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Archaeoacoustics is the use of acoustical study as a methodological approach within archaeology. This may for example involve the study of the acoustics of archaeological sites, or the study of the acoustics of archaeological artefacts. Since many cultures explored through archaeology were focused on the oral and therefore the aural, it is becoming increasingly recognised that studying the sonic nature of parts of archaeology can enhance our understanding. This is an interdisciplinary field which includes areas such as archaeology, ethnomusicology, acoustics and digital modelling, and that is a part of the wider field of music archaeology. There is particular interest in prehistoric music.
Notable work[edit]
Dr. Aaron Watson undertook work on the acoustics of numerous archaeological sites, including that of Stonehenge.[1] He also investigated numerous chamber tombs and other stone circles. Archaeologist Paul Devereux's work has looked at ringing rocks, Avebury and various other subjects, and his book Stone Age Soundtracks [2] provides a wide overview. Dr. Ian Cross of Cambridge University has explored lithoacoustics,[3] the use of stones as musical instruments. Dr. Rupert Till of Huddersfield University has also explored Stonehenge's acoustics, along with Dr. Bruno Fazenda of Salford University. Dr. Damian Murphy of the University of York has studied measurement techniques in acoustic archaeology.[4] Iegor Reznikoff and Michel Dauvois have studied the prehistoric painted caves of France, and found links between the artworks' positioning and acoustic effects.[5] An AHRC project headed by Dr. Rupert Till of Huddersfield University, Professor Chris Scarre of Durham University and Dr. Bruno Fazenda of Salford University, studies similar relationships in the prehistoric painted caves in northern Spain.[6] Steven Waller has also studied the links between rock art and sound. Panagiotis Karampatzakis and Vasilios Zafranas investigate the Acoustic Properties of Acheron Nekromantio, Aristoxenus acoustic vases, and the evolution of acoustics in the ancient greek and roman odea. Miriam Kolar and colleagues from Stanford University studied various spatial and perceptual attributes of Chavín de Huántar.[7]
The International Study Group on Music Archaeology (ISGMA) includes archaeoacoustical work. It is a pool of researchers devoted to the field of music archaeology. The study group is hosted at the Orient Department of the German Archaeological Institute Berlin (DAI, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung) and the Department for Ethnomusicology at the Ethnological Museum Berlin (Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, SMB SPK, Abteilung Musikethnologie, Medien-Technik und Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv). It comprises research methods of musicological and anthropological disciplines, such as archaeology, organology, acoustics, music iconology, philology, ethnohistory, and ethnomusicology. The Acoustics and Music of British Prehistory Research Network was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, led by Rupert Till and Chris Scarre, as well as Professor Jian Kang of Sheffield University's Department of Architecture. It has a list of researchers working in the field, and links to many other relevant sites. An e-mail list has been discussing the subject since 2002 and was set up as a result of the First Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics by Victor Reijs.[8]
Past interpretations controversy[edit]
An early interpretation of the idea of archaeoacoustics was that it explored acoustic phenomena encoded in ancient artifacts. For instance, the idea that a pot or vase could be "read" like a gramophone record or phonograph cylinder for messages from the past, sounds encoded into the turning clay as the pot was thrown. There is little evidence to support such ideas, and there are few publications claiming that this is the case. In comparison, the more contemporary approach to the field now has many publications and a growing significance. This earlier approach was first raised in the 6 February 1969 issue of New Scientist magazine, where it was discussed in David E. H. Jones's light-hearted "Daedalus" column. He wrote:
[A] trowel, like any flat plate, must vibrate in response to sound: thus, drawn over the wet surface by the singing plasterer, it must emboss a gramophone-type recording of his song in the plaster. Once the surface is dry, it may be played back.— Jones, 1982[9]
Jones subsequently received a letter from one Richard G. Woodbridge III who claimed to have already been working on the idea and said that he had sent a paper on the subject to the journal Nature. The paper never appeared in Nature, but the August 1969 edition of the journal Proceedings of the IEEE printed a letter from Woodbridge entitled "Acoustic Recordings from Antiquity". In this communication, the author stated that he wished to call attention to the potential of what he called "Acoustic Archaeology" and to record some early experiments in the field. He then described his experiments with making clay pots and oil paintings from which sound could then be replayed, using a conventional record player cartridge connected directly to a set of headphones. He claimed to have extracted the hum of the potter's wheel from the grooves of a pot, and the word "blue" from an analysis of patch of blue color in a painting.[10]
In 1993, archeology professor Paul Åström and acoustics professor Mendel Kleiner performed similar experiments in Gothenburg, and reported that they could recover some sounds.[11]
An episode of Mythbusters explored the idea; Episode 62: Killer Cable Snaps, Pottery Record found that while some generic acoustic phenomena can be found on pottery, it is unlikely that any discernible sounds (like someone talking) could be recorded on the pots unless the ancient peoples had the technical knowledge to deliberately put the sounds on the artifacts.
