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Turbidite vs. Debris Flow: A Class Debate on Deep Water Depositional Systems
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Debates are a powerful tool for learning and active involvement of students: instead of listening to a lecture on deep water depositional systems the students examine primary literature and debate controversial issues regarding turbidity currents and debris flows.
An undergraduate required course in sedimentary geology that meets twice as week for 1 hr 20 minutes, and once a week for 2 hrs 50 minutes for a total of 13 weeks and has up to 20 students.
Skills and concepts that students must have mastered
The students are familiar with main characteristics of siliciclastic sedimentary rocks, especially sandstones, and with general concepts of sediment transport and deposition in different environments. To prepare for the debate students read assigned literature.
How the activity is situated in the course
As a stand-alone exercise within a general theme of depositional systems.
Content/concepts goals for this activity
Processes and products of turbidity currents and debris flows within deep water depositional systems
Higher order thinking skills goals for this activity
Critical evaluation and synthesis of ideas from primary literature.
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Oral presentation (debate skills), writing, literature search.
Description of the activity/assignment
This debate is based on a controversial article by Shanmugam and Moiola on reinterpretation of depositional processes in a classic flysch sequence (1995, AAPG Bulletin, v. 79, p. 672-695), which prompted 5 groups of researchers to write discussions. In preparation for the debate students examine this primary literature and other background information about deep-water sedimentary processes and products. The debate has a formal format with introductory remarks, rebuttals, and final statements by members of the Turbidite and Debris Flow teams.
Determining whether students have met the goals
Check the notes the students took in preparation for the debate;
Monitor quantity and quality of students' participation in the debate;
Read short summary follow up papers.
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P&S = Prothero, D.R., and Schwab, F., 2004, Sedimentary Geology: An Introduction to Sedimentary Rocks and Stratigraphy, 2nd edition: W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, 557 p.
Gani, M.R., 2004, From turbid to lucid: A straightforward approach to sediment gravity flows and their deposits: The Sedimentary Record, v. 2, no. 3, p. 4-8.
Shanmugam, G., 2006, Deep-water processes and facies models: Implications for sandstone petroleum reservoirs: Elsevier, 600 p.


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Tried this last year on tap at a local beer bar, but it was a hazy night so glad to have the opportunity to try it again
A - ridiculous carbonation make this impossible to pour, or a least requiring a lot of patience, but finally appears to be a mildly cloudy cedar colour
S - peppery and sweet with touches of caramel and dark toast
T - significant caramel and nutty maltiness quickly backed up by peppery earthy hops
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A - Poured a cloudy orange hue with a thin white head. Nice nice retention here.
S - Aroma has lots of nice orange and grapefruit, gentle chardonnay barrel notes as well. Very pleasant and inviting.
T - Taste is right up there with the nose, though the hops are a bit fainter. Getting flashes of stone fruit though oddly enough, must be from the barrel. Good vinous notes too.
M - Mouthfeel was just over carbonated. Really a shame.
O - Overall, a nice beer. Like the white wine notes here and how it interplays with the hops. Really solid.
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06-14-2013 02:18:56 | More by rudzud
4.16/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into a Dogfish Head pint glass. Pours a dark, cloudy chestnut brown-amber. Bottle was a slow gusher, leaving a massive, coarse off-white head that dissipated quickly to a thin, uneven head with lots of chunky lacing. Intriguing, but confusing aroma of vinous grape juice, caramel malt, oak, hints of vanilla and hops. Flavor is rather subdued compared to the aroma, with mild vinous grape juice and must, bready and light caramel malt; earthy with hints of oak. Finishes with bittering hops and residual vanilla, dark malt and oak. Medium bodied with a pleasant mouth feel. I'm not normally a big fan of wine barrel aged beers, but the vinous influence on this one was nicely balanced with interesting oaky malt and hops. Very little herbal hop flavor, but this find of a lone bottle could have sat on a shelf for a while. This barreled beer is otherwise none the worse for the further aging. An off-beat and interesting aged ale that is at the outer fringes of the American IIPA category.
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3.88/5 rDev -1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12oz bottle, with a best before date of 2015.
A - pours a very cloudy peachy white. Good amount of white foam.
S - lots of fruity citrus, with the wine barrel character coming though quite a bit. Peaches, lemony citrus.
T - interesting. No hops (not necessarily a bad thing, but its a IPA, so unusual). Lots of peach. Wine barrel character comes through with more white wine notes than barrel notes. Some white wine sourness almost, refreshing, interesting.
M - a little bit on the medium thickness to almost creamy side. Medium carbonation.
O - a very interesting beer. A buddy opened this to share. I have to say, although I didnt pay for it, the price tag on this bad boy is ridiculous. Glad I got to try it and, overall, its a solid beer. However, its definitely an odd ball of an IPA. I dont know what exactly I would call it. Worth a try, if you dont mind the price.
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04-23-2013 07:16:27 | More by Beerandboards
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3.98/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A: Pours a murky deep copper to amber in color with minimal amounts of visible carbonation and some orange + amber highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense foamy dark beige head that slowly reduces to a thick film covering the entire surface of the beer with a slightly thicker ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate to significant amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Upfront there are some earthy notes over the smell of the malts with some light to moderate aromas of citrus/grapefruit rind and pine hops. The hop aromas become more pronounced as the beer warms.
T: Upfront there is a moderate amount of grainy malty sweetness with some lighter notes of caramel and toffee. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of citrus/grapefruit rind hops and slightly lighter pine hops. Light amounts of bitterness towards the finish that fade quickly.
