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Threats of the Galaxy | |
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Gary Astleford, Eric Cagle, Robert J. Schwalb, John Snead, Patrick Stutzman, and Rodney Thompson |
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Drew Baker, Jeffery Carlisle, Gonzalo Flores, Tomás Giorello, Warren Mahy, Walter O'Neal, Mark Tedin, Francis Tsai, UDON, Franz Vohwinkel |
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160 |
Threats of the Galaxy is a roleplaying game sourcebook published by Wizards of the Coast on May 20, 2008. The book covers more than 140 creatures, droids, and characters that can be used as allies and villains in roleplaying campaigns.
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You Just Watch Yourself. We're Wanted Men.
This accessory provides everything you need to populate your Star Wars games. Featuring complete statistics for dozens of characters, creatures and droids, this book gives Gamemasters a quick reference guide that can be used to fill adventures with enemies, allies and bystanders drawn from the Star Wars films, novels, comics and computer games.
For use with the Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition core rulebook and Star Wars Miniatures.
*Ready-to-use stats for more than 150 characters, droids, creatures and vehicles.
*Information on famous heroes and villains from the Star Wars universe.
*New talents, feats, weapons, equipment and alien species.
*Guidelines for creating exciting encounters.
Characters | Creatures | Droid models | Events | Locations |
Organizations and titles | Sentient species | Vehicles and vessels | Weapons and technology | Miscellanea |
Droid models
Organizations and titles
Sentient species
Vehicles and vessels
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External linksEdit
- StarWars.com announcement
- Threats of the Galaxy, A Compendium of Creatures and Villains on Wizards.com (backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)


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Lynne Brindley
Dame Lynne Brindley DBE |
Dame Lynne Brindley in 2008
Born | 2 July 1950 |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Reading, University College London |
Occupation | Head of house |
Employer | Pembroke College, Oxford |
Awards | DBE, FRSA |
Dame Lynne Janie Brindley DBE, FRSA (born 2 July 1950)[1][2] is the Master of Pembroke College, Oxford. Before her appointment she was a professional librarian, and served as Chief Executive of the British Library, the United Kingdom's national library from July 2000 until July 2012.
Brindley gained a first class degree in music at the University of Reading ca. 1975 and then began her professional career as a library trainee at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. She studied librarianship at the School of Librarianship, University College London, where she was awarded the Sir John MacAlister Medal as top student on her course. She first worked for the British Library in 1979, in the Bibliographic Services Division and by 1983 she led the chief executive's office. She moved on to be director of library services at the University of Aston, and spent some time as a consultant for KPMG. She was librarian of the British Library of Political and Economic Science at the London School of Economics (LSE), before moving to the University of Leeds as Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection, and later as Pro Vice-Chancellor.[3]
On 17 November 2011, Brindley announced that she would be stepping down from her post as Chief Executive at the British Library at the end of July 2012.[4]
Brindley became the Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1 August 2013.
Context of change[edit]
A switch from print to digital publishing by the year 2020 is anticipated; which implies that readers will have diminishing physical contact with books, the primary experience and foundation of civilisation for the last 500 years. In this context of change, Brindley is committed to ensuring that the Library does not become little more than "a book museum".[5] Brindley's explained:
"Most people are aware that a national switch to digital broadcasting is expected by the end of this decade. Less well known is the fact that a similar trend is underway in the world of publishing: by the year 2020, 40% of UK research monographs will be available in electronic format only, while a further 50% will be produced in both print and digital. A mere 10% of new titles will be available in print alone by 2020."[6]
Book preservation[edit]
Brindley's British Library has long been the conservator of historic print collections and regarded as a place of quiet study; but with the explosion of the internet and electronic publishing, users are increasingly turning their backs on libraries as a physical space, using them as virtual, digital environments instead. In this context, the British Library's role in warehousing large book collections is at risk.[7]
Brindley accords special priority to the needs of researchers and believes that libraries should also play a key role in helping to teach information literacy skills. In this context, Brindley observed that:
"[That t]he younger generation is technologically more literate but not more information literate is a challenge that must be tackled by libraries and education more widely. Students who simply want to use Google and take what it says as gospel do a real disservice to the skills people will increasingly need to survive in the digital economy. Libraries add a degree of sophistication, support and richness of content, all of which will encourage creativity, quality research and participation of the citizen in the global digital world that we are in."[7]
Academic awards[edit]
Brindley has received honorary degrees of D.Litt from the University of Leicester on 11 July 2002, the University of Reading in 2004 and the University of Leeds on 14 July 2006.[8][9][10] In April 2006 she was awarded an honorary degree from the Open University as Doctor of the University for "Public services and exceptional contribution to the educational or cultural well-being of society".[11]
A full list follows:[citation needed]
- UCL – Hon. Fellow 2002
- Nottingham Trent – Hon. D.Litt 2001
- Oxford – Hon. D.Litt 2002
- Leicester – Hon. D.Litt 2002
- London Guildhall – Hon. D.Litt 2002
- Reading – 2004
- Sheffield – 2004
- City – Hon. D.Sc 2005
- Leeds – Hon. D.Litt 2006
- Open University – Hon. D.Litt 2006
- University of Wales, Aberystwyth – Hon. Fellow 2007
- Aston University – Hon. D.Litt 2008
- University of Manchester – Hon. D. Litt 2011
Honours, styles and titles[edit]
She is a Fellow (FRSA) of the Royal Society of Arts and became a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 New Year's Honours List for services to education.[12]
- ^ "Dame Lynne Brindley, DBE". Debrett's. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ The Times (London). 2 July 2009 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article6619124.ece. Retrieved 24 July 2010. Missing or empty
(help) - ^ Swain, Harriet, ed. (11 February 2000). "Lynne Brindley". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 13 March 2008.