As early as circa 1902, Charles Sanders Peirce wrote: "Give science only a hundred more centuries of increase in geometrical progression, and she may be expected to find that the sound waves of Aristotle's voice have somehow recorded themselves."[12]
In popular culture[edit]
- An episode of Mysteryquest on History called Stonehenge featured Rupert Till and Bruno Fazenda conducting acoustic tests at Stonehenge and at the Maryhill Monument, a full-sized replica of Stonehenge in the USA.
- Gregory Benford's 1979 short story "Time Shards" concerns a researcher who recovers thousand-year-old sound from a piece of pottery thrown on a wheel and inscribed with a fine wire as it spun. The sound is then analyzed to reveal conversations between the potter and his assistant in Middle English.
- Rudy Rucker's 1981 short story "Buzz" includes a small section of audio recovered from ancient Egyptian pottery.
- A 2000 episode of The X-Files, "Hollywood A.D.", features "The Lazarus Bowl", a mythical piece of pottery reputed to have recorded on it the words that Jesus Christ spoke when he raised Lazarus from the dead.
- In the 1996 game Amber: Journeys Beyond, this phenomenon is referred to as "stone tape theory" and a key part of the game's plot.
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation used this in 2005 episode Committed, where an inmate's conversation is partially recorded on a clay jar.
- In the first season episode of Fringe entitled "The Road Not Taken", an electron microscope is used to reproduce sounds captured on a partially melted window.
See also[edit]
- ^ Watson, A. and Keating, D. 1999. Architecture and sound: an acoustic analysis of megalithic monuments in prehistoric Britain. Antiquity 73, 325-36.
- ^ Paul Devereux and Tony Richardson, 'Stone Age Soundtracks: The Acoustic Archaeology of Ancient Sites', Vega, 2001.
- ^ http://www.mus.cam.ac.uk/~ic108/lithoacoustics/
- ^ http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.422.5265&rep=rep1&type=pdf
- ^ Iegor Reznikoff and Michel Dauvois, Bulletin de Ia Societe Prehistonque Francaise (85. 238-246; 1988).
- ^ https://songsofthecaves.wordpress.com
- ^ https://ccrma.stanford.edu/groups/chavin/kolardissertation.html
- ^ Reijs, V.M.M., MegaSound: Sound in Irish megalithic buildings, First Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics, 2002, Session 3aAA2, page 2284.
- ^ David E.H., Jones (1982), The Inventions of Daedalus: A Compendium of Plausible Schemes, W.H. Freeman & Company, ISBN 0-7167-1412-4
- ^ Woodbridge, R.G. (August 1969), "Acoustic Recordings from Antiquity", Proceedings of the IEEE, 57 (8): 1465–1466, doi:10.1109/PROC.1969.7314
- ^ Kleiner, Mendel; Åström, Paul (1993), "The Brittle Sound of Ceramics - Can Vases Speak?", Archeology and Natural Science, 1: 66–72
- ^ Peirce, C. S. (manuscript circa 1902), "Reason's Rules," Collected Papers vol. 5 (1934), paragraph 542. The quote is from near the end.


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COLUMBIA -- Among the things Steve Spurrier has to be thankful about this holiday season is an eligible team.
South Carolina had a banner semester in the classroom. Unlike a year ago, at least behaviorally, the Gamecocks will be at full strength come Jan. 2 in Birmingham, Ala.
"We're OK," Spurrier said Tuesday. "Yeah, everybody passed enough hours. I think we only had one player that passed six hours, and he was a walk-on that you've never heard of."
Spurrier was a proud papa talking about his team's grades.
"That's the first time in my coaching career that we had more walk-on guys under a 2.0 (GPA) than scholarship guys," he said. "You ever heard of that?"
Spurrier even had to give some informal pep talks to non-scholarship players. They count for (or against) USC's team GPA, too.
"We like to brag about our team GPA in recruiting," Spurrier said.
Specifically, Spurrier highlighted sophomore cornerback Akeem Auguste's performance this semester.
Auguste wasn't initially admitted to USC because he didn't qualify academically. Along with teammates Eric Baker and Antonio Allen (both of whom are still here, also), he spent a semester at Fork Union prep in Virginia.
"Akeem Auguste made about a 3.5 last semester," Spurrier said. "That's pretty good for a kid that didn't qualify out of high school."
