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I had a very interesting message from Sparks over on the JMTC forums regarding using my "Power" for evil and profits. Sparks wanted to know if I would ever say something on the blog, forums, or gold guide just to make myself a profit. When I first read this I started laughing so hard at how evil that would be.
Picture this, I have a huge stockpile of long elegant feathers and can't sell them no matter what I do. After a few weeks of fruitless attempts at rock bottom prices I decide to write a post about how these feathers are oh-so-important for a particular hat's recipe. Within a few hours all my feathers sell and I happily bank two hundred gold from ten gold's worth of feathers.
No, I didn't actually do this, but what if I did? Obviously I wouldn't throw away all the work I've done in creating this blog for a few hundred gold, but would you? What if it was ten thousand gold? Twenty? At what point would you go over the edge and use your "powers" for evil?
Thanks for the message Sparks, I had a blast coming up with imaginary ways to con my own readers.
I had a very interesting message from Sparks over on the JMTC forums regarding using my "Power" for evil and profits. Sparks wanted to know if I would ever say something on the blog, forums, or gold guide just to make myself a profit. When I first read this I started laughing so hard at how evil that would be.
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Kring said... July 9, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Only people who inherit power use it for evil. People who worked for their power know how to use it. :-)
Just an update. A few month ago I asked if I should buy azure dragon pet on the AH for 500g (which were obviously sold by a bot, because all had the same seller).
I finally sold the first two last week for 1300g each (I didn't try sooner because I don't need the gold and I wanted the demand to grow). You were right, thanks. :-)
Buillon said... July 9, 2009 at 8:43 AM
I believe Ted DiBiase had it right when he said that everyone has their price. This was back when he was known as the "Million Dollar Man."
Anonymous said... July 9, 2009 at 9:17 AM
First, we're not all on your server, so we can't all buy them from you.
Second, not all of us would buy out X if you said that it was important, some of us (like me) would run out to farm it and sell it ourselves instead.
Third, some of us (like me) aren't the kind to buy things out unless we see them at ridiculously low prices. While I try to control the market on my secondary server (poorly, since I only check there once a week at best) I don't do more than dabble in any market on my main (I'm to well known).
So, while you likely could flex your power to make a profit, not all of us would be taken by the attempt, and once the action was learned, you would probably lose a lot of loyal readers.
What's more important to you? The real life money from selling your guide to us or virtual money that is largely there for the sake of being there?
-Tufak of Feathermoon
Anonymous said... July 9, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Hahaha methinks that individual needs to get out in the real world and earn some real money.
At a certain point of having enough (20,30,40k?) you realize gold is absolutely worthless. If you have tons of it and want to go around griefing people in game in one way or another, well, there's always plenty of ways to grief people. But in wow at least, massive amounts of gold only gets you so far. Epic gems in 3.2? Enchants? Repairs? Flying for an alt? Its small change for many of us high earners these days, dont overestimate the power of a virtual currency, because it doesnt really have much power in the end :P
Anonymous said... July 9, 2009 at 11:43 AM
LOL, This is why I like Markco. He sees the humor in it all. The guy is publicly LOL'ing at the idea that he would ever con this community. Class act and always a good read. Keep it up Markco!
MomentEye said... July 9, 2009 at 11:55 AM
What if everybody benefited?
There is plenty of RL precedent for traders deliberately inflating prices. It's possible that the manipulation you suggest could earn cash for other feather merchants.
Importantly, if you could profit but it wouldn't hurt the blog would you do it then?
DKei said... July 9, 2009 at 12:04 PM
I'd go over at enough to buy my epic flying....Yep....i'm a moocher xD
Anonymous said... July 9, 2009 at 12:09 PM
shh, keep your voices down - Gevlon will hear you and I fear that his heart may not be as pure as yours haha ^^
Logosh said... July 9, 2009 at 2:58 PM
Amazing way to make gold
Please Read Markco!!!!!!!
Hello this is Lògosh of Mug' thol again I found a wonderful spot to make gold Frostfield Lake yes this sounds odd but this is mostly for miners.
You must farm brittle revenants. Not in the normal way but mining there corpses for the Geodesic Fragments and ultimately Crystallized earth
Notice all the people killing the brittle revenants for there dailies most just leaving the corpse behind to be mined so miners can keep mining them for crystallized earth and Geodesic Fragments
Geodesic Fragments sell 4g 50s per stack and eternal earth prices varies server to server but this is so easy corpses everywhere and no miner usually bothers mining the Brittle Revenants. Thanks to Metamaster for this original Idea.
You could kill them too they do drop Relics of Ulduar aswell.
This is a better spot than those Zuldrak sentinels when you do not have Wintergrasp for killing as I got crystallized earth a lot faster.
Also i sent this to your email, but since you said you do not check it often i posted this
Vennren said... July 9, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Gevlon somewhat mentioned this already:
Celebrities get away with it, their word is true no matter what.
Sparks said... July 9, 2009 at 4:10 PM
I don't remember that. I do remember asking if you'd see about getting the programmers in your audience to make some addons for us.
Ix-nay on the ecret-say rofit-pay!
Darth Solo said... July 9, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Nah it wouldn't work.
Lol. very nice post I'm sure I'll be back again to read more if you post stuff like this in the future.
Seth said... July 10, 2009 at 4:36 AM
To be honest, bruttally honest even:
Grow Up! There is no evil, it's bussiness and nothing more.
bloggers don't have power, they have information. You can try this, but it will fail, if the information you provide is false, and someone notices it, you destroy what you worked for. Thats anything but power even. Power you can't use is weakness. And that is the bloggers weakness.
Also its a game, and pixle money. Evil doesn't exist untill you hurt a person in RL. Cleaning out a couple of hundred gold is pure bussiness we do everyday on the AH.
You destroy the little man everytime you buy his underpriced stuff. The only diffrence here is that you try to manipulate ppl to do this.Which would cut into your own RL bussiness (guide), so you would be hurting yourself more then them.
No personal offense intended.
Sparks said... July 10, 2009 at 1:58 PM
My personal thought on how Markco could best affect economies is best illustrated by pointing you to a different WoW Econ blog. They extolled the virtues of Scholazar Basin for farming.
The other forum site I participated in pretty much mocked that idea and saying how dumb the author was. Personally, I thought it was great. I set about farming stuff not found there. I personally think the blog author was doing the same and buying up cheaper stuff.
Cowboys are pretty much defined by their ability to control the herd. Reading between the lines about what opportunities open up by going counter to an author can be very profitable... or at least less frustrating as you don't have to compete for stuff.
