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This isn't surprising as Paul Wedgwood -- the CEO of Splash Damage and the game's director -- ran a Team Fortress clan for years. Other Splash Damage games such as Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars have followed the same class-based combat of Team Fortress. Brink is set up much in the same manner with four classes: a soldier, medic, engineer and operative. But Brink takes that formula a step further than TF2. And then 10 more.The game takes place on a floating utopia, and its poor refugees tacked onto the outskirts. This is where the main conflict lies, between the army of the main island and the rebel forces of the poor ghettos. The player can play solo or take the fight online with private or public multiplayer. If the preferences are set to public, simply start playing and real players will drop in sporadically to replace NPCs. Simply "dropping into" a match is something Splash Damage is committed to. "We're challenging those assumptions, like, 'Why do I need to be in a lobby before I start a match'" Wedgwood told us. "And, 'Why do I need this party thing if they're on my friends list anyway?'" As flexible as that is, at the same time the game is very customizable. You can decide how many AI players you want, or whether or not you want to reserve a few spots in the match for your buddies.
Every multiplayer level is also a level in the single-player campaign. In the campaign, just like in the multiplayer, you can choose either faction, Resistance or Security and play out their story. In doing so, Brink has blurred the line so completely between multiplayer and single-player that it will be impossible to walk into a room and tell which one is being played. Your character will be persistent across both modes, continuing to build towards the game's Level 20 cap. This allows players to spend time in either single-player or multiplayer without worrying about their character not leveling.You can tell, we've been playing Left 4 Dead every lunch time for three years, there isn't any shame in that.- Paul Wedgwood, CEO Splash Damage
Much like Prey 2, another game I saw at Bethesda's BFG 2011 event last week, Brink incorporates elements of parkour in an effort to speed up the pace of the game and the fluidity of movement. You can quickly climb fences and jump from ledge to ledge with just one button. The trick isn't in button timing, but rather in which way your character is facing. In Brink, turning quickly to find the next platform is just as important as getting a headshot or picking up a briefcase.
As far as the pace goes, Brink is relentless. I found waiting to respawn to be a relief, giving me time to clear my head. If you normally took that time to adjust your loadout, Brink does things a little differently: You can change characters and weapon loadouts at a number of stations around each map. "[With] Brink, we've completely unhooked weapons from combat roles," said Wedgwood. "The way we had balanced the power of classes was to give them less or more good weapons." But Brink has thrown this characteristic to the wind. There are a ton of weapons, from fast firing SMGs to devastatingly powerful assault rifles, and each class can use any weapon. Removing these previous limits on weapon selection that we saw in Enemy Territory and Team Fortress opens up the game that much more.
Each class has unique abilities similar to those in TF2: Operatives can disguise themselves as the enemies, and are quick on their feet; soldiers are, predictably, a jack-of-all-trades class; engineers are important for mission-related objectives; and the medic can, well, y'know ... medicate stuff. Actually, medics take a unique turn from Splash Damage's earlier Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory in that they can throw a revive syringe to allow the downed player to choose the opportune moment to get back up. This was done "because people will camp and wait for you to revive and shoot you again," Wedgwood explained. Brink has taken these turns with each class, and it definitely separates the game from others in the genre. Further, the characters all level up and gain better abilities. For example, medics will eventually gains access to a "Lazarus Grenade," which can be used against enemies (to do what, I was frustratingly not told, but it's ostensibly a revivification explosive).
At the beginning of each mission, and accessible at any point after, players have access to an objective wheel allowing them to choose which objective to work on, whether it's sabotaging a bridge or stealing intel. Conversely, the other side will be tasked with defending said bridge or intel. This wheel also shows you who is working on what objective, and is a fine indicator of who may need help. If there are three medics trying to capture a checkpoint by themselves, for example, you may want to switch to the soldier and help out.
The levels also offer quite a bit of variety. One level I played is a city made of shipping containers, with tons of hiding places and cranes to snipe from. Another was a shopping mall. "You can tell, we've been playing Left 4 Dead every lunch time for three years," said Wedgwood regarding the level design, "there isn't any shame in that."
During my time with the game, I found the AI to be brilliant, and often preferable to playing with human characters. "There are days when I can't beat our AI on normal," said Wedgwood with disdain. The AI follows the same mission system as the character, which makes having a team full of AI no worse than a team full of humans. Even the most skilled play-testers at Splash Damage have trouble with level 20 AI on hard; they use flanking maneuvers and pincers moves, and will adjust to certain hot zones that may emerge on a map.
But if you're more worried about getting stomped by real live human beings, Brink tries to balance that challenge. The game is also set up to prevent higher-level players from eviscerating beginners. Even when playing with friends of a higher level, the game will make sure you don't end up in over your head. Feeling crazy? You can still join higher-level matches if you don't mind risking the abuse.