- ^ "Dame Lynne Brindley to step down as British Library chief executive". Information World Review. 17 November 2011.
- ^ Starkey, Jerome; Gray, Sadie (21 January 2007). "Could this be the final chapter in the life of the book". The Times (London).
- ^ "British Library predicts 'switch to digital by 2020'". British Library. 29 June 2005.
- ^ a b Gilbert, Natasha (15 January 2008). "Intellectual literacy hour; A new report says libraries will have to change what they do or risk becoming redundant". The Guardian (London).
- ^ University of Leicester. "Honorary Graduate's Speech: Ms Lynne Brindley, Doctor of Letters". E-bulletin. Retrieved 13 March 2008.
- ^ University of Reading. "Honorary graduates of the University". Retrieved 13 March 2008.
- ^ University of Leeds. "Honorary graduates". Archived from the original on 27 February 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2008.
- ^ "Graduation 2006: London Region". Open University. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
- ^ "British Library's Chief Executive made a Dame in New Year Honours". British Library. 2 January 2008..
- Brindley, Lynne. "Comment: All this for the price of a latte and a muffin...; We cannot allow the British Library's peerless collection to be put at risk by potential funding" The Guardian. 23 September 2007
- Christiansen, Rupert. "A fine collection of headaches; Rupert Christiansen looks at the ups and downs of the British Library" Telegraph (London). 30 August 2006
- Curtis, Polly. "MPs push for online research library" The Guardian (Manchester). 9 July 2002
- Davies, Gareth Huw. "Bringing Bill Gates to book: A week in the life of Lynne Brindley" Times (London). 4 March 2007
- Day, Julia. "British Library seeks marketing head" The Guardian (Manchester). 16 February 2001
- Deeble, Sandra. "My work space: Lynne Brindley is the first woman – and the first librarian – to head up the British Library. She talks to Sandra Deeble about the places that inspire her" The Guardian (Manchester). 14 August 2004
- English, Shirley. "Library's archive fund gets £6.5m" The Times (London). 3 March 2004
- Ezard, John. "Anger grows after British Library junks rare books" The Guardian (Manchester). 12 August 2000.
- Ezard, John. "British Library halts dumping of newspapers" The Guardian (Manchester). 24 November 2000
- Brindley, Lynne. Response – "Letter: Open book" The Guardian (Manchester). 27 November 2000
- McKie, David. "Library brought to book; The British Library is destroying thousands of books because it is short of space. But, asks David McKie, who decides which ones?" Guardian (Manchester). 14 August 2000
- Hunt, Tristram. "Comment: Scholarly squeeze; Allowing undergraduates into the British Library's reading rooms has led to exclusion, not inclusion" The Guardian (Manchester). 29 May 2006
- Brindley, Lynne. Response – "Letters: The 'undergraduate masses' have not squeezed out our readers; The British Library has turned its back on elitism and can cope with its new influx, says Lynne Brindley" The Guardian (Manchester). 1 June 2006
- McLeod, Donald. "British Library puts sound archive online" The Guardian (Manchester). 16 April 2004
- McLeod, Donald. "Websites get legal place in national archive" The Guardian (Manchester). 4 November 2003
- Reynolds, Nigel. "Library to halt sale of historic journals" The Telegraph (London). 6 December 2000
- Reynolds, Nigel. "Staff culled as the British Library goes digital" The Telegraph (London). 24 November 2000
- Secher, Benjamin. "My week: Lynne Brindley, Chief executive, British Library; Inside the day-to-day life of Britain's cultural movers and shakers" The Telegraph (London). 27 September 2004
- Tran, Mark. "Microsoft teams up with British Library to digitise books" The Guardian (Manchester). 4 November 2005
- "Woman to head British Library" The Guardian (Manchester). 9 February 2000
- Young, Ken. "Reading between the lines: The British Library is working fast to upgrade its research services in the midst of a worldwide debate over open source publishing" The Guardian (Manchester). 16 December 2004
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Preceded by Giles Henderson |
Master of Pembroke College, Oxford 2013– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Reading
- Alumni of University College London
- English librarians
- Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- People associated with Aston University
- People associated with the London School of Economics
- People associated with the University of Leeds
- Employees of the British Library
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Apr 10, 2012, 06:14 PM | #1 |
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While the general Hall of Fame is an ongoing competition, we like to run time-definite competitions between updates that we call Gauntlets. Standard Hall of Fame rules (*) still apply, but any games meeting the settings will be counted towards the Gauntlet.
