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Computational Fashion
Computational Fashion is an Eyebeam initiative bringing together artists, designers, scientists, and technologists with the fashion industry to explore emerging ideas and develop new work at the intersection of fashion and technology. Computational Fashion consists of research fellowships, regular public presentations and workshops, and will culminate in a symposium and exhibition, as well as the release of a fashion-tech toolkit of materials and techniques for designers in September 2014. The lead consultant is Dr. Sabine Seymour, owner of Moondial and professor of Fashionable Technology at Parsons The New School for Design.
Computational Fashion Fellows
Sculptor and installation artist Carrie Mae Rose has collaborated with Dr. Dan Steingart, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University and an expert on highly flexible, printed alkaline batteries, to develop a series of illuminated wearable sculptures that integrate technology to visualize the movement of subtle electrical circulations around the physical body and how they interact with the breath and other unseen forces. Inspired by the work of philosopher Rudolf Steiner and occultist Max Heindel, Rose's series BODYCROWNS are physical explorations of the changes in the etheric body that will occur during the human transition to space. Dr. Steingart and his graduate assistant, Alla Samarayeva, have built custom light weight fabric and wire batteries that are integrated into the wearable structures to power LED lights, stretchy sensors, and circuits.Artist/Game
Designer Kaho Abe, in collaboration with Dr. Katherine Isbister, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, has developed The Lightning Bug Game to explore how wearable technology can act as both a game controller and costume, in order to create a far richer, more immersive game experience. The Lightning Bug game is a two-person interactive game experience, using costumes embedded with technology, projection on a half dome surface and custom software. The game is designed to have two distinct, interdependent roles — one player shoots and the other collects power — and they both must hold hands in order to transfer power from one player to the other.
Artist and designer Keren Oxman is studying the development of generative textile morphologies through experimental multi-material 3D printing fabrication technology. The research and design will incorporate geometry with differentiated performance and will be undertaken with a group of consultants from arts-design and science-technology. These consultants include Prof. Neri Oxman of the MIT Media Lab and Prof. W. Craig Carter of MIT Dept. of Material Sciences and others.
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2 Egyptian policemen sentenced to 10 years for blogger's death
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ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AFP) - Two Egyptian policemen were sentenced to 10 years in jail on Monday for the killing of a blogger whose death rallied protesters in the 2011 revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
The two were sentenced following a retrial for the manslaughter and torture of Khaled Said in June 2010, when they had unlawfully arrested him at an Internet cafe in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.
The two policemen, Mahmoud Salah Mahmoud and Awad Ismail Suleiman, had initially been sentenced to seven years in October 2011 for excessive brutality.
Mr Said's death galvanised protests against then-president Hosni Mubarak, after pictures emerged online of the 28-year-old's mangled face.
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The Who's Super Bowl set list revealed
The Super Bowl brings forth a bonanza of prop betting each year, and a lot of it has to do with the halftime entertainment.
Last year, a lot of the oddsmakers' attention was focused on what four songs Bruce Springsteen would be playing during his halftime performance. Bets were even placed on whether Clarence Clemons would have a featured sax solo or if Bruce would reach into the crowd and pull Courteney Cox onstage, a la the "Dancing in the Dark" music video.
Well, a lot of that betting suspense was removed this time around when this year's halftime performers, The Who, told Billboard exactly what they'd be playing.
According to Pete Townshend, the band will play a "compact medley" of the following songs:
- Baba O'Riley
- Pinball Wizard
- the close of Tommy
- Who Are You
- Won't Get Fooled Again
That's a solid set list, but it's a bit surprising not to see "My Generation" on there. In any case, it's shaping up to be a pretty good halftime show. Catch it during the Super Bowl on February 7th on CBS.
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Certified Zumba instructor and passionate professional dancer, Elizabeth Mooney, guides students of all shapes and sizes on the path toward health and wellness. A medley of upbeat, Latin tunes infuse the Zumba studio with electric energy as Elizabeth takes up to 50 classmates through a series of easy-to-follow dance steps. Calories and inhibitions are shed as clients hone lower-body strength and moves that make wedding crashing seem like a welcomed practice. Classes are currently available three days per week (Mondays and Thursdays at 5 p.m., and Fridays at 11 a.m.).
A beaming neon sign boldly glows above Carlyle At The Omni Diner, where checkered floors, rock 'n' roll jukebox tunes, and classic diner fare rewind reality to the 1950s. Short-order cooks whip up breakfast items until 10:30 a.m. each day, firing up their griddle to build towers of buttermilk pancakes and smaller duplexes out of belgian waffles. Lunch and dinnertime eats include classic deli sandwiches, specialty salads, and pizzas, which all wash down with coffee and tea. Open during business hours, the diner welcomes business people staying at the hotel to sink into plush red booths while nibbling cheesecake and pouring ketchup over their expense reports.
One of the nation's largest auto show producers, Motor Trend dazzles 24 markets throughout the country with the latest breeds of horseless carriages and steel steeds in all their glittering glory. Each show boasts its own parade of the latest models, all of which are unlocked and waiting to be admired inside and out. If the sleek, muscular sports cars from Ferrari and Maserati remind you too much of your old job as a secret agent valet, you can also shop for future cars among the more practical permutations of Suburu, Kia, and Buick. Fans of good old-fashioned American size and power, meanwhile, can make themselves look tiny by standing next to the 2011 Ford Super Duty.
