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by Lt. Gen. Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr., USAF (Ret)
At a time when defense programs are under growing pressure to control costs and increase efficiency, it is important for the industry to be attuned not only to customers' needs but also to the way government officials view contractors' profits.
Although there is a widespread perception that defense contracts yield healthy profits, in reality, the way government officials view profits can be drastically different from the way industry measures that profit.
First, let's review the basics. Firm fixed-price profit levels can be whatever the awarded contract cost structure calls for. By law, a typical "cost-plus," fixed fee research-and-development contract caps industry profits at 15 percent of the cost of the project. Some are limited to 10 percent.
But no matter how the profit margin is determined, industry and government see the margin differently. In one example cited by Jack Cash, a professor of business management at the Defense Acquisition University, a project with costs estimated at $9 million might come with a $1.35 million profit fee, or 15 percent. The same contract, as described by industry accountants, only shows a profit margin of 6.53 percent, rather than 15 percent. The difference is attributed to unallowable costs the industry must pay (such as interest on loans, advertising and bad debt expense) and income taxes. These take a huge bite out of the profit margin.
Government officials generally don't see profit the way it's looked at in the commercial world, Cash points out. "The average person working in a program office doesn't see it." While the policy is structured to pay a reasonable profit, the perception in government circles is that contractors are making far more than what they are.
Under new policy guidance issued by the Defense Department less than two years ago, contracting officers are being asked to change the way they negotiate profits with industry, and are emphasizing areas that traditionally did not factor into contractor profits.
Unlike previous practices, the government no longer rewards contractors for investing in facilities or equipment. As a matter of fact, the government wants to discourage industry from spending money on facilities, and wants, instead, to increase the focus on technical innovation and efficiency, notes Cash. In the past, he says, it used to be that the government wanted to motivate contractors to invest in manufacturing plants and buildings.
The new method for determining fair profits takes into account the level of technical complexity in a program, and whether a company is providing true innovation. During negotiations, a contracting officer will ask questions such as: Is the company pushing the state of the art? Is it buying things off the shelf? How complex is the job to manage, to control costs? What is the company doing technically that hasn't been done before?
This approach marks a drastic departure from the way business has been done thus far. The Defense Department, clearly, wants to ensure that its money is spent wisely. One of the objectives of this approach is to secure a fair profit margin for the contractor. "The government's profit policy is very sound," says Cash.
Things like innovation, however, are hard to quantify. According to Cash, it becomes a judgment call. A company, in fact, could convince the government to boost the profit margin if it can demonstrate innovation.
Cost-efficiency is another new factor now coming into play. If a company can show it can save the government money, the reward could be a higher profit margin, also to be negotiated.
These so-called "weighted guidelines," can work to the benefit of the contractor. Companies negotiating a contract always should fill out the Defense Department Form 1547, "Record of Weighted Guidelines Application," before entering negotiations. Another technique that the government recently introduced is "performance-based payments," as opposed to guaranteed progress payments, which cover the contractor's costs.
Under the performance-based approach, the government and contractor stipulate that a company will be compensated based on meeting specific objectives, rather than with guaranteed payments. The benefit to the contractor is that these performance-based payments can reach up to 90 percent of the program costs, compared to 80 percent for progress payments. That can make a big difference in the contractor's cash flow.
Another potentially exciting reason to move to the performance-based payments is the opportunity to expand the defense contracting market to commercial suppliers. With progress payments, only companies that have defense-unique accounting systems can bid for contracts. Now, commercial firms can bid on contracts, because the performance-based approach does not require those accounting systems.
These are, obviously, complex issues that will require much study and analysis on the part of industry and government. Contracting officials, particularly, will need to learn how industry measures profits and how contracts can be negotiated so that both parties win.
One issue potentially of great concern to NDIA members, however, is the government's new policy to discourage investment in facilities and equipment. Although that would make sense from a cost-efficiency standpoint, it has the potential to undermine our nation's manufacturing capabilities. With that in mind, the defense industry needs a structured approach to managing facilities, so that critical capabilities can be preserved, without saddling the government with huge overhead costs.
Other observations are worth noting. First, not all program managers use the "weighted guidelines," even though it is the methodology that the government recommends. Secondly, even when the guidelines are used, a maximum margin is available to the contractor of approximately 20 percent. When this is applied to the standard income statement (and accounting for unallowable expenses), the contractor will be lucky to achieve even half of that. Finally, even though the law allows a 15 percent profit on cost-plus contracts, we see some major programs imposing arbitrary limits below that.
We need to continue to emphasize that the defense industry competes in the capital and human resource markets with all firms, including the commercial sector. For the viability of the industry in the long term, we need a fair and a competitive return for defense firms.
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Recorded: Thursday, December 15, 2011
Fill-in host Tom Woods on the Peter Schiff Radio Show interviews Senior Fellow Robert Higgs. They discuss the history of government economic interventions during the Great Depression and World War II and how those lessons apply today. Check out some of Robert Higgs books mentioned on the program.
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Recorded: Monday, December 12, 2011
Vern McKinley, author of Financing Failure: A Century of Bailouts discusses the current fiscal crisis in Europe. Recorded in English and Chinese at SOH Radio.
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While ACL damage can be caused by slamming into another player and buckling the knee, the causes of non-contact ACL injuries are not fully understood, nor are the reasons female athletes are so much more prone to them. Nevertheless, there are exercises female athletes can warm up with that reduce the risk from this horrible injury. The Washington Post published an excellent overview article on ACL Prevention on June 3, 2008.
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He emphasized that carrying out the duties of being pope -- the leader of more than a billion Roman Catholics worldwide -- requires "both strength of mind and body."
"After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths due to an advanced age are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry," he told the cardinals. "I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only by words and deeds but no less with prayer and suffering.
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So I'm still playing around with cave maps and came up with an idea of combining a tomb complex with a cave system.
I'm fairly happy with the tomb rooms as there's not much to them but I'm not happy with the rest of it.
1) I need to find some way to transition between the tomb rooms and the caves. Rationally - whoever put the tomb at the front of the cave system would have simply carved out the areas and built them out with cut stone. After a point they would have just stopped the masonry build-out and left the cave as-is.
