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f(x) = - (x/2) + 3arctan(1+2x) + (1/4)ln(1+2x+2x^2)
What is f(-1) and f(0), and how do I show that f has a stationary point in the interval (-1,0)? What is f'(x)?
It's the arctan(1+2x) that really confuses me. I'd be very grateful for any help!
Right. I just did that and got the right answer, thank you!common denominator ... you have to do the grunt work algebra.
Still, I'm not quite getting the intermediate value theorem. But I'll try:
f'(-1)= (3-((-1)^2)) / (1+(2*-1)+(2*(-1)^2))) = 2
f'(0)= (3-((0)^2)) / (1+(2*0)+(2*(0)^2))) = 3
Which should tell me something I think.
then f(x) might not have a stationary point on the interval (-1,0) ...
as a matter of fact, after graphing f(x), I can see that it doesn't.
are all problem statements correct?
... looks like an inflection point in (-1,0)
On second thought I think "stationary point" is the wrong translation for what I'm looking for.
Let's see... the text says:
"Find f(-1) and f(0), and use the intermediate value theorem to show that f has a ...point in the interval (-1,0)"
It literally translates zeropoint but that's not a word I think. Perhaps inflection point is the right word. Lol, I must be superstressed. Thanks again for helping me out!
So I'm starting to get it now. The last part of the problem is to explain where the function is growing and where it is shrinking. That would be where f'(x) = 0 I guess. Which means:
f'(x) = 0
(3-x^2)/(1+2x+2x^2) = 0
3/(1+2x+2x^2) = x^2/(1+2x+2x^2)
3 = x^2
x = +-(root)3
And then I'm supposed to explain, without any calculations, if f has any zero-points when x>0, and if so, how many. This is where I'm a little unsure again.

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Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Jack's Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24If allowed. Dunno if that means i can act this round... but if the bird saw them, he'd shriek a warning to Dhaavan.
|Valeros Jaloksin
|DM Immortal
Dhaavan: I would give you the +2 for Jack "Aiding" you but it won't matter. He can act though if there is anything you want him to do.
Valeros: That misses so you lose 1 strength.
|Variel Nightstorm
This is going to hurt having them go twice before almost everyone else. Flatfooted and some already grappled. Not a good situation.
|Horatio Flynn
Okay - two quick questions - First - why is Rain so far away from both Variel and myself, if she was intentionally standing near both of us; or least near me, and Variel near Rain? She was standing, and you have her in 20 feet of water which doesn't make any sense.
Second - if Rain went on the Surprise Round - as she should be able to - that would/could mean that her action, by default, would derail some of the actions that you took. Her move could theoretically force a "Ret-Con" action - for example, if she was at 8:N - she may have been able to cause the crab to attack her, and given Jiro an attack of opportunity; or Variel, or myself. This makes little sense to me to allow her to go first via surprise, but have the crabs go first.
Also, it may make a significant difference - but today is Saturday in Oz, which means that it is likely Rain won't be able to post until later, if at all - because she will be with family. I might be wrong though; but that is something you may want to check on, as her action would have a potentially dramatic impact on what happens next.
In any case, since at this point I'm hit (depending on what Rain may do), I will roll my Fortitude Roll.
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
I don't know if that Fortitude Roll succeeds, or not. Please let me know as if it fails I lose Strength. Please let me know - thank you.
|Valeros Jaloksin
One thing to note is even if Rain did something to make a crab provoke, since everyone else is flat footed, unless they have the specific feat I can't think of right now they wouldn't have been able to do anything anyways. So her surprise round action wouldn't really do much for the rest of us directly.
|Horatio Flynn
One thing to note is even if Rain did something to make a crab provoke, since everyone else is flat footed, unless they have the specific feat I can't think of right now they wouldn't have been able to do anything anyways. So her surprise round action wouldn't really do much for the rest of us directly.
Ah - touche! But this does bring an interesting point, though. When doing combat when a person is not available - say; if they're going to be out of town; or gone for the weekend, or whatever - is there some sort of "buddy system" we can set up on the Discussion Thread so if a person can't be there for the weekend, they can have another play take their action for them?
If I'm right and Rain can't post this weekend, that would be a bit frustrating. However - she may still be able to, I'm just guessing there. Either way, she might have someone in mind other then the GM to play out her actions. The same applies to everyone. Is this something people are interested in doing - that is; setting a up system if you can't make it to post, someone else could take over for you?
her init is still after the crabs, so even if she could try to provoke one, they still would get their initial attacks as made. She simply gets to act between their surprise actions and their 1st round actions... and now that they've acted, she's no longer flat-footed which the rest of us are.
i'm fine with the GM taking my actions for me if I'm going to be away, which I would let him know if that were going to happen, assuming I had advance warning.
|DM Immortal
Horatio you succeed at your fort save so no strength loss for you. As far as where she is positioned, I put her there for a few reasons. 1. is that you all were diving for crabs and such when the creatures attacked. As such you were spread out going for crabs. 2. as far as her "standing next to you" based upon the map which obviously she didnt have at the time, there was no place that she could have done that and have you all be standing. There were only a few scattered places as evidenced by the map. Also Seijiro is right, she goes on the average initiative with the rest of you but gets to act in the surprise round unlike the rest of you. The order is correct, Creatures - Rain - Creatures - you all. Please let me know if you all have any other questions.
|DM Immortal
Also if someone wants to go for Rain, they can go for her. Horatio would probably be the best person. Just FYI remember the rules on slashing weapons so it might be a good idea to pull a better weapon...like the one strapped to her back lol.
|Horatio Flynn
It's okay - I was just confused. Now that things are explained - it is formally Rain's turn - then the Crabs - then our turn. That's fine - I'm just waiting for my turn, then.
One quick question, though, before I take action - are we using standard combat rules, or the underwater rules for this? It will likely make a difference on what I do. Thank you.
|DM Immortal
Underwater rules. Even for those of you on the 5' because it is chest level which amounts to the same thing so everyone is using the underwater rules.
|Horatio Flynn
Acting for Rain
Okay – Rain needs to make a successful swim check – here is where this gets tricky; and begs a question; if she succeeds that ¼ move speed. How much is that for base thirty feet?
However, for now Rain has her Trident on her back – drawing it is a "Move Action". If she draws it and moves - a second move action - she can only move 1/4 speed while in water and can't attack until next round.
For now she will wait until next round to draw it as a move action when flanking with Jiro – and then, after her Move Action to draw it, then take her attack Action.
For now she will take a "full move action" to flank with Jiro after her swim check.
Swim Check
1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15
I believe in Calm Water that the DC to swim is 10 – but I could be in error. If there is a penalty in combat, please let me know, I will do what I can to correct it.
|DM Immortal
Answering your questions. 5', you are correct. Anyone that did not make a knowledge check last round can try now. You cannot retry though so if you've already tried you are SOL.
Hey I'm at a wedding and dunno when I'll be posting next.
Cast SM 1
Concentration: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
To cast in the water. DC 16 or something whenever my action is
|Horatio Flynn
Cool - so with her completed swim check, she is able to move "half speed" - which is 15 feet. She is currently next to Jiro and therefore provides him the Flanking Bonus he will probably want for Sneak Attack (if he uses it).
The real question is - and this will be important later, I would guess - how does "diagonal movement" work? In other words - if the crab was 5 feet below Jiro - and Rain was 10 feet below the crab - she could have moved over by 10 feet on the map, and be flanking the enemy from a diagonal angle with Jiro - even as two other allies flank the enemy - one from above the crab with Jiro - and one horizontal to Jiro.
That sounds confusing, but it is the same difficulty for combat in flight. There should probably be rules somewhere for multiple levels of attack - but I don't know where they are. And I guess for now it is the crabs turn.
Sko has just caught a particularly large crab and wonders who's doing all this splashing around. Probably Dhaavan trying to show off...
He spares a csual glance over and is stunned to the group being attack by...
