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Current Employee – been working at DigitalGlobe
Pros – Intelligent people
Room for professional growth
Yearly incentives
Untapped potential for company products
New technology development
Potential for company growth
Cons – Current lack of commercial ventures
Current unbalanced income between government and commercial sources
Lack of employee profit sharing plan
Company match with 401k not one to one
Advice to Senior Management – Do your best to retain top talent
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Current Employee – been working at DigitalGlobe
Pros – The company is financially very successful, so job security is great. Since they do some work essentially as a defense contractor, they do not outsource jobs, which is obviously another boon for job security. Some (but not all) of the groups use leading edge technologies, which makes the technical work more interesting and valuable on the resume.
Cons – I haven't seen much promotion from within, despite the huge list of open positions. There is also some disfunction between groups that should be working closely together, but prefer (for whatever reason) to work in their own silo.
Advice to Senior Management – The company has done a good job of hiring capable people, we should extend the value of that hiring practice by doing a better job of promoting from within.
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Very advanced technology (satellites)
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Nursing teams scheduled to visit for accreditation next week
Teams from the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission and the Kansas State Board of Nursing will visit Pratt Community College's campuses in Wichita, Winfield, and Pratt next week. Beginning Oct. 30 accreditors will arrive to begin their review of the PCC Nursing Department.
Accreditors will be on campus from Tuesday through Friday as they complete their review of the Nursing department. To develop a complete picture of the department, accreditors will look at facilities in Pratt, Wichita, and Winfield, as well as hold conferences with President William Wojciechowski and other key administrators, as well as nursing faculty on and off campus.
NLNAC will be evaluating the ADN program for reaccreditation. KSBN will be evaluating both the PN and ADN programs for re-approval. These state and national on-site visits are required every 8 years, with reports due annually.
Students as well as community members will be invited to provide comments on the Nursingdepartment as well, and an open meeting for the community is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. in Room 422 in Chandler Hall.
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In a city where I see all sorts of exotic cars regularly, I wondered how long it would take to spot my first Tesla Roadster at random. Finally, this morning, on my walk to work, a little, black Roadster passed by on Little Santa Monica Blvd. That's my first. I didn't recognize the driver, a man in late middle age, wearing a sport jacket and no tie.
And I was encouraged to see another electric car, some kind of NEV, a few cars behind the Roadster.
Given that I am in a non-exotic area I wonder how long it will be before I see one at random. Granted I am in a LARGE city so that might help but I am also on the East coast ....
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I really love this last photo. DC is my home town, and the best movie theater was always The Uptown (one of the last great theaters... a single huge screen, as opposed to a bunch of tiny screens once multiplexes became popular). Consequentially, I spent a lot of time around there as a kid. This area is right next to the Cleveland Park Metro station and walking distance to the National Zoo.
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Last updated at 12:14, Thursday, 26 April 2012
FESTIVAL wristbands will be available to purchase from tomorrow (Friday) at Richardson's shop on Lowther Street.
They allow access to the Sugar Tongue where you will find the celebrity chefs (Jean Christophe Novelli and Ainsley Harriott); celebrity appearances (Coronation Street star Michelle Collins and Strictly Come Dancing's Anton du Beke), Titan the Robot, tall ships, and various stalls.
Wristbands are £1 for Friday; £3 for Saturday; £3 for Sunday or £6 for the whole weekend.
Also, don't forget to get your tickets for the big music concerts before the inevitable last- minute rush.
Tickets for Katherine Jenkins, Best of the Seventies and The Charlatans/The Enemy are available from Richardson's, telephone 01946 65334 or go to the festival website www.thewhitehavenfestival.co.uk
Tickets for the Charlatans/Enemy gig are also on sale in Threads, on King Street.
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This felt right, fun, and personal. So…it stuck.
I threw together a little video (terribly unprofessional) of me talking so you could see and hear me.
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This blog is my own resource in a way. I am creative to my core. Without an outlet. This is my outlet.
In the process I hope to show life at its best. Messy. Sometimes pretty darn near perfect.
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I am a 30ish woman.
I live in Wisconsin. It is cold. Very cold. I wish I lived in Florida.
I am the oldest of 10. 4 boys 6 girls.
I was homeschooled much of my life.
I was married young.
I have stayed married 16 years. I felt the need to mention this. Cause marriage is hard. And great!
I have 2 children. A 14 year old girl and an 9 year old boy.
3 years ago they entered public charter school, online…at home.
My husband and I have owned our own business, Strand Nursery Company, for 7 years. The same business we worked at for all our married life. I run the office, accounting, shipping, etc…
I work from home. Lots of hours. But, at least I can throw laundry in occasionally!
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Reading is food for the soul. A good book is better then chocolate any day.
I play bass guitar. It's a stress reliever for me. I very much hope one of my kids picks it up.
Blogging is hard for me. The technical stuff is over my head. But, I love challenges. And learning new things.
I start something, conquer it…and move on.
I love being me. I thank God daily for all the blessings that are mine.
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We are continually making progress through maintaining contact with our elected officials, utilities, community redevelopment, and non-profits. Our first meeting on August 21st was a success! We have a game plan, and have already selected issues that the community wants addressed. The issues in order of importance are: Overflowing septic tanks, standing water, no sidewalks, poor lighting, overgrown lots, depreciation of property, and stray dogs. We have set the second meeting date at September 25th, and on September 9th, we will have the youth group with the NAACP assisting to distribute a pre-pace survey in the neighborhood, along with a flier for the next meeting, and petition for public sewer request. We will be going door to door, so that we can try and develop a trusting relationship with the community and get real time data. We may be adding more issues as we talk to more people. So far, the community has been responsive to this project and the stakeholders seem to be ready to help in any way that they can.
