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Past Events: Spring 2012
SVCE Speaker Event - April 9, 2012
Topic: | How academia stimulates entrepreneurship: the founding of SunPower |
Where: | College of Engineering, Room 189, San Jose State Main Campus |
Time: | 6-7:30 pm, Monday, April 9, 2012 |
Speakers: | Dr. Richard Swanson, Co-founder, President Emeritus and CTO, SunPower Corporation Luis Mejia, Senior Associate, Office of Technology Licensing at Stanford University |
Guest Speaker's Bio:
Dr. Richard Swanson
Dick Swanson was on the Electrical Engineering faculty at Stanford from 1976 to 1991. His research investigated the semiconductor properties of silicon relevant for better understanding the operation of silicon solar cells. These studies have helped pave the way for steady improvement in silicon solar cell performance. In 1991 Dr. Swanson resigned from his faculty position to devote full time to SunPower Corporation, a company he founded to develop and commercialize cost-effective photovoltaic power systems. He is presently President Emeritus of SunPower. Dr. Swanson has received widespread recognition for his work. In 2002, he was awarded the William R. Cherry award by the IEEE for outstanding contributions to the photovoltaic field, and in 2006 the Becquerel Prize in Photovoltaics from the European Communities. He was elected a Fellow of the IEEE in 2008 and a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2009. In 2010 he was awarded the IEEE Jin-ichi Nishizawa Medal for the conception and commercialization of high-efficiency point-contact solar cell technology, and in 2011 the Karl Boer Solar Energy Medal of Merit Award. |
Luis Mejia
Luis Mejia is a Senior Associate in the Office of Technology Licensing at Stanford University. He manages a portfolio of over 300 technologies ranging from biotech to cleantech. In his 23 years at Stanford, he has managed three major patent litigations, negotiated over 200 licenses, and evaluated over 600 inventions, including the PageRank Algorithm which was the instrumental IP that led to the creation of Google. Mr. Mejia has been an advisor to Silicon Valley start-ups, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and is a Board Member of the Stanford University OTL, LLC. Mr. Mejia received his engineering degree in Energy Systems from Arizona State University and is a Certified Licensing Professional. Prior to joining Stanford he worked on solar energy systems and energy conservation at Honeywell and Pacific Gas & Electric. |
SVCE Speaker Event - March 13, 2012
Topic: | Global startups in sustainable energy: Israel and Silicon Valley |
Where: | College of Engineering, Room 189, San Jose State Main Campus |
Time: | 6-7:30 pm, Tuesday, March 13, 2012 |
Speakers: | Akiva Tor, Consul General, Israeli Consulate Erez Dolev, CEO, CALIS Dr. Jacques Benkoski, Partner, US Venture Partners Jason Wolf, Vice President, BetterPlace (SJSU Alum) Moderator: Dr. David Steele, Dean, College of Business, SJSU. |
Guest Speaker's Bio:
Akiva Tor
Akiva Tor is the Consul General of Israel for the Pacific Northwest region. He has served as World Jewish Affairs Adviser to the President of Israel, as Director of the Israel Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei, as Deputy Director for Palestinian Affairs in the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is a graduate of the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and has written and lectured extensively on Jewish values in the foreign policy of Israel and on ethical considerations in international relations. He served as a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces and as infantry captain in the IDF reserves. Akiva is married to Naomi, a community social worker. Their home town is Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, and they have four children - Yonah, Zohar, Yehudah and Roni. |
Erez Dolev
Erez Dolev is CEO at CALIS. Calis is an Israeli company which represents several leading Israeli companies and funds which are looking for investments opportunities in renewable energy projects in the US. Erez was relocated to California in July 2011 and since then he is searching for renewable energy projects at any stage of development. By February 2012, the portfolio includes a total of 525MW of solar projects at early investment stages. Before his current position at CALIS, Erez was CEO at Ledico Green from 2008 and was the board member and chairman of several Israeli companies. Earlier in his career, Erez was the CFO and Business Development manager of Ledico Bosch Group after several years of work at the accounting firms Deloitte and EY. Erez has an M.B.A. in Financial Management and a B.A. in Accounting and Economics from the University of Tel-Aviv. He is a Certified Public Accountant. His background in finance and renewable energy, enables him to understand the technical and financial aspects of different renewable energy technologies and projects and to bring huge added values for his partners in Israel. |
Dr. Jacques Benkoski
Dr. Jacques Benkoski is Partner at US Venture Partners. He joined USVP in 2005 and focuses on fostering USVP position as an active investor in the Israeli market. He is working with several USVP companies such as BPT, Factery, HelloFax, Kilopass, Mobbles, Qnovo, Trusteer, and Zerto. Previously, he has advised several portfolio companies including ClearShape (Cadence), Dune Networks (Broadcom), LightSpeed, and Yoomba, and served as executive chairman of Certess (Springsoft) and Synfora (Synopsys). Before joining USVP, Jacques was President and CEO of Monterey Design Systems from 1999 until its acquisition by Synopsys (SNPS) in 2004. Prior to that, he founded and served as General Manager of the European subsidiary of Epic Design Technology (EPIC) and became Vice President of European Sales following its acquisition by Synopsys. Earlier in his career, Jacques held a number of research and management positions at IMEC in Leuven, Belgium, at IBM's Scientific Center in Haifa, Israel and STMicroelectronics in Grenoble, France. Fluent in English, French and Hebrew, Jacques holds a B.Sc. in computer engineering from Technion Israel Institute of Technology, and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and has published over 30 technical papers. He is currently Chairman of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the American Technion Society, on the board of the California Israel Chamber of and was vice-chairman of the EDA Consortium from 1999 through 2005. |
Jason Wolf
Jason Wolf is vice president of North America for Better Place. His responsibilities include overseeing the company's efforts in California, Hawaii and Ontario and developing other North American markets. Within the energy and transportation ecosystems, Wolf works with federal, state and local governments as well as utility, business and non-governmental stakeholders to make the vision of zero- emission EVs powered by renewable energy a reality. Wolf built a strong management track record in the IT industry before joining Better Place. His experience includes various positions in senior management, strategic planning, product launch, sales and professional services. He most recently served as president of Sterna Technologies USA, the pioneer of Business Positioning Systems software. Before joining Sterna, Wolf held a number of positions during a 10-year career at SAP AG, including senior vice president of Strategic Initiatives and senior vice president of New Product Introductions. Wolf has a B.A. in Economics and Psychology from the University of Tel-Aviv and an MBA from San Jose State University. |
Dr. David M. Steele
Dr. Steele joined San Jose State University (SJSU) in July, 2008 as Dean, College of Business and Lucas Graduate School of Business. Previously, he was Dean of the Silberman College of Business at Fairleigh Dickinson University, the largest private university in New Jersey. It includes the prestigious Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies. Dr. Steele was also Professor and Dean of the College of Business at Florida Institute of Technology, a leader in science, engineering and business in the Florida "Space Coast". Dr. Steele also has over 25 years of richly varied executive experience in Global business development, finance, and engineering in the petroleum and IT industries. He rose through the ranks of Chevron Corporation (ranked Fortune # 3 today) to become President of Chevron Latin America. He had a broadly diversified career track in R&D, project engineering, finance, strategic planning, and IT before moving to senior executive management as Vice President Finance of a $7.3 billion division; and operational positions, including President of Chevron Latin America. Responsible for activities in over 30 countries, he managed complex engineering projects with capital outlays of $950 million over 3 years in countries with difficult social, economic and political environments; and chaired the operating committee of an international consortium. After leaving Chevron, Dr. Steele was an Executive Consultant to the founders of 4 international early-stage ventures, providing strategic, financial, and operational expertise and developing and executing worldwide strategic alliances. He also served as Interim CEO of one of these ventures, Online Resolution, Inc., a software startup. In addition, he was Interim CEO of a non-profit educational foundation based in The Netherlands, Kids 2020 Foundation, that helps children make better choices for themselves based on values. At SJSU, he is building on the College's strengths by enhancing academic quality and student success; and by emphasizing practical business knowledge and global business education - the Internaticoncentration, the Study Abroad program, the new Thompson Global Internship Program, the new Global Leadership Advancement Center, and the SJSU Salzburg Program. Other priorities are to increase the size and reputation of the Lucas Graduate School, dramatically increase external funding, and strengthen ties with corporate, employer and industry associations. He is a member of the advisory boards for 1st ACT (Arts/Creativity/Technology) Silicon Valley and the Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley; and is a judge for the Silicon Valley "CFO of the Year" competition. Born in Venezuela of Hispanic heritage, Dr. Steele-Figueredo attended Birmingham University in England, receiving BS and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering. He later completed graduate business training at UC Berkeley and at the Wharton School. He has achieved distinction as an industry leader for programs on safety, educational, and environmental issues and was awarded the prestigious Rafael Urdaneta Medal for outstanding public service in Venezuela. He has lived in 8 countries in South America, Asia, Europe and the Caribbean and is fluent in Spanish. |
