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$135 - $165 Daily | More- Daily: $135 - $165
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- M-TH $135/night, F-SU & Holidays $165/night. Add'l $10/night/person if more than 4 in party.
Year-RoundA quaint barn style structure nestled in the 'back 40' of a 200 acre hobby farm, this 2 bdrm. full kitchen lodge sleeps six, allows the guests to do the cooking, and we provide the breakfast starters, including coffee. Best shared with family or close friends, it is an Audobon lovers paradise. Heavens Valley is home to a small spring fed creek, has hiking trails (XX ski trails in winter), a bonfire pit and plenty of star gazing or nature to enjoy.
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- Hiking Trail
- Cross Country Ski Trail (groomed)
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- Open in Fall
- Open in Winter
- Kitchen/Kitchenette(s)
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- Air Conditioned Units Available
- Secluded Individual Cabin(s) or Unit(s)
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- Open to the general public, no membership required
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- Additional Date Information: Contact by phone best in eve., email response within 24 hours. Open 7 days/week and holidays. Three hours notice requested.
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- Desc of Green Practices in Place: Recycling, wood burning stove, detergents and cleaner eco-friendly, setting is next to woods & landscaped w native plants.
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- Number of cabins: 1
- Number of cabins available in winter: 1
- Number of rooms in lodge building: 2
- TOTAL number of indoor lodging units: 1
- Max. Group Size Vacation Home can Accommodate: 6
- TOTAL indoor lodging units available in winter: 1
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- Weekend Rental Available
- Weekly Rental Available
- Split Weeks Available
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From Hwy 61 and Hwy 14, go West on 14 one+ mile. Turn left on County Road 21 (AKA Gilmore Valley Rd). Go one mile, take a left on Wildwood. Go down/up a hill, approx. 2 blocks, road turns to gravel, see sign, stay left 3/4 mile. Single lane road.
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FRESNO, Calif. — As employees return to work Thursday at a chicken-processing plant that was the scene of a fatal workplace shooting, authorities and co-workers puzzled over what set off an ex-convict whose record had included mostly nonviolent crimes.
Lawrence Nathaniel Jones, 42, had been in and out of prison since 1991 for crimes ranging from armed robbery to a car theft. A neighbor described him as intimidating, but a co-worker and his boss called him nice and respectful.
On Tuesday, in the middle of his morning shift, Jones pulled out a gun and opened fire on four co-workers, killing two execution-style, authorities said. Two others were wounded, and he later died after shooting himself in the head.
"Nothing seemed out of the ordinary that day, or any day," Bob Coyle, president and owner of the Valley Protein plant, said employees told him. "There were no arguments that ensued, nothing that led up to it. It's a horrific, random act of violence."
Those who knew him offered conflicting accounts of a man who had a criminal history but appeared to have straightened out his life. Neighbors at his apartment building told the Fresno Bee he had been there for a few months and did not speak to anyone.
"He never smiled or even looked at you. He was intimidating," said Manny Anguiano, who lived two doors down from Jones. "He just rode in on his bike and rode out."
Coyle said Jones never showed any signs of trouble and was always respectful. He was recently given a perfect attendance award.
"He was a good employee. Never missed a day, never late. He would say, 'Hi Bob. ... I'm blessed to be here.' That's how he'd say things," Coyle said. "He kept to himself, he was quiet, but he got things done."
Michelle Coyle, company co-owner and head of human resources, said managers were aware of Jones' record and prison time. Jones came highly recommended from a placement agency, she said.
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Half way through 2008, Clallam County's finances are going a bit better than anticipated, with some promise for years ahead.
County financial planners saw a dip in revenue for 2008 and planned for it. After a mid-year analysis, county administrator Jim Jones said the county is projected to spend about $1.28 million more than it has coming in, compared to early estimates that placed the deficit at about $2.4 million.
"The general fund is performing better than what was initially budgeted," Jones said. "The county plans for a very tight budget to keep expenses down in case revenues are not as high as we project."
The county has about $12.5 million in reserves, a number expected to go down to about $11.1 million by January.
While some projected revenues are slumping, others are on the rise but not enough to compensate for income losses and projected increases in expenses.
"To make these projections I have data sheets for each fund that compare projected budgets for this year, actual mid-year numbers for this year and mid-year numbers and total budgets for the last three years," Jones said. "Then I take a look at current conditions and make estimates based on that information."
Projections are not good through 2009. However, Jones sees big opportunities coming for Clallam County, such as infrastructure improvements, that may give it an edge over slumping state and national economic trends.
Revenues are projected to dip in some areas of county finances, such as real estate excise taxes, funds from building permits and from sales taxes.
"We expected the dip in sales tax and budgeted for it, so we were prepared for that," Jones said. "And while we understood there was a slump in the building industry, it hit us harder than expected. Those two and the (real estate excise tax) are all intertwined."
With a lull in the real estate market, building stops. The purchase of building supplies is a huge contributor to the county's sales tax revenue.
