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Dario Franchitti
Born: May 19, 1973 in Edinburgh, Scotland
Race starts (CART and Indycar): 247
Wins: 31
Poles: 30
Indianapolis 500 Wins: 3
Indycar Championships: 4
Before you call me an idiot for picking Dario over a multitude of other drivers, hear me out. I often think Dario Franchitti never gets enough credit nor respect from fans everywhere, as many fans judge him for the wrong reasons. He competes hard on and off the track, he wears his heart on his sleeve, and he wins races. What's not to like? Dario is one of hell of a driver. He won his third Indianapolis 500 in 2012. 2012 was also the first time Dario hadn't won the Indycar Championship in quite a long time, as he won it in 2007, 2009 (went to NASCAR in 2008 but decided to come back to Indycar in 2009), 2010, and in 2011. You look at how stacked the fields in Indycar have been in recent years (especially in 2009-2011), you have to be in awe at how amazing it is that he won three straight titles. He consistently races hard and races fast. This last year was a bit of a rough patch, but I expect him to be back in 2013. Dario Franchitti, as I always say, is a living legend, and someone I've enjoyed watching these past couple years. Here's hoping to a strong finish to his career with many successful years to come!
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It's one of the biggest events of the year for the fashion industry and earlier tonight (May 5) Elizabeth Olsenstrolled up to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for the 2014 Met Gala.
Clad in a gorgeous embellished blue frock, the "Godzilla" star was hard to miss with her beautiful smile and picture perfect poses as she mingled with fellow attendees.
While she's best-known for her acting chops, Elizabeth Olsen proves she could be a top model as the cover girl for the June 2014 issue of Marie Claire UK magazine.
She's gearing up for the release of "Godzilla" this spring, and during promotions Elizabeth Olsen took time to pose for a spread in Flaunt magazine's latest issue.
After her photo shoot with Hunter & Gatti, the 25-year-old actress discussed keeping "Avengers: Age of Ultron" secrets under wraps and opened up about transitioning from "Godzilla" to the superhero flick.
Continuing promotional efforts for her new action-packed flick "Godzilla," Elizabeth Olsen fronted the May 2014 issue of Marie Claire magazine.
It's a story that's been told many times before, but now someone else is giving "Godzilla" a fresh look.
On Saturday (April 5), Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures released an extended look at the upcoming action flick.
Getting into character, Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy Renner started working on "Avengers: Age of Ultron" on Monday (March 24).
The "Godzilla" actress sported her Scarlet Witch gear as she faced off with Jeremy, all done up in his Quicksilver garb as they shot scenes in Cannes, France.
Getting fans excited for it's upcoming release, Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures released a new international trailer from the upcoming flick, "Godzilla" on Tuesday (March 18).
In the nearly minute and a half clip, eager move-goers get their first glimpse at just how much devastation this iconic creature is causing in the human world.
Bringing even more joy to the Olsen clan, "Godzilla" beauty Elizabeth Olsen and boyfriend, Boyd Holbrook are engaged, and right on the heels of older sister Mary Kate Olsen's engagement to Olivier Sarkozy.
A source close to the couple told Us Weekly, "They've been by each other for a while, taking a lot of couple time," stating that the two of them have been "Talking about getting engaged."

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Remember, this is a guy who worked for Al-Jazeera, which is based in the dictatorial theocratic apartheid state of Qatar. But I guess it's easier to attack the integrity of Jewish countries, both there and here on the Huffington Post. It's nice to see that he's no mere "critic" of Israel's "policies" though.


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Thursday, 29 December 2011
A Thank you Tag, Using one of my Christmas presents x x x x
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Wednesday, 28 December 2011
A little altered item today INSPRIATION From Creative Craft World - The Challenge.
Lisa over at www.thatcraftplace.co.uk is having a sale in her store, super saving's to be had, pop over and have a look, also Lisa runs a card challenge with some fantastic giveaways come along and take part, it's fun x x Hugs May x x x x x x x
I have entered this in the creative inspirations weds challenge this week (anything goes) I also took inspriation from Creative Craft World Challenge, by choosing the schoolgirl card clock, Made by Sue Pop over for a visit lots of ideas to choose from the DT team at www.creativecraftworld.blogspot.com
WOYWW 134, Some of my Christmas goodies, just waiting to be played with.
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Saturday, 24 December 2011
A very Merry Christmas to you all
It's Christmas Eve, I hope you all are set for the fat man in the red suit, and you all get what you wish for. I want to thank everyone who has visited my blog over the last year and thank you for all the lovely comments, I read every one and they mean so much to me, Thank you x x
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017| FDA Approval/Clearance, , Lions Eye Institute , , Lucentis,
EyewireTV — Lucentis Launches Prefilled Syringe; LEITR Doubles in Size
In this week's EyewireTV, Lucentis (ranibizumab) is now available in the United States in a new 0.5-mg prefilled syringe; and the Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research has doubled its size after acquiring International Sight Restoration, the largest eye bank for international ocular distribution. Also, three companies with early-stage products for serious ocular conditions (Aura Biosciences, Regenxbio, and GenSight Biologics) receive the green light from the FDA to proceed with clinical development.
