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Gaming 29 - The Post-Pub Podcast
Custom PC veteran Phil Hartup and PC Pro's Mike Jennings join Joe and Paul for a late-night, post-pint rant. This episode of the podcast, perhaps because it's sponsored by alcohol, stumbles along with vague coherency through topics such as BioShock Infinite and Just Cause 2...
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|17th Jul 2011, 15:28
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|17th Jul 2011, 18:22
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WTF? Do you get all your APB info from reading the crying on the forums? The premium guns aren't overpowered whatsoever, letalone to the extent that you'te implying.
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|18th Jul 2011, 04:19
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|19th Jul 2011, 10:56
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Witcher 2 is defintely one of the best games of the year so far because of the sheer brilliance of the story telling but let's face it the original is still alot better!
Terrible and unresponsive combat just ruined it for me, to me it was almost crying out to just adopt the Assassins creed style of fighting. And it has some of the worst boss fights I've ever encountered. Roll > stab > roll away > roll > stab > repeat.
And the dam wait times before combat and looting, and you lose half your potion times due to those lengthy drinking and standing animations. Just to name a few.
Probably just being abit critical as I generally really liked the game.
|19th Jul 2011, 18:12
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I'm glad to hear you guys picked my question (Croomo84). I thought some of the replies were quite interesting, especially around Deus Ex. I could of sworn that the game was junked by some of you guys much earlier back, now it seems quite anticipated.
My hat goes off to Paul for reading it out without any hiccups (no pun intended!)
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BF3 has 64 players on PC not 32. Or were you talking about BFBC2?
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You mentioned lemmings and cliffs - guaranteed to perk my ears up. AFAIK the Disney version featured re runs of the same lemming going over the cliff, a Canadian version actually launched lemmings off the cliff for the shots. Slightly important detail - the little furry buggers can swim! Splash down doesn't equal suicide.
BF3: How many hours do you have to gain overpowered perks? That I'm a touch concerned about. 64 players? So what, we did that on the Nexus servers with RTCW: Enemy Territory. Fun? Yes. Carnage? Oh Yes!
@Joe: Punkbuster isn't the enemy, the need for it is. As far as an anti cheat system is concerned it's just a touch ahead of VAC. I've not seen anything else that provides the same function without a bigger downside.
@Everyone with respect to Witcher 2: It's so much better than anything else at the moment. Too short though, less than 60 hours for an RPG? Not optimum. You can't honestly compare it to Mass Effect 2 as that's a tactical shooter with RPG elements. A totally different kettle of fish.
@Crysis and Crysis 2: Didn't care then, don't care now. A N other FPS corridor shooter - whoop-de-****ing-doo! It looks pretty? Oh wow, let me go mortgage my soul for a system that'll hit 40 FPS if I'm lucky. Not happening. I've never been a fan of overly hyped, under optimised game engines. "But will it run Crysis?" is a meme that needs to be taken outside, shot repeatedly from the kneecaps upwards and then napalmed, just to make sure. WRT Crysis 2 - seen, not played but it gets an overall score of "Meh!"
I will now go and dig myself a bunker that I hope Gunsmith can't find me in.
|20th Jul 2011, 13:36
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I play APB, I said it in the podcast, and I stand by it. A paid for gun in APB is a huge edge. It has to be. Nobody would pay £5 a month or make a ~£20 purchase for a weapon that wasn't a killer. I don't like it.
But I'm torn. They need to get paid after all, to run the game. I do worry though that when a game is as directly competitive as APB it shoots itself in the foot by letting the vulgar business of getting paid involve itself in the battles.
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I just picked up the OCA Whisper this week because i wanted to grind my pathetically low Pointman role and in one of the first matches i played with it, i consistently got torn to bits by a 3 slot customizable OCA.
APB has a much steeper learning curve than most shooters, it's an unfriendly dog eat dog experience with an incredibly hostile community that's ready to pull out every cheap tactic, it's always been this way. And what i'm trying to get to with this, is that the game can be bloody frustrating, and blaming a loss on something can ease that frustration. Everyone does it, i do it.
Back in the RTW version of the game, if you had an upgraded weapon you were called a no-lifer. Now if you have a premium gun you're a P2W noob. If you don't have either and still win, then you're obviously a hacker.
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To get a three slot upgraded weapon, in game, that's going to take how long though? I mean I don't think I've got anything with more than one or two slots unlocked, and not really unlocked anything good to put in them. Since the RTW days the amount of hours needed has rocketed, that and I just can't muster as much enthusiasm for it as back in the day.
You're preaching to the choir about the dog eat dog nature of the game though, I've clocked about three hundred hours on APB over the various beta and live stages of its life and, though the modern version is by far the kindest, it's still a painful experience, especially if you're losing a lot.
|24th Jul 2011, 14:40
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For a lot of guns one slot or two gets you the biggest adventage, anything on top of that is just icing on the cake. You get the one slot versions at level 5 of the weapon role or so? Failing that, some of the pre-set ones you get through contact progression are pretty decent.
The most popular weapons only really need an orange mod to be beastly, maybe a red one to better suit your play style, and anything after that is down to preference (and IMO provides diminishing returns)
For instance, now that mods have downsides i find that either of the blue ones hurt me more than they help.
You don't actually need to unlock the upgrades either, i got all of mine early from the player auction house.
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The truth is much simpler: I read Shakespeare's plays in boyhood,
chiefly for the stories; every few years later I was fain to re-read
them; for as I grew I always found new beauties in them which I had
formerly missed, and again and again I was lured back by tantalizing
hints and suggestions of a certain unity underlying the diversity of
characters. These suggestions gradually became more definite till at
length, out of the myriad voices in the plays, I began to hear more and
more insistent the accents of one voice, and out of the crowd of faces,
began to distinguish more and more clearly the features of the writer;
for all the world like some lovelorn girl, who, gazing with her soul in
her eyes, finds in the witch's cauldron the face of the belov`ed.