Lorry Salluzzi of Soma Healing Center has many highly developed talents—most of them in areas completely foreign to the average earthly being. As a professional medium, clairvoyant, and alternative healer, she helps her clients commune with loved ones' spirits, learn about their futures, and feel better balanced through chakra work, Reiki, tuning fork therapy, and needle-free acupuncture. Gong Wash workshops lead participants deep into the forgotten past to slough away the karma and out-of-date fashion choices that accumulate during former lives. To reinforce their own psychic abilities, guests can sign up for psychic development workshops, and Reiki practitioners of varying levels can hone their skills under Salluzzi's expert guidance.
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Everyday I kept hearing this voice... "take me home", "take me home". Today I couldn't stand it any longer... saw em', bought em', and took em' home. My new Ruger ALASKAN 44 Magnum... how sweet it is! And another photo of it next to my brand new Smith & Wesson TALO 629-6. Ain't Texas GREAT, or what?
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Great looking gun..always wanted one but dollars are slim pickin's right now. Besides I have one very close to that, a S&W model 657 .41 Mag. I reload and can build ammo that will meet or exceed any .44 Mag loads, much flatter shooting too. Again, great looking gun.
I have heard that the Ruger Alaskans finish holds up much better after a liberal application of bear blood. Beautiful!
Dead Bears, the only good kind.
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"It's a gun you loaded on Sunday, and shot all week." -Confederate Soldier "If God didn't create man equal then Sam Colt had made them equal." -Unknown "Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything." -Wyatt Earp
Congratulations. Now go shoot the heck out of 'em.
The Alaskan has a lot goin' for it. Good caliber for most of the lower 48. Heavy piece, should handle recoil well. Plus, it is a Ruger. Re the .41 mag folk - I love the .41 mag. I have a Dan wesson 41VH w/4, 6, 8" barrels. Also a S&W Model 58 w/4" barrel, but my favorite for camping, hiking, and hog hunting if my Ruger .42 Blackhawk w/6" barrel. I load my own, too. I remember a time when I was at an outdoor range shootin' my Blackhawk with some stout handloads, and a man and his teenage son came up to show off his S&W Model 29. He asked me what I was shooting, I told him a Ruger .41. He bragged about his Model 29, but when he was shooting it he had bad trouble with the recoil. He offered to let me shoot it, obviously expecting me to cringe and flinch, but since I had some .44 mags of my own, I just squeezed off a shot at my target, got lucky and hit the 10 ring. Then he insisted I do the other 5 rounds. So I did, then handed him his piece and said, "Smith makes good guns". Then he said he'd like his son to try my .41 mag, because the .44 was too hot for him. So I let his son shoot my Blackhawk, which he did with no trouble. Then "daddy-o" wanted to show off, so I let him shoot my Blackhawk. He obviously wasn't expecting the recoil from my 220 grain semiwadcutter at 1600+ feet/sec, flinched, dropped my gun and didn't want to shhot it any more. Lesson learned, I hope. Anyway, the Alaskan is great! Enjoy it.
Whoops, lotsa typo's - if my Ruger .42 should be is my Ruger .41 Didn't want to shhot it anymore should be didn't want to shoot it anymore.


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I would like to try selling squash blossoms next year to add to my usual crops that I sell to a few restaurants. Does anyone have any suggestions regarding variety, harvesting and price?
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- Posted by Sue_in_Colorado about 5 (My Page) on Tue, Nov 1, 05 at 14:42
The biggest I've seen come from 'Costata Romanesco' summer squash. I get .50 - .75 each for them from my restaurant accounts. They are a little harder to handle/sell at market - I usually ask people to pre-order. Had one lady tell me that she just moved here from Syracuse NY, where she got them for $1.00/ quart at market there. Wow! |
I always harvest them for market in the morning right before market (by flashlight.) before the blossoms open they are less likely to have a bug in them. We found that if they have a lot of stem they do not sell well, but if they have no stem they do not keep well. Solution, pick with the stem and wrap ends in wet paper towel and pull them off as you put them out. Also we often on very hot days just put out a sign as they don't last long in the heat. We also suggest people use them within 48 hours. We sold them for .25 to .50 depending on size. We had someone ask us how much for a pound! We had no clue what to tell her. She ended up buying a paper bag with 25 blossoms for $7.00. That was quite a few blossoms. |
i grew costata romanesca for them. i picked them the morning of the market. i sold them for 50 cents a piece. i had no trouble selling whatever i brought. even when they wilt refrigeration perks them back up. if you are selling them at a farmers market be prepared with recipes. i never had printed ones but told people how i prepared them and suggested using the internet to find recipes. i cut them with the stem as long as possible. |
- Posted by bmckay Z5b MA (email@example.com) on Thu, Nov 17, 05 at 8:31
Another nice variety to grow for flowers are the zuchetta types (friuli, tromba d'albenga). They are running plants (will go 25 feet) and produce huge numbers of very large blossoms. If you run them along a fence, they are very manageable. Produce a mighty good squash, also, assuming you pick them small. Bill McKay in E. Massachusetts |
I've found that crookneck blossoms are smallish and flimsiest, though the zephyr (a hardier plant that grows much longer for me than crookneck) has a larger, sturdier blossom. I personally like zuccini blossoms, though they are not as prolific in male flowers as other summer squash, because they have a narrower, tubular shape and are stiffer (for better handling). Some of my favorite blossoms have also been the butternut or other winter squash... large size, good quantity, good cup-shaped flower that would hold a lot of stuffing. I've sold blossoms weekly to only the one finest restaurant in my area... not many chefs are willing to put in the labor on them even though stuffed blossoms are fantastic appetizers, selling very well. I've supplied 80+ blossoms a week for several months, at $.25 each. They are very quick to pick; I sometimes hold one day's harvest for one day and add more to it the next day, and deliver together... as long as they are continuously refrigerated, there is no problem with them lasting. They don't look as good after a day or two, but if they are being deep-fried, that doesn't matter. I have had problems with ants in the blossoms, but the buyer has always been willing to dunk them in ice water to clean them out. |