One of my concerns is in reaching all neighborhood residents. At our first meeting we had 21 attendees; however, over half of those in the room were governmental officials, public figureheads, and non-profits and business representatives. I only had about 6 folks from the neighborhood. I want to have more participation from the residents and business owners and hope that our work on September 9th will improve upon that. Kupfrian Park is located within the city and county, so I have to communicate equally with both. I am concerned that the relationship between city and county government may be complex at best, so this will be a challenge in trying to get participation. However, this will not slow us down. We will keep on trucking!
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Ansari SA, et al. (2012) Distinct role of Mediator tail module in regulation of SAGA-dependent, TATA-containing genes in yeast. EMBO J 31(1):44-57 | |
Mukundan B and Ansari A (2011) Novel role for mediator complex subunit Srb5/Med18 in termination of transcription. J Biol Chem 286(43):37053-7 | |
Sylvain MA, et al. (2011) Yeast zinc cluster proteins Dal81 and Uga3 cooperate by targeting common coactivators for transcriptional activation of ?-aminobutyrate responsive genes. Genetics 188(3):523-34 | |
Takahata S, et al. (2011) Repressive chromatin affects factor binding at yeast HO (homothallic switching) promoter. J Biol Chem 286(40):34809-19 | |
Wong KH and Struhl K (2011) The Cyc8-Tup1 complex inhibits transcription primarily by masking the activation domain of the recruiting protein. Genes Dev 25(23):2525-39 | |
Zhu X, et al. (2011) Mediator influences telomeric silencing and cellular life span. Mol Cell Biol 31(12):2413-21 | |
Jedidi I, et al. (2010) Activator Gcn4 employs multiple segments of Med15/Gal11, including the KIX domain, to recruit mediator to target genes in vivo. J Biol Chem 285(4):2438-55 | |
Lee SK, et al. (2010) Activation of a Poised RNAPII-Dependent Promoter Requires Both SAGA and Mediator. Genetics 184(3):659-72 | |
Ansari SA, et al. (2009) Mediator complex association with constitutively transcribed genes in yeast. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106(39):16734-9 | |
Fan X and Struhl K (2009) Where does mediator bind in vivo? PLoS ONE 4(4):e5029 | |
Takahata S, et al. (2009) FACT and Asf1 regulate nucleosome dynamics and coactivator binding at the HO promoter. Mol Cell 34(4):405-15 | |
Biddick RK, et al. (2008) Adr1 and Cat8 mediate coactivator recruitment and chromatin remodeling at glucose-regulated genes. PLoS One 3(1):e1436 | |
Floer M, et al. (2008) HSP90/70 chaperones are required for rapid nucleosome removal upon induction of the GAL genes of yeast. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105(8):2975-80 | |
Gao L and Gross DS (2008) Sir2 silences gene transcription by targeting the transition between RNA polymerase II initiation and elongation. Mol Cell Biol 28(12):3979-94 | |
He Q, et al. (2008) Mediator Requirement Downstream of Chromatin Remodeling during Transcriptional Activation of CHA1 in Yeast. J Biol Chem 283(9):5276-86 | |
Lemieux K, et al. (2008) Variant histone H2A.Z, but not the HMG proteins Nhp6a/b, is essential for the recruitment of Swi/Snf, Mediator, and SAGA to the yeast GAL1 UAS(G). Biochem Biophys Res Commun 369(4):1103-7 | |
Kim B, et al. (2007) The transcription elongation factor TFIIS is a component of RNA polymerase II preinitiation complexes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104(41):16068-73 | |
Lim MK, et al. (2007) Gal11p dosage-compensates transcriptional activator deletions via Taf14p. J Mol Biol 374(1):9-23 | |
Andrau JC, et al. (2006) Genome-wide location of the coactivator mediator: Binding without activation and transient Cdk8 interaction on DNA. Mol Cell 22(2):179-92 | |
Fan X, et al. (2006) Activator-specific recruitment of Mediator in vivo. Nat Struct Mol Biol 13(2):117-20 | |
Govind CK, et al. (2005) Simultaneous recruitment of coactivators by Gcn4p stimulates multiple steps of transcription in vivo. Mol Cell Biol 25(13):5626-38 | |
Qiu H, et al. (2005) Interdependent recruitment of SAGA and Srb mediator by transcriptional activator Gcn4p. Mol Cell Biol 25(9):3461-74 | |
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Bhoite LT, et al. (2001) The Swi5 activator recruits the Mediator complex to the HO promoter without RNA polymerase II. Genes Dev 15(18):2457-69 | |
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Big Fish List
The list recognizes the biggest fish caught on rod and reel (except opakapaka and onaga, for which we'll accept hand line catches) in West Hawaii waters for 2013 in each of 22 categories. They are listed by species, weight, angler, skipper, boat, and date.
The list is updated every Sunday throughout the year (copyright 2013 by Jim Rizzuto). If we have overlooked you, give us a call (885-4208) or send an email (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Roundup>Blue marlin: 1,008, Ernie France, Capt. Doug Pattengill, Holo Holo. Jan. 15.
Roundup>Black marlin: vacant
Roundup>Ahi: 222, Dave Unger, Capt. Jack Sampson, Nasty Habit. March 13.
Roundup>Bigeye tuna: 181.5, Hillary Papich, Capt. Deneen Wargo, Bite Me 6. March 12.
Roundup>Striped marlin: 95, Bryan, Capt. Rob McGuckin, Integrity. Jan. 6.
Roundup>Spearfish: 62.5, Peter Blake, TLC II. March 6.
Roundup>Sailfish: vacant
Roundup>Mahimahi: 45, Ronald Tai See. Jan. 13.
Roundup>Ono: 70, Wayne Hartman, Good Habit. Feb. 27.
Roundup>Kaku (barracuda): 22, Kristof Hovaten, Capt. Shawn Rotella, Night Runner. Feb. 27.
Roundup>Kahala (amberjack): vacant
Roundup>Ulua (giant trevally): 67, Eric Marriott, Capt. Shawn Rotella, Night Runner. Jan. 24.
Roundup>Omilu (bluefin trevally): vacant
Roundup>Otaru (skipjack tuna): 18.5, Jean LaLiberte, Capt. Rob McGuckin, Integrity. Jan. 6.
