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Fallout: Mod Vegas-Modding New Vegas in 2013
EDIT: Added some gunk on compatibility and load orders on first page in thread, as I'm not allowed to put them in here because of too many words
Edit 2: Added the link to the new ENB shaders and lite package, which are very good and simiallry stable, highly recommended
The last few weeks I've had a couple of PM's and comments asking about modding Fallout: New Vegas so I thought I would try and collect it in one place for ease of use. Also, there isn't really much in the way of an exhaustive review like this in one place as far as I've seen in my searches, the best you can get is usually a screenshot of load orders without any indication as to what said mods so, so I figure I will set this up for posterity. All the links are included, so you like what you read, just click on the link and that's you. The time saved through this, multiplied, will free you up to do more to help make the world a better place. It's also intended to ensure that people who worked incredibly hard to make games better for people like me, for no charge, get the tiniest morsel of thanks and promotion in return.
This is a long post so if you just want to focus on just a few mods you'd be best to just skim the relevant sections. If you don't want to read it, if it's too long for you, then don't read it. If you want to abuse me for posting something that you feel is too long for you to read then be gentle with me sweetie.
From the outset, this isn't a how to guide, more of a list of the ingredients you'll need to make a yummy Fallout Pie. Modding NV doesn't require much effort or knowledge, so long as you can unpack things, find directories and install stuff so an exhaustive step by step is not necessary.
There are however 47 million billion mods (one hundred per cent true fact) available for the game and looking through the options takes hours. What you need is a sucker who decided to spend precious moments of mortality doing that so you don't have to! Well, dear reader, I was-am-that man. Follow all, or some, of these steps, and your Mojave will improve notably from a well written but rather empty locale into a sprawling, evocative organism with genuinely thousands of more things to look at, talk to and shoot.
Lore friendliness is a big concern of mine so all of the extra content is Fallout friendly and designed to basically make sense. If you want to have a shoot-out with Vertibirds and 50 naked women while wearing My Little Pony T shirts there is a mod for that, but it's the not the sort of thing this selection will offer you. But if you want the wasteland to feel dangerous, settlements to feel more civilised, night-time to be horrible, violence amongst factions to be frequent and generally the world to be a more populated and dynamic place- i.e a suitably immersive and real context for the game's excellent concept and writing-then this will get you that.
Note on performance: In all honesty I have no idea what the threshold of this game given how badly engineered it is. I offer no guarantees on whether applying these will break your computer, improve it, turn it purple or whatever, and you do it all at your own risk. In most instances mods and affects are easily removed, but you should always back up and be prepared to reinstall when messing around with substantial mods for any game. All I know is that these work for me seamlessly with a GTX 660, 8 Gigs Ram and i5 3570K Processor overclocked to 4.5GHz but I have no idea whether you'll need anything approaching as powerful as that to get it all to work.
Let's Mod some shit
In order to install, and remove, most mods you will need to use Nexus Mod Manager, and create an account for it too. It is simple, does the job and has never done anything else I haven't asked of it. Tutorials on it are readily available, if you need one, but it's pretty intuitive. It always pays to read the instructions or readme for every mod though, as not all of them can be installed directly through NMM. In which case, install them as directed.
Most mods requite New Vegas Script Extender, so download it and install as instructed. Finally, install the Mod Configuration Manager in order to allow you to manage several of the more complex or system heavy mods in-game, on the fly, spontaneously, and such like.
Let's Make it work, sort of
NV is a supremely moddable game but it's also an inherently broken one. No one in their right mind will argue that you shouldn't expect crashes every few hours in New Vegas even without mods. To be honest I haven't noticed further instability even running 70 + mods, it's just that broken that it will crash every few hours at best no matter what you're doing and however heavy your game folder is. But the below mods are essential, safe and will give you more playtime before a CTD than without.
Stutter Remover
Purge Cell Buffers
New Vegas Configator
Let's Make it challenging
Even on hard-core mode, NV is easy. Easeh. EZ. Obviously if you think it isn't, you're a baby but also, this will make the game even harder for you, because you're a baby. For everyone else, take note of the below to spice up the survival and FPS elements considerably.
Project Nevada is basically essential, integrates seamlessly, and makes the core mechanics both more tangible and pressing considerations. There are four modules available which add a variety of things, I would install them all but do what you want, have it your way Burger King. The most essential elements add bullet time and sprint mechanics, cleverly utilising AP, but you can also change the rate at which you gain experience, intensify your Needs requirements, alter damage, pretty much any of the core elements really. The Nevada base stats work very well and are a big improvement on the vanilla.
Manual Reload means you have to…manually…reload…your guns. No swapping between guns to reload, no shooting nonstop. If your magazine runs down, your gun goes click, nothing happens, you go "Oh shit I forgot to reload" and you're very quickly in danger. It adds an awful lot to your shooting game and means you have to be far more tactical, both before and in the heat of battle as you either search for cover or run away, and greatly increases the relevance of the reload perks. Also affects the AI so that goes for both of you, you'll be hiding behind rocks and stuff like nobodies business.
You can further spice it up with the Increased Weapon Jamming mod which increases the likelihood of poor quality guns failing to fire without first going through one of the lovely jamming animations. Also, Bob Marley sometimes appears when it happens, a bit like the mysterious stranger perk. Maybe. Makes maintenance of equipment essential, and adds a lot more drama, randomness and plausibility to fights. It can happen to the AI too!
Bottlecaps Have Weight-No more carrying around 10,000 of a thing with physical impunity
DFB-Random encounters-You'll never guess what it does. Adds hundreds of logical spawn points (mainly around highways) where encounters can randomly occur. You can determine how often they take place, difficulty level of mobs, the chance of a group spawning alongside another mob and having a fight, whether they have bosses, how many there are and so on. This goes a long way to making the Mojave feel lawless and unsafe, especially as you watch traders get splatted from afar by raiders. It also allows for more creative resolutions to conflict situations-hiding from legion assassins? Just bait them into a random Viper camp and retreat to a safe distance.
World of Pain-more on this below but it adds horrible encounters and dungeons if that's your thing.
Let's Make it immersive
More people, more things, more places
Electro City- adds lampposts and such like to places where it makes sense. If you're using one of the Weather mods it's pretty much essential to counteract the darkness. Makes towns and Vegas brighter and safer, and the wasteland more forbidding and empty and unpleasant by extent. More than that though, it also comes with a jaunty and very fitting sense of fifties aesthetic and humour subtly but notably communicated throughout. It's not just lights, you get the whole electrical company with it, complete with engineers, billboards and the like. Lovingly and expertly done.
Project Reality-other weather mods exist but this is my guide so screw them. The focus is on a more apocalyptic and grim skyscape, and offers radioactive rainstorms, ghostly voices at night, air raid sires and all sorts of fun things like that, but really I just like it because the lighting it provides is great and seems to effect everything very nicely. I just stick it on pleasant cycle and leave it at that for absolutely gorgeous sun rise and sun set and inky black nights. Also comes with a nice DOF and heat haze effect if you want it.
Wasteland Flora Overhaul-Two flavours-dead wasteland or fertile. I go with fertile. Adds lots more plants and trees, turns the wasteland into more of a Wild West dessert which I personally find to be more appealing than the vanilla dusty plains.
New Vegas Redesigned 2-could perhaps go under the visual improvements bit, I suppose it depends on how realistic you find turnips with painted on smiley faces as a head substitute. If that default option is not for you, then New Vegas Redesigned gives people faces which are both a) human and b) painstakingly designed to fit their respective character. It really is quite brilliant and improves human interaction at a stroke.
Companion Sandbox-nifty wee mod that scripts companions to do stuff like sit down, gamble, take a drink and the like rather than just watch you with glassy stares.
Radio Stations-Conelrad, Wasteland Pirate Radio, Mojave Music Radio and Blues Radio New Vegas will add hundreds of new and appropriate tracks. There are others, but this is a good start.
New Vegas Interiors-adds an extra bunch of interiors to explore, complete with loot and enemies and such. Well integrated into the game.
New Vegas Interior Lighting Overhaul-makes interiors far more appropriate basically. Somewhere with natural light seeping in will feel bright, somewhere without any will be pretty much impossible to navigate without your Pip Boy light.
New Vegas Uncut -Outside Bets. The last in the excellent uncut series, adds a couple new dialogues and encounters, and quite a few new NPC's which were originally removed from the game for some reason, notably around Nelson which is now occupied by more than three legionaries.
