observing this thinness of texture, wonders “why this should be … critics find it difficult to account for the effect the play has upon them”.1
And indeed, there does seem an incongruity between language and power, for The Tempest is one of Shakespeare's most deeply moving plays; it has...
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Marjorie Garber (essay date 1984)
SOURCE: Garber, Marjorie. “‘The Rest Is Silence’: Ineffability and the ‘Unscene’ in Shakespeare's Plays.” In Ineffability: Naming the Unnamable from Dante to Beckett, edited by Peter S. Hawkins and Anne Howland Schotter, pp. 35-50. New York: AMS Press, 1984.
[In the following essay, Garber surveys Shakespeare's onstage silences, his use of the indirect mode of representation—that is, characters' reports of events that occur offstage—and his adaptations of the conventional theme of inexpressibility. Garber asserts that Shakespeare understood that silence can be as effective as speech in communicating emotion.]
“Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must keep silent”
“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard / Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on.” The paradox implicit in Keats's famous lines suggests the difficulties inherent in any approach to ineffability through the medium of language. The “unheard” melodies piped by figures on the Grecian urn are displaced and replaced by the melody of the poet who describes them. Although he calls the urn a “still unravished bride of quietness,” in a sense he himself becomes the ravisher, by putting into words his response to the silent urn, and using the imagined songs of the “happy melodist” as a catalyst for his own poetic invention. “Ditties of no tone,” rather...
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Philip C. McGuire (essay date 1985)
SOURCE: McGuire, Philip C. “The Final Silences of Measure for Measure.” In Speechless Dialect: Shakespeare's Open Silences, pp. 63-96. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985.
[In the following essay, McGuire describes the way five late-twentieth-century productions of Measure for Measure depicted the muteness of Angelo, Barnardine, Claudio, Juliet, Mariana, and Isabella in the play's final scene. By means of nonverbal gestures, blocking, and shifting the sequence of lines, McGuire observes, the directors of these productions explored the many possible interpretations and implications of these characters' silences.]
Measure for Measure provides the most challenging and complex example of Shakespeare's use of open silence. During the final moments of the play six characters fall silent. One of them is Angelo who, after being compelled to marry Mariana, speaks just once. With those words, the last he speaks, he asks for the imposition of a lasting silence: “I crave death more willingly than mercy; / 'Tis my deserving, and I do entreat it” (V.i.472-73). Barnardine, a convicted murderer who had earlier refused to be executed (IV.iii.33-61), is brought on immediately after Angelo says he craves death. The contrast between the two characters deepens when Barnardine silently accepts from the Duke the life-giving mercy that Angelo has just explicitly rejected. Claudio (like...
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Harvey Rovine (essay date 1987)
SOURCE: Rovine, Harvey. “Women and Silence.” In Silence in Shakespeare: Drama, Power, and Gender, pp. 37-51. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1987.
[In the following essay, Rovine contrasts the silence of women in Shakespeare's comedies and tragedies. In the comedies, he contends, it generally conveys acquiescence, while in the tragedies it may be construed as despair, resignation, or confusion. Rovine maintains that in both genres women's silence underscores their social, political, and familial obligations.]
Traditionally, silence in a woman was considered a virtue and a quality much preferred over loquaciousness. The proverbial view of women may be one reason why Shakespeare often uses a silent female character in the portrayal of love, whether it is the silent dejection of an unrequited lover or the wife so angry with her husband that she will not speak with him. Conversely, a silent female character could also suggest loving devotion to a husband or father. Another possible reason for the frequent use of silent female characters may have been the unsteady voices of the boy actors. Yet when we think of characters such as Cleopatra, Beatrice or Lady Macbeth, we realize that female characters on the Shakespearean stage were not limited to expressing themselves by silence but could be as talkative as their male counterparts. Thus while tradition and practicality may play some part in accounting for...
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Harvey Rovine (essay date 1987)
SOURCE: Rovine, Harvey. “Silence as Confrontation.” In Silence in Shakespeare: Drama, Power, and Gender, pp. 53-69. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1987.
[In the following essay, Rovine associates the silence of male characters in Shakespeare's comedies with their social alienation, and the silence of men in the tragedies and histories with a variety of motives—including antagonism, treachery, and a desire to influence or control the actions of others.]
Whereas the silence of women often implies a passive acceptance of circumstances or a faith that events will turn out for the best, the silence of men can be more purposeful. Men's silence can show loyalty, service, antagonism, confrontation or enmity. Perhaps the reason for the difference is that the women's world is largely confined to domestic relationships with usually strong men which often leads the female characters to a silence of acceptance. Men have a wider range of roles and their characters are not so strictly defined by domestic relationships. In fact, men often give precedence to social or political demands over their domestic obligations. For example, in 1 Henry IV Hotspur's wife, Kate, pleads with her husband to reveal the “heavy business” (II,3,63) that has disturbed the intimacy of their relationship. Hotspur, however, holds thoughts of the rebellion uppermost in his mind and evades Kate's questions until he leaves her...
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Charles R. Lyons (essay date summer 1989)
SOURCE: Lyons, Charles R. “Silent Women and Shrews: Eroticism and Convention in Epicoene and Measure for Measure.Comparative Drama 23, no. 2 (summer 1989): 123-40.
[In the following essay, Lyons maintains that Isabella's transformation from volubility to silence is a reverse image of the metamorphosis of Ben Jonson's Epicoene from submissiveness to stridency. He contends that both Measure for Measure and Epicoene demonstrate the eroticism of female silence and the power women possess when they are objects of male desire.]
In Jonson's Epicoene, the silent “woman” attracts Morose through “her” reticence to speak; but once this couple undergo the false marriage ceremony, her silence metamorphoses into verbal pyrotechniques that rival those of Mistress Otter whose aggressive speech sets the measure of what a theatrical shrew should be. Jonson's play exploits the comic potential of the conventional shrew as this improvised female joins forces with the newly organized Collegiates, described by True-wit as women who “crie downe, or vp, what they like, or dislike in a braine, or a fashion, with most masculine, or rather hermaphroditicall authoritie” (I.i.78-80).1
In Measure for Measure, Isabella speaks freely, articulately, aggressively until the final moments of the comedy when the Duke declares his intention to marry...
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Mark Taylor (essay date winter 1989)
SOURCE: Taylor, Mark. “Presence and Absence in Much Ado about Nothing.Centennial Review 33, no. 1 (winter 1989): 1-12.
[In the following essay, Taylor focuses on the inscrutability of characters' reports of events in Much Ado about Nothing that are not represented on stage. Emphasizing the subjectivity of these reports, he focuses on Don Pedro's offstage conversation with Hero in Act II, scene i and the chamber-window scene in which Margaret is mistaken for Hero.]
Who would not say, that glosses increase doubt and ignorance, since no booke is to be seene, whether divine or profane, commonly read of all men, whose interpretation dimmes or tarnisheth not the difficulty? The hundred commentary sends him to his succeeder, more thorny and more crabbed, than the first found him.
—Montaigne, “Of Experience” (trans. Florio)
It is difficult to read. The page is dark.
Yet he knows what it is that he expects.
The page is blank or a frame without a glass
Or a glass that is empty when he looks.
—Wallace Stevens, “Phosphor Reading by his own Light”
What happens in Much Ado about Nothing, on the stage, when Don Pedro presents Hero to Claudio, the man in whose name Pedro claims to have wooed and won her? Hero's father Leonato blesses the match, and then Claudio offers a few...
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Christina Luckyj (essay date spring 1991)
SOURCE: Luckyj, Christina. “Volumnia's Silence.” Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 31, no. 2 (spring 1991): 327-42.
[In the following essay, Luckyj asserts that Volumnia's speechlessness in Act V, scene v of Coriolanus represents not triumph but despair, for she understands that her son will die because he yielded to her supplication. The critic emphasizes the Roman matron's vulnerability as well as her vitality, describing various ways she has been represented in performance.]
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Cynthia Marshall (essay date 1991)
SOURCE: Marshall, Cynthia. “‘I Can Interpret All Her Martyr'd Signs’: Titus Andronicus, Feminism, and the Limits of Interpretation.” In Sexuality and Politics in Renaissance Drama, edited by Carole Levin and Karen Robertson, pp. 193-209. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 1991.
[In the following essay, Marshall claims that Titus Andronicus offers a profoundly misogynistic view of male-female relations through its presentation of women as estranged, alienated, and silenced.]
Titus Andronicus presents special problems for a feminist critic. We are familiar with patriarchal societies like the Rome of Titus Andronicus, composed of tier upon tier of brothers, who openly barter women in their political maneuvers. Likewise, the play's polarized images of female possibility—the vicious, sexually voracious Tamora, and the powerless, chaste Lavinia—offer a compelling, but no longer surprising, instance of the way a misogynistic vision constructs its own reality. Kathleen McLuskie signals the dilemma: “Feminism cannot simply take ‘the woman's part’ when that part has been so morally loaded and theatrically circumscribed” (102).1 Certainly Tamora, “the blot and enemy to our general name” (2.3.183),2 rebuffs any tentative identification; she seems uncannily to mock early feminist demands for “strong” female characters. Lavinia, however,...
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Amy Lechter-Siegel (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: Lechter-Siegel, Amy. “Isabella's Silence: The Consolidation of Power in Measure for Measure.” In Reconsidering the Renaissance, edited by Mario A. Di Cesare, pp. 371-80. Binghamton, N.Y.: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 1992.
[In the following essay, Lechter-Siegel traces Isabella's movement from articulate, rational speech to submissive silence, contending that the change in her discourse reflects the Duke's increasing control of social, political, and religious power in his realm. She compares the Duke's consolidation of power in Measure for Measure with the model of governance set forth by James I in his Basilikon Doron (1599).]
In act 1 of Measure for Measure, the novice Isabella first appears on stage in obedience before a religious authority of whom she requests a life of severe asceticism. In Isabella's first major speech, she makes closely reasoned pleas for the Christian principle of mercy. By contrast, in act 5 Isabella appears in supplication before a secular authority and first makes emotional and then poorly reasoned pleas for the secular principles of justice and equity. In the final scene, the novice, who had requested a cloistered life of chastity and severe simplicity, anticipates a public life of marriage and courtly opulence. A character who is first described to the audience as an eloquent and persuasive speaker is, in the final...
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Christina Luckyj (essay date 1993)
SOURCE: Luckyj, Christina. “‘A Moving Rhetoricke’: Women's Silences and Renaissance Texts.” Renaissance Drama 24 (1993): 33-56.
[In the following essay, Luckyj relates Renaissance notions of female reticence as decorum or defiance to the silence of women in King Lear, Titus Andronicus, and Troilus and Cressida.. She contends that sixteenth-century conduct book writers' ambivalent views of feminine silence are reflected in Shakespeare's plays.]
It is therefore useless to trap women into giving an exact definition of what they mean. … They are already elsewhere than in this discursive machinery where you claim to take them by surprise. They have turned back within themselves, which does not mean the same thing as “within yourself.” They do not experience the same interiority that you do and which you mistakenly presume they share. “Within themselves” means in the privacy of this silent, multiple, diffuse tact.
—Luce Irigaray, “This Sex Which Is Not One”
In the final, terrible moments of King Lear, Lear crouches over the lifeless body of Cordelia, straining to catch a breath or a whisper. As those about him speak of apocalypse, Lear focuses on the small physical details that distinguish life from death. His anguish is made more evident by painful efforts to ward it off:
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Mark Berge (essay date 1994)
SOURCE: Berge, Mark. “‘My Poor Fool Is Hanged’: Cordelia, the Fool, Silence and Irresolution in King Lear.” In Reclamations of Shakespeare, edited by A. J. Hoenselaars, pp. 211-22. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1994.
[In the following essay, Berge links the disappearance of the Fool and Cordelia's final silence to Lear's failed search for self-knowledge. In the critic's judgment, although the king comes to understand his daughter's initial reticence as a strength rather than a fault, he never comprehends his own complicity in the tragic events.]
In the chaotic world of King Lear, resolution of character seems remote and veiled from an aged king bent on denying the unspoken truth. Dramatically speaking, his enemies fare conventionally better. Philip McGuire concludes that when the mortally wounded Edmund declares that “The wheel is come full circle”, his words serve as an explicit statement of dramatic fulfilment.1 Accordingly, Edmund, Goneril, and Regan move towards a dramatic consummation in which their deaths bond them in malevolence. However, Lear, Cordelia and the Fool seem divided, separated, and never allowed a mode of completion like their three counterparts. Lear's hopes of union with Cordelia are never realized, and are portrayed as unnatural: “We two alone”, as the king puts it, “will sing like birds i'th'cage” (5.3.9). Cordelia's final line, “Shall we not...
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Frank Kermode (essay date 1994)
SOURCE: Kermode, Frank. “Shakespeare's Silences.” In Surprised by Scenes: Essays in Honor of Professor Yasunari Takahashi, edited by Yasunari Takada, pp. 16-26. Tokyo: Kenkyusha, 1994.
[In the following essay, Kermode evaluates the conjunction of speech and silence in Shakespeare's plays, with special reference to the way in which speechlessness can be a form of eloquence.]
It does not do to neglect Shakespeare's access to proverbial wisdom, or to forget that it sometimes merges with his rhetorical resources. And there is an immense amount of proverbial lore concerning silence. It gives consent. It never did man harm. It is prudent and useful: nihil silentio utilius. According to the most consulted of all rhetorical treatises, the Ad Herennium (III. xii. 21), until about 1500 erroneously attributed to Cicero, it is better to be silent than to speak on any subject, unless you know all about that subject or are being compelled to speak. There is a relation between creative speech and silence: iconographically, the god Horus showed, by placing his finger to his lips, that he was the god of the creative word, but the same figure, without alteration, represented Harpocrates, the god of secrecy, enjoining silence. The injunction we remember from Ben Jonson—‘Language most shows a man; speak that I may see thee’—derives from Erasmus, the great humanist collector of ancient proverbial...
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Jonathan Bate (essay date 1994)
SOURCE: Bate, Jonathan. “Dying to Live in Much Ado about Nothing.” In Surprised by Scenes: Essays in Honor of Professor Yasunari Takahashi, edited by Yasunari Takada, pp. 69-85. Tokyo: Kenkyusha, 1994.
[In the following essay, Bate focuses on Hero's passivity and her provisional dispatch to death—the ultimate silencing. Noting how frequently other characters speak of her or allude to her—thus demonstrating her centrality in the play—he compares Hero to sacrificial women in classical literature who die in order that their husbands may be transformed.]
King Charles I knew what he liked in Shakespeare's comedies. He inscribed in his copy of the Second Folio alternative titles for some of the plays. Thus he called Twelfth Night ‘Malvolio’ and Much Ado about Nothing ‘Benedick and Beatrice’. There was a precedent for this: the Lord Treasurer's account for 1613 refers to a performance of ‘Benedicte and Betteris’. The sub-plot has taken precedence over the main plot. Berlioz's opera of 1862 completed this movement: Béatrice et Bénédict makes the squabbling witty lovers into the main plot and simply uses Claudio and Hero as instruments in bringing them together.
Why has Much Ado about Nothing endured in the repertory? For Beatrice and Benedick, for Dogberry. There is a wonderful accessibility about these two plot elements: the wits who...
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Further Reading
Bock, Philip K. “‘I Think But Dare Not Speak’: Silence in Elizabethan Culture.” Journal of Anthropological Research 32 (1976): 285-94.
Categorizes different types of silence in Shakespeare's plays. Bock distinguishes between those which imply ambiguity, enhance characterization, express transient emotions, or underscore the nature of the relationships between dramatic characters.
Busia, Abena P. A. “Silencing Sycorax: On African Colonial Discourse and the Unvoiced Female.” Cultural Critique 14 (winter 1989-90): 81-104.