All-America linebacker Eric Norwood might be the Gamecocks' best classroom success story.
He was lightly recruited out of high school because programs considered him an academic liability. Norwood very narrowly got into South Carolina.
Beyond being a record-setter on the field, Norwood earned a degree in criminal justice in 3 1/2 years.
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Spurrier said Wednesday that the Gamecocks plan to kick to Connecticut's return men.
Kick coverage has been a special teams sore spot for South Carolina, which allowed two kick returns for scores and several other long returns.
And returns have become a regular thing for the Huskies, who brought back three kicks or punts for a score in the team's final four regular season games.
Cornerback Robert McClain returned a punt 87 yards for a score in the 47-45 loss at Cincinnati, running back Jordan Todman took a kick 96 yards for a touchdown in the 33-30 victory at Notre Dame and receiver Mike Lang had an 80-yard kickoff return for a score in a 56-31 victory against Syracuse.
"Their coach has already mentioned, 'We're going to need to score on special teams to help win the game,' " Spurrier said, referring to UConn coach Randy Edsall. "Hopefully someday we can have that attitude around here that we're going to score on special teams. We don't do it very well."
Extra points
LT Jarriel King sprained his ankle Tuesday. "He should be OK by the bowl game," Spurrier said. ... DT Nate Pepper is wearing a cast over his hand because he broke a finger earlier in the year. He doesn't plan to wear it during the bowl game. ... The team broke Wednesday for Christmas. Players are expected back Sunday for then what Spurrier calls "a normal week" of practice, since the game is on a Saturday.


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mgs4fan540 (Topic Creator)4 years ago#41
Good job TC, people took your troll seriously and bought in to it.
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TheCyborgNinja 4 years ago#42
RE3 is the only numbered iteration that I never actually finished. While I did enjoy Nemesis' antics, that was the only reason I even played the game as much as I did.
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rikimaru_k19 4 years ago#44
The only bad thing about RE3 that comes to mind would be the jump scares, they were used one to many times making then totally ineffective.
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CrimsonGear80 posted...RE2 can be action horror if you put in the infinite ammo code. But it is a survival horror game and is classified as such.
so if a game has a unlockable weapon with infinite ammo that changes the genre?? lol
RE1 has an unlockable infinite rocket launcher too.
sorry.. how you play the game doesn't change the genre. re1, re2, re3, REmake, RE0, re cvx.. all survival horror to their core and the first three games define the genre. you clearly don't understand what survival horror is if you think re2 and re3 are action shooters LOL
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mgs4fan540 posted...
Dark_Spiret posted...The areas were cool and it did what everyone wanted, getting you out into the city. the dodge mechanics was solid and saved my ass more times than i can remember, especially when going up against nemesis. Easy enemies? i hope you didnt play on easy. Bad characters and story? sound like RE to me! Nemesis while repeated constantly was still a great boss and more intimidating than most RE bosses. Mercenaries was great and offered an objective instead of kill enemies. Graphics were top-tier for the time and if you think they didnt improve over 2 you are NUTS. the police area lasted 20-30minutes max and it was cool to go through it before leon and claire had a chance to get there. The whole point of the game was running from nemesis, thats the whole design of the game and why the game still remains the most intense(imo) in the whole series to date.
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RE3 is my least favorite but i didn't think it was that bad. I think I played it about 5 times.
I agree with this, I already traversed Raccoon City and I'm doin it again?! It just seemed pointless playing RE3.
RE0 wasn't all that bad, the main problem for me in RE0 was the pacing, the game was too long or if you missed a crucial item it wasn't just backtracking it was like a marathon.
I play a lil bit of everything on a lil bit of everything.
Not changing this until we get a Viewtiful Joe 3 or HD collection of VJ 1&2 (started 8/14/12)
RE 0 is the worst of the old school RE games. RE6 barely beat out Survivor for worst overall RE game.
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Useless dodging mechanic my ass. It saved my ass from Nemesis many times. It's nowhere near useless. Also, Gaiden is the worst RE if you want to know.
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You don't win many games in the NBA scoring 32 points in the second half, so the 99-82 L in Boston won't surprise anyone, I guess.
Sixers (40-38, .513) should just learn the lesson and move on, as tonight they face the 39-38 Knicks.
Both teams will be playing in the second night of a back-to-back, but with different momentums
Sixers lost their last two while NY comes off four consecutive wins. Be careful, though, that shouldn't impress much because after Orlando (ok), Knicks beat Nets, Cavs and Raptors, with all four games played at home.