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Apr 10, 2012, 11:30 PM | #2 |
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this one looks interesting (except for the speed grrr), tagging for not forgetting.
what map type to use? great plains come to mind. Start in east. No great early game UU is a bit drawback since the plan will involve waring for good sites. |
Apr 11, 2012, 02:29 AM | #3 |
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rainforest could be very good for this one, lots of green tiles, lots of rivers.
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Apr 11, 2012, 09:26 AM | #4 |
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At least it's Noble
Well, at least it's on Noble, so theoretically I have a chance to complete it. I doubt I'll pull it off, though, I dislike both quick games and small maps (not to mention BtS in general).
(Still going to give it a go or five, though. Any tips on hating BtS less would be appreciated!) Edit: I was thinking go raging barbs and beeline great wall, but it occurs to me on a small map at quick speed that would be less effective. Last edited by PsyMar; Apr 11, 2012 at 09:29 AM. Reason: more strategy thoughts |
Apr 11, 2012, 03:50 PM | #5 |
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It's hard to go back to vanilla (or warlords) after playing BtS. I can't imagine what makes you 'hate' it (assuming you like Civ IV).
Apr 11, 2012, 06:22 PM | #6 | |
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Edit: Oh, and the random events. Which never, ever help me. Ever. Just tried to play a game for the gauntlet; was getting beaten badly as I had no happiness resources; France finally came up with something to trade, at which point I hit alt instead of ctrl, declaring war on france. Oops. game over Last edited by PsyMar; Apr 11, 2012 at 07:07 PM. Reason: more ranting |
Apr 11, 2012, 06:49 PM | #7 |
Fly Fly Away
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I think at Noble difficulty, you could just not worry about espionage. Keep the slider at 0% and let the AI worry about it.
Feel free to post here if you are having troubles with your game though! We can be a helpful lot sometimes |
Apr 11, 2012, 10:51 PM | #8 | |
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Espionage: (same advice) ignore it. short-cut keys for trading: I never use those. I bring up the leader and interact there. |
Apr 12, 2012, 01:17 PM | #9 | |
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Edit: Did a Pangaea map, got boxed in quickly, tried to fight my way out, opponent wouldn't give peace unless I gave him a city, I quit the game. I really don't think I'm playing Civ 4 again so don't bother giving me advice. I'll stick to chess. Last edited by PsyMar; Apr 12, 2012 at 02:55 PM. Reason: ragequit |
Apr 12, 2012, 06:20 PM | #10 | |
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Have you tried Map Finder (here). It is a utility that helps you generate the map you want to start with. You can set it to look for happiness resource (I usually look for gold and gems) and get a good start on the game. Post here for help while you are playing as well! |
Apr 20, 2012, 05:10 PM | #11 |
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I gave it a shot.....nothing spectacular....1995 on Rain Forest. Not enough cities, but once I got going I liked my city sites and wasn't going to start over. Had rivers in 5 of 7 cities, and once we got rolling, my cities were very strong. Only one war from my one time buddy to the N, Lincoln. Fought him off, and then everyone was afraid of me.
More like it, everyone else was pretty far away. Lincoln was close, which limited my cities, and to the E(was in the SW corner), was mountains and desert, so I would have had isolated, endangered cities, if I'd gone that far away. We'll take some more off the E Quatro, anyhow. |
Apr 23, 2012, 03:01 PM | #12 |
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grrrr. Real Life getting in the way again. Don't think i will be able to submit to this one which is a shame cause it is down on the levels i can actually complete a game. oh well. Just wondering if you guys agreed that with Wang's financial trait made a CE with slider driven research your strategy of choice for this one.
Apr 23, 2012, 06:40 PM | #13 |
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Not that I will be playing this one but CE certainly would be the play here. Use the UB (a ultra university) and cottages to generate the science.
Apr 23, 2012, 08:44 PM | #14 |
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The following definitions apply when these terms are used in the provisions of Part II and Part III of this chapter.
"Average available greenhouse gases emissions output" means the level of greenhouse gases emissions as surveyed and determined by the energy policy division of the department of community, trade, and economic development under RCW
"Baseload electric generation" means electric generation from a power plant that is designed and intended to provide electricity at an annualized plant capacity factor of at least sixty percent. For a cogeneration facility, the sixty percent annual capacity factor applies to only the electrical production intended to be supplied for sale. For purposes of this rule, designed means originally specified by the design engineers for the power plant or generating units (such as simple cycle combustion turbines) installed at a power plant; and intended means allowed for by the current permits for the power plant, recognizing the capability of the installed equipment or intent of the owner or operator of the power plant.