I have tried in this book to trace the way I followed, step by step; for
I found it effective to rough in the chief features of the man first,
and afterwards, taking the plays in succession, to show how Shakespeare
painted himself at full -length not once, but twenty times, at as many
different periods of his life. This is one reason why he is more
interesting to us than the great est men of the past, than Dante even, or
Homer; for Dante and Homer worked only at their best in the flower of
manhood. Shakespeare, on the other hand, has paint ed himself for us in
his green youth with hardly any knowledge of life or art, and then in
his eventful maturity, with growing experience and new powers, in
masterpiece aft er masterpiece; and at length in his decline with
weak ened grasp and fading colours, so that in him we can study the
growth and fruiting and decay of the finest spirit that has yet been
born among men. This tragedy of tragedies, in which "Lear" is only one
scene–this rise to intens est life and widest vision and fall through
abysms of despair and madness to exhaustion and death–can be followed
experience by experience, from Strat ford to London and its thirty years
of passionate living, and then from London to village Stratford again,
and the eternal shrouding silenc e.
As soon as this astonishing drama discovered itself to me in its tragic
completeness I jumped to the conclusion that it must have been set forth
long ago in detail by Shakespeare's commentators, and so, for the first
time, I turned to their works. I do not wish to rail at my forerunners
as Carlyle railed at the historians of Cromwell, or I should talk, as he
talked, about "libraries of inanities...conceited dilettantism and
pedantry...prurient stupidity," and so forth. The fact is, I found all
this, and worse; I waded through tons of talk to no result. Without a
single exception the commentators have all missed the man and the story;
they have turned the poet into a tradesman, and the unimaginable tragedy
of his life into the commonplace record of a successful tradesman's
career. E ven to explain this astounding misadventure of the host of
critics is a little difficult. The mistake, of course, arose from the
fact that his contemporaries told very little about Shakespeare; they
left his appearance and even the incidents of his life rather vague.
Being without a guide, and having no clear idea of Shakespeare's
character, the critics created him in their own image, and, whenever
they were in doubt, idealized him according to the national type.
Still, there was at least one exception. Some Frenchman, I think it is
Joubert, says that no great man is born int o the world without another
man being born about the same time, who understands and can interpret
him, and Shakespeare was of necessity singularly fort unate in his
interpreter. Ben Jonson was big enough to see him fairly, and to give
excellent-true testimony concerning him. Jonson's view of Shakespeare is
astonishingly accurate and trustworthy so far as it goes; even his

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Buenos Aires with a visit to La Recoleta Cemeterio
Trip Start Feb 17, 2010
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I love Buenos Aires...there are wide sidewalks with tile patterns, huge trees
shading the sidewalks, lots of energy, lots of good food, friendly and helpful
people although many of them cannot understand either my English or my Spanish
such that it is.
I potsed around first thing trying to figure out if we had to move, picked up my laundry, looked for a camping store. I ended up packing up all my things and leaving my bags at the Hotel Reina.
After beginning to get my bearings, I went to the
Recoleta cemetery where Eva Peron and many, many other famous Argentinians are
entombed in mausoleums like the ones in New Orleans
They are tall so it almost looks like a mini city with skyscrapers. I had fun
taking photos of all the different designs and sculptures etc. Recoleta is a
higher class neighborhood so I saw what I had imagined the typical woman from
Buenos Aires would look like - very well put together.
After the cemetery, I moved and came back to the same hotel because there still was no room at the Hotel Reina. I went looking for
my camping gear again and the street with bookshops...There didn{t seem to be a good
selection of English books in the shops so I gave up on the bookshops since I am not ready to read a book in Spanish. The
pedestrian street Florida had a couple doing the tango so I watched them and
took photos. Then I went to the Plaza 5 de Mayo and took photos there of some demonstratiors. I had a lovely dinner at a sidewalk cafe: salad, wine and dulce de leche ice cream all for $34 pesos. At 10 pm we went to a tango show that was absolutely
incredible. The dancers' legs were a blur. There were drummers whose arms were a blur. I hadn't realized singing was a large part of tango shows, but apparently it is so we had a taste of it all....plus more wine.
Here is a description of La Recoleta Cemeterio from Wikipedia:
La Recoleta Cemetery is a famous cemetery located in the exclusive Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaFrench engineer Pr�spero Catelin, and was remodeled in 1881, while Torcuato de Alvear was mayor of the city, by the Italian architect Juan Antonio Buschiazzo.
The Cemetery includes graves of some of the most influential and important Argentinians, including several presidents, scientists, and wealthy characters. Internationally, Eva Per�n and Ra�l Alfons�n are the best-known people buried in this cemetery.
The entrance to the cemetery is through neo-classical gates with tall Greek columns. The cemetery contains many elaborate marble mausoleums,
decorated with statues, in a wide variety of architectural styles. The
entire cemetery is laid out in sections like city blocks, with wide
tree-lined main walkways branching into sidewalks filled with
While many of the mausoleums are in fine shape and well-maintained,
others have fallen into disrepair. Several can be found with broken
glass and littered with rubbish.
Each mausoleum bears the family name etched into the facade; brass or bronze
plaques are added to the front for particular family members. La
Recoleta is one of those cemeteries where the tradition of engraving a
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Blogger Spotlight: Butterflies, Gourds and More
Seventy-three-year-old blogger Ann Lankford found her passion for blogging after taking a class offered by Indiana Soybean Alliance in 2010.
Others have taken a liking to her blog, as well as her successful gourd-decorating business, Homestead Primitives, which she owns with daughter Debbie Myers in Martinsville. Known as the "gourd gal," she has been mentioned in several publications including The Herald Times, Lifestyle Magazine and Creative Visions of Morgan County Artists.
On her blog, "Butterflies, Gourds and More," she shares family stories, recipes, gardening tips, and photos of nature and her day-to-day life. She hopes all of her blog readers enjoy being a part of a simple life and the happenings on and off the farm.
