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Yet Another test of +2 FRI (and 4-players)
I just got done running a fairly large test, looting over 1,200 Lance chests and counting the loot with a +2 Find rare Items COM, as well as 4-player mode.
I have determined - to my satisfaction at least - that the +2 Find Rare Items COM doesn't do anything to improve loot in chests, and neither does playing with 4 players. Nothing. Some Background First, some explanation behind Rarity Levels for those who don't know about this. As most/all know, weapons are made up of different parts - body, grip, magazine, etc. Most of these parts have a Rarity - for example the part Barrel.barrel4_Hyperion_Butcher has a Legendary Rarity, which is what makes it a Legendary/Orange weapon. Well, sort of. In actuality, parts have 6 levels of rarity (see table 1 below) and each level has a value. The rarity values for all the parts are totaled, which gives the weapon's Rarity Level, and this determines the weapons color (see table 2 below). Table 1 - Rarity of Parts 0 - Common 1 - Uncommon 3 - Uncommoner 5 - Rare 8 - VeryRare 50 - Legendary Table 2 - Colors by Rarity Level 0-4 - White 5-10 - Green 11-15 - Blue 16-49 - Purple 50-60 - Light Orange 61-65 - Orange 66-100 - Dark Orange 101+ - Pearlescent My Reasoning For These Tests Previous tests of this sort counted how weapons were found, and the colors of each. I do not find this accurate enough, since the above table shows that a slight increase in rarity does not always lead to a change in weapon color. I simply do not feel that previous tests were accurate enough. Find RARE Items always made me think of the Rarity Level. This hidden stat determines the color (white, green, etc). Previous tests did check the color, but that isn't granular enough, since two weapons with a Rarity Level difference of 2 would most likely still be the same color. So I wrote some programs to parse Borderland's lookup tables and calculate the Rarity Levels of the weapons. I "reverse-engineered" the values by checking weapons in Debug Mode. I tested 70 or 80 weapons to check my numbers, and all came out perfectly [after some fiddling]. The Tests s620ex1 was kind enough to send me his map with 120 Lance Chests. I used WillowTree to copy my Mordecai, increased his backpack to 500, and emptied his inventory (backpack and equipped). I then copied that save file 10 times, and gave one of them a COM with +2 Find Rare Items. I ran through s620ex1's map 10 times, collecting every single piece of gear. I ran through 8 times with the empty Mordecai - No FRI. Then once with the +2 FRI, and one last time set to 4-player mode using NoPER's utility. I then wrote a program to analyze the weapons collected, counting the Rarity Level of every part on every weapon collected. I ignored the shields and COMs because I can't verify their Rarity Levels. And I felt that the weapons alone produced enough data. The Results Without the FRI, I made 8 runs and collected a total 2696 weapons. The average Rarity Level was 18.94. Of those 8 runs, the lowest average Rarity Level was 17.89, and the highest was 20.51. Of those 8 base runs, I collected an average of 337 weapons, between 328 and 355 weapons on each run. With the FRI, I collected 330 weapons with an average Rarity Level of 19.26. Both of these numbers are well within the bounds of the 8 test runs. In 4-player mode, using NoPER's BorderPlayers utility, I collected 337 guns, with an average rarity of 19.04. The number of guns in this test matches the base run average, and the average rarity level is off by about 0.5%. Edit: I just noticed that Willow Shrubbery will provide a total value of the items in the inventory, so I uploaded the save files used for this test. I only have 4 of the No-FRI save files, since the other 4 have been deleted. For these 4, the total value of gear ran from $729m to $788m, with an average of $756m. The one save file with the +2 FRI total value was only $729m - the lowest of all! The 4-player test file total value was $754m - right on the average. BTW, I didn't find a single Pearl weapon in all of these runs. 3363 weapons and 0 Pearls. My Conclusion Because of these tests, it is my opinion that neither +2 Find Rare Items nor 4-players has any effects on the overall contents of chests. Next I'd like to run this test against several hundred Skag Piles, and Lockers, and Bandits. Though FRI and 4-players didn't affect chests, either or both may affect other ways of gaining loot. Now I just need a map... Update Sep 13, 2010 Please see Post 119 for some updated results. In a nutshell: Code:
No FRI: Weapons Collected: 2,336 Average Rarity: 18.75 With FRI: Weapons Collected: 3,282 Average Rarity: 18.28
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Wow this is really interesting.
