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no matter who was chosen there would be debate.
no matter who was chosen there would be debate.
"Measure Twice......Cut Once"
You couldn't be more full of **** if you were break dancing in a Port-a-Potty.......Kruunch
I don't mind that he's become the butt of jokes, but I just don't agree with this.
My body was sculpted to the proportions of Michelangelo's David.
Random comments:
Nice block by a hustling Rosie Brown on Frank's first run.
Frank's a HOF'er, how can he be underrated?
Tiki's the most hated Giant, how can he be overrated?
John Mendenhall was underrated. Phil Simms was underrated - as SI picked him as the most underrated player of all time some years ago.
Corey Webster is overrated. Chris Canty was overrated. Dave Brown was overrated by George Young.
The Tiki thing seems like the writers went out of their way to come up with a justification for taking a shot at him. Tiki garnered respect during his career, but outside of this board, I am not sure he ever seen as dominant.
He carried the team at times, but I am not sure that earned him a widespread rating as dominant.
As for Frank...you get in the HOF, you kinda have to let the "underrated" thing go. I would think that the writer would have instantly thought of non-HOF QB Phil SImms and went that way.
Every single day I log onto this message board thinking i've seen it all, every single day I am wrong...NYGiants2120


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V. (Ru-ay O-head-uh) A form of sexual action; to force your sex partner into eating the feces of 7 diffent animals and the release the content of the feces out though the anal cavity in a projectile form, then make a meaningfull collage of your life with your partner, using the doubly digested feces as an art medium.
I heard Ray got to "Ray Ojeda" with that one girl down the street.
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Town of Alamo Incorporation Studies, August 7, 2008
Original post made by Lisa Wright, Alamo, on Jul 17, 2008
On August 7, 2008, Contra Costa Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), will present incorporation study results in a community meeting held at the Creekside Church, 7PM to 9PM, in the Alamo business district. The purpose of this meeting is to provide understanding of the study results to residents within the boundaries of the proposed Town of Alamo and answer any questions related to such studies.
We encourage regional neighbors to attend this meeting to better understand incorporation proposed as the Town of Alamo. It is important that opposition, supporters and those that differ with current incorporation proposal attend this meeting and express their will, interests and opinions to LAFCO staff for commissioners' consideration.
State of California, "A Guide to the LAFCO Process for Incorporation" - www.calafco.org, click on "resources" for further study.
Notice: County and county-related meetings use the term "testimony" to describe commentary, opinion, concern and complaint voiced by individual residents at their public meetings. Please do not be intimidated by the term 'testimony" and understand that the word is being misused due to its definition, "Evidence given under oath by a competent witness." At no time does your right of commentary, opinion, concern and complaint qualify as "testimony" or are you responsible for any commentary under the rules of law governing "testimony."
Lisa Wright, Diablo Vista regional counsel committee
a resident of Alamo
on Jul 18, 2008 at 9:17 am
Dear Lisa,
It never ceases to amaze me how Alamo "newbies" like yourself can get your facts messed up. The Creekside Church is NOT anywhere near the "Alamo Business District." It is almost 2000 feet from HD/Yardbirds and 2500 feet from Stone Valley Road. And just so you don't have to do the math yourself, that's about a half a mile from the "business district."
Such an inaccuracy and exaggeration leds me to question your entire item. What else do you have wrong?
Research more and write less.
Alamo Ron


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They probably won't need him this week vs. the Browns.
Browns have been playing pretty well lately. They have a 3 game win streak right now including that win over the Steelers.
The Giants are dinged up too and have a tough schedule. Letting him rest up a week is fine with me.
"You killed my family, and I don't like that kind of thing."
This will force the Redskins to be a more traditional offense versus all those fancy zone options they love to employ with RG3. The Browns' chance to win this game just went up astronomically.
I knew he wasn't playing from the moment I saw what happened to his leg.
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I tend to look at it like this, I wouldn't mind having them especially if I had to shoot from non-standard shooting position where point shooting or sighted fire was a no-go.
I also found a pretty good article on the matter that was worth the read.
Looking at lasers: Myth and-Reality
Even if I had them, I would still spend most of my range time using sighted fire / point shooting only using the laser sparingly unless I was totally wowed by them.
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Toronto, Ontario, January 4, 2012—The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, today announced that parents who commit to adopt children in their care will be able to get Employment Insurance (EI) parental benefits.
"Our government is helping Canadian families by supporting parents who have committed to adopting a child," said Minister Finley. "By increasing the flexibility of EI parental benefits that reflect evolving adoption programs, we are putting the best interest of the child first, ensuring he or she is placed in a stable family environment as early as possible."
In recognition that adoption programs vary by province and territory, the Government of Canada will now allow parents to be eligible for EI parental benefits as soon as they have taken the necessary steps to adopt the child in their care. This change brings the EI program in line with current adoption procedures.
"Given everything we know about children and attachment, the best model of service we can currently provide is foster-to-adopt," said Rod Potgieter, Executive Director, Family and Children's Services, St. Thomas and Elgin. "It is wonderful to see the model supported and encouraged by the federal government through parental leave benefits."
Parental benefits under the EI program are provided to parents who qualify to take time away from work to bond with their newborn or newly adopted child or children. A maximum of 35 weeks of parental benefits is available to biological or adoptive parents.
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Placements for the purpose of adoption made by an agency or authorized individuals are recognized under the EI Act as adoptions. In addition to provincial adoptions, the legislation in several provinces also covers inter-provincial and international adoptions. Accordingly, parental benefits may be paid to a claimant with whom a child from the claimant's province, another province or another country has been placed for the purpose of adoption, provided this placement adheres with the laws within the province or territory where the claimant resides.
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Under a "Foster-to-Adopt" or similarly-styled program, a child can be placed for the purpose of adoption prior to the natural parents having consented to the adoption or having relinquished their rights. Entitlement to EI parental benefits is proven from the date of placement if the following criteria are met:
- the child was physically placed with the claimant; and
- the claimant has made a demonstrable commitment to adopt that child under the laws governing adoption in the province or territory in which the claimant resides.
The eligibility criteria for EI parental benefits have been changed, such that there is no longer a requirement that the application for adoption be submitted to a competent provincial or territorial court for an individual to qualify for parental benefits. As long as a demonstrable commitment to adopt can be shown, the placement will be considered to be made for the purpose of adoption and parental benefits will be paid. As always, these criteria will be applied on a case-by-case basis.
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Apartment + Balcony Near Notre Dame
Size16 m²
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Accommodation summary
|rue des Fossés Saint Jacques, 75005 Paris, France
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The sleek studio features exposed beams and sleek, white decor. The living area includes a comfortable double sofa bed and a dining area for 2 people. The kitchenette is well-equipped and includes a coffee maker. Free Wi-Fi is included.
The Luxembourg Gardens are only a 5-minute walk away, and Hôtel de Ville City Hall can be reached within a 15-minute stroll. The Middle Ages National Museum is just 500 metres away, and the Louvre Museum can be reached by a 20-minute walk.
The Pantheon is located only just 200 metres away, and guests will find a number of restaurants in the surrounding area. Cluny - La Sorbonne Metro Station can be reached in a little over a 5-minute walk, and serves the M10 line.
House rulesNo smoking.
No pets.
Guests should clean up after themselves.
A refundable security deposit of €200 is required in cash on check-in.
Check-in after 8pm can be arranged for an additional fee of €30.
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Reviews of this property
My friend and I had a wonderful stay in Paris.
The key handover went smoothly and we were from the small studio sweet shown and explained :-)
The apartment looks in the photos bigger than it is, but for 2 people it is enough - we were out all day and so was the morning breakfast and in the evening put into bed exhausted!