"One thing we have seen, however, is a dramatic increase in the projection for property tax income," Jones said. "Property taxes came in about $100,000 higher than expected."
The county assessor's office has caught up with a backlog of construction assessments from 2007. Jones saw projected increases to timber tax revenues and a huge return of interest on money the county has in the bank, about $2 million.
"We knew we would be dealing with less income this year," Jones said. "But there are some expenses that jumped on us as well."
The county cut some of its projected expenses for 2008. Simultaneously, however, the county incurred dramatic costs through the Clallam County Superior Court, to its risk management pool for legal expenses and for workers compensation claims.
"As for the court, we are doing what we said we would," Jones said. "We have a third judge and we are digging into that three-year backlog of cases."
As a result, the court has finished 241 cases within the first six months of 2008, many more than in previous years and the costs of juries and witnesses has used up nearly 95 percent of the year's allocations to the activity within the first six months.
"Commissioners will likely have to consider making an emergency budget amendment to fund trial costs through 2008," Jones said.
He said the heap of cases is getting cleared, but added that it would take time to get through what was a three-year backlog.
The increase to the risk management pool came from higher than expected expenses in defending the county against a land-use ruling handed down by the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board.
Jones estimated if the county continued the same level of service in 2009, it would cost about $2 million more due to material and cost of living increases.
"My suggestion to commissioners will be to use reserves to cushion the impact for the next year while finding ways to reduce spending," Jones said. "I see promising times, perhaps a mini-boom, in about a year and a half."
He cited a number of infrastructure improvements and projects in the area, such as the Elwha River Dam removal and an eastern Port Angeles urban grown area sewer expansion.
"When are things going to get better? Well, on the national scene, maybe three years or more," he said. "But Clallam County is a bit unique in that we have so many projects lined up with funding, much of which will be spent locally."
He said if the county dips into reserves for one or two more years, the payoff would be better than laying off workers now and having to refill the positions when activities pick up again. He said he wants $5 million as a minimum in reserves.
"The whole reason we have high reserves is we didn't spend the income from the building boom," Jones said. "We really tried to tough it out under the 1 percent property tax increase while saving what we could for when the hammers stopped pounding, and that time is now."
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Toronto's Fucked Up have shown themselves to be in constant states of limbo, always travelling through unpredictability. Their music glistens with aggression but clings tightly to artistry, shimmering with intense downturns and blatantly angular rhythms. Fucked Up have become highly influential within the underground and Hidden World is, for better or for worse, a highly anticipated release from the band. Since releasing their first demo in 2001, Fucked Up have managed to put out a staggering catalogue. Their discography so far includes several seven-inch EPs, split recordings, and a mix-tape series, as the band chose to shun full-length releases. Now, Fucked Up have stepped away from their approach to releasing music by signing on with Jade Tree. This full-length is not only a departure in format, but extends the esoteric intellect that has been growing steadily out of Fucked Up for the past couple years. While at once embracing the gritty, frenzied approach Fucked Up have become known for, Hidden World also sees the band reinforce the need to push each song in a distinct direction in both musical and mental capacities. One of the first things that comes to mind as this album kicks off with "Crusades" is just how good Fucked Up are. Part of the anticipation — and perhaps anxiety — of the release of this album was that it would see the band adapt into stretches of melody and unconventional structure, but this pivotal shift in style only builds on the band's unsettled history. As the album tilts and groans under the unbelievable sound and fury that Fucked Up produce on tracks like "The Two Snakes" and "Hidden World," the exhaustive level of intellect that this band exude is ever present and just as subversive as always.
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I thought we could have a thread dedicated to discussing the stock market, as well as post trades we make.I currently like working two high volatility ETFs: TZA and TNA.My current position: 200 shares of TZA @ 10.95 bought on 2/6/2013. Stop loss is 14400+ on the Dow.I bought those because i believe we are at a top of some kind with the Dow at 1400. I believe were in the process of slowly rolling over right now.
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08-02-2013, 19:55 #1
stock market 2013
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08-02-2013, 20:16 #2
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so buy at the top?
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08-02-2013, 22:42 #4
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Yikes! I'm convinced real traders are smarter than me, so I stick to index funds and index ETFs (vanguard), save for a few decent dividend stocks I've collected over the years. If I had more time and confidence, I'd have 10-20 long positions that I would move in and out of as I felt those companies were over and undervalued. That said, technically, because I'm so equity heavy, it's still an aggressive stance, just a wussy way of being so.
I have a friend who has done really well focusing on only 5, but that makes me nervous. too many eggs in too few baskets.
I've found that going short, getting too frisky with options and everything on the futures market is essentially just gambling unless you're really putting your time in. even people that do see so much more volatility that I wonder if it's worth it. Your leveraged fund is already affecting my blood pressure, and I haven't even pulled up a chart.
Anyway, why put the stop on the Dow instead of the S&P? General market fear of even numbers? I always preferred the S&P, but the news always reports the Dow. I suppose I answered my own question.
