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The future looks bright for renewable energy sources which are playing an increasingly important role as Europe tries to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels. We talked about the opportunities and challenges ahead for clean energy with Mihai Tomescu, energy expert at the European Environment Agency.
With the recent publication of the EEA's annual Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism (TERM) for 2015, and with international attention focusing on the ongoing vehicle emissions scandal, we spoke with the EEA's TERM coordinator, Alfredo Sánchez Vicente.
The renewable energy sector has developed a lot the last ten years — a largely ignored toddler has become a wilful teenager. Decisions that can help it mature further will depend on understanding what has nurtured its growth so far.
The electric car finally seems to be on the verge of breaking through, offering significant environmental benefits, especially in urban areas. Innovative business models are on the way which should boost consumer acceptance and overcome the remaining barriers, such as high battery costs, green electricity supply and charging infrastructure.
Barcelona is becoming a leader in solar energy use, Malmö is developing a carbon neutral residential area and London is setting ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets. Cities are joining in the fight against climate change.
Agriculture imposes a heavy and growing burden on Europe's water resources, threatening water shortages and damage to ecosystems. To achieve sustainable water use, farmers must be given the right price incentives, advice and assistance.
Bioenergy is not new. For millennia, people have been burning wood. The industrial revolution in the mid-1800s brought so called 'fossil fuels', mainly coal and oil, to the fore. However, fossil fuels are becoming more difficult to find and extract, more expensive, and subject to intense political debate.
For references, please go to www.eea.europa.eu/soer or scan the QR code.
This briefing is part of the EEA's report The European Environment - State and Outlook 2015. The EEA is an official agency of the EU, tasked with providing information on Europe's environment.
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By Cassandraclark-Oracle on Aug 15, 2014
Brief public service announcement before we get into the OTN community best of content for the week.... Four Bands. Three Epic Nights. Join Oracle for three evenings of entertainment and fun, all during Oracle OpenWorld and JavaOne, September 28-October 2, San Francisco. Learn More
Architect Community
Any discussion of the best of OTN must include the OTN ArchBeat Podcast. Consistently among the top 3 most popular Oracle podcasts, Archbeat focuses on real conversations with community members. Normally I pick the topics and the guest panelists for each program, but now you have a chance to take over that role and become a Guest Producer. In that role you'll pick the discussion topic and the panelists, while I do the all of the grunt work, allowing you to bask in the glory
Want to know how to become an OTN ArchBeat Podcast Guest Producer? You'll find the details here: Yes, you can take over the OTN ArchBeat Podcast!
And here are two examples of OTN ArchBeat Podcasts produced by community members:
- Data Warehousing and Oracle Data Integrator, from July 2013, was produced by Oracle ACE Director Gurcan Orhan, and features panelists Uli Bethke , Cameron Lackpour , and Michael Rainey .
- DevOps, Cloud, and Role Creep, from June 2013, was produced by Oracle ACE Director Ron Batra and features panelists Basheer Khan and Cary Millsap
-- OTN Architect Community Manager Bob Rhubart
Database Community
OTN DBA/DEV Watercooler Blog - Did You Say "JSON Support" in Oracle 22.214.171.124?.
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Java Community
The Java Source Blog - walkmod : A Tool to Apply Coding Conventions .
Friday Funny: I was worried the #NSA might be spying on me Thanks, @pacohope.
-- OTN Java Community Manager Tori Weildt
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The OTN Systems Community HomePage- Find Great Resources for System Admins and Developers.
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Kirk Hinrich has been part of the Chicago Bull's fraternity of injured players. He had strained a glute/groin muscle, and only recently has he made his return. Despite the injury and his poor shooting so far this season, though, Hinrich is not concerned.
According to K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune, Hinrich understands the sample size is far too small to start worrying. Hinrich is shooting just 29.6% from the floor this season - and that's with a poor 2 for 6 night that actually improved his shooting percentage.
"It's such a small sample size," Hinrich said. "Most games, I really don't know if I have it going or not because I'm taking so few shots. I'm not worried. I still feel like I'm shooting it good in practice."Hinrich has averaged just six shot attempts per game so far this season. With Derek Rose out, the Bulls need every scoring threat they can get. That could mean Hinrich needs to shoot more, but right now he is still just trying to get into the swing of things.
Hinrich was drafted seventh overall in 2003 out of Kansas. He has played ten NBA seasons with three different teams. He was drafted by the Bulls and spent most of his time with them. However, Hinrich played for both the Washington Wizards and the Atlanta Hawks over the course of two seasons before returning to Chicago this year.
In his career, Hinrich has averaged 12.4 points per game. He has also averaged 41.7% shooting from the floor. He is right, this season so far is a small sample size. If history is any indicator, he will heat up.
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A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
by Ernest Hemingway
Guide Mentor
Character Role Analysis
The Old Man
You're no doubt thinking that we're off our collective rocker over here at Shmoop HQ. After all, what kind of a mentor is an old man who spends his time getting drunk in cafés and has recently attempted suicide? However, as always, we have our reasons. While the old man is seen as pathetic and useless through the eyes of the younger waiter, the older waiter is sympathetic to him, and bears him a certain respect. This stems from their similarities; the older waiter recognizes that he might be the old man himself someday soon, getting drunk in a café and feeling there's nothing left to live for. We can detect some admiration in his tone when he says, "This old man is clean. He drinks without spilling. Even now, drunk" (9). Even if the Old Man has lost pretty much everything, he still has his dignity.


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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – With the SCIAC championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs on the line, California Lutheran University ran off 24-straight second half points and secured a 38-28 win over the Chapman University football team on Saturday afternoon at Rolland Stadium. Chapman finished the season at 6-3 and in third in the SCIAC, its best season since 2007. Cal Lutheran has now won four-straight SCIAC titles with perfect conference records in each season, a string of 27 conference wins.
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(Posted May 2, 2013)
It's easy to forget some of the harsh realities that exist for other people in the world. We live predominantly comfortable lives here at Juniata with all-you-can-eat Baker food and in the United States.. However, not everyone in the world experiences this basic human need. According to the World Hunger Education Service, there are an estimated 925 million hungry people in the world, which is 13.1 percent of the world population. To help out local families in the Huntingdon Area, Juniata College and the Huntingdon community helped to organize the Empty Bowls event. Hannah Miller, a Juniata student in the Peace and Conflict Studies program and the president of PAXO, provides some background information on Empty Bowls and the success of the event last Friday. If you would like an opportunity to help out those in the Huntingdon area, The National Association of Letter Carriers is holding its annual "Stamp Out Hunger" Food Drive on Saturday, May 11th. For more information visit the Huntingdon Area Food Bank's Website at: http://hafb.org/.