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2006: First-Team All-MAC Selection ... Led team with .373 average, .605 slugging average, .466 on-base percentage, nine home runs, and 41 RBI in 51 games ... Collected 11 stolen bases, 10 doubles, and three triples ... Totaled 21 multi-hit games ... Finished second in MAC in on-base percentage and fifth in batting average and slugging while tying for sixth in triples, placing eighth in total bases and 10th in home runs ... Totaled three two-home run games during season ... Hit .382 while slugging .663 and compiling a .486 on-base percentage to go along with six home runs and 19 RBI in 25 MAC games ... MAC West Player of the Week honoree during season ... Opened season by hitting safely in first seven games ... Went 2-for-4 with two singles at Arizona State (2/3) ... Singled and walked twice at ASU (2/4) ... Blasted solo home run and had stolen base at ASU (2/5) ... Singled and had RBI vs. Eastern Illinois (2/24) ... Went 3-for-5 with two RBI at Evansville (2/25) ... Had two hits, including double, with RBI and two runs scored vs. UW-Milwaukee (2/26) ... Named MAC West Player of the Week on Feb. 27 ... Had hit, RBI, and run scored at Southern Illinois (3/5) ... Singled, scored, and stole base at St. Mary's (3/11) ... ... Had two RBI and two runs scored at Nevada (3/16) ... Collected four hits, including home run and triple, with four runs scored at Nevada (3/17) ... Had two hits at Nevada (3/19) ... Singled twice and scored run in game one at Ohio (3/25) ... Totaled four hits, with two doubles and triple, with four runs scored and RBI in game two at Ohio (3/26) ... Collected three hits, including double, with RBI, run, and stolen base at Ohio (3/26) ... Batted .563 (9-for-16) with six runs scored during Ohio series ... Doubled and walked in game two vs. Bradley (3/28) ... Went 2-for-4 with RBI and run scored vs. Akron (3/31) ... Walked twice, singled, and scored run vs. UA (4/1) ... Collected two hits and scored twice vs. Illinois State (4/4) ... Went 3-for-4, including double, with run scored and RBI vs. Kent State (4/7) ... Delivered pinch hit double with two RBI against KSU (4/9) ... Went 3-for-3 with double and two RBI at Northern Iowa (4/12) ... Recorded his first two-home run game and drove in all three runs in extra-inning victory at Miami (4/16) ... Doubled with RBI and run scored vs. Central Michigan (4/21) ... Walked four times and scored vs. CMU (4/23) ... Homered twice and doubled in 3-for-4 performance with three RBI vs. UIC (4/25) ... Walked and had RBI vs. Chicago State (4/26) ... Had two hits and run scored at Eastern Michigan (4/28) ... Walked three times and scored run at EMU (4/29) ... Had two hits and scored at UW-Milwaukee (5/2) ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, two steals, and RBI vs. Northwestern (5/3) ... Singled with RBI at Western Michigan (5/5) ... Had two hits, including double, with RBI and run scored at WMU (5/6) ... Went 2-for-3 with two RBI, two stolen bases, and run scored at Valparaiso (5/16) ... Blasted two home runs among three hits with three runs scored and two RBI vs. Toledo (5/18) ... Singled with RBI vs. UT (5/19) ... Homered and tripled, finishing a double short of the cycle, in 3-for-5 outing with three RBI and run scored vs. UT (5/20).
2005: Hit .258 in 44 games, with 38 starts, and had one HR with 14 RBI ... Had first Huskie hit at Texas Tech (2/12) ... Drove in run at Southern Illinois (3/4) ... Went 3-for-4 with run and RBI vs. Austin Peay (3/12) ... Posted consecutive two-hit games at Evansville (3/14) and Xavier (3/16) ... Had two RBI vs. Notre Dame (3/17) ... Totaled two hits and one RBI vs. St. Xavier (3/24) ... Collected three hits, including double, vs. Ball State (4/3) ... Had two hits and one RBI at Eastern Illinois (4/6) ... Homered and had two RBI at Iowa (4/13) ... Went 2-for-4 with double vs. Bowling Green (4/15) ... Posted consecutive two-hit games at Akron (4/29 and 4/30) ... Had two hits, including double, and one RBI at Chicago State (5/3) ... Went 2-for-5 with double and RBI at Eastern Michigan (5/8) ... Scored three runs in 2-for-5 performance with one double and one RBI at Toledo (5/22).
Junior College: Played two seasons at Kishwaukee Community College ... Earned All-Conference recognition after hitting .315 with five home runs, 37 RBI, 16 doubles, five triples and 11 stolen as sophomore ... Batted .360 with 52 runs scored, 35 RBI, and 15 stolen bases as freshman.
High School: Prepped at Shepard High School and was a three-time all-conference selection ... Hit .354 as senior with five home runs and seven doubles ... Batted .450 with eight home runs and 10 doubles as junior ... Earned three letters in football and was two-time all-conference and all-area selection as linebacker ... Garnered Special Mention All-State accolades as senior after leading team in tackles and forced fumbles.
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Sources say Colin Kaepernick will start at quarterback over Alex Smith against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, reported Sports Illustrated's Jim Trotter on his Twitter feed. Smith has been the 49ers starting quarterback for several seasons.
"BREAKING: Jim Harbaugh has informed Alex Smith that Colin Kaepernick will start Sunday, per source. Said decision not based on health," Trotter tweeted.
Kaepernick started against the Chicago Bears on Monday while Smith was sidelined with a concussion. He completed 16-of-23 passes for 232 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. Harbaugh said following the game that he would likely go with the "hot hand" against the Saints.
Rotating the quarterbacks is also an option for the 49ers.
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
The Butcher's Son: Good from Sun Up to Sun Down
This week, The Butcher's Son, a joint venture between Johnsonville Sausage and Pool's Restaurant Group rolled on to the streets of Dallas. Even though advance postings on Facebook and Twitter had said that the truck wasn't going to be an all sausage menu, I really wasn't sure how this truck would go beyond your basic brats and dogs.To say it goes beyond is quite the understatement.
For opening week specials, The Butcher's Son had designated its second day out as "Bring a Friend Day". So, my friend and I did the best we could to check out the menu.
First up was my Pan Handle Po'Boy, a hoagie bun filled with Mexican braised beef, andouille sausage, onions and pepper jack cheese. The beef wasn't described at "melt in your mouth" but it did. The Johnsonville andouille sausage was flavorful and held its own against the braised beef. Overall, I loved this sandwich and would get it again.
My friend ordered the Santa Fe Sunset, a chipolte Monterrey Jack chicken sausage, topped with black bean salsa, fried jalapenos and cilantro. This is one of the items that The Butcher's Son had a contest in order to name the item. My friend said the sandwich was great. The sausage was tasty and the salsa was flavorful without being over powering. I will say that it was huge, she couldn't finish it, but that might be because of all the other goodies we had.
Goodies like the Lime Fries. When I took the wrap off the fries, the smell of lime immediately hit me and I was worried that the taste would be too much. That was a worry that had no basis.The lime seasoning was light and fresh, the fries were soft and held the lime seasoning well. On a hot afternoon, these fries would go really well with a cold cerveza.
As good as the cake pops were, my favorite dessert from The Butcher's Son was "Black Gold", TBS's version of fried Oreos, sprinkled with powdered sugar. All those fried items you have been hearing about at the State Fair of Texas contest..forget about them. Black Gold beats them all! I was told the truck owner even eats them for breakfast. The outside is a soft crispy batter while the inside is a yummy Oreo, softened just slightly from the frying process. Add the powdered sugar and you have a dessert worth eating for every meal.
As good as Black Gold sounds for breakfast, I am holding out for The Butcher's Son's official breakfast menu, which includes various egg and Johnsonville Sausage products. I'll post about that as soon as I can meet them for breakfast; I suspect a breakfast skewer: maple breakfast sausage wrapped with pancake batter is my next Butcher's Son meal.
