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Our most frequent discussions about Herpes in dogs occur because of neonatal puppy death. Herpes causes puppies to die in the first two to three weeks of life, when puppies cannot regulate their body temperature. After three weeks of age the puppies acquire the ability to regulate their body temperature, and to mount a fever response. At that time, the disease no longer causes death, but can cause a respiratory disease.
We rarely find much in references about this disease in the adult dog. Where it is mentioned, it is generally in regard to future breeding advisability for a bitch that has produced a litter of puppies that had herpes, or regarding the presence of vesicles (blister like lesions) on the vulva or prepuce. Recent papers published by Dr. James Everman of Washington State University, have demonstrated that the disease as we know it in dogs is very similar to the equivalent disease in horses (Rhino). This information fills in the remainder of the picture for dogs in a very dramatic fashion.
Those of us who have owned horses are likely to be familiar with the equivalent Herpes virus infection in horses, a disease called Rhino (Rhinopneumonitis). Rhino in horses is characterized by a mild respiratory disease in most cases, and by abortion in pregnant mares. In the respiratory form of the disease, the horses have a clear nasal discharge, may snort or cough, and have reduced exercise tolerance. It is a mild condition, and unless the horse is being actively used or campaigned, or is pregnant, it is rarely vaccinated against. The vaccine, somewhat like the common cold virus, does not give a good duration of immunity, and if protection from Rhino is desired, it has been necessary to vaccinate every 4 months. Rhino in horses also causes abortion. On breeding farms, an epidemic of Rhino will cause what is called an "abortion storm" in brood-mares. That frightening phrase says it all. Rhino is highly contagious, spread through the air by aerosols or contact with secretions.
The fact that Herpes virus infection in dogs has been given such little attention by veterinarians, when its effects might well have anticipated by reproductive experts, serves as an excellent demonstration of the historical lack of interest in canine reproduction by the Veterinary establishment in general.
The respiratory form of Herpes infection in adult dogs is minimal in its signs. It is, however, extremely important in the transmission of the disease. It is not necessary for dogs to acquire Herpes as a venereal disease. A dog may acquire Herpes as an airborne aerosol, or from aerosols on your clothing, for instance, and abort or resorb a litter. I have personally heard of only two cases of adult dogs that were sneezing, in the manner of a human with a cold. Any dog may sneeze once or twice in response to inhaling an irritant. But sneezing consistently, over a protracted period, is extremely rare.
One instance of frank sneezing occurred in 6 week old puppies, who were housed near another litter in the same household. This litter was 3.5 weeks older than the younger litter. The older litter had Herpes in the respiratory form with sneezing and clear nasal secretions at 5 to 6 weeks, while the younger ones, under 3 weeks of age, had suffered a 50% mortality and were confirmed as having Herpes on post mortem examination.
The older puppies who were affected only with the sneezing were able to regulate their body temperature. Puppies die of Herpes only so long as they are unable to mount a fever response. Between 2 and 3 weeks puppies develop the ability to control their temperature. Earlier they are dependant on their surroundings for warmth -- this is called poikilothermia. Treatment of young puppies where herpes has been diagnosed by a postmorten exam of one of the dead puppies involves elevating the temperature of the surroundings. Check with your veterinarian if you think this may be the problem in your litter under three weeks of age. Refrigerate (do not freeze) dead puppies so they can be taken in for post mortem examination.
As Herpes is a virus, there is no particular reason for administering antibiotics, unless a secondary bacterial infections occurs. If there is uncertainty as to whether Herpes or a neonatal bacterial infection is causing puppy death, antibiotics are appropriate. A cervical culture and sensitivity of the bitch prior to whelping to determine the presence of E. coli will provide help in making this decision, since E.coli also causes neonatal death.
Litter loss can occur at any point of the pregnancy. Puppies may be resorbed or born dead, or they may acquire Herpes virus as they pass through the vaginal canal at birth (along with E.coli bacteria), in utero prior to birth, or by contact with infective secretions (respiratory aerosols or vaginal discharges) after birth. Bitches infected with Herpes prior to breeding or from exposure at the time of breeding simply never show as pregnant. The best way of preventing gestational loss or neonatal death is to quarantine the dam from 3 weeks prior to breeding to 3 weeks after whelping. To determine if a bitch has been freshly exposed to Herpes during gestation, and has not whelped for that reason, 2 serum samples, taken 2 weeks apart, are submitted to a lab for a Herpes titer. A changing titer (either rising or falling) indicates that Herpes infection may have caused the loss of a litter in gestation.
Herpes infection of the dam which does not result in abortion may result in low birth weight, weak or stillborn puppies. If there are surviving puppies in a Herpes litter, they may or may not have permanent damage to the nervous system, kidney, or lymphoid tissue, much in the way that puppy strangles may damage internal organs and cause problems later in life.
Once we have experienced Herpes in a litter of neonates, we are critically interested in whether or not we are likely to experience a repeat occurrence if we breed the dam again. We are also interested in whether the stud dog must be infected. Herpes in adult dogs tends to go dormant, as it does in humans, and to resurface and become acute in times of stress. Consider the stresses in play for the bitch being bred:
Hormonal events which temporarily impair the body's ability to fight infection. Shipping, boarding, breeding and shipping again, should the bitch travel to the stud dog. Possible concurrent bacterial vaginal or uterine disease: In appropriate parts of the country, concurrent lyme disease. Showing. In the bitch or 5 years or older, decreased thyroid levels.
Any other stresses, such as temperature stress. Knowing that stress may activate Herpes, (which may then in 3 weeks cause early embryonic death) goes a very long way toward explaining those bitches we have been so certain were bred up to the fourth week, but failed to whelp at term, or that whelped a much smaller than anticipated litter. Where we have done thorough pre-breeding workups and have palpated normal vesicles in a bitch at 28 days of gestation, yet no puppies were delivered, we test for Herpes with paired serum samples taken 2 weeks apart, at about the time the bitch should have whelped.
Where the bitch was in good health and clean of bacterial vaginal or uterine disease originally, had normal vesicles and later lost her litter, we have found positive Herpes titers in about 80% of cases. This should be an extremely valuable piece of information for breeders, especially those who show regularly, have multiple animals in their kennel, who groom or run boarding kennels, or who give obedience lessons, and so on. Remember, this disease can literally be carried home on your clothing.