I'd like to bring blossoms to market, too. Can you tell me - those who do it successfully - how you process them? And, do you sell them individually? or in bags? How do you keep them fresh? |
This may be a stupid question. Are you harvesting and selling only male blossoms? We grow costata for market and it seems like a waste to pick the females. |
i sold blossoms at the market for a while. i just used the males from costata. they wither quickly in the air. i tried packing them in plastic bags and cooling them. no matter. they didn't sell very well after the initial curiosity wore off. i think these are better suited to restaurant sales. most folks don't know what to do with them. |
- Posted by lazygardens PhxAZ%3A Sunset 13 (My Page) on Wed, May 14, 14 at 20:31
FWIW ... The typical Mexican "flor de calabaza" is from the "Mexican gray squash", which is a lot like a zucchini or a vining summer squash. You need a rampant grower with a lot of blossoms. They are usually sold as male or female flowers, with the female flowers bringing a higher price because of the attached squash-to-be. Often they are the entire tendril, stuck in a vase to keep them fresh. |
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We got about 9 inches of snow on Sunday and decided to get the r/t out to see how it does. I was not disappointed. This thing is a beast. No problems getting around at all. Anyone else have some pictures of theirs in snow?
- Danny
2014 Durango R/T AWD Granite Crystal Metallic
I have a citadel and have only had it for about a week now. We got a lot of snow too and I was impressed. Before this I had a 2011 grand cherokee overland with the air suspension, quadra drive II and quadra track, so I was nervous going to the durango with just AWD but it didn't let me down.
I am very disappointed with mine in the snow...it is almost impossible to get sideways! Turning stability off, I can have some fun, but with AWD it is a bit tougher. For average person who is looking to NOT get sideways, it is great! With stability on, if it slips at all the D immediately puts itself back on track. I don't have any pictures of it in snow though.
BTW 14MaxR/T, it looks great! Really makes me jealous, I wanted the hyper black wheels so bad!
I'll give it a try! Haven't used 4-low yet.
Can't you only go like 25mph n low
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I would not recommend using 4 low and hammering it for a few donuts or slides, it was not designed for that.
Yes, 4low will only allow slow speeds and it does disable stability, but I can do that with touch of a button. It is really the AWD that makes it a challenge getting loose at times. Oh well!


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6 The children of Yisra'el and Yehudah, who lived in the cities of Yehudah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated to the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps. | 6 The men of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things dedicated to the LORD their God, and they piled them in heaps. |
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A week ago i had my first stuck fermentation. Stuck at 1.030 from 1.074. I kicked up the room temp and agitated and a week later i'm at 1.016. So i racked into a secondary today. My question is about length of time in the secondary. Usually i do 2 weeks but since it had to sit in the primary an extra week I'm wondering if it would be the ssame as my usual (1-2-3) if i only left it in secondary for 1 week.
I would say, if you want the same clearing effect as your previous brews, it should sit the normal two weeks. Though, personally, I went away from secondary a while back and have not seen depreciation in beer quality. So if you want to stay on "schedule" cut the secondary down, in my experience a week should be fine.
The yeast needs time to clean up after itself once it completes fermentation. For consistency's sake give it the same amount of time to clean/clear up as usual, not according to a predetermined date of completion. If you are anxious though, it will still be good beer regardless.
I've got lots of beer in the pipeline so i'm not too anxious. It makes sense that the 'clock' for clearing etc would only start after it gets off the first yeast cake. i've got 2 oz of dry hops in tehere so ill give it 10-14 days


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10 And He said, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that 'Seeing they may not see, And hearing they may not understand.' | 10 He said, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, " 'though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.' |
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Seeing these old fashion ice cream cups reminds me of going up to the corner store for ice cream as a little girl . My Favorite was always the the Pet ice cream cups. I loved eating with those little wooden spoons. The Sugar Diva offers these same little ice cream cups complete with two lids and wooden spoon. Open first lid for the spoon and the second tabbed lid will open to your ice cream! Anyone else remember these? Find these Old ash ion Ice Cream cups at www.thesugardiva.com.
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DONALD H. MENZEL, one of the first practitioners of theoretical astrophysics in the United States, pioneered the application of quantum mechanics to astronomical spectroscopy. He was the first to establish the physical characteristics of the solar chromospheres and he initiated the modern era of investigations of physical processes in gaseous nebulae. Although primarily a theorist, he organized and conducted more than a dozen solar-eclipse expeditions and established two major solar observatories in the western United States. As a naval officer in World War II, he showed how solar observations could be used to anticipate large changes in conditions of long-distance radio wave propagation. He later played a leading role in establishing the Central Radio Propagation Laboratory of the National Bureau of Standards. As director of the Harvard College Observatory from 1952 to 1966, he established one of the first university programs for research and instruction in radioastronomy and space astronomy. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1948.
