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It looked all set to be another frustrating afternoon for the Gunners following a dogged display by the Eagles, who are fighting for top-flight survival.
However, England midfielder Oxlade-Chamberlain - fit again following five months out with a serious knee injury suffered on the first day of the season - finally ended Palace's stubborn resistance when he chipped in a fine pass from Santi Cazorla just after the restart.
Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny produced a brilliant save to deny Cameron Jerome an equaliser from a close-range diving header before Oxlade-Chamberlain struck again to make sure of victory when he combined with Olivier Giroud before running clear to beat Julian Speroni again on 73 minutes.
Arsenal now move two points above Manchester City, who host third-placed Chelsea on Monday night.
"We needed to get three points and it was difficult because Crystal Palace are a united team, very well-organised with a big physical quality and impact in every challenge," said Wenger, without deadline day loan arrival Kim Kallstrom, the Sweden midfielder recovering from a back problem.
"On our side we needed to be patient, intelligent and use our opportunities that most of the time come in the second half
That is what we did."
Wenger added: "Our defensive stability doesn't create unrest in the team and allows us to continue the way we want to play, even if we don't score early goals, and that's what happened today.
"At home we don't concede and that of course means you don't have to rush your game too much."
Wenger was impressed with the contribution of 20-year-old Oxlade-Chamberlain.
"I always believed that he could play wide and central, I said that many times that his future will be central
He has proven me right today, by scoring the goals but also by the quality of his performance," he said.
Wenger intends to keep an interested eye on events at the Etihad Stadium on Monday.
"It is two competitors against us and it is always interesting to see how they behave," he said.
"We gained some points through some other opponents like Liverpool and Man United over this weekend, and I think we know that our results at the Emirates (Stadium) will be massively important until the end."
Wenger accepts many pundits see the championship as City's to lose.
"I can understand that completely because we haven't done it for a while, and as well I must say that we face quality competitors," he said.
"We do not play against average teams and Man City have scored over 100 goals, so everybody thinks 'can you beat these teams?' I say yes and that is what we have to show.
"It is all to do
The only thing I can say is that after 24 games we are there, and it's now about how we finish the season."
Palace, meanwhile, remain in a dogfight for survival, just a point above 18th-placed West Ham.
Eagles boss Pulis, though, remains ever positive his side can keep themselves out of the dropzone following what was in large parts a promising display.
"We have played Chelsea, Tottenham and Man City away since I have been at the club and we have looked a real threat against those three teams and done really well at those grounds," he said.
"We were really disappointed to give a poor goal away just after half-time and our big moment happened 90 seconds later and we don't take it, that is the difference in lots of respects."
Pulis hopes Palace's deadline-day arrivals such as Tom Ince from Blackpool and Joe Ledley from Celtic, coupled with the imminent return to fitness of forward Glenn Murray, can only boost their survival hopes.
"We want to keep our organisation and our resilience and want to show the spirit we have over the past couple of months, but those three hopefully will give us more of a threat," he said.
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You know that political bumper sticker that reads, "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention"? It might as well apply to the market these days. Starting in November, stocks started dropping ... and they haven't recovered.
Good -- even great -- companies are being sold down to levels far below their true worth, and investors are losing their savings. It's outrageous!
A shocking and somewhat interesting statistic
A whopping 79% of all stocks traded in the U.S. are down over the past four months. That's 5,339 names in the red. Another 3,032 of those names (fully 45%) are down 15% or more. And stocks such as Intel
So if you've lost money of late, don't feel bad. There has been no hiding from this downturn.
But let's also be honest: It hurts.
Time to panic sell
It's outrageous and it hurts, but what's the individual investor to do? The market is a monolith at times, and it can be hard to sway.
Case in point: Barrett Business Services. I found this tiny West Coast professional employer organization and staffing company during my work as the micro-cap analyst for our Motley Fool Hidden Gems service. At the time, it was trading for a little more than $20 per share. I liked the CEO, I liked the balance sheet, I liked the track record, and I thought it looked cheap.
What's happened since? You guessed right: It's dropped about 25%.
What's your next move?
See, the market has it in its head that the economy is worsening and the consumer is weakening. When fears are that broad, everybody gets punished.
Pain isn't reserved for companies that struggle to turn a profit, such as Wind River Systems
And while losing money can feel outrageous, the most outrageous part about all of this is that even great companies are getting caught up in the chaos. Some of this makes sense (the economy is getting worse, after all), but some of it does not (it won't be terrible forever).
But back to Barrett: It still has a strong balance sheet, it's buying back shares and buying up weakened competitors on the cheap, and it's paying shareholders a nice 2% dividend. Could the stock drop further from here? Of course, but I still think it's outrageously cheap.
And I'm not alone. CEO Bill Sherertz told analysts on the last conference call: "If you guys want to sell [the company] down to five times earnings, maybe I will just buy the whole [expletive] thing."
Enough [expletive] said
After backing out cash on the balance sheet, Barrett today sells for just 7.0 times earnings. But that's not necessarily the point. It's suffering along with a few thousand more stocks on the market.
Investors, then, have two ways to express their outrage:
- Withdraw money from the market and wait for current market conditions to subside.
- Put more money in the market and take advantage of current prices to build a portfolio of excellent companies on the cheap.
We're all about the latter strategy at Hidden Gems, and we're excited because there are so many more buying opportunities today than there were last summer, when our returns were flying high. Fortunately, investing isn't about short-term returns; it's about making a fortune over the next decade or more.
While market conditions like those we have now can be painful, they're can also help you amass a fortune. So swallow hard, and start buying. And if you're looking for a few great ideas, you can read all our research and recommendations at Hidden Gems, including our top picks for new money now, by joining free for 30 days. Click here for more information.
This article was first published on Jan. 10, 2008. It has been updated.
Tim Hanson owns shares of Barrett Business Services. Intel is a Motley Fool Inside Value recommendation. Wrigley is an Income Investor pick. The Fool's disclosure policy is [expletive] awesome.


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Cooks & Cocinas: Whitney Schones
A couple with two young children put family first in the design of their Elm Creek kitchen, and they do the same with their cooking. "I don't want to have a fussy house where kids can't be kids," says the mom, an interior designer who kept elements of elegance, too.
Who's cooking: Whitney Schones, an interior designer and remodeler who stays home with her daughters, 4-year-old Syler and 7-month-old Marjorie. Her husband, Bryan, works in the oilfield equipment business.
What's cooking: Whether they're entertaining out-of-town guests or cooking for family, Whitney and Bryan like to keep things simple. Whitney prepares weeknight dinners during the day to allow time with Bryan when he gets home. "I love the slow cooker," she says.