Briefly considers the implications of the physical absence of Sycorax from The Tempest—even though Prospero and Caliban repeatedly allude to her—within the context of a broader discussion of the control of Black women's voices and images in colonialist literature.
Deats, Sara Munson. “The Conspiracy of Silence in Shakespeare's Verona: Romeo and Juliet.” In Youth Suicide Prevention: Lessons from Literature, edited by Sara Munson Deats and Lagretta Tallent Lenker, pp. 71-91. New York: Plenum Press, 1989.
Describes the deaths of Romeo and Juliet in terms of modern adolescent psychology, emphasizing the lack of candid communication between the young couple and their biological parents as well as their surrogate ones: the Nurse and Friar...
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Note of Qualification
I'd like to qualify my post by saying that I do not pret end to know what will be, and I do not claim that the opinion I am about to express is fact. I will offer it up as a point of debate, in an attempt to discuss what skill set Aaron Curry truly brings to the table. I believe there is always more than meets the eye (or in this case... the stat sheet).
The Knock on Curry
It has been widely scouted that Aaron curry isn't an elite level pass rusher due to his low sack count. Others have suggested that while "solid" in all areas, his game isn't that dynamic in that he isn't a difference maker. His draft tags of "safe pick" and "solid" lead some to associate him with being "serviceable", "un-sexy", or lacking "playmaking ability". Phrases like durable, intelligent, and productive are used and may unfairly convey that Aaron Curry is not explosive. I believe a closer look may reveal the exact opposite.
Some Evidence
For a prospect who has been scouted as "less-than-spectacular" at creating pressure, there may be evidence that suggests the opposite. While at Wake Forrest, Aaron curry rang up some very impressive and productive stats. 332 tackles is huge for a collegiate LB by anyones standards, but here are some forgotten tidbits:
• 45.5 tackles for a loss! That ranks #1 all-time at GT and most certainly requires the ability to penetrate and finish. A QB going down behind the line (sacked) achieves basically the same goal as a RB going down behind the line. It forces the offense into uncomfortable (less manageable) down and distance situations.
• 3 career INT's returned for a TD: ranks #1 all time at GT. What's more, he returned 3 out of his 6 career INT's for TD's. When he gets his hands on a pass, he changes games. Alphonso Smith, the GT CB drafted this year with a first round grade didn't take that many to the house.
So why then does a guy with superior ability to penetrate into the backfield and drop RB's for a loss, not put up better sack totals where penetrating and dropping QB's is required?
A Word on Defensive Scheme and Sack Count
Unlike a Defensive lineman, a linebacker is somewhat limited to the context of the scheme he is playing in to register sacks. While a DE can pin his ears back on most passing downs, a LB is obligated to blitz when asked to. What were Curry's defined roles on passing downs? I hestiate to suggest the following because I lack evidence, but how do we know that Aaron Curry didn't rush the passer more so than Aaron Curry can't rush the passer? I would love to see a play by play assignment chart on AC.
A final Word
I want to stop short of making a conclusion here. My post is phrased as a question to encourage a group discussion about this. I am hoping that putting several heads together can help explain why a player so dynamic in some areas (RB stuffs and defensive TD's) can post such pedestrian sack totals.
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Working Paper submitted by China:On the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
The Chinese Delegation hereby requests that the following elements be incorporated in the recommendations to the 2005 Review Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
1. It is an important objective of the NPT to promote peaceful uses of nuclear energy and the relevant international cooperation. Enhanced efforts in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy are conducive to a comprehensive realization of all the objectives of the NPT and will be helpful in promoting nuclear disarmament and preventing nuclear weapons proliferation.
2. The prevention of nuclear weapons proliferation and the peaceful uses of nuclear energy are mutually complementary and inseparably linked with each other. Non-proliferation efforts should not undermine the right of all countries, especially that of the developing countries to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
3. The International Atomic Energy Agency maintaining a proper balance between the safeguards and the international cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy will conduce to ensuring by the member states active support and participation in the Agency's activities.
4. Technical assistance to the developing countries on peaceful uses of nuclear energy should be further strengthened.
5. Adequate fund should be guaranteed for the Agency's promotional and technical cooperation activities. All member states should contribute to the Technical Cooperation Fund in full and in time.
6. In order to guard against possible nuclear terrorist acts, the physical protection of nuclear material and nuclear facilities and relevant international cooperation should be strengthened, and the Agency's efforts in this respect should be supported.
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The anti-Confucian Scholar, Mozi
After Confucius' death, his teachings were overshadowed by the scholar Mozi (Master Mo), who was born in 490 BCE – nine years after Confucius had died. Like Confucius, he was trained in classical literature. Mozi saw the Confucianists of his time as pretentious and selfish aristocrats – further evidence that Confucius did not support equality or democracy. He condemned Confucian preoccupation with religious ritual, and he ridiculed Confucianists for putting family and class above the welfare of common people.
Unlike Confucius and his followers, Mozi believed that all were equal before the lord of the heavens. He believed that the powers of heaven acted on the world and exercised a love for all humankind. He spoke of the value of the labor of common folks, and he advocated promoting people to positions of power solely on the strength of their abilities and virtues.
In place of Confucianism's dutiful love for the father of a family, Mozi supported a wider devotion: he urged people to follow heaven and reciprocate or duplicate heaven's love with their own love for all. He claimed that members of the aristocracy should love commoners and that commoners should love members of the aristocracy. Unlike the haughty Confucianists, who would lecture for only those who treated them with what they thought was proper respect, Mozi and his followers would lecture anyone willing to listen.
But in some ways, Mozi was also a man of his time. He supported monarchical rule – support for democracy in his time considered criminal. He saw evil as having originated in individualism in pre-civilized society, an individualism in which everyone had his or her own standard of what was right or wrong. Drawing from this misconception of pre-civilized society, he believed that heaven had overridden individualism by creating civilization and by giving power to the most worthy of persons, the emperor – rather than the emperor's power being derived from common people. It was an emperor's duty, claimed Mozi, to unify the standards of morality according to heaven. He believed that rulers might deviate from the wishes of heaven but that it was the duty of people to adhere to heaven's standards by exercising reason.
Disorders, Mozi believed, came from men of power understanding only trifles and not matters of great importance, most importantly heaven's universal love. Disasters such as hurricanes and torrential rains he explained as heaven's punishment for people deviating from these standards. He believed that heaven manifested its love for humankind by providing humans with their material needs.
As Mozi pondered and taught, trade and the money economy had been expanding, and Mozi wanted the blessings of material benefits extended among common people – especially food, clothing and housing. He saw as waste those activities that did not contribute to the creation of these. He found fault with aristocrats spending enormous sums on their weddings and funerals. He condemned luxury, music, extravagant entertainment, frivolity, heavily ornamented coffins and embroidered shrouds. And in his opposition to waste, he opposed war.
Mozi lived in a time of many wars. He witnessed lords sending their armies into weaker states, devastating crops, slaughtering cattle, burning towns and temples, killing civilians and dragging people away to be made slaves. He spoke against lords who already had much but who sought what little some other lord might have. He said that killing people in great numbers should not make one a hero. He tried mediating between rulers at war with each other. It was military aggression that he opposed, and, rather than losing himself in a utopian pacifism, he created an army of well-trained, highly disciplined warriors which he offered to local rulers defending themselves against aggression.
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"Players who made their dent in Major League baseball. Ten multiple choice questions, and answers are as of the end of the 2000 season."
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1. In 1984, Pete Rose played in his 3309th game in baseball. Whose record for most games did he break?
Willie Mays
Ty Cobb
Hank Aaron
Carl Yastzremski
2. On August 5, 1986, Steve Carlton was the first southpaw to collect 4000 strikeouts. What team did he play for at the time?
New York
San Francisco
3. What player had the highest batting average in a season since Ted Williams' remarkable .400 in 1941?
Tony Gwynn
George Brett
Rod Carew
Brett Butler
4. Who was the first player to hit 400 home runs and steal 400 bases in their career?
Barry Bonds
Willie Mays
Lou Gehrig
Jimmy Foxx
5. What manager was the first since Connie Mack to be a manager for 24 consecutive years?
Sparky Anderson
Gene Mauch
Walter Alston
Leo Durocher
6. Roberto Clemente made his 3000th and final hit of his career, a double off what pitcher in 1972?
Mike Marshall
Jon Matlack
Bob Welch
Kent Tekulve
7. In 1985, Rod Carew collected his 3000th hit on August 4 off Frank Viola of the Twins. He was the first infielder to collect 3000 hits since what other infielder did it?
Rogers Hornsby
Eddie Collins
Honus Wagner
Paul Waner
8. What pitcher dished up Roger Maris' 61st home run in 1961?
Jim Kaat
Tracy Stallard
Jim Hunter
Mark Ward
9. What pitcher broke Bob Gibson's National League record for career strikeouts in 1981?
Don Sutton
Phil Niekro
Ferguson Jenkins
Steve Carlton
10. When Ty Cobb hit his 4000th hit, what team did he play for?
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0.018207 | <urn:uuid:34d22a96-5d31-4697-b12d-3c676a656eab> | en | 0.951491 | David Cameron 2013-12-12T02:11:00-05:00 David Cameron http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/index.php?author=david-cameron Copyright 2008, HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. HuffingtonPost Blogger Feed for David Cameron Good old fashioned elbow grease. This World Aids Day, Get a Test and Fight the Stigma tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/theblog//3.2218605 2012-11-30T19:00:00-05:00 2013-01-30T05:12:01-05:00 David Cameron http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-cameron/ World Aids Day is a chance to do two things: take action and reflect. First and foremost it's got to be a spur to take action, as there are still far too many people who aren't educated about HIV and AIDS and who don't get tested. Over 100,000 people in the UK are living with HIV, but a quarter do not know they have it - that is 25,000 people who are not benefiting from treatment and are increasing the risk of passing the virus on. This means up to 600 people a year could be dying from a preventable, treatable condition.
People need to know that diagnosed early, the outlook for most people with HIV in the UK today is a good one, thanks to the availability of effective treatment and the excellent care provided by the NHS. Above all people need to know that it's never been quicker or simpler to get tested. In fact to demonstrate just how quick it is, this year the sexual health clinic 56 Dean Street is attempting to set a new world record for the number of people tested in one day - last year they tested 467 people, this year they're determined to beat it.
That's what World Aids Day is about: taking practical action. But it's a chance to reflect, too, on the huge strides that have already been made. Thirty years ago the friends of Terrence Higgins started a trust that has benefitted countless people. Two other bodies celebrate their 25th birthday this year - the National Aids Trust and Food Chain - and together these organisations and their dedicated teams have done so much to challenge prejudice, educate people and befriend those who are ill. Huge strides have been made abroad, too. Globally there were more than half a million fewer deaths in 2011 than in 2005 - and British campaigning efforts have played an important part in that change.
So to everyone reading this - let's use World Aids Day to spread the message about education, testing and early diagnosis. And to everyone who has been involved in the fight against HIV and AIDS for decades now - you should feel proud of what you've done.
Welcoming the G8 to Lough Erne tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/theblog//3.2167429 2012-11-21T08:40:02-05:00 2013-01-21T05:12:01-05:00 David Cameron http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-cameron/
Some people ask: Does the G8 still matter, when we have a G20? My answer is "Yes." The G8 is a group of like-minded nations who share a belief in free enterprise as the best route to growth. And as eight countries making up around half of the world's entire GDP, the standards we set, the commitments we make, and the steps we take can help solve vital global issues, fire up economies and drive prosperity all over the world.
Lough Erne 2013 will be focused on three ways in which we can support the development of open economies, open governments and open societies to unleash the power of the private sector. Advancing trade, ensuring tax compliance and promoting greater transparency.
First, trade. There is no greater stimulus for growth in the world economy than trade and no more important battle than the fight against protectionism. As the G8, we have a collective responsibility to drive forward trade liberalisation. I am already leading EU efforts to finalise a free trade agreement with Canada and to launch negotiations with Japan and America over the next year. I want G8 leaders to seize the opportunity of the discussion at Lough Erne to agree how we will accelerate progress across our ambitious trade agenda. To take just one example, the EU and US together make up nearly a third of all global trade. And an ambitious deal between the two could provide an enormous boost to jobs and growth adding over £50 billion to the EU economy alone.
Second, taxes. People rightly get angry when they work hard and pay their taxes, but then see others not paying their fair share. So this G8 will seek to maintain the momentum generated by the G20 on information exchange and the strengthening of international tax standards. We will look to go further including, for example, on tax havens by improving the quality and quantity of tax information exchange. And we will work with developing countries to help them improve their ability to collect the tax that is due to them too.
Third, transparency. The G8 has a long history of advances on development -- and this G8 will be no different. The UK is meeting our commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of our gross national income on aid from 2013 -- and we will be holding other countries to account for their promises too. We will also be leading the way in the battle against hunger with a special event on food and nutrition a few days before the main meeting, to follow up on this year's Olympic Hunger Summit.
But I believe the UK's track record on aid gives us the legitimacy to use this G8 in a radically different way by supporting what I call the "golden thread" of conditions that enable open economies and open societies to drive prosperity and growth for all. These include the rule of law, the absence of conflict and corruption, and the presence of property rights and strong institutions.
Transparency and accountability are vital for this. Too often, development at the G8 has been about rich countries doing things to poor countries. But at Lough Erne, we in the developed world will concentrate on issues that involve us putting our own house in order and helping developing countries to prosper. Take the issue of mineral wealth. We need to make sure that, for developing countries, this is a blessing not a curse. So the UK is leading efforts in the EU to require oil, gas and mining companies to publish key financial information for each country and project they work on. And I want this G8 to drive greater transparency all around the globe so that revenues from oil, gas and mining can help developing countries to forge a path to sustainable growth, instead of fuelling conflict and corruption.
These defining advances in trade, tax and transparency could lay the foundations of long-term growth and prosperity for generations to come. But to achieve them we also need to cut through the bureaucracy of traditional international summits.
So Lough Erne 2013 will return the G8 to its roots. The original leaders' fireside chat which inspired today's G8 gatherings took place at the Chateau de Rambouillet in 1975, organised by the then French President in response to the need to address worldwide economic problems. They held searching discussions, and issued a succinct declaration just 15 paragraphs long.
Nearly forty years on, we will go back to those first principles. There will be no lengthy communiqué. No mile-long motorcades. And no armies of officials telling each other what each of their leaders thinks -- or should think. Instead we will build on the approach taken by President Obama at Camp David this year: one table and one conversation with G8 leaders holding each other to account and ensuring that good intentions really do become vital actions to advance growth and prosperity across the world.
I look forward to welcoming my fellow leaders to Lough Erne and to showcasing Northern Ireland to the world as a modern and dynamic part of the United Kingdom that is open for business, with huge potential for investment and tourism.
Northern Ireland's transformation over the last two decades was made possible by the courage of so many people across all sections of its community. Their determination and leadership has inspired the world. And we must show the same resolve to make sure this G8 delivers growth and prosperity for the United Kingdom, for the United States and for the world.]]>
How We're Tackling Violence Against Women: An Iceberg Under the Surface of Society tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/theblog//3.1327807 2012-03-07T19:00:00-05:00 2012-05-07T05:12:02-04:00 David Cameron http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-cameron/
At home we've protected central government funding for tackling violence against women - £40 million over the spending review period, including funding for vital rape support centres.
We're consulting on how we can crack down on practices like forced marriage, sweeping away the cultural over-sensitivity which said we should just turn a blind eye.
We're piloting 'Clare's Law', which will help victims, or potential victims, of domestic violence by disclosing information about previous violent-offending by their partner. This is to prevent tragic cases like that of Clare Wood, who was killed by a man she had become involved with - because she had no idea he'd committed a string of violent offences.