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Penn West Exploration Announces Its Financial Results For The Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2011
CALGARY, Alberta, February 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
PENN WEST PETROLEUM LTD. (TSX: PWT) (NYSE: PWE)("PENN WEST") is pleased to announce its results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011
Penn West has the largest light-oil asset base in Canada with the greatest leverage to the application of horizontal multi-frac technology. After several years of significant appraisal activity, we have moved into large-scale development. We believe our recent results are reflecting the potential of our company.
- Production for the fourth quarter was 168,801 boe (1) per day, an increase of more than 7,000 boe per day over our third quarter production. We met the mid-point of both our 2011 annual and second half average production guidance. Exit production, before the impact of asset dispositions, was approximately 172,000 boe per day. Cardium production originally planned for exit 2011 is now on-stream.
- Reserve replacement (2) exceeded 230 percent, prior to the impact of economic natural gas price revisions and asset dispositions. Greater than 70 percent of added reserves were light oil and liquids contributing $2.70 per share to our net asset value (3), after the effect of downward revisions of future natural gas prices.
- Funds flow (4) was $437 million ( $0.93 per share-basic (4)) in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 43 percent increase from the $305 million ( $0.67 per share-basic) reported in the fourth quarter of 2010. Stronger funds flow was driven by greater oil and liquids weighting, an increase in production and strengthening crude oil prices.
- Our portfolio management program is on-track with net realized proceeds of approximately $440 million in 2011 and 2012 to-date from the sale of approximately 5,500 boe per day. These dispositions support our strategy of prudent balance sheet management while facilitating our shift from light-oil appraisal to development.
- Penn West entered 2012 with significant operating momentum launched by strong fourth quarter execution. We ramped up development activity across our light-oil projects with 108 net wells drilled in the fourth quarter of 2011. We advanced some of our 2012 drilling and facilities projects to the fourth quarter of 2011 to provide greater certainty of first quarter 2012 production additions.
- Average production increased to 168,801 boe per day for the fourth quarter of 2011 from 161,323 boe per day in the third quarter of 2011.
- Penn West's exit production was weighted approximately 65 percent to oil and liquids.
- Average oil and liquids production was approximately 108,000 barrels per day in the fourth quarter of 2011, an increase of seven percent over the third quarter of 2011.
- Our second half 2011 production averaged 165,062 boe per day, meeting our second-half guidance.
- Annual 2011 production averaged 163,094 boe per day, in line with guidance.
(1) Please refer to the "Oil and Gas Information Advisory" section below for information regarding the term "boe". (2) Reserve replacement is calculated by dividing reserve additions by production on a proved plus probable reserve basis. (3) Net asset value per share contribution is calculated as the change in the net present value of future net revenue before income taxes discounted at 10 percent on a proved plus probable reserves basis from the prior year over the total outstanding shares at December 31, 2011. (4) The terms "funds flow" and "funds flow per share-basic" are non-GAAP measures. Please refer to the "Calculation of Funds Flow" and "Non-GAAP Measures Advisory" sections below.Reserves
- In 2011, Penn West added approximately 138 million boe of reserves on a proved plus probable basis (2010 - 72 million boe), a reserve replacement ratio of 234 percent (2010 - 122 percent), excluding the effect of acquisitions and dispositions and economic factors, with approximately 73 percent of the additions being crude oil and liquids (2010 - 65 percent).
- Total working interest proved plus probable reserves were 719 mmboe at December 31, 2011 (2010 - 661 mmboe), weighted approximately 71 percent to crude oil and liquids (2010 - 69 percent).
- Proved plus probable oil and liquids reserves of approximately 513 million barrels represents a 13 percent increase over 2010.
- Adjusted finding and development costs ("F&D") (1) on a proved plus probable basis, including the change in future development capital were $22.64 per boe for 2011 (2010 - $21.97 per boe).
- The net present value of proved plus probable reserves at a 10 percent discount rate increased 12 percent over 2010, after the effect of downward revisions of future natural gas prices.
- Funds flow was $437 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 43 percent increase from the $305 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2010 and a 26 percent increase from the $348 million reported in the third quarter of 2011. The increase was attributed to stronger crude oil prices and our increased oil and liquids production. Funds flow was $0.93 per share-basicin the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to $0.67 per share-basic in the fourth quarter of 2010 and $0.74 per share-basic in the third quarter of 2011.
- Funds flow for 2011 totalled $1,537 million compared to $1,185 million in 2010 as a result of stronger commodity prices and a year-over-year increase in our light-oil production.
- Net income for 2011 totalled $638 million compared to $1,110 million in 2010. The prior period included significant gains on asset dispositions including a $572 million after-tax gain recorded on the formation of the Peace River Oil Partnership and a $368 million gain on the formation of our joint venture in the Cordova Embayment.
- Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2011 was $62 million ( $0.13 per share-basic) compared to a net loss of $37 million ( $0.08 per share-basic) in the fourth quarter of 2010 and net income of $138 million ( $0.29 per share-basic) in the third quarter of 2011. The net loss in the fourth quarter of 2011 was primarily due to unrealized risk management losses.
- Capital expenditures for the fourth quarter of 2011, including net property dispositions, totalled $583 million compared to $469 million for the fourth quarter of 2010.
- Our 2011 net capital expenditures of $1,580 million were substantially in line with our previous forecast of $1.4 billion - $1.5 billion, net of asset dispositions. We advanced certain projects in our 2012 capital program into late 2011.
- On December 31, 2011 the PWT.DB.F convertible debentures matured and were settled in cash totalling $224 million. We now have no convertible debentures outstanding.