K: Nature 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
...eel thingies. The crab takes this opportunity to poke him in the hand and Sko, startled again, turns back around dropping the crab.
|DM Immortal
The demonic looking crab things shot out of the coral at your group. Catching most of you by surprise, Rain shouts out a warning just as you are hit. Horatio is pierced in the forearm by one of the creatures pincers. Valeros is hit just as hard and the creature clamps its pincer around his good leg and injecting a venom that causes his muscles to start to twitch and go weak. Rain moves over to help Seijiro but the water causes her to be unable to do more than move.
Reefclaw Round 1 actions!
RC 1 Attack 1 on Valeros
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21 vs Flat-footed AC
If hit, Damage
1d4 ⇒ 1 + need to make Fort save or lose 1d2 ⇒ 1 strength.
RC 1 Attack 2 on Valeros
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 vs Flat-footed AC
If hit, Damage
1d4 ⇒ 1 + need to make Fort save or lose 1d2 ⇒ 2 strength.
Fumble causes RC to lose his grapple on Valeros
RC 2 Attack 1 on Horatio
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14 vs Flat-footed AC
If hit, Damage
1d4 ⇒ 4 + need to make Fort save or lose 1d2 ⇒ 1 strength.
RC 2 Attack 2 on Horatio
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20 vs Flat-footed AC
If hit, Damage
1d4 ⇒ 1 + need to make Fort save or lose 1d2 ⇒ 2 strength.
RC 3 Attack 1 on Seijiro
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15 vs Flat-footed AC
If hit, Damage
1d4 ⇒ 4 + need to make Fort save or lose 1d2 ⇒ 2 strength.
RC 3 Attack 2 on Rain
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
If hit, Damage
1d4 ⇒ 2 + need to make Fort save or lose 1d2 ⇒ 2 strength.
Grab and initiate grapple on Valeros.
1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28 vs Valeros CMD
Valeros is Grappled before the creature knocks its own claw off with it's second attempted strike.
Grab and initiate grapple on Horatio.
1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21 vs Valeros CMD
Horatio is Grappled.
Grab and initiate grapple on Seijiro.
1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23 vs Seijiro CMD
Seijiro is Grappled.
Horatio: 9 damage and 0 Strength damage (need to make 2 additional fort saves vs poison)
Seijiro: 4 Damage and need to make a Fort save vs poison
|DM Immortal
...eel thingies.
|DM Immortal
Need saves and actions as it is your turn! Kick some ASS and save your...well not friends but close...no that doesn't fit either...SAVE YOUR ACQUAINTANCES!
Dhaavan begins gurgling underwater and moving his hands around strangely.
|Horatio Flynn
|Horatio Flynn
Okay then;
Rain will draw her trident as a "Move Action" – then she will attack the crab in front of her – with bonuses to flank with Jiro. As the trident is a piercing weapon; she should have no penalty to her attack.
Attack Roll
1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 2 = 13
Attack Modifier
1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
|Horatio Flynn
Sorry – didn't know what I could do – if anything; so it took me a moment to research.
For now, as I struggle, I will attempt to make a Concentration Check to cast "Cure Light Wounds" on myself via the Grappled Rule.
I am not sure what the CMB for these things are; if it gets a bonus or penalty to Grapple or not. However – for now I will use "Archeologists Luck" as a "Swift Action" to gain a +1 Bonus to my Check.
Concentration Check –
1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 1 = 22
IF I succeed
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Okay, I'll make the Fortitude Save - to see what happens next; if anything.
Fortitude Save 1
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Fortitude Save 2
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
Seijiro does his best to wriggle free of the claw, still bearing one dagger in his teeth... he grabs the dagger and arms himself to prepare for his next action.
escape artist: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Feeling poison seep into the wound, he grits his teeth and steels himself against the effects of the nasty stuff.
fort save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14
I must have missed something; where's that extra damage coming from? You took 9 damage from the two rounds of attacks dropping you to 6 of which 3 are possibly healed. I keep looking back at the posts and keep coming up with 9/6 rather than 4/1; what am I missing?
|Horatio Flynn
Damn it, Sko! You're missing my general stupidity here! For gods' sake - when I read a series of collective Damage and see my name, I naturally assume the collective damage is all on me, not the group! :)
So, yeah - sorry - my mistake. The GM did a collective damage for "nine"; and I added it to the damage he did that round, hence my confusion.
In which case I suffered a total of 9 damage - and potentially healed for 3; this would mean I have a total of either 6 - possibly 9 - depending on the Concentration Check.
|Horatio Flynn
While I'm at it - if the creature that is grappling Jiro is Grappling him before Rain attacked, then I believe it also suffers the penalty of Grapple. That means that the Crab is also considered "Grappled" for purposes of penalties. This means that it is at a -4 to Dex - and therefore a -2 to AC - which means Rain should have hit it and done damage.
|Variel Nightstorm
hopefully I am reading this right and grappling someone prevents AoO.
Swim check 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15
Seeing his 'acquaintances' being attack all around him, Variel quickly swims over to help Seijiro and Rain. Pulling his dagger as he moves Variel is ready to set upon the creature from below Jiro. Upon reaching the crabstrosity Variel works on casting a spell to aid the damage he can do. just before he targets the creature with his dagger a flow of energy sheaths the dagger making it more deadly and accurate
Swift action to use arcane pool: dagger considered +1
Standard to Cast frostbite and attack with spellstrike
attack roll 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17 +2 if flanking with Rain
Damage 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Nonlethal cold damage 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 + fatigued until no lethal is removed
|Horatio Flynn
hopefully I am reading this right and grappling someone prevents AoO.
Swim check d20+10
Seeing his acquaintances being attack all around him, Variel quickly swims over to help Seijiro and Rain. Pulling his dagger as he moves Variel is ready to set upon the creature from below Jiro. Upon reaching the crabstrosity Variel works on casting a spell to aid the damage he can do. just before he targets the creature with his dagger a flow of energy sheaths the dagger making it more deadly and accurate
Swift action to use arcane pool: dagger considered +1
Standard to Cast frostbite and attack with spellstrike
attack roll d20+4 +2 if flanking with Rain
Damage d4+3
Subdual damage d8
Nicely done! That probably drops it unconscious; and than to the bottom of the reefs - 20 feet below, and it would likely let Jiro go, too, if it falls... Remember; a creature grappling another creature sufferes the same penalty of being grappled, too. So good times!
Seijiro may be free already - I got a 19 on my escape artist check...
|Variel Nightstorm
If Seijiro is free would it be possible to change targets and go after the crab grappling Valeros? If not I understand. Also just realized I can't be below Jiro so moved on the map accordingly depending on who I am attacking. Sorry forthe either or Immortal.
|Horatio Flynn
Good times indeed, Jiro! Depending on what Valeros does next - and Dhaavan - this may be wrapped up in round 3 at the latest - maybe.
If I was Dhaavan - I'd tap in a Fiendish Dolphin at 10:I to flank with Valeros and attack the Crab. Meantime Dhaavan has "Augment Summoning" so that's something handy as he is summoning.
Depending on if the crab next to Rain/Jiro/Variel falls this round, as per Rain's PM Request, - I'll have Rain use her "Freebooter" thing next round on the toughest Crab.
GM: is it possible for someone to take Dhaavan's action as he'll be at wedding tomorrow? I know you'll be busy, too - and Valeros normally is busy on weekends - so it may be Sunday before this thing gets resolved...
Oh well, I'll just have to be patient.
|Horatio Flynn
If Seijiro is free would it be possible to change targets and go after the crab grappling Valeros? If not I understand.
It seems unlikely on you attacking the creature by Valeros, though you can try if you want' depending on where you where to begin with.
But for underwater combat, you can move 1/4 your distance as a "move action" - and only 1/2 your distance as a "full round action".
The GM said that if you can move 30 feet - that means that 1/4 speed is only 5 feet. If you want to move and attack you can only move 5 feet from your original position.
Here's the fun rules on it -
variel - Seijiro was grappled at the start of this round - I just made that roll to break free this round, but since our GM has family obligations and what not, we won't have results of all these actions until he gets back... essentially we are kinda in the dark here.
also, I have a d&d game face to face tomorrow from 10-4 pst so I will be away from the computer most of that time. just a heads up... may be a moot point with the gm out too... just saying
|Variel Nightstorm
missed that as well . Was going with difficult instead of 1/4 speed. ok still attacking the one Jiro was locked onto. Never mind the previous post.
|Horatio Flynn
missed that as well . Was going with difficult instead of 1/4 speed. ok still attacking the one Jiro was locked onto. Never mind the previous post.