The location is okay, it is easier to the next station and who is not too lazy running, can also Notre Dame and Co. within walking distance! :-)
We are glad to have opted for the small but nice apartment!
Mein Freund und ich hatten einen wunderschönen Aufenthalt in Paris.
Die Schlüsselübergabe lief problemlos ab und uns wurde die kleine süße Einzimmerwohnung gezeigt und erklärt:-)
Die Wohnung sieht auf den Fotos größer aus als sie ist, aber für 2 Personen ist sie ausreichend - wir waren den ganzen Tag unterwegs und so wurde morgens gefrühstückt und sich abends erschöpft ins Bett gelegt!
Die Lage ist auch in Ordnung, man kommt gut zur nächsten Station und wer nicht allzu lauffaul ist, kann auch Notre-Dame und Co. zu Fuß erreichen! :-)
Wir sind froh uns für das kleine, aber feine Apartment entschieden zu haben!
We were greeted cheerfully by Mikael, and I fell immediately at home in this tres chic studio apartment. The studio apartment is clean, has been done up to a high standard, modern yet cleverly combined with it's past history. The Latin Quarter area is an excellent place, free from bustling traffic and It has made our stay in Paris a very memorable one. My best features of this place are the original wooden blocks, good lighting, the small balcony where you can have breakfast and chill. The sofa bed was also surprisingly comfy and we slept well. It's just within distance walk to Notre Dame and other attractions. The area near the kitchen cabinet can be a bit cramped (we hit our forehead on the cabinet's door few times haha ). Finding this place was a bit tricky at first, but as we grew familiar with the area, it's easy peasy. If you have big luggage, it can be tricky to carry it up the small stairs. What it lack in terms of size (it is a studio after all), it made up in terms of its prime location and fully equipped shiny kitchen essentials & a washing machine. There's nearby Carrefour express, nice pastries shops and good restaurants. We recommend the Nepalese one! What I like about this area is despite it's proximity to main attractions, it does not have the touristy atmosphere at all and filled with locals, hence eating out at restaurants here will not rip you off. Yes, you will see Parisienne carrying baguettes and sipping coffees, it got that nice vibe. We met Arnaud before we left and had a bit chat. Mikael and Arnaud had done amazing job with this place and they are very friendly and nice guys. I'm really glad we stayed at their place and I fully recommended it!
The aim was to spend a Romantic weekend and it turned out great. Arnaud very steep and the handover on schedule. No retasos.
The beautiful, clean, new, comfortable and cared for full details apartment. Located in a perfect area for sightseeing.
El objetivo era pasar un fin de semana romantico y resulto genial. Arnaud muy pendiente y la entrega de llaves a la hora prevista. Sin retasos.
El apartamento precioso, limpio, nuevo, acogedor y cuidados los detalles al maximo. Situado en una zona perfecta para hacer turismo.
The accommodation was very clean and well maintained. Everything we needed was available. The sofa bed that could be converted into a bed in no time, was very comfortable. The view from the balcony of the courtyard was nice, and the environment was so quiet despite the central location that one night could easily leave the balcony door open.
Arnaud and his associé Mikaël were very reliable and accommodating.
I would book the hotel again and again. Thanks! :-)
Die Unterkunft war sehr sauber und gepflegt. Alles Nötige war vorhanden. Das Schlafsofa, das man im Handumdrehen in ein Bett umwandeln konnte, war sehr bequem. Der Ausblick vom Balkon auf den Innenhof war schön, und die Umgebung war trotz der zentralen Lage so ruhig, dass man nachts problemlos die Balkontür offen lassen konnte.
Arnaud und sein associé Mikaël waren sehr zuverlässig und zuvorkommend.
Ich würde die Unterkunft immer wieder buchen. Danke! :-)
A beautiful place to recommend without hesitation. The hosts are very nice and helpful for a quick start in the city. The apartment is a cozy little nest, Where We felt a little home, close to subway and shops. Everything you require is there. The little balcony is a nice place to rest. Our stay couldn't have been better.
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A nice place to recommend without hesitation. The hosts are very kind and helpful for a quick start of the city. The apartment is a small cozy nest, where we felt a little at home, close to the subway and shopping. Everything you want is there. The small balcony is a nice place to rest. Our stay could not have been better.
A beautiful place to recommend without hesitation. The hosts are very nice and helpful for a quick start in the city. The apartment is a cozy little nest, where we felt a little home, close to subway and shops. Everything you require is there. The little balcony is a nice place to rest. Our stay could not have been better.
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Un bel endroit à recommander sans hésitation. Les hôtes sont très gentils et serviables pour un démarrage rapide de la ville. L'appartement est un petit nid douillet, où nous nous sentions un peu à la maison, à proximité du métro et des commerces. Tout ce que vous désirez est là. Le petit balcon est un endroit agréable pour se reposer. Notre séjour n'aurait pas pu être mieux.
Small but fine, covers it well. Cozy, clean and in a nice neighborhood with good access to the metro.
The sofa bed is good and that is a plus after walking miles.
Arnaud is very friendly and helpful.
We have had a lovely time.
Klein maar fijn, dekt de lading wel. Gezellig, schoon en in een gezellige buurt met goede aansluiting op de metro.
De bedbank ligt goed en dat is een pluspunt na kilometers lopen.
Arnaud is erg vriendelijk en behulpzaam.
Wij hebben er een heerlijke tijd gehad.
All very well, Arnaud and Mikaël are great and very friendly hosts, the apartment was very clean with all the necessary equipment, in the area there all, carrefour, grocery stores and restaurants.
100% recommended.
Todo muy bien, Arnaud y Mikaël son unos anfitriones estupendos y muy amables, el apartamento estaba muy limpio y con todo el menaje necesario, en la zona hay de todo, carrefour, tiendas de comida y restaurantes.
100% recomendable.
The apartment is really great, awesome location (my girlfriend and I were in Paris for 3 days and not once got a Metro) and Arnaud was brilliant. He gave us lots of info and even let us take the keys out for another few hours after we had technically checked out, which was really nice of him.
Great place, thanks Arnaud
Great location, clean and proper apartment, friendly host. We were very satisfied with our stay. Highly recommended.
Arnaud is a perfect host with a beautiful and perfect tiny appartment. It is very well situated in the middle of the 5th arrondissement, in narrow typical old street where practically no cars pass by and where there are a lot of little restaurants to go have dinner.
The appartment is exactly as it is shown in the pictures, a tiny modern space but with so much light that you forgot it is small. Very comfortable and complete. It has a little balcony with views of a garden were we had breakfast every day.
Arnaud is very nice, he offers his help any time and he explaine us all with every detail so that we know everything in the surroundings and we have a great time.
Simply amazing!!!
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Our addiction to real estate has not been cured by experience, as the Government hoped. House prices, as we report today, have now climbed back to their 2007 peak, banks are again offering loans of up to 95 per cent of a purchase price and investors are back in the market, raising mortgages on the house they live in to buy another.
The warnings that property prices can fall as well as rise are being ignored. The fact is property prices in Auckland did not fall very much after the bubble burst in 2007. The market lost volume more than value. Sellers withdrew from the market and buyers waited, expecting that prices would have to come down eventually.
But the sellers have been able to hold out, which suggests they had not borrowed more than the property rent could cover. If they were investing for a capital gain, they had not over-reached the earning power of the property, as had been supposed.
Rents were increased and now, with sale prices picking up, owner-investors are still in no hurry to capitalise. There remains a shortage of houses for sale that has become so acute some desperate buyers are going door-to-door or sending personal letters, and agents are cold-calling owners again.