Follow The Butcher's Son on Facebook and Twitter. They will have two trucks on the streets of DFW so they should be not too far from wherever you are, for breakfast, lunch, dinner or a late night treat.
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first of all it is well known that if we rotate (x,y) coordinate by some angle (let's say by A) then new image(x',y') will be related to (x,y) by the following formula
x' = x*cosA - y*sin A and
y' = x *sin A + y*cos A,
now i have a question about this problem consider polynomial
X^2-x*y+y^2=5,i know that there is rotation which eliminate xy term.(for second degree polynomials),source from which i am reading this problem says that it is a rotation by 45 degree and resulting equation after droping primes is
3*x^2+y^2=10,i am confused here how it is done?simple by the formula which i wrote above or there is another method?please help me
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first of all it is well known that if we rotate (x,y) coordinate by some angle (let's say by A) then new image(x',y') will be related to (x,y) by the following formula
Indeed, the change of coordinates is calculated using a rotation matrix:
$$\begin{pmatrix} x' \\ y' \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} \cos\theta & -\sin\theta \\ \sin\theta & \cos\theta \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} x \\ y \end{pmatrix}$$
You have the polynomial equation $P(x,y)=x^2-xy+y^2=5$. If we use a clockwise rotation of 45 degrees ($\theta=-45^{\circ}$ or $-\pi/4$ radians) on $(x,y)$ then the new coordinates will be
$$x' = \frac{x+y}{\sqrt{2}}, \quad y'=\frac{y-x}{\sqrt{2}},$$
because $\cos(-45^{\circ})=1/{\sqrt{2}}$ and $\sin(-45^{\circ})=-1/\sqrt{2}$. Plugging in the new values, we get
$$ P(x',y') = (x')^2 - x'y'+(y')^2=5 $$ $$\left(\frac{x+y}{\sqrt{2}}\right)^2 - \left(\frac{x+y}{\sqrt{2}}\right)\left(\frac{y-x}{\sqrt{2}}\right)+\left(\frac{y-x}{\sqrt{2}}\right)^2=5 $$
$$ \frac{x^2+2xy+y^2}{2}-\frac{y^2-x^2}{2}+\frac{y^2-2xy+x^2}{2}=5, $$
multiplying by 2, then after cancelling and grouping,
$$ 3x^2+y^2=10.$$
Hence the solution set $\{x',y'\}$ to the polynomial equation $P(x',y')=5$ can geometrically be visualized as the ellipse $\{(x,y):3x^2+y^2=10\}$ rotated clockwise by $45^{\circ}$:
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Torchlight 2 TOGgers
I would like to start a list of TOGgers who would like to play coop Torchlight 2 (PVP is available as well but I've never tried that).
I volunteer to maintain this list for the benefit of the TOG membership.
The following data is useful to include for the list:
- your Runic account ID
- (if you got your TL2 through Steam) your Steam account ID
- your timezone (referencing Greenwich Mean Time or GMT)
For example, my data is:
- Runic ID: Phanjam
- Steam ID: Phanjam
- Timezone: GMT+8
I play semi-regularly around weekends and I've always had a hard time finding people to play TL2 with which is why I wanted to start this list.
The steamsignature.com badge in my forum signature will also tell you whether I'm in-game.
Thanks in advance!
Seriously, not a soul?
There's a TL2 thread in the D3 forums, you could always check in there.
The public forums aren't always as populated as the Division forums.
Thanks very much for the tip Xenoph ;)
I've posted in that thread asking if any of them would like to share their Runic IDs.
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Water-residents of the Gulf and the spill....
Sperm Whales are inquisitive and investigate boats and oil rigs...
A population of about 1400 sperm whales live in the Gulf of Mexico year-round.
It is somewhat ironic that an extensive environmental study in the Gulf carried out by the Minerals Management Service, that counted and noted habitat preferences of cetaceans (marine mammals with a blowhole for breathing- including whales, porpoises and dolphins) encountered two species (melon-headed whales and fraser's dolphins) that were rarely seen in the area before... During the study the ship heard and saw numerous sperm whales in the vicinity of the Deepwater Horizon. There is a native population of about 1400 sperm whales that live in the Gulf of Mexico year-round. And scientists say if we lose just a few of them due to this spill, it could dangerously tip their numbers into the negative.
A brief synapsis of the MMS study:
"DESCRIPTION: The GulfCet Program (by the Minerals Management Service) was a 3.75 year project (1 October 1991 through 15 July 1995). The study was restricted to the area bounded by the Florida-Alabama border, the Texas-Mexico border, and the 100- and 2,000-m isobaths. A major part of the GulfCet Program's field research consisted of seasonal, line transect surveys to determine the distribution and abundance of cetaceans in the study with 1)aircraft, 2) visual surveys from ships, and 3) acoustic surveys using a linear hydrophone array towed behind a visual survey ship.
SIGNIFICANT CONCLUSIONS: Cetaceans were sighted throughout the length of study area at all water depths. However, distinct species were found at specific water depths. Atlantic spotted dolphins were sighted primarily near the shelf edge (mean = 197 m), while bottlenose dolphins were observed in somewhat deeper water (mean = 294m). Risso's dolphins, short-finned pilot whales, pygmy/dwarf sperm whales, rough-toothed dolphins spinner dolphins, sperm whales, striped dolphins, Mesoplodon spp., pantropical spotted dolphins, clymene dolphins, and beaked whales were found in much deeper water (mean = 700-1,300 m). Several poorly known species turned out to be moderately common (beaked whales, pygmy and dwarf sperm whales, melon-headed whales, Fraser's and clymene dolphins). Both melon-headed whales and Fraser's dolphins were almost completely unknown in the Gulf of Mexico before this study began.
STUDY RESULTS: A total of 351 cetacean groups representing 17 species were sighted on-effort during eight aerial surveys. Sperm whales, pygmy/dwarf sperm whales, bottlenose dolphins, Risso's dolphins, and pantropical spotted dolphins were the most commonly sighted species. A total of 683 shipboard marine mammal sightings of at least 19 species were made during the eleven ship surveys. Pantropical spotted dolphins and bottlenose dolphins were the most common small cetaceans and sperm whales were the most common large cetacean seen by ship. Marine mammals acoustic contacts totaled 487. Of that number, 124 contacts were recorded, representing 12 species. Sperm whales were the most commonly recorded species, accounting for 56% of identified contacts. The majority of the sperm whale acoustic contacts have been off the mouth of the Mississippi River and on the western side of the study area." (1)
Melon-headed whales...
Photo by Annie Douglas.
Sunbathing melon-headed whale.
Photo by Daniel Webster.
Short-finned pilot whale spyhopping.
Photo by Erik Rue.
An albino dolphin first observed and recorded in Calcasieu Lake, a salt water estuary, Louisiana.
Photo U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana.
Dolphins happy to have a snack after Katrina.
Bayou, Louisiana.
And then the explosion...
Photo U.S. Coastguard- fireboats respond April 21,2010.
Deepwater Horizon explosion April 20, 2010.