It actually turns out to be better. If these things are from standard rules - then it means that Rain hit on her turn as the thing was grappling Jiro and had a penalty to it's AC, so your hit should probably drop it completely - meaning that Jiro and Rain can split off on to the other creatures respectively.
Sup, posting from phone. So summoning is a 1 round casting time, so Dhaavan has already spent his first round casting, round 2 we'll get flipper from hell, and it'll kick so crabass! But the crabs get to go again before it shows up. It'll likely pop in a flanking position and attack. I got my phone charged, so I can post my action
GM: dhaavan gurgles and wiggles his arma around. But he concentrates REALLY harg on gurgling... that was beautiful, btw. Thank you for that
|DM Immortal
Rain manages to get a solid stab into the creature, distracting it momentarily and allowing Seijiro to wriggle free of its pincer. Also, in doing so Seijiro manages to avoid getting most of the poison into him.
Seijiro succeeded on his Fort save so no poison damage.
Horatio gets a hand free and lays it upon his leg where the creature is clutching him, summoning a glow of healing energy that causes some of his wounds to knit together.
Horatio, you made the first save but failed the second so you take 2 Strength damage from the poison.
Variel, seeing Seijiro in trouble, swims over quickly and stabs his dagger down into the Reefclaw, summoning his magic to send a surge of cold damage into the creature. Unfortunately, the cold damage seems to have absolutely no effect on the creature and it remains fighting.
|DM Immortal
Valeros, looks at the creature with malice in his eyes and speaks a word of command to the creature, saying FLEE!
Valeros casts defensively 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13 to cast Command on Reefclaw 1 telling it to Flee for 1 round. Reefclaw will save 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
The creature turns and flees away from Valeros at all speed but not before swiping at Valeros. 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17 1d4 ⇒ 1
Concentration to keep spell 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24 and he keeps spell.
|Horatio Flynn
Valeros, looks at the creature with malice in his eyes and speaks a word of command to the creature, saying FLEE!
Valeros casts defensively 1d20+6 to cast Command on Reefclaw 1 telling it to Flee for 1 round. Reefclaw will save 1d20+4
The creature turns and flees away from Valeros at all speed but not before swiping at Valeros. 1d20+2 1d4
Concentration to keep spell 1d20+6 and he keeps spell.
Quick Question - Rain hit it for 5; although Variel did not kill the creature with his dagger; and the cold damage is negated, didn't it still do regular damage for a total of 7 points - meaning it would have suffered 12 altogether? Not trying to be nit-picky - just trying to figure out if the dagger hurt it at all, never mind the cold damage.
|Valeros Jaloksin
Fort saves: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20, 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15
Immortal, totally fine with you running me as needed, especially on the weekends and Command was a good call. As another option I'm usually fond of, you can use my Wintry Touch ability. Stats are +3 melee touch attack for 1d6+1 cold damage that can be used 6 times a day. The melee attack bonus would of course be impacted by the Str damage I've taken but the damage roll is magical in nature and unaffected by it.
Updated my sheet with the normal damage and the Str damage from last time. Don't know what the DC is for the save so I'll update for the above rolls when I find out the results.
Also, quick request. When you post the baddies actions, could you include another link to the map? I find it's getting lost in the amount of posts we have and then I gotta go searching for it which is a pain. If not, no worries. Just thought I'd ask.
|Horatio Flynn
Valeros - here is the most updated map link: Current Combat Map. I hope it helps.
Meanwhile, I think everyone went - now it is time for crabby's to act. Also - what is current Crab Situation in terms of Variel's to hit? Just curious; as I'm still NPC'ing Rain, and I need to figure out her action after the crabs go.
|Variel Nightstorm
Variel hit for 7 damage but no cold damage or fatigue condition. 12 damage to RC3.
AoO if needed at +4
-1dex from disease still
|Horatio Flynn
Variel hit for 7 damage but no cold damage or fatigue condition. 12 damage to RC3.
** spoiler omitted **
Cool! Well, a lot of what will happens depends on the crabs.
However, it seems likely Rain will go first - as she is top of the Initiative Order. But can she? Will she be grappled, and so on? I don't know yet.
If she isn't grappled, and she hits this thing - chances are that her hit will end up killing it outright. Depending on that, it will change things dramatically for the rest of the combat.
Remember too, a creature who is grappling another suffers the same penalty for being grappled.
In other words - the creature grappling me suffers the penalties to AC, and attack damage. This could prove very handy soon.
|Horatio Flynn
Sorry I wrote that wrong.
The creature - while grappling me - cannot attack you, unless it breaks the grapple. So you should all be relatively safe, while it grapples me.
Also, it looses Dexterity Modifiers as well as AC modifiers; because it is grappling me - making it easy to hit, I would think. Depending on what happens next - and where the gang ends up - this could be taken care of easily. It's just a matter of seeing what they do next - and then we can act.
|DM Immortal
Round 2!
The Reefclaws continue their frenzied attacks. Reefclaw 1 moved away from Valeros (should have happened on it's turn now but I moved it on Valeros's turn, didn't have an effect on anything right now though.)
Reefclaw Round 1 actions!
The reefclaw on Horatio releases the grapple on Horatio as a free action in order to try and finish him off and help his broodmates.
Reefclaw 2 Attack 1 on Horatio
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19 vs CMD
If hit, Damage
1d4 ⇒ 1 + need to make Fort save or lose 1d2 ⇒ 1 Strength.
Reefclaw 2 Attack 2 on Horatio
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13 vs AC
If hit, Damage
1d4 ⇒ 2 + need to make Fort save or lose 1d2 ⇒ 2 Strength.
Reefclaw 3 Attack 1 on Rain
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12 vs AC
If hit, Damage
1d4 ⇒ 3 + need to make Fort save or lose 1d2 ⇒ 2 Strength.
Reefclaw 3 Attack 2 on Variel
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11 vs AC
If hit, Damage
1d4 ⇒ 2 + need to make Fort save or lose 1d2 ⇒ 2 Strength.
Horatio: I need you to make two more Fort saves. One for the continued effects of the poison from last round and one for the new poison from this round. Also due to the fact that you have multiple doses in your system your DC is +2 so you need to make two DC 15 saves instead of the normal 13.
Good guys go! Dhaavan your [insert appropriate monster here] shows up. Also, please remember to provide description of your actions/spells/abilities with your crunchy bits.
|Variel Nightstorm
Variel continues to punish the reef claw in front of him. Hopefully the three of them can finish it this round so they can turn their attentions towards one of the others attacking the group. Taking the opportunity to thrust after the claw missed him. Variel plunges the spelled dagger into a weak area of the carapace nearly separating one of the claws. Cold seeps in from the wound as the creature feels sluggish and slow to respond from its impending death.
2nd attack with frostbite dagger +1 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
Lethal damage 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
nonlethal cold 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Crit confirm 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
Lethal damage 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
nonlethal cold 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Hoping the dagger thrust finishes the creature Variel turns and moves 5ft towards the combat of Flynn and the shark.
If that confirms wow, 10 damage and 16 cold nonlethal and fatigued. That should take it out of the fight or we are in serious trouble.


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The album is pretty dope. It's called M.O. The single we just released with Nicki Minaj and my man Pharrell—actually Pharrell did about four tracks—I worked with a producer by the name of Detail who produced two or three tracks on there, Rico Love produced the Florida-Georgia Line track for my album which is pretty dope. I got the first ever Nelly and Nelly Furtado collaboration. It's a Nelly album, you know what I'm saying? It might not be the Nelly album that people…People always get a feel of how they want their artist to be. They want their artist to stay in a time. You want Michael Jackson to keep making Thriller. [Laughs] How the hell could he make Thriller again? People don't understand, music—it's not a blueprint, it's an art. It's a feeling. It's a little bit different, and that's what makes those albums special, because of when they were. It's almost like asking you to be the same way you were 14 years ago. [Laughs] Why don't you dress the same way you did 14 years ago? Are you kidding me? [Laughs]
Is it tough to keep pushing forward while everybody keeps talking about Country Grammar?