Wednesday, June 21, 2017| Business, Clinical Trials, Novartis, Psivida, Retina, Uveitis, Wet AMD
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In this week's EyewireTV, Novartis' wet AMD candidate RTH258 (brolucizumab 6 mg) meets the primary and secondary endpoints in two phase 3 trials; and a second phase 3 trial of pSivida's Durasert 3-year treatment for posterior uveitis achieves its primary endpoint by demonstrating a significant reduction in the recurrence of posterior uveitis through 6 months. Also, several leadership changes are announced in the ophthalmology industry.Watch Video
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
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In this week's EyewireTV, eye care executives discuss how recent changes at their companies will improve service and access to technology for physicians and patients.Watch Video
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Wednesday, May 31, 2017| Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Beaver-Visitec International, BVI, Clinical Trials, FDA Approval/Clearance, Genentech, Glaucoma, Product Releases
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In this week's EyewireTV, Genentech receives FDA approval for Actemra (tocilizumab) for the treatment of giant cell arteritis, marking the first FDA-approved treatment for the disease; and Aerie Pharmaceuticals reports positive phase 3 topline efficacy results for its fixed-dose combination glaucoma product candidate, Roclatan. Also, Beaver-Visitec International announces the US launch of a long-term dissolvable punctal implant—the Extend 180.Watch Video
Wednesday, May 24, 2017| American Society of Cataract & Ref Surgeons, ASCRS, Business
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Wednesday, May 10, 2017
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017| dry age-related macular degeneration, dry AMD, Glaucoma, Glaukos Corporation, Intraocular Pressure, IOP, Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS), Minimally Invasive Micro Sclerostomy (MIMS) , stem cell therapy
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A 15-YEAR-OLD boy became the latest victim of Sydney's gun crime wave late on Friday night, after he was shot by a man in an attack in south-western Sydney.
The boy was badly wounded in the lower left arm and was in a stable condition in Liverpool Hospital yesterday.
Police said a man in a red 1980s VK Commodore sedan fired twice at the teen before speeding off.
The boy and a 19-year-old youth were standing at the corner of Saywell Road and Harold Street, Macquarie Fields, shortly before midnight when they got into an argument with two men in a car.
A witness said it appeared the man in the car shot the boy after he threatened to throw stones at them.
The car then raced away, did a U-turn, came back and stopped before the gunman shot at the boy again. The car then roared off.
"I was watching TV when I heard these people shouting at each other out in the street," said a witness who did not want to be named.
"I looked out the window and saw the two teenagers grab stones from a garden and go towards the car . . . I went out the front door to tell them to put the stones back when I saw the driver of the car lean out of the car with a gun and fire straight at the kid.
"What has happened to our society when people pull out guns and shoot at boys in the street? They could have easily driven away from the argument with the kids, but they even came back and tried to finish the job," the witness said.
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GIG: Thursday Evening at Waterfront Plaza of Brookfield Plaza (Free)
Blues guitar stalwart Robert Cray has sold more than 12 million albums and was the youngest musician ever to be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. But 40 years into his career, Cray's not resting on his laurels. His latest album "In My Soul" features this song "Nobody's Fault But Mine."
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The Mousetrap
"Fourteen months I am going to give it", said Peter Saunders, the play's first producer.
"It won't run that long," replied Agatha Christie. "Eight months perhaps. Yes, I think eight months."
Shuddering suspense, brilliantly intricate plot, and murders lurking around every corner... The Mousetrap first entered stage left on the 12th April 1952, and after more than 26,500 performances it is now the longest–running show of any kind in history.
About The Mousetrap Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap has kept audiences guessing for six decades. The show entered its 64th incredible year on the 25th November 2015 and this world record breaking production continues to attract audiences from every corner of the globe to St. Martin's Theatre, where the show has its own Blue Plaque.
During its phenomenal 64 year run there have been no fewer than 450 actors and actresses appearing in the play, 116 miles of shirts have been ironed and over 415 tons of ice cream sold. Some cast members are in the Guinness Book of Records – David Raven as the 'Most Durable Actor' for 4575 performances as Major Metcalf and the late Nancy Seabrooke for a record breaking 15 years as an understudy. An original 1952 cast member, Deryck Guyler (Please Sir!, Sykes), is still present to this day via a recording, reading the radio news bulletin.
The play is based on a short story, but Agatha Christie asked that the story not be published as long as it ran as a play in the West End of London. Outside of the West End, only one version of the play can be performed annually and under the contract terms of the play, no film adaptation can be produced until the West End production has been closed for at least six months. No film adaptation has yet been produced.
The Mousetrap – the story: 4 guests are snowed in at a guest–house, reading about a murder in the newspaper. Another traveller arrives, his car in a snowdrift, a strange, unsettling man. When one of the guests is found dead, they realise there is a murderer in their midst...
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Bearcats Finish Regular Season With Win; Secure Second Place
Nov. 13, 2011
CINCINNATI –The University of Cincinnati volleyball team finished its regular season BIG EAST play Sunday afternoon with a 3-2 win over Villanova (22-25, 25-14, 25-23, 24-26, 15-4).
The win puts the Bearcats (12-2) in second place in the BIG EAST, under regular season champion Louisville. The Bearcats were led by all positions on the court. Sophomore libero Emily MacIntyre (Muncie, Ind. /Yorktown) recorded 34 digs, a career-best. This number comes within 3 digs of the single-season match record for digs set by Jamie Frey in 2007.
Three players recorded double-digit kills in the win. Junior Jordanne Scott (Indianapolis, Ind. /Lawrence North) led all players with 24 kills and a .378 percentage. Senior Missy Harpenau (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mother of Mercy) followed with another double-double (17 kills, 15 digs). Junior Becca Refenes (Westland, Mich. /Lutheran Westland) recorded 10 kills and a .333 percentage.