Roundup>Broadbill swordfish: 40, Lukas Folk, Capt. Sam Choy, Salty Dog, March 12.
Roundup>Ahipalaha (albacore): vacant
Roundup>Kawakawa: 13.5, Mark Hinkle, Capt. Bobby Cherry, Cherry Pit II. March 14
Roundup>Kamanu (rainbow runner): vacant
Roundup>Opakapaka (pink snapper): 11.5, Asa Sugitan, In Deep. Jan. 10.
Roundup>Onaga (ulaula koaie): 14.5, Conor McDonough, Kawai, Jan. 13.
Roundup>Uku (gray snapper): vacant
Roundup>Oio (bonefish): vacant
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Catch information courtesy of Shawna Haynes of the charter desk at Kona Marina (329-5735).
If you catch a fish on rod and reel in West Hawaii waters bigger than one on the list, take it to the fuel dock to be weighed and recorded.
If you weighed it somewhere else, call me at 885-4208 and leave a message. A complete list of March billfish catches will be in the May issue of Hawaii Fishing News.
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Roundup> March 11: Blue marlin (561.5) Theary So, Capt. Randy Llanes, Sundowner
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Roundup>March 11: Blue marlin (240) Jolyn Schutjer, Capt. Bill Casey, Pacific Blue
Roundup>March 12: Blue marlin (100) Shamshad Ahmed, Capt. Kevin Hibbard, JR's Hooker
Roundup>March 12: Striped marlin (30) Bryan Clapper, Capt. Kerwin Masunaga, Rod Bender
Roundup>March 13: Spearfish (35) Sandra Hiler, Capt. Chip Van Mols, Monkey Biz II
Roundup>March 14: Striped marlin (70) Unknown, Capt. Dave Crawford, Kona Blue
Roundup>March 15: Striped marlin (30) David Anderson, Capt. Chip Van Mols, Monkey Biz II
Roundup>March 16: Striped marlin (35) Mike Belabonte, Capt. Bobby Cherry, Cherry Pit II
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Roundup>March 11: Spearfish (49) Christian Berger, Capt. Kevin Hibbard, JR's Hooker
Roundup>March 11: Ahi (81.5), spearfish (30) John Kucinski, Capt. Bryan Balancio, Marlin Grando
Roundup>March 11: Spearfish (40) Jolyn Schutjer, Capt. Bill Casey, Pacific Blue
Roundup>March 11: Spearfish (45) Erin Reedy, Capt. Dennis Cintas, Tropical Sun
Roundup>March 12: Striped marlin (37) Lowe Armaud, Capt. Kerwin Masunaga, Rod Bender
Roundup>March 12: Striped marlin (56) Larry Brownley, (80.5) Marvin Novak, Capt. Jeff Heintz, Linda Sue III
Roundup>March 12: Swordfish (40) Lukas Folk, Capt. Sam Choy, Salty Dog
Roundup>March 13: Blue marlin (150.5) Dan Remondi, Capt. Lance Gelman, Long Ranger
Roundup>March 13: Ahi (134) Andra Smith, Capt. Guy Terwilliger, High Flier
Roundup>March 13: Ahi (222) Dave Unger, Capt. Jack Sampson, Nasty Habit
Roundup>March 14: Spearfish (26) Denis Yarizov, Capt. Chris Kam, Illusions
Roundup>March 14: Mahimahi (22) Graham Pfeifer, Capt. Steve Epstein, Huntress
Roundup>March 14: Ono (22) Matthew Casagrande, Capt. Kent Mongreig, Sea Wife II
Roundup>March 14: Ahi (132 and 146) Unknown, Capt. Kevin Nakamaru, Northern Lights
Roundup>March 14: Kawakawa (13.5) Mark Hinkle, Capt. Bobby Cherry, Cherry Pit II
Roundup>March 14: Ahi (169.5) Corey Walewski, Capt. Russ Nitta, Lepika
Roundup>March 14: Mahimahi (10 fish to 20 pounds), Stever Herbert, Capt. Al Gustavson, Topshape.
Roundup>March 15: Mahimahi (seven fish to 18 pounds) Jay Ray, Capt. Al Gustavson, Topshape
Roundup>March 15: Ahi (142) Jason Wullms, Capt. Shawn Rotella, Night Runner
Roundup>March 15: Ahi (148) Billy Forest, Capt. Bryan Balancio, Marlin Grando
Roundup>March 16: Spearfish (52) John Adams, Capt. Jeff Heintz, Linda Sue III


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It's rare in a game like this to have strong consensus on power level but in LotR I have seen no dissent that Dain & Glorfindel are the best two heroes.
Dain's buff on top of the other dwarf synergies makes them capable of bulldozing most quests. Glorfindel has excellent stats that with Light of Valinor as a cheap Unexpected Courage that lets him quest & attack every turn (or defend if he is desparate). Since he has only 5 starting threat you get the benefits of 2 high value heroes for the cost of one of them.
These seem to be pretty much crutches for all of the top tier lists. So what are the best decks people use without using either of these heroes?
Either suggest a solo deck or use a pair of decks (or more) that can work together.
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I only play thematic decks. Here are a few of my favourites, not using Dain or Glorfindel. All of them are meant for solo but i'm sure they would be very fine for multiplayer too.
Gloin, Nori, Ori = you deckbuild in a similar way as with Dain but with more healing. You'll gain massive amounts of resources. Another variant : Gloin, Gimli, Ori. You can also replace Ori with Bifur, depends on the way you play.
Elrond, Legolas, Frodo = Many possibilities here. I like to bring in Radagast and the Eagles, works very well.
Denethor, Eowyn, Imrahil = this one is an encouter deck manipulation deck. I included all the cards that allow ED manipulation, including the Secrecy ones (which i make cheaper with the Masters of Lore). Quite fun !