Over the last five years, 26 have died, and 700 workers have been injured in BP accidents. For the first few days BP said there was no evidence of oil leaking from the well after the rig exploded and sank. The initial leak estimate reported by BP and the Coast Guard on April 28th was 5,000 barrels a day (210,000 gallons). In mid-June the government estimated between 35,000 and 60,000 barrels per day were flowing out of the well (1,470,000 - 2,520,000 gallons). Some scientists believe the figure to be 100,000 barrels a day (4,200,000 gallons). The Exxon Valdez spilt 250,000 barrels total in 1989.
Photo: © BP p.l.c.
5000 feet below the surface. "The oil is on the surface," Tony Hayward, BP CEO
is quoted by AP as saying on 30 May. "There aren't any plumes."
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
An oil-soaked bird struggles to get onto a ship at the site of the Deepwater Horizon
oil spill, May 9.
BP Photo.
An oily sheen now stretches over several hundred miles of the Gulf of Mexico.
Oiled sea turtles have been picked out of the skimmers.
Photo Coast Guard. Controlled Burn. May 19, 2010.
Controlled burns have been a joint federal, state and BP effort to reduce oil coming
to shore. In June, flare siphoning of oil and gas from pipes on the seafloor is burning about 150,000 gallons a day. Also at the site BP is burning about 30 million cubic feet of natural gas a day.
Photo: U.S. AirForce
The EPA has authorized nearly a million gallons of toxic chemical dispersants to be used in the Gulf. U.S. Air Force planes have been filling and flying almost non-stop. Plus the dispersants are being released at the seafloor 5000 feet down. When oil breaks into small particles it is easier for fish and other wildlife to absorb the oil's toxic chemicals, no less the chemical dispersants themselves. A lot of the dead wildlife will end up on the ocean floor where they cannot be counted...nor mourned... "The use of the Corexit dispersant 9500 and the highly toxic 9527 by BP, with the approval and assistance of the US Coast Guard and EPA, has been the subject of intense scrutiny and criticism. Never before has such a huge quantity of the toxic compound been used anywhere on the planet. Most countries including NATO allies ban it's use and will only grant approval as a last resort after other methods have failed." see www.huffingtonpost.com
Photo Daniel Belta. Reuters handout.
On top of the oil that is visible, University of Georgia researchers are finding invisible methane concentrations up to 10,000 times higher than normal, and the oxygen levels in the area are being depleted by roughly 40 percent.
Photo U.S. Navy.
Oil containment equipment at a marina on Dauphin Island, Alabama.
9 million feet of boom have been deployed, over 6000 ships...how many plastic bags?
Photo U.S. Navy
New Harbor Island, La.
Gulf of Mexico Fishing Closure May 25, 2010.
"The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume," so said Tony Hayward,
the chief executive of BP to the Guardian in mid-May. (2)
BP photo.
Fourchon beach clean-up.
Photo BP.
Louisiana Coast.
Photo Gerald Herbert.
Barataria Bay.
AP Photo Charlie Riedel.
One of the lucky Brown Pelicans -- beyond shock.
AP Photo Charlie Riedel.
Oil covered crab.
Photo Gerald Herbert.
Oil on the wings of a dragonfly.
Photo Sean Gardner-Greenpeace.
Oil at the bank of the the breakwater in the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Photo BP.
Oil coated blue crab.
Photo Coast Guard.
This redish egret's feet, legs and bottom feathers are coated in oil.
Photo BP.
Hundreds of miles of beach to clean-up.
Photo BP.
Thick oil reaches the coast line.
Photo Gerald Herbert.
Oil-soaked pelican.
Photo Gerald Herbert.
Dead Starfish.
Photo Gerald Herbert.
Dying Heron.
Photo: DelMundo for the Daily News.
When found this dolphin was 'filled with oil" see the full story on NY Daily News site.
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Hermit crabs tared down on Louisianna beach.
Photo Gerald Herbert.
Oiled stained pelican eggs.
AP Photo Charlie Riedel
June brings the oil to the shore...
AP Photo Charlie Riedel
How will they survive this?
Photo: © BP p.l.c.
Pelicans await cleaning...
Photo: © BP p.l.c.
Cattle egret being cleaned of oil.
Photo: © BP p.l.c.
Rescued shore bird not enjoying its bath.
Photo: © BP p.l.c.
Cleaning a young, Hawksbill turtle at The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in
Gulfport, Mississippi. 467 dead endangered sea turtles have been collected so far.
Unknown how many have sank or are being killed in the controlled burns.
See the Consolidated Fish and Wildlife Collection Report -- July 16, 2010.
Photo: © BP p.l.c.
Tar balls on gulf beach. Just the beginning...
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Oil makes it to the mouth of Barataria Bay.
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Our human footprint...
BP is blocking access to rescuing sea turtles and is incinerating turtles in the oil. Copyright by Catherine Craig. Youtube.
The Huffington Post has a two part story on animal deaths and the effects of Corexit 9500 -- "The Crime of the Century: What BP and the US Government Don't Want You to Know" Read Part I here...www.huffingtonpost.com
Where's the oil? On the Gulf floor, scientists say
By Cain Burdeau and Seth Borenstein, Associated Press, Sep 13, 2010.
NEW ORLEANS — Far beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, deeper than divers can go, scientists say they are finding oil from the busted BP well on the sea's muddy and mysterious bottom.
Oil at least two inches thick was found Sunday night and Monday morning about a mile beneath the surface. Under it was a layer of dead shrimp and other small animals, said University of Georgia researcher Samantha Joye, speaking from the helm of a research vessel in the Gulf... see www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/
Plaquemines Parish Photo.
Dead pogies, redfish, drum, crabs, shrimp and freshwater eel float just west of the Missippippi's mouth. Chemical dispersants combined with fertilizer runoff coming down the Missippippi equals a lot of dead fish . www.nola.com
Ten Months Later...New Claims: BP Oil Disaster is Causing Health Problems.
(1) The GulfCet Program by the Minerals Management Service.
(2) www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/may/13/bp-boss-admits-mistakes-gulf-oil-spill
(3) For updated NOAA response and info in regard to this emergency see:
(4) NYTimes- Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Multimedia Collection- Effects on wildlife, oil spill tracker and more...
Volunteer Opportunities:
HandsOn New Orleans Project Calendar lists volunteer opportunities throughout the city. These opportunities are hosted by a variety of organizations and are not limited to solely HandsOn New Orleans projects. Once you find a project you can sign up for it on the calendar.
Gulf Response Involvement Team, a coalition of five regional and national environmental groups-the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program, the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation and The Nature Conservancy. Currently only asking volunteers to register. Will contact registered volunteers when an appropriate opportunity is available.
Operation Here to Help, a Humane Society cause sending teams out in seach of disabled wildlife.


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College Hockey:Geneseo Claims SUNYAC Title In OT
Too-Many-Men Penalty Fatal For Plattsburgh
GENESEO, N.Y. — In dramatic fashion, the Geneseo Ice Knights won the 2005 SUNYAC championship with a 5-4 overtime victory over Plattsburgh in the second game of the first to three point series.
The most dramatic moment came at 1:35 of overtime. The referee blew the whistle to call a penalty, but nobody seemed to know why. The capacity crowd was silent, and everyone could hear the ref count the players in red.
"One, two, three, four, five — six." And Craig Neilson was still in the net for Plattsburgh.
"I thought maybe there was an interference call against us," Geneseo coach Brian Hills said. "As soon as he called it, I saw there were a lot of guys out there."
