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Chaos Theory Co-op Hacking
Posted 15 July 2005 - 08:45 PM
I'm new to this hacking lark, so if I make mistakes, go easy on me.
My and my mates regularly attempt to beat Chaos Theoery's co-op mode, often without success. We're not the best players, and we're certainly not the stealthiest, which is why I statrted to read up on how people have hacked Rainbow Six and Splinter Cell.
I'd like to say a big thank you to the people who have done the ground work and investigation of the UMD files.
I simply want to use this thread to discuss the thiungs i've found when trying to 'hack' the co-op settings, and to request help from the community in order to try and extend Splinter Cell's lifespan.
My initial aims when hacking were:
1. Increase the ammo in the guns
2. Add in the various attachments to the loadouts
3. Add the ability to whistle in co-op
4. Increase the number of syringes you get
5. Increase the maps available
Initial Findings:
- As others have said, invest in a good Hex Editor, and use this to edit the dynamicxbox.umd file
- Keep backups...
- Format your cache drives after copying your umd file...
1. Increasing Ammo
Easy... Open the umd, do an ascii search for [Loadout_Host], and change the Ammo, Grenades etc numbers, anywhere from 0 to 9. If you set Sticky Cameras to 9, you get 10... no idea why... I tried testing the numbers to see if they'd accept a hex number, i.e. F for 16, but it doesn't work. However, since you can swap items in game and go beyond 9, i'm guessing that if we can change the file size, we can probably get up to 99.
2. Attachments
I guessed that the 0's and 1's for the Attachments in the Loadout sections where booleans for whether you have it or not. Initial test was to set them all to 1's, to give me them all. No such luck... The loadout part of co-op shows that I have the launcher and foregrip, but when you get into the game you can't switch the attachments (taping white when the sc-20k is in use).
Second test was to only select 2 attachments, I gave the host Launcher and Sniper, and the client Launcher and Shotgun. Again, loadout screen shows them both as being there, but I can't switch in game.
Third test was to only select 1 attachment. I dropped the launchers from the above setup, and the loadout screen showed them correctly, and in game the host had his sniper attachment, and the client the shotgun.
Theres obviously a couple of restrictions here. Even in the main game, you can only have 2 attachments selected, so this
is obviously a setting held elsewhere (or builtin to the engine). The second restriction is that even though it recognises a second attachment, you can't switch to it. Again, i'm guessing that theres another setting/builtin condition saying that you can't switch in co-op.
3. Whistling
I'll admit it, I have no idea about this one. Sure the umd contains key stuff, but i've no idea how the pc style keyboard settings translates to an xbox. Like the attachments, I suspect that the like of whistle is an engine restriction. Ideally, if you can't do a co-op move, it should whistle.
4. Syringes
After increasing my ammo, this is probably the hack I most want. The words Syringe and heal etc, hardly appear in the UMD and never near anything that looks like its a constraint on them, so again, i'm guessing its an engine restriction.
5. Maps
I think that this is probably quite easy to do (relatively speaking).
The settings for each map, i.e. the map, loadouts, and sounds are listed in sequence. At 0049f2a0h, theres a [MAPS] section, which lists the single player maps, then the multiplayer ones.
Why's this important? Each single player map has a line Multiplayer=false. I'm guessing that if we can add to the file, we can add a pointer to the single player maps in the multiplayer section of [MAPS], and change the multiplayer=false to True.
So, there you go, out of the 5 things I wanted, I got 1 to work (ammo), and another to kinda work (i've switched my loadouts in single player to be max ammo, then launcher/foregrip for the recommended, launcher/sniper for the stealth and launcher/shotgun for the assualt).
If anyone wants to help me try and figure out the others then i'd appreciate it.
Posted 15 July 2005 - 09:55 PM
supposedly you can extract the umd and make it easier to work with. i downloaded the extracted files but had no luck. even started from scratch and extracted them myself, but couldnt make it work after transferring the extracted files.
if i could ever get the extracted umd to work, i was going to attempt to turn some sp maps to mp coop maps. not sure it would work well, but wont know unless i can get the extracted version to work.
Posted 16 July 2005 - 02:22 AM
how exactly do you open/change the umd file?
Posted 16 July 2005 - 08:46 AM
Get a good hex editor (I use ultraedit),
Rip a legal copy of the game to your hard drive
Ftp the dynamicxbox.umd file from the default directory to you pc
Open this file in your hex editor
Edit carefully
FTP back to the xbox
Format your cache drives
Test the game
Get fed up of the intro movies
In fact, thats my next task, get rid of the intros...
Posted 16 July 2005 - 08:53 AM
No Hexing or anything
How To:
Make a copy of the default.xbe
Name it befault.xbe
Copy the SC3.xbe and name it default.xbe
EDIT: This is NOT for the game intro movie as it is needed during the caching process.
If you want to enter multiplayer easily [ System Link ] Open the SC3_ADV.xbe and no caching is needed.
Edited by KyesaRRi, 16 July 2005 - 08:55 AM.
Posted 17 July 2005 - 12:54 AM
i was referring to making some sp maps into coop maps. not sure it can be done. looking at extracted umd files it looks like maybe it could, but would hard to hex edit to make it happen due to file size. anyone who has gotten the extracted umd way to work would have an easier time, i just havent been able to get it to work, so i'm stuck with hexing (and issues of file size)
Posted 23 November 2005 - 02:22 PM
Any luck on hacking the maps already? I've played the coop maps for like 20 times now, and I'm dying to play other maps...
Posted 02 December 2005 - 02:10 AM
5. Increase the maps available
This can be done via Mimesis. If you can create some kind of mod/map, let me know.
Posted 06 December 2005 - 09:26 AM
This can be done via Mimesis.
That's stated a little bit too easy...
I will try to work on it, but first of all I need the DLC of the new maps available, so I can compare them (no, I'm not a programmer or anything, just eager to get new maps...)
Posted 07 December 2005 - 07:43 AM
That's stated a little bit too easy...
I will try to work on it, but first of all I need the DLC of the new maps available, so I can compare them (no, I'm not a programmer or anything, just eager to get new maps...)