Bryan grills and smokes meats, and she looks for kid-friendly side dishes that can be made ahead.
In this kitchen: Renovation on the 1980s Elm Creek house began last October, and the family moved in in December.
The space: The kitchen and family area flow together in the 18-by-23-foot space, so the family hangs out together while adults cook and clean up and children play.
Soft palette: A Swedish-inspired palette of earthy pastels sets a soft and natural tone. Whitney hesitated to paint the kitchen cabinets green, but she loves the Farrow & Ball shade Blue Gray. The soft color, which shows little blue, is the perfect whisper of green to complement the oak trees framed by the back windows.
Walls are Sherwin-Williams Navajo White, which has a hint of butter yellow, and doors and trim are Mega Greige, another Sherwin-Williams color.
On the surfaces: An exotic marble with gray and green veins running across a buttery background cemented the color choices. She embraces the inevitable spots and stains that come with having marble counters.
She cleans it with hot water and dish soap. A spray of Pledge will give it a shine if she wants to spruce up for a party.
A chiseled edge on one end of the island counter keeps with the clean rustic theme of the home.
For the backsplash, Whitney chose tumbled marble designed for outdoor use. She dug through box after box to get the right silver-white shade of the rough-chiseled pieces, which are stacked without visible mortar.
Travertine tiles laid in a herringbone pattern replaced Saltillo on the floor.
Alamo Hardwoods replicated dentil molding on the existing cabinets to go on new cabinets by the refrigerator and bar area.
Why it works: The island faces the sitting area and new French doors that open onto the deck and pool and the greenbelt beyond. "I wanted to be able to cook and look out at my kids," Whitney says. Whether entertaining or enjoying family time, the family likes to open the doors to create a single open space. Convenient deep-drawer storage and a spice pullout by the gas cooktop in the island save steps. Electrical outlets in the island are essential, she notes, great for plugging in slow cookers or blenders.
Two dishwashers simplify life with young children and their bottles and sippy cups.
Balance the budget: Mix bargains with investment pieces. "If you do it right, everything will look expensive." Her bar stools cost $99 each at World Market. The savings allowed her to splurge on the mercury glass pendants above the island when she spotted them in a store in Destin, Fla.
Know of a good cook with a great kitchen? Email suggestions for Cooks & Cocinas to Home & Garden Editor Tracy Hobson Lehmann, email@example.com.


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Prypiat Vodka.
Official drink of mortifying social missteps.
Prypiat Vodka.
Official drink of mortifying social missteps.
Oh Curio Curio, you should have stuck with tequila.
Yeah, but when things go wrong with Pripiat Vodka, the fallout stretches all over Europe.
I have words to express the awesome in that statement.
I bow to your mastery.
That's how I talk on the phone! (Physical positioning and facial expression.)
But I'm sober all the time, so maybe I'm just weird.
Heh, really? I lie on my back. Plus the wierd expression. Must be something to that.
Prypiat Vodka: The least toxic thing to come out of the Zone of Exclusion.
Prypiat is a city that practically belongs in Templar's universe. HIV+ vory squat in abandoned military housing, sitting atop stockpiles of stolen military surplus, relatively safe from the law as most law enforcement does not like to go into Prypiat, due to remaining background radiation. You wish I was making that up.
I rather hoped that M. Cruz Smith exaggerated in Dogs Eat Wolves, but perhaps not?
I this Curio and Tuesday need a divorce.
From being "best" friends.
Tuesday looks kinda happy there in the last panel.
Does the Templarverse not have flip-phones because they've never seen the original Star Trek?
Curio's a mess on legs but I really feel badly for her. She wants so hard to be someone, to be accepted, to be one of the cool kids… and she goes about it all wrong. She's just so needy. I want to give her a pat on the head. Even rich kids can be socially inept.
Oh I know, I want to like Curio but she is too needy and tries to hard. She just needs to be herself and getting away from Tuesday will help that.
I'd like to request a Pripiat Vodka t-shirt so I can buy it for my brother. Thanks.
…oh Christ. I've never made that face int he first panel. Ever. EVER.
(I lie.)
Some time ago, I noticed the name "P. Kaur" on a door in my apartment building. For a few seconds, it was a bit surreal.
Maybe you've fallen into a dimensional drift and ended up in Templarverse? Found yourself missing the recollection of time recently? (Sleeping doesn't count.)
Actually, it should be spelled "Pripyat," I'm pretty sure…


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Bianchi's first ML HR leads Brewers
Gallardo pitches well for 14th win
MILWAUKEE — Jeff Bianchi hit a three-run shot for his first big league homer, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-1 win over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night.
Bianchi went deep off Travis Wood (4-11) with two outs in the second for Milwaukee, which has won seven of eight overall and has beaten the Cubs seven straight times.
Yovani Gallardo (14-8) won his seventh straight start, holding Chicago to one run and three hits over seven innings, striking out nine.
John Axford finished up for his 21st save in 29 chances.
Wood lost for the eighth time in his last nine starts despite limiting Milwaukee to five hits and three runs over seven innings.


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TheoryCruel measures are sometimes the kindest
Machiavelli: goodness and cruelty
Realism, not superficial morality
No easy way out for Israel
Israel must create a credible threat, act brutally
Arab mentality and discontent
Peaceful relations with Arabs are possible for Israel
The other Arabs do not care about the Palestinians
Arab countries have no reason to make peace with Israel
Israeli territory is not worth lives, but Israel has no choice
Israel should restrict democracy
No inherent right to a state, no inviolable state
No historical right to Israel or Palestine
The feasibility of Israel' conquering the Arab states Making Arabs agree to peace with Israel
Objectives of PeaceIsrael does not need peace with Arabs
Israel can sustain neither modern war nor a credible threat
An end of belligerence is imperative
The creation of a Palestinian state would not bring Israel peace
No Palestinian state without a pan-Islamic peace agreement with Israel
Israel should not vacillateIsraeli vacillation provokes Muslims
Israeli vacillation is costly
Piecemeal compromises blur Israeli objectives
The fallacy of Israel's minor concessions to Arabs
Israel must abandon half-measures
Delaying the solution makes the Israeli-Arab conflict chronic and harder to cure
Does Israel want economic and social progress in Arab countries?
Israel must determine war strategy and adhere to it
Determine Israeli Territorial ObjectivesWhat area do the Israelis want?
Why does Israel need the Palestinian territories?