Now I don't need to farm the armory with my siren for the +2 Find Rare Item mod. Thanks for this info. Hopefully it works on crawmerax, even though with and without my +2 find rare I haven't really noticed a difference. Hopefully it's not bugged and doesn't work at all, haha. |
April 11th, 2010, 12:51 PM | #3 |
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Re: Yet Another test of +2 FRI (and 4-players)
From my experience it does not work for chests, but for enemies. Try doing some craw farming with 4 player +2 FRI on and write down your results compared to 1 player with no FRI.
EDIT: This is actually very hard to record since FRI gives guns better PARTS, not their RARITY.
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April 11th, 2010, 12:58 PM | #4 |
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Re: Yet Another test of +2 FRI (and 4-players)
Each part has a rarity value, better parts are more rare.
And no, it's not easy to record! It took me quite a while to reverse-engineer how the lookup tables worked, and the values. But it is possible... Anyone want to make 9 runs on Crawmerax and send me the save files? If so, please PM me. There's no way I'm capable of soloing Craw 9 times.
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Re: Yet Another test of +2 FRI (and 4-players)
however, i must complement the OP on his method, very well organized and thought through.
Pearls I've Legitimately Found: Lvl 57 Scoped Stalker (Craw, Pthru 2.5) Lvl 57 Alacritous Rose (Craw, Pthru 2.5) Lvl 58 Steel Undertaker (Drifter, Pthru 2.5) Lvl 60 Alacritous Omega (Craw, Pthru 2.5) Lvl 58 Hunters Jackal (Craw, Pthru 1) 1 Reaper Coined the term FARMory |
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Re: Yet Another test of +2 FRI (and 4-players)
Also, the difference between FIND rare items, and SCAVENGE rare items, perhaps those effect things differently?
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April 11th, 2010, 01:41 PM | #8 |
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Re: Yet Another test of +2 FRI (and 4-players)
Now THOSE Craws I could kill. LOL.
If you can do this it would be *great* for this test. Thanks!!
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April 11th, 2010, 01:46 PM | #9 |
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Re: Yet Another test of +2 FRI (and 4-players)
The FRI modifier affects a variable called the AwesomeLevel on which other variables weighting each rarity level (rare, very rare, legendary, etc) linearly depend. As for how the weighting variables are put to use, I have no clue. I can, however, make a table with estimated values showing Rarity Level Weights as a function of Awesome Level (with and without FRI).
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Re: Yet Another test of +2 FRI (and 4-players)
Still working bugs out of the skag piles. The game crashes everytime you enter that area.(200k+ pile XD). I guess ill just have to cut back. But ill send you a PM if i get it done anytime soon.
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view more less of this reviewI was surprised that this production was so good, given that the tickets were so inexpensive.
The play itself is extremely well-written---deftly interweaves all types of historical documents relating to Wilde, while showing what happened at the 3 trials. I thought I knew quite a bit about Wilde, but I was wrong.
Most important is that the play shows how the Wilde trials forced society to construct our modern-day category of "homosexuality."
The acting was solid. Fellow who played Wilde was excellent. It's a small rectangular stage, ringed on four sides by three rows of seats. The pacing is great, and the staging is done so that the actors constantly turn as they speak. I don't think you could have a bad seat.
The only drawback to this play is that there are no women. Or rather, there are no female actors. So if you tend to get impatient when watching movies or plays that are full of men only, you might get impatient here. I did a few times, but those moments quickly passed because the material is so interesting and well-presented.
On the whole, an educational, erudite, well-played production. If your tastes run to simple sentence construction and shows about Snooki, you might be in over your head. If you're interested in changing social mores, ideas of beauty, the vagaries of the legal system, artistic temperaments, English prejudice against the Irish, the British class system... then you'll be quite happy at this play.
star this review starred report as inappropriateExceptionally good production. I enjoyed the intimacy of the theater in the round production - truly felt as if the audience was the jury. The acting was superb. I highly recommend this production.
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star this review starred report as inappropriateThis was a new experience for me with the seating of the audience in a round table like setting, which gave it a very intimate feel watching the play. I was surprised that there weren't any women in the play, however it was well acted and...continued
star this review starred report as inappropriateVery well crafted play of a tragic set of events set into motion by and then against Oscar Wilde. The pacing was great and the outcome wasn't sugar-coated into pablum.
Gross Indecency uses trial transcripts, personal correspondence, interviews and other source materials to tell the story of the downfall of the great man of letters whose artistic genius has long been overshadowed by the scandal surrounding his imprisonment.
