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Daedalian Member
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:51 am
Post subject: 1
Player B offers player A a d6 and the following game:
You get to roll a die, and choose to keep or pass on the roll. If you pass, you get up to two more chances to roll, for a total of three rolls. Once you keep your roll (or on the third roll), I will do the same. In the end, if my die is higher than yours, I win, if yours is higher, you win, and if they are a tie, neither of us wins, and we each keep our bet.
Find the dominant strategy for A (fairly easy), the dominant strategies for B given each possible kept roll from A (harder), and the expected value of the game for A, given a 100 dollar bet (Oh the algebra).
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Big Endian
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 9:02 am
Post subject: 2
Sounds like a simpler version of
Jack_Ian (when he hadn't thought it through) wrote:
Unless I misunderstood, the strategy for B is just keep going until he beats A.
A hasn't got much of a chance.
Let Pb(X) be the probability of being beaten if your score is X.
Pb(1) = Probability of B not throwing 3 ones in a row = 1 - 1/(6x6x6) = 0.9954
Pb(2) = 1 - 1/(3x3x3) = 0.962963
Pb(3) = 1 - 1/(2x2x2) = 0.875
Pb(4) = 1 - (2x2x2)/(3x3x3) = 0.7037
Pb(5) = 1 - (5x5x5)/(6x6x6) = 0.4213
Pb(6) = 1 - 1 = 0
Ahh! it's more complicated than that!
Scratch that!
I forgot that B might stop if he has a draw and little chance of winning.
This will take more time (at least more than I have atm).
Back later, hopefully, when I get a break.
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Tired of his old title
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:36 pm
Post subject: 3
I'm still not clear on the game.
If I roll and get a 3, decide to try again, get a 2, and try once more and get a 1, is my score 1, 3, or 6. (It was your use of the word 'total' that led me to 6, but I don't think you meant it.) I assume it is 1, right?
Jack_Ian, B's strategy is more complex because he has to decide whether or not to keep a tie. I suspect that it only gets interesting when A has a 3 or 4. No time left, though, and I want clarification before spending significant work.
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Daedalian Member
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:18 pm
Post subject: 4
Either player's score is only the last die rolled. So 3,2,1 results in a 1.
There's a
implementation I have in mind, that has an algorithm for B that I'm pretty sure isn't ideal. I'll share it if we don't stumble across it for B naturally.
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No Place Like Home
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:47 pm
Post subject: 5
I don't understand why you say B's strategy is harder. Player B doesn't even need to think about his strategy; he stops if his die is higher than A's. I suppose there are times he may want to stop at a tie, but those don't seem like they'd be hard to figure either.
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Daedalian Member
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:58 pm
Post subject: 6
More complicated, then. A's strategy is simply to maximize the expected value |citation needed|. B probably has 6 separate strategies, only 2 or 3 of which are degenerate.
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Tired of his old title
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 5:53 pm
Post subject: 7
I'll bet that A's strategy is not that simple, either.
For instance, you roll 1, then 4. Expected value of the die roll (3.5) suggests you should not reroll. However, what you want to maximize is the expected value of the bet, not of the die roll. So it depends on the complete analysis for B. I suspect that the EV of your 1/3 chance of improving might be enough better.
For instance, consider if, instead of 3 rolls, it were 50. In that case, A's best strategy would be to keep rerolling anything less than a 6, even if he's managed to get to roll 49 without hitting one. With 50 rolls, B is nearly guaranteed to beat anything else -- certainly more than the 1/12 chance that you'd need for the decision of keeping a 5 vs. trying one more time to be worth it.
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 3:31 pm
Post subject: 8
This is very interesting, but strategies will probably be unresolvable without a context for the game. In Persona's original post it appears that a single game is to be played, for a $100 stake - this shouldn't be too hard to resolve (I haven't done it yet). It is possible, however, that a series of games could be played for fractions of that stake, and that either player could discontinue the game at any point. There are other variants too, each of which would demand subtly different strategies:
The players play once for a $100 stake.
The players play an infinite number of times for a $100 stake per game.
The players play as many games as they can, for $1 stakes (or some other fixed stake), until one of them has lost $100.
The players play as many games as they like, for $1 stakes (or some other fixed stake), until one of them has lost $100 or until one chooses to discontinue the game.
The players play a fixed number of games (say 10), and whoever wins the most games in the 10 receives $100 from the other player.
The players play with $100 stakes until the cops burst in, ending their series of games after a random number have been played.
It gets even more interesting if we introduce a harsh penal system and a ruthless guard:
The players play once to see who lives and who dies.
The players play as many games as they need to until one has won 10 games and is freed, the other gets shot.
The players play a fixed number of games (say 10), and whoever wins the most games in the 10 is freed, the other gets shot.
The players play until the guard gets bored and shoots the one with the lowest number of wins, freeing the other. He may do this after any random number of games.
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Daedalian Member
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:45 pm
Post subject: 9
Changabooniggiwan* wrote:
The players play once for a $100 stake.
The players play an infinite number of times for a $100 stake per game.
The players play with $100 stakes until the cops burst in, ending their series of games after a random number have been played.
These three seem to require identical strategies.
Changabooniggiwan* wrote:
The players play once to see who lives and who dies.
This one too, assuming that they would play again if there is a tie.
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Daedalian Member
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:09 pm
Post subject: 10
You never say whether B gets to see what A rolls. This would seem to make a difference in B's strategy, and whether bluffing strategies for A would need to be considered.
Persona wrote:
Player B offers player A a d6 and the following game:
. . .
Find the dominant strategy for A (fairly easy), the dominant strategies for B given each possible kept roll from A (harder), and the expected value of the game for A, given a 100 dollar bet (Oh the algebra).
Is the value of the d6 considered in the expected value? It would seem that A would have to put substantial value on the d6 in order to accept.
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Daedalian Member
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 11:18 pm
Post subject: 11
This was more interesting than I thought.
Given B will be told A's final roll, you are incorrect about A maximizing his expected value.
Here are my expected payouts for B given A's result, in units of hundreds of dollars per 216 games. Done by hand, corrections welcome.
If A has a
6: -125 (i.e., 125 Losses, 91 ties per 216 games)
5: +12 (Standing on 5 if ever rolled, as rerolling would lose 16 times for every 10 won)
4: +117 (Rerolling a 4 if first roll, but standing if it is the 2nd roll. Rerolling on the first time gives 18 wins for every 9 loses and 9 ties)
3: +171
2: +204
1: +215
Therefore, A should always reroll 4s, as the expected payoff for that point (out 117) is greater than the average off all 6 scenarios (out 99).
The interesting calculation is if A rolls a 5 on the first roll. Then he has negative expected value, but should
stand anyways
as rerolling only makes things worse. Standing gives away only 12 (hundreds of dollars per 6^3 games), where rerolling gives 47=(-125 + 12 + 99*4)/6 since we know a 1-4 will be rerolled and a 5-6 stood on from that point out.
Combining this all up into an expected value (A always stands on 5/6, always rerolls 1-4s), I get that B is expected to win 2724 hundreds of dollars per 6^6 games played.