08-02-2013, 23:23 #5
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Yes its always scary to invest. I take comfort in my stops. This trade at worst will cost me but not bankrupt me. its predicated on the Dow failing to convincingly clear 14k. So i set the stop 10% above it.
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He said he has stops in place and if he did not pick the wrong brokers...
13-02-2013, 11:34 #8
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It's a bit like Cinderella. She has to leave the orgy, err party at midnight. The difference to the burst time of an internet bubble is that Cinderella has a clock while there is none in stock market trading, at least not for the common people. Their money will end up as profits for those with a clock. A few ones will make a profit out of luck, however.
Success at speculations is about knowing things before others know them. There are different ways to achieve that and the easiest ones are criminal or at least sociopathic. Stock market speculations are a bit like dog racing bets, Nigerian scams and pyramid/snowball schemes, with all the cheating etc.D3 Trading Forums: Europe - America
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B-b-b-but, kris, what about all the growth that traders create?
They are like gardeners, constantly bringing forth bloom and bounty, for the benefit of all. Some may call this trinkle down, where the prosperity finds its way from the Porsche and Mercedes driving high-fliers down to those humble second-hand Daihatsu owning under-achievers but it's really like a wondrous golden shower of warmth and well-being. I get chills just contemplating their selfless heroism.
Ungrateful wretch.
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"Trinkle"? Snarkasm aside, "trickle down" <does> work, since it's inherent to Capitalism, as anyone who grasped their basic economics classes can tell you. The Western World wouldn't have been riding America's economic coat-tails for almost 100 years were that not the case, nor would America have been the World's economic powerhouse. Even the Keynesian "economists" like Krugman (and therefore Obama) secretly know it, even if they stupidly assume that Gov't "churn" can somehow take the place of the producers creating wealth. The issues are whether it works well, if it is at all equitable in its workings, if there's anything that might work more efficiently, and if there's legitimate rationale to switch. Of those issues, the only one I find worth debate is whether unnatural monopoly should be tolerated.
I'll leave it to the forum to come up with some perverse commentary about the board game.
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I was so skeptical about this flavour as so many people love it, and so many people hate it. I am in the love category. I thought this was delicious. Tasted like apple pie, i baked it and it went crispy and was just perfection
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Best protein bar I have ever found. I will buy these bars always & hope Iherb continues to sell them for a long time. They have 72% of my daily fiber, which is awesome, and they're very filling! Only 170 calories, low sugar, hardly any carbs (that aren't fiber). And the apple pie one is DELICIOUS! I cannot wait to try the other flavors. I want to order a box of every kind right now.
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The Olympic Port in Barcelona is a fantastic place to spend time on holiday. It is a bustling part of the city, close to Barceloneta and Icaria Beach too.
The Olympic Port underwent a huge regeneration project for the Olympic games held in 1992 and the area is thriving. There are restaurants, bars, live music and plenty more besides to keep everyone entertained. In the middle of the Port is a world class casino that offers everything from slot machines to poker. The famous World Poker Tour has a stop at this casino in Barcelona as does the European Poker Tour and World Heads Up Poker Championship.
Getting to this area of Barcelona is easy. Simply take the yellow line on the metro to Ciutadella/Vila Olimpica and the port is just ten minutes on foot from there. There are plenty of places to eat or enjoy a cup of coffee at the port. Why not enjoy a cool, crisp drink while watching the boats and yachts in the harbour? There are restaurants serving everything from local tapas and delicacies to all the best dishes from around the world. Whatever you feel like eating and whatever budget you have to spend can be accommodated at the Port.
Make sure you don't miss out on the enormous bronze whale that is located there too. The incredible monument was created by Franck Gehry and greets you as you arrive. It is quite hard to miss. Make sure you have your camera ready because it provides a great backdrop for a photograph. There is no doubt that the Olympic Port offers a great day out for the whole family in Barcelona. It is perfectly situated close to some of the main beaches of the city and within easy distance of the city centre.
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In the year 2000, an international conference considered the question "What is life?" Every participant was asked to draft a definition, and every speaker was required to address the central question. According to David Abel, who was one of the speakers, no two definitions of life were the same. This finding replicated that obtained by Rizotti who, in 1996, published a book with the title Defining Life. Abel considers that definitions can be grouped into two subsets: one of which perceives life as an essentially physicochemical phenomenon, and the other has an emphasis on coded information superimposed on material systems (developing Hubert Yockey's seminal ideas).
"Yockey was among the first to realize the linear digital nature of genetic control. Many others have appreciated that life was somehow different, but could not put their finger on exactly what this difference is. Ernst Mayr argued that physics and chemistry do not explain life. Monod and Bohr argued the same. Bohr pointed out, "Life is consistent with, but undecidable from physics and chemistry." Kuppers agreed." (p.107)
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Abel's review paper argues that life manifests characteristics that cannot be explained by physicodynamics alone, whether the focus falls on chance or on necessity (natural law). This is because biological information governing life processes and organisation is essentially nonphysical.