She has been married to her husband, Jim, for more than 30 years, has three children, two grandchildren and as of July, one great-granddaughter.
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HEBREW WEEKLY MARKS 46TH YEAR; Hadoar in Vanguard of Drive to Revive Old Language
By BERNARD WEINRAUB ();
January 23, 1967,
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A Hebrew weekly magazine celebrated its 46th anniversary last night, recalling the past with a blend of wistfulness and joy and looking toward the future with uncertainty but just a trace of optimism.
January 23, 1967
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Products Page C - F
Name: Caimito, Star Apple
Botanical name: Chrysophyllum cainito
Family: Sapotaceae
Origin: West Indies
Avg. Height X Width: 25' X 25'
Varieties: Purple and Green
Season: February-May
Damage temp: 28-30 F
|Comments: This beautiful shade tree has glossy dark green leaves with a silky bronze color underneath. Caimito is a favorite in the Caribbean and Central America as well as Southeast Asia. The fruit has a mild grape-like flavor, and is best eaten fresh. Image: © Ian Maguire
name: Canistel,
Botanical name: Pouteria campechiana
Family: Sapotaceae
Origin: Central America
Avg. Height X Width: 25' x 25'
Varieties: Bruce, Ross Sapote
Season: September - March (May fruit twice a year)
Damage temp: 28-30 F
Comments: The Canistel is a large, open, evergreen tree that has dark green leaves up to twelve inches long clustered at the tips of the branches. The fruit has an orange to yellow thin skin, and the pulp is dry like a hard boiled egg yolk. They are commonly eaten fresh, used in cooking, pies, and they are excellent in ice cream. In milk shakes they taste like eggnog. They are very similar in taste to the Lucuma from Andean countries.Image: © Ian Maguire
name: Carambola,
Starfruit, Five-finger
Botanical name: Averrhoa carambola
Family: Oxalidaceae
Origin: Southeast Asia
Avg. Height X Width: 12' x 12'
Varieties: Arkin, Fwang Tung, Kari, Sri Kembangan
Season: August - March
Damage temp: 26-28 F
Carambola are small symetrical trees that fruit very prolifically. They
are commonly eaten fresh, in salads, as garnishes and in drinks. The fruit
have a sweet citrus like flavor that is both delicious and refreshing.
name: Cashew
nut, Cashew Apple
Botanical name: Anacardium occidentale
Family: Anacardiaceae
Origin: Northeast Brazil
Avg. Height X Width: 12' x 15'
Season: Spring, Summer
Damage temp: 30-32 F
The actual fruit is the nut, the "apple"
is a swollen stem. Cashew "apple" is eaten fresh, candied, or
stewed. They have a sweet & astringent taste, and are somewhat chewy.
The nut itself is caustic until roasted, and they should be roasted outside
because the fumes can be irritating. They are very fast growing under
favorable conditions, and they can fruit in just two years. The plants
tolerate very poor soil and drought, but they are very cold sensitive.
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name: Cherry
of the Rio Grande
Botanical name: Eugenia aggregata
Family: Myrtaceae
Origin: Brazil
Avg. Height X Width: 12' X 8'
Season: April- May
Damage temp: 27 F
This delicious cherry is typically 1-2 inches long and oval in
shape. When ripe they are deep purple to black and have a full cherry-like
flavor. The trees can be grown in large pots, hedged, or used as a specimen.
name: Cinnamon
Botanical name: Cinnamomun zeylanicum
Family: Lauraceae
Origin: Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Avg. Height X Width: 12' x 15'
Damage temp: 30-32 F
Cinnamon is an evergreen shrub or small tree with dark, leathery,
aromatic leaves. In cultivation young trees are cut back twice a year
and sucker shoots develop from the roots. These long slender shoots furnish
the bark that is the commercial product. The leaves are used in tea. Cinnamon
is a very popular culinary spice and it is also used in candy, gum, incense,
toothpaste and perfumes. The oil is used in medicine as a carminative,
antiseptic, astringent and as the source of cinnamon extract. Image:
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Chocolate tree, Cacao
Botanical name: Theobroma cacao
Origin: Tropical America
Avg. Height X Width: 15' X 15'
Varieties: Red and Yellow
Season: October-January
Damage temp: 32 F
This beautiful tree has large dark green leaves that shade the fruit pods
which grow directly from the trunk and branches. The flesh is eaten as
a dessert, and the seeds are the raw material of commercial chocolate.
Hot chocolate can be made by drying the seeds, roasting, grinding, and
adding milk. Chocolate "beans" were used as money by the Maya
Indians of Central America. The red pods are typically larger and have
more abundant flesh. iImage:
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name: Coffee
Botanical name: Coffea arabica, C. robusta
Family: Rubiaceae
Origin: Ethiopia
Avg. Height X Width: 6' X 4'
Season: Winter
Damage temp: 28-30 F
Comments: Coffee plants have small white, fragrant, star-shaped flowers that are clustered in the leaf axils. They resemble gardenias to which they are related. The edible fruits are small fleshy berries changing in color from green to yellow to red. Two greenish-gray seeds are covered with a thin membrane and are enclosed in a dry husk-like parchment. When only one seed develops it is known as a pea-berry and commands a higher price. The seeds can easily be dried, roasted and ground at home.Image: © Ian Maguire
name: Red
Custard Apple
Botanical name: Annona reticulata
Family: Annonaceae
Origin: West Indies to Central America & South Mexico
Avg. Height X Width: 20' X 15'
Season: Late Winter to Spring
Damage temp: 28-30 F
Comments: The red custard apple is a very close relative to the sugar apple and atemoya. They have a thick creamy custard-like pulp that can be pink, red or white. The fruit have a pleasant flavor and aroma, and they are best eaten out of hand or in ice cream. Image: © Ian Maguire
name: Dragon
Fruit, Pitaya, Pitahaya
Botanical name: Hylocereus sp.
