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I'm back to not having a clue what just happened. That issue had so much going on that I'm just going to box it and wait to read it in context of the whole work.
I'm back to not having a clue what just happened. That issue had so much going on that I'm just going to box it and wait to read it in context of the whole work.
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If this doesn't start making sense soon. I'm dropping it.
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I do feel like with the confusion going on lately if I was pressed to drop a book off my pull it would be this one. It is by far the most frustrating book in my list. The issue with stuff like this is that the payoff better be AMAZING or it feels like you got snookered. I didn't watch Lost, but I keep feeling like comparisons to that property are quite valid. And look how that still haunts Lindeloff to this day - he still feels the need to poke fun at himself over how that all wrapped up and the reaction it elicited.
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Hmm. Really seems like a lot of people are getting confused. Maybe it reads better as a trade. I guess I'll see when Vol. 2 comes out. I would guess that some things are answered in the end of Season One and beginning of Season Two. Obviously not all, since it will be a 100 issue series, but probably clear things up and set a path to drive towards at the end of the series.
I just finished the first trade and was blown away!
I have totally drifted away from Marvel and DC is not far behind and have replaced my usual mainstream superhero fare with some amazing stuff from other companies, especially Image. For as much as I think Image is putting out some awesome stuff Morning Glories just jumped to the top of my "must read" list.
"The most merciful thing in the world . . . is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents."
H.P. Lovecraft
I don't get the feeling (that I did from the little bit of "Lost" that I watched) that "He's just making this up as he goes along." On the contrary, you can see definite patterns emerging, and although much remains unclear, it seems that things are in fact moving towards tying some things together, so obviously there is an overall plan in place here. So far we have seen enough of it that we can at least speculate about a number of things, and month by month we can see whether we were at least partly correct or completely on the wrong track. I'm not sure whether the religious / metaphysical "big picture" is really all that profound or actually rather superficial, but the little pieces that fit into it are interesting and are at least a bit less mysterious than they were at first, so I'm satisfied with how far the story has come, and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes next.
I understand what you're saying about the book being a little frustrating but I think it just rewards you for rereading. After season one I'll reread them all and I'm sure some things will make more sense the 2nd/3rd time around ... and this book is good enough where I don't mind rereading. But it's just about personal tastes and how long you can go without getting all the answers.
About the payoff having to be amazing .... well part of the problem is people start expecting an amazing payoff and then there is no way to end something that will satisfy everyone. It's like Stephen King's Dark Tower. That took him 22 years to finish, with giant gaps between books. The story is about a gunslinger trying to get to the Dark Tower and for 22 years we all wondered what is he going to find at the end. There is NO way he could pick something that would pay that off. No matter what he did it was going to be like "What?? 20 years and we get that?" I actually think his "first" ending was perfect, but as he said in the book himself he had to put an additional ending for those people who need a payoff.
I'm ranting a little but to paraphrase King about stories, it's the journey you should be enjoying, not just the promise of a great ending. Otherwise, just read the last chapter when it comes out.
Lately I felt like this series is better as a trade. That's how i read the first (17?) issues, the three trades. I started reading it monthly in july, and i'm kind of regretting it. These last two books, especially I don't feel like anything is happening. I want some answers before they continue to pile on questions.
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My sentiments exactly, and I say this as someone who watched practically the entire Lost, including the disappointingly lazy finale.
And I very much enjoy the Old Testament references like the Trial of Abraham or the Tower of Babel, plus the mentions of other symbols/metaphors like the Cave of Plato, wrapped up in an incredibly fun and entertaining way with the various characters.
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I kinda figured these last two issues would have some people pulling their hair out. That's okay. There's a lot there to digest. That's because lots of things are coning to a head.
I've said the same thing about this book from day one. If it's the 5th book in a stack of 10, and you devote the same amount of time to it that you devote to most comics (i.e. fairly quick read, one time over, when the issue is released), you're probably feeling a little confused/overwhelmed. The story simply isn't designed to be consumed that way. It rewards re-reads, it demands more attention, and the more you take your time with it, the better.
To my eyes, that means more value for your buck. But for some, it's just frustrating, I guess. I think a lot just depends on how much you're willing to devote to a story. Because there are people who get so into this book, they make a full-time hobby of it.
Really though, if you look at these last few issues, there are a lot more answers than questions-- who were the kids who showed up at the end of 19? Why did it go dark out and the kids ended up separated from the faculty? what is the tower? what is the ceremony? who is the sacrifice? On some of these, you may not have the nuts and bolts, but you do now have an understanding of what they were talking about. For what it's worth.
This is pretty standard for us, though. No matter which way we go, give it three issues, and you guys wanna go another way. In the first 6, the complaint was we needed to know more about the kids. Then Arc 2 was all about that, and by 10 or so, everyone want to get back to a bigger group story, move the plots forward. Then Arc 3 did that, but some felt it was moving a little slow in terms of conventional progrssion. Now this arc, things are happening very fast, and people feel overwhelmed. When 21 hit, everyone was excited about the new kids, now at 24, they wanna get back to the first group.
As such, we get to be a book that's criticized both for being too decompressed, and for having too much going on :) We've been hearing "they better start giving answers or I'm dropping it" from the day the 2nd issue came out. The reality is it's a long-form mystery that scheduled to go a long time, and we've always been very upfront about that in the marketing, since the initial solicits.
My only point being this: the book is obviously built very differently from most. Some will enjoy it, some will hate it. I DO think we're at least past the point where people think we're making it up as we go along. We've simply circled back on too much for that to be true by now. The question really is, can you enjoy the book as a long journey, rather than demanding it's end early? Can you give it the time/attention it requires to enjoy it? No right/wrong answer there, just simply what it is. I obviously hope you stick around, I think the people who do will be glad they did when we're done, but I understand if not. This kind of story is just not for everyone.