"The most fundamental distinction is the ability of "life" to exercise formal (nonphysical) organizational and pragmatic control over its otherwise physical interactions (e.g., chemical reactions, molecular associations, electrostatic attractions/repulsions; hydrophilic/hydrophobic tendencies, phase transitions; quantum uncertainty and "information entanglement"). The formal controls are attributable specifically to Prescriptive Information (PI) and its carefully regulated algorithmic processing. More than anything else, the ability to organize, regulate and holistically manage physicodynamics into a formal meta-metabolic scheme that values and pursues staying alive is what defines the uniqueness of life." (p.108)
Some have thought that the genetics of the simplest living prokaryote provides insight into the question "What is life?" Mycoplasma genitalium has a 580-kilo-base-pair genome containing 470 genes. However, sequencing is just the first step towards understanding this free-living cell. Research has revealed unsuspected complexities in the regulation of these genes.
"The number of interacting, formally integrated layers and dimensions of life's Prescriptive Information (PI), even in the simplest known free-living organisms, is mind-boggling." (p. 108-9)
Rather than persevere with the challenge of trying to define life, Abel suggests that it is more realistic and productive to identify the distinguishing characteristic of life. Nine of these are listed. In the main, they relate to familiar characteristics: possession of a membrane, reproduction, metabolism, etc., but expressed using words that identify the biological information requirements.
"All free-living classes of archaea, eubacteria, and eukaryotes meet all nine of the above criteria. Eliminate any one of the above nine requirements, and it remains to be demonstrated whether that system could remain "alive". RNA strands, DNA strands, prions, viroids, and viruses are not free-living organisms. They fail to meet many of the above well-recognized characteristics of independent "life"." (p.109)
Having established this baseline, Abel identifies a number of issues arising from these distinctives that warrant further discussion. However, in every case, Abel counsels caution, because there have been far too many cases of scholars defending pet theories by the selective use of evidences, rather than building theory on well-grounded empirical foundations. "Science must constantly guard itself against Kuhnian paradigm ruts". First, the concept of complexity is in need of urgent clarification. Many scholars appear unable to get beyond the Shannon approach to quantification.
"The place to begin understanding the phenomenon of linear digital prescription is a study of the three different types of sequence complexity. Biologically functional linear complexity lies in the subset of Functional Sequence Complexity (FSC), not Ordered Sequence Complexity (OSC) or Random Sequence Complexity (RSC). Functional Sequence Complexity (FSC) is a linear string of monomers or composite units that collectively perform some nontrivial function. Empirical evidence of the purely spontaneous formation of such strings, especially when more than 10 loci are involved, is sorely lacking. [. . .] FSC is a succession of algorithmic selections leading to function. Selection, specification, or signification of certain "choices" in FSC sequences results only from nonrandom selection. These selections at successive decision nodes cannot be forced by deterministic cause-and-effect necessity. If they were, nearly all decision-node selections would be the same. They would be highly ordered (OSC). Moreover, the selections cannot be random (RSC). No sophisticated program has ever been observed to be written by successive coin flips where heads is "1" and tails is "0"." (p.112)
This leads us to the concept of functional information. Abel distinguishes between two subsets: descriptive (DI) and prescriptive (PI). He refers to a Mercedes automobile to clarify the distinction. DI tells us about the component parts of the car and how they operate together in a harmonious way. PI tells us how to engineer and build that Mercedes.
"Unfortunately, many semantic information theorists make the mistake of thinking of functional information solely in terms of human epistemology, and specifically description (DI). This in effect limits the meaning of "function". DI provides valued common-sense knowledge to human beings about the way things already are. Being can be described to provide one form of function. [. . . ] The term "functional information" as used in peer-reviewed naturalistic biological literature by Nobel laureate Jack Szostak et al. in 2003 can be a completely inadequate descriptor of the "how to" information - the instructions - required to organize and program sophisticated utility. Potential formal function must be prescribed in advance by Prescriptive Information (PI) via decision node programming, not just described after the fact. As its name implies, PI specifically conceives and prescribes utility." (p.114)
Whereas some consider digital information to be crucial for understanding biological evolution via Darwinian mechanisms, Abel is unimpressed. Random mutations are incapable of constructing PI, with or without natural section.
"Life crosses The Cybernetic Cut across a one-way CS (Configurable Switch) Bridge. This bridge traverses a great ravine. On one side is found all those phenomena that can be explained by physicodynamics alone. On the other side are those phenomena than can be explained only by selection for potential (not-yet-existing) function. Traffic across this bridge flows only from the nonphysical world of formalism into the physical world through the instantiation of purposeful choices. Such instantiation requires arbitrary (dynamically inert) physical configurable switch-settings and selections of physical symbol vehicles in a material symbol system." (p.116)
Some have sought an explanation of PI using the concept of self-organisation. They suggest that if snowflakes form exquisite patterns naturally, why not life? The answer is very simple. Abel points out that there is confusion here between self-ordering phenomena and self-organisation. He distinguishes two types of self-ordering phenomena: sustained and dissipative. Sustained structures include crystals and snowflakes, and dissipative structures emerge from chaos, like the vortex that forms as water runs out of a bathtub, or the order observed in a hurricane. But neither of these types of self-ordering deliver organisation. At this point, Abel's clarification of the characteristics of life sets a benchmark to guide our analysis.