Apologies for the non-elegance of the calculation, a decision-tree approach seemed the quickest, which doesn't translate conveniently to forum.
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Tired of his old title
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:07 am
Post subject: 12
Nicely done, L'lanmal. I'm glad that my guess in post 7 was correct.
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Daedalian Member
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:12 am
Post subject: 13
This is the sort of problem that falls pretty nicely to dynamic programming.
Let S be the number of sides on the die.
Define B(a, n) := Expected value to B before rolling (in terms of unit stake), if A shows 'a', and he has 'n' rolls (including this one).
Define A(a, m, n) := Expected value to A if he shows an 'a', has 'm' rolls, and B has 'n' rolls.
If I've got my equations right:
B(a, 0) := -1
B(a, n > 0) := ((S - a) + (a-1) B(a, n-1) + max (0, B (a, n-1))) / S
A(a, 0, n) := - B(a, n)
A(a, m > 0, n) := max (- B(a, n), sum A(k = 1 to S : A(k, m - 1, n)) / S)
Memoize and compute recursively.
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Daedalian Member
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 1:12 am
Post subject: 14
Very nice work indeed! Now for the Casino Variant (and I see why A needs the help!). After careful observation, A determines B plays by the following policy:
1) If A rolls a 6, stand on the first 6 rolled.
2) If A rolls any other number, then accept only a win on the first roll, and any win or tie on the second.
Specifically, if A stands on a 5, B won't stand on the first 5 rolled, but will on the 2nd. Likewise, if A stands on a 1, B won't stand on the first 1 rolled, but will on the 2nd (silly casino).
How much does this tilt away from the ideal play?
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NOT not a title
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 1:55 am
Post subject: 15
I was working it out the same way, though did not get as far as l'lanmal
I did get to B's strategies on playing against 4s, and had that B would gain 50 for every 100, or 108 for every 216. For me it came out 2/3 wins - 1/6 losses. And 152 for every 216 for 3s (7/8-1/12), and 184 for 2s (26/27-1/216). Am I doing something wrong? Likely? XD I got the same scores for 5s and 6s.
I'll have a P please...
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NOT not a title
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:00 am
Post subject: 16
Casino rules, per 216 games:
A has 6, casino loses 125
A has 5, casino gains 6
A has 4, casino gains 108
A has 3, casino gains 168
A has 2, casino gains 198
A has 1, casino gains 210
Overall unweighted average house gain: 94 1/6 for every 216. This would make A's best strategy the same as before I believe, since sticking with a 4 is worse than the average loss. I haven't adjusted the average house gain for a player's high likeliness for getting higher numbers, but as it stands that's an almost 45% house edge. For comparison the largest house edge among standard casino games is Keno, with 25-30 percent. Craps bets vary from 1-12% edge, roullette is 3-5%. Basically what I'm saying is winning should have a much bigger payout to make anyone at a casino play it. That or maybe the dealer rolls on anything except a win for the first two rolls, and still pushes ties on the third.
Crunching numbers....
I'll have a P please...
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NOT not a title
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 5:42 am
Post subject: 17
Actually, given A/the gambler doing the hold 5s and 6s, and roll 1-4s, the house edge is only 4.1%. which actually makes it a viable casino game
Who wants to set up a booth in vegas?
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Daedalian Member
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 1:17 pm
Post subject: 18
lexprod wrote:
I was working it out the same way, though did not get as far as l'lanmal
I did get to B's strategies on playing against 4s, and had that B would gain 50 for every 100, or 108 for every 216. For me it came out 2/3 wins - 1/6 losses. And 152 for every 216 for 3s (7/8-1/12), and 184 for 2s (26/27-1/216). Am I doing something wrong? Likely? XD I got the same scores for 5s and 6s.
Yes, I misadded on 4s.
First roll: Second roll: Third Roll:
4 -> 36 D or
Total: 144W, 36D, 36L = +108 > 126W, 63D, 27L = +99
That makes my payout wrong, but I don't believe it changes any of the strategy decisions.
Re 3s: 7/8s is 189/216, 1/12 is 18/216, so that's 171 right? It has to be an odd payoff since the only way to tie is roll 1-3, 1-3, then 3... the product of 3 odd cardinalities.
Re 2s: You are undercounting loses. (2,2,1) would be a loss (not a tie), as you are counting (2,2,3) as a win.
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Tired of his old title
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 5:03 pm
Post subject: 19
If you're trying to devise a casino game, your target should be that (1) the player gets to make several decisions, (2) it is fairly hard to figure out, (3) some of the decisions are non-intuitive, and (4) correct play by Player results in a house edge of 1.5% to 3%. (Also, the house play must be completely mechanical, like what lexprod suggests.)
I was thinking something along these lines. I haven't worked out the house edge, but my gut tells me that this is close enough that it can be brought into the right range with the tweaks that I suggest. It definitely meets my first two qualifications, and I suspect the third, as well.
Player makes a bet and BOTH the house and player roll their first die. (The Player can see both results.)
Player can stand, and makes no additional bet, and he is done. (House still has two more rolls if he needs them.)
Player can increase his wager by half and roll again. (i.e. he must pay to roll again, this first time. He doesn't have to pay for the third roll.)
Player can choose to stand and makes no additional bets. (If the house has too much edge, I was considering that the player may choose to increase his bet here, by half the original amount.)
Player can roll again and must keep this result.
He may, if he wants, increase his bet by half the original amount.
The house then rolls twice more, according to lexprod's algorithm. If the house is behind here, I would say that the house wins all ties except 6-6 ties, which are pushes. If the house is too far ahead, then I would add that the player wins double on a 6-1 win.
I suspect that the player's best play is to sacrifice on the first roll when the house rolls a 6 first, unless he also has a 6. I'm not sure on a 5.
If I were designing this game for sale to casinos, I would create a die roller mechanism where the die is inside a cage that is shaken when the the player pushes a button. The player's button is not active unless the dealer pushes a button in his space to activate it (for one push only).
The biggest problem is that the dealer's mechanic is based on the results of the player, which means that you can't have 6 players playing against a single dealer, like in blackjack (or Caribbean stud, or any of a hundred other games of this sort).
So I'd also be interested in a dealer decision that is even simpler, something like the following. This would enable him to play one set against any number of customers.
First roll, stands on any 6. (or maybe 5 or 6)
Second roll, stands on any 5 or 6 (or maybe 4, 5, or 6).
Note that you can have the same effect as the extra bets by making the player put it all out up front, and then allowing him to take some back. This is how a number of new table games do it, and I suspect that it is better, psychologically, for the house if they do. In other words, the player position has three circles in front, arranged vertically to him. He puts $10 in the highest circle and $5 in each of the other two. If he wants to surrender after the first roll, he can take back the two $5 bets. After the second roll, he can take back only the closer of the two $5 bets, or leave it there. You might say that he always takes it back to get the third roll. Notice how that is the same as the game I described above, but it "feels" very different, as if the player is 'saving' some money by taking the third roll.