SVCE Speaker Event - February 13, 2012
Topic: | From Innovation to Execution: Building the Ideal New Venture Team |
Where: | College of Engineering, Room 189, San Jose State Main Campus |
Time: | 6-7:30 pm, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 |
Speakers: | Andy Coan, co-founder & CEO, Splice Communications (& SJSU alumnus), Scott Bischoff, COO & CFO, and Carol Kimura, Director Marketing (SJSU Alumna). |
Event Flyer: | Flyer.pdf |
Guest Speaker's Bio:
Andy Coan
Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer
Andy Coan is a eighteen-year telecommunications industry veteran who co-founded Splice Communications in 2002, with the goal of providing superior network solutions for customers that depend on data-rich applications in today's Internet economy. Since then, Mr. Coan has positioned Splice as one of the fastest growing companies in the country. Prior to Splice, Mr. Coan served in an executive management role for three years at Telseon IP Services, (acquired by OnFiber Communications, and is now Qwest Communications, Inc.). At Telseon, Mr. Coan was responsible for its largest Carrier and Strategic partnerships, which include industry giants comprised of AT&T, Sprint, Exodus Communications, Cable & Wireless, Savvis, WorldCom, and Internap. Prior to Telseon / OnFiber, Mr. Coan worked for eight years in diverse sales and management roles at MCI / WorldCom. Mr. Coan also serves on the Boards of Pacific Business Centers and Bridge Works, Inc. in San Mateo, California. He holds a BS degree in Psychology and a Minor in Business from San Jose State University. |
Scott Bischoff
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Scott Bischoff oversees corporate operations for Splice. He brings more than twenty years of experience in operations and financial management. Among his responsibilities are sales management, human resource policies and procedures, accounts receivable and payable, all financials and P&L accountability. Prior to joining Splice, Mr. Bischoff worked in multiple industries including corporate retail, software / technology, and corporate franchise. For seven years he was the District Manager of Operations / Finance for DHE Inc. Mr. Bischoff has also held management positions at CrossCommerce and Fortune 100 companies including Southland Corporation and ServiceMaster Corporation. He holds a BA degree in Communications from California State University at Chico and an MBA from St. Mary's College of California. |
Past Events: Fall 2011
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SVCE Speaker Event - November 2nd, 2011
Topic: | Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Sustainable Living |
Where: | MLK Library, Room 225/229 San Jose State Main Campus |
Time: | 6-7:30 pm, Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 |
Speakers: | Andrew Williamson, Physic Ventures, Peter Yolles, co-founder & CEO, WaterSmart Software, and Logan Green, co-founder & CEO, Zimride. Moderator: Steve Bennet, SJSU Lecturer. |
Guest Speaker's Bio:
Andrew Williamson
Andrew Williamson is a Director at Physic Ventures. He invests in companies that enable consumers to adopt more sustainable lifestyles, including energy and water technologies and biomaterials. Andrew is a board member of Chromatin, EnergyHub, Gazelle, Halosource, Impinj and Novomer. Prior to joining Physic, Andrew performed materials science research at DOE labs, NREL and LLNL. He holds a BA and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Cambridge and a MBA from UC Berkeley. |
Logan Green
Logan Green is co-founder and CEO of Zimride. He has a background in transportation and web development. He created the first car-share program at UC Santa Barbara, and served on the board of the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District. His favorite Zimride is Palo Alto to Los Angeles. Logan holds a BA in Business Economics with Accounting emphasis from the University of California, Santa Barbara |
Peter Yolles
Peter Yolles is Co-Founder of WaterSmart Software. He is also the Founder and Principal of Water Insight, a water management consultancy. His fifteen years of experience include water conservation and efficiency, water rights and transfers, environmental regulation, finance, economics and policy. Prior to Water Insight, Peter was Director of Water Resource Protection for The Nature Conservancy, where he led river restoration efforts throughout California. As Vice President at Western Water Company, Yolles partnered with California agricultural water districts to conserve and lease water to municipal water districts. He executed contracts with half a dozen municipal water districts in northern and southern California, leading negotiations and overseeing regulatory approvals from state agencies. These transfers represented the state's first profitable agricultural-to-urban water transfers conducted by a third party. At GE Capital Solutions, Yolles analyzed water investment opportunities in the municipal and corporate markets. He also helped launch a new timber investment strategy. At Environmental Defense Fund, Yolles conducted cost-benefit analyses of municipal water supply projects and water transfers. Peter's interest in water, energy and climate began at the Pacific Institute, where he researched industrial, agricultural and domestic water use. He earned his MBA in Finance from Yale School of Management and MES in Water Science, Management and Policy from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Colorado, Boulder. |
Silicon Valley Innovation Challenge (SVIC) - November 30 & December 1, 2011
What: | SVIC Exhibits, Elevator Pitch Contest, Awards Ceremony |
Where: | Barrett Ballroom, Student Union, San Jose State Main Campus |
Time: | 9 am- 5 pm, Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
SVCE Speaker Event - October 17th, 2011
Topic: | Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Silicon Valley: the past, present, and future |
Where: | MLK Library, Room 225/229 San Jose State Main Campus |
Time: | 6-7:30 pm, Monday, October 17, 2011 |
Keynote Speaker: | Ed Oates, co-founder, Oracle Corp. and SJSU alumnus |
Registration: | Registration is Closed Now! |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Silicon Valley: the past, present, and future - Video Album
Guest Speaker's Bio:
Edward A. Oates
Edward A. Oates co-founded Oracle Corporation, which was started as Software Development Labs along with Larry Ellison, and Bob Miner in August 1977. Ed Oates graduated with a BA in mathematics from San Jose State University in 1968. He worked at Singer, the US Army Personnel Information Systems Command (PERSINSCOM), Ampex, and Memorex before co-founding Oracle. He retired from the company in 1996. He is currently a member of the board of advisors of Auguri Corporation and Gloolabs, in addition to volunteering his time on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Zoological Society and the Tower Foundation Board of San Jose State University. |
SVCE Speaker Event - September 7th, 2011
Topic: | How Entrepreneurs Evaluate Ideas |
Where: | MLK Library, Room 226/229 San Jose State Main Campus |
Time: | 6-7:30 pm, Wednesday, September 7, 2011 |
Speakers: | Shamini Dhana, founder & CEO of Dhana
Inc. Jai Rawat, co-founder & CEO of Shopsocially.com |
Event Flyer: | Event Flyer Link |
How Entrepreneurs Evaluate Ideas - Video Album
Guest Speaker's Bio:
Shamini Dhana
Shamini Dhana is Founder and CEO of Dhana Inc. an eco apparel company and creators of the Wearin' the World collection - a lifestyle brand of clothing for tweens, celebrating nature, people, cultures globally via organic, fairtrade wearable art. With 20 years of corporate management experience, Shamini has expertise in business development, marketing, finance, operations, strategy and working in government, software, banking industries as well as academia and consulting. From 1999-2006, she was Senior Vice President at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) Global Financial Services where she managed SVB's India operations, team and venture capital relationships. Shamini has a Masters in International Affairs (CSUS) and Bachelors in Economics (National University of Singapore), is an avid athelete (runs, bikes, golfs), and has served on a number of non-profits including UNA-USA Sacramento President and SVB Foundation Board of Directors. |
Jai Rawat
Jai is a serial entrepreneur
with over 18 years of experience. His latest venture, ShopSocially is socializing
online shopping and has already won several awards and accolades. Jai's
first company, Obongo was acquired by AOL where Jai lead their eCommerce
and mobile strategy. Subsequently, Jai co-founded AirTight Networks, which
is the leader in enterprise Wi-Fi security with over 2,000 customers. Jai
is an advisor/mentor to several startups and holds 14 patents.