Beregond, Hama, Legolas = my only Tactics monosphere deck that works. Beat Peril in Pelargir and about half of the quests from Mirkwood and Dwarrowdelf with this deck.
Dunhere, Eowyn, Hama = My Rohan deck. It's not exceptionally good but it quests very very well, so it depends on the scenario i'm playing.
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I just built a set of three decks based around the Gondor and Rohan heroes the other day. They are built with the assumption that all cards are available, along with a second Core set. Only thing Im not 100% on is that I dont remember how many Galadhrim's Greeting comes in the Core. I have 2 decks marked with 3 each, so if a Core only comes with 2, then the two decks with Spirit would be 1 card short each. :/
I hope these help!
Deck 1: Tactics/Spirit
Starting Threat: 27
Heroes: Beregond, Hama, Dunhere
Allies: 18
3x Defender of Rammas
3x Gondorian Spearman
2x Horseback Archer
3x Westfold Horsebreaker
2x Escort from Edoras
3x Envoy of Pelargir
2x Arwen Undomiel
Attachments: 10
2x Horn of Gondor
2x Citadel Plate
3x Blade of Gondolin
3x Spear of the Citadel
Events: 22
3x Feint
3x Quick Strike
2x A Test of Will
2x Dwarven Tomb
3x Foe Hammer
2x Hasty Stroke
3x The Galadrhim's Greeting
3x Unseen Strike
1x Will of the West
Deck 2: Spirit/Leadership
Starting Threat: 27
Heroes: Eowyn, Eleanor, Prince Imrohil
Allies: 22
2x Eomund
3x Snowborn Scout
3x Rider of the Mark
3x West Road Traveller
3x Riddermark's Finest
2x Faramir
3x Guard of the Citadel
3x Gandalf (Core)
Attachments: 11
2x Steward of Gondor
2x Unexpected Courage
2x Blood of Numenor
2x Nor am I a Stranger
3x Cram
Events: 17
2x Sneak Attack
3x Astonishing Speed
2x We Do Not Sleep
2x A Test of Will
2x Hasty Stroke
3x The Galadrhim's Greeting
2x Valiant Sacrifice
1x Will of the West
Deck 3: Leadership/Lore
Starting Threat: 27
Heroes: Theodred, Boromir (HoN), Denethor
Allies: 21
2x Gleowine
3x Ithilien Tracker
3x Warden of Healing
3x Snowborn Scout
2x Faramir
2x Guard of the Citadel
3x Gandalf (Core)
3x Errand Rider
Attachments: 14
2x Steward of Gondor
3x Dunedain Mark
3x Dunedain Warning
3x A Burning Brand
3x Forest Snare
Events: 15
2x Sneak Attack
3x Mutual Accord
2x For Gondor!
3x Daeron's Runes
3x Grave Cairn
2x Valiant Sacrifice
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This is a sample of footage and sequences which may appear in my documentary about the French Impressionist composer Claude Debussy.
See http://www.debussypiano.com for more information.
It has some of the interviews, scenes, people, and piano works that will appear in the final film. But it is a rough cut that may change completely. Debussy scholars Marie Rolf, Richard Langham-Smith, Row Howat, and Stewart Gordon appear, and pianist Anthony Tobin
http://www.anthonytobin.net plays the piano music.
Scenes are places that were relevant during Debussy's life with the exception of "Footprints in the Snow, which is temporary footage.
I am interested in constructive criticism, positive or negative. What works, what does not, what would you like to see included?
This is only a beginning, I plan to do my own demonstration and analysis and Peter Bay, Conductor of the Austin Symphony, will discuss La Mer.
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New fame won't lure 'The Cove' director out of Boulder
Just because "The Cove," which got an Academy Award nomination Tuesday for best documentary film, is now the talk of Hollywood (and New York, and Park City, Utah, and everywhere else in between) doesn't mean that the film's director, Louie Psihoyos, plans to take his new-found fame and leave provincial Boulder (relatively speaking, of course) behind.
No, Psihoyos loves it here. (And what better place for the executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society to live?)
"We made this film in my backyard," Psihoyos told the Daily Camera. "And now, the last couple weeks, we've been rubbing shoulders with George Clooney and Meryl Streep … the Hollywood glitterati. Now we're part of the discussion."
And he plans to reap that attention from the film to sow more bad-ass ocean movies that tackle environmental travesties. Money for those films, one of which he started on last week, has seemed a little less hard to come by, he said. And Psihoyos doesn't even have to do the pitching anymore if he doesn't want to. He's already been approached by Animal Planet to film a show for them.
With all the new work, Psihoyos said he may have to start a production company to handle the demand. But if he does, you can count on it being in Boulder, which, he says, is essential for giving movies that authentic feel. (Even ocean movies, because…. ummmm… Boulder is halfway between the Pacific and Atlantic so neither could accuse Psihoyos of being biased.)
"Hollywood is craving authentic, creative content from the hinterlands," he told the Daily Camera. "That's why the film was resonating with people. And that's why Sarah Siegel-Magness' film is resonating.
"It doesn't matter if you have a New York or an L.A. zip code, you can make films anywhere –especially in Colorado."
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The First Rule Of SEO: Don't Panic!
Over the past week, Google was at it again, challenging the sanity and stress levels of SEOs everywhere. Last week, many Webmasters received a message in Google Webmaster Tools stating:
Dear site owner or webmaster,
We've detected that some of your site's pages may be using techniques that are outside Google's Webmaster Guidelines.
Specifically, look for possibly artificial or unnatural links pointing to your site that could be intended to manipulate PageRank. Examples of unnatural linking could include buying links to pass PageRank or participating in link schemes.
We encourage you to make changes to your site so that it meets our quality guidelines. Once you've made these changes, please submit your site for reconsideration in Google's search results.
If you find unnatural links to your site that you are unable to control or remove, please provide the details in your reconsideration request.
If you have any questions about how to resolve this issue, please see our Webmaster Help Forum for support.