And today we can announce another big step: making stalking a criminal offence in its own right. Stalking is an abhorrent crime. It makes life a living hell for the victims - breaking up relationships, forcing the victims to move house, making them feel they are being watched 24 hours of the day. That's why we are explicitly criminalising stalking, to make sure that justice is done, protect the victims and show beyond doubt that stalking is a crime.
We're acting abroad too. In Zambia we're providing thousands of survivors of violence with legal, medical and psychological support. In Ethiopia we're expanding a programme that has been massively successful in preventing child marriage - with the ambition of stopping 200,000 girls from being married out young. In South Asia we've launched a new anti-trafficking programme, which aims to stop 60,000 women and girls being dragged into modern-day slavery.
Everyone in this country should feel proud that because of British aid, fewer women and girls are going to be living in fear. But of course we're stronger if we act together with other countries. That's why today we can confirm we are working towards signing The Council of Europe's Convention on Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, before ratifying the treaty and so incorporating it into UK law. This is a landmark agreement between countries that together we're going to drag this problem into broad daylight and tackle it head-on.
So International Women's Day is vital as it forces people across the planet to focus on issues like this. But we have got to make sure that action to stamp out violence against women continues every day - and that's what this government is determined to do.
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We are a woman owned, local catering company founded in 1996 with the vision of providing fresh high quality cuisine at affordable prices. Over the past 16 years our company has experienced aggressive growth with a wide variety of loyal clients while keeping to this vision. As we continue our growth we are looking for a Customer Relations Representative that can maintain the high level of customer service our clients have come to expect. Our Customer Relations Representatives must be able to work with a variety of people with patience, understanding, and a willingness to assist. They must be very detail oriented, excel in interpersonal communication, and be able to succeed in a fast paced and ever changing office environment.
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Every Tea Partier who loves the constitution
- if they REALLY love the constitution -
must be against laws telling us who can marry who.
What kind of medication are you on today?
On divorce rates compared to Male/Female marriages, "The rates are likely similar because the same-sex couples entering those other legal statuses are as committed to their relationships as married different-sex couples,” said Lee Badget, research director of Williams Institute on Sexual," (Achen, 2012).
You dolt, the only connection to this story that the 1st Amendment has is the right for people " petition the government for a redress of grievances," (Cornell, 2013). NO ONE is saying they don't have a right to petition the Court to hear their case, and what has this case got to do with the 2nd Amendment and the "...the right of the people to keep and bear arms?" You Froot Loop, always trying to mix arguments and never making any sense.
Over the last 40 or so years, society has taught generation after generation that there is no sanctity in marriage. While the divorce rate has risen, so has the crime rate, so has the murder rate, so has unemployment, and so has welfare. So what does that prove? Using your little thought process, maybe I should argue that without marriage, crime and murder rates have increased? Your argument is nothing more than window dressing that hopes to rephrase old warnings about "Constitutional Rights." Two members of the same sex that cannot procreate have no more understanding of what a marriage is than anyone else. They will answer to a higher authority one day.
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In the Republican weekly address, Arizona congressional candidate Vernon Parker said the U.S. corporate tax rate is pushing jobs overseas. He said he agrees with GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, "that we need to stop all the looming tax hikes and develop a pro-growth tax code that brings jobs home and keeps jobs here."
He also called for the repeal of Obama's health care law.
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Detection Technology: Where It Stands and Where It’s Headed
The trend toward consumerism, the demand for portability, and the appeal of point-of-care IVD devices are all influencing detection technology.
By: Interview by Richard Park
In the field of detection technology, advances in multiplexing and the increasing emphasis on point of care are of primary importance. Trends include nonenzymatic and isothermal approaches for nucleic-acid testing, which reduce the complexity of very complicated molecular assays. The primary challenge right now is the front-end automation: sample acquisition and preparation.
To learn more about what’s new in detection technology, IVD Technology editor Richard Park spoke with John C. Carrano, PhD, president of Carrano Consulting LLC (Austin, TX). In this interview, Carrano discusses the major influences on detection technology, the latest trends in the field, and the challenges yet to be overcome.
IVD Technology: What have been the most significant advances in the area of detection technologies for IVDs during the past few years?
John Carrano: I believe that we’ve seen a substantial increase in multiplexing level by several of the FDA-compliant companies that are out there. And while that’s only one of a host of important attributes for an IVD technology, it certainly is particularly important, for at least three reasons: It improves specificity, applications are more broadly covered, and it reduces time, which means costs go down.
We also see in the literature new transduction and amplification modalities that are particularly well suited for point-of-care diagnostics, and the development of products for POC. To me that’s particularly exciting.
I find it very encouraging that we’re seeing some very novel ideas that are actually producing laboratory-quality results that appear to be suitable for a POC, low-complexity-type medical device diagnostic instrument.
And there have also been strides made in reducing the overall complexity of a device. In other words, taking the human out of the loop and making devices portable. There is a lot that’s being driven by the upstream part of things, or what I like to call “front-end automation.”
Why do you think there has been this increase in multiplexing?
I suppose everything is supply-and-demand driven at the end of the day, and that’s probably true for our business as well. There’s a demand for higher multiplexing level, and smart people have done a lot of hard work to try to figure out how to solve that problem.
And the reason for the demand is that, frankly, for all three of the attributes I just listed, those are areas where it helps everybody to make money. And making money is, in most cases, completely consistent with creating better health outcomes.
So when your specificity improves, then typically a clinician is able to make better decisions, get the answer right the first time. That’s good for the patient, it’s also good for everybody who is paying, because now we’re taking care of a problem one time and getting it right the first time. We do not need someone to come back in for multiple diagnoses, to be issued drugs multiple times because the first set of drugs was not really the right solution.
When I mention applications being more broadly covered, multiplexing allows someone to, for example, develop a respiratory panel that looks at things like flu, or atypical pneumonia, or metapneumovirus, or RSV-a whole host of things, and that has been a demand factor.
Additionally, anything that is done that is reducing costs of operation has got to be a good thing. I believe that’s what spurred the demand. The people that want to use this technology see it as a way to have a better product to offer; in other words, a better health outcome, and at the same time reduce their own costs. I believe that is the driving factor.
What are the latest trends in developing detection technologies for IVDs?
I think it is pretty well known that there has been some market progress made in nonenzymatic and isothermal approaches for nucleic-acid testing. And those are particularly intriguing because it’s a way to reduce what is otherwise a fairly complicated kind of assay, to run a molecular assay.
Molecular assays have numerous advantages, but specificity and sensitivity and being able to do very low-concentration analyte detection are certainly drivers for molecular approaches. And so the nonenzymatic and isothermal detection technologies and related amplification technologies are quite important.
We’re also seeing approaches that use signal amplification as opposed to more traditional target amplification. So rather than doing something like PCR, for example, in the case of a modular task, or instead of culturing or even incubating a pathogen for an immunological assay—rather than trying to make more of the target analytes that I’m looking for, these new approaches have thought of clever ways of taking what nature has given us and using signal amplification as part of the overall detection scheme, as a way of being able to get a valid detection, a valid diagnosis.
There is beginning to be real progress made now toward automating the front end, the upstream part of things. When we talk about detection technologies, we are not focused only on the transduction method; we are considering the device as a whole.
The upstream part is a huge challenge. Considerably less investment on the part of the government and on the part of companies has gone into that, and that’s really the problem that needs to be solved: the complexity needs to be taken out, and reliability needs to be put in, in order to see real dramatic changes in IVDs.
What are the primary challenges that IVD manufacturers encounter when developing detection technologies for their IVD products?
Like many businesses, ours is a very unforgiving one. You need to have excellent and reliable design, development, and manufacturing practices in place in order to succeed. Lacking those, you will fail. That failure might come later, or it might come sooner, but you will fail. That is particularly challenging for the new startups and for the smaller companies. It can even be a challenge for bigger companies that are not well run.
In many cases, these are companies that have been started by academics who might not necessarily have ISO manufacturing experience under their belts. They don’t necessarily have FDA QSR experience, or any regulatory experience, under their belts. They haven’t necessarily been through design transfer. They haven’t had to deal with those kinds of issues, and then all of a sudden they have to deal with them. I highlight it for smaller to mid-sized companies because that is where a lot of innovation is occurring, a lot of the most dramatic innovation.
Often we see larger companies buy these smaller companies. Why? Well, because the larger companies know that that’s where a lot of the most innovative work is taking place, and they are happy to leverage their risk by letting the new startups and the small venture-backed companies take the risk on their shoulders. Once the larger companies have seen some progress, they’ll acquire them.
If you want to be one of those successful smaller companies, and if we want to see success in innovation driven in our business, we’ve got to have these smaller companies that recognize right from the outset that business is an important part of their business. They need to understand that it isn’t just research, it isn’t just science and engineering. There is a tremendous amount that has to go into the mechanics of navigating a regulatory process, going through a sophisticated controlled design, development, and manufacturing process.
What role does sample prep play from a technology-development standpoint and as a challenge to technology development and R&D with regard to detection technologies?
I hate to trivialize things by saying, “Well, there’s one single most important problem that we must all solve.” Nevertheless, if someone forced me to pick the single toughest problem, so-called “sample preparation” would be it.
And that’s what I’m referring to when I talk about front-end automation. You know, that’s the sample acquisition, the preparation of the sample. It means I might have to do some filtering, some purification, some enrichment. There may be lysis or some other set of things that I have to do to that sample.
And then I have to do a bunch of processing steps in order to have this prepared sample, be able to run my assay, and work on my instruments. So I have all these different processing protocols that we would need to implement.
All of that I refer to as “front end.” That’s the upstream part. That is, to my mind, the single greatest challenge. It is also the area that has received the least amount of attention.
There is a lot of work in the literature that we read about. A lot of that work is nice, it’s great for publications, but honestly, I would say that much of what we see in the literature is going to just stay in the literature and not make itself into a manufacturing process. Part of that is because it’s not being put into a sophisticated FDA QSR–compliant design, development, and manufacturing system.
Back on the technical side, the technical challenge for sample prep is huge. I do think we are seeing the beginnings of some breakthroughs there, and I think companies that really take it to heart and recognize that it is the problem to solve are going to be the winners.
You said that sample prep is the most important factor, yet it’s received the least amount of attention. Why?
I believe there are a couple of reasons for that. First of all, my comment is predicated on a more global view that the biggest trend for IVDs is going to be in point-of-care diagnostics for infectious diseases.
And when I say “point of care,” I mean something that is truly low complexity that would be awarded a CLIA waiver. In other words, it would be suitable for use in a doctor’s office, in an ER, in an OR, in a clinic, in an urgent-care clinic, or in the rapidly growing clinical retail market. Or, it could be used by the government in security or operations, or in surveillance for pandemics at the point of need.
That’s what I mean by point of care. I want to be very clear about that. In other words, I would not need a laboratorian, I would not need any of the laboratory equipment: centrifuge, microscope, vortexer, liquid-handling robot, large system that needs to sit in an environmentally controlled room.
The sample-prep piece has become, in my mind, the preeminent challenge because it is the thing most lacking to make point of care happen. Now, if you’re someone who believes that the centralized model of laboratory testing will continue on for decades, then maybe what I’ve just said about sample prep is not true!
However, if you’re like me and you believe that the overwhelming trend is not just toward decentralization but is truly toward point-of-care diagnostics, then sample prep is preeminently important. So that is part of why it has not gotten much attention---because it is the disruptive innovation out there. It is the emerging thing.
Another reason it has not gotten a lot of attention is because many IVD manufacturers tend to be fairly risk-averse, and that is understandable. So this is not an area that they’ve necessarily wanted to try to invest in, because it wasn’t clear five or so years ago that point-of-care diagnostics and POC for infectious diseases really would be a huge market. But I believe it will, and I think others share that belief now.
And then the third reason is that, frankly, I think a lot of people just haven’t thought of sample prep as a real glamorous problem to solve. I’ve got a nanosphere, a nanodot, a nanowire, a nano this, a nano that, and that’s all wonderful. My background is in semiconductor device physics-I love that-but that’s not really the problem we have. It’s part, but it isn’t the biggest problem. The biggest problem is how do I get the sample, and how do I get it into a state that I can use it with all of these new and wonderful amplification and transduction modalities?
A fourth reason might be that the government has not paid much heed to sample prep. If you don’t have [inaudible] dollars out there that people can respond to, particularly these smaller companies, these newer startups, then those companies are not going to go off doing a research program that nobody seems to be interested in funding.
But I do believe that we’re seeing that trend begin to change. Another indication of a change there is that we are seeing quite a few conferences now that are popping up that are specifically in this area and that are specifically talking about it for point-of-care diagnostics.
How do IVD manufacturers overcome the “front end” challenges that you mentioned, and how do they go about making the detection technologies for their IVD products more sensitive and specific?
I think some companies do this right, and I think a whole lot of companies probably don’t. So let me tell you what I think is the right way to do it.
Clearly one right way is through M&A. There’s no doubt about that. You know, if you have a good business development team and you’re out there surveying what’s going on and you see opportunities to purchase or to license-maybe it’s just to license certain IP-then great. One way to overcome the challenges is to shop for the solutions.
If you’re trying to do it in house, my view is that you need to have a sort of a skunk work-a department tasked with advanced projects that is generally unhampered by bureaucracy-and you need to be willing as a company to put the R&D dollars into that skunk works. I used to be with the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency, DARPA, and I think a lot of these companies would be well served to create a DARPA within their own organizations-a group that’s a bit iconoclastic, that’s innovative, and that’s allowed to operate outside some of the normal boundary conditions.
But I would bind it by a condition that I like to call “disciplined creativity.” That might seem like a bit of an oxymoron, but essentially it’s a series of questions and steps that a good R&D organization can take early on to allow innovation to occur, that will, at the same time, force the innovators to recognize there has to be some element of discipline involved. There have to be certain questions that need to be addressed and answered in a rigorous, comprehensive manner.
The point I’m making is that companies need to invest in innovation. Appoint maybe five people to make up this DARPA group, or office, or department, that are acting as the ones who are looking to incubate and nurture the next disruptive technology that will help keep that company going for the long haul.
The approaches are, number one, you shop around for solutions to overcome the challenges. Number two is that you put a group like I’ve just described into place. That is, of course, hard to do when budgets are tight, and R&D always seems to be on the top of the list for an executive team to cut when you’re trying to meet some quarterly objective. But I think that is, in the long haul, a bit foolhardy.
What are the primary factors that IVD manufacturers take into consideration when deciding which detection technologies to implement and apply to their IVD products?
You have to be able to do rigorous analysis of opportunities. Using techniques like cost-benefit analysis and doing things like net-present-value calculations and analyses are very important.
Those need to be applied in a way that is still consistent with having the skunk works going on and trying to do something that’s really disruptive. But when you’re trying to figure out what the next technology leap should be, or how to jump off of the S curve and get on the next S curve, then I think you have to do some very rigorous analysis of what the projected opportunities are.
One additional comment I would make here is that when you’re considering something new in this space, you have to look out at least five years, because that’s about how long it’s going to take-even if things go great-for you to get an FDA-cleared medical device, an IVD, out on the market-particularly if you’re hoping to have the device CLIA waived, also.
If, right now, you’re saying, “Okay, here’s what’s happening in MRSA right now,” or “This is what’s happening in PCR technology right now,” that’s great, but you have to be willing to do that projection.
And frankly, companies that I consult for are often not doing this. Of course, many VCs don’t want to hear something like, “Well, we need to look five years out.” Because they’re not interested in getting their money out five years from now; they’d prefer to get it out a year or two from now. So this is a real tightrope to walk. It’s a difficult thing.
Do manufacturers ever establish partnerships or strategic alliances with other IVD manufacturers, research organizations, academic institutions, or universities to develop detection technologies for IVDs?
