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Before Galileo and Newton, the subject of physics was what has been found in nature, after them the object of investigation is more and more what the researchers have created in the laboratory. Previously physics described what is being, after the discipline began to describe what is possible, what can be. It has developed from a descriptive to a designing science, from a natural science in a narrower sense to an art of engineering. Chemistry was following this way a couple of decades later, and now, at least according to Elowitz and Lim in their commentary in nature of 12/16/2010, the third of the natural sciences, biology, will follow.
The two note that biologists and engineers collaborate better and better with each other, even if cultural differences are significant. The need of "conventional" biologists to understand the complexity of the particular individual living being found is difficult to understand for the engineers. They are more interested in describing systems that represent a necessary biological function in the most simple, controllable and reproducible manner. Not the way a creature actually expresses a function is interesting for them at first, but the feasible and possible ways to realize this function. In this way life functions can be designed and therefore – according to the engineers – they are also understood. The concept of "intelligent design" gets a real new meaning here.
Although the commentators write that both sides should learn from each other, they want to strengthen the engineering thinking in biology. And it is quite clear that this thought, in physics and chemistry, and perhaps also in economics and sociology, is a great help for the understanding of processes, and it will be also useful to biologists.
On the other hand, this thinking also poses a danger. The things designed by the human spirit and realized in the laboratory, may be confused with nature itself. A self-critical reflection on the implications of design thinking in physics and chemistry would be a necessary condition for preventing biology from the same path as her sister-disciplines strikes, possibly with far more disastrous consequences.
What does that mean? Take the example of thermodynamics, which was from its first day on an engineering science, developed to allow machines to facilitate the work in factories and increase the profits of the machine owner. Basically, nothing to say against both, but it is worth to think about what happens when the inventions and designs leave the researchers desks and science labs and come – in a double sense – into contact with nature.
The first is the nature with which the machine exchanging materials and energy – always in a way that no researcher has ever seen before. Today a major part of scientific resources will be used for solving the problems that would not exist without scientific prowess, and therefore we believe we have found a mechanism for protection against adverse effects of research and development, consisting of high security standards and strict legal frameworks. But this is deceptive, because these mechanisms are developed only for known or predictable risks, whereas those problems that we still do not know can not be minimized by risk management.
On the other hand, the scientific product meets the human nature in all its diversity when it leaves the lab. There is the desire of industry for new markets, as well as the aspirations of the people to lead a carefree life without sickness or suffering, and finally, the scientist himself, and his desire for recognition and his hope that his hard work may show fruit outside the laboratory. Human nature takes scientific results from the inventor's hand and moves it in unexpected directions – and the nature out there responded to this in a sudden, mysterious way.
Considering this, one would hope that the two cultures that come together just as in biology, that of "conventional" biologists and that of the engineers will really learn from each other mutually. The astonishment at the variety and complexity of real living beings, admiring especially the misunderstood, can prevent them from believing that they can "master" their own product when it is released from the laboratory and exposed to nature itself.
Elowitz M, & Lim WA (2010). Build life to understand it. Nature, 468 (7326), 889-90 PMID: 21164460

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The Basketball's In His Court
As the official start of the season approaches, the National Basketball Assn. and its players are at a standoff: The players refuse to sign a new collective bargaining agreement, and the NBA is locking them out until they do. On Oct. 5, the impasse led the NBA and Commissioner David Stern to cancel all its preseason games.
But fans shouldn't throw in the towel yet. By mid-October, an arbitrator will rule on whether owners must honor individual player contracts--and pay some of its priciest stars--during the lockout that began in July. Whichever side loses may be a lot more willing to compromise.
The stakes are high: At least $720 million is owed on 220 contracts for the season that is set to begin on Nov. 3. If players lose, they would go without their multimillion-dollar paychecks for as long as the lockout lasts. If owners lose, they will have to shell out an amount equal to 70% of last year's total payroll. "It's a hell of a lot of money for (owners) to gamble if they lose the arbitration," says Jeffrey L. Kessler, the outside lawyer for the National Basketball Players Assn.
NO PRECEDENT. The central issue the arbitrator must decide is whether individual player contracts--multiyear pacts between free agents and teams--are part of the collective bargaining agreement, which expired on June 30 and is at the heart of the lockout. The agreement sets such rules as who can be a free agent and the cap on each team's payroll. The owners say the free agent contracts couldn't exist without it. So no agreement, no contracts, no paychecks. "We're legally free to prevent players from working by locking them out, and when you're not working, you don't get paid," says NBA Chief Legal Officer Jeffrey A. Mishkin.
Not so, say the players, pointing out that when the agreement expired in 1988, owners honored individual player contracts as the two sides continued to negotiate. And in a couple of cases, some prescient teams even went on to put clauses in player contracts specifying that players don't get paid during a work stoppage. Since teams failed to do so in the 220 contracts now in dispute, they're still in force, players say.
So who's right? That's unclear, since no precedent exists in federal labor law. "The relationship between individual and collective contracts has never really been addressed before," says William B. Gould IV, the former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, which enforces federal labor law.
The arbitrator, John D. Feerick, Dean of Fordham University School of Law in New York, must rule by Oct. 18. After he does, the two sides will go back to the table on the collective bargaining agreement. The key issue remains the owners' demand to drop the so-called Larry Bird exception, which lets teams go over the salary cap to re-sign free agents. The clause has driven up total salaries to 57% of the NBA's $1.76 billion revenue last season, far above the current 51.8% cap.
But a huge new pot of money--$2.65 billion from television contracts, a 140% increase--has both parties digging in their heels. Owners want to tighten the salary cap to make sure that they keep more of the new money. Players are just as eager to get their piece. Feerick may break the logjam if he comes down decisively for one side. But the parties must hurry and strike a deal if the season is to start on time. Otherwise, fans could end up feeling like baseball devotees did during the 1995 strike: angry that ball's not being played, and blaming both sides for a spoiled season.


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Kelly Nishimoto is the new designer to watch, the fall collection to look for, and a smart investment that provides much more than just a wardrobe.
Embraced by applause and a standing ovation, Vera Wang took her walk down the runway, in what was the most poignant moment of New York Fashion Week.