The predicament for first-home seekers is now worse than it was during the boom. Prices are as high as they were then but far fewer homes are available. Nearly all are being offered by auction, as happens when a market is volatile, and new investors can usually outbid a young couple looking for a home of their own at a price that will keep a mortgage within their means.
The Labour Party's proposal to them, announced at its conference last weekend, offers a modest house or apartment built for under $300,000 and available for sale only to first-home buyers. But their location and size could count against them.
First-home seekers can be assured there are already parts of Auckland, not too far from the centre, where homes can be found for not much more than the price Labour envisages. In Avondale, as we have reported, two-bedroom houses are selling in the low $300,000s and three-bedroom homes are under $500,000.
It may be that many first-home seekers need to lower their sights. The first step on the home-owning ladder has never been easy. Previous generations usually needed second and third mortgages at double-figure interest rates that they would work overtime to pay off as quickly as possible. And they were buying bungalows that were very modest beside the four-bedroom, two-bathroom, double-garaged palaces that have become standard today.
Banks lending up to 95 per cent of a purchase price are doing first-home seekers no favours. It leaves them with such slender equity that they could easily lose all of it if the market falls by as little as 5 per cent, as it did in recent years. Prices in Auckland are so high at present that a bank-commissioned confidence survey has found only 8 per cent of Aucklanders think this a good time to buy, compared with 33 per cent in the rest of the country.
But with rents high, flats are becoming smaller or more crowded. Last Sunday, we reported people are living in portable cabins in some places. The builder providing them is racing to keep up with demand. A small house in any location must be better.
Realistic young home-seekers should be able to find an affordable house in outer suburbs. Like previous generations, they can improve the house and land, plant trees, form residents associations to press for amenities and see that they are well maintained. Before long, they would find their home, their school and their community had become a desirable place to live. It's the way prosperity starts.


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In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, Ever Merciful.
Love for All, Hatred for None.
Address of Welcome by National Ameer Mobasher ur Rahman
Col. Faruq Khan (later became M.P. and Commerce Minister) with Prof. Dr. Asif Nazrul
Dignitaries taking dinner
Display of publications
Electronic media gave a good coverage of the programme
Guests watching video documentary
Missionary Incharge talking to former Army Chief Lt. Gen. K.M. Shafiullah (Retd.)
Mr. Hasanul Haq Inu and Mr. Mainuddin Khan Badal (both became Members of Parliament later) with Naib Ameer Maj. Gen. A.M. Mahmud
Mr. Promod Mankhin M.P. , Dr. Hamida Hossain and Writer Shahriar Kabir is seen with others
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By Leslie Berliant • Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 15:28
Peer Review - a process by which something proposed (as for research or publication) is evaluated by a group of experts in the appropriate field. – Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Over the weekend, Brian Angliss posted a piece over at Scholars and Rogues on why scientific peer review matters. He wrote it in response to climate change deniers who like to argue that peer review is useless and therefore, just because climate science is peer reviewed, it isn't necessarily true.
Unfortunately for the denier community, it's a little more complicated than that. As Angliss writes:
One major misconception about all varieties of peer review is that the reviews guarantee no errors in the final product.
What peer review does is start a process of finding and correcting errors, which generally continues upon and after publication, Angliss explains. It is another step in the scientific method of gathering data and testing hypotheses to solve a problem or understand an issue. Because of this method, scientific understanding often builds and deepens over time. That does not make the original assumptions or theories incorrect.
Case in point, a recent series on NPR on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution points out that Darwin was correct in ways that he himself could not have understood at the time.
It should go without saying that peer review can also serve to keep anyone with a theory and enough money from ExxonMobil from passing it off as scientifically sound. Unfortunately, this hasn't been the case as media outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post continue to behave as if climate change science has two sides to it by treating self-proclaimed authorities on global warming like Marc Morano as if they actually have a right to that title or to be taken seriously. As Angliss writes:
After all, anyone can publish a blog filled with so many numbers that it looks legitimate, but only a scientist would subject him or herself to peer review.
In this way, peer review can also be used to pass off bad science, which is why there needs to be an understanding that peer review is only part of the process and evolves over time. It is also why the media ought to play a greater role in pointing out legitimate, independent criticism of scientific theories that have passed peer review, while separating peer reviewed science from mere opinion.
Differing opinions on a range of topics, from the best city for pizza (Chicago, how is there even a debate?) to whether dogs or cats make better pets (um, anyone with a dog knows the answer) keep the world interesting. But science is not opinion. Science is an understanding of the evidence of something to the best of our ability. Science is about facts, tested and retested, against a set of assumptions. Peer review is imperfect, and not everything that gets through the process is without flaws. Peer review may also slow down the process of moving from theory to actionable understanding. However, it is the first lines of defense in separating opinion from fact. And until the media stops giving credence to people with opinions passing them off as scientifically-based, it may be the only line of defense.
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Writing a review of an article submitted for journal publication is somewhat of a task – probable 4 or 5 hours of work in the usual case. You must check the author's citations, and read them if you are unfamiliar. You correct English errors and question murky sentences. You check arithmetic, and examine graphs for clarity and accuracy. The major task, reviewing the soundness of the science, is an art. Then you have to write your findings and return to the journal editor. And if you reject the paper, you may have to defend your view through several iterations.
Not all reviewers are perfect and some errors can't be caught this way. It may later turn out that an experiment could not be replicated.
But the paper is in a scientific journal and is available for further review and correction as necessary.
Usually reviewing a paper is an unofficial part of a scientist's duties – it's a mostly altruistic, or cooperative, act.
The trouble with having a 'debate' – some people think this ought to happen – is that you can't know everything off the top of your head. Science takes time and patience. Those biologists who have gone into evolution vs. 'creationism' debates are apt to come out poorly, even though their data was accurate and their opponents was taken out of context or outdated or erroneous. Being correct on the fly isn't necessarily convincing to the general public.
Debating adroit liars is a losing proposition.
="But science is not
Richard C replied on Permalink
Science is....
I would have said that science, or at least the hard sciences are observation, (experimentation where possible), deduction and logic. (Hard, as opposed to soft, not as in difficult).
Untested? Do you have some sort of inside information here? On what basis do you make that claim?
GCM models are largely
GCM models are largely untested Richard. They offer up a wide variety of projections far, far into the future. Are they solid? Are they reliable? We won't know until that future arrives.
climate criminal replied on Permalink
Have you heard of Hindcasts?
paul s,
Have you heard of Hindcasts?
Or do you just make stuff up?
Quants have been
Quants have been hindcasting in economics for years. It didn't prevent them from completely missing the economic upheaval we are in now. And our economic system is far less complex then global climate.
The fact that some models can roughly correlate with some aspects of previous climate is not surprising but it is not (yet) convincing enough that climatologists are capable of predicting climate 100 years into the future. Just look at predicted sea level rise; predictions are all over the map.
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FRAUDULENT Analogy = STRAW MAN
Bad analogy. Analogies are always dangerous and always wrong to a greater or lesser degree. Analogies tell far more about the person drawing the analogy than that which is being ostensibly 'explained' by the analogy.
Strangely Economics and the Climate aren't the same, Economics is driven by human behaviour, whereas the climate is driven by physics, albeit with a large anthropogenic input that has led to perturbation.
Your FRAUDULENT analogy is a Straw man argument.
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
Assessing skill of GCMs
The GCMs are well tested. Here is the IPCC FAQ on this subject:
I have no doubt they are
I have no doubt they are well tested. Able to predict 100 years into the future? Not so sure.
Future projections seem to be all over the place suggesting uncertainties are much larger, and confidence in projections lower then what the public has been led to believe.