I have some experience when it comes to working with Tom Clancy games (Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow, Ghost Recon 2), so don't worry, I can probably handle this (I've taken a look and it's set up similarly to the other Tom Clancly games named above) .
Posted 07 December 2005 - 12:02 PM
I have some experience when it comes to working with Tom Clancy games (Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow, Ghost Recon 2), so don't worry, I can probably handle this (I've taken a look and it's set up similarly to the other Tom Clancly games named above) .
rock on man.. make it happen.. still got about 5 months before cell 4 comes out.
Posted 07 December 2005 - 02:56 PM
I have some experience when it comes to working with Tom Clancy games (Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow, Ghost Recon 2), so don't worry, I can probably handle this (I've taken a look and it's set up similarly to the other Tom Clancly games named above) .
That would be AWESOME!!! I am willing to help you, but I haven't got ANY experience in this... Please also take a look at: http://www.projectmi...php?p=4363#4363 That's a topic for extra maps for SCCT through Mimesis (kind of a Live DLC manager...)
Let me know if I can be of any help to you!
Posted 10 December 2005 - 06:42 AM
Posted 11 December 2005 - 11:22 AM
I'll get to work as soon as my finals are going to be over (end of next week). I'll probably need some help, but not right away.
Ah! I'm also in my exam period... Exams take way too much time
I've already done some very basic research and posted the results on: http://www.projectmi...php?p=4363#4363 Just have a look at it... If you need any help, just mail me (my exams also finish by the end of next week...)
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Thursday, Danbury coach Joe Fetzer said that better team was Carey.
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Carey's Logan Johnson (33) gets a rebound and a put back bucket over Danbury's Alyssa Almendinger. Johnson was one of 11 Carey players to score in a 72-20 victory.
A 72-20 win in the Division IV district semifinals over Danbury backed that up.
"They're quick, they're aggressive. We knew they'd be unlike any team, pretty much, we'd played all year, as far as the kind of pressured they could bring. We did not handle it very well," Fetzer said. "I was more worried once we got it over half court that we weren't going to be able to get a shot. They're that good defensively, man-to-man defensive team, that I was worried we might not even get a look at the basket.
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Regarding the June 15 article, "Voting machine use questioned," Southeast Alaska Independent Living would like to offer several comments.
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First, we thank the Ketchikan Daily News staff for removing the word "handicapped," a slur published in the Juneau Empire.
For the past 200 years, people with various disabilities have not had the option of a secret ballot, a constitutional right most people take for granted. The new touch-screen voting machines finally overcome this barrier to provide equal rights and access to all Americans, including people with disabilities. Nonetheless, it will take time before the general public is educated that these universally designed machines exist and use them to their fullest extent.
Perhaps Rep. Mike Doogan, D-Anchorage, should imagine voting with a visual impairment and what these machines might mean then, given the probability that each of us will experience a disability as we get older, be it hearing loss, vision loss or something else. Such changes in our bodies do not negate our absolute right to vote privately.
One of the many functions of independent living centers across America, including SAIL, is to educate individuals with disabilities about options to remain independent in all areas of life, including voting. Besides an article detailing the voting machines in SAIL's September 2006 newsletter, available at www.sailinc.org, SAIL's Low Vision Support Group in Juneau tried out the touch-screen machines prior to the first election in which they were used, with much success and excitement.
Another SAIL mission is educating people who don't have disabilities about equal access in many areas, such as curb cuts for wheelchairs, sign-language interpreters and basic constitutional rights made accessible by new technology. We appreciate the opportunity Doogan has given us to share that the Help America Vote Act, created through advocacy from disability organizations such as SAIL, is an important extension of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Keep voting, Americans with disabilities, and request an accessible voting machine in the next election to guarantee your right to a secret ballot.
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The film is about how Roitfeld started the edgy new CR Fashion Book after her 10-year run at French Vogue.
Kardashian, who sports a gold grill on the cover of the latest issue of Roitfeld's magazine, was expected to make her first official post-baby appearance at the premiere and the afterparty at The Four Seasons Restaurant, but ended up canceling.
West, 36, did make it to the Absolute Elyx-sponsored fête – albeit quite late.
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Roitfeld revealed that she met Kardashian, 32, through West "because he is so into fashion, of course." "We decided we would do a story about her. Immediately she said, 'Yes.' "
Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld shot Kardashian's provocative high-fashion spread when she was eight months pregnant with her now 3-month-old daughter, North.
But the mom-to-be was no diva during the shoot. "She was one of the easiest models I have ever worked with," Roitfeld tells PEOPLE. "She's not a model, but she was pregnant, you know, and I love pregnant women. Honestly, she was very, very nice. She made no demands at all."
While Roitfeld has spent time with Kardashian and West, she has yet to meet their new arrival, who was born in June. But she has seen pictures of her. "She is beautiful!"
Now that everyone has seen a photo of their baby girl – the new parents released a personal image in late August – the trio "been spending time together as a family since," a close family source tells PEOPLE.
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"I have no doubt," says Baldwin, director of golf at The Jewel of Grand Blanc.
Before anyone gets the idea that Baldwin is just a local yokel giving overblown praise to his prize pupil, consider this: He's the Michigan PGA's reigning Teacher of the Year whose students include current college players and who formerly worked with LPGA Tour winner Caroline McMillan.
The now-retired McMillan was the medalist at the LPGA Tour's 1988 Qualifying School and had seven top-10 finishes in 1995 before winning the 1996 JAL Big Apple Classic. A nice resume, no doubt, but Baldwin says McMillan isn't in Averyhardt's class.
"She couldn't touch Shasta," Baldwin said. "And she won out there."
So it's no surprise Baldwin can't wait to see what Averyhardt will do this week when she tees it up in the biggest event of her career, the U.S. Women's Open beginning Thursday at historic Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania.
Averyhardt earned a spot in the $3.25-million national championship by shooting 73-74—147 to finish fourth in the sectional qualifier at Plantation Bay Golf and Country Club in Ormond Beach, Fla., where six spots were up for grabs.
"I played really well," said Averyhardt, 24, a member of the Duramed Futures Tour. "I knew if I stayed patient and calm, I would give myself a good opportunity to qualify. I expect myself to play well. I expect myself to have fun. I want to be there on the weekend. I want to be in contention. I think everybody does.
