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We developed a novel multi-compartment neuron co-culture microsystem platform for in vitro CNS axon-glia interaction research. The platform is capable of conducting up to six independent experiments in parallel and was fabricated using a newly developed macro/micro hybrid fabrication method.
Date Published: 9/10/2009, Issue 31; doi: 10.3791/1399
Keywords: Biomedical Engineering, Issue 31, Neuron culture, neuron-glia interaction, microfluidics, cell culture microsystem
Park, J., Koito, H., Li, J., Han, A. A Multi-compartment CNS Neuron-glia Co-culture Microfluidic Platform. J. Vis. Exp. (31), e1399, doi:10.3791/1399 (2009).
We present a novel multi-compartment neuron co-culture microsystem platform for in vitro CNS axon-glia interaction research, capable of conducting up to six independent experiments in parallel for higher-throughput. We developed a new fabrication method to create microfluidic devices having both micro and macro scale structures within the same device through a single soft-lithography process, enabling mass fabrication with good repeatability.
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Primary neurons from E16-18 rats were loaded to the soma compartment and cultured for two weeks. After one week of cell culture, axons crossed microchannels and formed axonal only network layer inside axon/glia compartments. Axons grew uniformly throughout six axon/glia compartments and OLs from P1-2 rats were added to axon/glia compartments at 14 days in vitro for co-culture.
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When experiments are carried out properly, neuron cells loaded to the soma compartment locate close to microchannel inlets and axonal layer start to form inside the axon/glia compartments after 1 week of culture. Sign of neuron cell aggregation inside the soma compartment can be an indication that cells are not healthy. When loading oligodendrocytes after two weeks of neuron culture, axon/glia compartments should be covered with dense layer of axons and oligodendrocytes should be loaded on top of the axonal layer.
Figure 1. Schematic illustrations of the high-throughput microfluidic multi-compartment CNS neuron co-culture platform. Cross-sectional view showing isolation of axons from neuronal soma and dendrites as well as fluidic isolation between compartments with minute fluidic level difference. Please click here to see a larger version of figure 1.
Figure 2. Fabrication and assembly steps for the multi-compartment PDMS microfluidic co-culture device. Each device fits into one well of a conventional 6-well polystyrene cell culture plate. Please click here to see a larger version of figure 2.
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Nov 25, 2009 at 11:49 am #1242480
I would like to know whether a down vest or a down jacket would keep me warmer, assuming they both have the SAME amount of fill.
In theory, focusing all the down on the torso area should keep you warmer, since that is where most of your major organs are.
However, it seems to me that if you do not insulate your arms, the blood that goes through them will cool down significantly. Being that your body will pump cooler blood into your torso because of uninsulated arms, this may mean you end up warmer in a jacket. Obviously I'm not a doctor, so I don't know if this is how the body works.
Let me hear your input.
-SidNov 25, 2009 at 11:57 am #1548061
Sean WalashekMember
@carazLocale: bay area
The vest would stave off death from hypothermia longer seeing as blood stops circulating to the extremities as heat retention becomes a necessity. As for being more comfortable having a warm upper body is nicer than a warm torso. Also having working blood filled arms and fingers could do more to help save you from a situation in which you were reliant on your layers for survival.Nov 25, 2009 at 12:51 pm #1548079
Unknown abcMember
I don't know but I can sure tell you that I much prefer a vest over a jacket during physical activity.Nov 25, 2009 at 1:09 pm #1548082
"I don't know but I can sure tell you that I much prefer a vest over a jacket during physical activity." -Evan Szakacs
As do I Evan. However, I hardly ever need insulating garments while I'm hiking. Only in very low temperatures have I ever needed to put on a jacket while hiking. I'm more interested in knowing what will keep me warmer while not hiking.
-SidNov 25, 2009 at 1:20 pm #1548083
Jim W.BPL Member
@jimqpublicLocale: So-Cal
It depends.
Presuming the arms take 1/2 as much down as the torso:
Bare arms and 3" of down vest over torso v. 2" insulation everywhere I say go for the jacket.
100 wt pile everwhere plus 3/4" down over torso v. pile + 1/2" down everwhere I say go for the vest.Nov 25, 2009 at 1:24 pm #1548087
Joshua GilbertMember
@joshcgil2Locale: Seattle
The thing I've always noticed about wearing a puffy vest is that it's hard to prevent drafts from pumping out through the arm holes. I imagine you lose a lot of insulating efficiency.
Montbell made (or still makes) a down t-shirt or short sleeved jacket that is reported to deal with this problem. so maybe if you had a vest with short sleeves, say mid bicep, and the same weight of down as the jacket it would be more thermally efficient.Nov 25, 2009 at 1:34 pm #1548090
Joseph ScaliaMember
@jscaliaLocale: NorthEast
a jacket with full arms retains a lot more heat and you can unzip the torso to ventilate if need to cool down.Nov 25, 2009 at 2:25 pm #1548099
"The thing I've always noticed about wearing a puffy vest is that it's hard to prevent drafts from pumping out through the arm holes. I imagine you lose a lot of insulating efficiency.
Montbell made (or still makes) a down t-shirt or short sleeved jacket that is reported to deal with this problem. so maybe if you had a vest with short sleeves, say mid bicep, and the same weight of down as the jacket it would be more thermally efficient." -Joshua Gilbert
You make an excellent point Josh. I never thought of that. I will have to look into down t-shirts. It seems like a good compromise between a vest and a jacket. A down t-shirt with a half zip would probably be pretty light too. Maybe I can get the folks at Nunatak to make me one.
-SidNov 25, 2009 at 5:12 pm #1548142
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@peter_panLocale: Co-Owner Jacks 'R' Better, LLC, VA
You don't need to chose between vests and jackets…You can have it all, or not,,,
A down vest and JRB Down Sleeve makes a down jacket… Want a parka? Just add the JRB Down Hood… Wear each piece seperately or combine as desired…. hooded vest makes an ideal sleep top for quilt uses as the hood now moves with you and not the quilt or hoodless bag… Sleeves separate for use as sleep socks… Both extremities taken care of for improved sleeping…
Weightexample: Montbell Ex Lt Down Vest 4 oz, JRB Down Sleeves 5 oz (down jacket thus 9 oz)…JRB Down hood 2 oz ( Down Hoody thus 11 oz)
Remenber I'm biased.
PanNov 25, 2009 at 9:59 pm #1548190
Eric BlumensaadtBPL Member
@danepackerLocale: Mojave Desert
A vest W/the SAME ounces of down as a jacket would be adequate IF you wore it under a shell like, say an eVent parka, etc. The body motion inside the shell would pump warm air to your arms anyway.
Also you'd be more comforable when exercising B/C the arms actually need to be less insulated than the core to prevent overheating.
But my idea of an insulated vest to be used when exercising would be a synthetic fill like Climashield, so it would transport sweat vapor fast and dry fast once I got to camp. Down is NOT for wearing when doing anything more than a stroll.Nov 26, 2009 at 6:55 pm #1548320
again, I hardly ever need any insulating garments while I'm hiking. I am more interested in what would keep me the warmest when around camp.
-SidNov 26, 2009 at 7:21 pm #1548322
Brett PeughBPL Member
@bpeughLocale: Midwest
Usually the sleeves of a down jacket are sewn on. You could always undo that stitching and sew in a seperating zipper so that you could have the best of both world. I did that for Patagonia Down Sweater and it came out okay. You could also offset the zippers so that they start at the 4 or 8 o' clock position so that you could vent the arm pits. It will only add like 1-2 ounces max. Just get the thin small zippers.Nov 26, 2009 at 7:34 pm #1548326
Eric BlumensaadtBPL Member
@danepackerLocale: Mojave Desert
Brett speaks great wisdom here. I once unstitched the arms of a synthetic jacket and sewed Velcro on them so I could use as Brett suggested. Worked great – until someone stole the arms!
BTW, my avatar shows my solution to in-camp warmth – an Eddie Bauer First AScent Down Sweater.Nov 26, 2009 at 9:50 pm #1548354
I think you guys are missing the point. My ultimate goal is not to be able to have both a vest and a jacket. I am fine with either one, I just want the warmer one. Adding sleeves with zippers would add a great deal of weight.