He has won several awards, including being recognized as one of the top 10 South Asian business and technology leaders. Jai holds a B.Tech in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur and an MS in Computer Science from Iowa State University. |
Spring 2011 Events
Past Events: Spring 2011
April 26th, 2011
SVCE Speaker Event
Topic: | Entrepreneurship and Family Business in the Silicon Valley |
Where: | San Jose State Main Campus, Engineering 189 |
Time: | 6-7:30 pm, Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 |
Speakers: | Carmelo Sigona, President, Sigona Markets & SJSU alumnus; Jimmy Sigona, Manager, Sigona Markets & SJSU student; Francis Santora, Organization Development Consultant. |
April 21st, 2011
Finance Workshop
Topic: | Finance Workshop |
Where: | San Jose State Main Campus, BBC 003 |
Time: | April 21st, 3:00pm-5:00pm |
Presenter: | Steve Bennet, Lecturer in Finance, College of Business, SJSU & Member, Sand Hill Angels |
For hands-on assistance in building a compelling financing model, assessing what investors are looking for in the projections, validating assumptions behind the business model. Students are encouraged to come prepared with their draft model and financial plan, to gain from the workshop. To assist students entering the 2011 Silicon Valley Business Plan Competition
April 14th, 2011
Business Plan Prep: Information Session
Topic: | Business Plan Prep: Information Session |
Where: | San Jose State Main Campus, BBC 032 |
Time: | April 14th, 3:00pm-5:00pm |
To address any queries on the Business Plan Competition and provide tips on how to write a "killer" Business Plan.
March 21st, 2011
SVCE Speaker Event
Topic: | Entrepreneurial Opportunities in a converging world |
Where: | San Jose State Main Campus, MLK 225/229 |
Time: | Monday, March 21st, 6:00pm-7:30pm |
Speaker: | Sue Siegel, General Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures. Former CEO, Affymetrix |
Guest Speaker's Bio:
Sue Siegel
Susan Siegel is a General Partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures. She joined the firm in 2007. Ms. Siegel arrived after a distinguished career as a corporate leader and with a background in biochemistry and molecular biology. She partners with entrepreneurs and companies that offer solutions to pressing healthcare challenges like age-onset conditions, lifestyle-induced health trends, consumer-driven wellness preservation, and those that improve healthcare economics. She has over 25 years experience commercializing key enabling technologies in biomedical research and healthcare. Ms. Siegel was the President and Director of Affymetrix Inc., which she joined in 1998 to lead the commercialization efforts for the company's state-of-the-art GeneChip technology. From April 1998 to August 1999, she served as its Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales. After this, Ms. Siegel took the helm as President and shortly after was appointed a Board Member. She led the company through a tremendous growth phase. During Ms. Siegel's presidency, the company scaled to almost $400 million in yearly revenue and was valued as a multi-billion market cap growth company.
Ms. Siegel serves on the Board of Directors of Corventis, Crescendo Bioscience, Navigenics, On-Q-ity, Pacific Biosciences, and RainDance Technologies. She is a Member of the Presidents' Circle of the National Academies and serves as an Advisor to the Institute of Medicine. She serves on the Gladstone Institutes Advisory Council and the Stanford ITI Council, is a YPO member, and is an Emeritus Board Member of The Silicon Valley Tech Museum of Innovation. She is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute since 2003 and was named a Silicon Valley Woman of Influence. Ms. Siegel and her husband co-founded with Stanford Hospital, Checking-In. She holds an M.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Boston University Medical School, and a B.S. in Biology from the University of Puerto Rico. |
March 10th, 2011
Business Plan Prep: Marketing Workshop
Topic: | Business Plan Prep: Marketing Workshop |
Where: | San Jose State Main Campus, BBC 003 |
Time: | Thursday, March 10th, 3:00pm-5:00pm |
Speaker: | Bob Goedjen, Marketing Chairperson, Silicon Valley SCORE Mark Levi, Counselor, Silicon Valley SCORE |
Business Plan Prep - Workshop #1: | Marketing Workshop |
To address: | How to conduct effective market research and analysis? How to identify the customers? How to assess market size and growth potential? To assist students entering the 2011 Silicon Valley Business Plan Competition. |
Guest Speaker's Bio:
Bob Goedjen
Bob's career included over 40 years in the Semiconductor Industry. During that time he worked for a Fortune 500 company as well as two smaller integrated circuit companies. Beginning his career as a field application engineer, then sales engineering and finally product marketing becoming the Director of Marketing and World-wide sales. Bob has also directed various high tech manufacturing operations both domestically and internationally. He has been a volunteer at Silicon Valley SCORE for 7years. Prior to that he was a managing consultant for MANEX. Bob has also been involved with several non-profit corporations as CFO and Treasurer. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in business and was an officer in the Navy. |
Mark Levi
Mark Levi is a counselor at Silicon Valley, SCORE.
February 28th, 2011
SVCE Speaker Event
Topic: | Never Trust a Skinny Brewer |
Where: | San Jose State Main Campus, Engineering 189 |
Time: | Monday, February 28th, 6:00pm-7:30pm |
Speaker: | Dan Gordon, Co-Founder Gordon Biersch Brewing Company |
Guest Speaker's Bio:
Dan Gordon
Dan Gordon has earned a reputation as one of America's leading brewing engineers. As the director of brewing operations for Gordon Biersch, he supervises the company's state-of-the-art brewing and bottling facility in San Jose, Calif. He is the first American in more than 50 years to graduate from the prestigious five-year brewing engineering program at the world-renowned Technical University of Munich at Weihenstephan, West Germany. Before earning his brewing engineer's degree there in 1987, he interned at Spaten Brewery in Munich and served as a technical translator at Lowenbrau Consulting. Gordon entered the program after earning a resource economics degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1982 and spending a year as an exchange student at the Georg August University in Gottingen, Germany. He also worked for a year at the Anheuser Busch plant in Fairfield, Calif., to gain the brewing experience he needed to apply to the Technical University of Munich. After completing the world's most advanced brewing program, Gordon returned to California and joined forces with restaurateur Dean Biersch to take advantage of a new state law allowing brewery restaurants. In 1988, the partners opened their first Gordon Biersch brewery restaurant in Palo Alto, Calif. |


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A Clear Course of Action
An Updated Dust Tactics FAQ is Now Available for Download |
Dust Tactics | Published 18 July 2012 |
Your war effort relies upon good intelligence. As the battle lines shift and are redrawn, and as your foes deploy new weapons and technologies, you need as much clear, concise, and actionable information as possible to rise victorious from the battles that await you.