"Baseload electric cogeneration facility" means a cogeneration facility that provides baseload electric generation.
"Baseload electric generation facility" means a power plant that provides baseload electric generation.
"Benchmark" means a planned quantity of the greenhouse gases to be sequestered each calendar year at a sequestration facility as identified in the sequestration plan or sequestration program.
"Bottoming-cycle cogeneration facility" means a cogeneration facility in which the energy input to the system is first applied to a useful thermal energy application or process, and at least some of the reject heat emerging from the application or process is then used for electrical power production.
"Change in ownership" as related to cogeneration plants means a new ownership interest in the electric generation portion of the cogeneration facility or unit.
"Cogeneration facility" means a power plant in which the heat or steam is also used for industrial or commercial heating or cooling purposes and that meets Federal Energy Regulatory Commission standards for qualifying facilities under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 824a-3), as amended. In general, a cogeneration facility is comprised of equipment and processes which through the sequential use of energy are used to produce electric energy and useful thermal energy (such as heat or steam) that is used for industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling purposes.
"Combined-cycle natural gas thermal electric generation facility" means a power plant that employs a combination of one or more gas turbines and steam turbines in which electricity is produced in the steam turbine from otherwise lost waste heat exiting from one or more of the gas turbines.
"Commence commercial operation" means, in regard to a unit serving an electric generator, to have begun to produce steam or other heated medium, or a combustible gas used to generate electricity for sale or use, including test generation.
"Commission" means the Washington utilities and transportation commission.
"Consumer-owned utility" means a municipal utility formed under Title 35 RCW, a public utility district formed under Title 54 RCW, an irrigation district formed under chapter
RCW, a cooperative formed under chapter
RCW, a mutual corporation or association formed under chapter
RCW, or port district within which an industrial district has been established as authorized by Title 53 RCW, that is engaged in the business of distributing electricity to more than one retail electric customer in the state.
"Department" or "ecology" means the department of ecology.
"Electric generating unit" (EGU) is the equipment required to convert the thermal energy in a fuel into electricity. In the case of a steam electric generation unit, the EGU consists of all equipment involved in fuel delivery to the plant site, as well as individual boilers, any installed emission control equipment, and any steam turbine/generators dedicated to generating electricity. Where a steam turbine generator is supplied by two or more boiler units, all boilers contributing to that steam turbine/generator comprise a single electric generating unit. All combustion units/boilers/combined cycle turbines that produce steam for use in a single steam turbine/generator unit are part of the same electric generating unit.
(a) For an integrated gasification combined cycle combustion turbine plant, the EGU consists of all equipment involved in fuel delivery to the unit, as well as all equipment used in the fuel conversion and combustion processes, any installed emission control equipment, and all equipment used for the generation of electricity.
(b) For a combined cycle natural gas fired combustion turbine, the EGU begins at the point where natural gas is delivered to the plant site and ends with the generation of electricity from the combustion turbine and from steam produced and used on a steam turbine.
(c) An EGU also includes fuel cells fueled by hydrogen produced:
(i) In a reformer utilizing nonrenewable fuels; or
(ii) By a gasifier producing hydrogen from nonrenewable fuels.
"Electricity from unspecified sources" means electricity that is to be delivered in Washington pursuant to a long-term financial commitment entered into by an electric utility and whose sources or origins of generation and expected average annual deliveries cannot be ascertained with reasonable certainty.
"EFSEC" means the energy facility site evaluation council.
"Electric utility" means an electrical company or a consumer-owned utility.
"Electrical company" means a company owned by investors that meets the definition of RCW
"Fossil fuel" means natural gas, petroleum, coal, or any form of solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel derived from such material to produce heat for the generation of electricity.
"Governing board" means the board of directors or legislative authority of a consumer-owned utility.
"Greenhouse gases" includes carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.
"Long-term financial commitment" means:
(a) Either a new ownership interest in baseload electric generation or an upgrade to a baseload electric generation facility; or
(b) A new or renewed contract for baseload electric generation with a term of five or more years for the provision of retail power or wholesale power to end-use customers in this state.
"MWh" means megawatt-hour electricity.
" means megawatt-hour equivalent electrical energy of useful thermal energy output. 1 MWh
= 3.413 million Btu of thermal energy.
"New ownership interest" means a change in the ownership structure of a baseload power plant or a cogeneration facility or the electrical generation portion of a cogeneration facility affecting at least:
(a) Five percent of the market value of the power plant or cogeneration facility; or
(b) Five percent of the electrical output of the power plant or cogeneration facility.
The above thresholds apply to each unit within a multi-unit generation facility.
"Permanent sequestration" means the retention of greenhouse gases in a containment system using a method that is in accordance with standards approved by the department and that creates a high degree of confidence that substantially ninety-nine percent of the greenhouse gases will remain contained for at least one thousand years.