"That would really mean a lot to me. It would be awesome. It's something I always dreamed about when I was younger. I'd be making my putts and I'd say, 'This is to win the U.S. Open.' Now I've finally made it on my second attempt."
Averyhardt is perhaps the most successful female golfer in Flint-area history.
A high school All-Stater who helped Grand Blanc win the 2004 Division 1 state championship, she also won the 2005 Women's Golf Association of Michigan championship, lost in the 2008 Michigan Amateur championship match and was a four-time Southwest Athletic Conference champion for Jackson State before earning a spot on the Futures Tour at last year's LPGA Tour Q School.Although she'll be nervous at Oakmont — "I'm always nervous at tournaments," she said — don't expect Averyhardt to be intimidated by a field that includes world No. 1 Cristie Kerr; fellow major champs Morgan Pressel, Se Ri Pak and Juli Inkster; and superstars Michelle Wie, Paula Creamer and Christina Kim.
"They're doing the same thing," said the 6-foot-1 Averyhardt, whose best finish on the Futures Tour this year was a tie for 23rd at the Brownsville Open in Texas. "A lot of us hit the ball the same way. It's how you carry yourself and keep yourself under control on the golf course.
"I've played with some LPGA players. I'm kind of looking at them like, 'They're doing the same thing I'm doing. They just do it a little better consistently.' I can't really psyche myself out and be on the outside looking in. I have to stay on the inside."
Confidence is one thing the soft-spoken Averyhardt doesn't lack, according to Baldwin.
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Averyhardt has never played Oakmont, a rugged layout where Angel Cabrera won the 2007 U.S. Open, so she flew out to Pennsylvania Saturday to get in plenty of practice before teeing off at 7 a.m. Thursday in the first group off the first tee.
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Environmental Impacts of Nanosilver
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Written by Kristen M. Kulinowski, PhD
Published November 2008
Last updated November 18, 2008
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The growing use of silver nanoparticles in a wide range of consumer products has raised concerns about its impact on the environment. This backgrounder reviews three papers relating to this question.
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While silver ion toxicity is well understood, predicting the impacts to the environment of widespread use of nanosilver is complicated by uncertainties in the amount of nanosilver and related silver ions that are released into the environment, the chemical form nanosilver adopts upon release and the concentration that could result in toxicity. Of three independent studies that attempted to answer one or more of these questions:
To understand how nanosilver might impact the natural environment we must first understand a few things about the different forms of silver currently being used in consumer products, the prospect that nanosilver or silver ions may be released into the environment and then the potential consequence of that release.
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Image of nanosilver particles from socks. Inset demonstrates the particles are silver. [Benn]
What is a nanoparticle?
Nanotechnology is a term referring to a wide range of technologies that measure, manipulate or incorporate materials and/or features with at least one dimension between approximately 1 and 100 nanometers (nm). A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter or about 80,000 times narrower than the width of a single human hair.
Nanoparticles are a subset of nanotechnology and include nanoscale versions of conventional substances, such as silver, iron or clay, as well as particles that have no direct analog, including buckyballs and nanotubes (nanoscale carbon) and dendrimers (nanoscale organic compounds). Nanoparticles have thousands of atoms in them, making them larger than atoms and most molecules and smaller than other particles. About the only thing these nanomaterials all have in common is that one or more dimensions range between 1-100 nm. Otherwise, they have distinct physical and chemical properties and one type may behave differently in the body or the natural environment than another type.
What is nanosilver?
Nanosilver is a nanoparticle of the metal silver. There is a lot of confusion about nanosilver, primarily because the term is used in different and often contradictory ways. To conform to most definitions of nanotechnology, a particle of nanosilver will measure between 1 and 100 nanometers (nm) in one or more dimensions. If it is larger than 100 nm then technically it is not nanosilver; if it is simply a single silver atom (Ag) or silver ion (Ag+) then it is not nanosilver. A nanosilver particle may or may not be charged on its surface or generate silver ions.
Here are some terms that one may run across in reading about silver:
Some of the concern about nanosilver stems from its ability to act as a long-term source of silver ions, which has been well-characterized with respect to its chemical, physical and toxicological properties. Thus, concerns about nanosilver relate not just to its toxicity alone, but also to risks that may be associated with the amount of silver ions released as a result of its use.
What is nanosilver being used for?
Like ionic silver, nanosilver is a very potent killer of bacteria and has been shown to kill fungi, algae and some viruses, including HIV. As a result, the most common application of nanosilver is as an antimicrobial agent in products such as wound dressings, textiles, food storage containers and personal care appliances. Washing machines that contain "ion-generating" devices designed to release silver into the wash water most likely release silver ions (Ag+) and not nanosilver, though this distinction has not been independently verified. Colloidal silver, a liquid suspension that may or may not contain nanosilver, has long been promoted and sold as an over-the-counter health tonic.
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Will nanosilver end up in the environment in harmful quantities?
Very few studies have documented the potential for nanosilver to themselves be released or to release silver ions from consumer products and make their way into the air, water or soil. Three of the leading studies available are summarized below.
One notable paper published this year tested the release of nanosilver from several brands of socks during a simulated laundering process. [Benn] The researchers purchased six brands of socks reported by their manufacturers to contain nanosilver to reduce the growth of odor-causing bacteria, tested their silver content prior to washing, and then tested the wash water for the presence of silver. Five of the six socks were found to contain detectable amounts of silver prior to washing; three of these contained silver particles ranging in size from less than 100 nm to 500 nm in diameter. [Note: Particles larger than 100 nm would be considered too large to meet the definition of nanosilver.] Three of the six socks released silver into pure water. The researchers then estimated the amount of silver likely to make it into waste water from commercial use of socks and compared that to federal drinking water and agricultural fertilizer standards. (The sludge from sewage treatment plants, which captures many of the sewage's harmful components, can be used as fertilizer if contaminant levels fall below federal standards.) The authors ran the sock wash water through a full-scale and a lab-scale waste treatment plant to determine the amount of silver in the liquid waste product coming out of the treatment plant (the effluent) based on the amount of silver input (the influent). They estimate that the effluent would exceed silver water standards only when influent silver concentrations exceeded 2900 ppb (salt water) and 4250 ppb (fresh water). These values are 3000 times higher than typical levels observed at waste water treatment plants. The authors estimate that increasing consumer use of nanosilver in consumer products is unlikely to overwhelm the ability of a waste water treatment plant to successfully remove silver for the purpose of meeting drinking water and effluent standards but may limit the use of sludge for agricultural fertilization.