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Washington, DC. April 5, 2006 - The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), a globally recognized automotive trade association, has offset the carbon dioxide emissions produced from travel to today's 2006 Automotive Industry Executive of the Year reception by making a contribution to Carbondfund.org.
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I am going to start with events as of set 5 and lead through set 10. Essentially, events up to this stage are the Duchy of Crest being infiltrated and manipulated by Chaos lady Annarose. This sets the stage for a war between the Duchy of Crest and the Solar kingdom of Folrart which will allow the Envoy of Chaos an opportunity to rule Lavato or so he believes.
The battle for the Holy Realm reaches a new level with the arrival of smarter command model Magic Dolls, who cut through the enemy forces. Then the full force of the Shrine Knights arrive, rallying to the cause of Folrart. Caught in between, Rivera and Athira release their true power! Not sure who Rivera and Athira shin are actually fighting for here or against as augments have yet to arrive on scene.
Of all the armies of the Solar Kingdom, it was Lapierre and her Shrine Knights alone who stood against the assault from the Duchy of Crest. Volfied used the last of his strength to deliver Rivera to the battlefield, but then he fell. Answering Lapierre's call for help, Yuni arrived with the best of her mercenary army, but then the air turned cold. The legendary evil Zugateroza appeared between the armies, to call in a favor from the Solar Kingdom's royal sword instructor, Riza. When all hope seemed lost, Realm Guardian Mayleen used her key to unlock the true power of Lapierre's holy sword, Lantylit, just in time for her final charge!
As all the nations of the world clash in the capital of Folrart, Annarose's partner Galdirea unleashes his ultimate plan. His plague corrupts the sea kingdoms, unleashing the demonic Carrier Mermaids on the world. Sumer, the original creator of the Magic Dolls, appears with a new army as Zugateroza's undead rise again and again. It looks like Folrart is doomed, until the Captain of the Zero Shrine Knights arrives, and then the last Dragon Emperor finally reveals his real form: True Holy Emperor Retear!
Throughout the War of the Sun and Moon, Crest, Folrart and even Heierrat have undergone countless crises, moments when it seemed that all would be lost. Throughout it all, one kingdom has remained untouchable, a powerful bulwark of civilization in a merciless age. However, all that is about to change.
The Wizard Kingdom of Regus has suffered an unimaginable betrayal, one of the Six Paladins of Regus who protect the kingdom has turned on his country! Durendal, a paladin older even then the witch Mirelia, has perfected the magical art of immortality, and with this gift he challenged the other five guardians! Driven to madness by his long life, Durendal grew bored with the perfect stability of Regus, and joined forces with a strategist from the abyss, Galderia, to unleash pure evil upon the world!
In Folrart, Verlaat can no longer keep his younger sister, Solar Princess Aliria away from the fighting. She arrives, determined to bless the troops in battle. Eskatia's most honorable and loyal lieutenant, Guard Captain Afeemina, takes control of the troops personally to assail the enemy lines. And in the forgotten kingdom of Beltorat, as old as the Red Dragons that fill its skies, the indomitable king Dragoneye Ainhazard decides his country can stay out of the fighting no longer! Without Regus, the war is about to reach a new level of chaos!
Before the Wizard Kingdom of Regus was founded, the Magic Library has stood. And at the center of the Magic Library is the Archive, an ancient artifact and the true king of Regus. When Durendal betrayed the Six Paladins that protect the Archive and murdered its final guardian, Paladin of Truth Inzaghi, the way was opened for the ultimate catastrophe.
Galderia appeared in the capital with his latest creation, the magic doll Noze. As Dilate and Cassandra rushed to stop him, Noze reached the Archive and absorbed it, integrating all of the magical knowledge of history into her body. Her power complete, she began raining down destruction all over the world!
Seeing this, and worried about the disappearance of Princess Emana, Vonderam transforms the Mermaids into human form. Now they can storm the land, and unleash their ancient magic on the human armies.
Meanwhile, Verlaat has been counseled by the Fallen Moon Child, Miffyre, that there is a prophecy: only when the four kings are united will Envoy of Chaos Elgandi be defeated. Legend has it the four are the Sun King, the Dragon King, the Beast King and the Undead King. She suspects that because the sun did not set on Verlaat's birth, that he is the first king of legend. Therefore, Verlaat sets out on a quest to meet with the other three kings for the sake of the future.
But Chaoslady Annarose has a plan. Her experiments have finally led to the creation of the ultimate horrors, the Augments! Lead by Last Resort Gaieshart, the unstoppable Augments are sent to intercept Verlaat's party...
Galdirea's plan unfolds as the Wizard Kingdom burns. Esira and Astaforse face off in a duel when their little sister, the ultimate Magic Doll Noze, attacks them both to test her new powers… awakening Esiria's true nature!
Dilate and Ibert fight side by side as armies from the Mercenary Nation and Beltorat arrive to help the refugees escape. But Cassandra challenged Galdirea alone and is dire straits when the schemer reveals his true shape!
Seeing this, and worried about the disappearance of Princess Emana, Vonderam transforms the Mermaids into human form. Now they can storm the land, and unleash their ancient magic on the human armies.
Meanwhile, the armies of Crest are besieged by the lady Lich Yudit and her undead creations, horrific creatures that have never seen the light of day. But in the depths of the crevasse between the undead lands and the Duchy, Princess Eskatia finds Verlaat, alive!
The true face of evil is revealed! Who is Elgandi, the mysterious force who has been leading the Triad of Chaos all this time? Is he an archmage from the ancient days of Lavato? The king of an upstart country? Maybe an alien creature like Zalzagul?