Approximate Running Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission.
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interview Diane Sawyer did him, Napolitano and Brennan where Clapper
wasn't aware of the London terror arrests (which had happened hours
before) when Sawyer asked him about it.
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He also is dealing with a dysfunctional CIA and FBI obstruction. His
staff could also be very bad in prep.
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Yeah, agreed, I think it was a problem with perception - he was answering
it looking at a geopolitical - grand strategy perspective I think - but
the committee was looking at it from intent - "Who wants to hit us now?"
kinda of thing. - that's why they were expecting the NorKor, Iran answer.
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Well they really are threats, he just did not do a good job explaining his
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I saw, Senator Graham called for his resignation for some comments he made
yesterday. Something about China and Russia being the 2 most "mortal
threats" to the U.S.
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Yes and concur. That is the job I need to have.
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Clapper is an idiot. Did you see his testimony?
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Fred a** FYI, some interesting Q&A on Mexico from yesterdaya**s Armed
Services hearing w/ the DNI. Transcript and video link below.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Obama Intelligence Chief: Porous Southern Border Poses National Security
WASHINGTON a**U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) today questioned Director of
National Intelligence James Clapper and Defense Intelligence Agency
Director Lieutenant General Ronald Burgess on the national security threat
posed by the violence along our southern border during a Senate Armed
Services hearing. In response to Senator Cornyna**s questioning, Director
Clapper indicated that our porous southern border posed a direct threat to
our national security:
SEN. CORNYN: a*| I would like to get your assessment of whether that
represents a national security threat to the United States, a potential
national security threat?
DNI CLAPPER: Well, yes, sir, it doesa*|
Below is a full transcript of this morninga**s hearing. You can watch
video of it here .
CORNYN: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Gentleman, I'd like to direct your
attention to violence, really a war occurring right out our back door in
Mexico and to get some of your observations about that. But first,
Director Clapper, I -- the Government Accountability Office has documented
that there were 445,000 illegal entries into the United States across our
southern border in Fiscal Year 2010. The Border Patrol has reported that,
out of those 445,000, about 45,000 are immigrants coming from countries
other than Mexico. It's more than 100 different countries, including at
least four state sponsors of terrorism, so designated by the State
Department. I would like to get your assessment of whether that represents
a national security threat to the United States, a potential national
security threat.
CLAPPER: Well, yes, sir, it does. I think this -- you know, the issues
of narco-trafficking and the prevalence of the drug cartels in Mexico is a
matter of national security interest to both countries. I
think it was, you know, recognized and reaffirmed by -- recently with
President Calderon's visit here with President Obama. I can -- you know,
from an intelligence perspective, I think we've made a lot of progress in
partnering with the Mexicans, some excellent work going on down there
together, which has resulted in significant takedowns of high-value
targets, cartel leaders, and the like. And that will continue. We're
actually, you know, I think following a pattern established in -- in
Colombia. And I think Colombia is instructive, since that took a long
period of time to reach the state we are now. But clearly, the whole
situation there is -- is -- is a serious one. I am going to be shortly
making the rounds to visit EPIC and Border Patrol and other entities down
there, intelligence entities that are committed to this problem. But it's
a serious one.
CORNYN: I'm glad to hear that you'll be traveling to El Paso, to the El
Paso Intelligence Center. They're doing some very good work down there.
But, frankly, a lot more needs to be done. But would you agree with me,
Director Clapper, that an individual with enough money and enough
determination can penetrate our southwestern border and make their way
into the United States, anyone with that sort of determination and enough
money, and that that does represent a potential terrorist threat to the
United States?
CLAPPER: Yes, sir. I don't -- I don't pretend, nor would, I don't think,
Secretary Napolitano pretend that, you know, we've got an iron-clad
perfect system. But at the same time, I'd be remiss not to commend the
tremendous work of the Border Patrol and ICE and others that are involved
with this -- with this problem. But to say that it's, you know, iron-clad
perfect and somebody could get through, yes, sir.
CORNYN: I think the General Accountability Office would agree with you.