Bottom line: The authors estimate that silver concentrations reaching a sewage treatment plant would have to exceed 2900 ppb (salt water) or 4250 ppb (fresh water) for the effluent to fail EPA standards for treated water. These concentrations are 3000 times higher than levels typically measured in a sewage treatment plant. However, increased use of nanosilver in consumer products may result in sludge that is too concentrated to use legally as fertilizer.
Another recent study modeled the movement of nanosilver throughout the waste treatment process in Switzerland to estimate how much would end up in the environment in a high-emission scenario and a realistic scenario. [Mueller] Using assumptions about worldwide production volume, incorporation into products such as textiles, paints, and plastics, release from those products into the waste treatment plants and "flow" from waste treatment plants to environmental compartments (water, air, soil), the predicted environmental concentration (PEC) of nano-Ag is estimated in the high-emission scenario to be no greater than 4.4 x 10-3 µg/m3 air, 0.08 µg/L water and 0.1 µg/kg soil. The authors estimate the concentration required to cause harm to species in water is 0.04 mg/L, which is 500 times higher than their high-emission scenario. Therefore they conclude that the amount of nanosilver released into the environment will likely pose little to no risk to soil or water-borne organisms. Sludge from waste treatment plants is not applied to soil in Switzerland so the authors caution against extending this analysis to countries where this is common practice as it could increase the PEC (soil) to 1 µg/kg. Application of nanosilver-containing sludge to fields would significantly increase the environmental concentrations presented to soil-borne organisms and other terrestrial species. Releases of nanosilver into the air are generally expected to be very low.
An important caveat about this study is that the risk from silver ions released by nanosilver was not considered. Given ionic silver's well documented ecotoxicity, the authors acknowledge that the risk resulting from environmental exposure to nanosilver release is less important than the risk from the silver ions released by nanosilver. Lessening some of the concern is the fact that silver ions easily combine with many substances present in the environment, such as sulfide, chloride and thiosulfate ions, to create insoluble precipitates that are no longer considered hazardous. The authors acknowledge the great uncertainty underlying many of the assumptions and assert that many more data are needed to make their estimates more robust.
Bottom line: Based on many unverified assumptions, little to no risk from nanosilver is predicted to water-borne organisms unless there is a 100-fold increase in nanosilver production volume. Contributions from ionic silver released by the nanoparticles were not considered.
A third study estimated the predicted environmental concentration of silver released from silver nanoparticles embedded in plastics and textiles and its effect on freshwater ecosystems. [Blaser] The study focused on only two product categories, plastics and textiles, (omitting cosmetics, paints or other applications of nanosilver), and assumed that the products released only silver ions, not the nanoparticles themselves. The analysis estimated the amount of silver entering the environment from nanosilver-containing plastics and textiles via effluent from sewage treatment plants, application of sludge to agricultural soils, incineration, and leaching from landfills and compared those values to the concentrations believed to cause adverse effects. This analysis predicts that the concentration of silver would have to be 10-100 times greater than the predicted value to have an adverse effect on the microorganisms important to the operation of a sewage treatment plant. Therefore no adverse impacts on these microorganisms are anticipated. However, the authors could not rule out adverse impacts to freshwater ecosystems, particularly sediments, at the predicted concentrations. Calculating the impact on aquatic species was complicated by a poor understanding of the toxicity of the exact chemical forms of silver in a real-world environment.
Bottom line: Based on very limited data , silver concentrations that the authors estimate would be released from certain silver-treated plastics and textiles currently in use are likely to be 10-100 times lower than the threshold levels estimated to threaten microbes important to sewage treatment plant function. However, these same levels may pose a risk to freshwater ecosystems at concentrations predicted for the year 2010.
What is the toxicology of nanosilver?
Impact on microbes
Most of the scientific research on nanosilver has investigated its effects on microbes such as bacteria and, to a lesser extent, fungi, algae and viruses. Nanosilver is highly toxic to several strains of bacteria, including V. cholerae (the organism that causes cholera), E. coli and, significantly, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which is responsible for infections that resist treatment by conventional antibiotics. The concentration that inhibits 50% of microbial growth or is bactericidal differs for each microbe and has been reported as low as 0.14 µg/mL. Nanosilver's antimicrobial activity has been exploited in wound dressings applied to burn patients, whose skin injuries make them more susceptible to a variety of infections.
Nanosilver has recently been found at concentrations as low as 0.14 µg/mL to be toxic to several species of nitrifying bacteria, which play an important role in the environment by converting ammonia in the soil to a form of nitrogen that can be used by plants. Nitrifying bacteria are also used by sewage treatment plants (STPs) to convert raw sewage into less harmful products. Nanosilver's toxicity to these organisms has raised concerns that release of nanosilver to the environment may disrupt the operation of STPs as well as natural processes in the ecosystem that support plant life. However, one recent analysis estimated that concentrations of nanosilver expected to be released from certain textile products currently in use would not likely reach high enough levels to threaten microbes important to STP operation [Benn].
Impact on aquatic organisms
Research into nanosilver's toxicity to more complex life forms is much more limited. Recent studies investigated the impacts of exposure to nanosilver on zebrafish embryos. Zebrafish are small minnows that are popular in aquaria and as model organisms in toxicity studies because their embryos are easy to manipulate and study. Two independent studies found that exposure to particles of nanosilver between 5 and 46 nm resulted in increased mortality, heart malformation and other developmental deformities in zebrafish at concentrations as low as 5 µg/mL.