With seven seconds left in the penalty, Michel Bond jumped on a rebound at the left faceoff circle and fired the puck into the net as Neilson was unable to recover from the save he just made on a Mitch Stephens shot. The capacity crowd erupted as blue streamers poured onto the ice and sticks flew in the air.
"We didn't tie. We flat-out won it," Hills said.
It was a long, hard road just to get to overtime for Geneseo who never led until that final goal. Once again, the outstanding goaltending by Brett Walker, with some saves that were superhuman, and a strong power play unit (two for four on the night) enabled Geneseo to fight back for the win.
The series appeared to be heading to a third game on Sunday when Plattsburgh took a 3-1 lead late in the second period. With the score tied 1-1 heading into the middle stanza, Paul Kelly, playing this weekend after missing the Oswego series with an injury, scored at 3:33 to give the Cardinals the lead.
Plattsburgh applied constant pressure keeping the puck in the zone. It eventually ended up on Kelly's stick in front of the net. He walked it in and fired it low beating Walker.
After Matt English took an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty late in the second, Plattsburgh scored on the power play at 18:28. Extreme pressure during the power play resulted in rapid fire shots. First from Justin Joy which Walker stopped. The rebound was fired back on net by Ryan Busby, and that too was stopped.
By now, Walker was way out of position to deal with the next shot, and all Bryan North had to do was settle the puck and shoot it into the open net.
With the 3-1 lead and Plattsburgh playing very well in the second period, it appeared the series would be tied.
"In the first period we didn't play well," Plattsburgh coach Bob Emery said. "I thought we turned the tide in the second period."
However, before the period was out, another dramatic moment occurred.
North was called for interference. With just three seconds left in the period, Geneseo capitalized. Outside of the eventual game winner, this goal was perhaps the most important in the game.
"The difference in the game was the power play goal at the end of the second period with three seconds left," Emery said. "It gave them all the momentum going into the third."
The goal itself was anything but pretty. Neilson thought he had the puck underneath him while laying on his back. However, the puck was still loose, and it ever so slowly inched its way across the goal line. Mike MacDonald got the goal having taken the shot that started it all.
That momentum Emery talked about quickly paid dividends 1:36 into the third period. Geneseo maintained pressure throughout the shift. Trent Cassan skated the puck around the net and fed English in front who easily beat Neilson.
Despite blowing the two goal lead, Plattsburgh wasn't giving up. At 5:13, North threw the puck towards the net from the right faceoff circle. It deflected off Jordan Smith standing in front of the net, and it wound up in the goal.
Geneseo wasn't giving up either, and needing just a tie to win the series, they kept working hard. It paid off at 8:54 as they took advantage of a terrible giveaway by the Plattsburgh defense.
"We coughed up the puck too much in our own zone, and you are not going to win many games like that," Emery said.
The Plattsburgh defender was checked behind the net leaving the puck for Brett Bestwick. He fed Chris Tarr who's shot was stopped by Neilson. Jay Kuczmanski scooped up the rebound and beat Neilson who was now out of position.
"Always believed. Always believed," Hills said of his team's effort. "Just can't say enough about these guys. We fell behind in the second period but we found a way to dig our heels in in the third and in overtime, and got the job done."
"Credit Geneseo, they didn't let up when we took the lead," Emery said.
Now Plattsburgh was throwing everything and the kitchen sink at Geneseo. But time and time again, Walker came up with the save. The most dramatic one occurred with just under six minutes left in regulation.
T.J. Cooper went in on a breakaway and fired a perfect shot heading for the upper corner. It appeared too fast and too good of a shot for Walker to stop it. However, out of nowhere at the very last moment, Walker's glove hand flew up and snatched the puck before it went it. It was Walker's best save of the game, and perhaps of his career. It certainly was the most important save of his Geneseo career.
"Brett Walker was outstanding, no question," Hills said. "The best thing that may have happened to our team was Walker not getting awarded first team all star. I think he's been on a personal mission. He certainly proved how damn good he really is. I firmly believe he is the very best in the league."
Walker ended up with 33 saves.
The game started out with a bang. After just 1:47 of play, the score was already 1-1. Justin Rafferty gave Plattsburgh the lead 23 seconds into the game. That was followed slightly more than a minute later by a Dan Schofield goal.
The most controversial moment of the game came at 7:56 of the first period when it appeared a Plattsburgh shot grazed the post going into the goal and then coming back out. The red light never went on, and though Plattsburgh started to celebrate and Geneseo appeared to stop for a second, Walker covered the puck in the crease. The referees met and ruled no goal.
This no goal was virtually forgotten when the dramatic moment in overtime occurred. So, just what did Emery think of the too many men penalty?
"We lack leadership," he said. "We've lacked leadership all year. It's ironic our season ended that way. Maybe we deserved to lose."
Plattsburgh ends their season at 18-13-0. An uncharacteristic season for Plattsburgh, but Emery felt it was a tough conference this year.
"It's a great league," he said of the SUNYAC. "It's full of teams that want to win. Good luck to Geneseo in the NCAAs."
First Geneseo is going to do a little celebrating.
"It's fun to go out with a win, not a tie," Hills said. "[We're going to] enjoy the moment, enjoy the night. Then, it's back to work on Monday. We're going to give it a shot and see how far we can go. It's a can't lose situation because at the beginning of the year, nobody expected us to be in this spot."
That spot is an NCAA playoff berth. Where they take their 18-6-4 record and who they play will be decided Sunday night.
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Adobe: Which Hedgies Might Have Ridden Stock Over Cliff?
Just so you know, Adobe is still getting hammered, down about 19%.
And as schadenfreude is such a popular pastime in the markets, we figured we'd point out which hedgies have reported large positions in the stock relatively recently.
Of course, it's impossible to tell you if these hedgies are still hanging onto all of their shares today. Hedge funds report their holdings quarterly, so positions can change in the weeks between their SEC filings.
Still, at any rate, here are some of the better-known hedge funds that had large positions in the stock at the end of the second quarter, according to Factset's Lionshares.
- Tiger Management alumnus O. Andreas Halvorsen's Viking Global Investors — 11,408,833 shares, valued at $375.8 million as of yesterday.
- Another ex-Tiger Management investor Lee Ainslie's Maverick Capital Ltd. — 8,418,813 shares, valued at $277.3 million.
- Boston-based Adage Capital Advisors — 2,014,100 shares, valued at $66.3 million.
- Alan Fournier's Pennant Capital Management — 1,963,414 shares, valued $64.7 million.
Oh, and we know it's unlikely that you're feeling too bad for these folks. But if you are, we would direct you to this Economist post, which contains an interesting data point culled from a new paper on CEO pay:
In 2004, nine times as many Wall Street investors earned in excess of $100 million as public company CEOs. In fact, the top twenty-five hedge fund managers combined appear to have earned more than all five hundred S&P 500 CEOs combined (both realized and ex ante). This trend accelerated after 2004. In 2007, it is likely that the top five hedge fund managers earned more than all five hundred S&P 500 CEOs combined.


