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Hotel Lydia Maris
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Hotel Lydia Maris
About the Hotel
Property Location
With a stay at Hotel Lydia Maris in Rhodes (Kolymbia), you'll be close to Tsambika Monastery and Seven Springs. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Tsambika Beach and Afandou Beach.
Make yourself at home in one of the 205 individually furnished guestrooms, featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions. Rooms have private patios. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms have deep soaking bathtubs and complimentary toiletries.
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Grab a bite to eat at one of the hotel's 4 restaurants and 2 coffee shops/cafés, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Relax with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge or a poolside bar. A complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast is served daily.
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Featured amenities include high-speed (wired) Internet access (surcharge), a computer station, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Free self parking is available onsite.
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U.K. Stocks Fall; Mining Companies Drop on China Slowdown
U.K. stocks fell for a fifth day, the longest streak of losses since November, as commodities producers slid amid signs of slowing growth in China.
BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) and Rio Tinto Group, the biggest London-listed mining companies, declined more than 1 percent. Banking shares slid, with Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc retreating 5.1 percent. London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSE), Europe's oldest independent bourse, advanced 2.9 percent after fiscal second-half profit quadrupled.
The benchmark FTSE 100 Index (UKX) dropped 70.76, or 1.3 percent, to 5,267.62 at the close in London, extending this week's retreat to 5.5 percent. The gauge has declined 12 percent from its 2012 high on March 16 amid growing concern Greece will default on its debt, entering a so-called correction. The FTSE All-Share Index fell 1.4 percent today, while Ireland's ISEQ Index slipped 0.4 percent.
"Bulls will doubtless be glad to put this week behind them, having had to endure a wave of selling that has its origins in Europe," Chris Beauchamp, a market analyst at IG Index in London, wrote in an e-mail. "Monday morning will probably find us in very much the same position in which we are now."
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BHP Billiton fell 1.2 percent to 1,704.5 pence and Rio Tinto retreated 2.4 percent to 2,788 pence. Commodity shares dropped after data today showed China's home prices fell in a record number of cities last month and car dealers posted inventory levels that foreshadowed deeper price cuts, adding to signs of slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy.
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Banking shares declined, with RBS retreating 5.1 percent to 19.99 pence and Lloyds Banking Plc falling 6.2 percent to 25.95 pence. The stocks are at the lowest levels of the year. Barclays Plc slid 3.2 percent to 176.1 pence, for the biggest weekly drop since August.
Great Portland Estates Plc (GPOR) fell 1 percent to 373 pence and British Land Co. (BLND) retreated 1.3 percent to 488.7 pence. Land Securities Group Plc (LAND) lost 1 percent to 717.5 pence.
U.K. commercial real-estate investors may be unable to refinance as much as 100 billion pounds ($158 billion) of loans and the euro-region's debt crisis is making banks less willing to extend credit, according to a study by De Montfort University.
About 72.5 billion pounds to 100 billion pounds "will struggle to be refinanced on current market terms," according to a December survey of 63 lenders by the university, located near Leicester, England. The borrowers will have insufficient collateral to refinance maturing loans under current lending terms, the study showed.
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Wyandanch (sachem)
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|1658 (aged 42–43)
Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States
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Wyandanch (born 1615, Montauk Village, Paum-man-ak-e, New York–died 1658, Long Island City, Queens, New York)[1] was a sachem of the Montaukett Indians in the mid-17th century on eastern Long Island.[2] Initially he was a minor chief among the Montaukett,[3] but due to his skillful manipulation of various alliances and his accommodating stance towards the European colonists who gave him substantial military and economic support, he eventually became an influential "alliance chief" (a sachem who was responsible for maintaining friendly relations between his tribe and the settlers).[3]
Early life[edit]
Wyandanch (sometimes spelled as Wyandance) was born on Long Island roughly at the time of the pilgrims' arrival at Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts. While still young, in the second half of the 1630s Wyandanch heard about the almost total destruction of the Pequot in the Pequot War. He concluded that it was best to come to an understanding with the English colonists in southern New England and on Long Island.[2][4]
Three-way power struggle[edit]
Throughout most of the mid-17th century, Wyandanch was involved in a three-way political, and occasionally military, struggle against the famous Mohegan sachem Uncas and the Niantic sachem Ninigret.[5] Acting with the support of the colonists, Wyandanch was able to resist the Native American pressures. He kept his tribe in relation to the colonists.[3]
Miantonomoh's plan and war[edit]
Wyandanch was credited by Lion Gardiner with being the sachem who prevented a rebellion by Miantonomoh (sometimes spelled as Miantonomi) of the Narragansetts. Miantonomoh supported the English during the Pequot War and in 1638 a tripartite treaty of peace and friendship was signed between the English, the Narragansetts and the Mohegans. However, upset by further expansion of English colonies and the founding of new settlements, in 1640 Miantomoh approached Wyandanch with an offer of an anti-English alliance and a surprise attack on the newly built colonial villages. Wyandanch however, reminded Miantomoh about the fate of the Pequots and of the Mystic river massacre and in that way managed to dissuade him from attacking the English for the time being.[6] In 1643 the Narragansetts went to war against the Mohegans, were defeated, and Miantomoh was captured by Uncas and executed with the approval of the British. Because Miantomoh had been trying to agitate other Montaukett chiefs against Wyandanch - to get their support against the Mohegans, which Wyandanch refused - his defeat and death strengthened Wyandanch's position within his own tribe.[7]
Increasing influence[edit]
In 1644 Wyandanch was still most likely a minor chief among the Montauketts, as evidenced by an agreement from that year in which the tribe sold 31,000 acres (130 km2) of land near Southampton to the English; a number of other sachems' signatures appear before his on the document, indicating their relative importance.[8]
In 1649 and 1650 however, Wyandanch skillfully used his position as an "alliance chief" to increase his own prestige. He defused a tense stand off between the Shinnecock tribe and the colonists, over the killing of an English woman (which was itself done in retaliation for the murder of a Shinnecock Indian earlier). As a result, he acquired the right to manage and sell Shinnecock land as his own, although he was also made responsible for preventing Shinnecock attacks on the colonists and other tribes.[9]
Dispute with Ninigret[edit]