Impact on fowl
Nanosilver's ability to kill bacteria is being investigated within the agricultural community as a potential replacement for traditional antibiotics. As a result, a few studies of nanosilver's impacts on fowl have been published. In one experiment, silver nanoparticles injected into fertilized chicken eggs at a concentration of 10 ppm had no measurable effect on embryo development according to one accepted standard but did induce changes in cells important to the immune system. In another study, nanosilver in concentrations up to 25 µg/mL was fed to a species of quail to determine if it could decrease the proportion of harmful bacteria in their intestines, thereby reducing the spread of disease in the animal population. Benign lactic acid bacteria populations within the quail intestine increased and no damage to the intestine was observed.
Impact on humans
Toxicity research of high relevance to human health is very limited. When human skin cells grown in a Petri dish were exposed to nanosilver particles 7-20 nm in size, concentration-dependent changes to cell morphology including abnormal size, shrinkage and rounded appearance were observed at concentrations above 6.25 µg/mL. Another paper describes the result of exposure to nanosilver in a wound dressing used to treat a severe burn victim. After a week of treatment with a wound dressing impregnated with nanosilver, the patient developed reversible signs of liver toxicity and a grayish discoloration of his face similar to that found in patients diagnosed with argyria. The dose received by the patient was not measured but the patient's blood plasma and urine were found to have an elevated concentration of silver (107 and 28 µg/kg, respectively). When the wound dressing was removed, all clinical symptoms returned to normal within ten months. Other studies have explored the effectiveness of nanosilver-impregnated wound dressings in a variety of clinical settings. How microbes acquire resistance to nanosilver and how those mechanisms might affect the efficacy of other classes of antimicrobials has not been established.
Is nanosilver being regulated?
Nanosilver's primary use as an antimicrobial has attracted the attention of the US Environmental Protection Agency, which enforces the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Under FIFRA, if a product incorporates a substance intended to destroy pests, including microbes, EPA considers that product a pesticide and requires the manufacturer to register it. Registration may not be required if the product's marketing does not make a pesticidal claim. Two recent actions demonstrate how EPA is interpreting its authority to regulate silver-containing consumer products.
In September 2007, EPA clarified its position on ion-generating devices, stating that it had determined they are pesticides because they make a claim to kill bacteria. However, in its notice, EPA explicitly disavowed the press articles calling this decision a regulation of nanotechnology, saying it had "not yet received any information that suggests that this product uses nanotechnology," and that "the notice does not represent an action to regulate nanotechnology." This is because the ion-generating devices likely release ionic solver, not nanosilver, into the wash water.[EPA]
In March 2008, EPA's Region IX office fined ATEN Technology, Inc. $208,000 over the failure of its subsidiary IOGEAR to register several antimicrobial products and for making unsubstantiated claims about their effectiveness. At issue were computer mouse and keyboard/mouse combinations that have been sprayed with a titanium dioxide-silver coating to kill bacteria on contact. Again, the issue for EPA was not whether the product contained nanosilver, but whether the manufacturer made a health claim that was unproven and failed to register the product under FIFRA. An EPA official asserted that the agency takes this very seriously "whether the claim involves use of an existing material such as silver, or new nano technology." [EPA]
In Europe the key question is whether nanosilver will be considered a new substance and therefore subjected to the rigorous notification procedure required under the new Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) law. If nanosilver is already listed in the European Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances (EINECS), registration under REACH may not be required. However, recent guidance published by the European Commission states that a nano version of a substance already on the market in non-nano form will require a modification of the registration to include the special properties of the nano version, different labeling and additional risk management measures. [EC]
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Carmichael is a Scottish clan, from the village of Carmichael, Scotland, in South Lanarkshire, Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom. It is also the name of a family from the west coast of Scotland, from the Gaelic MacGillemichael, meaning son of the servant of Michael, these Carmichael's are part of the Stewarts of Appin.
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The Graduate and Professional Student Association (GAPSA), on the Portland Campus of the University of New England, is a student-run governance organization serving graduate and professional students and student organizations in the Westbrook College of Health Professions, the College of Pharmacy and the College of Dental Medicine.
GAPSA serves three primary purposes:
- It promotes and fosters professional development and collaboration between the various student and academic organizations (as an extension of the Interprofessional Education Collaborative).
- It advocates and communicates on issues of importance to graduate and professional students.
- It provides programming to meet the needs of graduate and professional students.
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With the closing of the Science & Engineering Library on December 24, 2013 Interlibrary Loan users who have used the Science & Engineering as their preferred "Pickup Location" for requested material will need to update your Interlibrary Loan account to a new "Pickup Location". Please take a few minutes to login into your Interlibrary Loan account and choose a new "Pickup Location". You can update your account by simply:
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For users who forget to update their "Pickup Location" the Interlibrary Loan Department will change your "Pickup Location" to the Undergraduate Library as it is closest in proximity to the Science & Engineering Library.
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TUCSON, Ariz. — U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) has not only opened her eyes, but she also is communicating with her family, physicians said at a Thursday morning news conference.
"Her family has asked her very specific things, and she has used her hand to communicate with them," said Dr. Michael Lemole, a neurosurgeon at Tucson's University Medical Center and one of the surgeons who operated on Giffords after she was shot in the head Saturday morning. That implies that she has a good amount of cognitive functioning, reports LATimes.com.
Lemole said he was there when Giffords first opened her eyes Wednesday evening in the presence of family members and some of her colleagues from Congress. "It was probably a combination of the unexpected but familiar that prompted her to open her eyes and caused her to look around. That implies that the part of the brain that let lets us awake from sleeping, the arousal center," is functioning, he said.
"That's a very important step on her move forward."
He said she opened her eyes again later in the evening in response to a television playing during the president's speech at the university.
"That consistency is important," he said. "We want to see things repeated over and over again."
Lemole said it is the job of doctors to do their best for severely damaged patients, but sometimes, as in Giffords' case, "we are wise to acknowledge miracles."
Thursday morning, Giffords was acting more and more like someone waking up, said Dr. Peter Rhee, chief of trauma surgery at the medical center — yawning and rubbing her eyes. He said her eyes also are beginning to track movements, which is another good sign.
The next major hurdle, the doctors said, will be removing the breathing tube, but they are unlikely to do that for a few more days. They are using it to puff warm, moist air into her lungs to prevent fluid accumulation that could lead to pneumonia. Giffords is breathing on her own, however.