"Plant capacity factor" means the ratio of the electricity produced during a given time period, measured in kilowatt-hours, to the electricity the unit could have produced if it had been operated at its rated capacity during that period, expressed in kilowatt-hours.
"Power plant" means a facility for the generation of electricity that is permitted as a single plant by the energy facility site evaluation council or a local jurisdiction. A power plant may be comprised of one or more individual electrical generating units, each unit of which can be operated or owned separately from the other units.
"Regulated greenhouse gases emissions" is the mass of carbon dioxide emitted plus the mass of nitrous oxide emitted plus the mass of methane emitted. Regulated greenhouse gases emissions include carbon dioxide produced by a sulfur dioxide control system such as a wet limestone scrubber system.
"Renewable fuel" means:
(a) Landfill gas;
(b) Biomass energy utilizing animal waste, solid organic fuels from wood, forest, or field residues or dedicated energy crops that do not include wood pieces that have been treated with chemical preservatives such as creosote, pentachlorophenol, or copper-chrome-arsenic;
(c) By-products of pulping or wood manufacturing processes, including but not limited to bark, wood chips, sawdust, and lignin in spent pulping liquors; or
(d) Gas from sewage treatment facilities.
"Renewable resources" means electricity generation facilities fueled by renewable fuels plus electricity generation facilities fueled by:
(a) Water;
(b) Wind;
(c) Solar energy;
(d) Geothermal energy; or
(e) Ocean thermal, wave, or tidal power.
"Sequential use of energy" means:
(a) For a topping-cycle cogeneration facility, the use of reject heat from a power production process in sufficient amounts in a thermal application or process to conform to the requirements of the operating standard; or
(b) For a bottoming-cycle cogeneration facility, the use of reject heat from a thermal application or process, at least some of which is then used for power production.
"Sequestration plan" means a comprehensive plan describing how a plant owner or operator will comply with the emissions performance standard by means of sequestering greenhouse gases, where the sequestration will start after electricity is first produced, but within five years of the start of commercial operation.
"Sequestration program" means a comprehensive plan describing how a baseload electric generation plant's owner or operator will demonstrate compliance with the emissions performance standard at start of commercial operation and continuing unchanged into the future. The program is a description of how the facility meets the emissions performance standard based on the characteristics of the baseload electric generation facility or unit or by sequestering greenhouse gases emissions to meet the emissions performance standard with the sequestration starting on or before the start of commercial operation.
"Supplementary firing" means an energy input to:
(a) A cogeneration facility used only in the thermal process of a topping-cycle cogeneration facility;
(b) The electric generating process of a bottoming-cycle cogeneration facility; or
(c) Any baseload electric generation unit to temporarily increase the thermal energy that can be converted to electrical energy.
"Topping-cycle cogeneration facility" means a cogeneration facility in which the energy input to the facility is first used to produce useful electrical power output, and at least some of the reject heat from the power production process is then used to provide useful thermal energy.
"Total energy input" means the total energy supplied by all fuels used to produce electricity in a baseload electric generation facility or unit.
"Total energy output" of a topping cycle cogeneration facility or unit is the sum of the useful electrical power output and useful thermal energy output.
"Upgrade" means any modification made for the primary purpose of increasing the electric generation capacity of a baseload electric generation facility or unit. Upgrade does not include:
(a) Routine or necessary maintenance;
(b) Installation of emission control equipment;
(c) Installation, replacement, or modification of equipment that improves the heat rate of the facility; or
(d) Installation, replacement, or modification of equipment for the primary purpose of maintaining reliable generation output capability that does not increase the heat input or fuel usage as specified in existing generation air quality permits as of July 22, 2007, but may result in incidental increases in generation capacity.
"Useful energy output" of a cogeneration facility means the electric or mechanical energy made available for use, exclusive of any such energy used in the power production process.
"Useful thermal energy output" of a cogeneration facility means the thermal energy:
(a) That is made available to and used in an industrial or commercial process (minus any heat contained in condensate return and/or makeup water);
(b) That is used in a heating application (e.g., space heating, domestic hot water heating); or
(c) That is used in a space cooling application (i.e., thermal energy used by an absorption chiller).
"Waste gas" is refinery gas and other fossil fuel derived gases with a heat content of more than 300 Btu/standard cubic foot. Waste gas does not include gaseous renewable energy sources.
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RCW. WSR 08-14-011 (Order 07-11), § 173-407-110, filed 6/19/08, effective 7/20/08.]


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Antibiotics can treat most urinary tract infections (UTIs) successfully. The goals of treatment for UTIs are to relieve symptoms, eliminate the infection and prevent recurrence, and prevent unlikely but serious complications such as kidney damage and sepsis. In pregnant women, treatment protects the woman and the fetus.