Family: Cactaceae
Origin: Central America
Varieties: See PIN Dragon Fruit Viewer - Click Here
Season: year round according to variety
Damage temp: 27 F
Comments: This climbing cactus is one of the most beautiful and wide spread members of the Cactaceae family. The magnificent night blooming white flowers can be up to14 inches in diameter. The fruit is most often eaten chilled and cut in half so the flesh may be spooned out. The juice is used in frozen drinks and it is in a new Tropicana Twister flavor. The red fruit are high in lycopene which is a natural antioxidant that is known to fight cancer and heart disease. Image: © Ian Maguire
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FreedomWorks, Dick Armey, Jim DeMint to Participate in Spartanburg Rally for School Choice on February 2nd
WHAT: FreedomWorks and its Chairman Dick Armey will join the Spartanburg Tea Party and local conservative activists for a school choice rally in Spartanburg's Cleveland Park from 6:30-8:30pm ET on Thursday February 2nd. The event will kick off with a reception, followed by a series of speakers discussing the important benefits of implementing school choice, and the critical role the grassroots will play in turning those ideas into legislative change. The event will also feature a special video message from conservative Senator Jim DeMint.
WHEN: Thursday, February 2nd from 7-8:30pm ET.
WHERE: Cleveland Park, 141 South Cleveland Park Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303
WHY: South Carolina currently ranks 47th in the nation in test scores, despite spending an annual average of almost $12,000 per student. Parents and families across the state believe it's time to put children first and enact real education reform in South Carolina. The recently introduced choice bill, H. 4576, proposes simple solutions to make student tuition more affordable for families, including tax credits for students attending independent schools, tax credits for non-profit scholarship grants, tax credits for students with special needs, and tax credits for classroom supplies.
FreedomWorks will support local grassroots trainings and voter education events in the weeks leading up to the South Carolina General Assembly's vote. The campaign has already armed ten distribution centers across the state with tens of thousands of voter education materials, including door hangers, yard signs, district-targeted palm cards, tee shirts and bumper stickers. Voters can also sign a FreedomWorks online petition which generates emails directly to lawmakers demanding that the State House put children over special interests and support school choice bill H. 4576.
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Kaitlyn Friese and Matt Grover were nominated by their counselors for the scholarship. Both students exhibit high academic achievement as well as community service.
Kaitlyn Friese is planning to attend University of Arizona to become a neonatologist. Matt Grover is planning to attend University of Utah to become a biomedical engineer or orthopedic surgeon.
In establishing the Daniels Fund, cable pioneer Bill Daniels directed the program to seek out students he termed "diamonds in the rough."
He was looking for promising students with financial need whose academic performance may not necessarily reflect their potential, but who demonstrate strength of character, a well-rounded personality and a record of accomplishment in giving back to the community.
The Daniels Scholarship is not "full ride," but is supplemental to all other financial aid resources available to the student. By requiring students to apply for other readily available financial resources such as Pell Grants, the Daniels Fund is able to provide even more scholarships to deserving young people seeking to attend college.
After other financial aid resources have been applied, the Daniels Scholarship covers all required tuition and fees, room and board, books and supplies and a variety of other miscellaneous expenses. Students also receive a laptop computer and a printer.
Daniels Scholars are also eligible to apply to enter dual-degree programs at their respective institutions, allowing them to earn their undergraduate and graduate degrees in five years.
Bill Daniels, a cable pioneer known for his kindness and generosity to those in need, established the Daniels Fund to provide grants and scholarships in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. When he died in the year 2000, his estate transferred to the Fund, making it the largest foundation in the Rocky Mountain West.


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Close call with calamity
By Patty Kruszewski, Citizen Managing Editor 10/10/12
No one would ever accuse Fred McConnell of being a couch potato.
At 70, the program head and professor of engineering at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College (JSRCC) is slim and fit, and plays volleyball three nights a week or more.
So McConnell was not too alarmed at first when his heartburn wouldn't go away.
Even after two months, when the chest discomfort did not respond to medication and his doctor recommended a stress test, McConnell shrugged it off.
"I just had a stress test a couple of years ago," he told his doctor -- who checked his records and countered, "No, it's been seven."
In those seven years, said McConnell, stress tests have changed considerably. His 2005 test was conducted on a treadmill with the physician in the room, monitoring his reaction to exertion.
The 2005 diagnosis? Chronic heartburn.
This time, his stress test was the nuclear version, in which a radioactive dye is injected into the bloodstream to help create images of the heart muscle and valves at work. The pictures showed that one of McConnell's heart chambers wasn't filling up as it should, and he was referred to a cardiologist for a heart catheterization.
Still relatively unfazed, McConnell scheduled the catheterization -- then rescheduled it a week later so that he could play in a volleyball tournament first.
"I was afraid they'd find something," he admits now. And find something they did.
'A real mess'
"I was only half awake," said McConnell, as he recalls coming out of the anesthesia after the catheterization. "But I remember the doctor telling me, 'You have a real mess in there.'"
Later, the cardiologist told McConnell he was surprised he had never had a heart attack -- though he saw signs that there may have been one of the "silent" variety.
McConnell consulted with a surgeon, who drew pictures of the three blockages and scheduled him for surgery two weeks later. Since McConnell was on spring break at the time, he asked the surgeon if it was okay to go back to work.
"That depends," answered the doctor. "Is your job stressful?"
McConnell chuckles as he recalls his answer.
"Not for me -- but maybe for my students!"
Finding a substitute to take over at JSRCC for the rest of the semester, McConnell underwent surgery on March 27. During the operation, a fourth blockage was found.
Nine weeks after his quadruple bypass surgery, McConnell traveled to Salt Lake City and won both silver and bronze medals at the USA Volleyball Open National Championships.
Rum and medals
More than 430 teams from around the world competed in the June championships.
A long-time member of the Richmond Volleyball Club, McConnell earned his silver medal as a member of the GROG-65 Team (pictured above) in one session, and his bronze medal in another session as a member of Team SOTA-70.