The possibility of Israel' ceding the Palestinian territories
Returning the Palestinian territories might not lead to normalizing Arab-Israeli relations
Israeli perceptions of Arab nationalism are exaggerated
Annexation of Arab lands will not necessarily impede Israeli-Arab peace
A culturally attractive Israel could annex the Palestinian territories more easily
Israel as Middle Eastern empire
Israel should conquer only militarily weak, economically viable Muslim states
Israel may annex foreign land
Israel can win tolerance of foreigners to annexation
Annexation tactics in Palestine, expansion from a security belt
Israeli threat of expansion would bring peace
Proper War Strategy for IsraelHiring foreign infantry for Israel Defense Forces
Harsh measures, not limited victory against Israel's Arab enemies
Israel must use chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons
Israel should not let Iran build Chemical Biological Nuclear weapons
Humane war is costly and ineffective
Israel must abandon the pretense of humane war with Arabs
Israel cannot count on deterring Arabs
Israel can use large Israel Defense Forces for conquests in the Middle East and Africa
Force Arab disarmament and turn Arab states into Israeli protectorates
Minimize the involvement of Israel Defense Forces infantry in the Middle East conflict
Non-military harassment of Israel's Islamic enemies
Cruelty to Arab prisoners in Israel
Israel miscalculated the Sinai treaty
Israeli ideological warfare against hostile Muslims
Counteracting terrorist warfare against IsraelIslamic terrorism is a war like any other
Islamic terrorists justifiably target Israeli civilians
Jews have historically engaged in terrorism
Palestinian terrorists should be respected as warriors
Attack anti-Israeli Islamic terrorist bases
Attack Muslim governments and civilians who support Islamic terrorists
Attack Arab countries in response to Islamic terrorist acts against Israel
Israel should retaliate against Muslim civilians for Islamic terrorist attacks
Destroy Arab oil infrastructure in retaliation for Islamic terrorism
Harsh actions are less painful
Strike the Muslim population to quash Islamic terrorists
Define acceptable cruelty for anti-Israeli acts formally
Persecute the families of Palestinian terrorists
Israel lost Lebanon and Russia - Afghanistan because of restraint toward civilians
Destroy the Islamic terrorists' support base among Muslimsv Abandon formalities; rely on preemption against anti-Israeli Palestinian terrorists
Collective liability for terrorism
Israel may act by stealth against Islamic terrorists
Get the Arabs to fight for the Israeli objective of counterterrorism
Acceding to Palestinian terrorist demands does not lead to Arab-Israeli peace
Formal Arab-Israeli peace might not end Islamic terrorism
Israel should not negotiate with Islamic terrorists
Political negotiations by Israel with Islamic terrorist groups are possible
Terrorism's future is bright
Riot control on Israeli-controlled Palestinian territories
Israel must avoid urban combat with Islamic terrorists
Practical counter-terror measures
Influence of counterterrorism on freedom in Israel
Israel must deal with WMD terrorism reasonably
Israeli-Arab PolicyThe clash of Jewish European and Arab mentalities
A peaceful solution to Israeli-Arab war must accommodate the Arab mentality
Israelis should respect Arabs and demand respect from them
Divide the Arabs
Israelis may sabotage Arab oil exports
Israel's policy toward Palestine and Israeli ArabsOnly Israel's cruelty can instill fear in poor Palestinian people
Israel has no interest in making Palestinians rich
Israel doesn't need to promote wealth in Palestine
A Palestinian state offers benefits to Israel
Necessary cruel steps to Israeli annexation of Palestine
Downgrade Israeli Arabs' citizen rights
The usefulness of sharia for Israeli dealings with Palestinians
Israel may create the Palestinian state in Jordan
Israel and JudeaThe case for Judea
Incompatible objectives of Israeli people
Judea might engage in annexation easier than Israel
Technical details of establishing Judea alongside Israel
Spiritual aspects of Judea
Jewish religious jurisdiction
No concern with secular ethics in Judea
Judea would take the heat off Israel
Prospects for Israeli-Arab War and Guarantees of Peace-DoubtfulThe Israeli Defense Force is not invincible
American support of Israel is not guaranteed
Modern antiSemitism
The Need to Reconsider Israeli ValuesLooming disillusionment among Israelis
Define ethnic boundaries of Jews
Israel should restrain reliance on religion
Changing the Israeli Defense Forces
Political reform in Israel
Steps to be taken in Jewish Diaspora communities
New goals of Israel
Building the State of Israel in the real world
No clash of civilizations
Edward Said's The End of the Peace ProcessThe fate of the Palestinians is not Holocaust
Israelis and Palestinians are not equal
The Palestinians claim special rights
No reason for Israelis to treat Arabs preferentially
Inequality is inherent in every conflict
Equality requires applying much harsher standards to Israelis than to Palestinians
Misrepresenting about Israel and fact-twisting
Palestinian lies
Double standards for Jewish and Palestinian refugees
Most Palestinians do not want to return to Israel
Palestinian refugees' descendants are not refugees
Palestinian right of return to Israel is not viable
No legal basis for the Palestinian right of return
Defeated Arab aggressors cannot make demands
Settlements in Palestine
The Palestinian Authority refuses Jews the right of return
Racism and incitement to clashes with Israel
Palestinian nationalism
Accusations against the United States
The requirement to sympathize with the Palestinians
Misjudgments of Israeli-Arab war issues
The democracy of Zionism
Historical errors of Edward Said
Palestinian terrorism
Cruelty and torture in Israel and Palestine
Liberties in Israel and Palestine
Refusing to accept Palestinian reality
Land ownership in Israel
Edward Said's socialist values
Palestinian support for Arafat
The Palestinians are content with Israeli rule
Irresponsibility of Palestinians
Edward Said rejects Israel's right to exist Conclusion


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Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 35 mins
Extra Time: 20 mins
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Yield: 12 x 4-1/2 oz meat servings
Preheat oven to 475º F. Rub tenderloin roast with oil and pepper.
Roast uncovered (do not add liquid) at 475º F for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350º F and roast an additional 12 minutes (medium-rare). Remove from oven and let stand for 15 to 20 minutes.
In a large skillet, sauté mushrooms, onions and peppers in hot butter over medium heat until tender (about 5 minutes). Stir in broth and Madeira and bring to a boil. Remove from heat.
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|2012 Universal Ballet's Summer School
Monday, July 23 - Saturday, August 4
Universal Ballet, Seoul.
Universal Ballet holds intensive ballet workshops for students from middle school through pre-professional and college age ballet students every summer and winter vacation.
The sessions are two weeks long and include classes in classical ballet, character dancer, pas de deux and repertory, as well as extra enrichment sessions such as men's classes.
Universal Ballet's 2012 Summer School will be held from Monday, July 23 to Saturday, August 4 at Universal Ballet in Seoul.