What is the expectation for a bitch which has whelped a known Herpes litter (diagnosed by post mortem exam), or has been shown by titers to have lost a litter in gestation due to Herpes? If she is stressed by some of the factors above, she may be affected again. On the other hand, if she is bred at home or driven back and forth to the stud, given a complete pre-breeding medical workup, including thyroid testing, blood count, and cervical culture and sensitivity, and has any detrimental conditions cleared up, she is perfectly likely to have no problem.
This also supposes that she is not traveled around during her gestation and taken to shows, that she is kept apart from those dogs coming into the kennel from outside and those traveling to shows, and so forth. It also includes not going to classes where there are other dogs as well. In a breed felt to be immunodeficient (Rottweilers, Dobermans, Boxers and possibly Pugs, Collies, and Shelties) the risk of a repeat occurrence will be greater.
If stresses are avoided, most bitches have no problem in subsequent breedings. Nearly all dogs with any doggy contacts at all have been exposed to Herpes. It is not just or primarily a venereal disease. It is not usually or necessarily contracted through the breeding. It is usually contracted through exposure to the respiratory aerosols of other dogs. The very short-term immunity a new exposure may confer fades quickly, leaving the dog open to repeat infection as well as to dormant infections re-surfacing. In fact, it would be very hard to say that any repeat of the infection came from a dormant infection instead of a new exposure to high levels of infective particles.
Just going to the stud dog's premises can be enough to expose the bitch; if there are frequent visiting bitches to the kennel, new infections may be brought with them. If the stud dog or his kennel mates are showing or training, he may be shedding high levels of particles. It is simply not possible to avoid this virus in the dog's environment. But it is possible to limit that exposure; if going to the stud dog, don't travel by air, and stay in a motel with the bitch rather than leaving her at the stud's kennel. If going to a dog show, completely change clothes and wash before encountering any bred bitches at home. If training or showing kennel mates, isolate her from them and perform her 'chores' before doing theirs, always going from "clean to dirty".
The most susceptible bitch of all, however, will be the one that lives in a pet home and has not had routine exposure to other dogs or the virus. Such a bitch upon being exposed to the virus will be more seriously affected that a bitch with routine exposure to low levels of the virus.
A stud dog bred to an infected bitch may or may not be infected, either as the animal which passed the infection to the bitch or as a recipient of an acute infection she was harboring when he bred her. Herpes testing at the time of breeding is meaningless, since almost all individuals in the bitch's environment may be in various phases of acquiring or recovering from infection. It bears repeating here, that the respiratory infection is very mild and rarely ever shows actual clinical signs in adult dogs. Only paired serum samples taken at different times to detect a rising (becoming infected ) titer, or a falling ( recovering from an infection) titer, can tell us anything.
Obviously the information generated in this way will be too late to be of use at the time of breeding. The usefulness of these paired titers is seen chiefly as a tool to identify if a bitch has lost her litter due to Herpes after the fact. We can rule Herpes in or out as one of the several options for causes of litter resorption, or still born or sickly neonates.
The best rule to follow is that a kennel with an active show schedule, a stud dog which is being shown or trained, a boarding kennel, or a kennel where breedings are frequent, so that visiting bitches are frequently on the premises is likely to harbor infective particles. The worst shedders however, will be pet dogs newly exposed to a heavily trafficed environment, such as a boarding kennel. These dogs will be more seriously affected and will shed more virus particles. A visiting bitch staying in a kennel where susceptible pets are passing through will likely be more at risk than in visiting a show kennel, where all the dogs will have some resistance at all times, and shedding will be at lower levels.
Certainly fighting a uterine or vaginal infection may be stress a bitch sufficiently to produce an adverse affect on resistance to Herpes. Certainly any bitch low in thyroid would find it more difficult to resist an infection. The thyroid levels necessary for the life of a comfortable pet and those necessary for reproduction, especially in the bitch, are not the same. Nature wants our children (human) to have children as teen agers, not as 40 year olds. We, of course don't feel quite the same about children reproducing. Likewise, Nature wants dogs to whelp at 18 months, not 6 years of age. Thyroid normals represent all breeds, all ages, and all states of health.
It has been said that all dogs over 5 years old show a decrease in their thyroid level - they're starting to age. To lump the thyroid samples of 6 to 12 year olds with those of 1 to 5 year olds throws the 'normal range' off considerably. Probably a good statement to make is that to ensure that thyroid doesn't contribute to infertility, it should be (T4) in the upper one third to one fourth of the normal range. When looked at in a biologic perspective, when thyroid hormone decreases, naturally the first considerations of the body are to maintain health in the individual. Only in animals who are young and healthy enough to nurture puppies will Nature encourage reproduction, as a matter of course. On the other hand, since we have created most of our breeds in the last 100 to 200 years, it is somewhat unrealistic for us, with the kinds of remedies we have at hand, to worry overly much about what Nature wants of one of our dogs.
If a bitch is in good health and over 5, and simply needs supplementation of l-thyroxin to continue to reproduce, it would be silly of us to worry about what Nature wants. Our dogs don't live in 'Nature' - except perhaps those running the Iditarod. A given animal's suitability for breeding should be determined on its thyroid as a young dog, not on its levels in when it's over 5 years of age.
Other sources of immune suppression are parvo disease, lyme disease, and vaccinations with your regular 'booster' vaccine which contains Distemper and Hepatitis (A2) virus, and which because of the combination of these two together causes about a 2 week immunosuppression. Parvo, like Herpes is endemic in our dog show population, and may be brought home from a show, and cycled by other dogs in the kennel subclinically, later affecting both the bred bitch and the young puppies in a way that it wouldn't affect the rest of the adults in the kennel. Drugs (corticosteroids, chemotherapy), emotional family situations, moving, and so on can all produce stress.
One of the chief uses of 'chilled' or 'fresh-extended' semen is to avoid the stresses of travel to breed a bitch. All of the common sense cautions we used to be aware of don't take your pregnant bitch to shows, and don't ship her to be bred are certainly largely explained by the conditions fostering a Herpes infection, resulting in early embryonic loss, resorption, still birth, weak puppies, and neonatal death.
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10-05-2012, 02:33 AM #1Member Swordtails
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Choosing fish for my tank (don't know if right section)
Hey i need some help choosing my fish i currently have 3 tanks 2 99g and one 26g tank (not from the US just turned to this forum since the "Best" one for my location are everyone just morrons and don't know anything about fish)
I'm looking for a bigger fish i just love them im going to move my fish from my 99 gallons to my other 99 just leaving 19 fish that i need to figure out what to do with them, they are tiger barbs but they can't live where the others are going since my angelfish will just sit in a corner for the rest of their life. Had the tigers live with the angels before i bought another 99 galon tank for them to have and i love my angelfish to much to let them go through it again.