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In Lille on Bastille Day, there's a military parade along the Boulevard de la Liberte and of course a massive display of fireworks taking place on Champ de Mars. The best viewing of the visual display comes from the banks of the river Deule so go early to get the best spot. Bastille Day is the French national holiday commemorating the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, a pivotal event the anti-monarchy revolution. Celebrations and fireworks can be enjoyed throughout the country in large towns and small villages. Often celebrations also take place on the days before and after the main event on the 14th.


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BOSTON -- I am not one of these people who stay chirpily focused on the silver lining when the clouds gather over my head. So I have been vaguely put off by all those peppy articles lauding the upside of the down economy.
You know the ones I mean. Your house may be in foreclosure but, hey, there's less junk mail these days. You've lost your job but the shoe repair business is flourishing. You can't eat out in a restaurant but you'll have a healthier lifestyle cooking at home and taking long walks. Your 401(k) is in retreat but Match.com is flourishing and with it the possibility of romance, Dutch treat of course.
These bromides on the values of a disastrous economy are nearly as schmaltzy as the original 1920 Buddy DeSylva lyrics telling us to look for silver lining: "Remember somewhere, the sun is shining." Right.
Nevertheless, I find myself seeing just the teensiest edge of silver -- OK, pewter -- when I think about the effect of the Wall Street debacle on one group: the college students tagged, without irony, as the best and the brightest.
During the boom, an outsized number of students raised on liberal arts and wrapped in ivy ended up taking their degrees to Wall Street with the goal of becoming masters of the universe. In 2007, a survey of Harvard's graduating class showed that 58 percent of men and 43 percent of women were going into finance and consulting.
This led to some academic soul-searching. Last year, educator Howard Gardner asked, "Are Ivy League schools simply becoming selecting mechanisms for Wall Street?" William Deresiewicz, then at Yale, wrote that elite students fear taking risks and that universities were "showing them the way" to Wall Street: "The liberal arts university is becoming the corporate university." Barack Obama, for that matter, told the Wesleyan commencement that this path "betrays a poverty of ambition."
It turns out that students themselves were also wondering what they were doing. As Harvard President Drew Faust said in her June address to the class of 2008, they repeatedly asked her, "Why are so many of us going to Wall Street?" -- even as they bought their Acela ticket from Boston to New York. The answers included a "juggernaut" of recruiters, the promise of bright lights and big city, competition, prestige -- and did I mention money?
Faust urged the students to try to do what they loved. "If you don't pursue what you think will be most meaningful, you will regret it. Life is long. There is always time for Plan B. But don't begin with it."
Now the economy may succeed where exhortations fail. The juggernaut of recruiters is not so juggerish these days. As one young friend told me, "It's not as easy to sell out even if you wanted to."
The security isn't as attractive either. JPMorgan was once a winning lottery ticket, now it looks like a ticket on the Titanic. And the prestige? Did anyone see those masters of the universe facing Congress last week? Selling peanut butter is a more respectable gig.
We don't know exactly how the meltdown will affect students at these elite schools. Many are going to scramble to pay loans. More are applying to graduate school. But we may see more exploring and choosing their own Plan A.
These students are a competitive cohort. But in this economy, keeping up with the Joneses in your dorm is not the same. When I checked back with Faust, she put it wryly, "You can pick which sector you wish to be unemployed in." Poetry, anyone?
If freedom is just another word for no high-flying job left to lose, it opens room for risk-taking. And -- dare I say it? -- idealism.
I'll leave the silver liner notes to Faust. "When I graduated from college," she says, "I felt a much broader sense of the paths I might pursue and not so much pressure to make money. The students I encountered were feeling much more pressure and much less freedom. Perhaps that's been alleviated.
"If it's possible through whatever set of circumstances for students to follow their dreams and have ideals they pursue, if there's a window where that pressure is removed, that's going to be a wonderful experience for them."
So the sort-of, kind-of, maybe silver lining could be a generation that isn't lost, but rescued. And with that I will return to our usual programming. Look, look, there's a huge cloud overhead.
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CHRISTOPHER DAVIDSON is a reader in Middle East politics at Durham University and the author of After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies, from which this article is adapted.
See more by this authorSince their modern formation in the mid-twentieth century, Saudi Arabia and the five smaller Gulf monarchies -- Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) -- have been governed by highly autocratic and seemingly anachronistic regimes. Nevertheless, their rulers have demonstrated remarkable resilience in the face of bloody conflicts on their doorsteps, fast-growing populations at home, and modernizing forces from abroad.
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The seat count is 363. Screen 1 and 4 are 104, screen 2 is 85 and screen 3 is 70. All auditorium's have high back leather rocker chairs.
digital projection is now in this theater, showing 3d movies.
Listed as a single screen independent theatre in the 1991 International Motion Picture Almanac. Owner is listed as Closter Cinema Corp.
UA sold the buisness to the long defunct independent, Consolidated Cinemas Corporation in 1980. The theatre had a huge screen and working curtain. When Consolidated folded, the theatre went though a number of other independent owners until Clearview got it, and cut it up into 4 small theatres.