A featured guest teacher for this summer's session is Hee Seo who was recently promoted to principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. She will be teaching some of the intermediate and advanced level classes.
Hee Seo was born in Seoul, South Korea, and began her ballet training in her hometown at the Sun Hwa Arts School. She was awarded a three-year full scholarship to continue her training at the Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington, DC (formerly Universal Ballet Academy).
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Can a vehicle ride around the inside vertical wall of a cylinder? The video analysis in this item explores the physics behind the Wall of Death. The zip file contains the Wall of Death blog entry, a video of a car riding the wall, and a Tracker video analysis file. A discussion of the physics for a car on the wall was posted on the Dot Physics blog for Wired. A second blog entry describes the physics of a motorcycle on the wall..
Published April 24, 2012
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After brief sojourns at Argo and Cadet, Lou Donaldson marked his 1967 return by recording Lush Life, the grandest project he ever attempted.
With its plush arrangements and unabashedly pretty melodies, Lush Life stands in stark contrast to everything else he cut in the '60s. There are no blues, no stabs at soul-jazz grooves, no hard bop -- only sweet, sensitive renditions of romantic standards. Donaldson shone on ballads before, but it's nevertheless surprising how successful he is on this set of slow love songs. His tone is full and elegant -- it's easy to get lost in his rich readings of these familiar melodies, as well as his slyly seductive improvisations.
Of course, it helps that his instrumental backdrops are as lovely as those his nine-piece backing band provide. Nonets are unwieldy, to be certain, but Duke Pearson's arrangements are clean, sparkling, and attractive, and the superstar band -- Wayne Shorter (tenor sax), Jerry Dodgion (alto sax, flute), Pepper Adams (bari sax), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Garnett Brown (trombone), McCoy Tyner (piano), Ron Carter (bass), Al Harewood (drums) -- knows enough to provide sympathetic support and not steal the show. When they do take solos, it enhances Donaldson's original statements, and helps make Lush Life the singularly enchanting record it is.
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Nissan Juke | 1.5 dCi Bose Personal Edition 5dr
Nissan Juke Overview
I would like all maintenance and service costs included
Initial Rental (Personal)
£2,728.30 inc VAT
Initial Rental (Business)
£2,273.58 ex VAT
Contract Length
48 Months
Processing fee
£199.99 ex VAT
Standard Options
- Electric front/rear windows
- Heated rear windscreen
- Privacy glass
- Rain sensor windscreen wipers
- Rear wiper
- ESP traction control
- VDC Dynamic Vehicle Control
- Bluetooth system
- Cruise control speed limiter
- Electric speed sensitive power steering
- Push button starter
- Colour rear view camera
- Door/boot open warning light
- Exterior temperature gauge
- Low fuel level warning light
- Nissan connect sat nav system
- Service interval indicator
- Trip computer
- Electric door mirrors
- Electric folding door mirrors
- Heated door mirrors
- 6 speakers
- Aux input
- Bose personal sound system
- DAB Digital radio
- Steering wheel mounted audio controls
- Stereo radio/CD player and MP3 facility
- USB port
- Body colour bumpers
- Body colour door handles
- Dark chrome grille
- Solid paint
- Automatic headlights
- LED daytime running lights
- LED front fog lights
- LED indicators in door mirrors
- Climate control
- Pollen filter
- 12V socket
- Artificial leather/suede upholstery
- Front armrest
- Front cupholders x 2
- Front door pockets with bottle holders
- Gear shift indicator
- Glovebox
- Internal chrome door handles
- Leather steering wheel and gear knob
- Luggage area under floor storage box
- Rear tonneau cover integrated into tailgate
- Steering wheel rake adjustment
- Driver/passenger reading lights
- Interior courtesy lights
- Map reading lamp
- Exterior pack - Black - Juke
- Personalisation pack - Black - Juke
- Child locks on rear doors
- Driver and passenger airbags
- Driver and passenger side airbags
- Front and rear curtain airbags
- Height adjustable front seatbelts
- Passenger airbag deactivate switch
- Three 3 point rear seatbelts
- Tyre pressure monitoring system
- Warning triangle and first aid kit
- 3 height adjustable rear headrests
- 60/40 split folding rear seat
- Front head restraints
- Front seat belt pre-tensioners with load limiters
- Height adjustable driver's seat
- Isofix child seat preparation
- Passenger seat back pocket
- Sports seats
- Alarm
- Immobiliser
- Intelligent Key
- Remote central locking
- Driver/passenger sunvisors and vanity mirrors
- 16" Aero black alloy wheels
- Tyre repair kit
Technical Options
- NOx: 0.027
- Standard Euro Emissions: EURO 6
- Bore: 76
- Catalytic Convertor: True
- Compression Ratio: 15.5:1
- Cylinder Layout: IN-LINE
- Cylinders: 4
- Engine Codes: K9K
- Engine Layout: FRONT TRANSVERSE
- Fuel Type: COMMON RAIL
- Gears: 6 SPEED
- Number of Valves: 8
- Stroke: 80.5
- Valve gear: SOHC
- EC: True
- EC Combined: 60.1
- EC Extra Urban: 64.2
- EC Urban: 54.3
- WLTP - FC (l/100km) - Medium - Max: 5.8
- WLTP - FC (l/100km) - Medium - Min: 5.1
- WLTP - MPG - Comb: 5.1
- WLTP - MPG - Comb - Max: 6.4
- WLTP - MPG - Comb - Min: 5.7
- Any aspect of the vehicles safety cause concern?: Data Not Available
- Based On ID: N
- Coin Description: dCi
- Coin Series: Bose Personal Edn
- Ghost model for valuation purposes: 90000
- Man Corrosion Perforation Guarantee - Years: 12
- Manufacturers Paintwork Guarantee - Years: 3
- NCAP Adult Occupant Protection %: 71
- NCAP Child Occupant Protection %: 5
- NCAP Overall Rating - Effective February 09: 110
- NCAP Pedestrian Protection %: 1.5
- NCAP Safety Assist %: M1
- Service Interval Frequency - Months: 87
- Service Interval Mileage: 60
- Special Edition: Data Not Available
- Special Order: Data Not Available
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Mileage: 60000
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Years: 3
- This vehicle is classed as a car for VED purposes: 12
- Timing Belt Interval Frequency - Months: 41
- Timing Belt Interval Mileage: 81
- 0 to 60: Data Not Available
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- Engine Power KW: 81
- Engine Power RPM: 4000
- Engine Torque LBS.FT: 192
- Engine Torque MKG: 26.5
- Engine Torque NM: 260
- Engine Torque RPM: 1750
- PS: True
- Top Speed: 115
- Alloys?: True
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- Tyre Size Rear: 205/60 R16
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- Wheel Style: AERO
- Wheel Type: 16" ALLOY
- Height: 1565
- Height (including roof rails): N
- Length: 4135
- Turning Circle - Kerb to Kerb: 10.7
- Wheelbase: 2530
- Width (excluding mirrors): 1765
- Width (including mirrors): 1974
- Boot Capacity Saloons: 354
- Fuel Tank Capacity (Litres): 41
- Gross Vehicle Weight: 1670
- Luggage Capacity (Seats Up): 1189
- Max. Roof Load: 75
- Max. Towing Weight - Braked: N
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Nissan Juke STILL CRAZY (74/100)
The Nissan Juke is wilfully weird but it's hit a nerve with British buyers who love the thing. Jonathan Crouch takes a look at the updated version.