Refenes also did well at the net. She put down 7 block assists and a solo block, accounting for 7.5 out of the team's 11. Freshman Caylin Mahoney (Fort Worth, Texas/Keller Central) recorded a double-double with a match-high 49 assists and 13 digs.
The fifth and final set started with two Scott kills and a block from Hayden and Scott for a 4-2 Bearcat lead in the set to 15. Mahoney recorded two kills and junior Emily Hayden (Louisville, Ky. /Assumption) teamed up with Harpenau for a block to continue the lead 11-4. The match ended with an ace from MacIntyre and a fifth set win 15-4.
The fourth set started with a 5-0 Villanova run. Harpenau answered back with a 8-0 serving run thanks to kills from Scott and Refenes for a 8-5 Bearcat lead. Scott and Refenes teamed up for a block to keep the lead 17-13. Junior Megan Turner (Ontario, N.Y. /Wayne Central) added a well-placed ball in front of the attack line and Scott added a kill to continue the Bearcats' run 20-17. The Wildcats fought back however at the end of the set to tie the match at two sets each 26-24.
The Bearcats started the third set with an 8-5 lead thanks to kills from Harpenau and Mahoney. The score remained close as the Wildcats began to record kills but the Bearcats remained in the lead 18-14. Bearcat hitting errors allowed the Wildcats to come within one points 24-23. The set ended with a Scott kill 25-23 in favor of Cincinnati.
Mahoney started the second set with a 6-0 serving run thanks to kills from Harpenau and Scott, digs from freshman Jamie Netisingha (Westmont, Ill. /Hinsdale Central) and MacIntyre and a solo block from Refenes. Turner and Hayden then added kills of their own to extend the lead 15-4. Harpenau added an ace toward the end of the set for a 24-13 lead. Scott ended the set with a kill 25-14.
Villanova started with a quick 9-5 lead in the first set, even with Bearcat points earned by kills from Harpenau, Scott, Turner and Hayden. Refenes then recorded two blocks with Harpenau and one with Mahoney to switch momentum for a 16-13 Bearcat lead. The Wildcats fought back to get ahead 22-21. A Wildcat kill secured the Villanova first set win 25-22. Statistically, the set was very even. The Wildcats hit .317, while the Bearcats recorded a .316 percentage. Villanova also barely out-dug Cincinnati 16-14.
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It is often said that DeLillo's characters are merely vessels for his ideas. The accusation irritates him. "I don't think it's true at all. I never have ideas before I have characters, and that's the way it's always worked. I have a very visual sense of characters in places. My people are not just words, they are in rooms or in cars or in meadows, doing something."
But he agrees that he avoids exploring character in a conventional fashion. "There are many contemporary writers who are Victorian novelists at heart ... Their work is conceptualised in rather antique terms - at least as I see it."
He works from his home in Westchester County, New York state, where he lives with his wife, Barbara Bennett, a landscape designer. They have no children. "After breakfast I work for four hours or so, then take a break and work for a briefer period in the afternoon, essentially rewriting what I've done earlier."
DeLillo lives in what is said to be the most expensive residential area in America, but chose it, he says, because it takes only half an hour to travel into Manhattan. "I have to be part of New York. Even if I'm not writing about the city, I feel a certain charge that does inform my work, even if it's indirectly."
Westchester is a world away from the tough streets of the Bronx, where DeLillo grew up. His parents were immigrants from the Abruzzi mountains in Italy, and his father worked as a payroll clerk at an insurance company. Although DeLillo was born an American, he grew up in an Italian community, which he feels gives him a sense of perspective on the country. "I am a first-generation American and I still do have a sense of looking at the culture as if from the outside."
His childhood home was almost devoid of books. "I had no urge to write and I really didn't do very much reading. It was a radio culture, very oral." What did he dream of doing? "Nothing," he says peremptorily. "I used to play ball in the street all the time, but I had no particular dream of any sort. I really didn't think of myself as a writer until I was well into my 20s, even though I'd published a few stories in small magazines."
While working as a parking attendant during his teenage years, DeLillo began to read avidly: during the hours spent invigilating vehicles, he read James Joyce, Herman Melville and Ernest Hemingway, among others. He attended Fordham University, a Jesuit university in the Bronx, where he studied history, philosophy and theology, before getting a job in advertising.
When DeLillo began writing his first novel, Americana, in 1966, he was living in an unheated apartment with a refrigerator in the bedroom. Once the book was published, he was hailed as a writer who could articulate the confused identity of contemporary America, a talent he has been honing ever since (through novels such as Libra, White Noise, then Underworld).
He seems more at ease talking about the September 11 terrorist attacks and the war with Iraq than about his own writing. He believes that the war has had a profound impact on the American psyche. "I think the curious psychological subtext of the war in Iraq was to return America to its sense of the future." I ask him what he means by this. "We're using our technological imperative in order to win a struggle that concerns the past and the future. This is not something that's at all overt, but I think the element exists at some level of our exertions against terrorists and the Iraq situation, as well. We want to live in the future."
I'm still not sure what he means. This is the thing about DeLillo: he says and writes things that have the ring of profundity but leave the reader perplexed. You can sometimes see why he has the title of America's greatest unread author.
He agrees that he likes to challenge his readers. "It's important to me to do it. It's not a mark of a writer's seriousness, necessarily. It's really a personal drive to attempt certain kinds of fiction that aren't so easily consumable.
"If the ideas stopped, then I would stop. But as long as there are ideas, there will be words to try to express them." As for the spoken word, DeLillo has had enough: "We've run out of conversation, haven't we?" he says hopefully. The Telegraph, London.