In fact, they state that only -- in a February 15th report that only --
that there's still 1,120 miles of our 2,000-mile southern border that is
not under the control of the U.S. government when it comes to border
security. So I think we've got a lot of work to do. But I agree with you,
Director Clapper. We need to commend the good work that is being done,
although it's under-resourced and short-staffed. And we need to do more
to secure our borders, not just to restore the rule of law, but also to
prevent our country from suffering terror attacks through that southern
portal. I'd like to ask General Burgess, the former CIA director General
Mike Hayden said that -- after he left the government, he said that as
national -- as a national security challenge that would keep him awake at
night, that the fact that the -- Mexico has seen the sort of drug-related
violence -- some 35,000, roughly, Mexicans killed since 2006, more than
140 Americans killed in that violence since 2006 -- he said that's one of
the things that would keep him awake at night, considering the proximity
of Mexico to the United States, the fact they're our third-largest trading
partner. And I would like to know, do you think that the United States has
a coherent, meaningful strategy in place to deal with the escalating
violence in Mexico? I worry that, once President Calderon leaves office,
we don't know who his successor will be or what their commitment will be
to continuing that fight. And I'd be interested in your assessment of
that, sir.
BURGESS: Well, sir, a couple of points. Probably would be inappropriate
for me as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency to comment on
whether we as a U.S. government have a complete, coherent strategy
vis-a-vis Mexico. From -- from an intelligence standpoint, I know -- from
my days in the director of national intelligence in a previous life --
that we have worked with our friends in Mexico to ensure that, from an
intelligence standpoint, we have put the processes and the capabilities in
place that will enable both of our national interest, in terms of
following some of the problems you have been identifying, and that we have
made some progress towards that, though I would characterize it as a work
in progress, as we put it together. I have been testifying since 2000
during my time, not as long as Director Clapper, in terms of doing
testimony up here. And I used to refer to this -- the problem you were
somewhat describing in my days at U.S. Southern Command as beams of light
into the United States and that these beams of light, whether it be
illegal migration or however you want to phrase the term or whether it be
the drugs coming across or the weapons that are moving back and forth,
that all of those are beams of light coming across our southern border.
And it is a national security concern, because if you can move drugs, if
you can move people, you can move other things that are of concern to us
as a nation. So it is something that we need to have an interest in.
CORNYN: If I could just follow up, one last question with Director
Clapper. You compared what's happening in Mexico, I believe, to what --
to our experience in Colombia. There is -- how would you describe the
nature of what's happening in Mexico now? There's been-- Secretary
Clinton at one point characterized the situation in Mexico as an
insurgency. Others seemed to walk back from that characterization. But
how would you characterize it?
CLAPPER: Well, I just think the whole business of -- however you want to
label it -- of drug trafficking is just a very serious national security
problem. It's one that we both -- both countries share in. As President
Calderon points out, if it weren't for the demand here, that wouldn't
generate the business down there. It's just -- it's just a serious
national security concern to both
countries, is the way I'd characterize it.
CORNYN: You do consider it comparable to Colombia?
CLAPPER: I do, in -- yes, sir, I do. And -- and in the context of -- of
what I meant by that is that we learned a lot from our a** our cooperation
with the Colombian government, particularly with respect to intelligence
and how the tactics, techniques and procedures that were used and
developed and honed over a period of 10 or 15 years in Colombia, and we're
applying that same approach to the extent that the Mexican government,
which is a sovereign nation, to the extent that they -- they will permit
us to -- to help them. And I think we are enjoying some success. But as
General Burgess says, it's a work in progress.
CORNYN: Thank you very much.
Senator Cornyn serves on the Finance, Judiciary, Armed Services, and
Budget Committees. He serves as the top Republican on the Judiciary
Committeea**s Immigration, Refugees and Border Security subcommittee. He
served previously as Texas Attorney General, Texas Supreme Court Justice,
and Bexar County District Judge.
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Oh, god, yes.
Bought an Epson printer off Amazon last week - and all I see on the sites where I still allow ads, are ads for Epson printers. That's really useful.
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Oh, god, yes.
Bought an Epson printer off Amazon last week - and all I see on the sites where I still allow ads, are ads for Epson printers. That's really useful.
I'm sorry that you believe that the entire airplane is your own private, dark, quiet sleeping quarters. I like the feeling of openness by having that window up next to me, and helps me forget about the overweight smelly guy next to me who's snoring and leaning my way...
Oh, that's funny right there. Wish I had some mod points for you - I think I'm going to start using that name.
"Hey, when are we planning on upgrading to...Woah?"
Some people use shortcut keys to launch applications. Some don't.
Some people put icons on the desktop. Some don't.
Some use the menu. Some don't.
Some use the task bar. Some don't.
I don't use shortcut keys.
I put icons on the desktop for apps I use once a week.