Talk about your showmanship – this midnight double feature looks like it was composed of nothing but. I wish they still did things like this today:
Theater opened August 1, 1963 by Skouras. Debut attraction was "55 Days At Peking."
The Closter is still listed as a single screen in the 1/17/91 edition of the Star Ledger.


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While Faroe Islands folk-metallers Tyr won't be releasing their seventh album, Valkyrja, until September 17th in North America, Metal Insider is proud to premiere another song from the album. "Mare of My Night" is a melodic, anthemic power-metal song that's easily one of the album's highlights. Vocalist/guitarist Heri Joenson spoke about the song, which he says is the most sexually explicit song he's ever written.
"Mare Of My Night" was by far the most difficult song on the album to write, music wise. What I usually do is work on a basic idea, a melody with a chord progression. I make variations over the basic idea and then I pick out the best variations for the respective parts of the song, verse, chorus etc. For this one I had more variations than ever before and I made more versions of this song that I've ever done before, so it was very difficult to choose. I'm still not sure I made the best possible song, which is not a satisfying feeling at all. But there you have it.
As for the text, once I went to work on it, it was written in a day or two, in the evenings during studio time. I had the title and the story line long in advance. It's based on the mare from folklore, the human-like creature that lies on top of you, riding you, causing bad dreams. As in nightmare, riding like a mare etc. Our anonymous viking, the protagonist of the story, finds in this song that his earthly woman has gone from being a goddess to being nightmare. It is also the most sexually explicit piece of lyric I have written so far."
You can hear Valkyrja's album opener, "Blood of Heroes," here, where you can also pre-order the album. Valkyrja will be released on September 17 in North America, September 13th in Europe and September 16th in the UK.
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Pretty sure they re from the Faroe islands.
I likes. Been a fan of these guys since their Eric the Red back in like 2001… good to see them getting some press
So this one is about being raped by a demon? I'm looking forward to this album.
Heri's lastname is incorrect :-/
Joensen not Joenson…
Woman good. Horse bad. Me no know.
More that his Goddess has converted to Christianity on him and is "riding" him to do the same. Going on their continued theme of the forced conversion of the Faroes and other Scandi nations. "My Goddess withdrew and the nightmare came true".
I don't think this is actually right but it is a really interesting and cool interpretation.
One of the main themes of their entire body of work is rebellion against the adoption of the "Eastern Religion" (Christianity). I guess we'll have to wait for the rest of the album to come out to see what the theme of the album itself is. They have not made any previous references to daemonology, so I am doubting it is a song about rape by a succubus and Asatru does not have any "Religious Rites" that involve calling on daemons or having sex with daemons.
'Heri Joensen spoke about the song, which he says is the most sexually explicit song he's ever written…It's based on the mare from folklore, the human-like creature that lies on top of you, riding you, causing bad dreams. As in nightmare, riding like a mare etc. Our anonymous viking, the protagonist of the story, finds in this song that his earthly woman has gone from being a goddess to being nightmare. It is also the most sexually explicit piece of lyric I have written so far."'
Which Still does not make it about being raped by a daemon… Yes, it has sexual content. No, it isn't about daemonic rape.
Except that Heri specifically said what the song was about in the paragraph right above the song.
And the Mare is not a Daemon.
I didn't read that….its a great song for sure.
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I decided I'm going all digital as far as most games for the ps4. That way I can access all my gaming library from my ps vita anywhere there is an Internet connection. Anyone have thoughts or are you gonna do the same thing? Just curious. Also anyone hear about anything regarding preorder bonuses if you buy ps4 games off the psn store? That would make it even sweeter.
Nope, not unless they drastically cut the price. I'll pay $60 for a disc version, and have paid up to $80 or $100 for special editions, but won't pay more than about $20 for a digital version.
Does the vita remote play only work if it's digital? I might get a vita tomorrow and that is a big reason I want it but I buy 90 percent of my games on disc
Yeah I'm not paying 60 dollars for a digital game. I have my doubts that new games will be cheaper than their hard disc copies so I'm guessing the main thing I'm going digital on is whatever games PS+ deals end up being on.
Yes! I am a big fan of the vita and I think this will make the vita experience all the bit sweeter. It would be nice if it was cheaper though. Anyone know about digital ps4 preorder bonuses??
Well I found one for 140 but that would suck if it has to be digital....I barely buy digital games since they rarely see price drops
I am sorry I misread u. It will play disc based games too I just think it would be great to have all my games when I'm away from home instead of just one
Yeah that part I agree and it kind of motivates me to buy games I want to buy on their release date digitally. I wonder if you can turn your system on and off from the vita because I assume the ps4 has to be on. I just started doing my research today and it seems awesome!
This thread makes me want a vita so much more....thanks for the info though! Other stuff I wonder is if you can play multiplayer split screen while one person remote plays and the other uses the tv. That would be insane...