The Strip Open-The Strip , with all of it's magnificent eight buildings(?) without arbitrary gates interposed. Goes from making it look rubbish to completely unremarkable, a big difference all the same.
New vegas Uncut-Freeside Open-This is more like it. Removes the random gates from Freeside and turns it into one full area. Gamblers now cross the main road to get into Vegas, usually accompanied by a bodyguard, and thugs wil terrorise them, and you. Random fights are common. Squatters will occasionally rush the gates to the Strip and get shot up by Securitorns, they'll also steal things from you occasionally. Turns the area into a violent, lively neighbourhood and threshold to vegas. Also gives Rotface a complete quest.
A world of Pain-114 new locations, from shacks in the Wasteland to massive underground dungeons stocked up with bad guys. A lot of them are occupied by enemy mobs who will cause you trouble if you're not well levelled, but they are easy to ignore if you're sensible . The main value though to my mind is that this mod adds about 300 NPC's including more NCR troops, wandering mercs and so on, as well as the shops and homes some of them live in. Adds a lot of enemies but it also adds a lot friendlies too. The world is, I would guess, probably at least a third more populated as a result. The NCR and Legion benefit from this especially. You aren't the only drifter in the Wasteland anymore, or gay in the village depending on which perks you chose. Goodsprings for examples is now occupied by more than the 6 people who live there.
Let's make it look decent enough
Visual tweaks which are so impressive that in certain lights it will look like a game from 2010......
ENB Shaders-there's a variety available. The most latest incarnation (1.50) provides a dramatic improvement but I'm not convinced that it isn't at the expense of some faustian pact, as my game went from running flawlessly in heavily populated areas to terribly in the exact same scenarios after a few hours of playtime. So I'm steering clear, but plenty other people seem to manage fine with it. It's also worth having a play with ENB palette options too.
This lite package, with use of some jiggery pokery, produces a decent approximation at no performance hit what so ever for me, so that's what I'm going with from now on.
NMC textures-Available in various sizes, I went for small. Retextures a lot of things to a higher fidelity.
Poco Bueno- Install this over NMC for some more textures, and better versions of the ones that clash.
Weapon Retexture Project-Textures most guns, and very fine they look too.
Enhanced Blood Textures-Make blood more bloody and rich
EVE-This does a lot of things, but essentially improves the physics and special effects considerably. Energy weapons in particular are brilliant with this. Violence is considerably more violent.
Darnified UI-Makes text wee, far less intrusive and utilise space better.
Dynavision-A dynamic depth of field mod which you can control in-game.
The Imaginator-allows you to do make New Vegas looks pretty much however you want it to look. In game mod which allows you to control saturation, brightness, colour tonality, lighting, DOF, LOD, and comes with a ton of presets. You can make it look like a Sergio Leone western, grindhouse exploitation flick, psychedelic Technicolor, really pretty much anything you can be bothered to tweak up to.
Cinematech-adds film grain effect. Works with the Imaginator. If you want static pops, tears in the screen and other old timey effects and the like then this will give it to you.
Good Ol Pip Boy- A pre Fallout 3 flavour Pip Boy which I think is nifty.
The Rugged Race-Allows you to play as convincing old people or people with scarred/burnt faces, which is the only way to play as far as I'm concerned.
Weapon Animation Replacer-Stalk the Wasteland with your gun in hand looking badass as opposed to the default "crippled or in need of the toilet".
Let's make it miscellaneous
Super Size your Mojave Meal
If it wasn't for Besty-You want a Brahmin as a companion who runs away every time you get into a fight? Betsy is for you. Uncut from the game for some reason, this brings her back. Make sure to install with the Freeside Open compatibility patch if you're using Freeside Open.
Niner-You want a companion who looks like a white Fifty Cent and who is patently from Yorkshire even though he claims to be from Denver? Probably not? Ok. If you want a companion who is scripted and acted as well as, if not better than, the default companions though, with some fun quests, and who adds an awful lot to a play through up to reaching Vegas then this mod is superb.
Willow-haven't personally used this mod yet but Willow is regarded as essential by most people so I'm including her here. Fully voiced, quested etc. There's also an appearance mod available to make her more Willow and less Buffy. The traits she can give seem a bit OP but that's your problem to deal with. Edit: You've got an even bigger problem now becuase the mod dosen't seem to exist anymore either. Work your way out of that one.
Roleplayer's Alternative Start-Choose all your characteristics in a shack without having to go through Doc Mitchell's patter, and then enter the world in a random location or in Goodsprings. Also allows you to choose a history, replete with associated and well considered effects-e.g Down on luck Caravaneer starts with Heavy Loader or Shotgun Surgeon perk but minus one Luck.
New Vegas Bounties 1 and 2-Hugley acclaimed, fully acted and well written quest mods which add hours of extra content.
Unlimited Companions-Take as many companions as you like with you. Good for roleplaying a fellowship but awful for balance, as any more than the default three will see you kill battalions with ease.
That's all the salient ones I can think of right now, if I think of any more I'll add them and make a note of it. If you want to offer your own suggestions or recommendations, please do so below. Have fun!
Last edited by sonson; 19-07-2013 at 12:42 PM.
Thank you thank you thank you for this, I looked at modding New Vegas the other day (Tuesday, actually) but when I was snapped back to reality by the puddle of dribble in my lap I decided to put it off and just get on with a new playthrough of the vanilla game. I haven't read this yet but this looks to be extremely useful and exactly what I need.
Edit: Have you got anything that makes the UI usable with Surround or Eyefinity resolutions by any chance? The game looks stunning on three monitors but the UI becomes completely broken.
Last edited by neema_t; 29-03-2013 at 01:41 PM.:emofdr:
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That's... comprehensive!
Only thing I can add is I still get a lot of mileage out of the FXAA Injector (works with Skyrim, FO:NV, among other games) instead of the ENB Shaders. It's a little tricky to install (with the 4GB loader make sure the files are copied into both top dir and the exes/ subdir) but let's you toggle on/off with the Pause key to see the effect, really makes a solid visual difference with no framerate hit on my old GTX 470.
Where were you last week?
Oh, right. On the 'What are you playing' thread telling me this.
This makes me want to reinstall the game tonight.
Great guide - bookmarking it.
Excellent thread, thanks for the effort. The only two additions I would make are JSawyer.esp, a rebalance mod made by the game's lead designer, and Cirosan's Classic Overhaul, another rebalance mod that makes the gameplay more dependant on your stats and skills. I've used them both in combination and they noticeably improve the combat.
Cheers for this, sonson. I played through NV and some DLC already once and also used some of the mods you've listed here, but reading your posts in the "What are you playing at the moment" thread, I got really curious about your mod-setup. I'll probably give NV another spin soon, this is exactly what I was looking for for that.
Also, compatibility muddies the waters of New Vegas modding, I'm assuming most (if not all) of sonson's suggestions work together, is that right? If not, I'm guessing they're an either/or sort of thing, I don't really intend to grab all of those mods though. I would have thought JSawyer might clash with Project Nevada if they're working to the same end.:emofdr:
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Thank you so very much for his comprehensive list! I've been meaning to jump back into FNV with mods, but that scene is horribly daunting. Your recommendations are well organized and explained, and now I'm inspired to go lose myself in the wasteland all over again :)
The post about Compatibility and Load Order
Compatibility: I have all of these mods installed, without any issues or conflict, so I can confirm that they are all compatible alongside each other, so long as you install the relevant compatibility patches (a mod's instructions will inform you of their existence if they are necessary.) If you apply mods with Common sense you shouldn't have many issues.
Most mods just add or replace generic things and as such aren't going to cause a problem; the worst that will happen is that they just don't work because you didn't change an .ini or something. This is the case for the majority of those listed below. Properly damaging issues only come about when there are various options contesting for the same space, and these tend to come from mods which seek to integrate several elements rather than just add or take away from them.
The Strip Open and Freeside Open for example turn what was originally several areas into one, and this affects cell placement. The game needs to recognise as one space what it used to think was three. Properly crafted, as is the case with these examples, this will be seamless; but in the event that it was poorly done whole areas, NPC's and quests could be missing, because the mod is not properly communicating to the game what it's trying to do so the game is running as normal but with various data compromised by the mod to random effect. So basically, be wary of total conversion mods and be very careful to check the feedback and known issues entries with these. Most of them will not place nice with other mods.