Once the tube is out, they will be able to assess her ability to speak.
Lemole said the team is beginning aggressive physical therapy, which includes having Giffords sit on the edge of her bed with her legs dangling over the side.
"She is able to move both of her legs to command. That's huge," Lemole said. "We say, 'Gabrielle, lift your legs up,' and she lifts both of them up."
He said they hoped to get her into a chair Thursday or Friday.
Previous coverage:
• Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' office releases hospital photos as memorial is held in Arizona
• Doctors say Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is breathing on her own, moving arms after shooting
• Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shows 'encouraging signs' following shooting
• N.J. politicians who know Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, husband speak out against shooting
• Doctors 'optimistic' for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' recovery after Arizona shooting that killed 6
• Gunman in shooting of Ariz. congresswoman identified as Jared Lee Loughner, 22
• Opinion: In Gabrielle Giffords shooting, you can't ignore the most extreme
• Opinion: The Giffords shooting: Paranoia fuels political rage
• U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is among 18 shot at Arizona grocery store


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Over the last week we've been counting down our choices for the top players on the 2012 Atlanta Falcons roster and we are nearing the end. So far we've featured Tyson Clabo (#10), Michael Turner (#9), Asante Samuel (#8), Tony Gonzalez (#7), Brent Grimes (#6) and Julio Jones (#5). The next man on the list represents the present and the future of the Falcons defense.
Spoon is calling the shots this season
After being banged up a bit in his rookie campaign, Sean Weatherspoon broke through last year with 115 tackles and 4 sacks. Under new defensive coordinator Mike Nolan, "Spoon" is poised to break-out even more this season as he takes a leadership role on the defense in his third year as a pro. Here is what the guys had to say about Spoon:
Eric: Now the most important piece in the Linebacking core. Statistically – he was one of, if not the, best 4-3 OLBs in the NFL last year. With Mike Nolan's new system, he's a versatile weapon for him to exploit
Joe: Under-appreciated and undervalued, Weatherspoon is an athletic player who is still improving his craft. His skill set will be much clearer with the change in defensive scheme; becoming more aggressive; letting athletes make plays.
Matt: Weatherspoon followed up a mediocre rookie season with a fantastic sophomore season, showing a great ability not only in run support but also pass coverage. I would expect to see Spoon eclipse his four sacks and eight passes defended (and perhaps even his 115 tackles) while playing almost every defensive snap in 2012. If he takes another step forward this season, he will be a top 4-3 outside linebacker.
Mike: Spoon is the leader of the defense. His swagger is unparallelled, if you don't believe me just attend a summer practice session. He is easily one of my favorite Falcons.
Zach: Wow, that is all I can say when I watch Spoon. I have never seen a player fly around with so much emotion and playmaking ability for the Falcons in the last 5 years. In his short two year career Spoon has vaulted up to the top of 4-3 OLBs and is now being handed the radio helmet and called the leader of the Atlanta Falcons' defense. How many players can claim that accomplishment?


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FAU Accounting Graduates in High Demand
Spring 2012 Accounting Scholars Class Achieves 100 Percent Job Placement
BOCA RATON, FL (April 30, 2012) – Florida Atlantic University's College of Business is proud to announce that the entire accounting scholars class of 2012 boasts a 100 percent job placement rate. Each graduate will be launching a career at in either public or private accounting shortly after graduation.
The program currently includes 23 graduate students and 24 undergraduate students who will receive starting salaries averaging more than $50,000, as well as prominent opportunities for growth and development. Graduates have been place in prestigious national accounting firms including: Berkowitz Dick Pollack & Brant; Daszkal Bolton; Deloitte, Ernst & Young; Grant Thornton; McGladrey; and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. In addition, 80 percent of the current undergraduate students have secured internships for the current spring 2012 semester, as well as for the summer 2012 semester.
"In its short history, the Accounting Scholars Program has developed an outstanding reputation of academic and professional excellence," said Kimberly Dunn, Ph.D., director of the School of Accounting. "I am extremely proud of the tremendous success of our students and alumni."
The Accounting Scholars Program is a dual-degree program that prepares highly motivated students for careers as professional accountants. The two-year program begins in the students' senior year and is a full-time, day program based at the Boca Raton campus. Students complete a rigorous academic curriculum and attend numerous professional development and networking events. Upon completion, graduates earn a bachelor's degree, a master's of accounting degree, and are eligible to take the CPA exam.
For more information about the Accounting Scholars Program contact Andrea Reino at 561-297-3636 or visit www.business.fau.edu/bbamacscholars.
-FAU-Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serves more than 29,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. FAU's world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.


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Plaza Hyundai—New York's Largest Hyundai Dealership
New Hyundai Dealer in Brooklyn
Plaza Hyundai is a part of the Plaza family of dealerships, whose rich history of serving New Yorkers with premium cars, trucks, SUVs, crossovers, and vans stretches back to the 1970s. We're thrilled to offer Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the rest of our great city with outstanding transportation that won't break the bank. Our collection of vehicles can be browsed online, and in addition to offering new Hyundai cars like the simply irresistible Hyundai Sonata, the luxury level Hyundai Genesis, the adventure-ready Hyundai Santa Fe and Santa Fe Sport, and the tidy Hyundai Elantra, Plaza Hyundai also serves our great communities with Certified Hyundai cars, and used vehicles from a variety of manufacturers. There's something for everyone and every budget at Plaza Hyundai, located at 2740 Nostrand Avenue in the heart of Brooklyn, New York, so come into our warm and inviting dealership today to test drive your next new car!
Massive Hyundai Savings with a Certified Hyundai Purchase in Brooklyn, NY
Sometimes you want the option to buy used—but you're wary of the quality of the car you're looking at. Rest assured that a purchase of a Certified Hyundai car from Plaza Hyundai will make you the proud new owner of a quality car that's gone through numerous safety and quality checks, and will provide you with years of quality, enjoyable driving at a fraction of the cost of buying new.