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5 O'Clock Somewhere
Firestone Walker's Jeffers Richardson brings the funk to Barrelworks
By Chris ONeal 01/16/2014
Barrelhouse 101
545 E Thompson Blvd
(805) 643-0906
Barrelhouse 101's tap takeovers have come a long way in bringing rare beers to Ventura. Last Thursday, David Walker, owner and proprietor of Firestone Walker Brewing Co., presented four highly sought-after releases, including the 2014 Sucaba barley wine, Velvet Merkin barrel-aged oatmeal stout, DDBA (double double barrel ale) and the most sought-after brew from the Central Coast brewery, XVII Anniversary ale, a blend of all three aforementioned rarities.
If you're only familiar with Firestone Walker through the ubiquitous Double Barrel Ale or Union Jack, it may be time to expand your horizons. Firestone Walker has been experimenting with barrel-aged sour ales, a trend in the craft beer scene, with spectacular results.
Barrel Master Jeffers Richardson began his stint with Firestone Walker in 1996 attempting to keep the funk out of the flagship Double Barrel Ale, and recently began his pursuit of just the opposite when he became the director of Firestone Walker's Barrelworks alongside Master Blender Jim Crooks and Brewmaster Matt Brynildson.
"There is a method to our madness," said Richardson. Most of the beers at Barrelworks haven't been released outside of the brewery, like the Lil' Opal, a saison-style inoculated with brettanomyces, the Belgian yeast renowned for creating funk powerhouses. "We have another called SLOambic, fermented with olallieberry. We're at the creative experimental phase."
Richardson sources barrels from neighboring Paso Robles, Buellton and even as far as the south of France, from which a few large barrels made their way to the brewery.
Beginning this year, Barrelworks will bottle for the first time an anniversary blend of barrel-aged beers ranging in age from 18 to 36 months.
"Every year is slightly different because every barrel is slightly different," said Richardson. "It's like making wine; you have vintages."
Like most master brewers, Richardson began as a home brewer, experimenting with all-grain brewing and the limited availability of ingredients in the 1980s.
"I had more questions than answers," said Richardson.
For modern home brewers, Richardson's advice is to realize that the sky is the limit with the availability of malts, hops and other specialty ingredients.
"Have some fun with it and be creative. You're only limited by your imagination and what you want to make," said Richardson. "Ultimately, if you're home brewing you only have to please one person, yourself."
Chris O'Neal is in the process of brewing his very first brew and is taking suggestions for names. Follow him on Twitter @agentoneal.
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Celebrate love this Valentine's Day with these sweet ideas for throwing your child a Valentine's Day party.
Invitations: Make your own heart invitations. Start with red and pink card stock, cut and glue a large pink heart on top of the red card. Using a red gel or glitter pen, hand-write the party details on the pink heart. Decorate the red trim with jewels and glitter.
Decorations: You can't have too much pink for this party. Add red accessories and lots of hearts. Check out these heart decorations available at Party City in Lone Tree. Decorate with pink and red balloons, streamers and paper lanterns. Set the table with pink table cloths and sprinkle red hearts of various sizes all around. Use all red tableware or purchase heart designed tableware like one found at Party City.
Food & Drinks: Large cookie cutters make really cute heart-shaped sandwiches. Try PB & J, ham & cheese or cream cheese with thinly sliced cucumber. Serve crackers and heart-shaped cheese slices. Offer fresh fruit kabobs with lots of red and pink fruits like strawberries, watermelon and red grapes. As another easy, but festive, food option try Papa Murphy's Valentine Special: Heart-Shaped Pizzas. Take and bake at your convenience.
To drink, serve pink lemonade in tall glasses. Wal-Mart has some cute red and pink polka dot glasses for just $1 each. Rim the glasses with pink or red sugar crystals. Freeze small fruits like raspberries or strawberries in ice cubes, heart-shaped of course, for a dramatic flair. Add a heart-shaped silly straw for even more fun.
Set up a cupcake bar for dessert: include pink frosting, candy hearts, red and pink sprinkles. Head to the candy aisle and let your inner child run wild!
Candy Display and Party Favors: Arrange a table with a variety of pink and red candies in a various bowls. Each guest receives a heart decorated goodie bag to fill with his or her choice of sweet treats.
Activities: For another two for one activity and party favor, try make your own beaded necklaces and bracelets. Beadniks in Highlands Ranch has a special Take Home Party package where they can assist you in selecting your project and you can even rent any necessary tools or supplies. As an alternative, let the kids make candy necklaces with the candy from the Candy Display you've set up.
You really can't have too many hearts at this party. Go crazy!


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With NEET PG examination coming most likely from next year (2013-14), medical graduates are left with only five PG Medical Entrance Examinations other than NEET. A brief overview of those exams is discussed in detail in this article. NEET was proposed with an idea to eliminate the business of selling PG medical seats at a higher price that is being carried out by various medical colleges throughout the country.
- As per the NEET Exam conducted in November 2012, it is an exam of 3 hour duration with 240 questions
- Pattern of questions is quite common as we see in other exams; Simple straight single line MCQs
- The actual proposed pattern of questions by MCI for NEET PG Exam can be seen in MCI Website, which is quite different from all the PG Medical Entrance Examinations until today, which would be definitely tougher than all other exams
- As said in the previous editorial, NEET PG: Pros and Cons, many things have to be cleared yet about NEET exam especially for Andhra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir which had article 371D
- For more information on NEET PG, visit http://www.nbe.gov.in/neetpg/
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, conducts exam for Post Graduate admissions twice a year in May and November
- It has 200 multiple choice questions to be answered in 3 hours
- Negative marking of 1/3rd mark for every wrong answer is enforced
- For the first time they are conducting both online & offline (paper based) examinations from this May 2013; Candidates have to specify which mode he/she prefers to take
- Paper based exam usually conducted at only five centers in India (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Guwahati). No information as of now about the online test centres
- For more information on AIIMS, please visit http://www.aiimsexams.org
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, like AIIMS conducts exam for PG Medical Admissions twice a year in May and November
- This is entirely different exam pattern-wise with Multiple Choice Questions where multiple options may be correct, with percentile based merit list
- 250 questions are to be answered in a 3 hour span for total 100 marks
- Marks are calculated by the formula – (x/a)-(y/b); x & y are the number of right and wrong answers respectively. a&b are the actual number of right and wrong options provided in the examination
- Paper based exam is conducted only at Chandigarh
- For more information on PGIMER, please visit http://pgimer.nic.in/
- Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry conducts exam for Post Graduate admissions once in a year in February
- 250 MCQs to be solved in 3 hours with negative mark for every wrong answer (every correct answer gets 4 marks)
- For more information on JIPMER please visit http://jipmerentranceexams.org
- National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka
- Peculiarity of NIMHANS is that it offers post MBBS Neurology & Neurosurgery courses
- Online examination conducted once an year in June
- 100 MCQs to be answered in 90 minutes
- Seperate papers for two courses, to be specified by the candidate before hand, student can take both exams if interested in the morning and afternoon sessions
- NIMHANS also conducts examination for MD Psychiatry course in February
- For more information, visit http://nimhans.kar.nicin/aca_admission/default.htm
- Diplomate in National Board, New Delhi
- This is similar to NEET exam this year, simple and straight single line 180 questions to be answered in 3 hours conducted online twice a year (timing in the year may vary)
- DNB is different from MD/MS courses in the aspect that DNB seats are available in corporate hospitals where there are no attached medical colleges and some institutes like Railway Hospitals, Trust Hospitals etc
- All India Counselling will be held in New Delhi for all the seats in different states
- There is a notion that DNS is inferior to MD/MS when it's not recognized by Medical Council of India. But now DNS is recognized by MCI. So, people are taking up DNB much more frequently than in the past
- For more details, see http://www.natboard.edu.in/
Any further details about the examinations like eligibility Prospectus, criteria, seats availability, negative marking etc can be obtained from the respective website links provided.