It's tough when they don't allow you, when people are unfair about it and they hold you to a standard of it that they don't even hold themselves. It's not really fair. Because again, it's like asking you why don't you do what you did 20 years ago, or 15 years ago. It's like, do you know the state of mind I was in? Somebody said, you get your whole life to make your first album, you only get a year to make the second. In that aspect, I would love for Jay Z to make another Blueprint. I would love him to make another Reasonable Doubt. How can he do that? But then if he did do that, wouldn't it take away from Reasonable Doubt being Reasonable Doubt? Wouldn't it take away from The Blueprint being The Blueprint? Those moments are etched in time for all of us.
I think what people are forgetting, as dope an album as Country Grammar was, it was a lot of what went into the album that came into play. I can't be from St. Louis again. I can't re-introduce myself again. You already know who I am! [Laughs] You can't go back to high school or to middle school when that shit came out and get that feeling again. There's no fuckin' way.
But in naming the album M.O. you're sort of bringing it back to that Missouri thing again.
Well not bringing it back, but Mo, a lot of friends and family call me Mo for short. So it's just about me being me at all times and representing where I'm from at all times. I'm not re-introducing St. Louis—Country Grammar introduced St. Louis to the world. I'm not introducing St. Louis to the world anymore, I'm just representing where I'm from. So it's a little different.
What was it like working with Pharrell?
Working with Pharrell is always great, I've worked with him on every album except for Country Grammar, everything from "Hot In Herre," "Flap Your Wings," did a bunch of other joints with him too as well. Pharrell is a huge part of Nelly, definitely. He's doing his thing right now—that's what super producers do. When you have a real ear for music, and you're not just making beats, and your beats are not in the moment, but they're great beats—I shouldn't even call them beats, when he's making instrumentals it's a little different. You have a lot of beat-makers, and then you have producers. He's a real producer. He gets the vibe, he understands music. And that's what's wrong with a lot of, not just producers, but artists today. They don't understand the history of music. They don't have a history of music. They have a history of rap, but they don't have a history of music. If they're not implementing music into what it is what they're doing, that's why a lot of it sounds the same.
What's life like now as opposed to when Country Grammar came out?
It just is what it is—it's not anything that you're not comfortable with, it just is what it is. You pretty much get used to it, but you definitely appreciate it, because you know that it don't have to be. This don't have to be, it could leave any day, so you gotta make sure that you're pretty cool with that.
What happened with that pitch at the St. Louis Cardinals game?
He called a pitch-out, you didn't see that? You guys are killin' me here. I played baseball, don't mean I was a pitcher! [Laughs] It's not like they gave me warmups or anything, they just put me on the mound—I haven't stepped on a mound in like 20 years. [Laughs]
So you feel like they should've let you get a bullpen session in first?
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Toward a Theory of Cognitive Poetics. Reuven Tsur. Amsterdam: North Holland,1992. xii + 574 pp. $182.50 hb.
[forthcoming in Journal of Pragmatics]
The publication of Reuven Tsur's Toward a Theory of Cognitive Poetics consolidates an enormous range of material generated by one of the earliest and most systematic efforts to mobilize cognitive science in the service of literary criticism. It is a mark of the eclectic originality of Tsur's work that the two natural audiences for this book would likely consider themselves to have little else in common. The first of these audiences, those working at the intersection of cognitive science and literature, should welcome cognitive poetics as an important complement to other scholarship which tends to emphasize the cognitive at the expense of the poetic. Tsur's 1983 volume What Is Cognitive Poetics? has been critiqued from within the cognitive paradigm [1] as overemphasizing the gap between poetic and every day language. Other work in the literary/cognitive field, however, supports the formalist assumption that literary response differs qualitatively from ordinary cognition [2]. Cognitive poetics emerges precisely from the investigation of this qualitative difference, and incorporates an astonishing range of empirical evidence and theoretical models from phonetics, linguistics and psychology.
The book's other potential audience, of course, is the body of scholars interested in formalism, who have always known that there is something special about poetic language. Such readers may not be aware at first that they are being offered explanations: rigorous, analytical explanations of poetic effects that the critical tradition has largely only introspectively intuited. Critics who have wondered, for example, whether an idea like "metrical tension" is anything more than a vague metaphor will be gratified by Tsur's explanation of how a reader compensates for the limited ability of short-term memory to hold onto "acoustic memory-traces" by "recoding" the line to use memory space more efficiently – Tsur points to a cognitive, if not a neurological, location for this tension (p.172). At another level of analysis, Tsur posits a cognitive mechanism behind the perceived emotional impact of poetic language; certain poetry evokes diffuse, non-linear emotion through the linear, analytic medium of language by establishing "a definite spatial setting," thereby channeling some of the verbal message through the brain's right hemisphere, normally associated with spatial orientation, not linguistic processing (p. 360). The great strength of Toward a Theory of Cognitive Poetics, and Tsur's approach in general, is that Tsur never leaves an intuition about poetic response unexamined.
Moreover, as the above examples suggest, Tsur's cognitive explanations permeate every stratum of poetic structure, from sound to meaning to genre to "the critic's mental dictionary" (p. 501). The organization of the book follows the logical hierarchy of these strata, making it relatively easy to locate information about any specific aspect of poetics. Unfortunately, this logical arrangement does not mean that Toward a Theory of Cognitive Poetics is amenable to a cover-to-cover reading. The density of information here, along with Tsur's apparent ease of conceptual movement between Russian Formalist literary theory, Gestalt psychology, and, say, complicated graphic representations of acoustic data, can be overwhelming. The book will reward most richly the reader who is looking for something in particular (the index is good), such as an explanation of why certain speech sounds are perceived to evoke certain moods, or how readers recognize metrically deviant iambic pentameter lines, or what, cognitively, differentiates Metaphysical from Romantic verse.
All this is not to suggest that there is anything piecemeal about the book,
only that its range is, demandingly, both diverse and densely packed. Still, it
might be difficult for a reader totally unfamiliar with cognitive science from
other sources to get a sense of the coherent theory toward which Tsur is
working. The most general statement of the rationale of cognitive poetics is
that it "systematically accounts for the relationship between the structure of
literary texts and their perceived effects" and for the way that relationship is
"constrained and shaped by human information processing" (p. 1). The seeming
dryness of this formulation belies Tsur's strong emphasis on affect in language;
one important goal of cognitive poetics, he writes, is to "bridge the apparently
hopeless gap between human values and the stylistic and poetic devices that
otherwise would be considered trivial from the human point of view" (p. 19).
This phrasing is consistent with the universalist implications of a cognitive
study of poetics. Although Tsur underwrites his universalism with illustrations
from a variety of literary traditions, he draws almost exclusively on canonical
works in those traditions; the reader looking to apply cognitive poetics to
noncanonical texts must be willing to extrapolate from Tsur's examples. On the
other hand, such an effort would be in the spirit of cognitive poetics; Tsur's
analytical insights into every stratum of poetic effects are made to be put to
use by the critic sensitive to both emotional and cognitive processing. The
substantive contribution of this monumental work both to cognitive theory and to
poetics is its offer of explanatory, logical tools for talking about emotional
responses to poetry while still insisting on the immediacy of the responses
[1] Joseph M. Bizup and Eugene R. Kintgen, "The Cognitive Paradigm in Literary Studies," College English 55 (1993): 841-57; Tsur, Reuven, What Is Cognitive Poetics? Tel Aviv: Katz Research Institute for Hebrew Literature, 1983.[1]
[2] See David S. Miall, "Anticipation and Feeling in Literary Response: A Neuropsychological Perspective," Poetics 23 (1995): 275-98; David S. Miall and Don Kuiken, "Beyond Text Theory: Understanding Literary Response," Discourse Processes (1994) 17: 337-52.[2]


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Cameroon v Brazil (Group A, Brasilia, 2100 BST)
The ante-post favourites have yet to light up their own tournament, needing the referee's help to edge past Croatia and then being held by Mexico.