Verlaat is still missing, and Zagar has taken his men to search for him. But the forces of Chaos under Elgandi himself are making their move. Without Verlaat, no one has the authority to mobilize the Royal Armies of the Solar Kingdom. But for all these years, the top Solar Kingdom strategist, Safria, has remained loyal to the exiled older brother of the royal household, ALPHONCE. Noze became bored waiting for Astaforce to finish off Esria and Galderia to finish off Dilate and Ibert, so she decided to vaporize the entire area. From the dust rose DILATE, wounded but alive, protected by Ibert's magic gauntlets. Now he's determined to finish the fight, and make his way to the Stronghold of Chaos, where his childhood friend is being held captive! ZALZAGUL, an alien being allied with Elgandi, is the only one of the Triad of Chaos who would rather obliterate his enemies with a show of power than manipulate them. With Dilate's team having successfully stopped Galderia, Zalzagul decides there is no reason to keep himself hidden. Prepare for the might of the Triad of Chaos and it's true master Elgandi
Thanks to logress updating the story for us in the preview page we know the following.
1. Verlaat with eskatia? Is venturing to the land of the undead to meet with zugaterozza who is already anticipating his arrival. He calls him the king of mankind , a possible foreshadowing, of his eventual reign as the sun empower.
This still does not explain why the undead had the duchy surrounded.
Yug rescued verlatt from the ravine.
Zugateroza recognised Verlatt as the king of mankind and knelt in front of him out of respect.
Alphonse left the solar kingdom. Then after Verlatt went missing, he came back and commanded the army to go to Crest, possibly to attack them, since theres Assault Battering Ram.
Solar Eclipse /Alphonse text: 'So Verlatt is the Solar Prince... Why not? He has his path, I have mine'/Solar Prince Verlatt's older brother by a different mother. He was raised in the shadow of Verlatt, but then suddenly vanished without a trace. When they meet again, it will be under the decree of fate, and they will be arch enemies.
2. Magic Doll forces led by , Lilly, Scarlet, and Violet failed in their initial assault on the solar kingdom. Heavily damaged Lilly (shame I liked Lilly) and SCarlet were rebuilt as a new command module scarlet Lilly. No word on violet.
3. After, subduing Cassandra galdirea is finally cornered and dispatched by dilate. Noze nukes the general vicinity nearly killing dilate and Ibert yet the gauntlets of Ibert save Dilate and Dilate prevents Ibert from falling to his doom. NoZe absorbs galdirea's body to make her yet into another form. Noze is also responsible at least partially for the destruction of lost magic doll Esria. Astaforce uses some of esria's body parts to rebuild her damage affecting her personality somewhat. Should she still be considered an assassin at this stage?
4. We still don't know the role of beast king riviera at this stage. Any help is appreciated on her role in this. Do we have a chronology on the gun princess as well?
5. Mermaid princess Emana leads the remaining mermaids onto land through mermaid transformation to battle against the abyssal forces. They appear to have a sizable force. Do the mermaids land near the wizard kingdom? For some reason I imagine those 2 kingdoms to be within lose proximity to one another.
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1. A Beautifully witty and well quiffed songwriter
2. the wonderful wizard of Moz
2. the wonderful wizard of Moz
You gotta love the Moz
από LEAAAHHH 12 Αύγουστος 2004
One of the most talented singer/songwriters of our time. Singer in the famous British band The Smiths and has since gone solo, producing many successful records over his career span. Often known as the godfather of sexy and as pre-emo musical talent at its best.
I can't wait until Moz goes on tour after his next album.
από Sarah Hearts Moz 29 Αύγουστος 2005
nickname for british rock star, Morrissey. he's also called: mozza, mozzer, the pope of mope, and the mozfather.
many people believe moz is gay.. but i don't.
από Denia 24 Απρίλιος 2006
1. famous composer
2. famous composer
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I think that the Moz was just as talented as the Moz.
από Peter Parker 14 Νοέμβριος 2003
Jinx, evil influence or bad luck - see mozzed.
"I do not want to put the moz on him." - Peter Costello (Australian Treasurer), 25 July 2007. See: http://www.treasurer.gov.au/DisplayDocs.aspx?doc=transcripts/2007/099.htm&pageID=004&min=phc&Year=&DocType=2
από ntennis 3 Σεπτέμβριος 2008
name of the slobby weed dealer played by Johnny vegas in witty bbc 3 sitcom IDEAL.
"dont mess with another mans butty, have you not read the unwritten rules - RUDE!" - moz
"oh judith, if you didnt sleep with corpses youd be me ideal woman." - moz
"oh judith, if you didnt sleep with corpses youd be me ideal woman." - moz
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38 U.S. Code § 5121 - Payment of certain accrued benefits upon death of a beneficiary
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(a) Except as provided in sections 3329 and 3330 of title 31, periodic monetary benefits (other than insurance and servicemen's indemnity) under laws administered by the Secretary to which an individual was entitled at death under existing ratings or decisions or those based on evidence in the file at date of death (hereinafter in this section and section 5122 of this title referred to as "accrued benefits") and due and unpaid, shall, upon the death of such individual be paid as follows:
(1) Upon the death of a person receiving an apportioned share of benefits payable to a veteran, all or any part of such benefits to the veteran or to any other dependent or dependents of the veteran, as may be determined by the Secretary.
(2) Upon the death of a veteran, to the living person first listed below:
(3) Upon the death of a surviving spouse or remarried surviving spouse, to the children of the deceased veteran.
(4) Upon the death of a child, to the surviving children of the veteran who are entitled to death compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or death pension.
(5) Upon the death of a child claiming benefits under chapter 18 of this title, to the surviving parents.
(b) No part of any accrued benefits shall be used to reimburse any political subdivision of the United States for expenses incurred in the last sickness or burial of any beneficiary.
(c) Applications for accrued benefits must be filed within one year after the date of death. If a claimant's application is incomplete at the time it is originally submitted, the Secretary shall notify the claimant of the evidence necessary to complete the application. If such evidence is not received within one year from the date of such notification, no accrued benefits may be paid.
Source(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1228, § 3021; Pub. L. 92–328, title I, § 105(b),June 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 395; Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(k)(4),Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1065; Pub. L. 98–160, title VII, § 703(1),Nov. 21, 1983, 97 Stat. 1010; Pub. L. 99–576, title VII, § 701(66),Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3296; renumbered § 5121 and amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), (d)(1),May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(1), (b)(1), (2)(E),Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 403–405; Pub. L. 104–275, title V, § 507,Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3343; Pub. L. 107–14, § 8(a)(16),June 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 35; Pub. L. 108–183, title I, § 104(a)–(c), Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2656.)