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NOT not a title
Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:39 pm
Post subject: 20
One way to make player rolls more "fair" is the crap-style roll of having to toss pass a certain distance. Of course raking over each players roll could take forever (though you could take the high-roller [trebek game show] method and use a conveyor belt to whip the dice back, and have the other half of the table felt.)
I think the game works better where 90% of the decisions are just roll again or not, rather than bet fiddling. I tried curbing the house to 2 rolls, and standing on only 5 and 6 on the first roll, but with perfect play it was a negative edge :X.
Maybe we can make it more like blackjack, the dealer rolls two dice, one in a clear cup the other in a opaque cup. The players all see one die, and roll their own pair each (somehow securely). Everyone can then take up to two "hits" of rerolling both dice. (Maybe add some BJ options like "double down" if you only roll one die once, split pairs, etc.) The idea here is you make your roll or stop decisions based on the die you see.
Dealer behaviour would have to be something like 1st roll stand on 9+, 2nd roll stand on 7+, 3rd roll take whatever's there. Players would simply have up to two rerolls to try to get as high as possible. So seeing a 1 or 2, they know the dealer's going to roll at least once more, since there's no chance they have a nine, while seeing a 6 means there's a 50-50 chance of a 9 or better.
I'm actually gonna crunch the numbers on a simpler version to see how it shakes out first, same as above but only 1 reroll max for players and dealer. Dealer will stand on 8+. Ties push, but dealer wins if he has a double and you do not (just to add a little flair into the house edge).
PS: L'lanmal you are right about my numbers, thanks ^_^
I'll have a P please...
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:33 am
Post subject: 21
It's looking as if this one is exhausted as it stands, and I can confirm L'lanmal's results (having brute forced it in Excel). I have a couple of variants on the original that might prove interesting:
Variant A (the 4-roll limit)
A maximum of 4 rolls are permitted in the game. Player A may make 1, 2 or 3 rolls to make his score, and Player B is permitted as many rolls as he likes that are left over. A's final score is disclosed. So, if A rolls a single die, B gets to roll up to three times. If A rolls twice, B can roll up to two times. And if A rolls three times, B can only roll once. This one is pretty easy to analyse, but there are some interesting decisions for A to make where he weighs the strength of his score against B's advantage of having more rolls.
Variant B (reroll disclosure)
Like the original, Player A makes up to three rolls then B makes up to three rolls. Unlike the original, A does not disclose his score, only the number of rolls he made. This one has given me problems to say the least. It has a nasty habit of going round in circles.
For each variant, find the dominant strategies for both players and their expectation from 216 games with $1 stakes (to make the maths nicer).
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Daedalian Member
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 1:15 pm
Post subject: 22
Define a "base strategy" as any combination of:
- Reroll if the first die shows X or lower
- Reroll if the second die shows X or lower.
There are 36 "base strategies".
A can have any of the 36 base strategies.
B has potentially 36^3=46656 strategies (Choose base strategy X if A doesn't reroll, base strategy Y is A rerolls ones, and base strategy Z if A rerolls twice).
For each combination of 36*36^3 strategies, calculate the expected value to A. Put those in a grid and feed it to the simplex algorithm to determine appropriate mixed strategies for A and B.
That is making some assumptions on my part:
- Whether or not a person should reroll the second die is independent of what value the first die held (which I'm pretty sure of)
- If a person should reroll a particular die when it holds a particular value, s/he should also reroll in a situation where it holds a lower value but is otherwise identical. (Given the result of the poker bluffing problem, I definitely doubt this one as far as A goes. I think it's true for B, but I wouldn't be shocked to be proven wrong.)
It can be somewhat remedied by treating A as having 2^12=4096 strategies (any subset of { "Reroll when Xth die shows a Y" for Xth in (first, second), Y in { 1,2,3,4,5,6 }).
I think it's infeasible to handle all of B's 2^36 = 69 billion strategies. Even removing all "Rerolls when Xth die shows a 6" choices only knocks it down to 1 billion strategies. But since B has no need to bluff, I think analyzing the 46656 strategies (or even 25^3) will be sufficient.
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Runners decked out in glow necklaces for LivingSocial 5k Dance Party will create quite a scene. But they'll also be making life a little brighter for kids like Fadumo, thousands of miles away in rural Somalia.
Somalia: Water provides new freedom for displaced women August 2, 2012
"Not only do we now have clean water to drink and cook with, we actually have more time to take care of our kids and perform other household chores," says Dofo.
Somalia: Children and mothers in Mogadishu January 26, 2012
Children and mothers in Mogadishu, Somalia. Thousands of families are still living in emergency camps in Somalia's capital, driven from their homes by drought, hunger and conflict.
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia: Horn of Africa crisis update January 26, 2012
Mercy Corps teams in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia have already helped more than 1.5 million people caught in the grip of drought and hunger. But six months after this emergency first hit international headlines, there's still much more to do.
Somalia: Families still fleeing to Mogadishu seeking food September 27, 2011
Our staff in Mogadishu registered 25 newly arrived households families who had walked for more than three weeks to reach Mogadishu, with the hope that they will get something to eat and live on.
Somalia: Delivering clean water in Mogadishu September 15, 2011
Mercy Corps is trucking desperately needed water to camps for the displaced in Mogadishu. In response to the outbreak of water-borne diseases, such as cholera, we will also be starting hygiene and sanitation programs in the camps.
Somalia: Update from Mogadishu September 8, 2011
I just returned from Mogadishu, where we're trucking clean water to three tent camps in Mogadishu, reaching more than 13,000 people every day.
Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya: Water delivery starts in Mogadishu September 2, 2011
Although the crisis in Africa's Horn has fallen off the front pages, the situation "continues to deteriorate," according to the latest UN report. Cholera, measles and malaria are on the rise. Food prices have shot up, livestock are withering, and water is scarce.
Somalia: Mogadishu: Conditions in camps August 30, 2011
There are over half a million people living in displacement camps in Mogadishu as a result of the famine and years of civil war. Most do not have access to clean water and basic sanitation services.
Somalia: The water problem in Mogadishu August 29, 2011
Mogadishu is home to one of the worse humanitarian emergencies I've seen, from a medical standpoint — at least since the famine in South Sudan in 1998.


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found Majora's Mask at Goodwill for only 5 buckslast weekend I found Silent HIll 3 for only 20 bucks used I have never seen it for less then 40 sometimes they are as much as 60 bucks (yes used)
@marshmello: Orange box is pretty easy to find on the cheap now, due to [coughindustrydestroyingcough] used game sales, but still, a great game.
used copies of orange box at gamestop for xbox and ps3 17.99 new copies are 19.99 i don't see how that's destroying anything
People think it's industry destroying because none of the Gamestop trade-in profits go back to the developers. On topic, the best deal I ever found was $50 (Canadian) for FFVII for PS in a little store in Montreal. But what made it extra awesome was I found it the day before meeting Yoichi Wada (President of Square Enix).


