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Age and control of the english language. There, now you can label me a racist and whatever else you want, I couldn't care less, this country will perhaps be saved perhaps not, but to have a country, you need borders and culture. Neither of which has been protected for a long time. Is a large part of our culture taken from immigrants? Sure, melding goes both ways. I think I'll go have some German sausage on a tortilla.
"Immigrants, by and large, are not penniless good for nothings who just line up for welfare as soon as they're in."
But that that were so. Have you visited a Social security office lately? Wall to wall immigrants looking for a handout, with a very few pensioners mixed in.
That was when we "needed" people, the economy was stuck on growth, now another warm body is another mouth to feed. Pretty much the same argument I have to the pro-life movement folks.
I don't give 2 shits what you're running from,
Well, that's kinda the point of my article. IF that's really true, I'd urge you to take a step back and ask yourself what kind of person "doesn't give 2 shits" about people in trouble?
I think a realist, there is likely always going to be an abundance of folks who could use a helping hand. You do the world no favors drowning yourself trying to rescue others.
"Ships don't sink because of the water around them. They sink because of the water that gets in them." unknown.
Didn't miss it, don't find it relevant. Charity begins at home, we have plenty of homeless and disadvantaged right here, if you need a do-gooder fix. Did you miss the America First thing?
If there is one citizen who is unwillingly unemployed, the gates shut until there are openings. I don't give 2 shits what you're running from, only what you bring to the table. Are you a an asset or a liability. If you have no intention of melding, please stay where you are, and try to improve that.
Almost Every Word Of John McCain's mouth is Flat Out Wrong. No real news there. Why he continues to sit on the conservative side of the isle is a mystery. He could make a success of being a progressive, he sucks at being a Conservative.
The biggest variance is; private people don't even participate. I get calls all the time (in spite of being on every no calling list) asking my opinion. I tell them that is none of their business and hang up. I'll vote, and have already made up my mind which way, I just don't see any reason to share. Trump voters, in general, are fed up with the whole process, and are less likely to respond to polls i the first place.
Even there it is 403 forbidden, both the link, and the media file. Just for grins I tried it on a computer in my network, but not on my VPN, and it is all good. So it is VPN blocking.
Nope more 403, doesn't matter I;m not addicted, just seems a little silly on the very spot that shames people with sign up walls and pay walls................
All of the podcasts show up this way. I assume it is due to my VPN being blocked, which considering this it Techdirt, is totally bizarre.
A Texas Verizon DSL now on Frontier. I had one service call, the fellow looked like a street person from Jamaica, driving an ancient pick-up. He was nice enough, but the service is still spotty, the phone has a constant hum, the DSL mostly works though. They aren't filling me with confidence
On the plus side he will see his wife and kids again.
Excellent, except that it ties the penalty to an individual, and an organization could easily round robin their employees right down to the janitor, and never miss a beat.
I'm old enough to remember the birth of pay TV. The sales pitch was that it would be commercial free. There was still some doubt that it would be widely adopted. Though in fringe areas, it was a boon, as previously those folks could do little with an antenna. Introducing it to the cities, where free TV could be had with rabbit ears, took a bit more persuasion, and to begin with it was a low enough price and a good enough product to entice the public. Fast forward to today; we have the internet, cable TV has degenerated to reruns, commercials, 200+ channels with nothing on, and a few really good shows. Is it any wonder the customers are running for the exit.
Only outlaws will have encryption
The only reason they should object is; the photo / film makes a record of their transgressions. That's the logic I hear from the other side, when they reserve the right to spy on citizens.
"I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work. Had I worked fifty or ten or even five years before, I would have failed. So it is with every new thing. Progress happens when all the factors that make for it are ready, and then it is inevitable. To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense."
Beat me to the punch :( I've really given up on city government, by the time they announce a meeting for concerned citizens to voice their concerns, what ever it is is already set in stone. They just want folks to feel like they are part of the process. To say the take the liberty of bullshitting is putting it mildly.
Reading is equal easily to the cell phone, but at least with some forms of sexual activity, you can still see the road. I disagree with conversing with passenger, even if you are the moron who must look at the other person, surely you would notice when their eyes got as big as saucers as you steer into the path of an oncoming vehicle, or attempt to rearend the vehicle in front. The other member of the cell conversation does not have this connection.