The updated Dust Tactics FAQ version 1.4 (pdf, 3.7 MB) is now available for download. It is also available on the game's support page. This living document is a must-have for every Dust Tactics tournament organizer and ambitious tournament player. It contains game-balancing errata and addresses questions raised by the introduction of new rules and units.
Lead developer Zach Tewalthomas provides an introduction to the newest FAQ, pointing out some of the most important updates.
Lead Developer Zach Tewalthomas on the Dust Tactics FAQ:
Survivors clamber from the wreckage of a destroyed transport. They are dazed by the blast, but their instincts kick in. Reflexively, they move into the battle-ready positions that they were drilled to adopt in the event of a catastrophe such as the one they have just endured. Shaken, but far from defeated, these brave survivors launch themselves back into the fray with strengthened resolve!
This FAQ update describes what happens to units that survive the destruction of a transport. Where are they placed? Who makes the decision? What if they were in a helicopter flying over impassible terrain? In addition, we've added errata to address some of the newer units, such as the SSU Sniper and Observer teams, the Allies Medium Combat Walker M3-E "Rattler," and important errata that add an additional weapon line to all unit cards for the SSU Commissars, both as individuals and as a squad. So take a moment to check out the updates, then get back out there, guns blazing!
–Zach Tewalthomas, Dust Tactics Lead Developer
Download the updated Dust Tactics FAQ now to get your hands on the game's best intelligence.
Dust Tactics is a tactical miniatures game of brutal combat for 2-4 players. Based on the popular universe created by artist Paolo Parente, Dust Tactics presents an alternate 1940s reality in which alien technology fuels gigantic machines of war, and the world's superpowers clash over rare mineral deposits that could ultimately decide the outcome of WWII.

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We have the rare, hypo-allergenic Siberian Cats, for all those who are allergic to the domestic cats. If you have allergies to cats, you should come bye or visit a breeder test for allergies before buying. So far 95% have had little or no reaction to these wonderful felines. And if you are not allergic to cats, you will love their look and especially their personality. They range from $850-$1200-$2000 for pet purchases. Sometimes we have discounted cat for various reasons. These purchases require you to agree to spay/neuter your kitten for papers. Breeder rights start at $1500 - $2500 with full breeding rights and papers. Shipping is extra. Prices are posted on the sale page.
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The hypoallergenic qualities
are documented because of the low levers of certain proteins in the cat's saliva, called Fel d-1.
Those who own them because of their allergic
reactions to other cats will argue that owning one of these Siberian breeds is proof enough for them. On the other hand, many
cat lovers get these felines for their wonderful personality, which is more
dog-like than most cats.
What is FEL d1? FEL d-1 is a scientist allergen found in feline saliva. When the cat grooms itself, the allergen dries on the coat leaving dander (Contrary to popular belief, allergic reactions are not caused because of cats coat length). Dander particles are so small that air filters can not remove them all from the air. Testing in results for FEL d-1 fur samples by Indoor Biotechnologies, an independent lab in Virginia, in 1999, performed tests on a small sample of Siberians. The tests would indicate that in this particular study, about 50% of the Siberians have less FEL d-1allergen than the standard house hold cat. Note that the females have lower numbers than the males in this particular case study. However, in another study in 2005, the males and females had comparable allergen levels and a good percentage of them still had lower levels of the Fel d-1 allergen than in other breeds. This is one reason that testing for reaction is always a good idea if possible. Some breeders do not guarantee that you will be OK with the this breed and will not sell to families with allergy problems without testing first. Check out the guarantees with your breeder before making the purchase.
Siberians are gentle, loving, and will want to be on your lap most of the time.
These cats are very hardy, clean, healthy, and easy to care for, being almost
maintenance free, as far as long hair cats go. They were first introduced into
the country from Russia in 1990, so they are fairly new. They come in many colors,
including pointed. It is believed that the hypoallergenicity of the cats comes
from the triple layer coats and different dander that these cats produce. Some
say that the hypoallergenicity is nonsense, but they love the personality and
size of these fabulous cats. So no matter why you might want to try one of these
jewels of the feline world, you will truly come to love them. Below are several
photos of different colors of the Siberian Cats.
As you can see from the photos above, they love parties, and enjoy interior decorating, and they love to supervise and help you in the office. Photo courtesy of Dorene Stupski |
And I am proud to show this photo of RW SGCHA Munchranch Canyel Ashkevron of Sibs, who is Hanna's son. |
They are famous |
Member They come in exotic colors. |
They are Squeezably soft. |
They love to play
They are great family pets. |
Rare, Silver and Golden Siberians |
These are fun to get. |
They are easy going and love to have all your attention. |
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Click here to see the Wikipedia encyclopedia version for information on this breed of cat. |
Munchranch Cattery shows, registers, and is a member of TICA, However |
link to the TICA site The International Cat Association |
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CFA: Munchranch Cattery shows in, registeres the litters in, and is a member of CFA. |
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Understanding Cat Colors: What color is my cat? <This link is found on the TICA site> |
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Dr. Oz talks about the hypoallergenic aspects of this breed.
The HSUS and other Animal Rights organizations are trying to get rid of
all breeder facilities
and eventually keep you from owning animals as pets.
They call anyone that raise kittens or puppies 'Mills" in order to gain support and sympathy from the public,
no matter how few animals that are being bred.
HSUS, PETA, THLN and other animal rights activists want a pet free society
and some of those want a meat free society as well.
The bad breeders need to be eliminated and the true 'mills' need to be shut down,
but the reputable breeders must be allowed to stay in business
or you will never be able to purchase cats (or puppies)
such as these Siberians which are not found in shelters.
Support your local shelter by adopt shelter animals if possible.
If not, find a reputable breeder.
Many of these reputable breeders are leaving because HSUS and other animal rights activists
are making it too expensive and creating fear and using witch hunt tactics
to cause the responsible breeders to leave the business.
Soon you may have NO CHOICE where you get your pets.
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Apple Vanquishes Expectations One More Time!
April 25th, 2007While considering what I was going to write once Apple's quarterly financials were released, I thought of what I had said previously, that sales and profits would exceed Wall Street expectations, and that the financial community would react in its usual unpredictable fashion.
Over the past few months, it has been variously claimed that sales of Windows Vista would eat into the sales of new Macs somewhat, all without any real evidence, or that sales would otherwise stagnate. But as reports of first quarter PC sales appeared, it was clear Apple would do far better than expected.
Indeed, Apple has reported their most profitable March quarter in the company's history. According to their statement for the fiscal second quarter, sales were $5.26 billion, compared to $4.36 billion last year. Net profit was $770 million, or $.87 per diluted share, compared to $410 million, or $.47 per diluted share last year.
Rather than bore you with lots of raw numbers, let me point you to Apple's site where you can read the official figures for yourself. I'll refer to some of them, but I've a lot more to say about what they mean.
Take the iPod, which a lot more people did, as some 10.5 million were sold. Mac sales amounted to 1.52 million, again surpassing what many analysts had expected. The largest portion of those numbers went to notebooks again, amounting to 891,000. Unfortunately, Apple doesn't break down sales among models as it used to, so we're only left to guess how many MacBooks and MacBook Pros were apportioned across those figures. I'll have to assume more bought the former than the latter, strictly on affordability alone.