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Cattle Decapitation – Monolith of Inhumanity (CD Review)
Monday, May 21st, 2012Genres: Deathgrind, Goregrind, Technical Deathgrind
Label: Metal Blade Records
Format: CD (Personal Collection)
From the heavy intro to "The Carbon Stampede" to the melodically-charged brutal ending of "Kingdom of Tyrants", Monolith of Inhumanity carves a swath through the death/gore/tech grinders the world over. Uncompromisingly mindcrushing, even during the more melodic sections, this disc is going to be in the top ten of my albums of the year, guaranteed.
Travis Ryan's voice alternates between wonderfully enunciated and easily understood death vocals to absolutely gutteral, barely decipherable even with the lyric sheet goregrind grunts, to a delay and echo touched singing that is still angry and death metal as fuck. His performance the entire album over is a definite highlight in itself. Lyrically I love this album; it ranges in topics from the self-destruction of the human race, to human overpopulation (and a solution in "Forced Gender Reassignment"), to the hazards of following Christ, and of course, above all, gore!
The vitriol from Travis is assisted by three killer musicians that all know their shit. Josh Elmore's guitars are crushing and savage. My neck has not been this abused by a studio album since… well… ever. The leads are inventive while still keeping his style firm in death and grind, the solos finger flaying. The rhythms are fast, brutal and when it's time to tech out, amazing.
Derek Engemann's bass work is phenomenal, his tone and speed suggesting fingers over picks, with not a few pops and slaps thrown in to crush your face in. I think there might be a couple instances where he does switch up to a pick, but those might just be the right way of hitting the strings.
The backbone of the band, the human grinder himself, is Dave McGraw. The dude is hyper precise and his speed is unreal. From just straight grinds to technical drumming to bringing it down to a slower pace, Dave has recorded a drum clinic here that also comes, handily enough, with killer music and vocals.
As individuals, Cattle Decapitation are a bunch of dudes that kick serious ass, and would garner a high review themselves. As a whole, they've crafted an album that I've listened to about twenty to thirty times in the past two weeks since it arrived at the post office. This is not just a few good tracks or a couple nice clever riffs. Monolith of Inhumanity is an entire package, and it's perfect.
10 out of 10.
Monolith of Inhumanity Tracklisting:
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[Solved] Code made for jQuery 1.4 not working in jQuery 1.8.3
I was following Chris's "Dynamic Page/Replacing Content" guide (http://css-tricks.com/dynamic-page-replacing-content/), and everything was working fine. Then I added jQuery for something else on my site and I had to use version 1.8.3 (the latest one). Chris's tutorial tells you to use version 1.4 (because the tutorial is from 2010).
Anyway, these couple of code lines in the jQuery (straight from Chris's tutorial) don't work:
$("nav a").removeClass("current"); $("nav a[href='"+newHash+"']").addClass("current");
This code, for some reason, isn't playing well with jQuery 1.8.3. Was there some sort of language scripting update in jQuery since 1.4 to 1.8.3? I know for a fact that this is the problem. I switched my jQuery link to 1.4 and suddenly this class switching code works perfectly fine, but my other image gallery (for which I need the latest version of jQuery) stops working. So I need to have 1.8.3, but also need to ensure that this class switching code works. I've triple-checked with Firebug and this is indeed the problem.
To add to the confusion, the code from the tutorial doesn't work at all on Chrome. If you've read through it, you'll see that it adds a hashtag at the end of the url, then fades out the current page content, and fades in the destination page content. Works like a charm on Firefox, absolutely nothing on Chrome. But it works totally fine on Chrome on my Android device. Weird, I know. I cleared out my cache and everything, tested locally and on a web server, yet desktop Chrome won't listen.
But does anyone know anything about the jQuery 1.4 to 1.8.3 problem? Any help/tips/advice appreciated! Thanks in advance.
It looks like it's the delegate() method's fault. It seems it's been removed from the later jQuery versions. The on() method should be used instead.
@jamy_za: Thanks! I changed it to .on(), with the correct parameter order, but it still doesn't fix the problem. The problem that in the navigation, the link corresponding to the page that the user is on does not get the ".current" class added to it (which that line of code which I posted in my original question should do). I noticed that .bind() should also be replaced with .on(). I did that, but still doesn't work.
What other functions in that jQuery code from that tutorial are outdated since 1.4? Sorry, I'm not very experienced with jQuery. I thought this would be a simple copy+paste but apparently a lot has changed with jQuery versions.
Hmm, ok I've downloaded Chris' dynamic load script and I've gotten it to work with jQuery 1.8.3:
jQuery(function($) { var newHash = "", $mainContent = $("#main-content"), $pageWrap = $("#page-wrap"), baseHeight = 0, $el; $pageWrap.height($pageWrap.height()); baseHeight = $pageWrap.height() - $mainContent.height(); $("nav").on("click", "a", function() { window.location.hash = $(this).attr("href"); return false; }); $(window).on('hashchange', function(){ newHash = window.location.hash.substring(1); if (newHash) { $mainContent .find("#guts") .fadeOut(200, function() { $mainContent.hide().load(newHash + " #guts", function() { $mainContent.fadeIn(200, function() { $pageWrap.animate({ height: baseHeight + $mainContent.height() + "px" }); }); $("nav a").removeClass("current"); $("nav a").filter(function(){ return $(this).attr('href') == newHash; }).addClass("current"); }); }); }; }); $(window).trigger('hashchange'); });
Let me know if you have any other problems/questions.
Note: You should run that through some kind of vhost. Don't just run the index.html file otherwise the ajax won't run due to cross domain security issues.
@jamy_za: Thanks so much!! You're a lifesaver. It works like a charm on Firefox and IE9, exactly the way I want it to. One last quick question: Do you happen to know of any reason why the jQuery won't run at all on Chrome? I'm running Fancybox2 as well, and Chrome won't even run that or this page-fade script. Is it a security issue that's caused by us messing with the url?
These are the scripts I've got in my head right now:
<script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='js/jquery.ba-hashchange.min.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='js/dynamicpage.js'></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/fancybox/lib/jquery.mousewheel-3.0.6.pack.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/fancybox/source/jquery.fancybox.pack.js?v=2.1.3"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $(".fancybox").fancybox(); }); </script>
First one is simply the jQuery library (calling it without the http so that it works with https). Second and third script are for this page-fade effect. Third and fourth ones are for fancybox2, and the last one just tells it to run the fancybox function once the page loads.
I uploaded the site to an actual server and checked it, and Chrome won't run any of the jQuery. It doesn't even do the hashtag url change, it just goes straight to that page as if there was no jQuery/AJAX. Works perfectly fine in Firefox and IE9 though. Chrome just won't run the jQuery/AJAX. I don't need a vhost if I'm accessing the site straight from a web server with the actual url, do I? Do you happen to know why Chrome won't play nice? Thanks again for all your help.
Figured out why Chrome wasn't running in jQuery. I debugged it in console and it said "Origin Null is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin" on all the jQuery links in the head tag. Looked it up and this happens because apparently Chrome and Safari (and consequently -webkit-) have tighter security controls than Firefox/IE9 do. They won't let you link locally via AJAX to other files in the site, even if they're in the root directory.