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"Sahara Dust is Lindsay Cooper and Robyn Archer's collaborative score for a music theater production based on the Gulf War, and was recorded in 1992. Her accomplices number five and include vocalist and trumpeter Phil Minton. Scored in five movements, each with a textual element that serves as a meditation for the music, Cooper, who has long scored collaborative projects involving film, television, voices, dances, and theater, has outdone herself this time. The brooding score which slows the vocalist into Archer's words about millions of people coming out of their homes to feel specks of hand interspersed with the raindrops as their televisions sets drone on about a conflict happening somewhere "over there," is comprised of elements of cabaret, jazz, blues, classical and Middle Eastern music. Tonally Cooper goes for a series of colors that walk the line cracking apart all notions of "popular" and "art" song. The story, if it can be called that (meditation is more like it) unfolds at a gradual, unhurried pace with all of the instrumentalists being allowed to solo and add shape and depth to her intricate and somber but deeply beautiful score. There is a harmonic sensibility at work here, which is staggering, as Cooper places the quality of Minton's voice as a central element in her score, and the manner in which she balances the various tonalities from accordions, bassoons, cello, and synthesizers. The result is a stirring, moving political and emotional tour de force that is easy on the ears and taxes the heart to resolve contradictions in the way we perceive the world. No one can ask more of a composer."-Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
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CHEMICAL EVOLUTION MODELS CHEMICAL EVOLUTION MODELS Monica Tosi INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna STScI, March INFALL and OUTFLOWS from the point of view of and STELLAR POPULATIONS
Chemical evolution models have many parameters and provide no unique solution; however, their predictions on several aspects of galactic evolution have often been confirmed by subsequent observations or theories. Among the most successful predictions, I include those on gas flows: chemical evolution arguments have been the first in favour of long-term infall on spiral disks and of enriched winds in active dwarf galaxies
MW models (1) In the early 80's In the early 80's, following Larson (1972) and Lynden-Bell (1975), a number of authors assumed continuous infall of metal poor gas on the galactic disk, finding that its time scale should be long to better fit the observed MW properties. Tinsley (1980 and references therein): continuous metal poor infall needed to solve G-dwarf problem and explain radial metallicity gradients Chiosi (1980): continuous slow infall [ nf ≈ (2-3) 10 9 yr] after first rapid collapse to account for G-dwarfs and radial distribution of gas and SFR in the disk Twarog (1980): infall rate ≈ 1/2 SFR (with /SFR now ≈ 2.5) needed to explain AMR => long lasting infall Tosi (1982 and 1988) almost constant infall of extragalactic metal poor gas (Z inf 0.2 Z ) after disk formation to account for AMR and radial distribution of element abundances and abundance ratios, gas, SFR, etc. Current rate 1-2 M yr -1. Lacey & Fall (1985): radial gas flows make the observed gradients, but infall of metal-free gas is still needed to reproduce solar neighbourhood properties, with current rate M yr -1.
infall to reproduce properties of stellar populations abundance gradients (HII regions) models with no infall models with metal free infall Z infall/ Z sun = local AMR (F stars) dots: F stars local G-dwarfs data Shaver et al 83, models Tosi 88 data Edvardsson et al 93, models Tosi 88 Tinsley's intuition in late 70's
MW models (2) Then, people started arguing that HVCs were not sufficient evidence of significant persisting infall and, for more than a decade, only very few of us kept insisting on its need. Until … Chiappini, Matteucci & Gratton (1997): proposed the two-infall model, with a rapid halo collapse, followed by a slow gas accretion from outside the Galaxy to explain both disk and halo observed properties. Inside-out disk formation. Boissier & Prantzos (1999): inside-out disk formation; infall time-scale radially varying [ nf, ≈ 7 10 9 yr] Very successful models that have triggered a variety of similar approaches (see e.g. Matteucci 2001 and references therein).
two-infall model: infall rate in neighbourhood Halo and thick disk formation thin disk formation Chiappini, Matteucci & Gratton (1997)
MW models (3) Meanwhile, HVCs have become fashionable again ….. They have the right metallicity (≈ 0.2 Z ) and possibly the right mass to provide 1 M yr -1 Nowadays, most people believe in long-term infall, but the issue is its continuity: a steady state accretion seems less likely than a discontinuous one. What is the effect of intermittent infall on Galactic chemical evolution ? E.g. Koppen & Hensler 05, Valle et al. 05
other galaxies Chemical evolution models require infall also for other spirals ( Díaz & Tosi , Mol ), possibly with different time scales. The lower the galaxy luminosity class, the lower the infall need. Chemical evolution models require infall also for other spirals ( Díaz & Tosi , Mollà et al 96 ), possibly with different time scales. The lower the galaxy luminosity class, the lower the infall need. Current belief of chemev modellers is that spirals keep accreting metal poor gas from outside for all their life. There may be fountains and satellite accretions as well, but without long-lasting infall these phenomena cannot explain the observed properties of their stellar/gaseous populations. Galactic winds seem unlikely, except possibly in early halo phases or in lowest mass spirals. What about dwarf galaxies ?
first models: Matteucci & Tosi (1985), Pilyugin (1993), Marconi et al (1994) to reproduce observed abundances: - bursting SF - Salpeter's IMF - differential galactic winds Pilyugin no winds non selective winds Marconi, Matteucci, Tosi differential winds
stellar populations have been resolved thanks to HST thanks to HST in several dwarf galaxies, both of early and late type, both in the Local Group and beyond) We thus have SF history, IMF and distance from the CMDs of the resolved populations as input of chemical evolution models a new generation of more accurate models for individual dwarfs in now possible. Among this new type of models: for early-type dwarfs, see e.g. Carigi et al. (2002), Lanfranchi & Matteucci (2004) for late-type dwarfs, see e.g. Romano et al (2005)
IZw18 WFPC2 – NIC2: V image NGC 1569 WFPC2 – NIC2 : UBVI combined NGC 1705 ACS: V and I combined 2.2 Mpc 5.1 Mpc 10 – 20 Mpc Strong starburst BCD, evidence of galactic winds Most metal poor BCD, winds ? Strong starburst dIrr, evidence of galactic winds
Different regions in NGC 1705 Tosi et al T-RGB very well defined => (m-M) 0 = ± 0.26 => D = 5.1 ± 0.6 Mpc
NGC1705: a post-starburst BCD already back to SF activity 1) 1)Some SF Gyr ago 2) 2)Some SF Gyr ago 3) 3)Strong central SF Myr ago 4) 4)No SF anywhere Myr ago 5) 5)Strong SF everywhere 3-0 Myr ago Annibali et al. 03 now ? wind source quiescent phase only 6-7 Myr long => rapid cooling
(Romano, Tosi, Matteucci 2005) chemical evolution models for late-type dwarfsNGC1569 SF and IMF from HST CMDs => high SF efficiency, high wind efficiency NGC1705
(Lanfranchi & Matteucci 2004) chemical evolution models for Local Group dSph's Draco Sagittarius SculptorUrsa Minor Salpeter's IMF; SFH from CMDs => low SF efficiency; high wind efficiency
gas flows comparison chemical evolution of spirals and dwarfs: spirals RESULTS: long-term infall of metal poor gas needed to dilute metals and favour gradients. Fountains possible. Winds unlikely. dwarfs RESULTS: winds very likely in lower mass active galaxies; infall likely, fountains unlikely. QUESTIONS: can the accretion rate be considered roughly continuous ? what is the effect on chemical evolution of its discontinuity ? QUESTIONS: what is the wind efficiency of SNe Ia and II ? what is the final fate of the ejected gas ?