Cha, Cha, Cha: Amir Slama's new range of swimwear will have you reaching for your sunglasses with one hand and the suntan lotion with the other
Designing is in his blood, before apprenticing with Halston, Mr. Khan learned about the art of fashion under the tutelage of his father and grandfather
Another feather in her cap, the young designer makes her New York Fashion Week debut where it seems everything is coming up wildflowers in her new collection
Customania invades New York Fashion Week once again. The Dalmau brothers seem destined to take over the world with their bold colors and psychedlic prints
Hand beading, mixed print patterns, eyelets and swiss-dot fabric were some of the many reasons why the Spring 2007 collection by Joanna Mastroianni was fresh and totally astonishing
The Spring 2007 Chado Ralph Rucci show including both ready-to-wear and haute couture captivated with timeless looks, impeccable craftsmanship and exceptional details.
The Spring 2007 runway collection confirmed that there is more to Lacoste than polos and purely preppy pieces.
Coquettish charm or sex kitten appeal? Cynthia Steffes spring looks give the best of both worlds.
African and Punk influences channeled into Herchcovitchs signature style created a potent collection for Spring 2007
By all means visible, I want to see more, more, and more of Designer Victoria Bartletts Visible Panty Line sportswear collection. The spring 2007 collection: FROM HIGH TIDE TO HIGH TIDE runway show came full circle as it guided the audience from concept to completion.
The Project Runway alum is thinking about ecology; he'll have you singing "Mercy, Mercy, Me" with his beautiful organically-driven collection of eveningwear
B. Michael showcases Spring 2007 Signature Collection and previews B. Homme at the Metropolitan Pavilion.
BCBG rocks Olympus Fashion Week with a collection of flirty dresses that every girl needs in her wardrobe this upcoming spring season
Mr. Lam pays homage to American iconic designers Claire McCardell, Bonnie Cashin, and Geoffrey Beene with his new collection for spring
She sells seashells by the seashore; the award-winning design quartet presents their new collection delivering a treasure trove of relaxed sportswear for spring
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Efficient Dynamics Start/Stop
Do you guys use this on your M3? I remember when I picked up my car on ED the lady told me about it but I had her deactivate it. I just got my car back in US and dont know how to reactivate it and if I should. I know it helps on gas so I was thinking of doing it. But I'm worried in stop and go traffic it would get annoying and prolly not good for car to be on and off every few minutes.
Don't use it, never have. There is a small button on the center dash with an "A" and an arrow going around it that turn the function on or off. A bit counter intuitive but when the light is on, the auto start/stop is off.
Tried it one once...turned it off and I have never looked back.
Never used it and don't see the point of it in am M car.
Yeah what they all said ^^^^^.....leave it off...........Phil
I don't use it most of the time, but there are a few places that I have to go where there are really long red lights one block apart for 5 blocks in a row, so I turn it on when I go there......I just cannot stand the thought of the car using fuel when it is no moving and just waiting for a 5 minute light to change, only to go one block and stop again....Of course I try to avoid these intersections whenever possible but sometimes just can't avoid......there are some brilliant traffic engineers out there.....clearly interested in us wasting as much gasoline as possible.....really environmentally smart people....:dunno:
What about.the power button? Sport and sport plus. How.often do u use it or when?
me, never sport +, i think maybe too sensitive. i use power when engine is warmed up completely
I even went ahead and code it to remember its last state instead of defaulting to off at each engine start.
Do you happen to know if this function uses the car's starter each time? I know that some systems (specifically, Mazda's and perhaps Peugeot's) restart the car based on some sort of compression in the engine (thus not stressing the starter), but I haven't been able to find any details about how the system in the M3 works. The possible starter wear is my biggest reason for leaving mine disabled.
I think I saw somewhere that the display can also show u when to shift for better gas consumption? Anyone seen this.
Not sure, but the times that I use this, it seems to take far fewer turns of the engine/starter to restart the car compared to a cold or even a warm start, so something must be different...
do you guys know how this works or how to activate. Shift indicator
Okay, I've done some homework on this. Apparently BMW's start-stop system uses a special heavy-duty starter made by Bosch, along with a heavy duty EGM battery (which won't activate start-stop if it's under heavy load in either very cold or very hot weather). I don't trust any BMW parts out of warranty (I think this company looks to parts & repairs as being a massive profit center) so I'd be a bit concerned about how durable that starter really is, but they've been using it in Europe since late 2007 so one could probably hunt around the on-line forums and see if there are any complaints about the durability. Maybe I'll do that later this week, if I have a chance.
No mo'...
Recent Road & Track article about the different type of start/stop technology/systems. Included some subjective ratings by the editors and IIRC, they gave BMW's either last and next to last as far as being seamless and working well. They basically said the BMW system is the least technologically advanced and not well integrated.
I understand it on a 328/335i but I just don't get why an V8 M3 needs start/stop. I work for BMW so I drive these cars daily and while the system is cool, it still needs some work.
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Two thymus glands fast-track immune defences
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Until now, it was a mystery why many marsupials have two thymuses—key organs in the immune system—instead of the one typical of other mammals. Now postdoctoral researcher Dr Emily Wong from the University of Sydney and her colleagues have found that the two organs are identical, which suggests why they are there. [click to continue…]


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Japan Cup (Jpn-I) winner Jungle Pocket was voted Horse of the Year in Japan for 2001, a year in which wagering dropped for the fourth consecutive year and is at its lowest level in a decade.Jungle Pocket's 2001 campaign included three wins in six starts, including the Tokyo Yushun (Jpn-I), or Japanese Derby. Bred by Northern Farm in Japan, the bay colt by Tony Bin was produced from Dance Charmer, a daughter of recently deceased Nureyev. Jungle Pocket reportedly is being considered for a 2002 European campaign that could include stops in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Eng-I) in July and the International Stakes (Eng-I) in August.American-breds Timber Country and Secreto, both exported to Japan, sired Japan's 2-year-old champions. Admire Don, a son of Timber Country, went unbeaten in three starts, including the Asahi Hai Futurity (Jpn-I) to win top honors. The Secreto filly Tamuro Cherry won two stakes from six starts, including the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (Jpn-I) en route to her championship. Jungle Pocket, who was Japan's leading earner in 2001 with nearly $4.5 million in purses, also was named champion 3-year-old colt or gelding. T.M. Ocean, the 2000 champion 2-year-old filly, won a pair of group I races in 2001 and added the title for 3-year-old fillies.