AI or otherwise, if you want to succeed, your team is going to need to work with one another. Cue: The buffs. All characters have unique ways in which they can buff allies. The medic can give a health boost; the soldier can increase weapon capacity; and the engineer can increase weapon damage. All of the abilities are upgradeable and improve with the player's level. In fact, you may want to have AI allies instead of humans, as they "prioritize buffing more than humans do," said media director Richard Jolly. Wedgwood related an anecdote in which he was sniping in a bird's nest and an AI character brought him ammo when he was running desperately low. "Hopefully they're setting the example," said Jolly, and it will encourage human players to work together more. (Spoiler alert: They won't).
This is all wrapped up in an unusually bright shooter; in a city floating in the ocean, everything is blue, indoors or out. Compared to your more traditional "brown" shooter (think Gears of War), Brink is naked to the world, not a dimly lit recess in sight.
With less than a month to go before its release, Brink hasn't commanded the attention of a Call of Duty, a Medal of Honor or even a Rage (also being published by Bethesda). And while Splash Damage may not be a household name, it earned its shooter bona fides with the Enemy Territory games. Brink is an evolution: Smart ideas, like persistence across your single- and multiplayer campaigns, coupled with solid console releases (the Quake Wars: Enemy Territory ports weren't handled in-house) and a refined objective mechanic should put Splash Damage in front of its largest audience yet.


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Hughie Morrison is aiming Chil The Kite at the Royal Hunt Cup after his easy win at Newbury on Saturday.
The five-year-old cut no ice in Dubai earlier in the year and then disappointed behind Robin Hoods Bay in the Winter Derby.
However, back on a straight track and given a strong pace off which to run, a motionless George Baker sluiced through the field to win going away.
He has since been raised to a career-high mark of 109 and will now be aimed towards Royal Ascot.
"He was gelded in the autumn and I think it knocks an older horse when you do that, so that could be why he ran as he did in Dubai." said Morrison.
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text: Fund manager forecasts: 12 calls for 2012 By Alex Plough 23 Dec, 2011 at 10:04 As a momentous year in the financial world draws to close, some of the UK's top fund managers reflect on the last year's events and give their predictions for what the year ahead holds. Sponsored by: Stuart Cowley: head of fixed income Old Mutual Stewart Cowley, head of fixed income at Old Mutual, thinks that government intervention will continue to define financial markets next year. But warned that events 'will tumble out of control' unless European leaders can agree on structural reform. There are already causalities in the struggle between the state and the market, he said. 'Institutions are moving at a different rate to the bond market, which has used sovereign yields as a weapon to force politicians into doing what it thinks is right,' he said. Hopes that the European Central Bank (ECB) will 'bail everybody out' are misplaced as it is now 'absolutely clear' that it does not have the firepower. 'We're beyond that part of the debate now, everybody's going to have to pay their way,' he added. If eurozone leaders can agree on a workable legal framework that allows for a country to leave, then he thinks European equity could be the surprise performer in 2012. For the UK, he picked small and mid-cap companies with exposure to the global economy. 'I'm very negative on the bond market,' he said, adding that, 'the only positive thing about this is that government bond yields will rise'. But he warned that investors should be aware of 'trigger points' in the eurozone crisis, such when Italy starts buying its own debt or when Greek bond maturities are scheduled to roll over between Christmas and the new year. Chris Rice: head of pan-European equities at Cazenove Capital Chris Rice, head of pan-European equities at Cazenove Capital, thinks the UK's austerity measures will fail to get the economy growing. Rice said that with households deleveraging and cuts to government spending, Britain needs an enormous increase in demand from companies or from outside the UK to stave off recession. 'But demand from our biggest trading partner, Europe, is effectively negative and companies are fearful of consuming because they don't know what's going to happen,' the manager added. Instead, Rice suggested that devaluing the pound through more quantitative easing (QE) is the only available path to recovery. 'Terms of trade will collapse as it becomes more expensive to go abroad. We will all get poorer as import inflation will remain consistently higher than wage inflation,' he said. According to Rice, more QE will broaden the monetary base in the short term but will not get into the real economy. This will build up into a 'nuclear bomb' in the system that will be released once a recovery begins, forcing up prices even further. Speaking before the last week's eurozone fiscal deal, he gave Germany two options. To step backwards and leave the union, a legally more straightforward option than allowing a weaker state to break away, or to leap forward and head up a tighter political and economic union. A German exit would cause a returning Deutschmark to become an enormous safe haven 'killing exports for a generation, that's why Germany's political elite want to leap forward,' he said. He predicted that leaders would announce a timetable next year for a treaty change, 'which will be for more European integration'. Germany, the continent's strongman, would then allow the ECB to buy enough sovereign debt to instil confidence in the markets, rather than announce the unlimited purchase of southern European bonds. His one year predication was that the FTSE will have reached 5,500, be 'stuffed full of Russain miners and growth stocks,' and that European markets would be up 15%. However, he did think that at least one country will have left the single currency in three years' time. He advised to be 'very long emerging markets', but warned that 'it's the price you buy an asset that's important, not the 30-year to 40-year expectations. There is zero correlation between GDP growth and stock market return'. Trevor Greetham: director of asset allocation at Fidelity According to Trevor Greetham, director of asset allocation at Fidelity, we are in round two of the 2008 financial crisis and European politicians are losing the fight. 