- On February 15, 2012, our Board of Directors declared a first quarter 2012 dividend of $0.27 per share to be paid on April 13, 2012 to shareholders of record on March 30, 2012. Shareholders are advised that this dividend is designated as an "eligible dividend" for Canadian income tax purposes.
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Natural gas rose from the highest level in more than two weeks in New York on forecasts for warmer weather that could stoke power demand. some Gulf of Mexico production remained shut after Tropical Storm Karen.
Natural gas for November delivery increased as much as 0.5 percent to $3.647 per million British thermal units in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange and was at $3.643 at 11:12 a.m. Singapore time. The contract settled at $3.629 yesterday, up 3.5 percent, the biggest gain in 11 weeks.
MDA Weather Services in Gaithersburg, Maryland, predicted above-normal temperatures in the central and eastern U.S. through Oct. 21. About 37 percent, or 1.4 billion cubic feet a day, of Gulf natural gas output was still offline, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said yesterday.
"Temperatures have been above normal, which is supportive for gas demand," Phil Flynn, a senior market analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago said yesterday. "Traders are still pricing in some of the production lost because of the storm."
Karen dissipated as it moved over southeastern Alabama, the National Hurricane Center said yesterday. As much as 48 percent of gas output was shut during the storm, BSEE data show.
"Production losses related to Tropical Storm Karen look somewhat higher than anticipated," Tim Evans, an energy analyst at Citi Futures Perspective in New York, wrote in a note to clients Oct. 7.
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Perhaps his biggest contribution, though, has been on the faceoff. Last year, the Hurricanes had faceoff specialist Manny Malhotra , and Nash spent plenty of time learning tricks from him. Malhotra finished second in the league in that category
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Manny Malhotra's two goals and an assist led the way as the Hurricanes cruised past the Senators for their third straight win and 11 in the last 12 home games vs. Ottawa.
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the small steps that it takes to be successful. They're consistently coming through more and more now," center Manny Malhotra told the team's official website. "I think our overall game on a nightly basis is getting better." The Canadiens
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the small steps that it takes to be successful. They're consistently coming through more and more now," center Manny Malhotra told the team's official website. "I think our overall game on a nightly basis is getting better." The Canadiens
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final. COACH: Michel Therrien, seventh season with Canadiens, 287-224-23-58. ADDED: D Tom Gilbert, C Manny Malhotra , RW P.A. Parenteau, RW Jiri Sekac. LOST: C Daniel Briere, RW Brian Gionta, D Josh Gorges, LW Thomas Vanek
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One hundred and fifty years ago, the first gathering of the California Legislature divided the state into 27 counties. Over the next 57 years, the state's territory was further subdivided and county boundaries were changed to create the names and places we recognize today.
Created 1853. The word Alameda is derived from alamo the Spanish name for cottonwood or poplar tree, and means a "grove of poplar trees." The name was applied both to the southern portion of the county (La Alameda) and to the stream running through it (Rio de la Alameda) as early as 1795.
On February 18, 1850, California's first Governor, Peter Burnett, signed into law the creation of the state's original counties. They were as follows:
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Known to all as "Book" or "Bookman" Locally and across the web, I am an enthusiast of marching bands. As as administrator of popular marching band websites, I spend lots of time covering events to capture the great performaces of the those groups.
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The three W's of Social Security reform
It should come as no surprise that proposals to create individual accounts as part of Social Security reform are faltering. As the layers of promises are peeled back, it becomes increasingly clear that investment accounts are neither necessary nor sufficient to fix Social Security. Accounts will not make millionaires out of minimum-wage workers. Higher returns from investing in stocks will not work as some magic elixir that cures the challenges confronting Social Security. Accounts will not result in huge estates to leave to the next generation.
But the idea should not be abandoned.
If Congress is willing to make the real choices necessary to fix the program - choices thus far swept under the carpet - these accounts have an important role to play, serving as the glue to make a balanced reform plan stick.
The three questions that must be answered in designing a Social Security fix are what, when, and where:
• What to do to rebalance Social Security?
The program's funding gap can only be filled by increasing revenues or cutting promised benefits.
There are plenty of options, from increasing payroll taxes, to using general revenues, to increasing the retirement age, to changing how we calculate benefits, to means-testing payments for the well-off. None are painless, however, so politicians generally have an aversion to discussing them.
One might assume that the major dividing line between the two parties would be whether to make changes on the tax or the spending side.
But instead, politicians of both stripes, well aware of the dangers inherent in honestly discussing these hot-button issues, are doing their best to avoid them by sparring over accounts.
• When to do it?
Assume Congress were to agree on a balanced package of, say, an increase in the payroll-tax cap, benefit reductions for wealthy retirees, and an increase in the retirement age. It would still have to decide on the timing of the changes.
One option would be to postpone as long as possible and return Social Security to a pay-as-you-go system, where payroll taxes would cover benefits on an annual basis. No changes would have to be made in the immediate future because the system would run surpluses for another decade or so. Then changes on both the tax and benefit side would be phased in as the fiscal crunch started to hit.


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My life as a climbing addict began May 2001 at Berkeley Ironworks. In the ensuing years, my love of climbing has taken me to some of the most magical (Fontainbleau forest) and the most mundane (Indian Rock, Berkeley) climbing areas in the world. Although I enjoy climbing in all its forms, bouldering is my passion and most weekends will find me in Yosemite wandering the valley floor, climbing one of the proud blocs or searching for that next amazing line.