She is by Dancing Brave out of River Girl, by Rivlia.Best older male was the American-bred Agnes Digital, a son of Crafty Prospector bred in Kentucky by Catesby W. Clay and Peter J. Callahan. Agnes Digital won four of seven starts in 2001, including the Tenno Sho (Jpn-I) over reigning Horse of the Year T.M. Opera O and the Mile Championship Nambu Hai (Jpn-I). Agnes Digital also traveled to Hong Kong in December, capturing the Hong Kong Cup (HK-I).Champion older female was Northern Farm-bred To the Victory, who finished second to Captain Steve in the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I), then returned to Japan to win the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup (Jpn-I). To the Victory is a daughter of 1989 North American Horse of the Year Sunday Silence out of Fairy Doll, by Nureyev.Another American-bred, Kurofune, was named best dirt horse of 2001, mostly on the strength of his track-record performance in the Japan Cup Dirt (Jpn-I). Bred in Kentucky by Nicholas M. Lotz, Kurofune won four of six starts in 2001, but he bowed a tendon after the JC Dirt victory and was retired to stud. He will stand the 2002 season at the Shadai Stallion Station, which in 2000 purchased Kurofune's sire, French Deputy, from Three Chimneys Farm. Kurofune was produced from the Classic Go Go mare, Blue Avenue.Trot Star, a son of Damister, was Japan's leading sprinter, winning the Sprinters Stakes (Jpn-I) and two other races during the year. Gokai, by American-bred Judge Angelucci, was champion steeplechaser. The Japan Racing Association also bestowed a special award to Stay Gold, a son of Sunday Silence who won major races in Hong Kong, Dubai, and Japan as a 7-year-old in 2001.Sunday Silence was leading sire in Japan with 6.6 billion yen in progeny earnings (approximately $52 million), with Tony Bin second and Brian's Time third. Sunday Silence also was leading sire of 2-year-olds. The Yoshida family operation, Shadai Race Horse, was leading owner, and the family also dominated the breeding ranks, with its Shadai Farm Chitose first, Northern Farm second, and Shadai Farm Shiraoi third. Leading trainer was Kazuo Fujisawa, with 68 wins, followed by Hideyuki Mori. Leading jockey was Masayoshi Ebina, with 133 victories, followed by Yoshitomi Shibata and Yukio Okabe, the latter of whom ended 2001 sidelined with an injury.JRA reported that its total handle of 3,258,696,881,300 yen was down by 5.1% from the previous year, the fourth consecutive year of decline and a drop of 19% from its peak in 1997, when total handle exceed four trillion yen. JRA handle in 2001 was at its lowest level since 1991.
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Elvis Presley Enterprises will host the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Competition in Memphis, TN this week. The first round of competition will be held Wednesday, August 14th and the Finals will be held on Saturday, August 17th at the Cannon Center. The Tupelo Elvis Festival is proud to have Jay Dupuis represent them in Memphis this year.
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Commander's ''Victory or Death'' letter finally to return to the Alamo
By Jim Forsyth
AUSTIN, Tex. (Reuters) - An 1836 letter penned by the commander of the small force of Texans defending the Alamo, a pivotal battle in the Texas Revolution that led to its break from Mexico, will be displayed for the first time at the San Antonio mission.
With its dramatic ending - "Victory or Death!" - the letter by William Travis, written on both sides of a single sheet of paper, is considered one of the defining documents of 19th century American history.
"I call on you in the name of liberty, patriotism, and everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid with all dispatch," Travis wrote in the open letter, in which he pleaded for reinforcements, addressing the letter to "the People of Texas and All Americans in the World."
The letter will be on display from February 23 to March 7 at the Alamo, which typically gets 2.5 million visitors a year.
"It is amazing to think of Travis and 150 men surrounded in that little compound, and he is putting this ink on this paper," John Anderson, the preservation officer at the Texas State Archives, told Reuters this week as a colleague removed the document from the iron casing where it is carefully preserved.
Travis and his men had been ordered into the Alamo, which at the time was a disused Spanish colonial mission, as Mexican forces arrived in San Antonio to crush what to them was a provincial rebellion. Texas at the time was a part of the Republic of Mexico.
Twelve days after Travis wrote the letter, the Mexican Army stormed the Alamo and Travis and his entire command were killed.
Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, two frontiersmen, had gone to the Alamo before Travis sent the call to arms, and their deaths ensured their places as American heroes. Continued...


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Western Catholic Reporter
Canadian Catholic News
Cardinal Thomas Collins is excited about his new program for men about to enter Toronto's St. Augustine Seminary.
He calls it "a spiritual year" in which prospective priests go through a series of retreats, read the Bible cover to cover, work with the poor and are immersed in different forms of Catholic culture, such as music and art.
Then there is the "media fast." No email, no newspapers or magazines, no Internet, Ipads, television or other "potentially addictive media."
Cardinal Collins got the idea from Archbishop Charles Chaput when Chaput was archbishop of Denver. (He recently became archbishop of Philadelphia.)
Canada's newest cardinal led a retreat for seminarians in Denver and asked those he met one-on-one what they thought of the spiritual year. "All of them said it was very fruitful."
One seminarian told him, "Before I went through the spiritual year, my computer used me; now, I'm using my computer."
Although the media fast is the most eye-catching aspect of the spiritual year, Collins appears most high on the 30-day Ignatian retreat that has been broken down and spread over the 10 months. "It has turned out to be of immense benefit."
Having spent 17 years teaching at St. Peter's Seminary in London, Ont., and nearly 15 years overseeing seminaries in Edmonton and Toronto, Cardinal Collins is definite about the value of the spiritual year. "My considered opinion is you need the year."
"The idea is to help people to know Christ, to grow deep," he said in an interview with the WCR. "It's so important. You've got to build deep, deep to the bedrock foundations and then the academics and the rest will follow."


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Rubicon Estates, a 120-year-old winery located in Rutherford, California, and Icon Estates, a St. Helena, California-based winery, have implemented ReServe Interactive's Events Management software to manage the thousands of tastings, tours and large-scale and high-profile events held by each winery annually and eliminate redundancies resulting from the use of different database applications.
"Now, with the click of a button, all departments can view daily schedules to check space availability," says Sally Allred, events director at Rubicon Estates. "We can print reports that help us plan events and tours, and include attendance numbers, equipment needs, and labor requirements. It's improved our efficiency and allowed us to create an exclusive VIP experience for our guests."
ReServe Interactive's Event Management software offers features unique to vineyards and wineries such as the ability to track return-on-investment by individual event and enhanced communication between internal departments and multiple winery locations. Facilities can also track and manage labor requirements and centralize reservations for tastings, tours, dining and events.
"ReServe helps us streamline events through a centralized reservations department which has improved operations tremendously," says Kathy Magner, reservations manager at Icon Estates. "With this online system, we've eliminated IT challenges, reduced scheduling redundancies and are able to provide our guests with an exceptional winery visit."