It means they still have work to do to reach the last 16, although it is highly unlikely they will now miss out - the other game in the group would have to end in a draw and they would need to lose this one.
It's a combination hard to envisage, especially given their opposition in this final group match looks in disarray.
Already eliminated, Cameroon saw Alex Song sent off who a truly crazy elbow against Croatia last time out (he is now suspended for this one) and ended the match having a pop at each other.
Remember this is a side who delayed their arrival in Brazil while they argued over money. The impression they are giving off is that they can't wait to leave.
I expect Brazil to win comfortably, although it is worth mentioning the possibility that they will be able to control who they face in the last 16 - this group ends after Group B has been decided. Either Chile or Netherlands will top that one with the other going through as runners-up.
I can't really see that being much of a factor though given the current Group A situation and you'd have thought the most important thing for the hosts here will be to produce a convincing display akin to the ones they managed in last summer's Confederations Cup and send out a message that they are indeed the real deal.
It seems the perfect opportunity and, if they can make an early breakthrough, I can see them winning this at a canter.
For all the criticism that came their way after the Mexico game, it should be remembered they were the better team and only a fine goalkeeping display denied them victory.
Unfortunately, the prices show the bookies fully expect a comfortable win for the Selecao. They are only a shade of odds-against to win by three clear goals and 7/10 to win to nil - a bet that may still interest the big-hitters given Cameroon have failed to score so far.
For those seeking a bigger price, I feel the way to go could be to back an early goal.
Cameroon conceded after 11 minutes against Croatia and effectively let one in after 10 against Mexico - a bad decision by the linesman seeing it ruled out.
Brazil made fast starts in their Confederations Cup matches last season and Luiz Felipe Scolari will, I'm sure, be drilling it into his side how they performed then and the desire to replicate it.
An added bonus for those playing in this market is Brazil have looked a little shaky at the back in the early stages of games - Croatia netted against them after 11 minutes.
Verdict: Cameroon 0 Brazil 3 (AS)
Best bet (with Sky Bet): Time of first goal 0-10 minutes at 9/4.
Opta facts:
Cameroon won the last meeting involving these sides, running out 1-0 victors when Samuel Eto'o scored a late winner during the 2003 Confederations Cup. However, Brazil won their only World Cup meeting - 3-0 in 1994.
Cameroon have hit 30 shots in this World Cup but only three of them have been on target.
Cameroon have kept only one clean sheet in their last 18 World Cup games.
Brazil haven't failed to top their World Cup group since the last tournament in South America (Argentina 1978).
Croatia v Mexico (Group A, Recife, 2100 BST)
This one is set up nicely with the winner certain to go through and the loser almost certain to go out.
The draw will be good enough to put Mexico in the last 16 due to their goal difference advantage, but it's highly unlikely to be enough for Croatia, so the need for them to win the game is clear.
They've impressed so far, with 34-year-old Ivica Olic rolling back the years with some energetic surges down the left.
In midfield, there's top quality in Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic, while the importance of Mario Mandzukic to their forward line was highlighted when he returned from suspension to score twice in their demolition of Cameroon in the week.
It's easy to argue that had the Bayern Munich man played against Brazil in the opener, the result could well have been different.
Mexico will be no pushovers though and their solidity so far has seen them keep two clean sheets. They love to press and close down but it will be hard to do that for the full 90 minutes in the heat and humidity of Recife - the latter is expected to be above 80%.
The quality of Croatia's forward play is the key for me in this one and I am siding with them.
They produced plenty of attacking football and they will need to do the same here. Brazil showed Mexico will struggle to deny a good side chances and keeper Guillermo Ochoa won't bail them out every game.
Of course, Mexico will be capable of hitting Croatia on the break, especially if things are still tight late on - indeed this game looks a prime opportunity for in-play betting.
Still, in a tournament in which attacking verve has trumped defensive dourness, I am happy to back Croatia simply to win the match.
Verdict: Croatia 2 Mexico 0 (AS)
Best bet (with Sky Bet): Croatia to win at 11/8.
Opta facts:
Mexico have won only seven of their 30 World Cup games against European opposition.
Croatia's Mario Mandzukic has scored with both of his shots on target so far.
Croatia have never won their final group game at a World Cup (D1 L2).
Mexico haven't won their final group game at a World Cup since 1986 (on home soil).
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Meanwhile, Tyson Foods-- one of the world's largest food producers-- issued a warning of their own. They may have to spend a billion dollars more than last yearjust to keep up with skyrocketing chicken feed. Tyson CEO Richard Bond is calling on the US government to change its ethanol policyto bring down the cost of corn. "Higher food costs is only one of the many unintended consequences" of price supports for ethanol, he says. He alsowarns that it's going to get worse: Current prices haven't yet caught up with the added costs of producing food,so you can look forward to even higher prices.
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Advanced Micro Devices is clearly very optimistic about the success of micro-servers in general and ARM-based Opteron processors for ultra-dense market segment in particular. However, financial analysts have mixed feelings about AMD's plan to make ARM-powered products for servers.
The main concerns the analysts have is that the actual total available market of micro-servers will be significant over years from now, AMD ARM-powered Opteron microprocessors are still over a year away and given the current situation, the short-term business is more important for money-losing AMD. Moreover, the success of the company on the crowded market is not cast in stone to say at least.
The main advantage over competing chip design companies that AMD might have is its relationship with various server manufacturers. Additionally, AMD has strong capabilities in emerging heterogeneous processing trend thanks to its graphics chip division and its high-end graphics processing units, which have already found way into consumer accelerated processing units and are in route into server chips and will also help AMD to make relevant system-on-chips for tablets.
"While these new server processors are not expected to be in the market until 2014, we believe the directional change at least opens the door on a path for AMD to return to growth. […] In servers, the company's historic relationships, architecture experience, and graphics strength should give the company a material advantage [...] In tablets, we expect the company will eventually also offer ARM-based alternatives to its current tablet platform. While tablets could be a material driver, we are less enthusiastic because of the customer concentration issues and the significant level of entrenched competition. With servers, all the players will be starting from about the same point," wrote Cody Acree, an analyst with Williams Financial Group, in a note to clients, reports Tech Trader Daily blog.
In general, the Wall Street analysts agree that ARM architecture could have tangible advantages when it comes to ultra low-power server chips over x86 architecture.
"While the server ecosystem for ARM is still in early days, and ARM's success in server compute is far from certain, ARM's proven success in low power/mobile platforms could potentially translate into some compelling performance/watt cost reductions for server compute beyond what is currently available from x86 – likely the motivation behind previously announced HP/Dell development efforts based on ARM-based CPUs from Calxeda," wrote John Pitzer, an analyst from Credit Suisse.
But also, analysts note that there will be loads of players on the market of server chips, including Applied Micro, Calxeda, Nvidia Corp. and other. Calxeda's Lago ARMv8 chip with enhanced fabric able to connect hundreds of thousands of nodes, with quality of service features and the ability to allocate and control resources seems to be rather formidable rival for whatever AMD might offer. Nvidia's project Boulder (which seems to be a predecessor for exascale project called Echelon) is designed to compete against current AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon in terms of performance and therefore represents even more threat for AMD's low-power Opterons since it naturally can scale down in terms of power consumption.
Moreover, as the market will really be crowded, potentially that could lead to slow development of ARM-based micro-servers due to the battle of standards and incompatibilities.
"[The ARM server plans announcement] seems to be a mild positive for AMD, but the jury is still out, and likely will be for some time. [...] Standalone 64-bit ARM is going to be a crowded market, and it is not clear that there will be market demand for a combination product (if that is even in the roadmap)," said Daniel Berenbaum with MKM Partners.
But the main problem for AMD and its ARM server chips endeavor is not competition or uncertainties with the micro-server market in general. The main concern is whether AMD can survive before it rolls-out Opteron processors with ARM architecture. Ironically, we do know what AMD readies for launch sometimes in 2014, but we do not know what the company is getting ready to release next year.