Soon after the sachem of the Niantics, Ninigret, tried to assassinate the chief of the Shinnecocks, Mandush, for his having made an alliance with Wyandanch. However, the would-be assassin was captured before he could carry out his orders and was executed by Wyandanch and Mandush, who then burned his body as an insult to the Niantic leader.[9] Ninigret attempted to get revenge starting in 1652, after the outbreak of the First Anglo-Dutch War. After getting a tacit promise from the English (according to Roger Williams) that they would not intervene in a Niantic-Montaukett war, Ninigret attacked a Montaukett settlement, killed thirty men and carried off fourteen prisoners, among whom were two of the tribes sachems and Wyandanch's own daughter.[10][11] Soon, however, a peace settlement was reached and the captives released, though the exact terms of the agreement are uncertain. According to Ninigret, Wyandanch swore allegiance to him, agreed to pay tribute[12] and allowed the Niantic chief to sell his land. Wyandanch however claimed that he had simply paid ransom for the captives, through the intermediation of Lion Gardiner. Additionally, Roger Williams gave the credit for the peace to English in their role as mediators.[13]
Wyandanch broke the agreement in 1654, perhaps in a calculated move to demonstrate his independence, by launching a surprise attack against the Niantics. At the same time, Wyandanch brokered an agreement between members of his tribe and the English settlers on Long Island in relation to cattle grazing rights. As a result, by 1655, he received substantial military support from the colonists in his war against Ninigret. This included an English sloop which patrolled Long Island Sound and sank any Niantic canoes that were trying to make their way across.[13]
Ninigret in turn attempted to use colonial institutions to get back at Wyandanch and accused the Montaukett sachem before the English. The three charges were that Wyandanch had broken the peace treaty, that he had personally murdered an Englishman named Drake, and that he had been practicing witchcraft in an attempt to kill the Mohegan chief Uncas (Uncas made a similar charge at about the same time).[14] Wyandanch was exonerated on all three charges because Ninigret's witnesses failed to show up on time, and because the English colonists of Long Island testified on Wyandanch's behalf in the Plymouth court. The trial however did demonstrate the greater use and reliance of the Native American tribes in the area on colonial institutions.[15]
Later life[edit]
In the second half of the 1650s, Wyandanch had acquired enough power and influence to be considered the main "alliance chief" on Long Island by the colonists. He acted as an intermediary between the English and the Native Americans; he defused a tense situation between the colonists and some Shinnecocks who had been accused of arson. After the Shinnecocks were ordered to pay an outrageous fine for restitution Wyandanch filed an appeal on their behalf which resulted in the fine being somewhat reduced. His other activities involved certifying land sales, making such sales himself and resolving disputes over deeds and payments. Eventually, the English accepted that any such transfer of land had to first be approved by Wyandanch.[16]
In late 1658 Wyandanch let an Englishman, Jeremy Daily, use his canoe (which may have been up to 40 feet (12 m) long) to transport goods across Long Island sound, in exchange for Daily carrying out some repairs on it prior to the shipment. After arriving on Gardiners Island, Daily failed to properly care for the boat and in subsequent bad weather it became damaged. As a result, Wyandanch sued Daily in colonial court, in what was one of the earliest trials with an English defendant and a Native American plaintiff in the history of the English colonies in North America.[17] Wyandanch won his case and Daily had to pay him ten shillings for damages and additional fines for court fees.[17]
In 1659, he deeded a portion of his land to Lion Gardiner which later became the town of Smithtown and also appointed Gardiner the guardian of his young son, Wyancombone until he reached maturity.[18] Gardiner later claimed that Wyandanch was poisoned but he did not state why or by whom.[19]
Wyandanch's wife and son died soon after him, in the plague that struck the Algonquian tribes in southern New England during this time.[20] After his death the office of "chief sachem" and "alliance chief" went into decline and was completely eliminated by the English after they managed to conquer New Netherland.[19]
Wyandanch, New York is named for him.
- ^ From the Brotherhood Genealogy
- ^ a b Strong, pg. 48
- ^ a b c Strong, pg. 54
- ^ Wyckoff, pg. 12
- ^ Strong, pg. 52
- ^ Strong, pgs. 53-54
- ^ Strong, pg. 55
- ^ Strong, pg. 56
- ^ a b Strong, pg. 58
- ^ Strong, pg. 60
- ^ Wyckoff, pg. 15
- ^ Wyckoff, pg. 14
- ^ a b Strong, pg. 61
- ^ Strong, pg. 63
- ^ Strong, pg. 64
- ^ Strong, pgs. 66-69
- ^ a b Strong, pg. 68 Google Books
- ^ Overton, pg. 125
- ^ a b Strong, pg. 69
- ^ Overton, pg. 128
Works cited[edit]
- John A. Strong "Wyandanch: Sachem of the Montauks", in Robert Grumet ed., "Northeastern Indian Lives", University of Massachusetts Press, 1996, books.google.com
- Edith Hay Wyckoff, "The fabled past: tales of Long Island", Kennikat Press/University of Virginia, 1978.
- Jacqueline Overton, "Indian life on Long Island: family, work, play, legends, heroes", Volume 23 of Empire State historical publications series, I. J. Friedman, 1963.


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Ford Forums - Mustang Forum, Ford Trucks, Ford Focus and Ford Cars (http://www.fordforums.com/forum.php)
- Ford Escort | Ford Laser | Ford TX3 | Ford Sierra | Mercury Capri (http://www.fordforums.com/f63/)
- - Cooling Fan Stuck On (http://www.fordforums.com/f63/cooling-fan-stuck-180816/)
Cooling Fan Stuck On
Hey guys,
About a month back my girlfriend got in an accident. Didn't appear to be any mechanical damage, just needed a new fender, bumper, headlight, and hood. Anyways, she mentioned that her car is "loud" when she drives and upon looking under the hood, the cooling fan is always stuck on.
I'm not sure the cause of the problem, so far what I can think of in terms of possible causes are
- Fuse (but this would most likely make cause it to be stuck off right?)
- Relay (Could be stuck open)
- I hadn't been able to locate a single relay, but instead a constant control relay module underneath the air intake.
- Temperature Sensor
I have been leaning towards the fuse not being the problem. Figured a fuse problem would instead cause the fan to be stuck in the off position.
It seems that the temperature gauge is reflecting the correct temperature, as it is at C when the car is just starting and maxes out at the midway point. Seems that this wouldn't likely be the problem to me then (unless there are two separate temperature sensors, one going to the fan control module and one going to the gauge).
Would the constant control relay module be a likely culprit? Anything else you guys can think of?
Thanks for any help in advanced.
The car is a 1998 Ford Escort.
Re: Cooling Fan Stuck On
Sounds lie your cooling fan relay is stuck in the on position.
Re: Cooling Fan Stuck On
I was getting that same hunch. Can't seem to find any parts matching the description of a fan relay on autozone, oreily, napa, or rockauto though. Only thing I could find is this:
BWD RCM27M - Relay Control Module | O'Reilly Auto Parts
Is that fan relay incorporated into that module?
From what I've gathered from my googling, the relay should be under the air intake, but I can't start disassembling until I get some daylight tomorrow. Does that database by any chance have a part number for the high / low speed fan relays? Otherwise i'm not quite sure where to get a replacement part from if there are indeed two relays under the airbox.
Re: Cooling Fan Stuck On
I'm not certain on the Escort set up but check if there is a temp sensor unit on the bottom of the radiator that operates the fan and make sure the plug is connected to it and if so make sure the connection is good. On some setups the fan runs if the sensor is unplugged.
Re: Cooling Fan Stuck On
Dont like posting links to other sites but this shows you pictures and location of the sensors and relays , might help you .
Ford Escort Owners Association
Re: Cooling Fan Stuck On
I believe the relay in question should be in the fuse box in the engine. It look like a black block. Owner's manual should call it out.
Re: Cooling Fan Stuck On
On the 98 model there is no cooling fan relay in the box. The relay there controls the headlights. There is however a fuse.
Anyways, I wound up replacing the CCRM and that did the trick. Her car no longer sounds like a lawnmower when driving it. Was ~$90 at autozone but they had none in stock so it cost me $140 at O'reily. Didn't find much information on this module in the manual but from what I've gathered is it holds four relays, one being the cooling fan and one being the fuel pump. Can't recall what the other two were.