2003—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–183, § 104(c)(1), struck out comma after "or decisions" in introductory provisions.
Pub. L. 108–183, § 104(a), struck out "for a period not to exceed two years" after "unpaid" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(1) to (4). Pub. L. 108–183, § 104(c)(2), substituted period for semicolon at end of pars. (1) to (4) and subpars. (A) and (B) of par. (2).
Subsec. (a)(5), (6). Pub. L. 108–183, § 104(b), added par. (5) and redesignated former par. (5) as (6).
2001—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–14substituted "hereinafter" for "hereafter" in introductory provisions.
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–275substituted "two years" for "one year" in introductory provisions.
1991—Pub. L. 102–40, § 402(b)(1), renumbered section 3021 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator" in par. (1).
Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(1), substituted "administered by the Secretary" for "administered by the Veterans' Administration" in introductory provisions.
Pub. L. 102–40, § 402(d)(1), substituted "5122" for "3022" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator".
1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–576, § 701(66)(A), struck out "his" after "entitled at".
Subsec. (a)(2)(A) to (C). Pub. L. 99–576, § 701(66)(B), substituted "The veteran's" for "His".
1983—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 98–160substituted "surviving spouse" for "widow" in two places.
1982—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–258substituted "sections 3329 and 3330 of title 31" for "sections 123–128 of title 31".
1972—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92–328struck out reference to section 3203(a)(2)(A) of this title.
Effective Date of 2003 Amendment
Pub. L. 108–183, title I, § 104(d),Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2656, provided that: "The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 16, 2003]."
Effective Date of 1972 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 92–328effective first day of second calendar month which begins after June 30, 1972, see section 301(a) ofPub. L. 92–328, set out as a note under section 1114 of this title.
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You are very definitely onto something here! I like what I see.
The mountains are now crammed in the upper-right corner... I am curious how they look when they are in the middle of the map. At the moment they look good by the way.
Hi all, I started working on a ISO-kinda-style regional map. Not sure where it will be going but it will be loads of work as I have to develop matching styles for alll elements. The mountain style is pretty ok I think. Struggling on how to make diffferent terrain types fit that style ... Cities are going to be in "comic-ISO" too (some 1st draft to see how it would look is included in screenshot). Also the terrain needs some warp to make it more ISO I guess. Anyway, all comments are appreciated during the process
You are very definitely onto something here! I like what I see.
The mountains are now crammed in the upper-right corner... I am curious how they look when they are in the middle of the map. At the moment they look good by the way.
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I like it. But depending on the scale you are using here the mountains might be just too big. I like the way that they look and the hills as well, but I think the mountains could stand to be shrunk a little. On the other hand, if this map is supposed to only represent a very small area, say only 30 miles on a side then they are rather "comic" but not terribly mismatched.
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I'm diggin it. The flat land does need some perspective distortion so what I do is flatten all the "land" layers together then edit - transform - perspective (hold down alt + shift and click and drag a corner out at the bottom and in at the top...alt + shift drags the opposite corner equally to match whichever one you drag).
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Thanks for the comments again! mountains not finished but did some more in different places to see how they stand out in the landscape.
The idea is indeed to make it "comic-iso" style so I'm not too worried about scale and size (although I need to calm down on the rivers I think). Also I did the warping/perspective (nice tip) and that really helped getting the outlines in shape. Furthermore I started some 'perspective-re-shaping' to coast and rivers based on this and it is beginning to look more 3d now. I think (or hope..) that with right sized terrain elements it will work out ok. My main concern still is creation of terrain styles to mix good together. Anyway, more to come later... I'm really having a ball with this one
Loving the style of this. The mountains are very cool.
I know you have more to do on it but at the moment I don't think that rocky texture you have fits at all with your beautiful hand-painted hills and mountains. I'm sure you'll sort it though.
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How did you do the mountains? Was there a trick or are we all doomed to many hours of drawing little lines for our mountains...
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I currently feel more like a painter then a carthographer... The texture in the south was still in the area i didnt get to yet but i changed it so it doesnt distract .
If there were some trick on the moutains i'd be more then happy to share it but I'm afraid they are all handpainted In general I use the ISO-style mountain trick (tutorial on the forums) but use multiple colors and a texture. (I can post some wip-sequence-pictures to see how i do it, if you like)
I'll add the foothills to my to-do list as the hill/mountain contrast is indeed a bit odd.
Furthermore I started experimenting with the forrest style. Needs tweaking but I'm getting there I think. Maybe not enough progress for another WIP picture but here's one anyway


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The deal is the first of its kind in Europe and affects business mail.
It enables Business Post's subsidiary UK Mail to access Royal Mail's local sorting and final delivery network.
From April, UK Mail will collect pre-sorted mail from its business customers and transport it to one of Royal Mail's 73 UK mail centres, before handing it over to Royal Mail for final sorting and delivery.
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Grand Canyon Star Party, June 8 - 15, 2013
Posted 23 November 2012 - 09:34 PM
Amateur astronomers with a telescope and love of the sky to share, and the interested public of all ages, are invited to experience the beautiful Arizona nights in an exploration of the heavenly Grand Canyon skies. Not an astronomer? Drop in for an unforgettable and fabulous vacation for families, singles, and seniors.
GCSP will be held concurrently on both the North and South Rims. Vistiors to the park are free to show up at their leisure, and observe through any or all telescopes. Astronomers choosing to set up for the event need to register in advance with the appropriate coordinator below. The South Rim can accomodate 80 or more telescopes, and we have not had to limit South Rim attendance thus far. The dozen or so North Rim slots on the Lodge veranda, however, usually are accounted for by the end of February.
In general, volunteer astronomers are responsible for securing their own lodging, and, due to the nature of the venues for both rims, telescopes generally need to be set up and taken down each night. Please see the North Rim site for unique arrangements for that venue.
Web sites and contact information are shown below. Please contact Steve for the North Rim, or me for the South Rim, if you are interested in attending or for questions you might have.