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I'm thoroughly enjoying the book and am looking forward to seeing where it goes. This is a book that my wife also reads and it makes for great discussion between us. We both typically have to re-read a few issues each time. Oh, and the art is wonderful!
Wow. Wonderful speech. The points you make are great. It's very different to have the creators of the series here for the ride with us (Though I'm afraid I just spoiled myself. But that just makes me more excited to catch up!) Just finished the first hardcover BTW fantastic! Planning on joining the floppies in Season 2. How long is this hiatus going to be for? 3 months? 6? 9?
And there you have it. I've lost count of how many times I re-read the first few issues trying to get past the first arc and move on to the second one. I still keep going back to them, and every time I do, they become a bit more meaningful in light of "subsequent" information. There are of course many things in even the very first issue that are still deep mysteries (E.g., who was Brendon, and why did he show signs of martial-arts training since he was neither a Truant nor a Glory? Was he just a "birthday boy" or was he part of some third "team" we haven't met yet? And what was the shocking revelation that he discovered about Vanessa just before David killed him? Was it that she was killed by Hodge before the Academy even opened? And of course many, many others!) This is all a very big puzzle, and as Bell's theorem tells us, reality isn't localized in any region of it, so you have to know the parts to understand the whole, and you have to know the whole to understand the parts. The only way to gain insight into what's going on here is by repeatedly re-reading previous issues after each new one comes out. It may not be until much later that we shall be able to say definitively "What did we see, when our eyes were opened", and there is of course the possibility that we shall be disappointed in the overall grand vision. However, (as other posters have noted), the journey may certainly prove to be worthwhile regardless of the destination, and I feel confident that no matter how frustrating our initial fumbling around may have been in those first few readings of the early issues, as the series moves forward things will get clearer, and then we are in "for a better future" throughout the rest of the story!
Meanwhile, I shall be looking for more "Bill and Ted" Easter eggs like the one I asked about in #430 - whether they are actually there or not!
This issue was fine. I'm not entirely certain as to the why, but I can understand what is happening.
I've not had the time to try to place these events in context, but that's on me. There's probably more that I'm not seeing atm.
Last issue though, I was full irate. If I cannot understand the 'what' then why it's happening is irrelevant. That was just unecessary complexity for the sake of wanting to appear highbrow. Expecting readers to identify and decode dialogue that you generated with two seconds on Google translator is a cheap tactic. It was lazy on your part.
That's niether here nor there now though. This latest issue was back on track, and I'm in for the long haul.
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Westfield senior Jon Coe and sophomore Tanner Dahl picked up CCAA Division 3 boys' basketball First Team honors recently while Maple Grove seniors Aaron Germaine and Will Soffel were co-Most Valuable Players.
Joining Coe, Dahl, Germaine and Soffel on the First Team were Ian Clute (junior, Chautauqua Lake) and Alec Blose (senior, Panama).
On the Second Team were Lucas Trombley (senior, Pine Valley), Austin Goerke (senior, Maple Grove), Dan O'Dell (junior, Panama), Colin Seamans (junior, Franklinville), Corey Wefing (junior, Maple Grove) and Cody Thomas (senior, Chautauqua Lake).
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Westfield's Jon?Coe, shooting, earned First Team honors for his play during the CCAA?Division 3 boys' basketball season.
Honorable mentions went to Spencer Sticek (senior, Pine Valley), Graham Soffel (sophomore, Maple Grove), A.J. Hulton (sophomore, A.J. Hulton), Dylan MacCubbin (senior, Westfield), Jeff Tampe (senior, Maple Grove), Adam Pleva (senior, Forestville), Jake Nosbisch (junior, Forestville) and Dan Tofil (senior, Westfield).
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March 11th, 2014
I am everywhere in the great city of Lies Angeles and I bring a camera with me no matter where I go.
On this day I ran into a woman who is known for her astounding beauty and her affiliation with a rocker named Tom Kaulitz from the German group Tokio Hotel.
Ria Sommerfeld, 29-year-old German model from Vietnam with Philippine roots, won the Miss Vietnam Germany 2004 and the title of Miss Philippines Germany 2004 in Hamburg.
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March 10th, 2014
During the hour-long session, Cage talked about how his desire to become an actor stemmed from watching James Dean in "East of Eden" and "Rebel Without a Cause." He then proceeded to discuss eloquently how film criticism has deteriorated and why it "sucks to be famous" nowadays.
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"I started acting because I wanted to be James Dean. I saw him in "Rebel Without a Cause," "East of Eden." Nothing affected me — no rock song, no classical music — the way Dean affected in "Eden." It blew my mind. I was like, "That's what I want to do." This was before everyone had a thing called a Smartphone, and before the advent of the "celebutard" — just being famous for famous' sake. I'm not complaining, but it really sucks to be famous right now."
"Now even the art of film criticism… now in the LA Times, the critic who reviewed "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," incorporated how many homes I bought or sold into the review. What the hell does Lindsay Lohan's personal life have to do with her performance in "The Canyons"? It should always be about the work itself. What difference does it make if Bill Clinton had an affair — how does that affect his performance as President?
"In my opinion, I don't want to see personal aspects of someone's life eclipse the work itself," Cage said.
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March 10th, 2014
The 39-year-old pregnant actress recently revealed in a new New York Times interview that she doesn't think she's a good actor.