I say the things that can be taken positively from the Boston game are:
1) Evan Turner's encouraging performance. Filling in for Lou Williams, he couldn't have done any better, honestly, as he scored at a high rate, dished the ball well and took care of the ball (only 2 turnovers in 33 minutes of action, most of them handling the ball).
He didn't rebound as much as he usually does, but overall a more than solid all around game by Turner, he played stretches of decent D also, and took smaller guys (Rondo, West) in the low post, taking advantage of the mismatches.
2) a couple of awesome dunks by Thaddeus Young, in a game in which he didn't do much else. He missed a couple of easy shots around the rim and wasn't a factor, unlike other games, when he outplayed Glen Davis
3) the first half was a very good one by the whole team, Sixers shot 50% and had 11 assists vs only three turnovers. Jrue first QUARTER was excellent as well.
But... (more after the jump)no comments
..that Sixers should/could have won.
Instead, they lost it, 93-87 in OT in Milwaukee.
If Sixers' overall record of 40-37 (.519) is still great, the 2-8 in overtime games speaks volumes of where they have to improve the most in the upcoming years.
I won't make a big deal out of a basically useless game, in which neither of the two teams was playing for a meaningful goal, especially after such a great run by the Sixers.
But it's crystal clear that there's a lot of work to be done to learn how to close games.
After Elton Brand tied the game at 79, Sixers and Bucks combined for 0/4 and 3 turnovers in the last 1.42 minutes...
To Milwaukee' credit (?), they finished the regulation shooting 0/6, making their list of late blows even longer:
On Monday they missed their last 11 shots in an 87-86 loss in which Charlotte scored the last seven points, and last Saturday they missed their last six shots as Chicago finished on a 12-0 run to win 95-87.
So, you see, we are not alone in this.
This time, though, Brandon Jennings took over in overtime, scoring nine points on 3/3 shooting to finish off a Sixers team in which Brand was the only player to show up offensively (3/4 in the last five minutes).
Speaking of late game shortcomings, here is a great article by Kate Fagan on Iguodala's well documented inability to deliver in crunch time, a subject covered here ad nauseam.
I criticized Iguodala countless times for this, but I have to say that in Milwaukee he wasn't the guy to blame, as he "simply" airballed an uncontested jumper in the 4th (just before Brand scored the 79-79) and missed a three in overtime in which he had a good look (could have made it 89-88). We saw him doing much worse, so I won't complain, LOL. (more after the jump)no comments
It's nice that the (Seventy-)Sixers reached the playoffs in the seventy-sixth game of the season, a 115-90 blowout W over the Nets.
So after the 3-13 start, now the team's record is 37-23, 40-36 (.526) overall.
How does that sound?
I think the man in the picture is the guy that deserves most of the praise.
Doug Collins totally turned things around for a team that finished 27-55 last year, didn't add much to the roster (Hawes + Turner, both far from being franchise players...) and lost so many unbelievable games early in this season that one would have thought the team was definitely cursed.
That's why reaching the postseason is a fantastic goal to reach for this squad.
So what did Collins do to get to this point? First things that come to my mind:
1) Make guys play hard all night, all the time, regardless of the opponent, the score, the lineup. That's one of the best thing a coach can do.
2) Make guys play defense. The Eddie Jordan era is forgotten, thanks God. (more after the jump)no comments
I really enjoy games like this.
The 108-97 W over the Rockets, marking a season sweep of a good team, puts Sixers one game away from reaching the playoffs (39-36, .520).
But it's the way these guys are winning games that leaves you so happy and confident for the future.
Collins went 8-man deep in the rotation this time, leaving Turner on the bench with a DNP CD, and everybody did contribute to a quality game, that was close for more than 36 minutes before Sixers took it thanks to a terrific defensive effort in the fourth.
In the final period Rockets had a stretch in which they shot 1/9 and they were held without a field goals for nearly five minutes.
Different guys had decisive plays down the stretch, Nocioni hustled for an offensive rebound that led to a put back for the 96-88, Hawes knocked down another jumper, Jrue Holiday (awesome tonight) forced a tough drive to get a call and make a pair of crucial free throws to put Houston away (100-90).
All of the above after Thad Young (my MVP) and Lou Willians had already done their job of absolutely torching Houston's defense, to give Sixers another fantastic lift off the bench. (more after the jump)no comments
Raise your hand if you thought that Sixers would have won after Korver hit that crazy corner jumper at the 3rd quarter buzzer to make it a five point game, 64-69.
You called it? More power to you. I didn't.
I thought it would have been another 12-minute agony before Bulls would complete their comeback (from -23 in the second, 25-48, to -4 later in the fourth, 68-72) and win the game.