I use the start menu for apps I run seldom (like IE).
I pin daily apps to the task bar.
I guess the only point is that people aren't binary - with multiple ways of doing things, different people have different weights that they apply to each method to help them do things the way they work. Many of them don't use exclusively a single approach.
One of the big failings of Windows 8 was ignoring this, and forcing a single, completely different way of working on people.
When are they going to do that?
LMFAO. You're exactly correct.
They may be running into yield issues as they try to ramp up production from thousands of cameras a month to millions. But it's extraordinarily unlikely that any "development" engineering is happening. That ship has sailed.
And a solar cell fixed to one spot on the moon is exposed to sunlight for more than a fraction of a day?
We're not talking orbital solar panels here.
No, what I'm describing there is a standard consumer router that implements NAT. The Address Translation step itself is what blocks access to the ports on my machine, not any kind of stateful firewall, so yes the address translation step helps me. It may look something like a stateful firewall, but that's not it's design goal nor it's intended function, so I certainly wouldn't rely on it to be a good one.
Please stop arguing that NAT gives you a security advantage. NAT in and of itself does not provide any additional security.
Sure it does. Does it provide perfect security? Nope. Are there better security solutions? Yup. Is it better than not using NAT? For most people, yup.
Example: I run a Windows box behind a Cable Modem and NAT router at home. Being a Windows user, I have no idea what ports are open for connections on my machine, and I don't care. You simply can't attack port 21, or 23, or 25, or 137, or 445, or whatever, on my Windows box unless I set up a mapping on my NAT router (which, being a Windows user, I don't know how to do). Any susceptibilities resulting from having those ports open simply aren't accessible to the broader internet.
So, yes, security is better with NAT than without. But, no, it won't prevent users from connecting to services you don't want it to. Neither, in general, will your solution, given a sufficiently determined user. So does that mean that your solution has no security?
In many cities in the US in the '70s and '80s, cable companies were given a state- or municipal- granted monopoly on cable TV for 20 or more years to guarantee a return on the 10's of millions of dollars it cost to wire up the city. This was seen as a GOOD THING as everyone could then get soft-core porn from HBO that they couldn't get from OTA broadcasts. Legally, no other cable provider was allowed to install infrastructure. Prior to that, the Phone Company (there was only one at that time) had a legal monopoly on installing and operating phone lines within most cities.
Fast forward to today, and you find that there are only two possible providers of Internet service within a city - either the Cable company, whose infrastructure was installed when they had Monopoly status, or the Phone company, whose infrastructure was installed when they had Monopoly status. There is little financial incentive for a third party to spend 100's of millions of dollars to install new infrastructure, when the incumbents have proven themselves perfectly capable of dropping prices through the floor to guarantee failure of the upstart, then raising prices back up again.
In my town, during a building boom a few years back, it was common for developers to auction off the rights to wire up the neighborhood they were building to either the cable company OR the phone company - one of them paid to become a de-facto monopoly in the 100 unit community. Not a government monopoly, but one that's just as disturbing.
Reads like a randomly-generated generated scientific paper - take a sentence from this paper, then a sentence from that one. Some of it reads like it was sent round-trip through Google translate.
I was unable to glean a single coherent thought from reading this article. Why was this submission even accepted?
and are giddy about the possibility of bringing suit against people who so much as linked to a GPL'd library
Wow. Citation please?
Every case that I've heard of that got anywhere near a court involved a company that had been approached many times, in many ways, and asked to respect the license of the code they were shipping. And the respect never occurred.
Do you have any links to any reports where this wasn't the case?
Commenting to undo moderation. Informative post.
You do realize of course, that the wall switch and dimmer for your fan/light fixture can be replaced, without replacing the fan?
Really? Please come to my house and do so.
First of all, I've only found one fan module that doesn't support dimming. Works fine in my Hunter ceiling fans.
In my Hampton Bay fans, not a chance. The motor drive is on the same PCB as the light control, and there is no room in/near the light kit to even consider mounting the aftermarket module.
Frankly, if anyone has a solution that doesn't involve "remove and replace ceiling fans", I'm all ears.
And I'd say that the war in Iraq had far less of a point than Vietnam. I believe that good people bought into containing the spread of communism, and felt that war was the only way to do so. For Iraq, I've found no narrative that makes sense, other than raw exercise of presidential power in furtherance of corporate interests.