"I don't think I'm a good actor. I feel like it's fake and yucky and it just doesn't ring true," Drew said. "But like Robert said, if you research and you study and make it personal, you just become that person, and it's your truth and everything else around you falls away. Then you're telling the truth, it's not lying, it's not fake. So he gave me that wisdom because at 6, I guess I was comfortable and more humorous than I would have remembered now. But once I got older and kept continuing acting, I don't know if I would have succeeded without that advice, because it's the thing that saved me. I'm not an actor, I'm a pretender."


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See ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS - INSPECT, TEST, REMEDY for our full list of environmental hazard identification and remedy related to buildings Question: Is there a formula to figure (close guesstimate) the heat loss that can be given a dollar figureI just started managing a 15 story building of about 810,000 Cubic ft of heated space There are 3 exhaust fans on the roof with a total of 6450 CFM of heated air being pulled out of the building 24 hours a day. That's 9,288,000 cubic feet of ventilation a day, That equals 11.46 times the total cubic feet of the whole building a day. My question is, is there a formula to figure (Close guesstimate) the heat loss that can be given a dollar figure. I am trying to convince the heat vac guys to install timers to cut the run time down by half and I would like to put a figure to that amount of savings. This building ventilation system is simply on or off; there is no monitoring system controlling it. The ventilation fans run continuously 24 hrs a day. This system was designed back around 1975 when energy cost was not a big issue. This building is occupied by older people. average age of 75 or so. There are only 27 units in the whole building: 3 penthouses at 6000 sq.ft. and 24 units at 3000 sq. ft. each. There are 2 vacant units at present and usually at least 4 units are empty in winter due to snow birds going where it is warmer in cold weather, and because 3 penthouses serve as second homes and so are rarely occupied). . I don't think that moisture is a problem in this building: it is located in Denver at 5000' and at almost zero humidity! The climate here sucks the moisture right out of your skin and the fans send it into the atmosphere. So we are pumping heated air in the winter and cooled air in the summer right out the door [or in this case, the roof]. I want to suggest that the ventilation fan timers be set to shut off at around 11:00 PM, turning back on at 6:00 AM, off again at 12 noon and back on from 5 PM until 11:00PM. At about 810,000 cubic ft, even at only 12 hours of ventilation run time we are still moving about 6 times the building volume in a 24 hour period. Also I noticed we buy our fuel kind of like a commodity option so If we don't use the agreed upon amount we are penalized which raises the MMBTU by 1.0 - Regards, J.J. Reply: Example Heat Loss and Heat Cost Savings from Using an HRV or ERVA competent onsite inspection by an expert usually finds additional clues that help accurately diagnose a problem or in this case to more accurately calculate the heating cost of the venting system you describe. You'll want to review the various building ventilation strategies beginning at VENTILATION, WHOLE HOUSE STRATEGIES, and to compare VENTILATION, EXHAUST ONLY with VENTILATION, BALANCED. Those building ventilation options are discussed at this website, adapted from Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction. HRV illustration at left is from Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction, by Steven Bliss. That said, here are some things to consider: You Have Described an Exhaust-Only Ventilation SystemThe volume of air that is being removed from the building must be made up by incoming air from outdoors As you have not described any air-to-air heat exchange system, the outgoing heated air is at a net energy cost to the structure. We think you're correct that the effect in heating cost can be calculated. While we cannot offer an exact formula for your building (there are surely other variables), we can give some ideas and a calculation that may help: If you compared the present exhaust-only "total-loss"system with the addition of air-to-air heat exchangers (balanced ventilation) sized to handle the volume of air you are exhausting, the efficiency of the air-to-air system would define how much energy could be regained, measured in BTUs for example. Of course the value varies depending on the difference between indoor and outdoor temperature. You'd work in degree days or average temperature differences. The cost of the air to air heat exchange equipment and its installation to make it work in the building would need to be subtracted from the energy savings to figure the net benefit. Recommended Air Changes per Hour - Formulas & Calculation ExamplesWatch out: the use of the building ventilation system is surely part of an indoor air quality and fresh air requirement. You will want to look at the current building air change rate (ACH) and to compare it to ASHRAE recommendations before you adjust the ventilation fan rate. But as it sounds from your description as if your building uses an "exhaust only" air venting system, indeed it is the most expensive way to improve IAQ. See ASHRAE Standard 62.1 and the ASHRAE handbook for recommended ACH A typical ACH figure would be 5 cubic feet per minute (CFM) per person of occupancy. You could also look directly (by measurement) at the CO2 levels in your building during its time of maximum occupancy as a measure of air freshness. Your building contains by your estimate about 810,000 cubic feet of space. If we assume that's all occupied space, and if we use your figure of 6450 CFM of exhaust-only ventilation, 810,000 cu Ft / (6450cfm) = 125.6 CFM which would be far in excess of the ASHRAE recommendation. Your system is venting 11.46 times the total cubic feet of the whole building a day at 6450 CFM. ASHRAE (Standard 62.1 (CII buildings) and ASHRAE Standard 62.2 (low rise residential buildings) and the ASHRAE Handbook) recommends ventilation rates dependent upon floor area. The minimum ACH was 0.35, but no less than 15 CFM/person. As of 2003, the standards changed to 3 CFM/100 sq. ft. in addition to the 7.5 CFM/person standard. Here are some looks at the ventilation rate vs. the ASHRAE standard when we plug in your data: A. Using the 3 CFM of venting per 100 sq. ft. guideline: B. Using the 7.5 CFM of venting per occupant guideline:Let's figure an average of 2 people per unit (empty nesters) in an average of 20 units = average occupancy of 60 people. It looks as if we have a higher CFM rate than is needed based on the number of occupants. Even using a standard of 20 CFM we'd just be at 1200 CFM total ventilation rate, considerably below 6450. But these two calculations are not the end of the suggested ventilation rate analysis. C. Using the 0.35 Air Changes per Hour Guideline In sum, it sounds as if the building is being vented more than necessary. Based on calculation "C" above you could reduce your ventilation rate by about 25% and still meet the recommended fresh air standards. We consider calculation "C" as the limiting factor because it exceeds the recommended ventilation standards by less than the other two calculations above. Watch out: These calculations are theoretical only. We are not qualified HVAC engineers. Before changing the building's ventilation system, an inspection and a consult a qualified HVAC engineer would be appropriate. We'd start by reviewing the data to be sure the starting numbers are correct, then repeating these calculations. Also other variables will affect the needed ventilation rates, including building layout and uses, temperatures, pollution concentrations (probably low in your case), etc. Why does Calculation "C" - ACH - Form the Limiting Ventilation Rate Value for This Building?More about Building OccupancyOne more part of the equation. 