Q: What is Empty Bowls about? And who is benefiting from the fundraiser?
A: Empty Bowls is an awesome annual event put on by Juniata College for the College and the Huntingdon Community. Empty Bowls is actually an ongoing, international grassroots effort to raise money and awareness to finally end hunger in the US and across the world. Different events are held across the globe all year long, and the Empty Bowls event at Juniata has become somewhat of a tradition. All of the money raised is donated to the local Huntingdon area food banks, but really everyone who attends benefits from the fundraiser because it's such a wonderful community event.
Q: Which Juniata groups were involved?
A: At Juniata, the Empty Bowls dinner is put on by four clubs working together: PAXO, Mud Junkies, Catholic Council, and Art Alliance. I was the representative for PAXO, and our club was responsible for getting the donations of soup and bread provided by local businesses. This year we got 35 gallons. The other clubs help plan and organize the event by advertising and making the beautiful handmade bowls that are given to each person who buys a ticket for the event.
Q: What were some challenges you faced and did you reach your fundraising goal?
A: We made about $3,000 this year, which is absolutely amazing. Let me tell you, transporting piping hot gallons of soup by car is not the easiest feat, and a couple people have burns to show for it (or at least wet pants) and I'm sure the people who made the bowls got some clay-covered clothes in return, but the beauty of this event is being able to enjoy a wonderful meal, a beautiful bowl, good company, and give back to the community at the same time.
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Clear victory to start with
Roger moved on to the round of the last 16 in the Hamburg Masters with an effortless 6-1 6-3...more
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From: discuss-bounces at lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Arnowitz
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 2:06 PM
To: Robert Reimann
Cc: Interaction Design Association (IxDA)
Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Ethical Issues for Interaction Designers
Do No Harm, also recalls the Designer's Hippocratic oath that appeared in interactions Magazine:
On 8/1/07, Robert Reimann <rmreimann at gmail.com> wrote:
> A set of ethical guidelines allows designers to take an ethical stand.
> You didn't "have" to design that home page you mentioned. You weighed
> the ethics vs. the ethical imperative for you to put dinner on your
> family's table, and made a choice.
> The point of a professional code of ethics is to give professionals a
> bit more leverage in making those kinds of ethical choices. Without a
> professional code of ethics, it is easy for a client to say "if you
> won't do it today, I'll find someone who will tomorrow". A
> professional code in theory makes this harder for the client to say,
> and more likely for them to listen to arguments that their strategy,
> while productive in the short run, will not build them the kind of
> customer relationships that would serve them best in the long run, and
> that other creative solutions exist.
> As you say, however, there are applications that don't have that sort
> of wiggle room:
> gambling applications and military applications come immediately to mind.
> former
> colleague of mine is now an interaction designer for battlefield
> intelligence applications, which for me is enough of a gray area that
> I would not seek that kind of work. While at Cooper, we took on a
> client who created software for tracking and directing the orbits of
> satellites... they could be weather satellites or spy satellites; the
> software was application agnostic-- so we took the business. The
> client later came back wanting us to design a module for tracking and
> directing cruise missles... and we refused the business. The point is
> that you're right, there are many subtle shades to consider, but I
> feel that a standard of ethics is a tool for informing such decisions
> more than it is for proscribing an absolute response.
> And what about gambling? Would a code of ethics make it more difficult
> for such clients to procure their seductive and misleading designs?
> Hard to know, but it would at least allow us as ethical professionals
> to take a public stand on such issues, which could in the long run
> have a positive effect.
> Some people, including some who are regarded as spokepersons for our
> field, believe that it is wrong to have any designer's code of ethics,
> and that the client is always right, regardless of what they ask us to
> do. I believe it is the responsibility of designers as advocates of
> the users (and others affected by the design) to point out to clients
> when their choices are not good for either their customers or their
> business in the long run. I believe that among other things this can
> lead to greater respect both for customers and for designers as
> professionals.
> Personally I draw the line at not designing products that will
> intentionally directly harm or help harm people (I would include
> gambling applications: predatory financial harm).
> "Do no (intentional) harm" is a basic ethical idea I'm almost always
> comfortable sticking by.
> Not surprisingly therefore, my favorite design projects have been
> medical applications...
> at the other end of the spectrum. My choice.
> Robert.
> On 7/31/07, Christopher Fahey <chris.fahey at behaviordesign.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thomas J. Froehlich wrote:
> > > What kinds of ethical issues arise in IxD or IA practice...?
> >
> > What a coincidence, given my last post RE: gambling user experience
> > design.
> >
> >
> > Dan Saffer wrote:
> > > I suggest that the ethical baseline for interaction designers
> > > should be that the behaviors we engender through the products and
> > > services we create treat both the actor and the receiver of the
> > > action with dignity and respect.
> > >
> > > It is surprisingly easy to do otherwise.
> >
> > Not just easy, but sometimes it's a fundamental requirement.
> >
> > Your ethical proscriptions are great, but we should recognize and
> > examine the fact that there are plenty of top-notch user experience
> > designs out there whose fundamental design constraint is to treat
> > the user with utter contempt and disrespect. Not just gambling, but
> > scammers, spammers, and pornographers. The challenges they face in
> > their practice and craft are entirely parallel with ours, minus the
> > moral compass.
> >
> > What's interesting is that this disrespect crosses over into the
> > legitimate business sphere. Once, working for a former employer
> > designing a web site for a financial institution, I noticed that the
> > client stakeholders were unanimous in instructing us to make the
> > legally-mandated friendly-language legal notices as hard to find and
> > read as we possibly could, basically to try to hide them as much as
> > possible without breaking the law. Suffice to say that we stayed
> > within the letter of the law.
> >
> > I've also had to design a home page that forced users to enter their
> > email address just to give the product a test drive, and I knew full
> > well that the company planned to then send the user marketing emails
> > nearly daily until the user either figured out how to unsubscribe or
> > signed up for the product/program. I was told, in no uncertain
> > terms, that removing the signup form from the home page, thus
> > letting users check out the service without giving personal
> > information, would have a huge negative impact on their bottom line.