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5 But they kept on insisting, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching all over Judea, starting from Galilee even as far as this place." | 5 But they insisted, "He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here." |
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Re: AS G3: RUSSIA/NATO - Russian envoy says agreement not reached with NATO on missile threats
Released on 2012-10-18 17:00 GMT
Email-ID | 1019305 |
Date | 2010-11-10 13:49:37 |
From | email@example.com |
To | email@example.com |
List-Name | firstname.lastname@example.com |
Even if an agreement is reached, US can still do bilateral BMD.
On 11/10/10 6:43 AM, Marko Papic wrote:
This is a very rational statement by Rogozin. First, he points out that
Russia is concerned that at some future point the BMD could threathen
Russia's nuclear deterrent. Second, he points out that if a solution is
not found by the summit, then it just means that the BMD will continue
to be discussed.
On Nov 10, 2010, at 6:25 AM, Zac Colvin <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
Russian envoy says agreement not reached with NATO on missile threats
Text of report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax
Brussels, 10 November: Russia and NATO have not managed to come to a
shared agreement on the assessment of missile threats, the Russian
permanent representative to NATO, Dmitriy Rogozin, has said.
"Of the five chapters of review of common threats, only the missile
chapter has still not been agreed upon," Rogozin said in an interview
with Interfax on the eve of the summit of the Russia-NATO Council, which
is to take place in Lisbon on 20 November.
"I do not rule out that, at the summit of the Russia-NATO Council in
Lisbon, an instruction will be given to the council of ambassadors to
continue the work we have been doing on reviewing common threats but now
only in a practical sphere - of missile non-proliferation, by a set
deadline that will be given to us by the heads of state and prime
ministers, to present certain recommendations about the possibility of
cooperation between Russia and NATO countries on the missile defence
project," Rogozin stressed.
According to him, "most likely the European missile defence will become
one of the most important issues at the NATO events in Lisbon".
"It is expected that decisions will be taken to support 'the Obama
plan', at least at this stage of shaping the elements of missile defence
on the European continent with the involvement of similar systems that
are part of the armaments of a number of European countries as well as
with the construction of missile defence bases in individual European
countries," Rogozin noted.
"For us it is important to understand where we are being invited. To
what extent this system will actually be limited to the task of
intercepting short and intermediate range missiles, would it not be able
in future to threaten the strategic missile potential of the Russia
Federation, is it possible for Russia actually to take part in this
project as an equal? What is it all about, what is the significance of
these proposals? This is what we expect to hear in Lisbon," Rogozin
When asked what will happen to the review of threats if in Lisbon the
sides do not reach an agreement on missile defence, Rogozin answered:
"One would have to acknowledge that on four points an agreement was
reached but on the fifth there are disagreements. These disagreements
will also be recorded."
"Instructions may be given to seek solutions for them. This is a live
process," he stressed.
Rogozin said that "at the moment a discussion is under way whether this
document - the review of these threats - is going to be public or not".
"I do not think that it should be public. This is a live document which
defines sensitive spheres of our cooperation with the alliance. Even if
we do not have a total understanding on one of the five chapters, this
is also a result," Rogozin noted.
Source: Interfax news agency, Moscow, in Russian 0919 gmt 10 Nov 10
BBC Mon FS1 FsuPol EU1 EuroPol iu
(c) Copyright British Broadcasting Corporation 2010
Zac Colvin
Zac Colvin
Zac Colvin
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Fireman Ed says Jets Players not Helping Sanchez out
Posted by Erik Manassy on Aug 27, 2012 in Main, Quick Tweets | 0 comments
I didn't go to any preseason games and apparently neither did Fireman Ed. According to his tweets this morning, he never goes and he never worries about the preseason results.
Mark Sanchez played a pretty good game in my eyes and Ed believes that his teammates need to help him out. That starts with the line protection and goes all the way to the receivers running the correct routes and most important, holding onto the ball.
It also appears that Holmes' worries Ed still and whether he can be the leader the team needs. According to Ed's tweet, he doesn't believe that relying on Holmes' solely on offense if the answer.