Load Order: In most cases, your Load order will sort problems out. The Load order is simply the order in which elements are..ngghh..loaded, with the top elements being first and the bottom last. .ESM's must come first, followed by .ESPs. Quite a few .ESP's cannot run without an .ESM and other .ESP's in the order before it (NMM will indicate if this is the case) and if these are not present the mod, and often game, won't work. That's the only complex bit really.
The elements loaded last will always "beat" the ones that come before, so as a rule you want the ones that make the most changes to come at the end. FNVEdit also allows you to make a patch which will clean up any stray gubbins bleeding out which you can then put at the very bottom, to further smooth this process. If after this you're still running into issues then your problem is more than I can help you with I'm afraid.
Example: When first running Freeside Open I was loading it last, after New Vegas Redesigned, as it was the mod which changed by far the most. However, FNVEedit notified me that there were conflicts as it was introducing meshes for NPC's which NV Redesigned had not incorporated, given it only changed contents from the vanilla game. In this instance I could have made a patch, but I decided to just run Redesigned last instead in the hope that its meshes would win out over Freeside's ones. And it did so yay. No continuity errors or other problems.
If it hadn't, and a patch didn't help, then I would have had to recognise that without significant tweaking the two were not compatible in certain areas and either take the risk of that affecting the wider game, or just choosing the one over the other.
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hmm, now I want to go back and finish this. Never managed to get the 4GBexe working, though I am running it through wine
Cheers for the mods, sonson!
And I thought Tailor Maid would be a nice addition to the list if tweaking your clothes is your thing.Art blog here.
Doodles poodles sheboodles
Watch me fail as Nobunaga
http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/41779 O_o
Unless the one you're talking bout it's some other mod?.
Last edited by Battle Programmer Spike; 30-03-2013 at 07:11 AM.
Sorry, I've sorted it now. I was thinking it was stuff you picked up as you went along as per normal clothes but instead it's basically just a palette to change how you look I realise now. Great recommendation, thanks!
Last edited by sonson; 30-03-2013 at 02:14 PM.
30-03-2013, 02:28 PM #19I assumed it was something..adult. I'm not sure if that says more about the modding community or me,
30-03-2013, 03:18 PM #20New Vegas Interiors-adds an extra bunch of interiors to explore, complete with loot and enemies and such. Well integrated into the game.
The writing added by the various texts on computers and notes was of a low standard, jarring in comparison with the good quality generally found in the game. This was made much worse by glaring errors in spelling and grammar. Additionally, the new areas were cluttered and the mod creators made an odd choice in allowing almost all objects to be picked up, even when they generally weren't in the main game (TV sets, tricyles and the like). I'm assuming that this was to allow people to take them to decorate their own homes, but it just didn't feel right. The partial coverage of the mod also didn't help - some settlements had nearly all interiors added while others were untouched.
Basically, you'll very quickly know the areas added by this mod because they feel amateurish and out of place, and for me actively detracted from the game's atmosphere. I really like the idea behind it, but it really needs an overhaul in execution before it becomes a must-have mod.


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This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
We investigated the effect of macronutrient composition of pre-exercise meals on endurance performance. Subjects consumed a high-carbohydrate diet at each meal for 3 days, followed by a high-fat meal (HFM; 1007 ± 21 kcal, 30% CHO, 55% F and 15% P) or high-carbohydrate meal (HCM; 1007 ± 21 kcal, 71% CHO, 20% F and 9% P) 4 h before exercise. Furthermore, just prior to the test, subjects in the HFM group ingested either maltodextrin jelly (M) or a placebo jelly (P), while subjects in the HCM ingested a placebo jelly. Endurance performance was measured as running time until exhaustion at a speed between lactate threshold and the onset of blood lactate accumulation. All subjects participated in each trial, randomly assigned at weekly intervals. We observed that the time until exhaustion was significantly longer in the HFM + M (
Glycogen is an important source of energy for endurance exercise, such as marathons [
Conversely, the intake of a high-fat meal (HFM) before exercise increases blood FFA levels when compared with those levels derived from ingestion of a HCM [
The intake of carbohydrate drinks just before and during prolonged exercise enhances performance [
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a HFM and a HCM 4 h prior to exercise after ingesting a high-carbohydrate diet for 3 days, based on previous studies [
This study evaluated the impact of high fat or high carbohydrate diet prior to an endurance running test. Eight male collegiate long-distance athletes, who engaged in physical training almost every day, were recruited for the investigation. This study was approved by the Fukuoka University Ethical Committee. Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects.
The anthropometric characteristics of each subject were measured at least 1 week before the main trials. The body fat mass and ratio were measured by hydrostatic weighing, based on the hydrostatic density, with corrections made for the residual lung volume. The speed corresponding to the lactate threshold (LT) [
Characteristics of the subjects.
|22.2 ± 0.2
|169.2 ± 1.6
|55.9 ± 1.5
|6.7 ± 0.7
|61.3 ± 2.2
|254 ± 3.4
Abbreviations: VO2max, maximal oxygen uptake; LT speed, speed at the lactate threshold. Values shown as mean ± S.E.
Each subject ingested a HCM (2562 ± 19 kcal/day in total calories: 71% carbohydrates, 19% fat, and 10% protein) at all three meals for 3 days before the main trials. For the first 2 days during this time frame, training was limited to a low intensity and a low amount (far below the LT and within 30 min). In order to reach the near-maximum muscle glycogen storage amounts, the subjects were instructed to ingest a HCM and refrain from training on the day before measurement.
The protocol timeline is illustrated in
Experimental protocol. Protocol timeline illustrates gas collection, blood collection, exercise intensity periods and timing of ingesting high-fat or high-carbohydrate meal (test meals) 4 h before exercise, and either maltodextrin jelly or placebo jelly 3 min before exercise. Abbreviations: FFA, free fatty acid.
Expired gas was collected in neoprene bags for 5 min after the subjects arrived at the laboratory and rested for 30 min, and for 5 min each at 10-min intervals up to 90 min after the subjects finished their meals and at 30-min intervals for an additional 240 min. In addition, during exercise, expired gas was collected for 1 min for every 15 min up to 75 min and for 2 min as the subject neared exhaustion. The collected expired gas volume was measured by a two-barrel drum-type respirometer and O2 and CO2 concentration in expired gas was measured by mass spectrometry. Carbohydrate and fat oxidation were calculated from VO2 based on the Lusk formula [
During the exercise, blood samples were taken every 15 min from the ear lobe of each subject and used to measure LA. Otherwise, blood samples were collected from the antecubital vein to measure blood glucose, insulin, FFA, and LA at fasting, and 30, 60, 90, 120, 180 and 240 min after meal ingestion. The LA value was analyzed using a lactate analysis device. Plasma and serum specimens were obtained following centrifugation at 3000 rpm for 10 min at 4 °C and stored at −80 °C until analysis. The plasma glucose concentrations were determined by UV-methods with hexokinase using Bio Majesty (JCA-BM 8000 series, JEOL, Tokyo, Japan). The insulin concentrations in the serum were determined with Enzyme Immunoassay using Beads Chemiluminescent System (BCS620, SRL Inc., Tokyo, Japan). The FFA concentrations were determined using an Enzymatic Method on Bio Majesty (JCA-BM2250, JEOL, Tokyo, Japan).