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SN rates in Romano et al 2005 NGC 1705 NGC 1569 model 5aH' model 4aH
Best model parameters NGC 1569 (4aH) NGC 1705 (5aH') NGC 1569 (4aH) NGC 1705 (5aH')
(Romano et al. 2005) chemical evolution models for late-type dwarfsNGC1569 SF and IMF from HST CMDs => high SF efficiency, high wind efficiency NGC1705
infall from chemical evolution models, infall of metal poor gas appears to be necessary in some, not all, spirals infall is observed in HI in some spirals, like M33, M83, M101, NGC2403, NGC6946 ( e.g. D'Odorico et al 1985, van der Hulst & Sancisi 1988, Fraternali et al 2003 ). In MW evidence is from VHVCs (e.g. Mirabel 1981, DeBoer & Savage , Songaila et al 1988, Danly 1989 ); derived metallicity ~0.2 Z sun, rate 1-2 M o yr -1. gas infall on MW is predicted as residual of proto-galaxy collapse, as accretion from surrounding halo, and/or as intergalactic gas trapped by MW during motion toward Virgo ( e.g. Songaila et al 1998, Blitz et al 1999 ). Magellanic Stream will eventually fall in too ( e.g. Sofue 1994 ).
Inside-Out formation and radially varying SFR efficiency required to reproduce observed SFR, gas and colour profiles (Scalelengths: R B 4 kpc, R K 2.6 kpc) (Boissier and Prantzos 1999) THE MILKY WAY DISK
MW models (3b) Meanwhile, HVCs have become fashionable again ….. They have the right metallicity (≈ 0.2 Z ) and possibly the right mass to provide 1 M yr -1 Nowadays, most people believe in long-term infall, but the issue is its continuity: a steady state accretion seems less likely than a discontinuous one. What is the effect of intermittent infall on Galactic chemical evolution ? Valle, Shore, Galli 2005
chemical evolution scheme collapse of protogalaxy and/or mergers mass and composition of ISM gas inflow and/or outflow star formation stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis stellar mass loss and death from Tinsley (1980)
galaxy evolution To understand theoretical modelsobservational constraints galaxy formation chemical evolution dynamical evolution … chemical abundances gas/star/dark masses kinematics star formation history IMF … N.B. standard chemical evolution models account for large-scale, long-term phenomena: the climate, not the weather !
PARAMETERS The parameters are many, but not really free. Correct approach is to always compare the model predictions with all the available observational constraints. Star Formation Law and Rate e.g. SFR e -t/ or SFR g n e.g. SFR e -t/ or SFR g n Gas flows in and out of the region (infall and wind) e.g. f i e -t/ , f w E SN Initial Mass Function (m) m - ; m (m)dm=1 Stellar lifetimes and nucleosynthesis (yields)
observational constraints in the Galaxy they largely outnumber the parameters: current radial distribution of star density,current radial distribution of star density, current radial distribution of gas density,current radial distribution of gas density, current radial distribution of SFR,current radial distribution of SFR, current radial distribution of element abundances as derivedcurrent radial distribution of element abundances as derived from HII regions and B stars, from HII regions and B stars, radial distribution of element abundances at slightly olderradial distribution of element abundances at slightly older epochs as derived from PNe, epochs as derived from PNe, age-metallicity relation in solar neighbourhood (andage-metallicity relation in solar neighbourhood (and elsewhere), elsewhere), metallicity distribution of G-dwarfs in solar neighbourhood,metallicity distribution of G-dwarfs in solar neighbourhood, Local Present-Day-Mass-Function,Local Present-Day-Mass-Function, relative abundance ratios (e.g. [O/Fe] vs [Fe/H] in disk andrelative abundance ratios (e.g. [O/Fe] vs [Fe/H] in disk and halo stars. halo stars.
chemical evolution of MW Thanks to the wealth of accurate and reliable data and theoretical achievements, there are currently a number of chemical evolution models able to reproduce all the major properties observed in the Galaxy (see e.g. Prantzos' and Romano's talks) However: 1) the solution is not unique yet, 2) there are observed properties not understood yet (e.g. CNO isotopes and gradient evolution)
chemical evolution of dwarf galaxies The chemical evolution of dwarf galaxies has been modeled by many groups, but the observational constraints were so far insufficient: SF continuous, gasping or bursting ? gas infall, gas outflows or both ?
other spirals (2) Chemical evolution models by Díaz & Tosi (1984, 85, 86, 90) suggested that long-lasting infall of metal poor gas was necessary also in other spirals (M31, M33, M51, M83, M101, NGC2403, NGC6946, IC342). The lower the galaxy luminosity class, the lower the infall need. With different models Mollà et al (1996) suggest that gas collapse time varies from spiral to spiral (M31, M33, NGC300, NGC628, NGC3198, NGC6946) to explain differences in observed metallicity gradients. Models for low mass, low luminosity spirals (e.g. M33, NGC2403) seemed to indicate that they need both infall and winds.