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WHAT? The letter seems to threaten site removal from the Google index by saying, "Once you've made these changes, please submit your site for reconsideration in Google's search results." That statement alone is enough to scare the pants off any SEO.
As you can imagine, the reaction in the SEO community was swift and concerned. How could webmasters force the removal of backlinks from sites they do not own? And on the flip side, site owners began charging for link removal. The message quickly set off a firestorm of reaction on many levels.
Panicked yet? Don't be. My first rule of SEO has always been to remain calm and keep a clear head during any changes. See what the results are, consult with others, and then create a plan of action. It may seem impossible with your job on the line, but remain calm -- there's always more change brewing.
The reality with Google (as well as other engines and platforms, like Facebook) is that they will often change course if they see public sentiment strongly in another direction. If a change negatively affects users, they may change course, as Google did with this follow-up message:
We've detected that some of the links pointing to your site are using techniques outside Google'sWebmaster Guidelines.
We don't want to put any trust in links that are artificial or unnatural. We recommend removing any unnatural links to your site. However, we do realize that some links are outside of your control. As a result, for this specific incident we are taking very targeted action on the unnatural links instead of your site as a whole. If you are able to remove any of the links, please submit a reconsideration request, including the actions that you took.
If you have any questions, please visit our Webmaster Help Forum.
While this message still mentions "reconsideration request," it's a bit more toned down from the original. Matt Cutts also followed up with a message posted to Google Plus:
If you received a message yesterday about unnatural links to your site, don't panic. In the past, these messages were sent when we took action on a site as a whole.
Yesterday, we took another step towards more transparency and began sending messages when we distrust some individual links to a site. While it's possible for this to indicate potential spammy activity by the site, it can also have innocent reasons.
For example, we may take this kind of targeted action to distrust hacked links pointing to an innocent site. The innocent site will get the message as we move towards more transparency, but it's not necessarily something that you automatically need to worry about.
If we've taken more severe action on your site, you'll likely notice a drop in search traffic, which you can see in the "Search queries" feature Webmaster Tools for example.
As always, if you believe you have been affected by a manual spam action and your site no longer violates the Webmaster Guidelines, go ahead and file a reconsideration request. It'll take some time for us to process the request, but you will receive a followup message confirming when we've processed it.
Before reacting too swiftly, it's also prudent to see how the changes will shake out for your website. In some cases, changes may benefit you and hurt your competitors, which actually is a very positive result for your site.
And honestly, is this really anything new? Between algorithm changes and more, Google's always making our lives more challenging. But that's what keeps SEO interesting.
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The blind test
Every few yearsfour times since 1999the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre hosts a "blind test" for the crystal structure prediction world. About a dozen participating research groups are supplied the atomic and bond information for a handful of molecules. They then use their different simulation methods to determine the crystal structure of the molecules, while an independent crystallographer works in secret to determine the real-world structures experimentally.
Sure there are some bragging rights associated with determining the correct structure or coming the closest, but the real value of the event is the experience and the collegial atmosphere, according to the University of Utah's Julio Facelli. "It's a very open scientific meeting [when they get together to compare results]. We discuss different methods, issue joint publications, and set goals [for the field] for the next three or four years. We discuss our results and the future."
Facelli's team used NCSA's Mercury system to complete their entry in the 2007 blind test. Most of the methods used by teams at the test treat only fixed conformations of the structures, looking at flexible conformations by running each of the possible conformations of the structures individually. Facelli and his colleagues, however, hope that their more comprehensive method will identify the structures of flexible conformations without that extra step.
Comparison of the experimental and MGAC predicted (pink) structure of N-(2-dimethyl-4,5-dinitrophenyl) acetamide. The root mean square of the superposition is 0.16 Å, quantifying the close similarity between the experimental and the modeled results.
Comparison of the experimental and MGAC predicted (pink) structure of 2-acetoxybenzoic acid (aspirin). The root mean square of the superposition is 0.29 Å, quantifying the close similarity between the experimental and the modeled results.
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University of Utah researchers use parallel genetic algorithms to predict crystal structures for a variety of organic substances.
NCSA has helped Julio Facelli do his work for years, and that gives him an uncommon perspective on the impact that the center and others like it have had.
"I've been following [the National Science Foundation-supported centers] since the beginning," says Facelli, "and they've done a tremendous job of encouraging new approaches to science. In the beginning, users were the traditional suspects. But now more and more people realize that they need computational simulation to understand their experiments. In every field, the centers have had an impact on the way people do science."
"Simulation science is becoming part of the mainstream toolkit of the experimental scientist. The NSF centers drove that."
Facelli, director of the University of Utah's Center for High Performance Computing and a biomedical informatics professor, uses NCSA's Mercury cluster to predict crystal structures for organic molecules that are frequently used in pharmaceuticals, fertilizers, and explosives.
"Fifteen years ago, the drug companies wouldn't think about talking to a guy like me," he says. "But computational molecular sciencenumerical analysiscan now show them the promise of a good solution for their formulation problems."
Supercomputing is part of the reason for this shift, but so is the method that he and his team have developed for calculating crystal structures. This method was featured in a 2007 Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation publication.
Survival of the fittest
Crystal structure refers to the identical pattern of atoms that repeats over and over to form the macroscopic material. The details of this microscopic duplication have a big impact on the substance's macroscopic properties, influencing features like solubility, reactivity, and color.
Modeling the crystal structure of a given substance, Facelli and his team begin with nothing more than the atoms in the molecule and the nature of their bonds. They're looking for structures with the lowest energies, which typically mark the molecules' standard crystal structures or something very close. The problem is that this straightforward data and straightforward goal create billions of possible solutions. Just imagine finding the needle of the lowest energy in that haystack of possible structures.
To narrow the search to more likely candidate structures, the team uses a parallel genetic algorithm called MGAC that they have developed over the previous six or seven years drawing on systems at NCSA and on TeraGrid.