"Self-ordering events occur spontaneously daily. But, they do not involve decision nodes or dynamically-inert, purposeful, configurable switch settings. No logic gates need to be programmed with self-ordering phenomena. Self-ordering events involve no steering toward algorithmic success or "computational halting". Self-ordering phenomena are purely physicodynamic and incapable of organizational attempts. Laws and fractals are both compression algorithms containing minimal complexity and information. Inanimate physicodynamics cannot exercise purposeful choices or pursue potential function. No model of undirected evolution pursues the goal of future utility." (p.120)
Even the word "system" is widely used without thinking rigorously about what a system actually is. When Abel uses the term, he is referring to a "sustained functional system" that is organised rather than ordered. As an example, consider what is intended when people talk about a weather system:
"It is merely a physicodynamic interface of wind, temperature and atmospheric pressure differential. A weather front may involve phase changes and manifest self-ordering (e.g., a hurricane); but it is not organized. It manifests no choice contingency, no purposes or goals, no accomplishment of function or utility. Weather fronts have no formal components, no computational achievements, no algorithmic optimization, and no intended purpose."(p.118-9)
Throughout the review paper, Abel draws attention to the relevance of philosophy for analysing the various approaches that have been made to answer questions about life. He points to the inadequacy of physicalism or materialism to grapple with data relating to Prescriptive Information. A different paradigm is needed which is more appropriate for engaging with the different characteristics of life.
"Materialistic presuppositional commitments are causing us to turn our backs on a rapidly growing empirical biological reality that hollers into our deaf ears, "Materialism is dead!" We will never understand life under the purely metaphysical imperative, "Physicodynamics is all there is, ever was, or ever will be". Professional philosophers of science rightly respond, "SEZ WHO?" How was that pontification scientifically determined? The scientific method itself cannot be reduced to mass and energy. Neither can language, translation, coding and decoding, mathematics, logic theory, programming, symbol systems, the integration of circuits, computation, categorizations, results tabulation, the drawing and discussion of conclusions. The prevailing Kuhnian paradigm rut of philosophic physicalism is obstructing scientific progress, biology in particular. There is more to life than chemistry. All known life is cybernetic. Control is choice-contingent and formal, not physicodynamic." (p.125)
This paper is necessary reading for all who have an interest in abiogenesis research!
Is Life Unique?
David L. Abel
Life, 2012, 2(1), 106-134 | doi:10.3390/life2010106
Abstract: Is life physicochemically unique? No. Is life unique? Yes. Life manifests innumerable formalisms that cannot be generated or explained by physicodynamics alone. Life pursues thousands of biofunctional goals, not the least of which is staying alive. Neither physicodynamics, nor evolution, pursue goals. Life is largely directed by linear digital programming and by the Prescriptive Information (PI) instantiated particularly into physicodynamically indeterminate nucleotide sequencing. Epigenomic controls only compound the sophistication of these formalisms. Life employs representationalism through the use of symbol systems. Life manifests autonomy, homeostasis far from equilibrium in the harshest of environments, positive and negative feedback mechanisms, prevention and correction of its own errors, and organization of its components into Sustained Functional Systems (SFS). Chance and necessity - heat agitation and the cause-and-effect determinism of nature's orderliness - cannot spawn formalisms such as mathematics, language, symbol systems, coding, decoding, logic, organization (not to be confused with mere self-ordering), integration of circuits, computational success, and the pursuit of functionality. All of these characteristics of life are formal, not physical.
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Sunday, 22nd June, 2008, 07:38 AM #51
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ø Ignore kiznitOriginally Posted by neolithic
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The serif font (including the scribbly title-designs) is regular ol' Georgia (which I've always liked a lot), the tiny sans type is either Helvetica Neue or Frutiger, I forget which, somewhat famous for being still pretty legible at very small sizes.
Originally Posted by WhatIsSol
It's a fairly specific kind of sheet geared towards players who like a more aesthetic, hand-writable, and spaced-out (room for notes!) layout. I fully recognize it's not for everyone, but I guess it speaks to folks like you!
Thanks for appreciating the hard work, I hope it makes your game better. It's certainly improved mine.
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ø Ignore neolithicOriginally Posted by WhatIsSolThat's weird, I'll look into this now. Thanks for letting me know
I forgot to actually publish the form to allow for the information to be recorded. I've now overwritten the old file so if you downloaded it previously, please re-download the pdf. Sorry!
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ø Ignore ZustiurI noticed a couple of things with the fillable version:
* The font auto resizes in some locations and not others. In some it appears needlessly small (Powers, equipment and class/race abilities in particular)
* The first line of At Will, Encounter and Utility seems to all be the same field.
And in general
* What is the point of having a column for which ability scores are affected by your race?