"We do not expect to see any products coming out of this new partnership with ARM for at least 18 months, and management readily admitted that this would be a 3-5 year process. Given the state of their core business, however, we are not sure they have that much time – we forecast significant cash burn and balance sheet deterioration through much of the next five quarters," wrote Stacy Rasgon, an analyst with Bernstein Research.


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by James Leonard Park
Al Gore's mansion in Nashville, Tennessee
uses as much electricity as 20 average American's homes.
He tells us that he pays extra fees so that the impact of his electrical use
is balanced by
benefits to the environment elsewhere in the world
We have no reason to doubt that Al Gore does in fact make payments
to compensate for this high energy use.
But there are millions of other Americans who use more than their share
but who do
not pay
anything beyond their normal bills
for electricity and natural gas.
The practice Al Gore uses is sometimes called "carbon trading".
Al Gore pays a carbon broker a certain fee each year.
The carbon broker sends some of this money to other organizations
that can
their carbon-dioxide emissions.
For example, the carbon broker could pay a power plant
that has discovered a way to produce electricity
with less release of carbon-dioxide into the atmosphere.
Here is an even homier example of how such an exchange might work:
I save electricity in my home in Minneapolis
by using unheated water for my shower.
My water-heater is powered by electricity.
Thus during the hottest time of the year,
the temperature in my home reaches 90 degrees,
which heats the water standing in my hot-water heater
to the same temperature as the rest of my apartment,
so that I can take a nice bath without paying
to heat the water.
In general, I never heat water during the summer months.
Al Gore could do that same thing in Nashville,
where it is even hotter in the summer.
He probably has conventional ways of heating his water
either natural gas or electricity.
So this is the way he could balance his hot-water use:
Every day each of us takes a bath or shower, he in Nashville, I in Minneapolis.
He has a hot shower; in the summer I use unheated water.
Al Gore pays me 25 cents for the privilege of taking a hot shower.
And my electrical use is genuinely less than it would have been
if I also had taken a shower using water heated by electricity.
And I get compensated for the slight inconvenience of using less electricity.
The reader will see immediately possible problems with this kind of trading.
How does Al Gore know when I use water heated by electricity?
Would we have to create a complex system to make sure
that those who claim to be reducing their emissions have actually done so?
And how would we
the amount of savings they claim?
What if the reducers say that they
have used much more than they did?
For example, I could leave my hot-water heater on all the time,
as most people do
which keeps some hot water available day and night.
This would use many kilowatt-hours of electricity every month.
Then I could could turn off my hot-water heater
and ask Al Gore to pay for this huge reduction in emissions.
Air-conditioning uses much more electricity than heating water.
Even tho my condo does have central air-conditioning,
I did not use it at all during the past six summers.
I assume that Al Gore did use air-conditioning.
Should he pay me 25 cents for each hour
I did
use air-conditioning while he
Since his home is 10 or 20 times larger than mine,
he would have to find additional people to reward for saving electricity.
How would such savings in other places be measured and certified?
How would the payments be coordinated
between those
who use as much air-conditioning as they like
and those
who are saving the planet by using less air-conditioning
What would prevent people who have actually reduced their energy use
repeatedly collecting the same rewards from several different people
Would there be a world-wide registry of all sources of carbon-dioxide
and of payments from those who have a
large carbon footprint
to those who have reduced their carbon footprint to
less than the average
I think we would have to abandon any such system
as far too complex and costly to administer.
Wherever there are possibilities of cheating, some people will cheat.
And how many people would
voluntarily pay more
for their electricity?
But here is a fool-proof way to make sure
that Al Gore
for his excess use of electricity
and I get
for using less than my share:
The electric companies could be required to
change their rate structures
so as to
reward those who use less than average
and to
penalize those who use more than average
But before we get into any numbers for this proposal,
since any such specifics might distract from the main point,
let's just consider the wisdom of
big users paying more than small users
If wide consensus is reached agreeing with this basic principle,
we should be able to create fair ways to
shift the rate structure
from the small users to the large users.
Right now the small users are subsidizing the large users.
This could be reversed:
The large users could subsidize the small users.
And Al Gore might agree.
He would
have to
how much excess electricity he uses
and how much he should pay the carbon brokers
to purchase energy-reductions elsewhere.
The whole process would become
automatic for everyone
Large and small users alike would just continue to pay their electric bills.
Voluntary payments
by conscientious people like Al Gore
would be replaced by
mandatory payments
to the electric companies.
Everyone would
depending on their
actual use of electricity
Every home has an electric meter,
which records exactly how much electricity is used.
(And in order not to harm the electric utilities and their shareholders,
I would propose that there be
no net change in revenues
for the companies that generate electricity.
In other words, the electric companies everywhere
would still get the
same total amount of cash
each month for the electricity they provide.
But the
of electricity would be changed
so that the people who conserve electricity
(who use less than average)
would be rewarded by lower costs
and the people who continue to use more than average
would pay more
Because providing electricity is a monopoly in most places,
there are Public Service Commissions (sometimes with other names),
which are responsible for approving or disapproving
every rate change proposed by the public utilities.
Usually the providers of natural gas and electricity
request higher rates than they finally get,
but the companies are almost guaranteed a reasonable profit.
The Public Service Commissions do not require
utility companies to operate at a loss.
Now we get to some actual numbers,
based on my own electrical use,
which is well below average for a variety of reasons.
For one thing, I am home only half of the time.
I use about 2200 kilowatt-hours
per year
This comes to 180 kwh per month.
All taxes, fees, & other special charges included,
my average cost is 17 cents per kwh (2013).
My annual cost of electricity is $375 or $31 per month.
A kilowatt-hour (kwh) is the basic unit of electrical power used.
It is the amount of electricity to keep a 100-watt bulb burning for 10 hours.
The basic cost of electricity is supposed to be about 10 cents per kwh.
But my cost is twice as much because of various charges, fees, & taxes.
The more electricity I use, the less it costs per kwh.
Each electric customer can check his or her electric bill
to see how much these costs are.
The cost per kwh is your total bill
divided by the number of kwh you used that month.
Or you could calculate it for a whole year:
What you paid for electricity for a particular year
divided by the total number of kilowatt-hours you used that year.
According to figures supplied by my electric company,
average monthly residential use
with overhead line service
(which means almost all homes in Minneapolis, including my condo)
is 553 kwh, costing $67.29, which is 12 cents per kwh in 2013.
This does not include added fees and taxes.
This means that the average household
uses more than 3 times as much electricity as I do.
This is about 6600 kwh per year.
The electric rates could be changed
so that
the smallest users pay only
what it costs to generate the electricity
And the
largest users pay more than the average cost
We could create a new rate structure that is fair to everyone:
(1) Fair to the electric company
because their total income would still include the authorized level of profit.
(2) Fair to the small consumers of electricity
because the cost per kilowatt-hour would be lower for the small users.
(3) And fair to the large users of electricity
because such households can afford to pay higher rates
for the amounts of electricity they use beyond the normal level.
First, we should eliminate the
basic service charge
which is added to each bill without regard to the amount of electricity used.
For me, this is $8 per month.
And in the summer months (when I use the least electricity
because I do not use my air-conditioning),
this basic service charge amounts to about
of my electric bill.
Here's an example of one specific summer month:
Between July 18, 2013 and August 18, 2013, I used 106 kwh,
for which I paid a total of $24.30.
For this lowest month of the year,
my total cost for electricity was
23 cents per kwh
(Just for contrast, my highest consumption was February:
249 kwh, for which I paid $40.93, which is 16.4 cents per kwh.)
The public service commission (which must approve all rate changes),
might agree to a
monthly minimum of say $5 per month
even if no electricity was used.
This minimum would
the basic service charge.
This would cover the costs of having a house connected to the grid.
And it would cover the first 50 kwh if only a small amount of electricity is used
as when leaving the refrigerator running while away for a month.
The smallest consumers of electricity could be rewarded
by being charged
10 cents per kilowatt-hour
for any amount of electricity less than 100 kwh per month.
For the next 100 kwh, all consumers would pay 11 cents per kwh.
Those consumers who used more than 200 kwh per month
would pay 12 cents per kwh for their power use between 200 and 300 kwh.
And the even larger users of electricity would pay a still higher rate
for the next 100 kwh they use each month.