North Rim
Steve Dodder
Coordinator, North Rim,Grand Canyon Star Party
53750 W. Prickley Pear Rd.
Maricopa, AZ 85239
E-mail: fester00 [at] hotmail.com
Grand Canyon Star Party - North Rim
South Rim
Jim O'Connor
Coordinator, South Rim, Grand Canyon Star Party
P.O. Box 457
Cortaro, AZ 85652
E-mail: gcsp [at] tucsonastronomy.org
Phone: 520 546-2961
Grand Canyon Star Party - South Rim
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With the way the lunation works in June 2013, we had no choice. To do it the previous week would be a couple of days too early for training the summer park aides, and the next third quarter would push us too close to July 4 preparations for the park. But, that means that with New Moon on the first night, by the end of the week the visitors will have some nice moon views both day and night, and some possible moon set in the Canyon opportunities in early evening.
And we'll have Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter all day, and Saturn until early AM so should be a good week for the day time astronomers not showing solar views and Saturn to see how many weepy eyes we can get.
So, if you can take care of the weather, we'll have a good week.
Posted 25 November 2012 - 08:21 AM
the GCSP is the best, most enjoyable, star party I have ever attended
the only negative is so much to do during the day,
I am too tired to observe at night
-the canyon
-the condors
-the trails
-the food
-the shops
-no need to drive anywhere with the buses
-solar scopes set up everywhere
and then the night sky
I spent hours staring at Omega Centauri from the North Rim
but get your lodging early
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Posted 27 November 2012 - 07:53 PM
Is the North Rim Star Party still being held on the patio of the lodge? I love the dark skies on the North Rim, but they had all those yellow bulbs burning on the patio all night.
The park service now turns out all of the lights on the veranda during the star party. They are set on a timer and do come back on at about 12:30am, but the veranda is dark during the star party....and the skies are amazing (as you know). Few things I've seen with the naked eye can match watching the Sagittarius Milky Way rise in the east while you're staring across the Grand Canyon to see it.
Posted 14 December 2012 - 11:15 AM
It is sometimes funny to see the reactions to the rising of the summer Milky Way. Even some of the astronomers, new to that environment, think it's a cloud bank rolling in and start to take down their setups. I had a visitor once who insisted it was clouds. I showed him the star field through the big dob, and he insisted that the stars were in FRONT of the clouds. The crowd around us really enjoyed that conversation.
And thanks for the commercial, Ed. Very well stated. Try doing it as we did the last two years with three grandkids along who never seem to need sleep. This will be our tenth year attending, and I've only seen and done about a tenth of what I want to eventually see and do during the day.
On the South Rim, we have plenty of room for more volunteers. Come on out and join us and see how many lives you can touch.
Posted 20 December 2012 - 05:57 PM
Can't wait -- we have our reservations made. I know of an additional 2 astronomers coming up with our RLD group. We should have about a dozen telescopes.
I'll use the links & get our offical astronomer registration to you in the next week or so.
Posted 20 December 2012 - 06:07 PM
Posted 03 March 2013 - 07:34 PM
of the Grand Canyon Star Party. GCSP '13 is the 23nd annual collaboration between the National Park Service and astronomers from around North America to bring astronomy outreach to Park visitors. The event is held concurrently on both the North Rim, coordinated by the Saguaro Astronomy Club, and the South Rim, coordinated by TAAA. The level of public interest and involvement, and the opportunity to make major contributions to public education and awareness, is profound. And the visitors tend to disappear around 10:30 PM so personal observing objectives at 7000 feet and dark skies are available as long as you can stand it.
And Ed J. above has a great commercial for daytime activities.
For North Rim information, please see the link above.
For South Rim information, please see the South Rim link above or email me at link below.
To register as a volunteer for the South Rim, please send me an email at the link below.
One of our regular observers, Dr. Alan Delman, at the Grand Canyon Annular Eclipse, was building a solar filter at the Visitor Center when he was approached by a stranger who asked what was going on. He told him about the eclipse about to occur, and a public star party we were putting on afterward. Alan was asked, "You volunteers are working with the public at night as well?" to which he replied "Half the Park is After Dark". Little did Alan know he was talking to the new Park superintendent. Now I'm seeing that phrase pop up in Park publicity material.
Come join in for a great experience. And, more importantly, you never know what one life you'll touch.
Posted 03 March 2013 - 11:22 PM
Posted 04 March 2013 - 10:12 PM
Sigh...without the two granddaughters(they have jobs now!) I'll be actually employed.
Posted 11 March 2013 - 10:45 PM
I would like to come up with my video system for a couple of days. Is there AC power available in the observing area and have you thought about establishing an isolation site for folks using video screens? Don't want to mess up anyone's night vision.
Any sign of ranger support?
Bill McDonald
Posted 12 March 2013 - 12:31 AM
Oh, you'll love the answers. Not.
First, we have only ever had one person do non-eyeball at the eyepiece, a coworker of mine, and he only shows up about once every three years. However, he does pure imaging with a 9.25" Nexstar at sundown, then processes and links the image to the object on a planetarium display of the sky on a laptop. He does it with a boatload of batteries which he has not a clue how to correctly manage.
No A/C available. We are in a fairly remote parking lot and generators in the park other than the campground are not permitted, nor is it possible to get A/C the 300+ feet to the closest outlet because it is a single 30 amp service and with 70 powered scopes out there, the local safety folks don't want ANY wire/cable on the ground in the dark.
As far as isolation, we're pretty compressed but ad-hoc. Pretty easy to get there early enough and set up on an edge so if there is any glare, it's directed outward, or set up in the small permanent area at the north end, again facing away from the few big iron instruments we let stay set up for the duration. I have a 3M privacy screen on my monitor, and a CompuShade housing around it. Zero visibility outside of 15 degrees from straight on. This year, including you, we will have three video setups; mine and one other will be Mallincam Juniors. The other guy uses his a lot for outreach. Where I set up, and where the other guy will set up, easy for non-interference with other observers. I'll be using two scopes, and with luck my granddaughters will do the real work - an 18" Teeter, probably for purely visual, and the 10" SCT with the Junior. Visitor traffic only lasts for about two and a half hours, so with my two 35 AH deep cycles and an 800 watt inverter for the laptop, I should be able to go a couple of nights even though I recharge everything at night with a Battery Defender. Plus, the granddaughter that will run the 10" is in her fourth year with it, and she'd be happy if the laptop died. She's great with the visitors at the eyepiece and running the Atlas. And the other granddaughter who runs the 18", when I was in the hospital with pneumonia last fall and a 20% survival prediction, sent me a sweet email asking if she could just take the scope now. Sheesh.