> > Apparently the relentless spamming actually worked in converting a
> > large number of prospects into paying customers, prospects who the
> > client was convinced would not have signed up if they simply were
> > allowed to try the product out in their initial experience with the
> > site. What's more, simply having a large number of registered
> > prospect emails was helpful for the company's VC efforts. We kept
> > the form. Was I showing dignity and respect for their users? I don't think so.
> >
> > In terms of UX Ethics, is there a gray area between, say, designing
> > a web site to trick people into entering email addresses for
> > spamming and harvesting and something more benign like, say,
> > designing a corporate site navigation scheme where the customer
> > service form is deliberately a little bit hard to find? Or a gray
> > area between designing hot-stock-tip spam and desiging a short
> > full-screen interstitial ad for a content web site? That gray area
> > is worth exploring, because so much of what we think are ethical absolutes start to get a little blurry.
> >
> > -Cf
> >
> > Christopher Fahey
> > ____________________________
> > Behavior
> > http://www.behaviordesign.com
> > me: http://www.graphpaper.com
> > ________________________________________________________________
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If you are enthusiastic and knowledgeable about topics relating to personal finance we would love to have you join our team. We have a network of personal finance websites relating to credit and banking and are looking to hire a few new writers.
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is a stock corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Philippines and registered with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It is a manpower service engage in employing Filipino workers abroad. As a service oriented company, its aim to help the country in attaining its National goal by enhancing thru deployment of our Filipino workers overseas.
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We have developed a top caliber staff whose vast experiences and expertise in the Business. Our staff gathers applicants from all over the country providing our clients with a range of suitable candidates for the job. Our computerized data bank of skilled worker applicants from various fields is constantly updated, ready to be mobilized to meet the specific needs of our clients. With our communication facilities, clients can learn of the status of their contracts within minutes.
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120 members of Congress urge American Airlines to allow union representation vote
A letter signed by 120 members of Congress is urging American Airlines chairman and CEO Tom Horton to let passenger service agents vote whether they want to be represented by a union.
The letter says that Congress clearly did not intend to make retroactive a new law that requires at least 50 percent of employees express an interest in union representation before the National Mediation Board can call a vote.
The letter, dated Monday, cites an exchange between two senators during debate on the law:
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa: "Am I correct that the showing of interest requirement set forth in this legislation should only apply prospectively and should not apply to any application for representation pending at the time of the effective date of the legislation?"
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.: "Yes."
The National Mediation Board used its prior threshold, a showing of interest from 35 percent of affected employees, when it ruled in April that the Communications Workers of America had sufficient signatures from passenger service agents to call an election.
The 35 percent was in effect in December when the CWA requested an election. The NMB ruled on the sufficiency of the CWA request after the new law was passed in February.
American refused to provide names and addresses of employees and filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth on May 2 to block the election. U.S. District Judge Terry Means agreed with American that the 50 percent rule was in effect, and barred the election.
The NMB has appealed that ruling to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which has agreed to consider the case on an expedited schedule.
Said the letter to Horton: "We are disappointed that you sought a legal injunction instead of proceeding with the union representation election once the statutory requirements for holding that election were met by the Passenger Service Agents. … We are confident that congressional intent on this issue is clear, despite the recent showing by U.S. District Court Judge Terry Means."


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BOISE, IDAHO - Even in this sour economy, sales of steel rear sprockets have gone through the roof, according to Vortex Racing's Kipp McGowan.
As such, Vortex has a huge line of fitments for a wide selection of motorcycles, the company's vice president of operations told Dealernews. The manufacturer of racing components was attending Western Power Sports' annual sales meeting for the first time since joining the distributor's lineup of vendors.
For sales reps looking to get more Vortex products into dealerships — and into the hands of customers — McGowan suggested the new V3 gas cap as a good entry-level item.
The cap features coarse threads for quick closure without cross-threading and usp to 55 percent lighter than stock keyed fuel caps. It can also be customized to match the bike by changing out the colored safety lock switches. The switch helps prevent the cap from accidentally opening or loosening due to vibration or contact.
The 3D-maching process used to cut the aluminum leaves a aesthetically pleasing pattern in the cap, McGowan noted.
Also new to the Vortex lineup is the V3 frame slider that comes complete with a molded puck, base, bolts and puck cap. The aluminum bases are black anodized and all bolts are zinc plated.
Posted by Dennis Johnson
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Definición de stooge en inglés:
1 derogatory A subordinate used by another to do unpleasant routine work: party stooges put there to do a job on behalf of central office
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- We need to start a special project documenting political party stooges in the media.
- Yes, obviously he was a stooge for the Republican Party.
- Unless a lot more people decide to stand as independents, and most of them get voted in in place of the traditional party stooges, there isn't a great deal we, as voters, can do.
2A performer whose act involves being the butt of a comedian's jokes: the stooge is offstage
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- The cheeky glove puppet fox hosts a variety and sketch show format - a procession of comic stooges play straight man and second fiddle to his antics.
- As the film progresses, a one-way process of the performance is firmly established, involving the humiliation of Judy as the stooge.
butt, foil, straight man
verbo[no object]
1 informal Move about aimlessly; drift or cruise: she stooged around in the bathroom for a while
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- We stooged around for a while, treading air, then fired the burner, to give us a few hours of heat.
- As Viola, she delivers the bard's verses with an uncommon fluency as she stooges across the stage.
- Well, if you couldn't be there in person, celebrating England's triumph over their traditional cricketing foe while stooging around the Caribbean would take some beating.
2Perform a role that involves being the butt of a comedian's jokes: (as noun stooging) his accent became popular through his stooging for comedians
Early 20th century: of unknown origin.
Palabras que riman con stoogehuge, kludge, luge, scrooge, smoodge
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Alright, so, my younger brother has a 1992 Camaro RS, 3.1 V6, automatic
What happened was this, he was going up the road, car started to loose power and would outright stall at idle. Then, once it got hot, it got to where it would not start at all. Worse case scenario 'cause he just got a job, middle of the pay period so we can't really afford to put gas in my fathers '86 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser. Basically if we don't find a quick fix, we're screwed. He's had the car for about 380 miles, and about a week and a couple or few days since he bought it. He put a tank of gas in it, not cheap stuff, Shell gasoline, which around here is good. Now it has become a red lemon with a bad clearcoat.
After some looking, my father and I discovered that no spark is being generated, the fuel pump seems to be functional, sending fuel, everything seems good until the engine gets to the normal operating temp of around 180F. Then, the car sputters, and stalls after a while, it will not start until ti gets cold again. Occasionally it will send a spark, but, it spits and sputters, doesn't catch.