The fix to this is to add "--allow-file-access-from-files" to your Chrome target. So, right click on Google Chrome, go to Properties, and paste that at the end of the Target textbox. It will look like this: C:\Users\XXX_USER\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\ Application\chrome.exe --allow-file-access-from-files.
Now run it locally and it should work. Note: Remove it after you're done testing locally. It's less secure with that script running. Apparently, the jQuery will run if the site is actually hosted on a web server. I'll test it out and hopefully it'll work fine on Chrome from any computer, not just mine.


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But I'm stubborn as those garbage bagsthat Time cannot decay...
Craig Newmark, who spoke at the NYU Reynolds Programme in Social Entrepreneurship as part of the Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century Speaker Series on Wednesday joked that he was revealing his age by sharing this, one of his favourite lyrics. The relevance though is not his stubbornness in keeping to his original conception of a free online classifieds and listings service with no banner or pop-up advertising - despite the large sums of money that have been offered to him through the years from the likes of Microsoft. Some may see him as stubborn, but as he revealed in referring to the lyric, it is democracy that is his driving force. Â
Founder and Customer Service Representative of Craigslist - Craig is a social entrepreneur with a difference. A self-confessed nerd, he is a man who enjoys not having to arise from his seat. But as he is showing, it is possible to change the world and start a revolution without necessarily leaving one's computer in this internet age.
Cragislist evolutionised the ability of people to connect online - a full decade before facebook was even a twinkle in Mark Zuckerberg's eye. The secret of the site's success - which clocks up over 10 billion page views a month - is its simplicity and dedicated focus. As Craig revealed "we know what we do well, and we treat people like we want to be treated."
Humble and modest, he spoke honestly about his ineptitude in managing people - and his realisation that it would be best for all concerned if he were to just concentrate on what he knows and does best, and enjoys most, responding to and helping Craigslist users. And as he admitted, with the site carrying his name, he has a vested interest in doing the job well..!
Craig admitted that it was partly by accident, rather than design, that he has created a concept that perfectly matches the Reynolds definition of a social entrepreneurial venture. It is scalable - now in 570 cities worldwide and continuing to spread, recently to Ramallah as Craig explained, due to the request of the mother of the owner of the coffee-shop at which he is a regular. It is sustainable - overheads are covered by the revenues generated by the only sections that charge for postings, brokers that post flat listings and businesses that post job vacancies (to which "erotic services" will soon be added, though with revenue raised going to non-profit organisations). And it is pattern breaking - democratising the paid-for classifieds section of newspapers.
It is this last point that has led to the often hostile reception that Craig has received from traditional media. He is now supporting the burgeoning field of citizen journalism - naming NYULocal, the venture of Reynolds Scholar Cody Brown, as a great example - but which no doubt will endear him even less with the old guard.
But the world is changing, for which Craig can claim some credit in his role as a technology advisor to Team Obama. As is media. And it is Craig that is helping to pave the way.
As Leonard Cohen went on to sing, which no doubt Craig wanted us to recognise....
I'm junk but I'm still holding upthis little wild bouquet:Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
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East Mississippi claims pair of last-second, one-point basketball wins at Itawamba |
FULTON – In a classic basketball doubleheader featuring the top four teams in the MACJC's North Division standings, visiting East Mississippi Community College claimed a pair of last-second, one-point wins over Itawamba Monday night at the Davis Event Center on the ICC campus. Following the Lady Lions' thrilling 57-56 triumph over ICC, EMCC's 11th-ranked Lions clinched their second straight divisional title with a 69-68 victory over the home-standing Indians.
In the opener, EMCC freshman guard Kiara Quinones-Noa calmly sank a pair of free throws with .8 seconds remaining to lift the Lady Lions to the one-point win and deny ICC an opportunity to clinch the MACJC North Division women's title at home. With the last-second victory, the EMCC women, now 8-3 in league play, moved to within a half-game of first-place Itawamba atop the standings. Capping a second half that featured seven lead changes and four ties, ICC's Jameika Hoskins briefly put the home team on top, 56-55, with a pair of charity tosses coming after a steal just under the 1:00 mark. Following an alternate possession call that favored Itawamba, Vetorra Cole's missed jumper was rebounded by the visitors and passed up the floor to Noa from fellow EMCC freshman Chadisty Hickman to set up the thrilling finish. Now 13-8 overall, head coach Sharon Thompson's EMCC Lady Lions were led by sophomores Kierra Jones and RoTasha Windom with a dozen points apiece. Noa finished with 10 points, including eight points coming after the halftime break. Leading EMCC's commanding 37-21 rebounding advantage on the night, including a 15-4 bulge on the offensive boards, Windom and fellow sophomore Jamie Gunter paced the visitors with nine rebounds apiece. The Lady Indians, now 16-5 overall and 8-2 within the division, were led by Hoskins and Anna Dill with 14 and 12 points, respectively. Itawamba will close out the regular season with league road outings against Holmes on Thursday and two days later at Mississippi Delta in a makeup contest. In Monday's nightcap, featuring a rematch of last year's NJCAA Region 23 championship game won by EMCC, Itawamba's Melvin Morgan went to the charity stripe with .3 seconds left in regulation with an opportunity to send the game into overtime. However, Morgan missed the first attempt in the waning seconds. He would make the second free throw, but the visiting Lions managed to escape with the narrow win – their seventh straight series victory over Itawamba dating back to the 2008-09 season. Trailing by seven points (36-29) early in the second half, head coach Mark White's EMCC Lions whittled away at the deficit. Following three lead changes and three ties midway through the closing period, the visitors turned the game in their favor with timely offensive rebounding and clutch shooting from sophomore guard Deonte Alexander. A product of Nashville, Tenn., Alexander capped a 20-point effort with a 3-pointer that put the Lions ahead, 67-65, with less than a minute left in regulation. ICC's Akeem Caddell answered immediately with a lay-in basket to knot the score at 67-all with 24.7 seconds remaining. Following timeouts by both teams, EMCC reserve guard Traddarius McPhearson just beat the shot-clock buzzer with a basket to put the visitors out front for good and spoil Itawamba's "Sophomore Night" festivities. EMCC sophomore forward Jonathan King registered his 10th double-double of the season with 15 points and 10 rebounds, while freshman point guard D.J. Evans followed with a dozen points for the winners, who improve to 19-3 overall and 10-1 atop the men's MACJC North Division standings. Itawamba, now 12-9 overall and 6-4 in division play, received a game-high 26 points from Morgan. Todd Nelson and Caddell followed with 17 and 12 points, respectively, for the Indians. In advance of next week's MACJC State Basketball Tournament (Feb. 21-24), East Mississippi's scheduled regular-season home finale is set for Thursday against Coahoma Community College. Featuring 'Sophomore Night' pregame activities, tip-off times are set for 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. at EMCC's Keyes T. Currie Coliseum on the Scooba campus. |
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Late-night cab service in Boston: Ugh
By adamg - 3/24/13 - 9:19 amWhen the bars close down, cabbies pull the no-cash, no-ride trick, apparently. A discussion going on on Twitter:
T riders say they want late-night service
By adamg - 3/22/13 - 8:51 amA hard man is good to find: Police make arrest in Orange Line perv case
By adamg - 3/22/13 - 8:32 amTransit Police report arresting a Mattapan man on charges he masturbated on an Orange Line train on Tuesday afternoon.