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If you are running a promotion or a challege or you just want some more info about your entrants, you can use the multiple field feature of InLinkz to get it.
Create a collection as you usually do!
Go to advanced options
Click on the "extra fields" button
it will immediately change and provide you with another button to manipulate those extra fields.
Click manage
… and a popup will open.
Fill in the info
- the name that will be displayed when the user sees the extra field
- Type of the input field (text, Date, number or choice)
- If you want, you can put a default value to be inserted and the user can then edit it. You can always leave that blank
- If the "Required" checkbox is checked, then the user must enter this info.
Clicking on the add field, adds the field to the bottom list like so:
You can click on the red minus dots to remove the fields.
When inserting a choice field, you separate the different options by comma (1)
This is it!
Just click apply when you're done and that's it! Just use the collection as you already do with normal ones. The collection will understand that has more fields to require and present the user with a different entry form
The entry form as seen from the entrant's side
the no.1 fields, are the same as the ones shown on normal collections.
the no.2 fields are the fields we set at the advanced options dialog. You will notice that the choice entry "Children" is represented by a drop down box, filled with the entries we set.
Checking no.3 will let the user tweet and post to facebook once the entry is submitted, and then head back to the page. This is a nice way to build some traffic for both them and you.
The image grabbing dialog
Clicking on the froggy image, the user will be presented with a dialog to select her image to represent her link.
As usual, the dialog provides the user three different ways to set an image. By selecting from the target page, by uploading and by setting the direct URL where the image can be found.
Sharing the link
After the optional sharing, you will be taken back to the page where you added the link.
Accessing the saved data.
While the collection seems like a normal collection, the collection owner now has access to the data entered on the extra fields through the dashboard.
Click on the "csv" link and you will be prompted to download a .csv file with all the data added, even the extras!
You can use this feature, to ask for addresses for promotional puurposes. Or you can use it to collect more sensitive information like prices, phone numbers or whatever you wish!
Simple and effective!!!
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If you've smelled or smoked a flavored cigar you probably noticed the sweet candy-like aroma and taste. And that's no accident.
U.S. researchers who studied treats such as LifeSavers, Jolly Ranchers and Kool-Aid say that their chemical makeup overlaps with that of flavored tobacco products. And the scientists say it's not by accident.
On Wednesday a study was published in the The New England Journal of Medicine, where Portland State University researchers suggest that these candy-flavored tobacco products are designed to hide the bitter taste of tobacco while getting young folks hooked.
Researchers wrote: "The same, familiar, chemical-specific flavor sensory cues that are associated with fruit flavors in popular candy and drink products are being exploited in the engineered designs of flavored tobacco products."
They studied almost a dozen candies and fruit drinks along with 15 popular flavored tobacco products. One example, showed "significant" overlap between the chemicals in cherry Kool-Aid and a "Wild Cherry" cigarette. Other flavors included grape, apple, peach, berry and even bubblegum. Most of the packaging for tobacco products come in bright packaging as well.
Health officials are asking for stronger guidelines on tobacco flavoring and packaging in order to prevent youth from using the products. In October the CDC released a report saying more teens were smoking flavored tobacco.
Tim McAfee, MD, MPH, director of the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health said, "Little cigars contain the same toxic and cancer-causing ingredients found in cigarettes and are not a safe alternative to cigarettes. Many flavored little cigars appear virtually indistinguishable from cigarettes with similar sizes, shapes, filters, and packaging."


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Box Score
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – Behind senior outside hitter Brian Cook, the eighth-ranked Stanford men's volleyball team swept Cal State Northridge, 25-20, 25-17, 25-22, Saturday, at The Matadome in Northridge, Calif. The Cardinal improves to 10-7 overall and 7-7 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, while the Matadors drop to 5-10 overall and 5-9 in the conference.
"It was a nice team win tonight," said head coach John Kosty after the match. "Everyone contributed in the win. We came out focused and played at a high level. Overall, everyone was more consistent for us."
Cook led all players with 18 kills on 23 attempts with just two errors to hit .696. His 18 kills were the most by a Cardinal player in a three-set match this season.
"I thought Brian Cook did a nice job for us this weekend," added Kosty. "He had another great match, and has been an excellent leader in helping us be successful."
Senior outside hitter Steven Irvin finished with 11 kills on a .474 attack percentage, while senior opposite Eric Mochalski also tallied 11 kills. Sophomore middle Conrad Kaminski added six kills and a match-best seven blocks.
Sophomore setter James Shaw registered 39 assists, while redshirt junior libero Grant Delgado totaled a match-high eight digs. Redshirt junior Daniel Tublin came off the bench to notch both of the Cardinal's service aces.
As a team, Stanford hit a season-high .456 and registered 50 kills, the most in a three-set match this year. The Cardinal held the Matadors to a .197 attack percentage and just 27 kills as a team. It marks the fifth time this season the Cardinal has held its opponent's hitting percentage to under .200. Stanford won the opening point in all three sets and never allowed the Matadors to put together any kind of scoring runs.
Stanford remains on the road next week, travelling back to southern California. The Cardinal takes on No. 4 Pepperdine on Friday, March 7 in Malibu, Calif., and No. 7 USC on Sunday, March 9 in Los Angeles.


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Outwell Contour 1900 Sleeping Bag
For Spring-Summer campers who neither get too hot or too cold on their trip, the Outwell Contour 1900 is probably the choice of bag from this range. The Outwell Contour range is a traditional rectangular range of sleeping bags with excellent Isofill hollow fibre synthetic filling that will ensure 2 to 3 season usage.
Excellent for general family use and nicely colour coded to match all variety of tents, these bags feature a 'two separate zip system' which enables a LH and RH bag to be zipped together while still providing optimal foot air circulation as well as the possibility of using the bag as a duvet. The bags also have built-in pillows for comfort that can be zipped off for use as a cushion.
The filling throughout the Contour 1900 is 1100g Isofill hollow fibre for maximum warmth along with a soft polycotton lining, brushed flannel pillow area for that luxury feel and a soft but durable 230T Polyester Microfibre outer shell. Each bag in the range has a two-layer off-set construction to reduce cold spots and provide good temperature ratings.
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The Outwell Contour 1900 Sleeping Bag is lovely and warm, wouldnt use it in really cold conditions, but for the spring/summer and early winter, it does just fine! I loved the detachable hood and the fact that you can use it as a duvet too.
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Museum Piece
|Museum Piece
The Libertonian, where the action takes place.
|Ray Boccino
|Diamond deal
|Libertonian Museum, Middle Park
Player Character Death
Isaac Roth killed
Johnny Klebitz sniped or killed
|No Way on the Subway
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Museum Piece is a mission given to Niko Bellic by Ray Boccino in Grand Theft Auto IV. In this mission, Ray wants Niko to sell the load of diamonds they obtained in the earlier mission to a buyer at a deal in a museum. Johnny Klebitz will be there as well with Niko to provide support and take his cut of 1 million back to The Lost Brotherhood.
|Spoiler Warning: Plot and/or ending details are in the text which follows.