Indeed, with computer sales growing at 36 percent, it doesn't appear that the arrival of Windows Vista has made any perceptible dent on sales of new Macs. And there has, so far at least, been no noticeable pause because Mac users eagerly await the arrival of Leopard, and don't want to pay an upgrade fee of $129 or greater.
In fact, I often wonder just how much the operating system counts these days, now that Mac OS X seems to work so well for so many people. These days, the recent arrival of Adobe's Creative Suite version CS3 probably accounts for a far greater impact, particularly among Mac creative professionals who have been waiting patiently for the Intel-savvy versions of InDesign, Photoshop and all the rest.
Oh yes, there's that cash hoard that Apple's been sitting on for so many years. It's currently at $12.6 billion, and there are no immediate plans to do anything with it. I wonder how many stockholders are beginning to feel they deserve their cut, unless, of course, Apple can define some crucial reason for keeping so much cash at hand.
As far as the current quarter is concerned, Apple's guidance is again very conservative, promising total sales of "about $5.1 billion and earnings per diluted share of about $.66." And, once again, they look to beat those predictions.
Surely Wall Street took immediate notice. Apple's stock price soared to over $100 per share in after-hours trading, and I just wonder how long it'll take for the price to reach $125, unless, of course, Apple's board decides on another stock split.
There is just one more thing to add, and that's a statement made by Apple's Board of Directors that they stand behind their man -- Steve Jobs -- and that they aren't "going to enter into a public debate with Fred Anderson or his lawyer" over claims that Anderson was simply following the orders of his boss when he engaged in that stock options backdating affair.
In any case, Anderson has apparently paid his SEC bill, and there's little to indicate that Apple faces much more in the way of serious inquiry in the months to come.
I think most of you are probably more interested in the iPhone, which is still reportedly on track for a June release. Brand new Macs and Mac OS 10.5 Leopard don't seem to be near as important these days. It's not that Apple is no longer interested in personal computers or operating systems. But everything seems to be chugging along so nicely that perhaps the pressures to stay ahead of the competition have subsided.
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has denied clemency for convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams, who co-founded the Crips street gang. Schwarzenegger announced the decision Monday shortly after a federal appeals court refused to block Williams' scheduled Tuesday execution. The court made its decision about nine hours before Williams is to receive a lethal injection.
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Ieva Laguna appears bold and beautiful for her editorial in Vogue Russia's latest publication. Captured by photographer Matt Irwin, he had the pleasure of shooting Ieva Laguna garbed in fantastic fun ensembles that seem to take inspiration from the popular television series 'Mad Men.'
Sporting a bouffant wig of heavily structured cinnamon bun curls, Ieva Laguna carried it off with such grace and playfulness, I wouldn't be surprised to see this hairdo being mimicked a bunch of Russian ladies—or myself.
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About Schmidt Outfitters
Schmidt Outfitters is a full service fly fishing and upland bird hunting outfitter with eight full-time guides to operate its guide service and award-winning fly fishing school. We are a privately owned operation in business since 1976.
We operate a full service fly fishing shop, known for its specialty flies and goods, that attracts folks from around the world. Customers visting our area enjoy our incredible fishery and can take advantage of our guide services and lodging facilities. Our lodging has gained a reputation of impeccable cleanliness and secluded outdoor atmosphere here in Wellston, MI.
In addition, we also operate a fly fishing travel service for anglers looking for adventure travel opportunities.
Ray Schmidt started Schmidt's in 1976. The company began as a multi-faceted operation. Ray guided fly anglers and sold fly fishing products around the mid-western and eastern United States. In the mid 1980's Ray sold the sales side of the business to pursue full time guiding and outfitting. Business grew quite rapidly as Ray developed many of the fly fishing steelhead standards that are used today. The guide service gained national acclaim when Ray was named one of the top ten guides in the U.S. by Fly Rod and Reel magazine in 1989.
In 1995 Schmidt's opened a full service fly shop and lodge to house the growing customer list. In 2000 the fly shop expanded its floor space and an additional lodge was constructed to accommodate the growing business.
In 2006 we added a conference / education center for the use by our students and those attending special events hosted at our facilities.
In the fall of 2012 Ray sold Schmidt Outfitters to Frank Transue and son Paul.
Frank Transue/ Owner
Frank started fly fishing early at age 12. He enjoys the use of bamboo fly rods fishing dry flies on small streams. Most of Frank's fly fishing in on home waters around Irons, Michigan where he grew up. He has traveled the world fly fishing places most folks only dream about including the American west, British Columbia, Chile, Alaska, Belize, the Bahamas, and Manitoba. His family has been residents of this area for many years. "Acquiring Schmidt Outfitters is a dream come true for me and my son Paul."
Paul Transue/Co-Owner
Paul started fly-fishing at an early age in Irons, MI o Little Bass Lake. Paul enjoys Blue Gills, Bass and Trout fishing this area. Paul is also an upland bird hunter pursuing Ruffed Grouse and Wooodcock with his dog Ryp. Paul has fished many places including British Columbis, Labrador and the Flordia Keys.
Ray Schmidt / Founder
Ray Schmidt has spent his entire life in Northern Michigan and comes from a family with a long fly fishing history. As a young boy, Ray tied flies at the knee of his Uncle Clarence Roberts, a famous Grayling, Michigan fly tyer and conservation officer. Following family tradition, Ray has pioneered many of today's techniques and fly patterns and is an active conservationist, serving on several restoration committees and spearheading projects to enhance river habitat in Michigan.
Ray founded the company in 1976, guiding fly anglers. Today, Ray is retired from the business but keeps active in the fly fishing world.
Look for Ray's blogs on Twitter and Facebook.
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A Covington life sciences incubator is expanding and area developers are looking forward to it attracting more related companies.
When bioLOGIC moves in its newest start-up companies in March, the old dance hall, turned lab and office space, will triple its size. Managing Director Keith Schneider shows off the bigger conference room.
BioLOGIC, Covington's life sciences accelerator, is expanding. Not only do city leaders hope to fill the space but they are counting on the bright ideas and talented workforce to help lure other life science companies to the area. Ann Thompson reports in "Focus on Technology."


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Call of Duty: Black Ops wasn't the most innovative shooter on the block, Treyarch's Mark Lamia has conceded, but Black Ops 2? It's going to innovate your socks off. Not wearing socks? Say goodbye to your feet.
A failure to embrace new ideas was one of the few things we disliked about 2010's best-selling shooter - as OXM's reviewer observed, "it does a brilliant job of preaching to the converted". The sequel is shaping up to be a real horizon-expander, however - Zombies Mode is now an open world offering, the old character customisation system has been dumped, and the new campaign has a taste for real-time strategy.
"I've got no complaints with Black Ops," Lamia told us at a preview event. "Black Ops did what we wanted it to do. It had a lot of personality and character, and I think people enjoyed the creative aspects of it, they enjoyed the balancing. When you played Black Ops there's a lot of interesting gadgets and weapons to play with.
"We had customisation in the game, we had the theatre, the emblem editor, the maps, the settings, the locations that we created, all that stuff really came through. But one of the things that it didn't do, is it didn't look at the gameplay and say, 'hey, let's significantly innovate upon some of these core systems.' They were more like refinements and changes to proven core COD gameplay."
By contrast, Black Ops 2 delves deep beneath the surface. "The reason why I talk about the personalisation and the customisation, while that may have been cosmetic in Black Ops, it's now your gameplay in Black Ops 2," Lamia elaborated.