Sixers (38-36, .514) had different ideas and, in fact, completed their own 48-minute great job winning 85-97 in Chicago.
Wire-to-wire, in the second night of a back-to-back, on the road, against the team that has the best record in the East, and is tied for second overall in the NBA, coming off fourteen consecutive home wins.
If this is not a huge win, I don't know what is.
I have a hard time picking the MVP of the game as at least five Sixers played at a very high level against an elite team like Chicago.
Maybe I should give it to Spencer Hawes, because, after all, he's been everyone's favorite whipping boy for many months, and now he's playing well and, listen to this, closing big games.
Yes, Spencer effin' Hawes knocked down the decisive baskets down the stretch, two jumpers from the same spot to extend our lead back to double digits (76-86 with 3.45 to play) and another 17 footer from the other side to basically finish off the Bulls (80-88, 2.10) before Sixers had a steal and Jrue Holiday went for an easy fastbreak layup.
But Young absolutely abused Taj Gibson and whoever tried to guard him in the first half: he had 17 when he dunked for the 25-48 with less than five minutes to play in the second: a nightmare for Bulls' defense, that put even Boozer on Thad, only to see also him scored on. (more after the jump)no comments
The 111-114 OT L to Sacramento was like this.
Non-Sixers fans were probably just entertained, because, well, it was a fun game.
Sixers fans should be pissed off because the team missed a golden chance to improve its record, now at 37-36 (.507).
Not that the game will change much in terms of seed, position etc (and then again, just making the playoffs is a great achievement in itself AND we won't have a real chance to advance much, so finishing 6th, 7th or 8th and getting Boston, Miami or Chicago doesn't make a difference to me).
Still, you simply can't lose games like this: coach, players should blame themselves and work hard to avoid this happening again.
It was the same (bad) team that got buried few days ago in Sacramento, the team that was 19-52, the team that was 0-5 in overtime this year, the team that tried its best NOT to win tonight (Kings committed a 5 second violation + a stupid offensive foul - guess by who? - in OT).
Instead, Sixers' spoiled Hip Hop's birthday and Hawes' career game...
1) Doug Collins. Why he played Iguodala at all, and why he played him so much? Why he didn't go with Jrue Holiday (or Jodie Meeks) for the last shots of regulation?
That is beyond me. Jrue was 7/7 in the second half (!) and had scored nine consecutive points to put Sixers up five with 2.03 left (96-91, initially ruled a two, then corrected to a three): he never took a shot since. (more after the jump)no comments
I don't care much about the 111-99 L in Miami, honestly.
Of course I would have liked to beat the hyper-hyped Heat, but anyway... they got their usual load of praises also after this win, predictably.
Sixers are nearly sure of a playoffs spot at 37-35 (.514), with a 7 1/2 games edge over the 29-42 Bucks, currently at the ninth place in the conference, meaning out of the postseason.
That's why I really don't see any reason to play THIS Iguodala. Or to play him this much.At this point.
Iguodala (in the pic) is clearly bothered by the tendinitis in his knee, so putting him on the floor is a risk that is NOT WORTH taking now, in my opinion.
He looks evidently tentative, in the fourth he had an airball and a couple of bad, crucial turnovers: I'm not even considering the 3/10 shooting, that is secondary, really.
So why the 36 minutes of playing time? Are we trying to make a desperate run to save the season? No. Does it make a REAL difference to finish 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th? I say no. While it could make a real difference to have a 100% healthy Iguodala in the post season, and prevent him from worsening the injury (knock on wood).
Speaking of players we need to have back at full strength, Brand's stats in the month of march are worrying me a little bit: 12 + 8 on below 42% shooting in the last ten... (more after the jump)no comments
Not the biggest, but to me one of the most 'promising' wins of the season.
The 105-100 W over Atlanta sent some messages to the rest of the League.
First off, Sixers (37-34, .521) won't be an easy opponent in the first round of the playoffs, regardless of who they'll meet.
Second, they are not done with their rise yet, and the fading Hawks, losers of 14 of their last 21, 3-7 in the last ten, better watch out, as their edge is now reduced to just 2 1/2 games.
Third, they are deep. Very deep.
SEVEN players in double figure for the 17th time this season, if I am not mistaken. 39-14 advantage in bench points against Atlanta. I cannot stress enough how I like this, really.
As for depth (read it again before busting my balls, I'm talking only depth...), Sixers remind me of many teams I used to like a lot: the 2004 Pistons, the Divac-Webber-Bibby-Peja Kings, where a guy like Gerald Wallace was sitting at the end of the bench, etc etc. Teams that could use effectively a ten man-rotation.