In order to do the job I think it took a 1/2" socket to remove the air box, 5.5 mm socket to remove the CCRM, and a 5 mm socket to remove the harness from the CCRM.
Thanks for the input though guys, I appreciate it.
Re: Cooling Fan Stuck On
Sorry, tend to forget that Ford never does the same thing twice, the relay is located in the CCRM. Nice to hear you got it, then.
Re: Cooling Fan Stuck On
Good to hear you got it fixed , info may help others with same problem .Thanks for update .
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Pictures of three young men raping a Saudi girl, distributed on mobile phones and on the internet, provoked "angry reactions and a state of outrage that has never been witnessed among Saudis", the report said.
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Reviewing Access to Assisted Reproductive Technology for the Creation of 'Saviour Siblings': Limits on the Basis of Genetic Disposition?
Smith, Malcolm K. (2007) Reviewing Access to Assisted Reproductive Technology for the Creation of 'Saviour Siblings': Limits on the Basis of Genetic Disposition? In The Australasian Bioethics Association and The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Health, Law and Ethics Joint Conference 2007. Health, Bioethics and the Law: Inclusions and Exclusions, 28 November to 1 December, 2007, Melbourne, Australia.
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The regulation of assisted reproductive technology (ART) in Australia is a complicated mix of legislation, professional standards and guidelines. The legislation in Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia, place limits on access to fertility services that do not exist in the non-statutory jurisdictions. Those who are clinically infertile or at risk of passing on a genetic disease or disorder if they were to naturally conceive are able to access services. However, it is arguable that the statutory eligibility criteria remain discriminatory in two ways despite the impact of previous court challenges. Firstly, it remains discriminatory to deny access to single and lesbian women unless they have been unable to conceive after having heterosexual intercourse over a required time frame.
The main focus of the paper however, relates to the second aspect of the statutory eligibility criteria, particularly in relation to the creation of saviour siblings. Some couples seek access to IVF services on the basis that they wish to have another child who would also be a tissue type match for an existing ill child. The use of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis offers assistance in establishing tissue type prior to implantation of an embryo in the IVF cycle. However, under the current statutory eligibility criteria, a couple will only be granted access if they are themselves at risk of passing on a genetic disease or disorder. This means a couple who wish to use PGD solely to detect tissue type would not fall within the eligibility criteria. The lack of eligibility criteria in the non-statutory jurisdictions means that the technology is potentially available for detecting tissue compatibility regardless of whether the parents are themselves at risk of passing on a genetic disease. A distinction that is arguably irrelevant.
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Madstop Twostep
Madstop Twostep for Concert Band. 3. Duration 3:10. Published by LudwigMasters Publications (LG.SBS-324).
From the pen of this most prolific and successful composer comes this original work in the form of a rag (also known as a two-step) for band. Rather than a historical adaptation of an existing work, this original work is extremely entertaining and fun to.


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Pastor's annual report
It is that time of year when things begin again. I guess you could call it "new life."
I have learned to be cautious when I think of new beginnings because for the Christian, they come with the baptismal idea of a death to bring about new life.
Just as Jesus dies and rises, we die with Christ and rise to new life with Him in our baptism. Daily new beginnings; how welcome they can be!
Recently I had cause to write a letter to someone and fill them in on the ministry of the church. I was struck by the new beginnings. I made my list and some I share with you.
These came at a cost. Many put themselves outside their comfort zone so these may be possible. And, of course, Christ died so this body of Christ could now move forward as it does.
Here is a portion of that list:
• Our Vacation Bible School was extremely well planned and carried out. We had a larger number of visiting children (unchurched) and 37+ volunteers to carry out that ministry. It was done by YOU every step of the way from opening prayers and teaching to the closing praise!
• We enter this fall with six options for Bible studies. Most are lay-led as you stretch your faith knowledge and share bread with others that hunger.
• Our Wednesday Night Community takes on a new opportunity; we will meet 10 weeks to go through the story line of the Bible. We join to break bread together, we view and discuss God's story.
We also rejoice to have a children's program run by Lisa Walker at our neighboring church, Assembly of God, and her leaders. This gives more of us opportunity to develop our small groups while our children also learn more about some Bible characters and learn more about worship and prayer.
We celebrate a common story with others of faith. From there we open conversation about Lutheranism.
• Our Confirmation program will have a new curriculum and student Bibles. It also will have more parent involvement in teaching!
• We begin a Post-Confirmation Youth group under the leadership of Jan Brasel and Kate Rennicke
• Our Sunday School plans are in place. Some new faces share the teaching and leadership this year.
• Finally, I would mention that after five years of hard work by the council and congregation, we will end our financial year very close to what we had budgeted. This is cause for celebration! We did it with our ducks in a row, finally, and the hope of living within our means.
Now we have the opportunity to give more so we can do more mission, more ministry and service to the poor, the vulnerable, the imprisoned and all the suffering that Christ loves. It will take all of us moving forward in contributing our time and talents and resources. But we can do it.
We have weathered the challenges of ELCA division and find ourselves disagreeing on issues, but committed to moving forward, as a body, in the love of Christ. You can almost hear the words of Revelation 21:5 as we move into the new future:
"And the one sitting on the throne said, 'Look, I am making everything new!'"
May we continue to grow in faith and courage and live into the will of God.


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I reverted the following edit due to its extensive removal of apparently proper, cited material from the main article to the background information. I leave it here to be discussed.
- The size discussion
There is a lot of confusion about the correct measurements of this class because some reference works list it as one constant version with a length around 150 meters. But if the appearances through the movies and series are analyzed it becomes indubitable that there are three different versions of this class.
i have a picture of about 30 classes of ships and its listed at 132m i know the books are not canon but its still yet another size listing
- The Tsiolkovsky type
The only definite appearance of this type can be observed in TNG: "The Naked Now" where the USS Tsiolkovsky is towed of by a Galaxy-class starship. Regarding the low range of a tractor beam the Tsiolkovsky is quite close to the Enterprise-D what allows a very precise calculation of her size in comparison with the well known dimensions of a Galaxy class. Working with the proportions of the reused movie model of the Grissom the following data becomes canonical for this ship:
- Length: ~265m
- Beam: ~150m
- Height: ~80m
- Decks: 12-13 (without pylons)
- Crew: ~80 (mentioned)
These dimensions fit perfectly to the given crew complement and the observations of spacious interiors (which were re-dresses of the Enterprise-D and -A sets), leaving enough space for laboratories and other things a science ship is supposed to have. The saucer section will have about four decks.
It is unclear if the USS Grissom is of the same type, but its spacious bridge (a partial re-dress of the refitted Constitution-class bridge from Star Trek: The Motion Picture) may indicate this.
- The Vico type
This type is significant smaller than the Tsiolkovsky type, its definite appearance is in TNG: "Hero Worship" where the master systems display of the SS Vico is visible in the background clearly showing two decks within the saucer section. Fortunately this allows also a precise calculation:
- Length: ~115m
- Beam: ~60m
- Height: ~35m
- Decks: 8 (13 with pylons)
A ship of this size would have a far smaller crew complement, likely less than 50. Its role is unclear, but if it is a science ship type its research capacities will be limited due to the limited space.