Police say Ramon Antonio Baez, 25, got on an inbound train at Green Street shortly after 3:30 p.m., and sat across from a woman who'd boarded at Forest Hills:
Police: Woman gets spitting mad and threatens to get stabby when asked to lower her voice at a T stop
By adamg - 3/21/13 - 8:09 pmUPDATE: Arrest made.
Transit Police report they are looking for a woman who allegedly threatened a man on the outbound side of the Central Square T stop with a knife and then spit on him around 11:10 a.m. on March 7:
The incident was a result of the victim asking the unknown female assailant to be courteous of her fellow MBTA passengers and not talk so loudly on her cell phone.
She's described as white, 50 to 55, 5'10" and about 250 lbs., with long red hair. She wore gray sweatpants and a beige jacket.
If she looks familiar, call Transit Police at 617-222-1050 or by texting 873873.
DA: Girl kicked in leg on the Orange Line innocent bystander in argument over whether one guy stepped on another guy's sneakers
By adamg - 3/21/13 - 4:24 pmA Charlestown District Court judge set bail at $300 today for Antwan Crawford on charges he kicked an eight-year-old girl at the Community College Orange Line stop last month, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
According to the DA's office:
Witnesses at the scene reported that, just prior to kicking the child, Crawford had been engaged in a verbal altercation with another passenger whom Crawford apparently believed had stepped on his sneakers. It was in the aftermath of that altercation that the child reported to her mother that Crawford kicked her in the leg. Using her phone, the mother snapped Crawford's picture, which was recognized by police at Bunker Hill Community College, where Crawford had previously been arrested for trespassing.
In addition to bail, a judge ordered Crawford, 33, of the South End, to stay off the Orange Line until his case is resolved.
Innocent, etc.
On sob-story reporting
By adamg - 3/21/13 - 8:44 amOne of the constants of Universal Hub Twitter feed is that people regularly send me updates on the whereabouts of Sob Story Guy and Sob Story Girl (actually, should be plural, since there's more than than one of each).
People really, really hate being confined to a metal tube underground (or just sitting in a restaurant or theater) while an angry or seemingly distraught person demands money to see her kid in Portsmouth or his parole officer in Worcester - especially if story tellers are heading the wrong direction from the train station you'd take to get to those places or if they're repeating the same tear-laden spiels veteran Bostonians have heard for years.
But are these story tellers people with mental disabilities who shouldn't be pointed out and mocked in a public medium? Here's an exchange on Twitter yesterday:
Hour-long delays on commuter rail out of South Station
By adamg - 3/20/13 - 7:11 pmUPDATE: Around 7:15, a Needham train inched through Back Bay while other trains got re-routed through Dorchester.
A switch just past Back Bay apparently decided to show MBTA officials what it thought of their idea to delay needed maintenance this evening, so now commuters get to enjoy the culinary offerings of South Station, or the two Dunkin' Donuts at Back Bay.
As commuters sat on unmoving trains, the T was endearing itself to the ones on Twitter with:
#MBTA GM Scott addresses @WalkBoston's Annual Celebration on growing all modes of transit together #choosegrowth
Smush, smush, smush went the taxi
By adamg - 3/20/13 - 6:06 pmKeith Richard snapped this photo of the bus he'd been on and a taxi in Kendall Square around 5:45 p.m.:
This cab just pulled in front of the CT2 I was riding at Kendall. Bus braked, we all went flying.
Alex Wheeler, also on the bus, reported no injuries, but, naturally, rush-hour traffic quickly backed up as a result.
One of those familiar strangers charged with groping woman on the Red Line, then again at Downtown Crossing
By adamg - 3/20/13 - 4:28 pmA Cambridge man was ordered to stay off the T following an incident last week in which he allegedly ran his hands up the thigh of a female Red Line passenger when she closed her eyes, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
According to the DA's office, Transit Police nabbed Bashir Shaikh, 63, of Cambridge, on Monday - on the same afternoon train he had long shared with his alleged victim.
The woman told police she and Shaikh were familiar strangers - she recognized him as a frequent traveler on the train she'd take each afternoon out of Central Square. According to the DA's office, on the afternoon of March 13, she closed her eyes as the train on her trip:
Anybody seen a B-Line trolley?
By adamg - 3/20/13 - 9:14 amAt 8:54 a.m., Rebecca, who took this photo, reported she'd been standing at the Sutherland Road Green Line stop for more than 20 minutes, and that she was a mere newcomer there - she could still feel her feet.
At the very same time, Katherine Delaney posted a photo showing things were almost as bad on the Red Line - even more crowded, but at least a train was running.
This comes the day after T General Manager Beverly Scott said she's giving serious consideration to fare hikes of up to 33% and delaying needed maintenance starting July 1.
Dead Red Line train of the day
By adamg - 3/18/13 - 5:17 pmIs stuck somewhere near Andrew, full of increasingly cranky people who don't like being stuck underground, squashed together.
Ah, romantic Broadway station
By adamg - 3/18/13 - 1:51 pmAround 3 p.m. on Friday, somebody waiting for a train at Broadway noticed a woman "performing a sexual act" on a man. Rather than yelling at them to get a room, the shocked rider notified Transit Police, who arrived in time to consummate an arrest of the both of them for lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct, the T reports.
Police: Battling out of towners cause trouble at South Boston after parade
By adamg - 3/18/13 - 10:14 amIn addition to the Lowell guy charged with kicking a woman in the throat at Downtown Crossing, Transit Police report arresting two young men for whom the lure of the big city proved too enticing yesterday:
At approximately 10:22 pm Transit Police officers from Area 1 were at South Station MBTA Commuter Rail assisting and monitoring crowds who had attended the Saint Patrick's Day Parade when they were alerted to two males, later identified as Mathew Heney, 22, of East Wareham and John Stackable, 21, of Worcester, engaged in a fist fight with one another. Upon arrival of officers they observed a large crowd gathered around the two combatants just outside the men's restroom. Officers intervened and restored peace. Both subjects were placed under arrest for Affray and Disorderly Conduct and transported to TPD HQ for the booking process. They are expected to be arraigned sometime today in Boston Municipal Court.
Innocent, etc.
DA: Woman declines man's request to share a drink with her after the parade, so he kicks her in the throat
By adamg - 3/18/13 - 9:42 amAmong the arrested in Boston yesterday: Patrick J. Kelly, 25, of Lowell, charged with assault and battery for an incident around 4:30 p.m. near the fare gates at the Downtown Crossing T station, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Preliminary information suggests that Kelly was angry at the woman, whom he knew, because she didn't share his desire to drink at a bar after the St. Patrick's Day parade.
Transit Police report:
Officers were alerted to a female victim who was lying on the ground near the fare gates holding her throat and crying. Officers immediately proceeded in her direction and assisted the victim to her feet. The victim pointed to a male. later identified as Patrick Kelley, 25 of Lowell, and stated to the officers Kelley had just kicked her in the throat. A witness present confirmed the victim's statement. Victim informed the officers she and Kelley had traveled to Boston with the same group and he assaulted her because she was too young to go drinking at a bar after the parade.