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(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) President Obama is vowing the U.S. will cut oil consumption by a third in the next decade. Speaking before a group at Georgetown University, Obama said: "So today, I'm setting a new goal: one that is reasonable, achievable, and necessary. When I was elected to this office, America imported 11 million barrels of oil a day. By a little more than a decade from now, we will have cut that by one-third."
To achieve this, Obama said, he would take several measures: continue to expand domestic drilling, pursuing increased natural gas drilling while ensuring it didn't endanger oil supplies, and, as he put it, keeping nuclear power "on the table," because he said, nuclear power doesn't produce carbon. But he said that must be done safely.
His biggest proposals, however, were on the consumption side. By 2015, he said, all federal cars purchased will be hybrid or electric.
"The fleet of cars and trucks we use in the federal government is one of the largest in the country. That's why we've already doubled the number of alternative vehicles in the federal fleet, and that's why, today, I am directing agencies to purchase 100% alternative fuel, hybrid, or electric vehicles by 2015. And going forward, we'll partner with private companies that want to upgrade their large fleets."
Obama noted that even if the US were to drill "every drop" of U.S. oil, US oil only accounts for 2 percent of the world supply, while the US consumes 25 percent of the oil. He also pointed out that 70 percent of US petroleum consumption comes from the transportation sector.
Most of the oil consumption part of the speech focused on alternative-fueled personal and commercial vehicles, but he did make reference to increasing mass transit options: " We've also made historic investments in high-speed rail and mass transit, because part of making our transportation sector cleaner and more efficient involves offering Americans – urban, suburban, and rural – the choice to be mobile without having to get in a car and pay for gas."
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On 3/12/03 at 2:31 AM, stevebg at adelphia.net (Steve Gray) wrote:
>In the following function, most of which you can ignore, there is an
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>If succeeds are grouped with ( ) . This works but I thought the right
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No, {} is always used to create a list. So,
If[test, {expr1, expr2, expr3 ...}]
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The simplest way to have a block of expressions execute if true is as follows:
expr1; expr2; expr3; , (* block executed if test = true *)
fexpr1; fexpr2; expr3 (* block executed if test = false *)
That is the separator between statements in a block to be executed is a semicolon. The separator between the true and false block is a comma. If you are used to C progamming this swaps the roles of the semicolon and comma.


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Are you concerned about space junk?
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Here is my take on the results.
I am here on my fourth trip to the ATA to help with un-hibernation efforts. The plan is to have our SETI searches operating by the end of the month. We will be announcing the exact date some time next week. At least that is the current plan.
We are continuing the re-opening effort of the ATA. No exact date is set yet, but it should be several weeks at the most. Don't worry - we will make a big announcement on the front page of setiQuest.org when a date is set.
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Pagano came up with another game plan well suited to the opponent. The Ravens were able to limit the damage from the Houston running game and with minimal pressure on Yates, forced him to throw 37 times directly into the strength of the Ravens defense.
If you were genetically designing a new super soldier, you'd want to start with some of TJ's DNA for his fearlessness.
Most veteran quarterbacks playing the Ravens seem to look for Ed Reed and throw away from him. Yates has a clearly-demonstrated affinity with Andre Johnson, but no apparent fear of the Ravens' most talented defenders. This led to 5 excellent interception opportunities of which 3 were converted:
• (Q1, 4:41) Lewis stepped in front of the pass for Johnson, who was bracketed by Webb, but dropped an easy interception.
• (Q1, 3:21) Yates threw short right for Johnson, who was all alone, covered by Webb. Lardarius anticipated the throw, jumped the route, and blocked out Johnson with his body from making a play to deflect the ball, much as a good tight end would.
• (Q2, 6:55) Yates threw deep right for Johnson near the goal line. Webb drifted backwards off his man and impacted Reed who was leaping for the interception.
• (Q4, 7:28) Webb and Reed had Kevin Walter bracketed in the seam approximately 23 yards from the LoS. Yates released again. Webb had ideal position for the pick, but with Reed behind him could relinquish any potential tackling responsibility.
• (Q4, 2:00) Jimmy Smith had good coverage on Andre Johnson down the right sideline and Reed anticipated the throw from the snap. He was the first man there by a wide margin, made an uncontested leap, and hauled it in for his 8th postseason pick.
Should you be worried about pressure unable to get home? Not more than a little. The Texans' offensive line is excellent and the Ravens didn't bring a complex pressure scheme. They forced Yates to throw into 7-man coverage for most of the day. I scored the Ravens with just 3 deceptive blitzes and one of them was with 3 men. They dropped 18 men to cover from the LoS which is something the Ravens have often done regularly to inexperienced QBs in the past. They made limited use of stunts and delayed blitzes, preferring to contain Yates in the pocket. TJ, who lacks Flacco's arm strength and accuracy for outside throws, was not up to the challenge.
The Texans had 62 competitive snaps (excluding 1 kneel to end the first half):
Versus the Run: 27 plays, 132 yards, 4.9 YPC
Versus the Pass: 35 plays, 184 yards, 5.3 YPP
Overall: 62 plays, 316 yards, 5.1 YPPA
By number of defensive backs:
3 DBs: 2 play, 1 yards, 0.5 YPPA (2 plays of the goal-line 3-safety alignment)
4 DBs: 42/235 5.6 YPPA, 1 TO
5 DBs: 18/78, 4.3 YPPA
6 DBs: None
By number of pass rushers:
6: None
7: 1/12
Who was the Ravens' defensive MVP Sunday? It's difficult to choose between Reed and Webb, but we've had years to discuss Reed's greatest games. Lardarius had one of the best games of any corner in Ravens history and had the best game of his career for the 2nd time in the Ravens last 3 contests. His assignments were targeted 8 times, yet he allowed just 1 completion for 19 yards. However, Webb impacted 3 other plays with a supporting role in coverage. Let's review all of the passes in his vicinity:
• (Q1, 9:07): Lardarius had good coverage on Dreessen on the right sideline and Yates threw the ball OOB on the run.