9 apartments have only 1 person 8 apartments are not full time tenants as I mentioned they are gone form 50% to 90 % and the balance only have 2 people average age being the 70 something but several are in their 90s and 80s They don't cook much and laundry is minimal and bathing is probably minimal as older people are afraid of the shower/tub experience. (Not saying they are dirty just water conservative. Bottom line do yo think we could get to 50% run time and if so considering heat and air what would the approximate savings be? I appreciate the advice of getting an engineer in and doing an analysis of the building. Can We Match ACH and Ventilation to Lower Building Occupancy?Earlier we concluded that "C" or ACH (air changes per hour) appeared to be the measure by which your building was closest to the ASHRAE ventilation recommendations limitation. Here are two more considerations that explain why we don't think that a 50% reduction in ventilation rate (dropping the ACH below 0.35ACH) would be a good idea:
Only if we knew more specifics about how air moves in this specific building (for example with controls that allow ventilation to be increased or decreased within specific apartments or building areas) could we make a reliable plan to drop the ACH rate for unoccupied arts of the structure without fearing that the ACH in the occupied areas would be insufficient. Consider Using Heat Recovery Ventilators to Reduce Heating CostsHowever, pending changes in the numbers for your building, below we suggest an approach to estimating the heating cost savings that may accrue from using an HRV or simply by reducing the exhaust fan rate. You should consider installation of HRVs (Heat Recovery Ventilation) to recover the heat from the exhausted air to return it to the building. HRVs recover only heat and are used primarily in cold climates, while Energy Recovery Ventilators ERVs also recover humidity - which you may not need. ERVs are generally lower in efficiency, that's why we point to HRVs. Quoting from VENTILATION, BALANCED from Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction, by Steven Bliss: Used primarily in cold climates, heat-recovery ventilators (HRVs) pass two air streams by one another within a plastic or aluminum heat exchanger, recapturing 60 to 75% of the heat from the outgoing air stream. This unit, installed in an attic, is hung from chains to reduce noise and vibrations. Recovery of heat from the exhaust air typically ranges from 60 to 75%, if properly installed and balanced. During the summer, if air-conditioning is used, the heat transfer reverses, cooling the incoming hot air. Systems generally have exhaust ports in rooms that generate moisture or pollutants, including bathrooms, laundry, and kitchen and supply ports in bedrooms, living rooms, and other main living spaces. We took a look at your question using advice and calculations in Air-to-Air Heat Exchangers for Healthier Energy-Efficient Homes, by Kenneth Hellevang and Carl Pederson, from North Dakota State University. According to at least one study that published data from the Home Ventilating Institute (link below), in a heating climate an HRV can operate at a sensible heat recovery efficiency of 60 to 66 % (down to 20% in a cooling climate). To calculate an estimate you'd need the floor area, number of square feet, a factor for the division of the interior space into individual rooms (affecting airflow), the building infiltration rate or air changes per hour or number of hours for a complete building air change, the fuel heating cost and the cost of electricity (to operate the heat recovery ventilator) and of course installation costs which for a building like yours might be quite significant. You'll also need the heating degree days figure for your area (HDD). The Heat Cost Savings Formula for Reducing Building Ventilation RateWith that data the heat saved each year (in BTUs) = CFM x HDD X EF x 25.92 where CFM = cubic feet per minute BTU = british thermal unit HDD = heating degree day figure for your area (65 degF - average daily temperature) EF = energy efficiency of the heat exchanger (we use a conservative 50% for a reason explained below) 25.92 = a constant, the specific weight of air Example: using your 9,280,000 cubic feet per day (there are 1440 minutes in a day): 9,280,000 / 1440 = 6,444 CFM [are you sure about that data?] Using a MADE up HDD of 4500 (about half of Fargo ND's figure per year - you didn't say where your building is located) BTU/year saved = 64,444 x 4500 x 0.50 x 25.92 BTU/year saved = 3758 million BTUs for your building - IF our input numbers are really correct. Now if you know your energy cost per heating BTU you can with this formula wildly guesstimate the heating cost effect of a HRV OR of of a 50% reduction in airflow out (turning off the roof fans for half the time or reducing the ACH rate by 50%.) Heat & IAQ Considerations are Different for Commercial and Large buildingsOur energy savings expert Steven Bliss adds these comments: In general, commercial buildings have much larger "internal gains" from people, equipment, lighting, etc., than homes and many need to be air-conditioned year-round for that reason. This would complicate the analysis. The natural rate of air leakage, plus the rate of mechanical ventilation are not strictly additive – more 1 plus 1 = √2. Achieving the recommended level of air exchange may need to take natural air leakage into account. In homes, at least, air-to-air heat exchangers only deliver the rated performance in extremely tight houses. One reason is that balancing the airflows in a leaky house is not possible. The net result is poor performance and too much ventilation. See AIR LEAK DETECTION TOOLS for help with building energy loss due to air leaks. We are not sure how air-to-air heat exchangers work – or if they work at all – at the scale considered in the large building discussed above. The type of equipment, if it exists, is not your little Vermont one-family home basement air-to-air heat exchanger. Ventilation is primarily for people, not for buildings (except perhaps for removal of moisture – usually not a concern in commercial buildings). So we are not sure it makes sense to blast large quantities of air out the roof at night, unless the building is used around the clock. Look Again at the Building Air Change Hourly RateIn sum, from your initial data and the numbers you provided for your building, a careful look at the actual and required air changes per hour data is needed. You may be able to find significant reductions in heat cost by simply making sure that the air exchange rate or ACH is correctly set. ...