Of course; all the time. This is a critical part of the landscape. There is a tremendous amount of positioning and maneuvering and so forth going on in that regard, and that’s fine. That’s the nature of business, and it’s probably healthy.
This is compelling when you consider trying to, as a company, do something that is very transformative in nature. You need to try to leverage risk. You don’t want to completely expose yourself. So having a strategic alliance or working with a government lab, or FDA, or CDC, or getting a grant from the NIH is beneficial.
For large companies, a strategy might be to work with some smaller companies. All of these are opportunities to reduce exposure. It’s good for the smaller entity, it can be good for the lab or the institution that you’re partnering with, helping them get some research done. It can be good for the corporate partner in all of this in that they don’t have to go and directly expend huge resources to tap into what could be a breakthrough discovery.
How will the growth and evolution of molecular diagnostics continue to push the boundaries and demands of detection technologies for IVDs?
Molecular testing requires by its very nature more complex sample preparation. As a result of this, one would like to have a detection technology that is suitable for an upstream sample prep that minimizes the number and complexity of those upstream processing and preparation steps.
If you believe that ELISA techniques, for example, are the wave of the future (which I do not ), you might be less concerned about what you need to do with the sample prep and with the detection, the transduction and amplification approach.
But in the case of nucleic acid testing, molecular assays, and multiplexed molecular assays, figuring out assay formats and protocols such that sample-prep work is minimized would be very, very useful.
There’s a great challenge that exists in trying to interface different modules, if you will, that would be part of a system-level functional block diagram of an IVD platform. I like to refer to it as the impedance matching challenge, a metaphor to the electrical engineering-transmission-line classic problem.
And the metaphor is as follows: “Hey, I’ve got some sample prep that I’m doing, and I’ve got this great transduction amplification technique. Now how is it that the two of these things meet up properly?” That’s a big challenge, and I think molecular assays make that even more of a challenge-a less forgiving kind of challenge.
Do you have anything more to add about developing detection technologies for POC tests and the challenges involved in that area?
My global view is that point-of-care diagnostics is the single most important trend of this decade, and specifically POC for infectious disease. The reason I highlight infectious disease is because where POC will matter the most is for situations where time matters most, and getting a result quickly helps to improve the health outcome, and so infectious disease is that case.
It’s less likely that we’re going to see POC for cancer testing, for example, because I don’t know that there’s an economic driver or clinical driver that would say, “Here’s why we need to have this answer quickly and right at the bedside or right in the doctor’s office.”
I believe that POC testing is a subset of a much broader global megatrend, if you will, of applications at the point of need. Without getting us too far into philosophy, I think we see this and have seen this for a couple of decades all around us.
If you want to make a phone call, you just reach down and you pull out your cell phone. It’s right there where you need it. When you need cash, you go to an ATM. It’s another application at the point of need. And we don’t have to go back to our offices to get on our computers---we’ve got our laptops with Wi-Fi literally in our laps. There are countless examples like this. The point is that there is a huge trend of applications at the point of need. POC testing is part of that. That’s a good thing, because to me it shows that it’s part of an overall huge global movement.
I believe that point-of-care testing is going to be one of the things that will help take substantial cost out of the healthcare system. And regardless of your view on what kind of healthcare laws should or should not be in place, I think all of us would have to agree that if we had a way of yanking a lot of cost out of the system while at the same time providing better health outcomes, we would embrace that. POC testing gives us that opportunity.
We are also seeing now a trend in healthcare toward consumerism. In the Unites States alone there are more than 4500 urgent-care clinics. There are about 1500 retail clinics. These are full clinics that are in the big-box kind of stores-the Walgreens and Rite-Aids and Wal-Marts.
These clinics are set up so that you can just walk in and be seen by either a nurse practitioner or a physician’s assistant, or even a physician. And one of the most common things that is already being treated there is infectious disease. Clearly, if one had an excellent diagnostic tool that would allow the clinician to make a good decision, that would be a great thing and would take even more cost out of the system.
And, of course, one might imagine that it could even become a requirement on the part of insurance companies to demand such a test, because there is a conflict of interest if Walgreens says, “Oh, you’ve got a bacterial infection, and guess what? I happen to sell antibiotics right here. Let me sell them to you.” A good POC diagnostic test could reduce the likelihood of that, because the insurance company, before it pays for antibiotics, might want to see that the such-and-such test has been done that says, “Yes, this person has an atypical pneumonia, and it’s not Flu B, and that’s why we’re giving her an antibiotic.” Or, “It is Flu B, and that’s why I’m going to give him Tamiflu.”
So this is the megatrend, applications at the point of need, of which POC testing is a subset. Add to that the trend in healthcare toward consumerism, and, of course, the reality of our budget crisis and debt crisis, which will drive us to try to figure out ways to take costs out of the system while maintaining or even improving health outcomes. Those are the reasons why I put such a huge emphasis on point of care as the trend of the future.
What challenges will IVD manufacturers have to overcome in the future in developing detection technologies for their IVD products? And what new trends can we expect to see this year and in the future in the area of detection technologies for IVDs?
The single greatest challenge, I believe, is figuring out how to make a low-complexity front end. In other words, handling the sample-prep problem, as many of us like to call it, and as you referred to it. That is perhaps the single greatest challenge for IVD.
And, you know, with that come challenges and more technologies. How do you figure out which technologies? That’s why I say I think companies need to have a small skunk works that’s allowed to operate outside of company norms.
But that group needs discipline. I expect the trend toward consumerism in healthcare to grow, with a concomitant growth in POC technologies and products. The companies that determine how to solve the front-end automation challenge will be the winners in IVD in the coming decade.
John C. Carrano, PhD, is president, Carrano Consulting LLC (Austin, TX). Prior to starting his own consulting business, Carrano was the vice president, Research & Development at Luminex Corp. He also served as a corporate executive officer of Luminex, and chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board. Before joining Luminex, Carrano was as a program manager at DARPA for nearly 5 years, where he initiated and led several major Defense Department programs related to biological and chemical sensing. He can be reached at
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Its no secret how I feel about the rightwing republican party, the hypocrcy and insincereity, and Lil Bobby Corker is no exeception.. He's a hero of local media, an a 'rising star' to some local republicans, and wil be defended regardless..
The republicans are attempting to implement Romneys tax plan, even though they lost the election, went down to humiliating defeat.. Capping mortgage deductions seems to be a way to force the rich to pay their fair share, but just closing a few loopholes, wont fix anything.. Without a mortgage deduction, the super wealthy can pay cash for the second and third home, and encourage the wealthy to move their fortunes 'offshore' to avoid taxes, or find other means of dodging taxes.. The 'moochers' arent thev 47% that haswages so low, as to avoid any tax liability, its the millionaires, such as Romney, paying 19% or less on income of billions, a smaller5 percentage than a teen working a drive through at a burger stand....
The republicans think people are stupid enough to 'forget' that Romneys economic plan, Romney himself, lost the election.. THE REPUBLICANS STILL INSIST ON NOT RAISING RATES ON THE WEALTHY, RICH, THOSE MAKING OVER 250,000$.. So what has changed, other than the republicans saying they are willing to adopt the only part of Romneys economic plan, that wasnt secret, taking away the mortgage deduction..
As the republicans are saying: Okay, you won, we give up, we will compromise and do what we promised to do, in the election we lost, by running the agenda the voters rejected...
But unfortunately Obama will probably rollover and give the republicans whatever they desire, no backbone, no courage, after being called everyname in the book, accused of every sin under the sun, and pointed to as source of all evil..
Corker and his cronys, his partys days are numbered by shifting demographics, and their rhetoric of hatred, for Obama, minoritys, immigrants, women, and educated youth, spells a stormy and short future..
Its like after the civil war, the south saying, okay, you win, we will restrict the number of slaves, and continue as a separate confederate government.. After Obama won, and the republican agenda was rejected, how can the republicans still insist, that following Romneys economic policy is somehow compromise.. They still insist the Bush tax cuts be extended, made permanent..Nothing has changed.. Except a few radicals are trying to double talk, deceive, pull a fast one, by claiming nonexistent compromise, and the media doesnt even challange the blatent lies.. Nothing new here, just a fluffy, hug Corker article.. Dejarslias reelection and character, told everybody everything they needed to know about Tennessee republicans..
Everyone knows how you "feel"...we just wish that you would think for a change.
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I was in Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1974, and it was a very hot day. I was sitting
at Bawa Muhaiyaddeen’s bedside. He was very old, and his Ashram was made up
his bed with a variety of animals—goats, peacocks, dogs, cats and a deer
Bawa would sing and pray. Bawa’s day consisted mostly of sitting on his bed
was respected as a living saint, people attributed many happenings in their
lives to him—both good and bad.
One day a fellow came in shaking with rage and hatred. He pulled out a short
machete, the kind that one uses to cut bamboo. I understood that some
tragedy had befallen his family, and he was blaming Bawa. I was close to
him, close enough that I could have sucker-punched him.
was to watch and not engage. Bawa attributed all beauty, goodness, wonder
nature of consciousness as the pathway to human realization.
Now he opened his arms fully wide, he had no shirt on, and he leaned his
head backwards exposing himself fully to this flood of violence and looked
with the melting eyes of gentleness at his assailant and said: “My Brother,
the power of love. It filled the space like a tangible presence, and the man
collapsed on the ground and sat up gazing deeply into the sage’s eyes. Bawa
then embraced him and said: “Go home and clean yourself, and come back, my
without speaking.
Epilogue. Today, people whose hearts are at peace have a duty to come out of
the closet and address the dangerous distortions arising from the
misapplication of power. People guided by compassion as never before have a
duty to engage publicly. The public dialogue has become a pornography of the
trivial. Authentic expressions of passion, beauty, and meaning are needed,
and those who are capable of sharing such gifts have an obligation to step
forward. I commend Kosmos for becoming a forum that encourages such needed
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We've been told they will compete tomorrow and have advanced to the finals for state.
The Rockridge team scored 86.62 today and are just behind one other team.
There are a total of 25 schools competing.
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The Rockridge competitive cheer team is headed to state.
Fourteen girls and 1 guy are on the team and they've placed first at three competitions including a sectional championship.
They performed their routine at a school assembly today and will be scored in 10 different categories.
"The thing that sets our school and our team apart from other schools is we have very talented tumblers," head cheerleading coach Joey Stanforth. "There is a lot of high level gymnastics involved and compared to other schools our size. Our tumbling is higher than most other schools our size."
"This year has been special because we really treat each other like a family," cheerleader Kourtney Kiddoo said. "We're with each other most of the time, seven days a week."
"It's a great feeling to be in the state competition again this year. We have great coaches that have lead us here," cheerleader Genna Flaherty said. "And we just want to prove to our school that we have what it takes."
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Pressure Points: Pressure Transducer Diagnostics
By Bernie Thompson | February 2007
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A pressure transducer converts an engine's operating characteristics into oscilloscope-ready electrical signals. Skillful interpretation of these
BlacBlack with a 2-in. brim and a red satin liner, it looked like a normal top hat any man might wear at a formal gala. The man placed the hat on the table. An instant later, he reached in and pulled out a white rabbit! How did the rabbit appear? Was it magic? To members of the audience, of course, it remains a mystery.
Mechanics have been trying to solve the “mysteries” of the internal combustion engine for over a century. In that time, many tools have been developed to help with this process. With the advent of the modern automobile have come high-tech diagnostic tools. Let's pull our own rabbit out of the hat and examine the “magic” behind one such high-tech diagnostic tool: the pressure transducer.
A pressure transducer takes a physical quantity and changes it into an electrical signal. A pressure transducer can measure physical quantities such as oil and fuel pressure, engine compression, plus exhaust, intake, crankcase and radiator pressures, to name just a few. By viewing this electrical signal on an oscilloscope, a large amount of information can be conveyed to the technician quickly. This device will change the way modern technicians diagnose problems in the internal combustion engine.
We'll begin by examining a Dodge Caravan with a 3.0L V6 engine and overhead camshafts. This vehicle was brought into the shop because it was exhibiting a rough idle condition. The complaint was verified and the PCM codes were pulled. There were no pending or mature DTCs recorded, and all of the monitors had run. A pressure transducer was placed into the exhaust tailpipe (photo 1 on page 36).
This is a special type of transducer called a differential pressure transducer, and it can read the exhaust pulses from the tailpipe. For years, technicians have used a hand or a dollar bill to feel or see these exhaust pulses in order to determine whether they were even, to help them diagnose the engine. If a differential pressure transducer is connected to an oscilloscope, these exhaust pulses can be viewed as a waveform, which will help tremendously in engine diagnosis.
This waveform can't be understood without a trigger to locate the exhaust pulsations. If the ignition is used as the trigger, the exhaust pulsations can be related to individual cylinders. To accomplish this, the firing order must first be known (Fig. 1 on page 36). There will also be a timing issue when applying the trigger to the exhaust waveform.
In a four-cycle engine, the ignition spark occurs at the end of the compression stroke. During the compression and power strokes, both the intake and exhaust valves are closed. When the spark ionizes the spark plug electrodes, the air/fuel mixture is ignited. In turn, the burning air/fuel mixture creates an expanding force that drives the piston away from the cylinder head. As the piston approaches the bottom of its stroke, the exhaust valve opens. The high pressure inside the cylinder moves to the low-pressure area outside the cylinder, which creates a pulse as it moves through the exhaust pipe.
The piston now starts to move toward the cylinder head on the exhaust stroke, pushing out the remaining content of the cylinder into the exhaust system. If you're using the ignition as the trigger for the exhaust pulse, there will be a delay between the spark ionizing the spark plug electrodes and the exhaust stroke. To compensate for this delay, the trigger must be moved from cylinder 1 to cylinder 3. By moving the trigger two firing events after the firing event in cylinder 1, the exhaust pulse for the No. 1 cylinder will align with the triggered event. Therefore, on a 4-cylinder engine, the trigger is moved one cylinder after No. 1. On a 6-cylinder engine, the trigger is moved two cylinders after No. 1. On an 8-cylinder engine, the trigger is moved three cylinders after No. 1.
In Fig. 2 on page 38, the yellow trace is the waveform produced by the differential pressure transducer, the red trace is the waveform produced by an inductive clamp around the cylinder 3 spark plug wire and the green trace is the waveform produced by the ignition coil primary signal. The addition of the ignition triggers will divide the exhaust waveform into individual cylinders. Once the waveform can be isolated into individual units, it can be analyzed to determine where the problem cylinder or cylinders are located.
The firing order must be known at this point, so an association can be made between the exhaust pulse and the cylinder that created it. When examining the exhaust waveform, two things must be checked�the amplitude of the signal and the timing placement of the exhaust pulse. Of the two, timing placement is more important.
When analyzing Fig. 2, the peak amplitude (vertical) on cylinders 1-3-5 is greater than the peak amplitude on cylinders 2-4-6. Now check the timing placement of the peaks on cylinders 1 and 2. The peak on cylinder 1 comes very close in time (horizontal) to the green primary ignition turn-on signal. The time between the cylinder 1 peak and the green primary falling edge is 1.69 milliseconds (mS). On cylinder 2, the peak is much further away from the green primary falling edge, at 6.76mS. Now check the other cylinders.
Upon further analysis, it becomes clear that cylinders 1-3-5 are very close in time relative to the primary falling edge, while cylinders 2-4-6 are further away from the primary falling edge. In Fig. 1, the firing order is given as 1-2-3-4-5-6. Cylinders 1-3-5 are all from bank 1 and cylinders 2-4-6 are all from bank 2. This data would indicate that there is a difference from bank to bank. One complete bank has a problem. Many things could affect a complete bank and create a problem.