• (Q1, 9:01): Webb pressed on Walter, giving him a good shove at the LoS with both hands. Walter ran a short out pattern to the right and appeared to have the ball initially, but was stripped by Webb at the 30. The PD was not recorded in the Gamebook, but had he just tackled Walter at that spot, he would have left the Texans punting on 4th and 2.
• (Q1, 4:41): He had bracketed coverage on Johnson near the first down marker. Lewis stepped underneath for the PD, but Webb's coverage helped make the play.
• (Q1, 3:21): In solo coverage of Johnson near the right sideline, Webb Stepped in front for an easy pick and used his body effectively to block out Johnson. Johnson did not make a top-shelf attempt to play defender on that interception.
• (Q2, 12:00): Webb covered Johnson on a fade route in the end zone. Lardarius occupied the ideal piece of real estate on the play and Johnson leapt, but was only able to tip the ball away and out of bounds. The Gamebook credits Webb with a PD on the play, but he didn't either touch the ball or hit the receiver while he had the ball, so they are using a different definition than me. In any case the total of 4 PDs matches my scoresheet.
• (Q2, 9:08): Lardarius knocked down a short hitch to Casey on the right sideline.
• (Q2, 6:55): Webb backpedaled off coverage of Walter to get to Yates' heave for Johnson. He had the right idea, but ended up interfering and might have turned a Reed interception into just a PD.
• (Q3, 11:59): Webb had excellent coverage of Casey by the right sideline as Yates wisely threw the ball out of bounds.
• (Q4, 9:34): Johnson faked a double move up the right sideline and Webb turned backwards to chase just as Johnson turned back to Yates to make the catch for a gain of 19.
• (Q4, 7:28): Unpressured, Yates launched a ball down the seam for Kevin Walter who was bracketed by Reed and Webb. That's a little like having your child walk to school between a prison and a strip club; you just have to assume something bad might happen. Lardarius tracked the ball the entire way and collected it in stride as if he was the intended receiver.
• (Q4, 0:20) Webb pressed Walter at the LoS in an attempt to disrupt the Hail Mary attempt. I'd have to say the strategy didn't work as Webb was late getting back and Walter was closest to the football in the end zone when Reed deflected it with his left index finger to end the game.
Yates had a quarterback rating of 0.0 throwing to targets covered by Webb.
There are a whole lot of reasons to want to have Ray Lewis on the field, but his 4 biggest assets, purely in coverage, are:
• The ability to diagnose a screen pass. He not only picked up on the screen left to Foster (Q3, 8:57), but did so quickly enough to avoid the cut block from Myers. Lewis took down Foster for a loss of 7.
• The ability to read the QB's eyes. He jumped in front of the pass intended for Johnson (Q2, 4:41). Sadly, he dropped an easy INT, but the reverse angle shows Lewis recognized the target earlier, but appears to be baiting Yates to make the throw.
• The ability to find a football in the air tipped at the LoS. Sadly there wasn't one of these on Sunday, but think back to Ngata's tip in week 1 if you're looking for an example.
• The ball-dislodging hits for which he positions himself. Yates underthrew Tate short right (Q4, 11:54). Dierdorf said he thought Yates would want the throw back, but Tate would have had to absorb a tremendous hit from Lewis had he made the catch.
Individual Notes:
• Ayanbadejo was active and played on special teams, but did not play a defensive snap. Ellerbe took his place as the 2nd linebacker in the nickel. Dannell was picked on in zone coverage and was the closest man on 4 completions among just 21 pass snaps. Those included Daniels 12-yard catch between the right hash and numbers (Q2, 13:10), Johnson's 17-yard reception near the left numbers (Q3, 9:04), and Johnson's 16-yard catch (Q4, 2:17). He came on a delayed blitz, but was closest to Foster (Q2, 6:44) on the screen pass that went for 12 yards and set up the Texans only TD. Entering the New England game, the lack of a coverage-specialist linebacker for the nickel is a concern.
• The Ravens played primarily combinations of their base defense (42 snaps), so their heavies had a few more snaps than usual. Cody played 31 snaps, Jones 9, McKinney 17, McPhee 17, Ngata 53, Redding 44, Suggs 61, and Kruger 13. For the linebacking platoon, McClain had 36 snaps and Ellerbe 24.


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Odyssea PAR Data?
Does anyone have any par data for the odyssea T5HO lights? I currently have a 55g tank with T8NO tubes that I would like to upgrade the lighting, and I am pretty certain I want to go with the Odyssea.
My question is in whether I should get the 2x54w version or the 4x54w version. I would like to see some par data if possible, or at the very least to know if anyone has used the 4x54w on a 55g and what their results were. (ie. too much light, considering the 55s are pretty narrow?)