What I do know about the car is this, the previous owner bypassed the fan sensor and jammed a wire into the ignition fuse, so the fans come on when the ignition is on, and, the previous owner somehow bypassed the coded ignition key system, I haven't a clue how. Also, the engine was resealed, it has a new oil pan, and the transmission was replaced. It would be a shame to have to give on it at this point. Though we did none of this work too it.
We have tried the "paperclip" in the OBD plug to flash the SES light, no luck. Just keeps flashing 12 three times which means nothing is wrong.
So, basically, if anyone has any idea's, tell us. We do not want to go through the whole "Replace these parts and hope for the best' mess. We simply cannot afford that, financially, or, the time it would take.
On a side note, we where going to pull the coil and dis from another 1992 Camaro we have that is going to be sold soon, temporarily, until we saw the nightmare that is. We did try the computer out of that other Camaro just for the reason of running out of idea's. Same mess, no go. A friend of mine said it might be a crank sensor, had another person tell us it could be a whole load of things. I expect the same answer here, but, I'm remaining hopeful for a solution.
Thanks in advance for the quick response,
It sounds like a classic example of a bad ignition module, but I didn't know the 92's were DIS. If it's DIS, and you have another Camaro sitting there, that's the first thing I would do, swap the module and coils. It could also be the crank sensor, but DIS is easier to get to and change, so I would start there. If that's no go when it gets warm, then move to the crank sensor (I would get a new one though, not used and www.rockauto.com has them for $5.53 + shipping).
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91 Black Lumina Z34-5 speed
92 Black Lumina Z34 5 speed (getting there, slowly... follow the progress here)
94 Red Ford Ranger 2WD-5 speed
Originally Posted by Jay Leno
Try pouring cold distilled water over the ICM/Coils and/or the crank sensor below the ICM on the block (hard to reach) when it starts to act up. But turn the car off first, even though you probably could pour distilled and not short out (distilled is non-conductive). I'm sure others will say tap water is fine, but I prefer distilled water for anything regarding the engine.
If the problem gets better with that, your ICM or Coil(s) are bad. You should test all 3 front spark plugs for spark, just in case you have a bad coil. 1 bad coil will cause 2 cylinders to misfire, making for a nasty stumble then die.
If all else fails, try.............
Check the contacts for the Engine Coolant Temp sensor (by the T-Stat housing)
Inspect spark plugs for cracks
Measure resistance in spark plug cables.
Make sure battery connections are strong (weak connects can create heat and increase resistance)
Check the twisting wires leading to the Crank Sensor at the back of the block.
Try unplugging the upstream O2 sensor (downstream is the one behind the catalytic convertor)
The big clue you have is the car stalling when warm. That rules out a lot of stuff. And since you are not getting spark, I agree with Pocket Rocket.
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Yeah, it has a dis, last year of the ones with the dis, I think. 1993 was 4th gen, that much I know. Also, the 1993 and 1994 Camaro's where transition year models, they had OBD1/2 setups, nightmarish mess if I've ever seen one. We can't simply pull the parts off the other Camaro, don't want to risk breaking it, we're gonna try to sell it soon. It's a black 1992 Camaro RS, V6, 5spd, T tops, hoping to get about $1,800 out of it. Runs and drives, well it will when we put it back together anyway. Good car, it's just that we don't feel like putting the money into it to complete it.
Anyway, we tried to fire up the red 1992 Camaro RS, the one which is giving us problems, it is not firing at all now. I hope the idiots that owned the car before didn't screw anything up, oh, and on a side note, it appears this Camaro once had a five speed as well. We aren't 100% sure on that yet, but whenever we go under the car we'll find out.
We ordered a ALDL OBD1 cable for the red Camaro, we're hoping we'll at least get some errors out of it so we can figure out what the hell is going on. Probably won't, but it's worth a try, if this doesn't work, it's going to the shop, if it costs more than a grand, we'll just part the damn thing out. New trans under it is worth a couple or few hundred around here, plus we've got an IROC-Z hood on it.
Anyway, is the distilled water supposed to clean any gunk out of the coil or dis? We pretty much know it is one of those three at this point, the coil, ICM, or dis. We are a bit afraid of going through this thing and replacing stuff piece by piece, could dump $400 into it and never get it to start. I will make a note of the advice here, we'll look into it tomorrow before we start working on re-assembling the black Camaro.
I'll keep y'all posted, hoping to resurrect the thing soon.
You know, most parts stores do free module testing. You could always pull the ICM off and take it in since it's not firing at all now, so that now works in your favor as far as testing parts goes.
-60v6's 2nd Jon M.
91 Black Lumina Z34-5 speed
92 Black Lumina Z34 5 speed (getting there, slowly... follow the progress here)
94 Red Ford Ranger 2WD-5 speed
Originally Posted by Jay Leno
Where is the ICM located? I'll take a look and figure out what it takes to get the thing off.
I'll mention that news to my father, he isn't here today, he's up at a nearby junkyard, he does odd and end stuff there so he can afford to put gas in the car for a week or so. I'll have to convince him it's worth it if the part isn't hard to remove, though I need to know what it looks like and where it is before we can decide that.
Also, you did read that the previous owners bypassed the coded key security system, right? Could have that affected the ICM?
Anyway, it's supposed to get up to nearly 90F here today, I have to get out and sand some brackets and braces for the front end of the '92 black RS. Rusty parts on a car don't sell as good as shiny ones. Oh, by the way, nice Lumina, I saw one similar too it, same color anyway, Z34, they had it for sale for $2,400 or something around there. I've only seen a few Lumina's like that around here, I have seen a few Cavaliers with the 60 V6, 3.1's and 2.8's. I don't like the 2.8 that much, but the 3.1 is a great motor, when idiots don't foul up the electronics on it anyway.
Thanks for the help so far,
Alright, looked over it a bit, found some bad wiring, not sure what on, but when I moved the wires away from the part that was being shorted out, it didn't help.
Here's a pic of the bad wiring on whatever this thing is, I am not entirely sure what it is.
And, here are two photo's of the hack job someone did to make the fan run, if it helps. At some point the orange wire becomes the red wire, two lengths of wire probably out of someone's shed.
And, some strange device which is not on the black Camaro. Nor any that I have seen as far as I can recall.
I only linked that one to keep from clustering the page with photo's.
Lastly, here is a link to a photobucket album with all the photo's of both Camaro's I have taken, if you are interested:
The guy asleep in the black Camaro is my younger brother.