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Clari Clari has been working for the Touchstone family since early 2001. Even though she has been climbing off and on since the late '90s, Clari still considers herself an infant in the world of climbing. With more injuries and health challenges than she cares to count, she is eager to get back on the rocks, and is committed to building back her strength and stamina. While she has yet to collect any climbing tall tales like a Kilamanjaro expedition or Yosemite ascent, being surrounded by such a group of young(er) coworkers makes sure Clari feels the youthful spirit, and inches away from her climbing juvenescence. She dreams of her 49ers taking home a 6th Superbowl ring, and of someday working for her favorite team (maybe as a "water-person"). Her lifelong projects include building more sustainable organic vegetable gardens at home, lead climbing in Yosemite, bringing her sisters to visit here from the Philippines, and one day dancing at her grandkids' weddings! |
Matt's love for climbing started in 2010 right here at Berkeley Ironworks and shows no signs of slowing down. When Matt isn't behind the front desk, you will likely find him volunteering with the Bay Area Climbers Coalition (local chapter of the Access Fund) and planning clean-up events to support our local crags. If not climbing, Matt is probably at home playing with his pterodactyl cat and working on his next screen printing project. |
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Jerome is a Nor Cal native from the East Bay. His love and loyalty for the Bay Area runs deep. Learning to rock climb is the realization of a childhood dream, having not been exposed to the sport until his late 20's. Berkeley Ironworks was the first and last gym he would call home. He remains constantly in awe of and inspired by his amazing co-workers who have become like family. "I feel so lucky to be a part of this special community full of incredible, dynamic people who supply an endless source of inspiration." Jerome would like to shout out: Coffee, Chuk Mook, the Shabbywan, Mikhael Herschbanger, the Flash Lords and Call It What You Want. | |
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Jessica There are only two things in this world that Jessica needs in her life—climbing and ice cream. With both, she is perfectly content so it is no surprise that her idea of the perfect day is climbing anywhere outside followed by a refreshing bowl of strawberry ice cream. |


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Does anyone know if it is possible to buy a better quality modem for home use that might improve the down/upload speed? I'm with O2 and they are not bad but I live in London and get download speeds of usually about 4 Mbps (recently 2.6) and upload of about 1.
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Your speed would depend on a number of factors.
A different router/modem might improve the situation, as would the profile that your ISP as provided.
The line and exchange equipment would also have to be taken into consideration. Run a number of different speed, MTU and Trace tests, then compare the results, and ask your ISP what speed you should expect. If your tests give a far lower result that what the ISP is suggesting, then get them involved.
If you haven't done it before, just reset (switch off, leave for a while, then switch back on) your present router, and see if that makes a difference.
Another point worth considering, is the browser that you are using, and whether that as been updated. Even your computer might give a slow speed, if there are any maintenance problems.
But going back to your original question. There a a number of websites that you can check for reviews on router/modems, so it might be worth while to start there. One particular site worth a visit http://www.kitz.co.uk/
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Thanks spuds for the comments and most appreciated. I run tests regularly with the thinkbroadband website and others and don't get a lot of variation in speed results. Browser is Firefox and up to date. PC is a little older (nearly 5 years) but run usual ccleaner etc., AV, Malwarebytes and performs OK in other areas.
I will check the website you suggest and see if any information on there too. (have also added an iplate to my older BT main socket and installed a higher quality filter to the socket but not much difference yet) best regards, L
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The Cataclysm: A critical examination {WoW}
Oct 28th 2011 5:59PM I really felt like the 1-60 changes were a waste of time, I have all of the alts I care to play, and suddenly to get to half the content in the expansion I had to make another. The game had been out for almost 7 years when Cata launched, so I have a hard time who they were targeting these changes towards. Wow has almost no new players, and among the new accounts churn is high by blizzards own admissions. Existing players mostly want content for their mains, as for alts, during the almost 7 years of the games life, you had the opportunity to level up any class you wished to play.
The dev effort spent on those changes was immense, and it quite frankly left the rest of the expansion lacking, the leveling experience was abrupt, there weren't enough instances, and end game was thin. Add that to the frustration of spending hours a day in queue for heroics to get geared for raids, and I was ready to wash my hands of wow within a month of Cata's release. Add to that the fact that 25 man raiding is nearly dead on my server, and I'd say that quite a bit more went wrong with this expansion than went right. Don't take my word for it, the fact that wow is hemorrhaging subs attest to this expansions quality far better than I can.
Scattered Shots: Camouflage {WoW}
Sep 7th 2010 5:54PM I'm hopeful that the current version is what goes into cata, but I just have a hard time imagining that this is what blizzard had in mind. It does allow the hunter to pick his fights, and to scout in PvP. It also allows hunters to enjoy stealth in a limited format in PvE, kinnda like doing the worg runs in late vanilla in LBRS.
Guest Post: Vetting puggers -- beyond GearScore and achievements {WoW}
Jul 18th 2010 4:09AM @Asgaroth - No, I'm implying that Player skill is Unimodal, IE: there is an average and most people are within a single standard deviation of said average. As for how I would quantify it, if I were organizing a study of player skill, I would probably base it on two factors, incidence of error, and output.
Incidence of error would be common to all classes, and would count things like standing in a fire, not following instructions, getting hit by lava waves, pulling agro, etc. An addon like failbot would keep track of a players errors over several runs, and an average of errors per encounter would be created. I would actually use a fight were players are prone to errors, such as rotface or sindragosa, and collect multiple samples for each player.