The whole point of me asking whether a vest or a jacket is warmer is because I want the warmest garment for the weight. This is why I said to assume they both have the same amount of down. By having the one with the most aggressive weight to warmth ratio, I save weight. Bringing sleeves along as some of you have suggested would defeat the purpose of me trying to save weight on my insulating top.
-SidNov 27, 2009 at 12:57 am #1548384
Mike WBPL Member
@skopeoLocale: British Columbia
…Nov 27, 2009 at 2:25 am #1548385
William JohnsonMember
"In theory, focusing all the down on the torso area should keep you warmer, since that is where all your major organs are."
Your skin is a major organ, and 90%-95% of all heat is lost through it.
This might help factor into your super-formula for the great vest versus jacket debate. It seems you want to reach that optimal mix for core warmth, and be able to shed unneeded weight.
You have stated that you will be considering the heat while you are only doing light work (tending camp, making food) and not while hiking. You will not be fully at rest, however, so this should factor into our grand equation here.
That "light work" might get tricky, though? If you are a sweaty guy, or in a moist environment, this will increase heat loss.
Your question is also tricky in that your view of heat hasn't been defined as "I am comfortable at this temperature" or "I am just about to enter hypothermia." Are you looking to see what is the optimal down vest/jacket combination to keep you alive (garment weight considered)?
It seems people have been trying to answer your question with their own empirical knowledge, which without knowing more from you, seems the best answers you will get, for now.Nov 27, 2009 at 8:04 am #1548404
Brad GrovesMember
@4quietwoodsLocale: Michigan
I don't think people are missing the point, Sid. Rather, the point they're making is that your "ultimate" answer depends on weather conditions, etc.
In my experience, I'd much rather have the vest for warmth:weight. It does concentrate a lot more warmth on your torso. It also doesn't have all the fabric that's tied up in the arms. IIRC, when I make shells for vest vs. jacket I roughly double the shell weight between vest and jacket.
Well-designed vests won't have a significant amount of heat loss through the arm holes. I've found that wearing a down vest in conjunction w/a ~300g/m^2 wool mid and a ~150g/m^2 wool base keeps me warm into the 30s, especially if I toss a shell over it all. Of course that depends on the loft of the vest. My current favorite has a finished weight of 4.5 oz and used a little less than 3 oz of down IIRC.
The big down vest I made has kept me warm into single digits with a good wool sweater underneath, again a bit warmer/happier under a shell. But this is pushing it a bit more. In other words, if your frame of reference is "Will a jacket or vest, with equivalent mass of down, keep me the warmest at 0*F temps?" I would error toward the side of a jacket. If, however, you're looking for something for 3-season backpacking, a vest will keep you warmer for less weight.Nov 27, 2009 at 8:11 am #1548409
Richard NisleyBPL Member
@richard295Locale: San Francisco Bay Area
Comparing a jacket and vest, with the same weight of the same fill power, the vest will better protect your core temp. This assumes the vest seals well or is worn under a shell or windshirt that seals well.
This question is addressed by William F Forgey MD in his book, "Hypothermia". He explains that the body's vasoconstriction mechanism (to prevent heat loss) is activated much earlier and effectively from your body sensing your arms are cool. This results in the core temp not dropping as fast as it will with a jacket.Nov 27, 2009 at 8:50 am #1548412
I realize that skin is a major organ. Hence, I said "most" of the major organs are in the torso. Obviously most body heat has to go through the skin. However, out of all the major organs, I presume your skin would be your last priority as it can handle much lower temperatures than any other organ. I suppose I neglected to mention that I want to know what is best for backpacking, not a dangerous survival situation. Either way, I don't see how that variable would factor into my question, as the garment that is warmest for the weight would still be the best choice for either scenario. I do appreciate your input and everyone else's, I was only trying to make it clearer what my original question was.
So it seems that a vest is best for 3 season backpacking, while a jacket would serve me better in the winter months. I suppose when temperatures get in the single digits, leaving any part of your body uninsulated becomes a risk.
You make a good point. I should probably read that book myself to get a better understanding of the human body and heat loss.
-SidNov 27, 2009 at 11:54 am #1548437
William JohnsonMember
"Either way, I don't see how that variable would factor into my question, as the garment that is warmest for the weight would still be the best choice for either scenario."
My apologies. I think your avatar of a fox in the snow makes me see you tromping through some winter wonderland, in some crazy warmth-to-weight optimal outfit, like the scout from "Conan the Barbarian," hehe.
Best of luck in your hunt, Senor!Nov 27, 2009 at 9:05 pm #1548523
lol Volaine…
Well, the fox is my favorite animal because of its ability to adapt to nearly any environment. They have the largest geographical range of any land carnivore on earth. I suppose I hope to be able to survive as many environments as a fox can.
-SidFeb 1, 2013 at 9:38 am #1949672
Brian BlackleyMember
@biasbrianLocale: West Tennessee
Your question was which would be warmer, vest or jacket, if made of the same materials. The answer has to be the jacket, the same way pants would be warmer than shorts even if both were made of the same material. The vest might be "warm enough" and the jacket might restrict arm movement. But which is warmer? The one that covers the larger area of your body with a protective layer of down. I don't see how it could be otherwise, but I am not a scientist by trade.Feb 1, 2013 at 10:21 am #1949681
Jerry AdamsBPL Member
@retiredjerryLocale: Oregon and Washington
If you compare equal weight vest vs jacket, that is the insulation is thicker on the vest – you take the arm insulation and put it to your torso, then the vest would be warmer, because your torso is a higher temperature than your armsFeb 1, 2013 at 12:19 pm #1949707
Dale WambaughBPL Member
@dwambaughLocale: Pacific Northwest
A vest provides more warmth for the weight, and you get some gains as far as volume, but it depends on how it is used. If you are already packing long sleeve base and mid layers and a windshirt, then your arms have good coverage and the vest is taking care of core warmth.
Jackets are certainly easy and practical. I use vests a lot for summer and warmer shoulder seasons, but if I know it is going to be cold (like below freezing), I'm going to reach for a jacket.
I do like a vest for my day hiking CYA extra layer. In midsummer that might be a Power Stretch vest or a light Primaloft puffy. That would be coupled with a long sleeve button down shirt and/or base layer and I always have a windshirt. If it is a little cooler, I would be wearing a long sleeve base layer like Cap2 or medium weight Power Dry and would add a Power Stretch hoodie. The base layer/hoodie/vest combo coupled with windshirt or rain shell will handle some pretty nasty weather. Vests allow better arm movement and help avoid feeling like the Michelin Man. A fleecy vest will keep a cold rain shell off your shoulders which I think adds a lot of comfort and the combo has good moisture transfer/breathability properties. I found an MEC Dry Power pullover 1/2 zip vest (like Patagonia R1) that I find really handy.Feb 2, 2013 at 8:37 am #1950004
josh wagnerMember
the arguement of the vest being just as good b/c of the extra insulation over the torso sounds great online and makes sense when reading a forum. however, i don't share that when it comes to real life application, for me personally. i can wear a vest down into the 30's, even a little into the 20's and be ok. however, once the temps get into the teens (or lower) the cold really just becomes biting on my arms. to the point where i find vest useless and i'm trying to tuck my arms into my vest.
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Thu. May 3, 2012 | Times Staff
TARPON SPRINGS - On Tuesday, Ron Hawn conducted his first spring practice as Tarpon Springs head coach.
Hawn has been the Spongers' coach since late September, though he was not officially hired until December when school administrators removed the interim label.
Five months later, Hawn has settled into his job. That was not the case when he was tabbed to replace Atif Austin four games into last season.
"That was just a weird time," Hawn said. "I was suddenly just thrust into everything."
Now things are different. Hawn finally had an offseason to hire coaches and work the hallways for players. Tarpon Springs has 12 assistant coaches, four more than last season. And the numbers on varsity have increased by 12-15 players.
"I've always had an administrative mind when it came to coaching, even as an assistant," Hawn said. "I was used to doing those kind of tasks, so it wasn't too difficult a transition becoming a head coach. Now I'm in the position to do the stuff to make the machine run. I'm the football team coordinator and I let my coordinators and assistants coach."