Of course, this is not a team that can have real chances to beat Chicago, Boston or Miami in the first round in a seven game series. But the Hawks? Oh, yes. And not only judging from this game, obviously. (more after the jump)no comments
Pretty predictable, honestly.
In the last of their five games West, playing without Iguodala, Sixers fell 110-101 in Portland, to end their long road trip with a respectable 2-3 record (36-34, .524).
Still, I got more positive than negative indications from this game.
Ok, not from the first quarter (36-27), when the Sixers allowed the Blazers to connect on six of their seven attempts from behind the arc (!), with Matthews hitting all of his five (!!!).
It was like the ghost of Eddie Jordan showed up at the Rose Garden...
Our poor defense continued, and Portland took advantage of it, shooting 61% at halftime (62-54), on pace to finish above 120 points...
But the encouraging thing is that Sixers had a reaction, and the bench guys did a great job to keep us in the game, especially Young (4/5, including three outside shots), Williams, who scored twelve points, and, surprisingly, Nocioni, who got a lot of minutes and had nine at the break.
With Brand out of the game due to "silly fouls" (Blazers' announcers), Thad and a red hot Lou sparked a nice run in the third: one of Young's only two misses of the night was the shot that could have tied the game at 75. (more after the jump)no comments
I couldn't watch the 80-102 thrashing in Sacramento and it surely it would have been fun.
Sixers (36-33, .521) did the best thing to do in these cases: jump on the weaker opponent early and get some comfortable separation (38-55 at halftime), to cruise in the second half and extend the lead.
Sixers won the fourth game of this road trip thanks to great defense, keeping the team with the worst record in the Conference to a miserable 34% from the floor.
Offensively, the fact that Jrue Holiday with 15 points was the top scorer is a sign that it didn't take that much effort to come out with a W.
Iguodala flirted with a triple double, that he surely would have reached had he played more than 29 minutes.
It was also the first game played against the Sixers by Sam Dalembert: 3/10, -25 in the plus/minus category and 5 TOs in 29 minutes won't give his fans a strong argument to ask for a comeback to Philly, even if the did well under the boards (13 dimes).
Hawes, the player he was traded for, did his usual, mediocre job: overall, I still think the trade didn't make the Sixers better. Imagine these Sixers with a stronger presence in the paint and, mostly, Sam's 12 millions coming off the books in few months...
Overall, a good road win that improved our record to 33-20 after the 3-13 start. To me, still unreal.no comments


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> Define full house load?
April 16, 2009, 10:59 AM
Howdy, I keep reading about full house loads mostly in reference to .357.
What does this refer to? Bullet weight?
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Full house load is a load that used the maximum powder charge for a bullet used. If a 44 mag is loaded with a 240gr bullet and 2400 powder is used, the max powder charge recommended is a full house load.
April 16, 2009, 05:25 PM
The original loading of .357 magnum was a 158 grain bullet running right around 1550 from a 8 3/8" N frame.
The N frame soaks up the recoil great, but smaller guns started coming out chambered in .357 and in these smaller guns, recoil was excessive for a good portion of people.
Due to this, the .357 is often downloaded to a level of recoil that is acceptable to most people when firing a medium frame revolver.
Something called "full house" or "full power" will typically be a 125 or 158 grain bullet listed at around 1500 fps from a 4-6" barrel.
April 16, 2009, 06:42 PM
"Full-house" 158gr .357 Magnum (factory jacketed soft point) loads will clock around 1200-1250 fps from a 4" barrel. My reloading manuals suggest I might be able to push that to 1300 with the right powder. A 125gr bullet might get to 1400-1450 from the same 4" tube.
"Full-house" 240gr .44 Magnum is something like 1300-1400 fps from a 6" barrel. If memory serves, WWB .44 Mag 240gr JSP was about 1300 from my 6" 629. I reload that bullet weight to "only" 1200-1250, and consider it my "full-power" load.
These are the loads the cartridges were designed with, as far as I know.
April 16, 2009, 07:35 PM
BTW it usually applies to handloads.
When you load your own, you can decide what powder charge you want. You can give up 150 fps to reduce recoil, wear and tear on your gun, etc. There are also specific target loads that differ greatly in both the bullet design and powder charge, from a standard cartridge in the caliber.
A "full-house" load generally is a standard, not light, bullet weight (e.g. 158 for .357 or 240 for .44), and the maximum velocity with a magnum powder (H110, IMR4227, 296, N110, 2400, Lil Gun, etc.).
April 16, 2009, 07:40 PM
It just means it's a load pushing the upper end of the cartridge's capabilities.