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Untested, largely untested, well tested. Do you understand what you mean? Because the rest of us don't stand a chance.
Tested in the lab, untested
Tested in the lab, untested in the real world. How's that?
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
Paul, of course they're
Paul, of course they're untested in the real world, in that you'd have to be psychic to determine the degree of difference between the forecast value and the value that occurs. However, the GCMs have been tested on conditions in the past and have a remarkable degree of accuracy in predicting the climate that has passed, given the input of prior conditions.
What kind of arguments are you thinking of, Paul? Are you just trying to prevent action by way of silliness and stalling tactics?
Considering the massive
Considering the massive sacrifice that is being asked of people, yes, of course we are going to ask a lot of questions. And if we don't get answers that we feel are satisfactory (appealing to authority doesn't count) we will stall action.
Secondly, which GCM's have this "remarkable degree of accuracy"? One of them? All of them?
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
A fair number of the GCMs
A fair number of the GCMs have a remarkable degree of accuracy. Also, when used in an ensemble, a more accurate picture can yet be drawn about the future climate.
This is far different than predicting the weather a week or two down the road, where models sometimes have wildly different takes on what will happen. The climate is far less chaotic than the weather is.
This is all done by the IPCC in order for them to estimate a 2 C increase in temperatures by 2100, which, when examining recent work on GCMs, seems to be a very conservative prediction. The more likely number is 3 C, which would be catastrophic for the half-billion people who live within a metre of sea level. Hence, the Pentagon's concern about AGW being a 21st Century national security nightmare, with the millions of environmental refugees (many within the USA) who will be forced to migrate.
Now, doesn't it seem like the denier crowd is being foolish when even the most hawkish Neo-Conservatives in the Pentagon are in agreement with Dr. James Hansen and former Vice-President Al Gore, people they would not normally consider political allies?
Several inaccurate GCM's
Several inaccurate GCM's lumped together provide more accurate predictions? Do tell!
"The climate is far less chaotic than the weather is."
On a short term basis, sure. But climate is also infinitely more complex then weather.
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
"On a short term basis, sure.
"On a short term basis, sure. But climate is also infinitely more complex then weather." -paul s
No, it's not. Climate is far easier to forecast a year in advance than weather is. That illustrates the incredible complexity of weather as compared to climate. If one knows the phase of ENSO, the NAO, the PDO, and the PNA, one can estimate fairly well what the following winter will be like (in terms of temperature and precipitation anomalies) for North America and Europe. One cannot do the same for weather on a day-by-day, let alone a week-by-week basis.
"Several inaccurate GCM's lumped together provide more accurate predictions?" -paul s
You really don't understand climate modeling, do you, Paul? Take a course or read the following links before you comment any further on GCMs and their predictions:
If we are to have an intelligent conversation about this issue, you should actually know something about climate science and modeling rather than repeating PR hacks' meritless talking points.
"Climate is far easier to
"Climate is far easier to forecast a year in advance than weather is."
In that case, you're predicting seasons, not climate. And the climate models that the public remain unconvinced of the are the ones going 25, 50 and 100 years out.
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
Again, you are wrong.
Again, you are wrong. Another explanation of my point here. It would be far easier to predict, say, the 2051-2080 climate normals in terms of average temperature or precipitation for a location than it would be to predict the weekly average temperature or accumulated precipitation for, say, June 20-26, 2056. This is based on climate vs. weather models.
Also, you said "the public remain unconvinced" about these models. That doesn't matter one bit. What matters is where scientists stand on these models and the vast majority of them are very worried by the forecasts of most GCMs. They are also quite sure that the models have it right, for the most part at least.
The problem with your "the public remain unconvinced" comment is that it perfectly illustrates how successful the disinformation campaign the fossil fuel companies have been running in terms of confusing and misleading the public on the true nature of the science of global warming. Many members of the public would be convinced that Elvis Presley was still alive or that the world was flat if they had it shoved down their throats repeatedly. These are the same sorts of people who still believe that Barack Obama was not born in Hawai'i (or in the United States, for that matter) or that Obama is a Muslim. It is a perfect illustration of how poorly educated our population is, or at least how gullible they are.
Also, you said "the public
Also, you said "the public remain unconvinced" about these models. That doesn't matter one bit. What matters is where scientists stand on these models and the vast majority of them are very worried by the forecasts of most GCMs.
Climatologists don't set public policy though, we do. And until a majority of us are sufficiently convinced, we will withhold from committing to drastic action.
The problem with your "the public remain unconvinced" comment is that it perfectly illustrates how successful the disinformation campaign the fossil fuel companies have been running in terms of confusing and misleading the public on the true nature of the science of global warming.
Oh not the fossil fuel bogeyman again. It doesn't exist. It is a mythical creature invented by environmentalists. I like fossil fuels. It is amazing stuff. And so far, there is no reasonable, cost effective replacement for it. That is where much of the reluctance of the general public comes in.
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
"Climatologists don't set
"Climatologists don't set public policy though, we do. And until a majority of us are sufficiently convinced, we will withhold from committing to drastic action."
Your argument is supporting a scenario similar to that of the months before 9-11, when the Bush Administration, unconvinced of the reports by security and intelligence officials of the heightened danger as it related to possible attacks by Al-Qaeda, rested on their laurels and refused to do anything until too late. As Richard Clarke said in the 9-11 Commission Congressional Hearings, "It takes body bags before the government is willing to do anything." So, Paul, are you encouraging governments to hold off on doing anything until the body bags start piling up as a result of AGW?
"Oh not the fossil fuel bogeyman again. It doesn't exist. It is a mythical creature invented by environmentalists. I like fossil fuels. It is amazing stuff. And so far, there is no reasonable, cost effective replacement for it. That is where much of the reluctance of the general public comes in."
Sure, and space aliens are humanity's parents, as the Scientologists would have us believe. Give me a frigging break and take a look at the site http://www.exxonsecrets.org. It proves the case of fossil fuel companies' meddling in public policy in terms of the environment and energy.
I fail to see how 9-11 is
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
Bullshit! Millions of
Bullshit! Millions of dollars will buy hundreds of hours of airtime to spew PR and ads, as well as mouthpieces to brainwash the public in disinformation campaigns. Get your head out of the (tar) sands!
Also, climatologists do not set policy, I agree. However, politicians set policy, and politicians rarely look beyond an election cycle. If they were really focused on doing good for their constituents, they would do what President Obama is doing and take measures which will be good in the long term, not necessarily the short term. Paying hundreds of millions of dollars to reform the health system will save billions down the road. Cutting millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases will save tenths (or more) degrees and hundreds of thousands of lives, not to mention billions of dollars in damages due to severe weather.
9-11 was analogous because it was a catastrophe which could have been foreseen and, therefore, avoided. Catastrophic climate change is foreseen in the future under the status quo and, therefore, can be avoided by changing the ways we do things (i.e. cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 70% or more by 2050). We must take action before the body bags start piling up or else we have lost our moral high ground. Those who refuse to take action or who try to inhibit people and governments from taking action are guilty of immorality, as they are directly or indirectly causing the deaths of people and are making this planet less inhabitable.
As I've said many, many
As I've said many, many times; millions of dollars is peanuts. You can't do brainwashing for peanuts, in fact it impossible to do in a free and democratic society such as ours.
"… they would do what President Obama is doing and take measures which will be good in the long term, not necessarily the short term."
And what is it that President Obama is doing? At best, he will set intensity targers. At worst, he will be no better then Clinton and Gore.
"9-11 was analogous because it was a catastrophe which could have been foreseen and, therefore, avoided."
9/11 was nearly impossible to foresee. Preventable with more competent law enforcement, maybe.