"An exhaustive search is not feasible, so we have to have a way to direct the search," says Facelli. "[Genetic algorithms] are based on the principle of survival of the fittest. Trial solutions compete with one another in the population for survival and produce offspring for the next generation of tests. These algorithms offer excellent scaling properties, which make them good for large-scale parallel computing systems like those at NCSA and emerging computational grids like TeraGrid."
For example, an initial calculation on NCSA's Mercury may run 20 simulations on 20 different processors simultaneously, calculating possible crystal structures for a given set of atoms and their bonds. The energies for these structures are compared. The 10 with the lowest energies are kept, and the features of those 10 are mixed and matched to generate the structures for another 10 possible structures. Energies are calculated again, comparisons are made, best candidates are kept, and the cycle continues.
The "mating operation," as the mixing and matching is called, stagnates quickly, producing very similar structures over the course of thousands of generations. To combat this lack of variety, the genetic algorithm also introduces arbitrary mutations into the process, occasionally taking one variable from one of the best candidates and including a random number for that variable in the next generation.
From billions to hundreds
Even with a genetic algorithm greatly reducing the number of candidate structures and the amount of time it takes to find them, the researchers are still frequently left with more than a million possibilities. To narrow it down further, they find and remove the many structures that are the same physically but have very slightly different profiles numerically, "essentially getting rid of the rounding errors," Facelli says.
Next, they eliminate candidates that are the same structurally but that have revealed themselves in different orientations. This post-processing, which is done automatically at Utah's Center for High Performance Computing, eventually gets the number of candidates down to a couple of hundred.
"It's important to understand we're not so much trying to predict the exact structure. There are dynamic factors influencing the crystal growth, which means that the experimental structure might sometimes be higher than the lowest energy," Facelli says. Experts can compare those structures remaining and get it down to 10 or 20 that they want to test in the lab. "We take it from the billions of possibilities and say, 'Here are the most probable.'"
For more information: http://www.chpc.utah.edu/~facelli/
This research is supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
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Alien Shooter 2: Conscription and Zombie Shooter 2
Posted by Suijen, Jun 9 2011, 05:38 AM in Game Reviews
In my last review, I wrote how I was itching for more Alien Shooter 2. Well, apparently the gods have answered my prayers, because I've just downloaded and beat Alien Shooter 2: Conscription and Zombie Shooter 2, and I'll be reviewing both of them at the same time in this review post. Considering the similarities among AS2:C and ZS 2, I'm not going to go deep in depth as to the gameplay, but will instead mention some of the similarities and differences among the three. Read my Alien Shooter 2 review for more depth in the games
In Alien Shooter 2: Conscription, you play as a conscript who is drafted to fight against the alien invasion. The game plays more as an expansion, introducing new varieties of aliens, weapons, maps and story, and offers slight technical upgrades from the original Alien Shooter 2.
Zombie Shooter 2 is more like a total conversion of Alien Shooter 2. The game uses mostly the same weapons, but includes new vehicles, and all the enemies are converted to zombies. In addition, it's longer and has more technical upgrades than what's offered in AS2:C.
But with the same thrilling and blockbuster story telling apparently
Gameplay for Alien Shooter 2: Conscription is very similar to what was offered in Alien Shooter 2. It's a top down isometric shooter in which you kill several thousand aliens. There is the introduction of new guns, aliens, and levels, but overall it's really more of the same. The game is also significantly shorter (not surprising being an expansion), and the levels overall seem less exciting. Story wise, the game's predictable but satisfactory. The game features only one vehicle, but has more weapons available and gear available.
But now with more Fallout Power Armor action
Gameplay for Zombie Shooter 2 not surprisingly is also very similar. Instead of aliens, you'll be killing zombies, which range from slow Romero zombies to rocket launcher carrying zombies, so think Resident Evil x 100 with this one. As always, you'll be mowing down hordes of zombies at once, and although the game feels similar to Alien Shooter 2, it feels slightly slower paced because of the use of zombies rather than aliens. Levels are appropriately large, vehicles are appropriately destructive, and bosses are appropriately big and mean.
And you can do it all wearing bright red hot pants
In terms of new content, Zombie Shooter 2 offers more. Conscription adds in a few extra items, aliens, and levels, but it really feels recycled. Zombie Shooter 2 follows the same formula of Alien Shooter 2, but it does it better. Aliens are changed to zombies, so there is that feeling of being swarmed. The game also offers a much more interesting vehicle than Conscription's. In terms of weapons and gear, both games seem to offer relatively the same amount of new guns and items. It's a definite step forward, but I felt that Zombie Shooter 2 should have added much more.
Robots vs Zombies. You knew this was bound to happen.
Zombie Shooter 2 does, however, does introduce a few new problems to the series. The weapon selection system has been changed. Instead of a slot for pistol, shotgun, assault rifle/machine gun, explosives, and energy, shotgun/assault rifle is combined, and explosives/energy is combined. In addition, pressing button 2 or 3 twice will exchange your current weapon with another from the inventory, leading to clusterfu-king when you need to juggle between 3 or more weapons. Combine that with the random loot system, and you'll find yourself magically replacing your .50 Cal machine gun with a pea shooter accidentally when you were looking for your auto-shotgun. I would have preferred Alien Shooter 2's 1-5 button system but with an alternative slot for each weapon category.
You can still switch off to this lava sword thing, but there's only one flamethrowing weapon in the game, hence why I said the game needs more goodies.
One thing that hasn't changed among the three games is the extras; they're still pretty much the same offering of survival, career, and gun stand.
My character is actually standing right next to a red car. Notice the darker shades of red in this survival level.
Gun stand lets is a defense game in which you can choose upgrades every new level.
Like the rest of the game, it's pretty chaotic and bloody.
Both also offer new technical improvements, with both of them now offering a 16:9 resolution (but not my own resolution), and ZS 2 also features things like film grain effect for that extra horror element.