This step-by-step rate structure would continue to increase
until the income for the electric company
is the same as under the present rate structure,
which costs the smallest consumers the most per kwh
In other words, at present we have an upside-down rate structure:
The smallest consumers of electricity pay the
per kwh.
And the largest consumers of electricity pay the
per kwh.
This could easily be reversed:
Let the small consumers pay the lowest rates.
How would this apply to me?
To simplify, let's assume that each month is the same: 180 kwh.
For the first 100 kwh, I would pay 10 cents per kwh or $10.00.
For the next 80 kwh, I would pay 11 cents per kwh or $8.80.
With the basic service charge eliminated,
my total per month would be just: $18.80.
This comes to an annual cost of about $255,
when other taxes and fees (over 12%) are added.
This is 68% of what I now pay (2013).
For the average home in Minneapolis,
the following would be the cost for 600 kwh per month:
first 100 kwh $10.00
next 100 kwh $11.00
next 100 kwh $12.00
next 100 kwh $13.00
next 100 kwh $13.00
last 100 kwh $13.00
total: $72.00
plus 12.4% for taxes and fees
grand total: $81.00
This is somewhat above of the average cost at present.
So this rate structure is about right if the basic service charge is eliminated.
The top rate (here 13 cents per kwh) would be established
by promising to keep the total revenue of the electric company the same.
This proposed new rate-structure would not apply
to very large consumers of electricity,
such as office buildings or industrial plants.
If they have the space available,
large consumers of electricity can construct their own power plants,
where they can generate electricity for less than 13 cents per kilowatt-hour.
And it might be better environmentally
to generate the electricity near where it is used.
Electric power is consumed by moving it around.
Establishing lower rates to the smallest consumers
would end the unfairness
of the smallest consumers subsidizing the largest consumers.
Such a new rate structure would not depend
on anyone being concerned about the environment
or feeling charitable toward the small users.
Large users would not be required to do their own math
to see how much they should pay for their excess use of electricity.
And they would not have to locate the people
who should receive the payments.
Everyone would be
by the automatic calculation
performed by the computer of the electric company.
The computer that generates each electric bill
would easily know how much to charge for each kwh of electricity used.
There would be
no honor system
such as me saying how often I had a bath with unheated water
and Al Gore saying how many hot showers he took.
I would not have to report
how many hours of air-conditioning I did not use
And Al Gore would not have keep track of
how many hours of air-conditioning he did use
Our respective electric bills would tell the whole story,
recording our electric use down to the last kilowatt-hour.
All people who are using more than their share of electricity
would be automatically charged for that privilege.
And their higher electric bills would compensate
for the lower amounts paid by small consumers of electricity.
Because there would be a
direct relationship
between the amount of electricity used and the size of the bill,
each consumer who uses a small amount would be rewarded.
And each consumer who uses a large amount would be penalized.
Especially the large consumers, who are paying 13 cents per kwh
for each additional kwh they use,
would be
strongly motivated
to find ways
to reduce their excess use of electricity.
Such a new rate structure for electricity
would probably reduce the total amount of electricity used.
This would help to create a greener world for everyone.
(Because the sun is coming up as I write this,
I just got up from my computer to turn off some of my lights.)
I live in a small condominium overlooking downtown Minneapolis.
I can see the skyscrapers from my bed whenever I open my eyes.
And there are always some lights on
even on long week-ends.
If the electric rate-structure were suddenly changed,
the executives of all large companies
would order better controls on the use of electricity.
Instead of a lights-out police telling office buildings to turn off their lights,
these users would get
a strong message in the form of their electric bills
You are wasting lots of electricity by keeping your lights on all the time.
new electric-rate-structure
mandated by the Public Service Commissions
would be much better than a
carbon tax
No new systems would have to be established.
No new bureaucrats would be hired.
The in-place electric meters
and the computers already calculating our electric bills
would do all the work.
Large users of electricity would
pay more
per kilowatt-hour.
Small users would
pay less
for their power.
And all users would be rewarded for any reductions they achieve.
Someone who reads that I use only 2200 kwh of electricity per year
might be tempted to dismiss me as a freak who lives in the woods
without any modern appliances.
But this is far from the case.
I do have and use the following electrical devices:
Computers and printers:
I am writing this essay on a computer screen,
with the keyboard in my lap.
And I have a more modern computer for Internet work.
I use my computers a few hours each day I am home.
I also have a laser printer,
upon which I print all of my books.
I believe this is one of my largest uses of electricity,
because the lights dim just a little
when each sheet of paper gets printed.
Television and radios:
I have a large color television in my bedroom,
which I use almost every day.
And I have radios in several rooms,
which are on a few hours each day.
I have a large refrigerator, which I keep operating all year round.
Hot-water heater:
As mentioned before, I have an electric hot-water heater,
which enables me to easily to turn it off whenever I do not need hot water.
I find that it take about 30-60 minutes to heat enough water for a bath.
And during the hot weather in the summer,
the water in my hot-water heater gets up to 90 degrees F
simply because that is the air temperature in my apartment.
So I do not need to heat any water during most of the summer.
I have a forced-air furnace for my small condo.
Electricity is needed to run the fan whenever it is either heating or cooling.
Electricity is the power used for any cooling I do.
(I have not used my AC for the last six summers.)
My basic fuel for heating is natural gas,
which is another story.
In the winter months, I keep my condo quite cool
in order to save fuel.
I set my thermostat at 60-65 degrees when I am home.
And I take a space-heater around with me to various places:
my desk when I am writing, my bathroom when I am in there,
and my bedroom when I am watching television.
There is no point in heating my whole condo
when I am in just one part of it.
This space-heater adds to my electric bills in the winter months,
but it is less costly than keeping my whole condo at 70 degrees.
Also, when I am away from home,
which is about half of the hours of any week,
I turn down the heat to 50 degrees F during the winter months,
since there is no one else home who needs to keep warm.
My plants do not thrive a much in the winter,
but that is a trade-off I am willing to accept.
I have the normal number of lights
needed for lighting a condo of 1,000 square feet.
And two of these are compact florescent bulbs,
which use just 7 watts of electricity.
In November 2008, I added 7 more compact florescent bulbs,
replacing incandescent light bulbs of various sizes.
It is uncertain whether this made much of a difference,
since lights are only a small part of my electricity use.
Here are my totals for recent years:
1972 kwh
2000 kwh
1981 kwh
1795 kwh
1925 kwh
—2342 kwh
—2055 kwh
—2150 kwh
The changes from year to year are probably not significant.
But the
total use
is a good measure.
I have lived in this condominium for 10 years now.
Because I am the first owner, my electric meter began at zero.
(Actually the first 3,000 kwh was used by construction workers
in the process of completing my apartment.)
At current levels of consumption,
my meter will probably read 22,000 by the fall of 2014,
which will show ten years of electric use.
This is about 2200 per year.
When I had occasion to see the electric meters of other owners,
I noted that my reading was
well below
all of the others.
Cooking appliances:
I have a small microwave oven,
which is where I do most of my cooking.
I also have a toaster oven for appropriate heating.
My condo did come with a dishwasher,
but I have only used it once, after a Christmas dinner with relatives.
Otherwise, I never have enough dishes to warrant turning it on.
So I wash all of my dishes the old-fashion way
by hand in the sink.
And sometimes the 'hot' water for washing dishes is just warm,
but that does a fine job anyway.
I also have an electric tooth-brush.
And I recharge batteries for my digital camera
and my pocket radio.
Washing machine and dryer:
My brand-new condo also came equipped
with a washer-dryer combination.
Both of these use electricity to do their work,
including the heat needed to dry my clothes.
I do not use my washer and dryer as often as many people.
But that again is a personal choice.
Garage space:
I also have a garage space on the ground floor,
which I rent to another owner, since I have no car.
And the electricity needed to light this garage space 24 hours a day
and the power needed to open and close the garage door for the building
are all included in my monthly association fee,
so I have no control over these uses of electricity.
Any home-owner who has a garage hooked to their electric meter
will have higher recorded electrical use than I do for that reason.