- The Cochrane type
This type is another curiosity that appeared in Star Trek Generations during the last scene of the movie. In this case, the size comparison is more difficult, but the unnamed Oberth class (maybe the USS Valiant) can be seen in comparison to a Miranda-class cruiser and a Nebula-class starship. Especially the latter dwarfs the Oberth to dimensions of a runabout. Regarding this scene it is indubitable that this type does not come close to the size of the Vico type. In comparison to the definitely known size of the Nebula class (length: 442 meters) this ship is not longer than 50m, wider than 28m and higher than 15m. The saucer section will have a diameter of only around 12m and one deck. This makes it nearly impossible that it can be classified as a full science ship, more likely is the role of a transport or a surveyor. The former is supported by the appearance of the USS Cochrane in DS9: "Emissary" which transports personnel to the outpost Deep Space 9. The Cochrane appears also to be quite small compared to the huge space station.
- Conclusion
It is unfortunate that the special effects for the series and the movies were produced by different companies so that the size of this class changed at least three times. On the other hand, issues with ship's dimensions are nothing new inside the production of the Star Trek universe.
--From Andoria with Love 20:46, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- Not cited?!? It is cited with links and pictures, the previous stuff was not cited, not mine... (and I removed nothing, I only added informations...) --Porthos 21:17, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
Er... I never said your info was not cited... but that is a lot of valid info to move into the background section. Also, please do not revert articles while a discussion is still being held here, thank you. --From Andoria with Love 21:23, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- Who do you think you are? I moved no valid infos, I improved what has been given before. If you don't have any concrete criticism then this is revert vandalism. You have ten minutes to find something or I change it back... --Porthos 21:30, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the warning, now I can protect the page. In the meantime, read the discussion at the bottom of this page. --From Andoria with Love 21:32, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- That's not the appropriate way. Not I have to defend what I wrote, you have to prove me wrong. As long as you do not have any concrete criticism, this is an irregular revert. --Porthos 21:47, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- (Take a look at the notes I made at the bottom of the page Porthos, your idea can still be put on your user page.) I know what you feel, as I had something like this happen before. It may take time, but you'll eventually understand why items like this aren't used. - Adm. Enzo Aquarius 21:33, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- To further explain why the 'Size discussion' item was removed. A majority of this information is speculation based on visual fact. I did this exact same thing in Nova-class (But mainly with interior sets and the model), which caused a major discussion. Speculation like the size comparison is best left to Background Information (But in a smaller, summarized state). Also, if you look at other articles for starships, you'll notice that items like 'size comparison' aren't used (See Excelsior-class, an excellent starship article). The Lakota variant is mentioned, but it's merged into the article and not 'standing out', like the above article. It doesn't also include 'extensive' analysis based on speculation. Hope this helps ;) - Adm. Enzo Aquarius 21:24, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
Thank you, Enzo. My apologies for not discussing things more clearly, but I am not in the best physical (and as a result, mental) health at the moment. :( --From Andoria with Love 21:27, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- No problem, glad to have helped (Hope you get well soon though!). Additionally, Porthos, your notes are quite intriguing. If you feel like doing so, you are more than welcome to put your ideas into your user page where personal opinion is welcome ;) - Adm. Enzo Aquarius 21:30, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
Thanks again. I will try. :) --From Andoria with Love 22:11, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- There is no speculation. All of this is clearly visible on screen and this "problem" (if you call it so) of the Oberth is well known, I just wrote it down. And I put it as short as possible (without being imprecise) at the background section as you suggested. That there is no such comparison at Excelsior-class is caused by the simple fact that there are no such "problems" with that class. If there were there would have to be such a section, without it it wouldn't be a FA. Find a mistake in what I wrote and we can talk, but I can't take this answer as serious. (Btw: this text is part of the German article for months and nobody there complained, even our "expert" {an admin btw.} for this found no mistake) --Porthos 21:42, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
Porthos, you need keep your attitude in check. The purpose of this talk page is to discuss your opinion in a cool, collected manner, not to blatantly label the other opinions as wrong. Please remember this when commenting in the future. --From Andoria with Love 21:49, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- The model that was designed for ST3 and the official specifications that were released for it at the time of the movie, as well as later specifications that Probert released around the 1st season of TNG (which corrolated with the original specs) give the overall length of the Grissom to be 395 feet (or 120m), which is actually what should be on the page, as those were the "official" specs. Any comparison outside of that range should simply be noted as an fx error and left in the background information-- because yes, there have been some errors in sizing, notably between the Galaxy and Oberth, but also between the Galaxy and the Constellation, Klingon BoP, and D'Deridex. Unless someone actually made a conscious effort on screen or off to note that there are multiple sized designs for the Oberth class, we shouldn't assume that there are-- and from what I am reading above, there is a lot of assuming there. Otherwise, I really don't see how making the background section of the Oberth class larger than the main as an efficient use of information. It would, however, be beneficial if we linked the page to the ex-astris-scientia article for further readings on the subject, rather than rehashing it when the work has already been done for us. Above all, numbers are concrete, fx errors fluctuate. Keep that in mind. --Alan del Beccio 01:19, 24 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- Agreed, Ex-Astris-Scientia has some excellent discussions on starship size conflicts. Instead of having a huge article in the Background Information, the Oberth article should be linked instead. - Adm. Enzo Aquarius 14:12, 24 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- That's exactly what I want to avoid. This has to be analysed here, not somewhere outside. If we start this, we can say "hey, why creating articles, someone wrote it somewhere (e.g. Wikipedia) down, just make an external link". That's not the purpose of MA. Concerning screen evidence: if we just ignore what we see on screen, a lot of things (facts) can be changed because someone says "hey, that's just a mistake". If someone of the production staff says "the Klingon BoP is 200m long" because he mistook something that has been said from another prod. guy, we change the article to this? Ignoring the fact that we clearly saw two different models, the 110m and the 300+ m (but never a 200m)? No, we don't. We write down what we see on screen, as long as it is explainable (from inside the universe). That's what I did. Show me that you can do it better. --Porthos 23:17, 24 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- We already did. There is only ONE size Oberth-- no factual dialog or diagrams or background information exists to prove otherwise. The EXACT SAME MODEL from square one was used to the bitter end, a model that was specifically defined as being 120 meters in length. We are not here to critique to competence of the FX editors-- THAT is not the purpose of MA -- we are here to support what is described as canon. --Alan del Beccio 06:29, 25 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- There's also no dialog that says that there are two versions of the Klingon BOP (with obvious differences in dimensions), but we have this and this as screen evidence (the same models too). It's exactly the same like this and this. Up to now, you have no counter-evidence from the in-universe perspective. And as long as you don't find this, I have the right to add this. --Porthos 18:10, 25 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- We don't need to find any reasoning against including speculation. If they did not mention something about the class, then there is no reason we should include the information. Which is what you are attempting to do. Therefore, the same answer applies as before-- 'We are not here to critique to competence of the FX editors-- THAT is not the purpose of MA -- we are here to support what is described as canon...' nor create speculation from their errors. For that very reason we no longer have "nitpicks" in episode pages or their background-- because we are not here to critique the writers. --Alan del Beccio 02:18, 26 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- Ok, lets clear a more simple question first: the perspective. Normally, we write the main text from inside the Trek universe, but the background stuff from the Meta-Trek (our) universe. What has happened here is that both collides: we have, like Porthos said, the same case like with B'rel and K'Vort, but we do not know if maybe the different persons that were responsible for the different appearances really wanted what we see or if it is just some misunderstanding (the series had other FX artists than ST3 and ST3 had [likely because of the timespan] other ones than ST7). In case of the BoPs we know it was intended to be so, so the on-canon perspective fits. In this case we don't know what was intended (or only for ST3), so if it is treated like maybe-canon and dealt with in the background section it will give the readers all informations they need. The EAS link will be a good supplement to this. So finally, we have to clear the question how this should be written for the background section, this is the problem that should be solved now.