Both of these screens give an example of the film grain effect
System Performance
OS: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista
Processor: 1.7 GHz
Memory: 512 Mb
Graphics: DirectX compatible video card with 128MB video memory
DirectX®: 9.0
Hard Drive: 1.5 Gb Free Space
Sound: DirectSound compatible sound card
The game should run the same as Alien Shooter 2. Zombie Shooter 2 seems to offer more performance options, but they can be disabled. The games will fun fluently on all modern computers.
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Both games are reasonably short; I beat the campaign for Conscription in about 2-3 hours. Zombie Shooter 2 felt longer, though the game recorded a campaign as three hours or so. Most levels will take on average about 20-30 minutes, and Zombie Shooter 2 is only a few levels shorter than Alien Shooter 2. In any case, you can beat either game in an afternoon or an international flight. However, both games are newer than Alien Shooter 2, so they're not in the bargain bins yet. Zombie Shooter 2 is $10, which is 5x the cost of what I bought Alien Shooter 2 for, so in terms of value, neither of these games really deliver the same way Alien Shooter 2 did.
There is are a few bugs introduced in Zombie Shooter 2 (which I'm not sure exists in Conscription). The first major bug is this clipping that you'll see if your character has high running speed. You seem to run faster than the map can transition, leading to a sort of annoying sync problem. Think of it as playing a game with overly high frames per second with v-sync disabled. The next major bug in Zombie Shooter 2 is getting stuck in certain holes/areas and not being able to get out. You'll find that you get stuck more often in Zombie Shooter 2, and I had to restart the level maybe once per campaign, so it's no game-breaker but know that it's there.
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Between Alien Shooter 2: Conscription and Zombie Shooter 2, the latter is better. It offers a larger variety of new enemies, a few more items/gear, more visual effects, a large campaign and I feel better levels, though it does suffer from more bugs and that annoying weapon-switch thing. While both games will give you that same Alien Shooter 2 experience, I would say that Zombie Shooter 2 is more on par with Alien Shooter 2, and if you had to choose between the two, I would recommend Zombie Shooter 2. Right now, however, the price of the games are a bit high especially considering that for cheaper than the games' retail prices, you can probably get a big budget game, so the games don't get the same score as Alien Shooter 2, though I can say I'm quite sated with the game franchise now.
- Offer more guns, gear, etc. I want more options for attack drones damn it. The three games use the same characters, feats, and extras features. Give more.
- Let us reuse characters for new campaigns.
- Implement a weapon-switch system that makes sense. Stick with the Alien Shooter 2 format 1-5 format but offer an alternative weapon slot.
- Fix the bug issues in Zombie Shooter 2. The clipping issue is especially annoying.
- Multiplayer and use a new game engine. The Quake 4 engine's going to be open-source soon. Just a suggestion.
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The Family Bed: Do You Like Co-Sleeping?
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There's nothing like watching your baby sleep, but what happens when he ends up in your bed — all the time! Whether parents should allow their child to lie with them is one debate, but the bond created from doing so is another. Even mothers who are against co-sleeping or the family bed often admit that there's nothing sweeter than seeing their youngster in the slumber state. What's your opinion?
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We don't co-sleep, never have, and never will. All four of our boys slept in their own crib in their own room the very first night they came home. We do not base our parenting decisions solely on what is cute or what makes us/kids feel good. Co-sleeping is dangerous and does not promote healthy marriage relations. ;-)
I don't cosleep because i am a VERY restless sleeper. I wake up over 10 times a night, and toss and turn during those until I get back to sleep. I keep the kiddos up when they sleep with us. My 2 year old sneaks into bed in the early morning, but my 8 month old sleeps in his crib. He is a really cuddly happy boy while awake, but when hes asleep he wants to stretch out and roll around. He is happiest when put down to sleep on his own in his crib. The total opposite from his sister, who has just as much trouble sleeping as I do.
Yes, but not because they're sweet when they're sleeping. It's because it's what I feel has been right for us so far. It's not something I think is necessary for everyone or anything, both child and parent have to be comfortable with it. And a baby knows just as well as an adult if it wants to sleep cuddled or not. With five kids, I've never had any problems with kicking or other nighttime gymnastics.
We haven't had a crib since my first was a few months old and it became apparent that he'd sleep with us until it became time for his own regular sized bed. We've kept it in the attic in the event that another child isn't a cosleeper, but so far haven't used it again.
We still co-sleep with our daughter who is 2 1/2. So far no head-butting or kicking...but I will never say never! She feels comforted when she sleeps with us and so far we haven't had any issues.
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I co-slept with my daughter for about a year and a half. I have been kicked, punched, head-butted; awoken by tiny fingers in my nose; been used as a piece of furniture; and then there were the diaper blowouts.
If I had it to do all over again, my little one would have stayed in her crib. But now she's in her bed and I'm in mine, and the only awakenings I get are of the vocal kind: "Mom, does Santa Claus go to Pun Bob's house? You have to don't sleep and tell me because I am curious!" :eyeroll:
What's the worst is when they are older. Apparently my niece is a great kicker! Good for a soccer ball, not so much for my back!


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Stanley Ward, also known as "Farmer Stanley", came to Tilden's Little Farm three years ago.
"Things were a bit run down," Ward admitted, "and there was room for improvement."
But now, an increased sense of order and care permeate the Little Farm that sits in the Berkeley hills off of Grizzly Peak Boulevard. Ward's knowledge experience and hard work have made their mark. Fences are renewed and sturdy, animals gambol "oink" and "quack" in clean pens and reseeded pastures.
Ward's animal farm, operated by East Bay Regional Parks, has provided Berkeley families a chance to learn about small farming for decades. There is no cost and the farm is open during regular park hours. With Ward tending the farm five days a week, there's a good chance you'll see Ward hard at work.
"This is just the kind of work I enjoy," he said. "I like being outdoors, I enjoy meeting the public, and I like working with nice breeds of animals on a small scale. (Because it's a park,) I don't have to squeeze profit out of the animals."