In addition to Certified Hyundai vehicles, Plaza Hyundai in Brooklyn, NY serves Brooklyn, Queens, and The City with a superior selection of used cars for those on a tight budget, but with a need of reliable transportation. Looking for something specific, and can't find it? Let us know, and we'll get to hunting for you!
Budget Friendly Hyundai Financing in New York City
Once you've found the new, used, or Certified Hyundai car that best suits your needs, wants, or wishes, come into the friendly Finance Department at Plaza Hyundai. Our savvy staff will get you squared away with a financing package that works with your budget and credit score, and our outstanding relationships with New York City banks mean that we'll carry the weight when it comes to finding you sources of cash flow in the even that you should need it.
Largest Hyundai Repair and Maintenance Center in Brooklyn, NY
On top of our extraordinary selection of new Hyundais and quality used cars and Certified Hyundai vehicles, Plaza Hyundai in Brooklyn offers NYC drivers the opportunity to get their car repaired by the only in-house and certified Hyundai repair shop in all of Brooklyn. This special designation from Hyundai means that when it comes time for an oil change, new filter, tire rotation, engine repair, brake installation, or any number of routine and special fixes, Plaza Hyundai—and ONLY Plaza Hyundai—is able to offer you easy, accessible, and certifiably Hyundai-trained staff.
Get a Hold of Us—Night, Day, or Online
Reach out to our around-the-clock customer service reps online, and be sure to link up with us on popular social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to keep up with the latest happenings in Brooklyn at Plaza Hyundai. We'll share car maintenance tips, special event notices, and even a head's-up when a great new car deal is on the horizon at Plaza Hyundai, Brooklyn! Oh--and did we mention we're expert car photographers?
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HSU and Texas-Tyler separated by one point in ASC Championship
ABILENE, Texas - Texas-Tyler leads Hardin-Simmons 70-69 after the first day of the 2014 American Southwest Conference Track and Field Championships that are being held at Hardin-Simmons.
Shelby McIntyre won the javelin throw with a toss of 112-4 and Whitney Simmons of Texas-Tyler won the hammer throw with a meet record of 172-02. HSU placed second through sixth in the hammer with Evlyn Collins, Meredith Akers, Shannon Shipp, Elissa Paniagua and Rachel Davis all scoring for the Cowgirls. Collins was third in the javelin and Hailey Whiteside fourth for HSU.
Carly Kitts of Texas-Tyler won the 10,000 meters with a time of 44:50.63 and Brittany Brunson won the 3000 Steeplechase with a time of 12:22.04.
Haley Van Klombenburg of Concordia won the high jump with a 5-4 ¼. Paige Goen, Hailey Whiteside and Danielle Keiner placed third, fourth and fifth for HSU.
Kealy Gaffney of Texas-Tyler defended her title in the triple jump with a 34-10 ¼.
Texas-Tyler had 70 points, Hsu 69, Concordia 37, Sul Ross State 9 and East Texas Baptist 1.
The event concludes Saturday with the field events at 9 a.m. and the running starting at 1 p.m.
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Pat Garofalo explains how corporate tax reform can help fix the budget deficit.
Unrepentant for causing the housing and financial crises, conservatives look for new ways to prevent financial regulators from doing their job, writes Pat Garofalo.
Pat Garofalo details why conservative claims about tax breaks for the wealthy and tax breaks for small businesses are nearly completely fictitious.
Pat Garofalo explica por qué la financiación de este programa que ayuda a los estudiantes de bajos ingresos a asistir a la universidad contribuye al bien común y la fortaleza económica de nuestra nación.
Pat Garofalo explains why funding for this program to help low-income students attend college contributes to the common good and economic strength of our nation.
Embattled homeowners would be able to rescue their mortgages from foreclosure, writes Pat Garofalo, if federal programs worked better with lenders.
Pat Garofalo parses conservatives' last arguments against the Dodd-Frank bill as they dodge responsibility for the crisis they created while protecting Wall Street.
The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will do just that, writes Pat Garofalo, which is why it needs to become the law of the land.
Video Pat Garofalo discusses why we need financial regulation, what should be included in a final bill, and how those provisions would lead to a stronger, safer financial system.
A proprietary trading ban free from exemptions and carve outs is a necessary part of building a stable postcrisis financial system, writes Pat Garofalo.
Congress should make sure as it begins to reconcile financial reform legislation, that the law is free of exemptions weakening the bill, writes Pat Garofalo.
Pat Garofalo says Congress should reject the push to exempt auto financing from oversight by the proposed consumer protection regulator.
The congressional conference committee tackling financial reform legislation has clear choices to make, argues Pat Garofalo.
Despite what Wall Street may have you believe, Congress needs to establish speed limits and traffic lights to improve derivative safety, write David Min and Pat Garofalo.
The Volcker Rule limiting proprietary trading by big financial institutions is an important part of building a safer, more stable financial system, writes Pat Garofalo.


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"It was the best day of my life," the actress told PEOPLE at the Fox Television Critics Association Party, held at Soho House in West Hollywood Thursday.
Cabral, who stars in the new Fox comedy Enlisted, exchanged vows with Osborn,36, a marketing director at POM Wonderful, at the tony Holman Ranch.
"I was a cater waiter at the ranch when I was younger and I always dreamed of having my wedding there," Cabral, 34, explains. "The people I worked with there are like my family so it had special meaning for me."
The bride wore a gown by Peter Langner and shoes by Betsy Johnson.
Following the wedding the couple vacationed at Big Sur's exclusive Post Ranch Inn, "which was unbelievable."
"I had the best time," Cabral, who has made guest appearances on Don't Trust the B... and Happy Endings, "I can't stop looking at our pictures!"
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HARVEST - Jennifer Joe and Amy Lowery are best friends, two-thirds of a black, white and black trio they call "the Oreo cookie."
"When you see one of us, you see the other," Joe said Friday.
Where you saw them Friday was John Lee's backyard on Autumn Lane in Harvest. They were raking up debris from the April 27 tornado in matching work gloves they bought together at Lowe's.
Lowery and Joe are oncology nurses at Huntsville Hospital. They had a couple of days off, so where else would two nurses go but where people need help?
"We're glad to be here," Lowery said, even though it meant giving up both days they would have run errands, done laundry and taken care of the business of their own lives.