- @Gvsualan: Don't mix up nitpicks and observations. If we write a note about the fact that Picard has a bald head on the academy picture from Nemesis, but not in his memories in "Tapestry", this is an observation. If we say this is an error, it becomes a nitpick. And to add observations about possible contradictory info as background (footnotes) is accepted here. The rest read above. --Memory 22:57, 26 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- You may also recall me saying: "Any comparison outside of that range should simply be noted as an f/x error and left in the background information." Making an issue out of f/x errors in such a way that one begins to create speculative ship and crew sizes to justify the errors goes beyond the realm of observation and into the realm of nitpicking. Yes-- there are a size issues here, but it is also a fact that there are size issues with the Enterprise-D as well, as I mentioned in numerous references above, but I don't recall any conversations regarding the E-D's/Galaxies size issues anywhere on M/A. What's not to say the E-D was incorrectly scaled to the Oberth and not the other way around? Nothing. So why assume the Oberth is scaled wrong and not the E-D? Or both? Since both ships were given fairly "official" dimensions, it is quite clear that it is a sizing issue with one or both, hence, as you say, it becomes an observation. But to critique something to the point that you are making up data, then you are nitpicking. As for the BoP scenario, as least (or unfortunately), we have the comfort (or inconvenience)of knowing that 3 class variations of that model exist to somewhat justify the size variations, something that can only be assumed in the case with the Oberth. But therein lies the problem: assumption; creating conflict in a situation that can be, and should be, explained with the ease of simply saying "there have been many f/x error in the utilization of this model." --Alan del Beccio 14:13, 27 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- That's the point "perspective" I've been talking about. If you say it is an error, you're saying this from the Meta-Trek perspective (and by the way: nobody here has a proof that it is an error from that perspective. Or can anybody cite a f/x department member saying "we made an error"?). But from the in-perspective it could really be a big-sized (or small-sized) version. This isn't possible with the Ent-D/E because their size is determined and correctly used 98% the time they appear on screen. And one specific ship like the Ent-D can't change it's size from episode to episode (in-perspective), so the errors (Meta-Trek) are really clear definable as those. That isn't valid for the mentioned Oberth's because they appear only one time, so there is no other comparison to prove it an error. I don't think that data has been made up, EAS observed similar differences and the dimensions mentioned above seem to be quite good researched. That doesn't means that we should write something with the length of the EAS article, but we have to show the possibilities concerning this situation (I call it "situation" because "error" is an assumption too), and also the probably differing sizes and purposes. The crew size assumption can be removed, but everybody can rewrite something if he thinks that such a sentence is too much, so that's not the point. On the other hand, it is accepted to add longer paragraphs about potential contradictory info, like it happened on James T. Kirk concerning the academy rank issue (and on other pages). Just writing "it's an error" in these cases would not fit the purpose of MA as the definite resource for all facts, because these "situations" are important facts too and have to be handled according to our in-universe POV. If something like the Kirk or this issue is really dizzying, it is the regular way to write it as background information, and this has been proposed here. (This is going to make the page too long, so I started at the left again.) --Memory 20:03, 27 Dec 2005 (UTC)
I'm all for a revised (and shortened) version of Porthos' information. Perhaps we can start off the section the way Porthos starts it off, but say something like "from a visual perspective, one might assume there are three variants in the class" and briefly discuss the size variances of each "type" in the class and how this may be an f/x error. The background section itself, however, should not be divided into further sections and the unconfirmed measurement info should be left out. Also, the length should stay at 120m, since that is the "official" length, and the background should emphasize that, since none of this was in dialogue, it is all speculation. But the article should focus on what was established (and later confirmed) by Probert, as Alan stated above. --From Andoria with Love 05:01, 28 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- Well, I'm always a little wary of these size specifications and comparisons, but regarding this issue... The point, I think, is that we want to note obvious mistakes, but do not really want to add unnecessary speculation based on these mistakes. In this case, the differences in size are very obvious, and should be noted somehow. However, unless we have a definite statement that this was not simply an f/x error but a conscious decision, we shouldn't start speculation about size, crew complement and roles of various hypothetical ship types.
- My suggestion would be to re-add a condensed section about this to the "background" section of that article, but without too specific speculation, further subsections and the word "canonical" used in a context that is not... ;) I think it would be enough to note that the apparent size of that ship in f/x shots "ranged from about 50% to 200% of the official size" and add small versions of the two images like here. -- Cid Highwind 12:14, 28 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- Well, I'm always a little wary of these size specifications and comparisons, but regarding this issue... The point, I think, is that we want to note obvious mistakes, but do not really want to add unnecessary speculation based on these mistakes. In this case, the differences in size are very obvious, and should be noted somehow. However, unless we have a definite statement that this was not simply an f/x error but a conscious decision, we shouldn't start speculation about size, crew complement and roles of various hypothetical ship types.
Background rewriteEdit
- The size discussion
There is a lot of confusion about the correct measurements of this class because some sources and internet pages list it as one constant version with a length between 100 and 150 meters. This has been contradicted by at least two appearances, creating the possibility of three different types of this class. These are represented e.g. through the USS Tsiolkovsky, appearing in TNG: "The Naked Now", which can be sized exactly in comparison with a Galaxy-class starship, giving dimensions of ~265m / ~150m / ~80m (L/B/H) and a mentioned crew complement of 80. This is supported by the model of the SS Vico, that was build with the Tsiolkovsky-sizing in mind so that it's saucer section has four decks (not clearly visible in the episode, but on the model), what is impossible for the 120m type. Unsuitably, the Vico is a
canonical representative of this type because its MSD is clearly visible in TNG: "Hero Worship", showing the saucer section with two decks and the whole ship with 13. This gives her the definite dimensions ~115m / ~60m / ~35m (L/B/H), maybe also the "original" idea for the USS Grissom. Finally, there is an Oberth class (maybe the USS Valiant) that appears at the end of Star Trek Generations, escorted by a Miranda-class cruiser and a Nebula-class starship. These dwarf the Oberth to a size of definitely below 60m in length. It remains unclear if the latter was a mistake of the effects crew of ST7 or an intentionally resizing.