"You can kind of see how, as a studio we're really into empowering the player to try and give them some unique aspects - to interject their own personalisation and customisation into the character. You can see that evolution, taking things like camos and emblems to the next level and putting it into the core systems."
Run into users who've gotten to grips with the new "Pick 10" create-a-class system, he said, and you may think you're playing a completely different game. "You're going to go into games and people are going to play it in ways that you never saw it played before, with their own creative classes."
Lamia expects the community to take full advantage of all this, along with the newfound emphasis on support actions. "With the flexibility of that system you're going to see that happen with players across the board. The rewards systems and core systems have changed. We're not just rewarding people who can get kills, we're rewarding people who are playing to the mode objectives, as well as people who are getting kills.
"Clearly in order to stay alive in the game you're going to need to be one of those people, but not just for that. I think that is going to be a fundamental change to the way that people play those games. Black Ops 2 isn't just the next COD game - it really is a major step for the franchise."
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The costume designers on this show sparked a trend at least as big as any runway designers: The tailored suits, swing coats, elegant coifs, and all-around general crispness are perfection.
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Blake Lively's uptown-girl wardrobe is sleek and sophisticated, with slim denim, knee-high boots, and tons of layers.
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With outfits that ranged from gorgeously glamorous to undeniably wacky, she took chances, mixed aesthetics, and celebrated fashion like no one else, before or since.
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Sexy California style—from their endlessly layered hair to their tan-emphasizing, skin-revealing, body-celebrating outfits.
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Koncert pod dyrekcją belgijsko-luksemburskiego dyrygenta Rudiego de Bouwa i pod honorowym patronatem Ambasady RP w Luksemburgu odbędzie się o godz. 20.00 w Sali Kameralnej Filharmonii. Znaczącym akcentem będzie koncert na orkiestrę smyczkową Grażyny Bacewicz – jednej z najbardziej znanych polskich kompozytorek XX. wieku – której utwory coraz częściej umieszczane są w programach filharmonii nie tylko w Polsce ale i na całym świecie.
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Posłuchaj Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra: A. Schönberg – 10 Walców na orkiestrę smyczkową – Walc nr 10 NFM Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra Ernst Kovacic – conductor and violin Michał Micker – altówka Publisher: CD Accord Filharmonia Wrocławska 2009
During the festiwal Wratislavia Cantans orchestra and laureates of the Interpretation Course of the Oratorio-Cantata repertoire and under the direction of Benjamin Bayl, will perform 3 concerts:10.09. 7:30 pm in Olawa, , Our Lady of Consolation Sanctuary 11.09. 8:00pm in Głogów The Church of Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland 12.09. 7:00pm in Wroclaw in the Philharmonic Concert HallIn the program:Arias from two L. van Beethoven's cantatas: Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II WoO 87 and Cantata on the Accession of Emperor Leopold II WoO 88 At 6:00pm on September 20th in the St Vincent Cathedral of the Grekocatholic Church, Nankier Pl. # 15, Christian Danowicz – conductor and viiolin soloist, will lead the program with works by Corelli, Rossini, Wolf, Paganini and virtuoso piece by Bottesini: Gran Duo Concertante. Special guest – Jurek Dybał, Vienna Philharmonic double bass soloist and Sinfonietta Cracovia artistic director.Next concert in Septemeber will take place on 25th at 6:00pm in the St. Anthony Church – Kasprowicz Street, as part of the Pax et bonum festival. Christian Danowicz will conduct the following program:K. Penderecki – ChaconneF. Mendelssohn – Symphony for strings no 10A. Dvorak – Serenade in E Major op.22A. Piazzolla – Otono Porteno
Prof. Hartmut Rohde, violist, chamber musician and conductor - new artistic director of the NFM Leopoldinum - chamber orchestra (from September 2014)
"Stereotypical playing is definitely not his cup of tea,
the evening showed how he can fulfil his Musicality with Inspiration and strength of Imagination."
(Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
"...a freshness and spontaneity that sparkle in everything he plays"
(The Strad).
After seven fruitful years under the direction of Ernst Kovacic, it will be a next important move in the history of the Leopoldinum. New director will continue created by Kovacic artistic ideas and will also implement his new repertoire's and performance style proposals.
The orchestra was shaped by few musical personalities but the most influential towards its artistic nature was Karol Teutsch who created a tradition of artistic director who can combine her/his performance virtuosity with conducting and can find and connect the best individual skills of orchestra's musicians. Inviting Prof. Rohde is not only orchestra's appreciations for his many artistic achievements but also belief into ensemble's tradition of artistic ideas, both: orchestra and artistic director.
Hartmut Rohde is professor for viola at the University of Arts (UdK) in Berlin since 1993. He is also visiting professor and Honorary Member at the Royal Academy of Music London, where he is teaching chamber music courses. Hartmut Rohde is lecturer at many international master classes throughout Europe, the USA, Australia and Asia. Through recognition in various Competitions like f.ex. 1st prize in the Deutschen Musikwettbewerb and prize-winner in the International Naumburg Competition in New York, 1991, Hartmut Rohde's performing career has blossomed to be intense and richly international both in Europe and worldwide. Hartmut Rohde's main interests lie in the historic analysis of various musical styles. New perspectives and experiences in the discussion of music serve as a basis for his unique style of interpretation.
As a soloist Hartmut Rohde has performed with orchestras under the direction of Kent Nagano, Paavo Järvi, Massimo Zanetti or Juozas Domarkas at the Berliner Festspiele, Salzburger Festspiele, Ravinia-Festival (Chicago), Concert du Louvre (Paris), Festival Pablo Casals (France), Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Beethoven Easter festival Warschau, and many others. As a much sought after chamber musician, he has played with Heinrich Schiff, David Geringas, Daniel Hope, Michel Lethiec, Jérémy Menuhin, the Tallich- Quartett, Vogler-Quartett, Vermeer-Quartett. Chamber orchestras he has worked with include: Münchner Kammerorchester, Mannheimer Kammerorchester, Berliner Kammerorchester or Lithauische Kammerorchester.
Always being open to new possibilities of conveying the language of music is an important aspect of life for him, which is what led Hartmut Rohde also to work in the spheres of Modern Music with such composers as Aribert Reimann, Wolfgang Rihm, Kristof Maratka, Krzysztof Penderecki, Jörg Widmann, Ursula Mamlok and Brett Dean.
His assignment during the year when Wroclaw will play a role as the European Capital of Culture (2016), will be very important in the history of the Leopoldinum.
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A recent rumor got Earthworm Jim fans incredibly excited, as series creator Doug TenNapel allegedly confirmed the existence of Earthworm Jim 4, a new Wii game starring the world's greatest superpowered invertebrate. Unfortunately, TenNapel has today confirmed with yours truly that Earthworm Jim 4 is not in development and nothing about the rumors are true. However, he did shed some light on what it would take to create a new EWJ game, and the many problems such a title would face.
Read on as Doug TenNapel, in his own words (not the secondhand words of a fellow who made stuff up), explains the recent rumors and the future of Earthworm Jim.
"I need some real press source to straighten out these rumors. I read the initial post by the guy who put up the drawing I did for him and almost NOTHING in the post he wrote was true," explained the father of Earthworm Jim. "I'm getting piles of letters asking me to confirm or deny the post and from what I've read it's total disinformation."
TenNapel was happy to share the truth of the matter, however: "Interplay actually wants to do the game right! We've been talking about a game now for two years. They want me to be involved, but times in games are tough right now for everyone. They have to raise a lot of money to fund the game properly. So the way the guy posted it as Interplay wanting to do a rip off game is flat out false.