'They are addressing the problem through deeper austerity in the periphery countries; but while austerity in the long run feels right, in the short term it forces bond yields higher,' said Greetham. 'People make the mistake of thinking about nations as if they're households when they are more like a business. Sometimes businesses have to spend money to make money,' he added. While he is in favour of reigning in objective costs like pensions, without massive infrastructure spending he thought the UK is heading into a nasty downturn. 'The big problem is private sector debt, not public sector. If the private sector isn't paying it down then the government can't pay its debt down and you end up in a Japan trap,' he said. When German Chancellor Angela Merkel's challenged Greece over its continued membership of the eurozone in November, a subject previously taboo, markets began to seriously contemplate a break-up of the union. According to Greetham, the markets want an institution with a 'big, unlimited balance sheet' to support southern Europe unconditionally. But he said that the ECB cannot do this as 'under the current structure as [the periphery countries] will just go on a spending spree'. While he predicted that the eurozone would survive intact for at least a year, he imagined a scenario of full political union which enjoys unconditional support from the ECB, but only 'after you've sliced off the countries that won't play the game'. 'It's a binary situation from an investment view. If we don't solve the problem in Europe, then the FTSE will be 4050 in a year and gold will be down 750 versus the dollar. But if we can get a V-shaped recovery out of the way, the FTSE should hit 6500,' he said. Ian Spreadbury: manager of Fidelity Strategic Bond and MoneyBuilder Income funds Ian Spreadbury, who manages Fidelity's £785.8 million Strategic Bond and the £2.5 billion MoneyBuilder Income funds, thinks that safe havens will be harder to find in 2012 and expects poor returns from government paper. He said developed economies are facing 'several years of painful de-leveraging' as damaged sovereign credit quality feeds back into the real economy through the financial system. With UK government debt yielding just 2.13% on a 10 year Gilt, just 0.1 percentage points above German bunds, Spreadbury does not expect strong returns from government paper in the medium term and thinks that gilts may soon lose their safe haven status. He was more positive on the value of blue chip corporate debt and the high yield market, but warned that investors must be good stock pickers as 'dispersion will be high'. 'The key to successful navigation of bond markets next year will be to remain flexible and well diversified,' he concluded. David Simner: manager of the Fidelity Euro Corporate Bond fund Fidelity portfolio manager David Simner, who runs the group's Euro Corporate Bond fund, said Europe's fiscal tightening and the continued uncertainly around the sovereign debt crisis will leave the eurozone vulnerable to external shocks in 2012. 'As a result I expect the European Central Bank (ECB) to lower its main interest rate in Q1 2012. The market turmoil will also start to hit the core countries, causing more compression between peripherals and non-peripherals,' he said. GDP forecasts for the eurozone will worsen, he said, prompting inflation slow to 1.7% year-on-year in 2012, compared with their earlier 2012 forecasts of 2%. 'There also remains a tail-risk that quantitative easing in non-eurozone countries could fuel higher inflation in Europe,' he added. According to Simner, banks deleveraging their balance sheets will add to the slowdown, creating an environment in which cyclical sectors are likely to underperform. Andy Weir: manager of the Fidelity inflation-linked bond fund Andy Weir, who runs Fidelity's inflation-linked bond fund, thinks that despite sustained volatility in the bond market, demand for yield will drive investors into the fixed income asset class next year. According to Wier, Europe's debt hangover will continue to drive economic policy going into 2012 as central banks try to stimulate growth with low interest rates and a high level of monetary support. Coupled with sovereign bond yields at historically low levels, he favoured global corporate bonds from companies with robust balance sheets and said 'selective names offer attractive valuations'. Local and global inflationary pressures should be a concern for investor despite showing signs of cooling, as 'developed market central banks continue to expand their quantitative easing programmes and reverse this trend'. As a result he expects 'inflation-linked bonds to outperform in this environment going forward'. Alec Letchfield: manager of the HSBC Global Asset Management UK focus fund Alec Letchfield, who runs a UK focus fund for HSBC Global Asset Management, sees a future dominated by emerging market consumers and industrialists while western firms will increasingly benefit from this growth. While European firms sit on healthy balance sheets, their investment confidence sapped by uncertainty, a combination of inflation, industrialisation and a more supportive economic environment will benefit emerging market equities. 