I am also in the process of building a pressurized Co2 setup, so before anyone asks, yes, I will be using pressurized! :)
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The oddyssea 4 bulb comes with two separate power sources for 2 lights each. Worst case scenario you run only two lights and get twice as long between bulb changes. I would run the four and see what happens. It's always trial and error in my tank. I run all 4 at once on my 56 gallon column tank. That's a little deeper than a standard 55 but I have no issues. I use flourish excel daily and dry ferts. I set my timer to split the photo period. It's lights on for 4 hours, off for 4, and then back on for 4 more. My tank grows like a weed being somewhat low tech. Hope that helped
Yeah, I suppose that was my initial thought as well. It's also another reason I liked the Odyssea, because of the two cord/seperate switch feature. I was just hoping that perhaps someone had some PAR data BEFORE I turned it on and fried everything lol.
There is a PAR data chart floating around here somewhere. I think its in one of Hoppy's threads
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It's in the sticky at the top of this forum...I just didn't see any data for the Odyssea.
Forum search it. I know there's a chart with it.
Also Google searching this specific forum works MUCH better than the sites actual search function.
Like this "site:plantedtank.net odyssea par"
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Fantastic. That found it right away. And given the data, it looks like the 2x54w Odyssea sitting directly on my 55g will give me about 50 micromols at my substrate, which to my understanding would be right on the cusp of medium/medium-high lighting?
Thanks a ton!
Glad to have helped buddy! :) I believe you're right about the par being around medium lighting.
Also sorry my example turned into a smiley! Lol
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One day this winter, we had a dusting of snow that shut down the campus for the afternoon. Here in Oregon not much snow is required to bring the city to a halt. Because I spent my early years driving in the Midwest, I felt no great urgency to get home, so I stayed on campus a few extra hours. On my way to the library, I ran into someone I'd never seen before; he had a very striking face, leathery and weather-beaten. I thought it might be a prospective student—every year we bring in many students of non-traditional age.
It turned out that he was traveling across the country visiting college campuses, something that he had done all over the globe. He said he's a descendent of the great 16th-century traveler and social thinker Raphael Hythloday, a contemporary of Desiderius Erasmus, John Colet, and Thomas More.
I was quite taken with this loquacious man, and invited him to the student union for lunch. On the way there, we ran into my colleague Giles, who joined us.
After we exchanged some further pleasantries and settled into our meals, our new friend started commenting on the state of American higher education, in particular the growing divide between a wealthy upper class of itinerant administrators who seldom stay at a given institution for more than three or four years before they depart, sought out by the hiring firms that secured their jobs to begin with and on whose radar they've remained as they continue their climb to more and elite schools and higher positions of power at increasingly lucrative rates of pay while the professoriate flounders, propped up by a growing underclass of adjuncts whose work keeps their institutions running. Meanwhile, these administrators leave behind them programs, practices, reforms, and vision statements that have less to do with the long-term health of the college than with the padding of resumes allowing them to move on to the next, higher-paying position. In this way, the upper class of administrators does not so much guide and nurture higher education as it feeds off its dying corpse; and they'll keep feeding until the body is bled dry.
"Some of this has gone on," he triumphantly concluded, "right here at your very own college."
I could tell that Giles was chomping at the bit to speak. Now he could take no more; he jumped in to assert that our school would never allow such a thing. But our friend would have none of it; he merely waved Giles's objection away and went on to tell about his own college experience, at a seminary run by Benedictine monks, which he considered an ideal place to obtain one's undergraduate formation.
"The church bell rang every morning from 5:00 until 5:15. At one point, when I decided to rise early to attend the monastery's morning prayer, I discovered that the bell was rung by a novice, standing with the rope in one hand while he read the book that he held in the other. Another bell, which rang the quarter hour, was on an automatic timer.
"Although we students didn't generally rise with the monks, we participated in our own liturgical life: morning and evening prayer as well as daily Mass. We were encouraged to attend all of these services, though attendance was not strictly enforced, thus allowing for individual differences in each student's spirituality and development. We were also free to attend the monastery services whenever we preferred to do so. Throughout the day there was also time for private prayer and meditation. The blessed sacrament chapel was always available, just to the side of the main chapel, and the ample woods of campus allowed plenty of space for walks and silent meditation.
"Each student chose a major and as many minors as one was inclined to muster, though everyone had at least to minor in philosophy. After a year of the history of philosophy, which took us from Thales to the logical positivists, we followed the classic order: logic, philosophy of human nature, ethics, and metaphysics. One could major in philosophy, though there were nine other possible majors: biology, chemistry, classics, English, French, German, history, psychology, and Spanish. I myself majored in English, where I learned more about contemporary philosophy because one of our professors taught us about Derrida and other deconstructionists. I had enough hours in philosophy for a double major, though the college limited us to a single specialization. I also had minors in Spanish and religious studies, the latter of which was available only as a minor because for those who went on to pursue priesthood, there would be plenty of time for further study in the school of theology. The combination has been ideal for my life's pursuits, though I sometimes lament that I didn't study more languages, especially Latin and Greek, both of which I picked up on my own, but only in bits and pieces.
"The monks and our professors were great exemplars of intellectual life. One of the monks knew 18 languages and had two PhDs, one in spiritual theology and the other in Middle Eastern studies. One professor of philosophy spoke publishable prose in his lectures though he never used notes. I could go on and on about the people I knew there, but I don't want to gush.
"Most graduates of the college went on to careers other than priesthood, as was the case with me. According to what I hear from classmates, it was a great preparation for graduate school as well as various professions.
"Everyone engaged in some kind of service work—visiting local nursing homes, tutoring children in nearby schools, delivering food boxes to families in need. I was part of a crew that went out Saturday mornings to cut wood to deliver to people who used it for cooking and heating. I loved tramping through the woods and splitting logs for a few hours before sitting down to a good lunch.