In spite of 9'11 and heightened security in the US, Canada, and all of Europe, the Madrid terrorist bombings and London train bombings still occurred.
And watch your language Stephen. I wouldn't want to see your posts removed again.
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
What's wrong with my
What's wrong with my language, Paul? Or is that just a threat because you didn't like the content of my post?
A month or more earlier than 9-11, there were intelligence reports which said that such an attack was likely on US soil. Hence, it being foreseen.
Also, Obama is NOT going for intensity-based targets, much to the chagrin of Harper and Stelmach. That is why they are so uppity on this issue, hiring lobbyists left and right to try to persuade Obama to adopt intensity-based targets. However, INTENSITY-BASED TARGETS WILL NOT DO NEARLY ENOUGH! Hard or absolute targets are the only way we will mitigate AGW.
The US gets "chatter" all
The US gets "chatter" all the time. And 9/11 might have been prevented, but can never be certain. Besides, most of the left thinks Bush did 9/11 anyways, so what does it matter?
As for Obama, yup, at best he will do intensity targets. Watch and see.
And read up on DeSmog policy on the use of profanity in threads Stephen. They will delete your posts if you continue with your use of vulgarity, not me.
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
Paul, why do you continue to
Paul, why do you continue to say that I am on the left? This is not the case. I am not a right-winger, either. One can be neither left nor right. Also, about the 9-11 conspiracy theorists, I think they are whackos and need to get their heads examined. Absolutely no evidence supports their position.
Obama won't do intensity targets. He is too much of a forward-thinker to espouse those retrograde and destructive policies.
Also, where did you consider my post to have foul language? Maybe I should have used the abbreviation BS instead of spelling it out in full, but academics and others use the term all the time. Have you ever seen the book On Bullshit? No library that I have seen which has it has the last word blotted out in their online catalogue.
Democrats have always been
Democrats have always been big on the talk on AGW. But as Clinton and Gore demonstrated, they don't follow through.
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
Clinton and Gore at least
Clinton and Gore at least attempted to get Kyoto signed though Congress. Only those Democratic members in the pay of Big Oil and Big Coal, as well as pretty much all the Republicans voted against it, making it a hopeless effort.
Bush et al. did nothing, and actually made it worse by inhibiting efforts to be taken by other nations.
Gore and Clinton put in as
Gore and Clinton put in as little political effort as possible. All talk, little action.
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
You have no idea what Clinton
You have no idea what Clinton and Gore did behind the scenes. Few people do. So, before you go running your mouth, proving your vendetta against the former Vice-President, I suggest you actually go and do some research.
You provide no helpful links or sources behind your arguments. You seem just to parrot the blather of the climate change deniers and whiners without inserting anything original instead of providing anything new or informative. Why should I waste my time with you if you aren't engaging in a constructive dialogue?


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A lot of those US 55 gallon empty drum in the warehouse this year. Does look like I will have to buy any next year.
A lot of those US 55 gallon empty drum in the warehouse this year. Does look like I will have to buy any next year.
Don't want to leave the impression that the honey crop was a disaster....just a bit disappointing at the end. A good beekeeper must super optimistically, yet realistically, some years it pays off, some years it dosent.
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
I wouldn't know about bulk wholesale prices but here in the UK single source honey from a producers own hives retails at £5 per pound and it's worth it !
What's that in US Dollars. Seems low for retail.
Mark Berninghausen
£5 is currently US $8.09 using the linked calculator.
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Quality Honey will always be in demand, if you can't sell it then feed it back to your bees
This may or may not be news, to some, seems to be fishy, age old problem of transhipped honey, wonder where it could be from?
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The company DakHoney in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, reported that US $ 20 million entered by honey exports after their last shipment to the United States.
In 2013, production of the company reached eight thousand tons, representing half of the national performance of this item.
In the period from January to September 2013 Vietnam has sent the United States a total of 24,048 tons of honey or almost 50% more of the annual production of the country.
Groeb Farms transformed into Natural American Foods ,headquartered in Onsted, Mich. and Smokey the Bear is our USA-made Grade A Honey. In partnership with the USDA Forest Service, we launched the Smokey the Bear branded-retail product in 2013. Smokey supports American bee-keepers by sourcing honey directly from US hives. And even more importantly, a portion of the proceeds from every sale of Smokey The Bear honey go to support the educational efforts of wildfire prevention. Being a good corporate citizen is important to us, and we believe that Smokey is one of the many ways we show it.
Many players with lawsuits and a new player in this game.I hope the dealer is still The American Beekeeper.Its going to be interesting how and when this all plays out, ....maybe it already has
what is the average wholesale price for "American" honey? I am having a hard time getting 2014 prices for some reason.
Wholesale pricing is for larger quantities, often trailer load (40,000 + lbs). Current offerings are around $2.10 for white. $1.90 ELA. Assuming you choose to deal with buyers that pay on time with checks that clear.
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
Average Retail prices http://www.honey.com/honey-industry/...-month-retail/
Wholesale prices http://www.honey.com/honey-industry/...nth-wholesale/
Take note those these are prices for processed honey, which I would take to mean bottled in what would actually be sold from the store shelf. Also, local markets vary from one place to another.
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Bulk honey prices from Canada,Mexico,Argentina, and China http://www.honey.com/honey-industry/...l-bulk-prices/
Packers are starting call.....average price of honey varies from.2.10 to 2.50....sold a load of amber for 2.50 a month ago....as of last week I was offered 2.25 and call before u sell...I talked to 3 different packers in the last 2 weeks....ect
Odem International is forward contracting 2014 Canadian honey crop at 2.25(WHITE) If anything has taught me anything about forward pricing in the honey market, it , the price will be 2.40 or 2.60 come fall, and if the price drops, well the contract will not be worth the paper its written on
Here is the USDA honey report for April.
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To SLI or not to SLI
Hello fellow RPSers.
I've been mulling around the idea for a while now about getting another graphics card for SLI or just getting a single new card. My current card is the Asus GeForce GTX 560 Ti 900MHz 2GB. I've got a compatible MOBO and an 850W PSU. I run two monitors off my card as well, but one thing that drives me up the wall is if I play an older game, say Fallout which is in an old resolution, the second screen gets affected meaning I cant watch a movie or tv show on it.
I've looked into this before but never asked people about it, only read some tech sites etc. I play absolutely everything from indie games up to AAA releases. Most games auto default to Max settings, bar Borderlands 2 which didn't set Physx to max and everything is running smooth. However if SLI will insure my PC will continue to do this and perhaps give better performance now that'd be great.
I've seen conflicting views on it from, "its a performance boost" to "devs don't use it properly" to "you'll only end up disabling one card half the time".
What are the views of people here?
not to sli.
A gtx560ti sli setup produces about 11% more power than a gtx580 in sli. Note the bold part, because if the game/app does not properly support sli guess what? A lot of suck will ensue from an extra card that provides 0% performance. The gtx580 is now pretty cheap, it's even cheaper than a gtx660ti with more power and the same feature set. You can use the existing 560ti as a physx card, this setup will smoke a 560ti sli set up.
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Unless you're a triplehead or spent few thousand on a monitor and game in insane resolutions, there's really no point to SLI for a simple reason: you will never need that much power. A single good card can take just about anything you can throw at it that isn't one of the above, so why bother with potential complications od two?
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Personal opinion, take the money you would have spent on a second GPU, use it to buy every single discounted game in the Christmas Steam sale. Result would be far far more enjoyment than that garnered by a second card.
I've never got the impression that 2 card setups are either particularly well supported by devs, or that the added oomph is anything like linear.
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I SLi'd my GTX570 and have been delighted with the results.