Ten Second Review
If you need a car that blends into the background, look somewhere else. Nissan's Juke is a small SUV that's sold like hot cakes and the latest update keeps the design extreme but adds smarter looks, extra equipment and more personalisation options.
By most accepted rules of vehicle marketing, this shouldn't happen. For a car with as divisive a look as the Nissan Juke to rack up such huge sales would suggest that those who love it really love it. The usual template is for the big sellers in a range to be conservatively-styled while the niche models on the periphery are ones that car manufacturers can afford to take the odd risk with. Perhaps the Juke was originally destined to be an outlier, but went mainstream in a big way. Whatever, it's here, it's hard to ignore and it's been updated to keep buyers interested. What is most amazing about the Juke is that a company the size of Nissan could build it. The usual procedure is for a maverick designer to come up with just such a concept only for octogenarian company heads to shelve it, for customer clinics to reject it or for marketing pressure to water it down. Somehow the Juke survived all of these potential trapdoors and remains singularly the most distinctive family car on sale today.
Driving Experience
There's no change beneath the bonnet, so as before, the range kicks off with an old-tech 94bhp petrol 1.6-litre unit that most buyers rightly ignore, which slots in below the 115bhp 1.2 DIG-T petrol unit that the majority want. Despite its modest size, this 1197cc turbo four packs a real punch, offering much sharper acceleration and greater torque (190Nm) than the base unit. Unfortunately though, you can't have a 1.2-litre DIG-T Juke with auto transmission: at the foot of the range, you'll need the base 1.6-litre variant for that. Need a diesel engine? Well there's also a 110PS 1.5-litre dCi diesel if you want it. At the top of the range, a minority-interest 1.6 DIG-T turbo petrol unit produces 190PS and is available in both front and all-wheel drive versions. Go for an all-wheel drive variant and you have the option to specify the Xtronic auto transmission gearbox we mentioned earlier, which further improves fuel efficiency and acceleration. The Juke's elevated stance but diminutive overall length doesn't promise a stellar driving experience but within a few yards, you'll realise that this is a fun car to hustle about. Nissan Dynamic Control helps here; an advanced driver control system giving the choice of three different driving modes, Normal, Sport or Eco, along with instant driving information and vehicle setting controls. The torque vectoring system on the all-wheel drive model incorporates technology that Nissan initially used to devastating effect on their GT-R supercar-slayer.
Design and Build
Yes, the Juke does still look like either something dredged up from the abyssal depths of the ocean or a fun, friendly and futuristic little runabout, depending on your perspective. Whichever camp you're in, you have to hand it to Nissan for not losing its resolve and watering this design down. Changes made to this revised model include a more striking dark chrome V-motion grille, dark headlamp trimming and dark turn indicators on the door mirrors. And there's an even wider range of vibrant body colours: 'Sunlight Yellow' metallic is sure to continue to be popular with those who resolutely refuse to blend in. Nissan also offers coloured inserts which can be applied to the mirror caps, side sills, roof spoiler and door handles in order to further personalise the exterior. Inside there's a motorbike-style central console and features such as that console, door trims and other elements can be individually coloured red, white, black, orange, blue or even bright yellow. Back seat space is pretty limited by class standards: so is boot capacity - 354-litres in total. Still, versatility can be further enhanced with a flat folding rear seat, making it easier to load large objects, while the inclusion of a two-stage floor in the luggage area makes the space on offer more flexible.
Market and Model
Juke pricing starts at about £15,500 but that only gets you the rather slow and inefficient base petrol 1.6-litre variant. If budget permits, it's better to see around £16,000 as a realistic price starting point, the sum necessary to get the least expensive 1.2-litre DIG-T version. You'll need at least around £17,000 for the least expensive diesel variant. These are very competitive prices by small SUV standards. And it's not as if the Juke is lacking in equipment either. Four grades are now on offer - 'Visia', 'Acenta', 'BOSE Personal Edition' and 'Tekna'. Every Nissan Juke comes with air-conditioning, electrically adjusting door mirrors, front and rear power windows, LED daytime running lights and a CD audio unit with aux port as standard. 'Acenta' grade adds the driving modes of the 'Nissan Dynamic Control System', plus front fog lamps, cruise control with a speed limiter, automatic air-conditioning, privacy glass, a USB port and Bluetooth connectivity. The 'BOSE Personal Edition' variants include a clever audio system, while 'Tekna' trim gives you leather upholstery. You'll need one of those top two spec options to get the interior personalisation that many owners want. That's a package that now includes two new colours - 'Energy Orange' and 'Power Blue'. These further enhance the design of the central console, air vents, door inserts and seat upholstery.
Cost of Ownership
The updated Juke is looking to retain its predecessor's reputation as being inexpensive to run. The 1.2-litre turbo petrol engine makes good use of its lower weight, standard automatic Stop/Start feature and fuel-efficient operation, delivering 128g/km of CO2 and returning a combined fuel consumption figure of 49.6mpg. The 1.6-litre DIG-T petrol unit features emissions of 139g/km of CO2 for the 2WD versions. All give best to the diesel engine which returns better than 70mpg on the combined cycle. Insurance is very competitive too, with an opening rating of 8E for the base petrol 1.6. Due in no small part to its distinctive personality, residual values have been a few points beefier than in many typical superminis. CAP Monitor quotes residual values of between 52 and 54 per cent after three years/60,000 miles, even outstripping the MINI hatchback by a good few points.
You probably know the guy who complains that all new cars look the same but has nothing good to say when Nissan brings out something different and fresh. Don't be that guy. The Juke has deservedly carved itself a lucrative niche for itself with an inexpensive vehicle that drives well, is cheap to run and which isn't afraid to assert its own personality. The latest changes don't alter that fundamental appeal but smartening the front end and adding more equipment certainly isn't going to do the Juke's prospects any harm. Should Nissan have gone a little further with the exterior changes? I'm not so sure. The Juke was already an extreme-looking thing and going overboard with styling updates would have smacked of trying too hard. As it stands, it'll continue to be the car that none of its rivals have come close to answering.