Though the Spongers lost a majority of their skill players, they return the bulk of their offensive line. The biggest question is at quarterback, where Tarpon has to replace Louis Pappas, who graduated. The leading candidates are Dalton Collins, Revelle Gavin and Casey Luckenbill.
"We have a good group to work with," Hawn said. "It's been a nice offseason."
Filling the line
Despite the loss of all-everything player Rayshawn Jenkins, headed to Miami in the fall, Admiral Farragut coach Chris Miller isn't worried about his skill players.
Todd Macon, a 1,000-yard rusher last season, and Napoleon Maxwell both return to solidify the backfield. And running back Cortavious Givens should be back after a knee injury cut his season short. (Givens is limited and will not play against Berkeley Prep in the spring game.) Also returning is quarterback Colby Robinson.
All of those players helped the Blue Jackets to the Class 2A state championship game. Miller's biggest concern is on the offensive and defensive lines, where four of five starters graduate. The only returner is sophomore center Noah Huntley.
"We have a lot of bodies, a lot of new kids, but we have to figure out who is going to play where," Miller said.
Two new players who have a chance to start are Blake Johnson (from Connecticut) and Logan Lane (from Ocala). Rising sophomore Javar Nader, also on the wrestling team, is another new lineman with potential.
Austin Bledsoe and Alex Garcia, reserves in 2011, are in the mix as well, and Miller said rising senior Novisa Petrusich will be moved to tight end. Petrusich was strictly a linebacker last season.
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Asked what the nation is entitled to expect of Gareth Jenkins' side at the tournament, in which their campaign opens on Sunday in Nantes against Canada, Popham replied: "The nation is entitled to expect a result against them.
"We just want support all the way through. The media has been negative and the public has not been happy, but it would make a massive difference for everyone to be behind us.
"The boys say they don't read the papers, but sometimes you do and it may not affect you, but if you see something good written about you and an article recalls good things you've done in the past, it's only going to help.
"If you go into the tournament not so much believing you are the best player in the world, but that you are a decent player - and the boys know they are - it will help.
"We have just got to go there thinking we can do a job and wanting to do a job.
"But I only want my family and friends to tell me what's in the papers if it's good. I've had to tell my mother that. She tells me all the time what's been said and written and I've learned my lesson.
"You are going to get people who believe you shouldn't be playing. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but it's about what you feel and you want to feel positive because otherwise it's only going to affect your game.
"Wales is mad in terms of the way emotions about the national team fluctuate, but we have to take the bad with the good. We just want some positive feelings going into the tournament."


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The meeting was called to order by Victor at 6:30 PM in the first floor hallway -- the meeting was adjourned until we could find a room to meet due to USC's fall break.
Thanks to MattElder we were able to meet in one of the regular classrooms. We had approximately ten members in attendance for the meeting.
The meeting was restarted at approximately 6:50 PM
Business Meeting
New Business
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Old Business
Mailing List: With the help of Stuart Anderson and Mike Westcott we have successfully migrated the mailing list. Please let us know if there are any problems.
Open Positions: Victor asked if anyone was interested in the Secretary/Treasurer position. There were no takers at this meeting.
Meeting Day: It appears that moving the meeting to the second Thursday of every month is OK.
Educational Session
Victor presented the topic of "Connecting to the Internet with Linux." This was focused on connecting through dial-up using either the Gnome or KDE interfaces. Unfortunately, the video projection equipment was locked due to USC's fall break. However, the slide shows are available:
The meeting broke off at around 8:45 PM.
-= Victor =-
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By- Jim Rouse
8-3-13. Ocala, FL- The Bubba Army Late Models, Bubba Army Hobby Stocks, 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks, and Rent-N-Roll Gladiators put on an incredible show to reward the incredible fans at Bubba Raceway Park.
Our very own Bubba Army Hobby Stocks opened us up with outside pole sitter Mike Stalnaker snatching the lead away from Trevor Gamble. On lap six Devin Walker and Sean Monoghan ended a fantastic battle for fourth with their bumpers stuck together in turn one. Gamble would use the restart to take the lead away from Stalnaker, but the fight was far from over. Just past the halfway mark in turn one, Gamble slipped high and allowed Stalnaker to sweep below him to retake the lead. Just a few laps later Devin Walker, racing for his Grandfather who passed away during the week, encountered trouble in turn four. Stalnaker and Gamble went at it into turn one with Gamble nearly losing second to Heath Walker in the process. "Hometown Hero" Mike Stalnaker held on for his first win in the Hobby Stocks while Gamble had to settle for second. Heath Walker held on to finish third over Joe Belkey, Jr. and Joey Forsyth.
The Bubba Army Late Models started with Rich Pratt leading the early stint from his outside pole position. On lap fifteen JO Nobles attacked the Pratt as he struggled to bypass the lapped traffic of Dalton Myers. Pratt wouldn't allow Nobles to check out, but Nobles would not be denied and he took the cash back to Nahunta. Pratt finished second to extend his championship lead, but was left wondering what could have been. Bryan Bernhardt finished a lonely third while Steve Mathis held Tyler Clem off for the fourth position. Our Bubba Army Late Models put on a spectacular show with a caution-free event that saw Rich Pratt and JO Nobles put on one of the best shows of the season.
Randy Strehle opened up the 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks with the lead, but Jeff Stalnaker, Jr. and Melvin Fockler had a heated exchange that ended with Stalnaker falling to the tail for the first caution. As he attempted to make his way through the pack, Brandon Tillander spun and beached his #73 in turn two on lap eleven that allowed Jason Gamble and Fockler to take a shot at Strehle for the win. They gave it their all, but Strehle was not to be denied and he led every inch en route to his second win at Bubba Raceway Park. Jason Gamble finished second in the Donnie Dobbins-owned #33 with Jeff Stalnaker, Jr. charging through the field to finish third. Melvin Fockler and Justyn Elwood completed the top five.
Stephen Frankland and Tom Sheehan put on a battle for the ages in a six-lap battle in the Rent-N-Roll Gladiators. Frankland led the full show but Sheehan was never too far behind. Stephen was excited in Victory Lane and Sheehan was happy to see a good performance from his #75.
Limited Sprints, Limited Late Models, Hobby Stocks, 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks, and the Rent-N-Roll Gladiators join us next week for Night Of A Thousands on Driver Appreciation Night. All drivers receive free entry to the pits for next week's activities!!! For more info and to keep up with all of the news, check out www.bubbaracewaypark.com or call us at 352-622-9400.
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Britons Wander Through Their Playing Cards Almost Anywhere They Go
Britons Wander Through Their Playing Cards Almost Anywhere They Go
or a while, I could not go anywhere without hearing Three Doors Down's atrocious "Kryptonite"… and that was three years after it was a hit. That song is up there with Stroke 9's "Little Black Backpack" and anything by Puddle Of Mudd as my least favorite Modern Rock song ever, so it felt like I was being punished for sins I haven't even committed. This cosmic joke went on for few months, each time sending me into the spastic fit of the Hate Shakes™. To figure out how this phenomenon plays out across the pond, BBC Radio 2 and the British licensing organism PPL have attempted to quantify the most inescapable songs of the last 75 years. The results are rather surprising:
1. Procol Harum, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (UK No. 1 on June 8, 1967)
2. Queen, "Bohemian Rhapsody" (UK No. 1 on Nov. 29, 1975)
3. Everly Brothers, "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (UK No. 1 on July 4, 1958)
4. Wet Wet Wet, "Love is All Around" (UK No. 1 on June 4, 1994)
5. Bryan Adams, "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (UK No. 1 on July 13, 1991)
6. Robbie Williams, "Angels" (UK No. 1 on Dec. 1, 1997)
7. Elvis Presley, "All Shook Up" (UK No. 1 on July 12, 1957)
8. Abba, "Dancing Queen" (UK No. 1 on Sept. 4, 1976)
9. Perry Como, "Magic Moments" (UK No. 1 on Feb. 28, 1958)
10. Bing Crosby, "White Christmas" (UK No. 1 on Jan. 1, 1942)
Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale" at No. 1 isn't too bad, though I'm not a Brit. I profess an affinity for the song (perhaps because of Martin Scorsese's "Life Lessons" short in New York Stories), but I know plenty of folks who hate it. As for "Bohemian Rhapsody", I can get behind all things Queen; here in the States, I'd suspect that "We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions" is much more ubiquitous. The Everly Brothers' placement is delightful.