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This might be a bit pointless (its probably in many) but has anyone ever noted how many episodes the baseball is seen in? -- Tough Little Ship 14:11, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
- It's most likely in a great number of Deep Space 9 episodes, and (I am unsure) maybe in an episode or two in other series. We definitely know it's in episodes such as ""Emissary"", "Take Me Out to the Holosuite", "Image in the Sand", etc. If we made a list, it would be quite extensive. - Enzo Aquarius 15:58, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
- But does Emissary count because Sisko explains baseball to the Prophets, but does Sisko have his baseball in his office in that episode?- Chimeradave July 21, 2008
- The article on Ep 2-02 The Circle, says that the Baseball is first seen on Sisko's desk in that ep.However, in the episode before that Sisko is playing with the ball in his office and throws it to Jadzia during a discussion and she comments that she's not as interested in Baseball as Curzon pretended to be. Should any of that be included in this article?- Chimeradave- July 31, 2008
- I corrected the article - the baseball was given to Sisko by an alien impersonating Buck Bokai in "If Wishes Were Horses". What "The Circle"'s note is trying to say, I think, is that this baseball is actually seen on his desk for the first time.– Cleanse 05:45, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
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- This could also be interpreted as a message from Sisko: once again, like when Dukat took over the station, he left the baseball behind. It could be a message that he will be back.
It's a speculation. — Vince47 12:23, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


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Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, FMCSA may renew an exemption from the vision requirements in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10), which applies to drivers of CMVs in interstate commerce, for a two-year period if it finds "such exemption would likely achieve a level of safety that is equivalent to, or greater than, the level that would be achieved absent such exemption." The procedures for requesting an exemption (including renewals) are set out in 49 CFR part 381. This notice addresses 10 individuals who have requested renewal of their exemptions in a timely manner. FMCSA has evaluated these 10 applications for renewal on their merits and decided to extend each exemption for a renewable two-year period. They are:
Robert R. Buis George J. Ghigliotty Robert J. Johnson Charles R. Kuderer Thomas D. Laws Clifford C. Priesmeyer Gerald R. Rietmann Arthur A. Sappington William H. Smith Edward C. Williams
These exemptions are extended subject to the following conditions: (1) That each individual have a physical examination every year (a) by an ophthalmologist or optometrist who attests that the vision in the better eye continues to meet the standard in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10), and (b) by a medical examiner who attests that the individual is otherwise physically qualified under 49 CFR 391.41; (2) that each individual provide a copy of the ophthalmologist's or optometrist's report to the medical examiner at the time of the annual medical examination; and (3) that each individual provide a copy of the annual medical certification to the employer for retention in the driver's qualification file and retain a copy of the certification on his/her person while driving for presentation to a duly authorized Federal, State, or local enforcement official. Each exemption will be valid for two years unless rescinded earlier by FMCSA. The exemption will be rescinded if: (1) The person fails to comply with the terms and conditions of the exemption; (2) the exemption has resulted in a lower level of safety than was maintained before it was granted; or (3) continuation of the exemption would not be consistent with the goals and objectives of 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315.
Basis for Renewing Exemptions
Under 49 U.S.C. 31315(b)(1), an exemption may be granted for no longer than two years from its approval date and may be renewed upon application for additional two year periods. In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, each of the 10 applicants has satisfied the entry conditions for obtaining an exemption from the vision requirements (63 FR 30285; 63 FR 54519; 65 FR 66293; 68 FR 1654; 69 FR 71098; 65 FR 33406; 65 FR 57234; 67 FR 57266; 65 FR 45817; 65 FR 77066; 67 FR 71610; 67 FR 46016; 67 FR 57267). Each of these 10 applicants has requested timely renewal of the exemption and has submitted evidence showing that the vision in the better eye continues to meet the standard specified at 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10) and that the vision impairment is stable. In addition, a review of each record of safety while driving with the respective vision deficiencies over the past two years indicates each applicant continues to meet the vision exemption standards. These factors provide an adequate basis for predicting each driver's ability to continue to drive safely in interstate commerce. Therefore, FMCSA concludes that extending the exemption for each renewal applicant for a period of two years is likely to achieve a level of safety equal to that existing without the exemption.
Request for Comments
FMCSA will review comments received at any time concerning a particular driver's safety record and determine if the continuation of the exemption is consistent with the requirements at 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315. However, FMCSA requests that interested parties with specific data concerning the safety records of these drivers submit comments by February 8, 2007.
FMCSA believes that the requirements for a renewal of an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315 can be satisfied by initially granting the renewal and then requesting and evaluating, if needed, subsequent comments submitted by interested parties. As indicated above, the Agency previously published notices of final disposition announcing its decision to exempt these 10 individuals from the vision requirement in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10). The final decision to grant an exemption to each of these individuals was based on the merits of each case and only after careful consideration of the comments received to its notices of applications. The notices of applications stated in detail the qualifications, experience, and medical condition of each applicant for an exemption from the vision requirements. That information is available by consulting the above cited Federal Register publications.