Output would be class specific, and would track threat/healing/Damage, then compare these numbers to averages based on similarly geared characters of the same class on the same fight. Festergut seems to be an ideal fight to measure these, requiring high output from all roles in order to succeed. Data would have to be collected over several runs so that things like vile gas could be averaged out.
I don't think this kind of study would be an easy one to manage, as you'd want as large of a sample size as you could get, and you'd have to avoid using social organizations such as guilds since the players would all likely be abnormally close to each other in skill. It's probably out of reach for the average player but I would be surprised if blizzard hadn't done studies like this one.
Guest Post: Vetting puggers -- beyond GearScore and achievements {WoW}
Jul 17th 2010 10:40PM I think the author falls short of his stated goals. He says dedication, experience, class knowledge, attitude and ability are the most important things to look for in a pug. While I'm not on board with all of those, he glazes over the fact that there is no way to tell those things without having grouped with the player. He doesn't mention gear in his list of cardinal virtues for a pug, and then his only actionable advice is he uses a tool to check the characters gear and chants before invites, which doesn't jive with his opening statements about the value of gear and gearscore.
He also ascribes to the the skill distribution fallacy. To wit, that good players in poor gear, and bad players in good gear are common enough to significantly compromise any efforts to qualify characters based on their gear. I call this the skill distribution fallacy because, for it to be true there would have to be an even distribution of good, bad and mediocre players. Reality is that a players skill in WoW is much more likely to be a bell curve than a straight line, with the vast majority of players slightly above or below the median skill level.
To further cement why the skill distribution fallacy is wrong, good players have an easier time getting gear than bad players. Thus good players tend to be better geared and are less common on the low end of the gear spectrum, the opposite would also be true. This makes it even less probable that by slotting pugs based on gear requirements the raid lead will miss "the diamond in the rough" or end up with a "Newb in pownzor clothing".
It's easy to dislike gearscore, it's main uses seems to be epeen and to exclude players from pugs. Because of that it's been painted in a very negative light in the court of public opinion. On my server PUG raid leads are often shouted down and mocked in trade for requiring GS minimums, it's gotten to the point where they don't mention gearscore in their broadcast, but ask for your gearscore when you indicate interest.
However if you look at it from a logical standpoint, GS is just a tool that raid leaders can use to give their pugs a better chance at success. It's challenging to be logical on such a polarizing issue, especially when public opinion is so strongly against the mod.
In any case, I would recommend to The author that he try elitist group, it's an addon that does everything wow heroes does, but better. For out of game inspections I would suggest elitistarmory.com, it's a one stop shop for checking a characters previous raid successes, their equipment, and their enchants and gems. It will also notify the viewer is there is anything amiss with the characters gear such as PvP gear, or gear that does not work for his spec/class.
The Daily Quest: Gearscore {WoW}
Jun 16th 2010 4:53PM Love it or hate it gear score is ubiquitous, and likely hundreds of hours have been spent arguing it's relative merits in your trade channel, much to the forehead smacking of those forced to watch it. Here are the five most common objections you'll hear to gear score and my answers to them.
1.) Gear score is just an arbitrary number and doesn't reflect how well geared a character is.
I thought I would open with this one because it allows me to explain how gearscore works. However before I start with that, I think a basic understanding of how blizzard itemizes is required. Blizzard determines the quality of an item by setting it's item level (AKA I-Lvl), examples are gear that drops in Naxx 10 man is I-Lvl 200 and and gear that drops in ToC 25 is I-lvl 245. Item level when combined with the slot the item occupies determines it's item budget, the item budget is then spent on stats at various set exchange rates. A more in depth look at the subject can be found on the EJ boards:
Gear score looks at the item level of each piece of gear, and assigns it a value based on the slot is occupies, it sums the values for each piece of gear you have equipped and that's your gearscore. The part that confuses most people is that the base gearscore per item level is not linear ratio, IE: an I-Lvl 251 shoulder slot item is not 6 gearscore better than an I-Lvl 245, and is instead 13 points better. This is intentional, gearscore is targeted for certain clear break points at certain I-Lvls, for example full t10 25 man gear (I-Lvl 264) is going to be a 6k gear score, and full t9 25 man is going to be 5k. So the system is far from arbitrary
2.) Gearscore tells you nothing about how skilled a character is.
This is true, but nothing outside of having actually played with the character in question will give you an idea of their relative skill, so why single out gearscore? When your putting together a pug, you often don't have the luxury of only using people who are known quantities. In the absence of knowledge about a characters skill the only safe assumption is to assume they are average. If you have two average players performing the same role, the one in better gear will generally do better.
To push this argument a little further, it's my firm belief that player skill isn't a random distribution, for example highly skilled players are quite a bit more rare than players who are average. To take an educated guess, I imagine the distribution of player skill if charted out would resemble a bell curve, with the vast majority of players a little above or below the median skill level. With players who are fairly close in skill, gear will be one of the determining factor in which one performs better. This is not to say skill doesn't matter, in fact I believe the opposite, skill will trump gear in most circumstances, which dovetails nicely into to our next objection.
3.) I beat a character with a much higher gearscore on the damage/healing/threat meter, so gearscore doesn't tell you anything useful.
This is probably my favorite objection to call people on, part brag, part wishful thinking, and ignoring several key facts. A characters performance is actually the result of several different factors, generally it breaks down into; Buffs/Debuffs/consumables, Fight Gimmicks, Gear, class/spec, and most importantly player skill. An advantage in one area can make up for a disadvantage in other areas. If one player has better gear but the fight gimmicks favor a different player and all other factors are equal, it's probable the less geared character can out perform the better geared one. Skill being the most important factor, and one of the more variable, will usually determine who will perform better. This isn't to say the other factors don't matter, someone in leveling greens and blues will have an impossible time trying to out perform someone in full ICC gear even with a considerable difference in skill.