I'm searching for a fish with a minimum of 7.9 in in lenght in aquariums
I love Bala sharks and oscars but i belive my tank is a tad to small to keep them
If the fish is small enough to have tank mates i would love some tips on that aswell. If you are recomending a oscar or any other predatory fish i would love a catfish that won't get eaten, i got about 100 ancistrus fry but they don't grow so big so i might need a bigger catfish to help with the cleaning :D
I'm from sweden so please use the scentific name of the fish so i can easly find information about them
I know it's alot of information that im asking for but i would love some tips.
Thanks in advance
Nandopsis grammodes
Herichthys carpintis
Amphilophus trimaculatum
Cichlasoma istlanum
parachromis motaguense
parachromis friedrichsthalii
parachromis loisellei
parachromis managuense
nandopsis tetrachanus
Vieja argentea
Vieja Syspilum
Vieja Regani
Herichthys pearsei
Amphilophus citrinellus
Amphilophus lyonsi
Amphilophus labiatus
Amphilophus hogaboomorum
10-05-2012, 03:35 AM #3Member Swordtails
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Thanks so much ill check through all of them
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The S800c from the front doesn't look all that different from Nikon's other S-series models, though its casing is plastic instead of metal. Turn it around and you're looking at very nice and responsive 3.5-inch OLED touch screen and three buttons: Menu, Home, and Return. It looks like a smartphone, and since Nikon trimmed out the screen in silver, the S800c feels like a camera that's basically had a smartphone tacked on the back instead of feeling like one complete product.
That feeling extends to the camera's use, too. When you turn on the camera, you're greeted with what looks like a typical camera interface, albeit one designed for touch navigation.
Press the Menu button and you'll get settings for the camera features. However, touching the Home button will launch you into an Android home screen with various shortcuts to launch apps, including ones labeled "Shooting" and "Play" that bring you back to Nikon's camera interface. It makes complete sense that the camera features are reached using what's essentially Nikon's camera interface as an Android app, but there's something about it that's just off.
|Key specs
|Nikon Coolpix S800c
|Price (MSRP)
|Dimensions (WHD)
|4.4x2.4x1.1 inches
|Weight (with battery and media)
|6.5 ounces
|Megapixels, image sensor size, type
|16 megapixels, 1/2.3-inch BSI CMOS
|LCD size, resolution/viewfinder
|3.5-inch OLED touch screen, 819K dots/None
|Lens (zoom, aperture, focal length)
|10x, f3.2-5.8, 25-250mm (35mm equivalent)
|File format (still/video)
|Highest resolution size (still/video)
|4,608x3,456 pixels/ 1,920x1,080 at 30fps
|Image stabilization type
|Optical and digital
|Battery type, CIPA rated life
|Lithium ion rechargeable, 140 shots
|Battery charged in camera
|Yes; wall adapter (included) or computer via USB
|Storage media
|SD/SDHC; 1.7GB internal
|Bundled software
|Software Suite for Coolpix (Windows/Mac)
The S800c is running on Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread, a version of the OS released in February 2011. For those with Android 4.0 or later devices, the S800c will feel immediately outdated. On the other hand, the OS is easy to use and you can do all the things you'd expect such as add shortcuts and widgets for your favorite apps, add e-mail accounts, and easily type in account information with a full onscreen keyboard.
Unfortunately, the OS and hardware don't run all that efficiently on the small battery pack Nikon used. Even just shooting automatic pictures using Nikon's camera interface, the S800c can only get up to 140 shots per charge. Do anything else such as use the Wi-Fi or GPS, play a game, record video, or stream music or video and it'll be dead pretty fast. The battery is removable at least, so you can buy extras, but you'll probably want to get an external charger, too, since the battery is charged by USB in-camera (with a proprietary 8-pin Micro-USB cable, no less).
|General shooting options
|Nikon Coolpix S800c
|ISO sensitivity (full resolution)
|Auto, 125, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200
|White balance
|Auto, Custom, Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy, Flash, Manual
|Recording modes
|Auto, Scene auto selector, Scene, Special effects, Smart portrait, Subject tracking
|Focus modes
|Face priority, nine-area auto, manual with 99 focus areas, center, subject tracking, touch
|4 inches (wide)
|Metering modes
|Multipattern, Center-weighted (when using up to 2x digital zoom), Spot (digital zoom of 2x or more)
|Color effects
|Nostalgic sepia, High-contrast monochrome, High key, and Low key
|Burst mode shot limit (full resolution)
|Three shots
One of the things that bugs me about the S800c is that its shooting options don't really go beyond what you can get with any other basic point-and-shoot or current high-end smartphone. But, if you have no interest in controlling shutter speed and aperture, the S800c is for you. There are two Auto modes on this camera. One is Nikon's Scene Auto Selector, which adjusts settings appropriately based on six common scene types. If the scene doesn't match any of those, it defaults to a general-use Auto. Then there is a regular Auto mode, which is basically the Program mode you'd find on other cameras. It'll handle shutter speed and aperture settings, but you can also adjust things like ISO and white balance.
There are 17 scene modes like Landscape and Portrait as well as modes for correcting backlit subjects, easy panorama photos (180 or 360 degrees), and handheld night shots. A separate Special Effects mode gives you some creative options like High-contrast Monochrome and High and Low key. The playback menu also has other effects filters you can apply after you shoot, like soft focus for a toy camera look and fish-eye, but this matters less on this camera because you do have Android apps.
Again, the main reason it's nice to have Android is for the large number of photo and sharing apps. Something to be aware of, though, is that when you're using Android apps, you're limited to the capabilities of those apps. For example, almost all of the camera apps I tested would not allow you to control the zoom lens; only digital zoom was available. Similarly, if the editing app you're using doesn't support full-resolution edits, that won't change. And even if it does support them, it may not support the 16-megapixel images from the Nikon. Also, while I didn't run into any problems running some of my favorite apps, performance wasn't exactly fast because I'm pretty sure the camera's guts are that of a nearly two-year-old smartphone.
Unless you absolutely love the idea of having a point-and-shoot with a 10x zoom lens that also has access to Android apps, I would skip the Nikon Coolpix S800c. At least until the price comes down. Right now, you're better off getting the Coolpix S6300 (or another ultracompact megazoom) and an Eye-Fi wireless SD card.