To narrow down the problem very quickly, we installed the differential pressure transducer in the brake booster hose (photo 2 below). This will allow us to view the intake pressure pulses (Fig. 3). The ignition triggers must be used so the intake waveform can be divided. Once the intake waveform has been broken down into individual cylinders, the pulses can then be analyzed. However, there is a timing issue between the ignition ionizing the spark plug electrodes and the intake valve opening.
The intake stroke occurs before the ignition event. To time the intake pulse to the cylinder that created it, the trigger must be installed around the cylinder 5 ignition wire. This will align the inductive red trace with the cylinder 1 intake valve pulse (yellow trace). Therefore, on a 4-cylinder engine, the trigger is moved one cylinder before cylinder 1. On a 6-cylinder engine, the trigger is moved two cylinders before cylinder 1. On an 8-cylinder engine, the trigger is moved three cylinders before cylinder 1.
In Fig. 3, the engine is at idle and the intake waveform is divided into individual cylinders by the ignition. Let's examine cylinders 1 and 2. For cylinder 1 there are three distinct positive pulses between the primary green trace of cylinder 1 and cylinder 2. For cylinder 2 there are two distinct positive pulses between the ignition primary on cylinder 2 and cylinder 3. The amplitude of cylinder 1 is also greater than that of cylinder 2.
Now examine the other cylinders in Fig. 3. It becomes clear that cylinders 1-3-5 all have three distinct positive peaks with higher amplitudes. Cylinders 2-4-6 have one or two peaks of lower amplitude and a different waveform shape. In Fig. 1, the firing order is shown as 1-2-3-4-5-6. This confirms the exhaust data we had previously gathered; bank 1 is different from bank 2. This data would indicate that a camshaft is out of time with the crankshaft.
It can take hours to remove the camshaft timing covers to confirm this finding. The problem with this is that if the camshaft has moved from the gear, it may be hard to confirm the camshaft timing by checking only the gear timing marks. There's an easier, faster and more accurate way to confirm camshaft-to-crankshaft timing. To accomplish this, remove the spark plug from cylinder 1. Install a compression adapter into the spark plug hole. Before installing the compression adapter, remove the check valve from the adapter. This will allow the air pressure to move freely in and out of the adapter hose.
Install a 300-psi pressure transducer on the compression hose. The oscilloscope will now display a waveform of the pressure changes within the cylinder. Before starting the engine, install a spark tester on the No. 1 ignition wire (photo 3). It will be necessary to allow the engine to run only a very short time to capture the data. Once the data is captured, turn off the engine. Install the spark plug and ignition wire back into the No. 1 cylinder. Remove the No. 2 spark plug and install the spark tester on the ignition wire. Install the compression adapter and 300-psi pressure transducer into the No. 2 spark plug hole. Start the engine and capture the data. Now shut off the engine so the data can be analyzed.
The waveform in Fig. 4 is from cylinder 1 and that in Fig. 5 is from cylinder 2. Let's examine these cylinder pressure waveforms. The first thing that must be done is to measure from compression peak to compression peak. In Fig. 4 the peak-to-peak time is 145.34mS. This is equal to two crankshaft revolutions, or 720° of revolution. By dividing 145.34mS by 4, the time for each stroke can be calculated. This time is 36.33mS, which is equal to 180° of crankshaft rotation.
Move the cursor 36.33mS from the first compression peak. This is when the piston has reached the bottom of its stroke, or bottom dead center (BDC) after the power stroke. The exhaust valve will open at the end of the power stroke before BDC. This is where the waveform changes due to the exhaust valve movement. This pressure change will cause the waveform to rise until it hits its peak, which should be very close to the BDC mark. On most engines, the BDC mark will fall between halfway up the ramp and close to the top of the ramp when the cam timing is correct.
By measuring the time from BDC to the exhaust waveform peak, the crankshaft degrees can be calculated: 720° of crankshaft rotation divided by 145.34mS of time equals 4.95° of crankshaft rotation for 1mS of time. In Fig. 4, the time from BDC to the peak of the exhaust waveform is 2.42mS. To calculate the crankshaft degrees, take the time (2.42mS) and multiply it by 4.95° and it equals 11.97°, or 12° of crankshaft rotation.
Now let's examine Fig. 5. First measure the compression peak-to-peak. This is equal to 150mS of time. Now divide 150mS by 4, which equals 37.5mS. This will give you the time for each stroke. Now move the cursor 37.5mS from the first compression peak. Notice that the BDC mark occurs below the halfway point on the exhaust ramp waveform. There's a delay in building the pressure of the exhaust ramp, so it takes much longer for the peak to form. Also notice that the waveform before the BDC mark is much more rounded. This is due to the exhaust valve opening later, which is an indication of a retarded camshaft.
Once the cursor is in place, measure the time from the BDC mark to the exhaust waveform peak. On cylinder 2, this time is 6.99mS. To calculate the time per degree, divide 720° by 150mS. This equals 4.8° of crankshaft rotation for each 1mS of time. Multiplying 6.99mS by 4.8° equals 33.5° of crankshaft rotation. What we're interested in is the difference between bank 1 and bank 2. Bank 1 equals 12° of crankshaft rotation and bank 2 equals 33.5°. To calculate the difference between bank 1 and bank 2, subtract 12° from 33.5°. This equals 21.5° of crankshaft rotation, or 10.75° of camshaft rotation.
This indicates that the camshaft on bank 2 is retarded by one tooth. It's also interesting to note that the cylinder compression pressure peak of cylinder 1 is much higher than that of cylinder 2. This is due to the intake valve closing sooner, trapping more air in cylinder 1, thus creating more peak pressure. Now that all the data is in, it's quite easy to see that the exhaust and intake waveforms created by the pressure transducer clearly showed the camshaft timing error.
Once you practice these techniques, you'll be able to diagnose very difficult problems, such as a camshaft that's out of time, in less than 30 minutes. A pressure transducer can be used in many different ways, so keep an open mind and remember that the modern pressure transducer would appear to be magic until you have a thorough understanding of the information being conveyed to you. The next time a vehicle in your bay exhibits a misfire or compression problem, think about how to apply the pressure transducer and triggers so you, too, can pull a rabbit out of your hat. | http://www.motor.com/article.asp?article_ID=1121 | dclm-gs1-081700002 | false | false | {
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Once Dr. Phil played an episode in which he interviewed several people who had done courageous things and asked them to explain courage. I do not consider myself a courageous person, but I know a number of people who are highly courageous, and from what I've seen there appear to be several places from which courage can come.
The first one and most important one is competence. If you know how to run into a burning house and save someone without perishing, then you are more likely to do that than if you don't know how to do such a thing. Similarly the people who know what they're doing as soldiers are more likely to go to battle and perform in battle than people who don't know what they're doing as soldiers. Competence gives courage because it makes the person know that he can complete the task; and the biggest predictor of courage is competence.
The second is faith. Whether the faith is in God, or in the self, or in a political cause of which one is a part, faith gives the state of mind to do difficult and dangerous things. While the courage that comes from competence is confidence that one can complete the task, faith gives more of a borrowed courage: The belief that it is so important to do something that, even if one were to get negative confidences for it, it's still an act worthy of having done. For this reason we see any number of people without military or police training do brave things for any number of things that they may believe.
Also, there is courage that comes from desperation. This is where we find the expression "Courage is a word for nothing left to lose." If there is nothing to look forward to, or if one's life is a muddle, then one doesn't stand to lose much by dying or being injured; which means that a person in that position can be highly courageous even if he normally is not.
These are the three main ones; but there are others sources of courage as well. One atypical source I've seen is compassion and caring. Compassion and caring brings a person to do things for others that are difficult and dangerous, even if those things bear no selfish reward. The people in this situation care so much about the next person, or about something external to themselves, that they would sacrifice much or risk much to assist or to set things right. And while there are some people who believe that compassion is for sissies, the people who are moved by compassion to do brave things are in fact the strongest and the best in the bunch.
Another source I've seen is the opposite of the preceding: Not caring. Some people are daredevils who don't care what happens to them and who like doing risky things for the rush. Some people are thrill-seekers, and that includes also those who deliberately put themselves in challenging situations in order to overcome challenge. Some people do not see this as real courage; however on occasion these people would do genuinely courageous things and apply their risk-seeking nature toward doing real good rather than simply seeking thrills.
I am sure there are other things that drive courage; but these are the ones that I've seen personally. If I've missed something I invite people to add more.
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The CRU hack: Context
Filed under: — gavin @ 23 November 2009
Re: CRU data accessibility.
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1. 251
S. Molnar says:
I haven’t read all of the comments on these threads (and I’m impressed by gavin’s cast-iron stomach that allows him to read not only all of the published comments, but those that don’t get through moderation), but in those I have read only one, by Russell Seitz, comes close to reflecting my view that (to put it in an old-fashioned way) a gentleman does not read other people’s mail. Unlike Seitz, I exempt gavin from the dictum on the grounds that he is merely responding to the bad manners of others to protect the innocent, but, really, I think anyone who would make a case based on the unauthorized reading of the correspondence of others is beneath contempt.
2. 252
Biff Larkin says:
There has been much back and forth about whether or not the associated principals of RealClimate are willing or unwilling to share some of their data with the public.
Gavin has written numerous comments assuring us that no one is hiding anything, and that the only data unavailable for public inspection is certain unimportant data, that can be constructed from other available data, within the public domain. The reason Gavin gives for not making all data available, is that certain legal agreements exist, precluding the supply of the data in question.
Well, this assertion could easily be true. As soon as I see a notarized affadavit from a legally knowedgable party to such an alleged agreement, attesting to same, I am willing to believe it.
Until then, I am not.
P.S. If this post doesn’t appear on Realclimate, it will appear within multiple venues within 24 hours.
[Response: Well, heaven forbid someone should cross post a comment. But in lieu of signed affadavits try the FOI officer himself:
Pursuant to Mr. Palmer’s letter of 21 September 2009 to you regarding the handling of your appeal of 24 July to our response of the same date in regards your FOI request of 26 June 2009, I have undertaken a review of the contents of our file and have spoken with Mr. Palmer and other relevant staff involved in this matter. I apologise for the delay informing you of my decision but we were awaiting the ‘further particulars’ in relation to this matter that you mentioned in your email of 2 September. Having not received such particulars, I have decided to proceed, given the passage of time, with my decision in their absence.
As a result of this investigation, I am satisfied that our overall decision to not disclosethe requested information is correct.
In response to your first point in your email of 24 July regarding the non transmission of data to non-academics, I have concluded that the reference to non-academics was in error and that the status of yourself, or any other requester, is irrelevant to the factors to consider regarding disclosure of the requested information.
Turning to the points you raised in your email of 2 September, you note that other earlier versions of this data are available on the US Department of Energy website and that Dr. Jones had sent an earlier version of the data to you and had mounted it on FTP server.
In regards your second point regarding the provision of the data to yourself, and the fact that the information was mounted & left on our FTP site & also provided to Georgia Tech without securing consent of the institutions that provided it, we would, upon reflection, consider this an action that we not choose to take again. However, having made errors in past does not, in our eyes, justify making the same errors again.
I note that in your email of 2 September, you state that your request was ‘for the current version of the data set’ but in your original request, you asked for the subset of data that was sent to Georgia Tech University. I would advise that the many of the same restrictions apply to the full CRUTEM dataset as apply to the subset sent to Georgia Tech, but this analysis and answer is based on your original request.
In regards the substance of the exception claimed under Reg. 12(5)(f), I would maintain the position taken to date. There are restrictions on the release of at least some of the data cited, and our opinion is that any release would be contrary to the agreements, and release would have an adverse effect on those organisations. DEFRA guidance notes that the Aarhus Convention, which contains the origins of the Directive on which the EIRs are based, protects information volunteered by a third party and requires their consent to disclose it. The purpose of the exception is to encourage the free flow of information from private persons or institutions in order to protect the environment where making it available to the public could inhibit that process. To provide information that has a restriction on further transmission on it would not only damage CRU’s ability to secure such information in future, but would also harm the interests of the organisations providing the information, who clearly have an interest in restricting transmission of the information due to the very existence of the restrictions.
Regulation 12(11) requires that we provide as much requested information as is possible outside the coverage of any applicable exception. After consultation with Phil Jones and other relevant staff in regards the nature and composition of the requested dataset, I have concluded that the data is organised in such a way as to make it extremely difficult and time-consuming to segregate the data in the manner that you suggest and would indeed, in our view, amount to an unreasonable diversion of resources from the provision of services for which we, as an institution, are mandated. Further, we would maintain that where no such segregation has, or will occur, we should not release any of the data for fear of breaching such restrictions as do exist.
I would note that we are, however, proceeding with efforts with the international community to secure consent from national meteorological institutions for the release of the information that they provide us with, and it is fully our intention to publish such data where, and when, we have secured such consent. This is in line with guidance from DEFRA that suppliers of volunteered information should be encouraged to consent to release where appropriate, and where it is lacking, such consent can be sought later in response to a particular request or in order to proactively disseminate the information.
In regards our obligation to assess the public interest in applying these exceptions, I am of the opinion that the public interest balance is in favour of non-disclosure of the requested information. As noted above, the public interest in maintaining the flow of information from institutions to CRU, and maintaining good working relations with international organisations, outweighs, in this case, the interest in the release of the data.
We have contacted the Information Commissioners Office in regards this matter and their advice is that if you are still dissatisfied with this response, you should, at this time, exercise your right of appeal to the Information Commissioner.
Yours sincerely
Jonathan Colam-French
- gavin]
3. 253
Just Another EE says:
I’ve read that we can expect a certain rise in temperature for every doubling of CO2.
If that is true, why is the CO2 concentration change not plotted on a log scale when it is being compared with modern temperature, instead of being plotted linearly?
[Response: You are right. And it's even more accurate to plot the forcings themselves (which are logarithmic in CO2, but go like square root for methane, and linearly for CFCs) so that you can see everything on an equal basis. - gavin]
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Carmen S says:
dhogaza said
Meanwhile, whether you believe it or not …
1. Burning fossil fuels adds CO2 to the atmosphere
2. CO2 absorbs IR
Ah! If only it was that simple;)
5. 255
Dirk says:
A good scientist says “could be” until getting enough data to disprove a hypothesis.
While it may seem obvious to reject “the world is flat” out of hand, somehow NASA was convinced to put resources into WMAP, and we now know within a 2% probability that the universe is, indeed, flat.
BTW, what is the reason for rejecting out of hand the Soon 2004 graphic that seems to clearly tie climate to the sun, and not to C02?
[Response: It is a very clear cherry-pick. First off it's just the Arctic - not 'climate'. Secondly, the correlation crumbles if you just include a few more stations slightly to the south. Thirdly, the solar proxy he used is hopelessly out-of -date (solar people no longer think the underlying assumptions are valid). Want more? - gavin]
6. 256
Kazinski says:
One of the more disturbing emails is from Michael Mann:
thanks Phil,
Maybe I’m misinterpreting but that seems like an admission that RC is being used to spread disinformation, not to explain the science.
[Response: Not in the least. The post was 'Hey Ya!(mal)' which was in response to insinuations and accusations regarding a single tree ring record that Keith Briffa had worked on. 'Keith's page' was Briffa's exploration of the real science in the face of multiple smears. - gavin]
I’d also like to hear your thoughts about George Monbiots call for Jones to step down.
7. 257
Steve Fish says:
I belive — 23 November 2009 @ 10:12 AM:
I agree with your sentiment, but disagree with your solution. Please explain what forum would provide an unbiased evaluation of the e-mails, but would also not be denigrated by the deniers if they didn’t like the decision?
The minds of the deniers have been captured by an irrational mind set, relative to the real world, but is maintained by focusing on an internally consistent set of ideas. It is a new sort of religion that is dependent on absolutes, and avoids real world complexity and external verification.
8. 258
ccpo says:
Here’s a theory, the world is…
I’m proud to be skeptical based on the above.