Shortened, some things removed, better now? --Porthos 23:42, 28 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- I'd still remove the word "canonical" (see above), it seems to be nothing but a filler in that place. I also wouldn't use a "gallery" here, but use thumbnail images instead. To not use the images more than once on the page, I would use the Tsiolkovsky one and the one from ST:Generations as thumbnails in this section, and replace the existing appearance of the ST:GEN image with the Vico MSD. Other than that, I think it is better now. -- Cid Highwind 00:57, 29 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- If I may intersect: It is possible (I read that in TrekBBS or Flare somewhen) that the Tsiolkovsky was not intented to be an Oberth class at all, very much like the Pegasus was not. They should have been different models which were not built because of budget reasons. -- Kobi - (Talk) 11:39, 29 Dec 2005 (UTC)
I wrote "canonical" to make clear that it is no speculation. It appeared clearly visible on screen, and this makes something canon. The gallery was only a test, the point is that these images belong to the section as the proof for what I wrote. A visual citation. --Porthos 19:36, 29 Dec 2005 (UTC)
Background rewrite II Edit
- I've rewritten the above to change some the verbage and to give it more of a vague, but equally informative (and somewhat neutral) view of the issue, without the use of any sort of solid numbers and with clearer introduction to the original size/intentions of the model or without using any sort of specific numbers of possible dimensions for the class. I also used or paraphrased some of Kobi/Cid's remarks, so hopefully you guys don't mind me adding those comments to what I rewrote below. I was a little confused on the Vico explanation, so hopefully my interpretation is relatively accurate. --Alan del Beccio 20:27, 30 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- Inconsistencies
Following the initial design of the USS Grissom for Star Trek III, which established an official length of 120 meters, the apparent size of the Oberth class in f/x shots has varied from range of roughly 50% to 200% of the established size. Although a majority of these errors can be attributed to the f/x editors, the vessels subsequent appearances suggest a class of varying ship-sizes.
During the production of TNG Season 1, Andrew Probert reestablished the Oberth class length at 120 meters. Despite this, the first appearance of the class in "The Naked Now" (TNG), which reused the USS Grissom model and represented the USS Tsiolkovsky, can be comparatively viewed next to the Galaxy class, USS Enterprise-D, and appeared to be significantly larger than the original established size (image, left). It should, however, be noted that the USS Tsiolkovsky was not intended to be an Oberth class at all, much like the later appearance of the USS Pegasus, and that they should have been different models which were not built because of budget reasons.
A later model constructed during TNG Season 5, used to represent the heavily damaged SS Vico in "Hero Worship" (TNG), was designed at a scale that suggested a much larger size than was originally established. In this model, the saucer section has four decks, a number that would otherwise appear not to fit in the original design. The configuration of this design was, however, contradicted by a clearly visible MSD that also appeared in the episode. In this MSD, the Oberth class appeared to a ship with a total of 13 decks, with only two decks in the saucer section. The deck count was partially confirmed in the episodes dialog.
In contrast to the oversized appearance, the (unconfirmed) appearance of USS Valiant that appeared in Star Trek Generations appeared to be much smaller than the original established size. Visual evidence of this is supported during the flyby of the ship, escorted by a Miranda class cruiser and a Nebula class starship, which appear to dwarf the Oberth class (image, right) much more significantly that their established sizes previously suggested.
Final thoughts?Edit
I added the above (and then some) to the page just to give everyone a better feel of the final outcome. It is still a rather large chunk of text, but I think it sufficiently illustrates the point we are wishing to convey. I formatted similarily to the way I formatted a like-named section on the K't'inga-class page. Hopefully this is more or less to everyone's liking so that we can unprotect the page. It has been 8 days, afterall. --Alan del Beccio 13:43, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- I like it - minus the EAS link, which should be placed in a separate "External links" subsection. Also, and I know you didn't change that, Alan: the "References" subsection should be removed and its contents added to the "Appearances" subsection. According to Memory Alpha:Guide to layout, "References" is for outside resources. -- Cid Highwind 13:53, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)
Yeah, there were a few other things (like that) that I wanted to do with the page this weekend (hence why I want to push it through the system and unprotect it). Otherwise what you say works for me as long as it works for you. I'm going to unprotect it now... Alan del Beccio 14:26, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- Looks good, Alan. Nice job. Let's hope Porthos feels the same way. Maybe if we gave him some cheese...? :) --From Andoria with Love 23:03, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)
- I have long ago came to conclusion that size can not be determined by space shots. I tried this with the shuttle craft in "The Doomsday Machine" which we know to be 24 feet long, the Doomsday Machine as I recall the Doomsday Machine was smaller then the Enterprise, which we can see is untrue in other shots. So exterior shots just make for good movie/show, they offer no value to gauge the size of anything. --TOSrules 04:56, 13 March 2006 (UTC)


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David Blevins wrote: > On Jun 12, 2006, at 12:15 PM, Alan D. Cabrera wrote: > >> David Blevins wrote: >>> >>> On Jun 11, 2006, at 6:14 PM, Alan D. Cabrera wrote: >>> >>>> Aaron Mulder wrote: >>>>> I'd feel a lot better about tight restrictions on 1.1.1 if we really >>>>> made 1.2 a "minor release" and put all the stuff on the plate for 1.2 >>>>> into 2.0. But so long as 1.2 is a major release, then 1.1.1 needs >>>>> more than hot fixes. On a related point, I'm not sure we want >>>>> multiple big version releases per year. >>>> >>>> I agree with you here. The nice thing about the policy that I >>>> outlined below is that we can safely time box patch releases. >>>> >>>> As for what gets scheduled for what release, I think that it's not >>>> realistic to start by stacking a release w/ issues and hope that >>>> people will "show up" to get them done in the scheduled time frame; >>>> this only works if we are making shoes ;). With that said, time >>>> boxing is what would work best with our unique body of developers. >>>> Working within the strict interpretation of releases that I >>>> outlined below, people would schedule themselves in with concrete >>>> commitments. >>>> Bugs would not get scheduled in until someone actually picked it up >>>> and started working on it. At that time, the developer would mark >>>> what releases his changes would fix. >>>> >>>> Features would not get scheduled in until someone actually commits >>>> to doing that feature. >>> >>> I like this approach for most things. There will always be the need >>> to say "x needs to be fixed to ship this release" even if no one is >>> signed up to work on it. I just wish we'd vote or come to a >>> consensus on items like these *before* they get assigned to a >>> release. IMHO, having to +1 it to be added to the release means >>> among many things you 1) saw it, 2) know about it, 3) are fully >>> aware of what is outstanding and not yet being worked on, and 4) you >>> agree with it. >> >> We are a group of individuals who work on a voluntary basis. >> Assigning issues to a release amounts to wishful thinking; just look >> at the version ping pong that Matt and Aaron play for our releases. > > Sure... seems you are making my point for me, am I missing something? > > And to be clear, I am only talking about unassigned issues; things we > as a group think should be done but don't yet have an owner. I just > want to see some discussion and agreement on these kinds of items. > RTC is already in place for things actually done for a release. I am talking about those as well. There's no point in assigning a version number to an unassigned issue if no one has committed to doing the work. Maybe that's not what you're advocating. Regards, Alan
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"Welcome to my house! I'm Keller, a very special kitty. Purrrrs to you!"
"Catster folks are wonderful!! Teddy Bearz' & Wally's Meowmy sent me this BEAUTIFUL new blanket, made by Hazel Lucy's mommy!!! It's so very soft and cuddly.
Thank you, Wally's Meowmy, for being such a special friend to us!"
"Wally & Teddy Bearz' Meowmy wrote to a wonderful new company about donating toys for us. They donated 120 catnip toys just for us!!!! Blind cats love catnip 'cause we can smell where our toys are hiding! We love our catnip toys!"