Hence, the current belief of chemical evolution modellers is that spirals keep accreting metal poor gas from outside for all their life. There may be fountains and satellite accretions as well, but without long-lasting infall these two phenomena cannot explain the observed properties. Galactic winds seem unlikely, except possibly in early halo phases or in lowest mass spirals. What about dwarf galaxies ?
chemical evolution models of dwarfs
we are entering a new exciting era understanding dwarf galaxies evolution: Thanks to new generation instruments (HST, Keck, VLT, etc.) it is becoming possible to obtain for nearby galaxies information as accurate as for the solar neighbourhood (or even better) on stars and gas properties. This will allow us to finally compute reliable evolution models for individual dwarfs.
Effect of distance on star resolution on reachable lookback times
IMF in MCs R136 in LMC (Sirianni et al 2000) Salpeter's slope
Shetrone et al 01 SN: halo+disk GGC LG dSphs (courtesy M. Shetrone)
Tolstoy et al 03 dSphs in the Local Group
AMRs in nearby galaxies: entering a new eraCarina Fornax Sculptor (Tolstoy et al 03)
comparison chemical evolution of MW and dwarfs: MW SF: slowly decreasing with time; continuous (possibly as average of many contiguous episodes IMF: IMF: slightly flatter than Salpeter's at low masses and slightly steeper at high masses flows: flows: infall of metal poor gas needed to dilute metals and favour gradient. Fountains possible. Winds unlikely. dwarfs depending on morphological type, either very discontinuous (early types) or almost continuous (late types), but not as in MW roughly Salpeter's => flatter than in MW at high masses ? winds very likely in lower mass galaxies; infall likely, fountains unlikely.
galactic winds from chemical evolution models of galaxies, winds appear to be necessary in low mass Irr's and BCGs, not in spirals winds are observed in H and X-rays in some Irr's and BGCs, like NGC1569, NGC1705 (e.g. Waller 1991, Meurer et al. 1992, Della Ceca et al. 1997), not in spirals winds are predicted by hydrodynamics of SN ejecta in Irr's and BCGs (e.g. DeYoung & Gallagher 1990, MacLow & Ferrara 1998, D'Ercole & Brighenti 1999, Recchi et al. 2002), with low mass and intense star formation. In massive galaxies, like spirals, SN ejecta fail to escape.
galactic winds R (kpc) z (kpc) gas density 10 Myr30 Myr 70 Myr100 Myr hydrodynamical evolution of SN ejecta and galactic gas in NGC 1569 (D'Ercole & Brighenti 1999) - - M tot = M o - - M star = M o - - M gas = M o - - only SNeII - SFR from CMD (Greggio et al 98) SNe in 30 Myr => eject 10 6 M o at 100 Myr 10 5 M o (i.e. 10%) have fallen back, the rest is lost for ever dark = dense, white = empty
galactic winds R (kpc) z (kpc) abundance tracer 10 Myr30 Myr 70 Myr100 Myr hydrodynamical evolution of SN ejecta and galactic gas in NGC 1569 (D'Ercole & Brighenti 1999) - - M tot = M o - - M star = M o - - M gas = M o - - only SNeII - SFR from CMD (Greggio et al 98) SNe in 30 Myr => eject 10 6 M o at 100 Myr 10 5 M o (i.e. 10%) have fallen back, the rest is lost for ever white = SN ejecta, black = unpolluted
Star Formation Sandage 1986
SF in the Milky Way T [SFR=Ae -t/15, A ( gas / tot )] P [SFR=0.3 gas /R/R o )] F [multiphase SFR] M [SFR=A gas 1.1 tot 0.1 ] C [SFR=A gas 1.4 tot 0.4 ] present epoch 510 R (kpc) from chromosferic age of dwarfs (Rocha-Pinto et al 2000) from chemev models (Chiappini et al 01) solar neighbourhood
SF boxes: Grebel 1998 gasping rather than bursting SF
SF boxes in dSph's: Grebel 1998 one or more SF bursts
stellar yields ideal set of yields (Z=0.02, Marigo 01+Portinari et al 95): homogeneous and complete
stellar yields typical set of yields (Z=0.02, Marigo 01 + WW95): inhomogeneous and incomplete mass gap 5 – 11 M o spurious bump no masses > 40 M o
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@kizmetzing I had BFP with no symptoms. First pregnancy I had no symptoms until 8 weeks when the MS hit. This time around its hit a bit earlier :-(
@kizmetzing I had BFP with no symptoms. First pregnancy I had no symptoms until 8 weeks when the MS hit. This time around its hit a bit earlier :-(
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Thanks for advice ladies today is day 4 post 5 day transfer and I poas this morning silly I know it was negative and I felt sad but that's just silly isn't it it's way to early right?? I have had lots of cramping and weird pangs this morning is this a sign my little fella is saying hay I made you boiling hot all night now I'm cramping your stomach ocassion ally just be patient!!! Lol I sure hope so I guess I just thought baby embryo would have burrowed by now and possibly be throwing a little hcg in the system by day 4.... If he/she was going to burrow at all :-) come on little fella!!!