There seems to be some confusion about the ignition system. When people refer to DIS they are talking about the "Distributorless Ignition System". Since your car has a distributor, it has a pickup, ignition module and coil. Although it could be any of these items causing the no spark condition, I would suspect that the module inside the distributor is going bad assuming you have verified power is being supplied.
The part with the bare/taped wires is the EGR valve. The other part pictured that isn't on the red car is a high current relay. For many years, Ford used them as starter relays. Why it is on your car, I have no idea.
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Someone bypassed the electronic key-coded ignition, I guess they used that for the starter. They used it to backdate it to an ignition from a much older Camaro.
As for the thing with the bad wiring, I thought that was the EGR, but I wasn't sure, it's in kind of a strange place. Thanks for confirming what we thought though, could be any of 'em that's gone bad. I think this car is destined for the garage soon if that wouldn't cost too much. We'd have to borrow money to fix it unless we sell the black one, so we might as well just put it in the shop instead of go in blindly.
Sorry about the confusion, I've always abbreviated distributor as dis, didn't know that was an acronym for a different setup.
Thanks again for confirmation, and new information. If we get it running I'll slap a thread in "pushrod general" titled "IT LIVES!", I'll be sure to thank you guys for the confirmation as to what we expected was wrong, and the information on some other odd and end stuff.
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Using eBay to Study Racism
In a controlled experiment, baseball cards held by black hands sold on eBay for 20% less than baseball cards held by white hands—demonstrating, the study's authors said, the persistence of a subtle kind of racism.
The researchers first purchased cards for modest amounts on eBay (roughly $3 to $8), then resold them, varying the color of the hand that held the card up to the camera. The low price minimized the chance buyers would be (legitimately) worried about fraud. The sellers had neutral seller i.d.'s consisting of initials and digits, and their eBay history either showed no past auctions or a small number that turned out well.
The average difference between the two groups of cards was about 90 cents, or 20%. The negative effect increased when a black player appeared on a card held by a black hand, and when the buyer came from a "whiter" zip code.
More-experienced white buyers appeared to discriminate to a lesser degree than their less-experienced peers, but the evidence was less than conclusive.
The result, the researchers said, was unlikely to be rooted in racial animus, but rather had to do with "implicit" racism, or the possibly-unconscious association of African Americans with undesirable traits. EBay was a fruitful place to study the effects of this kind of racism on economic transactions, they said, because the situation was so tightly controllable: Just about the only variable was that glimpse of a bit of white or black skin.
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Prominent indigenous rights lawyer Harrison Ngau Laing was quizzed by Malaysian Immigration and Special Branch police officers on Monday as he tried to board a plane to Kuala Lumpur.
Officials at Kuching airport in Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, questioned Harrison about his destination and the purpose of his trip.
In 1987, Harrison was put under house arrest for almost two years and spent 60 days in jail under the Internal Security Act following his support for blockades of logging roads by the Penan and other indigenous people of Sarawak.
Harrison's passport was impounded by the state immigration authorities. It was returned in 2003, but his movement inside and outside the country is constantly monitored by Special Branch.
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Elk censuses have been conducted in the park annually since 2011.
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TELL CITY – The Perry County News has many photographs on file that belong to readers and while we don't want to throw them away, we cannot keep them forever.
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SELVIN – Anyone related to Charles Edwin Harper and Mary C. "Molly" Riddle is invited to attend a family reunion at 11 a.m. Saturday at Yellow Banks Center in Selvin.
The children of Charles and Molly are Bessie Leigh (Harper) Wright, Clarence Edwin Harper, James Silas Harper and Charles Augustus "Gus" Harper.
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TELL CITY – The Perry County Public Library-Tell City branch will host Cindy Jones, a representative of Herbs and Health Care Inc. at 1 p.m. June 1.
Jones will give a presentation on using herbal remedies. She will focus on the various uses of single and herbal combinations as an alternative to traditional medicine. Developing healthy habits by using supplements will also be discussed. The public is invited and encouraged to attend the event to learn more.
DALE – The Dale Women's Organization invites the public to the 10th annual townwide yard sale in Dale June 7 and 8.
The deadline to register as a vendor for the event will be Thursday. Vendor registration will benefit the group's back to school supply program and the Toys for Kids program at Christmas.
For more information, contact Donna Dickman at (812) 937-2629.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Brandon Meredith's home run and a complete-game pitching effort from Stephen Strasburg enabled 15th-ranked San Diego State to defeat New Mexico, 1-0, Friday evening in Albuquerque. The contest was played in weather featuring temperatures in the low 40s along with intermittent rain.
With the victory, the Aztecs (26-13, 9-4 WMC) took over sole possession of first place in the Mountain West Conference standings. UNM dropped into second place as its record fell to 28-11 overall and 9-5 in league play.
Strasburg finished the evening with 14 strikeouts as he improved to 8-0 on the year while lowering his earned run average to 1.28. He allowed seven hits and surrendered one walk, but managed to come up big each time that the Lobos threatened.
SDSU had a chance to do some damage in the second inning when it put runners on second and third with one out, but was unable to push across a run. UNM, meanwhile put two runners on in both the second and third, but came up empty as well.
The game's lone run came in the top of the fourth when Meredith led off with a home run deep over the left field fence off Lobo starter John Hesketh. Hesketh would allow five hits over seven innings on the night with six strikeouts, but the home run tagged him with the loss as his record dropped to 4-2.
Meredith's long ball was all that Strasburg would need although the rest of the contest was not without some tense moments for the Aztecs.
In the bottom of the fifth, Lobo left fielder Adam Courcha led off with a triple to left center field. He would remain there, however, as Strasburg got a grounder to third and a pair of strikeouts to end the inning. From the fifth through seventh frames, the Aztec junior right-hander got seven of the eight consecutive Lobo outs via the strikeout.
In the top of the eighth, UNM's Daniel Gonzalez led off with a single and was sacrificed to second. With two out, Ryan Honeycutt singled to left where SDSU's Brandon Decker gloved the ball and fired to the plate, easily cutting down Gonzalez trying to score from second.
In the ninth a leadoff single by Rafael Neda and a sac bunt put pinch runner Cameron Monger on second with one out. Monger stole third, but Strasburg then struck the next two Lobo batters to end the game.
San Diego State and New Mexico continue their three-game weekend series on Saturday, April 18, with a contest scheduled for a 6:00 p.m. (MT) start at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque.


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By Nov. 6, everyone voting in Washington County will have had made a decision about whether to support a 1.46-mill, 10-year levy for the county's Children Services.