Also as a condominium owner,
my share of the cost for common spaces such as the lobby and hallways
is paid as part of my association fee,
not my own bills for electricity and natural gas.
However, my very-enlightened Condo board of directors
has installed solar panels for our roof,
which might provide half of the electricity needed for our common areas.
Also, the lights in the garage have been replaced
with florescent lights that use much less electricity
while providing the same amount of light.
Cooking range:
I have a gas stove, which only uses electricity for its clock
and to provide a spark to start the gas burning when I turn it on.
I use so little natural gas that my bill during the summer
used each month.
I have an exhaust fan in my bathroom,
which I use regularly when I am in that room.
And the fan in my furnace/air-conditioner
could be used to keep the air moving.
But I never use it for this purpose.
Some people have their furnace fans running all the time,
which uses a lot of electricity in a year.
I also have a small air filter, which I almost never use.
There is also a hood ventilator over my cooking range,
which I seldom use.
My condo is on one corner of my building,
so I can take advantage of natural cross-ventilation
more than half of the year.
I have a vacuum cleaner, which is powered by electricity.
So all-in-all, it seems that I have all of the appliances
that use electricity in most modern homes.
I am able to keep my use of electricity low
because I use all of these carefully.
And when I am not home, none of these is operating.
Only my refrigerator and my electric clocks
are operating all the time.
When you look around your own home,
you will probably find that you have the same devices using electricity.
But all of us can reduce the amount we use each device.
When you are not watching the television or listening to the radio, turn it off.
When you leave a certain area of your home, turn off the lights.
Don't leave your computer running all day
so that you can have instant access.
It only takes a minute or two for even the slowest computer
to start working again after it has been resting for a few hours.
If the electric rates were changed as suggested above,
would you look for possible ways to save electricity?
James Park is an existential philosopher and ecological advocate.
He began his college education in the natural sciences
and later turned to philosophy.
He lives very simply without a car
or other energy-consuming habits.
All of his personal expenses (including electricity and natural gas)
are listed here for the years 2007-2010:
Much more about James Park will be found on his website:
An Existential Philosopher's Museum:
Created 9-20-2007; Revised 9-25-2007; 10-11-2007; 11-4-2007; 2-9-2008; 10-3-2008; 11-26-2008;
3-7-2009; 4-18-2009; 6-10-2011; 12-10-2011; 9-14-2012;
2-22-2014; 2-27-2014; 2-28-2014; 3-1-2014; 3-14-2014; 5-26-2014; 8-9-2014; 1-28-2015;
The essay above has now become a chapter in a book called:
Fixing America: New Laws to Improve the USA
Find several additional ways to make a better future.
Go to
other secular sermons by James Park
organized into 10 subject-areas.
Go to the opening page for this website:
An Existential Philosopher's Museum


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The Bag Man
Release Date: February 28th, 2014
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Plot Summary
A criminal waits in a seedy motel and waits for his boss after killing several men to steal a bag.
Cast: Robert De Niro, John Cusack, Dominic Purcell, Crispin Glover, Martin Klebba, Sticky Fingaz, Rebecca Da Costa, Theodus Crane
Director: David Grovic
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Project ID: 2002NE9B
Title: Assessment of Thermal-Infrared Imaging as a Tool For Evaluation of Groundwater-Lake Interactions in the Nebraska Sand Hills
Project Type: Research
Focus Categories: Groundwater, Surface Water, Methods
Keywords: remote sensing, thermal infrared (TIR) techniques, lakes, surface-groundwater interactions, recharge
Start Date: 04/01/2001
End Date: 04/31/2002
Federal Funds: $17,000
Non-Federal Matching Funds: $46,047
Congressional District: 1
Principal Investigators:
Vitaly A. Zlotnik
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
David C. Gosselin
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Geoffrey M. Henebry
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Donald C. Rundquist
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The Sand Hills is one of the largest grass-stabilized dune fields in the world. Deposited by eolian processes, this dune field serves as a water buffer that preserves precipitation and conveys a part of it to the underlying alluvial sand, gravel, and silt, and further to the High Plains aquifer in an area of 50,000 km2. The surface morphology of this dune field combined with the west-east regional groundwater flow creates numerous lakes in topographic depressions. In Sheridan and Garden counties, there are approximately 400 lakes with surface areas larger than 4 ha. However, little is known specifically about interaction of the lakes and the aquifer in the context of the complete hydrologic system and their importance for water resources of Nebraska, the High Plains aquifer, and wetlands protection.
We propose to explore the thermal-infrared (TIR) technique of temperature mapping of lakes in the Sand Hills for identification of recharge zones and correlate these zones with ground-based observations, topography, and regional groundwater flow.
The problem of hydrological inference will be approached by the search of any thermal anomalies of the Sand Hills lakes using both ground-based measurements of kinetic temperatures and measurements of radiant temperatures from TIR remote sensing. Remote sensing methods can be applied for obtaining data at the system scale, which is appropriate for evaluation of water resources and water quality of the region with resolution at least at the scale of individual lakes. Ground-based measurements can be used for calibration purposes mainly.
The TIR data will be collected using an Inframetrics Thermacam™ from an airborne platform. The aircraft (Piper Saratoga) will be operated by Center for Advanced Land Management and Information Technologies, UNL. The infrared camera, sensitive to 3-5 micron will be flown over the multiple lakes to detect surface temperature trends. The data will be stored in video mode or digital format. A Canon digital video with embedded per-frame coordinates and Trimble GPS system will be used for cross-referencing.
Successful completion of this study will result in the methodology that complements the ground-based studies with the remote sensing techniques and may provide a rapid screening of the zones of intensive surface water- groundwater exchanges. The following results are expected:
·Data on current spatial patterns of ground-surface and lake temperatures
for selected lakes in the Sand Hills, Nebraska;
·Data on historic spatial patterns of temperature in selected lakes compiled using a multi-spectral TIR airborne data collected in the 1980's;
·Upscaling of methodology for assessment of groundwater discharge zones of the shallow aquifer to multiple lakes


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Paris, the capital of France
One of the world's greatest cities, Paris! The capital of France is also known as the City of Light. This enchanting city, at the crossroads of cultures, is the capital of fashion and home to world highlights such as the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and Avenue des Champs Elysées, to name but a few. In terms of architectural beauty, art history, events, gastronomy and sheer extravagance, Paris is a milestone ahead of any other city on earth. Paris has one of the world's most extensive public transport systems. You can take a taxi if you are not much of an adventurer, but that would be a pity! Metro (subway or underground), buses and city bicycles are much more fun and are very easy to use, even for beginners.
Luxembourg, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Luxembourg, also known as Luxembourg city is the capital of Luxembourg. The city is located in western Europe, south of Belgium and north east of France. Luxembourg is home to more than 90,000 inhabitants for an area of approximately 50 km square, making it one of the most densely populated cities in the world. One of the best places to live in Europe, Luxembourg is an important place of business and politics. Many international institutions have their headquarters in Luxembourg, including the European Investment Fund and the European Court of Justice. Luxembourg is also a millennial fortress city, and a UNESCO World Heritage site. This heritage adds a charming and contrasting dimension to its international capital city status.
Reviews & ratings Paris - Luxembourg
I think the train was a little bit dirty (the tables, the seats...). For such a journey (a tgv train) and for what we paid, I think there should be more attention to that details.
First time on the fast train and I liked it. Very comfortable. Personnel were very helpful.
Fine, the trip was pleasant, quick and reasonably comfortable. For first time users the carriage numbers were hard to see and we didn't know which end of the train our carriage would be so we had to really hurry to get to it and get on with heavy cases.
Wifi is payable on board which should be free.
The trip was comfortable and the train was ontime. One suggestion — the coffee was not so good. I think you should buy at Netspresso machine.
Everything went smoothly. The train was on time, it was comfortable, and the transfer from Paris Est to St Lazare station for our connecting flight was made easy by excellent signage.
The TGV was easy to find, access and travel on. We were really happy with the trip.


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Lizard Heeled Sandal
Gold Scalloped Sandal
Toe Cap Perforated Espadrille
Diamond Print Woven Clutch
Mint Shoulder Strap Bag