Ray sends Niko to the the Libertonian museum in midtown Algonquin. Niko meets up with Johnny at the side door of the museum. Their diamond deal is ambushed by a gunman. Niko shoots his way out of the museum and loses the attention of the police and Isaac's crew. Johnny does the same seperately.
After the initial cutscene, head over to the Libertonian museum in Middle Park, Algonquin. Meet Johnny at the side entrance. They meet the buyer, Isaac Roth with his men inside. A cutscene shows the diamond deal ambushed by Luis Fernando Lopez. Johnny takes the money and flees, and Luis steals the diamonds from Isaac, while Niko has to shoot his way out of the museum.
Remain in cover and take out any Mafia or Jewish mobsters or in sight. Move forward down the lane and regain cover when Niko begins to lose health (or armor). Return fire to everyone that is in sight. Once the player is at the end of the lane, turn left and left again to go down the stairs. Shoot the enemies coming up the stairs and get in cover near the bottom of the stairs.
Kill the rest of the Mafia and Jewish mobsters (take your time) and go out of the door. Follow the path until you get out of the museum. Eliminate anyone in the way. Once Niko gets outside, shoot down the drivers of the cars parked outside and lose your wanted level. Isaac's Crew will give chase in their cars, attempting to kill you, once you have lost them you will call Ray and explain what happened. (The trophy Impossible Trinity is gained on completion)
- Make sure to get the armor pickup once Niko gets to the bottom of the stairs. It's hard to miss, but go left at the bottom of the stairs and find the armor in a small, low booth.
- An SMG would be useful in this situation as it can neutralize some of the museum workers.
- If the player is quick enough he can kill Johnny without failing the mission.
- Mori Green and two unnamed bodyguards are shot and killed by Luis Lopez while observing the diamonds.
- Two of Issac Roth's goons are gunned down by Luis after the deal is disrupted.
- Many members of the Mafia are killed by Niko on his way out of the Museum.
- This mission is seen again as Collector's Item in The Lost and Damned, this time from Johnny's point of view and again as Not So Fast in The Ballad of Gay Tony, this time from Luis' point of view.
- If the player wanders back to where the deal took place (during the mission) they can find Issac Roth hiding behind some crates bad-mouthing Ray Boccino, and mourning the loss of Mori Green.
- Before descending to the bottom floor, the player can shoot at the hanging dinosaur bones, if done properly, the bones will fall onto unsuspecting mobsters below.
- After successful completion of this mission, the Xbox 360 Achievement/PS3 Trophy Impossible Trinity is unlocked. In The Ballad of Gay Tony, completing the mission will unlock the Diamonds Forever achievement.
- The achievement, Impossible Trinity, refers to the three protagonists in GTA IV and its episodes coming in one place which happens only once in each game.
- The Combat Pistol or the Desert Eagle is unlocked in this mission.
- Niko has a different dialogue when shouting at enemies or police eg "You want this tough guy!", this is one of the only missions this happens
- The skylight window above where Isaac is hiding is open during this mission, this is a hint at how Luis's mission plays out.


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The ICCB2009 conference was held in Bertinoro (Italy) on 16-18 September 2009. The conference activities are now completed. This web site is kept on-line for traceability reasons.
The abstracts of ICCB2009 can be freely downloaded from here:
16-18 September 2009, Bertinoro (Forlì), Italy
We invite you to attend the fourth issue of the International Conference on Computational Bioengineering, including the first European Symposium on Biomedical Integrative Research.
The use of mathematical modelling and computer simulation for the study and prediction of biological and biomedical processes is growing, covering all aspects of biology, physiology and pathology from the molecule to the body. Predictive models start to play a key role in clinical medicine, in biology, in pharmacology, in medical technology, in epidemiology.
The objective of this conference is to provide a forum for the discussion and the diffusion of the recent advances in Computational Bioengineering, including the so-called biomedical Integrative Research (Physiome, Virtual Physiological Human, Integrative biology, etc.) where predictive models describe disparate physiological or pathological sub-processes and are combined to obtain a more systemic understanding.
Coherent with the Team science inspiration of Integrative
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We are proudly associated with the Council of Heritage Motor Clubs NSW Inc. and the Council of Motor Clubs Inc.
- Monthly general meetings
- Monthly club runs
- Outings where we visit places of interest
- Invitations to other car club events
- Monthly magazine
- Club uniforms
- Participating in parades
- Invites to annual events
- Annual trophies
- Invitations to display our historic vehicles
- Special registration for historic vehicles
- Swap meet
- Advice about where to get help with spares
We are a family oriented club and we encourage members to bring family (grandparents – grandkids – kids) and friends along on our club runs.
Talk to one of our committee members and get more information on the Old Car Movement.
The Central Coast Historic Car Club meets at 8pm on the first Wednesday of every month at the Adventist Church hall corner of Lisarow and Ourimbah Streets Lisarow.
We hold monthly club runs on the first Sunday after our Wednesday club night.
Members are encouraged to take their historic vehicles on our club runs. On our club runs we visit many interesting places, stop for morning tea and then continue to our pre-arranged destination where we enjoy lunch together and engage in friendly fun activities and we celebrate members whose Birthday falls in that month.
Prospective members are invited to visit us on our club nights at Lisarow where you will receive a free copy of our club magazine "Hit the Road" as well we invite you to be our guest on two club runs before joining our club.
Want to be a guest? Write to the Secretary at PO Box 4400 Lake Haven NSW 2259, email us at email@example.com or simply turn up on club night and introduce yourself to one of our committee members.


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At approximately 3:35 am this morning a plane crashed into an airport shopping center in Nairobi, Kenya. According to authorities on the scene it could have been much worse if not for the time the accident occurred. So far ABC NEWS is reporting that four people died in the crash. The known victims include the pilot, flight engineer, and two other crew members. Two guards at the plaza were also injured.
The plane was a white Fokker 50 propeller plane. The plane was flying to Somalia when it crashed into the shopping area. The force of the impact ripped the plane in two with the front half of the plane buried in the building, and the back half sticking out into the parking area.
The Fokker 50 is a cargo plane and, in this case, was transporting a recreational drug called khat. The National Institute on Drug Abuse describes khat as "a stimulant drug derived from a shrub (Catha edulis) that is native to East Africa and southern Arabia." It is normally chewed or held in the mouth like chewing tobacco. The drug itself produces euphoria and relaxation; however it is banned in the United States because it is usually mixed with the added chemical narcotic cathinone.
Khat is legal in many African countries and there are daily flights from Nairobi taking the drugs to Somalia. According to the Kenyan Air Authority (KAA), the plane took off in the early morning hours from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and crashed just minutes later. There were no reports of unusual or bad weather patterns that may have thrown the plane off course.
Jomo Kenyatta is one of the busiest airports in the eastern part of Africa. The KAA does not have any evidence indicating that the pilot or anyone else on the plane used khat prior to takeoff. As of now it is a new and developing investigation with all possibilities being examined.