'This will favour physical assets like property and commodities. A positive supply and demand picture also supports the outlook for commodities. We believe as global emerging markets continue to grow there will be greater spending on domestic infrastructure,' said Letchfield. Greater personal wealth will feed into higher levels of domestic consumption, 'reducing the long-standing dependence on exports and increasingly make emerging markets the guardians of their own destiny,' he said. Rob Burnett: Neptune's investment director and head of European equities Rob Burnett, who oversees Neptune's European equity funds, has spent the year watching the beleaguered continent's periphery debt crisis spread into the core despite the best efforts of eurozone politicians. The Swiss government's response to market pressure, by pegging the Swiss franc to the euro, was 'unconventional' according to Burnett. But he expects the trend to continue in 2012 as more 'governments refuse to accept market prices that they do not like'. He said that next year will be the 'last stand' for Europe's sovereign default risk; politicians must finally consider fiscal union and quantitative easing by the European Central Bank. 'We assume an attempt to launch a fiscal union will come first and if the deflation risk continues to intensify, then quantitative easing could be considered second,' said Burnett. His global outlook next year was for a 'managed recession' in Europe, while emerging markets make their way through a mid-cycle slowdown and the US posts steady growth in the first half the Presidential election year. Chris Taylor: manager of the Neptune Japan Opportunities Fund and Neptune Japan Max Alpha Fund Japan was hit by a trio of disasters in March this year. The earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power crisis halted steady economic improvement in early 2011, but Japanese markets had mostly recovered by the third quarter according to Taylor. Political gridlock is likely to remain a feature Japanese life in 2012, after a year of instability which saw ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) change leaders in August. In this environment, Taylor predicted a subdued economy and a weakened Yen in response to deteriorating national finances and further currency intervention. 'We believe earnings for the year ending 31 March 2012 will consist of two differing halves, the first half will be hit by all the one-offs associated with the triple disasters and Thai floods, the second half will see recovery from the formerly depressed level and some growth based on expanding non-OECD sales,' he concluded. Robin Geffen: Neptune CEO and manager of the Russia & Greater Russia fund Robin Geffen, CEO of Neptune, has been watching the Russian market ride a torrid year of volatility in global equities. He said that despite positive trends from rising oil process at the start of the year, Russia began to underperform as the risk of a US recession and European debt crisis took its toll. 'That said, as rising tensions in the Middle East and hopes for a solution to Europe's debt woes pushed up oil prices and broader risk assets in the fourth quarter, Russia has bounced back strongly, clawing back much of the year's earlier losses,' he added. Geffen thought that the Russian Index, trading on a lowly 4.9x earnings and 0.8x book value, 'offers a compellingly cheap way to access a rebound in emerging market-led global growth in 2012.' Demand also looks strong for Russia's vast natural resources, as US growth exceeds depressed expectations and tension in the Middle East continues. 'Moreover, as China moves into monetary easing mode in 2012 this will see improving momentum in the Chinese economy, a key consumer of Russia's abundant natural resources,' he said. Recent political instability was not a concern for Geffen, who predicted that Putin's ruling United Russia party will be keen to support real income growth ahead of the presidential elections in March 2012. 'The administration's stated goal is to target infrastructure and social housing, and election year will merely reinforce this,' he concluded. Luciano Diana: Pictet Clean Energy fund Pictet manager Luciano Diana, whose Clean Energy fund was recently chosen by Citywire Selection, said his portfolio will face a difficult economic environment in 2012. The UK government has already halved subsidies for solar power this year and a recession in the eurozone, currently the biggest market for renewable energy, looks increasingly assured. 'Europe is cutting back on subsidies for solar and wind energy, a lot of companies are getting out of this space as electricity is cheap and prices for carbon credits are crashing,' said Diana. But his fund has consistently managed to avoid the worst of the falls that have plagued the renewable energy sector. Diana attributes this performance to a balanced portfolio that is evenly split between the themes of renewable energy, natural gas and energy efficiency. He has also limited his exposure to the eurozone, currently at 25%, positioning 50% of the fund in US equities and the rest in emerging markets. Renewable energy will play a diminishing role in the fund next year, instead he outlined a renewed focus on energy infrastructure and natural gas (particularly the pipelines needed for by-products such as natural gas liquids). 'There has been a build-up of demand and a lot of capital expenditure to go into infrastructure on the electricity side. The US has around $60 billion (£38.6 billion) to spend on this in the next five years. Around 20% of the fund is in natural gas infrastructure and a lot of companies are continuing to build the network that connects the resource,' he said. 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(L) Visit a green during or right after heavy rainfall to document problem areas along the perimeter of the putting surface where an elevated collar or approach is impeding surface drainage. These sites will be highly susceptible to winterkill when frost is in the soil. (R) A heavy roller can be used to slowly lower the grade of slightly elevated collars and approaches that are impeding the movement of excess water off the putting surface.