M: Slightly heavier than medium bodied with slightly more than moderate amounts of carbonation.
O: This beer is fairly easy to drink considering how big the ABV is (10.50 %), the alcohol is fairly well hidden and there is a good balance between the sweetness of the malts and the bitterness from the hops. Definitely enjoyable.
Serving type: bottle
04-17-2013 23:30:46 | More by dbrauneis
Alberta (Canada)
4.21/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
From a 330 ml brown bottle. Pours out deep cloudy amber hue, massive loose spongy light beige head that forced me half a dozen attempts in order to empty the bottle into the glass.
Earthy notes on the nose, along with some woody and vinous character, all of which are eventually parted by a hoppy grapefruit element. Brown sugar and some caramelized malt develop as it warms.
Flavour is rather intense and for the most part comes as one long cohesive rush from sip to swallow, no particular character seems to stand out beyond another. Still, let's try to pick it apart.... Toasty, grainy malt up front with some caramel highlights, with earthy, woody notes quick to follow in the middle, accompanied by a dry vinous character and even a hint of Bretts, finishing with earthy, spicy, grapefruit pith hops. That's the slo-mo rendition, since the actual delivery to my palate gives the impression of being quite seamless.
Lighter end of medium-bodied mouthfeel, texture is effervescent from the carbonation.
Finally a barrel-aged IPA that works, and one aged in Chardonnay barrels of all things. To be honest this whole experience leaves me with the impression of sampling a well put-together Saison, with the woody earthiness subbing in for peppery phenols. This is definitely one to experience, I'll be seeking out more for sure.
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My daughter and I stayed at the Residence Inn downtown Montreal and had a good experience. The staff was friendly and helpful. The room was clean and nice. The location was perfect for all that we had planned. The only reason I didn't give a 5 star rating is because the beds were just awful. They seemed old, hard and just plain uncomfortable. I would recommend staying here, but would ask for a room with new beds.
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Great Britain's Lucy Shuker and Jordanne Whiley came from a set down to claim a bronze medal in the women's doubles wheelchair tennis with a marathon 6-7 (8/10) 7-6 (7/2) 6-3 win over Sakhorn Khanthasit and Ratana Techamaneewat.
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Located 70 miles east of San Antonio, Gonzales has played an integral part in the history of Texas. In 1825, while Texas was still a part of Mexico, the first primarily Anglo-American settlement in Central Texas was built around seven squares in the Spanish manner. During the Texas War of Independence, 32 townspeople volunteered to help defend The Alamo where, with the exception of one person, everybody perished. The city's greatest claim to fame arose when the community waved the famous Come and Take It battle flag before Mexican troops that were sent to retrieve the town's cannon. Despite being greatly outnumbered, the citizens of Gonzales ultimately prevailed. Gonzales' place on the Jewish map of Texas is cemented by the presence of two cemeteries, which testify to a long-lived though extinct Jewish community.
The Jewish presence in Gonzales began with one of the most interesting figures in Texas Jewish history, David Levi Kokernot. Born in Holland, and an immigrant from the West Indies and New Orleans, Kokernot may have been the first Jew to live in the region when he settled there around 1830. From all accounts, he was a rabble rouser of the first degree, and manifested his independence in the mid 1800s by converting to Protestantism and adopting the rancher lifestyle traditional in Gonzales.
The Jewish community of Gonzales began to grow substantially in the 1870s, with the arrival of Jewish merchants and peddlers. Over the next 40 years or so, families such as the Stahls, Michelsons, Forgotsons, Ephrons , Orinovskys, Gurinskys, Friedmans , Tudzins, and others arrived to take their place in this small town of approximately 4,000 people. Even at the height of its Jewish presence, it appears that no more than 40 to 60 Jews lived in the city. However, their existence was very much part of the commercial activity of Gonzales. Solomon Stahl arrived in Gonzales from Poland in approximately 1880 via New York. He brought a Torah with him, which helped the small Jewish community to begin worshipping together. In a manner befitting the Texas spirit, Solomon kept the Torah at home in a lovely ark alongside a loaded .38 millimeter gun. He had great commercial skills and owned a fancy hotel and restaurant named the Plaza, which drew diners from all over the area. He also owned several saloons and invested in many other ventures. Stahl's son became one of the few doctors in town and his grandson Marion, himself a doctor, recalls his father often being paid with chickens, eggs, and other foodstuffs.
Gonzales Jews were involved in a wide array of businesses. The Michelsons had a candy shop and café, which also served as the Greyhound bus station, as well as the local Coca-Cola franchise. The Tudzins, who arrived with a pushcart, opened a store, as did other Jews. Marvin Stahl and his family ran a very successful turkey and poultry farm and processing business while other members of the family sold and processed hides and furs. Tragically, Marvin drowned in the river in 1952. Irving Forgotson sold insurance. As in so many other Texas towns, the Jewish inhabitants were able to thrive alongside those of other faiths. In fact, a review of newspapers from the turn of the century and shortly thereafter clearly indicates that there was a considerable number of non-Jewish dry goods and general merchants who shared the marketplace.
Gate ot the old Jewish cemeteryThis collection of Jewish families began to organize Jewish institutions by the mid 19th century. They established a Jewish burial society named "Buh Israel" and acquired land for a cemetery. The first burials took place in 1861. As the cemetery was the only of its kind for miles, when Jeanette Hirsch of Corpus Christi died, her body was transported 140 miles to Gonzales for burial. When Captain Richard King, the famed founder of the King Ranch and a friend of the Hirsch family, learned about this, he donated land in Corpus Christi for local Jews to be buried there even though he was a gentile. The Gonzales cemetery is located four miles outside of town on a plat in the middle of privately owned ranch land. Over the years, the cemetery has fallen into a state of disrepair, though Congregation Beth Am from Houston has done work to repair the site. In the traditional style, the Hebrew language side of the gravestones point east.