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Human processes, not technology, will be the biggest challenge in building the Defense-VA system.
As the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments work to develop an integrated electronichealth record the concept is simple—streamline the military health care system for active-duty service members, veterans and retirees—but getting there is not. The two departments will not deploy the system until 2017, eight years after President Obama kicked off the project in April 2009.
The interagency program office managing the iEHR wasn't set up until October 2011, and its director wasn't appointed until April 2012. That gives VA and the Pentagon five years to develop what Defense Secretary Leon Panetta dubbed the world's largest electronic health record system, which would serve 9.7 million active-duty and retired military personnel and their families, and 7.8 million veterans.
The project is vital to the health care of roughly 6 percent of the U.S. population and requires a slow and deliberate approach to make sure "we get it right," VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said in May.
"We'll go as fast as we can without accepting . . . risk that's not tolerable," Shinseki said at the Capt. James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, a jointly operated Defense-VA hospital in North Chicago that serves as a showcase for pilot iEHR projects. "If we can go faster, we will. But quality and safety are the standards we measure ourselves by."
For Navy Lt. Cmdr. Donna Poulin, chief information systems officer at the North Chicago hospital, getting it right means focusing on business processes and the clinical staffers who use them, more than the information technology. At a tri-service medical IT symposium earlier this year, she said the "distinction between a business solution and a technical solution is always a challenge. IT is often seen as the problem solver, where business processes should be the driver of the technical solution."
Dr. David Brailer, who was the first national coordinator for health information technology from 2004 to 2006, agrees. Development and deployment of the hardware and software needed for the iEHR pales in comparison to the "massive change management" processes that address the "human side" of the iEHR, he says.
Brailer, now chairman of Health Evolution Partners, a San Francisco-based health care equity fund, says iEHR developers should expect to spend two to three times more on process changes than they will on hardware and software.
VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker pegged development costs for the iEHR at $4 billion, the amount Kaiser Permanente spent on an electronic medical record deployed in 2003 to serve 8.6 million patients—the closest project in scale. Brailer warns that when fully de-ployed, the iEHR initially will decrease clinician productivity, and he predicts it will take doctors up to a year to master the new system.
In a recent report to Congress, iEHR Interagency Program Office Director Barclay Butler said it's a challenge to "effectively coordinate joint documents, policies and decisions through both departments for senior leadership approval in a timely manner," which results in long lead times.
Defense and VA have fundamentally different views on how to develop the iEHR. Dr. Jonathan Woodson, the assistant secretary of Defense for health affairs, told Congress in April that the Pentagon wants to draw on best-of-breed commercial software to build the system. VA, on the other hand, backs an open software development approach based on upgrades to its existing Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture electronic health record system, known as VistA.
VA remains committed to developing a system "open in architecture and nonproprietary in design," Shinseki said in May.
Tom Munnecke, who helped develop VistA and worked on the Defense electronic health record when he was chief scientist at the Science Applications International Corp., believes the best-of-breed approach espoused by the Pentagon is bound to fail. It is analogous to the assumption that the best way to build a superior car is "to use the engine of a Ferrari and the leather seats from a Rolls-Royce," says Munnecke, now an independent consultant.
Brailer acknowledges the catchall approach has its challenges, but he argues an amalgamation of commercial software is far better than open-source software, which he notes has never gained traction in health care IT, with the exception of VistA.
It appears Congress will have the final say on the structure of the iEHR. The House Defense and VA appropriations bills restrict any funding on the iEHR until both departments submit a fiscal 2013 execution and spending plan and a long-term roadmap for the project, including annual and total spending during the next five years.


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MTD's Kingston KZ fretless bass is loaded with reversed split coil humbucking pickups wound to exacting specs attractively housed under burled maple covers. The active electronics, tuned by Michael Tobias, offer bass, mid and treble tone controls, pickup blend and master volume. All of the circuitry is tucked in a shielded body cavity to ensure an extremely low noise floor.
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Water. Without it, all raids would become excruciatingly longer as healers would have to halt and gas up after every attempt. I don't know about you, buy the raids I'm in tend to have a lot of biscuit-hungry players. They just devour the entire table. Sometimes we have to ask for single conjures.
And let's not begin to even talk about that guy.
Oh yes. You know who I'm talking about.
He's that guy who always accepts that summon late.
He's that guy who never realizes there's a table (or a fish feast) on the ground and asks for one after it's completely disappeared.
Or he just plain forgot to loot the table. In the past, I've always found the raid I was in to be under the Bystander effect.
…social psychological phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to offer help in an emergency situation when other people are present. The probability of help is inversely proportional to the number of bystanders. In other words, the greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it is that any one of them will help.
Ever get in a raid with like 5 Priests and wonder why the raid hasn't gotten Fortitude yet? Because each Priest expects one of the other Priests to do it, thereby saving them precious candles. I noticed its the same thing with mages and any other player with biscuits. Some of them conveniently AFK or spin around in their chair not sharing.
So instead of asking Mages for Water, I simply walk up to the closest Mage and pop open trade while saying "Need gas!â€. Most of them usually figure out what I'm after. I trained the guild mages well after all!
Here's another thing. How many biscuits do you really need? Do you really need four stacks of biscuits? You're telling me you go through that many in a single raid? I go through 1 stack usually. On serious wipe nights, it'll hit the tail end of 2 stacks.
If every raider took 2 sacks of biscuits instead of 4 stacks, then we'd have enough stacks of food to go around. Don't be so greedy! Eat what you take! Stop burning through Mage reagents to conjure that stuff!
And don't get me started on the players out there that have almost no bag room and choose to throw away perfectly conjured biscuits just so they can loot some random trash loot to vendor later. At least pass it on to someone else.
Oh yes. I know you exist.
Anyway, enough with that rant.
How do you ask Mages for water?


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In the last 169 years Lawrenceville has had it's share of newspapers. In 1847 John F. Buntin established the "Star Spangled Banner" as a weekly publication.
Shortly after Buntin began the "Star Spangled Banner" he changed the name to the "American Banner." He moved his plant to Olney, then Russellville and finally back to Lawrenceville where he changed the name again, to "Lawrenceville Banner."
In 1858, the paper was purchased by H.C.McCleave and D.L. Brewer. They changed the name to the "Western Globe" and the newspaper became a Democratic organ.