And then there are Nos. 4-6. Think about this: this list spans 75 years. That means that Wet Wet Wet, Bryan Adams, and Robbie Williams had to be played a hell of a lot more per year in the last two decades to catch up with Procol Harum, Elvis, and Bing Crosby. That Wet Wet Wet version of "Love Is All Around" is a disaster, the kind of gooey nonsense that I use as ammunition against my friends who insist that British people have better music taste than Americans. (Cliff Richard gets thrown out a lot as well.) Exhibit B for the UK having crappy taste is Bryan Adams' vile piece of cheese from a vile, cheesy movie. Robbie Williams is OK, I guess, but "Angels"?
All in all, it's strange and interesting. I'd love to see Nos. 11-50! What do you think are the most inescapable American songs? I nominate "Center Field."
Procol Harum's A Whiter Shade of Pale tops most-played list [Guardian]


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November to March each year is typically peak season for Telstra's Operations team. This is because this is the time of the year when our field crews and support teams can find themselves managing a variety of major, customer-impacting events caused by cyclones, bushfires, flooding, lightning strike, and whatever else mother nature has in store for us.
Keeping connected, something most of us take for granted during the best of times; is of utmost importance during the worst of times. And our Ops team have the skill, experience and knowledge to deal with whatever peak season throws our way. We have a well-proven, solid peak load strategy to back us up.
Our strategy is based on five R's; Ready, Respond, Restore, Repair and Reconstruct. Here, within this Blog, I'll focus on Telstra Operations' 'Ready' or preparation phase.
When preparing for peak load weather, the Operations teams' preparations cover their people, customers, infrastructure and business.
Preparing and caring for our people
Preparing our customers
Preparing and protecting our infrastructure and assets
After managing through major infrastructure impacting events, the Operations team conducts a Post Implementation Review to learn from their experiences. Often these reviews spark ideas, which result in technological innovations. Telstra COWs, MEOWs, SatCOWs, Emergency Communication Kits and the Network Status page are all ideas driven by learning from past experiences.
Be assured we have a plan to care for our people and customers and to protect our infrastructure and business continuity. When things do go wrong, due to weather impacts at this time, our people will be there to make sure we keep our customers connected.
The recent early bushfire season in NSW highlighted the importance of reliable and responsive communications to help keep communities safe. We are now facing a very long season ahead for our State and Federal Emergency Services, and during any times of disaster, it's Telstra's Operations team at the ready – with the provision of essential warning and communications through the Emergency Alert (EA) system.
The EA system, developed by Telstra's Network Applications & Services (NAS) and monitored and supported by their Operations team, is a telephone warning system that emergency services can use to send information to communities via landline and mobile telephones, such as during bushfire emergencies. The EA system became operational on 1 December 2009, and to date, EA has been used on over 490 separate occasions nationally, with over 7 million messages being issued for a range of emergencies, ranging from natural disasters, chemical spills to missing person emergencies.
During the NSW bushfire emergency, 76 separate campaigns (a set of messages sent to an area of threat) were completed by NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) and approximately 338,000 individual alert messages (both SMS and voice) were sent out.
As these messages are intrusive (that is, you do not opt in or chose to receive them) they can be used to contact a whole community of people rapidly – such as the communities in the Blue Mountains NSW. This is especially useful in rural and remote communities who remain on high alert over a series of days – it's an effective way to communicate to wide region if a situation deteriorates rapidly. This was the case during the disaster season last year when many fires and floods were impacting regional and rural NSW.
The EA systems provided is critical service that supports the fantastic job the RFS, Ambulance, Police and other services provide to help ensure public safety and minimise loss of life in these situations.
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A Hawaii County Fire Department helicopter made an emergency landing after an engine failure during a hurricane evacuation mission along the Hamakua coastline Wednesday afternoon.
The helicopter set down at Honokana Nui cabin in the area of Pololu Valley. No one was injured and the helicopter was not damaged, a fire department report said.
The Coast Guard notified the fire department about the emergency landing at about 12:44 p.m.
Paradise Helicopter located the aircraft and notified the fire dispatch center.
Crewmemembers on the helicopter were brought out of the area by 1:07 p.m. An aircraft mechanic will assess the helicopter for removal, the fire department said.
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Happy Trails: Take a Wisconsin Nature Walk
Last Updated: 12/21/2015
Winter in Wisconsin is just around the corner and with it comes a flurry (pun intended) of outdoor winter activities.
Most people think of hiking as a three-season activity, but winter can actually make for both a beautiful and challenging trek. Several trails around the state are actually groomed for winter hiking snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing. You'll be amazed at the breathtaking views that the season creates along the trails. With fewer leaves, you can see hidden gems you might miss in the warmer months.
Hawthorn Hollow in Kenosha
Private. Non-profit. Picturesque. Perfect. We could go on, but we recommend exploring this nature sanctuary and arboretum for yourself. See three historic buildings and escape to this welcoming and wonderful feast for the senses. Hawthorn Hollow is open for hiking March 1 through December 23, which leaves plenty of time for cool-weather explorers to enjoy the 12 trails through woods, along the Pike River, prairies, gardens, and arboretum.
Governor Dodge State Park in Dodgeville
Pine Cliff Trail in Governor Dodge State Park is a beautifully wooded 2-mile loop, beginning and ending at the Enee Point picnic area. While you hike, learn about the your surroundings by reading signs that interpret the area's history, wildlife, ecology and vegetation. Bring your camera to snap photos of the views above Cox Hollow Lake. If you're up for skiing, snowshoeing or snowmobiling, you'll find all sorts of great trails on the park map.
Peshtigo River State Forest in Crivitz
Strap on your cross-country skis and set off on one of two trail systems. Ski touring is allowed on unmarked trails throughout the forest, so you can take the path less traveled. Whether you're following the trail or forging your own, be sure to bring this map to be sure you don't miss any of the scenic spots.
Gordon Bubolz Nature Preserve in Appleton
This trail system pursues the noble cause of providing its community with environmental education, conservation, and outdoor recreation. With more than eight miles of trails groomed for winter hiking, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, you'll be wandering in wonderment for a while! The Preserve also hosts a number of events throughout the winter, from ski lessons to dog sledding and moonlight hikes.
Kettle Moraine State Forest Greenbush Trails in Campbellsport
In the winter, the Greenbush hiking trails are groomed for cross-country skiing, while the bike trails are excellent for winter hiking and snowshoeing. These are known to be difficult trails with ever-varying landscapes whose views are well worth the effort. If you get too chilly, follow your map to the heated picnic shelter to relax and fire up the grill.
Before tackling the trails, take note of these winter hiking tips:
- Call the state forest office or preserve prior to your trip to check trail conditions
- Travel can be slower so be sure to set realistic goals for distance
- Dress for the weather and avoid cotton that can lose heat when moist
- Be sure to bring along food and water
- If you are skiing or hiking alone, advise someone of your route and the time of your return
So skip the mall, treadmill and indoor walking treks and head outdoors. And as always, let us know if you go!This entry was posted in Things to Do and tagged Outdoor Fun


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Second man sentenced in racially-charged beating of West Seattle teen
Jonathan Baquiring, 21, was sentenced to just under six years in prison by Judge Carol Schapira at the King County Courthouse on March 4.
Baquiring pled guilty to first degree robbery and malicious harassment (Washington State's hate crime statute) for a May 2010 attack on then 16-year-old Shane McClellan in Highland Park.
Ahmed Mohamed, 22, also pled guilty in the attack and received a sentence of just under six years on Jan. 21, 2010.
McClellan, who is white, was attacked and tortured on a set of stairs on the corner of Holden s.w. and 14th Ave s.w. over four hours by the two men, one African American (Mohamed) and one Pacific Asian (Baquiring). The attack received national attention as a hate crime since one of the attackers screamed racial slurs about McClellan being white while he was beaten.
For more background on this story, please check out these Herald stories:
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I think it's the way they combine clumsiness and grace and those big liquid eyes and their dog-like curiosity. Here's a video.