Gonzales' Jewish community was never large enough to build a synagogue. Informal services were usually held in members' houses, and the community celebrated the high holidays in the American Legion Hall, oftentimes under the tutelage of a rabbi from Hillel in Austin or Jesse Lee from San Antonio. The only men who knew how to read the Torah were the immigrants Solomon Stahl and the Tudzin brothers. Sunday school instruction was the responsibility of the older children and single men. Ida Orinovsky recalls the existence of a small choir, although she noted that Sunday school was not always held, and in fact it appears that few, if any, of the boys ever had a bar mitzvah. In addition to the Jewish society of Buh Israel and in connection with some surrounding towns such as Luling and Lockhart, there existed a Morris Tannenbaum B'nai B'rith Lodge that acted as a focal point for the community.
As the middle of the 20th Century approached, Gonzales like many small towns, began to decline in population. Most of the young Jews left town for college at the University of Texas, Texas A&M, or places far away, only to stay in Dallas, Houston or Austin where they began their adult lives. As a consequence, it appears that the last Jews left before 1960 and none live in Gonzales today. Although they were generally not prominent politically, the Jewish community of Gonzales left their imprint on the town through their commercial and cultural activities.
Today, the most visible remnant of the Gonzales Jewish community is a piece of land on Water Street that The Society of Buh Israel bought from Solomon Stahl for $1 in 1907. This site became the home of the new Jewish cemetery, a well-kept place with headstones dating from the early part of the twentieth century through the last few years. The dates of the headstones are telling in that although Jews have been gone from this area for close to sixty years, families still find comfort in having their loved ones placed in one of the many family plots that exist. The cemetery reflects how the past and presence of Gonzales' Jewish community are inextricably tied together.
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The Paris-to-Dakar rally is being run right now and, in the car division, Mitsubishi Pajeros are duking it out with Volkswagen Touaregs on a daily basis. As of the 10th stage of the rally, Team Repsol, with drivers Stephane Peterhansel and Jean-Paul Cottret, had taken the overall lead with their specially modified Mitsubishi Pajero Evo. The car uses its original MIVEC six-cylinder engine, with extensive modification, and a six-speed sequential gearbox. The dashboard holds a ruggedized navigation system with special trip computers to help the driving team stay on course and on time. Among the 110 entrants in the car … Read more


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SAN DIEGO — The Washington Nationals sent third baseman Ryan Zimmerman for an MRI on his right shoulder Tuesday afternoon in San Diego, wanting to get to the bottom of the soreness that is still plaguing him even after three days off.
Zimmerman said the soreness in his AC joint — which he insisted was not a structural issue in his shoulder — only arose when he was hitting. He tested himself with throwing and hitting on Tuesday and the throwing felt "100 percent." He likened the feeling to a jammed finger or a sprained ankle — injuries he'd likely tape up and continue to play with but there's no such solution for in his shoulder.
An X-Ray on the area came back clean, Zimmerman said, but the Nationals took the step to send him for an MRI given the extended period of rest he'd already had without clearing him of his symptoms. They expected the results of the MRI sometime Tuesday evening.
"I don't have a good feeling," said Nationals manager Davey Johnson. "I mean, he's had three days off, had treatment to calm down (what) we thought was inflammation. Hopefully it's nothing serious. We'll know after they take the MRI."
Johnson said the "guess" of Nationals medical director Wiemi Douoguih is that there could be a small strain in the area.
"If that shows up positive he's probably going to be down for at least a week, maybe more," Johnson said. "I certainly don't want to think about anything over a week or 10 days. Just have to wait until I hear from that report tonight. I've got my fingers crossed."
Zimmerman, who was a late scratch on Saturday, hasn't played since the Nationals' victory over the Miami Marlins Friday night. But Nationals manager Davey Johnson said he was dealing with the soreness for at least three days before the Nationals ultimately scratched him from the lineup and it is unclear when he first hurt the shoulder, only that it happened on one of the many diving plays he's made this season.
He stressed that he felt better on Tuesday than he did on Monday, and better Monday than he did Sunday. And he could actively and easily participate in everything except hitting. When he would make contact, he said, he'd feel it.
"I couldn't hit the way I wanted to hit," Zimmerman said. "There's no point to go out there and do something you can't get rid of."
Zimmerman said he and the training staff had not gotten to the point where they'd discussed if playing through it could cause further injury, but he was optimistic he would not need a stint on the disabled list.
"It if it was Sept. 15 and we were a game out, I'd tape my right side up and we'd go for it," Zimmerman said. "But it's April. If it takes however long it takes to get ready, a day, two days, whatever, and then I get six healthy months instead of playing at 80 percent for six months, (that) just wouldn't make sense."
Right now, the plan is for the team to re-evaluate him each day to see what kind of improvement he's had. Obviously that could change if the results of the MRI reveal something more dire.
"With how much it's gotten better the last couple days, it's just going to be a matter of whenever I can hit without feeling it," Zimmerman said. "It's not going to be smart to try and go do something through that, to play with that stuff for so long. To take however many (days) it's going to take to get better, that's definitely the smart play."