Sometime later, Buntin regained possession of the paper, when it became the Lawrence County Globe and its' politics changed to Republican.
In Mach 1873, Major Daniel L. Gold established the "Rural Republican." Miss Mary Buntin purchased the paper in 1875 and continued publication until 1880 when it was bought by Samuel B. Day.
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Children are affected by divorce in many ways, including some unexpected ways, such as school selection and busing. THELAW.TV asked the lawyers at Law Offices of Reese, Samley, Wagenseller, Mecum, and Longer in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to explain how a divorce may affect your child's education.
With the nation's growing debt and subsequent cuts for public education, it's no wonder school districts are looking for new ways to reduce budgets. For Lancaster County resident Tim W., these cuts meant a serious obstacle. Manheim Township School District had previously provided transportation to eligible students to and from "multiple locations," but attempted to reduce operating expenses in 2011 and only offer transportation to one location.
For the non-divorced family, this minor change made no difference. For divorced or separated parents, it made all the difference in the world. For Tim, who shared 50-50 joint custody of their son with his ex-wife, it meant struggling to find alternate transportation for his son. The school district named Tim's ex-wife's residence as the primary residence and refused bus service to and from Tim's home, even though there were empty seats on the bus. For several months, Tim's only option was to hire someone to drive his son for him.
Divorcing parents have enough to think about without weighing every possible challenge they may face down the road. Unfortunately, the future of your children is integral in your divorce settlements, especially if you and your spouse are not parting amicably.
Choosing a School District
While the law varies from state to state, you have several options for picking the school district your child will be part of. Even if you don't have 50-50 joint custody, it doesn't mean that your child will go to school in the district where the parent with primary custody resides. If you have a specific district in mind, you can specify that your child will attend that school provided that one of the parents lives in the district.
Sometimes agreements are worded so that the child attends school in the district where one of the parents lives, and if that parent moves, the child may change districts. This may become an issue down the road if you or your spouse moves and wants to change districts. Be sure that your agreement specifies a certain mile radius that you can move or a list of acceptable school districts.
Making Educational Decisions
Many divorcing couples will agree to a joint custody relationship where both parties have equal say in making educational decisions for their children. Typically, school districts are good about ensuring that both parents have a legal right to be informed and involved in their child's education.
For those who do not share joint custody, it gets a little trickier. The wording of your divorce agreement must be crystal clear, to clear up any potential problems with the school district. Outline who is responsible for making decisions, as well as who can attend school functions and parent teacher conferences.
As a Non-Custodial Parent
Many court cases have fought over the issue of the rights of non-custodial parents in their child's education. Non-custodial parents may not agree with the educational decisions of the custodial parent, and often they are unable to do anything about it.
Often, the divorce agreements must state that non-custodial parents have rights to make decisions along with the custodial parents.
In some cases, non-custodial parents have taken the issue to courts, but have been overruled, because non-custodial parents do not have rights to make educational decisions when the divorce settlement does not state it. It is important to note the difference between the right to make decisions and the right to participate in their child's education. It is normally acceptable – and encouraged – for the non-custodial parent to see records, to participate in parent-teacher conferences, and to attend extra-curricular activities.
There was a successful outcome in Tim's case. After a long court battle, the courts finally ruled in Tim's favor, saying that if divorced parents share equal custody of a child, a school district can't choose to provide school bus service to only one of their homes. Tim's attorney acknowledges that the ruling is fairly narrow since the child has two legal residences and the divorce agreement was settled long before this school district policy changes.
In your divorce, it won't be possible to predict all the ways your child's education can be complicated after you and your spouse part ways. However, you can mitigate many issues by having an airtight divorce settlement and discussing all your options with a divorce attorney in your state.
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The AWDESCRIBE program sends information about the current analytic workspace to the current outfile. After a summary page, it provides a report in two parts:
An alphabetic list of analytic workspace objects showing name, type, and description.
A list of object definitions by object type. Each definition includes the information you would see when you used the DESCRIBE statement. It also includes a "Referenced By" list, which indicates any programs or other compilable objects that call or access the object. In addition, compilable objects have a "References To" list, indicating the analytic workspace objects that they call or access.
Usage Notes
Information in Referenced By List
The AWDESCRIBE command does not provide information in the "Referenced By" and "References To" list for implicit references. For example: When a program contains a LIMIT command to limit a dimension by a related dimension, AWDESCRIBE does not list the relation for those dimensions in the "References To" list for that program.
Example 9-56 Describing an analytic workspace
The following example shows a portion of the output of AWDESCRIBE for an analytic workspace named
DEMO Workspace Listing ===================== Last updated: 25Jun96 Time: 09:46:50 Print date: 27Aug96 Time: 10:30:11 DEMO contains: 11 DIMENSIONS 19 VARIABLES 1 PROGRAM 4 RELATIONS 2 VALUESETS This report is in two parts: - Object Listing: An alphabetic list of workspace objects, beginning on the next page. - Object Descriptions: Detailed descriptions of all workspace objects, sorted by object type and alphabetically by name. Object List Page 2 Workspace: DEMO Updated: 25Jun96 At: 09:46:50 ACTUAL NAME TYPE DESCRIPTION ____ ____ ___________ ACTUAL VARIABLE Actual $ Financials ADVERTISING VARIABLE Total Advertising Dollars BUDGET VARIABLE Budgeted $ Financials CHOICE DIMENSION List of choices CHOICEDESC VARIABLE Description line for the choices DEMOVER VARIABLE DEMO Workspace Version DISTRICT DIMENSION DIVISION DIMENSION Division DIVISION.PRODUCT RELATION DIVISION for each PRODUCT EXPENSE VARIABLE Total Production & Distribution Cost FCST VARIABLE Forecasted $ Financials INDUSTRY.SALES VARIABLE Total Industry Sales Revenue LINE DIMENSION Lineitem MARKET DIMENSION Geography Dim with Embedded Totals MARKET.MARKET RELATION Self-relation for the Market Dim MARKETLEVEL DIMENSION Geography Level MLV.MARKET RELATION MONTH DIMENSION NAME.LINE VARIABLE Lineitem Names for Reporting NAME.PRODUCT VARIABLE Product Names for Reporting Purposes NATIONAL.SALES VARIABLE Projected Total U.S. Dollar Sales NOT.IMPLEMENTED PROGRAM PRICE VARIABLE Wholesale Unit Selling Price PRODUCT DIMENSION Sporting Goods Products PRODUCT.MEMO VARIABLE Product Analysis Memo PRODUCTSET VALUESET Valueset for Sporting Goods Products QUARTER DIMENSION QUARTERSET VALUESET REGION DIMENSION Sales Region REGION.DISTRICT RELATION REGION for each DISTRICT SALES VARIABLE Sales Revenue SALES.FORECAST VARIABLE Forecasted Unit Sales SALES.PLAN VARIABLE Budgeted Sales Revenue SHARE VARIABLE Market Share (Based on Dollar Sales) UNITS VARIABLE Actual Unit Shipments UNITS.M VARIABLE YEAR DIMENSION Description of DIMENSIONS Page 3 Workspace: DEMO Updated: 25Jun96 At: 09:46:50 CHOICE DEFINE CHOICE DIMENSION TEXT LD List of choices Referenced By: NONE DEFINE DISTRICT DIMENSION TEXT Referenced By: NONE DEFINE DIVISION DIMENSION TEXT LD Division Referenced By: NONE ...