Sunday, 22nd June, 2008, 03:11 PM #54
Edit: /\/\/\ Heh... Just read above. Yeah, how do you get the fields to act differently from each other, neolithic? Please help!
Looking good. I'm still working on mine, and just for giggles I exported to PDF and brought it into Acrobat to try my hand at creating a few text fields in the sections I have done already.
Never used LiveCycle Designer before, and I'm having a hard time getting it to do the simplest of things.
For instance, I'd like to have some text fields resize the text based on how many lines you put in (like your Treasure field). How do you set that up exactly? I've set it to Multiple Lines in the Object/Field tab, but no amount of combinations of other settings in that or in the Font or Paragraph tabs will allow the field to dynamically resize text as needed. All it does is keep the same text size I have entered in the Font tab. Once I start typing too much text in the box, it creates a scrub bar on the right, which essentially means at print time all the extra text won't be visible (i.e. useless to me).
Is there somewhere I can go that has simple help for this type of thing? The help in LiveCycle Designer is AWFUL (just like all Adobe products, frankly). It assumes you know all the made up jargon they created to define their tools... bah, I'm just ranting now. :\
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ø Ignore neolithicOriginally Posted by Zustiur
The issue with the power cards has been fixed, the form fields had the same name.
As far as the racial column goes I do use it on my sheet. I put the +2's in there and factor them into the "Base" column. I guess it seems a little counter-intuitive because unlike the Defense section where it lists a series of boxes that add up to a total box this just has the one box for "Base".
Here's a link to the new updated sheet.
kiznit's 4e character sheet v1.0 form-fillable v2Last edited by neolithic; Sunday, 22nd June, 2008 at 03:23 PM.
Sunday, 22nd June, 2008, 03:35 PM #56Originally Posted by neolithic
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ø Ignore neolithicOriginally Posted by Essobie
This will be the last change I make to it for a while, I would like to play test the sheets before making another set of rapid fire changes.
Please continue to note any observations here, I'm keeping an eye on the thread.
Sorry for everyone having to re-download the file over and over. This is starting to become a bigger project than I anticipated. Maybe I should assemble a group of people to take some feedback on the form before it gets released to the public?
As far as how I do the form up, I don't use LiveCycle for the very same reason you have discovered. It makes the simplest task really hard! My recommendation to you is the load the form into Acrobat Pro and then under the "Forms" menu you can choose an option to "Edit Layout" which lets you edit the form within Acrobat.
To do the mutli-line, auto text size field you just bring up the field's properties with a right click and select font auto and click the multi-line checkbox.
Hope that helps
Sunday, 22nd June, 2008, 05:15 PM #58Originally Posted by neolithic
However, I'm not saying it IS possible... that's still up for debate. But at least it isn't a lost cause just yet.
Thanks again.
Sunday, 22nd June, 2008, 09:32 PM #59
Hey all: I'm really appreciating the collaboration in here - the end product is very nice.
Small bits of feedback
-In the skills section,the column which contains relevant abilities has a column header of "1/2 level + Ability" but no square to fill out. I think this is cognitively dissonant with the rest of the sheet. The column actually just contains an ability, but the header contains.. a reminder on how to do it in your head? I'm also not sold on the column order here, since the most important number is somewhat buried in the middle.
-Typo at the bottom of the skills section: "receive" is misspelled.
-Neolithic: have you considered adding the feature: fields which calculate themselves? There's an example of this at the Something Awful boards: http://forums.somethingawful.com/sho...readid=2872872 (linked at the bottom of the first post.)
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ø Ignore neolithicOriginally Posted by Frithweaver
It is definitely on my list of things to do
In the mean time you'll just have to persevere with some extra typing
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The mandate apparently caused many within the hierarchy of the VA to come down on supervisor's rating on their staff. I had my annual rating reduced which was evident by a freeze on the employee review and quite a bit of white-out on my eval. The higher ups put so much pressure on supervisors, that many at the facility I work at do not get a bonus this year. We even have "mandatory" training so our center director can explain the rating system that he has imposed. This change has created a lot of havoc and absenteeism (sick-out?) is increasing. I am a military retiree, but this environment is so disheartening that I plan to leave the VA (here) as soon as I can. As an employee that takes pride in the amount of work I do to help veterans, it is appalling that those that work against getting the veterans the high level of care that is promised are rewarded.