"In our early discussions about the game, we had tentatively brainstormed ideas for the Wii," he continued. "That is NOT a confirmation like the guy posted. We haven't presented the idea to Nintendo and all of what the guy posted in the article could actually jeopardize a real EWJ game coming out on the Wii, by Interplay involving me!"
So, what can Earthworm Jim fans do in the meantime?
"The main thing is to keep our hopes up for a new game but be realistic about the industry, how hard it is to raise money to make a game and give people room to work. As with anything in the gaming industry, the whole thing could turn on a dime and many of the facts can change about the game. What these fans don't understand is how squirly things are at the beginning of the game. It would take at least two years to bring out the game and that's after we've confirmed the budget and platform. The game could just as easily go away, get moved to the iPhone or become a 'Jim Tetris' knock off as come out as a game on the Wii. People don't understand how unstable game design is at the start.
"90% of the fans who approach me over the years (and it numbers in the thousands) they say, 'You know what would be a great idea? A new Jim game!' As if I'm sitting on the rights of my own character with 20 million dollars in my pocket and it hasn't occurred to me what has occurred to every other Jim fan in the world."
Unfortunately, Doug also added that, even if the planets align and a new Earthworm Jim gets a green light, you can't guarantee that it would be the experience everybody remembers.
"The only other thing I'd say to mitigate fan interest is that you literally can't fully have a complete EWJ game without the original team. If you take out any of the missing pieces: Dave Perry, Nick Jones, Andy Astor (who passed away), Nick Bruty, Ed Schofield, Mike Dietz or Steve Crowe you're going to get a not-first-generation Jim. That's the most potent form of Jim that exists in everyone's mind when they think, 'Jim was part of my childhood!' They're not talking about pixels in a cartridge, they're talking about the people who created and manipulated those pixels. You can't make a next gen game with just those eight guys any more, so let the compromises begin.
Finally, Doug issued a warning to fans who are hungry for Earthworm Jim news and are raring to snap up any information that comes their way:
"Fans should be very wary of any information passed on second hand. The first thing we would do if anything true was confirmed is announce it from the rooftops. It won't come from blogs or speculation. Until there is an announcement, there is no development, nothing is confirmed and there is no real news about EWJ."
That settles that, then. A huge thanks to Doug TenNapel for taking the time to explain the situation, and one can only hope that some Faustian bargain is struck one day, and we get another Earthworm Jim that lives up to the legend. Until that day, however, don't believe anything you read.
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Diagram from W. Brown's website and book (Fig. 56) showing what he calls the "Rupture Phase of the Flood" |
Young-earth creationist Walter Brown, a mechanical engineer and Director of the Center for Scientific Creation in Phoenix, Arizona, has developed a "Flood Model" which he believes accounts for virtually all geologic evidence. His central thesis is that only a few thousand years ago the earth's entire crust was suspended over a large reservoir of pressurized water, which suddenly and violently burst forth, releasing most of the water that caused the Noachian deluge. The model also purports to explain the origin of asteroids, meteorites, and comets in our solar system, suggesting that this massive eruption was sufficient to propel huge chunks of earth into outer space. Brown describes his current model in the 8th edition of his book entitled In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood, although he presented early versions of the model during the 1980's (Brown, 1986). He also provides updates and chapter summaries at his "Center for Scientific Creation" website.
Brown's model is overwhelmingly rejected by conventional scientists, since it conflicts with extensive geologic evidence that the earth is over 4.5 billion years old, as well as many specific lines of geologic evidence (Morton, 2003). In view of the latter, even many creationists have rejected or strongly questioned the model. One of its serious problems is the need for the proposed water reservoir to be totally sealed within the crust. This precludes any significant earthquakes, meteorite impacts, or even fissures and cracks in the crust anywhere on entire earth, even though such phenomena are well evidenced throughout the geologic record. As Christopher Sharp (2005) notes, Brown gives no satisfactory explanation as to how so much water could be trapped below the upper layer of rock, and how that upper layer remained impervious until the flood. As demonstrated by Glenn Morton (a geologist and former creationist), the earth's surface would also have to be almost perfectly smooth--lacking any mountains or even hills-- or the crust would buckle in places and release the waters (Morton, 2003). Yet according to the Bible (Genesis 49:26) there were mountains before the Flood, which Brown accepts and even shows in a diagram (fig. 56) on his website. Another major problem is the immense heat that would be generated during the proposed cataclysmic eruption (Castagnoli, 2009; Morton, 2003; Sharp, 2005). The magnitude of such heat would have literally boiled the oceans and poached all animals and humans, including the inhabitants of Noah's ark. Appealing to supposed experiments with "supercritical" water, Brown claims the heat would be insignificant, but the calculations of critics with appear to effectively demonstrate that the heat would indeed be more than lethal.
Brown's claim that all of the comets, meteoroids, and asteroids in our solar system originated from earth during the hydroplate explosion has also been shown to be entirely untenable (Sharp, 2005), even considering only currently orbiting comets and asteroids, let alone the millions that have already impacted on moons and planets in our solar system (as indicated by the heavy cratering on such bodies), or the mass of the earth's moon and other moons, which Brown implies were also formed from rock ejected from the earth. Sharp calculated that the energy released in ejecting just the still-existing asteroids is the equivalent to approximately twenty trillion hydrogen bombs. He remarks, "The mind completely boggles how Noah and his family, together with his menagerie of animals and plants could have possibly survived all this in a large wooden boat!" Sharp (2005) further noted, "We can calculate the motions of the asteroids back in time, and find no evidence at all that they originated from the earth, or the vicinity of the earth's orbit, a few thousand years ago. Indeed, their orbits correspond to them being in existence in many cases for billions of years, as determined from long term stability calculations taking account of the perturbations of the planets..." Brown's astronomical claims are also contradicted by the Baptistina asteroid family, which have similar orbits and evidently were produced by an ancient collision of two large asteroids. By tracing the orbits of the resulting asteroids back in time, augmented with data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, astrophysicists have calculated that the original collision occurred about 80 million years ago (Rationalwiki, 2012).
Microfossils abundant in limestone deposits |
Ammonite fossil from the White Cliffs of Dover, England |
Brown greatly oversimplifies many aspects of geology. For example, he states: "Earth's crust is frequently stratified with layered rock (or strata) composed of cemented sediments. These layers are typically parallel, thin, uniform in thickness, vast in area.... " He asks: "What global process sorted and cemented these sediments? Present processes do not. Why are strata so uniform in hardness?" Actually, rock strata are far from uniform in hardness, thickness, or geographic extent. Even in one outcrop they can vary from very soft and friable layers to incredibly hard beds. Strata also very greatly in grain size, type, and distribution, inclination, and many other features, precisely because they were deposited in many different environments and in many different ways, and often altered or deformed long afterward, not deposited during a single global Flood.