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"This, in essence, is the hypothesis that Lovelock and his close collaborator Lynn Margulis were to call "Gaia." The idea significantly modifies the central Darwinian paradigm of modern biology. Competition – natural selection at the species level – becomes much less important than the overall integration of living things within a symbiotic global network. The basic unit of evolutionary survival becomes the biomass as a whole, which may select species for their capacity to enhance the liveability of the planet." Theodore Roszak, The Voice of the Earth
There can be said to be three interpretations of Gaia; scientific, theistic and philosophical. The science, which I have described briefly, is basically about looking at the Earth physiologically, as a body, and the practical implications of that. But I'm not a scientist, so although I take an interest I can only explain it up to a point. Theistic Gaia is the view that the Earth is sentient, and is literally seen as a single living being. Not something I believe in, but the image is interesting and certainly useful in a poetic sense.
What really interests me is a Gaian-based philosophy. This stands somewhere between science and theism, using scientific ideas and mythological images as a model that we use to view the world and as an ethical guide.
For a while we have had a view of evolution as something competitive and the Earth as an arena in which this biological struggle is played out. Although science is not meant as a tool to give us meaning or ethics, anything that gives us a view of the world, whether myth or science, also gives us a sense of meaning and ethics. Sometimes it is obvious though mostly it is subtle.
The view of competitive evolution has become a tool to legitimise a "dog eat dog" or "every man for himself" attitude. In this view the Earth is a resource and the world is seen as a hierarchy of power where the strongest preys on the weakest. And to some extent this is true, if you see the relationship between some species, and individual organisms of the same species, you will see there is a competitive, even violent, relationship. However, in the same way the classical view of physics breaks down in quantum mechanics, the localised competition of species breaks down in the broader ecological view. Each species fulfills a role in the bigger ecological system; any competition is just one aspect of a cooperative network.
Can the body's major organs compete with each other? Can the heart win or lose against the lungs? Of course not, they are major organs and are completely and utterly interdependent with one another. However, minor organs or biological features can compete. A species of fish whose ancestors got trapped in a cave system lost their eyes because there was no need for them. The digits and claws of whale ancestors have eventually receded to be replaced by more useful flippers. The long grasping digits on the feet of our tree climbing ancestors have been reduced to small stumps on the end of our feet. But these minor "competitive" adaptations are relative compared to what is going on in the whole body.
We can use this analogy to look at the Earth. It too has major organs, species or certain groups of species that cannot be replaced. For instance, I remember in a biology class being taken out by my teacher with the class and being asked "Can plants live without animals or can animals live without plants?" No one answered plants, and yet that was the answer. Most plants, because they get energy directly from the sun, are self-sufficient, so if the animal kingdom inexplicably disappeared many photosynthesisers would be able to survive. Not so with animals.
There is, what I consider, to be a myth about humanity as the "dominant species". We might have become very powerful and intelligent but that's a very superficial dominance. Let's put it this way, prey do not depend on predators but predators depend on prey, the foundation of a building does not depend on the upper floors but the upper floors depend on the foundation. This echoes a fairly Taoist principle and gives a different spin on Jesus' "The first shall be last and the last shall be first."
We owe our existence to the almost omnipresent microbial lifeforms, like bacteria, that were the first life-forms to exist and surely will be the last ones to exist. When Gaia was young this was, and still is, the basic components, "major organs" or major organisms, that sustain her existence. Without them nothing larger, like humans, could exist. So it really does turn the concept of dominance on its head. We owe our existence to life-forms that are smaller, simpler and far less intelligent than us, which is humbling really.
We are left with an image that humanity is an interesting but unimportant contribution to the Earth's evolution. We are left with the principles of respect, humility and cooperation. A good starting point for how we might conceive a Gaia-based philosophy. But this philosophy isn't just for individuals to choose, as one philosophy amongst so many to pick and choose from; it is the context of all other philosophies. In a sense all organisms are gaian by default. All organisms derive their evolution from a long history where biological traits are developed within an ecological context. To defy this context is to upset the balance and threaten your own existence. Only humans need to make a mental effort to align with gaian-based principles.
This philosophy is something that has to be built into the structure of society itself, a structure that operates with respect, humility and cooperation to the home it depends on for its existence. We cannot go on thinking and acting the way we do, seeing Earth as a resource to be used and abused in service of commercial consumerist philosophy, and other humans and other nations to be viewed as opponents to be beaten in some never-ending economical and fashion-driven race. This cannot work anymore, there needs to be a reform in human civilisation and I think we are waking up to realise it now.


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I need to change the cable that link the neriki image master pro genlock to a comodore 2000. on the comodore, there is 23 pin male and on the neriki image master there is 25 pin female conector
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Hello, the Commodore: C2-ML (PAL Jnr) is not a sound card at all. This is a Hard Disk/SCSI controller card. It interfaced both ST506 hard drives and SCSI devices. Also know as a A2090 and then a 2090a for auto booting when the card was made to fit the A2000.
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I am interested in learning about the A520 Rf modulator. Specifically, if the clock signal (Pin 15) is required for correct operation. I understand that the A520 has a MC1377 device, and the Pin 15 clock ultimately interfaces with pin 17 of the MC1377 (oscillator input) but I'm unsure if whether a clock signal is actually required.
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Question about all categories really. The ID # for items on your site, is that an Autoconfig ID, or is that an ID of the item listing on your site and unrelated to Autoconfig?
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Who wrote about and took pictures of the Sneak Prevue/Prevue Channel unit? Can I get an email address for that person? It may have been Andrew Pepper, Mark Stewart, or Rainer Schreurs? Thanks, Ari Weinstein
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Hello There....This surely is a VERY unoriginal question by now : But is it still possible to build the PAK68 board shown on this forum ? Where can i get a PCB, or a schematic ? Or failing this, a jpeg of the blank pcb both sides would do it ! Regards, Stephen.
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