Team GROG, he says, takes its name from the acronym for "Greater Richmond Old Guys," but the name hardly fits any more. In addition to the Richmond players, McConnell has GROG teammates hailing from Texas, Colorado and Arkansas.
"Grog also was a rum drink for the British Navy," he adds, "so our uniforms have a rum bottle logo."
Last October, he won a gold medal in the Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George, Utah, on a 65's team that was a blend of RVC and Canadian players. In a couple of weeks, he will head to Utah for this year's Huntsman tournament, and he looks forward to it.
"The weather in Utah is beautiful this time of year," says McConnell. "And it's a well-run tournament -- like a mini-Olympics."
'A second home'
A native of Gate City, Va., McConnell began playing intramural volleyball when he was a student at Virginia Tech. (The loyal Hokie and season ticket holder is actually a "triple dipper," having gotten his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in civil engineering at Tech.) During grad school, he says, "we would get the gym for an hour and play volleyball instead of basketball. The faculty was really into volleyball."
Moving to Richmond in 1972 to teach at the newly-opened JSRCC, following stints at Germana and Wytheville community colleges, McConnell was invited to play in volleyball leagues that eventually formed the basis of RVC (established in 1980).
"Now it's a second home," the Glen Allen resident says of RVC.
At his other second home, JSRCC, McConnell enjoys frequent visits and contacts from former students -- who, he says with a chuckle, "are often shocked to see I'm still teaching."
His daughter, a freshman at Christopher Newport University, recently told him that she had seen his reviews online on "Rate Your Professor" and noted that the only bad rating he got was for giving too much work.
"But I've never had a student come back and say, 'You worked me too hard,'" says McConnell.
"They say, 'Thank you for kicking my butt. I wouldn't have made it at [the four-year institution attended] if you hadn't."
Not long ago, in fact, McConnell says he got an email from a 1981 graduate of JSRCC who went on to get his bachelor's degree and professional engineer license at other schools.
"He said JSRCC was the best school he attended," recalls McConnell, "with the best professors."
At an age when most people have long ago retired, McConnell has no immediate plans to stop working -- or to stop playing volleyball. In fact, he not only goes to rehab once a week, but also frequently works out on the treadmill at Shady Grove YMCA.
"I don't sit around much. I have to [stay in shape] if I'm going to be competitive," he says.
After competing in the USA Open National Championships every year for 23 years, McConnell says he can't single out any one year as his most memorable -- but admits the 2012 Open is likely to stand out in his memory in years to come.
"Any time you get to the medal stand, that's an accomplishment on its own. But nine weeks after heart surgery?" he exclaims, making it clear that his close call with calamity renders the accomplishment all the sweeter.
And McConnell has a word of advice for anyone suffering from what seems to be chronic heartburn.
"If it doesn't go away, see your doctor," he says emphatically. "Especially if you're not active."
New law paves way for delivery robots
By Alexander P. Crespo, VCU Capital News Service General AssemblyGeneral Assembly 2017
Having your groceries delivered by a robot sounds like something out of The Jetsons, but that prospect is not as futuristic as you may think.
For the second year in a row, the Virginia General Assembly has passed a law to legalize the operation of autonomous vehicles. Beginning July 1, "electric personal delivery devices" will be allowed to operate on sidewalks and other shared-use paths throughout Virginia.
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For the second year in a row, the Virginia General Assembly has passed a law to legalize the operation of autonomous vehicles. Beginning July 1, "electric personal delivery devices" will be allowed to operate on sidewalks and other shared-use paths throughout Virginia.
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Virginia schools must soon test for lead in water
By Ben Burstein, VCU Capital News Service General AssemblyGeneral Assembly 2017
With the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, safe drinking water is a high priority nationwide, especially for children. Beginning July 1, schools in Virginia will be required to test their potable water for lead.
Senate Bill 1359, which Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed into law on March 20, seeks to ensure that local school boards test the drinking water in schools and that it meets federal guidelines. The Food and Drug Administration recommends that the level of lead not exceed 15 parts per billion. > Read more.
Senate Bill 1359, which Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed into law on March 20, seeks to ensure that local school boards test the drinking water in schools and that it meets federal guidelines. The Food and Drug Administration recommends that the level of lead not exceed 15 parts per billion. > Read more.
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The Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA) has announced its officers and Board of Directors for the 2017–18 fiscal year. At-large Board members include: Anne B. Hagen, CPA, of Masonic Home of Virginia in Henrico. The officers and directors were sworn in at the VSCPA's annual business meeting on May 16 in Williamsburg. > Read more.
Free weekly 5k coming to Henrico
The Richmond metro area is no stranger to 5k races and events. To participate in most 5k events, runners must register and pay a fee. But the Parkrun organization will be providing Henrico County with a free 5k every Saturday at Deep Run Park starting June 3.
Parkrun began in England in 2004 and eventually found its way to the U.S.
The Deep Run Parkrun program will be the 10th one in the U.S., said Darrell Stanaford, the country manager for Parkrun USA. > Read more.
Parkrun began in England in 2004 and eventually found its way to the U.S.
The Deep Run Parkrun program will be the 10th one in the U.S., said Darrell Stanaford, the country manager for Parkrun USA. > Read more.
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The "Move Over" law is a lifesaving law intended to protect public safety professionals and highway workers who help to maintain the safety of the Commonwealth's roads. State Police are using the #MoveOver hashtag on social media to promote the law. > Read more.
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rebels have attacked. They must have been confident to finally reveal themselves, but he would crush them like
a bug beneath his boot. He was ready and today was the day. And a good day it was.
Hurd entered the scent room with a smile on his face. He hurried down the aisle passing the scent racks as
he went. He came to the last scent rack and turned left around the corner. Much to his chagrin the doors to the
tower were still closed. The men were standing around waiting. To the right was the computer room, and
again, the men were standing and waiting as if they had nothing to do. "What the hell is going on?" blurted
The captain pointed at the autoviewer. "There's a G15 headed this way. If we open the doors they'll put a
sonic bomb through the opening and the tower will become nothing but a little pile of powder.