Category: Cool pix
Pixellated bathing suit.
octopi Wall Street!
Supplemental: Getting on and staying on are two different things.
On another subject entirely = with Scott to the Pole.
3d fractals – big Wow
I know someone could have died
But I laughed my ass off. Motorcycles and children's playground equipment !
Epic version of What's! on! my! camera!
More Enceladus
This photograph is entitled "Still Life with Meccano and Human Hair"
I'm just a speck
OOOOO. Autotune to the rescue.
Ever wanted to be buried in an avalanche?
Ah, the wonders of the internet. Another true life adventure for you. In case you're the nervous type, he gets dug out around 6:00. So it's all good, and Darwin's winnowing fan took a break that day.


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Kanye Gives Justin Bieber, Raekwon Collabo Update
Kanye West, Raekwon and Justin Bieber have all teamed up to record a remix to the 16-year-old Canadian pop star's hit 'Runaway Love' after connecting on Twitter.
Though the collaboration began as a simple tweet, yesterday, Kanye excitedly updated his followers to say that Rae was indeed coming studio to record a verse. "Raekwon coming to the studio later 2day," Kanye wrote, before geeking out. "Who remember the purple tape?! Raekwon album not only changed my life it dictated it and yes I spent my first check on a Cuban link chain."
Today Kanye has continued to update fans regarding the progress of the remix, tweeting "Finishing @JustinBieber Runaway Love remix too…don't know when they gonna drop it but Raekwon's verse is crazy!!!"In typical Chef fashion, Rae stoically confirmed the collab via Twitter as well, writing simply "In the studio yall."
Check out the original version of 'Runaway Love' here.
Justin Bieber and Kanye will be rocking at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12. Perhaps they'll perform their 'Runaway Love' remix?


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Get an ak-74.
So I just took my model 1 5.45x39 gun out for the 1st time and its a jam-o-matic! Im using Bulgarian surplus ammo and C-products mags which form what im reading everywhere are supposed to work great. Well, not mine. It chambers every time when you rack the charging handle, fires and ejects the spent case fine but about half the time the bolt stirps a round off the mag and kicks the tip of the bullet up into the top of the locking lugs. I have 2 of the mags and they both do it. Any ideas???
Get an ak-74.
Overspecialize and you breed in weakness.
Yes, they say 5.45 on the body and the follower
try some USGI type mags with the green followers. then short load them and see if that problem is still there.
usually the C-5.45-39 mags work fine. though there have been a few reports of some that didn't fit proper. sounds like the rounds are going nose down in the mag--
I am just pure guessing. But sounds like a mag loading problem. My Rock River runs rounds through with the C mag like smooth.
Bought a mag with the anti tilt follower. Wow. Nice. Now I see why people are grabbing them. Good invention.
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
Ok so I made it back to the range today and it seems like the more I shoot it the better it gets. I shot bout 200 rounds and I only had 2 failures as compared to probally 25 the 1st time I went. Maybe it just needs to break in? I shot 10 rounds single loading the mag and the bolt locked back every time so I don't think it's short stroking. I sent an email to C-proudcts and the guy said he would foward it to their "cheif engineer" but I haven't heard anything else from them so I don't know ehere that will go. He also said they had recived several similer complaints lately. I took one of the mags apart the other night and noticed the spring is 2 or 3 inches shorter than a GI spring. Don't know if that has anything to do with it, just an observation.
are you running a standard weight buffer?
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Like many other male Surrealist artists, Man Ray exalted love and saw Woman as an inspirational muse. In their art, however, these men tended to objectify women and define them as subordinate. As targets of male desire, women were the subjects of disturbing fantasies and erotic violence. In Venus Restored, a plaster cast of a headless Venus is tightly bound in ropes. Nevertheless, the image does not evoke total female submission. Man Ray's "restoration" preserves the classical, eternally perfect sculpture, while expressing erotic fantasy, similar to that seen in his Undomesticated Virgin of 1964. The binding ropes of Venus Restored recall Man Ray's earlier Enigma of Isidore Ducasse (1920), a wrapped and tied sewing machine, paying homage to the dictum of the poet Lautréament: "beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on a dissecting table." Man Ray's mysteriously bound objects inspired later twentieth-century artists, such as the environmental artist Christo.
From the Israel Museum publications:
Kamien-Kazhdan, Adina, Surrealism and Beyond in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2007
Zalmona, Yigal, ed., The Israel Museum at 40: Masterworks of Beauty and Sanctity, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2005
Kamien-Kazhdan, Adina (ed.), Modernism in Dialogue: 20th-Century Painting and Sculpture in the Israel Museum, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2010
Sirakovich, Tanya, Out of Body: Fragmentation in Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2013
Grossman, Wendy A., Strauss, Andrew, Kamien-Kazhdan, Adina, Sebline, Edouard, Man Ray: Human Equations, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2015
Dada Surrealism and Beyond in the Israel Museum, 2007Surrealism and Beyond in the Israel Museum, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Weisbord Exhibition Pavilion, 27/02/2007 - 14/08/2007Out of Body: Fragmentation in Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Palevsky Design Pavilion, 04/12/2013 - 05/04/2014Man Ray: Human Equations (co-organized with the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC), Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Digital presentation of this object was made possible by: Ms. Joan Lessing, New York and Jerusalem


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"Simply put, the passion, interest and tradition surrounding baseball in New York is unmatched."
Sean McAdam, ESPN.com
I'll repeat again: so what? As I said before, Carlos Beltran is a 5 tool player, and Albert Pujols is a 2 tool player, or possibly 3 (I don't know how his arm is). But could you really find me a manager who'd rather have Beltran than Pujols? Or (say three years ago when both were healthy) a manager who'd rather have Kendall than Piazza? Piazza's an awful fielder who can't run at all and can't throw out the garbage. Kendall can field, run, hit, throw, and hit for power. But I think you can fit all the baseball guys who'd rather have had Kendall than Piazza in a closet with room left over for spare linens.Originally posted by firstname.lastname@example.com
Yeah, he had it all, all right. Babe Ruth had 2 skills which were world-class. He could hit & he could throw. All the rest of his skills were easily matched by half of the league.
Bill Burgess
How many times in a season will a player get caught in a rundown? 2, tops? What difference does it make if one guy's the worst in the world and one guy's the best in the world at it? If somebody can get on base like Ruth and hit homers like Ruth, when would you ever possibly want him to bunt? With no outs and a runner on second in extra innings of a tie game at home? How often does that situation arise? The skills you're saying Ruth didn't have weren't skills that he even remotely needed ever. Sure, maybe they would have been worth two or three runs over the course of a year. But Ruth's hitting was worth much, much, much more than that.
Oh, and as far as running down balls... Ruth's range factor in the outfield (where he played mostly in rightfield, with its short porch and resultant fewer defensive opportunities for right fielders) hovered right around or above league average until 1929... when he started to get slower because of age. Sure, it happens.
Mr. Burgess, I've noticed that your last few posts to me seem to reflect a little... hostility. Please understand that I'm not trying to be antagonistic to you, or anything like that. Just trying to have a discussion here.
"Simply put, the passion, interest and tradition surrounding baseball in New York is unmatched."
Sean McAdam, ESPN.com
I'm pretty sure fans know that Babe wasn't Cobb on the basepaths or Speaker in the field. But he was MORE than proficient at hitting and pitching, and hitting a pitching are 95% of baseball.Originally posted by firstname.lastname@example.com
No hostility intended. I like to point out those skills which Babe was not world-class, because so many people here post as if he were so amazing at all matters baseball. I really question if they knew how limited on a ballfield he really was.
Taken in isolation, these skills like getting down to first in a hurry to beat out a throw, or running down a long line drive between FR & CF, might not seem important to you, but taken in total, all these skills are what wins or loses games in the real world.
Bill Burgess
And as for those skills losing or winning games in the real world... I guess that's why Babe's teams had such lousy winning percentages.
Is it nice if somebody can do those things? Sure. Do you care if they can't do them if they hit .380 with fifty homers and 140 RBI? No, not a lick.
"Simply put, the passion, interest and tradition surrounding baseball in New York is unmatched."