Arraignment scheduled for today in Boston Municipal Court. In addition to Kelly, roughly 30 people are scheduled for arraignment in South Boston District Court, mostly on disorderly-conduct charges for incidents along the parade route, the DA's office reports.
Innocent, etc.
The day ended quietly
By adamg - 3/18/13 - 7:39 amThe day started with loud, happy crowds; as Connie Chan shows, it ended with a man alone with his dreams, on the floor of a hurtling Orange Line car.
As of 6:45 p.m. yesterday, Boston Police say, officers had issued 336 citations for drinking in public along the St. Patrick's Day parade route - and made 26 arrests, mainly for disorderly conduct.
Green Line rider of the month
By adamg - 3/16/13 - 12:47 amShawn Wolfgang photographed a green man on the Green Line.
Second arrest made in T bus-driver beating
By adamg - 3/14/13 - 12:57 pmTransit Police report arresting a 15-year-old female from Hyde Park today for the Route 16 attack - no name because of her age. "Transit Police detectives continue to work toward identifying more suspects," a spokesman says, adding she is not the same person who threw her pass at the driver just as 15 to 20 teens were gathering for the attack.
MBTA general manager's emotions well up over locomotives
By adamg - 3/14/13 - 11:06 amWatch video of Beverly Scott kissing MassDOT highway administrator Frank DiPaola on the head as thanks for the money MassDOT will give the T to buy new commuter-rail locomotives.
Head-kissing came at a MassDOT meeting yesterday. MassDot will use a $45-million federal clean-air grant to buy the new, cleaner, more efficient locos - about 80% of their total cost. The T currently has a contract to buy 27 of them, with delivery starting next year, but is looking at buying 13 more - at $5.4 million apiece.
Dead Red Line train of the day
By adamg - 3/14/13 - 9:39 amCitizen complaint of the day: West Roxbury's gang problem
By adamg - 3/14/13 - 8:35 amA concerned citizen filed this photo of a shelter at the LaGrange Street commuter-rail stop:
Gang tagging. West Roxbury MBTA station.
Woman sought as spitty fare evader
By adamg - 3/14/13 - 8:23 amTransit Police report this woman is wanted for spitting at a T bus driver who dared ask her to pay her fare at Ashmont station.
Police say she landed a loogie right on the driver's face as she left the bus around 3:20 p.m. on Saturday.
If you know her, you can contact Transit Police at 617-222-1050 or by texting 873873.
Anything you tweet can and will be used against you
By adamg - 3/14/13 - 7:41 amThe Herald reports that the first person arrested for the MBTA bus-driver beating was turned in by somebody who overheard him talking about the attack - and that among the evidence against him is a tweet the next night about how his hands hurt.
There is a Lowell train sitting on the tracks just past North Station, dead, filled with people who don't want to be there
By adamg - 3/13/13 - 5:25 pmEmmie reports from the 4:40 p.m. train to Lowell, which confidently rolled out of North Station, then promptly suffered a fatal heart attack some sort of problem and now the brakes won't release.
UPDATE, 5:36: Emmie reports the T has offloaded passengers to the 5:10 train, which, obviously, is a bit late.
Person trapped under train at State Street
By adamg - 3/13/13 - 2:18 pmUpdated.
Orange Line service came to a halt around 2 p.m. when somebody wound up under an outbound train at State Street station, Mike Moura and Ruddy S. report.
The victim was extricated, alive, put on a backboard and taken up to an ambulance around 2:40 p.m.
Full service on the Orange Line resumed around 3:30 p.m.
A T spokesman said the investigation into how the person wound up under the train is ongoing.
Another cracked rail causes Red Line chaos
By adamg - 3/13/13 - 2:11 pmThis time, the rail was between South Station and Broadway, shortly before 1 p.m., and, of course, its impact was felt all up and down the Red Line.
Mykah Murphy tweeted from Park Street:
MBTA workers shouting at one another, no Ashmont/Braintree bound trains leaving Park station. No trains on Alewife tracks.
Christine added:
The best is they are telling us to take the green and orange lines instead...that makes sense.
The past three months have seen a series of cracked rails on the Red Line.


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Photo: Robert Waterland and technician Eleonora Laritsky measuring DNA methylation. Link to photo informationIt's undeniable that mothers have a tremendous impact on their children's lives, but now research suggests that the impact can even extend to how certain genes function in those children as a result of the mother's nutritional status at the time she becomes pregnant.
This story starts in three rural villages in the West African nation of The Gambia, where food is generally less available during the peak rainy season of August and September than during the drier months of March through May. The research was conducted by scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), and it indicates that the functioning of certain genes in children who were conceived during the rainy season is different from that in children conceived during the dry season.
The key component is a relatively new science called epigenetics. Epigenetic mechanisms don't change the DNA sequence of our genes, but they do cause changes in the way those genes function, and that variation appears to be permanent.
Although epigenetics was at one time highly controversial, these days it's accepted as likely having a role in human disease, including cardiovascular disorders, type 2 diabetes, obesity and even certain types of cancer.
The ARS scientists' work focused on one particular epigenetic mechanism called "DNA methylation," which plays a key role in the development of different cell types in the body.
Results of earlier ARS studies with laboratory animals strongly suggested that due to epigenetics, if an expectant mom is overweight when she conceives, or even if she's overweight before she becomes pregnant, that could affect the baby's ability to regulate his or her weight. This "maternal programming" of the unborn child and the developing newborn could increase the risk that the child will grow up to be an overweight or obese adult.
In that lab animal study, mice born to mothers that had been fed a diet designed to increase DNA methylation did in fact have higher DNA methylation levels at certain genes. The Gambian study is the first to show this influence can occur in humans, too.
In the Gambian study, blood samples from 50 healthy Gambian kids were analyzed to detect differences in the level of DNA methylation at specific regions of certain genes.
The ARS scientists were able to show that levels of DNA methylation of five specific genes were higher in children who were conceived during the peak rainy season than the levels in the other children. At least two of those five genes are associated with risk of disease. One of the genes, SLITRK1, is associated with Tourette's syndrome, and the PAX8 gene is associated with hypothyroidism.
In the study with mice, the effects of the mother's nutrition on DNA methylation levels were permanent. In the Gambian study, because the youngsters were tested when they were about 9 years old, the scientists think the epigenetic effect will also be permanent.
So where does the rainy season come into play? The three Gambian villages where the ARS scientists focused on the nutritional status of the women during the "periconceptional period"—from before the women conceived until early in their pregnancy—are in an area where there's no irrigation, so farmers must rely on rainfall to water their crops.
They plant their staple crops like corn, rice and millet only at the beginning of the rainy season, and harvest at the end—and those foods could be in very short supply, if not altogether gone, before the next harvest rolls around. Also, it's hard work to plant, tend and harvest those crops, so the people of the village are burning more calories than they're taking in.