FiremanEd42 Do not go to preseason games n do not believe in results,but what concerns me is our O is relying on #10 to b the man n he's unstable #jets 8/27/12 9:31 AM |
FiremanEd42 Can the players on O make it any more difficult for Sanchez Help the guy out #jets will b ok if #10 Does the right thing TEAM FIRST #truth 8/27/12 9:35 AM |
FiremanEd42 Had a good drive going in beginning of 2nd half bonehead penalty by Slauson Seen some good things WE WILL BEAT THE #BILLS Can't Wait Go Jets 8/27/12 9:41 AM |
Of course as soon as I tweeted this story, I saw this from Ed:
FiremanEd42 #10 SANTONIO HOLMES PROVE ME WRONG LEAD THE WAY #JETNATION IS WAITING N PRAYING YOU SHOW UP N TAKEOVER #TEAM FIRST THEN I'LL SHOW LOVE#TRUTH 8/27/12 10:38 AM |
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This course is designed to familiarize graduate students with the military's role in modern state and society. The focus is on the sociopolitical character of the armed forces. We will examine the most important issues of civil-military relations, such as why is civilian control important, what types of control arrangements are conducive to healthy civil-military relations in various types of political regimes, and in what ways do military elites respond to state policies and social movements. The class begins with eight weeks of intensive readings in order to get you grounded in the literature and help you learn to appreciate the diversity of civil-military relations in different political systems. Students will write brief (one single-spaced page) discussion proposals to facilitate debate about the readings. We will conclude with student presentations (approximately 30-minute summations of your research). The seminar paper is due at the last seminar meeting (May 3); extensions will not be given save for exceptional cases (e.g., unanticipated call-up for combat duty, debilitating illness, etc.).
Grading Policy
8 discussion proposals (2.5% each) : 20 seminar participation (including presentation of the research paper) : 20 research paper (minimum 25 pages) : 60 I will assume that as graduate students you will do the readings as assigned. I want you to immerse yourselves in the books and articles in order to be able to make critical comments during the seminar meetings. Without substantive, engaged discussion the seminar will be of little use. The research paper is the most important requirement of this course. The paper should be minimum 25 double-spaced pages in length and should benefit from at least 25 different sources (books, articles, etc.). Extensive use of articles from the internet is discouraged (I want you to spend time in the library doing research the old-fashioned way; by reading books). The paper should be structurally sound and the argument(s) should be built to follow logical reasoning. Ideally, the paper would take advantage of some existing theory to inform its argument(s); it should be analytical and feature relatively little descriptive material (i.e., ask and answer the question "why?" rather than how?).
Desch, Michael C. Civilian Control of the Military: The Changing Security Environment (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001). Feaver, Peter D. Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations (Harvard University Press, 2003) Haggani, Husain. Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2005) Pion-Berlin, David, ed. Civil-Military Relations in Latin America (University of North Carolina Press, 2001). Singer, P.W. Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry (Cornell University Press, 2003) Taylor, Brian. Politics and the Russian Army (Cambridge University Press, 2003) van Creveld, Martin. The Sword and the Olive: A Critical History of the Israeli Army (Public Affairs [Harper-Collins], 2002) In addition, you will need to read the following: for the January 25 meeting: 1. Huntington, Samuel P. The Soldier and the State (Harvard University Press, 1957), Chapters 1-3, pp. 7-79. 2. Feaver, Peter. "The Civil-Military Problematique: Huntington, Janowitz, and the Question of Civilian Control," Armed Forces and Society, 23:2 (Winter 1996): 149-178. 3. Friedberg, Aaron. Why Didn't the United States Become a Garrison State? International Security, 16:4 (1992): 109-137.


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BioWare's Ray Muzyka has said the script for Mass Effect 3 has changed and may change even further away from the leaked version that slipped out earlier this month.
An internal beta version of the game was accidentally made live to outside gamers recently. A few got to play it, while others went further an hacked into the code to reveal plot details - including details of the game's ending.
Muzyka looks at this month's events under a positive light. "In the big picture, some more stories are generated around it and more interest in the game," he told Eurogamer, saying later in the interview that "only a small number of people are probably going to look at those spoilers in advance."
"It's hard to say something like that having a positive benefit, but if it gets more people to check out Mass Effect 3 that would be a positive benefit," he added.
But as BioWare has said, the script has already changed since the early version that leaked, and Muzyka says it could change more based on the chatter between those that have seen the spoilers.
"We listen to our fans all of the time. We listen to them on the forums, their feedback from stories. We're reading it all. If we can get ideas out of it that will make the game better, sure. We're not adverse to taking feedback. That's part of our core values, is humility. Any time we get a good idea from fans... they're our audience. They keep us in business," he said.


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Case in point: the Vibrant Diamond pillow from Tiny Prints.
When Tiny Prints approached me about putting my own spin on their new customizable home decor line, I jumped at the chance. Not only am I a huge fan of their products, but having the ability to personalize them? Icing on the cake.