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Well ladies... Jabbing has started for me FINALlY... Got first today and not another until Saturday... With first bloods And us on Monday... Doing some acupuncture this time around as well since I am going to by in Sydney the whole cycle... Hope it helps.
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rachie5, its a bit early. Here's my old faithful chart of events for a 3 day FET (so you'll have to adjust it) but you can see you would be on day 9 which is still mid implantation.
Day 0 egg retrieval 1 2 3 FET 4 5 3days post transfer ... blastocyst 6 4days post transfer ....hatch 7 5days post transfer .. Attach 8 6days post transfer .. Implant begins 9 7days post transfer .. Implant continues 10 8days post transfer .. Implant complete, placenta cells & fetal cells 11 9days post transfer ...HCG starts in the blood 12 10days post transfer ...More HCG 13 11days post transfer ...More HCG 14 12days post transfer ...HCG levels are now high enough for test
@leyshoja thanks so much for that chart ! It's given me hope that I tested too early :-) xx
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Well, got my BT result, BFN. No surprises there. Booked in for 1pm Friday for the initial donor egg consult. The good news is that because I've been with them for a couple of years already I get bumped a fair way up the list and their donors can choose who to donate to, so I'm hoping with me and DP being 42 and 44 and no children at all yet, they may take pity on us first lol. Tragic old gits we are.
Since I'm now playing the waiting game, I think I'm going to get myself a kitten for my 42nd birthday next week. So worried about my current cat though, I've tried before with a rescue cat who was almost adult sized and went through 2 years of hell trying to get her to accept the new one, until finally my mum caved in and took the cat (I begged her for months but now they love her to bits).
I'm praying that a kitten would be less intimidating than an adult but worried I could be creating another very stressful situation. Any advice or thoughts? Is it worth a try or would I just be traumatising another cat needlessly...?
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hit the curb at about 1 or 2 oclock and now the steering wheel is sitting at 10 or 11 oclock the traction light will not shut off
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sounds like you crushed the ABS sensor in the wheel bearing, or bent a tie rod. or both better get it checked to make sure
If your steering wheel isnt straight you bent something and now your alighnment is probably horrible. The wheel speed sensor is probably damaged because clearance in thar system is very tight.
You may have broken other things but the ABS light kinda doubles as a wheel bearing wear indicator. If you hit a curb and the ABS light came on it means you broke the wheel bearing. There is no way for the ABS sensor to become damaged in an accident like this. A bad wheel bearing also messes with the alignment. Like Andrew said the clearances are literally paper thin. You need to stop driving it till its fixed. Expect to need a wheel bearing and possibly need inner and outer tie rod ends, a lower ball joint, and an alignment. If at any point he mentions your car having an upper ball joint go somewhere else.
The traction light is on and the ABS isn't far behind. This means the gap between the sensor and ring increases during acceleration and goes back to normal when not accelerating.
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As Moribito begins its second half, it leaves behind the flirtation with filler content which dominated the previous few episodes and gets back to its core plot: figuring out what, exactly, must be done with the mystical egg within Prince Chagum and what role he must play in helping to avoid the upcoming drought. The only distraction from this course is a two episode flashback arc detailing Balsa's past with Jiguro, but it is so well-executed and plays so directly into Balsa's underlying motivations for what she is doing in the current time that no one should have issue with it. In fact, execution is the word of the day for the series as a whole; no fantasy anime series made to date brings all of its story elements and production aspects together better than Moribito does, especially in its second half.
Such a grandiose statement may sound like hyperbole, but that is only true if the series cannot back up such a claim. This one can. Moribito is, without question, one of the best-looking anime series of any type ever made. It is Production I.G's visual masterpiece, complete with rich coloring, distinctive and beautifully-rendered character designs that even convincingly de-age characters (and my, wasn't Balsa a cutie at younger ages!), gorgeous selections of background art, and even inventive critter designs when dealing with the Ra Runga, important birds, and other spirits from Nayug. The artistry consistently stays on model, never showing the flaws that most other series eventually do, and even integrates its occasional use of CG effects very smoothly, which is an important consideration given the presence of some massed troop movement scenes. Its animation is crisp and smoothly-flowing, including dynamic and fully-detailed fight scenes that, surprisingly, never take shortcuts. That Production I.G was able to create a movie-grade effort on a series budget is, frankly, astonishing.
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Francisco Liriano missed some time coming out of the All-Star Break with some neck discomfort, but he has thrown the ball pretty well over his last two starts. Liriano has benefitted from Pittsburgh's defensive ideology of playing a lot of shifts to post some of the lowest BABIPs against of his career. This season, Liriano has his lowest career BABIP at .265, which has led to a 2.92 ERA, a 2.94 FIP, and a 2.82 xFIP. He also has one of his best K/BB ratios this season.
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I was curious about this newly released title, since I just blind bought it today. I decided to keep it sealed, just in case I change my mind and return it, although I'm usually pretty good about blind buying anime.