"Because the president of the college was always a monk, there was very little turnover in administration. A monk might serve as president-rector of the college and the school of theology for ten or even twenty years, and then another monk would take over. There were two divisional deans, usually members of the lay faculty, who would serve for three-year terms, with a chance of renewal for those who didn't mind the work.
"All of the resident assistants were professed monks, so they tended to stay around. It was a kind of pastoral work that many of them liked and were good at.
"It was," he said, "an ideal education."
I allowed that it was no doubt an ideal education for him, but I pointed out that such an idea hardly seemed to be a practical solution to today's crisis in higher education, for one thing because not everyone is interested in priesthood. I asked how enrollment was doing at his alma mater these days.
He regretted to report that his college had had to close. The monastery still ran a school of theology, which was flourishing, but they decided years ago that the independent undergraduate seminary is a thing of the past.
I had a few other thoughts about why it was best that this college no longer existed, but the day was growing late, and our friend said he had to get going. The three of us stopped off at the chapel, recited a few Psalms together, and said goodbye. I can only hope that one day we'll have the chance to continue our conversation.
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Michael Pertschuk's new book "The DeMarco Factor" is a guide to political activism in the form of a chronicle of the work of one man, Vincent DeMarco. A lot of people may never have heard of him, especially if you're not from Maryland, but DeMarco led campaigns over the past 20 years that successfully passed legislation in Maryland strengthening gun control despite the opposition of the NRA, raising taxes on cigarettes despite the opposition of big tobacco, and providing more people with healthcare despite the vicious opposition to that agenda we should all be familiar with. The strategies employed are worth examining.
Much of what DeMarco has done would not have been needed if not for the corruption of money, bad media, and unrepresentative systems of government dominated by parties rather than voters. However, that corruption is everywhere, and it may be so powerful at the national level that the lessons Pertschuk is teaching don't apply or are insufficient. Still, I have no doubt these strategies are superior to the lack of strategy often employed. I can't condense the book, and I recommend reading it in full, but here are a few of the lessons I drew out of the accounts it contains of the tobacco tax and other campaigns, followed by some of the lessons Pertschuk himself summarizes at the end of the book.
Pertschuk very much likes and admires DeMarco, and the only lesson I could draw from the first 25 pages or so was that activists should be superhumanly energetic and likable, and perhaps that they should work with "faith" groups (Pertschuk calls them that even when discussing the 1980s, an era when I'm pretty sure we used words like "religious" and "church").
The next lesson is: raise and spend tons of money, far more than anyone can possibly imagine getting a hold of. This requires being very good at pitching your campaign to funders. You may be able to do something that benefits poor people, but the decision will be made elsewhere.
The next lesson is to use polling. Poll on the public interest in a possible reform, and if enough interest is not there, then don't do it. These are not campaigns of long-term education, but of legislative reform. If the polling finds sufficient interest in a reform you want to achieve, use the polling and periodically repeated polling to shape the campaign, to choose allies for a coalition, and to generate media.
In fact, more than anything else, working the corporate media for free coverage, and buying ads, is what will drive a campaign forward. As Pertschuk notes, toward the end of the book, this strategy may fail or be obliged to shift toward independent and self-produced media as the traditional media dies out.
Sign up unusual allies and form a temporary coalition that will cease to exist upon victory. Pick a good name and way to talk about what you're doing. Have good lawyers, follow all the rules, and use tax-exempt funding for public education for a year or more. Ask groups to join a coalition by signing a resolution.
Plan a trial run at passing a bill, expecting to fail, but identifying who is on your side. Then focus on elections. If you can't get a trial vote, ask candidates to take a pledge to support your legislation. Work to elect and defeat candidates.
Set your demands high and leave room to compromise when it comes time to round up the votes for passage.
And here are some of the lessons Pertschuk draws:
"What we want must have the potential to serve as an effective election campaign issue.
"Our proposed legislation must reflect what we want, appeal to the allies we will need, and retain those already with us.
"The current political structure and environment must offer realistic hope of success.
"The objective must be large and appealing enough to mobilize the energies of the engaged, but not so radical as to drive away the moderates.
"Voters need to hear the following one or two years before the next state elections:
"The initiative is important to you and to people you care about
"The solution offered makes good sense and will help solve problems you are concerned about.
"A serious citizen coalition of organizations you belong to or admire is forming to fight against special interests opposed to this solution.
"Community groups are flocking to the initiative -- don't let your group be left behind.
"Next, the summer before the election, they need to hear:
"A campaign now under way to get legislators to pledge their support to this initiative serves your interests and concerns.
"THEN: These candidates have signed the pledge, and these others won't sign it.
"THEN: Here's why you need to vote for those who signed the pledge and not for the others.
"The focus then shifts to legislative power holders. The governor needs to hear:
"The voters who voted for and support you want this objective. They want it strongly, now, and undiluted. This is why you got elected. Even many voters who never supported you want it.
"The legislators need to hear:
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"Anyone who sides with the special interest lobbyists is voting against the will of the voters.
"To those legislators who signed the pledge: Keep your word. The voters are watching.
"There are painful political consequences for those who would thwart the will of the people."
May it be so.
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I've known a few Venezuelian families since the early 90s.
Great people... so please don't wish bad things upon the entire country as there are great people everywhere.
Politics... screwing the common people since the beginning of time.
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Chavez had obvious faults, but at least he had the intelligence necessary to keep the country functional. Maduro, on the other hand,
Things are going to come to a head soon. The whole point of socialism is supposed to include everyone having their basic needs provided for. If people are starving because of hyperinflation and resource hoarding, you've done ****ed up, and the pitchforks will be coming.