"Purrs to Teddy Bearz & family for this beautiful 4th of July picture! I can't see it, but I can hear the flags snapping in the breeze, can't you?"
"All the kitties here at the Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary thank Rather Bee Catnip for donating our new catnip toys. We love you!!!!"
"Thanks to HQ for picking me as Cat of the Day on Talk Like A Pirate Day! Thanks to all Catsters for the rosettes, gifts, and notes. Purrrrs to all!!!!"
"Hmmm? Me? I didn't do it! Really!"
"Thanks to our volunteers! We love you!"
"I live in a cat house with my feline family and friends. It's purrrrfect!"
The blind cats are SO excited!! Our rescue has the chance to win $10,000.!!!! I don't know much about money, but the humans seem to think this is a LOT.
The best part is...our Catster furriends can help! And it's so easy!
All you have to do is visit the link below. Fill in a few fields of information, and viola! You've voted for Blind Cat Rescue and Sanctuary of North Carolina! You can even vote anonymously, if you prefer. (Whatever anonymously means...)
So please vote for us today. Tell your furriends and ask them to vote. We want to build a new cattery so we can save more blind cats. Wouldn't that be a wonderful way to start the New Year?
Here's the address: http://www.care2.com/animalsheltercontest/76194/?refer=30719 .15.1229633524.6461
(Catster Meowmy doesn't know how to do a link in my diary. Poor dumb Catster Meowmy!)
Thanks and a zillion purrs!
Today seems the purrrrrfect day to begin a diary!!
My name is Keller. All cats are special, of course, so I won't say I'm a special kitty. But I am a bit different from most cats because I am blind. I live in North Carolina at the Blind Cat Rescue and Sanctuary. I'll write more about it later in another entry.
'Cause today I want to celebrate Pirate Day!!!! Argggghhh! I've had fun being a pirate this week. I've helped my Sanctuary friends create pirate pictures - with the help of Catster Meowmy, of course. I've give special pirate flags and pirate gatos to my Catster friends. And best of all ------
I've said ARRRRRRGH!!!! a lot! (I like saying ARRRRRRRRGH!!!!!)
When I got up this morning, my photo was on the front page of Catster!!!! I'm Cat of the Day!!!!!! Wow!!! ME?? Thank you so much, Catster HQ, for this honor. The best part for me is that maybe even more Catster folks will read about the Rescue & Sanctuary. That would be wonderful!!!!
Lots and lots of friends, old and new, have left rosettes, pirate flags, pirate gatos, etc. for me already. I promise, promise, promise to thank each of you personally, but Catster Meowmy must go to work right now. (I understand that work is very, very important 'cause it buys cat food for Catster Meowmy's cats at home. And it pays for her to sponsor two of us here at the Rescue. So she must go to this place called 'work'.)
For now, please know that I appreciate your kind words and gifts from the bottom of my little kitty heart.
Purrrrrs and headbonks to all!!!!
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I put the maggie on at ~110k miles, I'm almost at 135k now. I've never had the valve covers/oil pan off, it's completely stock internal. Now, it's also probably a ticking time bomb.... but I've been delicate with timing (14-16 degrees total at full boogie ~10psi) and a little heavy on fuel, and just enjoy the heck out of it.
You can go a long ways on stock parts if you're carefull with the toon. I'll do valve springs and maybe a cam some time in the future (after a trans rebuild....), but I'm not sure I'd change much more. It's already way to easy to get in trouble :)
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-- Rubeus Hagrid
Thestrals are huge winged horses with white shining eyes, dragonish faces and necks, and skeletal black bodies. They are attracted to the smell of blood. Thestrals are invisible to anyone who has not seen death, which means that few of the students in Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures classes could see them during Harry's fifth year. They are amazingly magical animals, however. People used to think they were bad omens, that seeing them meant bad luck, but this is just superstition (OP21, OP34, FB). Thestrals have an amazing sense of direction and move magically fast through the air. Dumbledore used them to travel if he didn't care to Apparate (which probably explains how he got to the Ministry (PS16) and maybe even how Hagrid got to the Hut on the Rock by flying (PS5)).
The herd at Hogwarts started with a male and five females. A number of them have been born since, beginning with one named Tenebrus, which is a special favorite of Hagrid's (OP21). They are used to pull the school carriages from the train station up to the school (OP10). Harry and a group of students flew Thestrals from Hogwarts to the Ministry of Magic in an attempt to rescue Sirius (OP34).


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Tried my first split today, not sure it's gonna work out right. I could not find the queen, having failed to look in the heavy medium on top of the deep until I had to put the hive back together, and I'm pretty sure she's still in the main hive since I get a big roar out of the nuc box.
However, it was getting rather late, the bees were quite restive (this is the runny hive anyway) and I thought I'd better quit while I just had a bunch of angry bees flying but not stinging.
After I put the medium back on, I pulled a frame and it seems Mrs Bee is quite busy up there, lots of uncapped brood, which is nice, so I suspect she's up there. I'll have to get back into the hive this weekend when it warms up -- cold front and thunderstorms on the way. Hopefully I can transfer her highness into the nuc, either on another deep frame or by putting one of my medium boxes on top with a couple medium frames of brood with her.
I figure the worst that will happen at this point is that I will lose the nuc, and it's only two frames of brood and bees and a third frame I want to get rid of anyway, it's a slotted top where the foundation bowed badly, should have tossed it last year. I'll see, if they have queen cells started (I didn't see any eggs) I'll let the nuc raise a queen, I think. The goal is more hives, I'm not picky.
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Welcome to The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, the 21st-century comic fantasia dreamed up by playwright Rolin Jones while he was still a first-year grad student at the Yale School of Drama. A finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize, the play opens the season at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (through June 17) in an imaginative and entertaining production directed by Brendan Hughes.
Jennifer Marcus, portrayed smartly by Teresa Lim, is a flesh-and-blood character. Jenny Chow is her robotic clone, invented by Marcus to take her place on the trip to a rural Chinese village where her birth mother lives. The gimmick is that the second Jenny is brought to life in the person of an actress — the adorable and clever Julia Chan as a latter-day Coppelia, except that the robot seems to develop a mind of her own.
Meanwhile, Jennifer's adoptive parents — Adele, cast in Jennifer's mind as a variant of the evil Queen in Disney's Snow White, and her father, bumbling do-gooder Mr. Marcus — are coping with Jennifer's behavior as best they can. Adele is the bad cop, played convincingly by Dee Nelson; she's a mom who needs her daughter to be perfect in every way. Stephen Russell's good-cop dad is more consoling but still cherishes memories of his baby daughter as the mascot of the high-school cheerleading squad. What's most true to life is their ignorance of Jennifer's far-ranging computer itinerary. (In the play's most affecting scene, which is spoken in Chinese, the actors playing the American parents transform into the birth mother and her husband.)
Add to the home team Jennifer's boyfriend, Todd, who's made goofy but appealing by Ben Haas, and a quartet of Jennifer's cyberspace buddies: a mad scientist who serves as her mentor, a pervert of a Mormon elder, a cynical know-it-all US Army lieutenant, and the Army procurement flunky. All four are rolled up in the chameleon-like body of actor Steven Barkhimer, who endows this cadre of clowns with just enough stage truth to make them believable. He might be accused of stealing the show if the other actors were not so capable.