Fast, stable and gets me locked in 60FPS with all the eye-candy in demanding games.
That said, I did this when the GTX 570 was still a new card...
If you can afford it, I believe my performance is akin to a single shiny new GTX680, but if you are gaming on a budget, feel you need more performance and could stretch to a second 560 for a fraction of the cost, I would say you should give it serious thought.open-faced club sand wedge
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All of the advice above is good. I can't speak to the question about 2 monitors and full screen older programs as I use my setup on a single monitor. Here's my take regarding pure graphics performance for the money on a single screen:
SLI is ok if you are using multiple, current, high-end graphics cards. You will get more FPS even if not consistently -- You are paying a premium price for the highest performance available right now.
If you are a generation behind or using a lower-end graphics card, you will typically get the most bang for your buck by stepping up to the newer generation or a high-end model.
For the $175 it would cost to add another 560, it is hard for me to recommend a single card solution that would offer more performance. Now that said, if you could manage to step up another $50 you could purchase a 660 that would offer similar max FPS performance with less stuttering, worrying about drivers and other SLI issues that can come up.
Considering the above, if you must upgrade now, selling your current 560 is not an option and $175 is a hard limit, the SLI setup is your best way ahead.
If you can wait to save another $50, go for a 660.
If you can sell your current card for $100+ and add it to your current $175.. wow you can really get something good!
Best of luck, let us know how things go for you.
It's about thresholds in the end. Is a single card not enough to pass the framerate threshold you prefer in a game? For me that threshold is an average 60fps and to date this has been passed with the exception of the 3dmark 11 benchmark.
It's also worth considering the electricity bill. Sli might increase your performance for certain games, but it will definitely add to your electricity bill, where as just upgrading to a newer card will likely have less impact (and may even be more efficent).2017 Yay!!!!
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Made a trip to Maggie Valley in NC, everything went well. A bit of background I've skateboarded for about 15 years and surfed for about a season. Things went well, I stayed on the easy slope for about 3 runs, I was doing well then rode every intermediate hill and noticed speed was my biggest issue.
Even on the easy slope, I could carve between people breezing through no big deal and then towards the bottom it got pretty fast. The end was quite slanted and I would just haul and try to carve but I'd always end up on my heelside for a brief amount of time then stopped on my butt :dizzy:
After the day was over, I was killing the easy slope navigating carving up the 1/4 ramp shaped wall on the side going around everyone then I caught stupid speed at the bottom to my demise. I think I just knew I was going to fast and just gave up.
What can I do to prevent this speed issue, I also seem to have no issues toeside carving and scrubbing a bit of speed but heelside I can't seem to lock my body into position all the time and stay, sometimes I just swoop around switch without trying. Never happens toeside though and for whatever reason that ends up being comfortable.
Towards the end I could really go back and forth aggressively by taking and utilizing my back foot heavily. But I was eventually too tired to even do that and that was when I tried the last ride for the day...bad choice on the intermediate slope ha.
Overall great experience but, what do I do next on my way to Colorado at Keystone. How can I make the most out of my trip while having fun and staying upright without gaining way to much speed. Ideas on my carving and how to not spin around and keep my body from just following through, I can hold it toeside like a big powerslide on a skateboard. Can't heel so easy unless I was really tired? :dunno:
Where do I go from here, cheers. :eusa_clap:
Get a lesson. You're going to hurt yourself/someone else if you carry on like that.
speed issue? you just make more turns to bleed the speed off.
also if you get on your heel edge and then the back of the board comes out and you lose balance two things, one you are weighting your back foot too much, two you are not bending your knees.
look for tutorials and correct your stance and learn how to control your speed.
on your first day I really doubt you are carving by the sound of it. carving is mostly initiated by front foot not back.
I'm not that experienced a rider so I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm mistaken, but if you are having trouble staying locked into your heel side when turning or stopping? You might need to dial in some more forward lean to the highbacks. Heel side is usually easiest to hold for most ppl. Just a thought.
Btw, listen to the advice about lessons. Speed is sweet! Reckless, poorly controlled speed will get you or someone else hurt!
You're not carving. Sounds like you are ruddering, but even that should let you control your speed. Lessons.
From the sound of your problem compared to how you say you're riding I have to think what you think you are doing well you actually aren't. If you can carve and turn down the hill then speed would not be an issue because you'd be controlling your speed with your turns. It's a common misconception by self taught riders who want to think they're good right off the bat that they know how to ride when really they are actually doing some modified falling leaf or just not falling. Knowing how to snowboard and knowing how to not fall at the top of the hill are completely different.
It takes time to learn to snowboard no matter what sport you did before, and there's no shame in that. If you're getting too much speed and don't know how to control it you don't know how to turn or carve. Take a lesson. And if you think I'm wrong I can assure you that when you said you we're controlling movement with your backfoot that's the first thing you learn not to do. You turn and control everything starting with your front foot.
Good ole Cataloochie, quite a jump going to Colorado!
Sounds like you're teaching yourself quite a few bad habits.
Snowplowing, Ruddering..
Seriously, lessons or even watching a ton of youtube videos helps! When I learned years ago I thought I was doing pretty damn good the first few days till I caught an edge at speed on a cat track. Broke my ribs :dizzy:
I never got lessons, the instructors at my hill where I grew up were glorified baby sitters and weren't really into it. I think they would've help tremendously though!
In any event, have a good time in Colorado!
I might pick up a lesson in Colorado then, going with a couple of buddies that are actually good but not sure if they are the teaching type.
To clear up everything:
I can maneuver around fine, when going slow. At the top of the hill the speed was manageable for my terrible riding skills. I was never out of control there and could avoid any issues and even do some decent 'carving' around.
When I got towards the bottom the slant was crazy in comparison and my ability to scrub speed go side to side was not something I could do. I would be hauling so much by then if I attempted to go on the heels I would be sitting to far back and go to my butt. I was entirely too scared to lean forward at that speed and catch an edge. Which I happen to do, sucked and tweaked my knee really bad. I remember seeing my knee up by my head and thinking oh that is bad. Was that last run when I was way to tired.
Anyway, lessons perhaps but I would be there alone with non of my buddies obviously. Am I doing well of course not and I have no shame admitting that. I would assume I could go and have fun without dying or injury.
So when the hill is mellow I have a great time and I can be "in control" meaning I won't hit anyone and I can keep going without much fear of dying/falling. What can I practice to hone my skills and become better suited for speed etc.
I also think with the width of the runs in CO I'll have more options to learn how to go side to side more without fear of nailing someone three feet from me. The hill was quite crowded. I think that will help a lot.
For the life of me I don't know why I could slide down the hill toeside the entire time with control, even from the other sports heel or frontside is so much easier. That was baffling. My buddy suggested I wasn't holding my body back which pulled me around switch sometimes on my heels. On my toeside I would look like I was doing an hour long powerslide on a skateboard, heelside I just needed to position my body more into the opposite direction perhaps.
Much learning, again I want to have fun not be a pro not a ton of snow in South Carolina. I do want to be comfortable in the easier slopes and mild blues.
Also the backfoot thing I think is the way I felt but it could be just my body positioning that made it feel like my backfoot.
I think I was just moving my body around into the direction I wanted to switch to which felt like my backfoot perhaps. I could be wrong, obviously.
Not quick back and forth, I'd right out heel/toe for a while.
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Louisiana is known throughout the country for a number of things, the hospitality of its people, its many festivals and celebrations, and perhaps most widely for its food. This fact will be celebrated at the 11th annual Food Tasting Dinner Experience on Saturday, Jan. 26.
The event, which is hosted annually by the American Cancer Society, will be held at the American Legion Post 208 in Vinton from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and will feature cuisine from around the world provided by local restaurants.