Losing Zimmerman for any extended period of time would be detrimental to an already anemic Nationals offense. Mark DeRosa, who is 3-for-30 this season, was slotted into Zimmerman's No. 3 spot in the lineup on Monday night. With Michael Morse already out until at least June, Zimmerman's bat — and his career .287/.354/.477 slash line — as well as his glove, are vital to the Nationals' success.
"We missed him a lot last year," Johnson said. "And we're counting on him heavy this year. That's why we're probably being a little overcautious. He did hit and he did throw well, but that's not something we want to aggravate and make it longer.
"I'm already missing my four-hole hitter. I don't need to miss my three-hole hitter."


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After driving through picturesque little villages you will arrive at the craggy mountain of Montserrat and the Royal Basilica. Montserrat has been one of Spain's most important pilgrimage sites for hundreds of years, due to the famous 12th-century Romanesque carving of the Virgen Moroneta, the Black Virgin. At 1pm on weekdays there is the opportunity to hear one of Europe's oldest children's choirs, La Escolania de Montserrat. On your way back to Barcelona you will make a stop at the harbor, before continuing to the terminal to commence the Artistic Barcelona City Tour.
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Everything except for the Stephan battle and Riolu!!!!! D: That Axew in distress filler in the middle of it @Wyvernphlare; Ya know, just because someone doesn't bitch and moan about BW every five seconds and act like it was an anime invented by Satan himself doesn't mean they think it's the best anime in the world, just because someone doesn't praise DP every 10 secs and act like it's the end-all be-all doesn't mean they think it's the worst thing ever. Why can't Bulba anime department realize this? There doesn't have to be a one or another, I try to be fair to both and so do many others. If the Unova League sucks it'll get called out on it, likewise if DP has its flaws it will get called out on those.
Hopefully, this will continue, so by the end of Episode N, both the neutral group, pro-BW group and anti-BW group will end up despising the later part of series, and then we can happily and homogeneously move to the next series.
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Originally Posted by Tsutarja Trust me, one of my biggest wishes is for us to all happily agree over the gen 6 series. I mean, how likely is it that next saga is worse than Best Wishes? The newest saga will always be hated during its time.
@Gotpika; I'm just surprised how a league of all things is the thing that is someone's "straw that breaks the camel's back" or exception I have little idea about what happened but doing a league seems kinda hard to mess up I mean if this was the junior cup or a villian part I'd totally understand.
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Judged: 21 21 21 Sounds like fun. |
Judged: 20 20 20 Blah blah blah -- whatever raises your B/P, giving you that deathly gray, yet florid aspect. Like drops of blood mixed with New York slush ... Well, time to arrange car shipment ... |
Judged: 20 20 20 Oh well, otay then! That kind of puts you in the same category as a roach. The only difference is, they'll likely survive much, much longer. I mean millions and millions of years longer. They're pretty impervious to radiation, you know ... |
"equality for ALL means ALL" Since: Jan 07 16,585 Fort Lauderdale FL |
Judged: 21 20 20 One of the things you need to work on is your spelling. This sh!t is not easy to read. Living a lie would be living in the closet. So there goes your little theory. I am not living a lie, I am not living in sin, I am not broadcasting my deficiencies. Being gay is not a deficiency, so that doesn't even make sense. It's not my job to explain religion in general or my religion to you. That's your spiritual journey and that's between you and God. You don't know enough to tell me I am contradicting God. I am obviously further along on that spiritual journey than you. I take no credit for that. It's just our respective paths. But when you move forward, it's easier to recognize people who are now where you once were. I'm not kidding. Pray on it. For a long time. I already did, a lot more than you. I'm the expert. You're not. By the way, do you think punishments only come after death? I see most people who live against God tend to have a fairly steady punishment throughout their life. So where is my punishment? I have no complaints in my life (save this one against the government.) That's how it is when you live your life in tune with God. You, on the other hand, worship an idol and call it 'the bible.' The proof is in the pudding. If I was doing something wrong, I would know it. I don't do wrong things. God gave me a very strong conscience and I learned very young I feel strong regret if I do something wrong - like when I tried to date girls. That was wrong. I felt very guilty because I knew deep down I was deceiving them, and using them as an experiment to "make sure." THAT was wrong, and for that, I apologized to God. The other thing I apologized to God for, about 16 years ago, was for the gap in my faith that prevented me from trusting Him making me gay. That was wrong. That was my human weakness, listening to The World and not trusting God. God will not give you more than you can handle. God made me gay. Therefore, I can handle it. When you pray for something for 12 years and there is no movement on it in any way - while your other prayers are answered one way or another - you have to ask yourself why. Why did God choose not to make me straight? I was celibate, I was a freaking angel, I prayed every day, etc. etc. yet God did not answer that prayer. At some point you have to realize there is a reason He is not answering that prayer: because He knows better. We don't have to understand. We just have to have faith in His wisdom. God can change a monkey into a horse, too. But no matter how much you pray over that monkey, it's not going to happen. He had his reason for making that monkey. |
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Judged: 20 20 20 Hit a nerve didn't I? I like racing, all types, but prefer SCCA, and sports car racing. I would love to go to LeMans and watch the 24 hr. race, maybe some day.. |
"equality for ALL means ALL" Since: Jan 07 16,585 Fort Lauderdale FL |
Judged: 21 20 20 As religious people, they are entitled to believe what they want. As Americans, they are not entitled to force others to act according to what they believe. Many people believe in the Sabbath. One could easily use the bible(s) to show repeated prohibitions against work, play, or anything other than prayer, worship, or the odd emergency exception on the Sabbath. Should we make laws banning sports on the Sabbath and closing Wal-Mart on the Sabbath? There is more precedent and logic for that than for banning gay marriage. Some people say the Sabbath is Saturday and others say Sunday. So then we would have to prohibit sports and shopping for the entire weekend because some people believe one or the other. See how ridiculous that sounds? So people need to understand the difference between freedom of religion and writing their whims or religious beliefs into law to the detriment of the rights of other citizens. Our rights stop at each others' noses. As a bus driver, you can choose to dislike Muslims. You cannot refuse to admit them to your bus. If you don't like that, don't be a bus driver. |
"equality for ALL means ALL" Since: Jan 07 16,585 Fort Lauderdale FL |