Sauropod and theropod dinosaur tracks, in Cretaceous Limestone, Glen Rose, Texas. Many additional layers of fossiliferous or track-bearing limestone occur above and below the picture bed. These and many other limestones were clearly not deposited in the way Brown suggests. © 2006, Glen J. Kuban |
Like most creationist Flood models, Brown's is vague on where the Flood occurs in the geologic column the Flood, but implies many if not most sedimentary layers were produced by it. However, no matter where he places it, major problems arise, since every geologic period from PreCambrian onward exhibits evidence for mulitiple episodes of slow deposition and non-deposition. Besides the many tracks and burrows mentioned above, these also include many other trace fossils such as nests, dens, and hives, which cannot form during a violent flood (Kuban, 2006). Nor does Brown adequately explain the pattern of radiometric dates from rocks throughout the world. All but the stratigraphically highest beds yield dates orders of magnitude older than his model allows, and show a consistent, sloping pattern from stratigraphically lower to higher strata. His proposal that radioactive decay rates may have been significantly higher in the past is lacking in any credible evidence, and is contradicted by rigorous studies (Isaac, 2004). Even if it were true, it would not yield the sloping pattern of dates mentioned above, since in his model most rocks are essentially the same age--only a few thousand years old. A higher decay rate would also exacerbate the heat problem already inherent in Brown's model. As demonstrated by Meert (2002), "Radioactive decay at a rate fast enough to permit a young earth would have produced enough heat to melt the earth."
Since Brown implies most sedimentary rocks were derived from the violently eroded walls of the supposed 10-mile thick layer of granite above the water reservoir, we would expect virtually all the earth's sedimentary strata would be made of eroded granite, which not the the case. Earth's strata are far more complex and variable, as shown in the examples described earlier (and many more that could be offered). A similar problem also exists Brown's claim about the earthly origin of comets, meteoroids, and asteroids. Brown describes them as "earth like" in composition, but their composition is also highly variable and often contain significantly more iron and nickel than is common in the earth's crust. Indeed, according to his model these bodies should be made almost entirely of granite (and perhaps ice), since they, like the earth's strata, are claimed to be derived from a granite crust over subterranean waters.
Near site (left) and far side (right) of the moon. Credit: NASA. |
In other attempts to support young-earthism and discredit mainstream geology, Brown lists a number of supposed astronomic and geologic anomalies, including alleged out-of-place fossils, but every example is either dubious or has been well refuted. Equally problematic is what he does not reveal, including the fact that trillions of fossils and tracks have been found in the expected evolutionary order all over the world, a situation entirely at odds with his model. Nor does he explain why we don't find any fossils of dogs, cats, rhinos, hippos, elephants, cammels, whales, and scores of other large modern mammal groups anywhere in the entire Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, where millions of fossils and tracks of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures are found, as expected by conventional geology. Brown did remove from his website a few unfounded claims (such as those about a "shrinking sun", "missing neutrinos, and a modern "Japanese plesiosaur") in the wake of compelling refutations by others (Van till, 1986; Bahcall, 2004; Kuban, 1997). However, he continues to make many other unfounded assertions and insinuations. For example, he encourages the long-discredited notion that the famous fossil Archaeopteryx, showing both bird and reptile traits, is a forgery--supposedly having had feathers impressions artificially added. This suggestion has been thoroughly debunked by paleontologists, and largely rejected even by other creationists, who accept the reality of the fossil (even though they reject it as a transitional form). Still other examples of baseless claims by Brown are detailed in a review of Brown's book by physicist Gerard Jellison (2009).
Brown's model even appears to conflict with the Bible, despite his young earth views apparently stemming from a narrow reading of Genesis. Besides the problem mentioned earlier concerning pre-Flood mountains, his proposal that the subterranean water erupted due to increasing pressure from "centuries of tidal pumping" implies the Flood was due to a natural, inevitable cause, rather than God's response to humanity's rampant wickedness as indicated in Genesis (6: 5-7).
Brown has issued a challenge to evolutionists to debate him on his hydroplate theory, but has stipulated a number of questionable and one-sided conditions, and repeatedly evaded attempts by mainstream scientists to accept his offer (Foley, 2004; Isaac, 2004; Meert, 2006; Castagnoli, 2009; Jellison, 2009). However, it really does not matter, because scientific issues are not settled in public debates, but through detailed scientific papers and reviews by other scientists. To my knowledge Brown has not published his theory in any peer-reviewed scientific journal, or even the quasi-scientific YEC journals, nor even submitted a manuscript to such publications. He often bemoans evolutionist bias, but according to Answers in Genesis (the most prominent YEC group), when he was invited to submit a manuscript to their Technical Journal, he declined. Neveretheless, to the extent his model has been described and promoted through his book and website, it has also been critiqued by a number of authors in web and journal articles, where it's core premise, as well as countless details, have been shown to be contradicted by extensive evidence.
Arthur, Joyce, 1995, A Few Silly Flaws In Walter Brown's Hydroplate Theory. Website article at: http://mypage.direct.ca/w/writer/hydro.html. Note: Brown had made a number of modifications to his theory since Joyce's article, but many of her criticisms are still valid.
Bahcall, John N. 2004. Solving the Mystery of the Missing Neutrinos. Web article at: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/articles/bahcall/index.html
Brown, Walter T., The Fountains of the Deep, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Creationism (Pittsburgh: Creation Science Fellowship, 1986), p. 23-38.
Brown, Walter T., 2008, In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood, 8th Edition. Website at: http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/index.html
Castagnoli, Geno, 2009, Email communications. Castagnoli described many ways in which Brown repeatedly threw up road blocks and unfair terms to avoid a debate.
Foley, Jim, 2004, More on Walter Brown's debate offer. Talk-Origins arcive article at: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/wbrown2.html.
Isaac, Mark, 2003, Claim CA342 (Index of Creationist Claims). Talk Origins website article at: http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CA/CA342.html
Isaac, Mark, 2004, Claim CF210 (Index of Creationist Claims). Talk Origins website article at: http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CF/CF210.html
Jellison, Gerard, 2009. Wrong and I Can Prove it. Amazon.com review of Walter Brown's book, found at: http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Compelling-Evidence-Creation-Flood/dp/1878026097 and at: http://paleo.cc/ce/wbrown-jellison-review.htm
Kuban, Glen, 1997. Sea-monster or Shark? An Analysis of a Supposed Plesiosaur Carcass Netted in 1977. Reports of the National Center for Science Education, May/June 1997, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 16-28. Web version at: http://paleo.cc/paluxy/plesios.htm
Kuban, Glen, 2006. Fossil Tracks and Other Trace Fossils Falsify Flood Geology. Web article at: http://paleo.cc/ce/tracefos.htm
Matson, Dave. 2002. How Good are Those Creationist Arguments? Talk Origins archive article at: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/hovind/howgood-yea.html#proof1
Matson, Dave, 1995. Youngearth "proof" #1: The sun is shrinking at 5 feet/hour which limits the earth-sun relationship to less than 5 million years. http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/dave_matson/young-earth/specific_arguments/sun_shrinking.html.
Meert, Joe, 2002. Were Adam And Eve Toast? Web article at: http://gondwanaresearch.com/hp/adam.htm
Meert, Joe, 2006. Walt Brown's Pseudochallenge. Web article at: http://gondwanaresearch.com/hp/walt_brown.htm
Morton, Glenn, 2003, Walter Brown's Hydroplate Model. Website article at: http://www.oldearth.org/walter_brown_hydroplate_theory.htm.
Plotner, Tammy, 2011. "Did Asteroid Baptistina Kill the Dinosaurs? Think other WISE..." Universe Today.
RationalWiki. 2012. Evidence against a recent creation. Website at: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Evidence_against_a_recent_creation
Sharp, Christopher, 2005, Walt Brown's Hydroplate Therory. Website essay at: http://www.csharp.com/hydroplate.html
Sheperd, Roy, 2012. Discovering Fossils: Introducing the Paleontology of Great Britian. Website at: http://www.discoveringfossils.co.uk/dover_kent_fossils.htm
Van Till, Howard. 1986. The Legend of the Shrinking Sun- A Case Study Comparing Professional Science and "Creation Science" in Action. Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 38.3:164-174. Web version at: http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1986/PSCF9-86VanTill.html


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