Have you ever noticed an accumulation of water along the perimeter of a putting surface during and after a heavy mid-summer thunderstorm, especially where the green transitions into collar or approach? If so, these low, poorly drained sites can be highly susceptible to crown hydration or ice-suffocation winterkill. During summer, these perimeter puddles will disappear quickly as water percolates through the soil. However, these puddles can persist much longer when there is frost in the ground, and the combination of standing water plus cold temperatures is the classic recipe for severe winter injury.
Any combination of factors, such as poor design, poor construction technique, settling or an excessive accumulation of sand topdressing in the collar can hinder the flow of excess water off the putting surface. Regardless of why it occurs, it's not too late in the season to address at least a few of your green's worst perimeter drainage problems. Options to consider include:
Where is the lowest (deepest) point in the problem puddle? That can be difficult to determine unless standing water is present during the excavation process. Visit the site during or right after heavy rainfall and place an irrigation flag in the deepest water before it percolates into the soil. You can fake rain with an irrigation hose or slowly dump a few 5-gallon buckets of water above the problem areas to produce a puddle. Paint a dot on the putting surface where you placed the flag. Refresh the paint as necessary until you strip the turf. Another option is to mark the deepest part of the puddle by pushing a nail deep into the turf. A metal detector can be used to find the spot later.
A considerable amount of sod will need to be removed and replaced if a smooth transition from the disturbed to undisturbed turf is desired. Making subtle and seamless changes in elevation across a highly visible and heavily used area of the course is as much an art as a science. However, the experience you gain during the first excavation will pay dividends during any subsequent attempts to re-grade a collar or approach.
Improving drainage is always hard work, but it's still much easier a task to address drainage problems around greens during late fall when golfers are away, versus the highly stressful process of seeding or sodding winterkill on greens during spring when golfers are breathing down your neck.
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NFL revenues have grown steadily under Goodell's leadership, but then NFL revenues also grew under the leadership of every other commissioner in league history. Is Goodell really the only guy smart enough to make the NFL highly profitable? If his salary was cut to say... $5 million, would he quit? Would it be impossible to find anybody else in the corporate world to do what he does unless the pay rate is $44.2 million a year?
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There are reports that the FBI notified Attorney General Eric Holder months ago that former CIA Director David Petraeus' name had surfaced in an investigation that ultimately uncovered what Petraeus has now admitted – his involvement in an extramarital affair. Holder never told the President. The White House says it first became aware of the Petraeus investigation and affair last Wednesday – the day after the election. The President accepted Petraeus' resignation two days later.:
Here's the question. Why did Holder withhold this information from the President and from Congress? Yes, the FBI has a decades-old policy not to brief the White House or Congress in the middle of a criminal probe. But there's an important exception to that policy. That exception: when it involves a security threat. That's exactly what unfolded with the Petraeus situation. This represented a significant security threat – a security compromise. Imagine, the President discussing the nation's top secrets with his CIA Director who was being investigated by the FBI – something the President apparently did not know.
Holder had a responsibility to brief the President when he learned about the Petraeus probe. As I told Megyn Kelly on FOX News today, his failure to do so is inexplicable. We know that Petraeus actually travelled to Libya and conducted his own investigation of the Consulate attack that claimed the lives of four Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador. He was prepared to testify in a closed hearing this week in Congress. But, with his resignation and departure from the CIA, that's not going to happen. Members of Congress still want to hear from him – whether he appears voluntarily or is subpoenaed.
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Posted By Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom On April 5, 2010 @ 5:14 pm In $5 Dinner Challenge,Beef,Dairy Free,Gluten Free,Pantry Staples,Quinoa,Recipes | 27 Comments
Alrighty y'all!
Tonight's recipe comes from Marilyn! And I've got another similar one that I'll share tomorrow night. This week might turn into "Skillet Dinner Week"…or it might not?!??!?
(Hint: I've got some great grilling recipes coming your way!)
So if it rains…and you can't get out to the grill, stay in and make these skillet dinners instead.
1 lb. ground beef (could use ground turkey)
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 14-oz. can diced tomatoes (with juice)
1 4-oz. can chopped chilies
1 cup quinoa
1-1/2 cup water
1-1/2 T. chili powder
1 tsp. ground cumin
1. Brown ground beef and onion; drain excess fat.
2. Rinse quinoa in sieve/colander.
3. Add tomatoes, chilies, quinoa, water and spices to ground beef mixture and simmer (uncovered) for about 25 minutes. (If water evaporates too quickly, cover pan for remainder of cooking time.)
4. Serve Mexican Ground Beef Quinoa Skillet.
P.S. This is totally a Pantry Staples Recipe [3] too!