April 16, 2009, 08:17 PM
From reading these posts I get the impression that the term is subjective.
I always considered "full house" to mean maximum safe load. I consider factory 357 magnum to be "full house" loads, since their ballistics are going to be pretty much maximum in any of my reloading manuals.
Or if we're talking reloads, "full house" are those loads that fall under the "maximum" heading in my reloading manuals.
Either way, "full house" is a term used in contrast to "minimum" or "mid range" (which is where I load my revolver ammo) loads.
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Hello! Please remember that my responses are informational only, we are not establishing a therapeutic relationship.
It sounds like you are in a difficult spot and that your husband is not hearing/seeing the seriousness of it. I will give you some tips for communication, however, these will be difficult with an alcoholic. I'll address that part after discussing the communication.
Communication Tips
1. Use a lot of Empathy and Validation:
Empathy is where name the feelings you see that her feeling, validation is where yougive support to him for those feelings: "I know you are working very long hours and it's exhausting," or "It was frustrating for you when youhad that conflict with your boss," or "It sounds like when you come home you need some time to unwind" Validation:"I can understand how your job is stressful." or "I can seewhy you might want/need to wind down each day."
Empathy builds connection and trust --the greater your trust, the more likely he is tobe honest with you--except that this is more difficult with an alcoholic Empathy and validation do NOT mean that you support a particularly behavior, nor does it mean you would feel the same way or engage in the same behavior. It simply means that you can look beyond your own feelings and understand what is behind his feelings.
2.Use "I feel __________, when you _________"statements. Some examples:
"I feel abandoned and lonely after while when you are outside smoking/drinking. I'd like to talk to you at some point after you get home." Or another variation, "I worry that you are notinterested in trying to work out our relationship when you _____(insertbehavior)." OR "I feel neglected because we have not gone out together in 6 months."
The "I" part of the statement puts the responsibility on you (and henceis less likely to make him feel defensive), but the "when you" partidentifies the behavior that is confusing, hurting you, concerning you, etc. Again, though, if he's an alcoholic, he might be more defensive to start out with --making this more challenging.
It's much more likely to get an honest answer than a "why" question (Whydo you drink so much?) which makes people naturally defensive.
3. Use Open Ended Questions: They tend to start withWhat, When, How, and Tell me: "What is going through your mind rightnow?" or "Please tell me what your current thoughts are about ourrelationship." Or "How can I be supportive of you given how much stress you are under?"
Avoid closed ended questions: "Don't you think you ought to do the dishes?" "Don't you think you drink too much?" "Shouldn't we be going out more often?"Open ended questions invite conversation, closed ended ones tend to shut itdown.
So here's some Don'ts for you constructive arguments:
1. Don't engage in name calling (even if he does)
2. Don't ask closed questions (such as "Why" "Do you" or "Don't you"
3. Focus on the current situation ONLY do not bring up ANYTHING about the past, even if it seems pertinent
4. Stay calm --if emotions get too high say, "I need to calm down. Let me walk away and we can continue this in a few minutes." Or if he gets too emotional,"Let's take a time out. We can continue when we're both more calm."
Drinking ---You could try addressing it at some point when you are not fighting, using the methods I've discussed above. "I am concerned about how much you are drinking. You seem so stressed and are using drinking to cope." However, it might be best if you enter couples' counseling. All of these skills take some practice and it's so much better to have some help than to try to do it all on your own.
If you think that he needs to go into rehab, we could talk about how to stage an "Intervention," which is a technique designed to convince people to go to rehab.
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brilliant, just the kind of guidance I needed to help the situation. I also think that we may need counselling but it may take a lot of convincing. do you have any pointers on how we could address damage done with the kids - with the fighting and name calling? Thank you.
You are welcome. As far as the kids go, the best thing you can do is to stop it ---the fighting and the name calling. If you stop now, and pursue the healthier ways of relating, then I think the damage is minimal. They are so young that you have years left to model something better.
But --I'd do it now --even if you have start with just you refusing to fight in front of them. "I'll fight with you about this later --outside, when they are asleep," or something like that.
Ok will try to keep arguments to a miminum when the kids are around. I understand that an intervention could be staged to convince my husband to go for rehab. How would I go about accomplishing this? Many thanks.