Hurd was startled and puzzled by the news, then he became angry as he realized what had happened. "It
must be one of the G15's from the prison." Now he understood why the rebels had started the attack.
Hurd smiled. "But we have a little surprise for them, don't we?"
"Yes sir," replied the captain.
"Is the turret manned?"
The captain put on a set of headphones and punched a number on the console. "Control room to turret," . . .
, "Control room to turret," . . . , "Are you on line?" . . . , "Yes sir. We'll keep this line open."
"Well?" asked Hurd impatiently
"The turret is being manned by Em and Neb . . ."
"I'm sorry sir. It just slipped out. We nick named them Em and Nebbie because they're always talking about
saving the city from attacking rebels." In a pensive tone he continued, "The turret is being manned by
Commander Tral and Corporeal Jymme, sir."
"Fine. Are they ready to fire?"
The captain was still listening with the headphones when a shocked look crossed his face. "What?" he yelled
out. "Say that again."
"What is it?" asked Hurd in an anticipating, angry voice.
"Sir, they say they've just had a malfunction with the turret's computer. It won't respond to their commands."
"Damn," yelled Hurd. "Get our best tech up there, right now!"
The captain signaled to one of his men. "Get Turney up to the turret right away. And tell him to take his
tools. They've had a malfunction with the computer."
"Yes, sir," said the man. He hurried away to the communications booth.
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and smiled as he thought of something. "Fortunately we have another surprise for them."
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sonic bomb." Hurd became more serious. "Tell the turret not to remove the holoscape camouflage until the
tech has fixed the problem, and they're ready and on line."
"Yes sir."
"Then to hell with the G15. As soon as we knock it down, the rebels will be like meat in a grinder."
High above the rocky terrain, the G15, like an ominous bird of prey, moved silently toward the city of
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one which was structured with locks and three sets of huge sliding doors to allow larger machinery to pass in or
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patroller crafts, were built into the huge base of the dome for the purpose of keeping the city from being
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Cummins Westport announced its model year 2018 lineup of renamed natural gas engines for regional haul, vocational, transit, bus and refuse applications.
March 15, 2017
UPS said it will invest more than $90 million in natural gas facilities and vehicles, including fueling stations, compressed natural gas trucks and liquefied natural gas vehicles.
August 3, 2016
The National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) has voted to approve the diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) standard as a legally authorized method of sale for natural gas that is sold as fuel for vehicles.
July 7, 2016
A new report finds that natural gas offers additional benefits for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, as well as fleets, with total stations expected to hit 39,300 by 2026.
May 2, 2016
Clean Energy Fuels Corp., will provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Hawaii Gas, the State of Hawaii's only franchised gas utility.
March 14, 2016
Matheson Postal Services, a contract carrier for the United States Postal Service, is adding 37 new compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas tractors to its fleet as part of a company-wide program to expand clean energy use.
December 18, 2015
The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 will extend federal tax credits for alternative fuels that expired in 2014 and make some subsidies permanent.
December 7, 2015
Lower diesel prices may have slowed interest in natural gas fuel, but liquefied natural gas can still be a good fit for certain applications.
December 1, 2015
Shell has expanded its LNG truck fueling with the opening of new LNG lanes at a TravelCenters of America fueling station in Santa Nella, Calif.
November 16, 2015
Ryder System, Inc. will begin using Clean Energy Fuels Corp.'s Redeem renewable natural gas (RNG) at its stations in Orange and Fontana, Calif., the company has announced.
November 13, 2015
"LNG is one of the better-kept secrets in trucking," says David Jaskolski — and he doesn't want it to be. He's with Pivotal LNG, a subsidiary of Georgia-Based energy company AGL Resources, which operates a liquifaction facility in Trussville, Ala., outside Birmingham. The company supplies more than 1 million gallons of LNG a month to UPS and other truck fleets. Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge took a tour of the facility.
November 4, 2015
The City of Long Beach (Calif.) has transitioned its heavier vehicles to run on renewable liquid natural gas (RNG) and is discontinuing the use of fossil liquid natural gas (LNG) to reduce emissions and fuel costs, according to the agency.
October 9, 2015
In order to provide uninterrupted service during the several weeks it took to complete pipeline testing, PG&E used trailers to deliver LNG and CNG to the injection sites.
October 7, 2015
The Jacksonville-based truckload carrier's transition to LNG was driven by three factors: addressing customers' sustainability goals, contributing to U.S. energy independence, and lowering fuel costs for the 500-truck fleet.
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Plans to develop the only liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Florida are being scrapped as a result of increased domestic LNG production, reported Bloomberg.
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Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has opened the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) refueling station in Mississippi, the company announced.
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Vehicle maintenance provider Clarke Power Services has relocated its Pontoon Beach, Ill., maintenance facility, which is equipped to handle natural gas vehicles (NGVs), the company announced.
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A provision allowing liquefied natural gas and propane autogas to be taxed equally with diesel fuel by energy content was passed as part of the three-month highway bill patch.
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Academic Idol
Graduate Students Rapidly Relay ResearchPh.D. candidates explained years of research in just minutes at Carnegie Mellon's inaugural Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Championship.
The competition, brought to CMU by Dean of Libraries Keith Webster, challenges students to give a compelling talk explaining their work for a general audience.
"Many of our students are working on research that has a broader impact on society, health and the economy," Webster said. "Challenging them to communicate their findings to a non-specialist audience, in a concise manner, helps to share their contribution. It also offers a great venue for students both to showcase their research, and to step back and reflect upon the big picture of their research."
The Public Communication for Researchers (PCR) student group provided support for the event. PCR President Jesse Dunietz said that communicating with others is an essential part of a scientist's job.