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My Little Pony Plushie Style
What: Minky is a polyester, microfiber fabric that is extremely soft. It is often used in baby blankets and quilts, but also seems to be the fabric of choice for many plushie makers.
(Please keep an eye out for more helpful journals centered around plushie making! More will be made in the future!)
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These tools can help make your experience working with minky much easier...
Rotary Cutter: http://www.beverlys.com/olfa-rotary-cutter-28mm.html You can use this to cut the minky directly around your pattern pieces on a flat surface, instead of trying to pin the pattern and hold up the fabric while cutting with scissors. The smaller the blade size, the better, because they go around tight curves easier.
Walking Foot: These sewing machine accessories are very useful. When sewing, because minky is slippery, the fabric may slide around a bit and get off track, making your plushie (or whatever you're making) not as accu


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Barbarian Training is a set of expansions to Firemaking, Herblore, Fishing and Smithing. This activity also provides access to the Ancient Cavern and the numerous monsters within, such as the Mithril dragon.
Otto Godblessed, a barbarian warrior interested in the cultural history of his people, will offer to teach eligible players about Barbarian skills, and will give them the books Barbarian skills and My notes to keep track of the Training. Otto can be found south-west of the Ancient Cavern entrance.
Barbarian Firemaking
- 35 Firemaking
- 11 Crafting
Barbarian Fishing
- 55 Fishing (can be boosted from 50 with admiral's pie)
- 15 Agility
- 35 Strength
Barbarian Smithing
- 5 Smithing
- You must have completed the Tai Bwo Wannai Trio quest.
Barbarian Herblore
- 4 Herblore
- 2 metal bars (of a level you can smith - if you bring mithril or runite, also bring maple or magic logs, respectively)
- 2 Logs (of any corresponding level to your bars - highly recommended: log with bronze bar)
- Some fishing bait
- A normal attack potion (2 doses)
- Roe (obtained during Barbarian Fishing)
- Bow (The following bows do not work: Zaryte, Dark, Crystal, Sacred clay, Boogie, Quick, White stag, Starfire/Starfury, Stryke, Noxious, Chargebow, and Ogre bows.)
- A games necklace to teleport to the Barbarian Outpost
- Armour, weapons and food for fighting Mithril dragons to obtain Chewed bones. See Strategies for methods to fight them
- Oak or higher log, can be cut nearby
When starting Barbarian training, the player is given a book called My notes. It records entries from ancient pages which are sometimes obtained when rummaging barbarian skeletons or as monster drops in the Ancient Cavern. My notes can be found in the bookcase of a Player-owned house listed as My Notes.
Finding all the notes is one of the requirements for the trimmed Completionist Cape.
Start Barbarian training by talking to Otto Godblessed. He may be found in his house to the south-west of the Ancient Cavern entrance. To reach Otto's Grotto, you can teleport to Barbarian Outpost using a games necklace. After teleporting, go south and slightly to the west until you reach his house. You must start by learning one of the three basic skills: firemaking, special rod fishing tricks and a selection of spear skills. They can be completed in any order.
Barbarian FiremakingEdit
A player must have a Firemaking level of at least 35 in order to burn the oak log that is required for the Barbarian training. There are two types of activities that fall under Barbarian Firemaking: lighting fires with a bow and lighting pyre ships.
The player starts out by talking to Otto and by having the required Firemaking level. Next the player must bring a bow and oak logs (not all bows work; see the equipment section). To make a bow fire, just use the bow in your inventory on the oak logs. If you use logs higher levelled than oak logs, you require a higher Firemaking level.
After completing a bow fire, Otto will explain the art of making a Pyre ship. You need to enter the dungeon below the lake and fight to obtain chewed bones or mangled bones. The Barbarian training can only be completed by using chewed bones. Mangled bones can be found by fighting monsters in the Ancient Cavern or rummaging the barbarian skeleton. The only way to get chewed bones however, is to kill Mithril dragons. Use any type of log on the burnt spaces (pyre sites), found scattered around the lake near Otto's house, to make a pyre ship. Your player will use up the chewed bones automatically. Burning a pyre ship will grant the player an experience bonus of up to 300%, depending on the logs used, the next time they bury bones or scatter ashes. If you brought logs for smithing other than regular logs you need to make sure you have an additional oak or higher log in your inventory or one of your logs will get used up.
The spirits released from chewed bones drop some items; this includes a slim chance for a dragon full helm.
Barbarian FishingEdit
Talk to Otto after you completed a Bow fire. Otto will give the player information about Barbarian Fishing. To start this section of the Training, the player must have a Fishing level of at least 48, an Agility level of 15, and Strength level of at least 35. There are two types of activities that fall under Barbarian Fishing: Heavy rod fishing and bare hand fishing.
The first task Otto Godblessed will set the player is to use a Heavy fishing rod to catch a fish in the lake to east of his house. The heavy rod can be obtained by searching the bed in Otto's cabin and you will need fishing bait or feathers as well. Catching a single fish is sufficient for the Training, but it is advised to gut (right-click option) the fish to obtain roe, which is needed for the herblore part of the training.
After catching a fish using a heavy rod, talk to Otto again, and he will explain bare-handed fishing. This method can be used instead of fishing with a harpoon. For this activity the player needs at least 55 Fishing (an Admiral or Fish pie can be used to boost your Fishing level), 35 Strength and 15 Agility. The best way to get this done is to home teleport to Catherby and find a harpoon fishing spot along the beach and catch a fish. Once you've done this, go back and talk to Otto.
Barbarian SmithingEdit
To begin Barbarian Smithing, the player must have completed the Tai Bwo Wannai Trio quest and have level 5 Smithing. There are two types of activities that fall under Barbarian Smithing: spear smithing and hasta smithing.
After completing the barbarian fishing training, talk to Otto again. The first part of Barbarian Smithing a player will learn is about how to make spears. You will need a metal bar and some corresponding logs and use them on the Barbarian anvil near Otto's house (another Barbarian anvil is in Gunnarsgrunn). Once you made the spear talk to Otto again and he will tell you about hastae.
Forging hastae is exactly the same, take a metal bar and the corresponding logs, then use them on a barbarian anvil. Next, talk to Otto again, and your Barbarian Smithing is completed.
Barbarian HerbloreEdit
After finishing this training stage, many other potions can be enhanced by adding roe or caviar to a 2 dose variant of the potions. The Barbarian Herblore skill, through the creation of barbarian mixes", allows ordinary potions to not only heal 300 or 600 life points but also to provide the regular benefits of that potion.