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How could a tide be so extreme?
These two photos show high tide (left) and low tide (right) at Bay of Fundy on the Gulf of Maine. The Bay of Fundy has the greatest tidal ranges on Earth at 38.4 feet. Why is this tidal range so extreme? Why aren't all tidal ranges so great? Tidal range depends on many factors, including the slope of the continental margin.
The Tides
Tides are the daily rise and fall of sea level at any given place. The pull of the Moon's gravity on Earth is the primary cause of tides and the pull of the Sun's gravity on Earth is the secondary cause (Figure below). The Moon has a greater effect because, although it is much smaller than the Sun, it is much closer. The Moon's pull is about twice that of the Sun's.
To understand the tides it is easiest to start with the effect of the Moon on Earth. As the Moon revolves around our planet, its gravity pulls Earth toward it. The lithosphere is unable to move much, but the water is pulled by the gravity and a bulge is created. This bulge is the high tide beneath the Moon. On the other side of the Earth, a high tide is produced where the Moon's pull is weakest. These two water bulges on opposite sides of the Earth aligned with the Moon are the high tides. The places directly in between the high tides are low tides. As the Earth rotates beneath the Moon, a single spot will experience two high tides and two low tides approximately every day.
The gravitational attraction of the Moon to ocean water creates the high and low tides.
High tides occur about every 12 hours and 25 minutes. The reason is that the Moon takes 24 hours and 50 minutes to rotate once around the Earth, so the Moon is over the same location every 24 hours and 50 minutes. Since high tides occur twice a day, one arrives each 12 hours and 25 minutes. What is the time between a high tide and the next low tide?
The gravity of the Sun also pulls Earth's water towards it and causes its own tides. Because the sun is so far away, its pull is smaller than the Moon's.
Some coastal areas do not follow this pattern at all. These coastal areas may have one high and one low tide per day or a different amount of time between two high tides. These differences are often because of local conditions, such as the shape of the coastline that the tide is entering.
Tidal Range
The tidal range is the difference between the ocean level at high tide and the ocean level at low tide (Figure below). The tidal range in a location depends on a number of factors, including the slope of the seafloor. Water appears to move a greater distance on a gentle slope than on a steep slope.
The tidal range is the difference between the ocean level at high tide and low tide.
Monthly Tidal Patterns
If you look at the diagram of high and low tides on a circular Earth above, you'll see that tides are waves. So when the Sun and Moon are aligned, what do you expect the tides to look like?
Waves are additive, so when the gravitational pull of both bodies is in the same direction, the high tides are higher and the low tides lower than at other times through the month (Figure below). These more extreme tides, with a greater tidal range, are called spring tides. Spring tides don't just occur in the spring; they occur whenever the Moon is in a new-moon or full-moon phase, about every 14 days.
A spring tide occurs when the gravitational pull of both Moon and the Sun is in the same direction, making high tides higher and low tides lower and creating a large tidal range.
Neap tides are tides that have the smallest tidal range, and they occur when the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun form a 90o angle (Figure below). They occur exactly halfway between the spring tides, when the Moon is at first or last quarter. How do the tides add up to create neap tides? The Moon's high tide occurs in the same place as the Sun's low tide and the Moon's low tide in the same place as the Sun's high tide. At neap tides, the tidal range is relatively small.
A neap tide occurs when the high tide of the Sun adds to the low tide of the Moon and vice versa, so the tidal range is relatively small.
This animation shows the effect of the Moon and Sun on the tides: http://www.onr.navy.mil/Focus/ocean/motion/tides1.htm.
A detailed animation of lunar tides is shown here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/venice/tides.html.
Here is a link to see these tides in motion: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/tides/media/tide06a_450.gif.
A simple animation of spring and neap tides is found here: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/tides/media/supp_tide06a.html.
Studying ocean tides' rhythmic movements helps scientists understand the ocean and the sun/moon/earth system. This QUEST video explains how tides work, and visits the oldest continually operating tidal gauge in the Western Hemisphere.
Watch it at http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/science-on-the-spot-watching-the-tides.
- The primary cause of tides is the gravitational attraction of the Moon, which causes two high and two low tides a day.
- When the Sun's and Moon's tides match, there are spring tides; when they are opposed, there are neap tides.
- The difference between the daily high and the daily low is the tidal range.
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
1. How often do tides occur?
2. What are tides?
3. What is a tidal bulge?
4. What causes tides?
5. How is the tidal bulge created?
1. Using the terminology of waves, describe how the gravitational attraction of the Moon and Sun make a high tide and a low tide.
2. Describe the causes of spring and neap tides.
3. What are the possible reasons that the Bay of Fundy has such a large tidal range?
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might explain why they are 3-0 at home. they get away widit.
BTW, where was I pining for Jeff Fisher in that post? I essentially called him dirty and you have the berries to say that I need to "get over Fisher". lol.
The guy can coach...although he coaches with an edge. How can you say that he sucks as a coach? The Rams were awful last year and his team 3-2 and with a win tomorrow will be the "talk of the league" as being most improved. I am amazed how people around here cannot give opponents their due.
Ironically enough, with a win tomorrow, Joe Philbin should be receiving the same praise for a good coaching job and turnaround. Funny what one win can do.
LOL@ Fisher being a outstanding coach.
Deshaun Watson is the TRUTH!
Not a Fisher fan at all, and we are extremely lucky he didn't come to Miami. That would have been brutal. He is a .500 coach with a couple of outlier years where he caught lightening in a bottle. Physical teams yes, but so are Sparano and Wannstedt teams.
lol Fisher sucks,. Six winning seasons in 17 years .. I've seen Fisher make so many stupid decisions why even get started. Just like Sparano. You always stay away from stubborn coaches like Fisher and Sparano who hate to adapt or see things in any revolutionary way. Fisher's high level of stubborness and stupidity is why Miami won some of those games vs Tennessee over the years. All Titans fans talked about was how horrible Fisher was at placing his players in the best positions to succeed. Sound familiar ? They wanted Fisher gone for years and years. It's just that Tennessee is not the media magnet other places are so it probably flew right by you. But watching him coach made it blatantly obvious, the fans were right. They threw the biggest party they ever had in that state when Fisher left.
Philbin is a far better tactical coach who can think 2 and 3 plays ahead with good feel for the game <-- exactly what his former bosses in Green Bay said about him, and I believe it.