That would be pretty awesome! I do have to say that ps has way more incentive to buy digital that xbone. For this reason in particular
Very true and if there's more cross buy psn games would be great. I guess time will tell the potential of the things!
I'll get the disc based games of major titles I REALLY want. The ones I will want to make sure I keep no matter what. Physical copies let me do that. I think I'll stay more digital for the majority. Hopefully they start making digital less expensive, to get more people get on board.
Going digital. I really don't care to fiddle with hard copies and cases and all that. Just power up my system and start playing whatever game I feel like playing in my digital library.
To the extent that the physical copy is superior to the digital copy. Case in point, The Walking Dead game (Telltale). Apparently there's some kind of lag on the physical version. I don't want any part of that. Got all 5 episodes digital...for $10. While I will still favor my discs if not purely to conserve hard drive space, it depends entirely on the circumstances...
If the Vita will only remote play digital titles, that would probably push me to buy a lot of them that way. I can't see buying a 'risky' title digital though, so if it's a title I'm unsure of I would either Redbox it first or buy it on disc so I could trade it in if it sucks.
Scratching is a non-issue with the advent of Blu-Ray. It's probably the main reason Microsoft switched over since PS3 games held their resale value longer...
I was sort of kidding about selling it being worse. Though I agree with trying to support the developers and doing your part to limit used games floating around. As for selling digitally, I've never heard of MS or Steam having any plans to allow that. Link?
Eh.....depends on the game, price, if I feel like going to the store (I live 35 minutes out from anything that sells games) or want to wait a couple days for amazon. I don't really do black & white answers as a consumer.
I get physical games delivered to my door for free on day one by 11AM, it doesn't get much more convenient than that. Not having to deal with discs, I'll give you that one.
I'll have the game installed and be playing before 11am, and without ripping open a shipping box, unwrapping the plastic off the game case, opening the case and inserting the disc to finally install. Doesn't get more convenient than that
Hey, if not having to unwrap your game is worth paying the highest prices and giving up all freedom to sell, trade, or lend your game purchases, that's your choice. And my choice is to call you a fool for it.
Who are you to judge? Perhaps I don't care about selling or trading games, and maybe I don't lend my games to anyone. Still foolish to go digital?
If its a game I know I will be playing alot and want trade it in I go digital just b/c I hate having to put the disc in all the time to play the game.
All of u bring up great points. Supporting the developers, no scratched disks, etc. but also buying digitally kind of mimics the family sharing thing from Xbox one that they were gonna do. If my buddy logs into my account from his ps4or if I'm over there he can instantly play any of my titles with the play as you download feature. So I will have the possibility of playing all my ps4 games on my vita or on any of my friends ps4s. That's just awesome. If you can't tell, I am VERY excited for November
Yes, its still foolish because you can get your games cheaper elsewhere. I buy my games for $40-50 by preordering at Best Buy during E3 or holiday sales. With retail stores you have 10+ options to choose from, pick the best deal. With digital you have one option, which is full MSRP or if you're lucky they may toss you a bone via 10% preorder discount. Going digital means less options. There are virtually no positives as far as I'm concerned, unless you really value not having a disc in your machine and not having to unwrap the game. The negatives far outweigh the positives, but like I said it's your choice and do what you want. I'll still consider it a bad move.
Whenever I see a physical copy lying around, I have the urge to trade it in at gamestop. About a week or two later, I look back and regret doing so. So now I just get a digital copy of a game.
But...that's fun! God when I was a kid, riding home in the car after picking up a new game, dat new game smell, reading the instruction book. Pure bliss.
I agree that is a great experience an I will still get that with some of the ps4s and the 3ds and wii u games I will buy. I think I portrayed all the positives really well. Just the fact that we can have this choice and this conversation is great. Last month we wouldn't have been able to have it
No. How do I fill my shelf with digital copies? I gotta have the box. Plus, why fill my HDD when I don't have to? Most games will not be mandatory install. Saves space for other stuff. Also, they would need to come down in price for a digital version. Big time. Digital version should be $10 less at release.
I dont know yet. Buying most games from psn store on ps3. Ps4 games will most likely be alot bigger and psn is not known for its speed. I dont like waiting ;p. If i use the USpsn store to buy online ill save about €12. 60$ retail vs €60 retail. Exchange rates...
I remember being on long family vacation car trips and buying a video game. I would just be studying the manual over and over again for days cause that's all I could do without my game console.
I used to be all about the physical media, but then there are nights like tonight where I wanted to take my PS3 somewhere so I had to pack up all my games.... First world problems, I know, but I still can't help but feel that I'll love it when I have a big enough hdd to download everything.
Partially, only because of PS Plus collection, prefer physical copies because of the advantages already thoroughly explained before.
But they basically haven't, so physical still holds these long standing advantages. Physical has an established system of buying, selling and trading that is acknowledged, accepted and practiced GLOBALLY. Digital does not...


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