If you'll be attentding, send me an email to the gcsp address below. That's how I automate sending out 100+ registration packages and keep track of things.
As far as ranger support, it is usually awesome but I just haven't had time to ping our lead Ranger, Marker Marshall, yet. Last year we had three full time Rangers (Marker, Mike Weaver, and the Interpretive Astronomy Ranger from Desert View) and four Ranger Aides to help, fantastic support. We volunteers may have to do a bit more than usual, like moving a sign or two around and setting up the day pylons, but we always did this at Yavapai and it only takes six or seven minutes. The last three years the rangers have been allowed to schedule their hours to support us through 11:30 PM, long after the last visitor has gone.
Send me an email to the gcsp address below, and you're in. And don't try to bring logic to the Federal Government; this is the largest National Park, and making anything happen is like herding cats or picking up mercury with a fork. They have a highly developed risk management process. BUT they cover us as National Park Service official volunteers for liability and medical, so we get what we get.
Posted 12 March 2013 - 01:43 AM
Had to put the TV on the ground because it was threatening to blow over and take the table with it. Chairs did blow over. Then the battery for my TV died after about 90 minutes. What really impressed me was that at the Yavapai Lodge there was no wind at all.
I think that I've heard that there is much less wind at the new site.
I'll have to think about power.
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Is there a link for information like where everything will be set up and such so I know where to go and when?
Didn't realize it was at the north rim as well. We'll be camping at the north rim a month afterwards, but maybe we'll do the star party at the north rim next year!
Posted 04 April 2013 - 03:00 PM
General information is at the South Rim URL in the first post in this thread.
If you are going to be one of the volunteer astronomers, you need to register with me at
gcsp [at] tucsonastronomy.org
so I can get you the information and forms you'll need for the park.
If you will be a visitor, just show up whenever you wish during the week. This is a public outreach event, but most visitors evaporate by about 10:30 PM so we get to have our own fun after that.
Posted 04 April 2013 - 03:52 PM
I have a C11, but no battery system for power (I run off my camper when we're out camping with no electric hookup). So I think I'll just be a visitor this year at least.
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Well we all saw it coming, the Jets released Tm Tebow today. This after trading for him and then sitting him on the bench for a year. I for one hope another team picks him up, but at the time of writing this he is still on the sidelines. His critics say he isn't a great quarterback, but they all agree that he is an incredible athlete. So why not let him play another position? I honestly don't know much about the inner workings of football, but it just seems Tebow should be somewhere doing something!
Here is how The New York Times handled the story:
On Monday the Jets cut Tebow with no pomp, a victim of circumstance. They acknowledged an experiment gone awry with a news release that said, simply, "Jets waive QB Tim Tebow." There was no mention in that release of Tebow's statistics with the team, perhaps in part because there were none worth mentioning.
He was more afterthought than asset, more distraction than revelation, a decoy who played a greater role on special teams than behind center. As the Jets' season unraveled, Tebow, frustrated and misled, emerged as a symbol of the franchise's recklessness in assembling the roster: for two draft picks and $2.53 million – roughly $1.5 million of which is still owed to Denver – the Jets acquired a cross-cultural phenomenon who played only 77 offensive snaps, rushed 32 times for 102 yards and completed 6 of 8 passes. He did not score a touchdown.
Almost all of the organization's principals, including the owner Woody Johnson, the former general manager Mike Tannenbaum, Coach Rex Ryan and the deposed offensive coordinator Tony Sparano, played a role in one of the more misguided and myopic moves in franchise history. Tebow joined the Jets on March 21, 2012, as a flawed quarterback at the zenith of his brief N.F.L. career, two months after leading the Denver Broncos to several late victories and an overtime playoff win against Pittsburgh. His arrival spawned many a breathless proclamation, none of which were fulfilled.
Instead of managing the situation so that Tebow, 25, would have an opportunity to evolve into a major contributor, as he had predicted, Ryan watched it devolve into a fiasco, with members of the organization feeling empowered to criticize Tebow anonymously.
Tannenbaum vowed that Tebow would make the Jets' offense "diverse, more dynamic" and "more difficult for opposing teams to defend," when instead he made it more predictable – as in, Tebow, on his rare snaps at quarterback, would only run up the middle. That was the domain of Sparano, whose familiarity with the wildcat formation and read-option obscured a lack of imagination and creativity that doomed the Jets' offense. Johnson would later say that he was only joking when he noted that "you can never have enough Tebow," but his words loomed over the team all season, especially when the Jets had no Tebow at all.
Tebow, to a degree, is not exempt from culpability. It was he, after all, who chose to accept the trade to the Jets rather than play for Jacksonville, where he was reared. But Tebow could not have predicted what awaited him in New York. The former special-teams coordinator Mike Westhoff, in a memorable radio interview after the season, called the Jets' mishandling of Tebow "a mess, it was an absolute mess."
Ever the diplomat, Tebow rarely showed his emotions publicly. He handled questions about the awkward predicament with Mark Sanchez, the starting quarterback, as deftly as the attention he received for being an outspoken Christian. Only toward the end of the season, when he was passed over when Ryan benched Sanchez in favor of the third-stringer Greg McElroy, did Tebow offer a glimpse of the frustration that had been long simmering. He knew then that a departure was inevitable, regardless of Johnson's claim from October that Tebow would be with the Jets for all three years of his contract. And it was made all the more obvious Friday when the Jets drafted Geno Smith, raising the number of quarterbacks on their roster to six. With a potentially uncomfortable situation in the looming end of the Sanchez era, the Jets finally parted ways with Tebow.