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October 14, 2010
By Ed Mitchell, IDFG
Weather on opening weekend of
the sage-grouse season was warm and dry, and hunter effort and success varied
across the state.
Most areas reported fewer than
average hunters and grouse harvested, while the Southeast region checked a few
more hunters than normal.
Idaho Department of Fish and
Game ran 12 check stations on Saturday, Sept. 18, and 11 on Sunday, targeting
sage-grouse hunters throughout southern
Fish and Game personnel asked
hunters about their success, number of hours hunted and numbers of birds they
saw. They also collected a wing from each bird checked, which provides important
information on annual productivity.
Statewide, 873 hunters checked
448 birds this year, compared to 1,209 hunters and 875 birds in 2009. The number
of hunters checked was down 37 percent from the 2006-2009 average. The number of
grouse checked was down 49 percent from the 2006-2009 average.
Hunter participation is
presumed to be lower because of the shorter season in some areas compared to
previous years. However, hunter participation was the lowest ever recorded in
Hunter success, as measured by
birds per hunter, was down slightly in the Southwest and Upper Snake regions
compared to last year, which makes sense with the reduced bag limit in those
areas. Hunters in these areas, however, had to work a little harder than last
year to get one bird. For example, on average it took more than two extra hours
to harvest a bird in the Upper Snake than last year. In contrast, hunters in the
The sage-grouse hunting season
is now closed for this year. The sage-grouse season is set annually in August
and the season structure is adjusted up or down based on trends in spring lek
counts. These data are collected by biologists and volunteers throughout
Sage-grouse is on the list of
candidates for the federal endangered species list. Earlier in 2010, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service found listing sage-grouse was warranted but precluded
by other, more pressing, needs. Candidate species are still state-managed
species and hunting is legal. Hunting sage-grouse is allowed in most western
states where the birds are found.
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Colton Gerhart, Ruben Ornelas and Alex Jaques all had 2 hits in the contest and sophomore Chance Hroch picked up the win by hurling 5 complete innings where he only gave up 2 hits, walked 1 and had 3 strike outs on the day. Coming up next, the Broncos will encounter the Aliso Niguel Wolverines in a non-league contest, on Tuesday, March 11. Vista Murrieta will attempt to better on its 4-0 season record. The Wolverines come into the contest with a 2-0 record after their 2-1 non-league win over Millikan (Long Beach, CA). 1 comments
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Everything you say is correct. An overlooked downside to oil spills on land is what was dissolved or suspended in the oil before it was spilled. Often people change the oil in their car and then dump the oil down the drain (water pollution and damage to the bacterial colonies in the sewage disposal plant) or dump it on the ground from which it (sooner or later) finds its way into the water supply.
Automobile engine oil is often contaminated with toxic metals which result from normal wear of the engine's bearings. This is an overlooked source of pollution that harms the water supply. Some people even use waste engine oil as a fuel for oil-burning heaters. This is a very bad practice because it releases the toxic metals into the air.
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Verizon Announces Best-in-State Student Teams In National App Challenge
NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Eighty-one teams of creative middle and high school students have earned the title Best in State in the second Verizon Innovative App Challenge, a national competition in which students design a mobile application concept that addresses a need or problem in their local schools or communities.
The competition was created by the Verizon Foundation in partnership with the Technology Student Association to encourage students to use technology to help solve local social issues. Student teams nationwide – and with a wide variety of backgrounds and interests – submitted more than 770 app concepts, which made selecting the winning teams highly competitive. Nearly 1,300 teams entered the contest, and almost 40 percent of them were from underserved schools.
"Last year's Innovative App Challenge delivered outstanding apps and we are excited to see more innovative and creative concepts with this second competition," said Justina Nixon-Saintil, director of education and technology programs for the Verizon Foundation. "We are thrilled to see students as young as sixth graders identifying problems and conceptualizing solutions that can be developed into a usable app."
Best in State teams are eligible for the next round of the competition, in which Verizon and the Technology Student Association on Feb. 4 will name 24 Best in Region middle and high school team winners from the West, Midwest, South and East. Each team will earn a $5,000 cash grant for its school, and faculty advisers of winning teams, along with up to two colleagues, will participate in an online course called "Teaching App Creation with MIT App Inventor," taught by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab's Center for Mobile Learning's app development experts.