"This is our Sunday," Lowery explained.
"It's heart-wrenching," Joe said. "It makes you sad, but it makes you thankful that you still have your home and that so many people are here to help."
Joe and Lowery were using their rakes like fine combs Friday and carefully pulling insulation, tiny shards of glass, bits of shingles and other dug-in debris from the yard.
They were looking for personal items belonging to the Lees, especially John Lee's wedding ring and Army medals. Some of the medals and other decorations were found earlier in the week, but the ring was the prize.
A few moments later, Lowery and Joe were bowing their heads over something in Joe's hand.
"It's part of a picture," Joe said, holding out a torn fragment showing a man's head.
On the back was written a date: 1968.
That was a keeper, but no ring yet, so the two friends kept raking.
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Summerville CPW Manager, Charlie Cuzzell, was the guest speaker at the Summerville Oakbrook Rotary Club on Monday morning, giving a water and wastewater overview to the civic club.
"People are surprised to learn that the Commissioners of Public of Works for the Town of Summerville has been around since 1930 when it was established in Summerville to provide water services. A decade later, in 1941, Summerville CPW was authorized by a referendum to provide sewer services," he said.
Cuzzell also provided information regarding the current level of services provided by CPW. "There are 24,355 customers using about 8 million gallon of water a day that we service, along with 18,840 customers that we provide with wastewater services, using around 5 million gallons of capacity each day," he said.
Charlie explained how Summerville CPW buys water from the Lake Marion Water Agency, distributes the water through its 386 miles of pipe in Summerville and nearby areas. This flow is controlled by CPW's 7,151 valves and measured by its 25,000 water meters.
He also explained how the wastewater system operates using its 243 miles of pipe to collect, treat, and discharge its treated effluent into the Ashley River. He noted that there are a number of other water and wastewater agencies that serve the general Summerville area.
Mr. Cuzzell concluded his remarks as he explained that Summerville CPW structure is governed by three elected commissioners: Joseph E. Meacham, Stephen W. Mueller, and George L. Tupper, III.
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The Paul Bunyan Trophy doesn't need to travel to Ann Arbor on Saturday.
Former Michigan State defensive tackle Michael Jordan said the mythical lumberjack looks just fine where he's been for the past two years — at MSU.
Jordan is one of many players who proudly display their allegiance during rivalry week. And, he has plenty to say about it.
"Oh man, the smack-talk," Jordan said with a laugh. "When we're not playing anymore, that's all we have. This year, that Paul Bunyan Trophy has been sitting in our new pavilion. It looks good there. I don't think we're going to bring it down there. It's at home. The last time I was there, we left with the Paul Bunyan Trophy, and that's how I want to remember it."
Jordan will watch the game with friends in East Lansing, but why not go to the Big House (Michigan Stadium) in Ann Arbor and join the festivities?
"People asked me if I was going to Ann Arbor to watch the game," said Jordan. "The only time I'd go to Ann Arbor is to play in the game."
Jordan said it's not that he can't get tickets, it's just that he doesn't want to spend money in Michigan territory.
"I'm not going to contribute to the development of Ann Arbor," Jordan joked.
He said Ann Arbor has little to offer him, and he felt uncomfortable when he traveled there for games.
"There's nothing I want in Lame Arbor, nothing at all. I didn't like it when I was there in the hotel."
All kidding aside; Jordan knows MSU will have its hands full with U-M quarterback Denard Robinson. Robinson is the nation's leading rusher, and among leaders in passing. "Shoelace" has set the college football landscape on fire through five weeks, and Jordan said it's only right to pay homage to Robinson's athletic ability.
"As a man of respect, I give credit where credit is due," said Jordan. "He's a great player. I'm very confident our staff will go ahead and game plan around him. He's not the only running quarterback we had to play against."
Saturday's game holds historical significance for MSU. With a win, it would be its first three-peat over the Wolverines since 1965-67. Jordan has grown accustomed to "Little Brother" talk made famous by former U-M running back Mike Hart, and said a victory this year would be important.
"Three would be big," he said. "Especially this win. They think they have a good team this year, and they're on their high horse as usual. For us to knock them down three consecutive times would be good."
Words like 'they' and 'it' are often used when former Spartans refer to the Wolverines. Proper names are seldom used by either side.
Jordan referred to U-M as "The Little Blue School." Amp Campbell calls U-M "The school down the road."
Campbell had a storied career at MSU, and wasn't afraid to voice his opinion in regards to the game.
Campbell remembered when MSU was 5-0 heading into its battle with U-M in 1999. The Spartans won, and for Campbell, it helped cap off a successful tenure in East Lansing.
"It was a great game for us," Campbell said. "I thought coming into that game, us being 5-0, and the other school 5-0 - no one gave us any respect. We weren't given a shot. As a team, we knew we were very good... At the end of the day, it was kind of upsetting. We beat that school down the road. We beat Ohio State, Penn State and got passed by the BCS. At the same time, we knew we were the better team."
Campbell acknowledged U-M's star quarterback, and from his perspective, defense will be the key if the Spartans want to hand U-M its third consecutive loss in the series.
"Robinson's had a pretty good year so far," Campbell said. "Defensively, it's going to be a challenge, but I don't think he'll be able to do it by himself. You have to contain him. You have to keep him inside the box. You have to have a guy spying. You have to say 'Hey, we want to make this kid beat us with his arm.'"
Campbell compared Robinson to Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, who made himself famous with his running ability. Like Vick, Robinson has shown he's capable with his arm as well.
U-M's depth at quarterback is an advantage over MSU. Andrew Maxwell, who is the Spartans' second-stringer, has limited experience, while U-M's Tate Forcier has considerable time under center.
"What's going to play a factor is it's going to come down to clock management and turnovers, and who can stop the run," Campbell said.
MSU coach Mark Dantonio's medical problems have been well documented. Campbell said Dantonio's eagerness to be back will serve as greater motivation for the Spartans -- if they needed more, that is.
"If that right there doesn't motivate and give you the urge to go out there and play your best college football game against your rival for a guy who's proved that he's willing to do whatever it takes to be there for his football team -- if that doesn't motivate you, I don't know what will."