Interested parties or organizations possessing information that would otherwise show that any, or all of these drivers, are not currently achieving the statutory level of safety should immediately notify FMCSA. The Agency will evaluate any adverse evidence submitted and, if safety is being compromised or if continuation of the exemption would not be consistent with the goals and objectives of 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, FMCSA will take immediate steps to revoke the exemption of a driver.
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The combined effects of habitat fragmentation and climate change are thought likely to significantly affect many species across the UK. Hotter, drier summers, wetter winters and an increase in unpredictable and extreme weather conditions mean that changes in species distributions and behaviour are already apparent. The woods around Oxford provide a model typical of lowland temperate woodland, fragmented by forestry, agricultural practices and urbanisation. Fragmentation, and concomitant reduction in population sizes and dispersal opportunities, are of course acknowledged threats to conservation, the effects of which are likely to be worsened by climate change. The programme aims to answer such questions as how much connectivity is needed between woodland patches to enable movement between populations? And, do changes in species abundance and composition affect key ecosystem processes such as decomposition and nutrient recycling?
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In British woodlands woodlice and millipedes are the most abundant macro-decomposers. While not directly responsible for the decomposition process they make important indirect effects through the breakdown of leaf litter into smaller particles, mixing of the leaf litter into a homogenous state, and moving it to more favourable microclimate conditions, and many studies have shown that in the absence of soil macrofauna litter disappearance is greatly reduced. Changes in climate may affect the abundance and composition of these invertebrates, the majority of which favour damp conditions. Volunteers have proved to be very reliable at identifying the common species of woodlice and millipedes and the first surveys have already shown differences in the species composition and abundances between the drier edge habitats and the wetter core woodland areas. A series of experimental studies are underway to look at how these changes affect the decomposition of leaf litter in the edge and core woodland plots.
Moths are an excellent group on which to study the combined effects of climate change and woodland fragmentation. They are a large and diverse group, with a large subset of species which depend on woodland during some stage of their life-cycle. They are already known to be good indicators of habitat quality and respond rapidly to climate change effects, making them good surrogates for other insect groups. Previous studies by WildCRU researchers have shown the importance of field margins and hedgerow trees for farmland species (Merckx et al., 2009). This summer we have initiated a landscape-scale mark-release-recapture (MRR) study to document the use of core and edges of woodland fragments of a range of sizes from 360 ha down to single isolated trees. By marking and releasing every individual of a set of 92 focal woodland associated species we are able to monitor their movements within the landscape. For example, how important are the hedgerows and isolated trees connecting fragments? Are larger fragments more important than small fragments? This study is providing the first results showing how these species are affected by woodland fragmentation, and creating a framework for predictions of how their populations will be affected by climate change. Preliminary results so far show that both woodland size and connectivity are important, and that even small woodland fragments have a large abundance and richness of moths. Moreover, many moths appear to be moving large distances across the landscape, and recaptures along hedgerows and at isolated oak tress indicate that they are using these landscape features.
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Moving on from the old Black Armor product line, Seagate announces its latest NAS servers, which are now called Business Storage NAS. The new servers comes with USB 3.0, a Universal Storage Module (USM) slot, and a lot more.
If you haven't heard of Seagate's BlackArmor NAS servers, including the 220 and the 440 models, you didn't miss much or you have missed everything. Almost four years since first introduced, they are now obsolete.
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The two-bay and four-bay versions also comes with a unique Universal Storage Module (USM) slot that can be used with Backup Plus portable drives (or certain models of the GoFlex portable drive) to provide a simple and cost-effective method for off-site backups. Seagate's USM slot was first introduced at CES 2011 and allows Seagate's portable drives to work as removable storage media, the way ZIP disks worked with a ZIP drive.
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Jam plant integrates packaging and processing
Engineers at Trailblazer Foods were looking for a more flexible solution for recipe management than off-the-shelf automation solutions could provide. Trailblazer hired Concept Systems to develop an upgrade to its plant "cook deck" control system. Concept's challenge was to preserve the recipes and results of the existing manufacturing process while maintaining or increasing product quality increasing productivity and reducing costs and waste.
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Trailblazer's cook decks contain multiple kettles each about 5 feet wide by 4 feet tall where the ingredients of their preserves are mixed and cooked. Different kettles are used to hold ingredients at different stages of processing. While one kettle cooks one recipe a different recipe could be run in the mixing kettle.
Trailblazer Foods' previous recipe management system relied on the use of paper recipe sheets that specified how much of each ingredient the operator should weigh out and put in the kettle. In addition to replacing the paper recipes with an electronic system Concept's approach toward automating this process was to make the underlying design as generic as possible allowing the operator to define each step.
In the new system the operator can select and modify cooking recipes via a graphical operator interface screen. Then the recipe management system measures out ingredients tracking the weight of each using load cells (electronic weigh scales) mounted under the mixing kettles. The outputs of the system's three load cells go back to a scale indicator that is readable via the PLC. The PLC can run multiple recipes at the same time plus control kettle cleanout via water flush and mixing. With the new operator interface recipe changeover times have been significantly decreased and one cook can operate and monitor the entire process.
As an integrator Control Systems uses the control platform specified by its customer. In this case the customer used PLCs from Rockwell Automation. The control platform in addition to the custom code included an Allen-Bradley ControlLogix PLC and RSView SE human-machine interface from Rockwell Software.