So happy we didn't end up with Fisher. Guy is not a good offensive mind whatsoever in this offensive pass-happy era .. His offense is ranked 30th, the worst in the league now without Amendola. I guarantee you St Louis would be ranked 5 to 10 spots higher if Philbin had Sam Bradford. Philbin would have figured out a way by now.
Philbin has a great ability to look at the big picture when he makes decisions in games (as well as other decisons for the team), Fisher doesn't. He's a very linear coach. Fisher will wear out his welcome in St Louis within 3/4 years
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There has got to be a play we can run like a pick play or something like that where we can get a TE to land blast that little hood rat. Total blindside him, maybe that will slow Finnegan up when he gets hit so hard he can't remember where he is.
:eek: Go Fins!
Here is what I think...if Jeff Fisher was hired as our HC our current record would be better. He would have kept (for better or worse) Davis and Marshall. He would have gone the veteran route at QB like he did with Kerry Collins. In the draft, I could have seen him go with a pass rusher opposite of Wake.
HOWEVER, whether it was by design or pure luck there is no doubt in my mind that the selection of Joe Philbin will make a better future for the Fins than if Fisher would have been the guy. Because of the Tannehill pick, we finally have a HC and QB that are tied. Joe also has a steady hand at the wheel. He knows what he wants in a player and is setting a foundation that can endure over time. Also, between Philbin and Sherman, the Fins have 21 century offense.
Was Joe Philbin my first pick as HC? No. However, I think overall he has done a very good job five weeks into his job.


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It's hard enough for bands to get any attention from their local public without some pesky election coming in and hogging the spotlight. Not one of the Boston outfits dropping new CDs over the next few months is grappling with any particular public scandal: no secessionist tendencies, no unwed-teenage-mothering, no baggy-faced warmongering — how is your average power trio supposed to compete? It might be futile to expect a catchy EP to rival the importance of the free world's fate, but allow me to present the top candidates for a successful term in your stereo. As it happens, the fall selection is a mix of experienced mavericks and innovative up-and-comers. The good news is that none of them is a delusional Alaskan hockey mom whose voice is enough to split the very bones of your skull.
Take AMANDA PALMER's proper solo debut, Who Killed Amanda Palmer?, which is due this Tuesday, September 16, on Roadrunner. Often centering on Palmer's smoldering voice and a robust (if lonely) piano and sleek strings, it's a far cry from the hyperstylized output of her Dresden Dolls. If you missed her two-night stand at the Brattle, where she premiered a series of videos (that together make up a film) for the album, you might have to paint on your patient face: Palmer will be in Europe until November. In the meantime, you can get acquainted with the concept on YouTube.
For the Lynchian weirdness suggested by Palmer's title (but not quite fulfilled in the album), turn to the ever-prolific RICK BERLIN, whose Old Stag (Hi-N-Dry) will be led out on September 22. Recorded with Joe Stewart at Berlin's JP digs on Centre Street (except for some incredible string arrangements, which were tracked in a BU classroom), Stag picks up where 2006's Me & Van Gogh left off: brilliant lyricism (see: "Happy Lesbians in the Snow" and "John Lennon's Nose"), tender and varied instrumentation, and Berlin's tremulous vocal like a flickering bulb at the dark end of a creepy hallway. It may be his best recording yet — which is saying a lot. He'll no doubt have copies at the ready for his September 22 show with Casey Malloy at Jacque's Cabaret — now that'll be Lynchy.
By now, Boston's Dopamine label is borderline venerable, and the folks there are demonstrating their fortitude by diversifying the ol' post-hardcore portfolio a bit, as witness the pair of singles they'll have out this fall. To these ears, AGE RINGS' "Rock and Roll Is Dead"/"Caught Up in the Sound" recalls the stripe of not-quite-alt-country-because-it-actually-rocks that Frank Black dealt in when he first de-Pixied. The single will also include remixes of a pair of older tunes courtesy of KIDWOLFMAN and DJ DIE YOUNG. The other release is from Die Young and floor-filler extraordinaire BALTIMORODER: their bumpin' Cat EP drops on September 23. This near-dangerous double dose of Dopamine will be administered with a grand affair at Great Scott on October 11 featuring the Rings, Die Young, Baltimoroder, Hooray for Earth and Viva Viva (who, by the by, I just love).
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By JB Clark/NEMS Daily Journal
LEE COUNTY- The Lee County Sheriff's Office is investigating an incident involving a man who does not appear to be a law enforcement officer pulling someone over.
Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson said he has a good idea who the suspect is and is waiting on an affidavit to be signed so he can pursue the suspect.
The suspect is described as a white male in a late-model Chevy Impala with a single blue or red dash-mounted light.
Johnson said the man presented some sort of badge and scolded an individual for poor driving.
The suspect is someone Johnson doesn't believe to be dangerous.
Johnson said they have only received one report and anyone who has a similar experience should call the sheriff's office.
"If someone is behind you with blue lights, make sure to get to a well-lit area and pull over," he said. "There would be nothing wrong with calling 911 while being pulled over to make sure you are really being pulled over."


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With Target selling PCC 5packs for $10, I bought Double Clutch knowing it was a POS, and even though it lives up to the shame and is actually even WORSE, for the price I paid it has a few small redeeming features. But man, it is terrible in combiner mode and not even that good in robot mode, and the drones are problematic as well.
A buddy talked me into picking up Laser Prime, the alt mode's junky coloring had kept me away previously, along with the weird head, but it's a really good transform and a very good bot. The head isn't as bad in person, it's got light-piping and seems a little manga-esque, but it kinda works here, matches the light-piping in the shoulders and biceps. I had to trim down a tab on the right shoulder though, seems totally pointless there anyway.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
All Hail Darth Schmitsky!
I have obtained some Transformers as of late.
Today I found Scourge at TRU to go with my eBay purchase of Rodimus, Galvatron, and Cyclonus in a 3-pack, and the Voyager Springer figure (non-triple-changer). This will make a great display. I think I am done. I'm not sure there are any other figures that can go with this scale, though maybe City Commander Ultra Magnus if I can afford him - though he might better belong with my other just-found? Masterpiece Grimlock is a possibility here, too. I don't own Grimlock but passed on him many times. Hmmmm.