But there are unresolved mysteries in the study results. For example, the scientists thought that peak rainy season hunger would lower the levels of DNA methylation in children conceived at that time, but they found exactly the opposite. They don't know why that happens, but they're hoping additional studies will provide some answers.
It's frightening—and amazing—to think that something as simple as the weather at the time of conception could have a lifelong impact on a child. But looking behind that door, exploring the potential of epigenetics, could give us a much better chance of ensuring a healthy life for that child and many more.
The Agricultural Research Service is the chief in-house scientific research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You can read more about ARS discoveries at http://www.ars.usda.gov/news/.


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I haven't seen any of these for first gen so I decided to make one. What have you recently done on R/B/Y? Post it here!
I recently caught Mew with the mew glitch/trick.
I haven't seen any of these for first gen so I decided to make one. What have you recently done on R/B/Y? Post it here!
I recently caught Mew with the mew glitch/trick.
I have left Serebii for greener pastures. These pastures, to be specific.
I recently re-started red version, AGAIN, geez i'm bad when it comes to restarting. Chose charmander, i go slowly through the pokemon games, training too many pokemon, and filling up my pokedex as I go, instead of doing it all at the end, ehehe.
Currently playing Ruby Scramble Challenge
I new gamed and I am training up an ekans and a spearow to beat misty so charmelon doesn't get creamed.
I have left Serebii for greener pastures. These pastures, to be specific.
Im about to reset yellow.
Planned Team:
Pikachu (DUH)
Someone help with the last 2!
recently caught MissingNo. and L || M 4 with the mew glitch
Wait, people still play the newer games? What the hell is wrong with you people? Personly I prefer R/B/Y over FR/LG since they often ruin the old games when they revamp them.
On topic, I am stuck training my pokemon at cerealen city. The pokemon there are to low leveled.
I have left Serebii for greener pastures. These pastures, to be specific.
I just beat Erika at Celadon City. Also, for amusement, I let one of her accomplices' Gloom send my whole Pokemon team to sleep.
Just beaten the final gym. I used a Level 10 Spearow to beat Giovanni's Dugtrio, using Swift against the opponent so that it never misses.
EDIT: Captured the three legendary birds. Zapdos and Moltres were easy, but Articuno was strange. I lowered its HP, paralyzed it, and threw at least 10 Ultra Balls, all of which missed the Pokemon. Worried that I might use up all my Ultra Balls, I threw a Great Ball at Articuno, and it captured the Pokemon successfully on the first try.
Last edited by Some_Random_Person; 25th March 2008 at 11:51 PM.
Might as well sticky this.
I had restarted my Yellow awhile back, but instead went to playing my restarted Blue. To be honest I don't really remember where I am with them, though I'm pretty sure I'm doing something in Cinnabar on Blue. :P
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I restarted my Yellow a while ago, and did the Mew glitch. Then I experimented with the Mew glitch a bit by battling different trainers than the one that you're meant to in Cerulean. Ended up with a level seven Nidorino and Arcanine. Snazzy.
On yellow, i recently got all starters, (charmander,bulbasaur and squirtel) i also have Mew by using the mew glitch!
I am the Piplup master!
My NON HACKED shinies:
Types and natures dont always matter, all that matters is moves and stats, and how much your willing to win! if you agree C+P this into your sig. (started by Jimbobson)
Beaten the Elite Four recently. My team (as listed my Hall of Fame list):
Blastoise Lv. 51
Zapdos Lv. 54
Pikachu Lv. 51
Nidoking Lv. 51
Venusaur Lv. 50
Charizard Lv. 51
EDIT: On my Yellow version, I went to Glitch City, and the game's time jumped up to 255:59. Will this cause any trouble with my cartridge?
Last edited by Some_Random_Person; 1st April 2008 at 5:03 AM.
Even though I just an hour or so ago said that R/B/Y bore me now, I then thought "Hey, maybe that's because I haven't restarted any of them in like a million years." So, I just restarted Red. I decided to go a different direction this time, so currently I have a Level 8 Charmander and a Level 8 Nidoran Male. I'm going to catch a Pikachu in Viridian Forest and train it so it can beat Misty, also. As for Brock...I don't know, I'll just have to try my hardest. I wish Nidoran Male could learn Low Kick or whatever fighting move in R/B instead of just Yellow. Oh well, I'll just try my hardest.
Update: Caught a Pikachu in Viridian Forest. Currently trying to beat Brock. As of now my team looks like this:
LV10 Pikachu - Thundershock, Tail Whip, Thunder Wave
LV10 Nidoran Male - Leer, Tackle, Horn Attack
LV10 Charmander - Scratch, Growl, Ember
Update 2: Trying to beat Brock proved too hard, so I re-started again, and chose Squirtle. I'm also going to try the Mew Trick when I get the chance.
Last edited by ClassicNickelodeonFan; 6th April 2008 at 6:41 PM.
Finally updated my trainer card!
First, Brock sent out Geodude, I got out Nidoran. With Nidoran I kept using Leer, and I used 1 Potion. After I used Leer several times, it took me 3 Horn Attacks to take out his Geodude. Then he sent out Onix, so I switched to Spearow and used Leer many times, while all he did was Bide(lol). After that he knocked out Spearow after I used 1 Peck, so then I had Nidoran use several Horn Attacks. And then his Onix fainted.
Last edited by Chaos Rush; 6th April 2008 at 7:10 PM.
1. Blow your nose
I caught all the legendaries including mew,beat the elite four,but I'm still working on the pokedex.
Too many outside images and too many outside links. Read the signature rules.
After defeating the Elite Four an uncountable number of times, I have finally raised my Mewtwo to level 100. Currently, I am working on my Pokedex. However, recently I've been playing Pokemon Pearl a lot more.
hah my oldest is FR
Click here to feed me!!
This is bidoof. Everbody hates him for no reason. If you agree that bidoof should be treated with respect then copy ad paste this into your sig
proud owner of a legit movie
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did the Missingno glitch a crap laod of rare candies since theres no nature to care about ill use the rare candy free of will my pokemon got lucky with lv 25-39 pokemon against koga now going to gary used the rare candy so my high lv but under lv61 so i say "IN YOUR FACE YOU ANNOYING RETARD" trying to keep it a little kid friendly so there will be no problems but i might just just go to blaine to make it quicker to the pokemon league


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Class 1 has announced the release of the TPG + Total Pressure Governor Plus. The TPG+ places vital pump and engine control information in one easy-to-use compact package. Engine information including oil pressure and temperature, pump hours, fuel rate and engine hours, is available with one touch. The streamlined design reduces pump panel space requirements.
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How far away can iPad be from speaker for it to still work?
- Asked by Carol P from Mt. Holly
- Nov 11, 2012
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3 Answers from the Community
Bluetooth has a range of 10 metres.
- Answered by Declan G from London
- Nov 16, 2012
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10m, this distance can be further if in an open space but in a house or crowded space 10 meters
- Answered by Oliver O
- Dec 28, 2012
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According to Bose 30ft. In practice, probably a little less.
- Answered by Ian S from Van Nuys
- Nov 20, 2012
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