Players can now use the Achievement System to see if they completed Barbarian Training. Previously, it was not abundantly clear when you've completed the Barbarian Training. This was fixed by opening your quest guide and look for the quest Hero's Welcome. "Mastered Barbarian skilling" should be scratched through. Another way is by talking to Otto Godblessed and ensuring that there are no more dialogue options related to the Barbarian Training.
Required for completingEdit
Completion of Barbarian Training is required for the following:
- Hero's Welcome
- Obtaining the Trimmed completionist cape


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What Defines Someone as Health Literate?
Generally speaking, people normally do two things when they are worried about their health or get ill – go to the doctor and go onto Google. They might also discuss the issue with family or neighbours or perhaps a pharmacist.
But their ability to deal with their illness effectively is not purely dependent on their trips to the doctor or onto Google. It will depend on what's increasingly described as their level of 'health literacy'.
What defines somebody as health literate?
Generally speaking, people normally do two things when they are worried about their health or get ill – go to the doctor and go onto Google. They might also discuss the issue with family or neighbours or perhaps a pharmacist.
But their ability to deal with their illness effectively is not purely dependent on their trips to the doctor or onto Google. It will depend on what's increasingly described as their level of 'health literacy'.
What defines somebody as health literate?
I answered a survey on health literacy for the Patient Information Forum (http://www.pifonline.org.uk) yesterday and in presenting my answers, found myself getting increasingly unsettled by the idea that a person can be defined as 'health literate' or to have 'low levels of health literacy'.
When asked in the survey for my understanding of 'health literacy', I described it as a level of ability to understand your own health; the information associated to it; the information specific to the condition you're dealing with; the understanding of choices in relation to dealing with it; the ability to make an informed choice; the ability to act on that choice – quite a line up and all fairly logical.
But as health literacy plays an increasingly important role in person-centred healthcare, how will the support needed to grow peoples' capability be delivered? And how is health literacy going to be measured? On what basis?
My sense is that supporting people to develop their health literacy skills will need to be highly personalised – and therefore the measurement of ability evermore granulised – so requiring deeper scales to produce data about levels of not just knowledge, but also confidence and an understanding of their personal preferences and all the other stuff that's going on in their lives.
Without granulising there's a danger of an over-reliance on generic scales – a person may judge themselves to have a high level of health literacy based on some components of information they are looking for, or are in need of, i.e. symptoms etc, but have low levels of confidence in relation to other information, about their diagnosis, for example.
My feeling is that health literacy cannot only be based simply on whether information is presented in an easy-to-read format, nor can it be solely linked to people's general levels of literacy and numeracy.
Certainly these are important factors in a person's ability to address their health, but measuring health literacy will surely involve going deeper and including measurements of confidence and capability in other aspects of life – possibly all areas of life. It's a science that's generating a lot of excitement and interest, particularly as the demand for patient involvement and engagement in the co-production of their own health is rising, not simply as a social concern but also an economical (and thus commercial) one.
Understanding how people use and value information is important as we try to measure people's ability to safely manage their own health.
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Yet another Pentecost Sunday is here and I haven't finished the Pentecost banner yet. But I'm inspired this morning.
Folding back the side edges by half a block, suddenly it all starts to make sense. I think now all it needs is another half-block on top, giving the middle yellow circle an orange peak — but I will not know for sure until I get into my studio and work.
A "good" Sister-in-training would probably go to church this morning and then come home to work on it this afternoon.
But, as well all know — and love me for it, surely 🙂 — I am NOT a "good" Sister-in-training.
And, I am on fire right NOW and do not want to wait another hour (or four!) to begin the conversation with — dare I say it? — the Holy Spirit.
Last Sunday, in the very middle of service, my mind suddenly flew to the Pentecost banner. I grabbed up my phone to try and find a photo of the work-in-progress so I could get its image in my mind. It was a moment of inspiration — a pull so strong that I could not, would not let it go.
But as I scrolled through this website, looking for an image, I became very self-conscious. Here I was, in church, with my iPhone in my hand. I'm sure it looked as though I was sending texts in the middle of the gospel hymn. My mother turned her head to give me "that look" that mothers all know how to give — and I deserved that look.
But I think — no, I KNOW and it's one of the very few things about God that I am quite certain of, in fact — that OUR rules are not the same as God's rules.
So, today I stay home from church to work — this said just as I see my parent's driving by my house while on their way to church — and I think that's the right thing for me to do today. "Good" Sister-in-training or "bad," it is who I am and what I choose.
By the way, the Pentecost banner was started a few months after I finished the Ascension Day banner (May 2009).
The season of Pentecost immediately follows the ten-day season of Ascension, the banners were meant to follow after each other in design also.
The Ascension banner's blues indicating a heavenly rising, the reds of the Pentecost banner portraying the fires of the Holy Spirit.
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How does the BMW E39 adapt to high altitudes when you go from sea level to 6000 feet?
This thread today, where a user went from a low altitude warm area to a high altitude cold area, got me wondering how the E39 adapts to altitude when it comes to engine control adjustments:
To better understand how the bimmer adapts to altitude, I ask the general question:
Q: What does our E39 do differently at altitude than at sea level?
In a nut shell, thats what your O2 sensors and MAF sensors are for. They are constantly measuring the air intake and sniffing the exhaust mixture for the proper fuel air ratio which will properly compensate for temperature and pressure. In the old days with carburetors, if you were going on a trip to the mountains, you would turn the mixture screws in a half turn to lean the carbs out a bit. Then undo do it when you got back.
Bee-when warm, any car is in closed loop mode so the maf is measuring air passing maf and sending an anticipated fuel injector spray duration period to the ECU. Then, the pre-cat O2 sensor has the final word and determines how well the ECU did based upon Maf signal. The leaner air at higher altitudes will tell the O2 that car is running rich cause there isn't enough air to support your adaptation values for normal operation. ECU will start to change the adaptation values to take fuel injector pulse duration down to make the O2 sensor happier with less gas to match the lessor air. The car does not know how long you are going to be in the higher altitude, so it may not make a full adaptation for the height above sea level in one trip. If you moved to higher altitude permanently, it would change your whole table and then your car would run lean at sea level until adaptation values got used to being at sea level and getting more air and lengthen the fuel injector pulse time. Make sense?
Normally aspirated cars lose power at altitude because the air is thinner. Turbos make up a huge difference the higher up you go.
Mine has been known to ask for a hoodie, a floppy wool cap, and some furry gloves.