"We took the customer's paper-based recipe system and came up with a scheme to enter their recipes in RSView" reports Gurney. "The software links to the operator interface. Trailblazer has a bunch of different products so we developed a custom recipe manager and made a call to RS View to do the operator interface. The operator enters batch information into the system via this operator interface. The recipe is a series of steps. Each step enables a series of options specific to their system. They can set up every step including an end-of-step type that the operator can enter and acknowledge. This makes for a very flexible and interactive system."
Initial setup consisted of entering the recipes and saving to a master recipe list with a unique number. The system handles routing and control programs that need to be set. Although some manual process set-up still exist such as loading material when the manual step is activated a photo of the right set-up pops up on the screen.
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Too many cooks can spoil the broth they say and one way they spoil it is by contributing to unwanted variability. Batch processors that have traditionally used manually intensive production systems involving too many operators can benefit by installing computerized controls to yield:
• A decrease in recipe changeover times
• An increase in product consistency and quality across a range of operators and operator skill levels
• Increased productivity for one cook via automation of mixing and material handling operations.
These are among the benefits Trailblazer Foods now takes advantage of since it implemented the process improvement strategy recommended by Concept Systems.
Once the batch recipe system was in place attention turned to the packaging line. Here the problem was that each machine on the line was built by a different original equipment manufacturer. As Concept Systems' Gurney explains each machine has its own control system distinct from the others and the various control systems do not communicate with each other or anything else. "Our goal" states Gurney "was the integration of the various systems such that the packaging line would know what products were in the process of manufacture and could be automatically set up. For example there are different bottling processes for jams versus jellies."
Since the packaging side of the business was not fully integrated with itself or with the processing side Control Systems used an Ethernet network to tie the conveyor system to the supervisory system built for the batch process. The network system uses EtherNet/IP an industrial network using the common industrial protocol (CIP) standard of ControlNet International. The network is supervised by an Allen-Bradley ControlLogix platform.
Although some of the packaging machines are tied to the system in order to obtain a minimum level of integration the main part of the integration is achieved through the conveyor system. Absolutely critical is careful control of the amount of time product spends in the cooling tunnel. This system contains about 25 Rockwell Automation Powerflex 70 variable frequency drives—all speed coordinated. "One of the keys to the system" states Gurney "is that we can control the backlog of product into the packaging stations to assure maximum throughput."
Some might be leery of using Ethernet in a manufacturing setting but Gurney says that Concept Systems has had a lot of success with it. "We know how to take advantage of EtherNet/IP and have been using it even down to the Remote I/O level" he adds. "The biggest feature right now is the huge bandwidth. It is high enough that the non-deterministic nature of the network is not an issue any longer. Another benefit is the ease of access to components. Many are commercial and therefore easier to find and maintain—not to mention less expensive than fieldbus components from ControlNet or Profibus."
The biggest benefit to Trailblazer after implementation of this system is decreased set-up time according to Gurney. Set-up is automatic in many cases. An additional benefit is the elimination of the necessity of "tweaking" set-up parameters that often leads to a loss of product during this process.
Improvements like these have positioned Trailblazer Foods to compete more effectively in a marketplace that continues to put more and more emphasis on flexible recipe management and smaller batch sizes.


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LONDON (MarketWatch)—Burberry Group PLC led declines for U.K. stocks Tuesday after a profit warning, while banks and tobacco shares enabled the FTSE 100 index to curb losses.
The FTSE 100 /quotes/zigman/3173262/realtime UK:UKX -0.97% closed only slightly lower on the session, at 5,792.19, as investors found opportunities beyond Burberry and a broadly weaker mining sector.
Luxury-goods firm Burberry /quotes/zigman/307688/realtime UK:BRBY -1.49% /quotes/zigman/566822/delayed/quotes/nls/burby BURBY -1.53% sank 21%, retreating after it warned that adjusted profit before tax for the 12 months to end March 31, 2013, is currently anticipated to come in at the lower end of market expectations. See: Burberry: Year adjusted net seen at low end.
Glencore makes final offer to Xstrata
Glencore officially put its revised offer for Xstrata to the miner's board and shareholders, seeking to win approval for new terms.
Burberry's shares closed at 10.88 pounds, the lowest level since January 2011.
"As we stated in July, the external environment is becoming more challenging. In this context, second-quarter retail sales growth has slowed against historically high comparatives," said Chief Executive Angela Ahrendts.
In a note, analysts at Citigroup said that they "would expect the slowdown to be broad-based across Burberry's key Asian, European and U.S. markets, and mainline stores to have been under more pressure than outlets."
More broadly, mining shares ranked as London's biggest decliners in the Tuesday session. On Monday, miners had been among the strongest performers as weak Chinese data fueled hopes of further economic stimulus to boost the second-largest global economy.
Vedanta Resources PLC /quotes/zigman/336962/realtime UK:VED -0.84% lost 2.4% in Tuesday's trading, as Anglo American PLC /quotes/zigman/470624/realtime UK:AAL -1.15% /quotes/zigman/474911/delayed/quotes/nls/aauky AAUKY -0.59% gave up 2.3% and Kazakhmys PLC /quotes/zigman/391399/realtime UK:KAZ -0.60% tripped 1.2%.
Xstrata PLC and Glencore International PLC /quotes/zigman/5131911/realtime UK:GLEN -2.14% both fell 1.5%, pulling back amid negotiations aimed at reviving the stalled merger of the miner and the commodities trading house, respectively.
Glencore put forth a final, sweetened offer for Xstrata to the miner's board and shareholders on Monday. Qatar Holding LLC, one the largest Xstrata shareholders, said Tuesday it hasn't made a decision on whether it will accept the new offer. See: Qatar Holding: No Glencore/Xstrata decision yet.