Judged: 21 20 20 Obviously, it's not what you "heed," or your spelling and grammar would be better. You cannot be a very intelligent person and also not be able to spell, unless you haven't been taught spelling and grammar. Spelling is easy. It doesn't require brilliance. If you can't do it to a reasonable degree, you're pretty far behind. If you are not an intelligent person, your arguments carry less weight. Typically, anti-gay people can't spell well. Draw your own conclusions. Yes, in this case, I took advantage of a typo to make my point. Guilty. Everybody makes typing errors. |
Judged: 21 21 20 HEY...Its Anal Annie. Is your brother Dr. Sheldon Cooper? Relax Annie...there will always be a place for you at the table....the nerd table...LMAO!! Mean while Lightning is more then welcome to join me at the cool table, just as long as he does not try to snort in my face or hump my leg. |
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Judged: 20 20 20 Let me ask you a related question. If anal pregnancy was a possibility and you had a pocketful of morning after pills, would you even bother with other forms of protection? |
"equality for ALL means ALL" Since: Jan 07 16,585 Fort Lauderdale FL |
Judged: 20 19 19 No, not everything else is extra. That would make religion extra, which will throw you into an endless loop of circular reasoning. Medicine is not extra, or all your breeding wouldn't go very far. Everyone would still die by the time they hit 35. Science is not extra, see reason above. I could go on and on, but you should get the idea by now. Merely breeding is not all that is required. We also have to build on our existing knowledge base, otherwise people would have to rediscover fire every few years. Oh, and adoption matters, because parents die and somebody has to raise those kids. There are a lot of ways to matter. And your opinion of mattering is very different from mine. Mass murderers can have kids, too. So can rapists. Raise your standards, putz. |
"equality for ALL means ALL" Since: Jan 07 16,585 Fort Lauderdale FL |
Judged: 21 20 20 Oooh, great answer! Well-reasoned, logic, proof...NOT. I know the truth. You have issues. But again, you will soon be made irrelevant and shamed by society. Prepare. No matter where this story winds, I win in the end. |
Judged: 20 20 20 There are section 8 rentals in The Villages azhole, keep your nonsense on your own frikken threads with your pal crazy ron. |
"equality for ALL means ALL" Since: Jan 07 16,585 Fort Lauderdale FL |
Judged: 21 20 20 Are you drunk this early? Was that simply meant to be insulting? Is that all ya got? Is that what your life is about - just insulting people for no reason? Good morning, dickhead. F*** you, too. |
Judged: 20 20 20 Well, mommy didn't now, did she? |
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Judged: 20 20 20 What a high and mighty moran you are. People with overinflated egos are normally very insecure people. Having some personality conflicts are we? |
Judged: 12 11 11 I'd like nothing more than take advise in the form of therapy from a confused gay psychiatrist, but it's obvious you have a ton of problems of your own. 1st you confused your ass & your mouth, mentally & physically! Tho you'll take it in both! 2nd, you can't diagnose a patient when you've made your living as a sympathize. 3rd, just because you call yourself a psychiatrist didn't really make you one. Your just an extra from one flew over the COO COO's nest! Back to the confusion I first spoke of. You think a migraine is a pain in the butt. That's actually a layover from your extra curricular activities. I'll give you this much, you do know how to work a dictionary! Lol! DUMASS! |
Judged: 20 20 20 You folks on the left need to face the fact that many of your fellow travelers from the black and Hispanic communities are far less accepting of your homosexuality than is the general public. In fact, Proposition 8 passed in California because of strong support from those communities. |
Judged: 20 20 20 Any intelligent person wants the least government feasible. That is, unless he needs a nanny to tell him what to eat and to wipe his ass. |
Judged: 11 10 10 Lets end this like this. Does the Bible say that it is wrong for man to lay with man? Your answer to this should be yes! Are you laying with a man? Your answer should be yes! I know you'll say that's the old testament, so let go with the words of the man in which christianity is based around. What did Jesus himself say about man laying with man. Do add the consequences to the answer. I took this route because if I didn't you'll continue to dance around the mulberry bush. Please answer the questions honestly. All the answers should be straight & to the point! Then you'll see what I mean by hypocrisy & living a lie! |
Hope this didn't post twice. Hope you still took the time to read it if so. From my own observation, more men are averse to homosexuality than women. Even so, most people, both sexes, have become accustomed to this lifestyle in the mainstream whether we all condone it or not. To use a broad brush and paint everyone who is against gay marraige as being against gays is an unfair and inaccurate statement. Redefining something as stablizing and consistent as marriage in any society sanctioning a man marrying a man and a woman marrying a woman stretches the definition to the point of negating its original intent - the psychological and stablizing factor of children having both a mother and a father. That certainly doesn't mean all mothers and fathers are good parents any more than gays are not good parents. But adoptive children in a heterosexual relationship is uniquely different in itself. Adoptive children in a homosexual relationship is a rather recent development and it has yet to be determined the long-term social and psychological adjustments. Children can be as cruel to adoptive children of gay couples as gay children themselves. No matter how many walls have been broken down, it is still considered an alternative and different lifestyle and the number of gay parents are in a small minority. It would be hard to imagine a child growing up without having any stigma attached to having homosexual parents in contrast to most, if not all, their friends having heterosexual ones. We have become a society where children are more of an afterthought than the primary consideration. We already see that with the widespread apathy concerning abortion. We must be very careful or risk unraveling the very fabric of remaining a civilized and structured society. Since we've already become apathetic in preserving human life, once the definition of marriage has no meaning other than a self-serving one as well, the structure and foundation of this last remaining stronghold could easily become a free-for-all mentality and further blur the lines of a civilized society for children. Whitney was right. The children are our future. What we teach them is how they will lead the way. Any society without boundaries or structure becomes more barbaric than civilized. Rome is the perfect example. This is where I believe most of us who are against gay marriage stand. I feel fairly safe in speaking for most of them as well. |
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How To Assemble A Desktop PC/Software
Now that you've got a functioning computer, you'll need to install some software if you're going to do anything with it. An operating system or two must come first, then hardware drivers (so that the operating system can access your hardware) followed by security software and utilities. And that's as far as we're going to go with you, but you'll also want to install some application software – games, word processors, databases, programming languages – whatever floats your boat... That's pretty much the point of this whole computer business after all, though I hope you've found the journey of building it yourself has been worthwhile in its own way.