Today I also found Sergeant Kup! Finally! (at TRU at the same time) This looks like an excellent figure. He will go with Blurr (Deluxe) and the Masterpiece Rodimus Prime, which I may wait for a US version to purchase at a better price. These figures lack Decepticons to pose with them. I wonder about my chances of Hasbro producing a Leader Class Cyclonus, Sourge, or Galvatron - or the same for a Takara-Tomy Maserpiece. (The latter might happen because they made Rodimus - however, for Galvatron, I'd want something better looking than his G-1 cannon toy being reproduced. Cyclonus was always the coolest looking!)
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Nowhere in your incoherent ramblings did you come anywhere close to the answer. Thanks to you, everyone in this room is now stupider having heard you. I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul. -Billy Madison-
Still looking for Wreck-Gar, Kup, and Scourge. I had Kup in my HasbroToyShop cart a few minutes ago, but after a browser crash, they now say it's sold out. So very frustrating.
Yesterday, my mom took me out for a day off of my troubles, and we hit Target where I picked up PCC Leadfoot. Another PCC mediocrity, but kind of a laff, and no major problems for once.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I found Wreck Gar at Target yesterday. Picked up the deluxe Optimus from TRU on Saturday as well.
Slowly but surely, I'm starting to make finds once again.
won a mint condition 1987 Throttlebot Goldbug from ebay the other day for $10.00 with shipping. he arrived yesterday and looks great. he'll make a nice addition to the collection.
still waiting on my WST's from ebay, hopefully they will be here by the end of the week or early next week. Still have yet to have a chance to post some pics, hoping to get a chance this Sunday at least to snap off a couple of pics and then hopefully next week I'll be able to post them
Looking for CW 2010 Sidious and TX-20...if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. thanks
Found Kup and Scourge at TRU today. They were $12.99, but I've decided that paying an extra dollar for items I really want and think are worth the price is the way to go, given the incredibly shoddy distribution of all three Hasbro lines I collect lately. (Though coupled with the price hikes, it's made me more selective on which Star Wars and background/resculpt Joes I get.)
Won't be able to open them for a few days, though.
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...the only hints he gave were that he completely rewrote the software...
I think we've exhausted the Arduino nature of this topic, so this forum is probably not the best place to proceed.
Also, coding badly, data sheet for attiny20
says its ISP. Does that dramatically change things?
Connect how? to have a good seat for programming it or just for probing like with a multimeter??
Just include series resistors; 220 ohms works well.
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By Patsy R. Brumfield / Daily Journal
NEW ORLEANS – A 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision today sends Richard "Dickie" Scruggs' case back to North Mississippi for action.
This morning the New Orleans court affirmed his 2009 guilty plea and conviction to attempting to improperly influence a circuit judge presiding over a legal-fees lawsuit against him and others.
The court sent the Scruggs appeal back to Senior U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson's court for the case's next phase.
It wasn't immediately clear if Scruggs will attempt to get his case before the U.S. Supreme Court, which earlier this year denied his son Zach's conviction appeal.
Scruggs still has some part of his 2009 sentence to serve, and Davidson allowed him to go free from prison on bond until his appeals issues were settled.
He'd already completed his prison term on a 2008 bribery case aimed at Circuit Judge Henry Lackey of Calhoun City.
This second guilty plea dealt with the government's allegations he sought to bribe then-Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter when he suggested his help with a federal judgeship for the Hinds County judge.
Today, the 5th Circuit acknowledged that offer was good enough to constitute a bribe. Scruggs insisted it was political speech and not a crime.
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Download Platforms are a key success factor whether we're talking about phones or cloud or Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs). F5's offering-TMOS-has been a platform supporting an extensible ecosystem of application-focused "apps." Over the past 10 years, the ADC market has continued to experience growth with the upper limit on the ADC market constrained only by current definitions. Thus, the ADC must be a platform and not a product to continue to adapt to the needs of applications and businesses over time. Read this article to learn how the ADC ecosystem of capabilities will continue to evolve and transform as needed by the applications it delivers.


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From Closing with the Enemy by Michael Doubler:
"On 16 September Montbarey's besiegers literally hammered, burned, and blasted the fortress into submission. The Churchill [flamethrower tanks] delivered the opening blows by circling the fortress while scorching it with plumes of flame. Montbarey's walls had proved impervious to direct and indirect fire, so the battalion commander decided to smash his way inside through the main gate. A TD [tank destroyer] rolled forward and fired fifty rounds at point-blank range in an attempt to open the entrance. However, the Germans had reinforced the gate with scrap metal, rocks, and heavy debris, and it refused to budge. The TD's unsuccessful efforts prompted the battalion commander to send for a 105-mm howitzer, and in a scene similar to the siege operations of eighteenth-century warfare, soldiers brought the gun forward and placed its muzzle twenty yards from the main gate. The cannon hammered the gate partially open with more than fifteen rounds and then sent numerous high explosive and white phosphorous shells slamming into the inner courtyard."
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no thread is safe from GW2
No, especially when it was one of the choices the OP mentioned.
I put it in after someone mentioned it. I was really surprised by it considering Guild Wars' music was fairly forgettable.
not for me.... not this music from the Original Guild Wars trilogy:
Temple of Tolerance http://youtu.be/FrFSDWx82sw
Ashfor Abbey http://youtu.be/_Mc0OSVrhoE
or Prophecies Theme http://youtu.be/kMUdPF260Uk
Taste is always a subjective matter, but my time with GW was short lived any ways, so that colors my opinion.
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Not even close, its XI without a doubt.
Bingo, I often just sit and listen to the music. Then it makes me re sub. Not even close of a contest IMO.
I will not play a game with a cash shop ever again. A dev job should be to make the game better not make me pay so it sucks less.
To date only FFXIV's Music trumps any from FFXI and especially in all MMO's I've played! Here's my list!
Garuda's Primal fight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaCMC_1-bhI
Castrum Novum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-msaZyGYuc
Zahar'ak: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_4kYwBbRjs
Nael Deus Darnas Fight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT10pSw6114
United We Stand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsKUPNVIrkk
King Moogle ( Good King Moogle ): ( Sounds More like "This is Halloween" Nightmare before Xmas!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpftrjYCzpA
All Job's Quest Final Fight (My Monk's Quest was actually done great): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85aUiujxN8o
Below is where we can disscuss and come up with new ideas for Sandparks!
I'd say my favorites so far are:
Guild Wars 2 (Always liked Jeremy Soule's music)
Vanguard (The music is just so great, gotta find the OST)
LOTRO (It felt fitting and added to the story a bit I think)
WoW (Wasn't fond of Vanilla's OST but post it turned out great enough for me to stop using that soundtrack addon)
I keep an eye. . . or rather an ear for great sounding music, regardless if I've played the game or not.