Data from the three trials were analyzed using a two-way (meal and time) ANOVA with repeated measurements. One-way ANOVA was used to compare the performance times and to compare energy expenditure amongst the three groups. When significant differences were revealed using the ANOVA, a Tukey
The average time until exhaustion was significantly extended in subjects who ingested HFM + M as compared with those who ingested HFM + P or HCM + P (
Runningtime to exhaustion for three trials. HFM: high-fat meal; HCM: high-carbohydrate meal; M: maltodextrin; and P: placebo jelly.
|Mean ± SE
|100 ± 3.4 *,†
|92 ± 2.8
|90 ± 1.7
Running time shown as minutes. * compared with HFM + P (
Changes in the Respiratory Exchange Ratio (RER) at rest and during exercise. * indicates when high-fat meal with maltodextrin (HFM+M) and high-fat meal with placebo (HFM+P) values were significantly lower than high-carbohydrate meal and placebo (HCM+P) values (
Carbohydrate oxidation rates (%) for 240 min at rest and for 75 min during exercise. * indicates when high-fat meal with maltodextrin (HFM+M) and high-fat meal with placebo (HFM+P) values were significantly lower than high-carbohydrate meal and placebo (HCM+P) values (
There was no statistical difference in the average values of oxygen consumption at rest (0.28 ± 0.01 L/min, 0.27 ± 0.01 L/min, 0.27 ± 0.01 L/min, in HFM + M, HFM + P, and HCM + P, respectively) or during exercise (2.59 ± 0.16 L/min, 2.59 ± 0.14 L/min, 2.58 ± 0.17 L/min, in HFM + M, HFM + P, and HCM + P, respectively) among the three groups. The RER, carbohydrate and fat oxidization rates are shown in
Fat oxidation rates (%) for 240 min at rest and for 75 min during exercise. * indicates when high-fat meal with maltodextrin (HFM+M) and high-fat meal with placebo (HFM+P) values were significantly higher than high-carbohydrate meal and placebo (HCM+P) values (
Carbohydrate oxidation (
Carbohydrate oxidation both during rest and exercise was significantly lower (
The HR and RPE values during exercise increased as time passed, but no significant differences were found between the three groups.
No statistical differences were found between the three trials with respect to plasma glucose, serum insulin and LA concentration during rest (
Carbohydrate and fat oxidation for 240 min at rest and for 75 min during exercise following the diets. * indicate significant differences among the trials (
Changes in insulin (
The plasma glucose concentration at 15 and 30 min of exercise (
Changes in insulin (
The main finding of this study was that carbohydrate ingestion subsequent to a meal that is high in fat after 3 days of glycogen loading can enhance the endurance running performance of athletes. Ingestion of a HFM lowers carbohydrate oxidation as compared with a HCM both at rest and during exercise. Although there was no significant difference in seven of the eight subjects, the running times was longer when they ingested a HFM + P as compared with a HCM + P. Moreover, the HFM and carbohydrate ingestion (M) immediately before exercise improved the running time over the other two diets. The blood glucose was markedly increased in subjects in the HFM + M group during exercise; however, the LA was similar for subjects when fed either HFM + P or HCM + P (
The intake of HFM before exercise has previously been demonstrated to promote the mobilization of serum FFA and increase lipid metabolism, effectively enhancing fat oxidation during exercise [
Thus, the results of this study do not confirm the findings of several previous studies [
The exercise time was extended most when carbohydrates were loaded immediately before exercise after HFM was ingested. In previous studies [
The present study indicates that following 3 days of glycogen loading, a HFM and subsequent ingestion of a small portion of carbohydrate jelly prior to exercise enhances the performance of athlete endurance running. This diet pattern is favorable for physical conditioning of athletes preparing for and competing in a marathon race.
We thank the participants, the nursing staff and the members of the Laboratory for Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sports and Health Science, Fukuoka University. This study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (No. 19200049), the Fukuoka University Global FU program, and the Fukuoka University Institute for Physical Activity.
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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For instance, the academic quad has been busy today with students, faculty and staff taking advantage of the Math Society's free pie giveaway in honor of Pi Day, which is celebrated every March 14 by math enthusiasts around the world.
Last week, the Dining Commons courtyard had about 250 students rocking out to the sounds of Calsius, who performed in honor of Rock the Vote. The concert, sponsored by the Office of Student Life, included a barbecue dinner and lots of giveaways.
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On Jul 15, 2009, at 2:52 PM, Dimitri Fontaine wrote: > Le 15 juil. 09 à 02:01, Glen Parker a écrit : >> Sounds to me like another reason to separate index definition from >> creation. If an index can be defined but not yet created or >> valid, then you could imagine syntax like: >> >> DEFINE INDEX blahblah1 ON mytable (some fields); >> DEFINE INDEX blahblah2 ON mytable (some other fields); >> [RE]INDEX TABLE mytable; >> >> ...provided that REINDEX TABLE could recreate all indexes >> simultaneously as you suggest. > > Well to me it sounded much more like: > BEGIN; > CREATE INDEX idx_a ON t(a) DEFERRED; > CREATE INDEX idx_b ON t(b) DEFERRED; > COMMIT; > > And at commit time, PostgreSQL would build all the transaction > indexes in one pass over the heap, but as Tom already pointed out, > using only 1 CPU. Maybe that'd be a way to limit the overall io > bandwidth usage while not consuming too many CPU resources at the > same time. > > I mean now we have a choice to either sync scan the table heap on > multiple CPU, saving IO but using 1 CPU per index, or to limit CPU > to only 1 but then scan the heap once per index. The intermediary > option of using 1 CPU while still making a single heap scan sure > can be worthwhile to some? Here's an off-the-wall thought... since most of the CPU time is in the sort, what about allowing a backend to fork off dedicated sort processes? Aside from building multiple indexes at once, that functionality could also be useful in general queries. -- Decibel!, aka Jim C. Nasby, Database Architect decibel(at)decibel(dot)org Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828
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Military.com | By Christian Lowe | April 19, 2007The Marine Corps issued a directive Tuesday restricting the use of store-bought personal protective equipment in the war zone, including body armor, ballistic glasses, armor plates and fire-retardant clothing.
Corps officials say Marines may not use such protective equipment in place of gear issued by service. Marines are free to buy and wear their own safety equipment - including body armor- officials explained, but they must also use their issued items and will not be reimbursed for their purchase.
The Army issued a similar message in March of 2006 after controversy erupted over claims that a certain type of body armor vest designed by Fresno, Calif.-based Pinnacle Armor was more effective than service-issued Interceptor vests. But for more than a year, the Corps declined to follow suit.
Read the Marine Corps Directive here.
The so-called "Dragon Skin" vest - which was among the armor banned by the Army - uses interlocking ceramic disks that videos on Pinnacle's Web site claim can absorb multiple AK-47 rounds and 9mm shots without penetration.
The current enhanced small arms protective plate can absorb a small number of high-velocity AK-47 rounds before failure.
"In its current state of development, Dragon Skin's capabilities do not meet Army requirements," the Army's March 17, 2006, "safety of use message" states. "In fact, Dragon Skin has not been certified by the Army for protection against several small-arms threats being encountered in Iraq and Afghanistan today."
"Although this message specifically identifies Dragon Skin, it applies to other commercially available body armor products (such as commercial police vests) that are not Army approved and issued," it added.
At the time, the Marine Corps declined to go along with the Army's ban, saying they preferred to have Marines wear Corps-issued vests but would not issue a formal restriction.
But on April 17, Marine officials reversed their stance, restricting the use of personal protective equipment - including body armor - to those items issued by the Corps.
"Individual Marines [and] Sailors may not use commercial PPE in lieu of government tested, approved and issued PPE," the message states. "Individually-purchased commercial PPE will not be reimbursed by command [or] unit funds."
The message is unclear whether Marines who continue to wear their own protective gear will be disciplined, but the Army has said Soldiers could face disciplinary action if they defy the ban.
"If Soldiers are doing this, they're doing it at their own risk," a top Army acquisition official said announcing last year's ban. "But I can tell you Army Soldiers, at this point in time, based upon the safety of use message that was sent out, are prohibited at this point in time from wearing it - it's a command requirement to basically take care of that."
The marketing and manufacture of after-market military equipment has become a booming business since 9-11, with companies selling a wide range of glasses, goggles, vests and uniforms that troops often find more comfortable and customizable than military-issued gear.
The services have moved in recent months to alleviate concerns over comfort and fit of body armor and other protective equipment, with both the Army and Marine Corps replacing their Interceptor vests with new designs. Soldiers and Marines have also been issued a variety of modern protective equipment through "rapid equipping" and "urgent needs" initiatives.
The Corps' announcement gives some leeway to Marines and their commanders to use non-issued PPE gear, but only "as long as those additions do not interfere with the functionality of approved PPE." Moreover, Marine commanders may not use any funds to purchase unit-specific gear that has not been government-tested and approved for use by the Corps.
The policy also allows Marines to reduce the amount of protective equipment they wear based on the threat and a commander's requirements.
During their deployment to Afghanistan in 2004, for example, leathernecks with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit were authorized to wear plate-carriers in lieu of their full body armor vests given the minimal blast threat where they were operating and to reduce weight in the rugged, high-altitude terrain.
"Commanders who determine that a lower level of PPE is appropriate must receive approval from their respective [Marine] or [joint] commander prior to execution of any change," the Marine message said.