Comment by edward — 23 November 2009 @ 11:15 AM,
Argumentation by assertion. Brilliant. As Gavin said, where’s the beef?
9. 259
MG says:
Bottom line on CRU emails:
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
Lawmakers Probe Climate Emails
10. 260
Dirk says:
Thank you for the response to my question regarding the Soon graphic, I will follow up just as I have to the McIntyre explanations for why other certain graphics are errant, and hopefully arrive at a point where I can agree with everyone on this important issue.
11. 261
dhogaza says:
going back 150 years or so is long
Wrong, not long.
12. 262
Phil. Felton says:
Kazinski says:
23 November 2009 at 11:52 PM
One of the more disturbing emails is from Michael Mann:
“thanks Phil,
As to the issues of robustness, particularly w.r.t. inclusion of the Yamal series, we actually emphasized that (including the Osborn and Briffa ‘06 sensitivity test) in our original post! As we all know, this isn’t about truth at all, its about plausibly deniable accusations,
Seems to me that it’s a statement that SMcI uses CA to make ‘plausibly deniable accusations’, where do you get the ‘disinformation’ from?
13. 263
ccpo says:
one, bizarrely (or perhaps not) saying that not only is AGW all a hoax, but so was the evidence for tobacco causing harm, and all of that nonsense about anti-smoking campaigns should be stopped. We are in fantasy world once again.
Comment by David Horton — 23 November 2009 @ 5:55 PM
Given the historical reality that many of the same players in the nicotine denial machine created the climate denial machine, isn’t this expected?
14. 264 says:
Gavin I commend your ability to field all these comments–it is truly, truly amazing. Though unfortunately the deniers may eventually win the public opinion–humans have a knack of not doing the right thing the first time, this problem is too subtle for most of them to understand, and too antagonistic with a selfish view of liberty–I have the utmost confidence that you and your colleagues have a disinterested, expert grasp on this science in a way the deniers never will. Take comfort that you are doing the right thing, no matter how unpopular some make it out to be.
15. 265
dhogaza says:
Well, Biffy, as soon as I see a notarized affadavit (sic) from a legally knowledgable (sic) party that these accusations are accurate, I’ll be willing to believe it.
Got it, Biffy? Or are notarized affidavits (not sic, because I can spell) only needed for things you don’t like?
16. 266
Just Another EE says:
Wait a second, I asked about how to plot data in the most appropriate way. OK, you agreed. Thre is no such thing as perfect data, but at least it is measured.
But in the very next sentence, you were jumped onto (?modelled?) ‘forcings’, and linked to a plot where the units of many mysterious quantities where ploted on a common axis of w/m**2. What is the labelling convention in ‘real’ climatology to differentiate measured data vs. modeled parameters?
Do not the modeled parameters rely on some unstated, simplified physical assumptions?
[Response: Sorry, I thought I was being responsive! The change in CO2 producing a forcing on the climate (i.e. the change would produce a change in the radiation balance at the top the of the atmosphere). This forcing, which is logarithmic in the concentration is measured in W/m2 i.e. F_CO2 = 5.35*log(CO2/CO2_orig). To first order, the global mean temperatures are a linear function of the forcings (with a lag), so this is the appropriate thing to plot against temperature. However, it is not just CO2 that is changing, and the planet will respond to the net effect of all the changes. The figure I showed was a compilation of all the 20th C changes. The estimates of the the forcing come from here -, while the temperature record is available here: along with all the data. There are papers decribing each set of data you can read for more details. Feel free to plot them up together. The scale on the y axis should be something like 0.7 W/m2 per degree C. - gavin]
17. 267
AJ says:
Most likely will get sensored but nice to give it a try so much for being objective!!!!
From: “Michael E. Mann”
To: Tim Osborn, Keith Briffa
Subject: update
Cc: Gavin Schmidt
18. 268
I’ve found a searchable version of the emails at — I don’t know how long that will last but it provides an opportunity to see how denialist cherry picking works. Search for “travesty that we” and sure enough the first email that pops up contains Kevin Trenberth’s quoted comment: “The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can’t.” But it also finds follow-ups that answer it well. Part of the denialist’s world is to stop examining the evidence when you find something to agree with.
Could we perhaps persuade Senate Inhofe to make all his personal emails accessible for scrutiny (#241)? That would make for interesting reading. Or is it the Senator’s view that private communications are only in the public domain if they are stolen?
19. 269
Bob says:
Gavin, perhaps you might go on the record and clear a lot of suspicion that many have at the moment.
Have you, or have you ever directly or indirectly, ever participated in any discussion of any nature about ways of altering, recalculating, dismissing or discussing anything about ameliorating the MWP problem.
[Response: Very strange question. The temperatures in medieval times were what they were and no amount of discussion will change that. However, there are many different estimates of medieval temperatures from different parts of the world and combining them into a global or hemispheric mean is difficult. I don't work in paleo-reconstructions so I have no input into the methods people use to do that. Of course, I have discussed these estimates, their interpretation and the implication for climate sensitivity or natural variability, but the uncertainty in both the forcing and the reconstructions make it difficult to constrain very much. The 'problem' of the MWP is not what you think it is. There is plenty of discussion on this topic elsewhere on the site. - gavin]
20. 270
GJ says:
How does anyone know hackers are responsible? It could have been an insider. In response to an earlier comment, if the emails are accurate, they are very damning to the “science” since they suggest that data was manipulated. May I suggest complete transparency: Publish the real emails and compare them to what has been published. Then the public can judge whether the currently published emails are authentic. At the very minimum, be more transparent and share your data. Don’t tell interested parties “the data is lost” or the dog ate it. Excuses are a sign of weakness.
[Response: It is still hacking even if the emails you steal are on your own institution's server. You want data? Go to NOAA. - gavin]
21. 271
zakelwe says:
The minimum damage you can say about this is that it has caused Gavin an awful lot of work firefighting! Some explanations from Gavin to put in context are appreciated and give a better framework, but it has to be said that some of these do not, or cannot be made to look good and do rather leave a bad taste in the mouth.
Science is supposed to be about truth and beauty and that it stands by itself in the logn run, it shouldn’t need all this propping up and Machiavellian type actions to promote it, that does not give confidence to the general observer in it as a theory.
As a neutral rather disappointed to be honest.
22. 272
DchuckB says:
They have some good posts on this issue.
23. 273
Martin Vermeer says:
RE CB #250: Tom Fuller’s “theory” lacks credibility as the RC server was hacked.
24. 274
ccpo says:
Time for a little reality.
1. These e-mails give no evidence that would put into question even one study that supports the evidence of anthropogenic forcings in the warming since 1850. I think Gavin, et al., have demonstrated that well.
2. By contrast, whereas there are literally thousands of papers that do support the evidence for anthropogenically forced warming since 1850, there are none do not. No denialist has ever been able to provide any paper that can survive a quality review. Their acceptance of poor, clearly biased “science” is driven by ideology. It is a well-established fact that human beings make their decisions far more often based on beliefs than on facts. Denialists are an excellent example of that.
2B. Indeed, contrary to the crap sputtered about these e-mails, which do nothing to undermine the AGW science, we know for a fact that a majority of anti-AGW “science” has, in fact, been paid for by interested parties. That is a clear conflict of interest, one which, again, is not generally found in AGW supportive research. The science appears to be paid for by… scientific institutions.
3. In fact, we know from the NYT that the GCC misled the public about the science even after knowing their own scientists accepted the reality of AGW. (This was no suprise, of course.)
Yet, not one of the people trying to make hay out of this issue ever seems to say a word about industry-financed, highly flawed research. Nor do they say a word about the lies. Of all the times I have retorted to claims of bias and influence in AGW-supporting research, not one denialist has ever responded to the NYT-published memo, to the fact that the papers they claim disprove AGW have, themselves, been shown to be wrong, or to the contradiction and hypcorisy of constantly crying, “Conspiracy!” when they, themselves, are the progeny of a massive fraud – if not the progenitors.
4. A number of research projects/investigative reports support all of the above.
4A. Oreskes’ 2004 literature review. 1000 papers, all supported or were agnostic as to AGW. None supported anti-AGW claptrap. To my knowledge, this has not changed.
4B. Union of Concerned Scientists’ Smoke and Mirrors.
4C. Oreskes’ The American Denial of Global Warming.
4D. NYT’s Industry Ignored Its Scientists on Climate
***I cannot stress enough that this article literally included a smoking gun proving that the anti-AGW stance was not supported by the science, yet, this massive fraud is ignored by hypocritical denialists.***
There are more, but it comes down to this: The only answer any denialist deserves is, “Show us the science, for there is none supporting your stance. Every paper you cite has been shown to be seriously flawed.”
And if they persist, they should be reminded of the PROOF of their conspiracy vs, the mere unsupported accusations they make.
As for Congress, if they would investigate e-mails that in no way undermine AGW climate science while ignoring the known collusion and lies of the anti-AGW, very real, conspiracy, then their hypocrisy and obvious bias is proven beyond doubt.
Those conspiring to spin good science as lies, bad science as legitimate, good scientists as liars and hucksters, bad scientists as saints… they have taken off gloves – hell, actually dropped the knife for a flamethrower – and it is well past time to allow them to dangerously delay action on these matters.
No more false equivalencies.
25. 275
Thoughtful Tom says:
I’m sure others have thought of this, but here is one way to put the current tempest back in its teapot:
Notice that rational thought and critical analysis reduces all your denier claims to nothing. And remember to search your trove of emails for the one that lowers the oceans. Or brings back the arctic ice. Or reduces the acidification of the oceans.
The facts do not change – regardless of what stunts the deniers pull.
26. 276
HR says:
My opinion based on reading clares piece and some of the leaked emails around the time.
It’s interesting to read Clare’s view of the situation. It seems what motivated her to take action was not the publication of the paper per se but the level of “unsolicited complaints and critiques”.
reading the leaked e-mails around that time (march-august 2003) it appears this collaborating group where certainly mentioning this paper alot and spending some time reacting to it. they also appear to have been at least some part of the complaints process. There is even evidence that they were corresponding with Clare
“De Freitas will not say to Hans von Storch or to Clare Goodess who the 4 reviewers were.” …….
“Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:29:22 +0100
To: c.goodess@uea,phil Jones
From: Mike Hulme
Subject: Fwd: Re: Climate Research
Clare, Phil,
Since Clare and CRU are named in it, you may be interested in Chris de Freitas’ reply to the publisher re. my letter to Otto Kinne. I am not responding to this, but await a reply from Kinne himself”
(1057944829 Jul 11th)
Hulme in this e-mail is also sharing a response from de Fritas with some of the gang as well as clare, not the most professional thing to do.
It may well be that Clare and Hans acted independantly in their desisions to resign. But it is still quite clear that this group were very keen to intervene in the peer review process of this journal.
I see evidence of
1) Intention to complain to the journal
2) Complaints to the publisher
3) Correspondance with at least one editor (who went on to resign)
4) Wish/Intention to destroy the name of the journal amoung the wider community
5) Responding in an alternative journal with an expediated editorial process
The lack of completeness to the leaked e-mails stops us knowing just how far all these processes go.
As a scientist the intervention in the peer review process is one of the more disturbing aspects of all this
[Response: Read the actual statements of the editors (linked in the head post). The disturbing element was the abuse of the peer review process by a single editor with a number of papers in order to get truly bad papers into the journal. As a scientist, doesn't that bother you in the slightest? If it does, what would you do to restore the integrity of the review process at that journal? - gavin]
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28. 278
Leonard Herchen says:
Gavin and Mike:
Thank you again for your response in 2 and Mike’s further response in 1081:
Sometimes these debate seem to decline into the lacunae of definitions and word usage, but the question has to be asked:
What’s the difference between “grafting” instrumental record onto the proxy data and using the mean of the instrumental record to manage the boundary conditions?
Secondly and probably more importantly, as you know that readers throughout the world will use this data and how they are presented for important policy decisions. Doesn’t that knowledge, in and of itself, behoove you to make all the mathematical and statistical workings behind the presentations so that those who advise those policy makers can make fully informed advice to those policy makers. Your work isn’t about the pollination of Colombian orchids or capture cross section of thermal neutrons, you know it has major public policy impact. Doesn’t that fact, in an of itself, create a duty to be more open about methods, data, and source code than regular “science”?
Additionally, I think openness beyond the normal call of duty creates allies when “science” has broad public policy implications. Just as if a professional engineer designs a dam, his drawings are released for public comment, not just a detailed description with his professional stamp.
If the Minister of environment in country X gets a letter saying that your work is not to be relied upon for reason x, if your work is easily reproducible then you can have a lot of allies in refuting such attacks. For example, if the accusation is that the graph is manipulated by splicing data, then anyone with the source code and data, can simply say well, this is the result with different boundary conditions, and everything is unchanged. Now, as I see it, they have to wait for the peer review process to grind slowly on. You can’t possibly respond to all criticism, whether solidly based or not. If your work can be easily reproduced (and errors corrected), it gains allies founded on independent analysis, not just allies based on faith in peer review? I suspect that the public policy implications of your work is important to you, and you lose allies when those who, for whatever reason, are uncomfortable with simple faith in peer review. I know that if I were a government minister, and someone came to me with a serious problem based on scientific analysis, I think I would have a duty to find independent verification.
For example, If that 10 year old graph could have been easily reproduced by any mathematics or statistics professor at any university or research group, then all the issues about unclarity, or small mistakes would have been managed in the moment, instead of lingering for 10 years.
Your comments and answers are much appreciated.
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debreuil says:
Hi Gavin,
Thank you for taking the time to answer my code questions, much appreciated. You mentioned that the two sets of data (one for history, one for recent) only happened in the Biffa98 code, however I’ve noticed it actually happens in pretty much all the code that is there:
(stop in 1940 to avoid the decline
(stop in 1940 to avoid the decline
…1920 or 1930 or whenever the decline
was corrected onwards from.
(uses refperiod=[1701,1940])
This directory is for chronologies and regional timeseries
normalised over 1901-40, not 1901-70.
Apparently these tree studies are also used as proxy data in other multi proxy studies, so that would mean at least in some part they do the same. I went over some of the graphs at realclimate and other places again, and I must say I’m surprised at how they are made to look like a single data source. I know I’m out of my depth in climate science, but with any data I can think of I would be really really hesitant to combine two sets into one contiguous chart like that (especially knowing that the overlaps did not match!) It strikes me as a bit manipulative to be frank.
Maybe I’m just lucky enough to deal with things that are more concrete in my day to day life. I do understand the need for scientifically educated guesses in all this, but I guess between the graft and the data it self (and all the liberties Harry needed to take with it) I wonder about where this extremely high level of confidence is coming from. Even with compilers I’ve written that have hundreds of regression tests (and which are **much** simpler pure logic), there always remains a lot of doubt. Would you consider this tree data to be a very good proxy, or maybe I could look into some different types of proxies that have a more solid foundation?
Thanks again for your time (and patience!)
[Response: All this is related to a single kind of proxy - maximum latewood density (MXD) whose problems have been discussed in the literature since 1998. If you want more variety in proxies, go to the NOAA Paleoclimate pages and start playing around. They have just set up a homogenous set of proxies that anyone can use to do reconstrucitons in any way they like. Knock yourself out. - gavin]
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Lawrence Coleman says:
Re 107 Hank Roberts, Point taken Hank. All I want these skeptics to do is look at things objectively and the mounting accumulation of changing climatic conditions. Once again as you are quite aware of..we cant wait around until the scientific communtity says..’Yes we are 100% that what we see all around us is ACC’. Science deals with varying degrees of probablity. There will still be thousands of sceptics who will say in their opinion the truth lies outide the 95% certainty mark. What I want these guys to not to stick their heads in the sand and say..what we see isn’t acutally happening..and to use unbiased commen sense (Ok! not very scientific..but no amount of scientific reasoning will sway these idiots anyway). What we need is a coherent and urgent message by the majority of world leaders that they understand the science or believe their scientific advisors at least and accept the reality of ACC and AGW with an emphasis on Anthropogenic!. I’m not a climate scientist Hank but I am an electronics engineer and later on a medical student and thus my interest and passion in of the sciences so my apologies for the rather loose collectoin of statements.