In this section we'll consider what software you'll want to install and how you might go about doing so.
BIOS updates[edit]
The first thing you want to do after you have a working PC is to update the BIOS (called "flashing" the BIOS). Download the flash update on another computer and put it on a USB thumb drive (or a floppy disk) and boot the computer with it. (If you don't have another computer or thumb drive, then put off this step until after you install the operating system and get this computer connected to the network.)
Operating system(s)[edit]
After you have flashed the BIOS (if you have), you should then start installing an operating system (OS). You can select from several available on the Internet or from your local computer store. The first option, and the one taken by most people, is to install Microsoft Windows, of which the current version is Windows 8. Another option is to install a GNU/Linux distribution (a Free Software operating system). There are many other operating systems to choose from as well, including other free operating systems, such as BSD. Note that you also have the option of installing more than one operating system in what is called a multiboot setup.
If you are going to install both, install Windows first. This is because Windows overwrites the software that GNU/Linux requires to start up, even if something is already there. If you install Windows before all of your other systems, you will be able to easily boot into all of them.
Choosing between Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, or one of the other operating systems is largely dependent on what software you need to run. Simply put, can you accomplish your day to day tasks with the software that will run under the operating system in question? Microsoft Windows is the more commonly used system, but GNU/Linux wins in terms of security, software availability, ability to run on older equipment, and cost. Both systems have a range of software, but determine your needs before installing either operating system.
Note that, having installed Windows, you can always install GNU/Linux later and, conversely, if you install GNU/Linux first, there is no throwaway cost to regret if it turns out later that you need Windows.
Installing Windows[edit]
The installation of Windows is relatively easy. Push the power button on the front of the PC, put the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM in your optical drive, and follow the on-screen instructions (you may have to restart with the CD in place). If you are doing a Windows-only install, just allocate all of the hard drive to Windows. Again, for a Windows only install, the NTFS file system is faster and more efficient.
Some people find that it's useful to create separate partitions for the operating system and data. This means that if something goes wrong with the operating system, the partition can be formatted and the operating system can be reinstalled possibly without losing data.
If you are installing Windows on a RAID drive, or a SATA drive in some cases, you are going to have to provide drivers to the Windows installer so that it can access the hard drive on the raid controller. To do this during the Windows install wait for "Press F6 to install any third party SCSI or RAID drivers." to appear at the bottom of the screen and duly hit F6. Then you will see a screen that says "Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter." At this screen you are going to want to hit 'S' to "Specify Additional Device," another screen will pop up asking you to insert the floppy disk containing the drivers, followed by a screen asking you to choose the appropriate driver out of the set contained
Installing Windows to dual-boot with GNU/Linux[edit]
If you are dual-booting, some extra factors must be considered. NTFS, which is the default file system that Windows uses, is fairly well supported in Linux. NFTS-3g has reached a usable stage, with users reporting no data corruption or loss during ordinary use of the latest versions of the driver, providing GNU/Linux users with a reliable way to read and write NTFS partitions. This system is now in widespread use and most up-to-date Linux distros will support the NTFS file system. Previously only read support was safe, and this may still be the case for some distributions. However, NTFS does have some advantages over FAT32, in that a 4GB file size limit no longer exists. Though Linux supports NTFS, Windows does not have built-in support for any of the standard GNU/Linux file systems. However, there are Windows applications, such as Ext2 IFS that can be used to read/write ext2 and ext3 systems.
When it comes the time to partition the hard disk(s), remember to leave space for GNU/Linux (a good amount is on the order of a third of your total hard disk space). You may want to have a spare FAT32 partition (of around 1 third of your disk space) on which to share documents between Windows and GNU/Linux, though this will most likely not be necessary unless you are using a distro which cannot read/write NTFS. You should also modify the partition table as necessary - you may not need as much space for Windows or you may need more in your FAT32 transfer area. But you must ensure that you leave at least 3GB for your Windows installation, since the standard installation of Windows takes up about 2 GB of hard drive space, and it is always wise to leave a bit extra on, to allow for any changes that may occur.