So sayeth me.
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Planetside (NC theme song being best)
World of Warcraft. They have always had top notch music production and great direction IMO.
WoW Original First Seasons of War (vanilla for most of us) Soundtrack!
WoW The Shaping of The World Soundtrack!
Both Everquest II:
Qeynos Soundtrack
Isle of Refuge Soundtrack
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Something leftfield.
Sword, Sword Of The New World, Granado Espada.
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Unfair advantage given to SWG. John Williams is the best score composer of our time.
FF games always pull out some nice music.
I'll throw Allods Online into the mix too
I'd advise checking out this guy's remixes of MMO theme tunes too:
Age of Cona's entry in the OP
at 1:10.
not feeling the age of conan thing..
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I very nearly didn't buy Castas w/ Bike, the set is $17, looks small, and the box back says there are NO features beyond movable handlebars. I was going to put him back when the Republic Scout Speeder set came up on clearance, so I figured I'd split the difference, get 1 set on sale and the other not, balancing out to a reasonable price between the 2.
Castas w/ Bike it turns out has features that Hasbro seems to know nothing about, despite clearly building them in. There are slide-out cannons on the outrigger engines, the hand grips are articulated in 3 directions, the foot pedals are hinged at the top for a "racing forward" pose, and there's a drop-down landing leg. Granted, none of those are "major" elements, but all are fine additions to a relatively simple speeder bike design and certainly should have been called out on the packaging. The bike is pretty cool, it even balances on the pedals without needing the 3rd foot when Castas is riding it in the right position. The movable grips are impressive, so much range makes for better posing, but even better is that the pedal assembly hinges back on friction bumps for that racing pose. The pedals have footpegs, but they're angled forward which is odd, requires basically bending them into the foot to get them aligned, it works for now but I worry they'll eventually fail in the foot's peg holes. The bike has a lot of paint details, including a bunch of aurebesh on the front which I haven't translated yet.
Unfortunately, Castas himself isn't quite right for this vehicle. He's a tad oversized making him look like a linebacker on a kid's bike. He's pretty well articulated, so if you are creative enough you can minimize the size issue, but the hip side-hinge sticks out hitting his holstered pistol, and he doesn't have ankle articulation so the legs can't go quite as far as they should for a speeder bike pose. As mentioned, he has his pistol and it is very Clone Wars in style, a little chunky and simplistic, but not in a bad way (except when the leg joints hit it when it's slipped into the holster). Castas is running a significant hunch on his right shoulder, I know the guy wore it sometimes in his episodes, but not always, so it is awkward to find a pose that works on the bike with it (I still haven't), and it's so significant it's like he's pounding steroids only in that 1 area.
Overall, Castas w/ Speeder Bike is a decent set, but feels overpriced, you don't get that much even with the features Hasbro doesn't mention, which is a common problem with these Class 1 Fleet vehicle w/ fig sets.
Republic Scout Speeder w/ ARF Trooper starts with the figure - a repaint of the existing ARF figure, the wrist pegs on the one I opened aren't seated so well, and the location of the control grips forces them out further. The ARF's coloring does somewhat fit the AT-TE and other figures, but it's not a standout job here, just some red markings and Republic symbols on the shoulders. He sports a standard CW blaster (not the rifle or the little pistol).
The Scout Speeder is meant to compliment the Clone Swamp Speeder from the movies (the one that's on shelves now, basically a desk with 2 Laz-e-Boys and a fan). This is a smaller thing with 2 fans, a roll cage (that's why it doesn't have glass in the canopy, I asked Mark about that at SDCC) and a movable gunner platform on the back. The thing has decent paint and sculpting, it has wheels on the underside, the canopy hinges forward, and the fans can be swiveled a bit. It has 2 long cannons, 2 short cannons, and 2 greeblie things, all of which are intentionally interchangeable (called out on the packaging). The inside of the canopy has a tab to attach the figure's blaster to, this is pretty slick, but most folks won't know it's there because it's not mentioned on the packaging. The gunner station doesn't move that much, just 10 degrees or so in either direction, but it has a foot peg, grips, and even a pre-applied sticker for a targeting screen. Both sets of grips are the thicker type that can't really be used by SW figures without stretching their hands, these keep popping up here and there in the CW line's vehicles, kind of annoying. The seat is fairly reclined, the ARF has no trouble using it, but I don't know if a less-articulated figure could make any use of it (I haven't tried though).
I didn't like this vehicle at first when I got it, there's a lot of ideas thrown at the wall trying to stick without enough central concept, but it has plenty going on, just nothing quite "wow" factor. It did finally grow on me though when I found the storage for the blaster, all the ideas are there for fun and are trying to be organic to the SW universe, it has the right idea even if it's a little awkward.
Overall, there's nothing wrong with the Republic Scout Speeder with ARF Trooper, it's not a standout star either though. The interchangeable weapons is a nifty touch, and the gunner station at the back makes it more than what it seems to be. Aside from the oversized grips, the vehicle has good paint and sculpted detail. The figure is ok, but I'm starting to feel ARFed out.
Both these sets highlight a problem with the Class 1 Fleet pricepoint though, that $17 is way too much money for what you get. These are nearly at the Starfighter-pricepoint (that pricepoint is now $25 and called "Class 2 Fleet", I believe, but still pretty close) yet you don't get even half the product as those vehicles, and the figures too often aren't worth the heavy buy-in when CW figures are still going for $7-$8. It's funny, if these were $15, I'd probably like them more (anything in the line which isn't a rehashed vehicle from a previous line is true here, yet we keep getting more BARC Speeders), but that extra $2 makes them feel like a kick in the teeth. I turned down the Grievous set because the wheel bike's wheel doesn't move, I paid nearly the same price for the movie wheel bike and it did move and came with a figure! This pricepoint just feels like it needs to try harder than it can, which ends up as a frustrating purchase unless the item is truly amazing.


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Chicken breasts + a bag of frozen veggies + stir-fry sauce and a skillet, you've got dinner in 30 minutes!
Either Szechuan or ginger-garlic stir-fry sauce can be used instead of the lemon-basil stir-fry sauce. Add 1 teaspoon each lemon juice and chopped fresh basil leaves to match the flavor of this recipe.
Choose any blend of frozen vegetables that happen to be a family favorite. One suggestion: frozen baby peas, carrots, pea pods and corn.