"Researchers possess knowledge that can make a crucial difference in the ability of others to make good decisions, so it's our responsibility to help society use what we've learned," Dunietz said. "Projects like 3MT hone participants' skills for doing just that: boiling down a complex research idea to its most essential elements, and conveying them compellingly to smart people from other backgrounds."
The rules are simple. The only aid students are allowed is a single Power Point slide. The goal is to engage the audience with simple spoken words that communicate the essence of their thesis work.
Eleven Ph.D. candidates made it to the final round out of 140 initial registrants. The first-place winner was David Rollinson, of the Robotics Institute, who presented his thesis "Snake Robots in the Wild!" Second place went to Suchitra Ramachandran of Biological Sciences, who presented "The Brain as a Statistician." Third place went to Patrick Foley, a statistics student, whose thesis is "Statistics and the Human Connectome."
Rollinson is at the final stages of his Ph.D. work. He said it took time to whittle the presentation down to three minutes, but the end result was a "fantastically distilled elevator pitch."
"I really liked the idea of taking a step back and reviewing everything from a more 'big picture' perspective," he said.
Ramachandran said the competition provided her a way to think about why people should care about her research. To prepare, she talked to people outside her field.
"Those conversations helped me not only figure out the best language to use to communicate to them, but also made me open to interesting intuitions and perspectives they had about my research as outsiders," she said.
In an audience vote, Ramachandran and Arun R. Shrivats (Biomedical Engineering) with the thesis "siRNA Therapeutics for Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva" tied for the People's Choice Award.
Shrivats said he has always enjoyed sharing his research with friends and family, and the competition helped him put more thought into the best ways to do that.
All three said the competition broadened their knowledge of work being done by graduate students.
"I learned of a lot of different avenues of research going on at CMU that I would have otherwise never been exposed to," Shrivats said. "The competition was also a great reminder for me to focus on what I could control. There were a lot of students that wanted to do well in this competition, but at the end of the day, the only thing each of us could control was our own performance. I really enjoyed this experience as there was a huge focus on simply bringing out the best in yourself."
Webster, who joined CMU earlier this academic year, was previously at the University of Queensland (UQ) where 3MT launched in 2008. It has now been adopted by dozens of universities and Universitas 21, a global network of research-intensive universities hosted its inaugural international competition last fall.
"The success of the competition at UQ showed that there was great demand for opportunities like this," Webster said.
"I have been overwhelmed by the response by the CMU Ph.D. student community to the 3MT competition," Webster said. "They have risen to the challenge, and presented some truly transformational research."
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August 1, 2011
SECUNDERABAD, INDIA — Pokarna has been seeing a range of new developments in its operations for natural stone as well as Quantra quartz surfacing, and many of these initiatives were on display at the recent Stone+tec exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany.
Among them, Pokarna has gone operational with its Silver Waves quarry in South India. This material, which has random wavy movement of contrasting white and black, is well-suited for the U.S. and European markets.
Also in natural stone, Pokarna has begun bringing in materials from outside of India, including popular colors such as Brown Antique, Angola Black, Blues in the Night and Volga Blue.
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Denmark, Copenhagen Post: "Do It Backwards"
These days sounds sort of forwards.
USA, NY Post: "Six Year Old Boy Kisses Girl"
Another violation of female rights!
Sweden, Local: "Naked Protests"
They certainly have nothing to hide.
France, Connexion: "Prostitution Law Historic"
Fuck you!
Russia, Moscow Times: "Putin Calls Mandela Humanist"
In other words, the opposite of me?
Australia, Sydney Morning Herald: "Cancel Santa"
Does that mean we have to return those presents?
Norway, Norway Post: "Five Things To Like About Snow"
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I was told at the time that I would be reimbursed for the first months service bill ($43.46). As of today, July 1, this still hadn't happened. But wait, it gets worse. I also received an e-mail stating that I needed to return one of the Hopper/Sling units. There is no Dish Network equipment here at the house. I called the national number, explained this to a service representative and he assured me that I would not be billed for the unit and that the first month's charges would be reimbursed.
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It's fairly obvious that Dish Network does not want to deal with customers face-to-face. When you call their national number, you get an option to either 1) Reconnect your Dish Network service (heck no) and 2) Pay your remaining balance (which I don't owe). There is no option to speak with a customer service representative Nearly all my contacts have been through e-mail or chat.
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Southern California residents will continue bundling up this week as the area sees some of the coldest January weather since 2007, dropping to sub-freezing temperatures in many areas, and sub-zero temperatures in some, according to the National Weather Service.
The coldest weather was expected to arrive in the early morning hours Sunday, prompting officials to issue a freeze warning for much of the Southland, NWS Weather Specialist Bonnie Bartling said. The NWS issues a freeze warning when temperatures are expected to fall below 28 degrees for at least two consecutive hours.
And temperatures in the following days will rise slowly and gradually, with temperatures approaching those of seasonal normals not expected until Wednesday, when offshore breezes are expected to thaw things a bit.
Until then, "We're going to have some really chilly nights ahead of us," Bartling said.
Bartline predicted the overnight low-temperatures in the San Bernardino Mountains to be between 1 and 9 degrees above 6,000 feet, and 10 to 20 degrees for those below 6,000 feet, according to the NWS.
Big Bear Lake was predicted to see a low temperature of minus 3 degrees Sunday morning, with a wind chill values as low as minus 15. While Sunday's low temperature at Big Bear Lake was predicted to be slightly warmer at zero degrees.
"We're having a really cold winter this year. A lot of locals are talking about it," said U.S. Forest Service Forestry Technician Don Sidener, stationed at the Big Bear Discovery Center.
Having been in Big Bear for 22 years, Sidener said the coldest temperature he recalled was 14 degrees below zero.
"The lake is frozen over in many sections, but there are still sections of open water," he said.
The lake has been closed to larger boats since October, Sidener said. Small craft such as canoes are still allowed on the icy lake, though not recommended.