"We have a great deal of respect for Tim Tebow," Ryan said in a statement. "Unfortunately, things did not work out the way we all had hoped. Tim is an extremely hard worker, evident by the shape he came back in this off-season. We wish him the best moving forward."
Tebow's next destination is a topic of intrigue. The Jets showed foresight in wanting to maximize his versatility, by lining him up at tight end, in the slot and at running back, but all Tebow wants is to play quarterback in the N.F.L. If he is unwilling to consider a full-time position switch – and there is no telling whether that would be a prudent move – his options may be limited. No teams were interested when the Jets tried to trade Tebow, who must now clear waivers. Teams have until 4 p.m. Tuesday to register a claim for the most famous backup quarterback in the league.


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One of the big questions about Guardians of the Galaxy has been how or if the movie will connect with the Marvel Cinematic Universe proper. Speculation that it would tie in to Avengers: Age of Ultron evaporated long ago, when the villain was revealed to be Ultron and not Thanos, the evil alien warlord depicted at the end of The Avengers. However, Gunn recently revealed to Variety that Guardians is "definitely connected to Avengers 3." Considering all of the ties between characters in Guardians and Thanos, we can only assume that the purple-mugged death lover will be that connection, bringing a bit of cosmic saga to the third super-team movie.
TRANS4MERS If you've seen the trailer for Transformers: Age of Extinction, then you know that it's not just the human cast that has changed — most of the bad robots are now dinosaurs ("Dinobots," actually, but we doubt you'll hear that toy line name in the movie). What's the deal with the dinosaur robots? Director Michael Bay won't say, but he did confirm to EW, that Extinction is "the first of a new trilogy" and offered some backstory on the new gun-faced Transformer "Lockdown," hinting that he/it might be around for a movie or two:
Lockdown is an interesting character. He travels the galaxy, he works for somebody else. And he's here for one person, one alien, and then he's out of here. So he doesn't really want to take sides. The cause and balance of the galaxy is kind of messed up when different species play with different species. And that opens up a whole other gigantic world for Transformers. Lockdown's ship has a lot of meaning that can go into other movies. There's a lot of backstory about that ship that's not laid out here.
SLATED Warner Bros. has announced that Guy Ritchie's King Arthur movie, which has not gone into production and may not have even been cast yet, will be released in theaters on July 22, 2016. Conspiracy nuts and DC-haters are already saying that King Arthur is merely serving as a date holder in case Warner decides to move Man of Steel 2 off of its May 6, 2016 opening, which pits it against Captain America 3. But, as Variety reports, WB has "no plans to move" the Man of Steel sequel.
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Veronica Roth brings her captivating story to a masterful conclusion in Allegiant, a rich, action-packed book with material that is ideally suited to two strong and fulfilling movies. The storytelling arc and world of the characters lend themselves perfectly to two films...
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|July 25, 2007
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"Krabs à la Mode" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season five. In this episode, Mr. Krabs turns the Krusty Krab into an ice rink after Plankton turns down the heat.
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Squidward Tentacles
- Patrick Star
- Gary the Snail (cameo)
- Karen
- Bikini Bottom Hockey Team
- Bikini Bottomites
On a freezing winter day in Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob and Squidward are at work in the Krusty Krab, and Squidward notices Krabs has the thermostat set to 62°. Squidward, feeling cold, decides to raise it to 63°. Mr. Krabs bursts out of his office and complains about spending the money on heating and changes it back to 62° and then Squidward made rude comments. Plankton is spying on the restaurant and decides that night that he was going to change the thermostat and freeze the Krusty Krab. Mr. Krabs says that it is still on 62°; it was actually -15°. The customers started to leave because of this. When they came back, they were bundled in coats and then Plankton felt shocked. SpongeBob, meanwhile, was serving food on ice skates made from frozen patties. Soon, the customers began to strap patties to their feet and skated across the ice covered floor. Plankton goes in and attempts to steal a patty but gets pummeled by an ice machine. Then, as he tries to escape, some hockey players that were there to practice were blocking the exit. Plankton then remembers the thermostat and unfroze and froze the customers, but Krabs stops him and sets the thermostat at 100 degrees. The Krusty Krab is turned into a popular public pool the following summer. Mr. Krabs then thanks Plankton, who is in an ice cube in Mr. Krab's glass of lemonade, for his "good ideas". Mr. Krabs takes a drink from his lemonade and Plankton screams. The episode ends.
|( ‣ ) Associated production music
|( • ) Original music
|( ◦ ) SpongeBob music
• Tripping Upstairs - Nate Cash, Nicolas Carr, Tom Kenny [title card]
‣ The Rake Hornpipe - Robert Alexander White [opening]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [62 degrees]
‣ Dramatic Cue (b) - Ronald Hanmer ["WHO TOUCHED ME THERMOSTAT!!??"]
• Steel Sting - Jeremy Wakefield ["Oh, thanks a --"]
‣ Keel Row - Brian Peters [Krabs tells Squidward not to touch the thermostat]
‣ Off to Play - David Snell [kids playing in Krabs' yard]
‣ Like Strange - Kenny Graham ["That's right, run, Krabs."]
‣ Abject Terror - Paul Lewis [Plankton gets eaten]
‣ {#33} Towerstreet 17 - Gerhard Narholz ["In four to six hours, I will have my revenge."]
‣ Creepy Sting 3 - W. Merrick Farran, Gerhard Trede [old man exits bathroom]
‣ Cell 501 - Gerhard Trede [Plankton freezes the Krusty Krab]
‣ Steel Sting (a) - Jeremy Wakefield [mittens on SpongeBob's eyelashes]
• Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Huh?"]
‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band [Krabs opens the Krusty Krab]
‣ Dramatic Impact 6 - Ivor Slaney ["The temperature stays at 62 degrees."]
• Drama Sting - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Don't touch..."]
‣ Dramatic Impact 2 - Ivor Slaney ["...THE THERMOSTAT!"]
‣ Drama Link (a) - Hubert Clifford [Plankton spying]
‣ The Dreadnought Tea Clipper (b) - Tim Laycock, Robert Alexander White [customers complaining]
‣ Steel Licks (d) - Jeremy Wakefield [customers leave...]
• Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr [...then come back]
‣ Tripping Upstairs - Brian Peters [SpongeBob skating]
‣ A Christmas Fantasy (a) - Ron Goodwin [everyone buying frozen patties]
‣ Like Strange - Kenny Graham ["No! How is this possible?!"]
‣ Cartoon Sting 2 - Gerhard Narholz, Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["That's because unlike you, he's a good businessman."]
‣ Jolly Sleighride - Ib Glindemann [Krusty Krab turned into ice rink]
‣ Charge - Will Schaefer [hockey team practicing]
‣ Drama Link (b) - Hubert Clifford [Plankton tries to steal a patty]
• Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob stops him]
‣ Cartoon Sting 3 - Gerhard Narholz ["Hey, SpongeBob, long time no see!"]
• Earl's Revenge - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [hockey team chases Plankton]
‣ Death of the Alien 1 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["The clamboni!"]
‣ Skaters Waltz - Emile Charles Waldteufel, George Wilson [Squidward skating]
‣ Death of the Alien 1 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [everyone blocking the exit]
‣ Hawaiian Cocktail - Richard Myhill [clamboni breaks down]
‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band ["You lose again, Plankton!"]
‣ Death of the Alien 1 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["The thermostat!"]
• Sponge Monger - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton changing the temperature]
‣ Honolulu March - George de Fretes [swimming pool]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [ending]
- This episode is available on the Bikini Bottom Adventures, Season 5 Volume 1, Complete 5th Season, and First 100 Episodes DVDs.
|After Christmas Who? and Help Wanted
- After coming out of the bathroom, Old Man Jenkins says he is "Locked in again" which implies that he may have gotten locked in the Krusty Krab before.
- The first time Plankton talks, the captions say "[Male Voice]". They also call Karen "[Female Voice]".
- Some DVRs (like Comcast) say this episode aired in the year 2000 instead of its real date, 2007.
- This is the second time that there is a pool opened up at the Krusty Krab. The first time was in The Endless Summer.
- This is the first successful pool. The one from "The Endless Summer" evaporated, after it became too hot.
- This is the first time the Bikini Bottom Hockey Team appears. They will appear again in the episode Chum Bucket Supreme.
- Mr. Krabs' thermostat as appeared in "Eek, an Urchin!"
- This episode is one of the reasons why Mr. Krabs is a hated character on the show, according to a TV forum. This is because Mr. Krabs was selfish with the thermostat, not caring to change it under any circumstances even though there were ICICLES hanging from the roof of the restaurant. He apparently did not notice that the thermostat really was not 62 degrees and that the false temperature was written on a piece of paper taped to the thermostat.
- When Squidward says "Thanks a lot" against SpongeBob because he gets into trouble with Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob happily replies, "You're welcome," it is similar to "New Student Starfish" where SpongeBob, who gets into trouble with Ms. Puff, does the same thing against Patrick.
- It seems that the thermostat also affects areas outside the Krusty Krab.
- The numbers on the thermostat are digital, but Plankton wrote them in analog on his piece of paper. Mr. Krabs should've noticed this.
- This is the second time Plankton has hid inside something on Old Man Jenkins' tray. The first time was in "The Algae's Always Greener", where he hid inside his ketchup bottle.
- This episode is after Christmas Who? because Mr. Krabs says, "I don't care if Santy Claus and Jack Frost are having ice cream cones...".
Cultural References
- The episode's title is French for "Krabs with Ice Cream". Also, the title is a pun on the food, pie a' la mode, which is French for pie with ice cream.
- Clamboni is a parody of zamboni.
- Plankton sarcastically refers to Karen as "the wind beneath my wings". This is a reference to the 1989 Bette Midler song of the same name.
- Plankton says he found Mr. Krabs' "Achilles' heel" referring to the ancient Greek hero Achilles' only weak spot, his heal.
- When Plankton is freezing and unfreezing people, the water is waist high. But when he falls off and Mr. Krabs freezes him, the water is only an inch high.
- When SpongeBob gets unfrozen, all of his teeth are showing.
- When one of the Krabby Patties lands on Squidward, it was green. In the next shot, it was brown.
- When Mr. Krabs is relaxing in the pool, SpongeBob approaches him with a tray that has a Krabby Patty and lemonade on it. He says "Here's your Krabby Patty and lemonade", but while he gives Mr. Krabs the lemonade, he doesn't give him the Krabby Patty, and just goes away with it.
- When Nat is shown entering the Krusty Krab, he and the two other customers are smaller than SpongeBob, Squidward, Mr. Krabs and the two other customers.
- There are two Jimmy-Guses, one was scared from Plankton but he was in his winter clothes going to the Krusty Krab.
- When Mr. Krabs turns the thermostat back to 62 o at the beginning of the episode he turns it the wrong way, he turns the way it is to increase the temperature not the way to decrease the temperature.
- Plankton says "...I've found your Achilles' heel". This is an error because the sea creatures should not know about Achilles.
- Moments before the scene with the frozen cash register the register is not frozen.
- When Plankton falls in the water, Mr. Krabs freezes him using the thermostat. Mr. Krabs and every other person at the Krusty Krab should have frozen too since they were also in the water.


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CMS has received a request to review the evidence for coverage of the following surgical procedures; Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (open and laparoscopic); Adjustable Gastric Banding (open or laparoscopic); and Biliopancreatic Diversion (with or without duodenal switch, both open and laparoscopic; Vertical Banded Gastroplasty (open or laparoscopic).
May 24, 2005
Instructions for submitting public comments can be found at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/coverage/8h.asp
November 23, 2005
CMS posts a proposed decision memorandum to modify sections 40.5 and 100.1 of the National Coverage Determination (NCD) Manual. CMS is requesting public comment on:
1) the proposed coverage;
2) the potential for expanding the proposed coverage for those age 65 and over under the "Coverage with Evidence Development (CED )" option;
3) the facility guidelines to include the potential of expanding those guidelines to include bariatric surgery volume criteria for both facilities and surgeons.
After considering public comment, we will release a final decision memorandum. Instructions for submitting public comments can be found here.
February 21, 2006


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