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Corporate PR Consultant - Global PR agency
- Recruiter
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Incident DetailsCause of Death: StabbedDate of Incident: Tuesday, December 29, 2009Weapon Used: Edged weapon; KnifeSuspect Info: Sentenced to life
Constable Eric Czapnik was ambushed and stabbed to death
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Indian Army TGC 2013/ 2014 Online Application Form – TGC 119 Course SSB Dates
Indian Army has announced the TGC 119 course online application form. Indian Army Technical Graduate Course (TGC-119) SSB Dates, Application Form can be filled by eligible candidates. Indian TGC 2013/ 2014 form for B.E/ BTech (Engineering) and Army Education Corps (M.A./M.SC.) courses.
The Technical Graduate Course is open for male candidates willing to join the Indian Army on permanent commission. Successful candidates who complete the course are awarded with direct entry to the Indian Army.
Important Dates:
Last date to apply 14 December 2013 for both TGC (Engineering Graduates) and Army Education Corps (M.A./M.SC.).
Indian Army TGC 119 will be commence in July 2014.
Name of Post: Commissioned Officer in Indian Army
Total Number of Post: 100
Eligibility Criteria:
- Army Education Corps: Between 23 to 27 years, meaning they must be born between July 2, 1987 and July 1, 1991.
- Engineering Graduate: Between 20-27 year age group (born between July 2,1987 and July 1, 1994).
The TGC Engineering Graduate post is only available for engineering graduates who have cleared or appearing in final year of B.E or B.Tech program from a recognized university. However, candidates seeking entry to the Army Education Corps must have a post graduate (PG) degree in English, History, Economics etc.
Admission to Technical Graduate courses will be entirely based on a merit list prepared according to the marks obtained by candidates in their B.E or B.Tech programs. All candidates whose applications forms are accepted, will be shortlisted. Following that, those who make it to the merit list, will be called for SSB interview. After passing the SSB interview, the candidates will be put through extensive medical exam which he must clear in order to get admission into the Indian Military Academy.
For online registration, applicants are required to visit the website: www.joinindianarmy.nic.in . After filling the online application, candidates are required sending all necessary documents to the following address (via speed post or courier):
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Take a walk into the jungle wonderland created by Charlie Lawler and Wona Bae. By combining Bae's history in Japanese and Korean flower arranging with Lawler's experience in permaculture, the pair have created something of a first in this light-filled Collingwood warehouse. Fresh and seasonal is the order of the day. Good at killing plants at home? Take a class to skill-up or get Charlie to suggest some hardy plants for the window ledge.


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Hello, everyone! Please let me introduce myself. My name is Catalina and I am a 2-year-old, spayed female dog in search of finding my forever home. I came to a local shelter by no fault of my own, pregnant, and very scared. A special young lady at the shelter fell in love with me and took me into her home as a foster so I could give birth to my seven healthy puppies. Boy, was that a lot of work the past 8 weeks! Now, I am ready to find a forever loving home to call my own. I am a great size, coming in around 45 pounds. Everyone always compliments me on my gorgeous brindle coat and auburn sparkling eyes. I am living with another foster dog about my size and we get along great! I would be best suited in home where I can be the center of attention 24/7. I somehow think I am a royal queen as I crave for constant love and affection. Cats and small dogs excite me too much so I need an owner who has dog experience and will help me continue my training. My foster Mommy is very impressed to say I have never had an accident in the home or in my crate. I don't even chew! All I want to do is lay by your feet, snuggle on your lap, or lay by the heater. If you are looking for a homebody dog who will always be by your side, Catalina is your girl! Adoption fee: $75.
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Why is labeling a dog such a big deal? A label will stick with a dog for the rest of its life. A label can mean discrimination, losing its home or even death. Labels are a problem for the dogs when we, as the local experts on animals, allow adopters, politicians and community members to think that the label we assign can predict who that dog is or will be.
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The purpose of this search engine is to create a streamlined data base that will track substance related court citations and proceedings in Watauga County. It is funded through Watauga Substance Abuse Prevention (WSAP), a multi-sectored collaborative with the primary goal of increasing formal community collaboration in order to reduce youth substance use and abuse.
The data collections for this search engine began in January 2013. However, some current cases are still being continued from as far back as 2007.
The primary impetus for creating courtoutcomes.com was to aggregate local data in order to prove or dispel community perceptions about how substance related citations are disposed of in Watauga County. A formal needs assessment completed in 2011, included a study by the Preventing Alcohol Related Crashes (PARC) NC Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant project. The results of this study indicated that many DWI cases in Watauga County were continued an unreasonable amount of times as compared to similar counties in NC. Thus, reducing the perception of consequences related to drinking and driving, and perhaps contributing to the high rate of alcohol related crashes.
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The Earth's climate during the Mesozoic Era was generally warm, and there was less difference in temperature between equatorial and polar latitudes than there is today. The Mesozoic was a time of geologic and biological transition. During this era the continents began to move into their present-day configurations. A distinct modernization of life-forms occurred, partly because of the demise of many earlier types of organisms. Three of the five largest mass extinctions in Earth history are associated with the Mesozoic: a mass extinction occurred at the boundary between the Mesozoic and the preceding Paleozoic; another occurred within the Mesozoic at the end of the Triassic Period; and a third occurred at the boundary between the Mesozoic and subsequent Cenozoic, resulting in the demise of the dinosaurs.
At the outset of the Mesozoic, all of the Earth's continents were still joined together . Continental rifting, however, began in Late Triassic to Early Jurassic times. The separation of Laurasia and Gondwana and their constituent continents started by the Middle Jurassic, while much of Pangaea into the supercontinent of Pangea (see the map of the Early Triassic). By the close of the era, Pangea had fragmented into multiple landmasses. The fragmentation began with continental rifting during the Late Triassic. This separated Pangea into the continents of Laurasia and Gondwana. By the Middle Jurassic these landmasses had begun further fragmentation. At that time much of Pangea lay between 60° N and 60° S. (The paleoequator cut through the widening Tethys seaway between Laurasia and Gondwana.) Spreading centres and mid-oceanic rifts formed between several of the separating continents as well as between the segments of Gondwana. During the , and at the Equator the widening Tethys Sea cut between Gondwana and Laurasia. When rifting had sufficiently progressed, oceanic spreading centres formed between the landmasses. During the Middle Jurassic, North America began pulling apart from Eurasia and Gondwana. By the Late Jurassic, Africa had started to split off from South America, and Australia and Antarctica had separated from India (see the map of the Late Jurassic). Near the close of the Cretaceous, Madagascar separated from Africa, and South America drifted northwestward .Thick (see the map of the Late Cretaceous).
As the continents rifted and ruptured, thick sequences of marine sediments accumulated in large linear troughs called geosynclines along passive continental margins—namely, those formed by continental rifting and rupture. Geosynclinal along their margins. Ocean basin deposits of Jurassic age formed are found today in the present-day circum-Pacific region, along the coasts of eastern North America and the Gulf of Mexico, and on the margins of Eurasia and Gondwana (i.e.that is, along the northern and southern boundaries of the Tethys seawaySea). Thick deposits of this Tethyan Geosyncline were incorporated into the Alpine–Himalayan mountain system beginning in late Mesozoic time.
Major mountain building (orogeny) began on the western margin margins of both North America and South America and between the separating fragments of Gondwana. For example, the northwesterly movement of North America resulted in the a collision of the western edge of the North American continental plate with a complex of island arcs in during the Late Jurassic. During the ensuing mountain-building episode known as the Nevadan orogeny, so-called suspect, or exotic, terranes (geologic provinces that originated in the ocean crust and So-called exotic terranes, geologic fragments that differ markedly in stratigraphy, paleomagnetism, and paleontology from the adjoining continental crust) , were accreted to the margin of the North American Plateplate. As thrusting occurred in an eastward direction, huge granitic batholiths formed in what is now the Sierra Nevada range along the California–Nevada border, and thrusting occurred in an eastward directionCalifornia-Nevada border. Other notable Mesozoic episodes of mountain building during the Mesozoic include the Sevier and Laramide orogenies that , which took place in western North America during Cretaceous time. These events created the Rocky Mountains.