We hope they vote in favor of the levy, and help restore nearly $1.6 million annually to the department, which has seen funding cuts at the federal, state and local level.
The alternative is to not only fail to provide adequate protection to some of our most vulnerable population but to possibly continue a cycle of abuse and neglect in the community, as these victims grow up and have their own families.
We need to show that as a county and as a community we're willing to do all we can to stop the cycle now.
The cost for the levy is only $44.71 a year for the owner of a home valued at $100,000.
We can't expect the Children Services agency to continue to do more and more with less funding and fewer people forever. Eventually, there is less of a helping hand that can be extended, despite the best of intentions.
In 2009 the department had to cut its School Outreach Prevention Program, which had prevention specialists in each school district. Among other things, the program helped teach sexual abuse prevention, offered academic tutoring and truancy intervention and led to direct family interventions in cases where there were signs of trauma or neglect.
The levy money would help restore the program, which is something we think is necessary for area children, and it would also restore some staff positions.
Someone has to be there for these children when their family is not.
This is not an area where we could afford to continue to have funding cuts and simply not help.
Last year alone, there were 2,454 child victims of abuse and neglect in Washington County that Children Services assisted.
Most of us never have to think about the conditions they live in and the pain and fear they endure. Those of us who are lucky enough to be in that position shouldn't think twice about giving a small amount of money to help.


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show your child loveKeep in mind that the first half of the reprimand described previously is the emotional side of it. You are letting your child know that you are angry at his behavior, not at him personally.
Now, you must take a deep breath and calm down after that short pause. When you are ready to speak again, make sure to touch your child in a way that lets him know you are on his side. For the next 30 seconds, quietly tell your child the rest of the truth — that he is a good person and that you love him.
This part of the reprimand is the hardest thing a father will have to do because it requires a change in his own behavior. A good example of what to tell your child is, "Your behavior tonight was not good. But you are good! That's why I'm so upset. You're better than that kind of behavior, and I love you for the good person that you are." Then it's very important to give your child a hug to let him know that the reprimand is over. And remember, when it's over, it's over. Do not mention it again.
Finally, remember this phrase next time you'd like to implement Rule #1 of Fatherhood: "The more children like themselves, the more they like to behave themselves." This simple truth never fails to work.
Rule #2: Use PraiseNow, it is one thing to take action when your children misbehave, but it's even worse not to take any action when they do behave. When you do nothing to recognize your child's good behavior, he will start feeling neglected and will begin to misbehave again, but this time he will do it to get your full attention.
After you start implementing Rule #1, you must also begin implementing Rule #2: praising good behavior. Start paying more attention to what your child is doing right, and praise him for it with a simple hug. Make your child feel like he's a winner in your eyes, and this will lead to more self-confidence and self-esteem. In return, not only will he feel better about himself, but you will also feel closer and more loving towards him.
Rule #3: Use Goals
Now that we've looked at both the consequences of reprimands and praises for your child, the next step is to realize that your child is a human being who will eventually, one day, want to accomplish important things in his lifetime. Goal setting is the next step of being a good father.
You need to teach your child how to effectively set realistic goals. This can be as simple as asking what he'd like to do over the weekend with his friends, to what he'd like to be when he grows up. Make sure that your child writes his goals down all the time and takes a minute to read them over. Then, remind him if his current behavior matches his goals. If not, then he'll have to adapt.
That's it my friends. Yes, I'm done. 3 steps are all you need to become a better father. 3 steps and a new way of thinking. Becoming a better father is not a one-way street. You must begin to realize that you will also have to change in order to see positive results with your child and with your whole family as well.


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Lifts French Ban on Mercedes. Heavily DuPont-Lobbied French Bureaucrats Trying To Force Use of Potentially Explosive and Dangerous DuPont Kullman Koolant For Car A/C
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Readers, if you were designing a truly SAFE and risk-free car A/C refrigerant, why in the world would your touted "world-class" engineers and scientists start with a mix of ingredients which could explode into a deadly toxic hydrogen fluoride gas fireball under certain conditions in a severe collision? But to their shock, this is what Daimler engineers found in independent testing could potentially happen when the Kullman Koolant (DuPont/Honeywell HFO-1234yf for car A/C) leaks over a heated engine in a crash.
With utmost concern for motorist safety, Dailmer refused to put the Kullman Koolant in their new Mercedes. The French technocrats cried "Mais Non!" A bitter legal fight ensues. Now the supreme administrative court in Paris, Conseil d'Etat, has ruled against the French and EU technocrats by canceling a ban against registering new Mercedes cars in France. France had blocked the registration of 5000 Mercedes sans Kullman Koolant.
This is yet one more blow to the highly questionable Kullman Koolant, fanning consumer concerns. Is the remote chance of cremation in a fiery toxic gas explosion ignited by the Kullman Koolant worth the risk? In the meantime, the mendacious Management of DuPont insists the Kullman Koolant is merely "mildly flammable", as safe and innocent as motor oil inside your car. They also quietly publish a few weeks ago, on July 25, 2013, a 10-page Safety Material Sheet specifying what to do if exposed and treatments. Hmmmm...you suppose in Fortress Wilmington, DuPont execs and their in-house army of little known lawyers from little known schools are running scared of potential mega legal liability down the road?
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We thought that would get your attention. When the chase draws to a close, Montag ditches his clothes, bathes in the river, and dons Faber's attire instead. For a man who's been through three or more identity crises, this is significant. He's leaving the old Montag behind, cleansing himself of his old identity, and assimilating a new one for the time being (Faber's). The fact that another man is captured and killed in Montag's place is a great ancillary to this moment.


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BEGINNING TODAY, EVERY WELFARE BENEFIT CARD THE STATE OF MAINE ISSUES WILL FEATURE THE PICTURE OF THE PERSON WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE RECEIVING THE BENEFITS. THIS E-B-T CARD OVERHAUL IS PART OF THE LEPAGE ADMINISTRATION'S THE LEPAGE ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS TO STOP WELFARE WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSIONER MARY MAYHEW SAYS THIS A COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO STOP PEOPLE FROM TRAFFICKING THE CARDS FOR CASH OR DRUGS. CITING SOME LOGISTICAL AND COMPLIANCE CONCERNS, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAD CAUTIONED MAINE TO DELAY TODAY'S ROLL- OUT, BUT THE STATE WENT AHEAD AND MADE THE CHANGE AS PLANNED. 00:03:25-00:03:38 Mary Mayhew/DHHS Commissioner: "We're doing what the state can. There needs to be further reforms federally that tighten the management and restrictions on the use of these cards and of that benefit." MAINE ISSUES MORE THAN 223 THOUSAND E-B-T CARDS EVERY YEAR. THOSE CARDS COLLECTIVELY CARRY MORE THAN 400 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF BENEFITS.