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BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana Tech University may find out who its next president is going to be Tuesday.
Les Guice, executive vice president and vice president for research and development at Louisiana Tech, was named the one remaining finalist by the search committee Thursday. The committee will recommend Guice be named the university's newest leader to the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors.
The News-Star reported Guice will be interviewed by the UL System board Tuesday in Baton Rouge.
The board may choose to name the university's new president that day.
If approved, Guice will replace Dan Reneau, who announced in September he will retire as the university's 13th president at the end of June after 26 years in the position.


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JANESVILLE – D'Anne Annette "Suzy" Roehl, age 53, of Janesville, died on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, at St. Mary's Janesville Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Janesville on Feb. 3, 1959, the daughter of Gerald "Jerry" and Doris (Egeberg) Roehl. She graduated from Craig High School in 1977, UW Madison with honors in 1981, and from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York. Suzy lived most of her life in Janesville, and had lived in New York and Connecticut for 7 years. Suzy was married to James Richter and they had a beautiful daughter, Alivia.
She had been a freelance weaver, and was a member of First Lutheran Church. She enjoyed sewing, weaving and fiber arts, singing, performing arts, and playing the flute, piano, and French horn. She loved her 2 cats, Nala and Gus.
She is survived by her daughter, Alivia Richter of Janesville; parents, Jerry and Doris Roehl of Janesville; sister, Kerri (David) Shank of Janesville; brother, Robin (Ruth) Roehl of Janesville; 2 nephews, Gregory Roehl of Whitefish Bay and Steven Roehl of Beloit; 4 nieces: Brittany Roehl of Sun Prairie, Lindsay Shank of Janesville, Heather Roehl of Minneapolis, and Jessica Shank of West Bend; a special aunt and close friend Tootie of Scottsdale, AZ; and many other aunts, uncles and other extended family and friends.
A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH with Rev. James Melvin officiating. A visitation will be held on Saturday from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the church. SCHNEIDER APFEL SCHNEIDER & SCHNEIDER FUNERAL & CREMATORY is assisting the family.


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Bruce, since you've posted "all we are saying is give change a chance" (with all apologies to the late John Lennon, who wrote the word "peace" where you put the word "change") on at least five different threads, I'm beginning to believe that you think that you can make it so.
I'm all for giving the new administration a chance. I've said that from the beginning, but BHO made a TON of promises in order to get elected Bruce and I can assure you that the American people, especially the people who voted for him that are waiting for that "sharing of the wealth" that was promised, won't wait an unreasonable length of time to see movement in the correct direction (I didn't say "right" instead of "correct" 'cause I didn't want you to become apoplectic).
And as a point of order, it's "uncharted" not "unchartered" waters. You can chart them, but I'm not sure that you can charter them.....


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Every internet community site suffers from this common problem once it scales past about a 100 community entries: the problem of information overload and disarray when attempting to combine most recent items with most popular. Either you have the problem of combining both on one page or the problem of how items from recent days become integrated with the list of most popular items.
The PangaiaProject finds that there is no algorithmic solution to this problem. The only way to solve this problem is to add another [visual] dimension.
The Pangaia project takes the approximately 2.3 dimensions of the current WWW and transforms it into a fully crowd-sourced and navigable three dimensional data universe. It will be cool.
VPython or Processing will likely be the language for implementing the pangaia codes and adding a 3-dimensional visual layer to the Internet.


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Last night I did some work coding SEIS. Now it's a great
one-channel IRC client/server. :-)
I also coded some stuff to handle the client-side data file, which contains player profiles. It seems to be working fine. The next things I should do is to code the server-side data handler, to store player information, such as password, level, experience, score, and so on, and then work on a simple authentication scheme.


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Bring Asian zing to the dinner table with this Thai-inspired casserole. With pre-made noodles, pre-grilled chicken and frozen broccoli, assembly takes just 15 minutes!
Look for refrigerated cooked stir-fry noodles near the produce in the refrigerator section of the grocery store. Can't find them? Use two packages of any flavor ramen noodles. Cook and drain ramen as directed on package, omitting the seasoning packet.
Carefully separate the stir-fry noodles before adding them to the vegetable mixture. That way, the sauce coats all of the noodles.
Thai cooking is known for its spiciness, and this casserole is no exception! Note that the heat level varies among brands of Thai peanut sauce varies. Experiment to match your heat tolerance.
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Storm warning: Is the deadly typhoon a sign of climate change?November 13, 2013 12:00 AM
Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines last Friday, was one of the strongest storms ever to hit the archipelago. Some 10,000 are reported to have died and the destruction is apocalyptic. The world should be moved to a major humanitarian response.
But the world should have a different concern because a storm this big invites a bigger question. Is this simply another episode of violent weather, or is it linked to global climate change? Unfortunately, science cannot pronounce on the genesis of every storm. The truth lies in long-term trends, and those trends are disquieting.
Climate change theory predicts extreme weather events, and anyone who reads the news can find regular examples. The most dramatic recent case in the United States was Hurricane Sandy, just past the one-year anniversary of its devastation to parts of New York City and the Jersey Shore.
Sandy illustrated a problem that goes beyond wind and rain -- storm surges. Over the past century, sea level at New York City has risen about a foot, higher than the global average, as measured by a gauge near Battery Park. As the planet warms and sea levels rise, big storms have a head start on flooding the nearby land.
The problem is not unique to New York -- other American cities are vulnerable, too. Since 23 of the 25 most densely populated counties in the nation are on the coast, the potential for catastrophe cannot be shrugged off.
While many in Congress continue to shrug, government leaders who live near the water are coming to understand the threat. New York has absorbed the lessons of Sandy. Now south Florida is doing the same. As The New York Times reports, four counties -- Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach -- have formed an alliance to try to protect themselves.
But engineering can do only so much when oceans continue to rise, especially in a state such as Florida that is a few feet above sea level. The problem is fossil fuel use, and that needs to be addressed. As it happens, the Philippines typhoon, which had a storm surge of up to 20 feet, came while a United Nations meeting on climate was starting in Warsaw, Poland.
Although scientists may debate whether this latest superstorm was climate change-related, the tearful Filipino envoy, Naderev "Yeb" Sano, had no doubt. "We can fix this. We can stop this madness. Right now, right here," he said. Actually, we can't -- not while so many refuse to take the heavy-handed hints that nature may be dropping.