The key thing is that the MAF (Mass Air Flow Sensor) reads the Mass of air entering the engine, so the signal it gives to the ECU already account of change in air density due to the altitude. The higher up you go the less air mass the MAF will signal to the ECU, so the less fuel the ECU will inject. The O2 sensors of course send fine tune to the ECU to adjust the air/fuel mixture which adjusts the short term fuel mixture adjustment, which over time adjusts the long term fuel adjusts.
Any Naturally Aspirated engine will lose noticeable power as you increase altitude (in my experience). Air gets thinner, oxygen is more scarce. Same effect as with temperature, the hotter the weather, the more power you lose due to thinner air. Although you may accelerate easier at really high speeds due to less resistance (not sure on that one).
According to information online, at 6000feet, air pressure is at 11.1 PSI, which is is a 25% drop. I'd say that you would experience pretty significant and noticeable power losses.
A turbo or supercharged car can combat the lack of oxygen as it can generate more boost than the turbo can use and the pop-off valve will actually release some of the oxygen back, but even F.I. cars will suffer some loss of power.
"Originally Posted by kross1300 View Post
I recently moved from San Diego to Breckenridge, CO and I have been having some trouble with how my car runs!
I would be pissed too, if somebody made me move from sunny SD to Colorado!
regardless, with lower o2 content in the air due to higher altitude the engine operates less efficiently. It can compensate all it wants, less oxygen means less boom
Must haz fuzzy slippers. :thumbup:
Lol ya.
At least he was contributing and not being a jerk off! What did you contribute to this thread? Absolutely nothing. FYI: No matter where you go in our atmosphere the gas mixture is the same... Depending on your altitude only the PRESSURE will change.
Maybe you should spend some time in college instead of the auto garage? Just Saying you might want to give it a thought.
Your statements are just not true, but it's not worth arguing with you. Oh, btw...I got my MBA in 2007 at age 53. When did you get yours?
OP, try driving to the top of Pikes Peak or Mount Evans, that's when you'll really notice you're down on power. Never had an issue with any of my vehicles ecus not adapting to the changes in elevation though, so if your car is stumbling, somethings not right. High reving NA vehicles aren't exactly the best for compensating for the altitude though, you'll find you need to keep the revs higher then at sea level and in a lower gear to make up for the loss in power.
still doing that procedure. If you happen to see God in the near future, will you see if he is still pissed at me?
This information, added today, is apropos to this thread:
- How does the BMW E39 fuel trim behave at high elevation (1) (2) (3) & where is the BMW E39 altitude pressure sensor (APS) (1)
Re: How does the BMW E39 adapt to high altitudes when you go from sea level to 6000 f
Altitude alone doesn't determine engine performance... nor does pressure or temperature.
The term is "DENSITY ALTITUDE" ... for all you aviation fans. It is possible to be at 6'000' and still perform as if you were at a lower altitude. Same holds true for the opposite.
Here is a calculator in case anyone is interested. Pretty straight forward. "Altimeter Setting" is your local atmospheric pressure (29.92 in. Hg is standard at sea level). You can get the required information from weather sources such as The Weather Channel.
The "LOAD" value is used by the DME (it shows up in INPA in the ANALOG 1 screen for the MS41.1). It is a calculated value that adjusts the air mass measure from the MAF (as a ratio of the table-stored MAXIUMUM air mass [at least I think it's table stored]. Here is the quote. It is taken from a Baum Tools document written with input from BMW. The ratio implies that if either the MAF or altitude sensor readings are wrong, then the DME will not adjust the fuel injectors properly - leading to running rich or running lean until it gets feedback from the O2 sensors and can adapt. However, if the error is big enough, the DME may not be able to adjust enough and the engine will mis-behave, IMHO. The ratio may not display correctly. It is [MAF / Max air mass] x [sea level pressure / current barometric pressure]
"When the engine operates at normal or higher load or at higher engine speeds, larger volumes of fuel and air are needed. In order to maintain a Lambda = 1 in these conditions, the ECU monitors the O2 sensor and calculated load (see figure 2) and compares the values against the optimal value for the fuel injection pulse width stored in the drive map. If this base fuel injection pulse width value does not yield a Lambda = 1 at the O2 sensor for the measured air mass, the computer increases or decreases the pulse width by a percentage (%) determined by the difference in Lambda from optimal. These percentages have been computed by the engineers at the factory from extensive dynamometer testing and are stored in a "weighted STFT value array1" in the drive maps.
Calculated Load = Current Air Mass X Atmospheric Pressure @ sea level
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Maximum Air Mass Current Barometric Pressure
Figure. 2
When the STFT reaches the limit of its adjustment it will cause corresponding decrease or increase to the Long Term Fuel Trim. If the correction to the base value exceeds +25% or -25% for longer than 10 seconds a DTC is set for rich or lean stop for STFT."
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Chickens come alive after they die. The aged laying hen I harvested squirmed long enough for me to wonder when she'd stop after her head came off in my left hand, thanks to some help from a serrated 12-inch blade.
The old gal didn't run in circles, but it wasn't for lack of trying. She was trapped upside down in a killing cone, a sort of metal funnel with one flat side strapped to a tree, and that kept the macabre to a minimum.
The killing cone was one piece of technology in the mobile chicken processing unit being demonstrated in a picnic area of the Lubrecht Experimental Forest on Fermentation Friday, the first day of Alternative Energy Resource Organization's 31st Annual Meeting, which lasted Oct. 28 through 30. Most attendees were interested in generating cash flow through small-scale chicken husbandry; I've always liked taking stuff apart.
When the chicken I was disassembling simmered down, workshop leader Will Tusick went to fetch one of four birds destined to become poultry. My chicken and I scooted over to a cauldron of scalding water and a labor-saving spinning tub lined with rubber fingers called a plucker.
That's when I learned that chickens aren't hollow. I came into that information about the same time as Kolibri Drobish, a tiny towhead who gave her name as Bri and her age as "fhree" before settling her nose on the opposite edge of the evisceration table, about two feet from where I struggled to liberate the insides of a chicken from its skeleton.
Bri was quiet, once asking where the blood that seeped onto the table was coming from. "Chickens have blood just like people," her dad told her. She nodded and turned back to watching me coat my hands with the yellow fat that filled what I'd previously thought of as the stuffing hole.
The 15 minutes Bri stayed interested was long enough for me to scrape the cavity clean, take a step back and start another bird. Bri—the last remnant of the original crowd—wandered off then, maybe to the homebrew workshop.