On, Feb. 19, the Innovative App Challenge competition's final phase will conclude with the selection of eight Best in Nation winners, chosen from the pool of 24 Best in Region teams. Best in Nation winning teams will earn their schools an additional $15,000 cash grant to further develop or support a program in science, technology, engineering and math, the so-called STEM subjects. And each team member will receive a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet, courtesy of Samsung Telecommunications America. In addition, the MIT Media Lab's Center for Mobile Learning will provide onsite and virtual training on coding and support using MIT App Inventor to the Best in Nation teams as they develop their apps, and Verizon will help actualize students' app concepts, making them ready for sharing and distribution. One avenue for students to share their apps will be the Google Play store. In June, the members of the eight winning teams will be invited to present their apps in person – on their new tablets – at the 2014 National TSA Conference in Washington, D.C., courtesy of Verizon. The Best in State teams that do not advance further in the competition will soon have access to a self-guided app-development course developed by the MIT Media Lab's App Inventor team. The course will teach the teams how to take their apps from concept to completed, user-tested apps, under the direction of each team's faculty adviser. To see the list of the Best in State winners visit www.verizonfoundation.org/appchallenge . The Verizon Foundation is focused on improving teaching and learning, particularly through the use of mobile technologies to support STEM education. Since 2000, the foundation has invested more than $300 million to support education initiatives. About the Technology Student Association (TSA) The Technology Student Association is a national organization devoted exclusively to the needs of students interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Open to young people enrolled in or who have completed technology education courses, TSA's membership includes over 190,000 middle and high school students in 2,000 schools spanning 48 states. TSA partners with universities and other organizations to promote a variety of STEM competitions and opportunities for students and teachers. TSA is supported by educators, parents and business leaders who believe in the need or a technologically literate society. From engineers to business managers, our alumni credit TSA with a positive influence in their lives. Visit http://www.tsaweb.org for more information. About the Verizon FoundationThe Verizon Foundation is focused on accelerating social change by using the company's innovative technology to help solve pressing problems in education, healthcare and energy management. Since 2000, the Verizon Foundation has invested more than half a billion dollars to improve the communities where Verizon employees work and live. Verizon's employees are generous with their donations and their time, having logged more than 6.8 million hours of service to make a positive difference in their communities. For more information about Verizon's philanthropic work, visit www.verizonfoundation.org; or for regular updates, visit the Foundation on Facebook ( www.facebook.com/verizonfoundation) and Twitter ( www.twitter.com/verizongiving). VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts and other information are available at Verizon's online News Center at newscenter.verizon.com. The news releases are available through an RSS feed. To subscribe, visit newscenter.verizon.com/corporate/feeds. SOURCE VerizonCheck Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Richard Woolhouse, head of tax and fiscal policy at the CBI
By Duncan Brodie
Friday, July 6, 2012
PROBLEMS within the eurozone may not be the main cause of weakness in the UK economy, business leaders from across the East of England heard at a major regional CBI event.
But while there were some positive signs for the coming months and years, a collapse of the eurozone would have a devastating effect on Britain, the audience at the CBI's East of England Midsummer Dinner at Downing College in Cambridge was told.
Richard Woolhouse, head of tax and fiscal policy at the CBI, said: "The enormous challenges of the eurozone may not have been the main cause of weakness to the UK plc to date, but how the crisis unfolds will be major to the outlook into 2013."
Mr Woolhouse, a former economic adviser to HM Revenue & Customs, continued: "There is no doubt a disorderly collapse of the eurozone would have a devastating impact on the UK economy.
"If there is a scenario where we see the exit of peripheral countries such as Greece, this could lead to contagion across the Eurozone which engulfs the larger nations.
"In this context the impacts on both direct trade and more importantly financial markets and banking disruption would be very significant."
Although it was tempting to blame the eurozone for all the ills of the UK economy, the fundamental reason for weakness over the past couple of years had been reduced consumer spending, Mr Woolhouse added.
"It is interesting to see that household consumption is 5% below the pre-recession level," he said. "At the same stage of the 1990 recession, recovery was 5% above which starts to reveal the real reason behind the weakness of the recovery over the past two years. We have to accept that real disposable income has been flat since the recession began."
However, he added: "The good news though is that inflation is now coming down. The latest numbers show inflation falling 2.8% faster than expected. This will continue falling back easing the squeeze on incomes. That it in itself is cause for hope about the economy into 2013, as consumer spending should respond."
Speaking at the same event, attended by more than 100 business leaders from across the region, Richard Tunnicliffe, director for the CBI in the East of England, commented how the region continued to be well set to come through the downturn.
"There is no doubt, as Richard Woolhouse has explained, that business remains in a challenging environment and the next twelve months are an important part of the recovery," he said.
"We also know that here in our region we are home to some of the most entrepreneurial and hardworking businesses in the UK. Business is the key pillar to leading the UK out of recession and we heard from many business leaders that joined us last night there is a real sense of optimism for the future."