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jamesglendinning says:
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Sloop says:
For the lurking laypersons-
Lack of transparency on how datasets constructed and maintained and what they mean? Lack of metadata? Sounds pretty troubling to the layperson, and especially troubling to scientists practicing in other fields.
If you’re so troubled, have a look at the data web pages from the UEA CRU website, (off emergency server). Note the detail, the clarity, the comprehensiveness of the data offered, explanations of its sources, its precisions, its significance. Note the literature references. Spend the time it takes to understand the richness and importance of the data and its analysis.
No transparency? Sure about that?
The CA scenario is that “SteveM” has been denied access to raw data etc because doing so would reveal scientific fraud or at least stupidity. In doing so, he is portrayed a scientific hero cutting through disinformation and lies being spread by a cabal of pinko science frauds, all the while doing so in a most gentlemanly, honorable manner despite being vilified at every turn. So noble and insightful he deserves a Nobel!
Please, please, please don’t jump to such a conclusion just because he sounds articulate, technically sophisticated, and compassionate when you read through his blog.
Is it possible there might be an alternative scenario to what has been happening for the past decades between SteveM, his cohorts, and mainstream climatologists? Do you think it’s possible that he’s been shut out of this science community because he is a pseudo scientist? How would you test that scenario for validity? Well, you could actually read the science. Doing so is hard and time-consuming. It takes a lot study to really have insight and confidence in your understanding of what is being discussed. But it’s possible and in important ways your responsibility to do so. Perhaps you’re reading this blog because you realize that.
You could also look in more detail as to whether legitimate scientists have been prevented from accessing the data? Why would they be any less likely to expose the supposed fraud than SteveM? Because he’s the only credible statistician around?
With the massively increased universal access to the workings of science, thanks to internet based technologies that have emerged in the last twenty years, comes a massively increased responsibility on the part of those doing the accessing to understand fully and analyze accurately what they are reading, who wrote it and their motivations.
I work in water resources management in New England. My colleagues in management and science see the physical, chemical, and biological impacts of climate change everywhere, and changes seem to be accelerating. Reading the denialists trumpeting the emails hacked out of CRU is a sad, infuriating, and angering experience.
Somebody wrote here a couple of days ago that this incident will inspire a massive outpouring of effort and explanation from the scientific community regarding CC. Judging from my own evolving reactions, that person may have been prophetic
Nevertheless, the Truth shall prevail. How soon will determine our collective future.
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Elias says:
I wonder how long it will take for those e-mails to be altered and/or all sorts of “revelations” appear as taken out of those e-mails. Seeing how conspiracy theorists work on all subjects they offer their expert views, I can safely predict all sorts of insanities attributed to those e-mails…
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Stephen Gloor (Ender) says:
Thanks for your efforts to clarify this mess however isn’t it just futile? Honestly after being subjected to in gross invasion of privacy maybe you should respond by on-mass giving up the IPCC work. Let the skeptics write the next one seeings as they know more about climate science than you do.
It is quite possible that the die is now cast, due to these skeptics efforts, and the climate will change no matter what we do. Isn’t the some part of you that just wants to admit to the great global hoax, even though GW is real, just to say I told you so in 20 years time? At least this way you might get some peace because this is only the start. Bouyed by this success and the fact of getting away with criminal activity scott free, the more unhinged of the skeptics will only hack more and more of your datastores for information. You cannot count on morals stopping then as they obviously have none.
I think the only way to stop such attacks is to prosecute however you have the problem then of creating a martyr – god knows there are enough skeptics with a martyr complex.
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220 says:
A simple question from an admitted skeptic. We regularly see the various associations between temp and CO2 made. With all kinds of pretty charts and data. And it is true that temps and CO2 do largely seem to generally track each other.
But I have yet to see a clear, simple explanation that proves which is the cart and which the horse – who leads and who follows?
In fact the longer term records I’ve seen all appear to show that CO2 follows temps rather than vice versa. In the last interglacial warm peak appx 130,000 years back CO2 continued elevated long after temps peaked and for 15,000 appx years after as temps quickly plummeted.
By all appearances we are at a similar interglacial warm peak now – the warm period appears to have peaked appx 10,000 years ago and unlike past peaks the tmps have remained near that peak for appx the last 10,000 years rather than plummeting into a glacial cold period. Yet during that time period C02 has continued to increase substantially.
This link is to a crude paste up of various graphs overlaid on a time line that has helped me as a layperson gain some perspective:
Today’s warming proponents and scientists seem to focus on the recent very temp record – largely hundreds of years – which as I understand it is really almost meaningless in the scope of “climate” change.
The simple question I have is what am I missing?
[Response: No one disputes that temperature changes affect the carbon cycle - how could they not? Thus if temperature changes for an independent reason (say, umm... orbital forcing), then the carbon cycle will react and the CO2 levels will change. No disputes either (hopefully) that CO2 is a greenhouse gas. Changes in greenhouse gases change climate - and in fact we get even get close to explaining how cold the ice ages were unless we include that amplifying process. Thus you have chickens and eggs and they feed back on each other. More eggs leads to more chickens leads to more eggs etc. Now the modern situation is different - we have reanimated a huge number of fossil chickens and thrown them into the coop. More eggs are likely to emerge! - gavin]
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Shirley #94,
best of luck with your application! Good people are always in short supply. You surely already know, but hey, you’re in for a ride… suffice to quote (again) a remark by handle ‘lazar’, over at tamino’s:
Climate is the most breathtakingly beautiful thing that I have seen and studied. I can’t believe people choose politics over science. What poor taste.
What more to say?
Please keep us informed.
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Mike M says:
I’m not a scientist but i do use computer models and lately have been studying initial conditions problems with any open ended non-linear systems – which i would assume is the basis for any climate modelling.
Now i feel i have a pretty good understanding of the unpredictability problems inherent in these systems as I’ve been playing with fine tuning to 5 or 6 decimal places and the results are always different.
So my question is if the accuracy of initial condiitons is vital in achieving accurate predictions, how can anyone possibly claim that our current understanding of initial conditions pertaining to longterm climate change are accurate enough to make catastrophic predictions?
If climate is based on open ended non-linear dynamics then i just cant see how anyone can be certain either way.
Even qm has an uncertainty built into it and so do chaotic systems like the weather and climate, so any cliams of certainty appear wishful thinking, and contrary to what we know about the inherent unpredictability of these systems.
So if someone could explain to me why climate predictions escape the same unpredictable properties found in all similar systems i would be much appreciated.
PS: I am agnostic on whether humans are responsible and to what extent for climate change.
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Giles says:
How many jobs around the world depend directly on the assumption that AGW is the threat that Prof Jones et al would have us believe?
How many careers and reputations of those in government, multi-lateral agencies, corporate social responsibility, journalism, lobbyists etc etc would be ruined if the science became settled to the contrary?
Everyone can and will draw their own conclusions about the effect of this on people’s motivations – all I want to know is what the raw data is.
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Ted says:
CCPO @258 – you quoted Gavin as saying “Note. global land use effects result in a cooling because the biggest issue is the chopping down of forest (dark) to make cropland (bright)”
Well, that’s not actually true. Here’s a press release for a new paper from Georgia Tech, showing how 50% of the warming across the US is due to land use changes.
Original reference for Gavin’s comment was from Edward’s post @95.
[Response: A statement in a press release is not a scientific result and the paper referred to does not show this to be true (and in fact I doubt very much that it is true). There are many papers on the global impacts of land cover change - Pondgratz et al is good, and all such papers show that land use at the global scale drives a cooling. - gavin]
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Andrew Goreing says:
If Kazinski’s ability to understand what he reads (message 23 Nov 11:52 PM) is typical of those who claim to be outraged by these messages then I see no reason to take such people seriously.
Michael Mann writes “As we all know, this isn’t about truth at all, it’s about plausibly deniable accusations”
To anyone who knows the first thing about the (very recently discussed) context, Mann is obviously referring to McIntyre, claiming that McIntyre isn’t interested in the truth, but only in making veiled accusations (about scientific misconduct) that he can later deny that he meant.
What is slightly surprising to me is how mild this comment is, considering the things Mann has been subjected to from commenters at CA and elsewhere.
Kazinski seems to think that Mann is admitting that his own work (or Briffa’s? Or RC? — it’s not clear) is not about the truth, but about plausibly deniable accusations. Which makes no sense at all — why would he call a defence of the robustness of a dendro reconstruction an “accusation” of any kind?
Only villains in Hollywood movies make such “admissions”, not normal human beings, as any rational person would know.
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Mike E says:
Not for posting: It would be handy, please, to have an acronyms index, as there are so many being tossed around (eg CA, FOI, FOIA, WUWT, AGW, etc.). Such a file could be listed in the column at right under, say, Extras, and of course it could be updated as needs be.
Thanks, and a wonderful site.
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Lawrence Coleman says:
re: 131 John. I think you put it very succinctly. The big picture here is to create something concrete and meaningful in Copenhagen. Ok! it will still be using IPCC data which is based on stuff Climate scientists understand with 100% certainty which is only the very macro veiw of the mechanics of climate which will exclude much of the effects of a thawing tundra(CH4)release, the ocean’s CO2/carbonic acid saturation threshold beginning to be reached and effects of the flourine compounds at the upper atmosphere to name a few. I fear the projections to be mentioned at Copenhagen will still be way too conservative. Climate scientists are really caught in a catch22 paradox here. All their training to to deal with the facts-facts and then the facts. Problem..we need Copenhagen to be the driver of sweeping and rapid change around the globe and unless the IPCC has the guts to creep out a little futher on the proverbial limb and say ‘we don’t fully understand the workings yet but we are very concerned about the additional and potentially significant climatic effects of these CC forcers such as CH4, Flourines incl. Hydroflourocarbons’ and give some future climatic projections of their cumulative effects. If we compromise at Copenhagen we will lose the fight; the denyalist camp will use the failure there to fuel their cause and we will then be too far behind the 8 ball to having any hope of stabilising the climate before mass extinctions begin. We gotta get Copenhagen right!!!
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Lawrence Coleman says:
Might like to know that for November ’09 most of Autralia’s population in (NSW, SA and Victoria) has been averaging 6.03C above normal. Many temp records broken or equalled. Adelaide had 8 consequtive days above 35C ( the previous record was 4 days).
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JBowers says:
Gavin, thanks for posting the response letter to Steve McIntyre’s FOI request. It clearly spells out that Hadley CRU’s continuing access to data from those he already had legal obligations to far outweigh M&M’s needs. Quite rightly so, in my opinion, as a British taxpayer.
It would be interesting to know at some point if M&M appealed. It’s a simple step to take after all.
What also intrigues me is, if the data were so vital to their research, why didn’t they just follow the same procedure and acquire the data from the owners in the same manner? Surely having the data itself is more important than the procedure used to acquire it?
A bit bizarre.
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Coal, oil, and natural gas come from the highly compressed and heated bodies of dead plants and animals, mostly plants, from about 100 to 300 million years ago. The bodies fell into swamp water, the swamps dried up, the material (now dissociate and spread all over) became peat, then soft coal, then hard coal, then oil, then natural gas, depending on the pressures and temperatures it was subjected to.
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Ron says:
I read the Trenberth paper and far from mitigating his email comments it seems to strengthen them. He is a climate scientist I respect and we quote some of his work on our web site at:
As you have said elsewhere he fully accepts AGW but he is querying the fact that our climate monitoring systems are inadequate to explain where the heat is going since temperatures are not rising at the projected rate.
If anything good comes out of this I hope it will be investment in climate monitoring. Asking the world to spend trillions combatting AGW at the moment is like asking a patient to undergo an operation on the basis of a dodgy thermometer and no X-ray.
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CM says:
Ed (#117) said:
An easy solution, then, is to release all or most of the email correspondence since the rest will presumably present researchers in a better light.
That’s a bad solution.
First, there’s principle. If someone spreads your mail around to smear you, it damn well doesn’t make the rest of your mail anybody else’s business.
Second, there’s collateral damage: the personal relations and reputations of other people who will be mentioned in these emails, sometimes in less than flattering ways and with sensitive personal information: for whatever reason, however rightly or wrongly, whatever their public profile or lack of it, and whether their work “supports AGW” or is fodder for the “skeptics”. Want examples? I can’t stop you — you’ll find them on ClimateAudit etc., with no attempt to protect identities.
Third, it would balance nothing. Who is going to read those thousands of boring emails that are so bland that even the deniers can’t distort them into something suspicious? As the people orchestrating this sordid affair know very well, dirt sticks, soap suds slide off.
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Boy, I wish there were a site/wiki with very specific information like this. There are plenty of sites with generic myth-debunking information, and they are very useful, but a wiki with specific refutations of specific tables, graphs, and statements would be a powerful tool.
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Ben: the conclusion is that they should not be allowed to industrialise their economies
BPL: Oh, garbage! They can industrialize all they want using non-fossil-fuel sources of power.
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Russell Seitz says:
re 251 & 146
S. Molnar should note that my post did not mention Gavin , and that I think he has acted gracefully in a situation disturbing enough for even vocal supporters of Copenhagen like George Monbiot to raise the specter of resignation as a remedy – this matter has already moved beyond climate wars comedy of manners into the realm of parliamentary question time.
The API seemed a relevant counterpart to the CRU because its internal documents were cited earlier in this thread.
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After much speculation and wringing of hands, the Southeastern Conference voted unanimously to accept the Texas A&M Aggies as the 13th conference member a week after the school's Board of Regents announced its intentions to leave the Big XII (hey kids, here's a lesson for you: don't put numbers in your conference name).
There's a catch, though. The SEC's acceptance of TAMU was based on the condition that no Big XII school would sue for "contractual interference over Texas A&M's departure." And, as you'd expect, the SEC hasn't gotten that assurance from everyone in the Big XII, namely Baylor. Baylor, I feel, sees the writing on the wall regarding the impending collapse of their conference and is likely worried that they could be relegated to the non-automatic qualifying trash heap (considering how Conference USA was more-or-less founded because the Southwest Conference's post-Arkansas collapse, I think their worries are legitimate). They're likely asking why exactly they should get stuck playing Rice and UTEP every year instead of Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, and the like - a fair, legitimate question.
I imagine this little snag won't really hold up the SEC's expansion all that much, so it is only a matter of time before the Big XII folds.
And, make no mistake, the Big XII is will fold. It may be a slow and agonizing death, but it's coming to an end. This departure is the beginning of that conference's swan song.
With Texas more-or-less treating the conference as their personal cash cow by raking in proportionally higher amounts of shared revenue (this is unlike the SEC, Big Ten + Two, or Pac 12, who all share media and bowl revenue evenly) and creating their own television network, they've shooed off all of the worthwhile conference competition they had. Gone is Nebraska to the Big Ten where, geographically and culturally, they mesh a little better. Gone is Colorado to the new Pac 12 where greener pastures and greener, um, greenery await the Buffaloes. Gone are the Aggies to the Southeast. Soon to be gone are the Sooners to the west, who will likely take the Pokes along for the ride. And Mizzou's a likely candidate to be the SEC's 14th member once all of this realignment is said and done (more on this in a second).
So what does that leave Texas with? Annual games against Baylor, Texas Tech, Kansas, Kansas State, and Iowa State. A six team conference. Thrilling.
They'll go independent, a new Southwest-ish, Big Eight-esque type conference will emerge, and the SEC will be two teams stronger. This is the beginning of the new SEC, as well as the long, drawn out death of the Big XII. Just when we thought all of this conference alignment stuff was over with, it picks right back up again.