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There are a few important notes to remember though; while our maximum power is taken in 3DMark06 at the same exact point, we have seen in particular tests the power being drawn as much as 10% more. We test at the exact same stage every time; therefore tests should be very consistent and accurate.
The other thing to remember is that our test system is bare minimum - only a 7,200RPM SATA-II single hard drive is used without CD ROM or many cooling fans.
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Shrine of Remembrance – This memorial to the ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) is free to enter and has an observation deck with views towards to city.
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NEW DELHI — India's tax authorities are investigating Cadbury India Ltd., a unit of global snacks maker Mondelez International Inc., for alleged tax evasion, according to a government statement in parliament Thursday.
The Directorate General of Central Excise says the company evaded about 2.0 billion rupees ($36.23 million) in taxes at a manufacturing unit in Himachal Pradesh state in the fiscal year through March 2011, S.S. Palanimanickam, a junior finance minister, told the upper house of parliament.
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Support projects globally. And your own career. At Deutsche Bahn.
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A Bismarck woman is accused of cutting her boyfriend with a steak knife.
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Vermont aims to end Shrine losing streak
Team Vermont looks to end 13-year losing streak to New Hampshire in the 61st Shrine Maple Sugar BowlUPDATED 3:15 AM EDT Aug 02, 2014
Team Vermont looks to end 13-year losing streak to New Hampshire in the 61st Shrine Maple Sugar BowlVideo Transcript
THE 61ST ANNUAL IT'S THE EVE OF THE 61ST ANNUAL SHRINE MAPLE SUGAR BOWL.... OVER THE PAST WEEK, RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE CHANCE TO RELIVE THE GLORY DAYS ONE FINAL TIME.. EVERY ATHLETE THAT TAKES THE FIELD ON SATURDAY UNDERSTANDS THAT THEY ARE PLAYING FOR THE SHRINE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS, BUT TEAM VERMONT HAS SOME ADDED INCENTIVE ON THE SIDE .. THAT IS BECAUSE THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS HAVE YET TO BEAT TEAM NEW HAMPSHIRE SINCE 2000... LAST YEAR, VERMONT WAS SHUT OUT 43-0 TO MARK THEIR 13TH STRAIGHT LOSS.. ALL WEEK LONG, THE ALL-STAR TEAMS HAVE BEEN TRAINING AT CASTLETON STATE COLLEGE... CAPTAIN TOMMY FITZGERALD AND HIS TEAMMATES HOPE THE HARD WORK PAYS OFF.. "We come out here like 3 or 4 times a day every year so we don't want to go all out for nothing. Um, it'll be a lot of fun but if we can pull off the upset that would be pretty awesome." "I mean everybody each year doesn't even give Vermont a chance but I think this year we are coming out swinging." HERE'S A LOOK AT THE VERMONT STARTING LINEUPS... FITZGERALD ONE OF THE SEVERAL SKILL POSITION PLAYERS ... LYNDON'S JAMES SHUFELT WILL START BEHIND CENTER.. WOODSTOCK'S TOM BAUMANN AND DAN BLANCHARD WILL BE THE STARTING RUNNING BACKS .. JOE COUTURE OF RUTLAND WILL BE THE OTHER WIDEOUT.. ISAAC RYEA ANCHORS THE OFFENSIVE LINE ALONGSIDE MALIK HINES, JIMMY COLLINS, SAM MESSENGER AND PETER HENRY.. VERMONT WILL RUN A 3-4 DEFENSE..PATRIC K MCGRATH, ALLEN VINCENT AND MONTELL KIRKLAND WILL BE ON THE LINE.. TYLER RICE OF FAIR HAVEN AND JOSHUA STEARNS FROM MIDDLEBERRY WILL CONTROL THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.. ANOTHER TIGER IN SAM SMITH START AT DEFENSIVE BACK OPPOSITE MICHAEL MORRISSEY OF RICE.. FITZGERALD AND STEARNS WILL ROUND OUT THE
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Interactive evolutionary computation
Interactive evolutionary computation (IEC) or aesthetic selection is a general term for methods of evolutionary computation that use human evaluation. Usually human evaluation is necessary when the form of fitness function is not known (for example, visual appeal or attractiveness; as in Dawkins, 1986[1]) or the result of optimization should fit a particular user preference (for example, taste of coffee or color set of the user interface).
IEC design issues[edit]
The number of evaluations that IEC can receive from one human user is limited by user fatigue which was reported by many researchers as a major problem. In addition, human evaluations are slow and expensive as compared to fitness function computation. Hence, one-user IEC methods should be designed to converge using a small number of evaluations, which necessarily implies very small populations. Several methods were proposed by researchers to speed up convergence, like interactive constrain evolutionary search (user intervention) or fitting user preferences using a convex function.[2] IEC human-computer interfaces should be carefully designed in order to reduce user fatigue. There is also evidence that the addition of computational agents can successfully counteract user fatigue.[3]
However IEC implementations that can concurrently accept evaluations from many users overcome the limitations described above. An example of this approach is an interactive media installation by Karl Sims that allows one to accept preferences from many visitors by using floor sensors to evolve attractive 3D animated forms. Some of these multi-user IEC implementations serve as collaboration tools, for example HBGA.
IEC types[edit]
IEC methods include interactive evolution strategy,[4] interactive genetic algorithm,[5][6] interactive genetic programming,[7][8][9] and human-based genetic algorithm.,[10]
Synthetic Curriculum Modeling (SCM) and Academic Information Modeling (AIM) are patented proprietary protocols invented by Mr. Timothy Schultz of Chandler Arizona in early 2010. An integration process which converts 3D thermal heat laser scan point clouds into a dynamic environment becomes accessible by way of human in the loop algorithms, produced in real time simulation as part of personal and professional, including commercial, law enforcement, TSA, Armor Car operators, construction Heavy Equipment operators as needed in part for industry specific education and licensing requirements. Utilizing synthetic virtual information relieves risk and expense typically experienced with traditional education methods. Popular online racing (iracing) utilizes similar methods to offer race car drivers and hobbyist the ability experience real world conditions without the cost or risk to man or machine. According to Mr. Schultz, Human In The Loop education has become so advanced, that this method of drivers education and defensive driving has become the most popular form of youth licensing in Arizona.