Tickets can be purchased in advance by phone at 337-433-5817 for $15 per person, or on the night of the event for $20.
"It's always a very fun event, the people of Vinton are a fun crowd, and everyone just has a good time sampling all of the different foods," American Cancer Society Community Representative for Calcasieu Parish Ariel Caraway said.
Caraway said that the event's theme this year is "Reflections of Hope around the World," which will be represented in the wide array of cuisine available.
"It's set up like a buffet and it's broken into four different categories. We'll have our Asian section, an American and Cajun section, and Mexican and Italian sections. It's really food from all around the world and these different cultures that are coming together for the same cause."
"We have over 35 vendors supplying the food, everybody from Buffalo Wild Wings to CiCi's Pizza, Le Peep Café, Hong Kong, Johnny Carino's, McCalister's, Papa John's, Pitt Grill, Ryan's and Texas Roadhouse," she said.
Once the patrons have begun to finish sampling the delicious cuisine they will be treated to a live and silent auction with proceeds to benefit the American Cancer Society.
"For our live auction we have everything from golf clubs, barbeque pits, sacks of crawfish, wreaths, tools, and paintings. On the silent auction block we'll have gift cards, blankets, cookbooks, jewelry and other different packages," Caraway said.
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I will have a new computer at work to use it to do external scanning (mainly web application). Also, I want to use it to expand my knowledge. I want to install few virtual machines on it (vulnerable ones) and try to exploit them. Basically it will be an intel q7 with 4 GB of RAM.
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The Pequot Lakes junior varsity boys' basketball team split two home games – losing to the Crosby-Ironton Rangers 52-50 on Tuesday, Jan. 8, and then defeating Grand Rapids 51-38 on Thursday, Jan. 10.
Against C-I, the Patriots enjoyed a 25-24 lead at the half. Jack Kreitz scored a game-high 17 points for Pequot Lakes while Connor Davich added 12, Jon Bocklund six, and Brandon Hehir and Jackson Goerges each had four.
Against Grand Rapids, the Patriots drained nine three-point baskets in the win. The game was tied 8-8 early when Pequot Lakes rallied as Kreitz, Larson and Goerges all nailed three-pointers for a 17-10 lead. The Patriots built a 29-14 halftime lead.
Kreitz had a team-high 12 points, Davich added 11, Goerges nine, Larson six, Borleis five and Hehir had four.


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THE COLOR PURPLE | The Broadway hit (it did run for two years) based on the Alice Walker novel and the Steven Spielberg movie makes its Boston debut, with three actresses from the Broadway production — Kenita Miller as Celie, Felicia P. Fields (Tony-nominated) as Sofia, and Angela Robinson as Shug Avery — plus Rufus Bonds Jr. (Mufasa in the Broadway Lion King) as Mister and LaToya London as Nettie. Gary Griffin, also from the Broadway production, directs. | Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St, Boston | 866.348.9738 | June 16-28 | Curtain 8 pm Tues-Fri [7 pm June 17] | 2 + 8 pm Sat | 1 + 7 pm Sun | $28-$100
DREAM OF LIFE | Imaginary Beasts presents Federico García Lorca's unfinished drama Play Without a Title, in which "revolution breaks out in the streets, and in the theater a director interrupts a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream to demand that the actors and the audience invite the revolution inside." The piece is accompanied by García Lorca's "highly experimental 'diálogos,' including the rarely seen Buster Keaton Takes a Walk. Passionate, surreal and personal, the diálogos unfold like waking dreams and exemplify Lorca's conviction for "impossible" theater." | BCA Plaza Black Box Theatre, 539 Tremont St, Boston | 978.500.5553 | June 12-27 | Curtain 7:30 pm Wed-Thurs | 8 pm Fri | 4 pm [June 27] + 8 pm Sat | 4 pm Sun | $18; $13 students, seniors
FEATHERS ON MY ARMS . . . ZORA NEALE FLYING HIGH AND BESS THE BRAVE | Our Place Theatre Project's ninth annual African-American Theatre Festival concludes this pair of one acts by Our Place artistic director Jacqui Parker, the first about Harlem Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston, the second about Bessie Colman, the first African-American female pilot. | BCA Plaza Theatre, 539 Tremont St, Boston | 617.933.8600 | June 12-13 | Curtain 8 pm Fri | 4 pm Sat | $15-$35
GOLDA'S BALCONY | Annette Miller reprises her Elliot Norton Award–winning portrayal of Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in this one-woman play by the late William Gibson that's set during a single evening during the Yom Kippur War. Daniel Gidron directs. | Shakespeare & Company, Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, 70 Kemble St, Lenox | 413.637.3353 | June 17–July 3 | Curtain 8:30 pm Wed-Thurs | 3 pm Fri | 3 pm [June 21] or 8:30 pm [June 28] Sun | $16-$34; $11-$29 students, seniors | $34-$60 June 21 "Diva Dialogues" performance
KATHY GRIFFIN LIVE | She's been an Emmy winner for Outstanding Reality Program (Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List), a Seinfeld character (stand-up wanna-be Sally Weaver, who gets to talk about how Jerry is the Devil), and a co-host of the Billboard Music Awards, and she's also had her own HBO one-hour special, A Hot Cup of Talk, so Kathy Griffin should have plenty to talk about when she comes to town. | Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St, Boston | 866.348.9738 | June 12-13 | Curtain 7:30 pm | $45-$75
PINTER'S MIRROR | Shakespeare and Company offers Elizabeth and Malcolm Ingram in three one-act plays. | Shakespeare & Company, Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, 70 Kemble St, Lenox | 413.637.3353 | June 11–August 2 | Curtain various times | $16-$34; $11-$29 students, seniors; June 13 $25-$48
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President Barack Obama and Supreme Court nominee Sonia
Sonia Sotomayor nominated for Supreme Court
By Kris Rodriguez
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(May 27, 2009)--On Tuesday, President Barack Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to serve as justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, Sotomayor would be the third woman to serve on the court and the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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>> View a May 26, 2009, KWEX-TV interview (in Spanish) (Windows Media Player) on the Sotomayor nomination with Richard Gambitta, UTSA associate professor and director of the UTSA Institute of Law and Public Affairs, and Rodolfo Rosales, UTSA associate professor of political science and geography.
Before her nomination, Sotomayor served as an appellate court judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush appointed her to serve as a U.S. district court judge. She was appointed to serve on the appellate courts by President Bill Clinton.
Sotomayor received an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and a law degree from Yale Law School.


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Chris Paine's 2006 documentary film Who Killed the Electric Car examined the forces that cut short the brief electric-vehicle renaissance that took place in California at the turn of the 21st century. Various possible culprits were considered: consumers, oil companies, car companies, the government, the California Air Resources Board, the hydrogen fuel cell and batteries.
Paine let only one suspect off scot-free: the batteries available for use in electric vehicles. That omission was ironic; in truth, all of the other factors working against the electric car would have little traction if batteries were capable of powering such a vehicle for the distances one gets on a tank of gas and if they could be recharged as quickly as a conventional car fills up at the pump. Although batteries have yet to reach that watershed, there are now signs that the technology is getting pretty close.
The star of Paine's film is the EV1, an electric car that General Motors made and leased to a small number of California motorists between 1996 and 2004. Initially, the EV1 was outfitted with lead-acid batteries that could carry it about 65 miles in typical driving. Later versions of the EV1 had nickel-metal-hydride (NiMH) batteries and could go more than 100 miles between charges. NiMH batteries are widely used in various kinds of consumer electronic devices and in modern hybrid vehicles. The Toyota Prius, for example, contains a NiMH battery that holds a little less than 2 kilowatt-hours of energy.