The script has its problems, most having to do with its too-ambitious mix of themes that include cultural displacement, parental obligation and expectation, and finding one's identity. Still, Jones has written a play that explores the imbalance of a society that's giddy with the possibilities of exploring new technical frontiers while struggling to avoid the emotional landmines of modern times.
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The Ikea Effect is a psychological bias first identified by Michael Norton, Daniel Mochon and Dan Ariely. The concept will make perfect sense to anyone who has struggled to put together a bookshelf based on an inscrutable set of instructions. Although the furniture might look like crap — I always have a few leftover screws — the flimsy assembly of molded plywood feels like a masterpiece. (That shelf isn't supposed to be straight, right?)
In one study, the behavioral economists asked people to fold origami and then bid on their own creations. As expected, the subjects were consistently willing to pay more for their own folded paper creations. In fact, they were so enamored of their amateurish designs that they valued them as highly as origami made by experts.
It turns out that the Ikea effect also applies to food, at least in mice. The experiment was simple: Mice were trained to push levers to get one of two rewards. If they pressed lever A, they got a delicious drop of sugar water. If they pressed lever B, they got a different tasting drop of sugar water. (This reward was made with polycose, not sucrose.)
The scientists then started to play mind games with the mice, as they gradually increased the amount of effort required to get one of the sweet rewards. Although the mice only had to press the lever a single time to get the sugar water at the start of the experiment, by the end they were required to press the lever 15 times.
Here's where things get interesting: When the test was over and the mice were allowed to relax in their home cage, they showed an overwhelming preference for whichever reward they'd worked harder to obtain. More lever presses led to tastier water. (The scientists measured these preferences in a variety of ways, including an analysis of "licking microstructure". Preferred foods lead to a faster rate of initial licking and longer duration of "licking bursts.")
The scientists conclude the paper by speculating on why such an effect might exist. They argue that the association of effort and deliciousness would have been an adaptive association back when calories were scarce, and we'd sometimes have to work hard to end up with a rather disgusting dinner:
In evolutionary terms, such mechanisms could benefit survival under conditions of scarcity when the chances of acquiring food are probably related to increased foraging effort. An increase in palatability accruing to lower value foods under such conditions would serve a dual purpose, both to boost consumption and to confer greater learning connected to the prevailing cues in the environment.
In the first instance, a change in palatability would prolong meal duration and/or consumption of certain (e.g. less valued) foods that might otherwise be rejected under conditions when food supply is plentiful.
This experiment reminds me of a provocative 2003 paper, "Why Have Americans Become More Obese?" by the economists David Cutler, Edward Glaeser and Jesse Shapiro. They argued that the rise in the weight of the average American in recent decades has been largely caused by a technological shift in food production, which allows us to cook calories with ever increasing ease.* (In 1965, a married women who didn't work spent over two hours per day cooking and cleaning up from meals. In 1995, the same tasks took about 50 minutes.) The economists illustrate their argument with a parable about the potato:
Before World War II, Americans ate massive amounts of potatoes, largely baked, boiled or mashed. They were generally consumed at home. French fries were rare, both at home and in restaurants, because the preparation of French fries requires significant peeling, cutting and cooking. Without expensive machinery, these activities take a lot of time.
In the postwar period, a number of innovations allowed the centralization of French fry production. French fries are now typically peeled, cut and cooked in a few central locations using sophisticated new technologies. They are then frozen at -40 degrees and shipped to the point of consumption, where they are quickly reheated either in a deep fryer (in a fast food restaurant), in an oven or even a microwave (at home).
Today, the French fry is the dominant form of potato and America's favorite vegetable. This change shows up in consumption data. From 1977 to 1995, total potato consumption increased by about 30 percent, accounted for almost exclusively by increased consumption of potato chips and French fries.
Why do the microwave and frozen dinner inexorably lead to obesity? According to the economists, the cheapness of calories (both in terms of price and time) has led us to dramatically boost consumption. Food stops being something we make and create — it doesn't require very many lever presses, so to speak — and becomes something we simply ingest. Eating just gets easier. And then we get fatter.
But maybe we're not just consuming more calories because they're available at such a low cost. Maybe we're also consuming more calories because each calorie gives us less pleasure. The lesson of those lever-pressing mice, after all, is that when we don't work for our food — when it only requires a single press, or a few whirls of the microwave — it tastes much less delicious.
That hypothesis leads me to this study, published in 2008 in Science. The experiment involved giving subjects sips of a chocolate milkshake inside an fMRI machine. The scientists were interested in the activation of the striatum, an area rich in dopamine neurons and involved in the processing of hedonic rewards. (When your striatum is excited, life is good.) Sure enough, obese people tended to have reduced activation in the striatum after sipping the ice cream treat, which led to increased consumption. In other words, they kept on consuming the milkshake in a manic search for satisfaction.
A second study found that, over time, people with a polymorphism that leads to reduced dopamine receptors in the striatum also tended to put on weight, suggesting that obesity is, at least in part, triggered by a shortage of neural pleasure. Of course, this contradicts the popular (and deeply unfair) cultural stereotype of obesity, which assumes that people who are overweight are gluttons, unable to resist temptation. In fact, they are the opposite of gluttons: The reason they eat too much is because they don't enjoy their food enough. They keep on sipping the milkshake precisely because it isn't pleasurable.
Maybe this is why Americans need ever larger portion sizes: Because we didn't make the milkshake ourselves, because that dinner only required a few minutes of work, we need to consume more calories to get the same baseline of satisfaction. The solution to this problem, of course, is simple: We need to take time to make dinner. Instead of buying frozen french fries, make a risotto. The 30 minutes of stirring will make the end result much more delicious.
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* Until Cutler, Glaeser and Shapiro came along, one of the leading theories on American obesity had been that of Thomas Philipson and Richard Posner, who argued that changes in the amount of energy spent on the job and commuting to work accounted for the rise in obesity. Yet as the Cutler, et.al. point out, most of the changes into physically passive occupations had taken place by 1970. Furthermore, Cutler, et.al. convincingly demonstrate that changes in exercise patterns over the past 30 years have been fairly minimal. In order for the surge in American obesity to be explained by changes in exercise patterns, Americans would have to have reduced their energy usage by the equivalent of two kilometers of walking per day. No such shift has occurred. Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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Man was I ever sore yesterday and today from my 1st workout in level 3 on Tuesday.
I did day 2 today and It seemed easy but I was sore.Should I try top space the workouts farther apart or do them every 2nd day.
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Leow, Pei Ling and Ahmad Azli, Naziha (2004) SVM based hysteresis current controller for a three phase active power filter. In: Proceedings National Power and Energy Conference, PECon 2004. IEEE, USA, pp. 132-136. ISBN 0780387244
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A space vector modulation (SVM) based hysteresis current controller (HCC) technique for a three phase shunt active power filter is proposed. The switching control algorithms of the proposed SVM based HCC manage to generate compensated current according to the reference current harmonics extraction is based on the instantaneous active and reactive power theorem in time domain by calculating the power compensation. A closed loop control system is implemented and the error current is the difference between the reference current obtained from the power compensation and the actual current that needs to be injected back into the line. By implementing this control strategy, the active power filter (APF) manages to generate better compensated harmonics currents to the line.
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