Mesozoic rocks are widely distributed, appearing in various parts of the world. A large percentage of these rocks are sedimentary. At various times during the Mesozoic, shallow seas invaded continental interiors and then drained away. During mid-Middle Triassic time, a marine incursion—the Muschelkalk Sea—covered the continental interior of Europe. Seas again transgressed upon the continents between the Early and Late Jurassic and in the Early Cretaceous. Marine , leaving extensive beds of sandstone, ironstone, clays, and limestone (see Solnhofen Limestone). A last major transgression of marine waters flooded large segments of all the continents during mid-Cretaceous time, marking the last transgression of a global scale. The sharp rise later in the Cretaceous. These sharp rises in sea level and resultant worldwide flooding are thought to have been caused chiefly by had two causes. The first was warm global temperatures, which prevented large volumes of water from being sequestered on land in the form of ice sheets. The second was related to accelerated seafloor spreading and ; the attendant enlargement of the ocean ridges . This displaced enormous amounts of ocean water onto the landmasses. Transgression Marine transgression was so extensive that in North America, for example, a shallow sea seaway spread all the way from the Arctic to the Gulf of Mexico .Mesozoic rocks are distributed widely, appearing in various parts of the world. A large percentage of these rocks are of the sedimentary variety. Triassic limestone formed largely in the Tethyan (present-day Mediterranean) region and the western United States, while graywackes, sandstones, and shale of the same age predominate in the circum-Pacific geosynclines. Extensive beds of limestone, sandstone, ironstone, and clays were left in continental interiors by the shallow epicontinental seas of the Jurassic. Likewise, the large-scale marine inundation of Cretaceous time resulted in the widespread deposition of chalk, clay, and marl in the lower areas of several continents.Cretaceous Period. Widespread deposition of chalk, clay, black shales, and marl occurred. In parts of North America, lake and river sediments rich in dinosaur fossils were deposited alongside marine sediments. (See Morrison Formation.)
A substantial amount of igneous rock also formed during the Mesozoic. The initial rifting of Pangaea produced fault-block basins that were later filled with basaltic intrusions and pillow lavas, as well as with fluvial and lacustrine beds, between Late Triassic and Early Jurassic time. Subsequent rifting of the Gondwanan segments was accompanied by outpourings of flood basalt (i.e., plateaus of basalt that extend many kilometres in flat, layered flows). The orogenies of the middle and late Mesozoic involved volcanism and plutonic intrusion, as with the emplacement of granitic and andesitic plutons in the Andes of South America during the Late Jurassic.Mesozoic fauna and flora
Mesozoic biota had to recover from the major extinction episode at the end of the Paleozoic Era. Vertebrates, which appear to have been less severely affected by the event than invertebrates, diversified progressively through the Triassic. During this time, the seas became inhabited by such marine reptiles as the nothosaurs and ichthyosaurs. orogenies of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods involved volcanism and plutonic intrusion such as occurred during the emplacement of granites and andesites in the Andes of South America during the Late Jurassic. Two of the largest volcanic events in Earth's history occurred during the Mesozoic. The Central Atlantic Magmatic Province, a huge volume of basalt, was created at the end of the Triassic during the initial rifting of Pangea. The surface area of this igneous province originally covered more than 7 million square km ( about 3 million square miles), and its rocks can be found today from Brazil to France. Despite such a massive volume of basaltic material extruded, volcanic activity was probably short-lived, spanning only a few million years. At the end of the Cretaceous, another igneous province, the flood basalts of the Deccan Traps, formed on what is now the Indian subcontinent. Some scientists have suggested that both of these large igneous events may have injected significant amounts of carbon dioxide and aerosols into the atmosphere, triggering a change in global climate. The timing of these volcanic events appears to overlap the Triassic-Jurassic and Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinctions, and they may have played a role in them.
The fauna and flora of the Mesozoic were distinctly different from those of the Paleozoic, the largest mass extinction in Earth history having occurred at the boundary of the two eras, when some 90 percent of all marine invertebrate species and 70 percent of terrestrial vertebrate genera disappeared. At the start of the Mesozoic, the remaining biota began a prolonged recovery of diversity and total population numbers, and ecosystems began to resemble those of modern days. Vertebrates, less severely affected by the extinction than invertebrates, diversified progressively throughout the Triassic. The Triassic terrestrial environment was dominated by the therapsids, mammallike sometimes referred to as "mammal-like reptiles," and the thecodonts, ancestors of the dinosaurs and crocodiles, both of the later Mesozoicwhich appeared during the Late Triassic. The first true mammals, which were small, shrewlike omnivores, also appeared in the Late Triassic, as did the primitive forebears of lizards, turtles, and crocodiles. A second flying pterosaurs. In the oceans, mollusks—including ammonites, bivalves, and gastropods—became a dominant group. Fishes, sharks, and marine reptiles such as plesiosaurs, nothosaurs, and ichthyosaurs also swam the Mesozoic seas.
Another major extinction event struck at the close of the Triassic, one that wiped out as many much as 400 genera of ammonoids, along with about 80 percent of the reptiles20 percent of marine families and many terrestrial vertebrates, including therapsids. The cause of this mass extinction is not yet known but may be related to climatic and oceanographic changes. In all, 35 percent of the then- existing animal groups suffered extinction.
During In the Jurassic, oceans the ammonoids ammonites and brachiopods (lamp shells) recovered from the Late Triassic crisis, thriving in the warm epicontinental continental seas. The ammonoids, in fact, Ammonites rapidly became the most prominent invertebrate marine form, and their remains proved to be the most important index fossil very common invertebrates in the marine realm and are now important index fossils for worldwide correlation of Jurassic rock strata. Many other animal forms, including mollusks (notably the bivalves), sharks, and bony fishfishes, flourished during the Jurassic, and new forms, such as frogs, toads, and salamanders, emerged. All these groups, however, were overshadowed by the giant reptiles that reigned throughout much of the Jurassic and Cretaceous. Such dinosaurs as the fierce predator Tyrannosaurus and the enormous vegetarian Apatosaurus dominated on land. Other reptile forms, like the plesiosaurs, ruled the seas, while the pterosaurs, creatures with batlike membranous wings, dominated the sky.Birds evolved from reptilian ancestors during the Late Jurassic, and two important modern mammal groups—the placentals and the marsupials—made their appearance in the Late Cretaceous. During the Jurassic and Cretaceous, the ecology of marine ecosystems began to change, as shown by a rapid increase in diversity of marine organisms. It is believed that increasing predation pressures caused many marine organisms to develop better defenses and burrow more deeply into the seafloor. In response, predators also evolved more-effective ways to catch their prey. These changes are so significant that they are called the "Mesozoic Marine Revolution."
The dominant terrestrial vertebrates were dinosaurs, which exhibited great diversity during the Jurassic and Cretaceous. Birds are believed to have evolved from dinosaur ancestors during the Late Jurassic. Ancestors of living vertebrates, such as frogs, toads, and salamanders, appeared on land along with the two important modern mammal groups, the placentals and the marsupials. Plant life also exhibited a gradual change toward more-modern forms during the course of the Mesozoic. Whereas seed -fern flora ferns had predominated in the Triassic, forests of palmlike gymnosperms known as cycads and conifers proliferated under the tropical and temperate conditions that prevailed during the Jurassic. The first flowering plants, or angiosperms, had appeared by the Cretaceous. They radiated rapidly , supplanting and supplanted many of the primitive plant groups to become the dominant flora form of vegetation by the end of the Mesozoic.