To get to my point, it's nonsense to compare the end result and one factor of many, and when they don't match say the factor had no effect on the outcome. This is exactly what people are doing when they dismiss gearscore in this way, they assume that the highest gearscored player should be the most effective without considering other factors. When the highest gearscored player is beaten they don't look at the other factors for an explanation, they just dismiss gearscore as having no relevance in the outcome.
4.) People inflate their gearscore by using PvP gear and gear that is not meant for their class.
It's Important to note that gear score tells you what tier of content the characters gear comes from and/or is equivalent to, it does not tell you how good the characters gear is. We can infer how good their gear is based on it's tier, but we have to make an assumption that the character is choosing class/spec appropriate gear, and gemming/enchanting properly. These are generally safe assumptions but as with all things exceptions, and this critics of gear score say it happens all of the time.
Truth is that this does happen, but it's more rare than opponents of gearscore would make it out to be, and occurs mostly at the low end of the gearscore spectrum. The reason it's more common at the low end is that people will often take a purple over a blue even when it's not as good for them as the blue they currently have equipped. It Also follows that players excluded from raids by poor gear, have the most to gain from inflating their gearscore.
As for the high end of gearscore, PvP gear with an I-Lvl equal to current raid content, is generally harder to get than the equivalent PvE gear. You can spend 50 emblems of frost to get I-lvl 251 PvP gloves or 60 emblems to get I-Level 264 PvE gloves. So trying to inflate your gearscore using badges to buy PvP gear is counter productive. The other options are the arena, which is difficult to get more than one or two pieces from unless you are quite good, honor gear which takes quite a bit of time to farm solo and only has limited access to high I-lvl gear, and hoping for random drops from VoA. In general if you see someone in a lot of PvP gear raiding, it's probably an arena player hoping for a PvE drop for a slot thats hard to get in the arena (such as weapons).
As for players using gear that's completely inappropriate for their class/spec, thats rarer still. I have as yet to raid with a spell power hunter or a DK tank with more than an incidental amount of shield block.
5.) Raid leads that use gear score as a criteria for entry into the raid are lazy, and\or unskilled.
Much of my defense of gear score comes from my general dislike of wishful/sloppy thinking. Everyone wants to think they are a beautiful and unique snowflake and their I-Lvl 200 gear is no indication of their raid contribution, unless they do actually suck and then it's totally because their gear. I tend to grumble a bit when I see people doing this and let it slide since this is the internet and everyone has the right to be falsifiability wrong. It took the below article showing up on my raid alliances web site, to make me angry enough to actually start vocally defending gearscore.
The article has since had most of the direct reference to gear score and achievements taken out (hopefully due to the scathing comments I left them), but the Linkey linkey reference in the article refers to it's original focus, that you have to be a terrible raid leader to request gear score and achievement for pugs. It stops just shy of saying that you have a small Willey if you ask for them. My favorite part is:
[quote]Linky linky groups want the run to be fast, almost mechanical, with as little difficulty as possible. It's almost like expecting a group of strangers to boost you, and at level 80 end game content, for Pete's sake[/quote]
This is probably the most unfair objection to gearscore. Good, bad, and indifferent raid leaders have been checking peoples gear since the armory came out and even before that, and Gearscore is a quicker, simpler, in game way to do so. Why should someone who uses gearscore instead of the armory be any less capable or motivated?
Once again effectiveness is based on a number of factors, and a good raid leader tries to control those factors to give his raid the best possible chance at success. They invite different classes to make sure that the raid has all of the buffs covered, they request consumables be used on difficult fights, and they check a raiders gear to make sure their equipment is adequate for the encounters. This isn't controversial, it's common sense.
WoW Moviewatch: Run This Raid {WoW}
Jun 16th 2010 1:10PM Yeah, this video was made of win. Best line:
"..No escort quest tonight, work was hard and i want to fight"
Encrypted Text: What it feels like to be a rogue {WoW}
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Maintenance day loot from WoW.com {WoW}
May 25th 2010 10:15AM So you guys downed maintenance day, what did he drop.
Cataclysm Class Changes: Shaman {WoW}
Apr 7th 2010 12:29PM You'll only be able to do that once every two minutes, so I don't know how useful it will be in longer movement based fights. Seems like something more aimed at PvP, where run and gun style of healing was limited to druids and disc priest.
Know Your Lore: The Alliance {WoW}
Dec 31st 2009 4:49PM I played WC3 RoC and TFT, and I was originally surprised to see the night elfs and not the high elves in the alliance.
The only thing I can think of was that the night elves natural isolationism kept them from joining the horde or the alliance, at least at first. During the 10 years between TFT and WoW they were faced with the hordes growing power in Kalimdor, and their inability to stop the hordes aggressive expansion into their territory. This left the Nelfs with two choices, be conquered by the horde, or seek allies capable of defeating the horde. With the dragons unwilling/unable to intervene, and their wood land allies such as the furbolg being in a state of disarray after the fight against Archimond, this left only the Alliance of Lordaeron.
The Alliance would have been happy to have the night elves join, after the third war they knew the night elves to be a powerful nation, and they too were worried about the hordes growing power. By aiding the night elves they kept the hordes attention on kalimdor, and the night elves would provide a logical staging area should the alliance ever need to attack the horde directly.