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Where's the rest
I want the rest I want the rest
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Maybe she is...who noes...anyways
I love that christopher columbus joke...hahaha
Update soon
Good story
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And romantic!!!!!
Great short story
One of the best
I like the idea of the yellow ribbion....and once again ur story was amazing...like it never is!!!!!!!
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This is kinda confusing
Intoduce the characters a little better
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That was so sad......I love it!!!!!!!....I just hope harry doesn't die in the last book.....if he does it would be like losing someone I loved....lol....I'm to emotional
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That was great!!!!!!!
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Hey kate.....sorry for being a pain in the u no wat.....but I'm dieing to no wat happens when she returns....and I no u have a life and everthing...but saddly I don't and I need to see and read the last chapter........and once again....I'm sorry for being a b***h......but I can't help it if I loved ur story and this stupid website won't let me see the last chapter.......it says its not been approve or watever...I don't blame u cause I no u rote it already.....anyways loved ur story.......loved it so much I can't even wait for the 3rd chapter
Author's Response: *laughing* I have to say that you could possibly be my most avid reader! Well, here\'s the scoop. I submitted the third chapter about the middle of last week and it has not been approved yet. I don\'t know what\'s taking so long but I\'m hoping for it to be up by tomorrow at the latest! We\'ll see!
Hm..well if you\'re looking for something to read while you\'re waiting...you can try reading my other story if you haven\'t already *wink ;-)*
Thank you so much for the support! =D
Hey.....I'm review to tell u that once again I read ur story...couldn't help it it was and still is the best ever....but I have a question...its not finished and u put that it is....the site didn't approve the 3rd and last chapter......I'm dying to no wat happens when she returns to see harry
Author's Response: Oh! Sorry! I must have checked complete by mistake! Don\'t worry, I\'ll fix that right now. You\'ll find out what happens with Harry in the next chapter, I promise! Thanks so much for telling me and for the lovely praise! =D
That's really good......I hope u post up the next chapter real soon....I'm dieing to no what happens when giiny goes baq home
Author's Response: Don\'t worry, the next chapter is already written! I\'m just editing and it should be up sometime within the next couple days! Thank you so much! =D
That was very good!!!!!!!!!
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This is good......very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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That was cute!!!!!!!!!
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Someone blushing!!!!
Great story
Can't wait to read next xhapter...so I'm a do it now!!!!
This is getting good!!!!
There do perfect 2gether!!!!!!!
Cute chapter
But when I'm I gonna see some lily and james action...hopefully soon
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I'm new to concealed carry and I am learning as much as possible. I will be taking an NRA course at the local range as soon as I can and I will be training as much as possible. If anyone can recommend a good CC holster for a Taurus PT145 millennium, I would appreciate it.
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After a few failed tries at making a cocktail, he finally succeeds, then passes out wearing a goofy helmet Alan put on his head. Hilarious! Charlie's so drunk he sleeps with a plastic dome on his head! ShelterKATHIE LEE & HODA Episode: Winesday, November 17 Total Drinks: 5 Biggest Lush: Our ladies tied this week during a Very Special Sex-Themed Episode Signature Drinks: Pseudo-pomegranate martinis Best Bon Mot: Kathie Lee: "Well, we have this sex wine." Drunkest Moment: She hadn't had a drink yet, but the typically frigid Kathie Lee said "I personally think there's already too much sex in this world, but that's just me." Welcome to Kathie Lee and Hoda's "Sex Show." No, it wasn't as cringeworthy as it sounds. It was horrifying. In between checking out candy thongs and talking about 65 different positions in the bedroom, the morning-show hosts indulged in "sex wine" at the top of the hour. The rosé, a M. Lawrence Sex Sparkling Mist, met their approval. (Pssst, at under $15 a bottle, it makes for a cheap and easy date.) Later in the show, Aussie chef Curtis Stone cooked up a storm and they all sipped "pomegranate" martinis with vodka and a squeeze of lemon—minus the pomegranate juice. Curtis substituted cherry juice; Kathie Lee noticed the difference. She so would.MODERN FAMILY Episode 8: "Manny Get Your Gun" Total Drinks: 7 Biggest Lush: Jay, by a nose Signature Drinks: They exclusively drank red Best Bon Mot: Cam to Mitchell: "You cheated! You cheated on me with choreography and that is the worst kind." Drunkest Moment: Jay calmly sipped a glass of red while Gloria went on a mad search for her keys. A newcomer in the Must Drink TV race, Modern Family proves the old belief that the family that drinks together, stays together. Ye olde patriach of the family had a glass before his stepson Manny's birthday dinner—maybe he was feeling his age or trying to calm down while his wife blamed him for her lost keys—then had another during dinner. Cam and Mitchell fought, Manny had a mini-life crisis over missing his childhood, and Claire and Phil nearly crashed their cars trying to race to the restaurant. And yet, all the tiffs were solved with a little vino and surprisingly wise words from the young birthday boy. THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA Episode 7: "She Can Dance?" Total Drinks: 9 Biggest Lush: New bride-to-be Cynthia Signature Drinks: Moet & Chandon Champagne Best Bon Mot: Kim to a dancing lineman: "You could bounce a quarter off that ass." Drunkest Moment: Cynthia didn't seem to have her wits about her during Peter's proposal. Blame Moet? Mazel tov, Atlantans! Cynthia and Peter became engaged on their third anniversary. After decorating her friends' apartment for the occasion, NeNe relaxed with a cocktail and the couple toasted to their future happiness—and a giant engagement ring. Later, Cynthia, her sister and mother drank Champagne while wedding dress shopping, which could explain them blubbering over taffeta. Sheree warmed up for her Dancing Stars of Atlanta competition with a glass of red. The rest of the gang sipped white during Sheree's dance performance that managed to surpass Bristol Palin levels of stiffness.HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Episode 9: "Glitter" Total Drinks: 15 Biggest Lush: Robin & Barney Signature Drinks: Beer, Scotch, white wine Best Bon Mot: Barney: "Robin, did you know boutonnière is French for 'booty is near?'" Drunkest Moment: Probably when Ted and Barney spit out their beers while watching Robin Sparkles' turn on the Canadian kids' show Space Teens We learned some valuable lessons this week: 1) HIMYM can still be ridiculously funny, 2) Robin starred on a subliminally raunchy show where she sung about her pet beaver, and 3) The best Canadian bar in New York is the Hoser Hut. As always, Lily was throwing back white wine, Robin mixed it up with beer and red to erase the painful memories of her teen stardom, and Barney drank beer and Scotch while putting up an impassioned defense of wearing suits and boutonnières. The episode ended at the Hoser Hut with our thirtysomething heroes holding forth into the night, steins in hand.COUGAR TOWN Episode 8: "Little Girl Blues" Total Drinks: 18 Biggest Lush: Jules, who was coping with her son dating a hot, blond 23-year-old Signature Drinks: Goblets upon goblets of unidentified red wine Best Bon Mot: Travis' girlfriend Kirsten: "I think I'll have some breakfast wine." Drunkest Moment: Jules downs half a bottle after her son chooses dinner with Kirsten over "mom time" It's only right that Jules took the crown this week. She was strapped into an emotional rollercoaster after Travis brought home his grad student girlfriend and made up for it by pairing red wine with breakfast, lunch, and dinner. When klutzy Kirsten shatters "Big Joe," the huge chalice that holds an entire bottle and gets Jules through the day, we nearly witnessed a sitcom murder. (Watch Jules' special moments with Big Joe and her slow-motion dive to save him here.) 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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ----- UAB long snapper Taylor Klein is one of 14 Conference USA football players named Thursday to the league's 2012 All-Academic Team.