Sean McAdam, ESPN.com
Originally posted by firstname.lastname@example.com
(Bill - That 95% figure is just so wrong. The 1930 Phillies were a bruising offensive team and came in last, due to lousy pitching & defense.
I think he's referring to that hitting is 95% of a BATTER's worth
The 1923-25 Tigers outhit & outscored the Yankees, yet came in behind them, due to poor pitching & god-awful defense.
The 1925 Tigers did not come in behind the 1925 Yanks
Even with a minimum of offense, as the '08, & '63 Dodgers proved.
If you're referring to the 1908 Tigers, they had more than a minimum of offense, as did the '63 Dodgers (3rd in adjusted BER & OPS)
It doesn't help that there was a typo in my original post, of course. It's supposed to say "hitting AND pitching are 95% of baseball." Of course you need good pitchers to win. In my opinion, good pitchers are more important than good hitters to winning ball games. Pitching wins ballgames, especially in the postseason.Originally posted by email@example.com
But he was MORE than proficient at hitting and pitching, and "hitting a pitching are 95% of baseball.
Is it nice if somebody can do those things? Sure. Do you care if they can't do them if they hit .380 with fifty homers and 140 RBI? No, not a lick."
(Bill - That 95% figure is just so wrong. The 1930 Phillies were a bruising offensive team and came in last, due to lousy pitching & defense.
Get over your obsession with "hitting is 95% baseball", ElHalo. It's been disproved for over 140 yrs. of BB history. Both Bonds & A-Rod have been disproving your pet theory for 5 yrs. now. Superstars without the supporting cast don't win pennants.
Bill Burgess
But pitchers really are responsible, in my opinion, for about 90% of how many runs a team gives up. If you think defense is really all that important, then let's see you put Walter Johnson up in front of a defense for 80 games, and then put, oh, I don't know, Jason Jennings up in front of that same defense for 80 games. If defense is so important, shouldn't they both give up about the same number of runs? But of course they won't. Because pitching is what determines how many runs a team gives up, for the most part. Not how rangy their right fielder is. That's certainly a part of it, but not a a huge part.
Those 1930 Phillies (while not really a bruising offensive team... they finished 4th in the NL in runs) did so poorly because they had awful pitchers on their team... a team ERA of 7.69. And would you believe this? 14 different pitchers started a game for those 1930 Phillies.... and exactly one of them, Grover Cleveland Alexander, had a career ERA less than league average. And his ERA that year was 9.14! I don't care if you've got Tris Speaker, Richie Ashburn, and Roger Maris in the outfield, with Ozzie Smith, Brooks Robinson, Bill Mazeroski, and Don Mattingly in the infield, and Johnny Bench at the plate... with pitchers like that, you're not going to win a lot of ballgames.
And can one guy win a pennant by himself? Of course not, and I never meant to imply that they can. I'm just saying that if Babe Ruth was hurting his team so much by not being able to, uh, bunt, then they wouldn't be winning so many games, would they? Because five times a game, when they really needed Babe to lay down a drag bunt, they just wouldn't be getting what they need.
Is hitting 90% of baseball? Of course not. But it's certainly 90% of offense. And is pitching 90% of baseball? No, but it's certainly 90% of defense. If you've got a team full of Walter Johnsons pitching, and a team full of Ted Williams's hitting, do you really think you're going to lose that many ballgames? If fielding and baserunning were really what won ballgames, then guys like Ray Ordonez and Tony Womack would be having their doors knocked down by major league GM's, instead of bouncing around the minors.
"Simply put, the passion, interest and tradition surrounding baseball in New York is unmatched."
Sean McAdam, ESPN.com
Mr. Burgess;
How long have you had this Ty Cobb obsession? Has he always been your favorite player?
I know, personally, I hated Ty Cobb from the very first time I read about him... he was a racist and he never touched alcohol, and those are two things I absolutely cannot abide in a human being.
But I know that to me, it was never the best players that I always had as my favorites. Babe Ruth, as great as he was, was never my favorite player... though I always loved him, more for his personality than his hitting feats. Pepper Martin and Billy Martin were always my favorites (odd that they've got the same last name...)... guys who were scrappy, spent most of their time drunk, and were as likely to fight you as look at you. I've always respected that, in a ballplayer and in a human being.
"Simply put, the passion, interest and tradition surrounding baseball in New York is unmatched."
Sean McAdam, ESPN.com
In some instances players can move a team up three to four places but the 1963 NL race is NOT a typical example. I'm laughing about where you say you're a big fan of the "rest of the team" then you say that one guy can make his team win twenty games just by himself.
I have to thank you for all the insight and great stories.
I grew up living and breathing Detroit Tiger baseball (and George Brett), and Ty Cobb was always my favorite (after George Brett). Honestly I never knew about any of the 'bad stuff' about him until I was probably a late teenager. So I guess I was too young to realize he shouldn't be my favorite player because he was supposedly such a bad person or whatever???
Anyway, I've been reading your posts here and find them VERY INTERESTING. I can see, agree or disagree, you have put a great amount of time and study into what you are saying. Thank you, it's great to see somebody with so much passion for what they speak of. I definately plan to check out some of the books you mentioned.
Now I have to get off this thread before I end up not getting any work done
My goodness, theres a lot of material to work throught in this thread. Bill, I applaud the effort you've put in to collecting your collections of Ty Cobb tributes. Some interesting reading, but do you really think it proves Cobb was better than Ruth? I think if anybody wanted to put in the effort (not volunteering myself thanks) they could come up with hundreds of equally glowing quotes about Ruth. Also, isn't it possible alot of the old timers picking Cobb over Ruth were as much expressing their preference the old "scientific" ball over the new live ball as anything else?
El Halo, I think you drastically underestimate defense. Your Walter Johnson vs Jason Jennings comparison "wouldn't they give up the same amount of runs with the same defense behind the" is a classic strawman. NOBODY thinks defense is the only factor in preventing runs. If it was, all pitchers on every staff would have the same ERA. There is a theory floating around that pitchers only control strike outs and home runs and defense determines almost everything else. I personally don't buy that, but I think defense is more like 30-40 of run prevention than the 10 percent you estimate. If you go with 30% that would make 15% of a position players value defensive. I would double that for middle of the diamond guys and half it for corner guys (just rough numbers here). If you check out a few pitchers that moved from good defensive teams to poor ones I think you'll be surprised by how much their ERA is impacted.
Total Baseball is a great reference in many ways, but I take their TPR with a grain of salt. Even though I respect defense more than some, I think they weigh it wrong and have some other conclusions that are hard to buy into. Bill Dahlen 20th all time? Tim Raines better than Joe DiMaggio? Art Fletcher better than Willie Stargell? I can't take that seriously.
Mr. Burgess,
I cannot fathom the amazing information and writing on Cobb you've done in this forum. In my history on baseball fever, I've never seen a better dissection and collection of research than what you've amassed on a singular player. You could write a book with all of your information! I give you much respect, and you deserve some kind of award for what you've done, because you're more than just a poster-you're a true baseball historian. I just wanted to comment on the fascinating job you've done, and I hold high respect for you on these boards. You bring extensive arguments to the table, and give every post some interesting information.
Keep up the great work,
Roy Hobbs,
You have a good point on #1 of your last post. Mr. Burgess, if you're intending to win the argument that Cobb is indeed the greatest player that ever lived, you may or may not realize that you may be working against him if you bring ethics of a player to the table, because Cobb really was a brutally bad man, and even though there are shades of grey to the argument, his actions may affect how people see him as an overall player.
I think anybody who knows much about either man would have to agree both Cobb and Ruth were extremely flawed human beings and extremely great ball players. To a large degree, picking between them is as much a choice of styles as it is about talent. Roy, I don't think Bill really needs my help here, but comparing raw RBI and run totals for Ruth and Cobb doesn't tell the whole story. Runs were MUCH easier to come by in Ruth's day. Bill, don't give up on converting me. I'm actually going through somewhat of a change of heart on how to wiegh the total ball player vs hitter in evaluating greatness.