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- Goof proof operation to smooth uneven levels, add sustain to guitars, fatten drums or tighten up mixes
- New gate timing algorithms ensure the smoothest release characteristics
- Program-adaptive expander/gates
- Great sounding dynamics control for any type of program material
- Separate precision LED displays for gain reduction, compression threshold and gate threshold allow quick, accurate setup
- Stereo or dual-mode operation
- Balanced inputs and outputs on 1/4" TRS and XLR
- Side Chain insert
- Classic dbx® "Auto" mode
166XL (discontinued)
Most compressor/gates provide less than musical compression, coupled with gating that swallows transients—or closes early, cutting off decay and reverb tails. The superb engineering in the 166XL ensures that both its compression and gating provide versatility and excellent sonic performance in situations where other compressor/gates typically produce undesirable processing artifacts.
When using the 166XL's Attack and Release controls, artists and engineers will find that the center settings deliver classic dbx compression, while the full control range produces voicings that extend from slow "leveling" to aggressive "peak" limiting.The 166XL's advanced gate circuitry uses a completely new, program-dependent timing algorithm to produce ultra-smooth release characteristics—even with complex signals, such as voice or reverb decays. dbx engineers went on to take advantage of the wide dynamic range and high precision of the dbx V1 VCA to design in an extra-wide threshold range and ensure top gating performance for each application.
Separate precision LED displays for gain reduction, compression threshold and gate threshold allow quick, accurate setup, while the 166XL's intuitive operation lets users easily smooth uneven levels, add sustain to guitars, squash drums or tighten up mixes. In Stereo couple mode, the Channel 1 controls become Master controls, and Channel 2 follows precisely to ensure a rock solid stereo image—even with high amounts of compression, through True RMS Power Summing™. Professionals and newcomers alike will find that the 166XL sets up rapidly and musically the first time it is used, especially with the Auto attack and release function. Advanced applications are now easy, with the 166XL's full sidechain functionality, and the ability to use either hard knee or OverEasy® compression algorithms. Add to this already impressive list of features the venerable PeakStop™ limiter, and you've got a strong finisher, every time.
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Input Connectors | 1/4" TRS and XLR, Floating Balanced; XLR: Pin 2 hot Phone: Tip Hot HI |
Input Impedance | >50kΩ balanced, >25kΩ unbalanced |
Max Input | +24dBu, Balanced or Unbalanced |
CMRR | >40dB at 1kHz, typically >55dB |
Sidechain | 1/4" TRS Phone, Normalled: Ring = Output (send); tip = Input (return) |
Sidechain Impedance | Tip = >10kΩ (Input), Ring = 2kΩ (Output) |
Sidechain Max Input Level | +24dBu |
Output Connectors | 1/4" TRS phone and XLR floating balanced, XLR: Pin 2 and Tip Hi |
Output Impedance | 120Ω balanced, 60Ω unbalanced |
Max Output | +21dBu,>+20 dBm into 600Ω, balanced or unbalanced |
Frequency Response | 20Hz - 20kHz; +0, -0.5dB, Typical 3dB points are 0.35Hz and 110kHz, unity gain |
Noise | <-90dBu, 22Hz to 22kHz, no weighting, unity gain |
THD+Noise | Typically <0.04%; Any Amount of Compression Up to 40dB@1kHz |
IMD | Typically <0.08% SMPTE @ +10dBu (15dB Gain reduction) |
Compressor Threshold Range | -40dBu to +20dBu |
Compressor Threshold Characteristic | Selectable OverEasy® or hard knee |
Compressor Ratio | Variable; 1:1 to Infinity:1; 60dB Maximum Compression |
Compressor Attack Time | Variable program-dependent; 3ms to 340ms for 15dB gain reduction |
Compressor Release Time | Variable program-dependent; 200dB/Sec to 3dB/Sec |
Expander/Gate Threshold Range | OFF to +15dBu |
Expander/Gate Ratio | 10:1 |
Expander/Gate Max Depth | >60dB |
Expander/Gate Attack Time | <500µs (from Maximum Depth) |
Expander/Gate Release Time | Adjustable, 30ms to 3sec (to 30dB attenuation) |
Limiter Threshold Range | 0dBu to +20dBu |
Gain Adjustment Range | Variable; -20dB to +20dB |
Interchannel Crosstalk | <-80dB, 20Hz to 20kHz |
Dynamic Range | >115 dB |
Stereo Coupling | True RMS Power Summing™ |
Power Consumption | 15 Watts Maximum |
Operating Temperature | 0°C to 45°C (32°F to 113°F) |
Dimensions | 1.75" x 19" x 6.75" (4.45 cm x 48.2 cm x 17.15 cm) |
Unit Weight | 5.05 lb (2.29 kg) |
Shipping Weight | 7.20 lb (3.27 kg) |
Reference | 0dBu = 0.775Vrms |
166XL FAQs
Where can I go to learn more about the compressors controls and see some example settings?
Make sure to read the owners manual for your product. Most do have example settings and an explanation of the different controls. For further information and example settings please see the Compression 101 White Paper.