Basically I was wondering: how is it, honestly, and DISREGARDING the manga. I didn't even know it was based off a manga until today when I looked up reviews for it, curiously. EVERY reviewer gave it a mediocre score, only because "it wasn't as good as the manga" basically. This is going off Amazon and MyAnimeList, and there weren't too many reviews, but the ONLY person who actually said the movie was really good, was the person who didn't read the manga. After finding out not only that it had a manga, but that it was a Tokyopop manga (thus OOP) and one volume being one of those $40+ pricing.... yeah I won't be reading it anytime soon^^
So I mean, the trailer looked interesting enough, the story seems intriguing, but I just really don't want to be disappointed by it since I have pretty high hopes from the little I've seen. Think I'll be able to enjoy it enough, prior to reading it? It just bugs me that unless the movie adaptation was terrible, that everyone's complain so much about it. That goes for any adaptation of course but I mean, you can only fit SO much into the length of a theatrical movie...
I know even I usually say to not look into reviews and see for yourself, but as far as budgets go right now (and getting it for a pretty good price too), I'm just hoping it won't be as bad as these "manga is better" reviewers make it out to be.
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We'll have a formal review of the movie up eventually (as soon as I can get my hands on my promised copy of it, actually). Based on what I remember from watching a fansub, the movie is an effective apocalyptic horror story with a massive and ugly twist towards the end. The pacing is, by dint of necessity, quite a bit faster than its manga version, and the late stages of the movie do change a lot of the details - though IMO not necessarily in a bad way, as some of the elements in the manga version's late stages got more than a little weird (even by the series' internal logic).
I may change my mind on this when I get to see it properly and in long-anticipated dubbed form, but IIRC I had about a B-range impression of the movie on an A-to-F scale.
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I really liked it, and personally think this is a classic example of the underrated title. Great characters, cool action, a compelling storyline with mystery, horror, and a touch of mind-screw. I gave it an Excellent, personally, and I own it as well. Also I didn't read the manga myself. It is sitting on the shelf next to me complete though, so I do plan to. However, continents move faster than I read manga and there's lots of other unread books on said shelf....
I dunno' your personal tastes though and can't tell if you've seen similar stuff since you haven't enabled the My Anime button, so I can't accurately judge whether you personally would like it.
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That's still pretty good! Most of these views seems to be more of a C-D scale. I wish people would rate a movie for a movie, and not "stuff that was left out that was in the manga".
Oof, that would take way too long for me to work on^^ I have my list on MyAnimeList, but even then my tastes are so of... everywhere. When someone asks for recommendations (in general) the first I ask is "what things are you into?" but in this case, I already had an interest in what I saw. Plus, I'm in the mood for a sci-fi horror.
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I was lucky enough to see this at the cinema as part of the 2010 Reelanime Film Festival. I saw it along with Evangelion 2.0 and Redline and, frankly, enjoyed it more than the other two. On the big screen it was a visual treat (as were the other two) but where it stood out was its creepy atmosphere, especially suited to a darkened cinema.
Colour me fussy, though, but I won't buy the BD/DVD with its current cover. Which means that the movie isn't so good that it can overcome my distaste for the cover.
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I did not read the manga and unlike errinundra I prefer Evangelion 2.0 and Redline, though I still have some issues with them, over King of Thorn. What I recall thinking at the time was that it was a jumble of ideas some good and others not so good. I recall thinking there were some plot holes that bothered me, the culling of the redshirts was contrived and too expedient, most characters were superficial and I didn't care for the ending.
Imho, if people were grading it in the C to D range then that was a tad too harsh. Some of the ideas and visuals save it for me and I would probably say its more in the B- range (C+ if I'm feeling particularly merciless). I think I'm a little more tough on grading things than others, so I can see if other viewers might rate it a solid B. I wouldn't agree with that grade, but I can see others giving it that. On the other hand, I think an A- is too high for this movie. But hey, that's just my opinion.
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What errinundra mentioned about the mood in the movie is also quite true. It accurately establishes a great atmosphere of dread and creepy-ness as any good thriller should.
The only thing I can really compare it to off the top of my head is Blue Gener, only without the mecha. If you like King of Thorn I'd suggest giving that a shot too.
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I mean, I don't expect to have my mind blown or anything by it. Still, I'm pretty generous when it comes to rating the anime I watch. I'm just pretty convinced they are ONLY scoring it so low because they are comparing it.
I remember seeing a trailer for it many years back and being interested. I should probably check it out sometime (after I get through my backlog...)
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I have no knowledge of the manga, and I found it to be an enjoyable movie. I rated it as "Very Good." The twist was superb, but the pacing and lack of real character depth or development knocked it down a notch.
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I think that's part of it, but it's not just because 'the manga was better'.
The movie basically rewrote the backstories of some major characters to the point that some of those characters didn't really make sense anymore. If you've read the manga, it's easier to notice.
Another letdown is that the movie re-uses the same monsters again and again. The manga is much more creative with monster design, so if you've read the manga, it stands out.
It's an entertaining movie nonetheless, in a popcorn flick kind of way. Good movie to watch with friends, even ones that aren't all that much into anime.
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Haven't had a chance to watch my copy yet, but I thought it would be worth the mention: This weekend ONLY, Funi is airing the dub of it here, for those who haven't seen it yet, or those who have contemplating over getting it.
Oh, and I decided to keep my copy. Things sound really good beyond the minority that said how it was sub-pay, and it sounds like something I'd enjoy. But as I said, no idea when I'll get the time to watch it (backlog'd) but one day...
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Part of the problem is just that practically nobody has watched this due to how relatively obscure and new it is. It's in desperate need of word of mouth which hopefully it will get now that someone finally released it here.
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I haven't read the manga whatsoever, and I still think it was only decent at best.
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(Unlike the talkback boards, here in the anime forum people are expected to provide reasons for their opinions.)