Babe was a decent fielder in his younger days, okay range with a good arm. He was also an agressive baserunner -to the point of recklessness. I picture Hal McRae when trying to imagine a young Ruth on the basepaths. By the late 20's though he was a liability in the field and on the basepaths, frequently being lifted for pinch runners or defensive replacements (they didn't call Sammy Byrd "Babe Ruth's Legs" for nothing). Babe is still holding the #1 spot for me while I mull this over, but I could see a move of a better rounded player such as Ty or Honus or Willie or Bonds to number 1. Pure hitters like Williams and Hornsby would have to beat Babe on that basis and I can't see that.
Here I disagree. I agree that both were extremely great ball players. But I disagree that Ruth was an extremely flawed human being. Ruth was a heavy smoker, an alcoholic, a womanizer, a carouser... in short, exactly the kind of guy you'd want to have as a friend. Always quick with a smile and a dollar for the bartender. Loved children, loved women, loved liquor, loved life... in short, all of the qualities that one could hope to portray in themselves.Originally posted by leecemark
I think anybody who knows much about either man would have to agree both Cobb and Ruth were extremely flawed human beings and extremely great ball players.
How was he a flawed human being?
"Simply put, the passion, interest and tradition surrounding baseball in New York is unmatched."
Sean McAdam, ESPN.com
For the number crunchers.
The 24 seasons that Cobb played in the major leagues his teams averaged 712 runs a season. Cobb averaged 13% of his team's runs overall.
The difference between league total run averages in Cobb's career and Ruth's is 540.
If we disperse that average across the league, each team scores on average 67 runs more in Ruth's era than in Cobbs.
So, add 67 to the 712/season average for Cobbs team and you've adjusted it basically.
Multiply that number by .13, you get 101.335, multiply that by 24 and you get Cobb's adjusted runs which = 2,432.
Even with the adjustment Cobb scores a run every 4.7 ABs and Ruth scores a run every 3.8.
El Halo, I'll agree Babe was probably alot more fun to be around than Ty. I suppose if you don't think being a drunk, a whoremonger, a glutton, an an extremely ignorant, foul mouthed man who had absolutely no respect for authority and couldn't even be bothered to learn his teammates names are character flaws, then no he wasn't flawed in any way.
Oddly, I consider those all to be positive character traits. Except the ignorance part, of course.Originally posted by leecemark
El Halo, I'll agree Babe was probably alot more fun to be around than Ty. I suppose if you don't think being a drunk, a whoremonger, a glutton, an an extremely ignorant, foul mouthed man who had absolutely no respect for authority and couldn't even be bothered to learn his teammates names are character flaws, then no he wasn't flawed in any way.
"Simply put, the passion, interest and tradition surrounding baseball in New York is unmatched."
Sean McAdam, ESPN.com
I don't know whether to life or cry at that statement...from the irony of saying all are positive traits except ignorance by using an ignorant statement such as this...have you ever lived with an alcoholic? It's NOT a positive trait.Originally posted by ElHalo
Oddly, I consider those all to be positive character traits. Except the ignorance part, of course.
Here's something to ponder over.
Ty Cobb DID change, he built a hospital in a predominately black community in GA. He has a scholarship that is given not based on race but based on income. He fought many of his demons and won...many he still held. His mom killed his dad at 18 that is something no one can speculate what it would do to you, plus right afterwards he got hazed but his teammates and became paranoid.
Babe NEVER learned from his mistakes, and they eventually took a toll on his health, decimated what could have been an even more eye popping career...and eventually killed him. When he was passed over for a managing job, he pointed fingers instead of looking in the mirror and pointing one at himself. He had everything handed to him on a silver platter for so long, he couldn't see how much of a terrible, dependent person he was.
I'd rather be friends with Ty Cobb, because at least for the most part he saw many of the errors of his ways...unlike Babe. I think after the 3rd intervention with Babe I would have to walk away.
"2) You can call Cobb "Mr. Intangibles" all you want. But there's only a few statistics I think matter in this debate:
Ty Cobb had 2,245 R, 1,937 RBI in his career. This is over 11,434 AB, 3,035 G, 24 seasons.
Babe Ruth had 2,174 R, 2,213 RBI in his career. This is over 8,399 AB, 2,503 G, 22 seasons.
Now lets look at that.
All that baserunning ability, all that stealing, all the ferocity, all of that, gave Cobb 71 more runs than Ruth. Seventy-one more runs in 3,305 more ABs and 532 more games. Wow Cobb, that's amazing. Your baserunning skills, your stealing, so impressive.
Wow. 71 more runs in thousands more attempts.
So what if Cobb was a great runner and Ruth wasn't. Ruth did much better at what REALLY COUNTED, getting back to home plate, simple as that. That is the point to baserunning, setting yourself up in the position to score a run. Cobb did a lot to score runs but realistically Ruth was obviously better at it.
Ruth had many more RBIs and RBIs/AB than Cobb. I'm loathe to use RBI as a stastic of comparison because overall it is more of a team factor than an individual. But since you were talking about "place hitting" and contributing to the team... Well, all that place hitting et cetra didn't allow Cobb to drive in more runs.
And sure, Ruth had typically a better supporting cast than Cobb did (although the Tigers were no slouches.) But that doesn't account for Cobb scoring only 71 more runs in thousands of more ABs."
What are the runs/game, BA, SLG, and OBP for the American League during Ruth's career 1919-34 (as a regular) vs. Cobb's 1905-28???
Ruth played in an era DRASTICALLY more offensively oriented (overall) than Cobb.
Cobb never had anyone on any of his teams hit more than 21 homeruns, and most years nobody with CLOSE to even that weak figure.
On "71 more runs"... if Ty had a guys AVERAGING 150 RBI'S a A YEAR BATTING BEHIND HIM for 10 years, I think the disparity would be SLIGHTLY more. Just speculation, though. lol
He was on the top run scoring team of alltime (even with 154 games), and many others (murderers row) that were stacked with tremendous hitters, both power and for average.
You have to look a lot harder at this one (way past raw numbers). Adjust and normalize everything first, then take into account the teams the players were on. Then take into account the equipment improvement and rule changes that favor Ruth tremendously (as a HR hitter). Then playing in parks with a 256 ft. right field line, and later in one with a short porch and a 296 ft. right field line.
Ty Cobb had a 370 ft. right field line to contend with, conversely.
Ruth had many huge advantages that Ty was never afforded, yet Cobb was better alot longer and put up a record that stands up to anyone's.
And that's just ON PAPER, where Ruth shines. Read Bill Burgess' files to get some perspective on all the things Cobb did vastly better which by nature CANNOT show up in quantitative analysis. Baseball isn't a science, it's a game. And anyone who played most of their life (or was an astute observer) can tell you that there is a ton that happens on a baseball diamond that cannot show up in a stat book.
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Bill, you love to throw that home/away disparity in Ruth's 1921 season around. In the interest of fairness I think you might add that that was by no means typical of his career and his road slugging that season still lead the league by a wide margin. Ruth was helped by the Polo Grounds and later by Yankee Stadium, but to suggest he was a product of his park or that he wouldn't have been a tremendous slugger elsewhere cheapens the debate.
On to Cobb's personality, they are based off the following accounts:
andOne day while walking in Detroit, he stepped in freshly poured asphalt and was yelled at by Fred Collins, a construction worker who happened to be black. Cobb responded by slapping Collins, knocking him to the ground, and continuing on his way. He was charged with assault and battery and found guilty, but received a suspended sentence. Collins then filed a civil suit, which Cobb settled out of court for $75.
andAn unfortunate incident in Cleveland's Hotel Euclid forced Cobb to go through Canada to avoid arrest during the 1909 World Series in Pittsburgh. Late one Friday night, Cobb got in an argument with the elevator operator and slapped him. The night manager, a black man named George Stansfield, came to aid the elevator operator and ended up in a shouting match with Cobb. Stansfield then hit Cobb with his nightstick, and the two rolled on the floor. Cobb drew his knife and slashed Stansfield, while Stansfield drew his pistol and hit Cobb again with the nightstick. Stansfield filed both criminal and civil suits against Cobb, but later dropped the criminal suit. But the case was still pending during the World Series, with an arrest warrant out for Cobb. Police waited for the Tiger train through Ohio en route to Pittsburgh for the World Series to arrest him, but Cobb was going through Canada. The civil suit was settled for $100 and court costs.