Thank you for your accept and excellent rating. Here are some guidelines about Interventions:
An important key to a successful intervention is careful planning ahead of time. Usually a group is formed, consisting of people who truly love/care for the addict. Someone should be designated as the "leader," who will make sure that the actual Intervention stays on track. Here are some other key points:
1. Get some help from someone who works in addictions (either an addictions counselor, Psychologist who works in addictions, etc) They won't necessarily attend the actual Intervention, but they can help coach you ahead of time and help prepare you against falling into any pitfalls that could keep it from being successful. One thing that usually happens is the addict gets defensive and verbally attacks the people in the group, so you need help in how to prepare for this
2. Usually each person writes out what they are going to say (and sometimes they read the letters to the addict). The focus should be on the care/concern for the addict and how the addiction has harmed the relationship between the addict and that person (It's another place where those "I" statements are used)
3. The goal is to get the addict to go right from the Intervention to Rehab --so a bag should be packed ahead of time and issues pertaining to where should be settled ahead of time. Again, the counselor should be able to advise you on specific details about this --as well as the admissions counselor of the rehab that you pick.
4. The group should meet, practice and process their feelings about doing the intervention. Groups are generally small, but could contain up to 6-8 people.
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12:13 p.m. Are the standards for television different for "intensity"? "Intensity is a vague thing to measure. That's a subjective measurement. We do take it into account," Reilly says, claiming that they're marketing this particular show to a particular audience and "at a certain point the audience selects and they know what they're getting and what they're not getting." He says that comedies self-select similarly.
12:15 p.m. FOX is not going to air the episodes of "In Living Color" that they shot. "It just didn't seem like it was going to reinvent the next chapter," he says. Boo. I did a set visit and interviewed the whole new cast. Regarding "Goodwin Games," Reilly admits to disappointment with how the Tuesday comedies do in the fall. He thinks audiences worry about "too much churn." Traditionally, FOX has programmed with 'a lot of churn." He notes that audiences are waiting to see what sticks before committing. "I'm creatively very happy with what's happening in that block," he says of Tuesday. "'Goodwin Games' is a nice show. I'm not sure if it's going to improve our lot ratings-wise," he says. So the plan is to maintain consistency and "Goodwin Games" will pop up in the summer.
12:17 p.m. A question about "Stars in Danger" and whether they want ratings or just to damage ABC's similar diving show. "You get no points for damaging someone else," Reilly says, claiming they expect ratings. "It's all fair. Ours was ready earlier. We put it on the air. It's a one-time special. If it works, it'll be back," he says. Reilly says FOX had an airdate. So that's where it went.
12:19 p.m. "I liked it. You didn't like it?" Reilly asks a reporter who didn't like "So You Think You Can Dance" as a once-a-week show. Mike Darnell, from the back of the room, says that once a week worked. "We liked the momentum of having the payoff within the body of the show itself," Reilly says.
12:20 p.m. "The metrics are something we're spending a lot of time on, measurement," Reilly says. Lots of people are watching FOX outside of their monetizable window. He mentions streaming, VoD and over-the-top services. He expects that "The Following" will get "a resounding vote early on." Reilly calls "The Following" fantastic. But comedy is a different issue. He recalls that back in the day, comedies weren't star-driven, they were shows that made stars. He says that comedies often start low and grow. Because of DVRs, it's harder to create flow and to get viewers to settle in for comedy blocks. "Our shows weren't rejected. They weren't even really sampled," Reilly laments. "That means they're either rolling over it on the DVR, or they haven't gotten it on their radar," Reilly says. He feels that viewers have more urgency to view dramas than comedies.
12:24 p.m. Back to Reilly saying that there's a "broader discussion" about violence on television and society. Does he think this discussion will happen? Not... really. Exactly. Why not? People love violence. "Clearly there's an appetite. Let's say this for a fact," Reilly wants to note. "That's the business we're in of providing things that people like," he adds. He welcomes any study that will further "a constructive dialogue." "In complex matters, we all like a scapegoat," he says.
12:26 p.m. Is FOX looking for a new genre-type program with "Fringe" departing? Reilly says FOX has always been in that business. "We've had some bad false starts and broken some hearts," he says, but they still want to be there.
12:27 p.m. Reilly cites our country's Puritan roots for why we have a greater tolerance for violent content than sexual content.
12:29 p.m. "I really like the consistency of the work," Reilly says of "Glee," calling the dual-setting world "high risk." FOX saw interruption on 18 of the first 38 days of the fall, which is an excuse for some of FOX's struggles.
12:30 p.m. Back to "The Following"... What is FOX's strategy with the time slot. "We have two hours of programming. We put it in the latest time slot we had," he says, also referencing a history of success for "propulsive" hits on Monday, which he dubs "Macho Monday."
12:31 p.m. What was his reaction to NBC scheduling an episode of "The Voice" against the "X Factor" premiere? "It went in the file for later reference. The score will be settled at some point. I don't know when," Reilly says, calling it "slightly on the cheesy side."
That's all, folks...