Installing GNU/Linux[edit]
The primary problem faced in installing GNU/Linux is choosing between distributions. Of the many variants of GNU/Linux, Fedora, SuSE, and Ubuntu are generally recommended, as they are updated regularly and compatible with a broad range of hardware:
- Fedora, currently at version 17. Used to be the de facto GNU/Linux.
- SuSE, currently at version 11.4.
- Ubuntu, currently at version 13.4. Increasingly gaining popularity as an easy to use desktop GNU/Linux.
Some GNU/Linux variants may support hardware that these do not. If you have obscure or old hardware, you may want to search forum sites for various GNU/Linux variants to ensure compatibility. For example, Puppy Linux is a small Linux distro designed to run on older systems, as is Damn Small Linux.
For example, let's consider Ubuntu. It's a variant of Debian, and is the current standard for easy-to-use GNU/Linux distributions. One can download the .iso image or order a CD set (containing a combined installation CD and LiveCD) from its website. An .iso is nothing more than a special file format that your CD drive burning software uses to create a copy of the software, in this case a copy of Ubuntu GNU/Linux.
The installation of most distros GNU/Linux is relatively easy. Push the button on the front of the PC, put the CD-ROM in your optical drive, and follow the on-screen instructions. By default, the installation version of Ubuntu will erase all files on the hard drive and partition 1.8 GB for the OS. If you want to customize, follow the on-screen instructions carefully. The LiveCd version does not erase your hard drive and is intended solely for a user to test drive Ubuntu GNU/Linux.
When installing a GNU/Linux distro, you may be asked to choose between alternatives – whether to run KDE or Gnome, for instance, or to install vi or Emacs or nano. If the terms are unfamiliar a quick Google will usually bring enlightenment. Also, as in these two examples, most such choices are a matter of preference and either choice will work.
After installation, security should be your priority.
From time to time, software companies and independent programmers release new and improved versions to their software; these are known as updates. Updates usually install new features or fix problems. Usually, you should download the latest updates to improve system performance though it's sometimes wise to wait a little while to be sure the update itself does not cause problems. Many programs update themselves and this process is know as an automatic update. If you have to manually update your software, do so through the software developer's site, not through a secondary source. This approach will reduce the chance of contracting a virus or other piece of malicious software.
A newly installed Windows computer using a broadband connection can be attacked within moments of being connected to the Internet. In severe cases, the attacks can render a system unbootable or make a second reinstallation faster or easier than manually removing the malicious programs causing the problems. The SANS Institute provides a PDF guide called Windows XP: Surviving the First Day, which explains how to update a new Windows XP box without immediately becoming infected by viruses and worms. To avoid having your new computer attacked, install a firewall, or activate the one that came with your OS. Both Windows and GNU/Linux have in-built firewalls: In some GNU/Linux distributions, it is enabled by default; in Windows XP Service Pack 2, it can be found by going to the Start button and choosing "Control Panel" then double-clicking the "Windows Firewall" icon.
As soon as you are on the Internet, run your operating system's update facility to fix any security flaws that have been found since your CD was printed. To do this under Windows, simply click on your Start Menu, click on 'All Programs', and then click on Windows Update, and follow the instructions. If you use other Microsoft products, such as Microsoft Office, then it can be valuable to use Microsoft Update, which covers updates for all Microsoft products. For either of these, you can also switch on "Automatic Updates" from the Security Center program mentioned above.
The method of updating your GNU/Linux system varies greatly from distribution to distribution.
For SuSE, there are two ways:
- YaST (Yet another Setup Tool), the default package manager/system management tool for SuSE
- ZENworks updater, a GUI-based updating service
For Fedora, type
yum update
as the root user inside a terminal window.
It is perhaps easiest to update the OS from Debian-based distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu and Linspire. For Debian and Linspire you type the following into a terminal window while running as the root user:
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
Ubuntu has you run sudo to switch run a program as root. Type the following into a terminal:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Most distros, including Ubuntu, also have a GUI-based updater program.
Automatic updates[edit]
If your computer will be running overnight (or if you're just lazy), it may be good to have your computer update itself.
Debian-based (LINUX) - Debian-based operating systems (including Ubuntu, but Ubuntu already has a more simplified automatic updater) will typically use a cron script for receiving automatic updates by the console (although you can download some GUI-based updating tools - that is, if you're working with a GUI).
Ubuntu (LINUX) - As Ubuntu is based on Debian, you can use a cron script, but an easier way of doing it (if you're using GNOME) is to go to the "System" menu, then "Administration", then "Software Sources". Then open up the "Updates" tab and select "Automatic updates", also select "Install security updates without confirmation".
SuSE (LINUX) - SuSE uses YaST to manage updates, packages (applications), and system settings. YaST can be configured to use automatic updates in the YaST control center.
Microsoft Windows - Microsoft has always used the Microsoft Update service (formerly called "Windows Update") to manage updates both automatically and manually (although by default it usually is a automatic update). Windows Vista reminds you when the computer is needed to be restarted if an update requires one via a special icon in the notification area.
Anti-virus, anti-spyware, and anti-spam programs (which generically are all called anti-malware programs) of commercial quality or better can be found for free online quite easily and can protect your computer from various nasties you might get while surfin' on the Internet. Windows programs are listed in the software section below. (Usually these are not needed for non-Windows OSes). Third-party firewalls for Windows are recommended as the built-in default one Windows provides is not nearly powerful as, for example, ZoneAlarm, a third-party Firewall solution that not only monitors incoming traffic, but monitors outgoing traffic as well.
Security software is important and should be set up first. The best procedure is not to connect to the Internet at all until your choice of anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall software is installed and activated, then connect to the Internet and update each of these programs.