.These incidents pale in comparison with what happened at Hilltop Park in New York in May 1912, and what that episode triggered. A fan whom Cobb recognized as a regular heckler was sitting behind the Tigers' dugout verbally abusing Cobb. He and Cobb traded insults for a while, but Cobb wanted to avoid trouble, so he stayed in center field carriage park area during the second inning. In the third, he went by the New York dugout to look for the owner to ask to have the fan removed. When he got back to the Tigers' bench, he yelled something to the fan about his sister. The fan, Claude Lueker, responded to Cobb by calling him a "half-[racial epithet]." Sam Crawford asked Cobb if he would take that from the fan, at which point Cobb charged twelve rows into the stands and began to beat the fan vigorously.
The first incident is completely inexcusable. If you walk on freshly poured concrete you should most assuredly expect the construction worker who just took the time to pour it to say something to you. Cobb would be in the wrong there whether the man was black or white, and I don't know how Cobb would have replied if the man had been white. But I see how he replied when the man was black.
The second incident in the elevator is hard to say. He was already engaged in a fight when the black man became involved so I can't say the whole incident was racially motivated.
The third incident, Cobb's most famous incident, stems from nothing but racism since he proceded to actually climb into the stands because someone had had the gall to suggest Cobb was black.


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Polycom | BCBusiness
Polycom revealed it will close its Burnaby development office in the middle of its own Team Polycom 2013 conference.
A San Jose tech firm announces it will close its Lower Mainland office during its biggest conference of the year.
The company behind a conference that will attract thousands of attendees to Downtown Vancouver this week has announced it will shutter its office in the Lower Mainland.
Polycom, a San Jose-based tech company specializing in videoconferencing platforms and tools, says it will be shutting down its development office in Burnaby.
The office currently employs 75 people, and while the company told technology blog TechVibes that 20 of those employees would continue to work remotely even after the closure, more than 50 workers will lose their jobs at the end of March.
The announcement comes during Team Polycom 2013, a four-day conference held at the new Vancouver Convention Centre. The conference, which runs from Feb. 4-7, is expected to turn out thousands and is described on Polycom's website as a "must-attend" global sales event for senior partner executives in unified communications companies.
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Lactarius turpis
|Lactarius turpis
|L. turpis
|Scientific classification
|L. turpis
|Binomial name
|Lactarius turpis
Fr. (1838)
Agaricus turpis Weinm. (1828)
|Lactarius turpis
|Mycological characteristics
|gills on hymenium
|cap is depressed
|hymenium is decurrent
|stipe is bare
|spore print is white
|ecology is mycorrhizal
edibility: choicebut not recommended
Lactarius turpis (also L. plumbeus or L. necator)[1] is commonly known as the Ugly Milk-cap in English. It is found naturally in Europe and Siberia, and has been introduced to Australia and New Zealand. While especially associated with birch, it is also found with spruce, pine and other trees in mixed woodland.
The messy, dirty appearance, seen in the photograph, is characteristic of the species and gives it its English name and the Latin species epithet, turpis. It seems to collect debris on top and the gills acquire a dirty brownish stain due to discoloured milk.
Taxonomy and naming[edit]
This very variable mushroom demonstrates a common phenomenon in mycology as there is much disagreement over naming. The three main scientific designations:
- Lactarius turpis Fr.,
- Lactarius necator (Bull.:Fr.) Karsten, and
- Lactarius plumbeus (Bull.:Fr.) S. F. Gray,
are usually,[2] but not always,[3] considered to be synonyms for same species. The epithets necator and plumbeus were both coined by Pierre Bulliard as Agaricus necator (1791) and Agaricus plumbeus (1793), but there is and was confusion as to which mushrooms were meant. The name turpis, derived from the latin term turpis "ugly",[4] was originated by Johann Anton Weinmann and taken over by Elias Magnus Fries in 1838.[5] Plumbeus too referred to the milk-cap's appearance, derived from the Latin for plumbeus "lead-coloured".
The cap is normally 8–20 cm (3.1–7.9 in) in diameter. At first it has an involute margin and a somewhat depressed centre. The upper surface is olive brown or yellow-green and is often sticky or slimy in the middle. When young it has velvety zones and may be shaggy at the rim. Later it becomes funnel-shaped and the colour darkens to blackish. The gills are dirty white, stained olive-brown by old milk, which is initially white on contact with the air. They are somewhat decurrent. With potassium hydroxide or ammonia there is a purple reaction. The stipe is up to about 7 cm (2.8 in) tall by 3 cm (1 1⁄4 in) in diameter and it is similar in colour to the cap, but much lighter. It may have shallow pits (scrobiculae). The flesh is a dirty white and tends to turn brown. The taste (especially the milk) is acrid. There is little smell. The spores are about 7x6 µ and are ornamented with a pattern of ridges.
This species is reported to contain the mutagen necatorin (=7-hydroxycoumaro(5,6-c)cinnoline), and so it cannot be recommended for eating. Boiling reduces the concentration of this compound, but does not effectively eliminate it.[9]
Probably due to the acrid taste, most western European authorities classify this mushroom as inedible[6] or poor.[2][5] However, it has popularly been used (after boiling) as a spice in mushroom dishes in northern and eastern Europe and Siberia (see Mushroom picking in Slavic culture). It is commercially available preserved in salt.[10] Considered a choice mushroom in Russia, one of the best for pickling (salt only, no vinegar).
See also[edit]
- ^ See the entry in Index Fungorum for the current name and synonyms.
- ^ a b c Marcel Bon: "The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-Western Europe" Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 0-340-39935-X.
- ^ Noordeloos Machiel E.; Kuyper Thomas W. (1999). "Notulae ad Floram agaricinam neerlandicam XXXV – On the typification of Lactarius necator". Persoonia. 17 (2).
- ^ Simpson, D.P. (1979). Cassell's Latin Dictionary (5 ed.). London: Cassell Ltd. p. 883. ISBN 0-304-52257-0.
- ^ a b c McNabb RFR (1971). "The Russulaceae of New Zealand. 1. Lactarius DC ex S.F. Gray". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 9 (1): 46–66. doi:10.1080/0028825x.1971.10430170.
- ^ a b Reid, Derek; Phillips, Roger; Shearer, Lyndsay (1981). "See entry". Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain and Europe. London: Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-26441-9.
- ^ Kibby, Geoffrey; Moser, Meinhard; Plant, Simon (1983). Keys to Agarics and Boleti (Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales). London: Roger Phillips. ISBN 0-9508486-0-3.
- ^ Courtecuisse R, Duhem B (1994). Guide des champignons de France et d'europe. Delachaux & Niestle. ISBN 2-603-00953-2. , also available in English.
- ^ Suortti T (July 1984). "Stability of necatorin, a highly mutagenic compound from Lactarius necator mushroom". Food Chem Toxicol. 22 (7): 579–81. doi:10.1016/0278-6915(84)90229-1. PMID 6547686.
von Wright A, Suortti T (August 1983). "Preliminary characterization of the mutagenic properties of 'necatorin', a strongly mutagenic compound of the mushroom Lactarius necator". Mutat Res. 121 (2): 103–6. doi:10.1016/0165-7992(83)90107-0. PMID 6348529.
- ^ See site of YeniseyEcoproduct, Krasnoyarsk
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youstopmecold - Faster building of ships
avoidance - Rise number of crew members
kobayashimaru - Skip to Next Mission
showmethemoney - Increases Money
phonehome - Chat List in Multiplayer Mode
screwyouguysimgoinghome - Boot List in Multiplayer Mode
canofwhoopass - 99 Additional Officers
First open the file RTS_CFG.H. Go to the line under difficulty settings and modify the line which says:
float EASY_DAMAGE = 0.5;
float HARD_DAMAGE = 2.0;
float EASY_DAMAGE = 0.0;
float HARD_DAMAGE = 0.0;
or whatever you want. Higher numbers make it harder. Then set the game difficulty to Easy or Hard. This will make your shields impervious to normal weapons fire. Any specials that naturally kill shields will still work.
Transport More People
Modify the same file as above (RTS_CFG.H.) and look for the line TRANSPORTER_MAX = 5;. Change this number to something higher and your transporters will carry more people each time.