So, this leaves a question to you, dear readers: who should that fourteenth SEC team be? Personally, I think we'd be foolish to not pursue Virginia Tech from a marketing and football standpoint, but I can also see potential in NC State, Florida State (as if the Gators would let that happen), Mizzou, and a few others. What say you?
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Buying tasers and in the same story they talk about fire and police taking days off because they can't afford to pay them. How about taking seized money and giving it to the people that need it to survive. I guess tasers are just more fun.
Siezed funds are restricted by law and regulation in terms of what you can use them for. Personnel costs are generally forbidden because of thier recurring nature, while "stuff" is generally acceptable, with some conditions (federal forfieture funds are generally restricted to anti-narcotics programs).
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Evans: New college football playoff format could make BCS debate worse - College Football News | FOX Sports on MSN
Right now, few seem to think a playoff is wrong. But just wait until the selection committee picks two or even ... gasp ... three SEC teams in a given year or an undefeated Boise State is left out. Then it is essentially back to the BCS, only exponentially worse. "It won’t be easy to pick those four teams," said ACC commissioner John Swofford, a playoff supporter. "There may be some years where it’s really clear, but more often than not if you’re fifth or sixth, you’re going to wonder, ‘Maybe I should have been there.’ " Until then, be prepared to hear plenty of sniveling coaches perfect that argument during the final two years of the BCS. They will whine that their teams would be in the national championship mix if the playoff were already in place. Yet those same coaches also will be the first ones to criticize the playoff when their teams aren’t picked for it, and before long there is sure to be an outcry for an eight-team format.
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The Chick-fil-A immediately lands on the shortlist to join the playoff's six-bowl rotation alongside the Rose, Sugar, Orange and Fiesta. The Cotton could very well claim the No. 5 spot, particularly if the SEC and Big 12 settle on transforming it into the new Champions Bowl. That would leave the Chick-fil-A, Capital One, and possibly other bowls (Holiday? Gator? Famous Idaho Potato?) left to battle it out for the all-important final slot. In that event, the Chick-fil-A might be in the catbird seat. The bowl, its host city, and its facility all have close ties to the ACC and even closer ties to the SEC, and it's hardly a stretch to imagine both Mike Slive and John Swofford pushing to include it in the playoff rotation. On the other hand, the Big Ten and Pac-12 are already sensitive to the issue of other leagues' home-bowl advantage, for lack of a better word, and may push back against a fourth rotation bowl inside the SEC footprint.* Adding the Holiday or a new bowl in the San Francisco 49ers' new stadium would split the six bowls into three East of the Mississippi and three to its West.
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The wait for JaMychal Green and Tony Mitchell never ended Thursday night. Green, the 2008 Alabama "Mr. Basketball" winner who logged four productive seasons with the Crimson Tide, and Mitchell, the athletically gifted forward who was suspended for the entire second half of last season, went unselected in the Thursday's 2012 NBA Draft. Twelve former SEC players, including a record six from Kentucky, heard their names called during the two-round, 60-pick event, but Green and Mitchell weren't among them.
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So things have changed—get over it.
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Let go of the past, Resident Evil 6 is a blast! Hey—that's a poem!
The Gist
Over its 16 year history, the Resident Evil series has grown into one of the more divisive titles in the gaming industry. Evolving over the years from a spook-a-thon survival-horror affair into a third-person action blockbuster, many of the game's core fans have lamented how far it has strayed from its roots. But really, what are we missing out on here? The loss of the ridiculous "up directional button is always forward regardless of camera angle" and tank-like controls of yesteryear are nothing more than archaic mechanics which many of us hardcore gamers would certainly be hard-fought to argue in favor of. In fact, since Resident Evil 4 ushered in a glorious new era of controller ease and action-packed thrills, the series has been much more playable. Now I am not saying I would trade the jumps and frights from previous RE iterations, but rather that evolution is necessary in order to appeal to a broader audience.
Resident Evil 6 is by far the most unrecognizable in Capcom's long-running tale of evil pharmaceutical companies and international intrigue. The newly developed C Virus is terrorizing the globe, and many of the series' stalwart baddasses (Leon Kennedy, Chris Redfield, Ada Wong, etc.) are caught up in the aftermath. The game is split up into 3 lengthy campaigns that span multiple countries and locations and deliver enjoyable, albeit disjointed experiences.
As the mystery slowly comes together, will our heroes be able to put a stop to Neo Umbrella? Probably.
The Good
Without offering spoilers or divulging too much of the plot, we can suffice it to say that RE6 feels more like 4 and 5 than older entries. The over-the-shoulder shooting mechanics return (thank god!), but the newly implemented ability to move while shooting amps up the action and, quite frankly, makes the game more playable. In the past when aiming your gun meant you were rooted to the spot, it always felt like a cheap trick to add to the frantic nature of combat. Fans of the series will no doubt recall such encounters as the zombie army attacking the cabin in the woods in 4 or that stressful oilfield battle with the chainsaw wielding Majini in 5. Being able to dodge, roll and slide may come off as a betrayal to the game's core audience, but it adds a new level of strategy to combat that is refreshing and sometimes downright satisfying.
Each campaign offers a unique experience (Chris and Jake's less so than Leon's) and provides so many hours of gameplay you won't lament the loss of your 60 bucks even if it isn't your favorite game ever. I'll admit to enjoying Leon's escapades over the other 2 campaigns (more zombies and jump-scares than flat-out action), but there was still plenty to enjoy about putting the intersecting pieces together. At some point during each campaign, we run across the other stars of the game...slowly, a picture of the events unfolds and we are given more lore for the long-running and complex tale. You'll be genuinely interested in who is at fault for unleashing yet another plague on humanity, and a few twists and turns flesh out the plot nicely.
RE6 looks absolutely beautiful. From the neon-lit streets of China and the cold, grey bleakness of Eastern Europe to a misty, moonlit graveyard and beyond, details are in abundance and environments are interesting. Hell, the facial animations alone are some of the most bitchin' I've seen since Enslaved and LA Noir, and boss battles with gigantic mutated creatures will make you think Capcom's design dudes must've had a field day coming up with these creatures.
The Bad
RE6 tends to err on the repetitive side as you get into the non-Leon campaigns. The day I tire of blasting off zombie heads will be a sad one, but without strong protagonists the game treads dangerously close to zero personality territory.
Longtime fans will no doubt be eager to discover what else their favorite RE mainstays will get into, but the newly converted will surely furrow their brows in confusion at the mention of names like Wesker, the subtle flirtation between Leon and Ada and probably wind up wondering why we're just supposed to know who this Hunnigan lady is.
Guns are fairly generic, and the newly implemented skill points system of upgrades simply costs too damn much and provide too little reward-wise to play a major role. Think back to how all the good stuff in Devil May Cry requried so many red orbs that it was almost impossible to level up in a single playthrough and you get the idea. This is probably an attempt to encourage multiple forays into the campaigns, but the desire for reality will always be trumped by the ability to shoot one bullet through a whole mess of dudes and to smash open heads with your bare hands.
Certain mechanics are just plain confusing, especially a certain climbing segment that took me well over 10 minutes to figure out. Whether these were simply bad decisions or a cheap way to add difficulty isn't known, but I sure as hell didn't appreciate it; there is a big difference between challenging and stupid.
The Multiplayer
Mercenaries mode returns as well as a slew of special unlockables that just aren't interesting enough to captivate. You'll have way more fun playing co-op with your friends, I promise.
The Bottom Line
OK, so Resident Evil 6 is more Gears of War than traditional RE, but as the entire industry shifts more towards action in an effort appease us Western gamers (we spend the most money) it's hardly surprising. Yes, we all had a lot of fun solving puzzles in the original mansion or running for our lives from Nemesis, but this is a game that's closer to 20 than not, and has made some serious leaps and bounds. Imagine a world in which games were always exactly the same (I'm looking at you, Call of Duty). Things sure would be boring and there'd probably be more complaints than we already have to contend with. Grow up, gamers, and realize that this is a totally solid game with hours and hours of fun. It's time to give up the past and realize things will change—embrace it! Those willing to fondly remember previous titles while looking toward the future will find a lot to love about RE6, while those who simply won't give up this bizarre idea that they're owed something from Capcom in the form of backtracking will probably nitpick and miss out on some seriously awesome boss battles.
The Score
Let it be known to all men and women that Resident Evil 6 receives 3.5 out of 5 stars!
The Details
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3
Rating: M (lots of exploding heads)
Cost: $59.99
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10.09.2012 at 01:58 | Reply |
Finally, a review that doesn't piggyback of the consensual bitching and moaning of how RE6 didn't return to the "good ol' days" of 1-3. Yes, I played 1-3. Yes, I played 4-6 (including some of the spin offs). If RE6 was the same tank controls/fixed camera as 1-3 I wouldn't bother picking it up. I like the old RE's for their time, but as stated, evolution is a necessary evil.
In regards to "scariness/horror," NONE of the RE games are scary, save a few shock moments when you hear a loud noise or something jumps through a window, which I guess can send chills up your spine if you're six. The only thing that made the original three intense was the difficulty of seeing what the hell you were supposed to be doing, thanks to hardly being able to tell what items were tangible in a level. I'm so sick of hearing people trying to use that excuse of "horror is gone" to bash the newer games. The environments have to change, you can't have every game taking place in the alleys of some forsaken city; if that were to happen people would still complain.
Also, about moving and shooting, I don't see why it's a big deal/people complain about it. If you don't like, don't move and shoot, duh. I personally like the ability to, I think it adds a level of depth. Besides, you're a super agent who can/has saved the world multiple times but you can't take a step when you shoot a pistol, moreover step out of the way as an enemy swipes at you? Come on.
I don't see how some people say this game is like Call of Duty and I don't see how people say this is like Gears of War. Has anyone who's made that assertion actually played GoW? The only thing I see in common is the camera angle and executions, but I guess I didn't realize GoW had exclusive rights to 3rd person camera views and the ability to finish of an enemy. The pace, strategy, mechanics, controls, setting, story, characters, weapons, and multiplayer of each game is entirely different.
Honestly, I know I'm biased, and I'm not saying RE6 is flawless, but it certainly doesn't deserve the overwhelmingly condemning reviews it's been receiving. Another complaint I often see in reviews is the occasional awkward camera view in RE6. I'm sorry, you criticize RE6 for their strange camera views at certain points, but praise RE1-3? That makes sense. It's not like RE1-3 never had obscure objectives either.
Ugh, some people are never happy. To each his own, I don't usually base my game purchases off of reviews anyway; I mostly ask friends who have similar tastes what they think, or try out the demo. I liked Chris' story best, I liked Leon's enemies best, I liked the alternate perspective offered by Jake's story as well as Ada's stylish campaign. | http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/blog-3886-game-on-resident-evil-6.html | dclm-gs1-082270002 | false | false | {
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Q: What's the best way to lose belly fat: diet or exercise?
A: You really need both, and here's why: Losing fat (all kinds of fat, not just the belly fat that covers your lower abs) requires an energy deficit. At the end of the day, you need your body to realize that it didn't take in enough caloric currency to pay for your daily efforts, forcing it to tap into its energy savings account (stored fat). The greater this deficit, the more weight you will lose.
Diet and exercise can both help you create an energy deficit and lose weight, but I'm assuming you don't just want what works, you want what works best. What gives you the biggest return for the time you invest
Why Just Dieting Doesn't Work in the Long Run
There are numerous hormones that impact weight loss, but for the sake of brevity we're going to focus on two: leptin and ghrelin. Leptin is a hormone released by your fat cells that signals you to eat less and burn more calories. Scientists have called leptin a "fat loss thermostat." The more active leptin in your system, the more fat you are going to burn. Drastically cutting calories decreases leptin release and its ability to signal the brain, making weight loss harder and eventually slower. This forces you to keep eating fewer and fewer calories to get the same weight-loss results.
If cutting calories yields such unfavorable changes in fat loss hormones, why don't we just forget cutting calories and hit the gym to burn belly fat?
Why Just Exercising Doesn't Work in the Long Run
The health benefits of regular exercise are too many to count. But as anyone who has lost a lot of weight can attest, burning off your extra flab at the gym is a long and arduous process. And if you aren't using a modestly calorie-restricted diet to support your efforts, it's even longer. This is primarily because eating extra calories takes no time at all (I'll just have one more heaping tablespoon of peanut butter), while burning off those calories can take more than an hour, depending on your preferred mode of exercise. There just isn't enough time in the day! What's more, numerous studies show that exercise (especially aerobic exercise) alone does not cause significant and long-term weight loss.
The combination of diet and exercise works best for weight loss. Why? Because optimal weight loss isn't just about creating an energy deficit. Optimal weight loss is about creating an energy deficit and optimizing weight-loss hormones that will allow for sustained and permanent weight loss.
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Thursday, Dec 15, 2005
You're correct in that you should use whatever sling works for you, and if you're still using that old M60 sling set-up that you used to use "back in the day" works for you, great. Sling technology and technique has come along way since then though. Single point, two point, and triple point slings are now available that make it generally better to use the sling than the archaic idea of "no slings on patrol". There's too many out there to bother naming, and all have strengths and weaknesses, but when sling shopping, look for a sling that does what you want it to do. For you, the M60 sling does what you want, that's fine. I prefer a sling that keeps the gun in a specific position and orientation for transitions to my sidearm, and for other things like operating equipment, driving, opening doors and admin use, but still keeps the rifle exactly in
the same spot, with the same side against my body, and does so comfortably. Of the slings out there, most are a variation on the theme. Single point slings attach the rifle to you at one point on the weapon. This arrangement can be anything from a loop, to a snap link [rock climbing carabiner] running through the stock of your M4 and attached to your body armor, to far more complicated stuff.
Two point slings, like the M60 you use, or the Israeli, and most other "tactical slings" are like this. I use the Israeli sling and it's a good, effective and simple device. The sling is a very long strap. The strap is adjustable, and there's also a Fastex-type buckle that you use to shorten it a specific amount. The slack when the buckle is connected is equipped with velcro and stays secure and out of the way. This way the rifle can be slung over your head and shoulder, more comfortably and more securely, but the
simple release of the Fastex buckle will allow you the extra length needed to use the rifle with no problems. It has both hooks and para cord for attachment. There is a compartment that you can keep earplugs in. The Israeli sling does everything fairly well, and some things quite well, though it's slower to employ in some cases. As an all-purpose, general use sling for doing other things while remaining armed and able to fight quickly, it's one of the best I've run across. Not what I prefer to use if I know I'm going to fight, but it's what I prefer to use if I just need to have a long gun with me.
Other tactical slings get more complicated in use, but are better for fighting than the Israeli sling. These slings seem to most novices and many old-timers;) as contraptions that you don't need, but properly employed are quite useful. The British SA-80 sling is slightly over-complicated for what it does, but it and most other tactical slings work all abut the same. Some are just simpler to figure out. Some guns, like the older HK roller-delayed based line, actually have a third mounting point for special sling. If you have a weapon so equipped, then full advantage should be taken.
Which sling is the right one for you to use is a matter of what you want that sling to do for you. The Israeli sling is pretty hard to beat for most general use though. I'd take it over most of the "tactical" slings for everyday use in 95% of the situations you'd encounter in real life. If you have to lug a rifle around with you and still live your life, it's just the ticket. Which is why the Israelis designed it that way. - "Doug Carlton"
JWR: Adds: Some of you that have read my novel "Patriots" may recognize "Doug Carlton." Like a lot of the other characters in the book, "Doug" was based on a real-life friend of mine, that I've known since college. We went through ROTC together. "Doug" later went on to be a distinguished U.S. Army helicopter pilot. He now works in the transportation industry on the East Coast.
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