When asked how many animals he had at the farm, Ward said confidently, "19 hens, 2 roosters, 5 geese, 11 ducks, 5 female goats, 1 male goat, 16 female sheep, 2 rams, 3 cows-one is away at the bull to be bred, 2 calves, 2 pigs, 4 turkeys, and 2 rabbits, because the others were stolen, there should be 8."
Ward grew up in London and as a young boy had an interest in farming. His mother bought him the "Farmer's Weekly" magazine. Ward took part in youth camps descended from the Order of Woodcraft Chivalry and was quickly introduced to the English countryside.
At age 15, Ward became disillusioned with the state schooling he was receiving in London, he said, and left to hitchhike around Great Britain. Since he was good at carpentry, he found carpentry jobs and helped farmers with their hay harvests. He learned to shear sheep and became so good at shearing that he traveled to remote farms in Wales shearing as many as 280 sheep in an eight hour work day.
In Wales, Ward later attended an agricultural college, becoming technically and practically trained in Animal Husbandry and Grassland Production.
On holidays Ward liked to travel, sometimes to Ireland, sometimes farther a field; eventually he visited Sri Lanka. There he led bird safaris in wildlife sanctuaries and National Parks throughout India. In India he met his wife, Raju, who is from Orinda.
This brought him to California in 1990 and, for several years, he studied geography and cartography at San Francisco State while working as a carpenter and landscape gardener. In 1998 he was hired by the East Bay Regional Parks as a carpenter and became the farmer at the Little Farm in 1999.
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Hello friends, I'm looking for feedback on my Telugu blog...So, please go through my blog and give your opinion and suggestions. Non telugu readers can comment on the look and feel of the blog :)
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i must say the presentation is quite creative.. the flower cursor and the butterflies flying around it is really cool annimation..
i am really poor at reading telugu.. but i believe if you are so creative with you page then i am sure you are certainly good with the poetry as well..
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I never had big interest in poetry. But the way you write those small poems has certainly evoked a lot of interest towards poetry. The blog template and design are really good. Looks like you have put in lot of time to make such a wonderful blog! Keep Writing.
Hie Karthik. I am very very glad that my poems evoked interest in you, that's a great compliment. Thank you so much for the visit and feedback :)


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Today's question: My niece who lives on a small farm in Iowa recently sent me a photograph of something called a beavercoon she said was living in one of her outbuildings. Was this a joke, or is there such a thing? Your niece is either pulling a Photoshop joke on you or is, shall we say, not exactly gifted. I suspect the former, because people from Iowa are not generally known to be dumb, with the possible exceptions of graduates of the University of Iowa. Raised by parents who were graduates of Iowa State, I was taught to scorn and mistrust such people. Beavercoons, sometimes referred to as beavcoons, supposedly have the head of a beaver and the body of a raccoon. There is no such thing. A few years ago it was a short-lived Internet thing, but I don't think it ever really caught on. That said, you can still find some beavercoon "pictures" on the Web, and even beavercoon T-shirts. I can't imagine why anybody would want a beavercoon T-shirt, with the possible exception of a few University of Iowa graduates. Beavers are rodents. They are of the order rodentia. Raccoons are of the order carnivora. Those are two different things. Both animals are fairly intelligent. Beavers eat tree bark and engineer clever dams and lodges, which is more than I could do. Raccoons will eat lots of stuff, especially my father's chickens. And they are smart. I read that a raccoon can remember the solution to a particular problem for as long as three years, which is also more than I can do.
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Bagpipes have honored funerals
for generations
Today's question: Why are bagpipes played at so many funerals for law enforcement officers or firefighters? I don't know about you, but I happen to like bagpipes. When my two daughters were young I used to wake them with a bagpipe record. Maybe this is why they don't always return my calls today. I suppose the pipes are kind of an acquired taste, like kim chee, that Korean cabbage thing. I saw some at the store the other day so I bought it just out of curiosity. I have a feeling that jar of kim chee is going to last me quite a while. Anyway, I like bagpipes. At my church we used to have a bagpipe band in once a year in honor of the Scottish bishops who ordained or consecrated American Anglicans after the Revolutionary War when the British, sore losers, wouldn't do so. That band went off like a cannon inside the church, and I loved it, but a later priest who actually had some musical taste didn't, so that was the end of that. One thing, however, I am tired of bagpipers playing "Amazing Grace" at funerals. I am leaving instructions that for mine we have something more chipper, such as "Scotland the Brave" or "Cock o' the North." Where were we? Oh yes, about the funeral thing. You have to remember that bagpipes are not the sole property of Scotland. Many other cultures have pipes of one sort or the other, especially Ireland. After the initial wave of Irish immigration to the U.S., many such folk worked as cops or firefighters, especially in the big East Coast cities. And they brought their mournful pipe tunes with them.
To an insect, 'dying of natural causes' can be hard to define
Don't look down your nose at reason for two nostrils
Today's question: Why do humans and other animals have two nostrils? Wouldn't one large nostril suffice? We have evolved two ears to allow for directional detection of game, threats, conversation and such. We have evolved two eyes to provide us with depth perception. But two nostrils? What's the point? You people just never fail to scintillate, do you? If it weren't for you I would just be bumbling through life without ever wondering about anything other than what's for supper. Instead, by researching and answering your questions I have learned all sorts of pretty much useless stuff, but at least it entertains me. Did you know the 16th century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe had a copper or maybe silver nose? He lost the original in a duel. Anyway, there a few reasons why we have a double-barreled schnoz. First of all, we'd look pretty silly with just one big honker, wouldn't we? Next, our ancestors way, way back on the evolutionary tree had two nostrils. Fish, for example, two gills in order to maintain their balance. Next, just as our two eyes and two ears help us with directions and depth perception, two nostrils help us pinpoint smells. Also, your nose is packed full of tiny hairs that filter out dust or pollen or other stuff you shouldn't be inhaling. Two nostrils are better at this than one. Last, but not least, I am told that only one of your nostrils works at a time. It's supposed to be a kind of cyclical thing. I don't know if that's true or not, but there you have it.