Klein, a senior from Lexington, Ky., has been with the Blazers' program for five years and just completed his fourth season as the team's long snapper on punts and placekicks. He finished his career with 48 games played.
Klein, who was a member of the 2009 C-USA All-Freshman Team, has a 3.57 grade point average in accounting. He has been named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll four consecutive years.
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Adhem Elsawi, East Carolina, R-Jr., 3.51, Biology, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Matt Milner, East Carolina, R-Jr., 4.00, Physics, Raleigh, N.C.
Dominick LeGrande, Marshall, Grad., 3.50, Adult & Technical Education, Staten Island, N.Y.
Jacob Karam, Memphis, Grad., 3.71, Arts & Liberal Studies, Friendswood, Texas
Tanner Leland, Rice, R-Jr., 3.65, Mathematics, Katy, Texas
Randall Joyner, SMU, Jr., 3.46, Sports Management, Carrollton, Texas
Corey Acosta, Southern Miss, R-So., 3.90, Biological Sciences, Memphis, Tenn.
Brandon Francesconi, Southern Miss, Sr., 3.62, Business Management, Burlingame, Calif.
Ryan Griffin, Tulane, Sr., 3.36, Management, Westlake Village, Calif.
Sam Scofield, Tulane, So., 3.82, Business, Lafayette, La.
Jared St. John, Tulsa, Sr., 3.34, History & Education, Edmond, Okla.
Taylor Klein, UAB, Sr., 3.57, Accounting, Lexington, Ky.
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Alas, that grandly named firm is at 270 Park Avenue, north of Grand Central Terminal and miles from the demonstration.
First, though, the report itself, grandly titled "The Growth and Opportunity Project."
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A sum of ready money he would have in hand; and, as to his debts, he would be grandly indifferent to any consideration of them.
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The use of grand- in compounds, with the sense of "a generation older than, or younger than," is first attested c.1200, in Anglo-French graund dame "grandmother." Latin and Greek had similar usages.
Grand jury is late 15c. Grand piano from 1797. The grand tour of the principal sites of continental Europe, as part of a gentleman's education, is attested by that name from 1660s. The Grand Canyon was so called 1871 by Maj. John Wesley Powell, scientific adventurer, who explored it; earlier it had been known as Big Canyon.
"thousand dollars," 1915, American English underworld slang, from grand (adj.).
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I have had two of these things fail on me in the last few weeks. I have mine connected to 5.2 V on the RAW pin, and the GND, VCC, TX, and RX are connected to the XBEE Explorer regulated board. It works fine for awhile, then the TX/RX pins on the Arduino just go bad. Anyone else have this problem????!!!
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I'd like to access accel values projected onto the earth frame. I suspect the DCM code already has this functionality built in somewhere, but I am having a difficult time following all aspects of the code. If this functionality is built in, what is the variable name for it?
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Myself and some of my co-workers were wordering if anyone on the message boards has ever used Acurel F Water Clarifier. Let us know your experience!
I recently bought some Acurel for a 10 gallon that I was having problems with -- it cleared up and has stayed clear since! No scary side effects, either, like the O2 level being altered. Thanks for a great product!
Haven't tried it. I have seen the adverts on the forum and going to check it out though.
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For what it's worth, the Acurel-F is awesome in conjunction with substrates like Turface. I have used it to clear up that lingering "fog" that hangs in the water and it works really quickly. I am really impressed -- I will be using Acurel products whenever I can.
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Hacked Piano Acts As Video Game Controller [Video]
Student Geoffrey Guterl has made an electric keyboard that moves players onscreen.
Game controllers come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from the standard hand-helds to the old school arcade setups. Still, you'd be hard pressed to find players who use their pianos to defeat digitally rendered characters, which is exactly the kind of system that Geoffrey Guterl has developed.
As part of a interactive design project, Guterl used the keyboard's MIDI signals to act as commands, which were processed using arduino that then relayed the commands to an Xbox 360. With it, Guterl is able to defeat other players in the fighting game Tekken, triggering different move combination with just a few well-timed notes on the keyboard.
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As noted in Climate Connections, killing nuclear power once and for all is now a possibility. As the key to ending this lethal anachronism is in Obama's hands, putting him on the spot is perhaps the most urgent task of American citizens. As his predecessor in the White House observed, he's either with us or… more
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In today's issue of The Dominion, Anna Luisa Daigneault discusses multimedia Indigenous language revitalization in British Columbia, as well as the spiritual healing of elders who survived the residential schools. more
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Imagine calling 911 and being told the ambulances aren't running because they're out of gas. Or finding everything in the refrigerator warm because the electricity is only on for six hours a day. Welcome to Gaza. As Electronic Intifada reports, this is not unusual, nor acceptable in a first world country, even in a Fourth… more
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As Kurds from Turkey to Iran celebrate Newroz (Kurdish New Year), Kurds in Turkey support a referendum to decide the future of Kurdistan. As an Indigenous nation extending across Syria and Iraq, in addition to Turkey and Iran, Kurdistan has everything going but its own state. That may happen in the future, but for now… more
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As Beth Walker observes in her post at Minorities in Focus, the proliferation of conflicts over mining on tribal peoples lands isn't just a reflection of growing network awareness of market theft and institutional impunity; it's also a reaction to the sizable increase in the scale of operations and intensity of extraction by transnational corporations.… more