An interactive genetic algorithm (IGA) is defined as a genetic algorithm that uses human evaluation. These algorithms belong to a more general category of Interactive evolutionary computation. The main application of these techniques include domains where it is hard or impossible to design a computational fitness function, for example, evolving images, music, various artistic designs and forms to fit a user's aesthetic preferences. Interactive computation methods can use different representations, both linear (as in traditional genetic algorithms) and tree-like ones (as in genetic programming).
See also[edit]
- Evolutionary art
- Human-based evolutionary computation
- Human-based genetic algorithm
- Human-computer interaction
- Karl Sims
- Electric Sheep
- SCM-Synthetic Curriculum Modeling
- ^ Dawkins, R. (1986). The Blind Watchmaker. Longman.
- ^ Takagi, H. (2001). "Interactive Evolutionary Computation: Fusion of the Capacities of EC Optimization and Human Evaluation" (PDF). Proceedings of the IEEE 89 (9): 1275–1296. doi:10.1109/5.949485.
- ^ Kruse, J.; Connor, A.M. (2015). "Multi-agent evolutionary systems for the generation of complex virtual worlds". EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies 15 (5). doi:10.4108/eai.20-10-2015.150099.
- ^ Herdy, M. (1997), Evolutionary Optimisation based on Subjective Selection – evolving blends of coffee. Proceedings 5th European Congress on Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing (EUFIT'97); pp 2010-644.
- ^ *Caldwell, C. and Johnston, V.S. (1991), Tracking a Criminal Suspect through "Face-Space" with a Genetic Algorithm, in Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Genetic Algorithm, Morgan Kaufmann Publisher, pp.416-421, July 1991
- ^ Milani, A. (2004). "Online Genetic Algorithms" (PDF). International Journal of Information Theories and Applications: 20–28.
- ^ *Sims, K. (1991), Artificial Evolution for Computer Graphics. Computer Graphics 25(4), Siggraph '91 Proceedings, July 1991, pp.319-328.
- ^ Sims, K. (1991), Interactive Evolution of Dynamical Systems. First European Conference on Artificial Life, MIT Press
- ^ Unemi, T. (2000). SBART 2.4: an IEC tool for creating 2D images, Movies and Collage, Proceedings of 2000 Genetic and Evolutionary Computational Conference workshop program, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 8, 2000, p.153
- ^ Kosorukoff, A. (2001). "Human-based Genetic Algorithm". IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC-2001: 3464–3469. doi:10.1109/ICSMC.2001.972056.
- Banzhaf, W. (1997), Interactive Evolution, Entry C2.9, in: Handbook of Evolutionary Computation, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0750308953
External links[edit]
- "EndlessForms.com, Collaborative interactive evolution allowing you to evolve 3D objects and have them 3D printed".
- "Art by Evolution on the Web Interactive Art Generator".
- "Facial composite system using interactive genetic algorithms".
- "Galapagos by Karl Sims".
- "E-volver".
- "SBART, a program to evolve 2D images".
- "GenJam (Genetic Jammer)".
- "Evolutionary music".
- "Darwin poetry".
- "Takagi Lab at Kyushu University".
- "Interactive one-max problem allows to compare the performance of interactive and human-based genetic algorithms"..
- "Webpage that uses interactive evolutionary computation with a generative design algorithm to generate 2d images".
- "Picbreeder service, Collaborative interactive evolution allowing branching from other users' creations that produces pictures like faces and spaceships".
- "Peer to Peer IGA Using collaborative IGA sessions for floorplanning and document design".


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Jonathan Good
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Faculty Senate Chair, 2015-16
Academic Degrees
A.B., Dartmouth College, 1994
M.A., University of Toronto, 1995
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2004
Teaching and Scholarly Interests: Ancient and Medieval history, late-medieval England, saints and saint cults, chivalry, national identity.
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Jonathan Good teaches Reinhardt's Western Civilization survey courses, History 111 and 112, and upper-level courses on Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Reformation, Irish, and East Asian history. In 2009 he received Reinhardt's faculty research award, and in 2012 he received the Jane England Teaching Excellence Award.
Dr. Good serves as the faculty advisor for Reinhardt's chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the honor society for students of history.
With Wendy Turner of Augusta University, Dr. Good founded the Georgia Medievalists' Group.
Dr. Good maintains First Floor Tarpley, the blog of the Reinhardt History Program.
Recent Publications:
Review of J. Massing and N. Zeeman, eds. King's College Chapel, 1515-2015: Art, Music, and Religion in Cambridge (London: Harvey Miller, 2014), Sixteenth-Century Journal: The Journal of Early Modern Studies, forthcoming.
Review of S. Justice, Adam Usk's Secret (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015), Sehepunckte 15.11.
Review of L. Smoller, The Saint and the Chopped-Up Baby: The Cult of Vincent Ferrer in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2014), Sixteenth-Century Journal 46.2 (2015).
Review of G.W.S. Barrow, Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2013), Sixteenth Century Journal 46.1 (2015)
Review of Esther Dehoux, Saints guerriers: Georges, Guillaume, Maurice, et Michel dans la France médiévale (XIe-XIIIe siècles) (Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2014), Sehepunkte 15.1 (2015).
"'Mémoire touchant le Canada': A Plan to Save New France," The James Ford Bell Library Essays 4 (2014).
Review of G. Bernard, The Late Medieval English Church: Vitality and Vulnerability Before the Break with Rome (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2012), Journal of Early Modern History 17.2 (2013).
Review of Stephanie Trigg, Shame and Honor: A Vulgar History of the Order of the Garter (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012), Reviews in History no. 1495.
"The Alien Clothworkers of London, 1337-1381," in The Ties that Bind: Essays in Medieval British History in Honor of Barbara Hanawalt, eds. Linda E. Mitchell, Katherine L. French, and Douglas L. Biggs (Farnham, Surrey and Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2011), 7-20.
The Cult of Saint George in Medieval England (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell, 2009).
"Richard II and the Cults of Saints George and Edward the Confessor," in Translatio, or the Transmission of Culture in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: Modes and Messages, ed. Laura Hollengreen (Turnhout: Brepols, 2008), 161-78.
"Argent a Cross Gules: The Origins and English Use of the Arms of Saint George," The Coat of Arms 213 (Spring 2007): 9-18.