Although larger NiMH packs have been used with considerable success in some fully electric cars, there is little activity in promoting this application for them now. Instead, electric-vehicle developers are keen to find out whether lithium-ion cells (the kind found most commonly in batteries for laptop computers) can serve even better. The key questions are whether large lithium-ion batteries will prove too costly or too dangerous—news stories of laptop batteries bursting into flames and of massive safety recalls being close to people's minds.
These batteries get their name from the lithium ions that pass from one electrode to the other. As the cell is being discharged, for example, lithium ions, which are positively charged, move from the negative electrode (the anode) to the positive electrode (the cathode). At the same time, electrons travel from the anode to the cathode through whatever load is placed in the external electrical circuit. During recharge, the lithium ions move in the opposite direction, from cathode to anode.
Standard lithium-ion cells use lithiated carbon (in the form of graphite) for the anode and lithium-cobalt-oxide for the cathode. Although this combination holds a great deal of energy, it has its downsides. For one, cobalt is expensive. Also, the cathode has a tendency to release oxygen at high temperatures, which is not good if, say, one of the cells overheats. The released oxygen increases the chances that the cell, its neighbors or perhaps even the whole pack could go up in flames. Such an event is problematic enough when it happens to a 30-watt-hour laptop battery; with a 30-kilowatt-hour vehicle battery, it could be catastrophic.
Battery makers are thus showing considerable interest in lithium-ion cathodes with better thermal stability. The most prominent example in the news is a Massachusetts company called A123Systems, an MIT spin-off that produces cells with lithium-iron-phosphate cathodes, a chemistry pioneered a decade ago by John Goodenough and his colleagues at the University of Texas, Austin.
Although the A123 cells look very promising for vehicular applications, there are drawbacks to using lithium-iron-phosphate cathodes, the most important being that the cell voltage (and hence the energy density) is reduced. The other problem is not so much technical as legal: A123 is embroiled in various lawsuits and countersuits over whether it infringed on patents on this form of cathode, which Goodenough and the University of Texas has licensed to a different company.
Another chemistry that appears to hold great promise is the use of lithium titanate to replace the carbon in the anodes. Although this switch also reduces the cell voltage (and hence its energy density), it provides a great measure of safety. "When you put lithium into carbon, it's like a bomb," says Michael Graetzel, a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. More than a decade ago, he and his Swiss colleagues began promoting the use of lithium titanate anodes, especially ones using nanometer-sized particles of the material. This approach was followed by researchers at a New Jersey company called Telcordia Technologies who were putting together a hybrid battery-capacitor device. Aurelien Du Pasquier, a chemist who was with Telcordia and is now in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rutgers, explains that he and his Telcordia colleagues had contacted Altair Nanotechnologies to obtain samples to use in constructing their hybrid battery-capacitor. These requests, along with similar ones coming from Graetzel, sparked interest at Altair in pursuing battery research, which it has been conducting in collaboration with these Swiss and New Jersey groups.
Altair has since developed a lithium-ion cell that uses nanometer-sized lithium titanate particles for its anode and is targeting the electric-vehicle market. With lithium titanate replacing carbon, safety is much less of an issue, and the small size of the particles allows rapid recharge times. "It's almost perfect, except that the energy density is lower," says Du Pasquier.
Charles Botsford of AeroVironment echoes this assessment. (AeroVironment, a California company, built the Impact, the prototype for GM's EV1, and, among other activities, sells specialized equipment to charge large lead-acid battery packs.) Botsford and his colleagues have been testing Altair's cells and in May demonstrated a vehicle-sized battery pack to the California Air Resources Board—the regulatory agency behind that state's zero-emissions-vehicle (ZEV) program.
Botsford reports that he and his colleagues were initially skeptical of what Altair was saying about its batteries. "They had some pretty outrageous claims," says Botsford, noting a familiar adage in his business: "There are liars, damn liars and battery suppliers." So when the technicians at AeroVironment went to test the ability of a large Altair battery to take a full charge in 10 minutes, they took appropriate precautions. Representatives from Altair were, however, confident. "They laughed at us when we had our fire extinguishers and safety glasses," says Botsford.
Designing a vehicle battery to take a full charge in only 10 minutes represents a strategic move on the part of Altair. That's because its batteries are slated to be used in a purely electric sport-utility truck being readied for market by Phoenix Motorcars, another California company. Its small trucks are said to be able to travel more than 100 miles on a single charge. If they can truly do that, and if they can be recharged in 10 minutes, they may qualify for the highest category of ZEV that the California Air Resources Board has established, one created ostensibly to spur the introduction of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. The consequences may be critical to Phoenix's bottom line: The credit earned for putting such vehicles on the road may be worth considerably more than the truck's $45,000 retail price.
This possibility suggests a second irony: that the amendments to the ZEV-credit system that were blamed for the death of the electric car in 2003, changes that were expected to foster the development of hydrogen fuel cells, might end up putting a lot of electric vehicles on the road over the next year or two.
Even if the rules are revised, there seems no doubt that California drivers will soon be seeing various kinds of electric cars on their highways. Apart from Phoenix, there are other electric-car companies in the state with business plans that don't include lucrative credit-trading revenues. Telsa Motors, for example, will shortly begin selling a sleek roadster, which uses 6,831 lithium-ion cells of the kind found in laptops to amazing effect, accelerating the company's sports car from zero to 60 in less than four seconds and providing more than 200 miles of driving range. Eventually, if battery technology allows, the major automakers might follow suit with electric cars of their own. If not, Tesla's roadster and other lithium-ion-powered vehicles will surely be leaving them in the dust.—David Schneider
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/whos-resuscitating-the-electric-car/1
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Dancer watch
Watch G0A32192
Dancer watch, 38mm. Case in 18K white gold set with 36 brilliant-cut diamonds (approx. 0.7 ct). Dial in onyx with sign of the Chinese zodiac (the Tiger) set with a ruby (approx. 0.01 ct) and 57 brilliant-cut diamonds (approx. 0.1 ct). Sapphire crystal case back. Bracelet in 18K white gold. Manufacture Piaget 430P ultra-thin hand-wound mechanical movement.
Dancer watch
The elegant Dancer watch, with its ultra-thin case, discreetly gem-set bezel, extremely supple bracelet and characteristic double gadroons, lends its dial to a range that features the 12 Chinese signs of the zodiac. Illuminated by diamonds, the Tiger symbol stands out beautifully against the black onyx background. Passionate, energetic, powerful and daring, the Tiger is said to commit itself fully to all it undertakes.
Metal: White gold
Metal weight (gr): 108.3
Strap type: Gold
Strap buckle: Integrated clasp
Wrist size: 135 mm (min), 195 mm (max)
Case shape: Round
Case diameter: 38 mm
Case thickness: 6.9 mm
Dial material: Precious stones, Onyx
Dial colour: Black
Dial finishing: Gem set
Index: Dot
Waterproofness: 03 ATM
Specificities: Sapphire case back
Movement: Hand-wound mechanical
Precious stones: Diamond, Ruby
Semi-precious stones: Onyx
*Piaget luxury watches and jewellery are individually produced and thus the weight and carats of each product can vary from the displayed data.
430P movement
Shape: Round
Functions: Minutes, Hours
Technical features: Balance stop
Power reserve (in hours): Approx. 43
Frequency (vph): 21,600
Frequency (Hz): 3
Diameter (lines): 9.00
Diameter (mm): 20.5
Number of jewels: 18
Thickness (mm): 2.1
Number of components: 131
Finishing: Circular-grained mainplate, Bevelled bridges, Circular Côtes de Genève, Blued screws


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