The Mesozoic closed with an extinction event that devastated many forms of life. The ammonoidsIn the oceans all the ammonites, reef-building rudist bivalves, and numerous varieties of foraminiferans and coccolithophores marine reptiles died off, as did 90 percent of the coccolithophores (single-celled plantlike plankton) and foraminifera (single-celled animal-like plankton). On land the dinosaurs and flying and marine reptiles became extinct. The Late Cretaceous extinctions have been variously attributed to such phenomena as global tectonics, draining of the epicontinental continental seas, northward migration of the continents into different and much cooler climatic zones with much cooler conditions, intensified volcanic activity, and a catastrophic meteorite or asteroid impact. The extinctions, however, were not sudden; they spanned millions of years, a fact that has led some researchers to believe that, after an era of dominance among various forms of life, decay of the Mesozoic ecosystem had set in. The Cretaceous extinction event may very well have had multiple causes. As the landmasses were uplifted by plate tectonism and migrated poleward, the climate of the Late Cretaceous began to change from warm/moist and warm/dry to cool. This favoured the angiosperms over tropical vegetation and provided habitats and food sources for the fur-covered mammals. In effect, conditions were right for the life-forms that were to replace the dinosaurs.
deteriorate. In fact, some of the extinctions were not sudden but rather spanned millions of years, suggesting that a gradual decline of some organisms had already begun before the end of the Cretaceous. However, strong evidence supports the contention that a large-scale impact played a significant role in the mass extinctions at the end of the Mesozoic, including the sudden disappearance of many groups (such as ammonite and microfossil species), the presence of geochemical and mineralogical signatures that most likely came from extraterrestrial sources, and the discovery of the Chicxulub crater in the Yucatán Peninsula. It is believed that an asteroid with a diameter of about 10 km (6 miles) hit the Earth and caused wildfires, acid rain, months of darkness (because of the large amount of ash injected into the atmosphere), and cold temperatures (caused by increased reflection of solar energy back into space by airborne particles). An intense warming may have followed, heat being trapped by atmospheric aerosols. Whatever the cause, this major mass extinction marks the end of the Mesozoic Era. The end of the dinosaurs (except birds) and many other forms of life allowed the development of modern biota in the Cenozoic Era.
Steven M. Stanley, Earth System History (1999), gives an introduction to the geology, paleoceanography, paleoclimate, and paleontology of the Mesozoic Era. Nicholas Wade (ed.), The Science Times Book of Fossils and Evolution (2001), presents short articles on dinosaurs, extinctions, and other paleontological topics.
Walter Alvarez, T. Rex and the Crater of Doom (1997), describes the search for the cause of the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction. A. Hallam and P.B. Wignall, Mass Extinctions and Their Aftermath (1997), provides more detailed and technical information about major mass extinctions, including the three associated with the Mesozoic.


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Startup Metrics for Founders with LSM CEO/Founder Trevor Owens
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Thursday, January 17, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM (PST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
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Event Details
(This class is a revised and improved version of the #1 most attended class on Skillshare)
The most important aspect of Entrepreneurial Product Management is the ability to focus on the right metrics.
While most entrepreneurs understand the basic frameworks--AARRR, Cohort Analysis, Actionable Metrics, & Vanity Metrics--they often miss the context for why these are important in the first place.
After teaching this class to over 1,000 students, and sharing case studies on Facebook, Groupon, OMGPOP, Pandora, and other successful startups, we realized that the way metrics are being taught today are completely wrong.
For these reasons, this class will focus on a new way of looking at metrics that will help make aspiring entrepreneurs magnitudes more effective.
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Trevor is an entrepreneur and thought leader on Lean Startup methodologies. He's the Founder & CEO of Lean Startup Machine, an innovation education company that has helped thousands of individuals at organizations including Google, Salesforce, News Corp, Intuit, and others, start hundreds of new businesses on five continents.
Owens is active in the community as a coach for the White House's Innovation Fellows program and as a featured guest speaker at Princeton & Columbia University.
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I would submit a specific name and time frame.
Posts that cover many possible spellings are time consuming to research,
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If you have any information at regarding a parent, a spouse a location more
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I have been in the background reading the posts to the PAGENWEB digest
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I have not been able to do much research in PA for the family line.
Except that the last remaining grinding mill is still standing in
Manheim Township, York Co., PA (I think). But I have no idea with which
church they might have been affiliated.
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By Steve Arel, U.S. Army Cadet CommandJanuary 8, 2013
SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 8, 2013) -- Christopher Youhouse, a thin man standing close to 6 feet tall, looked puny compared to the dozen or so bulky lineman who loomed in a circle around him on the Alamodome field.
While the players, football standouts at their high schools, waited to exhibit their talent at Friday's National Combine, it was Youhouse, a University of Florida Army ROTC Cadet, who stood out to the students.
The players peppered Youhouse, dressed in ACUs, with questions about life as a future Army leader. Some wanted to know whether he is allowed to wear civilian clothes. Some wanted to know whether he was required to buzz his hair.
One player was curious as to whether there were aspects about the Army he wasn't supposed to reveal to them.
"He doesn't know yet," another player answered, alluding to the fact that Youhouse is not yet a Soldier.
As for the other questions, Youhouse said he wears civilian attire most days and he keeps his hair extremely short partly for financial reasons.
"It saves me money, or I'd be going to the barber every week and a half," he said. "It ain't cheap."
Youhouse was one of 20 Army ROTC Cadets from around the country chosen to serve as marshals for the combine, which is sponsored by U.S. Army Cadet Command. Their role is to ensure the high school juniors and sophomores competing are where they need to be at specific times, to help track player performance and to assist with other logistical issues as needed.
They're also there to convey to players -- many of them not much younger than the Cadets -- that there are alternatives to helping pay for college should they not receive a football scholarship -- one avenue being Army ROTC. And even if they do earn an athletic award, ROTC provides considerable opportunities for personal and professional development.
In fact, some players asked Youhouse about the commonality of college football players joining the program. He said most, at least at his school, don't because of the difficulty of juggling the demands of the ROTC with sports and academics.
But some players do participate, such as Rockne Belmonte. While a Cadet at Northern Michigan University the last three years, he was the football team's starting kicker and has earned a chance to participate in the upcoming NFL combine for a shot at playing professionally.
He spent part of Friday at the Alamodome, talking to fellow Cadets, combine athletes and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Ray Chandler, who also spoke briefly to all the players.
Sgt. Maj. Roger Howard, Cadet Command's command sergeant major, also delivered a message to the students: Although their goal is to ultimately succeed as professional athletes, they should have back-up plans.
"How many of you know what you want to be when you grow up?" Howard asked, as a few hands went up. "Those of you who didn't raise your hand, that's OK. I'm sure 99.9 percent of you want to be pro football players. If I could just touch you and say, 'You're now a No. 1 draft pick,' I would do that. Of course, I don't have that ability. Eventually, you have to have a Plan B and maybe a Plan C, if you don't make it to the NFL or the next level, which is college."
He encouraged the participants to be standout citizens, as well as standout players, and to excel in the classroom. Scoring good grades will make available other opportunities, Howard said.
"That's going to lead you to options, and options are going to lead you to choices," he said. "If you've got no options, you'll have no choices. Just in case football doesn't pan out -- and I'm sure it will -- (being a Cadet) is an example of an option to pursue."
Youhouse said a number of students at the combine were genuinely interested in ROTC as a path to college and beyond. He detailed his scholarship incentives to them and the aviation branch he will join.
Youhouse also worked to dispel misconceptions that the Army only seeks people who can carry and fire rifles.
"They're hungry for knowledge," he said. "It's always good to have options available to you."


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- Contributor: Page, Thomas Hyde
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MapLord Cornwallis surrender, 1781. Shows Yorktown Virginia and the York River on conical powder horn. Relief shown by hachures. Manuscript: Engraved bovine horn, shellacked. Has wooden pouring spout inserted at narrow end and wooden hinged cap inserted at wide end. Inscriptions: James Downae his horn, made by E. Crosby - 1781, A: Bowery, A: Lion, The: Elem Tree, and Mare Maid at: Sea. Includes pictorial represenations of the ...
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Stepping out for a morning walk, Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves were spotted making their way to a local church in Cannes, France on Sunday (May 27) to attend mass.
Picking up a new hobby, Zac Efron stepped out on his balcony at the Hotel du Cap Eden Rock in Cap d'Antibes, France to show off his camera-wielding skills on Sunday (May 27).
In a yellow Chino shirt and black beanie, the "Lucky One" actor took turns snapping pictures of his friends on the balcony as well as the paparazzi situated on ground level outside of the hotel.
Bringing an end to the French Riviera festivities amidst thunder, lightning and heavy rain, the Closing Ceremony of the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival took place on Sunday evening (May 27).
Getting all glammed up for the premiere of their newest film on Saturday (May 26), Reese Witherspoon and Matthew McConaughey took over the spotlight at the Cannes Film Festival debut screening of their drama, "Mud".
Trying to enjoy a night out together, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were busy party hopping in Cannes, France on Friday night (May 25).
The "Twilight" beauty looked rocker chic in a bright red leather jacket that she paired with cut off black denim shorts and Nike sneakers while her actor beau wore a more formal outfit in a tuxedo complete with a bow tie.
Out promoting their latest movie, Reese Witherspoon and Matthew McConaughey attended a photo call for their film, "Mud," at the 65th Cannes International Film Festival on Friday (May 25).