If you are using software that must be downloaded from the Internet for this purpose, you can use another computer to download and burn the installation files to a CD or thumb drive. If this is not possible, download, install and update your anti-virus solution of choice first, disconnect from the Internet and run a complete system scan. Then you can reconnect and install your other security software and be reasonably confident that you are not infected.
Once secured, your system should be safe for prudent Internet browsing, remember to schedule regular scans and keep your security software up to date.
Now that your computer is relatively secure, you will need to install software to control your various hardware components. This type of software is known as a driver.
Although, most of your hardware will come with a CD containing the necessary driver, consider downloading the driver straight from the company's Internet site. This will ensure you have the latest edition of the software. Knowing where to download the driver is also good in case you lose the CD that came with the device.
If you do not have a fast Internet connection (broadband), the company usually provides an option to receive the driver cd in the mail, in which case you'll want to use the CD you have now and update the driver later. Even if something seems to be working fine, downloading new drivers may help increase computer efficiency, though there is always a risk that a brand new version may break something. Downloading drivers for your motherboard's chipset can often help if you are having a problem. Finally, many monitors will not go above a certain refresh rate without the proper driver, which may be of great concerns to gamers.
If you are using Microsoft Windows, you can generally find drivers for your selected hardware on the manufacturer's website. Most GNU/Linux systems already have all of the drivers installed, with the exception of proprietary modem and graphics drivers. If you can't find the driver you need, a simple Google search will often yield the best results.
Before buying software for your new PC, remember that there is an abundance of useful software, free for the downloading, available on the Internet. From web browsers to word processors to graphic manipulation programs, there is plenty of software available online.
Though most of what is available is safe and useful, it's always a good idea to do a little research and make a backup before installing anything new. The following are some proven and reliable programs that are available, free (or gratis), for individual use (and sometimes more, check the license).
Broadly speaking, there are three types of licenses:
- Proprietary - This is the type of license that comes with most software that is purchased. Source code is not available, and you cannot make copies for others.
- Freeware - The software is zero cost (free), and you may share copies with others. You cannot make copies and sell them, however. The source code is usually not available.
- Free software/Open Source - The source code is available. This means that if you know how to program, you can make and distribute variations of the program yourself, fix bugs you find, etc. You may share copies with others, and you may pay for the software on disk, or download it for free. (The "free" in "free software" refers to "free" as in "free speech", not as in "free beer".)
Of course, there is a lot of overlap and many exceptions to these generalizations. Be sure to check the license that comes with your software to be sure of what your rights are!
- Web Browser: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome/Chromium, or Opera
- E-mail Client: Windows Live Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird, Novell Evolution
- Office Suite: LibreOffice
- Disc Tools: DVD Decrypter CD Burner XP, Burn at Once
- Instant Messenger: Pidgin, Trillian, Miranda
- Media Player: DivX Player, Nullsoft Winamp, iTunes, SnackAmp, VLC media player
- Anti-virus: AVG Anti-Virus, Free Edition, avast!Antivirus Home edition, ClamWin
- Security: Spybot: Search & Destroy, Ad-Aware Personal Edition, K9 Anti-Spam, ZoneAlarm Free Edition
- Compression: 7-Zip, IZArc, TUGZip
- Desktop Search: Google Desktop, Copernic Desktop Search
- PDF Reader: Adobe Acrobat Reader or Evince PDF Reader
- Photo Editing: Paint.Net, GIMP
To ease out the installation process for utilities and other basic software, you can use Ninite. Check all the software that you need and download the installation utility. However, note that this utility will only install in your Windows partition and you cannot manually specify the directories in which you want the applications installed.
Unlike Windows, on a GNU/Linux system the majority of the software that you will want for everyday use of your computer is usually included. You will probably not need to download anything. Most GNU/Linux distributions have a package manager (Portage for Gentoo, APT for Debian-based distros like Debian and Ubuntu, etc.) For some distributions you can simply download RPM or DEB files from your distribution's web site.
If they aren't already installed by your distribution:
- Web Browser: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome/Chromium, Konqueror or Opera.
- EMail Client: Mozilla Thunderbird, Evolution, or Kmail
- Office Suite: OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice, or KOffice
- Instant Messenger: Pidgin or Kopete.
- Media Players: Totem Media Player, Rhythmbox, mpd, amaroK (depending on what desktop environment you use), Beep Media Player or Video Lan Client.
- Movie/DVD Player: Xine or MPlayer.
- Windows Compatibility Layer: WINE.
- x86 Emulator: QEMU or VMWare.
- PPC Emulator: PearPC.
- Photo Editing: GIMP.
Additional Software[edit]
For additional software some excellent sources of free and open-souce software are
- FileDoggy - Free only software and its updates with links to developers pages in one place.
- FileHippo - Windows only software, up to the bleeding edge on all updates. Also includes links to developers pages, if you're interested in Linux or Mac versions of software. Also has automatic updates software.
- Tucows - a downloads site with freeware, shareware, open-source as well as commercial software. It has many mirrors all over the world for speedy downloads from local servers.
- Download.com - similar to tucows
- SourceForge - a site featuring many OpenSource projects. You can start your own, or get software for almost every need. Most projects have GNU and Windows versions. The mirror system isn't as large as Tucows, but you can still usually get a mirror on the same continent.
- Table of equivalents - can be useful if you want to know more about specific programs when changing from windows to GNU or vice-versa.
Of course, it is also possible to buy copies of software, particularly for the Windows operating system.
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