I decided to go with the Vibrant Diamond pillow and put my favorite phrase, "XOXO," on it, since it would lend itself perfectly to any room in my home. Here I have it styled in our master bedroom, but you can see how it works just as well in Briar's nursery too!
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A new assessment released Thursday shows 100 percent of the state is in some state of drought… ranging from moderate to exceptional.
According to the national drought mitigation center website, nearly 25 percent of the state is considered to be in an exceptional drought.
That means there are widespread crop and pasture losses in some areas, along with water shortages in reservoirs and streams… leading to water emergencies.
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, by Michael Pollan
Just gonna be brief here and endorse this book. Very well written and interesting to read. Pollan sheds new light on how we think about food – and what we think we know about it, as well. I am attaching a scan of the Intro and Chapter 1, and the Resources section of the book for you to sample.
Here is the review from Amazon.com:
Food is the one thing that Americans hate to love and, as it turns out, love to hate. What we want to eat has been ousted by the notion of what we should eat, and it's at this nexus of hunger and hang-up that Michael Pollan poses his most salient question: where is the food in our food? What follows in In Defense of Food is a series of wonderfully clear and thoughtful answers that help us omnivores navigate the nutritional minefield that's come to typify our food culture. Many processed foods vie for a spot in our grocery baskets, claiming to lower cholesterol, weight, glucose levels, you name it. Yet Pollan shows that these convenient "healthy" alternatives to whole foods are appallingly inconvenient: our health has a nation has only deteriorated since we started exiling carbs, fats--even fruits--from our daily meals. His razor-sharp analysis of the American diet (as well as its architects and its detractors) offers an inspiring glimpse of what it would be like if we could (a la Humpty Dumpty) put our food back together again and reconsider what it means to eat well. In a season filled with rallying cries to lose weight and be healthy, Pollan's call to action—"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."--is a program I actually want to follow. --Anne Bartholomew
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- Cameron Miller, son of UA basketball coach Sean Miller, will be a freshman this season at Salpointe Catholic. At the Full Court Press Arizona Showcase last weekend in Mesa, Cameron was listed among the two most impressive players from the Class of 2017. He is a point guard.
- Remember Sunnyside all-state running back Freddie Sims, who was recruited to powerful Oklahoma in 1981 by coach Barry Switzer? Freddie's son, Quentin Sims, who played at Georgia Tech and Tennessee-Martin, was signed by the New England Patriots last week and added to their practice squad. He caught a touchdown pass from Tim Tebow in the Pats' final exhibition game.
- Before he tore his ACL entering his senior season at Catalina Foothills, in the summer of 2011, Nick Chronister established himself as one of Tucson's top high school football players. But he persevered, accepted a walk-on spot at Utah State and now, as a redshirt freshman, is part of USU's Mountain West Conference football team. He is a safety.
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Five-time world champion M C Mary Kom (51kg) on Friday added another feather to her cap by becoming the only Indian woman boxer to qualify for the London Olympics, despite being on the sidelines after losing in the quarterfinals of the World Championships here.
The 29—year—old Manipuri, who would be returning without a medal from the mega—event for the first time since its inception in 2001, made the cut after her quarterfinal nemesis Nicola Adams of England defeated Russia's Elena Savelyeva 11—6 in the semifinals on Friday.
"Olympic slot confirmed finally! I am so happy," Mary told PTI.
"I saw the bout. I know the Russian was not very good, but I am a bit sad as well because I won't have a medal around my neck this time," added the reigning Asian champion.
"A medal is very important to me. I am happy with the qualification, but I am very upset at not getting a medal."
Women's boxing will make its Olympic debut in London in three weight categories - 51kg, 60kg and 75kg - and the ongoing world championships are the first and the only qualifying event for the quadrennial extravaganza.
In Mary Kom's division, one slot had been taken by China's Asian Games gold—medallist Ren Cancan, who is in the final now.
The other slot was to be decided between Mary Kom and North Korea's Hye Kim. While Mary Kom had lost to world number two Adams, Kim had gone down to Savelyeva in the quarterfinals.
The winner of the Savelyeva—Adams bout was to decide the second slot for Asia and luckily for the Indian, the result went her way.
"I was not tense before today's bout. There was no point in worrying about something that was not in my hands. I only thought about God. God has seen my struggle, and I knew my hard work would not go waste just because of one loss," she said.
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