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It's hard to say, I wasn't fully engrossed in the feature while I watched it, I didn't particularly care for any of the characters, and I feel like I've seen this situation before. Perhaps I'll need to give it a rewatch, but I just wasn't impressed or floored, by it or totally turned off either.
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There's nothing like food poisoning to ruin your day (and night … and next morning). And there's nothing like 60 instances of food poisoning in 14 states causing 22 hospitalizations in two distinct outbreaks to absolutely ruin public confidence in your brand. And there's nothing like a ruined investment to bring The Unintelligble Investor out of hibernation, hungrily in search of a new opportunity.
And so it goes with Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG), the latest fallen angel of the investing community, a low capex, low leverage, high-growth, high ROE restaurateur spawned of a Charlie Munger-Rich Bayless romantic encounter. There have been many articles written about the situation so I won't rehash the last 6 months in entirety. Suffice to say, CMG served food contaminated with the bacteria E. Coli and a number of their customers became ill. The discourse has been engaging at times, but in my mind the 2 most important questions have still gone largely unaddressed on SA.
1) What will be the long-term impact of the E. Coli outbreak on CMG's business? I discuss below.
2) Regardless of the impact of the E. Coli outbreak, aren't CMG shares overvalued? Look for that in Part 2.
E. Coli Acometh
"In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield."
-Warren Buffet
This article did a great job outlining just how common E. Coli and other public restaurant illnesses are in the day-to-day lives of Americans. Others have dropped hints of previous calamitous disasters that have befallen titans of business (Tylenol and JNJ, etc. etc.), only for those businesses to shake it off like Taylor Swift at a closing dinner. But a deep dive into history can be instructive and can help tease out similarities and differences that might prove out a conclusion that this time will be different, or in fact the same.
Of course, just because food-borne illness is common does not mean it is not serious. No one wants to spend a long evening in the bathroom, a long week in the hospital, and certainly no one wants to put their children at risk. Significance aside, what currently befalls CMG is not a once-in-a-lifetime event. It's not even a black swan. It's an absolutely predictable (though low probability) outcome of serving a vast quantity of food to a vast quantity of customers along a diverse and complex supply chain over a gigantic geographic footprint. And it isn't exclusive to poorly run businesses and bad management teams.
Ever heard of McDonald's? (NYSE:MCD) The restaurant titan isn't exactly known for food quality or health, but it has always been an excellent business: a great marketer, supply chain manager, real estate developer, and innovator of fast food ideas: the Big Mac, the Chicken McNugget, the Kid's Playground, Ronald McDonald and, yes, E. Coli.
It sounded bizarre to me when I first read it, but literally the first ever E. Coli outbreak occurred in 1982 at MCD locations in Michigan and Oregon. E. Coli is a modern bug caused by modern food preparation, preservation, and transportation. 47 people were struck ill from February through July. Astonishingly, the outbreak did not garner a shred of significant national media attention. I could locate only one small article from the Associated Press that was published in March 1983, a full year after the initial outbreak, and only after a scholarly article published by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention ("CDC") outlining the never-before-seen bacteria.
How much was MCD's brand, financial performance, and share price impacted by its Dr. Frankensteinian creation of a new superbug sandwiched between layers of hearty Quarter Pounder patties? Financial information for the period isn't readily available, but MCD's share price increased nearly 250% during the 4-year period between 1981 and 1985 with nary a meaningful pullback along the way.
Have You Had Your Outbreak Today?
E. Coli is now everywhere. The CDC keeps a tidy list of major, multi-state outbreaks since 2006. I have included a few below. In all the CDC counts 25 incidents in a 10-year span.
The CDC list is not exhaustive either. Not included, for example, are a 68-person outbreak at Taco John's in 2006 or a 13-person outbreak at Pizza Ranch locations in Iowa in December 2015 (as per the Des Moines register). Since MCD first sprinkled E. Coli seasoning on its fries, literally dozens of companies have been sued for contamination including such food behemoths as Dole, ConAgra, Cargill and fast food stalwarts KFC, Olive Garden, and Wendy's (those baked potatoes always looked scary to me). And that's just the list of companies sued by one litigator.
It would be faster to create a list of major restaurant chains that haven't had a food poisoning outbreak. Yet, despite the tarnished brand, susceptible supply chain, distraction of litigation, and millions of dollars paid out in settlements, the businesses impacted 1) survived the initial impact of declining sales 2) improved their safety standards 3) repaired their brand and 4) went on to thrive.
E. Coli in the Box
This is even true of the mother of all E. Coli outbreaks. In 1992, Jack in the Box (NASDAQ:JACK), then trading under the parent name Foodmaker, Inc., set the low watermark for E. Coli disasters with a traumatic outbreak infecting over 700 people, causing 171 hospitalizations, and leading to the deaths of 4 children over a 2-month span.
This was an outbreak the likes of which the US had never seen and has never seen since. The crisis officially began on 13Jan1993 with a warning from Washington state health officials. JACK was mentioned publicly for the first time on 18Jan1993. Later, the CDC would indicate the outbreak actually began in Dec1992, and even with the eyes of the entire world watching, the outbreak continued with the last death occurring on 20Feb93.
At the time, JACK was the 5th largest restaurant franchise in the US with over 1,100 stores. Less than a decade after MCD invented the disease to nary a pin drop of protest, the JACK outbreak was a top story, receiving widespread, nightly national media coverage from top news networks and newspapers including the New York Times (which wondered allowed whether JACK would endure).