Capping off a busy week of the 65th Cannes Film Festival, Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen joined forces for the premiere of "Hemingway & Gellhorn" on Friday night (May 25).
The good looking co-stars were also accompanied by fellow castmate Rodrigo Santoro and director Philip Kaufman at the glitzy Palais des Festivals screening of their HBO movie production.
Landing back in her hometown after a long flight, Kim Kardashian was spotted at LAX Airport in Los Angeles, CA on Friday night (May 26).
The "Disaster Movie" actress looked a bit annoyed as she made her way past the mob of shutterbugs and headed for her exit, sporting a black top and trousers with a long grey coat, but she seems glad to be home as she took to her Twitter page, writing, "Man it feels good to be back in LA. On my workout grind with @KrisJenner!!!"


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Heroes hottie Kristen Bell showed off her slim and toned body in a skimpy, blue bikini in Maui on Thursday afternoon. Oh, and her boyfriend Dax Shepard was there too.
The couple has been dating for two years and look happier than ever! Are wedding bells in their future?
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The "On Faith" page of The Washington Post website is plugging an interview with controversial Ground Zero Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, a brief chat with a very agreeable Sally Quinn, with a modicum of slightly tougher questioning from her atheist pal Jacques Berlinerblau, a professor at Georgetown. The professor asked if during the mega-mosque controversy he found himself thinking of his opponents, "That was a reasonable criticism, I can agree with that."
The imam firmly denied that: "There was no logically correct, or critically correct, or defensible opposition to us. The only opposition that they kept repeating was that we were insensitive to the feelings of 9/11 families. So the only thing I would have done differently would have been to have prepared more the 9/11 family members."
The interview just moved on from there without follow-up, as the Imam claimed to represent the "authenticity of Islamic thought" and that "Sharia completely in sync with American principles," which should have drawn a stronger dissent from the atheist who prizes church-state separation.
In the blog entry accompanying the interview, Sam Dinger was still defending the Imam from conservatives:
Lost in the debate over the "Ground Zero Mosque" was the fact that Imam Rauf had become an indispensable voice for moderate American Muslims, sent by both Presidents Bush and Obama to be an American ambassador to Muslim nations.


text: Hello I am within 1-2 weeks of buying a suit, or two. My local men's shop offers MTM suits from H Freeman and a Southwick. I'm planning on going soft shoulders, 3/2, slightly fitted, pick stich, single vent-no hook. Southwick was the maker of a suit I own by J Press; I have no problems with this garment, it's a little rough and stiff- even after a year in service, but otherwise it's construction and shoulders suit me fine (intended). H. Freeman was the manufacturer of a blue blazer I purchased about this time last year. They took far longer than I had anticipated to make it, the "soft" shoulder appears lumpy to me and the construction seems outright fragile- and it is- compared to the Southwick suit, after I pinched the fabric it developed these bumpts that won't go away. It also fit me better than the OTR suit I mentioned. Now the guy who I'm going to order it from keeps telling me that he thinks that H Freeman is making better suits at the moment, and I have no reason to not trust his judgment. However, I keep having this thought in my head: what if it's just like the blazer (which I purchased from a different men's shop when I lived in a different city). In any case, if any of you have any idea about picking between the two I'd like to hear your input. Thanks.


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Music... Spotify playlist - what a great idea. Now I don't have to have my own taste. otherwise Broken Bells, Grizzly Bear, Miike Snow... various djs (girl talk, a-skillz etc...), daft punk (I need to go to one of their concerts).. the xx, cut copy, Todd Terje, FM Attack, various hip hop... Kendrick Lamar. J. Cole.
Really enjoyed La Grande Bellezza. TV-wise - Brooklyn Nine-Nine is hilarious. Hilarious. Ow, my lucky face. Also liking Master of None.
Lastly food - all cuisines... some current favourites...summer rolls at Bunker, uni at Marea, injeera at Meskel... really, I could go on... (and should probably update). El Rey, Dimes... Estela... Recommendations always appreciated
In London... Dishoom is great, Tuckshop and a few other favorites that I can't think of this second.
Still like this. It makes me smile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JozAmXo2bDE


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Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library is one of thirteen historic gardens designated and maintained by The Garden Club of Virginia. Each spring the grounds are on tour for Historic Garden Week for all to enjoy. The original property did not have a garden, but rather outbuildings, functional plantings, and served as grazing land for the family sheep. The gardens were designed after President Wilson's widow provided funding to begin the Woodrow Wilson Foundation.
The gardens at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library have evolved in four phases. The first gardens, designed in 1933 by Richmond landscape architect Charles F. Gillette was done as a project by The Garden Club of Virginia. The Victorian restoration, suitable to the 1846 construction date of the house, the gardens included two terraces, the lower one featuring boxwood-lined bowknot beds, the only bowknot garden that Gillette created. To further highlight the features of the gardens, a brick terrace and pathways, designed by landscape architect Ralph E. Griswold were erected in 1967-68.
The second phase of the garden took place in 1990, with the Rudy J. Favretti addition of a forecourt and lawn around the new Woodrow Wilson Museum and added garden walkways connecting the Museum and the rest of the grounds.
The third phase occurred in 2008, as the Garden Club of Virginia brought new life back to the garden by rebuilding perimeter fencing, planting new boxwoods, lilacs, hostas and perennials.
Unfortunately, in 2015, the Boxwood blight (Cylindrocladium buxicola) disease destroyed the boxwoods in the lower garden. The disease was first identified in Virginia in 2011, and by 2013, several properties around the Commonwealth were infected with the fungus. Symptoms of the disease include brown leaf spots that lead to defoliation and black streaking on boxwood stem tissue. The boxwoods were removed in fall 2016, and plans for a new design of the garden are currently ongoing.
The gardens are open to the public from dawn until dusk. Visitors do not need admission tickets to tour the gardens.


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The hottest scorer in the Western Hockey League meets the hottest team in the league tonight in Brandon.
Fresh off being named the WHL's player of the week, right-winger Jayce Hawryluk will lead the Brandon Wheat Kings into a clash with the surging Calgary Hitmen at Westman Place (7 p.m.) in a potential playoff preview.
The Wheat Kings (31-26-6-3), who have earned seven out of a possible eight points in their last four games (3-0-0-1), will have their hands full with the Hitmen (43-15-3-4), who have earned points in 12 straight games (11-0-0-1). The Hitmen handed the Wheat Kings their eighth straight loss in their last meeting back on Feb. 21, but that 5-4 setback helped set the stage for Brandon's recent run. And Hawryluk said they are looking forward to taking another crack at the Hitmen.
"It's a good measuring stick for our team," said Hawryluk, whose club will also host the Eastern Conference-leading Edmonton Oil Kings on Friday night at Westman Place. "These are going to be teams that are going to be in the playoffs and that we are going to face off against and we are going to give it our all this week. It's a good matchup and we're going to be prepared ...
"Playing against Calgary, it's always an easy game to get motivated for. It's a team we always want to beat and we're excited."
Hawryluk enters tonight's game on a roll, with six goals and 10 points and a +6 plus/minus rating in three games last week to earn his second WHL player of the week award of the season. The 18-year-old Roblin native, who leads the Wheat Kings in scoring with 64 points — including 24 goals — in 57 games, is currently riding a five-game point streak with seven goals and a whopping 14 points over that span, dating back to that last meeting with the Hitmen. A rising prospect for this year's NHL draft, Hawryluk is quick to credit his linemates, centre John Quenneville and left-winger Jesse Gabrielle, for his scoring success.
"I've been getting the bounces that I want and my linemates have been great. They have been opening up a lot of space for me and giving me chances to make plays and to put the puck in the net, which has been awesome," said Hawryluk, who also leads the team in plus/minus at +18.
"... We've bounced back and we have been heating up and all of these games that are left are huge and we've got to get as many points as we can in the last few games that we have."
ICINGS: Wheat Kings RW Peter Quenneville has missed the past six games with a suspected foot/ankle injury. Officially, the Wheat Kings list him as being out week-to-week with a lower-body injury ... Brandon RW Jens Meilleur's consecutive game streak ended at 107 games when he was scratched from the lineup on Sunday with a lower-body injury prior to Brandon's 4-3 shootout loss in Swift Current. His status for tonight's game is unclear.
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