Performance bonuses are just as screwed up these days as the process of selecting employees for Promotions. Between favoritism, nepotism, and any other "ism's" in the world that may apply, most of those getting promoted, or high awards, aren't getting those checks due to the ethics of the worker, but due to the subjective choice of the Supervisor & Management. It's an unfair attempt at rating employees, specifically when Agencies do spell out to those in charge, just how many at each level they can award. I've unfortunately worked in HR and other Branch positions wehre this information was easy to see & interpret, and have seen Veteranss highly qualified & in one case, disabled, not get jobs they were qualified to hold because they weren't the candidate the job was listed for! I screamed about this, now I'm as far away from Management & HR as you can get. I was even put on a Kit-line preparing kits for the Census after management noticed that I took their actions far too seriously. I reported activity that was illegal & was paid back nearly immediately. I specifically remember that that job listing was cancelled repeatedly until the Vet quit applying & the one chosen to be selected was there waiting for the 7-9-11 position. I saw last year (2010) where not one GS-06 within an Agency was rated at the 5 level. While that's a high level of accomplishment, surely there was one who actually deserved it within that whole Agency. If not, it shows even further what the constant demoralizing treatment of employees and the failure of Supervision & management has done to our workforce. You can't go to the Unions because it is the Unions that have caused most of our financial problems and workforce problems in the USA today. Our Union President clearly states that a good employee is not what they want to see! Union dues support pizza parties, elections to see who will go to Vegas for the Conventions, and to pay the Officers who don't pay dues, stipends for whatever they choose. Get a raise, quit paying Union Dues if you are presently! If management would lead by example, follow the rules as they insist upon others following the rules, the Fed. Workplace would return to what it used to be, a job where the employees were proud of contributing to the mission, not just an attempt to hold a job that pays regularly once you're permanent, where you do hardly anything at work so that you can save up energy for the party tonigh!
While working for the VHA I saw bonuses going to processors for the "quantity" of claims processed. No "quality" standards were set and when claims came back wrong the processors kept the bonus. Did they get a second bonus for doing it over again? I don't know. There was no bonus for the people who kept things running (IT, supply etc). I'm glad I don't work there anymore.
What never gets mentioned are the details. All justification for incentives are on the left side of the Official Personnel file. The VA went to electronic records and threw out everything on the left side as there was no retention requirement. So puff went all the documentation. And so the IG comes in and says there was no justification making themselves look like geniuses.
This year I was told as a GS-06 that my Perf. Award would be 575.00 for a 430 of 500. Last year was 1275 for 400. I earned .29 per hour for processing 100+ audits daily compared to those I work with who generally never process than many in 2 weeks. Too many slackers within the Gov't give hard working employees a bad name, and now have soured public opinion so badly that I don't want to be associated with them. Add that to the fact that Agencies don't follow the Laws & Regulations when it comes to setting pay for Federal employees, who wants to work for those who would take advantage of you, just because they can. Don't they call that bullying? Come on 2015, hope I live that long!
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I joined the Pipeworks staff in December 2009 and have been climbing on and off 7 years. I am more of a rope climber but my favorite place to go is Bishop, can't beat it. I am a Sacramento native and am currently attending Sacramento City College. After, I hope to transfer to a viticulture program to study wine. In my free time I like to do anything outdoors and spend time with my friends and family. |
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Dear Toni, I am sorry to hear that you continue to be in sooo much pain: and that you are having severe constipation problems!! And you seem to be so anxious about needing to do something - such as to going to the ER room!!
Last month someone mentioned that they drank 2 glasses ( 8 oz.) size BEFORE EVERY meal they ate...everyday without fail; and that this was really helping them. Have you tried that? If not, are you willing to give it a try? There is nothing harmful about drinking water!! In fact, our bodies require at least 8-10 glasses of water everyday.
The foods you eat each and everyday can also make a difference!! Are you following a low-residue diet? Or are you eating foods with fiber? I read someplace that when there is adhesions' involvement with the intestines, that a low-residue diet can be helpful.
Many surgeons WILL NOT do surgery for adhesions ( especially involving the intestines ) -- UNLESS their patient IS HAVING AN EMERGENCY BOWEL OBSTRUCTION!!!
If an emergency bowel obstruction is the ONLY TIME that many surgeons will do surgery for adhesions, then you are at the mercy of JUST ANY SURGEON!!!!!!!!!
I think it makes more sense to seek a surgeon, who has had the advanced training and ALOT OF EXPERIENCE so very necessary for having success as a result of adhesiolysis procedures!!!
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I just want to tell you all what happened to me last night. I had not gone for 7 days, so I took senekot, 6 tablets, and I woke up at 3 in the morning with severe [ressure and cramps. I got up to try to go, and the pressure was so bad and I could not go, I left my husband sleep, but I finally had so much pressure in the rectum, it was as hard as a large rock, and all of a sudden I thought the pressure was going to make me throw up. After he got up, he stayed there and rubbed my leg to help me relax, and getting ready to give me enema, and it finally broke loose. It so pretty dark in color, it took me hours to go just that one time/this time I thought for sure we were going to end up in the car and going to ER. I am so scared, even now the activity in the bowels is feeling tight. Does that mean there could have been a blockage.
My dad's friend the day before was taken to ER, and she could not go, and she ened upurgery that morning. I do not know what to do, and I called dad yesterday abotu her, and he said she has the same thing you >have, it was caused by scar tissue on her bowels. IF ONLY I COULD FIND A DR HERE TO BELIEVE THIS CAN HAPPEN!!!