Predictably, JACKs quarterly sales were demolished beginning in the second quarter.
In fact, JACKs revenue wouldn't recover for at least another 4 years and it experienced losses for a 3-year period after the outbreak. Detailed financial information is below.
As a result, its stock collapsed from a high of ~$7 the day before the E. Coli announcement to less than $2 almost 2 years later.
Disastrous, right? Well, before you rush to short CMG, there's an important caveat. In the late 1980s, JACK was taken private by management in one of those MBOs that were more in-vogue in the 1980s than the phrase "in-vogue". A few years later, JACK was taken public again, only this time, saddled with a hefty $500MM worth of debt.
With $50MM in annual interest payments to satisfy, JACK generated annual losses that chewed up book value and left ZERO free cash available to satisfy ~$50MM per year in principal repayment. With leverage ratios at nosebleed levels and return of principal in doubt, JACK's long-term viability was an open question.
But not because customers quit going to its restaurants. Revenues bottomed in 1995 at just 18% below the 1993 peak (figures made somewhat noisy by Foodmaker's wholesale operation). JACK continued to add stores throughout the crisis, and per store sales actually began to improve in 1994 as per below.
By 1997 JACK was back, thriving again.
In fact, if you bought JACK at the absolute bottom in Jan1995, you would have immediately trounced the S&P500 and outperformed it by a staggering margin up to now.
But I'm arguing that the bulk of the share price decline was driven by debt, not demand. What if JACK was debt free, a lot like, say, CMG? JACK's interim low of $3.88 on 22Feb1993 would have likely been the bottom. If you'd bought then, you would have matched the S&P500 all through the 1990s and early 2000s (despite massive overvaluation in the tech sector) and gone on to trounce it over the entire holding period.
The JACK outbreak was an entire magnitude larger than CMG, the company was not nearly as strong a financial performer, and it was saddled with a mountain of debt. Still, it went on to future success.
Despite the strong historical evidence that CMG's E. Coli outbreak will not be debilitating, there are 2 prevailing arguments for why things could potentially be different this time.
Fresh Means Faulty
One user fairly posited that perhaps CMG's supply chain is fundamentally flawed compared to its longer-tenured competitors; maybe fresh food from local sources is much harder to manage than the less nutritious versions on offer. CMG's supply chain is more complex, making it harder to identify hazards and even the source of causes. In fact, no source (single or multiple) has yet been identified for either of the CMG outbreaks.
So I would have to agree: there's no question that CMG's process is more susceptible than others … as of today. But the record shows that CMG's approach is no more inherently flawed than any other used historically. E. Coli began as a strictly beef-borne illness. MCD and JACK outbreaks were due to contaminated ground beef that was exposed in the processing plant, then undercooked at the service counter. Today, the majority of E. Coli outbreaks are caused by fresh produce.
What happened? Did E. Coli grow tired of beef and suddenly develop a taste for produce instead? No. The meat industry evolved, identified issues, developed solutions, and eliminated the risks to serve their customers better (and, yes, not get sued). That is what I reasonably expect CMG will do with its process.
A related, though much less well thought out, argument that must be addressed is the idea that, because CMG purports to serve "healthy" food, it will suffer a greater impact to its brand/image than a host of other diabetes-on-a-plate serving competitors would in a similar situation. We seem to be using "health" as a catch-all term that incorrectly equates nutrition and safety. Yes, CMG claims its food is more fresh (and thereby more nutritious), its menu items less likely to cause a host of insulin-resistance related issues, and its suppliers operate in a more moral and sustainable fashion. But it doesn't in any way claim to be any better at preventing food-borne illness. ALL restaurant purveyors EVERYWHERE make that claim! Otherwise, no one would eat at any restaurant! Even the dirtiest, most unprofitable, poorly serviced restaurant around the corner advertises it is a licensed establishment whose food safety practices are inspected on a regular basis.
Not a single person walked into JACK with their family in 1992 thinking, "I know the Jumbo Jack Cheeseburger is terrible for me, so I'm willing to accept a higher risk of E. Coli infection." In fact, you could just as easily argue the opposite: nutrition and sustainable farming-conscious consumers might be more willing to accept the risk of food-borne illness because they understand that these practices open up the supply chain to greater risk.
Fickle Millennials
Millennials are taking heat from all sides these days. Mocked on live television by sportcasters during a selfie-orgie, criticized by an NBA owner for making his team bad, and, yes, fingered as the root cause of the demise of CMG. Somehow CMG's situation is "unprecedented" because young adults can Snapchat. Dr. Duru did a great job dispelling this argument. Millennials are no more fickle than any generation of the past.
We often act as though media itself did not exist before Social Media. As though ideas were impossible to spread among a large populace without Twitter. Media did exist in the 1990s. JACK was all over every major television network and newspaper at a time when everyone watched the same networks and read the same newspapers. And JACKs sales suffered greatly in the short term as a result.
Yes, information disseminates faster today than 20 years ago, but this fact cuts both ways. It's easier for bad news to spread, and its easier for good news to spread as well. And while information is much more quickly disseminated, it is also much more quickly forgotten.
E. Calm Down
Hopefully, I've convinced you CMG is likely to survive and, probably, thrive as usual going forward. For some of you, perhaps all I've done is convinced you to never eat anywhere but at home, and even then only after washing your lettuce in sulfuric acid. With CMG's future secure, now we must consider whether it is a viable investment opportunity ...
Disclosure: I am/we are long CMG.
I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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