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Banks on the other hand, were on the rise, tracking gains for the sector across Europe on speculation the Federal Reserve will announce another round after quantitative easing after the U.S. central bank wraps up its two-day policy meeting on Thursday.
Shares of Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC /quotes/zigman/10330253/realtime UK:RBS -2.22% /quotes/zigman/530544/delayed/quotes/nls/rbs RBS -1.77% gained 4.6% and Barclays PLC /quotes/zigman/301787/realtime UK:BARC -1.31% /quotes/zigman/152323/delayed/quotes/nls/bcs BCS -0.67% rose 2.8%.
British American Tobacco PLC /quotes/zigman/218491/realtime UK:BATS -3.27% /quotes/zigman/233120/delayed/quotes/nls/bti BTI -0.0052% also supported the FTSE 100, up 1.8%. Imperial Tobacco Group PLC /quotes/zigman/167179/realtime UK:IMT -0.20% /quotes/zigman/168318/delayed/quotes/nls/ityby ITYBY -0.13% picked up 0.9%.
Outside London's main index, IG Group Holdings PLC /quotes/zigman/375689/realtime UK:IGG +0.73% rose 6.5%, as revenue for the first quarter of the company's fiscal year was in line with expectations at 81.5 million pounds ($130.6 million).


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Olloclip introduces telephoto lens, brings 2x magnification to iPhone camera
The Olloclip iPhone Telephoto lens will be available in two versions - one for the iPhone 5 and another one for iPhone 4S/4. The lens will appear in Apple Stores later on this month and in Best Buy in August.
The package includes not just the lens itself, but a telephoto lens cap, microfiber bags, CPL/wide-angle lens adapter and iPod touch 5th generation adapter as well. If you can swallow the $99 price tag, that seems a great accessory to have in addition to the fish eye/wide-angle/macro 3-in-1 system.
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posted on 10 Jul 2013, 09:45
1. chunk1x (Posts: 248; Member since: 25 Jun 2011)
Who the hell on Earth uses 2x magnification? For $99 you could get 3-5x magnification depending on the quality of the lenses.
posted on 10 Jul 2013, 11:11
2. AstronautJones (Posts: 143; Member since: 01 Aug 2012)
Or you could use that money to buy a better digital camera? Or buy a Nokia with a better camera anyway?
posted on 10 Jul 2013, 11:28
3. FISTFLY (Posts: 27; Member since: 03 Jul 2013)
Sorry guys thats not for you. Thats for proffesionals who use iPhone for day to day work like reporters.
posted on 10 Jul 2013, 21:24
4. mottykels (Posts: 361; Member since: 15 May 2013)
Fish eye from obostore is cheaper than this ;)
posted on 11 Jul 2013, 03:19
5. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 1871; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Instead of this, its better to buy a decent camera.


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New Exeter Chiefs captain Dean Mumm has underlined the importance of picking up points early on ahead of the new season.
Exeter travel to Northampton this weekend in the opening round of the new Aviva Premiership campaign, looking to improve on their 6th placed finish at the end of 2012-2013.
Mumm, who has taken over the captaincy at the Chiefs from Irish lock Tommy Hayes, stressed the need for the club to perform with greater consistency throughout the new season if they want to make the playoffs.
The former Australian international also conceded that although the club has plenty of ambition, the immediate focus will be on the first group of matches in the league before reevaluating their expectations.
"It's particularly important to pick up some points early on in the competition just to ease the pressure on you as you go through," said Mumm to the Western Morning News.
"Exeter's been lucky in recent years. They've always had some pretty tough games in the early part but they've always managed to get points. Particularly away from home, any points you can get are very important.
"We're going up to Northampton to get the win and then we'll think about Wasps [the following weekend] after that.
"We're a club full of ambition. We're aiming for the top but we realise there's a lot of work to do from here before we get there.
"We've got to focus on that as we go along. A more consistent season, picking up points whenever we can, is probably the way to look at it then the results side will take care of itself.
"We've spoken a bit about targets but we've spoken a lot more about processes than the actual outcome of the season.
"We'll focus on Northampton, target the first four or five games, and then we can reassess from there."


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High-Performance from Harman International
The Mark Levinson No.52 Reference Preamplifier ($30,000) is the company's flagship audio preamplifier, and is now being shipped. Like the No.32 Reference that proceeded it, the No.52 is a two-chassis preamplifier, with a control unit that contains all user switches and controls plus the power supply. The audio circuitry is in a separate chassis. The control chassis includes system readouts, pushbuttons to select functions and a rotary volume control that, like that of the No.32, is a digitally controlled analog device using a ladder DAC. Its power supply features AC regeneration. The audio chassis contains a phono module for both moving-magnet and moving-coil cartridges, which had been optional in the No. 2. The audio chassis's rear panel sports three pairs of both RCA and XLR inputs and outputs, a socket for a control cable, and two 9-pin DC connectors to receive DC power from the control module. One of the output pairs is configurable to act as a tape loop or become a dedicated subwoofer output.
Mark Levinson also showed a newly revised concept design for a powerful integrated amplifier, the No.585 ($12,000), which would follow the No.383 integrated from a decade ago, which is no longer in production. It's rated at 200Wpc into 8 ohms, and 400Wpc into 4 ohms. Besides greater power than the No.383, the No.585 will have many more inputs and outputs than the earlier model, including an asynchronous USB input; S/PDIF, optical, HDMI, and AES/EBU digital inputs; outputs will be analog (preamplifier line stage, speaker outputs) and digital (coaxial, optical, and AES/EBU). The front panel will keep the same interface as the company's flagship No.52 preamplifier. Harman International and Mark Levinson hope to finalize the design and ship it this year.
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