Those heading up to Big Bear were required to have chains in their vehicles, though they were not required to put them on Saturday, Sidener said. But a requirement for installed chains remained a looming possibility at any time.
At the Mountain High ski resort in Wrightwood, the cold weather did not keep skiers and snowboarders away from the slopes, which received 3 to 5 inches of "fresh powder" Thursday, resulting in excellent ski conditions, said Kathy Cornell of Mountain High guest services.
Skiers and snowboarders filled parking lots bright and early Saturday, despite temperatures barely out of single-digits, she said.
Some portions of the Los Angeles County mountains and Antelope Valley are predicted to experience single-digit temperatures early Sunday, according to an NWS statement.
A low-temperature of 18 degrees was predicted Sunday morning at Mount Wilson in the Angeles National Forest, Bartling added.
Low temperatures in the San Gabriel Valley were expected to be in the mid-20s and lower-30s, Bartling said.
"Some of your inland temperatures are going to be in the 20s," she added. Woodland Hills had such a forecast. "Burbank might be right around 30, San Gabriel around 30, maybe a couple degrees warmer in Pasadena."
A similar forecast was made for the San Fernando Valley.
Highs-temperatures in the San Gabriel Valley are predicted in the 50s and lower-60s.
The cold weather is blamed on a "gigantic" upper-level trough of cold air, combined with low humidities, little wind and clear skies, according to Bartling.
Warming should begin becoming become noticeable Monday night and into the rest of the week, Bartling said.
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But the cold weather is not expected to be accompanied by precipitation, with no rain predicted over the next 10 days.
In addition to cold weather, the Southland is also expected to host strong Santa Ana winds, Bartling said.
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Johns Hopkins paleobiologist Steven Stanley has sleuthed outclues to the evolution of horses, coming up with a new solutionfor an enduring mystery: What caused the extinction of manyequine species and other mammals 6 million years ago?
Like the protagonist in an evolutionary detective thriller,Stanley pursued a hunch that apparently had never occurred toother scientists. His long shot hit a bull's-eye, enablingStanley to learn how shifting climate and changing vegetationlikely altered the fate of horses in North America millions ofyears ago.
Stanley, a professor in the Johns Hopkins Department of Earth andPlanetary Sciences, pieced together the findings of otherscientists and connected those data in a way no otherresearchers had done previously. When taken together, the datapaint a picture of how Earth's changing climate and vegetationmay have been directly involved in the dramatic evolutionarytrends of horses and other animals.
The time was marked by the largest extinction rate of NorthAmerican mammals in the last 30 million years; about 60 genera,containing numerous species, perished.
Some scientists believe that changing atmospheric concentrations of carbondioxide could have helped bring about the climatic shifts that Stanleybelieves were directly linked to changes in the vegetation thriving in NorthAmerica. Because the extinctions apparently were brought about by thosechanges in vegetation, the lesson is that carbon dioxide-linked global warming-- if it is occuring again today as many scientists believe -- could have aprofound impact on future extinction rates.
Stanley will touch on his theory during a 1:35 p.m. talk onSunday, Oct. 19, at the start of the annual meeting of theGeological Society of America. The talk will be in the SaltPalace Convention Center, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Contrary to the popular belief that horses were foreign to theNew World until they were brought here by the Spaniards, theanimals actually evolved in North America, spreading to Europe bycrossing the Bering land bridge that once connected Alaska andSiberia. But they later died out in North America near the end ofthe Ice Age.
Well before their disappearance, however, their life history tookan abrupt turn that killed off all but those horses with thelongest teeth. In fact, numerous other mammals, including camelsand rhinos, suffered the same fate in North America.
Scientists have known that the extinctions were somehow relatedto expanding grasslands and shrinking forests. Grasses possess agritty compound called silica, which is contained in sand and isused to make glass. As animals chew grass, the silica wears downtheir teeth. Therefore, animals with longer teeth live longerbecause their teeth don't wear down as fast, and they cancontinue to feed.
For tens of millions of years, as the Earth's climate becamecooler and dryer, the trend toward expanding grasslands andreceding forests continued in North America. About 13 millionyears ago, the 15 or so species of horses in North America weresplit between those with long teeth and those with shorter teeth.Also at that time, a few new species emerged that had very longteeth.
As grasslands expanded, the horses with long teeth lived longerbecause they were best adapted to eating grasses instead ofleaves. Living longer enabled them to produce enough offspring toguarantee survival of their species and the evolution of newspecies.
By 11 million years ago, only the horses especially adapted toeating grasses -- those with the long and very long teeth -- wereliving in North America.
"Then, there is this sudden event, 6 million years ago, more orless, and what you see is a big extinction pulse, a big drop intotal diversity, and the survivors are all the ones with verylong teeth," Stanley said.
The conventional wisdom has suggested that the long-toothedhorses disappeared because of expanding grasses. But that justdidn't make sense, Stanley said, because the horses with longteeth were especially adapted to eating grasses.
"So, why would more grass be a problem for them?" Stanley asked.
Somehow, something about the grasses must have changed, hereasoned.
Meanwhile, other scientists had discovered that, as the climatebecame dryer and cooler, a different type of grasses began todominate North America. Those grasses, known as C-4 grasses,which thrive in dryer climates, replaced many of the previouslydominant grasses, known as C-3 grasses.
"I thought, well, this seems like a long shot, but I wonder ifthere are on average more silica bodies in the C-4 grasses thanC-3 grasses," Stanley said.
His hunch proved correct. Stanley found that, on average, C-4grasses contain about three times as many of the silica particlesas do C-3 grasses.
"Think about a species that was doing all right eating C-3grasses. Maybe it lived 10 years on average and produced enoughcolts to reproduce the species. Well, what happens if that horseis suddenly only living seven years, or six years? It may notproduce enough colts to perpetuate its species.
"I think that's what happened. I think there was a big grinddown."
The title of his talk is, "Geobiology: Studying the deep historyof the earth-life system."
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