BTW, I think this thread is now headed to OT... no one even mentioned GM since the OP
I wonder what the Ford, FCA, and Toyota plants in Venezuela are up to today?
Weren't '67'-'68 Camaros produced in Venezuela as well for the South American market?
Well, here ya go...I wonder what the Ford, FCA, and Toyota plants in Venezuela are up to today?
Answer: Not a whole lot, which shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.
France recently instituted a 75% income tax. The result? Tons of businesses and wealthy individuals have fled to other European nations, made easier by the fact the EU nations largely use the same currency now (with a few exceptions) and are mandated to permit free travel within the Schengen area. Now it's not like France has gone bankrupt or anything, but the old world thinking where you can raise taxes and tell everyone "Deal with it" doesn't work the same anymore. It's simply gotten so easy for a company to be anywhere and for people to at least officially live anywhere that you have to be a lot more careful about how you go about these things.
To be honest, I think Sanders could have won if he was slightly less radical about his proposals. State sponsored college & healthcare really are achievable goals in the US, but Sanders was so in-your-face about it that there was zero chance of him ever winning the bulk of the country, hence why DNC had to pull out all the stops to make sure he couldn't have the nomination. Honest opinion here though: a toned down version of Sanders could have beaten Hillary and likely would have won the election.
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What's really telling is if you go look at the sat view on Google Maps of the Valencia factory its parking lot is... empty. Google updates their maps periodically and almost no assembly plant in operation have empty lots.
The whole situation in that country is unfortunate. The reliance on just oil production and little diversification elsewhere plus voting in idiot demagogues is never a formula for sustainability.
And there will be more to come since they're not the only country following similar ways. Furthermore... yet another destabilized country in SA can only initiate a domino effect as they become a strain on neighboring countries, which aren't exactly the wealthiest nations to absorb such grief. I'm surprised there aren't mass exoduses to Caribbean island nations, yet.
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They had to seize the plant. It was the only place they could get toilet paper for Sean Penn's upcoming visit.
What exactly are the plans for this plant?
Build what you can with what's there for in country use?
I'm not sure they would be allowed to export to any major markets without GM backing the product somehow.
Elio's new plant!?
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I'm not certain, but I assume Valencia Plant was just for that market and that's because at one time Venezuela was assumed to be an emerging market with its oil wealth... which justified its own factory. The other small SA countries with paltry sales probably get their vehicles from either Mexico or Brazil.
They could just rebadge the vehicles and export them anywhere they wanted, but given the government leadership is so ignorant and inept about how business works (let alone global trade) it is highly doubtful that idea would fly. And that's assuming they could even get the parts from the various tiers of suppliers to build the vehicles. And that probability is lower than low given their currency ain't worth a ****... and that most suppliers aren't stupid.
This is generally why production has dropped from under a couple hundred thou a year to a few thou this past year. And I believe that number is TOTAL... not just GM, which according to what I've read hasn't built anything there since 2015 or so... which explains the empty parking lot at the factory in Google Maps.
Small markets with factories like this usually get big part subsystems from other regions (i.e. They don't make them locally.) so even if you have 99.9999999% of the other parts... if you don't have seats or a steering wheel or a transmission... it's going to be hard to make a car to sell. And I'm pretty certain GM doesn't make powertrains there.
>>>BTW... to answer your original question... I think corrupt regimes like this nationalize businesses, because they think it's just a matter of reopening a factory and workers will just naturally get a paycheck again. Despots like this are so clueless about business that they believe it is this simple. It doesn't help that their nepotism and/or fellow partners in crime... errr... ideology... are likely similarly inexperienced and that simple-minded that they believe they can force a business or company in an industry as complex and global as automotive to just make cars.
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Some interesting stuff...
USA & Mexico for reference...
They rely on more food imports proportionally than USA or Mexico. It's funny how much their economy relies on the USA, but their recent leadership denigrates the USA every chance they get.
The poor are probably better off trying to get to Columbia (which actually seems to be on an upward trajectory these days) rather than getting on a boat somewhere, but many of the poorest are too weak to even travel. Some are actually worse off from a food situation than many of the African migrants.
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However I see this as no different from me being in, say - Texas. (My PA CCW is actually now I believe Ok there but was not before.) So if when in TX I had had my FL permit, which now I do have - I would have regarded my cover as being good - providing I was following the TX code of carry.
Main thing I think is important is - not only knowing in detail the ''do's and don'ts'' in a state but - even having printed material with you to show a cop, in case he is unaware of the reciprocity aspects.
The FL permit is a non-res - which does not actually get accepted in MI or NH unless the holder is actually FL resident. It would always be worth checking for any given state of course - and I notice FL permit no good in WA!
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Due to the RPM's staying solid I began to suspect the trans shifting out and in gear quickly, so I switched to manual mode, but there was no change.
It always idles perfectly in drive (at a full stop) or in park. It also revs perfectly in park, as well as in drive when at a full stop and holding the brake and revving just a little (but not moving).
I have also watched the RPM's very closely and have caught it doing it when changing gears and the RPM's are dropping quickly (as normal)...and it drops perfectly smoothly so I am getting some hope that it may not be the engine unless the RPM gauge is just showing an 'average' rather than a live reading.
This all has made me start wondering if it could be something with the traction control as it feels and sounds a lot like the hill descent does, and only happens when it is moving. The sudden 'loss of power' and shudder made me suspect misfiring before but a quick tap to the brake on one wheel could feel similar.
...but then that makes me wonder what could do that without registering an error?
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