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Friday, July 13, 2007
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I've finished The Sonnet Lover by Carol Goodman and In Enemy Hands by David Weber. When I suffer from high anxiety, I delve into the books, and both of these were effective antidotes, completely involving me in the fictional characters. And I have about 5 more in the same vein! Rather like some people who go on chocolate binges, my appetite for mystery and mayhem becomes voracious, and I become a glutton. With no apologies!
While part of me wants to go ahead and post about my pleasure in these two, part of me is saying, "Go, on! Pick up the next one! Read, read, read!"
And, uh, I also need to straighten the house, wash clothes, pick up Laddie's meds and deliver them to The Cottage, and get to the grocery store at some point. Responsibility is winning out, I'm off to pick up the meds. That is all of the planning ahead I can manage at the moment.
I may even stop by the library on the way home and pick up the Maisie Dobbs (Pardonable Lies) that I missed and look for The Golden Child, Emily Dickinson Is Dead (via Bookgirl's Nightstand) and Foreign Affairs (Of Books and Bicycles). No, I really should not do that today- too little time, too many books left to read here, too many books on order.
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- Bookfool said...
I do both - read books and eat chocolate. Really, it's a bad combination, especially if your stress drink is Coke.
Hugs to you. Indulge yourself in between the responsibilities. - July 13, 2007 9:12 PM
- Framed said...
I used to read nothing but mysteries and it's been good to get back to that genre this summer with a couple of the challenges going on. And I just read the first science fiction that I really liked. I'll look forward to your reviews.
- July 13, 2007 9:48 PM
- jenclair said...
bookfool - :) I can add chocolate to the mix easily!
framed - That is one of the nice things about challenges - sometimes they move us back into a favorite genre! - July 13, 2007 10:58 PM
- Dorothy W. said...
I hope you like Foreign Affairs, when you feel like you can go pick up a copy. I think you'll enjoy it.
- July 14, 2007 6:54 AM
- Robin said...
I do the same thing. At very stressful times, reading becomes my healing refuge. It's really important for me to let myself go through those reading "binges," then add the responsibilities back in slowly. I'm better at handling my responsibilities when I honor that need.
- July 14, 2007 7:41 AM
- Melanie said...
Academic/romantic suspense/mysteries and chocolate - my stress reaction exactly. Besides Goodman, I love Susanna Kearsley and of course Barbara Michaels.
- July 14, 2007 7:16 PM
- jenclair said...
Dorothy - I'm looking forward to Foreign Affairs and am working my way through this current pile pretty quickly so that I can feel free to get a copy!
Robin - I love reading binges -- partly because they remove me from real life into grand adventures and partly for the sheer decadence of it. :0
Melanie - I like Barbara Michaels, but haven't read Susanna Kearsley - Thanks for the suggestion! - July 15, 2007 7:58 AM
- iliana said...
Oh I haven't done any marathon reading in a while... I'm jealous :)
Can't wait to hear what you think of those mysteries! - July 16, 2007 8:39 AM
- jenclair said...
iliana - Oh, yeah! Marathons are required once in a while. I can't wait to get copies of those mysteries...but I've got my hands full right now. I was trying to comment on your site earlier and to check out your link, but was having no success. Will try again later as I love looking at handmade books!
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Found a huge bug in AutoCAD 2013 running on Windows 8.. .. as soon as you click on the drop down box of "Look In" when doing Save As, it breaks AutoCAD… after that you can't get any dialox boxes, can't save and can't even close autocad without doing "end task" from Task Manager.
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AutoCAD 2013 is not currently supported on Windows 8.
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I'm thinking that Win7 is going to hang on as long as XP did (and XP still is ).
>> as soon as you click on the drop down box of "Look In" when doing Save As, it breaks
What does the taskmanager tell you about how it's processor-usage of AutoCAD?
When it hangs: what happens if you press <ESC>? If it's back then I guess your File-Dialog is just off screen, pressing escape does then close the dialog and bring you back to AutoCAD.
What happens if you first set FILEDIA to 0? If you then try to do a _SAVEAS does AutoCAD hang now or does AutoCAD ask for the filename in the command-line? If that works do the save of the drawing one time to your local disc, then switch FILEDIA back to 1 and restart AutOCAD. (that helped me one time I had a similar problem).
Do your test also after disconnecting your network-cable. I see Win8 a little bit sensitive with using network connections.
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Could be, although I suspect Autodesk will introduce Windows 8 compatibility with AutoCAD 2014. Too much money out there to be made for Autodesk not to do so.
none of these tips worked... and the same issue on 2 different computers..
>> none of these tips worked
Interesting, so also with FILEDIA = 0 you can't save files?
- alfred -
nope.. it just freezes as soonas I click on that drop down arrow box to navigate to location where I want to save,... if I use the Computer icon on the left, and navigate through there it works fine, but if I use the drop down box, then it just freezes and I have to End Task it.
>> as soonas I click on that drop down arrow box to navigate to location where I want to save
If you would have set FILEDIA to 0 you would have been asked for a filename in the command-line, there would not be any dialog nor any arrow box to navigate to any folder. Sorry.
- alfred -
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